Damn! It's been three months since I last updated this story. I hope you all forgive me for being this late. This chapter is the episode Master and Students, but with no action, since the kids had less appearances on the episode. So I made one of my own, which sort of explains why I took long.

So anyway, here is the next chapter and hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 16: The Science Project

Optimus walks down the corridor, making his way to Sam's room. He was received a call from Ratchet, telling him to get Sam and come meet him in his work station. He was found out what caused Sam to bleed, even though there were no sign of an injury. Optimus has made his way to Sam's door, and raised up his hand to knock

"Oh, yes..."

Optimus suddenly stopped mid-way when he heard Sam... moaning? Confused, Optimus quietly pressed his audio receptors against the door. He waited until he heard Sam moaning again.

"Oh, yes... that feels good."

Now he's even more confused. Just what is Sam moaning about. Is he hurt? No. The way he's moaning, it sounded as if he's...

"You like that, don't you?"

Optimus froze when he heard a different voice. A male's voice. But whose is it?

"Yes, Jack, that feels nice."

Jack? What's Jack doing in Sam's room? Better yet, what's Jack doing with Sam? The next few words coming from them gave him the answer.

"You like it hard, don't you, Sam?" Optimus heard Jack ask.

"Yes... Oh, yes... I love it when you do me hard." There's one information that is useful to Optimus.

"You want me to do it fast or slow?"

"Slow. I want to savor the moment."

"Slow it is."

"Yes... that feels nice."

"Damn, you're so tight down there."

"Mmm, yes... Ahh!"

"Heh, found it."

"Found what- Oh, god!" Sam began to ask, but he suddenly yell in intense pleasure.

"What I like to call your pleasure spot. Feels nice, doesn't it."

"Oh, god, yes!"

"Are you always such a screamer, Sam?"

"Shut up!"

"That's not very nice, Sam. Maybe I shouldn't give it to you."

"No, please..." Sam begged.

"Please what, Sam?" Jack asked teasingly.

"Please, give it to me. Please, rub my pleasure spot."

"That's better. Now I just need to find it again..." Sam moaned when Jack rubbed his pleasure spot. "Found it." Jack stated.

"Yes, oh, yes... yes! Oh, Jack, you magnificent beast!" Sam moaned out loud.

"That's right. Say my name. It will all be over soon."

That is all Optimus needed to hear, and he is outraged. How dare Jack goes into Sam's room and deflowers his Sam. The image of Sam spreading his legs to someone other than him boils his Energon. The only person who Sam should be spreading his legs to is Optimus Prime, even if they are from a different species. Not only that, he should be the who deflowers Sam. Not wasting anymore time, Optimus barged in to door, breaking it in the process. What he saw really left the Prime speechless. On the bed, was Sam laying on his stomach, with Jack besides him. Both of them are looking at him; one who was frighten, and the other was glaring at him.

"Optimus Prime, what is the meaning of this?" Sam asked with a great annoyance.

Optimus mentally cringed when Sam said is full name. By the tone Sam's using, and the way he's standing there with his arms crossed around his naked chest and tapping with his foot in impatience, it means he's about to be scold again.

"What were you guys doing?" Optimus finally spoke after a short silence.

"If you must know, Jack was giving me a massage."

"A massage?" Optimus asked, unfamiliar with the human culture.

"A massage is the rubbing and kneading of muscle and joints of the body, especially to relieve tension and pain." Sam explains. "My muscle were hurting and Jack was helping me relieve the tension on my back and shoulders."

Now he feels stupid. All this time, Sam has been moaning from this thing called massage. But the way he was moaning, it sounded as if Sam and Jack were... mating. It disgust him to no ends at the thought of Jack mating with Sam. Sometimes, he curses Sam's innocence. Because of it, Sam might make some noises that sounds so arousing. At least, Sam remains untouched. And speaking of Sam, he's still glaring directly at him, waiting for his explanation. He can't just tell him about hearing him moan like a submissive in heat. Then he remembered about Ratchet.

"Ratchet told me to come get you. He wants to have a word with us."

"Well, ok. But that doesn't mean you can break my door and barge in ready to kill." Sam said with a scolding manner.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking straight." And it's true. The only thing in Optimus' head was murdering the person who is mating his Sam. Good thing it was Jack who was giving Sam a massage only. But if Jack was mating Sam, he will have no choice but to literally throw Jack away.

"It's not like you to get distracted, Optimus." Sam grabbed his shirt from his drawers and put it on. He made his way downstairs, followed by Jack like a lost puppy. As he made his way to his broken door, he looked at Optimus with a frightening look, even though he had that smile of his. "Oh, and, Optimus?"

