A dark red and white Wolf-Con femme was kneeling on the ground with a servo full of dirt. With a soft growl she recognized the scent, "The son of a glitch is here," she snarled, her wolf-like ears folding back in fury.

"Steeljaw? He's here?" The oldest Wolf-Con mech asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I fought him yesterday." The youngest mech, the green and red Wolf-Con chuckled in a carefree manner.

"You did? Why did he fight you?" The older mech asked him.

"I was trying to kill off the femme that was with him and he jumped in to save her. He fought to protect her," the young mech replied not noticing his sister's rage slowly growing.

"Razorclaw, shut up before I rip out your tongue," she growled. The young mech hushed.

"So, what you wanna do?" The older mech asked her.

"Do I really have to spell it out for you? I'm going after the- We have company," she replied as she sniffed the air.

The others sniffed the air too, "Autobots!" They all exclaimed.

"We don't have time for this, let's go before they get here," the femme told the three mechs as she transformed into a Ferrari. She made her way through the forest, heading deeper into it.

"Aw, I was really looking forward to a fight." The younger mech pouted as he transformed and drove off with the rest.

Grimlock was the first to arrive at the empty clearing, "You sure this is the place? There's no one here."

"According to Fixit," Bumblebee replied as he pulled up.

"Maybe he got the signals mixed up?" Grimlock asked while Predaking transformed.

Predaking examined the ground, "They were here," he replied as his optics followed the tracks, "Apparently they knew we were coming."

"Which way did they head?" Optimus asked.

"They fled into the forest."

"Wonder why they fled," Bumblebee says feeling confused about the situation.

"I'm not sure, this does seem rather odd," Megatron said quietly.

"Well, whatever it is they're gone now so we may as well head back," Bumblebee points out.

"Aww, I was hoping to hit something," Grimlock mumbled.

"I know big guy," Bumblebee says as they all head back. Little did the group know the older Wolf-Con was watching, his red optics watching their every move. He followed them to see where their base was.

The other three just noticed he was missing and stopped to transform and look, "Where did that rust metal of heap go now?" Razorclaw asked.

"The fool must have followed them," the femme growled. Be safe brother.

"So, what's the plan? Are we gonna capture Steeljaw?" The second oldest mech asked.

"Not yet, Saborfang. Let his wound heal. I want to see what Voltstrike reports," the femme replied as she walked on.

"I think we should make him rejoin our pack and he can be all yours sister. He will finally make you his mate as he promised to," says Saborfang.

"How did Steeljaw act when you attacked the femme?" She asked Razorclaw.

"Strange enough he seemed to be protecting her and seemed to be worried for her safety. As I said, he jumped in to save her life when I tried to kill her."

"As if. Why would he be worried if he's just using her? Maybe he's just toying with her as he did with me. You just watch he'll break her spark just like he did mine," she growled.

"Maybe, but I don't know. He was acting like a protective mate."

Quickshadow grabbed Razorclaw by the throat, slamming him into the ground as she got in his face, "He doesn't have a mate! Steeljaw is nothing more than a player using you for his own gain. And when he's finished with you he tosses you aside and moves on to the next femme that catches his eye!"

"I know that... Please let me go, Quickshadow."

"But I'll forgive him, he did promise that I will become his mate," she giggled in a slightly crazed manner as she let go of the young mech.

"Yes, he did promise and he'll keep to that promise too. We'll see to it," Saborfang adds.

Voltstrike was right outside the base watching everything, he soon saw Steeljaw coming out of one of the quarters with Strongarm walking next to him, helping him, and he had an arm around her. Voltstrike later saw a little one who looked just like Steeljaw running up to Steeljaw calling him dad and hugging him. "Shadow's not going to like this," he muttered. He left to go back and report the news.

Steeljaw was hugging his son who was happy to see him up and about, "I'm so glad you're up and walking now."

"I just needed some rest, but still healing," he said as he rubbed his son's helm.

"Metalsound, how many times do I have to tell you to get off my ship?" They heard Ultra Magnus yell. Steeljaw looked at Magnus' ship and sure enough, Metalsound was on top of it in her beast form. She had her optics glued on the nearby forest, her ears on alert.

Steeljaw walks up to the ship, "Metalsound, is something wrong?"

Jumping a little she looked down, "Steeljaw, you startled me."

"Sorry. Is something troubling you?"

"I'm not sure, it's too quiet. Normally there would be birds chirping and squirrels chattering but there is nothing."

"Do you think something or someone might be out there?" Strongarm asked as she walked up beside Steeljaw.

"I don't know. Are the others back yet?"

"Yeah, they've been back," Magnus replied.

"They have?"

"Yeah, for at least 15 minutes now."

"Sorry, I think I'm still on edge from yesterday."

"Just get down off my ship!" Magnus yells at her.

"Alright, alright," she sighed as she got off his ship, "I think I'll take a walk to clear my head."

"You go ahead and do that," Strongarm says as she watches her walk away. Metalsound made her way through the forest not really paying attention to where she was going.

Voltstrike gets back to the other three, "What did you find?" Quickshadow asked in an annoyed tone.

"Something you're not gonna like."

"And what would that be?"

"Steeljaw seems to be close with this Autobot femme and..." he pauses.

"And what? Spit it out!" She growled not wanting to be in suspense.

"He has a son."

Her optics widened, "What?" She whispered.

"A pup that looks exactly like him ran up to him calling him dad and the pup also looks like the femme he was with, which would indicate he had the sparkling with her, and we all know what that means..."

"Oh yeah, we ran into that pup not too long ago. He was looking for the Wolf-Con who hurt his dad, we were hoping he wasn't referring to Steeljaw but it looks like he was," Saborfang informed them.

Quickshadow shook her helm, "No, no, no, no, no, NO!" Her claws slashed the nearest object, which was a tree. She managed to take a good chunk of bark and wood out of it. She continued slashing at the tree until Energon started leaking out of her claws, "He promised," she seethed, "HE PROMISED!"

"Well, apparently he decided to make another femme his mate," Razorclaw puts in.

"And an Autobot," Saborfang adds in disgust.

Quickshadow smacked both of them, "Both of you shut up!" She growled.

"So, what are we gonna do?" Voltstrike asked.

"Has he fully healed?" Quickshadow asked.

"Not fully," Voltstrike replies.

"Keep an eye on them. The glitch must have done something to make him break his promise. I'll have to do something about her and the pup," she muttered the last part to herself.

"Sure thing."

Metalsound held her paws over her mouth, her optics wide with fear for her pack. Saborfang sniffed the air and caught her familiar scent. He walks over to where she's hiding, "Hello, sweetspark. We meet again."

Metalsound backed away in fear, she snarled at him but her fear was evident. She turned around and ran away from him. Saborfang watched her run away with a smirk on his face.

"Shouldn't we run after her?" Razorclaw asked him.

"Not yet."