Author's note. This chapter was written by me and the-writing-mew. More Gaelic translations.
Ciach ort= damn you.
Go hifreann leat= to hell with you
Go mbeire an diabhal leis thú= may the devil take you with him
Marbhfháisc ort= a shroud on you
Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat!= May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat.
Mas!= arse
Rach-air-muin!= f*ck
Blaigeard fuilteach!= bloody bastard.
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Dazzling sunlight was the first thing to hit their eyes when the Warp was finished. In fact, after the gloom of the moon base, it was positively blinding and they were forced to cover their eyes until they could adjust. But while they did this, their lungs filled with fresh Earth air mixed with the scent of pine and moss. A nearby stream tinkled merrily and birds twittered all around them, including a woodpecker hard at work. As they lowered their hands from their faces, they were met with a sunny day in a forest bursting with life.
"I don't believe it," Alexis whispered. "We did it."
"Yes, but we must find Optimus and the guys, they might help us," Rad said as he held Laserbeak in his other hand. "We're near a town, but we can't go there, just imagine how the people will get..."
"Yeah, just imagine, if Megatron was able to see us on TV, it means... we're famous," Alexis said in a sad tone; obviously they didn't enjoy that attention.
There was another problem they hadn't considered either at the moment they escaped but now as they scratched their necks they found them. "Oh no, the collars! We have to get rid of them or Megatron might find us with them!"
"We don't know how, we need to find the Autobots soon," Carlos said in alarm.
"But... how do we call them?" Alexis asked worriedly before the answer hit all of them.
"Laserbeak,"
Break
Hotshot was in the base doing monitor duty as the others sparred and trained outside; he was monitoring in the search of any Minicon. But he was very surprised to receive a transmission; it was weak, but he could still work it out.
"Hello? ...Is somebody in there? ...Hello?"
Hotshot's optic's widened at the sound of such a familiar voice, but also one he hadn't heard in a long while; he could recognize that voice anywhere even if it was filled with static.
"RAD!" The yellow car shouted in utter surprise. "Where are you, are you alone, where are the others, are you Okay...?"
"Hey Hotshot, buddy, we need help, we're on Earth, we escaped, please locate us, we can't be seen by any other humans, please hurry, Megatron will find out soon that we're left, please hurry..."
Unable to say something he started searching for their location and found them near, like two and a half miles away from the city they lived "Got you, I'm coming!"
"Thank you buddy, please hurry."
Hotshot didn't even have time to think to inform the Prime and the others that he just located the kids as he transformed into his vehicle mode and drove as fast as he could. After all, he felt guilty for their abduction at the hands of Megatron, if he had been more careful with them, then this would have never happened.
"It won't happen again, I'll get to you kids, I promise, Megatron will never hurt you again."
Break
It took Hotshot twenty minutes to arrive at their location; on his way he alarmed a police car, but he used a disruptor to make the car of the officer to stop working. This was so no one would get in his way; he was that desperate indeed in to get them back.
"Hotshot!" Carlos practically screeched in glee at the sight of his yellow friend.
"Get in, hurry." the yellow sports car said as he opened his door and the kids hurried in; and without waiting another second he raced again back to the base.
Without the kids noticing, he stated scanning them for possible injuries. They were not hurt but there was something wrong with them, something he could not decipher... almost as if he was carrying in place of three kids, he was taking three Minicons... or three... Sparklings?
"Kids? Are you Okay?"
"No, not really, Megatron did something to us, we need to talk to Optimus and Red, please hurry," Alexis pleaded, she didn't want to have to explain the awful thing Megatron had done to them twice.
"What did that slagger do to you? My scanner said I have three Minicons with me instead of three humans!"
"It's a long story, Hotshot, and... honestly... you all must be together for us to tell you," Rad answered solemly.
"Yeah, Megatron is crazy, y'know?" Carlos replied as he scratched a certain part of his arm and watched how his organic skin was changing... or... leaving his body?
"I don't like any of that." Hotshot said worriedly.
"Nor us, but it seems that Megatron's gotten obsessed with us and you must hurry to get us back to base before he realises we've escaped and comes to Earth for us."
"That bad?" Hotshot asked with a mental grimace.
"Just imagine him searching under every rock and tree," Alexis mused.
