That last chapter was so hard and this one will not be much better. I hope that you are enjoying the story. I am trying to make it as descriptive as possible so that it will be easier to understand. It also hard because I have never written any science fiction before so I am having to research some of this. Please leave a review so that I know that you are enjoying the story. I would love to get some new readers so leave a review as I try to contact all my readers through their reviews.

One other thing that might help with this chapter is to remember the older war movies or the movie "Pearl Harbor" as they were bombing Japan. In my world, the Realm is harsh with the femmes using older planes and transports rather than the more modern technology that they have. Their newest technology is saved for space exploration and for what they do to assist Alpha Trion to bring assistance to Cybertron.

The takeoff went smoothly and everyone was in the air. Allie had told Optimus that the transports they were using were old and ground based compared to the ones that defied gravity and went into space. She said that they used them because they could fly below radar and be able to slip into enemy territory without too much attention being drawn by them.

"Tia, ready for this?" Allie asked. She was piloting the transport and Tia was her navigator.

"I'm always ready. I see you have your thermos with you." She said as she checked the radar and double checked the coordinates as well as checking the altitude to make sure that they were not detected by the Jing ho primitive detection devices.

"Yes, I brought us some tomato soup that I mixed energon in. I thought since we have a couple of hours to spare that you might like sharing some before we go into battle." Allie said. "I have extra cups for us to use. I even brought some energon treats for the crew in back."

"Yeah, I can't believe that Megatron is on our transport. What did A.T. say when you commed him?" Tia asked.

"Well it was interesting. He couldn't believe that both Optimus and Megatron were under one roof, and that they were even sharing quarters with Shalon and myself. Check the air pressure. Make sure that we are not too low."

"We are already in Jung ho air space. Soundwave had sent the signals to scramble their tower signals." Mia reported.

"Good, we are on schedule?" Allie asked.

"Yes, so far no one is reporting anything wrong. We are set to go. All transports are on target."

"ETA for Shalon's teams?"

"Fifteen minutes."

"Excellent. Are they in position?"

"Yes." The bombers that Shalon's team were currently riding in were an hour ahead and preparing their drop. Allie could feel their excitement through the bond and knew they were ready. She telepath the go ahead and felt them jumping with excitement through the bond.

"You feel it?" Allie asked her.

"Hell yeah I feel it!" Tia laughed.

"Tia, drop altitude by about 5oo feet and signal the others. Have Mia's team lead. I want her to lead and I will flank." Tia telepath Allie's instructions and Allie sighed and then took a deep breath. She sent a loving pulse to her mate who returned it with enthusiasm. Tia laughed.

"I felt him through you." She said as Allie laughed. "He is quite good at that." Allie laughed harder.

"We might as well have some of that soup before we get there." Allie put the controls on auto and turned to open the thermos. She poured her and Tia each a cup and then began sipping the warm salty/sweet pinkish red broth.

"Thank you, Allie. It needed this."

"I know. You never eat when we are loading and I know that if I don't pack it you would starve before we get back to base." Allie replied to Tia's gratitude. Their laughter could be heard through the transport and their good mood trickled down to the soldiers waiting for battle. Allie reached in the bag she always carried when she was piloting and took out a data chip. Tia laughed even more as she plugged it into the sound system and rock earth rock music began playing. Evanescence was Allie's favorite for leading her team in and she cleared her mind as she gently pushed the throttle of the transport forward causing the nose of it to slope downward as they followed the others to their destination.

Megatron grimaced as he heard the raucous music overhead. Starscream rolled his optics as everyone began getting in place. Starscream would be gunning while Skywarp and Kiki would be rearming with artillery. Megatron would be taking Aura's place on the right gun as Aura and another femme would be his loading partners. It was a simple operation which Megatron scoffed at, but he had offered their help in retaliation to Optimus' and he didn't want to look bad in front of these femmes. The other six warriors of the crew would be handling pistols while trying to get the refugees aboard the transport. The gunners that he and Starscream would be using were similar to the ones used at the beginning of the war on Cybertron so it was not too hard when Soundwave downloaded the information for him.

"Attention crew, the first five transports have made their run." Everyone cheered but no sooner than the cheering started than they were hit with turbulence. "We are experiencing ground to air fire so hunker down. The bombers are making their run to take up the flack." Allie shut the overhead communications off but the music kept blaring.

