Strongarm woke up with a really bad helmache, she went to soothe the pain but found herself tied up. Slowly looking around she realized she was in a cave, just a few feet away she saw Steeljaw, his servos, and legs bound. What's going on?

Steeljaw started waking up as well, he groaned in pain as he looked around and soon saw Strongarm not far from him, "Strongarm, are you alright?"

"Yeah. Where are we?"

"Not sure."

"You certainly took your time waking up." Strongarm looked around for the source of the female voice. Hearing a chuckle she looked behind Steeljaw, with a gasp she saw a wolf-like Decepticon leaning on a rock.

"Who are you and what do you want with us?" Strongarm asked the femme.

The red and white femme giggled as she got off the rock, swaying her hips as she knelt beside Steeljaw. Taking his jaw in her servo she brought him closer to her, "Hello, Steeljaw. It's been a while," she grinned.

"Quickshadow! Release me!"

"Why would I do that when I've caught you?" She asked with a kind smile. Her servos roamed over his body before removing his chest armor.

"Get your servos off him!"

Quickshadow stopped before looking at Strongarm, "Oh, you're awake," she replied in annoyance.

"Yes, I'm awake, and don't touch my mate!" Strongarm said to her in bitterness.

"He isn't your mate, he promised me he would be my mate. Isn't that right, Steeljaw?" She asked as she kissed his bare chest before running her servos over it.

"He is my mate. We had sex and sparkbonded, and we have a sparkling. Tell her, Steeljaw."

"She's right I belong to her so get your servos off me!" He growled out.

"That can't be true, Steeljaw. She must have said something to make you forget your promise," she said in a panicked tone, wrapping her arm around him. Her tail intertwines with his, "I'll even forgive you for bonding with another femme. Now we can finally be together."

"No, she didn't. In fact, I was the one that had to chase her and get her to love me. I had to work hard to get her spark and trust, and I do remember my promise I broke it for a reason!" He growled as he pulled his tail away from hers.

"But why?"

"Because you're crazy and I don't want to be with a crazy femme!"

"I'M NOT CRAZY!" She let out a startled gasp, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. It's not nice to call others bad names, Steeljaw, you'll hurt someone's feelings."

"I only spoke the truth."

Her servos slowly trailed down his chest and abdomen as she looked at him, "Mother and father said I was special, I had to find a strong mech to keep me safe," she told him as she nuzzled his neck.

He growled in annoyance, "I'm not the one for you!"

Strongarm looked away, she didn't want to see this crazy femme seducing her mate, "Make her watch, Voltstrike," Quickshadow said in a serious tone. A large servo grabbed Strongarm's helm, forcing her to look back to Steeljaw and Quickshadow. The she-wolf leaned in, claiming Steeljaw's lips with her own.

Strongarm couldn't watch anymore, she managed to break the bonds and flip Voltstrike onto his back, punching him to knock him out before running over to Quickshadow. She punched her knocking her off him, "You stay away from my mate!"

Quickshadow snarled, "And why would he be mates with an Autobot when he can be mates with his own kind?!"

Steeljaw sighed, relieved that the crazy female was finally off of him, "Why don't you ask him? He's the one who made me his mate!" Strongarm told the Wolf-Con femme.

Quickshadow glared at Steeljaw, wanting his answer, "You killed and dismembered a femme that tried to get close to me!" He growled at her.

"Because she was trying to take what's mine! But still, why an Autobot!?"

"I'm not yours, Quickshadow, and I chose to be with her because she accepted me for who I am rather than admiring how strong I am! She knows about my past when you and the others before and after you didn't even bother to ask how I became who I was! She made me work for her trust and love and gave me a second chance when I nearly ended things between us from a mistake I had made. She loves me despite my past, despite the false promises I've made to so many femmes. I don't deserve her yet she continues to stay by my side! I'm sorry for hurting you, it was wrong of me to promise you that."

"Didn't take you for the sentimental type, Steeljaw. Did you ever have any intention of mating with me when you promised?"

"No."

"Then why did you promise me and get my hopes up!?"

Strongarm finishes undoing his bonds. Steeljaw quickly put his chest armor back on before dodging Quickshadow's pounce. The female snarled in hurt and fury, waving her claws wildly. Steeljaw grabbed her wrist as she screamed at him for hurting her and breaking his promise to her. She soon started crying and demanding that he leave Strongarm for her, that she'll be a good girl.

"I'll never leave her for you!" Steeljaw shouts as he hits her, knocking her back into the cave wall. With a grunt, Quickshadow fell to the ground, she struggled to keep her optics on Steeljaw before darkness consumed her. "Got your stasis cuffs?" Steeljaw asked Strongarm.

"I always do," she huffed as she put the cuffs on the femme, "Are you okay?"

"I'll live," he replied as Voltstrike started waking up.

"What happened?" He asked rubbing his faceplate before looking to see Quickshadow knocked out and cuffed and Steeljaw and Strongarm standing over her, "You managed to knock her out!?" He asked in shock.

"Just like we're about to do to you, again," Strongarm growled as she slammed her fist into her servo.

"Attractive and strong. I see why you got with her, Steeljaw."

Who is he? Strongarm asked Steeljaw through the bond.

Voltstrike, he's Quickshadow's older brother and the one I was closest with out of the whole pack.

Should we knock him out too?

"Congratulations by the way, on the family, Steeljaw," Voltstrike complimented.

"Thank you, Voltstrike."

"It's better than my crazy family."

"I'll say."

"I have to say, you got some femme there."

"Thank you, and I really am sorry for hurting your sister."

"Eh, she deserved it."

"I really don't want to arrest you since you're the better one out of the family. Can you promise me you won't cause any trouble?"

"I promise. I've been thinking of setting off on my own anyway and getting away from the craziness of my family."

"I wish you luck," Steeljaw says as he extends his servo, "And don't give me any reason to regret letting you go."

Voltstrike takes his servo, "I won't," he says before walking off.

"Do you really think we can trust him not to do anything?" Strongarm asked him.

"He's a good Wolf-Con who just happened to be part of a crazy family. I trust him," he says as he looks back at her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. You?"

"I'm okay." He sighed as he gently caressed her cheek, "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For being you," he whispered as he captured her lips with his. Steeljaw kept kissing her, the side of her face, her neck, and her forehelm. He loved her with his whole being, his tail wrapped around her leg as he held her close. I will never let you go.

I hope not.

We should get Quickshadow back to base before she wakes up again.

You're the one stalling. She giggled.

I guess I am. He chuckled as he kissed her one last time. He picks up Quickshadow and they head back to base.

They get back to base with their prisoner and are greeted by Bumblebee, "I was wondering where you two were. You okay?" He asked the duo as they placed their captive in the stasis pod.

"Yeah, we're fine."

Nightback came running up to his parents, Steeljaw picked up his son and gave him a bear hug, "Did you and Mom have a good patrol?" Nightback asked.

"Yes, son, we did."

"I see you caught one of the Wolf-Cons," Nightback says as he looks over at the pod that is holding the Wolf-Con, "But the others are still out there."

"And we will catch them too, don't you worry," Strongarm reassured him.