If it was possible for Hotshot to widen his already huge blue optics, he might have as he accelerated.
Break
Rad started scratching at his neck and noticed something there, something... metallically...in his head, the blond boy was thinking 'what the hell was he thinking?...' and other curses, he never cursed in public and was not about to start right now...
...unlike Carlos who was swearing loudly in Spanish as another piece of his skin was peeling away after an impossible to stop and very much needed scratch.
Alexis was crying in rage; she never faced the possible situation where she will had no will at all, that someone will force her to be something...she didn't even know or had no idea what to call it. She liked her life, her parents, her friends, going to the mall, etc. but now that the Tyrant had made her and her friends... umm...brothers these things that they might never be able to recover their life back. And not just for the simple fact that their parents will become obsessive and overprotective after these events, but they were not sure that Optimus was able to help them at all. Leader One said that not even they, the Minicons, could do anything as their sparks were now very much alive and apart of them.
"We're here, I'll enter and let Optimus know, they should have finished with their training by now," Hotshot said and the kids sighed in relief.
"Yeah man, but first, you have to take these collars from us or Megajerk might be able to track us down with them," Carlos replied as he unconsciously scratched again.
Break
Optimus was now waiting for Hotshot to explain why he left the base without notice, he had no idea that he brought a precious cargo with him.
"Kids?" Optimus stated alarmed as soon as he saw them, but what alarmed him most was the silver and metallic parts that seemed to come from under their skin.
"Later Optimus, first please take this from us," Rad pointed at his collar and the leader proceeded to remove them.
"What happened to you?" The leader said as he watched in horror at how their skin was being replaced by something else.
"We don't know, Megatron played with our bodies, please help us! You gotta help us!" Rad said for the first time in an alarming and terrorised tone that even made the leader flinch as he watched the other two with the same expressions of terror and in the same situation.
"Primus..." Optimus prayed. "What did you do this time, Megatron?"
Break
Meanwhile, Megatron was angrily pacing his Throne Room, muttering over the insolence of human children. They defied him at every turn, why could they not just accept their place and learn obedience? He didn't know but from now on, he was damn well going to teach them. If he had to temporarily separate them, then so be it. Although since Starscream was so useless he'd probably have to take over looking after Alexis.
Megatron snorted, she was probably the most wilful out of all his children but she would learn to respect him.
"Megatron?"
"What is it?" he growled as Leader One entered.
"I saw the children a while ago," the Minicon said softly, coming over to his Master. "They were very distressed."
Megatron just growled and sat down heavily in his chair. Leader One approached and asked gently.
"What happened?"
"They interfered with Starscream's punishment, a well earned one at that," Megatron growled. "All I did was tell them exactly what is going to happen to them and the little brats dared to call me a monster."
"What is going to happen to them?" the Minicon couldn't help but ask.
"They are coming back to Cybertron with me, where they will remain at least until they are grown," Megatron replied shortly, not caring what the Minicon thought.
"But...what about their Creators, sir?" Leader One asked in horror, no wonder the poor children were so upset.
"What about them?" Megatron sneered. "I am the only Sire they need worry about."
Before Leader One could continue, Demolisher came into the room.
"Sir, we've just received a message from Earth," he told Megatron who just looked at him in a bored way.
"It said "You should keep a better optic on your property," Demolisher continued, looking very bemused at this cryptic message.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Megatron demanded, cheek resting on fist.
"I uh...I don't know sir," Demolisher admitted. "That was the whole message."
The Decepticon leader snorted in contempt.
"Better optic on my property indeed, what property am I meant to have lost..."
And that's when he froze.
"My children!" He barked at the same time he jumped off his throne. "Find them! Where are they?! Find them!"
Megatron seemed desperate all of sudden at not having his creations near and that message didn't helped a bit, he seemed to feel in his spark that his sparklings were not near anymore and that made him desperate. "Give the base the highest alert! Find them! Move you idiot!" The warlord shouted at Demolisher who seemed frozen at his leader's sudden reaction and remained like that even after said Mech ran past him to set the alarm himself.
Megatron ran through the passageways looking for the three children screaming "My Sparklings!" as he also opened the door of the monitor room; somehow he felt that they were not near his reach this time.
