AN: I feel so loved! Thank you everyone for the wonderful reviews. When I started, I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to have this be a one shot or make this a multi chaptered story. But because of the feedback, I will continue making chapters until I have a satisfying place to end.

Also, for this story, Ratchet and Wheeljack are the fathers, or creators, to the Dinobots, and the Dinobots are brothers. In addition, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp are brothers/trine and are oldest to youngest as listed.

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It was early in the morning when Swoop lazily stretched in an attempt to wake up. Feeling that he was being held in a protective but warm embrace, and not fully awake, he assumed it was one of his Dinobot brothers. If his brethren were still asleep, he would oversleep with them. It may have the consequence of facing their fathers' wrath for staying asleep long after the rest of the ARK had started the day, but he didn't really care. After snuggling back into the larger mech's fame, he turned off his optics and dozed off again.

*Several hours later*

Swoop woke up more fully, this time around recalling the events that had taken place the day before. Fear was about to take over when he heard an odd sound coming from Starscream's fuel tank. Unsure of what to do but still wanting to help, the pterodactyl remembered that whenever noises started coming from his fuel tank, one of his fathers, either Ratchet or Wheeljack, would give him some energon, and that would make the horrible noise go away.

After the second or third time one of his creators had found him in a state of malnourishment, Wheeljack set up a small energon dispenser disguised as a boulder a few miles from the Autobots' Earth headquarters. Miraculously, and to everyone's pleasant surprise, it had not blown up or have been discovered by the Decepticons.

Carefully unfolding himself from Starscream's comforting embrace, Swoop transformed and launched into the air, hoping to make it back in time before the seeker woke up so that his new fiend wouldn't wake up in an empty nest, with an empty fuel tank to match.

*Around noon local time*

Starscream awoke to the painful churnings of his hollow fuel tank. Combine that with the returning pain of Megatron's cannon blast from the day before, and you get one miserable seeker. Not wanting to deal with the pain and humiliation of begging for his place in the Decepticon ranks just yet, he squeezed his optics shut, hoping that the action would lessen the agony, even if it would only be temporary.

Tossing and turning, he tried to find a more comfortable position within the giant nest so he could fall into recharge more easily.

Wait- nest!?

Momentarily pushing his hurt to the back of his processor, he onlined his optics, sat up, and looked around. And even though it had to be the strangest place he had ever woken up after a blast from Megatron and a temporary exile, it was also one of the most safe and comfortable as well, second only to his trine's habitation suite.

Hearing the easy-going, squeaking sound of metallic wings overhead, he looked up and smiled weakly at a site that lifted his spark. It was his new companion, Swoop, and dangling bellow him was a bag of energon cubes in one talon and a small medical kit in the other.

Gliding down to a steady hover above the oversized nest, he delicately dropped his load before transforming back to his bi ped mode. Noticing that his buddy was looking down at the ground sorrowfully, Starscream became concerned.

"What's wrong?" he asked the small Dinobot before him, concern for his fellow flyer temporarily dominating over his long for the energy and medicine that was now within his arms reach. "You weren't attacked on your journey, were you? If that's so, just tell me the designations of the mechs, and I'll take care of the rest" balling one hand into a fist and lightly but firmly punching his other hand's open palm, as a gesture to show his loyalty, his eyes fierce with determination.

Unfortunately, it was short lived as pain regained its control over Starscream's body, causing him to double over.

Still not looking the other mech in the optic, Swoop handed over one of the energon cubes as he explained why he was distressed.

"Me Swoop no want to be away from friend Starscream so long, but me Swoop forgot where place hidden energon was. Me Swoop no mean to leave you Starscream self all this time. Me Swoop sorry take so long"

Swoop quickly glanced up, expecting to find a stern, Ratchet like expression and lecture on the importance of retrieving medical supplies quickly, especially when the patient was in discomfort.

Instead, he got ruby red optics full of compassion and a little concern.

"You no mad at me Swoop for take so long?"

"Of course I'm not mad! If anything, I was worried about your safety. But don't worry; I'll be better soon, and I'll be able to help find us energon. Does that sound good?"

"That sound good. That sound real good!" Swoop cheerfully replied.

Swoop handed Starscream the first aid kit and settled down into the nest as Starscream tended to his wounds.