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Megatron smirked as the last orb finally settled within its new home and Carlos fell into unconsciousness. He gently stroked his son, regretting that it was an unpleasant experience for the children but not regretting why he had done it. After all these Yorns, he finally had his children and he wasn't going to let them go.
Very carefully, he closed their chests up, one by one. Sadly, their expressions weren't very peaceful but that would change soon enough. He gently stroked their heads, trying to help them sleep better and it seemed to work. Their grimaces softened a bit and he smiled as he watched them. They were still only plain looking Minicons but that would soon change.
He glanced down at the now empty box and carefully picked it up. Even though it was empty, he couldn't get rid of it, so after carefully closing it, placed it back in Sub Space. He turned back to his children; he needed to transform them back to their human forms. It seemed odd but since they had been reborn as children, Primus must have a reason for that. But just because they were human didn't mean they couldn't become Transformers.
It was his hope that someday they could become proper sized Transformers but even he knew this would be a change too much for his little ones. There was no rush, now that it was certain they were his, he would take his time in converting them. Perhaps he would be able to tell them about their mother, he never ever spoke of her but it was only right they know about her.
Sighing, he activated the machine and the conveyor belt rumbled its way inside. His little Minicon children disappeared from sight as the reverse progress began. He was very interested to see just what kind of changes his former pets would experience. They now had their Spark orbs back and even being changed back into humans, there would still be an impact. Maybe they would resemble Predacons, Transformers from the planet Predaca who could transform into organic beings but were still part robot.
"Will you transform from humans to your true forms?" he wondered out loud as the machine sparked but not in a bad way.
Eventually, the process ended and the conveyor belt rumbled back out with three unconscious human kids lying on it. On the surface, there didn't appear to be anything wrong but Megatron was smiling. Because he could feel a very faint Bond forming as he leaned over them, just a little tingle from all three children. But it was a start, oh Primus, it was a start. He'd been waiting for that feeling ever since he'd found out that Sliverblaze was Carrying.
If it developed enough, he'd been able to communicate with them. Perhaps not in their human forms but from now on, he'd at least have a sense of what they were feeling. This would be useful if they did anything naughty and he could see if they were really sorry.
"Yes," he sneered as he undid the straps on the now human children who were covered in rapidly melting electrum.
He lifted them up and held them over the tub as the electrum slipped off their bodies, the goo like substance dropping with a splash. Sadly, some still clung to their bodies but it would easily wash off. He grabbed a spare cloth and wrapped them all up in it, to prevent the electrum dripping all over the place. After cleaning his fingers, he also grabbed the kids' clothes and sub spaced them for later.
The journey to his quarters was uneventful; he met none of his men or any of the Minicons. The kids just slept on, their faces smudged with the liquid metal which clung to their skin stubbornly. They would need a long soak in a hot bath but that was no problem. After all that had happened the past cycle, he felt he needed a chance just to sit back and relax.
No doubt the kids wouldn't be too happy once they woke but they would eventually understand. They would have plenty of time to accept it because he was never letting them go, ever again.
Dream state
Alexis groaned as she got to her feet, rubbing at her head which felt like lead weights had been stuffed inside. But that was nothing to how her chest felt, like there was something pulsing inside it which could explode out at any minute. Which made her uncomfortably think of those Alien movies and she had to fight the urge to throw up.
As she turned, she found she was in a strange looking place. It was nothing like she'd ever seen before; it was almost like space except everything was lit up. There wasn't a single solid plane either, there appeared to be multiply levels, floating above and beneath. She jumped as a shooting star rocketed past her, making a noise like a firework as it went.
Alexis giggled, this was clearly a dream and it was a pretty good one so far. Although the feeling in her chest was rather annoying, it was still good. Until she woke up, she decided that she would explore a bit. It was odd but she couldn't feel her feet touching anything as she walked, it was like she was 'walk flying' or something like that. She was pleased to find that she was human again and hoped that was the form she'd find when she woke up.
The young girl couldn't help but be very annoyed with Megatron for whatever he had done to her and probably the boys. Just why did he have to shove those strange glass balls into their chests? And why couldn't he have just told them what he was going to do instead of just doing it. But no, he could never take how they felt into consideration; he just assumed they'd accept it.
It was bad enough turning them into Minicons without asking but those glass balls were even worse. If he was really concerned with making sure their Sparks were okay, he'd have explained what he was doing. But that was the main difference between Megatron and Optimus, the Autobot leader nearly always took into account someone's feelings when he was going to do something which involved them.
"But he wouldn't be Megatron if he didn't act like a jerk," Alexis sighed to herself, she just had to hope the Decepticon leader wouldn't go too far some day.
On a whim, she flung out her arms and spun in a circle as another way of experiencing this strange dream world. As she did this, everything blurred into flashing stripes of colour and she could swear that she had just lifted off the ground. She didn't get dizzy, one reasons why she loved dreaming because you could do anything. Heck, she'd even flown a few times although she could only remember most of these dreams while dreaming.
"This is one weird place."
Alexis jumped in surprise and fell, her spinning abruptly interrupted. Picking herself off the ground she couldn't even feel, she looked up to see Carlos standing a little way in the distance. His back was to her and he seemed to be looking around in awe at the strange world they'd found themselves in. She couldn't believe he was here but he must be just a part of her dream so she started over to him.
"Carlos," she called and he turned a look of surprise on his face.
"Alexis?" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm dreaming," she replied with a slight shrug as he shook his head.
"Nuh uh, I'm the one who's dreaming amigo," he protested. "Megatron just finished with whatever the heck he was doing to my Spark."
Alexis frowned.
"But this is my dream," she protested back as Carlos's expression became confused.
"But it's mine," he mumbled as they suddenly became aware of someone else coming towards them.