Turning on the cameras he avidly watched the recordings for the last hours and what he saw, he didn't liked at all.
"What?!"
Break
Starscream jumped once he heard his leader's desperate callings to the children, and if he was not crazy he heard him say "My sparklings"
"What is going on?" The seeker said as he left his hiding place; his rear was still burning after the 'punishment' but the way Megatron sounded was so unlike him that it worried Starscream a little. He better find the kids and let them know he was okay.
Once he opened the door he found the base in high alert as every Minicon and Mech was looking for the three humans. He briefly wondered where they might have gone but if they were successful in their escape he would be happy... the problem was Megatron who would turn upside down every rock in that planet.
Well, he will miss Alexis anyways.
"What are you thinking?!" Megatron appeared behind his back with an enraged face looking at the pale and surprised ex-dreamy face of Starscream.
"I- I... Where are the kids, sir?"
Without warning, Megatron smacked the seeker hard on the face and grabbed him by the neck yelling "This is your fault!" over and over again.
But what Megatron was not expecting was...
"No, it's not! It is YOUR fault, sir, that the children are missing, if you were a better Mech with them they would have never... they would have never... they would have liked you!"
That was it; Megatron froze for a second before exploding with a storm of blows to Starscream who, for the first time, did not remain motionless and fought back screaming "You did not deserve them! They are way too good for you and I'm glad they are gone so you will not-"
"ENOUGH!"
With one final blow to his cockpit, Starscream fell unconscious; Megatron kicked him once more before walking to the warp gate room.
He will take care of that insolent seeker later.
The Autobot Base
"Children," Optimus said gently as they sat on a berth while Red Alert scanned them. "What precisely did Megatron do to you?"
"Just before he turned us back into humans," Alexis began softly. "He pretended he needed to check our Sparks and opened them up. And then he took out this box with three glass orbs."
As Optimus frowned, Carlos added.
"He held them up to our Sparks and they reacted, glowing if they matched. See, he tried one with me and it didn't work but it did with Rad. Two of those orbs were blue and one was pink, Alexis got the pink one."
"What do you mean got?" Red Alert questioned.
"Once those orbs reacted, he combined them with our Sparks," Rad said quietly. "The... experience knocked us out and when we came to, we were human again. We were mad at him but he just pretended it had been a test. It wasn't until our body started reacting we knew something was wrong."
He indicated his left cheek where the skin had peeled away to reveal silver.
"We confronted him about it and he...he told us those orbs belonged to his children," Alexis said quietly, causing all the Autobots to jolt in shock.
"But...Megatron never had any kids," Hotshot exclaimed. "His mate died before she could have any."
"What was Megatron's explanation?" Optimus questioned as Red Alert looked grim.
"He said his mate had been pregnant when she died," Carlos piped up. "She'd been expecting triplets and Megatron saved their Spark orbs or something like that."
"That has happened before," Red Alert spoke up. "Carrying mothers who have off-lined have been found with orbs next to their empty Spark chambers if the Sparkling didn't develop into a protoform."
"Yeah well, he said those orbs were all that remained of his Sparklings," Carlos continued. "But he said that since he would have had a girl and two boys...he thought that somehow we were those kids."
"He claimed that Primus or someone reincarnated us," Rad explained. "And when he held those orbs to our Sparks and they glowed, that proved it, so he reunited those orbs with our Sparks."
"And now we're turning into Minicons because of it," Alexis stated with a slight tremble. "He said when the process was finished, we could transform into Minicons and back into humans but we would...we would have to..."
"Go back to Cybertron with him," growled Rad grimly. "He told us we would never see our parents again because he was now our father and that was it."
Optimus's fists clenched, how could Megatron say such a thing, especially if the kids were his. If Optimus was ever in a situation where he discovered his reincarnated children, there was no way he'd take those children away from their parents. Obviously, he'd hope to get to know them, help take care of them and maybe have them call him father but he would never take them away from their family and home. Not unless they were being abused and in a bad environment but these kids clearly weren't in that situation.
"What do you kids think?" he asked gently, holding out his hand so they could place theirs on his. "Could you be those Sparklings?"
They glanced at each other and said.
"We could believe we're siblings," Rad said softly. "But we can't believe such a cruel monster like Megatron could be our father."
