A/N: Here we go again ^^ - Much changes. New chapter from the original :P All this editing is gonna make this story so much longer than it was lol!

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Crazy. That's what he considered his life to be. Absolutely insane.

Away from the Autobots, at the Decepticon base and early in the morning, Starscream headed to the only place that he knew barely anyone would go so he could be left in peace. The other 'Cons had been up his aft since he'd returned and he'd had very little time to himself. The light flickered on, yet low as the door opened to Barricade's quarters.

He was careful not to disturb his mate as he closed the door and stepped closer to her and their young. Looking down at the femme that still lied on the berth, he immediately saw, sprawled all over her, their three newborn Sparklings. Giving a glance to Barricade, he knew they all went through a rough time, but he also believed that the femme was recharging longer than he thought she would, so concern was beginning to grow. He'd give her one more day.

After a moment of just looking at them all, the Seeker carefully reached a digit to one of them and ran it down Radar's would be wing, who happened to be closest. Radar felt the touch and stretched his little black form, moving into it and went back to recharge. A smile played on the leader's features as he watched. As crazy as his life was, he wouldn't trade it for anything.

As he considered the life he had gained, he looked to the one next to Radar, Typhoon. Already knowing she would be subjected to tests and exams until the medics were satisfied they got their answer about her, personally, he didn't really want them to, but to make sure nothing was wrong, he knew it had to be done. His finger lightly caressed her as well, a soft smile coming to his features when she turned and grabbed said finger then went back into recharge, holding on in comfort.

The mech didn't move a servo while she held his finger. He patiently waited until he was satisfied Typhoon was deeper in recharge before gently pulling his hand away. Reaching for the third Sparkling, Sonar, the Seeker immediately noticed that she wasn't recharging as deeply as he thought. As soon as she felt his touch, she squirmed and looked up at him with bright optics. There was a soft chirp to him and he immediately he took her into his hands and held her close to his chest, chirping to her softly.

Nope, wouldn't trade it for a thing.

Deciding he would hold the tiny femme for a while since she was so wide awake, he sat down on the floor next to his mate with her, leaning against her femme creator's berth. He hadn't had time to bond with them since their arrival, so he seized what chances he got.

Meanwhile, Miles, in search of his large friend, deduced where he was and opened the smaller door made specifically for their human friends. Hearing someone open the door, the Seeker looked up from dotting on Sonar. The newborn looked as well, recognizing Miles immediately. She chirped and climbed down her mech creator's arm to greet him.

Miles gave a smile as he looked up. Starscream didn't look like some big, bad, scary, evil, alien robot. He looked… like a dad tending to his offspring. "Wow, 'Star," the young man teased in a near whisper, "Aren't you just the hardcore 'Con…"

Starscream blinked, but made no remark on the comment, still admiring Sonar as she continued to stare at the human, "It's amazing, Miles." The Seeker started in a quiet tone, his optics never leaving his Sparkling. "After all the bad that I have done and all the mistakes I have made, Primus still blessed me with them."

"I think it's called forgiveness, big guy." Miles said, getting closer. "Even gods know the term." Climbing up the Seeker's foot and then leg until he was standing on him, the teen stopped within a few feet of Sonar, who was chirping curiously at him. He could hear Starscream chirping back to the Sparkling, though he could not understand what was being said.

"But I'm evil, remember?"

"Yeah," Miles scoffed, "Sure ya are. And I-"

"-Evil!" The Seeker interrupted playfully.

Miles hiked a brow and continued, "…And I'm the king of Kong."

"Don't mock me, puny human. That pile of yuck I threatened you with before still stands."

Miles chuckled and sat down, straddling Starscream's lower leg. "Talk about a mess. You know you wouldn't want to have to clean that up," The blond was perfectly content to hang quietly with the Seeker for as long as he would allow it.

"Then I'll take you into space and make you a popsicle, and then squish you."

In the meantime, somewhere else around the base, a large Decepticon was still being pursued by a much smaller human.

