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🎵 Once upon a time, in a powerful kingdom, an evil kingdom no one dared to challenge.

Ruling on top of its evil throne, 

Was a silver mech who ruled the kingdom in misery…🎵

Misery, they called it.

Kaon, a powerful kingdom known throughout the land. A kingdom that Cybertronians lived in, ruled by the newest heir to the throne, Megatron. Only being the king for a couple of months, he showed that he meant business. Ruling with an iron fist, he embezzled energon from his citizens; any bot that opposed his authority was executed in front of Kaon for all to see. 

His loyal Decepticons that followed his commands always stuck by his side, doing his bidding as he sat on his throne. His small group of commanders included Starscream, head of the seekers, Shockwave, the main commander, and Soundwave, intelligence and communications officer. 

At one of his meetings that he attended, he listened to Starscream ramble.

 “All I'm saying is that there are sightings of rioting bots around the kingdom. If they get to the capital, they will try to take the young lord down!” Starscream said. 

Megatron looked at him with bored eyes as he sat in his seat. He sighed for a bit as he rose up and went over to the table to his fellow Commanders as Starscream looked at him. “If those rioters want to start something with me, then send some Decepticons after them, bring them here, if they want to see me so badly. I'll be waiting for them.” Megatron said as he walked to the double doors of the meeting room, as he had his back to his commanders. “Besides… I have to make an example of those who oppose me, their king.” 

He glanced back at them as his red eyes glowed, then he turned to look back at the door and pushed it open as he walked out of the meeting room, leaving them to finish off the meeting without him. 

Megatron walked through the empty palace as the sounds of his heavy footsteps rang through the halls, as he glanced at portraits of his parents and a young grey mech with bright orange optics smiling back at him. It made him sick to see how naive he was back then, but he knows better now; it is what made him the bot he is today. 

As he made it back to the throne room, he went to sit down on his throne and rub his helm in frustration. That was when a familiar bot entered, bowing at his feet. 

“Do you need anything, lord Megatron?” Soundwave said. 

“High energon. Right now it's too damn early to deal with this crap,” he groaned. 

“I see, you had a rough meeting today, dealing with Starscream,” Soundwave said as he snapped his fingers. Servant bots immediately came up with high energon, handing the drink to Megatron, who grabbed it and started drinking.

“These bots think they have a chance to try and take me down?! Who do they think they are! I am their king! If they don't like it, too bad…” he paused, thinking. “I have to show my citizens not to mess with me, put them back in their place or else,” he said as he looked at Soundwave and ran his finger under his neck as Soundwave listened. 

Finishing the last drop of the high energon, he put it back on the tray that the servant held. “Once my Decepticons find them, they will regret it,” Megatron growled, eyes glowing red in rage.

 Not long after Megatron sent his Decepticon soldiers, the rioting bots were captured and taken to his throne room, where they were handcuffed and on their knees. Megatron sat on his throne as he looked down at them, as he laid his helm on his left hand as he took a good look at them. None of them spoke as Starscream, Shockwave, and Soundwave stood behind them. Then Megatron rose, taking slow steps down the stairs towards the leader of the rioters, who tried not to look scared but failed as Megatron lifted his chin. 

“So you four thought you could make my citizens rise against their king?” He spat out as the other three stayed quiet. Megatron let go of the riot bot's face as he walked around them. “My citizens will never go against me, even if you try to convince them, they know never to question their king and his authority.”

Megatron paused for a moment, giving a proper look at his prisoners.

“Say… I don't recognize any of you bots? Where did you all come from?” Megatron said. 

One growled as they looked up at him, “We will never tell you!” Until he felt a pair of digits grab his cheeks and force him to look up at the silver king. 

“Is that so? Well, if you all won't talk, then maybe I shall give you all some motivation,” he said with a dark grin.

Megatron aimed his fusion cannon at the riot leader's head and shot him directly in the head as his eyes went small, staring into crimson red as Megatron let him fall on his back onto the shiny clean floor as his head spilled out fluids. The other three shrieked in fear as they saw their cold, dead leader's head look at them as it bled. Megatron then stood in front of the three as he smirked.

“Now that I've shown you what will happen if you don't talk… TALK!” He demanded. 

“H…how…could you…” The second male bot said as he shook, it filled Megatron with glee seeing bots suffer, as the three Commanders watched them as they also looked at their leader. 

“You didn't answer my question.” He added, then the femme bot snapped and looked up at him.

“We’re here to give your citizens hope that you will fall! This kingdom is living in misery! Bots can't survive like this! They need energon! Better working environment! Everything and you couldn't care less about them!” She let out. 

Megatron's smirk turned into a frown. “I am their king! They don't have to say how they feel about things, how I run my kingdom! I don't care how they get their energon, if they have to fight in the pits to get it there, so be it! It doesn't bother me, I have everything! All the luxuries fill my palace walls.” He said as he looked around in his throne room, then he got his cannon out and fired at the femme mech in the chest, killing her and watching her bleed.

The other two male mech looked as he grabbed one of them. “Who sent you all?” He growled as his crimson eyes glowed as he showed his fuse cannon that let out smoke from the fire he did. 

The mech panicked, “I-Iacon! We're from Iacon! The Primes wanted us to investigate your kingdom and help your citizens, and help them see that you're not worthy of being a king!” He shook. 

Megatron was quiet for a moment. “Iacon…Our neighboring kingdom, well, that's quite interesting,” he said, then he shot the mech in front of him. “Maybe I'll have to schedule a meeting with them later to talk,” he said as he looked at the last bot. He shrugged as he aimed his cannon, “I got all the information I need, so your service is no longer needed. Any last words to tell me?” Megatron asked. 

“You truly are the King of evil. Your actions will be your downfall!” the mech spat as Megatron laughed. 

“ Now bow before me,” Megatron said as he blasted him. All four riot bots lay in pools of their fluids as Megatron stood around them. “You think anybot is gonna stand against me? Don't waste your breath.” He said as he walked back to sit on his throne, snapping his fingers, 

“Commanders, behead them and showcase for all of Kaon to see. Set an example of what will happen if they try to face me,” he growled as his eyes glowed. 

His commanders bowed and dragged the bodies away as servants and maids cleaned up the fluids from the floor.

The helms of the rioters were displayed for every bot on Kaon to see. A sign sat below them saying, “ Tyrants and citizens alike, beware, those who opposed me will end up like this.” As citizens looked horrified as they gathered around to see the display, knowing if they tried, they would be like this, beheaded and displayed for all to see. 

Standing among the crowd was a yellow and black mech who's eyes shined blue as he looked uneasy, seeing such a display, he looked up to see the palace was surrounded by heavy gates and high fences to block out of the kingdom below it, but as the mech look up to see the balcony, he sees the king enjoying nice refreshing energon as a bot stood by his side, the yellow and black mech growled, then he heard a ping from his HUD. He was needed back in Iacon. 

He walks away, transforming into his alt form and driving back. Maybe one day this evil kingdom will come to an end, he hoped. 

🎵 Evil mech, standing above the rest, with all of the luxury, pampered towards him

No matter what anybot said, they'll just die and feed him anyway. 🎵

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Iacon , a kingdom that was once ruled by a horrible king, Sentinel. He had made the kingdom live in servitude to him, bringing pain and suffering to his land.

Thirteen brave soldiers who worked for him, had enough and formed with a few others to take a stand against him. He was overthrown by thirteen brave soldiers who stood up for the less fortunate and executed him to make way for the new era of freedom. 

Iacon is now ruled by the thirteen Primes, who stand as a symbol for peace and harmony. It is a place where mechs are free to do as they please and enjoy Energon, jobs, and homes. It is a paradise for bots to thrive in, as they think they do. 

Inside the palace walls, Alpha Trion is in charge of Iacon's archives. He documents everything related to Primus and the universe and encrypts old history data to save as much as possible. 

As he worked, a young mech sneakily made his way to him as he had his back turned; the young bot got onto a chair and leaned close to his auto processor. 

 “BOO!” The mech yelled, which startled Alpha Trion as he turned and looked to see. He saw a red and blue mech laughing at him. It made Alpha Trion groan, “Orion Pax Prime..” The red and blue mech smirked, “I got you, Alpha Trion! You should have seen your face!” he laughed. “You almost gave me a spark attack! I'm in the middle of encrypting old history.” Alpha Trion groaned as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

“Sorry, sorry, you were vulnerable, so I had to take my chance,” Orion said as he stuck out his tongue at him as he jumped off the chair and put it back. Alpha shook his head, he couldn't stay mad at that cute face of his. Alpha Trion had gestured to him to follow him to walk beside him, and Orion complied.

 “ How are you doing, my little star? Are you studying well?” He asked, “I'm doing well, I'm excited about tomorrow's lessons about the stars, galaxies, and planets!” Orion said excitedly as his crystal blue eyes shone and sparkled, as Alpha Trion chuckled.

“Aren't you also supposed to be doing your other lessons with the other Primes? Or did you sneak off again?” Alpha Trion said, Orion looked a little nervous, “Maybe..but they are not as interesting as what you're teaching me! Those lessons are sooo borinnnngg,” Orion complained.

“Now, now Orion, your parents raised you better than this, you know that every lesson from each of your uncles, and aunt, and also including your parents, is also important, they teach how to run the kingdom in a peaceful manner and harmony, not like the last ruler…Sentinel..” Alpha Trion said as he mumbled, “Oh yeah…the way he became a tyrant to Iacon..those poor bots back in the day..” Orion said, as Alpha Trion nodded.

“That is why we learn from our past to get a better and brighter future for our subjects.” Alpha Trion said as Orion nodded as he agreed with him, then he got a ping in his HUD and saw it was from Bee.

“Hey Orion, come by the hangout base, we need to talk about something.” Bee said, “I'm sorry I have to cut this short, but my friends are calling for me.” He said as he made his way out of the archives, “W-Wait, Orion! You can't leave without an escort!” Alpha Trion yelled as he tried to reach for him, “Don't worry, I'll be fine, I'm just going to the next village over, I won't take too long, I promise!” Orion said as he left. 

 Alpha Trion sighed in defeat, “ I swear to Primus, he acts a lot like Prima when he was a young bot.” 

Orion was a blessing from Primus himself, given to Prima and Megatronus. When he was a sparkling newborn, he had the cutest little chirping sounds that got all the Primes inside the nursery to look at him to see what the little sparkling needed. 

He is the only one who was born into Prime's bloodline, a sign of the new era of freedom.  He shone the brightest at such a young age, when he became a sparkling, he had the brightest crystal blue eyes, such beautiful eyes given to him by Prima. 

Prima smiled as he held his son close, Orion gripping his nose with his small fingers as they both made direct eye contact with each other. “Hello, my little star, so beautiful like your carrier,” Prima said as Orion blinked at him.

Prima then kissed his cheek as he giggled, as Megatronus walked in, “My Conjunx and my sparkling, how are you both?” He said, “Good.” Prima said with a smile as Megatronus picked up Orion, he retracted his mask as he smiled and held him high, which made him laugh as he chuckled, while it made Prima smile at them.

Megatronus then brought him down and held him in his arms, “I'm the luckiest bot in the whole planet! I have the best Conjunx and the most beautiful son!” Megatronus laughed as Prima laughed, “You're so sweet, Megatronus.” Prima said as he kissed his cheek. 

Then they heard a knock on their door as they looked, “You may enter” Megatronus said, as a servant opened the door, “Sorry to interrupt you, my primes, but the King of Kaon had arrived..” the servant said as both looked at each other as Megatronus put his mask on.

“Tell him to meet us in the conference room.” Megatronus said, “Yes, my prime.” They bowed as they closed the door. “He's early.” Prima said, a bit worried, “Don't worry, we will just see what he wants and send him back to his kingdom.” Megatronus said as he held Orion in his arms, “I'm sure hope so…he had a bad reputation with his bad temper.” Prima said.

Megatronus handed Orion to a maid to watch over him. 

Prima, Megatronus, Alpha Trion, and Zeta Prime were in the meeting with the king of Kaon. As they sat through the meeting, Prima kept looking at the King as he tuned out the others and the king's comrades.

He noticed within the silver design were thousands of scars and dents in the frame, each one deeper than the others, reminding him of Megatronus; he might have battle scars, but not as bad as these. 

He knew the king of Kaon always went into wars with anybot that questioned his decision, he was also known to burn down villages that went against him. That's what made Prima worried, but he knew not to say anything.

“Prima,” the king said as the feather on his antennae stood up as he broke out his thoughts. “Yes, sorry, did you say something?” Prima said, as the king stared at him and only him with his crimson red eyes that burned with power hunger. 

“I heard you have a sparkling, congrats.” He said, “Uh..thank you, your majesty..” Prima said, “I have a sparkling myself.” He said, “Congratulations to you as well.” Prima said, “How is this relevant?” Zeta Prime interrupted, “Let me tell you, if we want peace between our two kingdoms, especially since we see two different ways of running a kingdom..I propose that when our sparkling comes of age should be conjunxes.” The king said so emotionlessly. 

Prima felt his spark ache as Megatronus slammed his fist on the table in front of Prima protectively, “Outrageous! How come we need to accommodate your proposal?” Megatronus demanded.

“Easy there, friend.” Alpha Trion said, “But he is right, your majesty, why go to such lengths?” Zeta asked, “ Because I want my kingdom to expand, and I know you all won't go down without starting a war, which will lead to the bloodshed of millions of bots.” He spoke, and it caused all the bots in the room to argue.

Prima sat there as the ringing in his anteenas, as he drowned out the sound. It was up to him to decide on Orion's future, after all, he is his carrier, should he conjunx him to the king sparkling? Let his future be set in stone, or let Orion choose his path to happiness? Iacon is supposed to be the kingdom of free will; that's what they fought for, decisions to make in so little time.

As the four argued about an outcome, Prima finally made his decision. Then he stood up, catching all of their attention. “I decline your proposal,” Prima said as they all stared at him.

“I must deny your offer, I'm sorry, my son is not to be negotiated in this proposal, he has the right to choose who he wants to spend the rest of his life with, he's not a prize to be won or earned,” Prima said calmly as the king growled and stood up and leaned close to Prima's face as they both stared down at each other.

“Is that so? Are you saying your son is better than mine? You have some nerve thinking you are all high and mighty,” the king growled as Prima narrowed his brow at him.

Megatronus pulled Prima back and stood in front of him, “Back off from my Conjunx.” Megatronus said as his eyes flashed. “Fine…have it your way! But you all will regret this day..Once we go into war, you will be pleading for mercy, but you lost that chance.”The king walked out with his comrades, and the three watched them leave.

Later that night, Prima was reading Orion a bedtime story as Orion was looking at the pages with a smile as those crystal eyes glowed. Prima had his arm around him, holding him close to protect him from the danger, as they read together.

Orion eventually yawned as he rubbed his optics, which was an indicator that he was ready to recharge. 

As Orion slept, Megatronus and Prima went into their berth as they relaxed together, but Megatronus noticed that Prima had a tense look. “What's the matter, Prima? You look tense. Is something bothering you?” Megatronus asked,

Prima sighed, “Oh Megatronus..I'm worried about Orion..” he said, “What do you mean?” Megatronus asked, “ Did I make the right choice? Did I just cause us to go into war with Kaon? Did I just risk the lives of millions of bots?” Prima looked nervous as he started to panic a bit, as his cooling fan tried to cool him down, until he felt a pair of arms wrapped around him.

“Hey, hey, don't worry about it, it's not your fault. You're doing your best, as his carrier, to protect him from harm and danger. You care for his future and what he wants to do and who he wants to be with, you're not forcing him to be a Conjunx of some bot he doesn't know or love, you're doing a great job.” Megatronus reassured as Prima relaxed as he smiled, “Thank you Megatronus..” he hummed, “No problem..now recharge..” Megatronus said as Prima nodded as both of them went into deep recharge.

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🎶 A millennium tree secretly towers over the scenery deep in the forest

When alone here, I made a wish to Primus 

To carry on living in isolation, that’s very lonely

Anyone would be fine; I want someone to become my friend🎶

Orion zipped and zoomed throughout Iacon as he felt the rays of the sun Primus gave them. He loved being an archivist as he learned about Iacon's history, even though it was filled with bloodshed and hate. He didn't care because he could use it to better himself and make Iacon better. 

He knows about the dark history that Kaon has, how unfair it is to treat its loyal subjects with little respect, so he and his friends decided to form an organization called The Autobots. They help anybot who needs help by sending fellow bots to sneak into Kaon and supplying bots with energon and other supplies they need, even though they shouldn't be interfering with the other kingdom.

Once Orion got to the base, he was greeted by his comrades who welcomed him in, but their greeting didn't seem glee. Orion knew something must have happened. “What's going on? Everyone seems tense,” he said.

“We just got word that some rioters who were from Iacon were executed and displayed.” Prowl said, “What!” Orion said as he grabbed the datapad and looked at the photos as he saw the four headed rioters heads displayed In the town square as the sign said “Tyrans and citizens alike, beware, those who opposed me will end up like this.” it made Orion look in horror, “Yeah it was not a pretty sight to see..” Bee said.

“So now what? What are we gonna do?” Jazz asked. “I say we should stop sending supplies and energon for a while.” Elita said, “W-What, why?” Orion asked, “Because if Megatron finds out that we are sending these, he will have us arrested and executed like them! Also, we shouldn't be doing illegal trades like this.” Elita said.

“No, I want us to keep supplying Kaon citizens! They are suffering! My parents always told me to help those in need! Iacon may stand for freedom, but it also stands to help those in need! They said the kingdom looked horrible when they went for meetings sometimes, but now that the new king runs it, it probably got worse.” Orion said.

“That evil king doesn't care for any bots.” Jazz said, “We need to bring that kingdom down; we cannot let him get away with this!” Bee said as all the Autobots argued among each other. Orion closed his eyes, then started to tune out the argument as he thought, his small feathers wiggled as he tried to think, then he slammed his hands on the table, catching everybot's attention as he rose, then opened his eyes. 

“Violence is not the answer. We can't start or stop a war over this. All we can do is help the best we can. Just a little bit of help can at least get the citizens over others to start standing up for themselves and questioning their king and his choices. But we cannot intervene; it can be used against us. So I advise all of y'all to just continue what we are doing. No harm done and no one will ever find out about it.” Orion said as some agreed and nodded with each other.

“After all, we Autobots don't let violence consume us, unless a fellow brother or sister is in trouble. But we work hard to make the future of Iacon better for all of us!” He raised his fist into the air as all of them cheered and raised their fist in the air as they all celebrated.

“I swear, this day forward, we will help save that kingdom to make it a better place! I promise we will win and bring peace across the lands!” He said with a smile as every bot kept cheering as they smiled, and it made Orion smile.

Seeing everybot thrilled about their future of peace and harmony made him feel he was doing well as a leader of a small organization. Once the meeting ended, Orion was finishing up some work that he had brushed to the side a while ago.

Bee and Jazz came up to him, “Hey Orion, wanna join me and Jazz at a cafe, Jazz is buying.” Bee said, “ Sorry, I'll have to pass, gotta finish up some work I forgot about, maybe next time.” Orion said.

“Alright, if you say so, but remember you haven't refueled in a while, so remember to check how much you have left, cause you will go offline if you do that.” Bee said, “Don't worry, I'll check; you two go have fun.” Orion said as he smiled.

After Orion finished, he looked outside to see that it was still a bit of daylight. He wanted to see the secret millennium tree. He remembered how gorgeous that tree looked, no bot ever knew where it came from, some say that Primus made it as a place to gant wishes, but no bot knew for sure if it was true or not, but they also admired it beauty, which Orion did enjoy, he loved seeing nature and what's it worth, so he had time before it gets dark.

Once he left the base, he made his way into the forest, traveling deep to find the tree that he admired for so long. As he walked through the quiet forest, he thought about everything that happened at the meeting, the fear of innocent bots losing their life for speaking their mind made him sad. 

If the rumors were true that he can wish at the tree, he knows what to wish for, but he has everything that he wants, like his family, his friends, and the citizens who like him; he couldn't want anything else; to him, he has a perfect life, so what would he want to wish for?

Once he finally made it to the tree he saw how beautiful it looked, his eyes sparkled from the sight, seeing the crystal dangles from the branches as the tree shined of light shade of royal blue, light shade of red, mixed with a tint of light purple and grey as the crystal were ice blue like his eyes. 

He gently touched the root of the tree as he hummed with glee, as he also touched the crystals with his digits as he walked past them, they clinked with each other, as it made small chimes, which sounded beautiful and heavenly.

Orion backed away to see its beauty once more until he went on his knees and held his hands together and prayed his wish. he prayed for a better future for both Iacon and Kaon to live together in harmony and for all evil to be gone from their world. 

They don't need violence, he wished bots could get along; that's all he wanted. After he was done saying his wish, he felt something flash in his HUD, but before he could read what it said, he fainted near the tree. He didn't realize that the trip to the tree took what was left in his tank.

Ratchet, a commoner, was one of the local medics who tried to help everybot every day whenever they got into trouble or any minor injuries. He was known as one of the best medics in Iacon, yet he was best known to be the loneliest. 

They said Ratchet never drew away from his work; that's all he ever did, even as a sparkling. But they were wrong, kinda, sometimes. He prefers to be isolated, away from every bot, but some days he can imagine holding a hand of his very known Conjunx, living a happy life, and starting his very own family.

But at last, he can only dream; his work meant too much to him, and he worked too hard to get this far. 

As he walked through the forest, he was lost in thought; he almost tripped over a hidden rock, but caught himself as he grumbled to himself, looking at the deep, steep hill down below. “Some bot should get that place fixed up or put up a warning sign to be careful,” Ratchet grumbled as he walked past it.

He thought to himself about the tree that lived deep within the forest. He found it a bit strange that it's hidden so deep, but he found it even stranger that it can grant wishes, or so they say.

He huffed at the thought, Does that make sense? If he could “wish” for something, he would wish for a friend, some bot he can talk to, build a relationship, some bot to understand him, maybe... be a Conjunx? No, no, that's pushing it, as he shook the thought out of his head.

Once he made it to the tree, he saw how beautiful it looked. They weren't kidding. He felt calm when he walked closer to it, but when he did,  he saw a bot lying on the ground, unresponsive.

Shocked. He ran up to him and went on his knees and lifted their helm gently and looked, “Sir! Sir! Are you okay?!” Ratchet said.

He looked at the bot's face, and he looked around to check for injuries. He couldn't find any, and he got worried. He then lifted him and carried him bridal style, surprisingly, he was lighter than he thought, despite the mech being a bit taller than him. 

He ran back through the forest, holding him close, he ran as fast as he could, he glanced at the bot that he held, he noticed how his face looked, smooth texture, his helm, such royal blue with small gold paint, but he also noticed three golden features attached to his antennas. Was he a high-class bot? Why would he be out here? 

He didn't care, he had to save him. He rushed back to his medical bay and kicked down his door and rushed him to a medical berth and laid him down gently, and started to attach wires to his helm to get a reading for any internal injuries.

As it scanned him, it showed that he was empty of fuel. He sighed with relief and unattached the wires and put some energon fluids in a syringe and put it in the bot's arm. Now he would wait until the bot woke up. 

Orion felt his server boot up as his HUD started functioning. He then opened his optics as he saw a bright light shine above him.

He groaned as he started to move, rubbing his helm and starting to sit up. “W-Where…am I?” he asked as he looked around. “You're finally awake?” A voice said as Orion looked at his feathered antennas raised high in alert.

He saw a white and reddish-orange mech staring at him from across the room, both eyes locked with each other as they stared. Ratchet then noticed how beautiful this bot's eyes were, shiny light blue, like crystals. he was lost in its beauty as the mech blinked at him.

Then he shakes his head out of his thoughts, “Sorry, um, are you alright? Your fuel tank was empty, and you fainted. I helped fuel you back up with enough energon fluids, if that's alright with you. I panicked cause you were unconscious, and I thought something worse had happened, so I brought you to my med clinic to help you out. Ratchet rambled.

Orion rubbed his helm and bit, “Oh, I guess I thought I had enough fuel before I left before traveling to the tree.” Orion mumbled to himself as he gave a small nervous chuckle.

Then he looked up at Ratchet from the medic berth, “Y-Yeah, I'm fine, sorry to scare you like that, I thought I had enough to visit the tree and back.” Orion said, “You were visiting the tree?” Ratchet asked, “Yeah, I just wanted to visit it because of how beautiful it is.” Orion smiled.

Ratchet felt his face heat up a bit. “Well, funny enough, I went to visit it as well,” Ratchet said as he rubbed his helm and bit. Orion's smile grew wide, “REALLY! How did you like it? Doesn't it look gorgeous! I heard so many tales about wishes being fulfilled and coming true!” Orion said as he looked excited, and Ratchet kept blushing. 

“W-Wel,l I kinda believe that stuff, but not until I see it for myself,” Ratchet said, 

“Well, I believe it! Even though I haven't seen it either, I do hope every bot that does grant their wishes will come true!” Orion said, as his crystal eyes sparkled, and Ratchet felt his spark jump. 

Ratchet then started checking his status to make sure he was good as Orion lay on the table, looking up at him.

“My name is Orion Pax Prime,” Orion said, which made Ratchet freeze a bit.

“P-Prime!” Ratchet said as he looked at Orion, “You're prime!” Ratchet said, “I am, but I'm mostly in the archives. I'm an archivist. Well, kinda in training.” Orion said.

“You shouldn't be by yourself! Especially so far away from the palace! You should have escorts with you, you're lucky you were found by me!” Ratchet said as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Well…thank you for saving me.” Orion smiled, then had a puzzled look.

“Ratchet,” Ratchet said.

“Ratchet…I like that, nice to meet you.” Orion smiled as he looked up at him from the table.

Ratchet then felt his spark jump again as he blushed.

He then finished the check-up, “Alright, Orion, you're all good.” Ratchet said as he helped Orion up by grabbing his hand and pulling him up off the berth, and he felt his digits with his.

Once he got him up, Orion smiled, “Thank you a lot, Ratchet! Hey! You seem like an interesting and smart bot to hang out with!” Orion said, 

“O-Oh, um, thanks,” Ratchet gave a nervous smile.

I have an organization that I run!” Orion said, “ An organization?” Ratchet Questioned, “Yeah, we're called the Autobots, and we need a skilled medic on our team, what do you say?” Orion asked.

Ratchet thought about it, as he thinks, “Primus..did my wish come true…did the tree work, will I get the friend I always wanted?”

He then looked at Orion and had his hand out to him. “Sure, I'm glad to join the Autobots,” Ratchet said as he smiled. Orion smiled, “You won't be disappointed, my friend.” He said as he shook Ratchet's hand.

