Author's note. With thanks to Mrs Bumblebee for helping me write this chapter and to Cutlass- Cougar who gave me some great ideas, thanks.

In this chapter the kids get into trouble but how's Megatron going to punish them? Read on to find out, contains corporal punishment.

Enjoy and please.

Rad shifted and opened his eyes. He smiled slightly as he felt his friends beside him, still sleeping. He settled his head on his arms, he realised they were still in Megatron' lap.

Megatron smirked to himself as he worked back over the plan he and Starscream discussed before.

Rad glanced up and saw Megatron smirking which meant he was in a good mood. He sighed and stretched, his movements rousing the other two.

"Hmm, what time is it?" Alexis asked sleepily as she woke.

Rad yawned too and stretched.

"No idea."

They all glanced up at Megatron who wasn't paying them any attention, he looked like he was doing a lot of thinking. Carlos tired not to snigger at the thought that it looked like hard work.

Sitting up, the dark skinned boy whispered.

"What now, amigos?"

Suddenly Demolisher comm'ed Megatron.

"Sir, we're ready."

Megatron smirked.

"Good, I'll be there in a few minutes," Megatron said.

The kids looked up.

"What's happening?" Rad asked.

Megatron looked down at them and smirked.

"There's a traitor abroad."

The kids eyes widened in shock.

"A traitor?" Rad exclaimed as Carlos said, "Who?"

"He's a newly arrived transformers. The Autobots may now him," Megatron said with a smirk.

The kids couldn't believe this, a Decepticon traitor here on Earth? They definitely weren't expecting that.

"Why's he come here?" Alexis asked, like the boys she was eager for more information.

Megatron smirked but didn't answer.

"Come on man, don't keep us in suspense," Carlos pleaded. "We wanna know."

"Why, so you can talk about it?" Megatron questioned with a brow raised.

He got up and picked the kids up and started carrying them to a room to put them in while he and the others were away.

"Well, it's not as though we've got anything else to do," Carlos said grouchily as they were carried.

"Too bad," Megatron said.

He arrived to the room and put them in.

"Behave." Megatron warned and was gone.

The kids looked at the empty doorway in surprise, they hadn't expected to be left on their own like this.

"So," Rad said, letting out a lond sigh. "What do you reckon?"

"Man, that's strange about a Decepticon traitor," Carlos said with a shake of his head. "Really strange, what do you think Alexis?"

"Well, the Autobots could certainly use some help," she replied. "I wonder how Megatron found out about it, though."

Megatron went to the monitor room that was monitoring the kid's and watched them as they talked amongst themselves.

"Man, I'm hungry," Carlos suddenly said. "When are we going to get something to eat?"

"Calros," Alexis chuckled. "You're as bad as Fred."

"I am not," Carlos said indignantly. "It's been ages since we ate, I need food."

He glanced slyly around the room.

"Do you reckon we could sneak out again?"

"Not if we want the same thing that happened last time to happen again," Rad said with a grimace.

Megatron smirked at hearing this and sat down in a chair and continued to watch and listen.

Carlos winced at this, the 'punishment' was still evidently fresh in his memory. He sat down with a pout, folding his arms creating the very picture of disgruntlement.

"It's not all bad news," Alexis said gently. "At least Optimus and the others are alright and now of the Decepticons got badly hurt."

Megatron cocked his head and listened closer as the kids talked.

"Yeah, that is good," Rad said quietly. "I'd feel really bad if any of them did get badly hurt, they're not so bad when they're in a good mood."

Alexis and Carlos chuckled.

"Heh, yeah, Cyclonus just likes to sleep and blow stuff up, he's a real character," Carlos said with a grin.

"And Starscream really considerate some of the time," Alexis said softly.

"Demolisher's okay as long as I don't annoy him," Rad laughed.

Megatron chuckled at this information and knew it was all true because he's seen them do all those things.

"And Megatron's all that bad either," Alexis said. "I mean he's as grouchy as anything but at least he didn't tell Starscream about...you know,"

She blushed as she remembered the incident. The boys all nodded their agreement, that was one memory they'd rather forget.

Megatron smirked and rested his head on his fist.

The kids chatted about some other things before the conversation turned to more serious matters.

"Dude, how long have we been here?" Carlos asked, running a hand through his hair.

Rad let out a breath.

"Dounno, a few days at least, it's difficult to keep track."

"Our parents must have missed us by now," Alexis said sadly. "i wish we could tell them that we're okay, they probably think we've been kidnapped by...sex predators or something like that."

