Megatron had landed at one of their old temporary bases with his daughter in his arms. He used his hand to open the door. It was a palm reading type to open the door. This base was decommissioned after the ceasefire. Some of the Decepticons still use it.

After the door opened, he walked in with his daughter in his arms. He was hoping to get Hook or Soundwave to bring her back. He wanted to get the chance to get to know her. He couldn't believe that all this time he had a daughter and was never told 'til now.

He felt a small twinge of guilt for desecrating her grave. He knew it was wrong.
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Decepticon med bay. Hook was cleaning up. Megatron noticed that only the Constructicons were here. He knew Hook was a good medic and could do this for him.

"Hook, I need you to do something for me."

Hook turned around and saw his leader with a femme in his arms. "Who is this femme, Lord Megatron?" Megatron had laid her on the repair table by this time.

"My daughter. Do you remember the femme that I caught snooping around the base?"

"Of course. She looked slightly familiar."

"It was Optimus' mate, Elita One. I told her I knew who she was."

"Did she tell you why she was there?"

"I'm guessing to get intel for our next energon raid."

"So, what did you do? Surely, you didn't put her in the brig with the rest of the filth?"

"No. I did the one thing I knew would hurt Prime eventually. I seduced her."

"That would explain the rumors I heard around the base."

"What rumors?"

"Rumor was going around that the femme you found had seduced you for intel and the screaming was you being tortured after."

Megatron smirked. 'They all wish they had my sexual prowess.'

"That rumor is partly true. There was screaming, but it wasn't torture. After we were done, I told her she could leave freely."

"I had noticed that you didn't leave your personal quarters for at least 3 days. I don't mean to get this personal, my lord, but was she better than the femmes you had in the past?"

"Very much so. She told me that if she hadn't been Prime's mate, she would have stayed with me. Apparently, he's not gentle with her anymore. She prefers a gentlemech that wants to enjoy love making not rough interfacing. I didn't mind discussing this with you on a personal level, Hook. The war is over. I think its time I got to know everyone under my command."

"So, what exactly would you like me to do with your daughter?"

"I'd like you to bring her back. I never got the chance to meet my daughter during the war. When I saw her on the battlefield next to Elita, I saw the resemblance."

"She has a little of you, as well, Lord Megatron. How did she die?"

"Elita told me that she has an energon pressure problem."

"Then she got it from you, my lord. You were always in med bay cause yours was skyrocketing."

"Starscream was the reason."

"We all knew that. I'm glad he's gone. You have been much better to be around, if I may say."

"Will you do it, Hook?"

"Of course. I just need some energon so I can start the infusion. I will check her over as well. I will let you know when she is back online."

"Thank you, Hook. I will be back later." Hook nodded then watched his leader leave med bay.
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Autobot HQ. Sunny, Sides and Elita were standing outside and in front of Wolf's grave. Eilta was on her knees, crying. She couldn't believe someone would do this to her daughter. Sunny picked her up and held her in his arms. He looked at his brother and nodded. Sides nodded back.

~I told her Megatron would do this. I feel so bad for her, bro. She thought Megatron would have some kind of morals and not desecrate Wolf's grave.~

~Guess not. We have to find her and put her to rest again. Its what she deserves.~

~Don't worry, Sides. We will. I promise.~

Ratchet came out and saw the twins and Elita standing by Wolf's open grave. He walked up to them and wrapped his arms around Sides' waist.

Sides turned around and came face to face with Ratchet. "I didn't mean to wake you, Chet."

Ratchet smiled. "Its ok. Why is Wolf's grave dug up?"

"That's what we're going to find out. But first, I'm going to get you back to bed, my little snow cat."

~Be right back, Sunny.~

"Take your time, bro. I don't think we can do anything tonight." Sides nodded and took Ratchet back inside and to his room.
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Decepticon med bay. Hook notified Megatron of Wolf's reactivation. Since Wolf is Elita's daughter, Elita felt her presence.

My optics came online and I was blinded by the bright lights of a different med bay. I looked around and couldn't place where I was. I did notice a Decepticon standing by the computer console.

"You over there. Where am I?"

