I am sorry for not updating this in a while. After Christmas I was sick then college started. Now I am up until midnight doing assignments for my classes. So thank you for being patient. I want to thank AllSpark Princess, Girl Supersonicboy, STARSCREAM RULEZ, Luna Uchiha666, and Dev for reviewing. Reviews make me so happy! Also, thank you everyone who has read my story! I know you are out there so thank you!

I want to take the time and apologize for leaving such a cliff hanger. After I posted and reading STARSCREAM RULEZ review, I went back to my original piece and realized I totally left out a chunk I was going to add at the end. I am so sorry about that. That chunk is in this chapter, so don't worry.

Thank you Dev for your review. I am glad to hear that you are on the edge of your seat. However, this story will not be complete for a while. With college having started back up, I will be busy studying but I will try to update more often for you all. Thank you again for your review.

Megatron: Are you done yet?!

Katrina: Oi! I'm still talking here Mr. Dark and Scary!

Megatron: *growls* Do not test my patient human-

Katrina: Fine then you finish what I have to say since you're impatient! *walks away*

Megatron: I am the leader of the decepticons; I should not have to do this. *cricket noise* Fine, Katrina does not own Transformers only the feline Azure and the sparkling Scarlet or as the autobots call the two, Fifi and Solarflare. Nicolette owns her character Star. Now read the chapter! I have better things to do! *walks off*

Chapter Eight

~Star~

The red alarm was blaring throughout the entire base. It could only mean one thing; Decepticons are here. I jump from my seat in the meeting and take off out of the room and down the hall. Behind me, heavy footsteps follow and keeping up with me. My mate and I have the same idea and it is the safety of the sparklings. All around us, fellow autobots are running around trying to find the breach as Optimus and I head toward the medical bay.

We burst into the sparkling clean medical bay only to catch a glimpse of a dark figure leaving through a ground bridge. I stare at the spot swearing I saw a speck of white and yellow disappear into the ground bridge. Hearing my mate, I turn toward him. I find him helping our red and white medic onto a med berth. I can tell he is unconscious. Ironic how the doctor needs to be on his own med berth isn't it?

After Ratchet is on a berth, I look around the med bay. "Solarflare! Bumblebee!" They're not in the playpen where I saw them earlier today. I pray to Primus that they are somewhere safely hidden by Ratchet. I stand in the spot of the ground bridge staring at nothing. When I could not find the sparklings, I know my worst fears have come true.

Why would the decepticons want them? Bumblebee is so sweet and wouldn't hurt anyone. Solarflare is just as sweet. I know her creators are decepticons, but why would they want her back after having abandoned her in the middle of nowhere?

A hand places itself on my shoulder causing me to jump. Turning, I find my sparkmate standing there and I let him pull me to his chassis where he wraps his arms around me. His deep voice informs me, "We will find Bumblebee and Solarflare. This, I promise you." I nod my helm knowing Optimus does not go back on a promise he makes.

His deep voice calls out to his second in command who happened to have followed us here. "Go through the security tapes in here. I want to know who came and took the sparklings." I watch the black and white enforcer move toward the door, but stops when someone speaks.

"That won't be necessary." We all turn to the medical berth to watch as the red and white medic pushes himself up into a sitting position then hold his helm in pain. Another medic, one I believe is his apprentice called First Aid, begins taking exams of Ratchet. I look at the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) worried and ask, "Who was it? Who took my sparkling and Bumblebee?" Ratchet looks up at me, blue optics dull and filled with sadness. "It was Soundwave."

My breath hitched as I began to become overwhelmed with anger and betrayal. I was shocked but angry at my brother for doing something like this. I can't believe he would do this. My emotions where a mess and I felt a panic attack for those two sparklings. It was too much for me right now. Pulling away from the mechs, I quickly leave the med bay still in disbelief that my brother Soundwave would kidnap two sparklings. Bumblebee has been with us for so long and he never kidnapped him. But now Solarflare is with us, he decides to kidnap them both. Then there is the possibility of the seekling being Megatron's creation. Wouldn't Soundwave want the sparkling in a better place than at the decepticon base?

~Optimus~

My spark throbs with pain of losing not just Solarflare, but Bumblebee, but it also hurts with my mate's pain. I watch as she storms out of the med bay knowing she doesn't want anyone to see the mess she is becoming. I go to follow her, but Ratchet stops me. "Optimus, stay. Star will be fine. There's something you should know about that seekling."

