WOW! I didn't know I had this many people loving my story. I am very thankful to all who reviewed and said all those kind words. Thank you! : ) I will keep posting until it is done. However I only ask one thing. If at any time I offend you with something I have written please tell me, okay? Now that is out of the way here Chapter 12. And fair warning. It will get dark…

Units Of Time As I Use Them:

Nano-Klick : Second

Klick : Minute

Cycle : Hour

Joor : Day

Orn : Week

Decacycle : 3 Weeks

Metacycle : Year

"Prowler, this will take forever!" The tactician laughed. "This is why I don't like interruptions. A certain bot seems to give them to me anyway." The saboteur looked at the floor. "I have a feeling that, that bot is me." The SIC sighed. "You are not the only one. But you are the one who seems to do it the most." "I am sorry. I will stop coming around." Prowl stood from his chair and knocked the data pad from his lover's servos.

"Do not ever stop coming to this office." "But you just said…" "I know what I said. But I want to let you in on a little secret. Whenever you are in here, I get more work done. I get it done faster and get it done better." "Prowler… I do not understand how I am the reason you get your work done faster and better."

"Jazz… Think about it. If I get my work done better, then I do not have to go back and redo it, which wastes time. If I get it done faster then I do not have to work late trying to get it done. Instead I have more free time. Free time to do what I want with."

Prowl leaned closer to the TIC and whispered in his audio. "More time to spend with you and more time to spend doing stuff like this…" The SIC pulled Jazz up from the chair and pinned him against the wall. He kissed him and started to lick and suck on his neck. "Prowler… ahh!"

"Do not worry about screaming. This office is sound proofed. You can be as loud as you want, only I will hear you." "You are so dirty." "All because of you Jazzy, you are the one who made me this way. I can't get enough of you." The TIC said nothing and the SIC laughed. "I told you to watch your words. You walked right in to that one, babe."

The TIC was quite for a moment before he laughed a bit. "You are right. I did walk right in to that and I will also willingly walk in to this one too.

Jazz managed to get his legs around Prowl's waist which put them at eye level. He kissed the tactician passionately. The tactician was surprised at the sudden movements but kissed his lover back none the less.

"So that is how it is going to be then. I am going to be dirty and you are going to be evil." Jazz laughed and kissed his lover again. "I love this side of you." "This is the side of me that only you will get to see."

The two bots had let go of each other and had gone back to sorting the data pads while sitting in their own chairs again.

"So I have one last question for you then." The SIC smiled a little. "Only one?" "Not Funny!" Prowl laughed. "What is your one question?"

"Since you have told me to never stop coming to this office and that I help you get your work done better and faster, do you mind if I do my work in here too? I promise to stay out of your way."

"I would love to have you work here in the office with me. It will give me something good to look at." Jazz groaned. "I just hope we can get some work done."

"I am sure we will. However we need to keep sorting if we have any hope of being home tonight." "Care to remind me how it got this bad in the first place?"

"I thought you were dead. I have spent 2 orns away from base taking care of my sister. I did not exactly have access to my work." "Right… I remember now."

"I missed you…" Jazz looked up at Prowl. "I took Jemma and ran because I couldn't handle it." Prowl felt tears fall from his optics. "I came so close to giving Jemma back and just ending what was left off me…"

The saboteur pulled his lover from his chair. They slid to the floor in each other's arms, both slightly crying. "I am glad that you did not try to see Primus early. I am glad you stayed around. But you know I would have felt the bond break if you had died. You know that right? I would have been in a lot of pain."

The Tactician nodded. "Thank you though." "For what?" "For being open with me and telling me all this, I know it was hard for you to do. I know that you are normally so quiet and to yourself type of bot. But I thank you for being so open." Prowl smiled a little.

"Jazz you need to know something…" "What is it? You know you can tell me anything." "Do you remember all that time ago… When you found me on the streets?"

"I do." "I think it is time you knew how I got there." "I willing to listen but I do not want to force you to tell me anything." "I know. But I am ready to tell it. I think I need to tell it."

The SIC leaned against the wall of his office and Jazz leaned against the desk. He waited for his lover to start. He knew one joor his bonded would tell him but he did not want to force his servo.

"It started when I was younger. It was about 5 metacycles before I joined the academy. I ended up meeting this bot named Incedio. He always spent time with my friends and I was somewhat jealous. Slowly and one by one my so called friends disappeared. I was enraged and that was the first time I broken down in front of my carrier."

The TIC nodded and let his bonded continue.

"After a decacycle my friends started to meet up with me again, but this time Incedio was in our circle. I did not really mind at first. But he always tried to get close to me and I was inexperienced at the time and had no idea that in fact he was hitting on me. He was spending all his time with my friends in trying to get to know me."

Prowl sighed deeply.