Hook turned around after shutting off the computer console. "You are at one of many now decommissioned temporary Decepticon bases. My name is Hook."

"Why am I here?"

"That is something you can ask Lord Megatron when he arrives."

"Give me a reason why I should be talking with him in the first place?"

Just then, Megatron walked in. "Cause I'm your biological father. Your mother cheated on Prime with me."

"My mother isn't that stupid. My father is an Autobot not a Decepticon. Where is my mother?"
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Autobot HQ. Sunny's room. Elita felt something in her spark. A feeling she hasn't felt since Wolf had been laid to rest. She put her hand over her chest and lowered her head. "It can't be."

Sunny noticed something was bothering his mate. "Elita, honey. Everything ok? You look worried."

"Not worried."

"Then what is it?"

"I need you to block your brother for about 15 min. I have something to tell you and I don't want him finding out."

Sunny blocked his brother out of the bond. "Ok, done. What is going on? What is it that you don't want him to find out about?"

"Someone brought Wolf back online. I felt her presence just a few mins. ago."

"Megatron probably had one of the Decepticons do it."

"If this is your way of saying 'I told you so', then don't."

"Elita, I would never say that. My brother would. But I sure wouldn't. I don't wanna intentionally hurt the femme I love dearly. Can I unblock him now? He's going to find out one way or another."

"You can unblock him. You're right. He will find out, but this isn't how I want him to find out. While you both were down, Ratchet and I talked."

"This doesn't sound good."

Elita put her hand on Sunny's face and lightly stroked his cheek with her thumb. "I don't plan to leave you, my yellow sunflower. Ratchet is worried that your brother may still want my daughter."

"That's understandable. Like I said, she's gorgeous like her mother." Sunny had put his hand over hers and leaned into both hands. Then he gently grabbed her hand and kissed the top of it.

"Such a sweet talker, aren't you?"

"Only for the femme sitting next to me. So, what are we going to do about the problem that might occur?"

"Deal with it. I don't want to see Ratchet do something stupid if your brother leaves him for my daughter. We saw what happened to Ratchet when your brother committed suicide."

"Yeah, he was a rage monster. I have never seen him like that. I didn't stop him either when he tore Prowl's doorwings off."

"Ratchet did that? I thought you did. I've heard about your rage as well."

"All Ratchet. I just stopped anyone who wanted to stop Ratchet. He was a mech on a mission. He understood the pain I feel when I can't sense Sides on his end of the bond after getting his ass handed to him. Don't get me wrong, I love my twin, but he can be stupid at times."

"We all can be that way at times. Even Optimus has."

"That I believe." Then Sunny put his hand on his chest. He was getting mixed signals from his brother.

~Everything alright, bro? I'm getting mixed signals from you.~

~You and I need to talk privately, Sunny. Not through the bond either.~

~What's going on with you, Sides? Is this about me blocking you temporarily?~

~Kind of. There's more I need to talk to you about. Please Sunny?~

~Rec. Room?~

~Yeah. See ya in 5?~

~I'll be there.~

Sunny stood up and walked over to the door and opened it. "Everything ok, Sunstreaker?"

"My brother and I need to talk privately about something. I'll be back soon."

Elita smiled and nodded. "I'll try and get a hold of my daughter. I have to see if what I felt was really her."

"Tell her I said hi if she really is back. Also tell her that we all miss her."

"I will." Then Sunny left his room. He headed for the Rec. Room. to talk to his brother.
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The Rec. Room. Sideswipe had just sat down with a tankard of energon when his brother had walked in. He went and grabbed himself a tankard when his brother told him that he had already grabbed one for him. Sunny went and sat down next to his brother. Sides slid the tankard over to Sunny.

"Aren't you having any? You haven't refueled since this morning."

"I don't have much of an appetite right now."

"Sides, what's going on with you?"

"You didn't completely block me out of the bond earlier. I felt shock on your end. Is Elita ok?"

"She's the one in shock. Megatron had Wolf reactivated. No idea why, though. She didn't want you knowing yet, but I had told her that you were going to find out one way or another. I purposely did that so you would feel the shock of the news I got. What I need to know is what is with the mixed signals?"