🎶 Even if all the people in the world

Scorned and mocked me

There’s someone who needs me

With only that, I was happy🎶

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🎵On the day that you were born in this world, you were given high expectations from the very start

Even when your family didn't play by the rules, your destiny was to be their perfect king🎵

When Orion got home, he was scolded by Prima, Megatronus, and Alpha Trion. He knew he was in trouble for being gone so late and making them worried. 

But after getting scolded, Orion was able to tell them about what Kaon kingdom did to a few of their Iacon citizens, the Primes knew they eventually would have to have a meeting with the new king of Kaon again, since they have to talk about their negotiations about trades and goods with there two kingdoms.

“Are you sure that we want King Megatron coming for a meeting? Prima asked Zeta.

“I'm sure my friend, that we need to have this meeting with him. We have to make trading deals to help our kingdoms and his.” Zeta said.

“But do you think Orion is ready to be the main archivist for this meeting? He's still training.” Prima said as Zeta pulled up Orion datapad grades as he looked through it. “Well looking at his scores, they threw the roof, despite him seeking off from lessons, he's surprisingly doing well, So I think he's ready.” Zeta said as he handed the datapad to Prima as he looked at it.

“We need all the Primes present for this meeting, especially with the king, because it's part of our rules to be far among each other.” Zeta said.

“Yes I know my Prime, I just worry about it.” Prima said. “ Look, if you want to keep an eye on him, just have him seated between you and Megatronus, also it will be good for him to attend his first meeting between the two kingdoms, it will show an example on what to expect when he attends them.” Zeta said.

“Well you're not wrong.” Prima answered, “Oh and one more thing, make sure he stays quiet, cause I know he likes to speak his mind, but this is not the time and place for that.” Zeta said. “I will have a talk with him.” Prima said  “Good.” Zeta said as he left as Prima looked at the datapad as he looked worried, “I sure hope that Orion is up for it.” Prima said.

At night, Megatronus and Prima were laying in berth as Prima sighed, clinching onto Megatronus, as Megatronus eyed Prima. “What's troubling you Prima?” Megatronus asked.

“Oh Megatronus..I'm worried about Orion again,” he said.

“What about Orion, that's troubling you? Is it because he's a young adult and he wants to explore and wonder?” Megatronus asked.

“No…I want him to do whatever he wants, be free, but I get scared he's gonna do something reckless.”Prima said.

“He's reckless sometimes, like me, hahaha!” Megatronus laughed.

“Not funny…” Prima said, a bit annoyed. 

“Sorry, but is that the only thing that's keeping you up?” Megatronus asked, “Well, I'm worried about the meeting that Zeta set up with Orion being the archivist for it and seeing Megatron, I'm worried that Megatron will use him against us.” Prima said.

Megatronus turned and looked at him, “Look, you're overthinking it, please don't worry yourself with it, he will be okay.” Megatronus said as he kissed his helm as he smiling back. 

“ Thank you, my love.” Prima said as he curled up with him as they slept for the night. 

Megatron sat on his throne reviewing documents and paperwork. As Soundwave walked in, he looked up to see Soundwave standing close, looking at him.

“What is Soundwave, can't you see I'm busy?” Megatron said.

He looked up with his eyes without lifting his head, “I can see that, my lord, but you got a letter from the neighboring kingdom.” Soundwave said.

He brought out a letter tray and bowed to him as he put it forward to him, which caught Megatron's attention. Megatron put the other documents down and grabbed the letter and opened it as he looked at it out of curiosity.

“A letter from Iacon..Iacon…” he thought for a moment, “Soundwave..” Megatron asked, “Yes, my lord”, Soundwave said.

“Do you have the recording of all the prisoners who came to my throne room before they get executed?” Megatron asked, “Of course, my lord, I never miss one, which one do you want to see?” Soundwave asked.

“I heard the name Iacon before, find the one that includes that name.” Megatron said, “Yes, my lord.” Soundwave said as he bowed.

He walked over to one of the computers and started scanning through it as Megatron opened the letter and started reading it. 

As Megatron read the letter, as Soundwave found the recording, as he looked at Megatron, “My lord, I found it.” He said.

Megatron looked up from the letter and got up and walked over to the computer and looked and he sees the two of the rioters as the other two were dead on the ground, he looked as the recording, “Who sent you all…” he growled as his crimson red eyes glowed as he showed his fuse cannon that let out smoke from the fire he did, then the mech panicked, “I-Iacon! We're from Iacon! The Primes wanted us to investigate your kingdom and help your citizens, and help them see that you're not worthy of being a king!” He shook. Megatron stayed quiet for a bit, “Iacon…our neighboring kingdom…well..that's quite interesting..” he said, then he shot the mech in front of him. ”

Then he lifted his hand for Soundwave to stop. “So…it seems Iacon wants to have a meeting with me.” Megatron said as Soundwave looked at him, “Is that what the letter said, my lord?” Soundwave asked.

“Zeta wants to have a meeting about negotiations about our goods and trades with each other, especially since my father….passing, and I took over, they want to have a word with the king. “ Megatron chuckled.

He looked at the recording and the letter, “And besides, too…I can have a chat with them about not sending anymore rioters to my kingdom or else there will be consequences,” he said as he crumbled the letter and dropped it to the ground as he laughed. 

He then walked back to his throne as he sat down. “It's quite late, my young lord, you should head off to bed and rest for tomorrow's meeting, you need all the energy for it.” Soundwave said.

“Fine, just round up all my commanders and a few of my Decepticon soldiers for tomorrow, I wanna make sure I mean business,” Megatron spoke.

 He stood up and walked to the entrance of the throne room as Soundwave bowed, “Of cours,e my lord.”

As Megatron nods and leaves, Soundwave then starts to send the request to all the other commanders to be ready for tomorrow.

During the night, he then started making his rounds around the palace.

 He walked through the quiet halls, he walked by some of the royal family portraits, he stopped and looked up to see the King holding a sparkling Megatron, who was smiling.

“My king, your son is doing everything to be the perfect king you always wanted him to be,” Soundwave said.

He remembered the first day he started at the royal palace.

He remembered standing in the throne room as the king talked to him, “So, Soundwave, I heard your great intelligence, what can you do?” The king said.

“Well, your highness, I can hack into any surveillance, data, and anything you wish to find out that's happening inside and outside your kingdom.” Soundwave said.

The king hummed as Soundwave eyed the sparkling sitting at the edge of his throne, who seemed to be bored being there.

Then he saw the orange eyes, then looked at him as he scrambled to sit up straight and look forward. “Soundwave.” The king spoke, as Soundwave looked back, “As what you tell me and what your file says, I welcome you as one of my commanders, your skills will be useful in my army.” The king said as a Soundwave bows.

He remembered another time, as he was patrolling the area, he saw the Sparkling, Megatron, doing some training with some royal guards.

He watched from the doorway to keep an eye on the prince, he saw how skilled he was at such a young age, those orange eyes, fierce , angry , but quick, with no hesitation.

He then saw him stab the guard in their chest as it pierced their spark, as they fell to the ground, bleeding out as Megatron stared at them, as he heard him say, “ Weakling …you will never survive this world…” Megatron said.

Then he looked up at Soundwave, “What are you looking at?” he said.

“You have quite the fighting skills for such a young age. My prince, who taught you to fight like that, seems like it was from the gladiator technique from their games cycles ago.” Soundwave said.

“My father... and a few older gladiators he knew, trained me...” Megatron said as Soundwave cleaned his face from the fluids that were splashed on his helm and his cheek.

“Well, you will do great as a fighter and a ruler, one day, my prince.” Soundwave said.

“Father said when I get a bit older, he's sending me to fight in other lands to get more land for the kingdom.” Megatron said, “I see...” Soundwave said, “Do I really have to?” Megatron asked, “If the king wishes to, then you must.” Soundwave said, Megatron only hummed at the thought. 

Soundwave remembers when Megatron was a young teen ,when he overheard a conversation between the king and Megatron.

“Why do I have to do this! Why don't you get fat aft off the throne and fight yourself!” Megatron growled as the king growled as he rose from the throne and went down and threw a punch at Megatron hard on his right cheek, which caught him off guard and stumbled, fell back as the king stood over him, as Megatron looked a bit in horror as his nose and mouth started bleeding.

“You will do as I say..I maybe your father, but I'm still your king..and you will go, whether you like it or not!” He growled.

Megatron just stared at him coldly from the floor, as his nose and mouth bled.

After the king left, Megatron got himself up as Soundwave walked in and handed him an ice pack as he cleaned off his face.

Megatron stayed quiet, letting him clean it. Soundwave saw in his eyes that bright orange had turned reddish orange, but he didn't say anything about it.

After that encounter, Megatron was sent to fight in the war, and Soundwave didn't see him for a while.

When he did come home, Megatron was stronger, eyes crimson red, angry, and determined .

As they said, the king one day mysteriously died in his sleep, a stab wound to his spark chamber, no one knew what happened that day.

Only one bot did. Soundwave.

When he went to wake the king up that day, he noticed his door was cracked open, he heard heavy ventilation coming from the room.

When he walked in, he found an angry, confused Megatron on the side of his bed, covered in fluid as he held a fluid cover blade in his hand as his eyes were dark crimson, small, and lost in thought.

He heard Soundwave's footsteps walk up to him.

“I..didn't mean it..I was mad and I..lashed out and” he mumbled until Soundwave stopped him.

“You don't have to say anything, young lord..” he said as he made Megatron face him as he started to clean his face, “I'll take care of it, just go to your room and rest.” Soundwave said Megatron was gonna say something, but went quiet and walked out.

Soundwave cleaned everything so not be traced back to Megatron. Once he announced that the king was found dead, he told every bot that it was an assassin who killed him. Every bot believed it.

During the funeral. Citizens were around, paying respect to the fallen king as some paid their condolences to Megatron, who only nodded and did not say a word. Citizens were wondering what would happen to the kingdom. 

Shockwave, Starscream, Soundwave, and a few others stood around together away from Megatron to talk in private, as Starscream looked at Megatron from a distance, who was just quiet.

“Prince Megatron is certainly young, but not too young, but it would seem to be much better to have him than continue with our current state of missing a ruler. Besides, he does have the fighting skills and knowledge of Kaon history. He's well fit.” Starscream said as they agreed. 

Soundwave thought to himself as he tuned out Starscream, who was ranting as he thought,

“The young prince got the kingdom he wanted; that's all that matters.” Soundwave thought.

Within a couple of months, Megatron became king of Kaon with his useful warrior skills, loyal followers, and the army. He took over the land and filled it with misery.

The other kingdom may seem like he's evil, but he sees him as the perfect lord. If he must stand by his side no matter what, they can call him his servant of evil.

🎶 If the whole world sees you as the enemy, if they want to try and see your downfall, I will remain by your side no matter what

So just tell me a command, and I'll do as you please.🎶

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🎵 The young king had his sight on, with a red and blue mech that lived in the neighboring kingdom 🎵

Alpha Trion and Orion were making their way to the landing dock for Megatron's arrival.

“Are you ready for this, Orion?” Alpha Trion asked as Orion nodded, “Of course I am, you've been training me for this for years now!” Orion smiled.

“Remember, during this meeting, you don't say anything unless you're spoken to, alright, always address me and the others as primes. For Megatron, your highness or King, and don't say anything that isn't relevant to the conversation.” Alpha said.

“Alright, my Prime.” Orion chuckled as Alpha rolled his optics a bit.

Once they made it outside, they saw the Nemesis had landed on the landing dock, and both Alpha and Orion stood tall as the hatch of the plane opened up.

Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp came out and scanned the place. “All cleared here,” Thundercracker said, “Same here.” Skywarp said, as Starscream nodded as he messaged Megatron, “You may proceed to come out, my lord.” Starscream said.

The three stood on the side as Shockwave walked out and stood on the left side, and Soundwave stood on the right side as Megatron appeared as he wore his royal purple cape with his crown on, as he walked down the ramp to meet face to face with Alpha Trion. 

“Alpha Trion..nice to see you again..” Megatron spat out.

“Nice to see you too, your.. highness.” Alpha Trion said as he bowed.

Orion followed Alpha Trion's moves, as he bowed as well.

Once they did, Alpha Trion told him, “Please follow me and my archivist to the meeting room, your highness.” Megatron didn't listen to him, as he tuned him out, until he noticed the other bot with him.

He ignored Alpha Trion as he stared at the bot. As both of them made eye contact, he looked into those crystal blue optics, as his light gold lashes blinked at him.

Megatron felt his world change, seeing such gorgeous optics reminded him of diamonds that hid deep within the surface of Primus, he heard stories about, he never thought he would see diamonds until now, he felt his face turn blue a bit.

He was lost for words, as he kept staring, but the bot ignored him and turned around and followed the Prime, trailing behind him.

Thundercracker, Skywarp, and two other Decepticon soldiers walked in front of Megatron as Shockwave and Soundwave were on either side, as Starscream was behind him.

“My king? Is everything alright?” Starscream said as he raised a brow at him. As Megatron was still lost in thought. 

Then Megatron shook his helm to snap himself out of thought as he looked at Starscream.

“Yeah, I'm fine, let's go, shall we?” Megatron said as they all nodded at him.

As they walked, Megatron kept eyeing the red and blue mech that was in the front, who was quiet as he held his datapad close.

Megatron then felt his spark chamber ache, as his fans kicked in quietly. As he touched his spark chamber with his digits, he felt how warm it was getting.

“Is everything alright, Megatron?” Shockwave asked as he leaned close to his audial.

“My spark chamber…it's beating, it hurts a bit,” Megatron complained a bit.

“Do you need to check your health?” Shockwave asked, “No..I'll be fine, it's just a little ache, don't worry.” Megatron said.

“You sure? Do you want us to call Knockout for you?” Soundwave asked, “No, I'm fine.” Megatron said, as both of them nodded. 

Once they made it to the meeting room entrance door, Alpha Trion and Orion stood in front of the doors, “We are here.” Alpha Trion said.

As Megatron stared at Orion again, who looked a bit puzzled at first, then Megatron shook his head a bit to shake off the thought, “R-Right, shall we go in?” Megatron spoke, and both Alpha Trion and Orion nodded and opened the doors for him and the other Decepticons to go in.

As they walked in, Megatron followed behind, but stopped and eyed Orion, and both made eye contact again, as he spoke.

“Hello there, little Archivist..”

Orion looked surprised but bowed.

“Hello there, your highness..”

Megatron felt his spark jump again until Starscream touched Megatron's shoulder a bit.

“Get a move on, my lord..” Starscream said.

Megatron growled as he looked annoyed. He huffed as he pulled his shoulder away.

“Fine…” Megatron growled.

He walked in as Starscream went in as Orion walked behind, closing the door, then passing all of the Decepticons to stand next to Alpha Trion.

All the Primes stood up as they greeted Megatron and his commanders and the few Decepticons that he brought.

Once they all sat down, Orion sat behind Prima and Megatronus.

As the meeting was going on, Megatron started to get bored as he listened to all the Primes and his Decepticons talk.

They all were served high-class energon, he stared at the glass as he squished it around in the glass.

As he does, he sees in the reflection of the glass, the red and blue archivist tapping away on the datapad as he works.

Writing down all the conversations.

Megatron sees the way his digits type, how he looks so concentrated , the way those crystal optics were so focused. 

Megatron felt his spark ache again, and his fans kicked in again.

Why did he feel like every time he looked at that mech, it made Megatron feel so obsessed?  

“Megatron.” A bot said, which broke him out of his thoughts, and when he looked, he saw Zeta, and all the other Primes, including Orion to look at him.

“What did you say…you rambled so long I almost powered down,” Megatron said sarcastically.

Orion snorted out a laugh a bit, which made all the Primes look at him.

Orion did a small cough as he looked down, a bit embarrassed, which made Megatron smile and snort a bit. Wait, he never smiled before.

“I asked if you are willing to still trade goods and services to our kingdom as we do with yours, especially since of our disagreements that your father made a long time ago,” Zeta said.

Hearing about his father made Megatron frown, then growl. But he calmed down as he stared at them.

“Well, before I can agree with your deal, I must say…I'm sure you heard about the execution of some of your Iacon rioters…” Megatron said.

Orion froze as bit as he heard that.

 “Yes, I am very aware..Why do you bring that up?” Zeta said.

“Because I want to keep my kingdom's citizens to understand that they are under my rule! Not to  convince them about how you all live by putting ideas in their heads…” Megatron said.

Prima eyed Orion a bit as Orion bit his bottom glossa from trying to stop himself from saying something that he's not supposed to, as his eyes glanced back and forth, as his digits twitched a bit on the datapad.

Prima then gently touched Orion's leg to keep him calm and knowing to keep quiet and reassuring.

Orion looked up at him a bit, then gave him a small smile as he calmed down.

“So what I'm asking is to keep them away from my kingdom, or I'll automatically kill them when they step in, no hesitation,” Megatron said coldly.

All the Primes talked among themselves, but Orion looked at them, wanting to say something again, but couldn't.

Soundwave took notice.

Zeta then looked at  Megatron, “Fine, we agree to your terms.” Zeta said, “We may not like this, but we want to keep peace with our two kingdoms... for now.” Prima said, Megatron nodded.

After the meeting was over, Megatron was sitting around as he and his Decepticons were waiting for his war-crafted plane to come to pick them up.

As they waited, a few of the Primes were waiting around until he saw him again, the blue and red archivist, talking with Alpha Trion.

It seemed they were talking about something funny cause Alpha Trion chuckled, and the small archivist chuckled too.

The way he gave a toothy grin as he smiled as he had his digits near his glossa, Megatron felt it again. What was that feeling? Why did it keep coming up? Why did Spark hurt in his chest? Why did it only happen with the young archivist? Why? He probably does have to talk to Knockout.

“You seem quiet, Your Majesty? What's wrong?” Shockwave asked.

“Oh, Shockwave, I have this weird beating in my spark every time I see that blue and red archivist over there,” Megatron said 

Shockwave looked at the red and blue mech who was talking with Alpha Trion.

 Can I ask a favor?” Megatron asked,

“Of course, my lord,” Shockwave said.

“Find out anything about him, I must know who he is, where he works, and his interests,” Megatron ordered.

“Well, I can say this, my lord, his name is Orion Pax Prime, son of Prima and Megatronus, student under Alpha Trion,” Shockwave said.

“I see... no, no wonder why he sat behind them during the meeting.” Megatron said, as Shockwave nodded, “I will find out more information soon, my lord.” Shockwave said. 

Once the Nemesis arrived, they all boarded and made their way back to Kaon. 

When they made it back to Kaon, Megatron made his way to Knockout, his medic.

He went to the medic room, the door slid open,  and he was greeted by a make-out session of Knockout and Breakdown on the counter.

Megatron yelled in surprise, which startled the two.

Knockout clenches his legs around Breakdown's waist as both were embarrassed, and both turned to look at Megatron.

“M-My lord! You're back already! W-Welcome back!” Knockout said.

“I am…” Megatron shielded his optics.

“Is there something you need, my lord?” Knockout asked.

“My spark is aching. I need you to do a scan on me.” He said, still looking away.

“Alright, Breakdown, we will continue this later~” Knockout said as he kissed his cheek as Breakdown smiled.

“Nice to see you back, my lord.” Breakdown said

He then walked by Megatron as he made his way out of the medic room.

Knockout gets off the counter as he pats himself down.

“Come in and sit on the berth,” Knockout said as Megatron lay on the medical berth, as Knockout got his equipment ready.

“Tell me, lord Megatron, when did this start happening?” Knockout asked.

“Well…to be truthful, and I know you can keep a secret, cause you're my medic, but it only started happening today..cause I saw this bot..well not just any bot, an archivist, a blue and red archivist, he had such beautiful crystal optics, beautiful frame, such a slim waist, and such beautiful golden feathered antennas.” Megatron was lost in thought.

He started to daydreaming of him following Alpha Trion as he swade his hips, the way they made eye contact as he held the door for him, focused during the meeting, laughing when he heard a joke, he can only imagine what he like when he's not working, he felt his spark ache again, but this time his face started to blush as his red optics sparkled for a moment.

“ Megatron?” Megatron?” Knockout's voice came through.

He blinked his optics and was met with Knockout staring at him as he waved his claws in his face.

“What did you say, Knockout?” Megatron asked, “I asked what caused you to start feeling like that, my lord, then you spaced out and also….” Knockout had his head turned away a bit as he looked at him in the optics, then looked down, then looked away.

Megatron then looked down to see that his sheath panel had opened to reveal a hard, swollen spike.

His spike was already leaking pre-lubricant from the tip.

Megatron yelped in surprise and immediately put his Spike back in and closed it as he crossed his leg and hid his face with his hand as he looked away from Knockout, trying to pretend it didn't happen. 

“Ah, I see what's happening here, my young lord,” Knockout said a bit, as Megatron's optics eyed him, but he didn't move from his position.

“You, my lord, are in love,” Knockout said as he gave a sly smile.

“L-Love! What in Primus' name am I in love with! I never had such feelings before! Megatron looked shocked.

“It's nothing to be ashamed of, my lord, it's perfectly natural to have those feelings for a bot,” Knockout added, as he started to put the equipment away.

“ I'm surprised it took you this long to finally find the one. Soooo.” Knockout turned and looked at him as he put his digital under his chin. he leaned close to him with his sly smile.

“Who's the lucky bot's name~” he asked.

Megatron rubbed the back of his neck as he blushed, “O..Orion Pax..Prime,” he said.

“Aaaa, the young Prime, that's quite interesting. You have quite an eye, my lord.” Knockout said.

 He walked over to his counter as Megatron sat up from the medical berth, “But you know Knockout..I never had this feeling in my life, yet I crave it so badly from him..like I need him.. ”Megatron said.

Knockout cleans his medical equipment as he listens.

“ I deserve everything …and he is the only thing I don't have..is him ,” Megatron growled as he looked at himself in the wall mirror.

“I agree that you deserve everything, my lord, cause you are the king, bu-” Knockout said.

“I want him as my Conjunx! I want him to carry my sparklings, as we both rule together in this kingdom, or maybe both kingdoms! As I shower him with endless gifts and luxury!” Megatron said.

Knockout grabbed his shoulders and gently pushed him back onto the medical berth.

“Easy, my lord, you can't rush these things, you must be patient,” Knockout said as he got the buffer out.

Megatron rolled his optics a bit as he huffed.

“Love can't be rushed; you might make him feel uncomfortable, and we don't want that,” Knockout said as he started to clean and buff out his frame, as Megatron thinks.

“If I'm gonna approach this calmly, what do I do first?” Megatron asked.

“Well, there are a couple of options. One, you could go start a non-work conversation and get to know him better, two, start sending him gifts, and three, take him to dinner. Cause I know when Breakdown and I started dating, he was so romantic, he sent me such wonderful gifts, then he took me to the most romantic restaurant.” Knockout sighed as he remembered.

Megatron looked at him as he saw how Knockout look loved strucked. Then he snapped out.

Now look at us.” Knockout said as he finished.

Once Megatron sat up and thought, “Well, if I want him to start like me, I might as well start sending him gifts to show that I have all the riches on Primus.” He gave a toothiest grin.

Shockwave and Soundwave came in. “Shockwave, Soundwave, what brings you both here?” Megatron asked.

“My lord, I dug up some information about the young Prime,” Shockwave said.

“ Tell me,” Megatron said

“Of course,” Shockwave said.

He pulled up a datapad and handed it to him as Megatron read, Design name: Orion Pax Prime, Carrier and Sire: Prima and Megatronus Prime, Position: Archivist, Location of work: Iacon palace ancient Archives. Supervised: Alpha Trion.

Interest: Stars, Adventures, and Poetry.

“I see…Well, I guess it's time to think about what I should give him. Tomorrow we shall search.” Megatron spoke as the three nodded, and Megatron got up and walked out of the medic room with Shockwave and Soundwave. 

Once Megatron was asleep, Soundwave was thinking about how Megatron had started to fall for the young Prime, Archivist.

He was happy that his lord had finally found the one to be a Conjunx after suffering for so long.

But he keeps a deep secret that he won't tell anybot, not even his lord, because when he saw Orion for the first time as well, his spark felt the ache too.

He also started to fall for the young Prime, an archivist as well.

Soundwave's spark jumped as he thought about it as well. But at last, he cannot fall for him.

Megatron deserves the best, and he can't take that from him, no matter how much it will hurt him.

He shall not take him as his own Conjunx.

He will just have to suffer for cycles to come, and he was okay with that just so his lord could be happy.

🎶  As we visited the neighboring kingdom, I saw a blue and red mech with beautiful blue crystal eyes, smiling so innocent and sweet 

I fell in love at first sight, not knowing the truth. 🎶

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🎶 He had a red and blue frame more beautiful than anyone in the all threw Iacon

    With his kind voice and smile, he was loved by everyone 

    Why are you being so kind to someone like me? Do you intend on pitying a bot who’s inferior to you? 🎶

As a couple of cycles passed, Ratchet was getting used to all the other Autobots around.

He has been busier than ever. Sure, that was his job, to be a medic for them, but he wished they didn't have to come to him for every little convenience, but someday he didn't have to be. he attended some meetings and was part of the conversations and heard out his opinion.

When he did, he always caught Orion staring at him, his crystal blue optics blinking at him as his lashes fluttered, which made Ratchet blush to the core.

He wished he could repay him.

Even though he's a medic, he does it out of the kindness of his spark to help others; whatever currency he got, he mostly used it to supply his medical bay.

They are not cheap. 

He barely had enough to keep himself going.

But he wishes to try and repay Orion, he also wishes to just get a one-on-one with Orion without any bots else to disturb them, and give him something to show his crush towards him. 

As he was lost in thought, Orion snuck up on him and hugged him.

“Guess who!” Orion chuckled, as Ratchet chuckled as well, “Let me guess…Orion?” Ratchet asked, “Aw man..I thought I would get you this time.” Orion said, Ratchet chuckled again, “What is it, my Prime?” He asked, “Just call me Orion, not Prime…it maybe in my name, but I don't deserve that title..at least not yet..” Orion said, rubbing his neck cables.

“Why not? You're the kindest, sweet-hearted bot I know, you deserve to be called a Prime.” Ratchet said.

“You think so?” Orion asked, and he nodded, “So what did you want to ask me?” Ratchet added, “Oh! I was wondering if you want to go somewhere together, my treat!” Orion said with a smile.

“W-What! Hang out with me? Are you sure?” Ratchet asked as he looked a bit nervous.