Optimus nodded, Megatron certainly wasn't acting very sane at the moment. Possessive was the best word for him and the Autobot leader wondered just what the Mech was doing at this moment.
The Decepticon moon base
Desperately, Megatron keyed the warp gate's keyboard in search of the last coordinates the kids used and found it, his optics widened before charging it and walked into it without another word.
Once he stepped outside he searched for them desperately, even under the rocks snarling in frustration as he didn't found them.
"NO!" He yelled before shooting his cannon on the first rock he could spot.
"Megatron?" a kind voice sounded behind him and the warlord turned to see a serious Scavenger. "What is the meaning for this behaviour of yours? You have never lost it before."
"This time is different! You will not understand!" Megatron snarled as he paced around like a caged beast.
"Try me," The elder stated with an unexpressed face, he knew that if Megatron was like this, then something had happened, something really bad.
"My sparklings! They are gone! ...they are gone!" He cried as he took his head in his hands at the moment he resumed his pacing.
It was even worse than what Scavenger thought. "Your ...children? ...you mean... your pets?" Did Megatron really considered them his? 'What did those humans did to him?'
"They are mine! MINE!" He yelled.
Or maybe he was just being possessive of what he considered his...
"Primus gave them another chance, he gave them back to me after... after Blaze... and they are gone! GONE!"
"Megatron?" This was going to be hard to ask. "You don't have Sparklings, Silverblaze never had the chance to bless you with that and you can't fill the hole she left by forcing three human children to stay with you."
"But they ARE mine, mine and Blaze's, our Sparklings..." He changed his look into a loving one before his optics started filling with tears. "...two mechlings and a femling... triplets..."
Okay, this was worrying, but he needed to know more. "You mean she was carrying when she was killed?"
"That bastard! Nova Prime, may he burn in the pit!" Megatron snarled with venom before continuing. "He killed her! Killed her and our creations! Fragging bastard! How could he?! how could he do that to a carrying femme?!"
"You think those kids are the reincarnation of your Sparklings?"
"I don't believe they are, they ARE my Sparklings! They reacted to the Sparklings orbs I saved, they ARE mine, Scavenger, and I want them back."
"Did they know this?"
"Yes... and they called me a monster."
Scavenger frowned; the three of them were very smart and would not call Megatron like that unless was a very good reason. He wondered what the Decepticon leader might have told them that make them so upset that even forced them to escape under their noses.
"We have to go back, they are obviously not here anymore, come on." Scavenger tried before the other finally accepted and both warped back to the moon base again.
The Autobot base
"Optimus," Red Alert said softly as Smokescreen came in, he'd been out on patrol and had only just got back. "My scans confirm what the children have told us. According to my readings, we have three Sparklings in front of us with organic anomalies."
Optimus nodded his thanks before turning back to the children.
"We will not allow Megatron to take you away from your home," he assured them softly. "But what Megatron has done hugely complicates things."
"We know," Rad said quietly as Alexis said pleadingly. "We...we hoped you might be able to reverse this."
The Autobots all glanced at each other before Red Alert said gently.
"You now have Sparks which have been combined with your human hearts. They are now one and I don't think there is any way to separate them. When Megatron turned you into Minicons, your hearts were transformed into Sparks and if he'd left you alone; those Sparks would have turned back into hearts. But if we now tried to take away your Sparks, it would likely destroy your hearts."
"Oh," was the response, the kids looked immensely disappointed as they stared at the ground. They had rather tearful looks on their faces so Red Alert quickly said.
"But from what I've gathered, once this process is complete you will be able to transform into humans and function as such. You'll be able to eat and drink as normal but your bodies will be a lot tougher. It is likely you'll be able to hold your breath for a lot longer, changes like that. And you won't have to transform unless you want to, that'll be your choice."
"This won't be easy," Optimus added. "But we will help you adjust to the change and I know you can handle this."
This made the kids smile, even if it was small smiles.
"Thank you Optimus," Alexis said gratefully as Red Alert now said.
"I think you kids had better have a nap, your systems are very stressed. We can talk more once you've rested."
They nodded and with Smokescreen's help, a little bed was made up for them of spare cleaning cloths. They were very soft and clean and made a perfect bed for the kids and it didn't take them long to fall asleep.
