Hey guys, a new chapter, yay!! This chapter is MATURE rated. The action doesn't happen until the end of the story haha but I'm sure you'll love it. As I've said before, I have a hard time getting Ironhide's personality right and at the end… well I kind of feel like he's ooc and I didn't mean for that to happen but again, I suck at writing Ironhide stuff but I am trying!! So forgive me if it's like…horrible. =/

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Bumblebee ran to Starfire's side. She wasn't moving... she looked lifeless. By her wounds, Bee could tell that she was badly damaged and unfortunately Ratchet wasn't around to help heal her. Decal looked down at Starfire's seemingly lifeless body. Thoughts raced through her mind of what she could do to help her. The only thing that Decal could think of was to contact Ratchet, but she knew that he was stuck on Diego Garcia. Oh well, it was worth a shot. 'RATCHET!'

Ratchet was back at the base, working on wound that was inflicted upon a fellow autobot when he heard a feminine voice screaming into his ears. He jumped when he heard the voice, he had been working closely and precisely on the large robot and was in a zone. 'Yes? Who is this?'

'Ratchet this is Decalia, I need some assistance.' Ratchet scanned his mind for who Decalia was then it hit him that it was Ironhide's mate. Ratchet had thought she perished. He stopped working on the bot and stood up, full length. 'What's the problem…?' He wondered where she was. Was she still on Cybertron? Did she know that the autobots had come to earth to help the humans? Thoughts raced through his mind as he tried to pay attention to her words.

'I'm with Starfire and Bumblebee. We were hit with a sneak attack and Starfire is very badly damaged…' Decal watched as Bee tried to get Starfire to respond, but nothing. She wasn't moving and Decal was beginning to fear the worst. Decal saw Bee slightly open Star's chest plate to reveal her spark, which was still glowing…more like flickering. 'I'm not sure if she's going to make it.'

Ratchet left his medial bay and left his patient in the hands of another autobot doctor. He ran to find Optimus. Before he could leave, he needed to get clearance. Ratchet doubted that Optimus would keep him at the base when a fellow soldier was in desperate need of help. "Optimus, we have a situation. I just got word from Decalia that Starfire has been gravely injured and that she might not make it. I need to get to them."

Optimus slowly turned around and looked down at Ratchet and nodded. "Bring Ironhide with you…" Ironhide looked up at Prime and then over to Ratchet and began to move from behind the large table he was standing at. "…Optimus…"

"Go… in case there's another attack. Bring them back here." Optimus turned back to the table and looked down at Lennox and began to discuss their battle plans again. Ironhide looked at Ratchet who merely shrugged. Optimus must have known something was going on but didn't want to tell anyone just yet.

Ratchet and Ironhide walked out of the hangar and looked around them. "How long do you think it will take to get to them? They have to be close to Sam's school by now." Ironhide nodded and began to think of a faster way to get to them. Ironhide remembered Optimus telling how to open a "space bridge" if they ever needed it. It was very dangerous but if you needed to go a long distance in a short amount of time, this was the perfect way. "Ratchet, we'll open a space bridge…it will get us there within seconds…"

Ratchet had a surprised looked plastered onto his faceplate. They had never actually used a space bridge before and Ratchet wasn't too sure it was the safest thing to do. "Well, why don't I just tell one of them to watch over her until we get there?"

"Ratchet…you said she is gravely injured. How long do you think she has?"

"I don't know. Decal didn't say." Ironhide shook his head and told Ratchet they were using a space bridge. Ratchet was reluctant but knew that if Starfire was that badly damaged then he would need to get there quick. He went back to his medical bay and grabbed any instruments he thought he might have needed. He told Jolt to keep an eye on the robot he was working on earlier and he would be back as soon as he could.

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Ratchet and Ironhide made their way into a field just outside of Diego Garcia. 'Decal we need to know your location.' Ironhide's gruff voice sent shivers down Decal's metal spine. She was expecting to her from Ratchet but instead she got that amazingly sexy rough voice. Her mind went blank, Primus where the hell were they. She remembered passing a sign that read 'Chattanooga'. 'Ironhide…we're in a town called Chattanooga, in the state of Tennessee…Our coordinates are 35°2′44″N85°16′2″W.' Ironhide input the coordinates into his GPS, so that the space bridge would know where to bring them. He grabbed Ratchet and with blue sparks and smoke the two of them disappeared.