"I guess that explains a lot, doesn't it?" Mikaela suddenly stated, having cornered Soundwave yet again. This time, she was at a computer where she couldn't just walk away because she had been connected to it. She wasn't sure if Soundwave allowed her to sneak up on her or if she actually managed to catch the femme off guard. Either way, her hands went to her hips as her eyes went to the various cables going into the computer, "You being a femme and all… I should've seen that one coming. Talk about a surprise. You certainly are a mysterious one."

Soundwave outwardly ignored the girl, her fingers continued flying over the screen and then over her forearm as if she'd never heard her. But, Mikaela knew Soundwave's ignorance game by now and thus knew she was listening to her every word, "It explains why you didn't go after Barricade for yourself like all the other lunatics…" She paused, waiting for a response, though in reality, she figured she wouldn't get one. When she didn't get one, she gave a small smile and continued, "…how your only interest in her was her well being and all."

Again, the telepath remained stubbornly silent. She looked down toward Mikaela, quickly swiped a data pad while deliberately getting very close to hitting her with it, and then went back to the screen to keep typing.

Barely dodging the hand, Mikaela shifted slightly, "But you know what I'm wondering… did you know about Thundercracker? Wait… don't tell me, judging by how he – I mean she reacted, I am just going to guess that you two had a little secret of your own going on."

After a few taps on the monitor that she was working with, Soundwave shut off the screen and looked directly at Mikaela while the cables in her wrists seem to take on a life of their own and retract. She said nothing, only got up to leave. "So, my question to it all is how much do you really know?" Mikaela called after the telepath. She knew she wasn't going to answer. It was interesting yet scary to see how annoyed Soundwave could get so quietly.

Soundwave stopped and turned quickly, she charged at the girl and got down to her level. It delighted her that the girl never flinched. "I've never probed a human mind before. You will be my first experiment, guaranteed." the SiC droned ominously. Her smirk was well hidden, but Mikaela knew she had one. Staring the otherwise blank 'Con down until the femme rose, she watched as Soundwave turned to leave without another word. Laughing was heard from where the girl was still standing.

Obviously, Soundwave wasn't the only one avoiding others. The next day, Thundercracker had finally caught Starscream alone. Immediately Starscream grew uneasy. He still felt betrayed and the last thing he wanted was to be alone with either of them. They were the ones he trusted and bonded with. How could they? How could TC? After all they'd been through, how could she keep something so important from him? Even though the subject had been dropped, deep down it still bothered him that they had kept secrets from him. He had to be in the mind to talk to either of them and he wasn't ready to face that just yet.

It was blatantly obvious that Starscream was avoiding his trine, especially TC. Truth be told, he wasn't sure how to express his trouble with them. He could jump down their throats about it, but what would that solve? Surely, it would cause more problems than he really needed. Normally, he could get away from his Trine-Mate by moving around her or pointedly leaving a room she was in, but she was onto him and deliberately following him. True, she knew it was annoying him, but it was to prove a point. Others had noticed their behavior as well, but they knew better than to get in the middle of a Trine's quarrel.

Thundercracker moved quickly into his way making passing difficult, if not impossible. She'd waited until Skywarp was doing something else and not paying attention. Knowing that Starscream was more hurt by her than by the black Seeker, she figured she would handle this one. When he went to step around her again and found her foot nearly tripping him, he growled at her with a challenging look, she returned it, refusing to move out of his way. "Let me by, Thundercracker."

"No,"

"I don't have time for this."

"You have all the time I need." She replied.

Finally, fed up with the game, he tried pushing her out of his way and found himself pushed back rather roughly. "I need to check on Runner. Move," Scowling, he tried a different approach.

"She can wait. I need to talk to you, now."

"And I don't want to talk to you." Trying another reason to escape, Starscream brought up something he was sure she'd let him go for. "I need to get to my Sparklings." He tried to get by again, "I think I hear one."

Did he honestly think she would fall for that one? "I know you're better than that at lying." Thundercracker stood firmly, "I'm sure if there is a problem, Barricade will take care of them," she replied, her optic twitching. "I know that you've been avoiding me, Youngling. It stops now."

"Stop calling me that. And you're not my boss. I'm leader right? That makes me boss. So that means when I say move, you get out of my way." Starscream quickly realized she wasn't letting him go this time and he gave in unwillingly, knowing it would cause more problems than not if he tried.

