Here's the final chapter.
Honestly, I don't know why no one picked this one out of the list of one's I had planned. It was seriously going to be the shortest... maybe that's why.
Starscream peeked his helm out of the med-bay, looking left then right. Knockout just walked out without looking and began to make his way down the hall.
"Knockout, what are you doing?" the Seeker hissed quietly, slowly following.
Knockout looked over his shoulder at the Seeker, not stopping, "Stop being paranoid Starscream, no one saw."
"But they sure did hear."
Knockout froze then and quickly turned his helm to a corresponding hallway and saw Breakdown there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. A rather cheeky grin was plaster across his faceplate.
Starscream whined as he hid behind the medic for cover, the accursed blush returning to his cheeks, "W-we didn't do anything!" he sputtered out.
"Sure you did," Breakdown drawled out before winking down at them.
Knockout's optics became shifty, "How much did you hear?"
Breakdown chuckled, "I never left when Commander Starscream ordered me to leave so I would say... all of it."
The horrified look that appeared on both Starscream's and Knockout's faceplate was priceless.
"It sounded like you two were having fun," Breakdown added.
Knockout stepped forward, "Please don't tell anyone."
"Especially Megatron," Starscream added quickly.
Breakdown laughed, "Doc, you know me better than that. Of course I wouldn't tell anyone."
The red medic and Seeker vented in relief.
Breakdown's optics narrowed as he looked down at the Commander, "You on the other servo."
Starscream flinched, "Wh-what! What did I do!?" he panicked.
Breakdown pointed a digit at the Seeker, "If you break the Doc's spark, I'll personally break yours. Physically. Got it?" he emphasized it by changing his servo into his hammer and hitting it into the palm of his other servo.
Starscream's wings drooped in horror as he gripped onto Knockout's shoulders from behind, trying to hide more from the ex-wrecker, "G-got it," he whimpered.
Knockout frowned, looking at the Seeker from over his shoulder then back at the blue mech in front of him, "That's enough Breakdown, your scaring him."
Breakdown's mood turned cheery again, "Now that's been taken cared of, I should go and clean the med-bay."
Knockout nodded his helm, "You do that."
They both watched him leave and once they saw him go into the med-bay just down the hall, they vented heavily in relief.
"I thought I was a goner then," Starscream said, placing a servo on his chest.
Knockout waved a servo, "Breakdown's harmless. It would have been worse if it was one of the others."
The look of horror that made its way across the Seeker's faceplate made the red medic laugh. He took the Commander's servo in his and began guiding him down a hall, "Come on, we need to find Soundwave."
Soundwave was at one of those control panels that were stationed randomly around the ship, mostly in the halls. He was typing away, checking through different things. Eliminating a small virus here and there. Easy stuff.
He heard some pedesteps coming up behind him but he paid no mind to it. Probably a couple Vehicons or Eradicons. But that wasn't the case when it got closer, sounding lighter than any of the drones on the warship.
He stopped typing and turned around to see Knockout and Starscream standing behind him, looking rather nervous about something.
The medic cleared his vocals, "Uh, Soundwave, we need a favor."
The silent mech didn't respond of course but nodded his helm for the red mech to continue.
"We need access to the Nemesis' security cameras."
Soundwave stared at him for a second before tilting his helm to pretty much ask why.
Starscream carefully stepped out from hiding behind the medic, "W-we can't remember what happened last night before we... left the party," he said rather hesitantly.
They would of course come to the silent mech for stuff like that since he pretty much records everything. Literally everything and that everything just so happened to include the party last night. It was a rather interesting party. Everyone got overcharged. Except himself of course.
He didn't see what all the fuss was about so he nodded his helm and turned to the console that he was at and began typing away at it. Many camera footages popped up on the monitor with the medic and Seeker in it last night. He didn't know what one they were looking for so he just displayed them all, having all the times synced up.
The first had the beginning of the party. They asked for what happened before they left so he fast forwarded it so it was a few minutes before they left.
Knockout pointed at one of the footages, "There, that's as far as I can remember. The last thing I remember was sitting down in that chair."
Starscream rubbed his helm, "The last thing I remembered was... I think, I'm not sure but I think I was talking with someone."
Soundwave pointed at a different angle of the party where it showed Starscream having a rather civil conversation with a rather mellow looking Megatron.
Knockout snorted, "I never thought that Lord Megatron could be so calm when overcharged."
"That gives me an idea. I should spike his energon so he stays like that so he doesn't hurt me," Starscream said to himself.
Knockout patted his arm, "Hey Starscream, your getting out of your spot."
Starscream looked up at the screen and frowned, "I don't remember getting up."
They watched as Starscream walked rather wobbly to the other side of the party. Breakdown was there and the Seeker stood before him. The ex-wrecker gestured to Knockout who was still sitting on the chair nearby. Starscream sauntered over to the medic and stood beside him.