Seconds later they landed hard onto the cold ground, surrounded by trees. Ratchet stood up and regained himself before looking for Ironhide. They had landed only a couple hundred feet from each other. "Let's go, Ironhide." Ironhide stood up from the ground and looked around him, it was dark and silent. Ratchet and he moved forward through the trees, looking for the group and fallen autobot. 'Decal, where are you guys?'

'I gave you the coordinates…'

'We're here…in the woods somewhere…where are you?' Ironhide grew agitated, he understood that Decal didn't about the space bridge but he was in a rush and wanted to get to them as fast as he could.

"Sam, do you have a flare gun?" He shook his head, how many teenagers walk around with flare guns in their bags? Decal readied her cannons and shot into the air, hoping Ratchet and Ironhide would see it. Thankfully, Ratchet caught sight of something in the sky. He pointed up to it. "Ironhide, there." They ran to the scene and saw Starfire laying on her side, still not moving.

"Her spark is flickering, please hurry." Decal watched as Bumblebee moved out of Ratchet's way as he ran over and knelt onto the ground beside Starfire. He worked vigorously and tirelessly. He looked up at Bumblebee and Decal and nodded to them. "Will she be all right?" Decal looked down at Star, noticing her still not moving. She didn't know what the hell Ratchet's nod meant. She glanced over at Bumblebee and noticed he had a worried look on his faceplate.

"She'll be fine. I've stabilized her. Her systems were shutting down fast…it's a good thing Ironhide had the idea to use a space bridge…" He looked up at Ironhide who was looking down at Starfire. He was thinking about Decal and how he could have saved her. He stared at Starfire; he didn't want to make the same mistake he made with Decal. He shook his head and looked up at Bumblebee and gave him a rough looking smile. Bumblebee nodded to him, showing his thanks for his quick thinking. "Not a problem, Bee."

Bee knelt back down next to Starfire, she stirred slightly. "We have to get her somewhere safe…she needs to rest for awhile. We can take her back to base…using a space bridge. Bumblebee, you'll need to hang onto her. I and Ironhide went flying." Bee nodded and slowly picked Star up in his arms, holding onto her tightly. Her head fell upon his chest plate; Bee looked down at her and rested his head on top of hers.

Decal walked over to Ironhide and waited to return to the base. "Sam, Mikaela…" Before Ratchet could utter another word, Sam put his hand up. "I, Mikaela and Bee have all done this before…Jetfire used a space bridge to get us to Egypt…" Ratchet nodded and joined the circle the group was forming. Ironhide took a look around the group and noticed everyone was ready.

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Thankfully, Bumblebee landed on his back, causing Starfire to land on top of him. Ironhide walked over and picked her up, while Bumblebee got off the ground. Lennox and Optimus were walking at the hangar doors for them. "Welcome back." Optimus greeted all of them with a welcoming voice. It was comforting to hear. Decal smiled up at him, it was nice to see some more familiar faces. "How is she?" He walked over to Bumblebee, who was holding Starfire yet again. "She'll be just fine. I want to get her to her compartment bay. She needs to rest."

"We not put her in the medical bay?" Ironhide looked quizzically at Ratchet and raised a brow.

"There's too much commotion in there. She needs someplace quiet." Ratchet looked over at Bumblebee. "Could you take her to her room? Maybe stay there with her, in case she wakes up?" Bee nodded and walked off with Starfire.

Sunstreaker had just gotten back to the base with his brother when he saw Bumblebee walk by him with Starfire in his arms. His optics darkened as he watched Bee walk down the hall and out of sight with her. "What the hell happened to her?" Sides shrugged and looked down the hall with his brother. "How am I supposed to know? Come on, Optimus wants to talk to us." Sunny stared down the hall for a few more seconds, then turned sharply on his heel and trailed behind Sides.

