Author's note. Written by me and ZabuzasGirl.

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At Megatrons declaration the look of complete fury in his eyes was replaced with one of horror but he quickly recovered.

"That's never gonna happen," snarled Optimus. "I won't let it."

"Oh really," said Megatron, an amused glint in his optics. "And how exactly are you planning to do that, Prime?"

"By keeping her away from you," answered Optimus angrily.

Megatron burst out laughing.

"Oh I doubt you'll be able to do that, Prime," said Megatron, smugly.

"What," responded Optimus.

Megatron said, "If you did see us together, then you know that she has started to give in to her desires. She won't be able to resist them for much longer. I've got her halfway into my arms already. Just how much longer do you think she'll last before she completely gives in?"

Optimus just glared at him. When he didn't answer, Megatron just grinned, his fangs showing.

"Face it Prime, you're losing her. You may try to keep her contained but at some point she will come to me and. I will have her one way or another."

Before Optimus could say anything in response, Megatron cut off the transmission and Optimus was just staring at an empty screen.

For a moment Optimus just stood there but then he suddenly lashed out and smashed his fist against the screen, breaking it into different pieces.

He sat there, breathing heavily and snarling under his breath. He couldn't believe Megatron's nerve, after he'd taken advantage of a young Femme, he was now proposing to court her. That fragger, did he even care how Celeste felt about that? And what about the fact that one of his own men was already courting her?

If one of his men was really interested in a Femme, he'd never go behind their back to court her. It just wasn't right, Megatron could have any Femme he wanted. In fact, he had plenty of concubines back on Cybertron and he knew how hard Starscream had searched for a mate.

That wasn't to say Optimus was very keen on giving his daughter up to the Seeker but at least he was a much better option that Megatron.

"Optimus."

He turned his head to see Red Alert marching over to him, looking very stern. The Medic stared pointedly at his damaged hand before asking.

"What happened?"

"Megatron is what happened," Optimus growled. "He was utterly unremorseful but what's worse is that he's decided to offer his hand to Celestial."

Red Alert sucked in a breath of air and exhaled it.

"We won't let him touch her again, sir," he said firmly and Optimus smiled slightly behind his mask.

"It's not that simple Red, sadly. He won't just offer it, he'll try and take her is he can. And...it feels like I won't be able to protect her."

"We'll all look after her, including the boys," Red Alert said firmly.

Optimus nodded before sighing.

"I'd better go and talk to her, I think I was a little harsh earlier."

"Good idea," Red Alert said sardonically causing Optimus to chuckle as he got up and headed in the direction of the kids quarters.

As Optimus was walking down the corridors to the kid's quarters he passed some of his men on the way there. Usually when he passed any of them he was met with smiles and a happy greeting.

There was none of that this time.

Now when he looked into the eyes of his men as he passed them hardly any of them would look at him in the eye. The ones that did he could see worry, sadness, and…a bit of disappointment in their optics.

Seeing how Megatron manipulated and victimized their friend had hit them all hard, especially the ones that considered her as family more than a teammate. Hearing her trying to explain herself and what happened just made it even worse.

While Optimus was moving his mind went back to when he and his men had watched that damn video that Sideways had sent them.

Flashback

"What is he up to?" Scavenger asked worriedly as the file loaded.

"I don't know," Optimus said grimly. "But I have a bad feeling about this."

It was true that Sideways had surprised them with very useful information but he was not to be trusted. And somehow the Autobot leader knew this wasn't meant to help them. And he was proved right.

"Megatron," Sideswipe gasped as the film started with Celeste spinning around to see the Decepticon leader watching her.

"What's that slagger up to," Hotshot growled as the Decepticon leader sneered.

"He must have taken her," Blurr said grimly. "But I still don't understand why Sideways is showing us this."

Neither did Optimus but he was pleased to see Celeste bravely standing against Megatron. But then their conversation took an unexpected turn.

"I just wanted a little chat with you

"Rather than finding the Minicon?"

"I'm flattered."

"Most Femmes would be if an older, powerful Mech took an interest in them, especially if he had a lot to offer them."

"He's flirting with her?" Hotshot said in disgust.

Optimus felt a very cold chill running down his back struts as he heard this.

At first, Megatron just made casual conversation which was unusual in its self. Btu then his next words sent shockwaves through everyone.

"I'd admit I expected you to go running to Prime and yet you haven't. I wonder why that is?"

"There's no need for him to know. He's enough to worry about, with Sideways and all, I didn't want to add to that."

