Chapter 14

Skywarp woke with a soft yawn, tucking his face into Soundwave's shoulder. Thundercracker had himself curled up into an adorable ball in Soundwave's arms, actually managing to make himself look smaller than their trineleader. It was amusing and if he had felt like moving, he might have taken a holopic to show them later. But he was comfortable and he didn't want to move. It wasn't like they were needed or anything.

The Decepticons had been strangely inactive as of late. It was a little unnerving, especially since every other Decepticon looked just as cooped up as he felt. The inactivity had given him more than enough time to spend with his trine and Skywarp would have been lying if he said he wasn't ready to finalize the bond. The only problem was Soundwave's need to dance around the issue and cough about him not being the trineleader or some similar slag. It was actually starting to annoy both him and Thundercracker because they both knew the silent mech was the trineleader.

Grumbling a little, Skywarp started massaging Soundwave's hips, smiling as his mate let out a soft noise. He shifted in Skywarp's hands, pushing into them eagerly. His visor brightened for a moment, the dark optics beneath rolling to look at him. Skywarp turned his smile towards him, lifting an optic brow curiously.

"Not the trineleader," Soundwave murmured groggily.

"Liar," Skywarp teased as he gently rolled his thumb over a shallow cluster of nodes hidden behind the armor on Soundwave's hip.

The throaty growl he received as encouragement had him finding the other node clusters to tease more wonderful sounds out of his trineleader. Thundercracker onlined an optic and gave him a questioning look. It took him a moment for his tired processor to catch up and he ran a finger down Soundwave's chest. They both stopped at the same time as Soundwave let out a strangled sound.

"That's not fair," he huffed. "Two on one?"

"Wouldn't be fun if we weren't joining in," Skywarp teased gently as Soundwave rolled onto his back.

Thundercracker and Skywarp shared a look and nodded. With a bit of maneuvering, Skywarp wiggled underneath Soundwave as Thundercracker straddled his hips. Their trineleader tensed, unsure of their position, but their gentle nuzzles reassured him.

"You won't rest until I accept the position, will you?" Soundwave sighed as he reached up to tease the wires under Thundercracker's jaw.

Skywarp shook his head. There was no point in mentioning that once they were bonded he would understand. It was hard to explain; the same way that they couldn't explain how Starscream had become their trineleader even though he had easily been weaker and less intimidating than Thundercracker. They simply fell into line behind him and no one argued why.

Soundwave let out a low groan as Thundercracker's fingers sank into the armor around his chest, teasing wires and nodes. Skywarp nuzzled his neck, purring softly as he watched curiously. He really didn't have any idea what he was doing and was happy that they had an understanding. It sounded silly to him, even now, that he was the "virginal" one of the trine given his size.

Thundercracker's optics moved to Skywarp and he let out a low moan as Soundwave's hands settled aggressively on his hips. He wiggled slightly, optics flashing as he let his panel slide back. Somewhere between Thundercracker's panel sliding back and Soundwave's chest plates eagerly popping open, Skywarp lost track of time. He was caught in a bought of pleasure, panting as he treated Soundwave to whatever skills he had with his newly acquired spike. He wasn't even sure when Soundwave rolled over so that their chests were pressing together, Thundercracker's chassis sandwiched comfortably between their frames.

He did remember their sparks merging though. He remembered Soundwave's spark eagerly sucking his and Thundercracker's in close, holding them hostage as their bond twined ferociously around them. The amount of pleasure rocking between their three frames was enough to send a lesser mech over the edge three times. But they held on tightly even as yawning overload beckoned. Skywarp could taste his mates as their mouths furiously found each other, their hot breath leaving streaks of condensation on each other's optics.

There was a momentary popping noise in his head, a sensation that they were weightless and that everything was right, before overload hit them hard. Fire ran hot through his spark and loins and he screamed his pleasure to the ceiling, Thundercracker and Soundwave's names mingled on his glossa. Then he offlined.

"Well," Starscream's voice called distantly. "I'm glad to see that you three enjoyed yourselves. Quite the puzzle of limbs you've gotten yourself into."

Skywarp onlined his optics with a soft groan. Of all the times for his sibling to show up, it had to be when he was recharging with his trinemates on top of him. Soundwave let out a soft murmur against his chest, rolling over to hide his face against Skywarp's neck. Thundercracker wiggled his way free and stood protectively in front of the berth, his large wings sort of shielding them from view.

Starscream raised an optic ridge at him before looking directly at Skywarp. "Megatron's calling a meeting in about a joor. I figured you'd rather be woken up by me than the big brute."

"Well, we're up now; please leave," Skywarp yawned as he stroked Soundwave's back.