"I don't know how to tell Ratchet. Since Wolf knows that I'm in love with her, I know she'll want me. I didn't tell her that I'm with Ratchet."

"Elita was worried about the same thing. Are you still in love with her?"

Sides nodded. "You need to tell Ratchet then."

"I…" Ratchet had walked in just before Sideswipe said anything. They looked his way.

"Don't bother, Sideswipe. I heard everything. I just need to know one thing. Did you really love me or was I just a backup option?"

Sideswipe stood up and walked over to Ratchet. He grabbed his hands in his and looked Ratchet straight in the optics. "I really did love you, Chet. I'm also in love with Wolf. This is what I needed to talk to my brother about. Sunny found out from Elita that Megatron had Wolf reactivated, but we don't know why."

Ratchet had pulled his hands out of Sides' and turned his back to the former red warrior. "If you have anything in my room, please collect them. I want you out of my room in one hour." Ratchet walked out of the Rec. Room.

Sideswipe dropped to his knees and put his hand over his spark. He looked at his brother. He had energon tears streaming down his face. It tore Sunny up to his twin like this. He stood up and stepped over to his brother. He picked Sides up from the floor and lead him to the table and had him sit down.

"I'm so sorry, Sides. I had no idea Ratchet would do that to you. You can come back to our shared room. I don't want you to be alone."

"I'm already alone, Sunstreaker. I have no reason to be happy anymore. I'm going to pack up whatever I have and maybe just go back to Cybertron. I've got no reason to be here anymore."

"I'm not a good enough reason?"

"I'll call you once in a while. Maybe I'll start my business back up again. I love you, Sunstreaker. Take good care of yourself and take good care of Elita." Sides hugged his brother then stood up. He walked out of the Rec. Room and headed for Ratchet's room to pack up whatever he had in there.
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Ratchet's room. Sides knocked on the door. Ratchet opened it and let him in. "I don't want to talk. Just pack your personal belongings and get out."

"Fine." Sides grabbed the little bit he had in Ratchet's room then left. Ratchet was shocked that Sideswipe didn't even try to explain.

Sides headed for his now former shared room to finish packing. He had already subspaced what he had in Ratchet's room.

He tapped the access code into the door pad and the door opened. Elita was watching TV when Sideswipe walked in.

"Are you ok, Sideswipe?"

All he did was nod and headed for his room to pack up. He grabbed a box on the way in there. He started taking things down from the walls, shelves and whatever else he had. It all went into the box gently. He valued everything he had. Sides left the '1001 Pranks to Play on Friends' book for his brother.

He had put the final item in the box, closed it up then walked out of his part of the room. Sunny had come back to try and stop his twin from leaving.

"Sides, please don't do this. You know the stress it does to our sparks."

Sides shook his head back and forth. "I'm sorry, Sunstreaker. I can't stay. I need to distance myself from the mech I still love."

"Then go tell him, damn it!" Sunny was getting pissed at his brother. Sides could feel it. He blocked Sunny from the pain he was feeling. He put up a wall between him and his brother. Sunny couldn't believe it when he tried to reach out to him through the bond.

"A wall? Really? You're going to keep me out?"

"Yes. Distance, remember."

"From Ratchet, not me. I didn't break up with you. He did."

Sides hugged his brother one more time, picked up the box then left. Sunny watched his brother leave. He knew that if he opened his mouth to say something to his brother, he would regret saying it. So, he kept his mouth shut and sat down on the sofa.

"I've lost him. I've lost my twin. My best friend. My pranking cohort." Sunny put his hand on his chest. He couldn't feel his brother in the bond anymore. He really did block him out for good. He stood up and went into their shared bedroom. Sunny couldn't believe that his brother cleared out everything. He did notice the book that he had gotten his brother for Christmas one year. He walked over to Sides' side of the room and picked it up.

It brought a small smile to his face. He had remembered when they had used one of the pranks out of that book. Prowl and Ironhide were pissed at them when they got caught in the prank.

