Angel From A Dream

Chapter 5

Thunderhoof and Steeljaw left the base to look for other 'Cons to add to their pack, Steeljaw told Underbite to stay behind and look after the base and the hostage, to make sure she doesn't try to escape. After searching and not finding anything, Thunderhoof and Steeljaw decided to head back and try again later. 

The whole time they were searching Thunderhoof couldn't stop the questions going through his processor, so as they headed back to base Thunderhoof decided to ask the question he couldn't stop wondering about. "Do you know what you're doing?"

Steeljaw looked at him in a bit of confusion, "Uhh, of course I do. I've been gathering bots and creating groups for many years..."

"I mean with the femme. Do you even know who she is or anythin' 'bout her background?"

"I know her name is Strongarm and she's an Autobot Cadet but that's all. I haven't really had the chance to fully get to know her yet."

"You're already into her without knowing anythin' 'bout her? You must be really attracted to her, though I can't say I blame you she is a pretty femme for an Autobot."

Steeljaw couldn't help but growl at Thunderhoof for his last remark, "Don't you dare try anything, Thunderhoof." Thunderhoof just put up his servos in surrender, he knows not to mess with a Wolf-Con's femme. When a Wolf-Con has his optic on a femme to make his mate he will tear apart any that dared try to keep him from claiming her. "But yes, I am attracted to her," Steeljaw continues. "She's beautiful. But it's more than that."

"Whatcha mean?"

"I was having dreams about her long before I met her, don't know why. It wouldn't stop and soon she started being in my processor constantly. I soon found myself thinking about her all the time and determination grew in me to find her and find out who she is. So when I met her here on this planet not long ago I saw this as my chance to finally find out who she is and make her mine."

"I've heard stories of that happening to others. Only Primus knows why it happens."

"What do you know about her? You were talking like you know something I don't."

"I know she's the daughter of Arcee and Wheeljack from team Prime. She's close to Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead, and the other members of the team. Her lieutenant, Bumblebee, is like her uncle."

"Bumblebee? Is that the yellow mech that leads the Autobots?"

"Yes. The team of Autobots that are here on this planet anyway."

Steeljaw growled, "I know who you're talking about, I got into a fight with him at our last hideout. If he's so close to Strongarm then no doubt he'll stop at nothing to rescue her."

"I can guarantee you he won't rest until he gets her back."

"He can try all he wants but it won't happen, I won't allow it."

Thunderhoof remains silent, he knows exactly what Steeljaw means by that. He's seen this behavior before and he knows there's only one way things are gonna go when Bumblebee attempts a rescue of the femme.

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Strongarm continued lying on the floor as she tried to calm her spark. The events that had occurred really scared her, she was almost marked by a Wolf-Con. Never in her life did she imagine she would be the target of a Wolf-Con to mate with. This can't be happening, it has to be a scare tactic to get her to talk or something.

Either way, she needs to figure out a way to escape. She rubs her neck as she thinks. Her spark starts settling down making it easier to think clearly. She knows Steeljaw isn't gonna leave her without supervision, he no doubt left one behind to make sure she doesn't escape. But which one? She gets up off the floor and walks over to the door, she tries opening it only to find it locked.

"Of course it's locked, Strongarm. You heard Steeljaw lock it," she scolds herself as she goes to sit back down. How can she know what to do if she doesn't know which one stayed behind? If it's Underbite she could easily distract him with some metal while she makes her escape, but if it's Thunderhoof she doesn't know what she could do. 

She thinks of her carrier and she wonders how she would handle this situation. She recalls hearing stories about when she was taken by the Decepticons twice because Megatron wanted her, both times she found a way to escape, though the second time she had help from Knock Out. But what would she do if she was in this situation? She would most likely make some noise to lure the 'Con to the room and then attack them...

"That's it!" Strongarm gets up and runs over to the door. She starts banging on the door while screaming to get the attention of the 'Con that's standing guard. Hopefully, she's right and there actually is one standing guard right now or she would look very foolish. "Hey! Anybody there!? I wish to have a word with you!!" She shouts as she continues to bang on the door.

It isn't until she hears the heavy steps heading towards the door that she stops. She finally got their attention. Took them long enough. She hears the door unlock and steps back as she watches it open. The door fully opens to reveal... Steeljaw? What? Surely she hasn't been in here thinking that long that he finished what he was doing and returned already.

"You wish to have a word? What do you want?" Steeljaw asks as he looks at her puzzled.

"H-how are you back so soon?"

"We only went searching for other 'Cons, couldn't find any so we headed back. Now, what do you want?"

Strongarm's spark dropped as her hope for escape flew out the window. There's no way she can get past Steeljaw to escape. She stands there for a moment thinking of what she can say to cover up her failed attempt to escape, "I need some Energon. I haven't had any in a while." She really hates this. She hates that she's cowering to this 'Con and being this submissive, but she needs to survive and get back to her team. But you better bet that when she does escape and gets back with her team she will be taking this 'Con down and locking him away for good.

"That's right, you haven't had any Energon. My apologies, that was very thoughtless of me. I'll go get you some." Steeljaw walks back out of the room closing and locking the door once more. Strongarm vents out a sigh of relief as she sits back down again, dread filling her spark as she hopes and prays that he won't try marking her again.

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"What did she want?" Thunderhoof asked after he saw Steeljaw walk back into their area.

"She said she needed some Energon. But judging by the surprised look she gave when I entered the room and the pause before telling me what she wanted, I believe she was trying to set something up to escape."

"Like what?" Underbite asked seeming very confused.

"My guess is she figured that one of you was left behind to watch over her and she thought she would try a distraction or try to lure you into a trap where she could attack and then escape."

Thunderhoof couldn't help but laugh at that, "I could take her down easily and I can bet ya Underbite could too."

"Don't be so sure. I'm not attracted to her just for her looks. Despite her young naive processor and her misunderstanding of situations, she's actually pretty smart. And despite her lack of experience, she's a decent fighter," Steeljaw explains as he walks over to the small stash of Energon they're holding.

"Are you gonna punish her for trying to escape?" Underbite asks.

Steeljaw picks up one of the Energon cubes and an empty canister, "Of course," he says before he proceeds to pour the Energon into the canister stopping a quarter of the way. He places the cube back down and turns to face them, "She's not getting a whole cube. If she wants the rest she'll have to earn it." He walks off to head back to the room he's sharing with Strongarm.