“Of course, and besides, you deserve a break from your workplace, get fresh air with your pal, Orion Pax!” Orion said with a toothy grin as Ratchet blushed.

“Of course! I'll never miss it for the world.” Ratchet said, “Great! I'll see you after your shift is over!” Orion said as he gave him one last hug and left.

Ratchet was left to think to himself, “Primus…are you trying to help me out here..this is not funny..” Ratchet told himself.

After his shift was over, both he and Orion walked through the village.

Bots noticed both of them as they talked among themselves, as Orion didn't pay attention to them.

As they walked, some bots came up to him, talking to him, thanking him for all the good services he does, as he smiled at them for the compliment.

Ratchet pretends that he doesn't notice them.

He felt every bot staring, were they judging him?

Did they envy him?

After all, he's walking with the young Prime, even though he was talking about his lessons that the Prime has taught him.

Then he looked at Orion's hand, his small hand.

Did he dare to do it?

Well, what was there to lose? He then grabbed it and held it. He felt how smooth his hand texture was, as he blushed.

Orion turned his head and looked, “Aww, you're holding my hand, Ratchee~” Orion smiled at him.

Ratchet then pulled his hand away in embarrassment, “Sorry, I'll stop.” Ratchet said.

Then he felt his hand being grabbed by Orion, “No, I wanna hold your hand, it's okay.” He gave him a gentle smile, “O-Oh okay…” Ratchet said.

They reached a cafe.

Once they made it there, they sat and ordered, and once they did, they started talking.

“Yeah…the meeting with the king of Kaon was kinda intense.., all the Primes were arguing with the Decepticons that he brought with him.

I never saw my parents so…frustrated, it was kinda scary, I also never thought Prime meetings were that boring.” Orion said as he lay his head on the table.  

“We'll be glad it's over, though.” Ratchet said, “True..” Orion said, as they waited.

More bots came up to him, talking to him and laughing, it made something in Ratchet feel… jealous?  

He shakes his head at the thought.

Orion dismissed them as they did, they got their order and they started eating, once they finish Ratchet was gonna get current to pay but Orion stopped him, “Ratchet, I'll pay for us” Orion said, “No, no I instant on helping cause I don't want any bot to think I'm smooching off of you..” Ratchet said.

Orion then yanked his wallet away and hid it in his frame, “O-Orion!” Ratchet said, “I told you it's my treat, so I pay for it, end of story…got that?” Orion said as Ratchet sighed in defeat, “Fine, you win.” Ratchet said as Orion smirked and paid for it.

They found a place to relax, an abandoned place where they could be alone together.

They both were on the top balcony, Orion leaned against it as he had his hand on his cheek, as he smiled.

“ I want to adventure out there, you know, to the surface, travel across the galaxy, see new planets, see what's out there.” Orion smiled as he looked at the sunset.

Rachel stood there listening. But then Orion frowned a bit, “But my parents and my other uncles and Aunt say the surface is dangerous because of the Quintessons, who live up there.” Ratchet looked a bit shocked, but then Orion shook the bad thought out of his head and smiled.

“But, you know, Ratchee, as much as I love adventuring, I sometimes like to sit back and enjoy the view. Seeing the sunset emerge, then to watch it turn into the night sky, fascinates me.” He added.

Ratchet thought of something, then shook it off as he walked up to him.

“Can I ask you something, Orion?” Ratchet asked as he stood next to him, as Orion looked up at him.

 “Why are you so kind to me?” Ratchet said.

Orion looked confused. “What do you mean?” Orion asked.

“I mean..you gave me a job at the Autobot base, as your medic, to help my medical career get better, you treat me with such respect, you then treat me with a trip to the cafe and pay for it..I don't deserve all this kindness from you.” Ratchet said as he looked away and walked away from him a bit.

“I know I don't have much…but I feel you deserve more than me..I wish I could be more to you…like how your team is to you,” Ratchet said as he shook a bit as he clenched his hand into a fist as he looked away.

“Do you feel bad for me, for being on the lower part of society since you're a prime?” he rambled until he felt hands around him and pulled him close into a hug as he looked confused. 

“You are more wonderful than anyone else,” Orion said as he held him in a hug, as Ratchet blushed as his spark jumped.

“B..But I'm nothing but a commoner, low rank of society, you are a Prime, the highest of society! I'm not wonderful.” Ratchet said as he looked at him, he seeing soft eyes smiling at him.

“I may be different from you, but I'm drawn to you. You, and the others will always be equal in my eyes, no matter your ranks in society” Orion said with his smile, then Ratchet felt something fall down his face that he never thought would fall, tears, tears spilled out from his optics as Orion then kissed them away as it made Ratchet blush again.

Orion kept him in a hugging position for a while as they looked up into the night sky.

Orion smiled as he told him about all the stars and planets he learned as he pointed to them as his eyes sparkled.

Ratchet loved seeing him so excited about teaching something new to someone.

He did enjoy the lesson that he taught him, then it finally hit him, Orion calls him Ratchee!

He had never been called a nickname like that before.

“Primus” he thought to himself, “You're pushing the limit..” he thought to himself.

Once they enjoyed the night sky, Ratchet took Orion back to the palace to make sure he got there safely, and he went back home as well. It was a long day for the two of them.

Once he got home, he was alone with his thoughts as he thought of Orion.

Primus, he is such a gorgeous bot,  how lucky is he to have some bot like him? he felt his fans starting to kick in.

He kept thinking about him, his smile, those crystal blue optics, those eyelashes, the feeling of his smooth textured hand, and his glossa…his glossa… kissing him to take the tears away, they were soft..he wanted to feel them again.

He wanted to feel him again, their frames close to each other, as they both felt the vibration from their running processors.

It made him shiver at the thought a little too much as his sheath panel opened.

His spike panel revealed a hard spike. Wait! Why was it so hard already? Was he already forming it while they were alone together?

Primus! That's not good, at least to Ratchet.

It started dripping pre-lubricant already from the tip. Well,  he was alone, and he had to get rid of it.

So, the only option was to self-service, he then gently grabbed the base of his spike as it twitched in his hand, as he gasped. 

He took deep breaths as he calmed down a bit. He held it for a bit as he closed his eyes, and he started thinking about Orion.

He imagined him holding his big,t hick spike in his small hands, sitting on his knee, looking so cute with those crystal blue eyes, looking all curious.

“O-Orion…please..” Ratchet pants.

“Please, what? I can't do anything unless you tell me what you want~” Dream Orion smirked at him.

“Please…touch me…kiss my spike..I wanna feel your touch~” Ratchet let out as he panted as his face was blue while his fan tried to keep him cool, as Orion smirked, “As you wish, Ratchee~” Dream Orion said.

Dream Orion started moving his hands on his spike, Ratchet moaned as he pretended to feel Orion's soft hands rubbing his spike as he stroked it.

He thrusted his hips forward as he wanted to feel more friction, “My, my~ Someone's excited~” Dream Orion smirked as “he” then touched the slit with his digits as a string of pink transfluids connected his digit with his spike as he pulled it away as he smirked.

Ratchet fans were kicking into high gear as Dream Orion then put his hands back on the spike as he stroked it again, but faster, as he licked his glossa, as he gave him a lustful look.

Ratchet watched as Dream Orion ran his hands further down his spike, almost close to his sheath panel.

“So big~” Dream Orion smirked as he looked at his Spike, then at him.

He then leaned close as he put his face close. 

He then gently guided his Spike near his cheek as his optics never looked away from Ratchet.

“Ratchee~ your Spike feels so good against my face~” he said as it throbbed near his cheek as a bit of pink transfluid covered his cheek a bit.

Ratchet made small moans.

He saw his crystal blue optics smile, then he kissed the base with a gentle kiss, like how he kissed his tears away.

With such love and care. 

It drove Ratchet up the wall; he knew deep down inside how obsessed he was, wanting to claim Orion. Wanting to Conjunx him, and spark him so badly.  That's all he felt that he wanted to do.

“O-Orion…my Prime…I'm gonna cum! “ Ratchet let out as he kept feeling Dream Orion's hands and glossa staying near his spike.

“You're so good to me Ratchee~” Orion said, “Y-You are as well~” Ratchet said, then he heard Dream Orion hum then go over to the tip that was flowing with pink transfluids down the slit.

Dream Orion then stared at his spike and smirked, as Ratchet felt a bit hazy as he looked down at him.

When Orion looked at him he used his soft glossa to kiss the slit of his Spike.

“A-AHHHH~ Mmmm~” Ratchet let out as he bit his lower glossa. 

He felt Dream Orion keep kissing the slit all over as he squeezed his spike in his hands.

Ratchet then thrusted his hips again, trying to imagine the slit and the tip of the spike going inside Orion's mouth a bit.

“O-ORION! I'M CUMING!” He moaned as he felt one final move as he cummed.

He panted as he saw Dream Orion glossa covered in his transfluids.

Dream Orion moved away as he had his tongue out as he saw the pink transfluids sit on his tongue as he panted as well.

Ratchet blushes at the sight he saw. “That was good, Ratchee~ So warm..and only from you~” Dream Orion spoke as he smirked.

Ratchet's fans were trying to cool him down as he pants as he felt the fluids drip down his slit.

Then he remembered, he was just imagining Orion doing this to him.

He was only self-serving himself as he looked at his spike and hand that were covered in pink, as it made a small puddle on the ground.

“Primus..” Ratchet thought to himself, “I really do have feelings for Orion, I just wish I could specially tell him…maybe for another time..I'd better wash this off.” Ratchet said as he made his way to clean off the fluid and to get ready for recharge for the new day. 

🎶  Let this millennium vow resound across the 

 sky A wiegenlied, Fastened to a fate of ruin

As the two of us change, it might be lonesome, but

If I can see your smile, it’ll be okay 🎶

Fanart for C.6

Chapter Text

Days were normally the same for Orion: Recharge, eat, study, rest, training, rest, study, work in the archives, then eat, then read some more and recharge for the night.

The cycle repeats day after day, even when he sneaks away and hangs with the others, it's not enough to satisfy his craving for the world around him.

At lunch, he looked bored as he played with his energon.

“Orion, remember not to play with it,” Prima said, even though he has his eyes closed as he cuts his.

“Sorry, I've been thinking about things..” Orion said, “Do tell Orion.” Megatronus said, “Well, I was thinking, why not throw a celebration!” Orion said, Prima opened his eyes to look at Megatronus, then he looked back at Orion.

“A celebration does sound nice, but what's the occasion for?” Prima asked.

“Well, I was doing some research when I was doing my studies, and I found out that two days from today is the anniversary of Iacon's freedom from Sentinel’s rule! So I thought it would be nice to honor all the lives that were lost and to also honor you guys, my uncles, and aunt for fighting to free this kingdom!”Orion said.

They both started thinking.

“Well, it would be nice to give tribute to all our fellow soldiers who sacrificed their lives to make this kingdom what it is today, so it doesn't seem like a bad idea,” Prima said.

“Yeah, a celebration seems fun,” Megatronus added.

Orion squealed as he gave them a big smile.

“Really! Yes! Oh, thank you, Dad's! Don't worry, I have the whole thing figured out.” Orion gets up from his chair, pulls out a datapad, and goes over to the other side, showing them the datapad.

“So I have a few decorations, activities, and music ideas that I have planned out!” Orion said as his eyes sparkled.

“So you already had this idea planned, huh?” Prima raised his eyebrow with a sly smile as he looked at Orion, and Orion nodded, “ I like to plan early.” Orion said.

“You are like your sire,” Prima said as he eyed Megatronus, who chuckled.

“I remember when I was planning for you and your Papa Conjunx ritual. I made sure I had everything in check the days beforehand, and he told me to relax.” Megatronus said.

“That's because you weren't getting any rest, and also you have an event to go to the next day, also I wanted to make sure you didn't stress yourself, dear,” Prima said. 

“I know after our honeymoon, we stayed up all hours of the night.” Megatronus winked as he nudged Prima a bit.

“ Gross, Dad..” Orion mumbled as he rolled his eyes a bit.

Megatronus laughed.

Orion discusses the plan with them, then he goes to talk with Zeta Prime about it. Zeta thinks about it, and Orion begs him, as he uses his cute eyes on him. Zeta couldn't say no to his only nephew, and the adorable look he gave him, so he agreed. 

"Alright, guys! We have two days to make this big ballroom look amazing!” Orion said as he smirked as his eyes sparkled, as all the Autobots looked at him, as Ratchet smiled a bit. 

“We wanna make sure this will dedicate the lives that were lost and also for my Uncles, Aunt, and my parents who fought hard to give this place freedom!” Orion said, pointing at the datapads with the information.

“You got it, boss man!” Bee said as he smirked.

“I can't believe we're inside the palace ballroom! It looks so pretty.” Arcee said as her eyes sparkled.

“Yeah, how do you persuade your parents to let you do this?” Prowl said, then Jazz put his arm around Prowl's shoulder.

“Come on, Prowl, this is Orion you're talking about, one, he lives here, two, you know Zeta Prime loves his nephew, and three, he makes really good speeches to persuade anyone!” Jazz laughed as Prowl rolled his optics and pushed him away.

 Jazz then went up to Orion and wrapped his arm around him and squeezed his cheeks. “Also, he is very adorable. No bot can say no to this face!” 

Jazz laughed as Orion chuckled as he rolled his optics.

“Shut up, Jazz, I’m not that adorable,” Orion said.

Orion moves away from him.

Orion coordinated everything as the others were helping out with the decorations.

He made sure that everything was in the right place.

Ratchet was helping Bulkhead move some statues, until he saw Orion walk by as he was looking over the checklist.

Ratchet froze as he stared at him and blushed. Bulkhead took notice,

“You like him, huh?” Bulkhead said with a smug look as Ratchet snapped out of his thoughts and looked at him.

“H-Huh! W-Well, I! Huh..” Ratchet mumbled out as his face blushed, “Hey man, don't worry, I don't judge, I find it quite interesting, cause no bot had ever tried to make a move on him.” Bulkhead said, “Is that so? Why? J-Just asking.” Ratchet asked.

Bulkhead shrugged.

“I think it's because he's a Prime, and you know, since his parents are Primes, they might want him to find a higher class bot to be with, and we lower class don't have a chance, so why bother, I guess,” Bulkhead said.

Ratchet hummed and looked away as they both moved the statues.

“Well, let's say somehow a lower-class bot did get the attention of the young Prime, what will that do?” Ratchet said, “Who knows, maybe it can mean the rules changed and anyone can be with any bot despite their status in life, that's what freedom is all about here in Iacon, to have free will no matter what.” Bulkhead said, as Ratchet thinks, then Ironhide comes up to them, “Hey guys! Get a move on! We have more statues to move! Hurry up!” He huffed, “Sorry!” They both said as they moved, but Ratchet kept thinking to himself, “Maybe…this is a sign for change. Maybe he and Orion can be the first,” he thought. 

After long hours, they all sat down.

“Every bot did an amazing job! Thank you guys so much! We will finish this up tomorrow. Orion smiled as he called over some servants to bring energon to them as they all drank it.

Ratchet watched Orion laughing with Jazz, Prowl, and Arcee, who seemed to all be laughing about what they were talking about.

Bulkhead and Ironhide see Ratchet as they walk up to him, “ So, have you ever talked with him in private before?” Bulkhead asked, “Once... we were on the roof looking at the stars, that was the only time...” Ratchet said as he finished his energon, as a servant comes by and takes it from him and hands him another one.

“Oh, so you have talked in private. What did you all talk about?” Bulkhead asked.

“It's hard to explain, but I did ask him why he hangs out with a commoner, low rank bot like me..why be so kind..I don't deserve it.” Ratchet said, as Bulkhead hummed, “What did he say?” He asked.

“He said, “ You are more wonderful than anyone else, and I may be different from you, but I'm drawn to you. You and the others will always be equal in my eyes, no matter your ranks in society. ” Ratchet said as he blushed. 

“Man, he does care for you, as you do for him. Also, how he cares for us,” Bulkhead said, “ Yeah!” Ironhide said. 

“But…I can't stop thinking about him, I've been thinking about getting him a gift or taking him out..I just don't know what, what does he likes, guys, you know him longer than me. Tell me.” Ratchet asked,

“Well, I know that he likes poetry, anything stars or galaxy related.” Ironhide said, “He also likes the arcade.” Bulkhead said, “Oh yeah! He loves playing them, it's funnier when he loses.” Ironhide said.

“Oh yeah, I remember Hot Rod beat his high score and Orion was pouting about it, it was hilarious because he tried to beat Hot Rod's score but he couldn't do it,” Bulkhead said as he chuckled.

“Hot Rod? I've never seen him before. Who’s he?” Ratchet asked

“Oh, he's one of the top Autobots ranks, he and Orion get along well, they kinda act like brothers, sometimes,” Ironhide said.

“What happened to him?” Ratchet asked

“Hot Rod wanted to explore outside of Iacon, so he left. We haven’t heard from him for a while, but I’m sure he and Orion still talk, cause Orion cares for him. 

“ I see, well, I hope I meet him one day,” Ratchet said as both of them nodded. 

Ratchet thought to himself as the other two talked as he looked at the energon in his hand, he just couldn’t keep these feelings to himself, if he had to express it to Orion, then he thought to himself. “I could just go ask him out on a date.” Ratchet thought.

High-class bots were arriving at the palace, dressed up all fancy, as they were being greeted by servants and maids as they waited for the Primes to arrive.

All the Autobots were dressed up as well, talking with the guest, as Ratchet was nervous as he had never felt so high-class in his life.

“You look nervous, Ratchet.” A bot asked as Ratchet jumped and saw Arcee giggling at him.

“W-Well, I've never been at a high-class celebration like this before, so I don't know what to do..” he said as he rubbed his neck cables. 

“Don't worry, just relax and make small talk with others, it's not like they are gonna bite you.” She chuckled, he rolled his optics at her.

“What's up, everybot!” A bot said as he put his arm around Arcee, “Cliffjumper!” She smiled as he leaned down and gave her a quick kiss.

“Who's your friend?” Cliffjumper asked, “This is Ratchet, he's our Medic.” She said.

“Nice to meet ya,  Ratchet, names, Cliffjumper,” Cliffjumper said as he had his hand to him, then Ratchet shook his hand.

“Nice to meet you.” He said, Cliffjumper chuckled as he had his arm around Arcee still, “Some celebration, don't you think, Ratchet?” Cliffjumper asked, “Yeah.” Ratchet said as he looked around at all the bots still. 

“I’ve never been to a celebration like this before,” Ratchet told him. “I’ve been to some; most of them are quite boring.” Cliffjumper huffed. Then he smirked again, “But not this one! Orion did a good job coordinating it!” he added.

“Well, that's because we help get his vision correctly, that's why,” Arcee said as he looked at her.

“Wow, you guys did an amazing job!” Cliffjumper said, “Thanks.” Ratchet said as Cliffjumper nodded 

“I wonder when the Primes are gonna show up? We are supposed to celebrate for them.” Cliffjumper asked. “Don’t rush them, they are probably almost done getting ready,” Arcee said.

Prima was cleaning Orion's helm as Orion was complaining a bit.

“Hold still, Orion, your helm is dirty, I told you to clean up yesterday.” Prima said, “I wasn't dirty yesterday.” he pouted, “Well, it is today.” Prima said as he finished cleaning his helm.

“There.” Prima smiled, then he grabbed Orion's crown and gently attached it to his helm as Orion looked at him with his crystal blue eyes, as Prima stroked his face.

“You look so handsome, Orion.” Prima said, “Thank you, Papa..” Orion smiled, and Prima kissed his forehead. 

A Prima called over Orion’s maid and servant to take Orion to the other room to help put his royal robe on.

Once they took him, Prima’s maid and servant helped him put on his royal robe.

Once they were all done, Prima and Megatronus waited in the waiting room for Orion to come out.

Orion’s maid and servant opened the double doors as they bowed as Orion came out.

 “How do I look, Dads?” Orion asked as he blushed, rubbing his left arm nervously. 

His face, his helm, his arms, his frame, and a bit of his legs were painted and designed in beautiful gold paint. His royal robe was a light blue robe with white and yellow blended into it, as it transitioned into a starry night sky with white on the bottom. As the rhinestones were shaped as stars as they sparkled when the light shined on them.

Both of them smiled at him,

“You look gorgeous, you look just like a true Prime. Megatronus said as he touched Orion's cheek.

“You are so beautiful, my son,” Prima said as he touched his other cheek as well, as both of them kissed him, as Orion chuckled and smiled.

“Excuse me, my Primes, the guests are waiting.” A maid said.

“Alright.” Prima smiled, as Orion looked a bit nervous as they called out all his Uncles and his Aunt, then they called out his parents. 

He then stood there as he took a deep breath, as they called out his name, as he walked out onto the stage.

All the guests, including the Autobots, watched as the Primes were introduced. 

Ratchet watched them all come out, and he felt intimidated by seeing all of them stand proudly.

“And now the final Prime of the evening, the youngest Prime, Orion Pax Prime!”The announcer spoke as the curtain opened, and it revealed Orion as the lights were beaming on him as he smiled as the rhinestones made him glow as he walked out, waving at every bot as they took pictures.

He stood with the other Primes, Ratchet, and the other looked amazed at their leader, who shone like the bright star he is.

“Wooowww, boss man looks amazing!” Bee said.

“Y-Yeah…” Ratchet blushed. 

Ratchet then realized how Orion was smaller than the rest of the Primes, despite him being a young adult bot. “Woah..” Ratchet said. “What is it, Ratchet?” Bee asked. “I didn’t realize that Orion seems small compared to the other Primes,” he said.

Bee looked then looked back at Ratchet as he gave him a smug look, as Ratchet looked at him as he blushed.

“It's not what it looks like, okay!” Ratchet panicked. “You sure?” Bee still gave him the smug look, and Ratchet huffed as he bonked him on the helm. “Shut up, and listen..” he mumbled as Bee grumbled as he rubbed his helm.

As the Primes were sitting on their thrones, Orion got up as he went over to the microphone.

“Thank you all for coming today. I deeply appreciate that you all came here today, especially on this day.” Orion spoke as the guest smiled. 

“Today is the day of freedom from the old ruler of Iacon, Sentinel. We honor the lives that were unfortunately lost, but we honor them for giving us such freedom,” he added as his Autobots smiled.

“Also, we thank the Primes who fought beside them,” Orion said with a smile as the Primes all waved to the crowd. “This day means a whole lot, cause it shows that no matter in the darkest hour, there will be light to shine through, also to never give up, fight for what is right! We need to help each other threw the good and the bad. Be there to support each other.” Orion said as Prima and Megatronus held each other's hands as they smiled, as Alpha Trion gave a gentle smile.

“So we raise a glass of energon to respect all the sparks that were extinguished, to a bright future ahead.” Orion said as he raised a glass, “For Iacon!” He said, “For Iacon!” Everyone cheered as they raised their glasses high. 

As the party went on, Orion was speaking to all the guests who admired his look, as he was flattered.

He then saw Ratchet talking with some fellow Autobots, and he decided to go up to him.

“Hi Ratchee~” Orion said with a sly smile as he looked at him,

“Oh! Hey Orion!” Ratchet shuddered.

“Your speech was great.” He added as Orion smiled, he rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeah, thank you..I was pretty nervous speaking at a bigger gathering like this.” Orion said as Ratchet chuckled and smiled.

“Oh! I wanna introduce you to some bots!” Orion said with a smile, “Uh, sure, where are they?” Ratchet asked as he looked around, then Orion grabbed his hand, “Follow me!” He said with a smile as Ratchet blushed as he was dragged along between the crowd.

Ratchet was wondering who he was gonna introduce him to, until they made it past the crowd and saw that he brought him over to Prima and Megatronus, who were speaking with some high-class bots.

Ratchet felt his spark freeze a bit. “Dads!” Orion said as he smiled, as they both turned to look at him, “Yes, Orion?” Prima turned to look as Megatronus looked as well, “This is Ratchet I've been telling you about!” Orion smiled, wait, he's been telling the two Primes about him! Ratchet felt a bit embarrassed.

“Oh, so you're Ratchet, nice to meet you,” Prima said with his hand out to him, as Ratchet shook it.

“Y-yeah, that's me, my primes.” Ratchet said as he shook his hand as Megatronus smacked his back as he chuckled, “Don't get nervous, friend, we're not gonna hurt you! Our son enjoys your company! We're glad he has a friend like you!” He chuckled.

Orion's face turned blue a bit as Ratchet did as well. 

“Well, you look quite a handsome bot yourself, as being a medic.” Prima laughed. “ Papa!” Orion huffed. “What I'm just saying is the truth, sweetie,” Prima said, as Orion looked at Ratchet, who was still blushing. 

As everyone was enjoying the party, all of a sudden, the palace started shaking.

“What the..” Alpha Trion said as he looked around, as all the guests looked worried. Every bot listened until part of the wall exploded. Bots screamed and ran as the Prime summoned their weapons.

“We're under attack! Quickly! Get the guest out of here!” Zeta ordered.

“You heard him! Autobots!” Orion said as they nodded and started helping bots evaluate as they saw the Quintessons emerge from the hole they made.

The Primes shot at them as Orion and the others were making sure the bots got away.

Then the leader of the Quintessons emerged as he growled, Megatronus charged as the others followed after, but the leader then grabbed a few of the Primes with his tentacles and threw them against the others, knocking them against the wall.

Then he locked eyes with Orion, who was helping a trapped bot.

Orion wasn't paying attention as the Quintesson leader stretched his tentacles, grabbed his legs, and dragged him, which caught Orion by surprise as he yelped.

The leader then started to take off with him.

“HEY! LET ME GO!” Orion growled a bit as he swung, 

Bee then saw the Quintesson leader taking Orion, “GUYS! ORION IS IN TROUBLE!” Bee yelled as the Autobots looked and saw him being lifted into the air with the Quintessons' leader.

“ORION!” Ratchet shouted as he punched one of the Quintesson as he looked around and saw Prima and Megatronus, who were barely conscious enough as they tried to get back online.

Ratchet then ran over to them and opened a compartment in his arm as he pulled out emergency medical energon to help boost their systems.

“Here, this should help you two!” Ratchet said as he gave them the energon.

They started to wake up as they blinked their optics.

“What happened..” Prima said as he rubbed his helm. He then looked up and saw Ratchet.

“Orion is in trouble!” Ratchet said as he pointed, as Prima looked up and saw the Quintessons' leader flying up to the ship with Orion.

“MY SPRKLING!” Prima panicked, then he looked at Megatronus, who groaned as he woke up he holding his helm.

Prima then shook Megatronus, “Megatronus! He got our sparkling!” Prima said as Megatronus then sprang awake as he growled. They both got up and flew up Ratchet watched a bit worried.