Starscream rolled his optics in good nature and turned around to leave. He paused at the door, fluttering his wings curiously. Glancing over his shoulder, he smirked.

"Aw, Soundwave's the trineleader?" he teased gently. "That's so cute."

Skywarp threw whatever happened to be close by and grinned as Starscream ducked out the door to avoid it. Snorting softly, he stretched his arms and legs out, getting the kinks out of his joints. Soundwave rolled over and sat up, rubbing at his face as Skywarp dragged himself into a sitting position. He vented a loud sigh before he got to his feet and stretched.

"We should get going," Soundwave intoned as blandly as possible.

"I'd love to just lie here and cuddle," Skywarp pouted before he got up and scratched at his neck.

"We can later, Sky," Thundercracker shook his head in amusement.

Replacing his visor, Soundwave led the way out of the room and down the hallway. The war room was packed with chassis and it was only through Skywarp's sheer bulk that they were able to move up to the front of the crowd where Megatron was pacing. Skyfire stood off to the side, his head turned towards the ground, but he was watching the crowd. His wings bounced occasionally and Skywarp smirked to himself; for a peace-loving mech, he sure was ready to tear someone apart if they got too close to his trinemate.

Starscream flicked a wing to get their attention and they all moved over to stand beside him. Skywarp gave his brother a curious look before they stood at attention. Megatron had stopped pacing.

The warlord looked out over the gathered mechs and snorted. "This war will end with our next battle," he growled softly. "You have all been aware that we have been supposedly inactive for the last few Earth weeks. While the rest of you have been relaxing, I have been constructing battleplans to cripple the Autobots permanently." He snorted again and glanced at Starscream pointedly. "My sources have provided me with more than enough information to ensure our victory of both the battle and the war."

As the battleplans were revealed, Skywarp's wings slowly started to rise in alarm. The amount of detail that were included was almost unprecedented. Megatron never put this much care into his plans; he had down to the minute movements of every single group of fighting mech. He stole a glance at Starscream, wishing that they were alone so that he could demand answers out of his brother. Instead, he remained silent as he absorbed all of the information.

It was clear that they had thought of just about everything. Skywarp knew that confidence could be a hindrance, but he almost felt certain that they were going to win. There was no way that the Autobots could catch them off guard. Megatron finished talking and dismissed them to rest up for the next orn.

Skywarp followed Soundwave over to Megatron, his wings twitching happily as Rumble crawled up onto his back to get a better look at the scene. Soundwave inclined his head and began to whisper with the warlord. Starscream was talking with Skyfire, shaking his head and frowning unhappily. Skywarp shared a curious look with Thundercracker and headed over to his sibling to see what was wrong.

"What's up?" he asked curiously.

"It's going to be hard to get certain individuals out of the fire-fight," Starscream replied. "Megatron wants some mechs left alive after the battle. The commanding officers, mostly. He wants to make them see what we are going to do to Cybertron."

"So, Optimus, Prowl, Jazz, and Ratchet?" Skywarp asked with a raised optic ridge.

"Ironhide too," Starscream nodded. "The only problem with that is that they are going to be the first ones to jump into the fight. We have to be able to get in and get them captured fast."

"And you didn't come ask me sooner?" Skywarp smirked before bowing at the waist. "I, Skywarp the Magnificent, offer my services to collect the mechs you so desire."

"You're going to teleport in, grab someone, and teleport out, aren't you?" Starscream sighed.

"Naturally," Skywarp chirped happily.

"They would see that coming," Skyfire pointed out gently. "I don't think it's safe, Skywarp."

"So you have any other suggestions?" Skywarp smirked. "No? Then it's the best one we have. Just point me in the right direction and I will complete everything for you."

Starscream looked skeptical, but he nodded. "Alright; I'll let Megatron know that you offered. We'll get you your orders as quickly as I can," he murmured.

Skywarp hugged Starscream tightly, grinning as he growled in displeasure. "I'll be fine," he cooed as he glanced over at Soundwave. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have a telepath to jump."

"I do NOT want to know," Starscream snarled as he slapped his hands over his audios.

Skywarp cackled like a madmech before he teleported behind Soundwave and grabbed him. Cackling more, he glanced at Thundercracker long enough to promise to be right back. With a loud whoop, he teleported to their quarters and dropped Soundwave on the berth. Ignoring the surprised hiss his trinemate made, he teleported back to the warroom, grabbed Thundercracker, and teleported back. Grinning, he flopped on Soundwave and purred as he pushed his face into the mech's neck.

"There are many things I'm going to do to you," he promised sweetly.

"Dude, I'm still here!" Rumble cried out in disgust.