They watched as he poked the medic, speaking to him but they couldn't hear what he was saying. Knockout waved the Seeker off and rested his helm down onto the table in front of him. The Seeker grabbed the medic's arm and lifted him out of the chair with some great difficulty before slinging that arm over his shoulder.
He began guiding the medic out of the room with the party and Knockout and Starscream watched as they wobbled through the different camera shots. They even noticed how much their chassis' were rubbing against each other, gaining scratches as they went. That explained why they woke up with scratches that corresponded with the colours of the other's paint-job.
Knockout frowned, "Primus, Breakdown was right. I was slagged, big time."
"He was also right about me carrying you too. I was probably less overcharged than you but I still managed to forget," Starscream said after.
They watched then as Starscream practically carried Knockout to the medic's quarters. The door opened and closed behind them.
Knockout frowned, "That's it?" he turned to Soundwave. "What about in my quarters? Is there a camera in there? I know there is."
Soundwave looked at him. He was planning to deny the medic to see the footage but then again, it is the red mech's quarters. He turned back to the monitor and began typing away at the console. He brought up the camera footage, playing it from when the Seeker walked in.
They watched as Starscream stumbled in, almost tripping over his own pedes in the process after the door closed behind. He wandered over to the berth and went to lay the red mech down very awkwardly. Somehow, he managed to get his wing pinned by Knockout and was struggling to get up.
His arms then flung in the air in frustration, clearly giving up. He then laid there for practically the rest of the footage.
Soundwave just watched for a few seconds before stopping it, knowing that they would be like that for the remainder of the footage till morning. He kind of figured then that that was why they came to him. They needed to know why they were covered in scratches and why the Air Commander was in the medic's quarters.
He turned to the two mechs standing beside him. A look of shock was present on their faceplates.
Knockout collected himself quickly, giving the silent mech a neutral expression. He nodded to him, "Thank-you Soundwave, that's all that we needed," he grabbed the Seeker by the arm as he turned and dragged him away.
Once they rounded a corner, out of the silent mech's sight, Starscream stopped, "I-I can't believe it."
Knockout stopped and turned to him. He gripped the Seeker's helm and he pulled him down closer to his height, smiling widely, "I can't believe that all this time, we didn't do anything. We didn't frag each other."
Starscream frowned at the medic's enthusiasm, "Nothing happened," he said quietly, his wings lowering.
Knockout saw the sad look the Seeker had and his smile faltered, "Look, Starscream I..."
Starscream pulled away, turning his back on him, "No, I understand. Nothing happened between us," he said sadly.
Knockout frowned, he didn't think the Seeker could look any sadder but his lowered wings accomplished that for him. He reached out and took the Seeker's servo, "No Starscream, that's not what I meant."
The Air Commander didn't turn around, "What is it then?"
Knockout kept a hold of the Seeker's servo but used the other to reach up and place it on the Commander's cheek, turning his helm so he was looking at him. The red medic felt his spark ache when seeing how defeated the Seeker looked.
Knockout guided Starscream's face to come closer until he could rest his forehelm against his, "Nothing happened then," he said then smiled softly. "Doesn't mean that nothing happened now."
Starscream's expression brightened and he managed out a smile, squeezing the medic's servo lightly that was still in his.
Knockout took that as an invitation and leaned forward enough to press his lips lightly against the other's. After a few seconds they heard a click noise and they pulled away rather reluctantly, turning their helms to where the sound came from.
Who they saw, made them freeze in horror.
"Oh... uh, S-Soundwave, uh, h-how long have you been standing there?" Starscream dared to ask.
Something displayed on the silent mech's visor and they were pretty sure that they felt their sparks jump to their throats once they saw what it was, their faceplates gaining a nice blush. It was a picture... of the two kissing.
"Long enough... for him to take a picture. Great," Knockout grumbled.
Starscream let go of the medic's servo that he still had in his, stepping towards the silent mech, "Wh-what are you going to do with that?"
Soundwave didn't say anything. He didn't make any response at all.
Knockout stepped forward then, "Please, don't tell Lord Megatron. He'll rip out our sparks if he found out."
Soundwave didn't move but a smiley face did appear on his visor before he turned down the hall and started to walk.
"Soundwave? Soundwave!" Knockout called, running to catch up.
Starscream followed close, "Don't do this! We'll do anything!"
"We'll keep things like this on our own time. It won't disrupt our duties," Knockout pleaded.
"Please Soundwave!" Starscream whined after.
Little did they know, Soundwave had no intention to tell Lord Megatron. It was their choice. Not his.
He's just that good at keeping secrets.
Just for entertainment purposes though, he'll let them squirm. Let them assume.
Hope you guys (my viewers) enjoyed this small story. I sure did.
Chapter 31 of Miracle is going to be the next chapter that I'll post but not anytime soon. The other stories are planned to start after Miracle's final chapter is posted. Unless I finish them.
I picked this one to post now because I had finished it.