When they flew up, some Quintesson tackled Prima, which made him plunge back down to the ground, which Megatronus stopped.

“PRIMA!” Megatronus growled as he went back to help him, but Prima messaged him.

“Don’t worry about me, love, go save Orion! I’ll be okay.” Prima messaged, then he messaged him back, “Okay, just be careful!” Megatronus said. As he flew towards Orion and the Quintesson leader.

Orion grunted as he tried to get his legs untied from the tentacles, as he felt how slimy and squishy they were.

“Gross..” Orion said out loud.

They both almost made it to the ship. Orion had to think fast, he tried to see what he could do.

Then he remembered. 

He could summon his axe.

He smirked to himself a bit, then he closed his optics as he thought hard. 

Then his right arm glowed as his blue, mixed with yellow axe appeared in his hand as he laughed as he looked at the tentacles and chopped them off his legs.

The leader screamed in pain.

Orion forgot that he was in the sky and started falling. 

He started screaming, trying to think about how to land without breaking any part of his frame, he tried using his royal cape as a parachute. But failed. Orion closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate, until he felt something grab him.

Orion had his face scrunched up, he cracked open his optics a bit, and saw it was Megatronus. 

“I got you, my sparkling..” Megatronus' eyes looked soft as Orion hugged him around his neck, as he shook in fear. “Dad…” he said as he clinged onto him as a bit of tears formed in his optics a bit as he hid his face in his neck.

“It's alright now..”  Megatronus said as he pats his back, then he looked up at the Quintesson ship as Megatronus growled, as the leader hissed and closed the ship door and took off. 

Megatronus then landed on the ground with Orion in his arms. 

Prima ran up and grabbed Orion's face, “Oh my Sparkling! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Let me make sure you're not hurt!” Prima panicked as he looked all over.

“I'm okay, I just spooked that I almost fell to my death, hehe..” Orion said, Prima then saw a small scratch on his face a bit, but sighed. Ratchet and the others came up.

“Are you alright, Orion?” Arcee said, as she looked worried.

“Yeah, you were high in the air!” Jazz said, “I'm alright, guys.” He gave a nervous smile. As the others were talking with him. As Ratchet watched from the side. 

Then Prima and Megatronus walked up to Ratchet.

“Hey Ratchet,” Prima said as Ratchet turned and looked at both of them, “Y-yes, my Prime,” he said.

“Thank you for the emergency energon to get our systems running again.” Prima said, “Yeah, if it wasn't for you, Orion would have been a goner.” Megatronus said as Ratchet smiled, “Y-You're welcome..” he said.

Some of the Autobots were helping Zeta and the others to get them to the medic to treat their wounds, while also cleaning up the ballroom.

Later that night, Prima and Megatronus were in their private room, discussing.

“Megatronus, we need to talk with him.” Prima said, “I don't think we should; besides, it will cause us nothing but trouble and more agitation meetings to make deals.” Megatronus said as he walked around.

“But look what almost happened to Orion. He's not ready to fight for himself yet! He was barely able to summon his axe on time, we needed higher security, and also more soldiers, and the only one that has it is...” Megatronus cut off Prima, “Don't you dare say his name.” Megatronus huffed.

Megatronus groaned in anger as he pinched the bridge of his mask. “ We need to talk to Megatron,” Prima said. Then he walked up to Megatronus and held his hands gently.

“This is for the safety of Iacon and our Sparkling,” Prima said as he touched his mask.

Megatronus stayed quiet for a bit, then sighed, “Fine..we will set a meeting with him to have this discussion.” Megatronus said as both of them looked a bit worried about their decision.

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Chapter Text

Shockwave was summoned to the throne room. He wondered what his lord wanted him to do.

Normally, he would want a servant, maid, or Starscream to do his chores, but today it was him.

He walks in and sees Megatron. “Shockwave,” he says, as Shockwave bows. “Yes, my lord.” He said.

“I was wondering if you could do me a favor.” He asked.

“I will grant you anything for my king, what is it that you wish for?” Shockwave asked.

“I've been thinking about Orion lately, and I feel like our relationship should start with a few gifts being sent to him. I want you and Starscream to find him the perfect gifts, such as anything made with gold and silver, maybe some crystals, flowers, or expensive high-energon. I want to shower him with all the luxuries that I can offer. Megatron said as he held a single flower in his digits. As he hummed, he stared at it.

Shockwave looked a little puzzled, “May I ask why me and Starscream? And not a servant or maid to do it?” He asked.

“Because, one, I only told you, Starscream, Soundwave, Knockout, and Breakdown. No bot else knows, and I'd rather keep it that way. Also, Soundwave is busy doing something else for me,” Megatron said.

“Well, as you wish, my king,” Shockwave said as he bowed and left.

Starscream was in his house hub, in his room, as he was looking through some files that he brought home with him, until he got a message from Shockwave, which surprised him a bit. 

“Huh..a message..why is Shockwave out of all bots messaging me? He never does, unless it's an emergency..or unless..” he said as he looked at the stacks of files, as he looked a bit nervous.

Then he shook his helm, “no..no, I'm over reacting, he or the others don't know..” he said as he hid the files under his berth.

He then opened the message and read it, as he looked puzzled. “What does he mean, me and him have to find gifts? I'd better go talk with him.

Starscream then got up and put the files back in their cases, then hid them under his berth.

He then left his room, but locked his door so his brothers or any of the Decepticons could not go in. He then went to meet up with Shockwave.

“He wants us to do what?” Starscream looked surprised! 

“You heard me right..he wants us to find some luxurious gifts for his soon-to-be Conjunx.” Shockwave nods 

“ I don't know what the young Prime likes! Also, I'm not good at finding anything nice.” Starscream grumbled 

“Don't worry, I did most of the work for both of us,” Shockwave said as he handed him a datapad as Starscream looked through it.

“I already had information about him, so I took what he's interested in and looked up anything related, and I saw there are some things that the young Prime will like, and also luxurious, like what our lord wants. So we can check that out.” Shockwave said. 

“Fine.. let's make this quick..” Starscream said as Shockwave nodded, and both of them left for town.

When they got into town, citizens who saw them got out of their way, as they were scared of them, which Starscream enjoyed a bit, but was also a bit annoyed by it.

They both entered the shop, and the bots that were inside froze and ran out. The shop owner froze but tried to be polite.

“W-Welcome, Commander Shockwave and Starscream!” The shop owner let them out; they didn't say anything as they walked around. 

They looked around and saw a few things, but they didn't know if Orion or Megatron would like it, so they kept looking. The shop owner was a bit puzzled as well, but didn't want to question it.

“Ugg..this is gonna take forever..none of these will make any of them happy…especially our lord..” Starscream said as he tapped his foot in annoyance, as his wing twitched. Then Shockwave looked at him, “Be patient, Starscream, we will find something.” Shockwave said.

As they kept looking, Starscream glanced at a few things as he walked by a table, then he stopped, then walked backwards and stared at the item that caught his optics.

“Hey, Shockwave, I think I might have found something that will catch our lord's attention,” Starscream said.

Shockwave walked up and looked. “You're right, this seems to be a good gift and also something quite luxurious.” He said as Starscream grabbed it carefully, as both of them went to the counter as the shop owner shrank a bit.

“We will take this...” Starscream said, looking down at the shop owner. “Y-Yes, my commander, Starscream..” the owner said. “Also, wrap it up in this purple wrapping paper and with this blue bow. Shockwave said as the owner nodded, “Yes, sir!’ They said as they wrapped up the gift carefully, as they both watched.

After they were done, they paid for it, as Starscream carried it out. “Where to next? Starscream asked, “Just follow me, I know where to go next.” Shockwave said as he nodded, and both of them went to look for more gifts.

Megatron sighed as he looked out the window of his kingdom. Everything in this world is his; now he needed it to be perfect.

He knew Orion was the perfect one; he wanted him as his queen, to rule this evil kingdom that no bot dares to face.

Maybe if they become Conjunxes, they can combine their two kingdoms. After all, Orion is the only heir to Iacon's throne; what choice does he have? Especially if… accidents happen.

Megatron can imagine Orion walking down the aisle, holding a bouquet of red flowers with crystals inside, with purple rhinestones.

His crown is attached to his helm with the purple wedding veil, covering those crystal blue optics from the rest of the world to only be seen by Megatron alone. The back of it has red gems attached to it.

Then he would wear his beautiful wedding cape as it dragged along the tilted floor, showing off the purple cape with the gems attached to it. He can imagine him making it up to the altar as he reached for Orion's hand as Orion takes his, as he helped him stand by his side as holds his hand and kissed it in front of all of Kaon and Primus himself, and calling him, His Prime.. as they say their vows and become official Conjunxes.

Megatron sat in his throne as he kept daydreaming about their life together.

Both of them lived together in his palace, having the two kingdoms under his reign. Then, having their honeymoon, he was already thinking of producing the next heir to the Kaon throne, raising their sparkling together as he teaches them how to be a ruler. Then, thinking about taking his heir, Orion, to travel through the galaxy to conquer new planets to expand his kingdom.

Thinking about it drove Megatron up the walls.

He shivered at the thought.

He felt his spike throb in its sheath panel, begging for it to be released.

Hr can't, not yet..he had to keep thinking of the scenario to make his imagination run wild.

He imagined that he and Orion were alone in his berth room, making out as he heard the soft moans of Orion as he kissed those soft lips of his. He may not have seen him for a while, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a good memory of him from that meeting.

He remembered every detail of Orion, Primus; it was intoxicating.

He imagined himself running his hands down Orion's chest plate, feeling every part of his frame, as he reached his waist, as he felt how small it was compared to his hands that could easily wrap around it.

Then his hands made their way to his hips as he squeezed them, and Orion let out a squeak as he chuckled.

Then he grabbed his legs as he lifted them over his shoulder, he broke the kiss as their tongue stuck out as a string of saliva connecting them, as they panted.

“ My Prime… ” he spoke as Orion gave him a gentle smile as he looked at those crystal blues, as his eyelashes fluttered as he touched his chest plate with his small hands.

Then Megatron ran his hands near his interface panels as Orion shivered as Megatron gave a dark hum as he touched it, “Open for me… Orion.. ”He growled his name as Orion shivered.

“I will, for only you…my king~ ” Orion moaned.

He then started to open his interface panels as Megatron looked as he blushed as his fans kicked in, until he heard a noise which made Megatron snap back into reality.

He then saw a servant walk in with a tray. Megatron growled. How dare this servant interrupt his alone time to think of his scenario with Orion? 

“This better be important.” He growled 

“Sorry to interrupt you, but you were sent an urgent letter to respond immediately.” The servant bowed as they held the tray to him, and he snatched it out from the tray as he grumbled and opened the letter, and read it.

When he read it, all of a sudden, the anger in his face started to change.

After he read it, he smirked to himself as he tapped his digits on his throne's armrest. This letter now makes a really big deal for him.

Prima and Megatronus were waiting at the loading dock as they saw the Nemesis landing.

They both tried to look tough as it opened to reveal Megatron, who gave them a smug smile as they made eye contact on the loading dock.

“What is so important that you had me fly here to discuss?” Megatron asked.

“We will discuss this in the meeting room,” Prima said, trying not to look annoyed.

How dare this young king mock him in his face? But Prima calmed down.

“Where is your archivist? Don't you need one for every meeting?” Megatron asked. “Yes, we do, Alpha Trion is gonna be our archivist for this meeting, why do you ask?” Megatronus asked, Megatron put his hand on his hip, “Just curious..”He said with a smirk.

Prima looked uneasily and annoyed again, as his antenna feathers twitched.

Megatronus noticed, then looked at Megatron, “Shall we go then?” he asked as Megatron gestured to them to lead the way. He gave him a smug look.

Megatronus growled a bit under his breath, but kept his cool.

In the meeting room, Alpha Trion, Prima, and Megatronus looked at Megatron as he drank his high energon.

Soundwave, Thundercracker, and Skywarp stood behind him, watching the three, then Megatron put the glass down as he tapped the glass as he looked at it instead of them.

“So..tell me why you called me to an urgent meeting? Cause normally, you all avoid my kingdom at any cost.” He looked up at them with his crimson eyes.

“I'm dying to know,” he added.

“Well..we were attacked last week by the Quintessons, they had tried to take Orion, but we managed to save him and stop the attack and attempted kidnapping, but we didn't know that would work all the time. We're worried they will succeed in the next attempt,” Prima said, a bit worried, and it made Megatron's smug look stop and look at him with a frown,  getting his full attention as they mentioned Orion.

“We need you to lend us some of your soldiers to fight off the Quintessons until there is a sizable amount of them for us to handle, also to protect the palace as well,” Megatronus said.

Megatron hums as he taps his digit against his chin for a bit, then looks at them, “ Tempting…to help out my neighboring kingdom.” He said.

He stopped tapping his chin, then he looked at the three primes.

“What's in it for me then if I lend you some of my soldiers? Cause that will be a lot of them,” Megatron said as he raised a brow. 

All three Primes looked at each other, then back at him.

“What do you request for this exchange?” Alpha Trion asked, then Megatron smirked.

“I request one full day to go on a date with your son, Orion Pax... that's all I'm asking,” Megatron said calmly.

Prima felt his spark clench in his chest plate as his feathers bent backwards.

“What! Our son shouldn't be included in this conversation! Or exchange! ” Megatronus growled as he slammed his hands on the table, as he stood up, looking down at Megatron, who just stared at him.

Then Soundwave, Thundercracker, and Skywarp pointed their cannons at Megatronus as they were ready to protect their king.

“Fine, then there will be no deal then,” Megatron said as he leaned back on his chair, as he looked calm still.

“Let your kingdom be burned to the ground by the Quintessons, then. Maybe they will massacre your entire kingdom with all of you in it. While they do that. They will take your precious Orion as a prisoner. Who knows what they will do to your poor, innocent son?” Megatron spoke as he looked at his digits.

Prima couldn't bear to think of what the Quintessons could do to his and Megatronus' son if they had him in their grasp. Also, Orion wouldn't know what to do if he lost his home, his friends, and his family. 

Megatronus growled at his thoughts that were running through his head.

“Would you mind if we go think about this situation, real quick?” Megatronus said.

“Alright, you three can step outside to think, I'll be here,” Megatron said as he smirked at them.

Alpha Trion growled a bit at his toothy smirk.

The three got up as Alpha Trion went out the door first, then Megatronus followed behind, then  Prima gets up, but turned his head to meet Megatron glancing back at him with his calm nature, but with a smug smirk which made Prima uneasy as he narrow his brow at him, until he turned away and walked out the door with the other two.

After a couple of hours of a long meeting, Megatron leaves with his small crew, looking satisfied as he looks out the window. He hums as he leaves Iacon, Soundwave noticed.

“You seem quite cheerful, my lord,” Soundwave said.

“Of course I am Soundwave, I finally get to go on a date with Orion Pax, sure it won't be for a while, but I still got it,”  Megatron said as he relaxed in his seat.

Soundwave looked at him, “ Do you want me to tell Shockwave and Starscream to stop the search for those gifts then?” He asked

“Nope, I still want them to look,” Megatron said

Shockwave nods

“ Even though I am going on a date with him, it doesn't mean I won't send him the gifts, of course, they will have to be anonymous.” Megatron thinks out loud as he taps his chin.

“Whatever you want, my lord, it's up to you,” Soundwave said.

They finally arrived back in his kingdom, as he was greeted by his servants, maids, and his Decepticon army.

Megatron smirked as he walked up to Shockwave and Starscream, patting them both by the shoulders, which caught Starscream by surprise as he flinched a little.

Starscream watched as Megatron hummed a tune as he made his way to the dining room, passing by Knockout's medic room, as he and Breakdown poked their helms out, seeing their lord in a good mood.

“Ummm…can someone explain what's going on, why is our young lord so… delighted?” Starscream asked.

“He finally got a date with the Prime's youngest Prime, Orion Pax,” Soundwave said.

“Oh really?” Knockout said, “Yes, of course, there had to be agreements for this arrangement.” Soundwave said.

“Good for him.” Knockout added, “It is, cause finally the young king found love for the first time, I think it will be good for him.” Breakdown said as Knockout nodded as he agreed as he nuzzled Breakdown a bit, then looked back at Shockwave and the others.

“As long as he's not rampaging, then that's good with me.” Knockout shrugged, and Starscream rolled his optics.

“ Easy for you to say he throws furniture at me when he has his little tantrums,” Starscream grumbled.

“I find it hilarious.” Breakdown chuckled as it made Knockout give a laugh.

Starscream huffed in anger, “IT'S NOT FUNNY TO ME!” 

Everyone else laughed at him as he stomped his foot, and his wing twitched as he looked annoyed at all of them..

In the dining room, Megatron was eating his energon for the evening. Megatron was kinda glad that they called him to have this meeting, cause if it wasn't for them, he would not have brought this up, and he would have to think another way to get a whole of Orion's attention. 

He kept thinking about how the date was going to go, and afterwards.

Like him making Orion his Conjunx, then living together in his palace, producing an heir, it made Megatron think about their future together, as he rules over both kingdoms with his Orion by his side again.

This is how he planned his future, this is how it's gonna be, and no one will stand in his way, like the Quintessons, the Primes, Unicron, and not even Primus himself could stop him.

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Chapter Text

It was another boring week working in the archives. Sure, Orion loved them, but once in a while, he gets bored. 

He recently noticed that his parents and Alpha Trion had been acting strangely towards him, like they were uneasy about something and checking on him every five to ten minutes, and he was then assigned an escort every time he went to the Autobot base. 

He didn't like the escort, they always told him to not get distracted and focus on the destination which was the Autobot base, sure that was the reason he was out and about, but he likes to visit the village bots, talk with them and help him, but with this escort, it made it hard, and he didn't like it.

When he was home, he tried to ask what happened in that urgent meeting, but his parents and Alpha Trion said nothing to him, which was odd because they normally do.

As he stood in the middle of the archives, lost in a daydream, he heard a knock at the archive's door. Normally, a servant would knock and open it, but there was no servant, nor any maid.

The Primes, including his parents, would walk in, not knock, so Orion found it odd that nothing happened.

He made his way to the large double doors and opened them as he poked his head out.

“Hello? Anybot here?” he asked as he looked around, then he looked down and saw a gift box wrapped in purple wrapping paper with a blue bow on top.

“A gift?” He said as he bends down and picks it up, he looks around for a tag to see who left it out here.

Orion hummed as he looked, until he found it as it said, “To: Orion Pax, From:  Secret admirer.” Orion looked puzzled. “Secret admirer?” He said as he brought the gift in, he really shouldn't be bringing in unknown packages without some bot reviewing it for his safety, but he was too curious to leave it out.

He placed it on the table and gently took off the ribbon and unfolded the top, and gently pulled them back. When he looked inside, he saw a tea set that was gold and royal blue, with all the star constellations on it, with rhinestones that represented the stars. 

Orion's eyes gleamed, seeing such a fine-looking set.

“Wow…what a lovely set this is.” He said as he picked up one of the cups and examined it, “Most of the star constellations,” he said as he gently put the tea cup down and started getting the rest of the set out and throwing the box away.

After he did, he examined the whole set. 

“I wonder who got me this?” he asked himself as he walked around it.

“Well, I'd better put this in a safe place so I can use this for later, or I can have it as decoration. Whichever I chose,” He said as he gently picked it up and placed it somewhere where it was safe.

He continued to work in the archives, and as he worked, he was still thinking about who would give him such a gift; it had to be someone he knew.

But he couldn't think of any bot who would give him such a luxurious thing, he doesn't think he 

deserve it.

It made him sad a bit, knowing no bot should give up their earnings on him, he would rather know that they spend it on themselves on something they liked.

 He then heard the door open and saw Prima walk in.

“Hi Papa.” Orion smiled, “Hi, my little star, how is everything going?” Prima asked as he hugged him and kissed his forehead, “I'm good.” Orion said.

“ That's Good, are you on break so we can get some energon?” Prima asked, and Orion nodded as he smiled at him.

“Yes, I am! I'm starving!” Orion smirked as he rubbed the bridge of his nose

Prima chuckled

“Alright then.” He said as Orion ran in front of him to the main door.

As they were about to leave, Prima noticed the tea set and walked over to it.

“Oh? What's this?” Prima said as he examined it.

Orion looked back, but then froze when he saw what Prima was looking at. 

“What a beautiful looking tea set, where did you get this?” Prima asked as he looked back at Orion.

“W-Well..it was sorta…gifted to me..” Orion said as he rubbed the back of his neck, “Oh? By whom?” Prima's feathers picked up as he looked at him curiously.

“Well..it was…” Orion trailed off, then thought to himself as his feathers bent backwards a bit, “Say it's from one of the Autobots, 'cause if I say an unknown sender, he's gonna lose it.” Orion blinked as he looked at Prima again.

“ I-It was from one of my Autobots!” He smiled as his feathers picked up, “Which one?” Prima raised a brow, and Orion froze as he had to think.

“Scraps…who would he believe would get him that? Oh! I know!” He thought, “R-Ratchet! Yeah! Ratchet got it for me!” Orion said as he forced a smile on his face, he laughed nervously.

Prima blinked for a moment, then smiled, “Oh, okay, that was nice of him.” Prima smiled as Orion chuckled.

“Y-Yeah,” Orion said as he blushed a bit.

“Well, let's get going to the dining hall, shall we?” Prima said as he walked past Orion, as Orion looked up at him.

“Of course.” Orion nods.

“I gotta say that he's such a very nice bot, maybe you should consider going out with him.” Prima smiled, “yeah..WAIT WHAT! “ Orion looked shocked as Prima chuckled.

As Megatron was in his palace, he dreamt about Orion again, seeing his crystal blue eyes staring at him, his smile, his laugh, it was gorgeous.

He wondered a bit why he hadn't seen him before, even when he was a young prince, even when he went with his father to Iacon for the first time to attend his first meeting outside of Kaon.

That's when he met Alpha Trion for the first time.

Did Alpha Trion hide Orion from him? What was he afraid of? Was it him? Or was he studying to be an archivist? Even so, that's rude.

But ever since he met him on that day, all he wanted to do was have him.

He met the most exotic luxury out there that isn't in his palace walls.

He's been hiding in a library, in another palace. Megatron needed his exotic luxury.

After that urgent meeting, all his commanders and Decepticon soldiers noticed how the young king acted a bit nicer. As they can put it.

Starscream had told the team, "Why can't we kidnap the Prime and bring him here?”

"As much as our lord would want that, one, it will startle him, two, he will not trust Megatron, and three, we want him to willingly stay and be comfortable. Three, I don't think the Primes will be thrilled if we kidnap their sparkling,” Knockout said, as he drank some energon as he sat on Breakdown’s lap, "And besides, love takes time, and we want the young Prime to fall for him. See what he has to offer, "he added. Starscream rolled his optics at Knockout as Shockwave and Soundwave stared at the three bots that were talking.

Soundwave was lost in thoughts, he couldn't stop thinking about Orion too, how sweet and caring he is, and how good looking he is, his bolts in his body jumped as he thought about him, but he could only think in silence.

Soundwave was summoned to Megatron's throne room. As he walked in, he saw Megatron writing something on a notecard, as he looked focused and determined. 

When he heard the footsteps, he looked up and saw Soundwave, as he smirked. “Ah! Soundwave, just the bot I was looking for.” Megatron said.

"You wish to see me, my lord?" Soundwave bowed as he looked up at Megatron. Megatron stepped down from his throne and went up to him, “Yes, I did, I want you to get me my high energon, it's almost high energon time? I want to celebrate early.” Megatron said as he smirked at Soundwave.

“You're right, my lord, it's close to the time, but may I ask, why celebrate so early?” Soundwave asked.

Megatron sighed, “I can't stop thinking about him, Soundwave, every dream, every thought, I can't stop... my spark wants him so badly.” Megatron said as he sighed, as he walked over to his bird cage, where he brought out some energon seed and put it in his hand.

“He is the one for me, my Conjunx, my Prime, the one that will bring my kingdom closer to being the strongest in the land.” He said as he opened the cage, as Lazerbeak hops on Megatron's palm, as he pecks and eats the seeds.

“Our kingdoms will finally be united as one, just like how my father always wanted, our kingdoms will be feared by all, and will be controlled by me.” Megatron said as he watched Lazerbeak with a smirk, “What about the other Primes? Wouldn't they stand in your way?” Soundwave asked.

“Yes, but the thing is that they are divided by power, not much one can do over the other, despite Zeta Prime being the main Prime out of all of them, but as I have royal blood in my circuits, I rule over all…I overpower them.” Megatron said.

Lazerbeak finished as he looked up at Megatron, and he tilted his helm at him.

Soundwave looked at Megatron, “If they try to get in my way, I can just have my Decepticons take care of them…” he said as he had a dark smirk as he patted Lazerbeak's head as the bird looked happy and made some chirping sounds.

“Besides, I know the in-laws will not be happy, knowing that their son will soon be my Conjunx, so staging an accident can have its benefits…same for the others.” his crimson eyes glowed as he chuckled. 

He put Lazerbeak back in the cage and locked it.

“Of course, staging an accident with the in-laws will make Orion want you for comfort, it will want him to stick by your side, not wanting to be let go, afraid that he might lose you too,” Soundwave told Megatron.

Megatron imagined Orion clinging to him as he saw the blue fluid run down his optics as he cried out, “Please don't leave me! I don't have any bot else! You're the only one I need .” Daydream Orion said, as his crystal eyes looked up at Megatron, as Megatron stroked his cheek and wiped the blue fluid away from his face.

“Don't worry, my Prime, I'll never leave you... You belong to me, and me alone .” He said with a dark smirk as Orion clung onto him, “ I'm only yours, I belong to you and you alone .” Daydream Orion spoke.

Megatron shook the thought away as he hummed in satisfaction, and he chuckled.

“Let me go get your high energon for you, my lord,” Soundwave said, as he turned away as he was about to leave, until Megatron stopped him again.

"Soundwave.." Megatron asked as Soundwave looked back at him."Yes, my lord?" He asked.

"Just curious, but do you have a crush on any bot?" Megatron asked as Soundwave went quiet for a moment.

” Of course not, my lord. My only loyalty is to you, and to you alone, nothing for me to get distracted by." He said. "Oh, okay, uh. Thanks.." Megatron said as he nodded and left.

Orion stayed late in the archives to finish rounding out a few datapads to be shipped off, as he sighed with satisfaction.

“Finally! Done. Now off to my room to get my recharge!” Orion told himself as he left the archives for the night.

He walked through the quiet halls of the palace.