"Okay, we need to get you into the gunnery chair. It will conform to your metallic body to become a part of you so that you will have free movement. Soundwave should have downloaded all the info, my lord?" Aura asked him as she directed him to his gun chair.

"Yes, I have been well briefed between Allie and Soundwave." Megatron said.

"Good. I am going to help you get in." Aura pulled a lever and the gun transformed back to reveal a chair. Megatron quickly took a seat and the chair immediately stretched and conformed to his massive size.

"It's cool, isn't it? It is one of my favorite weapons and we have a fusion cannon that does the same thing." Megatron looked at Aura at that. There wasn't many like his cannon and he was suddenly impressed by their technology.

"Screamer, you okay?" Aura yelled over the engines of the transport.

"Yes, but don't call me that!" He yelled back as Skywarp began loading the artillery into the gun. Megatron noticed that Aura and the other femme was loading his gun.

"Hey, name's Spitfire, but they call me Spivy for short. Figured you might want to know my designation if we are teamed together." She said as she helped Aura.

"Thank you for your name, Spivy." Megatron said. He turned the chair and noticed that as he thought it in his CPU, the gun would react to his thinking. It was interesting technology, and as he reflected on it, he heard Aura tell him.

"The chair acts to your emotions and Com programmed it to your CPU so that all you have to do is think it and the gun will react. We find that by doing it this was then it cuts down on preparation time and makes the gunner faster and more lethal."

The transport began shaking as it experience turbulence. Everyone grabbed onto something to steady themselves as Aura and Spivy continued to load the gun. Skywarp and Kiki did the same to prepare Starscream and soon they were ready. The other six femmes were preparing seats for the refugees, making sure that there was plenty of safety belts. It was their job to get as many refugees as possible on the ship. Megatron could feel their excitement and even he could not wait until it was their turn to make the run. Unfortunately being last meant that they would be setting down in the middle of the battle but Megatron relished the anticipation and challenge that the situation would bring.

"Hey, is Allie going to let us do the victory dance if everyone comes back alright?" One of the femmes asked him, but he had to look at Aura because he didn't know the answer.

"I'm sure she will. You know Allie, we do a good job and she always rewards." Aura yelled over the engines. Megatron felt the transport dip lower still and the six femmes brought out the grapples for the refugees to grab onto to pull themselves into the transport.

"Here we go!" Yelled a femme as Megatron heard her laugh maniacally and the others shook their heads at her.

"She gets a high off of missions." Kiki explained to them and Megatron had to laugh. Skywarp grabbed her and kissed her cheek as the femme shoved against him.

"What I thought you needed to be grounded!" He laughed at her.

"Not like that!" She laughed back.

"Enough!" Shouted Megatron and Aura at the same time and then laughed at themselves. "We need to focus on our jobs, not start making out." With that Aura turned and took out a pistol and begin checking it before taking the safety off. The others did the same as Allie came over the intercom again.

"We are now making our run. Everybody to their positions." Megatron saw the back of the transport open and felt the wind swirl around him. His systems buzzed to life as he took his position on the right. It may not be flying but it was close and he loved the feeling. He looked to his left and saw Starscream doing the same and as the first round of fire whizzed past them he began shooting and Starscream followed. The grapples were thrown out and the bumped as Allie landed the transport in the field. Megatron could see the refugees running as fast as their poor malnourished legs could carry them and the grabbed at the grapples and held on for dear life. He and Starscream provided the cover fire to keep the Jung ho from firing into the transport as the six femmes began pulling refugees into it. It was only moments since the transport never fully came to a stop. He could see some of the flyers on the ground as they were scrambling to catch their rides and Megatron wondered if he would see Shalon among them since she said she usually caught the last transport, but if she had been wounded then her comrades would have put her in one of the others. He momentarily opened his bond with her, but then quickly shut when he felt her completely closed off. It was still new to him this opening and closing their bond and she was much better at it since she had been bonded to the femmes. He still looked for her but there were so many trying to get on and he could not lose his focus on the gun.