"I talked to my carrier about it and it was then I was pulled in to the realm of courting, dating, bonding and interfacing. I spent most of my free time reading what I could. I needed to know what he would try so that I could be ready for it. But his glossa was smoother than I could have predicted."

He took a deep breath and continued again. "None of my reading prepared me for this. So I was forced to rely on my battle computer. However… Most of the time, my battle computer was useless to me. I did not have enough details for it to be of any use. So I went to the next best thing."

"Your carrier?" The SIC nodded.

"Yes. Carrier was quite helpful to me and Carrier spent most of his spare time teaching me all of this. About 2 metacycles later, Incedio asked me out. I was shocked. He could have had any bot, yet he had picked me. I told him I did not know but I would think about it. Carrier told me that in the end it was my choice but that he would support me and be there for me if I ever need him."

There was silence in the office as Prowl tried to collect himself.

"So after 2 joors of thinking, I informed Incedio that if he was still interested that I would go out with him. He was happy and I felt nervous. Incedio had a reputation of being wonderful with the femmes. So it kind surprised me that he wanted a mech. But I never thought of it any more. Not at first anyway."

The TIC could see that his beloved was getting worked up. "You do not have to continue if you do not want to." His lover gave him a small smile and continued with his story.

"We dated for 3 metacycles when he told me that he was going to leave the city he wanted to attend a different academy then me. I told him that it was fine and that I would be here waiting for him when he came back. He was happy and so was I. So I thought. I joined the academy that metacycle and met the twins."

"Wait, the twins are that old?" Prowl laughed. "Close enough. They are in fact about 4-5 metacycles younger than me. I joined the academy late. Keep in mind my carrier is one of THE best medics. I was home schooled if you will."

"Anyway!" "Sorry!"

"After about metacycle at the academy I got word that Incedio was coming for a visit and I was excited to see him. I introduced him to my friends and he wasn`t thrilled but he could tell that they were no threat to him. In fact the three of them got along great. We spent the next decacycle having fun and hanging out together and the twins even came along for some of our trips. After he left though I felt different."

"Missing him?" "No it was more like I did not care for him anymore."

"After my second and third metacycle at the academy, He never came back I never heard from him again. I was tired of waiting. I had not heard a single word from him in 2 metacycles. I decided to move on. But I could not get a hold of him. So I contacted his carrier and sire and they did not even who I was. They did not even know that I was in a relationship with their creation."

"What!"

"I was angry. I left the data pad ending our relationship with his creators knowing he would get it and I tried to get on with my life. I had finally finished my time at the academy when I noticed that suddenly my friends were gone, except the twins. They were the only two left. I came home that joor to find a video and pictures on a data pad and I was horrified at what I saw. It was pictures and video clips of my friends in pieces…"

Prowl could feel the tears that were flowing freely from his optics.

"He had ripped them up and cut them up. I was shattered. I tried to take my life and Ratchet caught me seconds before I succeed. He pulled me in to his arms and sobbed and refused to let me go. After about 4 cycles Ratchet demanded to know why I was ready to take my own life. I had no words for him that day. I just gave him the data pad. The look on his face was the exact way I felt."

Jazz had started silently crying at this point. He was now sitting next to his beloved and was holding him.

"Against my carrier's wishes I left our home and took off after Incedio. I knew that it had been him. I knew that he had gotten my data pad and I was ready to kill him. But, little did I know, I was completely unprepared. He had me tied up and took swings at me and called me nasty names. He told me I was unworthy of any bot and that no bot would ever have me again. He was going to kill me. At that point I was ready to die."

The tactician took another deep breath before finishing the last of his story.

"The rest you know. The rest is when you found me. All drugged up on the streets and out of my processor. Sure Ratchet was able to fix me up to be brand new physically. But both he and I know that my emotional memories will forever remain."

"If he was going to kill you then how did I end up finding you?" "You really want to know?" The saboteur nodded. "Thank the twins." "The twins? You mean the twins as in the prank loving twins? The twins as in Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, twins?" Prowl nodded.

"Yes. After I ran off Ratchet told the twins who were my friends that I had gone missing and he wanted to know if they had seen me. Next thing I know they bust in to the place and un-cuff me. I took off and was out of sight before they could get me back to Ratchet. I just wanted to get as far away as I could."

Jazz wrapped himself around his bonded. "I am so sorry you had to go through that. " The SIC held tight to the TIC's arms that were wrapped around him. He did not dare to let go.

Jazz made a mental note to thank the twins the next time he saw them.

"You will always have me. I will never tell you that you are unworthy I will always tell you that I love you and I will repeat it as many times as I have to. Prowl?" "Yes?" "I love you!" Prowl laughed. "Thank you and I love you too, Jazz."

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I know it got a bit dark but I thought it was time to shed a little light on Prowl's past and what exactly happened in his last relationship. Hope to see you all next chapter! Until next time!