Megatron's twin

139: Scars of love

I waddled past the Dead Preds, leaving Breakdown to deal with them. "You're doing great!" I shouted as a cat sized one bit my ped. "Aw so cute-" It leaped for my faceplates, "AHHH IT'S GOT ME! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE-" It was wacked off by Breaky.

"You're welcome." He grumbled.

I regained my dignity slowly and continued to waddle.

You're with Oppy I take it? I asked.

Ye, his insides are better than yours. She said as I came across Meg.

"Yo." I greeted as he almost threw one into me.

"What do you want?" He asked as he snipped one up.

"Free protection? A shield?" I suggested, "It's not like I work out." I snickered.

Optimus came tumbling in, wrestling a Predacon.

"This isn't a rodeo librarian." Meg snorted before he was thrown into a wall. I took out my big cannon and shot it for him. "Perhaps you should help." Meg suggested.

"I just did." I shrugged as they finished their pred off. It was unrealistically silent afterwards. Too silent for Meg's taste so he went off, looking for trouble.

Primus that was bumpy. Egg grumbled as I sat down.

"Are you okay?" Oppy asked.

I got out my flask, "Just a little over exited." I grumbled as fell on my back. Why does my spark have to be so problematic? "You know, if we spark merged-" I started.

"Quilly you should-"

"Since when am I being called Quilly?" I asked.

Since he started having one way conversations with me? Egg suggested.

"Well, you call me Oppy- it's only fair."

"Fine." I grumbled, feeling slightly fluttery. What can I say, it's the first time I had a nickname. "But can we call Megatron 'Megsy' from now on?" I asked.

"Our lives would depend on his reaction- You should go somewhere safer." He cut himself off and helped me up as another 'bang' was heard.

"But-"

It's not like you don't already sleep all day. Egg grumbled. Wait-

"SHREEKKK!" We skidded to a halt, hopeing our audios would still be intact from the sound that came from inside Optimus.

"Egg?" Oppy asked.

More frantic squawking pursued and became louder as Oppy took Egg out. She was livid.

WHERE'S GOLD?! She shrieked at me, optics widened in horror as I held her.

Optimus dug into his chassis, "There's only two chicks." He said in sudden realization.

"How could you leave one behind!?" I shrieked and stuffed all the chickens in my hold, with the exception of Egg- still shrieking.

"I-" Oppy started but a Dead Pred cut him off.

"We'll find him." I yelped, panic building inside me. It was contagious and Meg started panicking too.

"No- get to safety, I'll find him-" Oppy argued but was cut of as another came in.

I ran through the chaos, not running for safety, but a little chicken, incapable of defending himself. "Where were you, retrace your steps." I told Egg as I held her in front of me like a torch.

I don't know! It's a maze, I couldn't see anything from inside Optimus! She screamed at me. What if we find him and he's- Egg let out a soft cry.

"Heroically standing on a defeated dead Predacon?" I suggested as I stepped in an energon puddle, surrounded by a few golden metal scraps.

Stop! Egg yelped and jumped off, sloppily getting closer to the puddle. That's Gold's plating- his energon- I smell- She feel silent in horror.

"I don't see him." I mumbled wearily.

They ate him-" Egg croaked. If chickens could cry, she would. I gently picked her up, trying to keep back tears of my own and retreated to my berthroom. And that's where we stayed.

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"Where are you?" Oppy asked over the com.

"Berthroom." I muttered and that was it. I waited and the door slowly opened, Op stood there.

"Did you find-" He spotted my tear stained faceplates.

"Egg can't cry, so I helped her out." I grumbled as he closed the door.

Egg began to hiccup. Again. And the chicks started another round of cries.

"You're-"

"Hic!"

"-fine?" I asked.

"Physically." He mumbled as he sat down next to me, sparing a servo to cradle Egg.

I just want my baby! Egg wailed as she bit down on Optimus' servo, a desperate attempt to stop her hiccups. And Uranium. She added numbly. How am I going to tell Laserbeak? I wish I was deaf, her cries were splitting my spark in two.

Then Megatron called me. I did the wise thing, decline. I felt him get pissed so I cut off the sparkbond. "Are the Predacons-"

"Hic!"

"-all gone?" I asked.

"Their frames are being melted down." Oppy said. "We'll have to delay resurrecting-"

"Hic!"

"-Cybertron. so I wanted to go look for the Allspark, but I'll delay that." He said.

"Meg won't be happy about that." I grumbled as I declined his call. Again.

"Hic!" Egg coughed up again.

"It'll be okay." I mumbled and hugged her more.

At that point Megatron burst in, looking angry.

"Frag off." I grumbled.

"Oh Primus, if you actually accepted my calls-" He started, irritated. Really irritated.

"Show some compassion!" Optimus was suddenly pissed.

Meg looked like he was slapped in the face.

"Maybe the world doesn't revolve around you." Oppy was flaring in irritation. Egg was slightly amused.

"It doesn't, it revolves around the sun-" Meg started.

"Don't worry, love takes form in many way." I sneered, "Some hiccup-"

"Hic!"

"And some show no consideration for others-" I started, "Or give good hugs-"

"Or race a dying Chick to the Medbay." Meg sneered, "You're welcome." He hissed and left, shutting the door in a huff.

"Huh?" I asked quietly and Egg jumped for the door, forgetting gravity but gravity remembering her.

It he in the Medbay? Egg asked with wide optics. Is he alive? She asked as the door opened to reveal Soundwave.

"Where's Lazerbeak?" I asked, noticing his bare chassis.

"Medbay: With Gold." He said plainly and picked up Egg. She was stiff in shock.