"What are they talking about?" Optimus said, shocked.

"Megatron did something to her," Scavenger said grimly as Jetfire swore.

"Damn, that slagger."

But Optimus's shock turned to anger as Megatron started to compliment Celeste's body. The things he was saying were forward at best and his daughter clearly didn't know how to take this. His fists clenched as Megatron mentioned that he, Prime, could tell her how much she'd grown.

"Wait, what's he doing?" Jetfire demanded as Megatron slowly inched towards Megatron.

"He's making a move," Blurr said grimly as Megatron stood right in front of the young Femme.

And the Autobot sniper was proved right as Megatron suddenly bent to cup her chin and then kiss her on the lips. They saw the young Femme freeze but she didn't try to pull away. She looked extremely surprised by what was happening. Optimus's suspicions were growing about what had happened between them.

And when Megatron stopped kissing and started to talk, Optimus knew what had happened.

"That fragger attacker her," he growled as all the pieces fell into place.

"That's why she's been so quiet," Hotshot said in shock. "You don't think he...?"

"No, I don't," Optimus said rather shortly as he continued to watch.

However, it only got worse. Megatron asked to kiss her again and dazedly, she agreed and he swooped down on her. And though Megatron wasn't being rough, he was being passionate and the very young Femme melted under it. As she started to moan, the Autobots were all furiously muttering.

"I can't believe what's happening."

"How can he do that, she isn't even a full Femme."

"Fragging pervert."

"I'm gonna beat the slag out of him."

Optimus however was silent, simply shaking with rage at Megatron's actions. It only got worse as Megatron began to touch her in places that only her mate should do. And it was too much for the young Femme, she was squirming loudly and moaning.

Eventually, it got too much for her and she fainted dead away in the Decepticon's arms. Megatron, smirking widely, scooped her into his arms and then with a final sneer, warped away.

"He has her," Red Alert whispered in utter shock, speaking for the first time.

"Primus, what's happening to her?"

"If he's harmed her," Optimus growled in a tone of cold fury.

"I will personally rip him apart."

Before anyone could say anything, they suddenly got a com call from WildRacer. He and Radical had remained outside the base to wait in case Celeste came back on her own. And it seemed that this hope hadn't been in vain as they could see her approaching.

"Thank Primus," Scavenger muttered.

"Optimus..." he began, turning to his leader but Optimus was already marching away.

The Autobot leader didn't hear him, he felt rage coursing through him for what happened. He wanted more than anything to beat the scrap out of Megatron but sadly that Mech was out of his grasp.

"Optimus, where ya going?" Jetfire called after him as Scavenger called.

"Optimus, don't lose your temper."

But Optimus didn't hear any of them, he just kept on marching to where his daughter would be.

End of Flashback

Anger swelled up inside him at the memory but he quickly took in a few deep breathes to calm himself down. He didn't want to go at and upset Celeste like he did before. This time it would be different.

Fortunately Optimus had managed to regain control of himself by the time he reached the kid's chambers.

Once he reached that area he saw both Radical and WildRacer coming out of Celeste's room. Hearing Optimus walking toward them they turned their heads in his direction and went to meet him halfway down the corridor.

"How is she," asked Optimus.

Rad sighed, shaking his head.

"Not good, Optimus," he said. "Celeste isn't handling this well."

"Yeah, she's crying her eyes out in there and no matter how hard we try she won't listen to anything we say. She just turns away from us and keeps on crying," said WildRacer.

"I'll give it a go. Perhaps she'll listen to me," said Optimus.

Rad and WildRacer shared a wary glance at this. Knowing what the cause of their discomfort was he quickly reassured them.

"Don't worry I'm not gonna yell at her this time. I just want to talk with her," said Optimus.

Rad and WildRacer nodded their heads, still looking a bit wary.

"Just be gentle with her, Optimus," said Radical. "She's hurting."

Optimus nodded in acknowledgement, a sad look in his optics.

"I'll do that," he said.

Without saying another word Radical and WildRacer walked away to attend to their duties.
Optimus then went over to Celeste's bedroom door. He was about to punch in the code that would get the door to open when he paused. The sound of Celeste crying could clearly be heard through the door.

The sound was so depressing and a sad expression appeared in his optics as he listened to it. Guilt flooded his mind came to conclusion that he was partially responsible of why she was in such pain. His mind recalled the confrontation that he and his men had with Celestial after she had returned to them.