"...Yes?"

"If I don't see you fixing my door in less than a megacycle, you'll be cleaning the whole base with a small toothbrush." Sam patted Optimus' foot before leaving to meet up with Ratchet. Jack followed him, sniggering silently at poor Optimus, but silence himself when he was given a hard glare from Optimus. He quickly ran up to Sam, fearing what a giant robot might do to him for mocking him.

Optimus gave a small quiet sigh before following the two humans. He admits, this was all his fault for jumping to conclusion and deserves this punishment. But he partly blames it on Jack, as well. He had the nerve to touch Sam in a sensual way. And by the look in his eyes when he laid his optics on him, he'd say he liked touching Sam like that. And there's no point in lying, he could see the noticeable bulge in Jack's pants.

They have arrived at the main control room, or as Sam's likes to call it, the base's living room. He spots Jack joining with the other new human allies as they begin to work on their schoolwork. He made his way to Ratchet and Sam, where they are waiting for him by the GroundBridge control.

"So, what is it that you need to talk about that made Optimus smash through my door?"

Ratchet looked at Optimus with his red metal eyebrow raised up. He wanted to ask what he meant, but Optimus gave him a hard look. So he gave up on that, but he'll ask Sam some other time. "Alright. Sam, do you remember day Cliffjumper was... um... killed?" Ratchet was hesitant to ask. Sam was still suffering from the loss of Cliffjumper. And he was right. Sam began wiping away the tears that are beginning to form in his eyes. Ratchet felt guilty for reminding Sam of that horrible day.

"Yes." Sam whimpered.

"And do you remembered the time where you somehow started bleeding, even though you had no wound on you?" He waited until Sam nods so he can continue. "Well, I found out the reason."

"Really?" Ratchet nodded. "So what was the problem? Am I getting sick? Do I have a disease or a virus?" Sam asked.

"Nothing of the sorts." He reassures him. "The only reason you bled, is because of the strong bond you share with Cliffjumper."

Sam tilted his head in confusion. What does bond has to do with anything? Well, yeah, he has bonded with everyone here at the base. But how can a bond do that?"

As if reading his mind, Ratchet began to explain a little bit of Cybertronian culture. "You see, Sam, bonds are very important to us Cybertronian. The bond that you had with Cliffjumper are that of a sparkling and it's parents. Your bond with Cliffjumper was strong enough to make a connection. So when Cliffjumper was killed, you felt the pain of him getting stabbed through that bond. Do you get what I'm saying, or do I have to repeat myself, so that your so-called brain could catch up?"

Sam huffed and pouted at him for the insult. But he nodded his head, telling him he understood everything. Because he became part Cybertronian, he obtain the ability to form bonds with other Cybertronian, but only to those whom he considers family. And he could understand why his bond with Cliffjumper was stronger than the others. It's because Cliffjumper was there with him the most. He would always volunteer to stay behind and take good care of him while everyone is out scouting for Energon, or Decepticons. Guess that explains why he loves him way too much. He was more like a father than an uncle. So when Cliffjumper was killed, he felt the same way as Cliffjumper did.

"Will Sam be experiencing this pain again if one of us were to offline?" Optimus asked with worry.

Ratchet hummed in thought. "It only depends on how strong the bond he has with each one of us. The stronger the bond is, the stronger he'll feel the pain if one of use were to offline. For example: let's say I die getting my head chop off. Sam will feel as if his head was getting chopped off as well."

Optimus looked at Sam who is clutching his chest where his heart, or spark, is. He will make sure no one dies under his watch so that Sam won't suffer any more pain of loosing a loved one. But still, they don't know how it works with a human who became half Cybertronian. They still need more info about it.

Their conversation about Sam's wellbeing where interrupted by an explosion.

"Decepticons!" Ratchet cried out as smoke began to form. "We're under attack."

Both Optimus and Ratchet ran towards the site of the explosion. When they got there, they were relieved to see it was no attack.

"It's no attack, Ratchet." Rafael reassures him as he coughs from the smoke he accidentally made. "It's my volcano. Was." He corrected himself as his volcano deflated.

"Hold still, Bulkhead." Ratchet saw Miko with Bulkhead as the latter was holding a mobile of planets. "Jupiter needs its red spots." She dipps her paintbrush in the red paint can, only to spill a drop on the floor as she attempted to finish painting her model. "Whoopsie."

"What... in the AllSpark is going on in here?" Ratchet demanded angrily.

"Our projects are due tomorrow." Jack answered, showing Ratchet a dismantle motorcycle.

"Maybe it needs one of these doohickeys." Arcee suggested as she picked up a pipe.

