Angel From A Dream

Chapter 6

When Steeljaw opens the door and walks into the room he finds Strongarm lying on the floor in recharge. He closes and locks the door before walking over to her, with an optic ridge raised he studies her to see if she's actually in recharge or if this is a trick. 

She seems to be completely in recharge but he stays on alert as he kneels beside her. He caresses her cheek with the back of his digit as his optics roamed over her face before scanning over her body. She's just beautiful in every way and has such a nice body. Primus, he can't wait to mate with her.

He can feel his spike pressing against his panel ready to be released. Why does she have this big of an effect on him? He tries to calm his spike as he looks at her face again, he will not force himself on her. Even though he really wants to mate with her he will not force her, he might mark her without her permission, but he won't rape her. That's one thing he would never do in respect of his carrier...

"Never force yourself on a femme, Steeljaw. It could leave such a traumatic effect on her that could make it very difficult for you to get close to her, especially if you're making her your mate."

Those words keep running through his processor. He was just a cub when she told him that so he never understood what she meant, but now he's starting to. He suddenly feels a slight ping in his spark as he looks at his mate-to-be lying on the floor. He doesn't mind lying on the floor but his mate shouldn't have to. So his first priority will be finding a berth for her to lay on.

Steeljaw shakes her to wake her up and she wakes with a startle as she jumps to her feet and moves away from him. Steeljaw looks up at her with a confused look and watches her as she calms down, "Were you having a bad dream?" He asks as he stands up.

Strongarm narrowed her optics, "No, you startled me!"

"My bad. Here." He stretches his arm out to hand her the canister he's holding.

Strongarm looks at it suspiciously before cautiously taking it. She examines it and soon sees it's Energon but only a little bit, not enough to fill her up. She glares at Steeljaw, "What the frag is this? This isn't enough to fill me up!"

"Did you seriously think you were gonna get a full cube of Energon after what you tried to pull?" Strongarm's optics widened. Did he catch on to what she was doing? Steeljaw chuckles in amusement at her expression, "You didn't do a good job at covering up your true intent. I know what you were trying to do, I know you were trying to escape. But you didn't count on me coming back so soon. Now as punishment, you get your Energon in small doses, if you want a whole cube you must earn it."

Strongarm felt a chill run through her body making her shiver. She's afraid to ask what he means by "earn it". But Steeljaw could already tell what she was thinking by the way her body shivered. "Don't worry it's nothing too bad, you just need to behave and don't try to escape. I'll be reducing the amount each time you try and on some occasions, I might not give you any at all."

Strongarm stood there silently as she looked at the Energon in the canister she was holding. She needs to escape but she can't risk having her Energon consumption reduced, she needs enough Energon to keep her powered enough so she can escape and get back to her team. If she's low on Energon she won't make it very far. She's gonna have to come up with a different strategy.

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Bumblebee and Grimlock return to the scrapyard after looking for Strongarm and finding nothing. The scrapyard was quiet, it was strange. Bumblebee had got so used to Strongarm and Sideswipe bickering or fighting or Fixit yelling at Sideswipe for doing something stupid, it's weird to not hear that. The two go over to Med Bay to see how Sideswipe is doing.