 He started thinking about the day and also who sent him that gift, and why they gave it to him.

Was it for a romantic reason?

Did a bot just wanna be friends and give him a gift symbolizing friendship?

A lot of thoughts ran through his head until he heard footsteps coming, and he knew everyone was asleep.

He panicked and quickly found a place to hide because they were coming up close and fast.

He squeezed himself into a closet.

As he had the closet doors cracked open a bit, he wanted to see who was coming up.

He poked his optics to get a good look at the intruder or intruders.

He waited, and waited until he saw two bots walking by, odd, they were in uniforms, Iacon guard had uniforms, but he had never seen these two bots before, were they new to the squad?

He took a closer look until one of them dropped something, and they bent down to grab it, and when they did, they faced the closet so Orion could get a better look.

Orion's optics shrank as he saw what was on their chest. What were they doing here? Why are they wearing Iacon guard uniforms? Why are they walking around at night? He had to find out, but not now.

He has to tell his parents that Decepticon soldiers were roaming around in Iacon palace walls.

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Two weeks went by, and every day, Orion got a new gift placed on his desk in the archives, not at the front of the entrance to the archives anymore.

He still didn't know who sent these, only said who it's from, " To: Orion, From: Secret admirer .” 

Orion was still afraid each time he got one, and he carefully opened it, hoping that it wasn't a bomb, but he hadn't exploded yet.

But each gift seemed to be more luxurious than the next.

This had to be a prank.

But those gifts were made out of real gold and silver. He was thinking that Ratchet got those for him. 

Orion hoped that he didn't, because Ratchet needs to use his earnings for himself and what he likes, and his clinic. Not him. Because Orion doesn't care about material goods.

Orion always gives his earnings to anyone in need, like how he has been helping out Ratchet by giving him new medical equipment for the team and others in need.

In today's gift box, he opened it to see a small box wrapped in shiny gold wrapping paper.

“I wonder what's in here today? It's from the same secret admirer.” Orion said.  

He gently took it off the wrapping paper to reveal a shooting star charm, made with a gold star and colorful gem material, following behind as white diamonds represent little stars inside, and Orion looked at it in amazement.

" Holy Primus, this is gorgeous! I had never seen this before! Not even at any of the shops, this seems expensive, but how can Ratchet afford this? Maybe he saved up, but he shouldn't waste it on me. He should use it for medical supplies." Orion said.

 Then he saw a note inside, and he looked curiously at it as he picked it up.

"When I see you, you're the brightest star in the endless galaxy, but carefree like a cosmic star. But in the end, you're a shooting star. So I give you this as a reminder that you're my shooting star, I will meet you soon, my little archivist." From the secret admirer.

Orion started to blush a bit. This secret admirer really knew their poetry and had such a way with words. It's a shame he didn't know who wrote like that.

He knew that it was not one of his Autobots cause they know he sees them all as a fond family, so who is it then?

But he had to say this was gorgeous, so he would rather have it as a friendship gift that he gave him, so he kept it and attached it to one of his feathers as he went on about his day, working.

He got out of the archives early. So he went to talk with Alpha Trion about this gift situation and about the Decepticon soldiers that he encountered two weeks back.

He carried one of the gift boxes with him to Alpha Trion's office as he entered.

Alpha Trion looked to see who entered. 

“Orion? What are you doing here?” Alpha Trion asked

“Got out of the archives early! I needed to talk with you.” Orion said

“Of course, come sit.” Alpha Trion said as he pats a spot next to him.

Orion then went over and sat as he put the empty gift box on the table, as Alpha Trion examined it. 

Orion just watched him. 

“So, you said that these were randomly sent to you?” Alpha Trion said as he looked at him.

"I first thought some bot was pranking me, until it said it was from a secret admirer, but I don't know exactly who it is. But some bot got into the archives room without the keycard." Orion said.

Alpha Trion hummed nervously as his brows narrowed. 

"I'm not sure this is safe for this to keep happening, but we don't want any random bot breaking in and destroying our data records and hurting you." Alpha Trion said.

Orion thought for a moment, "But I do gotta say. It's kinda nice for a bot to do this. I also like the shooting star charm for my feather, which I find quite nice to wear around. It reminds me of the galaxies and stars I wanna see one day. It's cute." Orion said with a smile.

"Well, if you're fine with all the gifts, I'm okay with it, but we need to find out who keeps sending you these. Because your safety is everything to me, the other Primes, and your parents." Alpha Trion said as he looked at Orion.

”I know, but hey, at least it's not a bomb, hehe." Orion said as he rubbed his nose.

Alpha Trion rolled his optics a bit as he huffed, 

“That's not funny..” Alpha Trion said.

“But Alpha Trion, please don't tell my parents about this! If they found out some random bot has been sending me gifts and dropping them off in the actual archive, they are gonna freak out and make a guard or escort sit in there with me! It will be so boring and they are not fun to be around!” Orion pleaded as he gave him the sad, sparkling eyes.

Alpha couldn't resist seeing him like that, then he sighed, “Fine, I won't tell... but promise me you will call me so I can open it, okay?” Alpha Trion said with a stern look. Orion's face lit up. “Deal!” Orion smiled as he hugged him.

Alpha Trion gave a smile back as he pats his helm. 

Orion sat on top of Alpha Trion's desk, as he sat next to him, as he watched Alpha Trion writing some unscripted data down as he kicked his legs. 

Orion then remembered what else he was gonna ask him.

“Hey Alpha Trion,” Orion said.

“Yes, Orion?” Alpha asked as he kept focusing on the data.

“Umm…wel,l two weeks ago I had finished late in the archives one night and I was walking back to my room until I heard footsteps, I got a bit worried and so I hid until I saw it was Iacon guards but they weren't normal Iacon soldiers….they were Decepticon soldiers,” Orion said as Alpha Trion froze as he snapped his pen in half.

“What are Decepticon soldiers doing patrolling around the palace? I'm not saying it's bad or anything, I'm just curious, and also that I wasn't informed.” Orion said, then Alpha Trion sighed.

“ Look, we needed more security, so your parents had contacted Megatron to set up a meeting to lend some soldiers to watch over the palace. And so he did, he lent us some of his soldiers.” Alpha Trion said.

Orion blinked at him.

“W-What! Why would they do that!” Orion yelled.

“Orion, please calm down, they did that for your safety,” Alpha Trion said as he touched his shoulder.

“My safety? For what! I can handle myself..I also have my Autobots to help me.” Orion puffed up his cheeks as he crossed his arms, as his feathers bent backwards, as he looked up at him. 

“Oh really? You were nearly abducted by the Quintessons when they grabbed you by the legs and almost took you to their ship!” Alpha Trion said.

Orion turned and pulled away from him as he pouted still.

 “Who knows what they could have done to you if they reached their ship with you! We would have all been in a panic!” Alpha Trion said, “ Well, I was the one who cut the tentacles off my legs..I freed myself,” Orion mumbled as he saw one of the artifacts on the desk and picked it up. He examined it.

“You also almost fell to your death.” Alpha Trion said, “Dad caught me...” Orion pouted as he focused on the artifact in his hand.

Alpha Trion growled a bit.

“But what if he didn't!” Alpha Trion yelled, then took deep breaths to stay calm.

Orion gave him the side eye. As Alpha touched his shoulder again 

“Orion…your safety is our priority, you are our future for Iacon. You are our symbol of the era of freedom and change, a light in our lives.” Alpha explained.

“As much as I, your parents, and the others Primes encourage you to explore and learn, you mean the world to us, we would be devastated if something bad happened to you, we will be lost without you,” Alpha Trion said as he touched Orion's cheek, then his chin.

Orion Optics looked up at him.

“Primus knows about every bot's future, what fate is bestowed on them, but sometimes we have to rewrite it, for the greater good. To protect those we love so much,” Alpha Trion said as he moved Orion's face to make him look at him.m

“You mean the world to us; we can't bear to lose you.” Alpha Trion said

Orion looked at him, then his brow narrowed a bit as his optics looked away, as he looked uneasy from the whole discussion.

“Do you understand?” Alpha Trion asked

Then Orion sighed and nodded, “I understand.” Orion said as Alpha Trion sighed, “Good.”

Alpha Trion gave him a small hug, but Orion thought deep inside that he could handle and take care of himself.

“He told you what!” Jazz looked shocked as he stared at him through his optical vision.

Orion had his face on the table as he tapped his glass of energon, “He told me that 'it's for my safety, and I am the future of Iacon.” Orion did air quotation as he rolled his optics, as his brows narrowed, as he mumbled.

“Maybe so, that doesn't mean that I can be treated like a sparkling! I can defend myself from danger!” Orion shot up as he crossed his arms as his feathers twitching.

“Wow, they see you as a damsel in distress.” Bee said, “Well, I'm not! I'm so close to getting my axe summoned on command, once they see I can, and they won't treat me as a sparkling!” Orion said as he chugged down his energon drink.

Then Ratchet came up to them, “What's going on? I've never seen you this angry before, Orion?”

Orion grumbled as he put his helm back on the table.

 “Bossman is mad at Alpha Trion and his parents for seeing him as a sparkling and not a serious Prime,” Bee said.

“Oh, I see, well, I kinda agree and also disagree at the same time,” Ratchet said.

“How so?” Orion asked as he looked up at Ratchet with his optics 

“Look, I may be there to support you with anything you do, but I'm also the Autobots medic, and I think you can't just be going out and putting yourself and the others in danger, without repercussions! I think you should at least know your boundaries and what you can and cannot do yet.” Ratchet said as Orion looked at him still.

“But, I know you mean well,” Ratchet said as he looked at Orion. Orion then looked at Jazz and Bee, who smiled at him.

“Still…I wish I were taken more seriously by them.” Orion sighed as he looked away a bit, then Ratchet put his hand on his shoulder, as Orion turned to look at him.“You will one day, I know it.” He smiled as Orion felt his face heat up. Why was his face heating up? Was he finally having feelings for him?

Orion felt so confused about those feelings, he wondered, was Ratchet the one he truly started to fall for?

“Hey Orion, I wanted to ask you something,” Ratchet said.

“Yes?” Orion looked at him still with his crystal blue eyes, as it made Ratchet blush.

“I-I was wondering if you want to..go on a da- I mean, get together! Just the two of us! And I'm paying for it this time! What do you say?” Ratchet asked as he gave a nervous laugh.

Orion blinked at him for a moment, then shook his thoughts away, as he smiled back, “Sure, I'll like that.” He said.

Jazz and Bee noticed the bit of chemistry that is brewing between them, and they both chuckled at the thought.

Later, he was having dinner with his parents, but Orion noticed they both seemed a bit quieter than usual, and both of them seemed uneasy about something, which they never are.

“Dads?” Orion asked, as both of them jumped like they were both lost in thought, as they both looked up at him.

“Y-Yes, Orion?” Prima asked

“What's wrong? You both have been very quiet for a while, and right now? What's wrong? Did something happen?” Orion asked again, as both looked at each other.

“Should we tell him?” Prima said, “It's for the best, Prima.” Megatronus said as Orion shifted his optics between them.

“What's going on…” Orion looked confused.

 “Orion, sweetie, please be considerate of what we're gonna say,” Prima said.

“o..okay..?” Orion raised a brow.

“Well, you probably noticed the extra guards that are patrolling the palace, who aren't from here,” Megatronus said.

“Yes, I did, the Decepticon soldiers from the other kingdom. Alpha Trion told me you both made a deal with Megatron, which I still don't understand why you did.” Orion huffed as his feathers flattened as they twitched.

“Well, it was for extra security for Iacon and to help fight off a common enemy, they are dangerous... to keep you safe,” Prima said.

Orion huffed as he looked away, annoyed at the fact that his parents think he's a damsel and not capable of fighting for himself.

But Orion tried to hear them out with their decision as he looked back at them.

“Well, once we made our offer, he wanted to know what he would get out of this, and you know both parties have to agree to some conditions,” Prima said.

“I know how deals work, Papa..now what does it have to do with you two being so uneasy?” Orion huffed, and both went silent for a bit.

Megatronus and Prima sighed, “For us to get the soldiers, we had to agree for the king to take you out on a royal date.” Prima said.

Orion froze and dropped his fork as his optics went small. “What…” Orion blinked.

“Now, don't freak out, but this is the only for one full day, that's all he asked, we couldn't negotiate with anything else, he wanted you and you only,” Megatronus said.

Megatronus reached over and touched Orion's shoulder.

Orion's eyebrows narrowed as he growled in anger, a bit as his feathers fluttered as they narrowed.

Orion then moved away from Megatronus' grip.

“Why! Why didn't you tell me? Should I have a say in this? Does my opinion matter?” Orion slammed his hands on the table.

“Of course it does, sweetie, just calm down,” Prima said as he got up and gave him a side hug.

Orion was taking deep breaths as he eyed Prima. As he grabbed Orion's hand, he stroked it gently as he sat him down as he sat next to him.

“We needed more guards to protect Iacon and you. We don't want to risk another invasion,” Prima said.

Megatronus then went over and sat next to Orion and hugged him.

“Iacon is our kingdom, we need to make sure the citizens are protected, and if it meant we had to make a deal with Megatron, we had to,” Megatronus said.

Orion looked at him. 

“But, it's only one day, nothing else. You won't have to do this again, I swear to Primus.” Megatronus said.

Orion thought about it as his optics looked left and right as his eyebrow still narrowed.

Orion does care for the safety of his citizens, for all of Iacon, his Autobots, and as his father did tell him, it's only one day, it's not the end of the world.

Orion then did a big sigh then looked at both of them.

“Fine, I'll do it, but I'm only going on this royal date for all of Iacon's citizens, nothing else,” Orion said.

Both of them nodded as they held their son in a hug.

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When the day came for the royal date, Prima, Megatronus, Alpha Trion, and Orion stood, waiting for the Nemesis to arrive. 

As they did, Orion thought to himself as he tried to stay calm, “This is for Iacon and the safety of everyone! Don't forget that!” He told himself. But his frame started to shake.

Prima noticed how nervous Orion looked as he reached for his hand to hold. Orion felt as he calmed down, and his optics looked at him as he gave a small smile.

Then they all looked up. Prima let go of his hand. 

They then see it arrive, landing on the loading dock. Then the door opened, and Megatron stepped out, walking towards them with a sly smile on his face.

“Hello there, my little archivist~ or should I say Prime?” He said as he grabbed Orion's right hand and went on one knee and kissed it, Orion blinked at him, as he looked a bit nervous.

“H-Hello..Megatron..” Orion said Megatron felt his spark jump as he heard his name come out of that beautiful audio processor he had. 

He then stood up and let go of his hand. Prima and the other stared at him as Megatronus made a small growl. Prima tried to keep him calm as he gently touched his back. Prima then looked at Megatron with a stern look.

“Remember, only one day, bring him back by the end of the day and …no funny business,” Prima warned as his feathers fluttered in a threatening manner.

“Of course, Prima, I'll make sure he comes back just the way he is, not a dent on that beautiful frame of his. “Megatron smirked in a mocking tone.

Megatronus growls louder, “He's serious!” Megatronus growled as he stared at him as he got close to Megatron's face. It only made Megatron annoyed as he rolled his optics at him, but brushed it off.

He then extends his hand out to Orion, “Shall we go then, my Prime?” He said with a smirk, as Orion looked at his hand a bit, then looked at his parents, then back at him and sighed, “Of course..my king.” He said as Megatron gave him a small smile. 

Orion then took his hand as Megatron guided him inside the Nemesis, as the door closed, and as it took off back to Kaon, Orion watched them leave out of Iacon.

Prima looked up uneasily as he watched his son being taken, but he prayed to Primus that he would be okay.

Orion sighed as he looked out the window, seeing his kingdom from a few high up in the sky.

Megatron stared at the young Prime who sat near the window, far away from him, and huffed.  

He then looked at his small hand, as Orion was distracted by the view outside, Megatron scooted his way closer to Orion. 

Once he got closer to him, he reached for his hand, grabbing it, which startled Orion to make his feathers prick up and his optics widen as his frame stiffened. Like a deer in the headlights.

“Relax, my prime, soon we will land and we'll get to know each other more,” Megatron said as he stared at him for a moment until he pulled Orion close to him, which made Orion yelp, as crimson red met crystal blue. 

“Such gorgeous eyes you have, I can't stop staring~” Megatron said as Orion blinked a bit as he snapped out of his daze, and looked away. “Let go..” Orion grumbled a bit as he wiggled out of his grasp, and he scooted back near the window, away from him, as he huffed as his feathers twitched at him, then looked back out the window.

Megatron chuckled at the feisty attitude. He liked seeing Orion being like that; it made Megatron feel that he had more emotions hiding underneath that good bot persona.

As Orion looked out the window, Megatron sat back in the seat, looking at Orion from behind as Megatron thought about them being alone in the nemesis, having free time to spend quality time, no bot distracting them, not having to be on a schedule arrangement, no bot telling them what to do or not to do, as both of them are on an outing together, exploring the galaxies and planets.

He then imagined Orion was on his hands and knees in front of him, on the floor looking up with hearts in his optics as Megatron looked down at him from his seat, sucking his spike as he held his small helm in his hand. He felt his spike harden in his sheath panel, but he tried not to think about it too hard, cause he didn't want to make a wrong move.

He then scooted back near him again and reached over and gently stroked his helm, which made Orion look at him again, “What... are you doing?” Orion asked, “I'm trying to make you feel better, I know you're away from home, and you probably feel stressed, so I'm making sure you are treated the best in my care.” Megatron said, “You hope so...” Orion said as he raised a brow, then Orion thought to himself, “I wish you would treat your citizens with this much respect…” 

Once they arrived at the kingdom, Orion looked in horror at how bad it had gotten in Kaon.

The kingdom looked like it was abandoned, ruined, drained of color and life, a kingdom of despair. It's only the capital of the kingdom, who knows what the villages looked like? He would rather not know.

“Primus..” Orion said as Megatron eyed him, “What seems to be the issue, Prime?” Orion then thought to himself as he stared out the window, “Don't say anything…if you say something that will upset him, he might, one, kill me, or two, attack Iacon, which I don't want either to happen.”

Orion then looked up at him nervously, “Nothing, my king..just thinking of something dumb, hehe.” Orion chuckled as he scratched his chin, and Megatron hummed. 

“Any idea that comes from your helm will never be dumb in my optics,” Megatron said as he gently tapped Orion's helm. Orion laughed nervously, “R-Right..” Orion let out.

When they finally landed at Kaon palace landing dock, the Nemesis opened the hatch, and they were met by some Decepticon soldiers who were standing completely straight at the sides of the walkway, guns out and ready. No emotions behind those optics.

Orion felt the nerves kick in again as his feathers bent backward as he looked away, as Megatron eyed him, then Orion felt his hand gently grab his chin and make him look at him as he leans close to whisper in is auto processor, “Don't fret my Prime, they will not hurt you as long as I'm here with you, got that?” Megatron whispered as he moved away, looking back at Orion, looking up at him, and nodding.

Megatron hummed at the sight of Orion looking cute when he looked afraid. Megatron then gently grabbed his hand as he had Orion walk by his side as they walked past the Decepticon soldiers. When they walked by, they followed behind them until they made it inside. 

Orion followed him through the palace, soldiers,  servants, and maids watched the young Prime walk beside their king, which still made him nervous. Orion then clinged his arm around Megatron's arm as it looked like he was trying to hide. Megatron turned his helm to look at the Prime.

Orion looked back at him. 

“S-Sorry…when I was a young Sparkling, I was shy and when I saw bots I didn't recognize, I clinged onto one of my parents and hid my face behind one of them...I guess old habits don't die..hehe.” Orion said nervously.

“It's alright, I don't mind you clinging onto my arm,” Megatron said with a smug look, which made Orion blush in embarrassment, as Orion thought. 

When they walked, Orion noticed family portraits on the walls, most of them were the rulers before Megatron, most likely his grandparents, then he saw that there was one for his sire and his carrier, and him. His sire's face was torn, but his body remained intact, as he also noticed his carrier's face was torn as well. He then sees Megatron as sparkling, but this is not the same as what he sees in front of him.

This sparkling smile was smiling. Happy to be between his sire and carried. Orion noticed how his helm was a darker Grey while the rest of his frame was mixed with a few other greys. Also, some beautiful orange optics that Orion had never seen before. Orion then thought to himself, what made him change to the Megatron he saw in front of him? 

They then finally arrived at his throne room to be greeted by a few of his Decepticon comrades.

“The young lord has finally returned..with his..date.” Starscream raised an eyebrow at Orion as he scanned him. 

Orion just blinked at him for a bit, and then he bowed, “How do you do? I am Orion Pax Prime, and I'm glad to be accompanying your king,” he said.

Knockout comes up to him, “Such polite manners, young prime.” Knockout said as he examined Orion a bit, which confused him.

Knockout whistled at him as he kept examining his frame.

“Sweet rims, such a smooth frame you got here, young Prime, not a scratch or dent in it.” He said as he kept looking at him.

“Also, the way the colors make you so unique~ I'm a bit jealous of your framework.” Knockout chuckled as he finished his quick observation of him.

“Uh..thanks..” Orion said as Knockout nodded at him.

Soundwave then entered the throne room and froze a bit when he saw Orion in the throne room with his lord and the other Decepticons. 

He felt his spark jump and his face heat up a bit, as he thought to himself, “Stay calm, I can't let him or Megatron see this side of me.” Soundwave thought, then signed.

He walked up to Megatron, who had Orion standing next to him. 

They both see him come up. Soundwave was about to speak. “It's nice to see Soundwave again, besides being in the conference room, hehe,” Orion said with a smile. It made Soundwave Spark jump from hearing his name come from his audio processor. 

“Of course, my young Prime, I hope you enjoy your day here in Kaon,” Soundwave said as he bowed, and Orion nodded.

“What did you want to tell me about Soundwave?” Megatron asked.

“Oh, my lord, the carriage is ready for you and Orion,” Soundwave said, “Perfect! Shall we, Orion?” Megatron said as he had his hand out towards Orion again, “Of course.” Orion smiled a little bit as he took his hand. Megatron gave a small smile and kissed it. 

Once they were gone, Soundwave was walking around the palace, he wanted to make sure everything was in check before they came back for dinner. 

He then walked by one of the break rooms as he heard Starscream talking with his brothers.

“I'm just saying that I've been hearing complaints from citizens about our lord and that energon shortage has gotten worse than before, but even if our citizens complain, they get executed. How are we supposed to run the kingdom when Kaon Cybertronians are going offline left and right? It feels like we're ruling over a junkyard rather than a kingdom,” Starscream said as he looked annoyed, and he looked at his Energon glass a bit.

“Well, we can't just go against our king's authority; he'll have our heads.” TC said, “Yeah, besides, didn't you already kinda take care of the problem?” Skywarp added, as Starscream shushed him.

“Quiet, you idiot! You can't be saying things out loud like that, you stupid glitch! What if some bot hears it!” Starscream warned.

“Relax, brother..everyone else is out doing things since the king is on his date,” Skywarp said.

“Still!” Starscream added.

Soundwave was kinda curious about what Skywarp had mentioned about the Energon; he had to investigate what Starscream had done, but he would wait; he wanted to hear what they had to say about his lord.

“Right now, he's trying to make him have a good reputation to please the young Prime. Trying to woo him. ” Starscream grumbled as he crossed his arms.

“Well, I think he's doing it for political reasons more than anything. You know, to get Iacon to merge with Kaon for more power.” TC said, “Or he just wants to go into Orion's interface panel.” Skywarp chuckled.

Starscream then looks at both TC and Skywarp as he points to them and yells at them.

“ OH! SHUT UP, SKYWARP YOU SO IMMATURE!”

Both TC and Skywarp gave a small chuckle. “I'm just saying that it's true because you've seen him make lustful looks or him spacing out with this huge blush on his face while his cooling fans go off,” Skywarp said. As TC nods, “I've heard them.” TC said.

Starscream then drank the remaining energon in his glass as he looked embarrassed he looked away.

“Even still, I think he is still too young to be involved in politics; he should think more about his citizens.” Starscream rolled his optics a bit as he looked at the empty glass on the table.

“Well, we better get going to the skies, they can't patrol themselves, you know,” Starscream said as the other two agreed. 

They all leave. But around the corner, Soundwave stood, watching them all leave. 

Soundwave started to think about what the Seeker brothers talked about. He thought about it. How could Starscream say such a thing about their king behind his back? What do they mean, Starscream kinda took care of the Energon situation? He must know more.

But he must pretend that he didn't listen to their conversation for now, until he finds out what Starscream did and reports back to Megatron about it. 

But for now, he wants his king to have one good day without a scandal brewing in the background, he will deal with Starscream if he tries something that goes against their lord, or if he's stealing from Megatron behind his back, or rial up bots to start questioning him.

But for now, he will finish off his patrolling and get dinner ready when they both come back.

Orion walked beside Megatron as he listened to Megatron talk about everything that had happened the week before.

Orion saw how the Kaon citizens looked in fear when they saw Megatron walk by; they bowed, yet looked so terrified. Some even ran off before Megatron came close. How badly did he hurt them?

“Orion.” Megatron's voice broke his thoughts, as Orion shook his head and looked up at Megatron. 

“Sorry, did you say something?” Orion asked. “I ask you about that... beautiful shooting star charm on your top feather antenna.” He hummed as he tapped it with his digits, “It looks gorgeous on you. Where did you get it from?” Meg smirked, “O-Oh! Yeah! Thanks, well, I didn't get it, some bot gave it to me as a gift.” Orion touched it with his digits as he side-eyed it to look at it.

“Really? Well, it seems that that bot likes you and wants to shower you with endless luxurious gifts to show you their love for you.” Megatron hummed.

“You think so?” Orion asked, “Of course, they wouldn't just do it for no reason, and also that they know how much you like galaxies and stars.” Megatron said.

“W-Wel,l I do like anything that revolves around the galaxies and stars.” Orion said, “Oh really? I heard Orion is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, a supergiant. Something slightly… valuable.” Megatron said as he smirked his glossa at Orion.

Orion's eyes sparkled a bit as he didn't realize another bot knew about astrology like him, and he also felt his face had a faint blush, but shook it off.

“Y-your right! Wow, I didn't know you knew about astrology.” Orion asked. “Yeah, I studied a little bit when I was sparkling. Hehe, I guess I still remember a bit.” Megatron rubbed his chin.

“Well, if you want to learn more, I know a whole bunch more about all the different stars, constellations, planets, and galaxies. You name it!” Orion smiled as he rambled, looking away from Megatron, as he did, Megatron got a chance to scoop him and hold him bridal style, which made Orion yelp a bit in surprise.

