Author's note. The kids get into big trouble with the Decepticons and end up punished. With thanks to Cutlass-Cougar the great suggestions for this chapter.
Warning for some transformer style cussing and spanking.
Enjoy and please review.
The kids were lying on Megatron's lap once again, having been told it was time for another nap. After they had entertained the Decepticons, Demolisher had taken them to get suited up in new jumpsuits. They were pleased to be wearing something proper again but were a bit annoyed that the purple suits had the Decepticon logo on it. There wasn't anything they could do about it however, and so they didn't complain.
They were meant to be asleep, Megatron had been stroking them for the past while, as he and his men talked about things in general. But then the conversation switched to the days previous battle.
"What did Prime want, sir?" Demolisher asked as he cleaned his blaster.
At this, the kids pricked their ears as Megatron snorted.
"He wanted to discuss these kids," he said as he ran a finger down Carlos's back.
"Want did you tell him?" asked Cyclonus eagerly, hoping there had been some cursing and shoving.
Megatron smirked.
"That if he wanted them back, he'd better be prepared to pay. In the meantime, I had them well in hand."
Beneath his hand, the kids scowled, did he have to talk about them like that?
"Didn't he offer you any Minicons?" Starscream asked, raising an optic brow.
"He said he would only hand them over when these three were free," Megatron sneered. "Seems to think I might double cross him."
He, along with his men, laughed at this statement while unnoticed, the kids' scowls deepened.
"Well, I don't think I want to give them up quite yet any way," Megatron continued, smirking down at the kids. He looked up at his men.
"I intend to get as many Minicons as possible off Prime, before I even think of giving them up. I hope Prime doesn't think I'm being unfair," he said nastily before laughing.
His men laughed as well and for a while the Decepticons gloated about things in general before the three soldiers left. After stroking the kids for a bit more, Megatron got up with them in his hand and placed them on a table.
"Don't go anywhere," he sneered before leaving them.
As soon as he was gone they kids leapt to his feet.
"His never going to let us go," Alexis said angrily but with a touch of fear in her voice.
Rad scowled along with Carlos.
"Then we're not going to do what he says," Rad said grimly. He looked his friends full in the face.
"There's a chance they might not have locked the Warp Gate, I say we risk it."
"I'm with you, man," Carlos said hotly.
To the boys' mild surprise, Alexis rushed forward and in no time at all was on the floor. She looked back up at them.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go" and she made for the door.
And the boys simply followed.
Some time later.
Rad couldn't believe they'd gotten this far, they hadn't run into Megatron, Starscream or any of the other Decepticons, not even a Minicon had spotted them. Maybe they could do it after all.
"What do you reckon, amigos?" asked Carlos as they examined the Warp Machine.
"We just need to set the coordinates," Alexis said. "And get onto that platform before it activates."
"Hopefully, they've not locked it," added Rad as they stepped forward.
With Rad and Carlos's help, Alexis managed to get onto of the control panel and punch in some commands. She jumped down and they rushed onto the platform and waited. But something was wrong, the control panel started sparking madly.
"What's wrong?" yelled Carlos but the next second his voice was cut off as a blackness seemed to envelop them.
The kids yelled as they felt themselves being sucked into a vortex of energy. But the next second, something had grabbed hold of them and pulled them out. For a moment, they couldn't see, their heads were spinning too much but finally they were able to see what had happened. It was Starscream, he was bent over and panting, having just got to them in time.
For a minute, he just stared at them and they stared back, their hearts thudding rapidly. And then his face twisted.
"You little fools, do you realise what might have happened?" Starscream snarled, giving them a shake which caused their teeth to rattle in their heads. Without giving them a chance to answer, Starscream raised one of his legs and propped it against a box so that he had a bent knee. And before they knew it, they had been draped over said knee, and Starscream started spanking them.
Smack
Smack
Smack
Smack
"Never"
Smack
Smack
Smack
"Do something"
Smack
Smack
Smack
"Like that"
Smack, smack
Smack, smack
Smack, smack
"Ever again"
Smack, smack
Smack, smack
Smack, smack
Smack, smack
"Do you understand?" he growled as he took hold of them and raised them to optic level.