"You're a motorcycle, Arcee. Shouldn't you know how to build a motorcycle engine?" Jack asked teasingly.

"You're a human, Jack. Can you building me a small intestine?" Arcee retorted in the same manner.

"Well, you can't work on these projects in here. You're... making a mess." Ratchet said with slight annoyance.

"But the science fair's a big part of our grade."

"Yeah, if Bulkhead doesn't help me finish this model of our solar system..."

"Oh? And what does Bulkhead know of your solar system, or Bumblebee of your volcanos, or-"

"Arcee of our motorcycle?" Sam finished Ratchet's sentence with a teasing smile which earn him a glare from Arcee.

"Precisely. We're not earthlings. And they're not scientists."

"But the Autobots are their guardians, Ratchet." Optimus interject. "They could use this moment to increase their bond with each other."

"Perhaps." Ratchet said, unconvinced. He watch as the kids went back to work, his fingers are twitching to tinker with their project. This is something up his alley.

"Such a shame." Starscream sighs as he replays the footage of Megatron's destruction. Instead of mourning, he's enjoying watching Megatron perish over and over again. "But I applaud you, Megatron. You certainly made a grand exit. Ah, Soundwave." Starscream greeted the approaching 'Con. "Cue the audio/visual. I wish to address the troops."

Soundwave gave a small, unnoticeable nod as he put Starscream on all the computers and monitors.

"The loss of Megatron, leader of the great Decepticon uprising, is certainly a blow to our cause. Yet, we mustn't despair over his tragic demise, but instead embrace his ultimate sacrifice and build upon the foundation he laid with an even mightier hand."

"With all due respect, Commander Star- Uh, Lord Starscream." A Vehicon stepped in, interrupting Starscream's speech.

"Yes, yes. What is it?" Starscream asked with irritation for being interrupted.

"If we failed to conquer Earth under Megatron's command, what hope do we have now while the Autobots still defend it?"

Starscream let out a tired sigh. "Allow me to be crystal clear. I studied for millennia under our former master. Thus, I am equipped to lead you – I, Megatron's true heir, Lord Starscream, Emperor of Destruction!"

After Starscream finished his dramatic speech, the troops began to murmur to each other. Each one of them having doubts that Starscream can do a much better job at conquering planets than Megatron.

Starscream scoffs at them and begins to walk away. "What use are troops who can't rise to the task of inflicting unspeakable destruction in my name?" He said rhetorically. "Ah, but wait. Legends tells of one capable warrior, one who exist here, upon this very planet, one who can be student to my master." He smiles wickedly. "Come, Soundwave. We have work to do."

Soundwave activated the GroundBridge and head to the location Starscream supplied. Once arrived near the canyon in the desert, Soundwave activated his sonar and began searching while Starscream began to tell the reason they are here.

"During the Great War, so much Energon was hidden on this forsaken rock that our departed master sent some of Cybertron's greatest to guard it – True warriors now lying in stasis, waiting to be reawakened. Such folly that, late in life, Megatron searched distant space for warriors rather than here, beneath his feet."

"..."

What do you mean you can't pinpoint his signal?" Starscream asked angrily. "Boost the power to your sensors!"

An increase of whirring and humming sound can be heard as Soundwave boosted his sensors. After a sort second, Soundwave found the location of the lost Decepticon. Both Soundwave and Starscream transformed into their jet mode and flew over to the place where the Decepticon is resting.

Sam sighs in boredom as he types mindlessly on the computer. It's the weekend and already he's bored. It sucks that Jack and his two new friends are doing their projects, along with the help of their guardians. He looked over his shoulder and couldn't help but feel jealous. Before they got into their mess, Sam was always the center of the Autobots' attention. Whenever he's feeling bored, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper or Bumblebee, or maybe all three of them would take him out and drive around Jasper, or on a road trip. But with Cliffjumper gone, and three of the Autobots are giving their attention to their new human friends, he feels lonely. There are Optimus and Ratchet, but they are always busy and hates to bother them. Except maybe Ratchet, but he doesn't feels like bothering him.

He shook his head to get rid of his negative thoughts. He shouldn't feel jealous. He should be happy that he's got new friends, happy that he no longer have to keep a secret from Jack about his robotic family. He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the computer beeping.

"Exposed Energon," Sam reads out loud to everyone, "and it's on the move."

"And since we ain't moving it, guess who must be."

"Decepticons."

"Without Megatron?"

"Unfortunately, Megatron's legacy will live on as others rise to take his place." Optimus answers Miko's question. "Autobots, you have projects to complete. Ratchet, I may require aid."