"How long until Megatron calls?" Red Alert asked wryly.
"Not long at all," Optimus sighed regretfully.
The Moon base
Strarscream woke up in the med-bay when he spotted a clearly worried Swindle.
"Swindle? What happened?" He rasped and found his body to be sore.
"The kids escaped and Megatron was so upset that he took it on you."
"Typical..."
"You didn't make it easy either... you just couldn't keep that mouth shut"
"I think I feel better now, just a little tired; where is Megatron now?"
"Recharging in his quarters, he over energized himself."
Starscream snorted. "Pathetic, but, how and why do they escaped? They didn't seem to be determined to do anything like that before."
"Leader one told me that Megatron said that the kids now have living and beating sparks and that Megatron would take them to Cybertron with him forever and that he is the only sire they need."
Starscream frowned with each word his partner said; and honestly, putting two and two together he could figure out that Megaron wanted to adopt his pets permanently, but why do call them his own? He called Alexis 'daughter' once and Rad 'son'... and Rad called him 'dad'... there was only one last piece to the puzzle and he honestly could not go there no matter how hard he tried to avoid it.
Besides the fact that he could not imagine Alexis as Megatron's daughter...he snorted again. Honestly he could, she was so much like him; before he could realise he was smiling at that.
But still...Why was he so obsessed with them now? How could he consider three humans his... creations?
It was weird.
Awaking back in the Med-bay after a sudden thought crossed his head, Starscream wondered how the kids got their Sparks? They were Minicons once, yes, but that was temporary, they were not supposed to keep the Sparks, right?
"What did Megatron do to you?" He asked himself in anger before hearing the doors open and Demolisher and Cyclonus enter.
"You seem to be better," Demolisher stated before removing the cables that were attached to his body and Cyclonus helped him to sit.
"What's going on?" Starscream was still a little dazed.
"Lord Megatron requested your presence," Demolisher started. "...he didn't say why. You shouldn't have defied him like that, you're lucky you're still in one piece."
"Hahah, yeah, he should have ripped you apart," Cyclonus cackle was as annoying as his presence as usual and the seeker rolled his optics.
"Whatever, let's just go and see what he wants."
But before Starscream could rise from the berth, Cyclonus quickly cuffed him making him even weaker than he already was. "What is the meaning of this?!" He tried to snarl but it came out more of a groan.
"Megatron didn't say, but we just obey," The crazy copter seemed very happy with the task at hand and Demolisher shook his head before both Mechs took the seeker out the Med bay.
Break
Meanwhile Megatron had called the Autobots and requested to speak to his 'pets'
"What do you want?" Hotshot asked rudely and Megatron glared at the young bot.
"I wish to speak to Prime and my pets," he growled. "And you'd better get them all online, youngling."
Hotshot bristled but knew his leader would want to talk to them. So using his comm. he informed his leader about Megatron and his desire to speak with them. After receiving a reply, said curtly to Megatron.
"They're all coming, Optimus is waking the kids up."
"Fine," Megatron said, impatient to see his children again.
He tapped on the arm of his chair until Optimus walked into view, carrying the children. He set them down on the table top before the viewscreen so they could easily look at Megatron while the other Autobots lined up behind their leader. Megatron didn't even spare them a glance, just sent his children a stern glare.
"I see you found the Autobots easily enough," he growled as they glared back at him, even though they looked a bit sleepy.
"We're not coming back," Alexis declared hotly as the two boys nodded.
"Yeah and you can't make us," Carlos added for good measure.
Megatron fought to control his anger as he said silkily.
"You children will be back in my hands soon enough, the only question is whether you are sensible enough to return on your own or if I have to retrieve you."
"I can't believe how arrogant you are," Alexis exclaimed as Rad said. "There's no way we're returning to you Megatron."
"We'll see about that," the Decepticon leader stated. "But just so you know, my dears, that if you don't return, your punishment will be considerably worse."
He saw Optimus shake his head slightly but ignored him. His children were looking rather outraged at his pronouncement and they let him know it.
"Punishment, that's all you ever do with us."
"Wow, we're really tempted to come back now."
"Dude, what is wrong with you?"
"Enough," barked Megatron before they could continue.