“L-Lord Megatron!” Orion squeaked out as both of them were close enough to touch noses as Megatron stared deep into those crystal blue optics again. Orion felt himself off the ground a bit, as he felt Megatron breathe against his nose. “W-What are you doing?” Orion asked, “I'm looking into the stars~” Megatron purred as Orion paused for a moment, then snorted as he gave a small chuckle, “I don't have stars in my optics, silly.” Orion looked away as he put his hands on Megatron's chest plate to gently push him away, “Are you sure? Because I have never seen such beautiful stars in such optics. Megatron said, which made Orion blush a bit until he saw citizens looking at them both, which got him embarrassed.

“My lord! You're citizens are staring at us!” Orion said as he tried to push harder away from him. “Please, call me Megatron. You can call me lord when we're alone together~” he purred as Orion looked puzzled at what he meant by that.

“M-Megatron! They are looking at us, and it's embarrassing.” Orion said, “Do you want to execute anybot that stares at us, 'cause I'm glad to do so.” Megatron said with a smug look, “W-What! No! That's awful!” Orion huffed angrily as he pushed hard from him, as he got loose from his hold, as he stood up, and stumbled a bit backwards, but caught himself and made himself stand upright, looking away from Megatron. 

“I'm sorry, my Prime,” Megatron said as he walked up to Orion, who puffed up his cheeks as he crossed his arms he looking away still, as his feathers fluttered in anger. 

“I'm sorry, don't be mad at me, sweetsparks~,” Megatron said as he grabbed his hand and started kissing it upwards. Orion glared at him as he watched him do that, “I just wanted to make sure that none of my citizens were making you uncomfortable or making you seem in danger.” He said until he stopped with his upper arm almost close to his neck, as Orion sighed.

“Look, I know you want me to be comfortable in your kingdom, but I'll tell you if something is bothering me, okay, Megatron? Orion said as he pulled his arm away, “Of course~ anything for you, my prime~” he said. Orion rolled his optics as he walked forward.

Megatron stood there for a moment and thought about something, then he smirked, then he saw Orion a bit further away, so Megatron walked a bit faster so he could catch up.

“You know, if we get along, we can make our kingdoms unite as one,” Megatron said, which made Orion stop. “How so?” Orion asked, “Well, if we show the Primes how we can get along, me and them can then reconsider, and end this bickering between the two kingdoms.” Megatron spoke as he walked up to him. Orion thought, then Megatron put his digits on the back of Orion's shoulder.

“Think about it, don't you want to stop this hatred between our kingdoms and live in…peace and harmony?” He said as Orion thought, still as his eyes shifted.

“Cybertronians will finally be equal, no more citizens suffering, no more pain. No more bloodshed.” Megatron spoke, then he leaned down to Orion's auto processor, “You will be the first Prime to finally end this quote on quote, war..you will be recognized by all and praised by all.” He smirked as Orion shivered.

“I-I don't know...Megatron..” Orion said. He didn't realize how close Megatron's warframe was to his. Why did his back feel so warm? Also, what felt hard against his aft from behind?

Then Megatron got a message from his HUD, and he read it.  “My lord. Dinner is ready for you and Orion.” Soundwave massaged. Then he replied. “ Alright, we will be there soon.” He huffed as he pulled away, and Orion turned to look at him.

“It's time to go back to the palace, my prime. Dinner is ready.” Megatron said as he grabbed his hand, “Alright, Megatron.” Orion said as he held his hand, and Megatron smiled a bit.

When they got back, dinner was served to them.

Orion ate quietly as Megatron sat in his royal dining chair as he ate. “S-So Megatron.. What do you like to do for fun?” Orion asked, breaking the tension in the room. Megatron thought for a moment.

“Well, I do enjoy writing some poetry, also watching the pit fights, and taking care of my bird, Lazerbeak,” Megatron said. Orion blinked at him, “You write poetry!” he said, a bit shocked, but as his optics sparkled, “And you also have a pet!” he smiled. “Of course, what do you wanna see first, my pet or my poetry? Megatron asks Orion. 

“Can I see your bird first, please?” Orion asked.

Megatron nods as he sends a quick message to a servant to bring out Lazerbeak.

The servant walks in with the bird on his shoulder, and Orion's optics sparkle again as the servant goes up to Orion.

Orion then let out his index finger for the bird to walk on, and Lazerbeak gladly stepped onto his finger.

“Hi there, Lazerbeak.” Orion smiled as he looked at the bird's curiosity. He gently petted the bird's head, and he started chirping as Orion had a relaxed smile as he looked at the Lazerbeak.

Megatron had his hand under his chin, admiring how Orion looked so peaceful, so innocent, sweet, and loving towards all, his songbird. He smirked at the thought. 

“You know..you can stay here forever with me,” Megatron said as Orion broke out of his thoughts, as he still had Lazerbeak on his finger, as he looked at Megatron.

“W-What?” Orion asked, puzzled, “If you stay here with me, you will be treated with endless luxury, protection, and commitment. I will make sure you're taken good care of.” Megatron said as he reached over and stroked his cheek.

Orion looked away. “I appreciate that, but I'm still not sure.” Orion petted Lazerbeak's beak as he frowned.

“Tell me, Orion, are you happy in Iacon? Do you feel trapped, behind those palace walls?” Megatron asked, Orion froze as he looked away, “To..be honest..as much as I love the palace and my kingdom for what it stands for, I wish I could go on the surface and travel threw the galaxy, seeing new planets and exploring the unknown, being who I want to be, sure I wanna be a Prime, but I also want to travel and see the new places. But the surface is taken over by the Quintessons..and all the Primes, including my parents, don't want me to get hurt or taken..so they forbid me from going.” Orion frowned as he kept petting Lazerbeak as he relaxed.

“That's the point, they confined you to only your kingdom, they don't think you're strong enough to handle yourself, but if you stay with me,” Megatron said as he grabbed his other hand as Orion looked at him as crystal blue met crimson red.

“I will give you a chance to explore the surface, do anything your spark desires, as I am by your side, us together. No bot or Quintessons will stand in your way, and every bot will see you as one of the strongest Primes that ever lived,” Megatron said as he kissed his hand.

“My Prime~ I'll give anything to you. I will give Primus to you if you wish, " Megatron said.

Orion stared at him for a moment.

“That's sweet of you, but I'll have to think about it still, I'm not sure I'm ready for a big change like that,” Orion said as Megatron hummed. Megatron then whistled at Lazerbeak, which woke up and flew over to Megatron's shoulder and landed on it. Orion looked but gave a small smile as he continued to eat.

Megatron kept staring at him, wondering how such a beautiful bot like him could make his world be looked at in such a different way.

He never really saw the beauty in the world around him; he only saw the wicked and the hate. Not until Orion showed up, he show that there is goodness in this world, that despite how corrupted this world is, he shined within that darkness. 

He felt that being with him, it's a new perspective, maybe one day he can finally start caring for those around him because of Orion.

But he doesn't know but what he did know, he couldn't have any other bot take that light from him. He couldn't imagine if some bot did. He would be pissed. 

All he is also thinking about is making him his Conjunx, pinning him against the berth as they both make out, his spike is throbbing against his sheath panel begging for release, wanting to claim and mark Orion as his and his alone.

He would want to fuck his valve so hard that he made sure he was sparked to produce his heir.

But he had to wait his time; plans were going smoothly, maybe he would get a berth with him if he played his cards right.

“You said you write poetry, right?” Orion asked, as Megatron broke out of his thoughts, “I do,” Megatron said, “Wow, that sounds amazing, would you mind if I see some? I do enjoy some poetry.” Orion said.

Megatron blinked, then got up quickly, “Sure! Wait right here! I'll get a few!” he said as he ran off, and Orion gave a small chuckle.

When he came back, he had a few datapads in his arms, and he put them in front of Orion.

“Wow, these are quite a few,” Orion said as he looked through the datapads, then he started reading them as he ate his dinner.

Megatron chuckled at him being so focused on reading that he kept missing the Energon pieces that he tried to get in his mouth. He found that quite adorable.

Once he finished the last one, he looked at Megatron, “Well? What did you think?” Megatron asked. “I enjoyed them. I never knew you were such a good poet.” Orion smiled, and he gave a small smile, “Thanks...” he replied.

As they were flying back to Iacon, Orion was looking out the window. Megatron sat close to him as he looked out the window as well.

Megatron noticed how calm Orion looked, the way he had a gentle smile as the sunset made his frame glow, like an angelic being.

Megatron adored it.

“Wow…” Orion said as Megatron broke out of his thoughts, “What is it, Prime?” He asked, “Iacon, it looks so beautiful from up here, the sunset makes the buildings glow an orange hue.” his optics sparkled.

“Well, it doesn't look as beautiful as you,” Megatron said as he looked at Orion. 

Orion looks back at him as he blinks, then he chuckles. 

“Megatron, hehe, I'm not that good-looking.” Orion chuckled as he rubbed the back of his helm.

“Yes, you are, you're the brightest star that shines in the night sky. So different from the rest, no bot can't resist looking at you,” Megatron said as he held his hands. 

Then he pulled Orion into his lap and turned him to face him, as Orion looked up at him. 

Orion blinked at him as his face became a little blue, “O-Oh my..M-Megatron..I never really thought of myself as a star that stands out,” Orion said as they both looked into each other's optics.

“Why not? Being unique is what makes you stand out from the crowd, letting bots see your true colors.” Megatron said as he stroked his cheek.

Then Megatron started leaning close to him as they both kept staring.

“You're not wrong..how would you get to know somebot if you don't know their true colors, how would you know if they're the one..” Orion said, as he was lost in Megatron's crimson optics. 

Megatron hummed. 

Then Megatron's glossa were getting so close to Orion's as they could both feel each other's breaths as Megatron's glossa touched the top of Orion's until the Nemesis landed back on the landing dock at Iacon's palace as it opened.

It broke Orion out of his trance as he got up real fast, letting go of Megatron's hand and getting off his lap.

“W-Where here! Hehe.” Orion said as Megatron blinked, “I appreciated the time we spent together.” Orion said as he walked backward to keep facing Megatron as he got up and walked towards him.

“Well, I'm glad you did. Maybe we can do it again, another time?” Megatron asked Orion froze a bit as he stood there.

“Well, I'll have to see, okay.” He gave a small smile as he stood on the tips of his toes a bit as he patted Megatron's cheek, and Megatron purred. 

Then Orion steps out of the Nemesis, and they both stare at each other as the door closes and the Nemesis takes off. 

Megatron sighed as he slid down on the seat, and he rubbed his helm a bit.

“As much as I love him, I hate how I had to look all mushy and kind in public, disgusting.” He groaned a bit as he shut his optics.

“But think about this, Megatron..” he thought to himself, “It will all be worth it to have him as my Conjunx, and once we are, we can rule our way,” as he thought.

He then got a message on his HUD as he groaned. “What is it now?” he grumbled as he opened it. He saw it was from Soundwave.

 “My lord, did you drop off Orion already? Are you by yourself?” Soundwave messaged.

“Yes, I did,  I am alone right now, what is Soundwave, I'm exhausted..” he messaged back.

“Well, my lord, I have some news to tell you about what I found out about Starscream, and what he has done…” Soundwave messaged.

Megatron then sat up to read what Soundwave had to say.

“Oh? Oh really? Tell me what you know.” Megatron said.

He waited for Soundwave to finish writing down his long message because he knew if Starscream did something he didn't like, he would have him taken care of. But he will find out once he arrives home.

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Chapter Text

[Past]

Being the head of seekers is quite a handful, and being around for a long time does take its toll on one's frame.

Dealing with the old king for years, and now the new one is a handful, and being the eldest of the triplets makes it even harder.

But he manages it. 

Even when he was a young Sparkling, he took care of everything, since they had no sire or carrier to take care of them. 

Living on the street of Kaon was hard enough. 

Whenever his two younger brothers got in trouble, he stuck up for them. Bearing the consequence of getting sent to prison or the fine to bail one out, or both, leaving them with what little they had. Or working off a debt. Whichever one came first.

Sometimes in fights, he takes the beating for them, leaving a bit of a broken frame until he can self-repair or just leave it. 

Whenever they get energon, he gives up some of his portion to make sure both of his brothers have enough, even if it means he has to starve for a while; it was worth it. 

He loves his brothers; he may not show it as much, but he does, even when they get into petty arguments, he still cares for their well-being.

As Starscream got older, he topped his class in Kaon, being known for being the best flyer, watcher, and stealthy, and also being good at science a bit.

It caught the attention of the king. 

He was requested to see the king, and when he was granted as head of the sky team, he requested that his two brothers be brought in as well.

He was grateful for the king to let his two brothers in, he was happy that they didn't have to worry about fighting, scavenging, living in poor condition, free high energon, they were great full for all, they just had to keep there part by following orders, which was fine by them, but something in Starscream always kept bugging him, he didn't know what.

After the assassination of the king, Starscream has been trying to figure out who broke in and assassinated him. Sure, citizens hated the old fucker, but they wouldn't have the courage to sneak into a highly guarded palace and get away with it, which was puzzling. 

But once Megatron had his coronation, and got into power, things took a turn for the worse for the citizens, lives were offlining down fast, from starving to death, injuries, or battling it in the pits, crime rates were going up.

Bots that are trying to survive.

Something in Starscream felt like this was wrong.

Sure, the old king had his moments of being an ass to his citizens, but he made it at least a place to survive.

Megatron didn't; you either have to fight for your life or die trying. Either way, it sucked on both ends.

But it had Starscream thinking to himself, this could have been him and his brothers, living in these horrible conditions, they wouldn't survive, especially being seekers.

Cause seekers are rare to come by in these parts of the kingdom, and if they were found by the wrong bots, who knows where they would have ended up.

Starscream shivered at that horrible thought; he didn't like it at all. 

One day, he went to meet with the young lord about all these things. As he sat on his throne while Soundwave stood behind him.

“Lord Megatron, as your eyes in the skies, I must inform you that I suggest that we should at least give a bit more energon to your citizens, so at least we have a chance to keep them online instead of a quiet kingdom,” Starscream suggested.

Megatron had looked up at him from looking at his digits.

“Why in Primus' name would I want to do that? After all, I find it quite amusing to see them all suffer.” Megatron smirked.

Starscream looked a little stunned as he tried to keep his cool. “B-But my lord! Why must you make them suffer under these conditions!? What have they done to receive such cruel punishment?” Starscream asked.

Megatron then started to look annoyed as he tapped his digits on the armrest of the throne.

“If you keep this up, they will go crazy! Or you will be running a junkyard rather than a kingdom!” Starscream said

Megatron then got up from his throne and walked over to Starscream. 

Starscream noticed how angry he looked as he tried to back away from him, and he shook a bit. 

Then he felt his face get grabbed roughly as he felt Megatron's digits start crushing his cheeks as he hissed in pain a bit as Megatron pulled him close as they met optics to optics.

“I give energon to those who are fighters, not weaklings. I like to see bots break to the breaking point; it brings me a thrill to see them lose themselves to survive, especially in the pits.” He spoke harshly, as Starscream looked terrified.

“Only those who are worthy of energon will get it. This kingdom only raises those who are willing to be strong soldiers from the harshest conditions to protect this kingdom and to continue their bloodline. “ Megatron said coldly as he squeezed harder, leaving a few dents in Starscream's cheeks.

“Are you questioning my authority? Cause it will be such a shame to lose such a trusted ally for something so petite.” Megatron threatened.

“O-Of course not, my lord! I'll never say anything that will go against your authority! After all, you are the king!” Starscream spoke as he shook in fear he eyeing Soundwave, who just stared at him.

“Good..” Megatron spoke as he tossed him on the floor, as Starscream rubbed his cheeks as he looked up at him from the floor. “Now…get out of my sight..” Megatron said as Starscream nodded and scurried away.

[Present_three weeks ago]

Starscream was lost in thought as he leaned against a wall. Thinking about his life choices that he's making right now, and if it's worth it for all the trouble it can cause.

Then he heard some bots walk up to him as he looked up. 

“Starscream?” They said as Starscream looked to see that both of his brothers walked up to him.

“Why did you message us to come to the vault so late?” TC said, “Yeah..it better be worth it to wake us up this late..” Skywarp said.

“Won't you both shut up for a moment!” Starscream said as both looked at him, “Look, I just need your help dropping off some of this energon to the citizens,” he said, both looking puzzled at him, “What! Why?” Skywarp said, “Because if we don't keep these citizens alive, our lord will just be running a junkyard filled with corpses!” Starscream said, “Well…you're not wrong, but what if he catches us?” TC said, “He won't. I promise, I have a way to hide it.” Starscream said as the two looked nervous, but agreed. 

Once Starscream opened the vault and saw how it was overflowing with energon, Starscream then grabbed a handful of energon cubes and handed them to his brother's then he took some as well.

He then locked the vault.

Then the three made it outside and transformed and flew through the kingdom, leaving energon on citizens' porches with some medical supplies as well.

Doing these good deeds will at least make him feel better, after all, Sparkling doesn't deserve to be punished for nothing.

Cause he doesn’t want them to feel the same pain that he and his brother did all those years ago.

Once they finished, they went back to their berthroom, the three shared.

“Can I ask you, why would you do this, Starscream? Wouldn't you risk it all?” Skywarp asked.

TC also nodded.

“Okay..I'll tell ya, but promise just keep it between us three,” Starscream said as the two looked at each other, then nodded as they both agreed.

“Imagine this…if we were still sparklings, living through this while Megatron is ruling, we wouldn't make it…We would have either died, having to fight for survival, or we would have been taken to be sold off to do who knows what!” Starscream said

The other two looked uneasy when he said that.

"We were lucky that we were able to be part of the royal circle, but when I see sparkling on the streets, paying the price for this, I can't stand it.” Starscream huffed, looking away.

He then imagined seeing TC and Skywarp as sparkling as they begged for energon, and they looked horrible. But then he imagined the worst, seeing them both dead.

It made his spark hurt.

“If I have to be rational with my energon to make a point, I shall!” Starscream huffed.

“Well, do what you must, but just be careful when you do that, Starscream, cause we don't want you to go offline cause you didn't refuel,” Skywarp said.

“I'll be okay,” Starscream said.

“I was gonna ask, why hadn't you talked to Megatron about it?” TC said

It made Starscream have a flashback as he rubbed his cheeks, “I did…it didn't end well…” he said as he shivered.

[Present]

When Starscream was patrolling, he got a message from Soundwave that said he was needed in the throne room.

Which didn't sound like good news to him.

He gulped, but calmed down.

Then he made his way to the throne room, to be greeted by Megatron and Soundwave.

“Starscream, how nice of you to join us. I was afraid you wouldn't show up,” Megatron spoke as Starscream gulped as he walked over.

 “Would you like some energon?” Megatron said as a servant had a tray with an energon glass on it. Starscream stared at it for a moment.

Starscream thought to himself, “Something about his energon glass feels off... but I shouldn't be stalling cause he would notice, I'm screwed.” 

“Um..sure..thank you, my lord.” He held it in his hand as he took a small sip. Starscream didn't taste anything different from this Energon glass. So he drank a bit more.

Then Starscream noticed that Soundwave disappeared, which was odd cause he was just standing next to him.

Which made Starscream more nervous, until he heard Megatron talk again.

“So…I've noticed you seem to be distracted lately. What's been on your mind?” Megatron asked as Starscream froze. “O-Oh, nothing! Just been overworked, that's all, my lord, hehehe.” He gave a nervous laugh as he drank the last of the energon he had.

“Are you sure? Cause I've recently been noticing that mechs have been a bit..lively for the last three weeks.” Megatron said as he looked at his digits.

“Which is odd because I don't remember giving them any extra energon. Or medical supplies. And you do see everything from the skies, I would have thought you would have noticed anything suspicious. Do you know anything, Starscream?” Megatron asked as he looked up with his optics, as Starscream looked a bit nervous.

 “I…I don't know what you're talking about.” Starscream looked away as he tapped the glass with his digits, as his cooling fans kept going quietly.

“N-Normally, I wouldn't take notice of small details unless it was like some unknown bots we had never seen before or a bot doing what they aren't supposed to do,” Starscream said nervously.

They both stared at each other for a while, then Megatron clapped his hands together as he gave a calm smile.

“Well..it's alright then, I was just wondering if you saw or heard anything. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Well, you're dismissed.” Megatron said as Starscream put the empty glass down. “Umm..okay..” he said as he left.

Once he did, Megatron frowned as he did a low growl as Soundwave emerged from the shadows, as he stood behind him.

“Soundwave…” Megatron said, “Yes, my lord..” Soundwave  answered, “.....Kill him…” Megatron said coldly.

Soundwave went quiet for a moment, “Yes, my lord, anything for you..” he said as he walked down from the throne as he walked out of the throne room.

Later that night, Starscream was sitting on his berth reading as his brothers slept, until he got a message on his HUD from Soundwave.

Why was he sending a message this late? It must be for an emergency. So he opened it.

“Starscream, meeting me in the pits, there is something I have to tell you privately away from our lord.” Soundwave wrote.

Starscream blinked a bit as he looked a bit confused, but still replied. “Oka,y I'll be on my way.” 

He got up from his berth and went to the door and opened it as he looked back at his sleeping brothers, “I'll be back, I promise.” He whispered as he walked out.

He then turned into his alt modes and flew to the pit arena to talk with Soundwave.

Then, when he made it to the arena, he saw that Soundwave was waiting for him there, which made Starscream worried and nervous.

He then landed as he walked over to Soundwave. 

 “You messaged me to meet you here? Why so late?” Starscream asked.

Soundwave stayed quiet.

“Soundwave?” Starscream asked as he felt in his spark that something was wrong, as Soundwave quickly aimed his cannon at Starscream and started shooting at him, which Starscream quickly dodged.

“WHAT IN PRIMUS' NAME ARE YOU DOING!” Starscream yelled as he looked a bit in shock.

Soundwave stayed quiet still as he kept shooting until Starscream started to shoot back, as Soundwave dodged it as well, then Starscream tackled him as both rolled on the soil as they started throwing punches at each other.

“I'm not letting you take me down that easily!” Starscream yelled as they both punched each other, until Soundwave punched him right on the nose, which made Starscream fall backwards, as his nose bled. As Soundwave walked up to him as Starscream groaned as he looked up.

“Tell me! Why are you attacking a fellow commander?” Starscream asked, “You…are disloyal to our lord, you and your brothers have been stealing energon and medical supplies and giving it to the citizens behind our lord's back.” Soundwave said as Starscream felt his optics go small and his spark sank.

“For that, you all will be punished... by death,” Soundwave said, then all of a sudden, that fear that Starscream had turned into rage as his optics glowed. 

“NO!” Starscream jumped back, then quickly transformed into his jet alt, then flew towards him quickly as Soundwave grabbed hold of the nose as he pushed against it. 

Both groaned as they tried to push one against the other.

Then Starscream pulled himself away, then he did a round kick and kicked Soundwave in his optic visor as which stunned him for a bit, which gave Starscream a chance to trip Soundwave onto the soil as Starscream pointed his cannon at him as Soundwave stared up at him.

“I'm not letting you kill my brothers…they don't deserve to be killed. I will fight for them to keep them safe. Even if it cost me my life,” Starscream growled as his cannon hummed as it glowed as it charged up as it pointed at Soundwave. Starscream was about to shoot him until he froze and felt his frame hurt; his HUD started flashing warnings.

“What the…” Starscream wandered, then Soundwave did a quick low ground kick and tripped Starscream onto the soil as he got up and quickly shot his right wing, which made Starscream scream in pain as a big gaping hole, as his wing gushed out blue energon.

Soundwave walked up to Starscream as he looked up at him in pain. He put his foot on the cannon on his arm and pushed it as it disconnected; it slid across the arena.

Starscream started to feel weak. he was fine right now, why is he feeling so weak all of a sudden? He panted heavily; he felt his systems were heavy, his helm was spinning. He tried to remember what he consumed prior that led him here. 

He then remembered, the one he had in the throne room was the energon glass Megatron offered him, and he then realized that he was poisoned. 

Starscream tried to stand up to fight, as he struggled to get up, as Soundwave watched.

 His HUD kept warning him that his systems were compromised and everything was shutting down.

He felt dizzy as Soundwave walked over to him, as Starscream growled as he tried to punch him, but failed as Soundwave pushed him into the soil again, as he groaned as he tried to keep focus.

Then Starscream coughed up energon as he spat it onto the ground, as he struggled to breathe.

He looked up at Soundwave hovering over him as he pointed his Cannon at him.

Starscream thought to himself, “This is how I'm gonna die? In the arena, knowing I'm not gonna come back to my brothers? Will they miss me? Will they mourn for me when they find me? But they can't stay here, they are not safe..but they will be when they go to Iacon. They will be free from this evil kingdom.” 

“Starscream, for the crimes of going behind and stealing, you are sentenced to death. Any last words?” Soundwave asked.

“y..yes…” Starscream struggled out, “Tell me...” Soundwave said, “S.-Spare my brothers…I-I made them help me…I-It was all….me…let…them…go…let them be free…” Starscream let out, he then gasped “p..please…don't let them suffer here anymore…” he gasped again as he coughed up more fluid from his mouth as he felt his breath becoming shallow.

Soundwave stayed quiet for a moment, then he sighed a bit, “Fine..I'll arrange a way for them to leave and go to the neighboring kingdom, for them to never return and live out the rest of their days in freedom and free will.” Soundwave said.

Starscream gave him a small smile.

Something in Soundwave made him feel bad for doing this, but why ? Was this wrong to do to a comrade? An older brother, who is trying to protect his younger siblings? He was just trying to help his citizens. That wasn’t a true crime, but killing him was an order from Megatron himself, and he couldn’t back down.  

Starscream then thought to himself one last time, “He will do anything for his brothers even if it meant to paying the price with death for them to be free, then he shall take it, he will at least be at peace knowing he did something good for them, by letting them go somewhere free and being happy. That's all he cared about. But he felt bad that he wouldn't join them, and he hopes they forgive him. 

“T-thank you…” He said as he closed his optics, as Soundwave shook off that feeling, then aimed and shot him multiple times.

Starscream lay in the soil of the arena as Soundwave looked at him, bleeding out as Megatron arrived.

“Good job, Soundwave.” He said as he walked up next to him and looked down at Starscream's corpse, as he growled.

“A nuisance..” Megatron spits out near Starscream's body. 

Soundwave just stared at Starscream, then turned around and looked at Megatron. “My lord, can I request something from you?” Soundwave said.

“Of course. What is it?” Megatron asked as he looked at him.

