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Mirage brought Raven a cube while she relaxed in their berth. Mirage was pleased with the femme slow change in health even if Ratchet was very concerned that she was still not getting enough medical grade energon. Raven was slowly getting stronger since the fluxes had lessened. She was able to recharge at least half way through the night with only waking once or twice. Mirage had started taken on two more patrols while Stargazer came and stayed with Raven during the day. Whatever Allie had done was working though it was still a long process before Raven would fully recover but Mirage was happy that she was doing better and seemed happier than when he had first moved in with her and Raven had even started shopping for the sparkling and asking for tips on decorating the nursery. Mirage was doing well with bonding with the sparkling however, he wanted to start working towards a bond with Raven and when he attempted to talk to the silver white haired femme she seemed to shy away from the subject.

Mirage missed his friend Hound. Since Hound had taken the teaching position Mirage never seemed to see his friend and confidant which didn't help the troubling questions that he wanted to ask the mech. He was glad that Hound found pleasure in teaching and Mirage wondered about the smooth talking femme that captivated his friend, but Mirage felt the loneliness of not having Hound around and since Raven still remained in therapy, Mirage felt helpless as he kept trying to reach the femme.

"Mirage, will you be with me today when I see Ratchet?" Raven asked him as she sat up and smiled at him. Mirage smiled back basking in her warmth. It felt good to see her interacting more with him. She was slightly scared of Ratchet and his grumbling and Mirage took pity on her by coming with her to the checkups. Doc, due to her condition, reluctantly placed herself on berth rest. She just didn't have the energy to fight with her mate since she was still reeling from the shock. Three weeks later it was announced that Doc was carrying quadruplets to all the officers and Doc's patients so that no one would worry about her. Mirage was amazed that she was carrying so many and felt relief to know that Wheeljack was making strides in building the gestation pods needed to assist in the development of the sparklings since Doc would not be able to carry them to full term.

Raven, of course in her concern, chose to visit Doc, and Mirage was glad to see her get out a little more. She was well into her second stage and her energy levels were up and healthy. Mirage even enjoyed the weekly interfacing thanks to her need for excess energy release and need for his coding. It was a vast improvement since Raven initially only wanted to interface once or twice in a lunar cycle which ran slightly longer than Earth's lunar cycle.

"I always go with you when you see Ratchet. Why would you ask?" Mirage sat down next to her on their berth.

"I don't know. I just miss seeing Doc in the medical bay. I feel closer to her than Ratchet or Knockout." Raven scooted closer to Mirage and he wrapped his arms around her.

"I felt the sparkling calling out to me last night. It was the first time I had felt our bond without interfacing with you." Mirage said softly into her silver blonde hair. Raven shivered though the air in his intake was warm.

"He is getting strong. Ratchet said his size and strength would come from his original sire but he would have strong traits from you as well." Raven said as she looked up into Mirage's optics. "I just hope that he looks more like you and me than…" Raven shivered again as she didn't finish the sentence but Mirage knew where her thoughts were going.

Allie had called both of them into her office three weeks ago. When Mirage walked into the office he noted that Megatron and Optimus were sitting quietly in chairs facing the door which was not their usual style. Mirage felt his potential mate tense at seeing all three of the commanding officers in the office so he knew that this would not be the easiest meeting. The silent royal blue and white mech led Raven to a chair and then quietly stood behind her as he looked at each commander and nodded his respect to the Prime. Raven looked up at him from her seat, craning her head to see over the back of the chair and then looked at Allie. Allie smiled at her subordinate and then sent a reassuring smile to Mirage.

"I am sure you are here and want to know the outcome of my investigation. I won't stand on pleasantries since it is not my style. Shockwave was using his bond with Raven to terrorize her." Allie paused a moment to let her words soak in as she looked at both Mirage and Raven unflinchingly. "I was able to go in and access the situation using my telepathy and from there we severed the bond by Megatron destroying Shockwave's spark. This was done yesterday and that was why I had Ratchet bring Raven in for the unannounced appointment and checkup. The damage is minimal, Ratchet assured me, and Raven should have no major complications though Ratchet said it did leave some scarring on her spark. He said it was not severe and that with time Raven will have no permanent damage from the forced bond that Shockwave inflicted." Allie folded her hands in front of her as she leaned forward and Mirage let out an intake of air in relief that Raven would no longer be suffering.