Flashback

Celeste was between WildRacer and Radical as they led her into the base. They stopped at the sight of Optimus and how angry he looked.

"Optimus, Celeste got captured...," Radical began but Optimus interrupted with a growled.

"I know."

The three kids looked very nervous now.

"Sideways sent a recording," Optimus continued in a low tone.

"We saw everything that happened."

WildRacer and Radical looked very nervous but that was nothing compared to Celeste.

She started to shake, her green optics wide with terror as she looked up at her adoptive father. Finally, she spoke but it was in a stuttering tone.

"P-please, Optimus, I-I can explain."

"Explain what?" Optimus said coldly. "How you allowed Megatron to come up to you and kiss you. Several times."

Racer and Rad looked at their friend, shocked.

"I...," Celeste stuttered, unable to deny what had happened but wanting to explain.

"I know it must have looked bad but..."

"You're damn right i looked bad," Optimus suddenly roared, and all three flinched back from him.

"I can' believe the way you acted, he wasn't even forcing you. Why didn't you get out of there, you could have warped away or at the least called for help."

"You're not a Sparkling, Celestial, I expect you to act with a bit more sense," Optimus snarled, his voice rising and rising.

"Have you any idea what Megatron could have done if he'd been so inclined. Actually, I have no idea what he did since he took you away. Frag it, he could have done anything to you while you were unconscious."

Celeste opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. Optimus didn't even give her a chance to before he was at it again.

"He could have RAPED you Celestial, and you couldn't have done anything about it, frag, you could be carrying his child right now."

"H-he didn't sleep with me," she whimpered, tears now falling down her face as the other Autobots looked on in shock.

"I'm sure he didn't..."

"Well, thanks Primus for that," Optimus snarled. "Have you any idea how lucky you are he's not a complete afthole like Thrust? Imagine what would have happened if he'd caught you."

"Optimus, that's a bit harsh," Jetifre began but Optimus wasn't listening.

"After all our precautions," Optimus was now shouting as Celeste trembled with shame and fear.

"You realise Megatron now thinks he has a shot at you, he's going to come back and force you to be his mate. He might not even bother with that, he might just make you another concubine."

Celeste whimpered but still couldn't say anything.

"Optimus, she made a mistake," WildRacer said, trying to defend his sister but Optimus wasn't having any of it.

"She made a very 'stupid' mistake that could have destroyed her life, Racer."

Optimus seemed to be beside himself with rage, none of them had ever seen him so angry. Not even that time they tried to get the Minicon themselves had he looked so mad. But the young Femme still tried to explain.

"Optimus, I know I was stupid but I...I just couldn't stop myself, I couldn't control my body."

But this just seemed to make the Autobot leader madder.

"You're going to have to learn to control yourself, if you want to be a part of this army," Optimus growled. "Frankly, I don't think I can trust you out on the battle field, not after what's happened."

That just about shocked all of them. Whatever they expected him to say it wasn't that.

"You...you can't mean that," Celeste gasped in shock, tears now freely flowing down her face.

"I do," Optimus said coldly.

"And you're confined to the base until further notice. I'll work out your punishment later."

"Optimus, please," she pleaded, trying one last time.

"GO to your room," Optimus roared causing her to take a step back before turning around and running away.

"Celeste," Wild Racer called out, rushing after her.

Radical gave Optimus a horrified look before following.

There was a shocked silence in the wake of the kids flight. Finally, someone spoke.

"Optimus," Hotshot said, utterly taken aback by what had happened. "What's going on?"

Optimus didn't say anything. He was still shaking with anger.

"Optimus," Scavenger began slowly, knowing how upset Optimus was.

"You shouldn't have yelled at her like that, it's not her fault."

Optimus merely growled.

"Its note Celeste you're angry at, it's Megatron," Blurr said gruffly.

"It's him you should be yelling at."

Optimus considered this and then suddenly turned on his heel and strode in the direction of the Communication Room. None of the Autobots stopped him, they knew just who he was going to call. He needed to get the rage out of his system and they knew he'd feel guilty about how he'd treated Celestial.

Though it was hard to control themselves, it had been an awful video. But this was probably only the beginning.

End of Flashback

"Celeste," Optimus said in his most gentle tone as he approached the berth his daughter was currently sobbing on.

Now that he'd had time to think about the situation, he knew he'd been way out of line when he'd yelled at her. Blurr had been right, he should have contacted Megatron straight away and have a good yell at him. He just loved his young Femme so much, he was terrified of anything happening to her.