"You might be leader, but I am your Trine-Mate and I can be just as stubborn as you are." Satisfied Starscream wasn't going to try to run away; she immediately began explaining, "Listen, I want to tell you something."

"I don't wanna hear it,"

"Tough." The femme retorted, "'Screamer, I'm sorry that I betrayed you. It was to save your life – Yours and Skywarp's, in fact. I had no choice. I swore under an oath. It was a promise I could not break because you two mean everything to me." The blue femme placed a hand on his wing in reassurance.

Starscream eyed her hand and looked back into her optics. "What oath? To whom? How was it to save Skywarp's life by not telling me?" They young leader shook his head and then frowned, "I don't understand, TC. You kept this from me for all this time. Was I not trustworthy enough? Why in the Pit did you two make me the leader if you didn't trust me with such vital information?"

"If it makes you feel any better, 'Warp didn't know at the time, either. I kept it from you both."

"No, I don't feel any better. I'm supposed to be your leader – there to protect and help you. How can I if you keep things from me?" Starscream looked away, "Just when did he find out, anyways?" there was a hit of annoyance to his voice, but nothing alarming.

"It was an accident. I unexpectedly went into my cycle not too long ago." Thundercracker told him, "'Warp sensed it and thought he teleported into an alternate reality when he found out."

Starscream didn't' care about Skywarp's reality right now. In fact, what caught his attention was Thundercracker's 'cycle' comment. He got a questioning look on his face as he tried to figure it out in his head. He knew about the whole mating thing, and believing Thundercracker to be male up until a little bit ago, he knew she certainly would not have had a cycle. The silver Seeker frowned as he thought more about it. Only one thing sets a cycle in motion. What else hadn't she told him? "I have a feeling I'm missing a much bigger part of the picture here." The silver Seeker sat down right there, ready to hear it all. "All right, you've got my attention. Spill it."

From there, Thundercracker corrected him on what he thought he knew, but she still bent the truth a little where it concerned Soundwave. Starscream could take a guess as to why she went into a cycle after that. But why had it taken so long for her to go into it? "You still haven't told me who you swore this oath to." He said, trying to get her to tell him. He could take a guess, though.

Thundercracker, refusing to tell him only said, "It doesn't matter. It's done." She looked away, her optic ridges furrowing in what appeared to be anger.

If he didn't know better, that was spoken rather venomously and he could read her look. By the tone and appearance, whatever this oath was, it wasn't a pleasant experience. He didn't wish to press her about it, as it seemed to be a pretty deep wound. Finally, the young leader went to stand, figuring whom he had to talk to next about this one.

"Can you forgive me, 'Screamer?" Thundercracker then asked.

"I imagine I can," Starscream replied, having already decided he'd forgiven her, for she had her reasons. "Give me a while to think if I will or not, though," His voice held humor and Thundercracker heard it. She gave him a small smile in which he returned. "Next time just tell me, okay? It'll save us both this kind of conversation in the future,"

The younger Seeker turned as he went for the closed door, knowing if anyone had answers, the other femme that had betrayed him was a sure bet to know – and he still had a bone to pick with her as well. He was beginning to wonder if the 'Murphy's Law' the humans so often referred to was some kind of evil jokester. "I'm really beginning to hate this leader stuff. You know that, right?"

"You're such a liar, 'Screamer," Thundercracker stepped to the door and stroked her Trine mate on the wing with a playful smirk, "Yeah, well you wanted to be the leader… remember?"

"Slag like this was not in the job description. I reneged a while ago. It was you idiots that came back."

"Can't help it, 'Screamer, we're all just obsessed with you and that's all there is to it." Thundercracker teased as she headed one direction.

Starscream chuckled, headed in the other, "I figured it was some twisted obsession. After all, couldn't be that you'd all actually listen to me."

Elsewhere, later on, Mikaela, curious of her friend, had walked into the room where she found Barricade in her Mustang form on the floor. Obviously, the femme had woken at some point, but that didn't mean she was awake now. She stepped closer and sat down next to her front fender and patted her, "Hey you," In response to the girl, Barricade's lights came on, showing that she was indeed awake. The girl grinned, "Welcome back to the world of the awake." Thinking she heard scuffling, she saw nothing when she leaned forward to get a look to the rear of the femme.

