See, I'm trying to get these out fast. I just got lots of sleep and spent an hour writing one chapter. I'm usually done in half that time but I took the time to think these things over. That and I usually need to recover from work. Oh I had a guy hit on me. It was scary. He wanted to go out with me because his girlfriend moved back to Ontario. I was like, great. Go to 118th avenue and get yourself a hooker. People like that make me feel cheap. I'm posting this in every story and I don't care this time. We have a little contest going on. We would like you to guess my poster's three favorite characters. This being Transformers you may not care but here's the catch. I will right any fan fiction that you want, even the people who are off limits. Here's the hint; the letters are C B C like the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And she says they have to be in order. You only get three guesses. I don't want to do this. Not my innocent ones.
Megatron was almost to his room, just a few more steps. They were almost in the clear. Waspinator came around the corner, coming out of Samantha's computer room. Megatron froze; part hoping that Waspinator was too oblivious to notice he was there. Waspinator wouldn't have noticed if Inferno hadn't started to wake out of his stupor. Megatron began to panic. But Waspinator wasn't the smartest among them; perhaps he wouldn't think to ask. Waspinator walked over to Megatron.
"What
are you doing?"
"I'm taking Inferno to the… recovery
chambers."
"But… isn't that the other way?"
Megatron
didn't know what to say. Waspinator had him there. Why was he
letting Waspinator get to him? Megatron regained his poseur and
addressed Waspinator.
"This business is of my affair, as leader, I don't need to explain myself to you, no. But I suggest you keep this to yourself, stay out of my business otherwise you'll have to be properly punished, yesss."
"Wazzpinator only wanted to know. Not have to yell at Wazzpinator."
"I wasn't yelling. I was just stating a fact."
Megatron walked past and went into his room. That bluff should have worked. Waspinator didn't make much of it. Thinking Megatron was just getting protective again. In truth, Waspinator didn't really care about Megatron's affairs. He cared about his own and not getting blown up.
Megatron had set Inferno in his own bed then went over to Samantha's bed and passed out. He couldn't keep himself awake any longer. He had burnt all of his energy. Samantha moved over to him and he instinctively wrapped his arms around her. She couldn't move her head to look up at him but knew he was already out. She snuggled and got back into her little ball like position. Inferno didn't move for the remainder of the night.
Megatron slowly opened his eyes. His alarm didn't sound off this time but had a message for him anyway. He just lay there, refusing to move. He found Samantha was looking at him. He turned towards her.
"Morning."
"Is
that all you can say to me? I… hurt you yesterday. Shouldn't
there be something else you should say to me?"
"Are you okay
now? Are you all better?"
Megatron smiled at her, fighting back his emotions. He held her close. They heard a cough. Megatron didn't release her but moved with her. Inferno was awake and watching them. Megatron didn't know what else to say to him. So Samantha said it for him.
"Want to join us Inferno?"
Inferno smiled and nodded, trying to get up, he made his way over to them. He was in pain as well. He lay on the opposite side of Megatron. Samantha was on the left and Inferno on the right. Inferno had stretched out his arm and reached Samantha's hand. He grabbed it and held on. There was a bond between them now. He no longer hated her but rather, wished to be by her side, as the royalty's. She smiled back at him then passed out. Megatron rubbed her backside then lay back down. He voice activated his computer to see what the news was.
"Maximal activity detected. Alien phenomenon detected. Strange abnormality detected in the Beta quadrant."
"Why
don't they leave you alone Royalty?"
"I just have lots on
my mind Inferno. These are just extra precautions. No one is
bothering me; I'm just trying to protect myself."
"Oh…"
There was an awkward silence for a few moments until Samantha shifted. Inferno looked over at her and rubbed her finger with his own. Megatron glanced at this action then looked back to his work.
"Having fun are we?"
Inferno instinctively took his hands away.
"There was no problem Inferno. I just wanted to know out of curiosity. I wasn't going to punish you."
"It's not that Royalty, It's just that… she's yours. I have no rights to even look at her."