Starscream kept firing. It warmed his spark that the little femme was down with Skywarp loading his gun as his chamber would register low. The set up was simple and seemed to work as the other six were quickly pulling bodies into the transport. One of the flyers was pulled into the transport and Starscream noticed that she turned around and began helping the other six. Every once in a while he would hear one of their pistols shoot and knew that stray enemy soldiers were trying to embark and shoot at them, but so far the guns were keeping them at bay and they were quickly taking on refugees. Everything seemed on track until one of the artillery shells jammed on the right side of the gun making his gun system lock up.

"Warp! Aura!" Starscream yelled. "I'm jammed!" Skywarp and Aura quickly took in the situation as Aura telepathed instructions on how to unjam the gun. His left gun system still worked but if they didn't get the jam loose soon then he would be completely down. Skywarp worked quickly but his fingers were to blunt and thick for the intricate cabling and Aura couldn't get around the refugees to get to them. Starscream looked down to suddenly see Kiki run and then slid under the round of fire as she came to a halt next to Skywarp. She immediately began working on the cabling as Skywarp untangled the mess so the jam would unwind and the artillery would load into the gun. She tiny fingers worked the jam loose and Starscream felt the right gun boot back up. In no time at all he was at a hundred percent firing and able to get Skywarp and Kiki out of the line of fire.

Megatron could feel the transport start to lift signifying that they were out of runway space and the femmes below the gun were working as fast as possible to get everyone in. The sad fact was that not everyone would make it, but they would rescue enough that it would make a difference. At least only a few would perish, but the refugees and the femmes both knew the risks and they were willing to take them. Megatron could feel them lifting higher and the air hitched in his vents. What had seemed to be a boring mission to him had changed in his processor as he saw the suffering and malnourished refugees cling desperately to the transport. When one would fall his spark lurched in his chest for the falling comrade reminding him so clearly of the desperation and spark ache that his fellow minors and poorer class citizens had gone through on Cybertron. In that moment, such a simple rescue operation had made him realize that he was the one that had lost focus in the war. No longer was it about freedom and equality, the concepts that had built the Decepticon army and establish their code of beliefs, it had become about him gaining power. It took looking in a mirror on another planet to make him realize that he had become the very thing that he originally had fought against. There would be consequences for his actions regardless of what happened in the future but right now he needed to help Allie finish this operation so that they could go back and he cold think.

Megatron felt Shalon near and as he looked out he could see her helping a young human that was heavily carrying. It amazed him that the human had survived this long without losing her baby and her own life, but Shalon was determined to get her to the transport even though Megatron could already feel it lifting off the ground.

"Aura, Shalon needs help!" He shouted and Aura immediately started looking for the flyer. Megatron sent all his support and love through their bond hoping that it would give her the courage and determination to hang on and not give up. He heard Aura shout something to one of the support femmes as they began racing to the edge to assist Shalon and her charge. Shalon ran as fast as she could practically supporting the poor girl's entire frame. Suddenly a strange vehicle came from the bushes and the gun fire intensified forcing Megatron and Starscream to use a cross fire method to keep the last few refugees from being fired upon. Bullets flew above and below them and Megatron saw one of the support femmes get hit several times, knocking her down and forcing another to stop her from falling off the edge of the transport. Megatron fired rapidly until the vehicle took a direct and toppled over. By then Aura had the other femme off the edge with the injured and Megatron had lost sight of Shalon. His spark seemed to stop pulsing in his chest as he looked everywhere for his mate, his panic rising because he knew that if left behind they would destroy her.

"Aura, where is she?" He asked frantically.

"I don't know. Kiki, did you get her?"

"No!" The transport rose higher and the bay doors began to close. Megatron swiftly pushed the release button to open the guard on the gun. He jumped out of the seat and began looking through the throng of people for his mate. He couldn't find her and as Aura frantically rushed to his side they heard a scraping noise coming from the outside of the bay doors even though they were almost closed.

"Allie," Aura shouted into her communicator, "open the bay doors again." Allie opened them back up and Megatron saw his petit little femme clawing up the backside of the underside of the door. Starscream ran to the edge and help Shalon and the poor pregnant girl inside as everyone cheered.