"You mean it wasn't just a big, huge horribly messed up nightmare?" the hunter asked in a show of humor.

"I'd call it a great adventure," Mikaela answered.

"Adventure my aft…" Barricade took a moment, finding her Sparklings playing in a rather unusual place. Her attention went back to the human. Curiousness overshadowed the ruckus the newborns were causing. It was them that had woken her in the first place. "How long was I out for?" She asked, trying to ignore the pokes and prods. She remembered waking briefly a time or two before, but she was too tired to stay awake and thus went back into recharge.

"I'd say a good two days, at least." Mikaela shrugged, "I think Starscream was getting a bit worried."

The femme's body suddenly bounced and there was a knock. Mikaela leaned forward again to see if she could catch a glimpse of the Sparklings. She had an inkling of where they were, but was secretly hoping they'd pop out of their hiding spot and show themselves. "He's a worrywart," she heard the femme say.

Mikaela finally stood up after she heard a few excited chirps. She meandered around the hunter, searching for the Sparklings which chose to hide in the femme and play instead of out in a rather large room. When she saw the femme move again from the romping, she tilted her head, "So where are they?"

Barricade's body moved again, this time with more force, there was scuffling and then giggling. "They think they're hiding in my trunk." The femme replied as they twisted and turned, even jumped, "Where's 'Screamer at? I want to dump them on him and let them use his thrusters as a playground."

"I have absolutely no idea." Mikaela answered, peeking her head around the taillight of the Mustang. "And I'm willing to bet… he won't like that very much."

"Not my problem. He helped produce them, he can deal with them." The femme then chirped to her Sparklings, having had enough of their play. After a moment of silence from them, she began to transform. When she stood, she looked down at Mikaela, who had backed up rather than being squished then offered a hand.

Mikaela approached and climbed, sitting with her legs straddling two of Barricade's fingers. Barricade brought her hand up and proceeded out the door with her. "Where we headed?" She knew that Barricade still did not know of Soundwave and Thundercracker and she hoped for the life of her that she wouldn't find out… at least until Starscream was close by.

"To find 'Screamer. He can't be too far. And where is my other little monster?"

"Rumble is still teaching him things, I think." Mikaela shrugged with a guess, "He said he was going to learn how to aim. Miles is probably there too, since he wanted to watch."

On the walk, Mikaela looked up in the direction they were headed. "You know, I was thinking…"

"-That's scary," The femme interrupted.

"Very funny," the girl drawled.

"I thought so."

Mikaela turned as much as she could in her seat and looked at the hunter, deciding she would finish her statement. "Having more than one should prove fun for you." She could only imagine what was to come. "Having more than two should be a blast."

"Yup," Barricade agreed all too quickly, knowing Mikaela was going to be stuck with the fun as well. One Sparkling was a handful. But three? Judging by how they were in her trunk, the femme could see it now: Chaos… Pure, unadulterated chaos.

Baffled by the strange answer from the femme, Mikaela looked Barricade straight in the optics. "I'm not too sure I like the devilish gleam in your eye, 'Cade,"

Barricade only smirked at her pet and kept walking.

On the walk by the Wreck Room, Barricade stopped to look in. She wasn't actively searching for Starscream, but figured it wouldn't hurt to check in the more common places and if she spotted him, she would at least know where he was. "It lives, run!" Wildrider called out after seeing the hunter standing there scanning the area. Of course, his call got the attention of everyone else in the area, in which they all turned to look at what Wildrider was talking about. Barricade eyed Wildrider and then proceeded onwards, not wanting to listen to any of the other 'Cons right now and she certainly didn't want to be bothered by them.

Meanwhile, somewhere between Blue Diamond and Bonnie Springs, two metal beings stood hidden in the hills, discussing different things. It wasn't uncommon to find them like this, as information was usually passed during this time. Both leaders knew, neither did anything about it. The main topic was Barricade, her triplets, Jazz and Starscream's take on the whole ordeal.

"Wait, wait, wait, what? She…?" Sunstreaker did a double-take at Runabout.

"Huh?" Runabout asked.

