Aquafire certainly has a mouth on her doesn't she? Hopefully you will all like this chapter as well!

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Warning: Slight mentions of interfacing and spark merging (in a non-sexual way)

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Aquafire watched, amused, as Frenzy and Rumble shot down the hallway, howling with laughter as they were chased by none other than the Elite trine, or rather, Thundercracker and Starscream. Skywarp was content to just sit back and laugh at his slagged off trine mates as he'd no doubt played some role in the prank that the cassettes had done in another attempt to get the other two uptight Seekers to loosen up. What had been done to annoy the Seekers was still a mystery to the other Decepticons, though somebot swore he heard an explosion of some sort.

They watched as the cassettes took cover behind Soundwave, who immediately began to deter the Seekers when they raced up to him. He would not let them harm his creations, no matter what.

"He ruined the fun," Steel Wing grumbled irritably. They'd been bored out of their processor's for the last few orns because of Hook's orders so they'd taken to finding other ways to entertain themselves. This mostly consisted of taunting Starscream while he was forced to take on their missions, playing pranks with the cassette twins, dancing in the rec room and just doing whatever they wanted.

"Just a few more cycles and we'll be back on active duty," Storm Ridge assured him.

"That's not soon enough," He huffed.

"Oh quit your whining," Aquafire nudged him with her pede. "You sound like an overgrown sparkling."

"Says the one who whines and complains more than me on a daily basis," He snapped back. "And who sits on bots when she doesn't get things to go her way," He let out a yelp when the femme moved and promptly seated herself in his lap, leaning back enough to nearly knock him over. "Get your aft off of me!" He flailed beneath her while she merely smirked. Storm Ridge pounced on them both, knocking them both over with startled cries. The mechs in the room stared at them oddly though the sight was nothing new. They were used to seeing the young trine do these kinds of things though very few actually understood why they did so. Most believed they did so because they were merely young and needed to exert excess energy but that wasn't so. Any Seeker or flier in general knew they did so because contact among their trine was essential and always calmed them down.

The three laughed as they tried to untangle themselves from one another and smiled once they managed to do so. Aquafire flung her arms around the two mechs' shoulders and sighed happily as warmth and love flowed through their trine bond. In all honesty, she didn't know what she'd do if her trine mates weren't around, she'd be completely lost and would most likely just offline because of it.

"Don't worry, we'll never leave you," Storm Ridge whispered, having felt the small hints of fear trickle through the bond. He nuzzled against her helm lightly and ran his fingertips along the edge of her wing. Steel Wing followed his example and in return, Aquafire rubbed her servos along their own wings.

"Frag what Hook says, I want us to reaffirm our bond," Steel Wing rumbled out. Aquafire couldn't help but smile at his words but at the same time she knew he had a point. They really did need to reaffirm their bond, it had been quite a long time, too long really, since they'd last done so. The blue femme nodded and they left, hurrying back to their quarters, not even stopping to greet Thrust and the others along the way. The three Seekers tumbled to the berth in a mass of tangled limbs before they composed themselves and sat up. Their cockpits parted before the plating beneath gave way, exposing their sparks. The glowing orbs slowly came out of their protective chambers and, upon recognizing the other spark energies, began releasing small tendrils of energy. The three felt a fresh wave of emotions flood the bond as their sparks connected and strengthened their bond. Sharing their sparks was nothing like a full spark merge, it wasn't intimate in the least, no, it was comforting and reassuring. It was merely a way for them to make a formal and official trine bond and strengthen said bond.

Their sparks soon returned to their respective chambers and their plates and cockpits shifted, moving to protect the ball of light once more. The three gave each other goofy grins as they moved to curl up against one another, optics shuttering and offlining.

-X-X-X-

"We gave up monitor duty for this?" Aquafire groaned as she, her trine and the Coneheads patrolled Kaon's outer borders.

"First week off of berth rest and we have patrol," Steel Wing grumbled unhappily. "Just fragging great."

"Would you three mute it!" Thrust snapped.

"You know you just love us, Thrust," Aquafire chirped at him.

"I'm beginning to think we should have never stuck up for you," Ramjet retorted. The younger Seekers just laughed as they continued their patrol.

"There ain't nothing out here," Dirge rumbled. "I see no point in continuing," The others all grumbled in agreement as they turned to head back to Kaon. When they returned, Aquafire transformed and stretched her aching joints before heading to the rec room with the others. She sat with her trine and drank high grade, humming as the potent mix hit her systems. Primus, she'd missed the taste of it! The young Seekers sat and drank, though they savored the energon as they knew that the war was quickly depleting the planet of its resources faster than it could produce it. High grade was becoming sparse and rare, it wasn't always available after a victorious battle anymore much to the annoyance of many of the warriors.

"We control half, if not more, of Cybertron," Storm Ridge muttered. "And we've been laying siege on Iacon for these past millions of cycles! Why do they continue to fight? We should have won this war vorns ago."

"They rally under their precious Prime," Steel Wing snorted. "They think he can save them but he is nothing but a coward."

"Unless Megatron ends Prime once and for all, then this war will continue," Aquafire muttered. The others nodded in agreement and slowly finished their energon. More than one mech came around and asked Aquafire to join them in their berth but much to their shock, she turned them down. They'd never known her to turn down a good 'face, the only exception was when she was under Hook's strict orders, and as far as they were aware, she was free of her medical restrictions. The blue femme walked off with her trine, barely giving her would-be berth mates a second glance as she did so.

"Who are you and what have you done with our Aquafire?" Steel Wing snorted, trying not to laugh as he hugged his trine leader.

"Just got tired of meaningless frags," She shrugged.

"Finally growing up?" Storm Ridge crowed, teasing her lightly. Aquafire swiped at him but he ducked away with a laugh as Steel Wing held her back. "Bet you'll be back to your old ways within the next orn!"

"Doubtful, Stormy!" She hissed with a smirked.

"A full orn of monitor duty says you will," He grinned.

"You're on," She took the challenge immediately, making Steel Wing chuckle.

"One of these days, Aquafire, you will lose a bet to him," He chided. "And I will honest to Primus laugh at you and tell the entire base."

"Do that and I will deliver you to Hook in pieces," She smiled at him sweetly. The three burst into laughter before they returned to their quarters.

-X-X-X-

"When we next fight, it shall be the end for them," A low, raspy voice chuckled into the darkness. "Soon, they will be no more..."