"You didn't think you were going to get rid of me that easy." Shalon gasped out in a weak attempt at a joke and Megatron laughed from relief as he swooped down and kissed her soundly on the lips. "I'm ready to go again! That was fun." She yelled and the refugees cheered with praise and laughter. As Shalon walked by them he noticed their compulsion to reach out and touch her as if they couldn't believe that she was real or that they had actually been rescued. As he looked around he saw Skywarp's face plates as he was just registering how bad these prisoners had been treated. A lot of them looked like walking skeletons with skin draped over their bones. Megatron also noted that there were Cybertronians among the prisoners. Their armor had been removed and they had been stripped down to their protoforms, their dignity had been stripped as they were left naked and unprotected. Megatron had felt rage from losing battles or losing ground but never had he felt rage for another sentient being forced to endure the obvious hardships that these cruel masters had done to them. Even in the mines they had had some health benefits even if they had been poor compared to the upper classes.

As Megatron looked at other prisoners, he notices that the humans were taller, larger than the ones on earth, some looking about twelve to fourteen feet in height. Not all the prisoner were human, some were humanoid in feature but colored slightly from the traditional flesh colored skin that Megatron was used to seeing on humans. Some looked like they would die here on the transport which would be a shame since they were so close to freedom, but many were just exhausted from the running that they had to do.

As the transport rose higher, they began to experience more turbulence, but then Megatron and the crew realized that not all of it was turbulence but actual gun fire.

"This is your captain speaking," he heard over the intercom, "I need for everyone to be in a seat and buckled in. If you experience problems then my crew will be happy to assist you. We are being shot at, but I need everyone to remain calm and in their seats."

"And the drama begins." Shalon shouted as she began checking seat belts and making sure that everyone was indeed in seats. He saw that Aura, Kiki, and the other femmes doing the same thing.

"Megatron, get your mechs to their seats up front. Aura and Kiki will join you shortly." Shalon told him. He directed Starscream and Skywarp to their seats and noticed the little femme blush as Starscream took the seat next to her and helped her with her seatbelt. Megatron checked his mechs over but as he was doing this, he noticed an orange flame flickering outside the single cabin window. He looked out to investigate it and saw that one of the engines was on fire.

"Allie, we have a problem. We are on fire. Right side engine on the outer region of the aileron." Megatron didn't hear anything for a minute and then he thought he detected a few human curses before Allie answered him back.

"Megatron, get the crew to a seat ASAP! Have Aura unload anything heavy that is not needed. Then open the vents and the bay doors. I have to have air flowing freely through the cabin. Allie out."

"I am taking care of it now, Megatron out."

"Aura, we need to unload the guns and anything not needed." He yelled over the engines.

"Already on it." Aura yelled back. They quickly unloaded anything not needed as Megatron felt the transport climb higher in the sky. They pushed everything that was not needed out the bay doors and then Aura immediately began issuing orders for everyone to take a seat and so that she could open the vents. With the vents open the air would flow through the cabin at a high rate so everything that was needed had to be anchored down and everyone belted to their seats. Aura was secured in a medical transport due to her carrying while Starscream, Skywarp, Megatron, and Kiki took their seats once again. Megatron commed Allie and they felt the high winds pick up as Allie opened the vents. They could hear screams and panic began to fill the cabin of the transports as the refugees became alarmed.

"Megatron, can you see the flames?"

"Yes."

"I need you to tell me the moment it is out." Allie told him as he felt the transport dip down. Suddenly the transport dipped at an alarming rate and Megatron recognized that Allie was going to use the pressure of the fall to put out the flames. The only problem was that it would be hell for the passengers on the transport. They could hear the screams of the passengers, however Megatron noticed that his mechs and the femmes were prepared and were quite confident in Allie's skills. Faster and faster they fell as Megatron could hear the high screaming pitch of the plane slice through the night time air. The rate of the fall was causing the transport to shake and for a fleeting moment Megatron wondered if it would shake apart, but he felt a surge of warmth as he looked over and saw Shalon smirking at him, no look of doubt passed her face as she laughed and enjoyed the ride. Megatron had to smile at his little mate. He felt pleasure coursing through her systems and he laughed that he saw no fear in the danger that they were in. Megatron then looked out the window and noticed that the flames were almost out. He kept his focus on the window until he heard another scream, a different scream from the refugees. Megatron looked over and saw that Kiki had slipped out and Starscream was trying to keep a hold on her. He heard the jacket rip and Kiki screamed again as Shalon tried to get out of her buckle to get to her, but then the jacket ripped again and Kiki was flying out the bay doors with no protection or parachute. Starscream immediately shot the buckle and rushed out behind her, transforming into his F-22 to get to her faster. Megatron looked out the window in time to see him transform back and catch her but then his backside took shrapnel that was falling from the sky. Megatron saw him start to descend, but then he turned and noticed that the flames were out.