Ratchet looked back at Rafael who is rebuilding his volcano. "Science fair is a big part of their grade..." Ratchet trailed off, a huge grin appearing on his face. "Perhaps I'm better suited to remain behind and advise." He suggested, hoping he gets to stay and 'help' the kids to their work.

"Very well." Optimus agreed to his suggestion, not seeing what harm could it do. "Bumblebee, let us see about this Energon in transit."

Sam activated the GroundBridge to allow Bumblebee and Optimus travel to the location. "Hey, Optimus." He called out to Optimus which grabbed his attention. "I do hope you come back soon and start fixing my door. Or else." He said with a sweet and innocent smile.

Optimus nodded and left with Bumblebee. Sometimes he wonders why the submissive are sometimes scary.

As they left, Sam spotted Ratchet grabbing some necessary tools from his box. He also spotted a huge grin across his face. He wonders what's he so happy about. He shrugged it off and head towards the elevator, deciding he should pay a visit to Cliffjumper's grave. Once arrived, he sat beside Cliffjumper's broken horn from his hood. He begins to tell him about what had happened after his death. He told him how three humans – one being his childhood friend – have now became a part of Team Prime. He also tells him how he misses him so much and wish that he could be brought back from the dead in almost the same manner as he did.

He lets some teardrops land on Cliffjumper's horn before getting up and heading back inside. He made sure his eyes weren't puffy from his crying. As he exits the elevator, he spots Ratchet building something while the others watch.

"What's going on here?" He asked almost suspiciously.

"Well, apparently, Ratchet's doing our science projects." Jack answered.

Sam's eyes went wide for a bit before walking beside Jack and Miko. "Ratchet!" He yelled which Jack and Miko jumped in surprise.

"What? Can't you see I'm building a masterpiece." He said as he stops marvels at his work.

"Didn't I forbade you from doing any science projects?" He asked which got the kids' curiosity.

"As I recall correctly, you forbade me from doing anymore of your science projects, not theirs." He went back on building something for Rafael.

Sam sighs as he rubs his forehead.

"Sam, what do you mean you forbade Ratchet?" Jack asked.

"Last year Science Fair, that's what." Sam began to explain as he sat on the couch. "I was suppose to build something that will help save energy. But Ratchet wanted to help me, and by helping me, I mean doing it for me. At first, I was glad to let Ratchet do my work. That means I had free time. Biggest mistake of my life."

Jack, Miko and Rafael tried to remember what happened last year Science Fair. Jack was the first one to remember. "Wait a minute. Wasn't that time when all the school's electricity blew up and caused the school to close for a month?"

Sam nodded with a blush on his face. "Because of Ratchet, I was banned from participating on any Science Fair project."

Now they are starting to have second thoughts of letting Ratchet do their work. Even if they tried to stop Ratchet from doing their work, he still won't listen. They wonder how Sam puts up with him.

"Wait a minute." Miko went though her phone and found what's she looking for. "Wasn't this you?" Miko showed everyone a picture of Sam being escorted out of school by guy in suit with a big belly.

"Yeah, that's me and Fowler. He saved my ass from being questioned by the authorities. Hmm, and you got my good side as well." He commented as he continues to stare at the picture. "Don't I look good or what?"

"Yeah, wonder what happened?" Jack said jokingly, but Sam slapped him in the head.

"Do you want to join Optimus on cleaning the whole base?" Sam asked threateningly which Jack shook his head no.

"What's this about Optimus cleaning the base?" Bulkhead asked with amusement.

"A little punishment for breaking my door."

"Why would he break your door?" Arcee wonders.

"Jack was giving me a nice massage to relieve my shoulder pain from yesterday's chore, when suddenly, Optimus barges in, breaking my door, only to tell me that Ratchet wanted to have a word with the two of us. I still don't get why he did that though."

Everyone looked at each other and laughed, causing Sam to pout at them. Even Ratchet chuckled to himself. He has a sneaky suspicion that it involves Sam and Jack being in one room alone, giving Optimus the wrong idea and becoming possessive. It's funny how Optimus is whipped so bad.

"We lost sight of them." Starscream stated as he and Soundwave began searching for Optimus and Bumblebee, and Skyquake, the Decepticon warrior they had awaken from his slumber. "Soundwave, why aren't you tracking them?"

Soundwave showed Starscream a different map on his visor, showing him another signal he picked up.

"A second Decepticon life signal? But Skyquake is the only sleeper buried in this area." Starscream got a clear view of the location as Soundwave zoomed in on the location. "The site of our destroyed SpaceBridge. You're not telling me that life belongs... to Megatron? B-b-but he was microns from the detonation point! Nothing could have survived that blast! Your sensors must be faulty! Ignore the contact! Delete the coordinates!" He orders quite desperately, fearing that Megatron might still be alive.