Rad groaned.

"That's what my mom will be thinking, you can bet on that,"

Megatron didn't understand what the kids were talking about at first so he looked it up on the Earths World Wide Web and soon understood.

Alexis felt tears prick at her eyes, it was a horrible thought and she wished that she could tell her parents she was okay. Rad quickly put an arm around her and Carlos did the same.

"Hey, it'll be okay," Rad said softly. "You'll see."

Alexis nodded up at him and rested herself on Rad's shoulder.

Meanwhile, in the control room, Starscream had just entered. He saw what Megatron was watching and frowned.

"What's going on?"

Megatron looked up and then back at the screen.

"Nothing so far."

Starscream's brow furrowed and he stepped closer to the screen. He saw that Carlos and Rad were comforting Alexis who looked upset about something.

"What's wrong with Alexis?" he couldn't help but ask.

Megatron looked at Starscream.

'They're talking about their creators being worried about them."

"Oh," said Starscream softly, it never occurred to him that the kids creators might be worried about them.

"Haven't the Autobots dealt with that?"

Megatron looked at Starscream.

"I'm not sure but those kids are still upset about it."

"It's must be hard being separated from their creators," Starscream murmured softly before realising he'd said that out loud and Megatron was now looking at him.

"What do you mean Starscream?" Megatron questioned.

"Their very young Megatron, they still need creator care," Starscream said, now more convinced than ever that Megatron didn't know much about kids.

Megatron nodded at this and turned back to the screen, seeing the kids still comforting the female of the small group. Starscream suddenly remembered something he needed to get done, so he bade Megatron goodbye and left, leaving the large Mech all alone as he watched the kids.

"Maybe we could find some way to call them," Carlos was now saying. "Tell them we're okay."

"Oh Carlos, what would we say?" Alexis said bitterly. "How could we pretend we're not in danger, haven't been hurt or touched inappropriately?"

Rad looked at his friends.

"Yeah and what about the Autobots, how are we going to explain...Wait want about the traitor that's here? Do the Autobot's know?" Rad asked.

This snapped Alexis out of her depression and she frowned thoughtfully. Carlos meanwhile said.

"Didn't Megatron say they did,"

"No, he said he thought this bot was known to them," she said slowly. "That doesn't sound like they know he's actually here."

"Yeah you're right. We have to do something," Rad said.

Megatron sat up straight at this and leaned closer to the screen to hear.

"But dude, we don't know who it is, the information's pretty vague," Carlos couldn't help but point out. "And how are we supposed to get near a computer or whatever."

Rad looked around.

"What about a mini-con?" Rad suggested.

"Great idea man," Carlos said enthusiastically.

"Maybe one of them could teach us how to use their computers," Alexis suggested. "So we don't have to rely on them all the time. I'd hate for any of them to get into trouble."

"Shall we try and find one?" Rad said and the other two nodded.

Megatron raised his brow as he watched the kids get up and head for the door. Megatron leane forward and presses a button and then the screen he was watched changed to the hall camera.

The kids carefully walked down the hallway, listening for any sigh that one of the Decepticons was about to appear. But all seemed very quiet, which somehow struck them as strange.

"Where do you reckon they all are?" Rad said softly. The others shrugged.

"Starscream might be outside, he likes to practise," Alexis said softly.

"Cyclonus is probably sleeping," Carlos whispered with a grin. "We'd know if he was blowing stuff up."

"Well, at least we'll hear them coming," Rad mused. "They can't creep up on us."

Megatron was angry to see the brats had left their room but kept himself from going after them and continued to watch.

"Any idea where we are?" Carlos asked as they continued.

"I think we're near Starscream's room," Alexis said softly.

"That's no good," Rad muttered as they increased their speed a little, it was very nerve wracking wondering the Decepticon base when any moment they could be discovered.

"We need to get closer to the Throne room, I think there's a communication room there."

As the kids walked Megatron continued to switch to different cameras so he could watch their ever move as they got closer and closer to the throne room.

Finally, they reached the Throne room and peeked in, it wasn't hard to miss. To their relief, Megatron wasn't about but he could appear at any moment. But Alexis spotted the console tucked away in a corner and she breathed.

"Guys, over there,"

They looked very she was indicating and nodded.

"Good job," Carlos said as they started making their way over.

As they got closer, they could see it was quite old, possibly it was part of the original Minicon ship. But that was even better as they knew something about handling the Minicon equipment. At last they stopped in front of it.