"Allie, the flames are out." He commed to her and he felt the transport start to pull up. Everyone held their breath as Allie pulled the transport up, the massive plane slowly pulling back and Megatron wondering if Allie would be able to do it with an engine out. What took only seconds seemed to hold in time as slowly Allie pulled the transport out of the dive and everyone breathe a sigh of relief as the plane began to ascend into the dark night sky once more.

"Megatron, did you see if Star caught her?" Aura asked as she came out of the medical hold, fear clearly clouding her eyes as she ran to him.

"He did but then he took on fire from shrapnel." Megatron quickly unhooked himself from the seat.

"We are down an engine so we can't go back. I'll let Allie know that we are down two passengers. He should be able to make a decent landing with Kiki, right?" Aura asked.

"Yes, they should be alright except our weapons weren't working." Skywarp said.

"That's only at the hall. Allie had a dampening field installed because we had an adversary that fake peace one time and came in as a kamikaze shooter and took five us out before we could secure him. His weapons should work fine out in the field and Kiki knows the layout and if they are close enough to the caves then she knows where we keep emergency supplies and energon for just these types of emergencies."

Skywarp, can you reach Starscream through the seeker bond?" Megatron asked.

"Yes, he had already let me know that they are fine, and Kiki told him to tell us that they are heading to the caves now." Skywarp replied.

"I'll let Allie know so she can have Soundwave prepare a raptor with a rescue team. It may take a day or two because the Jung ho will be looking for anything to shoot at, but we will get them back, I promise." Aura stated confidently to them.

"What exactly happened?" This came from Spitfire. It had been a while since she had said anything, and Megatron noticed that she was a very hard worker and appreciated her speed.

"Kiki's belt didn't snap in place like it should have and then it came loose. Her small size slipped out before we could stop it. Starscream's quick thinking helped but the force of the wind couldn't stop him from keeping a hold on her. If he hadn't have done what he did she would have been lost to us. I'll make sure to thank him when I see him next." Shalon said.

"Well, we need to check and see if we have taken any other damage before we have to land. It is better to know what we are facing than to have any surprises." Aura said, but then double over as she suddenly felt winded and short of breath. Megatron reached her first and scooped her up to place her back in the medical hold.

"I don't need…" She began to fuss at him.

"Oh yes you do and don't argue I won't have it, besides, I out rank you." Megatron rounded on her and Shalon smirked. "Besides you are carrying a Decepticon sparkling and I will have no more arguing!" Aura gave in even though she rolled her eyes at him.

"Yes, my lord." She said smartly and Megatron growled at her and she quickly cast her eyes downward as Shalon laughed out loud at her.

"Is that how you are going to be with me if I am ever carrying?" She said to him.

"No, you won't be allowed to run missions if I have any say in it!" He said back to his mate and she shut her mouth quickly.

Skywarp and Spitfire laughed hard. "Serves you right, Shalon." Spitfire said as they went to check the transport and report to Allie.

Megatron commed Allie and let her know about Aura's condition. She returned and asked Megatron to take Aura's place and make sure that no one else was injured. Megatron had Shalon check the other medical hold to make sure that the young expecting human had not gone into labor and asked Skywarp to report back on the passengers. It seemed so different running a mission that helped people instead of having to steal. Maybe he would sit down with Optimus and just see if they could come to an agreement. He thought over what Optimus had said while they had stood watching the planes be loaded. Maybe if they came to an agreement then they could start over and have families. Shalon was young and he could see her giving him several sparklings and after watching how well Soundwave did with his family maybe he could do well with one too. He would instill a strict regimen of discipline because he did not want his sparklings wild or unruly but he could see Shalon balancing that with laughter and teaching him to be more open about love.