"Raven, how do you feel?" Optimus, always the most concerned about his charges looked at Raven with those penetrating azure optics as she could see them adjust with his focus on her.

"I don't know. I feel like I have lost something in my spark but it is so vague that I wasn't sure what it was." She returned quietly as she studied the kind gentle mech sitting in front of her.

"Good, I feel better knowing that you are not in pain though I am sorry that this has happened." Optimus said as his EM Field sent gentle reassurances to the femme. Allie was glad that her mate was so tender with her femmes and a fresh surge of love and devotion welled inside her spark for her mate.

"I love you too," was sent through the bond and Allie smiled back at Optimus.

"I am sorry that you had to lose a loyal soldier, Lord Megatron." Mirage stated with sincere sympathy. "I know his scientific knowledge would have been valuable to us."

"I am sorry too but he disregarded the rules that were set aside to ensure the peace that we are striving to protect; besides, I cannot have a soldier break a promise that I made to Allie. It is not proper protocol and it serves to continually tarnish the image that I want former Decepticons to project." Megatron looked directly at Raven. "If I am going to fulfill the duties of Lord High Protector then I have to be fair in all my judgments. It was entitlements of privilege that drove many to rebel, I, myself included, and I cannot allow us to fall back on a system that has proven corrupt by both former factions. My only regret is losing focus in my anger and desire for revenge towards my brother which is no longer a factor and therefore a problem that does not stand in our way." Megatron reached next to him and placed an arm on his brother's should plates in support of his words and Optimus smiled.

"Thank you brother for forgiving me for my faults as well." Prime said to Megatron and Mirage smiled as he pondered the changes in such a short time in the two leaders. Megatron returned to what he originally was before the lust of power consumed his spark. The spy suspected a lot of it was due to a certain petit femme that captivated the Lord High Protector but whatever happened turned out good for both factions as well as any neutrals caught in the horrors of their emotionally long civil war.

"Raven I have made a promise to Allie that I intend to keep." Megatron said. Mirage detected a little static in the Lord High Protector's vocalizer and he had to cleat his own as he felt emotion well up in his spark. "Shockwave will never harm you again."

"Thank you." Raven choked out in a whisper and then she looked up with unshed tears in her eyes at Mirage. The spy came quickly to her aid and helped her to her feet. He looked at Megatron sincerely and quietly said, "Thank you. There are no words that can express my gratitude."

Raven's eyes began to shine by the end of the weekly solar cycle.

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"Inquiry: What are you doing?" Soundwave had walked in and as usual his mate was cooking some sort of concoction in the kitchen. The silent blue mech carefully walked up behind Cassie and wrapped his arms around her as he peered over her shoulders to see a pink congealed substance cooking in a pan. To his left there was a large green pot with some metallic sheets boiling in water and Soundwave shuttered to think what Cassie was up to. He looked to his right to see a white substance in a mixing bowl with metallic nutrients and additives.

"I am creating something of a master piece. I saw a cooking show while on Earth. You remember? I was staying with you on the Nemesis and saw this human show. This femme was teaching a person how to make an organic dish called lasagna. I thought it was interesting and so I decided to see if I could make the Cybertronian equivalent of it. Ratchet says that the sparklings are old enough to take nutrients and thin metals that their protoforms need and so I have been mixing and experimenting to see what it would taste like." Cassie looked over her shoulder with a big smile and her eyes twinkling with mirth. Soundwave let out air from his intakes. It looked that he was going to be the taste tester for the night and that could be a tricky situation. If it was terrible and he said the wrong thing then he could be sleeping on the couch in the den. Rumble had made that mistake last week and Cassie made him clean the garage out when she suddenly decided that the family transport would be less exposed to the weather stationed in the garage.

Soundwave placed a kiss on his bond mate's shoulder and smiled. He would stay passive and only engage her openly if she forced his hand. Besides he liked last week's creation and if Rumble hadn't opened his big mouth before giving the metal strings with energon sauce a chance then he would have had a better week at home too.