Megatron stopped his work and turned to Inferno.
"Don't be such a simpleton. Facetiousness doesn't suite someone like you."
(He had to say a big word one of these days.)
"What does suite me Royalty? I can change to be more appealing to both you and the young Royalty."
"If we
wanted you to change, we would have had you change already,
yesss."
Inferno took that as a compliment. If Samantha wasn't
there, and the pain in his waist, he would have pounced on Megatron,
begging for another ride. Megatron felt horrible enough already so it
was best to leave well enough alone. There would be other times now
that he had been claimed, he would just have to be patient.
Terrorsaur and Waspinator were flying over the frosty mountains, there mission, to destroy the new communication station that the Maximals had built. Megatron had sent orders to be cautious of their surroundings. They had spotted Tigertron, Waspinator already picking up on the transmission. They had to knock that tower over. Terrorsaur got a little overzealous, transformed and started to fire. Waspinator late in the fight process, he knew he was going to get hurt again. They managed to get Tigertron to the edge of the cliff. This was bad. It was two against one, great odds, especially for the Predicons. The next part was predictable and couldn't be helped or prevented. He went over the edge, everyone expecting to hear some sort of sound from the impact. Nothing.
"Where'd
he go?"
"He fell into that cloud. Let's go and examine the
wreckage."
Needless to say, that they didn't come out of there without a scratch.
Megatron had made it out of his room, leaving Inferno in charge of Samantha's care. He had other things that needed tending. Terrorsaur and Waspinator flew back into the base.
"What happened?"
Terrorsaur went into his big rant about the cloud, the fortress and the energy they found there. He left no detail out. Then, fell over taking Waspinator with him. Megatron weighed all his options then came to a conclusion.
"Scorpinoc, I want you and Black Arachnia to go and follow up on the energy source. And if you run into Tigertron he'll need to be dealt with."
Black Arachnia was more then eager to get out of there. Megatron took that as a sign and had Scorpinoc keep his eye on her. Black Arachnia hated this. Once she had the power, she would take everything from Megatron.
Tigertron was having his problems before the Predicons had even arrived. Traps were set everywhere. The arrival of Airazor was unexpected but welcomed. He made sure she was safe while he worked on the cyber bee that Scorpinoc had launched. He had sent a message to the other Maximals, a call for help. This was their last hope.
Rhinox was pointing out a problem to Optimus. The second moon was hollow. They dismissed it as a computer error. Cheetor had brought in the cyber bee that had been nearly shot down. Rattrap was making fun at the fact that he missed. Optimus didn't care. He needed to know what was on the bee's memory. Tigertron was there, warning of a great threat approaching.
Megatron was waiting impatiently back in his chair. He heard some whispering going on behind him. He turned and found Inferno crawling on the floor.
"What
are you doing?"
Inferno slowly looked up. He gave a guilty
smile.
"Nothing. There's nothing going on. AH!"
"What?"
Megatron turned again. Still nothing. Maybe last night really messed with his circuits. That made it hard again. (Not that but the other thing) Guilt sucked. He wondered something he never really thought of before. He wondered if the Maximals ever felt like this after all of the things they had done. He shook his head, banishing the thoughts, like they would care. He turned back to Inferno. He had moved. Inferno had crawled to a new space on the floor.
"What in the pit are you doing?"
Megatron sounded very frustrated. Inferno stopped, sighed then looked up at his leader. He had that look again.
"Royalty… I…"
Megatron raised his hand.
"There's no need to explain. I know. I have been, somewhat of a brute of late, yesss. And I need to start atoning for what I had done…"
"But
Royalty…"
"Let me finish. I realize that this may not be
enough but I am acknowledging that I had made a mistake and I am
willing to do anything to make it up to you."
"Thank you Royalty, I am very flattered that you would say that but…"
"But?"
He noted what Inferno was doing. He was reaching for something. He saw something move behind the control panel. Megatron lowered himself and got out of the chair. Inferno tried to crawl fast enough to get there first but Megatron was at full power so he made it before Inferno even moved. He saw a blanket on the floor, looked like it was bunched up. He turned and looked back at Inferno.