He wanted to get back soon so that he could talk to Soundwave. Of all his mechs it was Soundwave that he trusted. He was the only one that had stood by him from the very beginning, faithfully serving him, and proving that he could be trusted with the war lord's friendship. He knew what other mechs said about how Soundwave was a 'suck up' but what they didn't understand was that Soundwave was willing to prove his loyalty to the very end. Oh, Megatron knew that Cassie was a temptation. She represented stability away from the war and he knew he had risked Soundwave's loyalty by having them come to him all those months ago, but Soundwave proved that he would stand by his lord and for that Megatron would grant him the privilege to be a part of his inner circle even if that circle was only the two of them, but Soundwave earned that privilege and he deserved to be heard if they were going to discuss a possible peace with the Autobots.

He could see Skywarp watching him and he wondered what the seeker was thinking about what he had just partaken in. Would the seeker care or was he in fact the air headed one of the command trine that the others made him out to be. Megatron knew that the seeker was smarter than he let on and he would be curious to how today's event impacted him. He then spied what had gotten the seeker's attention. He was watching Spitfire. Figures, thought Megatron as he watched the seeker watch the femmes who was keeping a careful eye on her commander, Aura. Megatron smirked. Maybe the seeker's processor was as simple as he let on.

"This is your captain." Megatron heard Allie over the speakers. "We will be landing within the hour, however, my crew will be going over crash procedures since we are having trouble with the landing gear. I assure you that I will land the transport to the best of my ability and that you will be walking off of it without major injury."

"Well, that' our cue to give these scared little humans a crash course in preparing for a crash." Shalon said dryly. "I myself know that Allie just prepping us for a worst case scenario. She will get us down safely."

Spitfire said. " I have been in more crashes with her than I can count on my fingers and toes."

"Yeah well I have been in a few with her myself." Shalon said as she stuck her glossa out at Spitfire.

"Will you two knock it off?" Said a femme that the mechs didn't know well. "It's bad enough that you act like a bunch of hooligan younglings."

"Oh Remmee, knock it off. You are such a party pooper!" Shalon yelled back. "If you can't enjoy life go dig yourself a hole!"

"I'll enjoy life when this damn transport lands!" She yelled back as another round of turbulence flitted through the plane. Megatron smirked for he knew well turbulence was just the shift in the wind currents but apparently this femme must have been a ground pounder before she was transformed into her synthetic form.

"Hey, do you think Allie's going to let us do out booty dance?" Spitfire asked.

"She never stopped us in the past so I don't think she will stop us this time." Shalon said. "I think Allie is planning to belly flop us. If she is as good as last time, then the only sparks will be from the belly of the transport."

"Shalon, so you fly?" Skywarp asked.

"I do, but I only fly Vipers. I have no patience for the large transport planes, but I do fly Raptors or shuttles between bases when we have no missions. Allie likes for us that are small to be mostly single flyers and gliders. It is the special armor. It combines with the technology and enhances the armor for flying. I mean it is not like what you have because you transform and we have to conform since our systems no longer transform, but it works for us." Shalon shrugged as she said this and Megatron had to laugh at her easy going attitude. He would definitely be teasing her later tonight and maybe more.

Allie was having trouble. She and Tia had managed to over compensate for the lost engine, but everything had been forced to be put on manual control making the flight home difficult. Their fuel was being used at twice the

rate, even if the crystals gave them longer fuel time than liquid.

"Tia, do we have enough to get back to the hall?" Allie asked.

"We should, but what have you decided about our landing." Tia asked back.

"Well that's easy. We belly flop. It is what I do best and the last two times we did it with no injuries." Allie laughed at her. "Tia you should be used to my dry humor by now. You know that I very rarely come home to base in perfect mint condition."

"No, then life would be too boring if you were picture perfect." Tia stated while returning her laugh. "At least we didn't take ricochet fire in the cockpit. I hated having to help you pretend that you were uninjured when you had taken three bullets just so the refugees we were freeing wouldn't know that you had been hurt."

"Well we look good. We only lost two of our crew and Megatron reported that they are safe. Aura had been placed in a medical hold and I know that smarts her pride, but I should have left her at the hall, but I made the call and at least she seems alright."

"Well, Aura has a lot of pride and I know that she will have a difficult time adjusting to carrying." Tia said. "I still can't believe it. Aura of all people."

"I know and to a seeker. Can you imagine her running around trying to keep up with her sparkling? I mean she hates training new recruits and now she going to be a mother." Allie had to laugh even though she was gritting her teeth but the conversation was keeping her from worrying about the transport and its passengers.

"Have you radioed in yet?" Tia asked.