Cooking was Cassie's outlet for when the sparklings became too much. Optimus had even commented that Allie was taking up some kind of needle point, whatever that was, and if the femmes were going to be doing less patrolling and more of the domestic things such as having sparklings and staying home, then they would need support both physically and emotionally since they were changing everything about their lives. The mechs were used to patrols though some were slowly integrating back into civilian society. Hound only patrolled three solar cycles and Mirage was cutting back as well since Allie was making plans to send him as a representative for the scientific division that would serve the new democratic government being formed. He would do well if Optimus could ever get the neutrals to agree. It was a shame that they fled or hid from the war but never once lifted a hand to fight for their planet from being destroyed yet now they asked for extreme sacrifices from the former factions but would not help to rebuild their lives here in the Realm. It was one of many reasons that Allie kept them quite a distance from the military bases yet Optimus was determined to integrate all aspects of their society because he believed at some point his mechs would want to return to civilian life since many had been forced to fight in the war from the beginning.

It was a mess and would be for a while, and Lord Megatron did not help by scowling at the governor or criticizing them openly. Soundwave could see him trying to hold his temper in check but it took all of Megatron's concentration and Soundwave feared that if Optimus did not reach an agreement soon then their fragile peace would be for nothing. Megatron would not let them return to the previous caste system where the military would be enslaved to the privileged during peace and thrown on the front lines during war. Optimus would not let the neutrals dictate terms and conditions when they did not bother to aid either faction and stood by while everything they knew was destroyed.

Soundwave's admiration for the Prime greatly increased when Optimus spoke openly and eloquently to the colony praising mechs and femmes for choosing a side and standing up for what they believed in. The semi's pride and respect for the mechs and femmes that had served in the war humbled the cassette player and he realized that Optimus could look beyond faction symbols and see a soldier's worth and value the he held. Soundwave now saw and understood what Autobots saw in their leader and Soundwave vowed to serve Optimus as equally and loyally as he had served Megatron through the war. Optimus had earned his respect and Soundwave was glad that the brothers were once again working to help each other instead of destroy each other.

"You're thinking too much. Sit down. Supper will be finished soon." Cassie told him and Soundwave kissed her shoulder once again before turning around and taking a seat at the head of the table.

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Hound had just come in from an early afternoon patrol. He thought about visiting Mirage but the spy's little femme made him nervous because she seemed just too needy for his tastes. Femmes! Surely Primus had made them for something but Hound had not figured out what. That little music teacher was a good example of why he chose to avoid femmes. She was nice and she made his spark beat a little faster, but she was also an enigma to him. She constantly talked and Hound could not get a word in so that he could show her his interest yet she kept coming back and talking to him which utterly amazed him.

"Hound!" Hound looked back at the sound of Mirage's voice. He smiled and waved at his dear friend as Mirage jogged quickly over to him. "I haven't seen you in weeks! How is the teaching?"

"It's going well. The students are well behaved and it makes my job easier since it is my first teaching post." Hound shook Mirage's hand and the royal blue mech smiled at the jeep.

"I am glad that you are enjoying your job." Mirage said. He fell in step with Hound as the green jeep stopped at a terminal to drop his report in the outlet so that Soundwave would decrypt it and send it to Prowl.

"How is your femme?" Hound asked as he turned to look directly at Mirage.

"She is better. Shalon came to sit with her so I could get a couple of hours to myself. She is starting to get out a little bit and the sparkling is healthy." Mirage punched in the door code and both mechs walked through the blast doors toward the hallway that led to the offices. "I was wondering if you would like to meet her Hound. You have been so busy with your work and new job and I hardly see you anymore."

"Can I bring someone? I would like for you to meet someone I work with at the school." Hound said thoughtfully as he scratched at the metal plate that made up his chin. He dented it previously while working on his transport and would have to have Ratchet look at it since it seemed to bother some of the neural wiring beneath his chin and neck armor.

"Sure, why don't I reserve a table in the rec room for us…" Mirage began to say but was interrupted.

"That won't work because she does not stay at the Hall. Why don't we meet in town. Ratchet and the others recommend a great little eatery that serves energon and sweet treats that are compatible with our systems." Hound suggested instead.

"That is fine if I can convince Raven to go. She is still shy about being out in social settings. I think she is afraid that bots will judge her since she tried to make the best of a bad situation." Mirage told Hound and Hound felt his spark wretch with what his friend was dealing with.

"I hope she decides to come and I will see you later." Hound said as he turned to go to his quarters.

"Bye Hound." Mirage turned to head out to start his patrol.

