Megatron's twin

60:Time Out

"Are you trapped as well?" Optimus asked.

We all heard muffled ped steps retreat, they did not come back. We'll take that as a no.

"Well, what now?" Bee asked. Smokescreen shrugged and Optimus tried his com.

"There is no signal." He told us.

"Why is that always the case?" I asked. "Should I try my com? Decepticons?" I added and they all looked at me with a frown.

"Wouldn't work either."

"Spark bond?" I suggested.

"And have Megatron show up, no." Smokescreen shot me down.

"Well, if the painkillers wear off, you've all got a problem." I warned them. "What about Egg?" I asked.

"The Chicken?" Bee asked and I nodded.

"How would you-" Optimus began.

"We're symbiotes." I explain.

"With a Chicken." Smoke asked, rearing to laugh.

"Cute!" Bee added.

"One problem," I started, "The cons don't know of her and if she was found, she would go straight back to Shockwave." I said and they all frowned.

"Lets have a look if there is another exit." Optimus said.

"What makes you think that won't be blocked either?" Smokescreen sneered and Optimus shot him a glare of warning.

We all headed off deeper into the cave and it got wetter and wetter. And slippery, we found that out when Optimus slipped into a ditch, the rest of us following.

"Ow." I complained as both Bee and Smoke were atop of me. Poor Optimus, right at the bottom. We all struggled to get out but eventually we did.

Optimus was a bit blue in the faceplate but that might be because he was underneath me. I guess he never thought he would be at the bottom.

Then we came to a fork. "Oh, just great." Smokescreen exclaimed. I grinned, I love watching someone have a mental crisis.

"We split up." Optimus said, "Bumblebee and Smokescreen, you go left and we will go right." He explained.

"Yup, got it." Bumblebee said, "Come on Smoke." He said and they both walked down.

I looked at Optimus and grinned, he seemed to be regretting his decision. We walked on and Optimus decided to start a conversation. "What happened when MECH captured you?" He asked.

"They injected me with fluids and took half my faceplate of." I explained.

"That much is clear, how did you get out?" He asked and turned of his headlights.

"Egg," I explained vaguely, "When did you get those?" I asked and pointed to the lights on his chassis.

"They weren't compatible with my form but Ratchet adjusted them." He explained. "What do you mean with Egg?"

"Just Egg."

He took that as a, 'not gonna get anymore', and fell silent. "Argh." I gowned as I felt over my faceplate.

"What?" Optimus asked.

"My faceplate, feels so yucky." I stated, "Here, feel." I said and came closer.

"I don't want to." He said and turned to me.

"Feel." I demanded.

Finally he complied and poked the exposed part of my faceplate. He cringed.

"See?"

"Yup." He said and took his servo back.

"I wonder who 'The Pervert' was." I wondered and Optimus nodded.

I'll be back a little later. I said through the spark-bond for Egg.

Okay. She said back.

Well, that was accepting, what was she up to? Optimus tapped me on the shoulder, "Quillux?" He asked.

"Yea?" I asked back.

"You zoned out." He said.

"Was talking to Egg." I explained and looked ahead, the cave narrowed, to small for Optimus. But large enough for me, what a coincidence.

Optimus gestured over to the hole, "I don't fit." He told me and I looked between him and the hole before it sunk in.

"No." I said firmly.

"Why not?" He asked.

"It's dark and a confined space, I don't like those." I put my ped down.

Optimus nodded and walked back to where we came from, "We'll see if the others are having any progress." He said and I skipped after him, once again taking in the view.

I whistled. Well that wasn't supposed to happen.

"What?" Optimus said and turned to face me.

"Your aft-" I started and cut myself off. I looked up at his frown. "Sorry."

"That's not going to cut it this time," He said and walked me over to the wall, getting me to face it. "You're going to stay here for three minutes." He said and crossed his arms.

I turned to argue.

"Face the wall." He ordered strictly and I complied.

"I'm not a sparkling." I mumbled.

"Then act like it." he said.

"Sparklings don't openly admire someone's aft." I argued.

"That's another three minutes." He said and I shut up. "And I do the same with Bumblebee, rarely." He pointed out.

The six minutes lasted hours, I swear. When he finally told me it was done, that was blissful. "Finally!" I exclaimed and turned to him.

"You're in front." He said.

"Why?" I asked and he waited for me to figure it out. "Oh." I marched on, not seeing to well as Optimus' light was blocked by my figure.

I glanced back quickly and caught him at it. He wasn't looking forward, he was looking downward. "You're such a hypocrite." I accused and faced him.

Oh, he went so blue in the faceplate. I grinned and he slid his mask over his faceplate. "I can still see it." I told him and he put the lights out.

"AHHHH, PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON!" I screamed and hugged him. He put it on.

"Sorry." He apologized and waited for me to let go, yea right. "Are you going to let go-"

"No." I said and held on tighter. "Maybe later."

We began to do an awkward walk forward. Once we finally made it to the fork I let go and instantly felt lonely. We went through and came across the other two.

"We were going back to get you guys." Bee explained and Smoke nodded.

"Yea, we found an exit." Smokescreen added, "Which one of you screamed?" He asked.

I pointed at Optimus and he pointed at me. Bee shrugged and pointed at me, oh, now I was just offended.

"Lets go." I said and headed forward, then the painkillers started wearing of. "Oh no." I mumbled.

"What?" Smoke asked.

"Painkillers are wearing off." I mumbled and kicked a rock.