This is the second chapter with Soundwave and Blaster. As far as I know, these are the only two chapters so far with them. I will do more, don't worry. But nonetheless, please enjoy!

Chapter Eighteen

The house they wanted was composed of two floors with four berthrooms-including the master berthroom- two and a half baths and a large backyard for their symbiotes and sparkling to play. It was located in a nice neighborhood and the neighboring house owners were fairly wealthy. Soundwave and Blaster were in servo and servo as they approached the real estate building, Soundwave pulled his servo back to hold the door open for his mate and they entered. The mechs waited as an agent prepared for them and in moments, they were called back to an office.

The femme was seated behind a desk, typing away on her database before turning towards her guests, "Hello, I am Mandela, pleased to meet you." she stood up and offered them her servo. As the mechs shook it, she told them to sit.

Once seated, she said, "So I understand that you have optics on a house under my real estate, correct?"

The cassette players nodded.

"Well, I pulled up the house you've selected from the application you sent and it says here you want to pay in full. Do you want to pay it all in credit or check?"

"Preferably, credit. Weh currently don't have all of tha credits in an account." replied Blaster. He watched the femme nod before she fumbled around in her desk.

"Alright, then. I will have you two fill out some paperwork and we can establish the full payment." Mandela said with a bright smile as she passed them a datapad.

Soundwave and Blaster left the building rather content; paying in full prevented them from doing payments and paying mortgage, and it was a big plus that both mechs were war veterans and gained a discount price on their newly purchased home. They had sent pings to their cassettes, informing them to start packing their things for them to move in.

"Ah can't believe how much luck we're havin' right now. Ah wish this luck would never end." said Blaster.

Soundwave chuckled as he snaked his arm around his mate's waist. "Likewise."

The navy mech retracted his facemask and leaned over to nip Blaster's jaw to which Blaster grinned, "Out in public, baby?"

Smiling, Soundwave quickly touched Blaster's aft without any sense of remorse, giving it a squeeze. His mate jumped slightly before looking at Soundwave with dangerously playful blue optics.

[[Watch it, Sounders.]]

[[Query: What will Blaster do about it?]] countered the navy mech, sending an affectionate pulse to his mate. Blaster stepped out in front of his mate, stopping them both from their walking; he leaned in close and licked his mate's lips.

[[Tha better question, baby: what will I not do?]]

Soundwave captured his mate's glossa between his dentas, mindful of not biting too hard as he grinned, [[Challenge: accepted.]]

Steeljaw remained close to his sister, curling around her as they laid on the couch. The sparkling's focus was on Steeljaw's tail, watching it flick from left to right. Frequency cooed as her small servos reached forward in many attempts to capture his tail and inspect it thoroughly. The lion cassette chuckled as he hovered the tip of his tail above her and pulled it away right before she could clutch it.

"You never have time for yourself ever since the little one has arrived." commented Ravage, the black panther approaching the couch and sitting on lifted haunches as he set his paws on the edge. His red optics peered at the sparkling and Frequency gazed at him in return. She cooed, setting a harmless servo on his paw, but the panther pulled his paw away. Ravage was not yet accustomed to the sparkling in the sense he had a sibling who was not like him, a symbiote. He watched the sparkling chirp sadly and she whimpered, nestling further into Steeljaw for comfort; Ravage watched the other cat nuzzle her neck, giving small licks of appreciation on her chubby cheek, and he heard Steeljaw's systems purr loudly. In moments, Frequency was smiling.

"Of course not," replied Steeljaw as he turned his attention to Ravage, "The priority is Frequency, being the youngest of us all."

"The youngest and the most vulnerable." added the panther. "She can barely protect herself."

Steeljaw frowned, "Were we not at her stage at one point in our lifestreams?"

Ravage snorted.

"Frequency must be taught how to fight for her life, but in her own time. She is a mere sparkling and is it up to us, her brothers, to teach her." said Steeljaw. "Frequency is our sister and like we protect each other, we must protect her."

"You don't need to sermon me."

"Until you learn to be around Frequency and not look at her like an alien, I will keep saying this to you." growled Steeljaw. "She is a part of Soundwave as much as he is to you."

Ravage gazed upon the sparkling, watching her peer at him almost fearfully through yellow optics. The panther huffed, standing on fours, "I beg to differ. She is nothing like me and she won't ever be."

Steeljaw raised his golden frame off the couch, standing above Frequency and released a growl, "Then, why waste your time with me?"

"OI! Goldy! Back down!" yelled Rumble as he heard the growl towards his brother and came to aid the panther.

The lion bot bared his dentas at the cassette and growled at him, "I am Steeljaw, get it right."

Ravage raised his paws onto the couch, muzzle close to Steeljaw's, "We will call you what we want." he replied in Rumble's defense.

Steeljaw released a small roar as Ravage countered with his own cry. Such animalistic noises caused Frequency to begin crying, fear wavering in her rapidly pulsating field. Upon her wailing, Ravage snarled, "Shut her up or I will!"

Steeljaw snapped at the panther, too late for him to soothe Frequency. He gave a swift glance at his twin brothers and ordered, "Take her to Blaster's and Soundwave's room and comfort her."

Eject hastily moved forward, scooping up the sparkling. In size comparison, Frequency was slightly smaller than he; the cassette firmly wrapped his arms around her, one arm supporting her from her aft and the other pressed between her shoulders. He shushed her gently as he motioned Rewind to follow and they went into their carrier's room, her wailing voice trailing after them.

"You are a threat to Frequency." claimed Steeljaw, his golden optics piercing into Ravage's red ones. His lipplates curled back, revealing his thick fangs and dentas, and a snarl erupting from his vocalizer.