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Megatron walked into his quarters looking for Shalon. She retired early, claiming a processor ache, and Megatron worried that she might be ill. He noticed that the past two days Shalon felt moody and not quite her cheerful happy self that he had become accustomed to and he hoped that she was not carrying again. They were careful since Galvatron but since Doc's unexpected surprise Megatron did not want to chance a complicated sparking with their best medical team not at full capacity.

It was not that he didn't want more sparklings but that Shalon was so young and her body needed a break since Galvatron had been such a difficult sparking. He would never forget Ratchet and Knockout shoving him out of the infirmary when Shalon had gone into stasis from the pain and complications of labor nor could he forget Ratchet's concern voicing his worst fears as he watched helplessly as Shalon fought for her life his distress evident as he watched the blood and energon pour like water from her body before the doors closing and shutting him out away from his mate.

"Shalon where are you?" He called not too loud so that he would not disturb his sparklings recharge. He knew that his mate had spent the afternoon with Raven and Shalon had taken both sparklings with her to help Raven get ready for her own.

"I am in here." He heard faintly and he followed the sound of her voice to see her hunched over the wash racks holding her middle tightly as she grimaced in pain. "I think I have in jested something that didn't agree with me." She said softly as she slumped to her side before another bout of sickness overcame her petit frame jarring Megatron into action.

"Shalon, let's get you to med bay." He said softly but before he could pick her up she purged crying raggedly in distress between each bout of sickness. When she seemed to calm, Megatron took a wash cloth and wiped her head and mouth before picking her up.

"Megatron, what about the sparklings?" Shalon whispered weakly as her head lolled like a broken rag doll between his shoulder and hers before he brought his arm around her tighter to support it. He cradled her gently so that she would feel somewhat secure and quickly headed out of their quarters towards the infirmary.

"I have commed Soundwave and he is sending Seaway to our quarters to sit with them until we know for sure what is causing you to be sick." Megatron informed her as he strode quickly to the med bay with her. What few bots littered the hall moved out of his way as the Lord High Protector commanded silently with his sheer size and presence. He barely made it through the double doors as he sat Shalon on a berth not caring if it was the one Knockout would direct him to.

"Knockout!" He bellowed as his voice rang through the silent med bay. Knockout ran out from the office like he had been caught doing something wrong.

"What may I do for you my liege?" The speedster's voice was shaky and Megatron smelled ozone on him. If Shalon wasn't so sick Megatron would have asked the doctor what was going on.

"Shalon is sick. I need a diagnostics done immediately on her." Megatron commanded and Knockout quickly walked up to the berth and took out his scanner from his subspace. He scanned her over twice and Megatron forced air from his intakes as he watched the red medic.

"My lord, she is not sparked. That much I do know. It seems that she drank bad energon and now her tanks are upset. The good news is that most of it she has purged from her systems. I will give her some medical grade that will settle her systems and when she is calm I will let you take her back to your quarters." Knockout informed him as he finished his scans and ran an intravenous line into her arm. The medic quickly began pumping the rich nutrients with medication into poor Shalon as she laid there pale and moaning in pain.

Megatron looked on and was satisfied when Shalon quit whimpering only to grin a loopy smirk at him. He smiled back as he continued to watch Knockout run around securing his equipment and making final checks on Shalon's systems.

"My lord?" Shalon asked her speech slurred.

"What's wrong with her?" Megatron immediately demanded. He reached over and stroked her arm, a gesture that Knockout noticed but wisely did not comment on.

"I placed a mild sedative in the drip line so that she would not be in pain. It may take a while for her tank to return to normal. I suggest that she take her energon in small quantities and bring her n tomorrow for a follow up so that I know that she is returning to normal." Knockout stated in his most efficient voice as he bowed respectfully to Megatron.

"Thank you. Is she able to return to our berth?" Megatron asked still concerned for his mate.

"Yes, let me take the IV out and she will be fine. You may need to carry her since she is sedated." Knockout turned back and began removing the line from her arm.

"Will you love me tonight? I feel much better." Shalon slurred and Megatron smirked.

"Not tonight my dear for I fear you will pass out on me before we even begin." Megatron told her and reached down to place a kiss on her head. She smiled up so that he missed his mark and the kiss landed on her lips softly and gently.

"Let's get you home." He told her softly as Megatron lifted her up in his arms and carried her out.

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"Optimus how was your day?" Allie asked him softly, her body snuggled against his bright chassis as she stroked his arm lovingly. Together they performed their ritual of getting the sparklings in their berths and now they were relaxing enjoying a movie together before berth time.