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Decal looked over at Ironhide, who was talking with Ratchet, Optimus, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Every so often Ironhide would look up from the table to catch a glimpse of Decal. She stared back at him, waiting for him to get done talking about strategies and such. After a few minutes of talking, they all departed and Ironhide was left alone with Decal. He slowly made his way over to her and looked down at her. She was beautiful and he had wished that she had been here, on earth, all along. He reached his hand up and placed it on her cheek. "You miss me?"

Decal looked up at him and nodded her head. "Of course I missed you." Ironhide moved closer to her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. Decal moved her hands up to his chest plate and stared deep into his blue optics. "Come with me, I want to show you something…"

Ironhide took Decal's hand and began to walk back to his compartment bay. Ironhide wasn't the romantic type but he wanted his time with Decal to be special. He hadn't seen her in years; he wanted everything to be perfect. Granted, once they got into this compartment bay, there wasn't going to be any rose petal making a trail to his bed, no soft music playing in the background, no 'mood lighting'.

They walked into his room and Decal looked around her, it was cold, and slightly dark…the walls were bare concrete. The only thing he really had in his room was a bed that was hardly used and a desk with a chair. Ironhide hardly spend any time in here, he was always out on some sort of mission.

Ironhide made his way over to the bed and sat down, while Decal walked over to the desk. She leaned against the frame and stared at him. "…Nice…room…"

"Thank you…" He looked her up and down, wanting to get closer to her but unsure of how to do it. It had been such a long time and he felt that he was becoming inexperienced. For the past few hundred years, he's thought about nothing but the alien blood feud that was taking place.

The silence was a becoming a bit awkward. Ironhide stood up and broke it. "Decal…you are so beautiful…" As he moved closer to her, she scooted back onto the desk and leaned onto her elbows. Decal knew what he wanted and quite frankly, she wanted it to. It had been far too long and the couple needed some one-on-one time.

Ironhide slowly crawled up onto the table and leaned over Decal. He kissed her forehead then began to work his way down to her mouth, then her neck…making his way to chest plate, which he then removed to reveal her perfect breasts and other bits of circuitry. He began to kiss her breasts and Decal threw her head back, closed her eyes and lightly moaned at the familiar sensation that she pined for for so long.

Ironhide felt his rod become hard and erect, he reached down to remove his cod piece while continuing to kiss Decal's beautiful body. Decal lay down onto the desk; Ironhide moved up and kissed her softly on the lips, as Decal placed a hand behind his head, deepening the kiss.

Ironhide slipped his hand down to one of her legs, moving it up so he could position himself between her legs better. He looked down at her and slowly pushed his rob into her interface. She moaned as she felt him enter her. Decal wrapped her legs around his waist, as he began to thrust faster and harder. Decal began to moan loudly; her moaning was making Ironhide want her even more. It made him want to explode. He tossed his head back in pleasure, loving the feeling of being inside her. He reached his free hand up and began to massage her breasts.

Decal shook with pleasure; she didn't know how much more she could handle. Ironhide looked down at her, and noticed that she was shaking. He smirked to himself. 'Damn, I'm good…' He felt himself nearing his climax but he wanted to wait for Decal. Her shaking body suggested that she was close to. "Primus…I'm going to cum." Ironhide thrusted harder, making Decal scream out in pleasure. When he thrusted harder into her body, a flood of ejaculate rushed into her and triggered a powerful orgasm. Decal howled her release as waves of pleasure washed over her body, powerful spasms inside her tightening around her mate's rod.

Ironhide slowly pulled out of her and leaned his forehead against hers. "I love you, Decalia." Decal told him she loved him too and they laid on the desk, in each other's embrace before drifting off into stasis.

Oh yes, more smut for the masses. I guess I'm kind of on a kick? I don't know. Hope you liked the chapter. The next chapter will have more Star/Bee-ness…I promise!! DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!!! Oh and yes...I did have to throw that cute little "drifting off into stasis" line in there. I was feeling a bit mushy. haha