Soundwave's P.O.V

I am proud to know that Soundchip secured an entire energon deposit alone.

Even more because she did this without seeing.

Starscream even gave himself the work of caress Frostmane's ears for her victory against Optimus Prime. I can feel Ravage's proud over the link.

He confirmed earlier that Frostmane is indeed his mate.

After Stascream sent the mining drones, he asked for everyone but Chip to leave, so I left and went straight to my workstation. Frostmane wanted to spent some time with Ravage, so she asked me to look after her symbionts for a while, so the three of them are with me as well.

And all the way, a thought kept flashing in the back of my processor.

Soundchip is a beautiful femme. It is a fact that never passed unnoticed whenever we met someone new.

When she was a sparkling, it was merely our creators' friends talking about how cute she was and how lucky they were for having her. When she grew up a little more it was her schoolyard friends' teasing her.

And when our creators died and we were left on our own, whenever I wasn't around it was about mechs and femmes thinking that she was a pleasure drone.

It was a hard time for both of us, but I can only imagine how she survived when I was kidnapped.

Our bond faded after years without seeing each other, but at first I could feel that she was trying to fight against something, even thought I could not figure what.

It would only take a desperate measure for her to risk Ravage's life. He told me that a strange black, yellow and purple femme came to her a few days after I was kidnapped. She deployed all of her symbionts to look for energon for them, but he remembers to have listened that femme talking about a "good opportunity" for her or something.

And when they came back, she was crying and there was a weird symbol tattooed in her hip joint.

I have a feeling of who that femme may be, but I don't remember seeing any unusual marks in her frame beyond her biolights. Probably it faded with time or she covered it.

Ravage didn't knew what the tattoo meant, and Chip didn't mentioned anything.

Oh well. When we re-attach our bond today I'll get to see what I missed.

Breakdonw's P.O.V

I'm afraid of what Knockout can do now that he knows I have a crush on Chip. It's not a secret that he loves a good gossip.

I made my way back to my chamber when we realized we had nothing to do. None of the drones that went with Soundchip to secure the energon deposit survived the encounter with the Autobots.

I entered in my room and lay on my berth, staring at the ceiling for what seemed like hours before I felt recharge slipping into my processor.

Before I could realize, I fell in recharge.

I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door.

I checked my internal chronometer to see that I only recharged for two Earth hours. I got out of my berth and smiled to see to see Chip standing in front of me when I opened the door.

My smile faded when I saw she was crying.

Before I could ask what happened, she wrapped her arms around my and started to cry on my stomach. I hugged her back.

- Chip, do you want to come in? - I asked. She nodded slowly, but didn't moved.

So, I brilliantly decided to pick her bridal style and take her in.

She didn't tried to get out of my arms. I sat down on my berth and she sat on my lap, continuing to cry. I stroked her shoulder with my thumb digit to calm her down.

When she calmed down enough I raised her head to look at me.

- What happened? - I asked.

- Can you keep a secret? - She asked. I nodded yes and gave a good look on her to see if she was hurt.

She seems to be unharmed, but I saw the scratches in her wings and in her hip joint.

She told me that when she came back from her mission, Starscream ordered everyone to leave but her. She deployed her symbionts and made her report.

But what Stascream did after filled my spark with sorrow and rage. Sorrow for Chip and rage for Starscream.

She cried during the entire explanation and after it, until she ended up falling asleep in my lap.

I didn't felt like moving her, afraid that I might wake her up, so I did my best to find a good position to recharge without waking her up. I ended up finding a comfortable position for both of us, with me leaning against my pillows (that are leaning in the wall) and she sleeping in my lap.

I covered us both and fell in recharge again.