"My day was fair. This was my biweekly day to observe and help with patrols and it was nice to get out and spin my wheels." He said and kissed Allie's cheek. She giggled like a youngling and Optimus laughed softly, his rich baritone voice sending shiver across Allie's neural systems.

"Good, I spent the day helping Cassie at school, and then I chose to visit Raven and check on her. Shalon was visiting with her sparklings, I then proceeded to check on Aura and her little shuttle mechling, Astralplane, and they are doing fine. Ratchet says that he is a very strong mechling and in a vorn or two he may even be able to surpass Skyfire's abilities. Lost, I decided to check up on Saraphina. Do you know what goes on in the infirmary?" Allie's brows raised as she asked the question and Optimus didn't know if he wanted to answer it or not. Allie looked at him expecting an answer and he didn't have it so he decided to evade the issue altogether. He had an idea of what was going on and he couldn't fault Knockout since Doc and Ratchet had been regularly interfacing during working hours. Maybe it was a medic thing, maybe now that peace had been established the infirmary was dull and quiet, or maybe everyone had lost their CPU's and went sparkling crazy. Optimus couldn't decide which answer best suited the situation. Optimus decided to play the innocent.

"Sweet spark, I am not sure what you mean." Optimus told her. He stroked her hair as she rubbed the smooth gleaming armor of his arms.

"Roddy and Orion went in for a checkup and I heard noises coming from the office. Needless to say if I hadn't had Mia with me I would have walked in on a very inappropriate scene with my sparklings seeing it." Allie informed her mate. Optimus laughed softly.

"I will say something to our resident medics." Optimus said dryly. "I am sure that they will be more discreet when I mention that they almost scarred some innocent sparklings." He pushed Allie forward and stood up and then pulled Allie into his arms.

"Optimus, I can walk." She laughingly said.

"I know but I want every moment of my memories to be of you in my arms." Optimus said seductively and Allie shivered as she looked into his cerulean blue optics and saw the love and lust that he held for her. Allie sighed her contentment. She was loved and that was all that mattered.

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"Raven, are you up?" Mirage asked softly. He didn't want to wake her if she was in recharge but he needed to make sure she was recharging without having fluxes. Though most were gone Raven would still have an occasional flux and it was rare for her to be deep in recharge before Mirage came home from patrol. He gently stroked her hair back from her face as she laid on her side. Her eyes closed and a soft serene smile lit flitted across her face.

"Mirage," she softly murmured and Mirage smiled as she carefully shifted her so that he could lay down and spoon against her warm relaxed body. He could feel their sparkling moving beneath the layer of skin that protected her carrying chamber and Mirage smiled as he felt the love and contentment that the little one was sending through their bond. "Mirage please," she murmured again and the royal blue mech realized that the femme was dreaming about him. Mirage felt heat stir through his circuits as he fantasized about what she might be living in her dreams and he slowly stroked her smooth alabaster skin as the heated air from his intakes gently blew her silver platinum blonde hair over her angelic heart shaped face. She was so lovely even for a femme that had been transformed into a humanoid robotic organism and Mirage could see the regal lines of her protoform beneath the porcelain skin. She was lighter in color than the other femmes but Allie always teased her because of her job beneath the ocean.

Mirage stoked the smooth baby soft skin and Raven moaned again. He suddenly wondered if she would wake up if he kissed her. He gently reached over and watched her a moment for any sudden movement but Raven's eyes stayed closed. He felt her breath on the plates of his face as she sighed his name in her recharge for the third time. Mirage stifled a groan as his spark beat erratically and his fans kicked in to cool his overheating frame. The other times she had always come to him in need and just thinking about touching her brought the most intense vivid fantasies to his CPU. He stroked her skin softly as he leaned over her and she shifted in recharge as if expecting the touch of his lip plates on hers.

Mirage touched the plates of his lips to hers and Raven opened her mouth welcoming his in her recharge. She murmured into the cavity of his mouth and Mirage shuddered from the charge beginning to build with just that single intimate caress. He slid his hand gently under her head as he cradled her to him. He moved his lips caressing hers until her glossa peaked out touching him and inviting him to play. Raven moaned and whimpered, her eyes never opening, but Mirage didn't care as he felt his spark swell and race with love and pride. It was his designation she was moaning not Shockwave's and Mirage didn't care if the world ended in that moment because she was dreaming of him, responding to him, which was all that mattered.

