Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Elita all turned towards the double sliding doors of med bay. They didn't like that Prime would show his face after what he just did to Sunny.

"You have some nerve, Prime. Going after my brother like that? You're damn lucky I don't tear you apart."

Sunny out his hand on his brother's shoulder to stop him. Sides looked at his brother and nodded. He knew that Sunny wanted him to stop before it got worse and a fight broke out.

Prime took another step, but Elita stopped him.

"Take another step and I won't hesitate to let Sideswipe come after you for hurting his brother."

Ratchet had come over to Sunny and had him lay down so he could assess the damage to his neck. He scanned Sunny's neck and shook his head back and forth.

"Sideswipe, I have bad news."

"You can't help my brother, can you?"

"I'm afraid not. I don't have the proper parts here. With everything going on here, I can't afford to leave you 4 here alone."

Sideswipe nodded then turned to Elita. "You need to tell him or I will, Elita. I don't need my brother upset with me."

"You're right, Sideswipe. He does need to be told." Then she turned her attention back to Prime.

"Optimus, I'm leaving you. Sunstreaker treats me better than you do. He's my new mate and I'm also aborting the baby."

Sideswipe cut him off. "Don't think of saying a word against my twin, Prime. I'm just as vicious as he his."

"Another thing. Wolf isn't your biological daughter. She's Megatron's daughter. I had cheated on you. I'm not ashamed of it, either."

That really pissed Prime off now. Ratchet looked his way with a wrench in hand. "Try it. I will not hesitate to make your final surgery miserable."

"You're the reason why my daughter is dead. I don't want you at her funeral. In fact, I don't want you here any more."

"That's not for you to decide for me, Elita."

Prowl had walked in to talk to Ratchet about something when he heard the tail end of the conversation.

"I come in at a bad time, Ratchet?"

"No, of course not, Prowl. What can I do for you?

"I need to talk to you about something personal."

"Of course. Everyone behave yourselves or everyone gets a wrench to the head."
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An hour and a half later, both Prowl and Ratchet walked out of Ratchet's office.

"I'll see what I can do for you, Prowl. I'll see if I can find that particular part you're needing. I may have to make a parts run to Cybertron for Sunstreaker, if I can get those 4 to behave."

"Do I want to know what the twin terrors did?"

"Its not them for once, Prowl. It was Optimus."

"I'm sorry, what now? Optimus started it?"

"Yep. After his 3rd and final surgery, would you escort him off the base. Elita doesn't want him here any more."

"What about his daughter's funeral? He should be here for it."

"Wolf isn't Prime's biological daughter. She's Megatron's daughter, but he was never told."

"Is Elita going to tell Megatron?"

"That's up to her. I can't make that choice for her."

"What happened to Sunstreaker for you to need to make a trip to Cybertron?"

"Prime crushed Suntreaker's voice modulator. He can't speak at all other than through the bond him and Sideswipe have."

Prowl walked over to the trio. "Sunstreaker, I know you can hear me but can't speak. Ratchet told me what happened. I am so sorry. You 2 have grown a lot since Wolf had taken over of the Earth based Autobots. I wasn't mad when you both had some fun and pranked a few Autobots. I understand cabin fever more than you realize. That's why I went out and got a job after the ceasefire."

Sunny looked at his brother in shock.

~Did I hear that right, Sides?~

"Yeah, you did, Sunny. Prowler actually praised us."

"I can take it back, Sideswipe."

"Not needed, Prowl. We're just shocked cause you've never praised us for anything."

"Ratchet, can Prime be put in the brig 'til his next surgery? I don't want him allowed to roam around the base unsupervised."

"And who's taking command of the Earth based Autobots since Wolf is gone?"

"I am. Unless you would like to, Prowl? Everyone has respect for you."

"If you don't mind, Elita?"

"Not at all, that's why I asked you, silly."

~It sucks I can't even laugh, Sides. She makes me so happy. How can I keep her happy if I can't even speak? How am I going to carry out a conversation with her without you being there?~

"We'll figure something out, Sunny. I promise."

Elita looked their way. "Everything ok, Sunstreaker?"

Sunny shook his head back and forth.

"Sunny is worried that if Ratchet can't repair his voice modulator, he won't be able to talk to you ever again. He's worried that he'll never be able to keep you happy, Elita."

She walked up to Sunny and gave him a hug. He hugged her back.

"Don't worry about it right now, ok. I'm sure Ratchet will figure something out. For right now, I'm ok with your brother being there to translate. When we want our time, you need to tell him, ok."

Sunny nodded. "I'm fine with that arrangement as well, Elita. I'm glad you make my brother happy."

"You need to tell Ratchet."

Sides sighed. "You're right. I will right now."

Sideswipe walked over to Ratchet. "Can I talk to you in your office, Ratchet? I need to talk to you in private."

"Of course Sideswipe. Is everything ok?"

"Ask me that after we talk."

They both walked into Ratchet's office and shut the door. Ratchet went and sat behind his desk.

"I'd like for you to sit next to me, Ratchet. This is a personal matter."

"Uh..ok." Then he came back around and sat down next to Sideswipe.

"You know I had developed feelings for Wolf, right?"

"Of course. I'm sorry you never got to tell her. What about it?"

"I..uh..This is hard for me to say."

"I've never judged you, Sideswipe. Are you ok?"

"I know you've never judged me, Ratchet. I'm very grateful, too. I think I know why this is so hard for me to say cause the object of my affection is sitting next to me."

"You have feelings for me?"

"Yes, I do. I know it seems wrong, but at the same time, I can't express my feelings to Wolf cause she's dead. I've had feelings for her and you, Ratchet. Sunny figured it out already."

"It sounds like he wants you to have someone special in your life like he does."

"Yeah, but…"

"You're worried that I won't reciprocate the same feelings, aren't you?"

Sideswipe nodded. Ratchet grabbed both of Sideswipe's hands. "Give me the day to process this? I'll give you my answer after I get off work."

Sideswipe nodded again. "Thank you, Ratchet. I didn't mean to blindside you with this."

Ratchet smiled. "You didn't blindside me, Sideswipe. I'll be honest with you. I haven't had anyone confess their love for me in a very long time. Not since before the war started."

"I feel better now. I'll give ya the day. Can I be honest with you, Ratchet?"

"Of course."

"I pranked you a lot cause I was trying to confess my love for you, but going about it the wrong way. And with the war going, it wasn't a good idea to start a relationship with anyone. Neither of us needed to be distracted."

"You're right. You did go about it the wrong way. You're also right that during the war, we would have been distracted. Come back to med bay around 6p. I'll have everything cleaned up and we can talk more."

"I'd like that, Ratchet. Thank you. Can I ask why you would need to do a parts run to Cybertron?"

"Everything I need for the voice modulator is there. And if you want your brother to ever speak again, I need to make this run."

"Then let me go with you. He's my brother."

"I know he is, but you should be here with him so you can help with him translate everything he tells you."

"We've already established how that's going to work. Its gonna be weird."

"No weirder than having feelings for me and Wolf?"

"Point made. I'll be back later." Ratchet nodded then both of them left Ratchet's office.

~I'm proud of you, bro. I just hope he feels the same for you.~

~I hope he does too. Thank you, bro. It was the push from you and Elita I needed to tell Ratchet how I feel about him.~

~Glad we could help.~

A/N: "~"- speaking through the bond