"Do we really want to do this?" Rad asked. "Megatorn could walk in at any moment."

"I want to," Alexis said firmly. "I want to see Optimus and the others again."

"Me too" Carlos said and Rad nodded his agreement.

The two boys watched as Alexis climbed up it, and switched it on.

Megatron was becoming very enraged now. Seeing this had confirmed that those brats had ruined his previous plan and now they were at it again. Megatron started mentally planning on the perfect punishment for them as he watched.

Alexis pressed several buttons, praying that she had got this right. She then leaned back and waited for it to load.

And to the kids delight it did, and Hotshot's face appeared.

"Hotshot here...Alexis," he cried out as he saw her.

"Oh Hotshot, it's so good to see you," she said happily as the boys climbed up beside her.

"Oh kids, we've been so worried," Hotshot said, grinning at them though his optics showed his relief. "Do you want to talk to Optimus?"

"Yes please," the kids chorused.

Optimus came up. Megatron snarled at this.

"Kids," Optimus said, his optics twinkling. "We've missed you so much, how are you?"

"We're good Optimus, but what about you?" Rad said as Carlos burst out.

"You've been in at least two fights with the Decepticons, and Megatorn said you got pretty beat up in one."

Optimus chuckled.

"We've recovered fine, we've even got a new team member called Smokescreen, and I hope you can meet him soon."

The kids talked happily with Optimus for a few minutes, Megatron's anger slowly rising higher and higher.

Finally the kids came to the matter of why they called.

"Optimus, Megatron said earlier that there was a Decepticon traitor coming to Earth," Rad said which made Optimus frown.

"A traitor?" he repeated slowly. "Did Megatron say who?"

"No, he doesn't like to tell us stuff, just tells us to mind out own business," Alexis huffed.

This made Optimus chuckle slightly before he became serious.

"If this is true, then it could mean we're about to experience some changes," he said seriously as Hotshot suddenly cut in.

"Hey, there's no chance you kids can get away, you know escape?"

"Aw dude, we tried that and we got caught," Carlos groaned. "Megatron had us punished bad, we got about three spankings for that."

He suddenly blushed as he realised what he said. As the other two did as well, Optimus said soothingly.

"It's alright kids, it's nothing to be ashamed of,"

That did it. Megatron got up and started walking to the throne room to confront the brats in the act.

"Is he hard on you?" Optimus was now saying. "Does he hurt you?"

"Well, it stings for a bit but it soon goes away," Alexis said slowly as Carlos said.

"Yeah but once we got punished for taking food, he hadn't fed us in ages and we were hungry,"

Optimus's optics darkened at this but he simply said.

"Try not to anger him too much kids, I know it's tough but I want to get you all back in once piece..."

Optimus's words cut off when he saw something behind the kids. The kids followed Optimus's gaze and gasped when they saw a very angry looking Megatron standing at the doorway.

"Oh no," whispered Alexis in horror as Megatorn glared at them.

"Dude we are in such trouble," Carlos groaned as Megatron started striding over to them.

"You're not in just trouble, you're in heap loads of it," Megatron snarled.

The kids huddled together in fear as he glared down at them, looking even angrier than the last battle. Behind them, Optimus was looking very worried.

"Megatron, please don't over react, the kids meant no harm,"

Megatron glared at the screen.

"They disobeyed me and will be punished," Megatron said and then shot the screen, leaving in shattered and smoking.

He turned to the kids.

"Now as for you three..." Megatron said in deadly voice of ice.

He held up his hand and snapped his fingers and all the doors to the room slammed closed and locked.

They all flinched and braced themselves for whatever he was going to do, there was no point in running.

Megatron stepped closer, leaned down and scooped Carlos up. He walked over to his throne sat down and then reached up and pulled Carlos's pants down until his naked butt was exposed.

As Carlos cried out in shock and fear, Rad and Alexis rushed over.

"Hey, what are you doing?" yelled Rad as Alexis cried, "No, please don't."

But it was too late. Megatron had already put Carlos over his knee, held him down, and raised his hand and brought it down on Carlos's naked rear.

Rad and Alexis begged him to stop but Megatron carried on regardless, giving Carlos the worst spanking ever. The Spanish boy clutched the edge of Megatron's knee as his unprotected rear was hit again and again, until finally tears started to flow. He broke down, crying as he was punished.