"It seems you are just as insolent as ever," he observed with a grumble. "I shall work on that immediately as soon as you are back. You will learn to talk to me with respect and I shall teach you children some manners."
They gave him annoyed mutinous looks, folding their arms in defiance of his decrees. Megatron bared his fangs before turning to Optimus and saying.
"You have no right to keep them Optimus, they are mine."
"That has yet to be proved," Optimus pointed out gently. "The children might resemble Sparklings now but legally, their parents are on Earth."
"Give me my children and I'll show you proof soon enough Prime," Megatron snarled, of course the Autobot leader would keep his Sparklings.
"I do not think so Megatron," Optimus said calmly. "Even if you are their Sire, you are being extremely abusive towards the children and I cannot in good conscience return them to you. They are not soldiers or Minicons you can bend to your will, you must approach them differently."
"I will approach them as I see fit," Megatron said with a growl. "What would you know anyway Prime? I don't recall you having any Sparklings despite that slip of a Femme you recently acquired to go with that other one."
Optimus's optics flashed and he said in a cool voice.
"I will have Sparklings when my mates and I are ready, Megatron. But if I were to discover I had children on another planet, I certainly wouldn't kidnap them from their home."
Megatron sneered, of course the Prime wouldn't.
"I don't care what you think Prime," he spat. "All I care about is how long you deny me my children. You would make it easier on everyone if they were returned forthwith."
"I will protect them from you for as long as I am able," was Optimus's reply.
"Will you?" Megatron said dryly. "How noble of you, Optimus."
"Do you even know what noble is?" Carlos couldn't help asking sarcastically.
"Mind your cheek," Megatron snapped as Rad scratched at himself, the changes were even more apparent.
Soon, they would be fully transformed.
"Make me," Carlos answered back, making Megatron swear he would teach them manners.
"I do not know where you get some insolence," Megatron growled before adding. "Or perhaps I do."
He smiled rather evilly as he said.
"I believe I will show you what I'll do to the instigator of your attitude."
"What are you talking about?" demanded Rad.
"You don't mean Starscream?" Alexis asked, very alarmed.
"You'll see, my dears," was all he'd say.
"Whatever you're up to, it won't work," Rad told him angrily. "We're still not coming back."
"I see..." Megatron growled low. "Cyclonus, Demolisher, bring me that idiot!"
"Megatron?" Optimus tried. "Don't do anything you might regret."
"You, don't you dare to tell me what to do or how to raise my Sparklings, Prime!"
Optimus just shook his head before in the screen appeared Starscream, restrained by Cyclonus and Demolisher.
"Starscream!" Alexis yelled, "What you're gonna do with him! Let him go!"
"Ah, Starscream, just in time," Megatron greeted him turning for a second from the screen; "Why don't you greet my pets?"
Starscream frowned and found that Megatron was talking with the Autobots and the kids... but... the kids looked different; what are those silver things that come from their skin? Before, they had what looked like streaks of silver but now there were whole patches covering their bodies. Just what was going on?
"Bring him here" Megatron sat on his throne and waited for his two minions to drag Starscream to him; once there, he forced the seeker on his lap with his aft facing the ceiling.
"I will show you what happens when someone challenges my authority and gives a bad example to others, also, as the instigator of your insolence and arrogance I must teach him a lesson," he told the horrified children.
Okay, Starscream knew what was next and started to struggle to get free but he was too weak plus the cuffs didn't helped at all. "No, please, Megatron, no!" He tried; "Not again!"
He could hear the kids from the other side of the screen screaming at Megatron to let him go, that he was innocent and that he had nothing to do with their escape which was even more humiliating for him.
"Quiet!" The leader stated, "You need to be disciplined, youngling," He chuckled as he took hold of his neck and lifted his hand only to let it down heavily on his aft, which has not recovered yet from the last punishment.
"Starscream," Megatron started to talk without ceasing in his assaults. "You need to learn your lesson, to never disobey me or do things behind my back again, if YOU do that, then others might follow your example, and my kids just did that; it is all your fault..." and so on and on the leader went rambling about why the flier deserved such punishment.
Starscream felt even more humiliated as he heard Cyclonus' laugh at him... and another laugh... from the screen... Were the Autobots laughing at his disgrace?