A beep from Soundwave's sonar caused Starscream to take back his word. "Oh, what am I saying? O-of course, this must be investigated." Starscream chuckled nervously. "If Lord Megatron is up there, I shall bring him home." He declared as he points towards the sky. "Remain here and monitor the outcome. When Skyquake snuffs Prime's spark, I must bear witness." Starscream jumped off the cliff, transformed into his jet mode and flew towards space to retrieve Megatron's body.

Soundwave watched Starscream fly off to space. "Must bear witness." Soundwave plays a recording of Starscream before ejecting Laserbeak and have it follow him.

Starscream arrives at the location of the destroyed SpaceBridge and landed on a giant debris. He looked around to see if he can spot Megatron, but all he sees are more space junk. "No one could have survived this. As I suspected – Faulty sensors. The last thing I need now are rumors that Megatron is still–"

A loud wheezing moan cut off Starscream's little rant. Starscream gasped in shock jumped off the debris he was on and floated towards Megatron's wounded body. As he gotten close to Megatron, Megatron suddenly grabbed Starscream out of nowhere, scaring the Commander out of his wits. Before long, Megatron went back into unconscious state.

"But how?" He wonders. That's when he noticed a big hole on his chest, and inside his chest, was a sliver of Dark Energon. "Ah, Dark Energon." He leans down near Megatron's audio receptors and smiles wickedly. "Everyone believes you are deceased. Who am I to disappoint them... Master?" He grabs the shard and yanks it out from Megatron's chest. As soon as he yanks it out, Megatron groans awake as he felt the Dark Energon left his body. He then fell unconscious once again. "And this time...STAY DEAD!" He said as he kicked Megatron's lifeless body further into space.

That's when he heard a buzzing heading his heard. He gasped in fear, knowing who it belongs to. "Soundwave, if you are listening, I have found Lord Megatron, and he is... unwell." He tells Laserbeak. "We must transport him to sickbay immediately." As Laserbeak gotten close, Starscream hid the Dark Energon sliver behind his back.

Back at the Autobot base, Optimus and Bumblebee have arrived from their battle with Skyquake after Bumblebee extinguished his spark. "Bumblebee, putting yourself at risk was perhaps not the wisest of strategies, but you performed admirably." Optimus complimented Bumblebee as Ratchet completed on repairing Bee.

A loud honking got their attention, and Ratchet smiles in glee as the kids have arrived with the rest of the Autobots. "Aha-ha-ha! There you are. Well? How were my– Uh, our project received?" He asked in excitement.

The looked at with with a slight glare as they tell what happened at school.

"Miss Nakadai, what planet would that be?" The Science Fair Judge asked Miko.

On the table, there was a model of Cybertron with its two moons. Miko fidget, unsure what to tell him. "Um... Cybertron?" She answered with as a question instead. Said planet fell on the table with a clank.

"It's... large, Mr. Darby, but is it operational?" The same judge asked Jack.

Jack was uncertain what his project was as he rubbed his chin in thought. He turned it on, and watched as that saw-thing began going haywire, scaring the people in the school and destroying some of school's property.

Next was Rafael's 'project'. Instead of a volcano, he got was a metal volcano with electricity crackling around it.

"I hesitate to ask, Mr. Esquivel, but, uh, is it active?" The judge asked nervously.

Raf took a step away from the volcano, and looked away as he pressed a button on his remote. Instead of lava, a bright yellowish beam shot out from the volcano that blew a hole right through the school roof.

"Well, on our planet, you would have been awarded the highest honors. Absolutely no gratitude. See if I help them." Ratchet left, grumbling in disappointment that his projected failed on the Science Fair. A huge blow on his ego.

"Speaking of projects," Sam walked up to Optimus with his arms crossed. "Have you finished your little project I assigned you to?"

"Yes, Sam. Your door is fixed."

Sam smiled at him before he left to join the other kids. Optimus let out a small sigh of relief as Sam left with a satisfied smile. Bumblebee commented on something that Optimus agreed as well. "Indeed, Bumblebee. From now on, let's not anger Sam. He's even more dangerous than the Decepticons."

"The Troops will be pleased to hear of our success in rushing Lord Megatron into stasis. Let us hope that our Master pulls through." Starscream said with a slight glare. Now with Megatron back, his plan on ruling over the Decepticon failed.

On the berth, Megatron lies there motionless, with life-support cables connected to each and every part of his body, including the hole on his chest.

Don't lie. You all had perverted thoughts as you all read the beginning of the chapter. I did too when I wrote that part.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please review.