“I was wondering if we can relocate Thundercracker and Skywarp to Iacon.” He said it made Megatron raise a brow, “For what reason?” He asked, “Well, once we tell them that their brother was found dead, they will be distraught and will be trying to find who killed him, and we don't want them to know you requested the execution of him. It would make them question you and cause controversy. We don't want that. So we'd rather just send them somewhere so they won't have to think about what happened to their brother, and also we can make sure they won't come back without consequences.” Soundwave suggested.

Megatron tapped his chin as he thought, “Well, you're not wrong, so I'll allow it.” He said,

“Now, let's go, shall we?” Megatron said.

“Don't you want me to clean this up?” Soundwave asked, “Nope, they will think he got into a fight and got into it and lost, after all, he did annoy a lot of bots, so he could have been a target. So once they do find him, we can pretend that we just found out as well.” Megatron said.

Soundwave looked at Starscream, then back at Megatron.

“As you wish, my lord.” He bowed, then he followed Megatron back to the palace. As they went, he still couldn't shake the feeling of… regret.

He and Starscream may have never gotten along, but he didn't deserve to be left in the soil in the arena, to be found like this; it didn't sit right, but he did what he was told. He put Megatron back to berth as he went to his berth to rest for the rest of the night.

But deep down, he knew this was all wrong, and this would haunt him for the rest of his life. 

Thundercracker and Skywarp got the news that their big brother was found dead in the arena. 

They were distraught.

Knockout and his medical team were at the arena, already ready to pick up his body. As TC and Skywarp watched from a distance as they gently put him on the stretcher and covered him with a white cover.

They both held each other as they tried hard not to cry, as they carried him away, they tried to stay strong for him, but their sparks hurt, knowing that their big brother who protected them was now gone.

They failed to protect him as well. Why was he there? Was it a trap that he fell for? They had so many questions.

A week went by as they both arranged a funeral for him, and no bot but them arrived. Which hurt because it meant no bot liked him and couldn't care less, after all he did to help, they treated him like nothing. 

Once the funeral was over, they were called by Soundwave to the throne room, as they both stood in the empty room, waiting for Soundwave to arrive. 

When he did, they looked at him as he walked up to them. “I'm sorry for you guys lost..I pay my condolences to you all.” Soundwave said, 

“If you did... You and the king should have been there at the funeral.” Skywarp mumbled, as he did a low growl, as TC gently touched his back.

“Skywarp, shsh!” Thundercracker said.

Soundwave knew he couldn't get mad at him, cause he was grieving in his way.

“Well, I have a proposal for ya’ll. “ Soundwave said.

“Go on?” Skywarp said, “The king and I want you both to start a new life in Iacon.” Soundwave said, “Why?” TC asked, “Well, I know losing a family member is rough and a change is a step into recovery, so it's wise to go.” Soundwave said as both of them.

They both looked away as they whispered to each other. “Do you think we should?” Skywarp said, “Well, what are we gonna do if we stay? It will be a constant reminder that Starscream was killed here..I can't bear to go near the pits again.” TC said as he looked upset.

Skywarp looked uneasy as he understood his pain, and as his older brother, he didn't want to see him distraught. Then Skywarp sighed, “Okay, we will do this for us, a new start, no more constant reminder of this pain.” Skywarp said as TC gave him a small smile.

They both agreed as they looked back at Soundwave and told them that they would do it.

They both got their stuff as a carriage was waiting for them, and they both think this is the best after the loss of Starscream.

Soundwave watched as the carriage left with them, and he sighed. Finally, he got rid of a problem that could have been bad for Megatron. Soundwave then went to talk with Megatron.

As they rode off to Iacon to start a brand new life there, Skywarp started to think.

“TC…” he mumbled, as TC looked at him.

“It doesn't make sense that Starscream would go to the arena in the middle of the night, then lose a one-on-one fight against a common bot, especially if they don't still have enough fuel. He's also a skilled fighter and flyer. If he knew he was in danger, he would have retreated. It doesn't make sense,” Skywarp said.

“It had to have been some bot with a high status,” Skywarp said

“How would you know? He could have been ambushed?” TC asked.

“No, because his injuries were inflicted by a cannon shot, close range, multiple times, that can kill a bot instantly,” Skywarp said as TC hums.

“Normally, citizens don't have cannons as weapons, and they wouldn't also try and fight with a commander without being caught easily. Also, they're afraid of him.” Skywarp added.

Skywarp looked out the window. “It…it felt like it was a set up…some bot wanted him dead, I'm gonna find out what happened on that day.. Skywarp said.

“Skywarp..let's not do this now, let's just move and start a new life in the new kingdom. Then we can figure out what happened to our brother, okay?” TC touched his shoulder as Skywarp nodded, “Okay, TC..” he said.

Once they made it to Iacon, they moved to one of the villages, a bit far from Iacon, so they wouldn't be recognized by any bot.

They took a couple of days to settle into their new home. A small modern house that was comfortable and cozy which they enjoyed.

They got the hang of having free will and all the energon they could imagine, while bots there were nice, enjoying life and doing what they wanted with no fear of death around every corner, so they started to question why Kaon wasn't like that and how they were wrong to judge Starscream.

All he wanted was to give energon to Kaon citizens to at least survive enough to live and experience life to the fullest. Starscream would have liked to live here, they thought.

When Skywarp was alone at home, he was doing his research to find out what happened to his older brother while TC was out. 

As much as he wanted to forget and move on, he couldn't. It bothered him every night. 

He was determined to find out and bring Starscream killer to justice and bring peace for him, Starscream, and TC.

He was digging through some old message logs that he stole from Starscream's database before he was put to rest.

He went through it and saw that he got a message from Soundwave to meet him and Megatron in the throne room. The message was sent in the early afternoon, on the same day he was killed, which was odd to Skywarp.

“Weird, they never really talk to him alone, it's either with the whole team or not at all, cause he knows Starscream got on Megatron's nerves, so why talk to him privately?” Skywarp thought to himself.

He then scrolled down a bit until he saw another message that was sent from Soundwave, as it said “ Come meet me in the ar-” until he heard TC come inside, and Skywarp hid the message log away.

“Welcome back, brother,” Skywarp said.

“hey..” he said, “What's the matter?” Skywarp asked. “Just tired, I'm heading off to berth,” TC said.

TC walked by him as Skywarp turned to look at him as he reached out.

“Okay, just remember I'm here for you, TC, okay?” Skywarp said as TC gave him a small smile, then left for his room.

Once he did, Skywarp looked back at the message logs, and as he was about to read it again, the message log started to glitch out, with an error message saying “ Error, recorded logs being erased by authorized authority . 

“W-What! No! NO! NO!” He yelled, but not too loudly as he tried to stop it, “Come on! Come on!” He kept cursing to himself, but then he realized that some bot was erasing the message logs.

“NO!” He growled as the datapad log became blank.

He stared at it as his optics shook as he stared at the blank log. 

Then he screamed and slammed the datapad on the table as it shattered, as he huffed and panted as he tried not to cry. “I was so close…so close…I'll never be able to solve Starscream's death ....I'm sorry, brother..” Skywarp said.

He then saw the shattered pieces all over the table then he started to clean them up.

But he wondered who was erasing the message logs. They were just logs, they weren't that important, or where were they?

They were only for commanders and the king; no one had access to it. then it hit him, some bot from the inside knows something about Starscream's death and is trying to cover it up.

But he doesn't know who, but he will have to wait to figure it out.

Alpha Trion was meditating in an isolated room.

He then communicated with Primus to learn about the future of Iacon. As he tries to see what the future holds, he hears a prophecy from Primus that something bad will happen to the young Prime, that he's too pure for this life, and he will be returning home with him.

Alpha Trion got worried, he tried to ask what would happen or to try to stop it, but Primus did not say, only time will tell.

Once he snapped out, he got up, he had a worried look, he had to warn the Prime's about this, he had to protect Orion from a fate he did not see. 

He cannot lose his only nephew, so he has to work fast. He just wishes to Primus that it won't be as bad as he thinks, and he's worrying for nothing, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

He just wishes that Orion won't do anything stupid that will get him in trouble, so he had better go warn them now and be on the lookout.

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🎵 But the young prime had his sights on A reddish-orange medic from a village,

as so they tell. 🎵

A month went by.

Soundwave was summoned to Megatron's throne room. As he walked inside, he saw Megatron with Lazerbeak on his forearm, petting and feeding him energon seeds as he smirked.

Then he sees Soundwave come in, “You summoned me, my lord?” Soundwave bowed.

 “You know what I've been thinking about, Soundwave? I've been thinking about Orion again. I miss Orion so much; every waking thought is an image of him in my arms in the berth with me, holding each other close as we cuddle. “ Megatron sighed as he looked away.

“I want to see him again.” Megatron said as he kept petting Lazerbeak, “Want me to get the Nemesis ready for you to go into Iacon again?” Soundwave asked. 

Megatron turned his head quickly at him, looking a bit embarrassed.

“Oh! No, no, no. I can't just show up unannounced, the Primes will question it and won't let me see Orion again if I do that.” Megatron said.

Soundwave blinked behind his optics visor. 

“I want to see him from afar, see how he goes through a normal day in Iacon, so I can understand him better. So I wanna send Lazerbeak to watch him.” Megatron said.

 “Oh really..well okay if you want to, I can set his cameras on so you can get live footage,” Soundwave said.

Megatron looks at him with a smirk.

“I would appreciate it.” He said as Soundwave bows, “Of course, my lord, let me get that started for you.” He said as he took Lazerbeak from him, and he took him into another room. Soundwave thought to himself, he had never really seen Megatron so excited and happy in his life, and he was grateful that he found a bot he loved.

As Megatron waited, he thought to himself, “Maybe, I should officially make him my Conjunx already. We bonded so well from our first official date, his spark called for me when we almost kissed. After today, after I see how he's doing, I'll go over to Iacon and propose to him, and then persuade the Primes with a “peace treaty” for his hand. He was meant for me. Nobot else. He smirked at the thought that after they signed the treaty, he could get rid of the Primes that had stood in his way for years, but he would have to wait until he had Orion in his arms.

The thought drove him crazy again, as he thought about him as he wrapped his digits around his slim waist, as he wore such beautiful luxurious jewelry, while he wore the crown of Kaon on his helm, as his citizens called him the queen of Kaon. He thought of something better, him, Orion, and his heir ruling as a family, as they sat together in the throne room or traveled to new places to conquer. 

Soundwave then comes back with Lazerbeak on his forearm.

“He's ready, my lord,” Soundwave said as he handed him back to Megatron.

Megatron smiled and petted him. “Good..” Megatron said.

“The live footage will be broadcast on this datapad, and you will also be able to communicate with Lazerbeak. Also, you can record anything that you see from his view.” Soundwave said.

“Oh really? I can have a recording of my sweet Orion replaying over and over again?” Megatron asked as he looked over the datapad.

 “Of course, my lord,” Soundwave said.

“I love this, thank you, Soundwave,” Megatron said as Soundwave bowed. Then Megatron walked over to the window and opened it.

“Now go, Lazerbeak, go see what my Conjunx is doing right now. I want to make sure you get every view of him,” he said as the bird made a sound, as Megatron made him fly off into the sky to go into Iacon.

Orion was fixing his helm in the mirror as he was getting ready to go out with Ratchet.

Which he was excited about.

He found Ratchet to be a sweet bot, even though he hides it with his sass and his stubbornness, he adored it. He felt strong feelings for him, his parents might be right, he thinks he is falling in love with him.

He blushed at the thought as he hid his face a bit. He then hears his berthroom door open, as he sees Prima smiling at him.

“Getting ready to go out?” Prima asked, “Of course, Ratchet and I are gonna go around the villages and see what they have, then go out to eat, we're gonna have a blast!” Orion smiled.

Prima laughed, “Okay, okay, just be careful, and remember to come home before it gets dark.” Prima said as he kissed Orion's forehead, as Orion smiled, “I will, I will.” Orion said, Prima pointed at him, 'I mean it!” He said. “I know!” Orion rolled his eyes a bit but laughed, “I'll be home, I promise.” He kissed Prima's cheek as he ran out the door of his berthroom.

Prima smiled as he watched him, then frowned. “I pray to Primus he will return safe and the day is not today, nor it shall be...” he thought to himself.

Ratchet was waiting in the front with Megatronus as Ratchet glanced at Megatronus as he looked up, seeing how big he is compared to him, it made him nervous. 

Megatronus then looked at him and gave him a gentle smile with his eyes.

“Don't look so nervous, Ratchet, I ain't gonna bite.” Megatronus laughed. “Y-Yeah..” he stuttered a bit as his face turned blue. “I promise to bring him home before dark. We shouldn't be out for too long.” Ratchet said. “Alright, just be careful you two, if something does happen, just message me or Prima and we will come to help, alright?” Megatronus said as he pats Ratchet's back.

“Of course, of course, I know how you both worry, but he is in safe hands.” Ratchet calmed down as he smiled at him. Then Orion comes out, “Hi Ratchee and Papa!” He smiled as Ratchet blushed at the nickname again.

Orion then stood up on his tippy toes as Megatronus bent down for Orion to kiss his masked cheek.

“I'll see you later, Papa.” Orion said, “Alright, be careful, message us if you need anything.” Megatronus said, “Okay.” Orion smiled as he went up to Ratchet, as Ratchet had his arm around him. “Shall we, Orion?” Ratchet said as he smiled and nodded and wrapped his arm around his as they both walked out together, as Megatronus smiled under his mask.

Prima came up to Megatronus and smiled, and gave him a side hug. “Our son is growing up..he's gonna be a great Prime one day, don't you think?” Prima asked Megatronus. 

“Of course he is, he's learning from the best! And I'm just saying that I think Ratchet is a keeper.” Megatronus said, “I think so too.” Prima said as he leaned close and gave Megatronus a quick kiss on his masked face.

Both of them walked into town together, as Orion had his arm around him as he rested his head on his shoulder.

It made Ratchet blush.

“It's so nice to spend time just with you, you know, walking together, not both of us worrying about work.” Orion said, “Of course, Orion, I want to spend a quiet evening with you, just us talking at the restaurant and enjoying each other's company.” Ratchet said, “I'll love that. I just don't want to think about anything but..just you..” Orion smiled and hummed at Ratchet again as Ratchet's face turned a dark blue.

Once they were at the restaurant, they placed their order and drinks and waited. “Soo…how was that hangout with the Kaon king?” Ratchet asked.

Orion then tapped his chin as he tried to remember.

 “Well, it was interesting, but I never imagined how bad it would become. The capital of the kingdom looked like it was ruined. It broke my spark to see such a state, those poor Cybertronians that live there…they have to fight to survive. I don't know why he doesn't see it as a problem. It bothers me.” Orion said as his feathers flattened.

“Well, at least you don't have to worry about it anymore, at least. It's over, and now we can use that as evidence to make a move to get that kingdom out of his control.” Ratchet said. “Maybe..but I'll give him a chance to redeem himself. Every bot deserves a second chance..I just know it. I know deep down he has a kind spark.” Orion said as he looked at Ratchet.

Ratchet then looked away from him a bit.

Ratchet doesn't believe Megatron has the spark to change, but he won't tell Orion that, it will make Orion sad, and Orion doesn't need that. 

Ratchet then sees Orion had his hand on the table as he looked around.

Ratchet deep down inside wants to tell Orion how he truly feels about him. He has to tell him, this is the perfect moment to confess to him.

Ratchet looked at it and reached for it, and held it. Orion looked as he blinked as his face turned blue. “Orion…I have to tell you something,” Ratchet said. “What is it?” Orion asked.

Ratchet hid his face for a bit with his other hand as he collected his thoughts, “All this time, that we knew each other ....I had these feelings…” Ratchet said, “What kind of feelings? Orion asked again as his optics stared at him.

Ratchet catches his breath as his cooling fans activate, and they cool him down. He then looked at Orion.

 “I-I,” he shuddered, then he looked at Orion in the optics, “I LOVE YOU ORION PAX!” He let out as Orion's face turned a dark shade of blue, Ratchet held his hand as he shook from feeling nervous.

“I know I don't have much! And I know I'm not a high-class bot! But my feelings for you are real! You were always there for me! I was there for you! You let me join the Autobots, and every Autobot likes me. I have a life besides my work! You gave me everything I wanted. I'm grateful.” He let out as Orion continued to blush.

But then he looks away from Orion again.

“But I wanna be there for you for the good and the bad, be the best Conjunx towards you. I'll give you anything. I will do my best to make you happy no matter what, I wanna prove it to you.” Ratchet said, then he felt a gentle hand touch his cheek and made him look up.

He sees Orion with a gentle smile.

“Ratchee, you don't have to prove yourself to me, I love you for who you are, I don't need you to get me nothing, I have everything I need to be happy, so the only thing that I need is you.” Orion smiled as he moved his hand away from Ratchet's cheek.

“ I love you, too. I had these feelings deep inside me, too, for you.” Orion said.

Ratchet optics widened as he blushed, then he touched Orion's cheeks and all of a sudden he pulled Orion into a kiss which caught Orion off guard for a bit as they both were leaning on the table, but Orion didn't mind at all as he wrapped his arms around his neck, as they both shared their first passionate kiss.

After they ate, they both walked together around the town as Ratchet held him close.

Orion hummed as he had a smile on his face as he nuzzled Ratchet a bit, which made him chuckle a bit.

“Wow, such lovely lights and decorations, Iacon villages know how to go all out. Don't you think so, Ratchet?” Orion said as he reached for one and touched it with his digits, as he smiled as it made a small chime.

“Yeah, but not as much like you.” Ratchet nuzzled his nose with his, which made Orion laugh a bit.

Then, they walked by a shop that Ratchet noticed.

“Hey Orion.” Ratchet looks at him, “Yes?” He looks at him. “I'm gonna be right back, alright.” He said as he guided Orion to a seat outside and gently sat him down, as he chuckled.

“What are you planning? Are you getting me a surprise?” Orion smiled.

“I'm not telling you. It's a secret, “ Ratchet smiled, as Orion laughed, “But stay right here, I won't take long, okay?” Ratchet said, “Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you.” Orion smiled. Ratchet smiled as he ran inside the shop, as Orion looked at the beautiful day that he and Ratchet were having. 

Orion saw the bright blue sky as the sun rays down as he relaxed as he takes in everything into his system, he loves being outdoors, it reminds him so much of freedom. Which he enjoyed as well.

Lazerbeak then finds him and lands on a pole a good distance away from Orion to get a good view of him.

Megatron sees Orion sitting down, relaxing. “There he is~ my Conjunx~,” Megatron said as he rubbed the screen with his digits, as he smirked at Orion.

“My little songbird, sitting alone. Such beauty.” Megatron said, as the live feed showed Orion was just sitting there, looking a bit bored as he waited. As he did, a butterfly flew by him as he looked surprised but adoring, he let out his finger for it to land on. When it did, Orion had a calm smile as he looked at it he bringing it up close to his face, admiring it.

Megatron felt his spark skip a beat at how adorable he looked when he did that. “So perfect, so carefree, but what is he doing there all by himself? Megatron asked himself as Soundwave stood next to him, looking at the live feed.

Soundwave felt his spark skip a beat as he saw how beautiful he looked, such a perfection with a brilliant shade of red and blue. As he couldn't stop falling for himself.

Then they saw him look up as the butterfly flew away, as he smiled, and then he turned and looked surprised, a bit, then smiled as he got up.

They see him go up to a bot.

Megatron's optics went small as he shook to his core.

Orion kissed that other bot's cheek as they talked for a bit, as he laughed, then they held hands and walked down the street.

Lazerbeak followed them still, both had faint blue blushes as they walked, then the other bot put his hand around his waist which made Orion let out a small chuckle, as Orion clinged onto his arm as he had a big smile on his face as his face was still blushing as the sun shines behind them, making them look so

perfect , happily in love. 

They clanked their helms together, then gave each other quick kisses.

Soundwave felt his spark break a bit from the hurt he witnessed, then he looked at Megatron, who was still frozen, shocked, his optics staring at the screen, looking so confused, like he was trying to be mad, but also sad.

“He..is..a commoner…a lower class bot..” Megatron finally spoke, “Yes, my lord, I can see that he is...” Soundwave said.

Megatron stayed quiet a bit, then he hid his optics in his helm as he held the datapad in his hands, still.

“Bring Lazerbeak home…now..” he said in a low voice.

Soundwave stared at him for a moment, “As you wish, my lord..” he said.

“Make sure..no no one comes in here... I need to be alone..got that?” Megatron said.

“Of course, I'll make sure no one bothers you,” Soundwave said as he bowed and walked off. As he called Lazerbeak home.

Leaving Megatron standing in his throne room in the dark.

Later on, at sundown, Orion and Ratchet walked back to the palace together.

“That was the most romantic evening I ever thought I would experience. I love it,” Orion said as he sighed.

“I'm glad you liked it. I wanted to make it special for both of us,” Ratchet said as Orion nodded.

“Our future is bright together, Ratchet, I just know it,” Orion said as he put his helm on his shoulder. “You think so?” Ratchet said, “Yep! Think about it! The next step is for us to be Conjunx! And you are Conjunxing the next Prime, it will technologically make you a Prime with me!” Orion said as Ratchet thought, and it made him realize that, “Primus…” Ratchet said as Orion laughed.

“Don't worry, we can handle that together.” Orion said as he held his hand, “Also, considering, you probably want to become a sire to a sparkling.” Orion said with a smug look as Ratchet's face turned blue.

“H-HUH! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!” Ratchet said as Orion laughed again, “Just saying for the upcoming future.” Orion shrugs as Ratchet's cooling fans kick it as he pinches the bridge of his nose, “Primus, Orion, you're gonna be the death of me…thinking ahead about our future.” Ratchet said.

“Well, you know me, I love thinking ahead, it's not that bad.” Orion smiled as he closed his optics with his hands behind his back as he walked.

“Can we at least do one step at a time, like become official Conjunxes first, then we can talk about a Sparkling later..” Ratchet said as Orion turned.

“Fine, but you better hurry up,” Orion said as he stuck his tongue out at him as Ratchet rolled his optics, 

“We'll have all the time, don't worry,” Ratchet said, but smiled.

Then they made it to the palace gates.

“Welp..you're home.” Ratchet said as Orion smiled, “I enjoyed our official first confession and romantic date, I loved it, Ratchee.” Orion said, “I'm glad...” Ratchet said, then he grabbed his hand and kissed it. “I'll see you later, Orion, good night,” Ratchet said.

“Alright, good night, Ratchet, my love,” Orion said as he went inside and closed the gates. He was greeted by his parents, who were smiling and wanted to know all the details on how it went. Primus, Orion wished they weren't too curious about his life and what had happened.

When Ratchet got home, he lay in berth looking up at the ceiling, thinking about their future together. 

Future.

He never really thought he would ever have a future with any bot. He would have thought he would have been known as the lonely bot that isolated himself from his world, only working until the day his spark goes out. But he proved himself and others wrong.

Then another thought hit him.

He, becoming part of the Prime family! 

The prime family! The highest rank of society. 

He felt a nervous rush emerge in his mind. What if the other primes didn't like him and think he's not good enough for their nephew.

 He knows his parents like him; it was just the others he was afraid of.

He knows how protective the other primes are of their only nephew.

He never thought he would be able to run a whole kingdom, but he has Orion by his side, which is good, cause he wouldn't know how to... probably.

His mind then relaxed, but then it kicked up again, as Orion had said about him being a sire, a sire! Primus, he didn't know what to say or think about that.

But he did imagine him and Orion fucking, he had also imagined him touching his spike, but not Orion fully taking his spike and putting a sparkling in him! 

Ratchet hid his face in his hands as his cooling fans kicked in as he thought about it.

But he couldn't stop thinking about how he smiled, laughed, and made those silly faces, Primus. he was making it hard not to want to fuck him.

But he thought it would be nice to have a family of his own. He knows he will take good care of his Sparkling with Orion by his side. He knew he was gonna be okay.

He then took deep breaths and calmed himself down. They both had a long day, and all he wanted to do was rest, knowing that both of them were happy with each other.

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🎵 When he knew this, he was filled with rage. He called his commanders,

who followed all commands. 🎵

A month went by.

No bot knew what Megatron was cooking up in his throne room.

Nor did they know why he locked himself in the throne room for that long; only Soundwave was allowed in once in a while, but he never told any bot what Megatron was angry about.

The only thing he told them was, “He's busy,” or “He's not ready to talk right now.” 

All they knew there was a lot of yelling, swearing, screaming, and furniture being thrown around and smashing against the walls or the floor.

None of the Decepticons wanted to go in or ask what was going on cause they didn't want to risk being killed for saying the wrong thing.

Knockout and Breakdown had heard the ruckus going on in the throne room.

“Um…can some bot explain what's going on?” Knockout asked, “Yeah, we've been hearing a lot of noise in the medical room, and that's pretty far? Is the king alright?” Breakdown asked.

Most of the Decepticons shrugged, not knowing the answer.

“The lord wishes not to speak about it at the moment,” Soundwave said as he approached Knockout and Breakdown.

“Why not? Did something happen?” Knockout asked.

“He needs to think about it and vent to himself for a while, and once he is ready, he will let us know,” Soundwave said. Both Knockout and Breakdown looked at each other for a moment, then sighed.

“Alright…if he says so. We were just concerned about his well-being.” Breakdown said.

“We all are...” Shockwave added as Soundwave nodded at him.

Once all the Decepticons left, Soundwave wanted to make sure Megatron wasn't gonna do anything to harm himself or thinking about harming any of his fellow Decepticons. 

He then leaned against the throne room door, listened to all the mumbling and footsteps that were going on in there.

Megatron walked back and forth in the throne room. Everything was either broken, torn, tipped over, or burned to a crisp.

He tried to control his anger, but every time he tried not to think about it, the memory of seeing Orion smiling and having another bot's arm wrapped around him, then clanking helms, then giving each other small kisses. Made Megatron burn with fury.

“IT'S NOT FAIR! HOW CAN A LOWER BOT WOO MY PRIME! MY PRIME!” He growled as he kept walking back and forth. He clenched his fist.

“WHO...! WHO IS THE WHORE WHO SEDUCED MY DEAR PRIME!? WHERE IS HE!?” He growled again, then walked over to the window and looked out. As he had his hand on the window, he stared into the horizon.

“I deserve him more than anything…he is supposed to be my Conjunx! No one else's! My prime is my prized possession! He shook with rage as he kept thinking.

“We were both gonna rule this planet together! We were gonna start a family! Rule together as a family! We were gonna show them all who they were messing with.” Megatron growled.