Alexis frowned at Hotshot and exclaimed. "Hotshot! That's not funny! You wouldn't laugh if you were in that place!" No more laughing was heard from the screen, but still, he could hear the kids and even the Prime telling Megatron to stop which of course encouraged more the Decepticon leader as his spankings become harder.
He never before felt the urge to let out a cry or tears at this kind situation and swore that if he had Sparklings that he will never EVER do this to them.
As the yelling's from the screen and the cackles from Cyclonus became louder, and the spankings harder, Starscream felt that something in him was breaking, and it did break as he started to struggle again and...
"Ciach ort!"
Megatron's optic's widened at the sentence shouted by his now struggling seeker, actually everybody in the room was silenced. Cyclonus covered his mouth, Demolisher his optics, and Scavenger his audio receptors.
"What did you just say, soldier?" Megatron silkily asked in a menacing tone.
Starscream growled a "Go hifreann leat!"
"That's it!" Megatron barked as he resumed his spanking on Starscream at a faster rate than before, which of course made the seeker to spit more curses in cybertronian to his leader and his actions.
"Go mbeire an diabhal leis thú!" and "Marbhfháisc ort!"
"Now cursing? Typical of seekers, when you will learn? Cyclonus! Bring me the soap!" he exclaimed with a particular hard spank.
"Yes, my liege," Cyclonus bowed and not even a second later a big bar of soap was presented in front of him trying harder to hold a laugh as Starscream looked daggers at him.
"I'll show all you younglings discipline... Unlike you, Prime... maybe you can learn some tricks."
"I doubt so," Optimus said and heard the kids still yelling at Megatron to stop.
Also Starscream continued to curse in cybertronian between his teeth to his leader, he obviously would not take the soap bar into his mouth and didn't cease in said words because he knew that no matter how much he begged, Megatron would not stop.
"Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat!"
"Mas!"
"Rach-air-muin!"
"Blaigeard fuilteach!"
The curses raised in level, so much that even Optimus Prime flushed at such colourful language.
"What is 'Blaigeard fuilteach!'? Carlos asked curiously and Red Alert choked.
"Now, see? You teach them new bad words!" He spanked Starscream's aft harder trying to get him to open his mouth. "It is thanks to you that they are cursing like you!" Another spank. "Being disrespectful and disobedient like you!" more spankings, but still, Starscream never opened his mouth fully for the soap to enter.
"Well, 'Blaigeard fuilteach!' means 'bloody bastard'," Hotshot answered Carlos and Megatron could hear a loud gasp and a giggle coming from the screen.
"Control your men, Prime!" Megatron barked as he continued to spank Starscream to make him open his mouth.
"Bwaaaahahahahahaaaa..." Cyclonus laughed out loud with his mouth fully open.
At that act, Megatron snarled and broke the bar of soap in two pieces before shooting one of them into that big open mouth with precise aim going tilt.
The helicopter choked in surprise and literally swallowed the piece of soap before started hiccupping bubbles all around. "I will not allow ANY of my men to think such words are something fun in front of those children!" Megatron snarled before grabbing Starscream's head from behind and forcing his mouth open this time and successfully thrusting the piece of soap inside.
The seeker continued to curse loudly even if foam and bubbles leaved his mouth like a mad dog; that only encouraged Megatron to spank him more and more. And the kids yelling intensified...
And Optimus Prime frowned in pity for the Decepticon leader; he really didn't know how to be a father.
He could see Megatron wasn't going to listen to reason; he was going to cruelly humiliate his Seeker, just to teach him and the children a lesson. Since this connection was completely pointless and only distressing the children, he took the decision to shut it down. As the children stared and then gaped at him, he said.
"We were only prolonging Starscream's humiliation, we can talk when Megatron is in a more reasonable mood."
"He'll never been in a good mood," Alexis said tearfully, she cared about her guardian a lot and couldn't bear to see him hurt like that.
When the connection was over, the Decepticon leader directed himself to his Seeker who seemed to have hidden or was trying to his tears.
"You disrespect me again and the next time, I'll broadcast this to the entire Decepticon and Autobot armies."
"Take him to the brig!" he ordered his two Minions.
Author's note. What happens to the kids now they are at the Autobot base? What are Megatron's plans for getting them back? And how sent him that warning? Find out next time, until then.