"You just called Thundercracker a femme." Sunstreaker wrinkled his nose at Runabout's obvious mistake.

"I did? I guess so. Oops." Runabout shrugged and went to transform back into his alt mode, having given what information he was allowed to tell.

"That was so messed up." The yellow twin commented as he too transformed, preparing to head back to the Autobot's base. Sunstreaker wondered where that had come from, but in the end, he blamed the fact they were talking about Barricade.

"Now what?" Starscream answered in annoyance when Optimus hailed him on a private, broken into link. "Didn't I say leave me alone for now? Breaking in my links and all… you must thing you own them."

"I wish to speak to you face to face. We need some answers. Will you meet me so we can both perhaps figure all this out?"

"Define 'all this'," Starscream tried to play stupid.

Optimus knew he was doing it too, but he'd humor him, "We need more answers about the birth of your Sparklings, Starscream."

"Meh, I suppose," He really had nothing better to do with his time at the moment. "But make it quick, Runner is awake and I'd like to see her,"

"Of course,"

The Seeker turned in the air and headed for Miles, who was as he said he was, watching Rumble and Blacklight.

Toward the end of the day, an out-of-place, tattooed F-22 shot across the desert skies, this time, with a rider. "Hey, you sure you're ready for this meeting? Optimus sure did request it kinda suddenly." Miles inquired while his eyes were on the various flight instruments. Being in the cockpit of an alien jet, Miles never ceased to be amazed. "I may not know him very well, but that doesn't seem like him unless something was up."

"Does it really matter?" The Seeker replied, banking slightly. "I wasn't ready for any of the other stuff, but that sure didn't stop it from happening. It's obviously important to both Autobots and Decepticons. I'll hear what he has to say." He had a few things to tell said Autobot leader, as well. The young leader knew the Autobots wanted answers, and he too wanted answers that Ratchet and Wheeljack were sure to have.

The meeting was logical, after all, because Optimus knew things Starscream didn't and Starscream sure knew more than he did and it concerned them both. "I'm surprised you're still sane after all this, man," Miles chuckled, patting the dash gently.

"Whoever said I was in the first place? Didn't you know insanity is part of the price one pays for smarts?" The Seeker asked sardonically, descending as he approached their destination, where Optimus was clearly seen. "They call me crazy at least once a day."

Optimus Prime had been waiting for a short time when Starscream arrived. The jet was unconventional in landing, hovering in his alt mode then touching down gently. The Autobot leader could clearly see Miles in the cockpit of the F-22. Miles quickly got out of the cockpit as soon as the canopy rose and got down on the ground so Starscream could transform. Just as quickly, the Seeker scooped the teen up, nearly knocking him off balance and stood erect, looking to Optimus. The Autobot watched, still amazed that Starscream seemed to bring the boy everywhere. What was even more curious was the trust between the two that had been built so quickly. "Thank you for coming, Starscream. I called this meeting on such short notice because of recent events at both of our bases and I think it's wise to share what information we both have." Prime stated his optics mostly on the human in Starscream's hand.

Starscream mumbled, his voice oozing with sarcasm, "Whatever gave you that crazy idea…?" He watched Optimus watch his pet but said nothing of it.

Ignoring the cynicism from the Seeker, Optimus looked to the deep red optics of the Decepticon and continued, "Obviously you can see the reason for my concern regarding you, your Sparklings, Barricade and Jazz. Ratchet has also requested any information on your newborns."

"I knew it wouldn't be too long. And I don't have any yet. Runner just awoke. I imagine she's groggy and won't let Hook near them anyway."

"Is everything all right with you and the Decepticons?"

Starscream shook his head with a look of disbelief, "What is it with asking me trick questions? No, everything is not all right. Everything is very much messed up."

A worried look crossed the Autobot leader's features, "Did something happen?"

"Yeah…" Starscream sneered. "I can accept the triplets, no problem, even Jazz for that matter… I mean, come on, why not?" The Seeker's look turned to annoyance, "What bothers me so much was the more peachy news I received not too long before the events and afterwards."

Optimus regarded Starscream curiously, "And that would be?"

"Tuh, you wouldn't believe me if I told you," Starscream said, "Pit, I am not sure even I fully believe it."