She barely responded to him so with a sigh, he came right over to her. Sitting down beside her, he started to rub her back, offering her much needed comfort.

"Celeste, I'm so sorry for what happened earlier. I was wrong to shout at you like that."

Celeste couldn't hear his voice. She was too deep into her depression to hear him. She only realized he was there when she felt his hand on her back. She actually flinched at his touch.

Optimus was shocked at this but then hung his head in sadness. It was no wonder she was scared, he'd acted like a total brute. She was meant to be able to come to him with her problems and know that he wouldn't yell at her. He's abused her trust in him when she'd needed him most.

"I'm so sorry," he whispered, continuing to rub her back.

"I didn't mean any of those things I said, I was just so furious at how Megatron had treated you. He had no right to do what he did but that didn't give me any right to lash out at you."

Her sobs were starting to quieten down but she still couldn't say anything to him. The pain was just too much.

"I won't let him take advantage of you again," Optimus whispered softly, wanting to hold her but not sure if she was ready for that.

"We'll all protect you and help you to learn self defence. You don't know enough about your own body, I didn't realise he'd use that against you. I foolishly thought he'd have more integrity than that. I was wrong."

Celeste was beginning to relax a bit more, her body wasn't as tense as it was before. Her sobs were brought down to just sniffles. She was listening to what he was saying but she still wouldn't face him.

"Seekers have very sensitive wings," Optimus said gently. "You can often control them if you get within reach of those wings. If you're with someone you don't fully trust, you should never let them near them."

Celeste sniffed, nodding her head. Showing that she understood.

"I'm not blaming you for what happened," Optimus said.

"Now don't tell him I said this but there is a reason why so many Femmes do find him attractive. He is both good looking and very charismatic with something that just draws Femmes to him. And you are young and inexperienced, I can't blame you for being curious about him."

"Especially when he's making an effort to me nice," he added ruefully.

She was no longer sobbing but her body was beginning to shake again.

"It's alright," Optimus said, starting to draw her into his arms.

"This has been a horrible experience but your strong enough to get over this. You made a mistake but we all do and I know you can learn from this. Just as I know you'll kick Megatron's aft the next time you see him."

Her head was bowed so he couldn't see her face clearly but he could see a small smile form on her lips but it quickly disappeared as soon as it appeared.

"Femmes have sensitive places but so do Mechs," Optimus now said slyly.

"If he tries to take you into his arms again, just say know with a well placed knee."

This time the smile remained and a slight giggle did escape her lips.

"There we go," Optimus said with a smile.

"That's my girl."

She now gave into his hug and buried her face against him. In turn, he hugged her tightly while rubbing her back.

"I won't let him hurt you again," Optimus murmured as she started to cry into his armour.

"I promise"

Megatron's POV.

Megatron gazed into the view-screen which currently showed him Earth. When he'd woken up, he'd been annoyed to discover that the girl was gone but it was no matter. It was enough he'd gotten her there in the first place.

He smiled as he remembered the way the girl had melted into his embrace. She had given into him so easily.

He hadn't been sure how she'd react but the results were certainly gratifying. She really was a delicious specimen and if everything went to plan, would become his. He smirked as he remembered Optimus's expression when he'd gloated. Oh yes, that made that young Femme's escape worth it.

Optimus had been restraining himself big time when they had spoken.

Megatron chuckled, maybe the bug lug had punched the screen when he'd signed off. What he wouldn't give to have seen that, it was always a lot of fun making the Autobot leader mad. But now he had to think about the future, a future that included that Femme in it.

Besides the Autobots there was another thing he had to worry about now and it was in the shape of a red seeker.

Starscream was not going to be happy when he found out what Megatron had gone. The Seeker had nearly given up hope of ever finding a mate and then this Femme came along. He'd been so sure that no one else would challenge him his right to her that he'd started day dreaming about their future together.

Well, the red Seeker would just have to lump it, she was his now. Though he knew the Seeker wouldn't see things his way, at least at first.

But, after a few beatings, he'd drive the Seeker away from his intended and the Seeker could sulk in peace. Perhaps if the Seeker accepted defeat gracefully, he'd allow him a little concubine of his own. Just to smooth things over.

Not that Starscream was the only one he'd need to be worried about, he'd turn any Mech who looked at her the wrong way to scrap. No one was going to threaten his claim, no one.

Author's note. Starscream's reaction to Megatron's intentions are not good while the Decepticon leader plots. Find out how that goes in the next chapter, until then.