Curious, I wander back to my old friend. "Ratchet, I am listening. What have you learned about Solarflare?" The medic's eyes sadden even more than before with a tint of anger. "I couldn't do anything. I tried to hold onto Solarflare, but when she saw Soundwave, she was so excited and jumped out of my arms. Even that cursed feline of hers sad patiently at Soundwave's pedes."

If what he says is true, then we have been mistaken. It seems she is Soundwave's sparkling. It only makes sense as to why the feline would wait for a command from the decepticon third in command and be Solarflare's guardian. My train of thoughts is interrupted by the medic yelling something at his apprentice. First Aid runs off to do something else, most likely to take inventory. "I demanded he tell Megatron we had his sparkling after I found out that he was here for Solarflare. Soundwave clearly stated that he is her guardian, thus the feline. Megatron is not her creator. Solarflare's creators….they are offlined. Not only that, but also her trine, her siblings were offlined. Soundwave called us Kidnappers and that they were her family. Puh-lease! As if cons could act like a family for a sparkling."

My spark breaks even more. If what Soundwave has stated, then it is true that Solarflare does not have a family. It breaks even worse to hear that even her siblings were offlined. I do not know much about trines or seekers for that matter, but I do know that is important to them. Now my precious sparkling is in the hands of the decepticons. Not only that, but Bumblebee is too. I place a servo on Ratchet's shoulder, "Thank you. Get some rest old friend." The medic merely nods his helm before I leave.

Deciding I needed to find my mate, I head toward our quarters. It is there I find her curled up on our berth. Slowly I walk over to Star before sitting on the berth and pulling her to my chest as she cries. "Optimus, why would he take her? Why take either of the sparklings for that matter?" I tighten my hold around my femme before quietly telling her, "I do not know Star." I decided not to tell her what our fellow friends has told me because it would only me the matter worse. I know she will be furious with me, but she always comes to understand why I do what I do.

There is the matter of the promise I made Star. I promised to bring the sparklings back. I will keep that promise. Sweet sparklings such as Bumblebee and Solarflare do not belong in the clutches of the decepticons. They belong here with us, with Ratchet, with their family. Looking at my mate, I kiss her forehead. "We will find them. We will bring them both back alive and well. I promise you." With nothing else to do at the moment, my mate and I lay down slipping into a light recharge.

~Megatron~

As soon as the news was delivered to me, my second in command and I took off to the med bay. Soundwave had found the sparkling, my sparkling finally. Once at the med bay, we walk through to find a white femme seekling giggling as she and another sparkling are building with blocks…where did that sparkling come from.

The red medic watches the scene leaning against a wall before turning to me. "I didn't think it was possible. But it seems that sparkling got her playing with blocks." I take a few steps forward to the play pen and watch. The yellow and black mechling says a color or shape before handing it to the seekling. She repeats what he said and puts it on the growing tower only to giggle when the tower falls over. Interesting, it seems she is not truly playing with the blocks, rather learning.

I turn to the other sparkling and look at him carefully. He must be the autobots sparkling. His optics is blue, so of course he is. As if sensing someone watching, the yellow and black looks up at me. Soon his tiny frame is shaking with fear. The white femme looks at her friend weird before following his gaze. A smile breaks out on her face as she runs toward the edge of the playpen. "Megsy! Megsy! Megsy!" Grinning, I lean down and pick up the seekling. Her nickname for me is cute if I dare say. "Scarlet, you had us worried." She giggles before hugging my neck.

The other sparkling scoots to the back wall terrified. Scarlet soon frowns and looks at her playmate worried. "Bee? Bee k?" Bee? It must be his nickname. The sparkling known as Bee shakes his helm before stating, "I want to go home…" I scuff at that and put the seekling down. "Knockout, watch them. We don't want a repeat do we?" The red mech stiffens at the memory of what happened, "No Lord Megatron, we won't have a repeat. I will watch them very closely." "Good. Starscream stop playing with Scarlet. There is work to be done as well as plans to be made."

I turn, leaving the med bay with a grin on my helm. Oh yes, there are lots of work and plans to be made. Now the autobots will be torn having lost not just one, but two sparklings. I know Optimus will do almost anything to get them back, but what I can get him to do so much more using only one sparkling. Scarlet will stay with us. I have plans for her. The other sparkling is just a distraction for her. I chuckle darkly as I walk down the hall.

It's done! This chapter has been a pain for me. I couldn't use my original piece since that no longer works at all. I am so glad to have finished this chapter. I have had to make sure all the information was right, come up with a new ending piece.

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