"After what I have witnessed recently, I don't think there is much that could be unbelievable,"

"Don't bet on it." Starscream replied in a mumble, "And what have you seen that makes things so believable?" he asked condescendingly.

"The circumstance of Jazz' revival,"

"I was there when he came back, remember? He almost died a second time, too. Slagging idiot,"

"When she came back," The Semi corrected.

It took a moment for Starscream to get the emphasis on what Optimus had said. "What do you mean 'she'?" he snorted, finding himself chuckling. "You mean to tell me Jazz has been a femme all this time too?" It was his only guess, since that was the obvious goings on with the 'Cons recently.

"What? No. Apparently the Allspark works in mysterious ways never thought possible."

"Wouldn't have the slightest idea why someone would think something silly that…" The Seeker stated flatly.

Optimus' optics furrowed with distaste at Starscream's comments. Flustered indeed. "It would help greatly to know what happened during Barricade's Spark-birth. Ratchet and Wheeljack have both informed me that whatever happened in there may have turned Jazz into a femme at some point while it resurrected him."

The Decepticon gave Optimus a questioning look, "During the birth? I can't quite recall, actually. At the time, I was pulling our Sparklings from Runner's Spark while a whole lot of energy struck everything around and I was trying to make sure no one died in the process. There was a lot going on, so I was quite distracted."

A surprised yet worried look crossed the Autobot's features after hearing Starscream mention about pulling the Sparklings, "Have you told Ratchet about assisting with the birth yet?"

"Are you for real?" Another disbelieving look crossed Starscream's features. "I'm not gonna tell a medic – Ratchet, no less – that I was pulling Sparklings when he was right outside."

"I think it's a good idea that I tell Ratchet and Wheeljack, it might help them come to more of a conclusion."

"I don't know what to think, so I stopped thinking about it. However, I bet Barricade is going to just love the news about Jazz…" Starscream looked down at Miles who was smirking and nodding in agreement with the Seeker, "She probably doesn't remember when I told her that he – she's alive, let alone a femme." The Decepticon looked back to Optimus with a smirk, "That should be good."

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, things were about to go into the realm of crazy. It started with a chuff, which naturally one who was walking by would turn to look at who it was and why they made such a sound. Not noticing the figure that had stopped to see, the two mechs continued talking the talk of the base: "I still can't get over the fact TC is a femme. I mean, come on, how much weirder can it get?"

"I'll top it with Soundwave being a femme." It was the last sentence anyone wanted the femme to hear…

"Ha! Just you wait until Barricade finds out. Scary thought,"

There was a growl, which made both of the mechs look up quickly to see who and why. As luck would have it, Barricade, who still hadn't been told about Soundwave or Thundercracker, Starscream telling them he would tell her himself when he got back from his meeting, had been making her way outside. Mikaela, who had been walking with her, also heard it and her eyes went wide with a mouthed 'Oh shit'.

Had she just heard what she thought she heard? "What about Soundwave?" It must have been some mistake because that would be one of the worst things Barricade could possibly hear coming out of anyone's mouth or vocal processors.

Mikaela stopped dead in her tracks and looked up, a look of worry crossing her features at Barricade's question. Yup, she heard what she thought she heard. Her eyes darted for the twins who were staring at her and then Barricade. "Uh… nothing?"

"You're hearing things in your young age," Runabout quipped. "Move on, 'Cade, nothing to hear here!"

Barricade growled angrily at Runabout – now she knew he was hiding something. She knew what she'd heard – but it couldn't possibly be true – could it? "Did I just hear you say that Soundwave is a femme?"

The twins looked at each other, then back to her, "No…?" Runabout tried.

Barricade's hands tightened into fists, her optics brightened in anger and she growled deeply. "You lie." The femme snarled. Being bonded to one of the best liars on Cybertron did have its benefits. "Where did you hear that?" She asked.

"Uh… We made it up?"

At that, Barricade's arm raised and she pointed at Runabout, who kept trying to lie. Her pulse rifle emerged and prepared to fire. "Try again…" Mikaela stepped back as another deep growl came from her. She knew that growl and that usually meant that fur – or in this case, metal – was going to fly.