"That was so worth the trip to the brig. Take good care of yourself, bro. I'm going to miss you. I love you, Sides. I always will." Sunny put the book down on his own bed, then sat down. He stared at Sideswipe's side of the bedroom for the rest of the night. Elita had watched everything from the doorway. She didn't dare try to talk to him. She didn't want to get snapped at.

Elita radioed Optimus for some help. "Is everything ok, Elita?"

"Just please come to Sunstreaker's room. I'm worried about him."

"I'll be right there." Elita ended the call and waited for her former mate to show up.
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Prime showed up about 10 mins. later. He had been reading in his room when Elita had called him. He knocked on the door. Elita had opened the door.

"What's wrong with Sunstreaker?"

"Sideswipe packed up everything and left for good. He even blocked Sunstreaker out of their shared bond permanently. Go take a look at him. He hasn't moved since he sat down."

Optimus walked over to the open door. He looked in and couldn't believe what he saw. Sunstreaker had been one of his best frontline warriors. He was now reduced to that of a sparkling. Tears and all. He carefully walked in and sat down across from Sunstreaker.

"Are you alright, Sunstreaker?"

Sunny had snapped out of it and saw Prime sitting across from him. He wiped his face with one of his rags. "Yeah, fine. What can I do for you, Prime?"

"Elita is worried about you. She told me your brother left. I'm sorry he did. Can I help you in some way?"

"I just need to be alone for a while."

"Can I ask why he left?"

"Ratchet broke up with Sides cause my brother was still in love with Wolf."

"I thought Wolf was dead. That's what Elita told me."

"Megatron dug her up and had her reactivated. We just don't know why."

"Megatron desecrated her grave?"

"Yeah. Elita wasn't happy. Neither am I. Wolf was my adopted sister. I loved her as such."

"She kept you and Sideswipe out of trouble too."

"She did let Sides have a little fun."

"Which is why I told him not to pull pranks while I was here. I understood why he liked to prank everyone. I did some pranking in my youngling days. When I saw the footage of the last prank your brother dragged you into, I nearly laughed. It was genius."

"I'm going to ask this cause I'm curious now. Do you miss the days of pulling pranks on people?"

"Yes, I do. Once I became leader, I knew those days had to be behind me. What Prowl doesn't know is that I have a collection of Sideswipes' pranks on a digipad."

"Good to know you have a great sense of humor." Sunny grabbed the book that was sitting next to him. He handed it to Prime.

"I gave this to Sides 2 yrs. ago for Christmas. I don't plan to pull pranks. Its not me anymore. If you wanna relive those days again, Prime, I won't stop ya. This book has some great pranks. I want you to have it now. I don't need it. Sides liked to modified them. He was good at that. I heard he tried to prank you once."

"Yes, he did. He failed, too. The prank he pulled is one I had used when I was a youngling."

"I'm not surprised. I miss him so much, Prime. He knows what this will do to our sparks."

"Being spark-split has its curses, doesn't it?"

"How…how did you know that Sides and I are spark-split? Only a few knew that."

"Ratchet had brought up yours and Sideswipe's scans one day when I walked into med bay. I was in for my annual checkup. I didn't say anything to him. You 2 are very unique."

"We're also the only spark-split twins in Cybertronian history. Our creators dumped us on the streets when they found out. We were considered abominations."

"Well, I'm glad I had recruited you both early in the war. I'm just sorry your twin left, Sunstreaker. If there's anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask. I mean it."

Sunny smiled and nodded. "Thanks Prime. For everything."

Prime nodded. "You're welcome, Sunstreaker." Elita had been standing at the entrance of the bedroom. "Is it safe to come in now?"

"Yeah, it is. Thanks for calling Prime. Nice to know he understood."

Elita had come and sit down next to Sunny and wrapped her arms around him, then laid her head on his left shoulder.

Prime stood up, nodded to them then left Sunstreaker's room. He stopped before he walked out. He turned slightly towards Elita and Sunstreaker. "I meant what I said, Sunstreaker. You can come talk to me about anything."

"I know and thanks again, Prime." Optimus nodded once more then left. He closed the door behind him, then headed for his own room to finish reading the book he was enjoying.