"Is
that what I think it is?"
"Yes Royalty. I tried to stop her.
But she wanted out."
Megatron shook his head then turned back to the blanket. Inferno felt horrible. Megatron bent down and poked the blanket.
"Are you going to come out now? I know you're in there."
He heard whining. He was right. He sighed and picked her up. Normally she would have fought back but she had no energy. Inferno watched as he walked past. He lowered his head to the floor. He then heard a cough.
"Are you coming Inferno? Or must I carry you?"
Inferno lifted himself up and walked. It was painful but this was his way of paying Megatron back. They walked in silence but Inferno caught glimpses of Megatron looking at him then looking back to the front.
"You know I mean it when I say I'm sorry. And I never apologize to anyone."
"He's right."
Megatron looked down at Samantha. She was starring back up at him.
"I really wish you'd stop doing that. One of these days I might just hurt you on purpose."
"How? By taking me while in beast form?"
Megatron stopped for a moment; Inferno almost fell over from the fast stop. He looked down at her and gave an evil smile. (Like he did when he smiled at Rattrap in Beast Machines when Rattrap was asking Megatron for weapons and tried to pull a "My friends will come once I press this panic button" and Megatron said "Bring it" pretty much and smiled. That smile was great. If you want to search it up, the episode was called The Weakest Component. Sorry, thinking of that smile. Dies) Samantha sunk into his arms.
"I take it back."
"Too late now. I'll hold up on your offer."
Samantha started to cry again.
"I was kidding. I'm not joking with you anymore."
Inferno didn't say anything. He just found himself holding his laughter back.
"You find this amusing Inferno?"
"No Royalty. I find it adorable."
Samantha came out of her blanket as they looked at each other. She looked over at Inferno and lightly poked him with her toe. He broke his stare away from Megatron and looked at her.
"Yes?"
"I think you would make a good father."
Megatron stopped and his eyes widened. He stared long and hard at Samantha.
"You're not serious."
"Oh I am. I think he'd make a great dad."
Megatron swore his jaw was going to drop. Inferno bowed to her and kissed her hand.
"I thank you for the comment. I hope I can live up to your request someday."
Megatron looked at then started walking again, faster this time. Inferno was having a hell of a time trying to keep up.
"What's
wrong Megatron?"
Megatron wouldn't answer. There was something
on his mind, something that had happened years ago. Back when the
Autobots and Decepticons ruled Cybertron. It was a hidden story; one
that no one wanted to remember or to have the later generations even
acknowledged that it existed at all. Megatron had stumbled onto it
with Dinobot when they were in the midst of preparing the heist of
the golden disk. Megatron turned before entering his room and told
Inferno to go back to his on room. He would come and see him
momentarily. Inferno did as he was told. Megatron Placed Samantha on
her bed and glared at her.
"What'd I do now?"
Megatron started pacing. He was making gestures with his hands. (You know what they say about people who talk with their hands. Don't get me wrong I do it too.) He was trying to calm himself down before he completely lost it. He stopped, took a deep breath, and then stood in front of her.
"Do you have any idea of what you were about to do? You could have made this even more complicated for me then it already is."
"And how?"
Megatron started pacing again. This was maddening. Sometimes it didn't pay to have her around. He stopped again and just blurted it out.
"There has already been a complicated parturition in the past with my species and I don't wish for something like that to be repeated. Especially with me."
Samantha just looked at him. Megatron was damning her innocent mind. He was about to blow. It felt it better to leave the room and get himself back in the right state of mind. More like he ran out of the room in a hurry and held onto the side of the bases entrance. He couldn't hold it any longer. He thought this sensation was gone. Why couldn't Tarantulas fix him? What was really wrong with him? He held his mouth, trying not to get upset again. That seemed to be his trigger. He slowly entered the base and was prepared to pass out right there in the hall. In fact, that's what he did. This wasn't good. This wasn't going to happen again. Not like that.