"Y,y,yes," they replied shakily, Starscream smacked much faster than Megatron, they were still reeling in shock. Starscream glared at them before marching off with them held tightly in his hand.
They knew they'd be for it with Megatron, they were about to be severely punished. Indeed, when Starscream entered, Megatron had an expression of thunder as the kids were brought to him.
"Well," he demanded as Starscream stopped in front of him. "I'm waiting to hear why you were ever near the Warp Room."
The kids hung their heads as Megatron growled.
"Not only did you disobey but you tried to escape and somehow managed to almost kill yourselves, what were you thinking?"
"We just wanted to go home," Carlos said stubbornly.
"This is your home," Megatron snapped before saying. "Since you seem to have been relieved of your senses, I think a spell in time-out should sort that out."
With this Starscream placed Carlos in front of Megatron's throne, making him put his nose against the metal. He did the same with Rad and Alexis on either side of Megatron's throne. As they kids protested angrily, Megatron snapped.
"And no back talk or you'll be there for the rest of the night."
After this they fell silent. They didn't dare move, knowing Megatron's temper had been sparked. They heard Starscream stride out of the room but after that, there was a long silence.
"Time's up, come to me you two," Megatron ordered once they'd been there for what seemed like ages.
Grumbling Alexis and Rad did as they were told and joined Carlos between Megatron's feet. The boys in particular were fuming about the unfairness of it all, as Megatron leant forward and reached a hand down. To their horror, Megatron seized hold of Alexis and draped her across his knee. He then took hold of Carlos who protested.
"Hey, hey, Starscream's already done that," Carlos yelled as Megatron forced him across his knee.
"I know," Megatron said grimly as Rad was then laid next to his friends. The kids tried to struggle but Megatron held them down, while raising his other hand.
"But you obviously require some more discipline," he continued. "Not to mention this is what will happen if you ever try to escape again."
And he smacked them, hard. The kids yelped as he started spanking them, taking care not to damage with controlled smacks. He had every intention of giving them a much sounder spanking than he had before for being so foolish as to try and run away. However what he didn't take into account were the kids strained tempers, being spanked for a second time and the despair of not making it back home which caused them to suddenly snap.
Looking back, he would muse how they had lost their tempers in quick succession, meaning he heard exactly what the three of them said. First the 'leader' of the gang yelled.
"Stop it, you fragged-up motherboard of a glitch."
While the other boy decided to inform Megatron at the top of his voice.
"You're all a bunch of slag-spouting Decepticreeps."
Finally the girl, who had a more controlled temper, but a very smart mouthed screamed.
"Fraggingly ugly scrap yard rejects."
Megatron's jaw actually dropped, and though he didn't cease in his spanking he was actually stunned. Where in Cybertron had they learned such language? Certainly not from Optimus who was too conscientious for that, and not from him as he had been careful not to lose his temper too much in front of them. Soldiers were soldiers however, they wouldn't be as careful to curb their cussing in front of curious ears.
He wasn't overly bothered about if his men cursed but he wasn't about to let these children get away with in, especially considering the manner in which they were cursing. And he happened to know just how to prevent future outbursts.
"Leader-One, Swindle, Blackout, fetch me a bar of soap."
Funnily enough the kids were too wrapped up in their own anger and humiliation, not to mention pain to take in this order so they continued to protest his treatment of them. Finally he deemed they had been spanked enough so he released his hold on them. They pushed themselves up, wincing but stubbornly determined not to remain another moment across his knee. They contented themselves by glaring at him as they rubbed their sore bottoms while he merely looked sternly back at them. The stalemate was only broken by the arrival of the three Minicons.
Placing the kids on the arm rest of the Minicon's climbed up, he said sternly.
"I do not allow such impertinence, therefore I have found the perfect punishment to curb future outbursts."