Megatron gave Carlos ten more swats before clothing him and putting him down on the floor and reached for one of the other two.

Rad stepped in front of Alexis so that he was grabbed and lifted up. As his leggings and underwear were yanked down, Alexis rushed over to Carlos who had sank to his knees, sobbing. She flung her arms around him and held him close as Rad was placed over Megatron's knee.

Megatron gave Rad the same amount of swats and everything until he too was sobbing from the pain and his rear was glowing red. Megatron then redressed him and put him down and reached for the girl.

By now Alexis was sobbing with her friend's pain and Megatron had to pull her from Carlos after putting Rad down on the ground.

"D-don't," Rad managed to choke out as she was lifted up.

Megatron didn't listen and repeated the process.

Alexis was now balling her eyes out as she was harshly spanked until Megatron was finally finished with her. She clung to his knee as he yanked her underwear and leggings back up. The boys stared miserably at her as this was happening.

Megatron picked her up and put her down and then looked down at them.

"There, now are you going to stop causing trouble?" Megatron growled down at them.

They stared miserably at the floor, tears running down their faces as their rears throbbed continuously. None of they could speak, they were too choked up with tears over their harsh and humiliating punishment.

Megatron then comm'ed Starscream.

"Bring me a cage," Megatron ordered.

"Yes Megatron," came Starscream's voice.

The kids continued hanging their heads, on their knees beside each other as they still sobbed with pain. Megatron simply sat back, surveying them sternly until finally Starscream arrived. He stopped dead at the sight of them, holding a cage in his hands.

"Sir?"

"None of your concern, now go," Megatron hissed and took the cage from Starscream who was forced to leave though he looked very worried.

He went to the kids and put the cage down next to them. He started picking them up one by one and put them in the cage.

The kids still didn't say anything, just collapsed in a limp heap as he locked the cage door. Megatron then lifted the cage up with them in it and after opening the locked throne room door, went out into the corridor.

He walked down the hall until he came to a door. He opened it and walked in.

"You're staying in my quarters for now," Megatron said and walks over to his desk and put them down.

The kids could barely raise their heads to stare at around at his room. It was large, with a big berth with several shelves containing strange objects. They then looked back at Megatron who was glaring down at them sternly.

"Your punishment is you will stay in my quarters and stay in that cage until I decide you may come back out," Megatron growled.

"You're not having any contact with any of my men or the Minicons. Any further disobedience and I will give you the exact same spanking, only this time I will let Optimus watch," he added nastily.

This statement only brought more tears to the kid's eyes as they sniffed loudly. Megatron growled and gave the cage a sharp tap, obviously wanting a response.

"Yes sir," they managed to choke out.

Megatron snorted at this and turned and went away from them and went into his private bathroom.

The kids watched him go before lying on their fronts in the now horrible familiar position. Rad and Carlos snuggled up to their friend who was in a lot of pain. This time they were sure there'd be bruises, Megatron had hit their naked skin after all.

"I'm sorry guys," Rad whispered.

"Not your fault," Carlos whispered back as Alexis shook. "Was bound to happen, least we got to talk to Optimus."

Megatron had taken a quick and hot wash before returning to his quarters. He glanced at the brats but then went to his berth and lay down.

They peeked over at him but he was ignoring them. They all felt very hungry by this point but knew he'd never give them something to eat, not when he was so angry. They tried to relax and go to sleep but they were so uncomfortable on the hard floor of their cage, not to mention they still had a burn in their rears.

It was undoubtedly going to be a long night.

Meanwhile back on Earth, a lone figure sitting in a cave had just gotten a call.

"Scavenger, I need you to go to the Decepticon base,"

"What's happened?" the old battle worn Mech asked softly.

"Megatron has been holding some human children prisoner and he just caught them contacting me," Optimus explained over the comm.

"They were the reason his last plan failed and I'm worried about them, I have to know he hasn't hurt them,"

"Don't worry I can do that," Scavenger replied calmly and he heard Optimus sigh in relief.

"Thank you old friend, this means a lot to me,"

"My pleasure," Scavenger said with a small smile. "I'll make sure those kids are okay, you can count on that."

Optimus thanked him again and then signed off. Scavenger sat back with a thoughtful expression. He had witnessed that last disastrous battle and had figured that Optimus had somehow been warned but had never dreamed by some human children.

Things were certainly getting interesting.

Author's note. In the next chapter, we see the aftermath of the kids' punishment and Scavenger arrives at the Decepticon base. Until then.