"Rad!" they cried out together as they beheld their friend lightly jogging over, wearing the same bemused expression they had.
"Guys?" he said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"We were just asking each other that same question," Carlos said with an uneasy laugh. "This is meant to be my dream, but Alexis says it's hers..."
Rad smiled ruefully.
"Well, from my point of view, this is my dream."
They all stared at each other, trying to work out what was happening. Was it really possible they were all having the exact same dream? Carlos laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"Ah...I guess we can ask each other when we wake up...see if this is all real?"
Rad nodded as he said.
"That sounds like the best thing to do."
"It is," came a slightly amused but kind voice from behind them.
They all jumped before whirling around to see a female robot kneeling, watching them with a smile. She was slim and elegantly designed her armour a sleek silver colour with electric blue woven into it. As they stared at her, they noticed that she had two sword handles just peeking over her shoulders. Her red optics regarded them warmly and they sensed she didn't mean they any harm, even though they were still wary.
"Who...who are you?" Alexis asked cautiously.
"Hmm, call me Anya," the sliver Femme replied with a wide, secretive smile. "You don't need to be afraid of me; I just wanted to see you."
"Oh," was Alexis's uncertain answer, she didn't know what to make of this strange Femme and neither did the boys.
"Um, are you a Decepticon?" Rad couldn't help but ask making her chuckle.
"I was...still am I suppose but I'm not your enemy little ones," she assured them gently.
"Cool," Carlos said before asking. "What is this place?"
"Just a dream world," she replied with a small shrug. "But it's the only place I can meet you."
"Why would you want to meet us?" was Alexis's question so Anya said.
"Because I'm interested to see the children melting that solid ice Spark of Megatron's, you see I was a...friend of us and I'm glad to see him doing much better."
"Are we really changing him?" Rad now asked and she nodded.
"Definitely Rad, you must have noticed that he is different from the Mech who first took you."
"How do you know my name?" he asked with a small frown.
"It's a dream," the Femme said softly, reaching over and stroking his hair with a hand that was someone human sized. "Anything can happen; you're not bound by the same rules as in the physical realm."
"You can leave this place," she added as though sensing what they were thinking. "All you need to do is wake up and you'll be back in your human bodies."
"I figured we already were," Carlos said, glancing down and gasping.
"Hey, what the...?"
Their bodies were covered in armour, although it wasn't like Minicon armour. The best way to describe it was a little like those Power Ranger shows they used to watch when they were little except they looked tougher than that. The strange looking armour seemed to have moulded around their bodies, displaying what little muscles they had. But when they brought their hard gloved hands up to their faces, they didn't have anything covering their heads.
And...it felt like they were still human, just wearing armour now.
"What is this?" Alexis asked as Anya moved to gather them close to her. Gently holding all three, she murmured.
"Just a dream, my darlings, it's only a dream."
As they cuddled into her warm body, they felt themselves melting away and realised that they were waking up.
End of Dream State
The kids woke with a gasp, looking wildly around and finding that they were covered in a horrible, gritty substance. They were lying on a slightly damp cloth in a rather steamy room and were in the underwear they'd been wearing when going into the electrum. Because of their experience, both with the dream and being transformed back into humans, they were a little disorientated.
"Ah, awake at last."
They jumped and looked around to find that they were on the ground right next to a steaming bath tub. And in said tub was a smirking Megatron, stripped of his armour and smirking away at them. They stared at him, barely noticing the strange heart burn all three of them were experiencing.
"You'll be wanting a bath," Megatron continued, still smirking at them. "Come in, my dears."
"Why did you do that to us?" Alexis demanded, she wasn't going to let him ignore the issue.
"Do what?" he said innocently, which only served to annoy all three of the kids.
"Those damn glass balls," Carlos said hotly. "Dude, that was totally screwed up."
"It was necessary," Megatron stated vaguely before lifting a hand, dripping with water over them, causing them to jerk as the warm water hit them. "Come on now, the water won't keep forever."
Grumbling but feeling so dirty they couldn't help themselves, the three children slipped into the lovely warm water, letting out gasps of pleasure. It felt so nice, especially to duck under the water and scrub away at the horrible electrum. They could feel Megatron smirking down at him but ignored him for the time being. All the kids wanted to do was get rid of the stuff covering them from head to toe.
"Here," Megatron said, in a slightly less sneering voice and they looked up to see him holding a bottle of a brightly coloured liquid.
"This is scented cleaner, it will help rid you of the electrum," Megatron explained and they eagerly swam closer to him so they could get some.
"There we go," he purred, pouring the green coloured liquid onto them before rubbing it carefully in.
"Thanks," Rad said gratefully, he seemed to have the gritty mineral substance in the worst places.
"You're welcome," Megatron said softly, gently stroking Rad's head before asking. "How are you all feeling?"
"Okay I think," Carlos said with a shrug. "Had a weird dream though..."
"We all did," Alexis said quietly. "You guys were in my dream but...you said it was your dream..."
The boys now looked nervous, how could they all have had the same experience. Megatron was grinning widely; his three children were starting to connect. Instead of explaining this, he said.
"It's possible a side effect of being transformed into Minicons," he offered kindly. "After all, Transformers can communicate with internally."
The kids considered this, it made sort of sense. However, it didn't really explain the kind Femme they had met but none of them felt like asking Megatron about this. At least things were back to normal with no obvious side effects, other than the weird shared dream.
Megatron had hold of a cloth now and was carefully wiping away the gritty substance from the kids, helping them to clean up. But as he did their hair, he noticed that just below their hairline at the back of their heads, was a gleam of sliver. His smile widened evilly but he didn't say anything just carried on.
There would be plenty of time for him to reveal what had happened.
Author's note. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I don't know when the next one will be up but hopefully, it won't be too long. Until next time.