Turning to the Minicons, he ordered them to cut chunks from the bar of soap and administer them to his insolent pets. The kids had protested, but he ended any arguments, by seizing them in his hand with their arms pinned to their sides. The Minicons, regretfully but unable to disobey, then inserted soap pieces into the kids mouths before placing a hand over them so that they couldn't spit.
Megatron had stubbornly made they stay like that for ten minutes, until tears flowed from burning eyes, then he had nodded to the Minicons as he had released them. The kids had immediately spat over the side of the arm rest, desperate to rid themselves of the horrible taste.
Above them, Megatron said menacingly.
"You will obey me in this, I assure you, you won't forget this punishment in a hurry. Starscream, Cyclonus, Demolisher, get in here."
Alexis's POV.
Alexis lay miserably as Starscream finished spanking her. She'd never gotten so harsh a punishment before, her parents had never spanked her more than once for a single incident. She wondered if this was the sort of punishment a transformer child would receive or was Megatron making this up as he went along.
As she spat from a rapidly drying mouth, trying to rid herself of the horrible cloying taste, Starscream snapped.
"Don't do that."
"I can't help it," she rasped back, turning to face him. "I haven't had any water to wash it away."
With a grumble, the red Seeker handed her a bottle of water and a small container which he indicated she use to direct her spit. As she washed her mouth out, he shook his head.
"I can't believe you would have the gall to swear at Megatron, what could be more foolish," he said sternly. "He, like Optimus Prime I might add, does not approve of Youngling's cursing."
Alexis didn't answer, she just swilled some more water round in his mouth before spitting. It wasn't quite enough and she knew the taste would linger for a while longer. Starscream took her off his knee and with his other hand dragged over a small cage. He paused, seeing her utterly dejected expression and with a sigh, popped some clean cloths into the cage first before lowering her in. She miserably curled up on her front, tears leaking from her eyes as Starscream watched her from his berth. Finally he said.
"What in Primus's name possessed you to act so foolishly?"
"We just wanted to go home," Alexis said quietly, unable to prevent the tears flowing. "I miss my parents so much."
"You belong to Megatron now," Starscream said gruffly. "He won't give you up easily, he gets more out of having you here than letting you go. You must accept that."
With a moan, Alexis buried her face in the cloth, now sobbing. Starscream eyed her, a strange expression on his face.
"Why don't you just obey?" he asked finally. "You'd be much happier in the long run, what's the use of acting up then getting punished."
"Right, like you take everything he dishes out," Alexis said angrily. "I haven't forgotten that time in the forest when you won Swindle. He wasn't going to let you have him was he? Why didn't you obey him?"
Starscream lay there stunned, and unable to think of a comeback. He knew why, she was right and he couldn't argue against it. Propping himself up on one elbow, he examined the pitiful form of his charge as she continued to sob. It was going to be a long night.
Carlos's POV.
Carlos could simply not believe it, Cyclonus had done it again. Though the helicopter transformer had certainly been awake to give him another severe spanking, right afterwards, he had fallen back onto his berth and started snoring.
Carlos growled and moved up Cyclonus's body, he was damned if he would sleep on his leg. He stopped when he reached the big robot's chest and lay down with a groan. Hell, he hurt all over now and he somehow doubted things would be any better in the morning.
Rad's POV.
Rad gloomily lay inside an open box, wanting for the ache in his lower body. He idly wondered if there were bruises and thought there probably were, after all, Megatron had a hand of metal. He shook his head, why had they tried to escape, they had known they'd be in big trouble.
He heard Demolisher moving about, hoping the Decepticon wouldn't start lecturing him again, which was what he'd done while he'd been spanking Rad. The boy still couldn't believe that Megatron had ordered his men to dish out further punishment, but he had and now Rad aching from it. He hoped his friends hadn't gotten it too bad, he felt bad enough as it was. It was defiantly worse worrying about his friends than just himself.
He really hoped things got better somehow, and that Megatron wouldn't tell Optimus what had happened.
Author's note. The kids somehow get into even more mischief. Till next time.