He caressed her skin gently touching her as her arms wound around his neck and touched his smooth warm armor of his arms. Mirage felt her arch beneath him, her belly protruding up against his abdomen as his hands cradle and caress the sparkling while he shifts and responds to his sire's touch.

"Rage… please!" She moaned desperately and Mirage could smell the sweet odor of her arousal as he dipped his fingers lower and separated the softs folds that protect her valve. Her legs wound around his waist wanting to press him closer but Mirage held back fearing that he was taking advantage of her. He looked up to see her pleading violet eyes look at him desperately.

"Are you sure?" Mirage asked static heavily laced in his vocals his CPU not sure if she can handle what he was asking.

"Yes, please I want this!" Raven snarled out frustrated that Mirage stopped his fingers in her valve. She arched up wanting more and Mirage retracted his interface panel and positioned Raven for his first thrust. She whimpered and moaned clutching at his arms in desperation as he legs clambered for him to hurry. Mirage, careful not to place pressure on her abdomen, pulled Raven's legs and lower torso up into the air and thrust deeply into her swollen tight valve. Raven screamed as Mirage penetrated her deeply not giving her time to adjust before he set a steady rhythm and Raven cried and mewled craving more of his touch.

"Raven, my darling femme, my life…" He whispered the endearments as Raven pulled his mouth closer to hers. She filled his oral cavity with her glossa and dominated the kiss as he dominated her body. They clung together with Mirage holding her as close as possible without harming the sparkling as the charge built higher and higher until Raven's valve constricted around his spike as she cried out in overload. Mirage held his body tight until Raven road her overload out and he released his coding into her with a cry of his own as Mirage over loaded throwing Raven into another overload of her own.

Mirage moved Raven to her side to protect the sparkling as he spooned around her backside. As both panted to release the heat and allow the cooling fans to do their job Mirage listened to the beat of Raven's spark.

"I wanted this." She said quietly into the still darkness of their berth room.

"I know." The regal blue mech replied. They laid there for a few more moments and then Mirage heard Raven sigh.

"You don't understand." She said very quietly. "I wanted this. I didn't need it." She stopped for a moment and then turned on her back to look at Mirage. "I wanted you tonight not him." Mirage looked into the shiny depths of her eyes wishing that he could see their color in the dark. His spark throbbed with the implications of her words but he still wasn't sure if she was ready for what he wanted for her.

"I wanted to do this for you." Raven said quietly to make sure he did understand what she was trying to say.

"I wanted this for you as well." Mirage replied after a few moments.

"You don't get it." She said and turned over.

"I want to. I want us to work." Mirage said into her ear and heard her sigh once again. He waited to see if she was going to reply to his statement. After a while Mirage thought she went into recharge but then he heard words very faint but clear for him to understand.

"I thought Shockwave was the mech for me and then he forced a bond. I learned very quickly that fear in a relationship is not love. I wanted so badly for it to work that I didn't even think about what love meant and then I learned the repercussions of living a fantasy truly meant. I thought this sparkling was payment for my mistakes. I couldn't even tell Allie because she believes that children are a blessing but how would I tell this sparkling that he was conceived in fear and violence." Raven stopped a moment as a shudder went through her body. Mirage wondered if he should reply but then Raven continued. "I hated myself for allowing him to do that to me and then I was angry that Primus would allow an innocent being to be the result of such violence, but I could not hate the child and I could not hate you. I wanted to but you were so damn nice and gentle. You were the opposite of what my carrier told me to look for in a mech but now I know that your gentleness is a strength far greater than a big intimidating mech could ever possess. In that moment I learn the true nature of my mistake and now I am ready to stop making you pay for it. I want this. I don't know if I can ever love you but I want what we have and if that makes me a cold sparked bitch then so be it."

Mirage listened to every word she uttered as hope filled his spark. If she was willing to have him then he stood a chance of teaching her to love him.

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I know I am dragging this out but I hope that you will like the end result. I am trying to tie this up because I would like to write a short fanfic about Storm and Skywarp. I also want to write some short sides to this series, maybe one shots and I still have to put my final touch to the last story that I have thought about since I wrote the first one. So please stay with me and review. It would be much appreciated.