Knowing she was mean enough to take the shot, the twin quickly blurted, "S-Soundwave! It was Soundwave, sh-she told everyone!"

There was a reason that Starscream wanted to be the one to tell Barricade about Soundwave and Thundercracker. Because having it come from someone else other than him would make her even angrier and he might be able to stop her.

Barricade wasn't angry because of the deception right in front of her, because Decepticons were deceitful and it was something they were good at, but the fact it could have put Blacklight's life in danger. The telepath had also tricked her, scaring her when setting Buzzsaw on her, which was unusual in the first place.

Mikaela already knew she couldn't stop this very dangerous and furious Decepticon. It was the simple Decepticon-Human squish factor. She might have stopped her from an attack before, but this time she seemed to be a lot angrier. "Barricade?" she asked, trying to get the femme's attention, perhaps to distract her from her anger. Barricade never looked at Mikaela, her mind reeling. She planned to go after Soundwave herself, which was probably not in her best interest. The femme wasn't thinking straight and the sounds of chirping filled the corridor. Three Sparklings emerged and were carefully set down with the girl. They curled up with each other, looking up at their femme creator. Barricade then looked at them all, the unspoken word that Mikaela was to watch them went through her features and in a fit of rage, she dove into her much quicker alt mode, hell bent for Soundwave's parts.

"Shit!" Mikaela hissed, knowing what Barricade was going to do. "Barricade, wait!"

The twins bolted out of the room they had been talking in, running after Barricade to try to catch her. They knew she would go after Soundwave and that was just plain stupid. "Barricade! Barricade, stop!" If anything, both of them would have an easier time against her than just one of them – maybe.

Worried for her friend, Mikaela began running to follow, the triplets clumsily in tow. Skywarp, who was headed down the hall himself, saw Barricade zip by and stopped at Mikaela, "What's going on? Where's she headed in such a hurry?" he asked, looking to where Barricade had headed and then down to Mikaela again, reasonably curious as to why the hunter would leave her newborns with the girl.

Mikaela, who was confused and panicking, stopped and pointed, "Stop her!"

Skywarp looked around quickly. "What? Why?"

"I think… I think she's going after Soundwave!" the girl replied quickly. "She found out about her!" Mikaela nearly yelled. Skywarp only groaned. He knew this wasn't going to be good, not at all. "Hurry, get Starscream!" screamed Mikaela, turning to the Sparklings who were becoming rather skittish from all the sound suddenly.

Back in the middle of the desert, the Seeker shook his head as he continued to talk to Optimus. It was just one new thing after another. This had to be one of the most bizarre sequence of events he'd ever witnessed. "-I guess that would be like finding out that Soundwave is a femme, too," was his reply to Optimus.

"I think that would be in the realm of unbelievable." Optimus chuckled. That was so farfetched, the Seeker had to of been lying.

"You better believe it," The Seeker said from a side glance, "Because she is…"

Optimus stopped chuckling real fast when Starscream basically confirmed what he'd said. "You're telling the truth?"

"I told you, you wouldn't believe it,"

The Autobot really had nothing to say about that. He only eyed the Seeker, wondering if he really was lying about it. But why would Starscream lie about Soundwave like that? "You're sure about this? You've seen?"

"I don't hav-"

"-Hey 'Screamer, we got big trouble! I'm coming for you!" Skywarp's voice broke into his Trine-link before he could finish.

Optimus watched the Decepticon leader's features change to more serious. Miles looked up when Starscream stopped talking. He knew worry in the Seeker when he saw it. "What kind of trouble?"

In a clap of ionized lightning and displaced air, Skywarp appeared hovering over his leader. He touched down quickly, looking to Optimus then to Starscream, "It's Barricade… Come on."

Just by the tone in Skywarp's voice, Starscream began to panic, "What about her? Is she okay?"

Skywarp glanced down to the human in his leader's hand, "Hold onto something and don't move." He looked back at Starscream, "Cover Miles. She found out about Soundwave and I think she's going to go after her." The black Seeker reached for Starscream and held on.

"Primus, you've gotta slagging be kidding me," Were the last words Optimus heard before the two Seekers vanished.

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