"No, why don't you do it." Allie said to her.

"Why did you change Com at the last minute? She always flies with us when we have done other missions." Tia asked.

"I figured that Optimus could use her more and they have. We have needed very little communications." Allie said.

"Maybe it was good that she was on one of the first transports out. Ultra Magnus would have our heads if anything happened to her." Tia stated.

"Speaking of Magnus, has he asked her yet to bond?" Allie asked.

"No, the doofus. They keep fighting about it. I swear if they don't bond soon we are all going to lock them in a room and force them to do it or kill each other." Tia laughed and Allie joined in with her. They compensated for the sudden turbulence. Allie liked flying with Tia. She was very calm under pressure and that's what Allie liked about her. They worked well together.

"Do you think that there may be a mech for me?" Tia asked.

"I don't know Tia, you'll have to flirt and see if one is interested." Allie answered her.

"Well, who should I flirt with? That seeker that is riding with us, he's cute and if what Aura was sending through the bond he's probably frisky too." Tia said. "I wouldn't mind navigating him." They both laughed loud as it filtered down to Megatron and the crew. He wondered what they were talking about.

"They are discussing Warp and wondering if Tia could navigate him! Just face it sweet spark, you and your mechs are staying in a hall full of neglected femmes. They are going to go through both your and Optimus' mechs."

"I'm sure they will!" Megatron laughed and Shalon joined him making everyone sitting with them wonder what they were discussing. To go from no femmes for four million years to suddenly being thrown into the midst of several it would be daunting if his mechs weren't so horny and ready for something warm in their berths. Maybe a little stay here in the Realm is what they needed.

Megatron felt their decent and knew that they were coming close to the tarmac. He felt Allie circle in the transport and couldn't wait until they landed so that he could whisk his mate away. She took a sharp turn downward and they could hear the refugees whimper and moan about the sudden downward spiral and Megatron smirked at the femme, Remmee, as he heard her breath hitch in her throat. He and Skywarp were used to these types of maneuvers and it didn't faze them. Shalon had closed her eyes and he could tell that this was her favorite part of flying by the feeling of pleasure coming through the bond.

"Did you go over emergency procedures with the passengers." Aura yelled out from the medical hold.

"The femmes went down each row and went over it with them." Megatron yelled back.

"Good." And Aura turned back and buckled herself to the medical berth. In truth she was glad that Megatron had made her take it. She didn't realized how draining the mission had been on her.

"Thank you my lord for making me lie down. I didn't realize how bad I needed to till you forced me." Aura said.

"You're welcome, Aura." Megatron returned through the comm.

Everyone was in place and belted in and since Kiki's accident they double checked the buckles. Megatron could feel that they were approaching the tarmac because he could see the dark ground lighted with beacons as they came in close. Megatron knew that she would not belly the transport until the last second to keep sparks from igniting flames into the cargo area. Megatron was impressed that Allie had such a steady hand. Many flyers would panic without their landing equipment. He felt them touch down and everything shook roughly since there was no shocks to ease the roughness of the landing. The humans had their heads between their legs and Megatron and the rest of the crew were in ready position to help anyone who was injured. It seemed that the transport would never stop but it did and everyone cheered to finally be on the ground.

The bay door opened and the refugees began to file out of their seats. The femmes took their position as Optimus, Ironhide, and the Lambo twins came to help everyone out. Megatron and Skywarp walked down the ramp.

"Where's Starscream?" Optimus asked.

"We had an accident. One of the femmes, Kiki, was not completely buckled in and fell out of the transport. Starscream caught her and kept her from falling to her death." Skywarp told the mechs.

"Good. Is that why Soundwave radioed a rescue viper to go out tomorrow?"

"Yes." Megatron said. "Other than that and a fire, and our landing equipment not working, we are fine and in good condition." Megatron told them.

"Allie orders are to be looked over by the medical staff and make sure there is nothing immediately wrong and then she radioed in that we should get some rest. She wants reports in the morning. It seems that the ground crew will take over for us and then tomorrow she will break everyone in teams to help the refugees." Optimus stated.

"Good. I'm tired." Said Skywarp.

Megatron didn't comment. He was looking for his mate. He looked over to see her walking down with Tia and Allie and they both smiled at him, one smile just for him and one for Optimus who stood next to him, but for the first time it didn't matter.