At the base, the others were having a bit of trouble trying to get Razorclaw into his stasis pod. He had both his feet on the doorway of the stasis pod. He kept insisting that he had no control over his body, "I know it sounds crazy but I'm speaking the truth," the green and red Wolf-Con told them as he struggled to keep himself out of the pod.

"Saborfang wasn't giving us this much trouble," Sideswipe growled as he struggled to push the Wolf-Con inside.

"What do you mean you had no control over your body?" Bumblebee asked him.

"Saborfang was in heat and he pushed a majority of it onto me. I'm able to sense others' emotions and his heat cycle was clouding my mind. Please, believe me, I would never try to frag a mated femme."

"How can he push his heat cycle on you?"

"I could feel his lust, I already had my heat cycle about a week ago. He didn't want to take her alone so he pushed as much lust for her onto me as he could, so much that I felt like my processor was going to explode from it."

"How can we know you're telling the truth? You're a Wolf-Con, your kind lies and deceives."

"Just look at my profile," Razorclaw pleaded.

"He's telling the booth, sleuth, truth, Lieutenant," Fixit stated as he started reading Razorclaw's profile.

"Read me his profile then, Fixit."

"His brother, Saborfang, can absorb electricity and uses it as a weapon. But Saborfang is the more dominant brother, it's saying that Razorclaw was trying to leave his brother when he was arrested for helping Saborfang in a hostage situation. Razorclaw can feel other bots' emotions and at times can't tell if the emotion's his or another bot's."

"Please don't put me back in there," Razorclaw begged, "All my life Saborfang has been pushing his emotions onto me and now I'm finally free from it."

"What do you suggest we do with him, Optimus?" Bumblebee asked feeling conflicted.

Before Optimus could speak another interrupted him, "Did you and your brother do something to Metalsound to make her willing and cooperative?" Thunderhoof asked as he walked up to them while holding Metalsound.

"We didn't do anything to her, I believe it was Saborfang's heat cycle that caused her to be like that."

"Or it could be that she was just really wanting a Wolf-Con's spike," Steeljaw suggested. "She had been trying desperately to get me to frag her ever since I met her, but I never gave in. She only stopped because I got with Strongarm."

Thunderhoof mumbled to himself as he walked away, he didn't see how the mech's heat cycle could have made his mate willingly have sex with them. He more believed what Steeljaw said.

"Well, since it seems that Metalsound did have sex with them willingly he didn't rape her so we really have no reason to lock him up. Optimus, Megatron, what do you two think?" Bumblebee asks the two older mechs.

"I think you're right, there really is no reason to lock him up. He didn't do anything criminal here and all the crimes he committed on Cybertron that led him to get locked up were all thanks to Saborfang," Megatron spoke as he crossed his arms. "Would you have stopped him if you had the chance?" He asked the small Wolf-Con.

"I would have tried to, but Saborfang can't really be deterred from something he's set on doing."

"We also need to take into account that since Razorclaw had sex with Metalsound he's now her mate, and I know Thunderhoof isn't gonna share his mate," Steeljaw added. "Neither would Razorclaw."

"So, what can we do?" Bumblebee asked, "It feels like at this rate they could kill each other to see who will be Metalsound's mate."

"Shouldn't it be Metalsound's decision?" Arcee asked, "I think it would be obvious that she would pick Thunderhoof."

"Of course, but it won't keep Razorclaw from trying to kill off Thunderhoof if he so chooses to," Steeljaw responded.

"You know I'm right here," Razorclaw growled feeling a little annoyed.

"We're just trying to figure out what to do with you," Steeljaw tells him.

"You can rest easy, I'm not going to harm him."

"Really?"

"Metalsound isn't the first femme we fragged, there are others. But they weren't so willing as she was..." Razorclaw trails off as he looks down at the ground.

"So, you have other mates out there?"

"Yes, but I haven't seen them in a very long time. I'm not even sure if they're still alive." His helm hung low in shame, "The only thing I can remember about them is their screams."

"How many?"

"I don't know, at least a dozen I think."

"Why?"

"Because my brother's lust became too much for me to bear. I tried to push it away but that only made him push it onto me just as much... And I hate him for making me follow those instincts." He growled as he glared at the stasis pod that was holding his brother, "I just wanted a little bit of freedom before going in there."

"Did you guys do it as a group or just you two?"

"It was just the two of us."

"So, you learned how to have a mate and not really need her?"

"Yes."

"It's not a problem then, he's not gonna do anything to Metalsound or Thunderhoof," Steeljaw tells Bumblebee.

"But I can feel the anger he is holding. He's really upset with Metalsound for what she did," Razorclaw stated.

"Well, she did basically cheat on him by having sex with you two willingly. He feels betrayed no doubt," Strongarm states.

"Bumblebee, are Oka-san and Papa back yet?" Emberwing asked hiding behind a shelf. She had caught a new scent and wanted to see who it was.

"Yes, they're back," Bumblebee replied as he walked up to her.

"Can I go see them?"

"Sure," he replied with a smile as he led her to Med Bay.

Strongarm walks up to Arcee, "Is it alright if Nightback spends the night at your place with Seajumper?"

"Of course, I'm sure Seajumper will be happy."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. I hope Metalsound and Thunderhoof will be okay. I'm worried about Emberwing though, I hope they can work this out for her."

"Yeah, me too."

Metalsound stared at the ceiling while Ratchet was checking her over, "You're just banged up with dents and scratches that need to be buffed out, but otherwise you're just fine," he said as he walked over to the monitors. "Your systems are clear too, there's nothing out of the ordinary."

"Ok. Thank you," she says as she gets off the berth and walks out. She felt like she wasn't fully there, and she hoped that Thunderhoof could forgive her. Walking over to him she wrapped her tail around his leg and buried her face into his chest, "I'm sorry, Thunderhoof."

I had a feeling something was up when I couldn't connect with you through the bond. I kept calling you and you wouldn't answer. When I saw those Wolf-Cons with you I kept telling myself that they were forcing themselves on you, there was no way you would willingly frag two other mechs.

I don't know what came over me. I wanted to fight, I wanted to resist them but I couldn't and I don't know why. It was like a primal instinct.

When I arrived at that cave and saw you had your arms wrapped around that Wolf-Con's neck while he was pounding you into the cave wall, not even resisting or fighting to get him away from you, I knew you were enjoying it. And when I heard you actually moaning that just confirmed that you were doing it willingly. I felt a pain in my spark at that moment that I never felt before. Just admit that you wanted it because they were your own kind.

Metalsound got ready to say something but before she could they saw Bumblebee walking over with Emberwing, "Mom, Dad!" She yells as she runs up to them happy to see them again.

"Hey, Ember," Thunderhoof greeted as he hugged his daughter, "Were you good for Predaking?"

"Yep."

"Good. Go hug your mom," he tells her as he places her down.

"Did you fight the bad guys?" Emberwing asked as she hugged her mother.

Metalsound smiled to hide the pain in her optics as she returned her daughter's hug, "Yes, but I needed Papa's help."

"We took them down," Thunderhoof said with a smile.

"Listen, Oka-san's very tired so I'm gonna need some peace and quiet so I can rest, okay?" Metalsound told her daughter, who nodded in understanding.

"Let's head back to the quarters so your mom can rest."

"OK," Emberwing said with a smile and they headed back to their quarters.