Ravage snorted, narrowed optics silently daring Steeljaw to pounce on him and begin their fight, "I am a Decepticon, I pose a threat to all Autobots and Neutrals!"

Rumble and Frenzy looked at their feline brother. Frenzy began to protest, "'Ey, how can ya say that after all they did ta us? They healed us an' fed us."

The black feline cassette didn't avert his gaze from the lion as he replied to the other cassette, "Fool. They took advantage of us. The boss gave into the Autobot terms and he was weak for that matter. I would have rather died of viruses and plagues than be alive and living under the same roof as these slithering Autobots."

"The only fool is you, Ravage. Soundwave did what was best for you."

Ravage roared, "Silence! You know nothing about my master's intentions!"

The lion bot opened his mouth to speak as soon as the front door of the apartment opened and admitted Blaster and Soundwave. The black panther swung around and growled ferociously at the orange cassette player, "It was all of your fault, fragging Autobot!"

Blaster jumped at the cassette's ferocity and blinked in confusion, "What? What did Ah do?"

"Everything!" Ravage lunged forward, jaws wide and ready to snap. Blaster stumbled back into Soundwave, but Ravage never reached the orange cassette player as Steeljaw collided into him. Both feline cassettes tumbled to the floor and Steeljaw pounced again, preventing Ravage from attempting to attack his carrier. The lion swiped his paw at Ravage's muzzle with his claws fully extended and the black feline jumped with a yowl before he stood on his hind legs and snapped at Steeljaw. Loud battle cries filled the living room alongside commands to split up and shouts of protests from Rumble and Frenzy. Laserbeak screeched, preferring not to take part and perched at the top of the refrigerator.

"Ravage, Steeljaw; Order: Desist!" commanded Soundwave as he stepped forward towards the snarling felines.

Blaster reached to grab Steeljaw by the scruff, "Steeljaw, Ravage! Enough-AH!" a black pair of angry jaws shut on the mech's servo and tugged. The orange cassette player shrieked as a hot flare of pain traveled up his arm and he attempted to pulled back his servo. Soundwave took the chance to grab Ravage by the scruff and used his other servo to pry open his clamped jaws. Blaster held his bitten servo to his chest, gritting his dentas together; his gaze went from his servo to Ravage, optics narrowing. Ravage licked his lips in utter satisfaction.

Soundwave growled at his feline, "Behavior: Will be reprimanded."

"This would have never happened if you had let us die like we were supposed to," spat Ravage. His maker flared out his field in Ravage's direction.

Soundwave clenched the servo that held his creation and he flicked away his mask, "Listen well, Ravage," he began in a voice colder than any of them had heard and the format of his speech changed, "and listen clearly. Attacking my mate is unacceptable on all levels and, thus, will not be tolerated. May I remind you and your brethren, it was you who chose for me to pursue something with Blaster and here I stand, Blaster as my mate and Frequency as my daughter. I will not change my life as it is today for your disputes and discrepancies. That day on Earth, I will not regret defecting, I will not regret giving you fuel from the Autobot medic. If you so poorly care about the life I have given you, then you may leave and I never want to see you again."

Ravage stared at Soundwave as his other cassettes gasped slightly upon hearing his words.

"B-Boss... that's-that's cruel..." said Rumble.

Soundwave nodded, "As cruel as it may sound, I will not stand by and watch my creations that I have built dwindle their sparks and attack their own-"

"Blaster is nothing mine!" claimed Ravage. "And neither is that shrimp you call a daughter, a sorry excuse of one of your own."

The navy mech growled as he continued, "As I was stating, I will extinguish the light in your spark before I see you attack the sparks of your own. That goes for you, Ravage," he turned his helm towards his other cassettes, "and applies to the rest of mine. Am I clear?"

Soundwave's cassettes trembled visibly and they nodded with a small chorus of "Yes, sir."

The servo holding up Ravage unfurled and the panther bot dropped to the floor. The mech's vivid red visor went to Steeljaw, "Where is Frequency?"

The lion bot lifted his helm from licking his paw that sustained some injury, "She's with Eject and Rewind in your room."

Soundwave promptly pivoted in the general direction of his room with Blaster following closely at his side. The orange cassette player held his servo in his other, cradling it to his chest and staining the deck's cover with purple. He did not believe that Ravage had just attacked and bit him! The pain still flared, but the wound was pulsing and Blaster could hear it thrum in the space between his audios.

They entered their room where they found Blaster's cassettes curled around Frequency, the three of them under several blankets. Soundwave spotted a listening device latched onto one of the sparkling's data ports within her wrist and the small femme was having a difficult time keeping her optics online as a soothing orchestral piece soothed the fears from her processor and lulled her away from reality for the moment. The twins pet her lovingly and the decks heard them whisper, "It's okay, honey. We won't let anything hurt you."

Soundwave smiled momentarily before taking another stride into their room and sitting on the edge of the berth. The cassette twins perked up, disconnecting the little music device from Frequency's data port-the sparkling blinked in bewilderment as her music was taken away-and they sat up.

"We got her to stop crying." said Eject as he sat up.

Soundwave showed them a soft smile and lifted his servos to stroke their helms. He felt both of them tense upon first contact, but their tension ebbed away and they leaned into the praising touch. "Thank you."

Eject felt a hue crawl onto his cheeks underneath his mask, stammering slightly, "I-It's nothing, S-Soundwave. We just d-do what brothers must."

Frequency cheeped, turning her helm in Soundwave's direction, then she began to squeak in attempt to claim his attention. Fortunately for her, it work and Soundwave slid his servos underneath her and lifted her into his arms. He kissed her cheek and held her closely as if hiding her from the threat outside the door, "I could not agree more."