Then he remembered the time both he and Orion spent together, as Megatron remembers that he was vulnerable to him, he knows that Orion can use that against him. How dare he make him look like a fool? No one makes a fool out of Megatron!

“He knows too much about me..how dare he play with my feelings..how dare HE PLAY WITH MY SPARK!” Megatron growled as his optics glowed red.

As he kept thinking so much, his cannon emerged and buzzed with an angry roar as it charged up. Once it did, he turned, yelled, and shot at his family portrait.

As he huffed, he watched the portrait get engulfed in flames as the flames swallowed the picture and the frame whole. 

Seeing his old self and his parents turn into ashes, leaving behind the peaceful past to make way for a bloody future.

He then turned back to look out the window as the flames kept burning the portrait behind him. He noticed the flames reflecting outside as he stared at them for a while, then he smirked.

He thought of an idea, an awful idea. 

Then Soundwave and his Decepticon soldiers got a message that Megatron wanted them to enter his throne room, so they applied. 

They saw how the place was trashed, burned, and ruined as Megatron sat on his broken throne, as they all bowed down on one knee to him.

“My commanders, my soldiers, there has been a great tragedy that happened to me. My one, I called my Conjunx, my queen, has been blindsided by a lower-class whore.. who lives in Iacon.” He said as he growled, but took a deep breath.

“Iacon, a kingdom that is run by weaklings who divide their power instead of having one ruler, lets their Cybertronians control them! I find that a sign of weakness! They should be ashamed of it…then dare to ask me to help them with their problems!” He growled again.

“I'm sick of catering to them; they are weaklings without me! I gave them everything to keep them safe, and to what, let their youngest Prime make a fool out of me! By stabbing my spark! I can't believe he would betray me in such a way. I want to make sure that those Iacon Cybertronians feel my wrath! Let them know what betrayal feels like!” 

Megatron then rose from the throne as he had his Canon in the air as his optics glowed.

RISE UP! Burn their villages to the ground, don't spare a bot!! Destroy everything on sight! Leave them in shambles and ashes! To think that kingdom was gonna belong to be mine, now it's gonna fall before me! If we must go into war, then we shall! Go!" He looked at his commanders and soldiers with his glowing red optics.

All his soldiers stood up and cheered his name. 

He did a small laugh as he then stared up at the ceiling.

Once every bot left, the doors were closed, and only Soundwave stayed behind as Megatron walked over to him. 

“Soundwave, my loyal servant, you will do anything for me, right? " Megatron asked.

"Of course, my lord, anything for you," Soundwave said.

Megatron then stood next to him. “I have a special task for you to do for me.” He said as Soundwave turned his head to look into Megatron's optics. “What is it that you want me to do, my lord?” Soundwave asked.

Megatron then walked past him as he went over to the window, as he had his hand against the glass as he stared outside, with a cold glare.

"You know I wanted Orion to be mine and mine alone,” Megatron said. “Of course, I know my lord,” Soundwave said 

“But some lower-class bot was willing to take him from me then; I'm not willing to share Orion with him,” Megatron said.

He then turned to look back at Shockwave as he had his arm and hand extended towards him, as his optics hid within the darkness of his helm, as they glowed red, he spoke with malice.

“I want you to kill Orion Pax. ”

Soundwave felt his spark stop for a moment as he stayed quiet.

Megatron then walked back toward Soundwave. 

"If I can't have him, no one shall... make sure of it...." Megatron said as he stepped closer to whisper into Soundwave's audio processor.

"Once you finish the job, take his cog and bring it to me....do you understand..." He whispered as his optic side eyed Soundwave.

Soundwave stayed quiet for a moment, then let out a deep breath.

 "I understand, my lord. If that is your command, then it shall be done." Shockwave said as he stepped back and bowed to him.

“Good….” Megatron spoke.

As Soundwave left, he felt something deep down inside tell him that this was a mistake. 

Once every bot left, Megatron sat down on his throne again.

He pulled up the datapad with the footage of Orion sitting alone with the butterfly on his finger as he smiled.

Megatron stared at it, “Oh my sweet songbird..You shall never leave me, I'll have no matter what, in life or death, but I think we know the answer for you…But you still shall be mine .” He said as he stroked the footage of Orion as it gave off a bit of static.

“If I have to trap you in a cage to keep you by my side, songbird, then it shall happen,” he said as he stroked again.

He played the footage as he saw how happy Orion looked when the bot came up to him.

Megatron felt his oil boil at the sight of the other bot, nuzzling, holding his prime. Then Megatron got a good glimpse at the other bot, and he noticed it was a reddish-orange bot that looked like a medic. How was a medic able to seduce the young prime?! Is this bot trying to say that a lower-class bot is better than royalty itself? How dare he make a mockery of him!

He growled at the thought, then he sent the screenshot of the medic to his Decepticons soldiers that were on their way to Iacon's villages, and to the ones that were working there were making their way out of the palace to start the invasion into the first village they were gonna attack.

Orion yawned and stretched in his seat in the meeting room in the Autobots' base.

“Well, I'd better be going, my parents want me home before dinner. Are you sure you guys can finish off the paperwork and lock up?” Orion asked.

“Of course we can, Orion..” Elita said as she smiled, “Yeah, me, Elita, and Ironhide can take it from here!” Cliffjumper said as he gave a toothy grin.

“Alright, alright, just make sure you guys don't leave too late, okay, you all need rest too,” Orion said as he got up from his seat.

“We will.” Elita said, as Orion walked out, “Tell Ironhide what I said, okay.” He said, “Alright,” both said.

Orion was heading to the main train station that he always took back to the capital of Iacon to get back to the palace.

As he was making his way, some bots stopped him to talk to him. He didn't mind chatting with them.

Then he looked and saw the sunset coming in.

“I better get going before night comes.” He told himself.

Then he looked back at the bots and politely told them he had to get going, which they didn't mind.

He then made it to the train station and was about to board, until he felt everything around him shake. He then balanced himself.

“What the heck was that?” Orion said.

He then looked out the window and saw buildings being shot down and exploding.

Then he looked in horror, “Oh no..” he said as he ran out of the station and saw bots screaming and running for their lives as building debris was falling to the ground, and they got engulfed in flames. 

He then saw dead bots and femmes around as Orion stood there looking at them in horror.

He then snapped out of his thoughts, “Iacon citizens! Evacuated immediately! Now! Go to the neighboring village!” Orion yelled to every bot around.

He was then trying to help citizens who were injured to safety.

Once he got some of them to safety, he ran back through the villages trying to find more. He then remembered he needed help.

He then messaged all his team that one of their villages was being attacked. He remembered, he had some of his teammates at the base still.

Orion then tried to message Elita, but his communication line sent him a notification: [Sender communication line is down, try again later]. It got Orion worried; he tried Ironhide, then he got the same notification: [Sender communication line is down, try again later]. 

Orion got scared a bit, as he stopped to try and get a better connection line, then a home exploded as he shielded himself a bit, then he looked at the home that started to burn.

Orion spark ached looking at the sight. “Their communication lines are not working…let me try Cliffjumper,” Orion said to himself as he tried to send a message, then he got the notification again: [Sender communication line is down, try again later]. 

Orion shook a bit, trying to think why their lines weren't working. Then he thought about what could have possibly happened. 

“Oh..no…the base!” He said.

He then started running past citizens who were trying to get away, as they tried to avoid all the debris and flames around them, and they coughed as some were injured. 

Orion wished he could help them, but he was worried about Elita, Ironhide, and Cliffjumper. Once he finds them, they can help all the citizens. 

As he ran, he saw a lot of dead bots and femmes around; some were burned, some were bleeding out, some were crushed, some were begging for help. 

Orion felt bad.

Orion then felt his leg getting tired, but he had to keep going to the base; his friends needed him.

As he ran, he heard more gunshots as he saw bots flying through the air, shooting down any bots, homes, or buildings they saw. The flames worsened as they grew larger and larger, consuming the forest life around the villages and filling the air with smoke. 

Even though it was getting hard to see, he had to keep going, as he coughed along the way.

When he made it, he froze in place as what he saw shook him to his core.

His spark ached as he stared, then he started to shake, his optics went small, his glossa quivering, as he fell to his knees.

What he saw was his base, shot down to the ground as it was now a pile of rubble, as some small flames surrounded some parts of the building.

He started to cry a bit as he looked at his hard work, a place that he helped create, now piles of rubble. All that hard work was ruined in just a couple of seconds.

He then gets up he wipes his tears away as he takes a deep breath, and goes into the pile of what his base was.

He was gonna see if any bots survived, it was getting harder to see from the smoke and how it was getting dark, cause night was coming fast.

He looked around, being careful where he stepped, he looked then he made it to the meeting room that he, Elita, and Cliffjumper were in. 

Then there they were, Cliffjumper slumped against the table as part of the building crushed him from the back, as energon dripped from the impact and onto the floor and table. As his frame was grayed out.

Elita, on the floor, her torso and her lower half were crushed as she stared dead up at the ceiling as her optics went grey, as energon leaked from the impact and her mouth. As her frame was also greyed out. 

Orion felt his spark hurt again. He covered his mouth from trying not to cry, but he wanted to cry, seeing his friends being crushed to death; he felt it was his fault for not letting them leave sooner. 

This all could have been prevented if it hadn't been for him; he felt guilty about it. 

He then walked around to find Ironhide, and as he did, he saw the rooms that were once full of life, now dirtied and destroyed. Pictures are broken and burned to a crisp. 

All that he worked for, gone.. gone.

Why... why was this happening? Who planned this attack?

He found Ironhide in one of the rooms, isolated from the other two. 

He also crashed, his helm under a piece of debris as a pool of energon spilled out.

Orion felt sick as he started to cry again; he lost some of his friends that he cared for. He then heard close shots ring out around him. 

Why, why was this happening? He hoped Ratchet and the others got his message, to come help survivors out. 

While his Uncles, his Aunt, and his parents stop the invaders.

He cried there in the room with Ironhide a bit as he looked up at the night sky and threw the big hole in the ceiling.

But he had to be strong, not just for himself, but for the survivors, his family, and friends. 

He had to make his way to the other village, the invasion is not over, and he knows his parents and the other Primes must be on their way to help their citizens out, cause those invaders were heading there're way to the next village.

He had to help; he couldn't grieve for too long. He had to get the rest of the citizens out of the other village.

But he knew by now the train was probably destroyed, so the only way he had to get to the next village was through the forest.

He then made his way to the entrance of the forest as he stood there looking at it. He felt a bit of fear as he saw how scary the forest looked at night.

Even though it's dark, he has to make it to the other village and hopefully in time to regroup with the others. 

He then put on a brave face and ran into the forest.

Little did he know, Soundwave watched him from a distance, entering the forest as he got his cannon ready. Then he followed the young Prime in the forest to achieve his goal to do what he was commanded to do for his lord to be happy.

Even if it meant he had to get rid of the sweet, innocent prime that he loved, he had to do it, no matter how he felt; his feelings should not interfere with his order that was given to him.

Even if his spark will probably hate him for what he is about to do, he must; he can't disobey, his lord means so much to him. His happiness is what he works for.

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🎵 All those bots that were suffering his wrath, he couldn't care less for their worthless lives 🎵

Orion was running through the forest.

He had to get to the other village before it was too late.

The sound of shots was still heard around him.

Why? Why were they under attack? They have never been under attack like this since the Quintessons, and that was a while ago.

But these weren't Quintessons.

These were bots.

It could be anybots.

Some bots don't live under either Iacon or Kaon, like the dinobots,  constructicons, predacon, and Junkions; even some bots of Iacon or Kaon live with them, or they travel to other planets.

But most of the time, they mostly live somewhere isolated from the two.

But Orion never knew if they all were violent or not.

A lot of questions ran through his processor as he ran. He also saw that his parents got the message about the attack, but didn't reply back, but at least he knew he had backup in case they encountered some of the attackers.

As he ran, he heard a snap of a twig, which made him stop in his tracks. He froze.

That wasn't from him.

Somebody else was here with him.

Behind him.

He wasn't alone.

He turned around slowly to see who was behind him.

He only saw red optics standing tall behind a tree.

Orion couldn't make out who it was, and he didn't want to shine his lights at them.

Then he saw something light up.

It was an arm cannon.

Orion started to shake a bit.

He then raises his hands to show he was unarmed and was trying to show mercy.

“H-Hey! Let's talk about this! Let's not cause any more bloodshed! Please! Let's resolve this peacefully.” Orion asked nervously.

They then shot near him as he squealed, blasting the tree close by him.

Orion knew talking wasn't now out of the picture, and he still couldn't summon his axe on command, so he had to run as his last option.

So he started running, as fast as he could, in a dark forest. It was hard to see, but he just had to run.

When Orion ran, he heard the other bot chasing after him.

“No…no! This can't be happening! Why are they hunting me? What did I do? I have to hurry back to my dad's, my uncles, and my Aunt! They know what to do,” Orion thought to himself as he ran.

He found a tree.

He then hid behind as he listened for the attacker.

Orion's antennas stood up as he heard the attacker near. He held his breath as he heard the attacker stop and look around, and scan the place.

Orion stayed quiet as he shook in fear a bit as he tried to stay calm. 

Then the attacker walked by as Orion glanced with his optics a bit and saw they were gone.

He took the chance to run, but he had to keep his optics on a low dim so he wouldn't be seen as he ran through the forest.

“I should be getting close…hopefully…I sure hope the others are alright.” Orion thought, then he remembered Ratchet.

“I hope Ratchet is okay, oh please Primus, don't let Ratchet be hurt or worse.” Orion thought, as he tried to stay positive, he wished his friends or his parents could come save him.” He thought. 

But as he was lost in his thoughts, there was a hidden rock hidden in the ground that he didn't see.

He then tripped over it as it made him snap him out of his thought, and he yelped as he plunged into the deep, steep hill down below.

He tries to brace himself as he hits the sides of the hill as he rolls down, and he tries to make himself small to receive less damage.

He yelped as he kept rolling down until he stabbed his right knee on a jagged rock that stuck out of the hill. It made his knee make a cracking sound as he hissed in pain.

As he rolled, he hit the right side of his helm against some rocks.

He also hit his neck, which made some wires in his vocal cords burst when he hit the rocks.

Once he finally hit the bottom, he lay there for a moment, panting, feeling every blow rush hit him when he fell.

He opened his optics.

He noticed his right optic was flickering as he felt it was blind and broken. He couldn't see so well in it, but his left optic was working just fine.

He then pushed himself up gently as he tried to sit up, he groaned.

His helm was spinning.

His HUD kept flashing warning notifications of his damage, so he did a quick scan to see.

It showed his right knee joint was busted open, his right antenna was cracked, his shooting star charm was broken, his right optic was injured, his right windshield was cracked, and his helm was cracked as it spilled a bit of energon.

There were a lot of injuries.

Orion groaned again as he tried to get up, but his knee gave out as he fell to the ground again on his side.

“O-ow..M-mY, Mmy kNeE knee...” Orion let out.

He felt a of tears going down his face from the pain.

He had to find a way to get out of there; he didn't know if the attacker was still out there, looking for him.

He felt droplets on his face, as he wiped them and saw it was fluid that was coming from his nose.

He winced in pain as more tears fell from his optics.

He then thought that he could at least drag himself to a corner to hide until he could send in a message for help. 

He would rather hide until help could arrive, so he started to drag himself against the leaves and dirt under him. He whined in pain as his knee worsened when he dragged it.

He bit down on his lower glossa to reduce the pain. Then he heard a snap; it came from behind him, and he froze as he turned his head to see what or who was behind him.

He saw Soundwave looking down at him.

Soundwave noticed how his condition looked, and he looked awful. He felt bad.

Orion then sighed with relief as he saw somebody he knew. 

A bot he knew, a bot he could trust.

“S-sOuNdWaVe? Soundwave? Is tHaT Y-yOu..” Orion let out as he tried to look at him with his good optic. He also tried to give him a weak smile, but failed as his body shook from the pain.

“pLeAsE, please, H-eLp mE.. i'M iN sO mUcH pAiN. pain.” Orion looked at him as he tried to reach his hand out towards him, but Soundwave remained silent, only staring at the hand reaching towards him for help.

Orion looked puzzled a bit as he retracted his hand away, and he grunted a bit from the pain as more fluid ran down his helm and nose.

Then he saw the cannon in his arm start to activate, it hummed with life, as Orion looked in horror as it was pointed towards him.

He now knows who was hunting him. 

The bot he could trust.

“w-WhAt aRe you DoInG - doing!” Orion said, as Soundwave just stared. 

He walked a bit closer to Orion.

Orion then started to panic.

“W-wAiT! D-dOn'T dO iT! P-pLeAsE!” Orion pleaded as tears started to fall again from his optics, even though one is broken. 

He then turned himself around, facing Soundwave as he tried to push himself away, even with his bad knee.

Orion tried to protect himself with his arms up as he looked away with his optics shut tight, as he shook in fear.

Soundwave stood there looking at Orion's surroundings, helpless, innocent, and scared.

Soundwave was hesitant.

His arm started to shake.

He then lowered it, and it deactivated.

Soundwave looked away from him. Why was he hesitant?

Orion then slowly opened his optics and looked up at him as he lowered his arms. 

Soundwave felt himself starting to shake. Why was he shaking? 

He stared at his hands.

He shouldn't let this happen, but Orion was injured, he was defenseless, he didn’t fight back, he was pleading to him as he cried, he was innocent…just like Starscream.

Soundwave's morals started to question him. Was it worth it to kill the young prime? Over a pious jealousy?

Was his king so selfish that he would rather not share or let him go?

Why make every other bot suffer? 

A lot of questions ran through his processor.

Orion then saw he wasn't doing anything, and he used that opportunity to try and back away from him.

As he did, he felt the pain and weakness kick in again, as his body was losing a lot of energon. 

He panted as he looked up at the night sky full of stars, as the moon shone brightly.

He started to cry again as his glossa quivered.

“dAD…PaPa..i…m..iN sO mUcH PaIn..pain…” Orion choked out.

He pants hard,”..iM..sOrRy fOr nOt LiStEnInG tO yAlL..” He kept crying as he kept trying to weakly push himself away.

“iM..nOt..gOnNa..mAkE iT tO dInNeR..pLeAsE fOrGivE mE..” Orion said as he closed his optics to reduce energon.

Soundwave looked back at Orion for a bit, who was still shaking but didn't move. Soundwave still felt very bad that he had to do this.

Soundwave then remembered Megatron.

He remembered that when Megatron kept the throne room doors closed, he heard him against the door sniffling and crying.

As he mumbles to himself. “It's not fair..I love him…why..why wasn't I good enough for him, I'll never be good enough for anybot..Will I...”

Soundwave hadn't heard him cry in so long, ever since he was a sparkling.

Even then, he wasn't allowed to cry; in his sire's eyes, it was a sign of weakness and vulnerability.

This…betrayal hurt him so badly it made him feel like a weak Sparkling again, which Soundwave didn't want Megatron to feel.

He knows Megatron is stronger than that; he doesn't want his kingdom to know that Megatron has weaknesses. He had to set examples for a powerful kingdom.

Soundwave also wanted him to be happy; he didn't want to see him in pain, as he had to eliminate the source of the pain, which was the bot in front of him.

Then Soundwave sighed as he brushed his feelings and thoughts away.

He remembered that he doesn't belong to any bot, he is only loyal to Megatron and himself alone.

Then he turned to look at the mech in front of him as he aimed his cannon at it once again.

He was focused this time.

Orion then heard the buzzing of the cannon as he opened his optics in horror, as he saw it start to glow.

“nO! PleAsE! i'M BeGgInG you!” Orion cried out, then Soundwave just stared at him.

“I'm sorry…” Soundwave spoke 

The cannon hummed, as he saw the fear in Orion's optics, as he lifted his arms to try and brace himself as he cried out. 

It felt like the world around the two slowed down as the shot rang out. Orion felt his life flash before his optics, the moment he was brought into the world, looking up at his parents who had love in their optics, to his Uncles and Aunt adoring him.

To him, meeting Bee and the others, treating them like family and equals, then creating the Autobots to help Kaon and those in need, then meeting Ratchet, the love of his life, sharing their first and last kiss.

The only regret Orion had was leaving his friends, family, and not keeping his promise to Ratchet on starting a life with him.

Then the shot went through his spark chamber.

Orion fell to the ground as those crystal blue optics grayed out, as did his frame.

His energon rippled through the small patches of grass, dirt, and leaves that were around.

Soundwave looked down at him as he started shaking again. He tried not to feel emotion, but his spark was aching badly, and tears formed behind his visor as they started to fall as he fell to his knees in front of his corpse.

It hurt, it hurt, Orion was just an innocent bot, no…not just an innocent bot..a bot every bot adored, a bot that he had feelings for, a bot that he fell in love with, a bot he couldn't have.

A bot that he killed.

Soundwave looked at his hands as he shook.

 “I'm sorry… I'm sorry, Orion. ” He let out. 

Soundwave stays there for a moment to collect his thoughts.

He then finally gets up he couldn't leave him like this; he could at least make him a shallow grave. He didn't deserve to be in the dirt like this, so he started to build the shallow grave.

As he dug the dirt, he couldn't stop thinking about his cries, then all the bots that were gonna be hurt. The guilt was already kicking in.

Did he have to kill him? Could there have been another outcome?

Was this the outcome that Primus set up for Orion? Why though..

Once he finished the shallow grave, he dragged Orion towards it and was about to put him in until he remembered what Megatron requested.

“Once you finished the job, take his cog and bring it to me....do you understand…” the memory played back.

He then looked at Orion's corpse laying there, as he saw his broken right arm with his right windshield shattered as energon seeps out as he had his head tilted to the side as his glossa was open as it spilled energon, as so did his grey optics from his tears, his nose and the crack on his helm and knee joint.

He then reached to where his t-cog lay inside his chest cavity as he pulled it out so gently, it snapped off easily.

He held it in his hand as it hummed a soft tone. 

He put the cog in his storage unit.

Then he dragged him inside the shallow grave and dropped him inside.

He then started to cover him up with leaves so he could hide him from the world. 

Orion didn't deserve to see what would become of it after Megatron is done with it.

He stared at the covered shallow grave for a moment, then he felt his spark grow cold.

“I'm sorry, you broke my lord's spark, you must pay the price for betraying him and making him look like a fool, nobot makes my king look like a fool,” he said as he wiped his last tear and let it land on top of his shallow grave. 

He started to walk away, then he transformed and flew away from the scene of the crime.

The sun rose the next day. 

But the sky was filled with grey as the last of the Decepticons arrived back on Kaon. 

Megatron watched from his window as he saw from the horizon, smoke filling the air. 

He smirked as he saw it fill the beautiful sky, turning into a world of grey and misery. 

“Finally…Iacon's villages are burning to the ground,” he laughed. He looked away as he walked to his throne.

“Soon they will have nothing to rule! They will be distraught about their kingdom's downfall.” He laughed.

“They will finally understand why they never should mess with me,” he spoke as he sat down as he letting out a big sigh. Until he heard the main door to the throne room open as he looked, he then saw Soundwave walk in with a gift box in his hand.

“What is this?” Megatron asked.

Soundwave remained silent.

“Did you get it?” Megatron asked.

Then Soundwave went on one knee and presented the box to him as Megatron took it.

Megatron then opened it gently, and when he did, he saw a t-cog that had silver rims around a beautiful blue orb in the middle that hummed a shallow beat.

Megatron's grin widened as he took it out of the gift box. He held it in his hand gently. 

“My, my, what a beautiful t-cog..to think, this was a part of Orion Pax..” he chuckled as he kept examining it, as Soundwave watched him quietly.

“Now…he is mine forever. I'll cherish this forever.” Megatron said as he got up from his throne.

He put the cog back in the box and handed it back to Soundwave.

“You know what! Isn't it energon time?” Megatron asked

“If you want it to be, then it shall be it,” Soundwave said

“Great! Then it shall be!”Megatron said as he walked past Soundwave as Soundwave stood there. 

“Soundwave, call the servants and maids. It may be a bit early, but who cares, I'm celebrating my victory.” He smirked as he looked back at Soundwave.

Soundwave sighed and turned and looked at him and bowed, “Of course, my lord, it's never too early to celebrate a victory. I shall call the maids and servants to bring it to you in the dining hall.” Soundwave spoke.

“Good! I'll see you in the dining hall.” Megatron said as he made his way to the dining hall.

Soundwave stood alone in the throne room, thinking to himself as he looked down at the box he held. 

The more he stood there alone thinking about what he had done, the more his spark started to ache again from the feeling deep inside him. 

Megatron sat at the dining room table with freshly made high energon goodies all over his table, stacked up all nicely. 

Soundwave walked into the room to see him smirking at all the treats around him. “Soundwave, look at all these delicious treats!” Megatron said. “I can see that, my lord. You seem excited, but I'm glad you're happy.” Soundwave said.

Megatron looked at all the treats, “I'm not sure which one to start, they all looked good!” He said. Soundwave stayed quiet as the memories reminded him of the crime he had just committed. 

“Relax, Soundwave, you don't have to worry about anything anymore. Why don't you try some of these energon treats?” Megatron said as he held one out towards him, giving him a calm look. 

Soundwave stared, then relaxed, “Alright, thank you, my lord.” He said as he took it from Megatron and retracted his mask, he then ate the treat, and then put his mask back on. 

“That was good, my lord.” He said as Megatron started to laugh a bit at him, Soundwave looked at him, but relaxed. 

Soundwave was glad that Megatron was feeling better; all he cared about was his lord's happiness. 

But despite Megatron's pearly white digits not getting dirty at all, all around him was a bloody battlefield.

🎵 So why does my Spark ache when I hear his cries? 🎵

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Chapter Text

The morning of the next day.

Ratchet and the other Autobots were looking out for survivors or injured bots from the two villages that were attacked.

But they were mostly worried about their leader.

Search teams looked for anybot they could find, but all they could find were millions of corpses that were dismantled or burnt beyond recognition. But the medical team still took them so they can be identified.

The massacre went for any bot who ran. They were either shot down, burned, or buried in debris. 

Ratchet's medic team was helping the best they could. "Any luck?" Bee said," No.." Arcee said as she looked around.

Ratchet was directing the teams to search every inch of the destroyed village. As the other Autobots watch him. As he looked at the small teams, Arcee and the others looked a bit worried.

"Ratchet's been working really hard. Non-stop to look for him. He's gonna make himself recharge early." Bulkhead said, "I know, but I am worried about Orion...he hadn't been seen among the crowds of survivors or the dead." Bee said. "We have to keep looking," Arcee said.

They then went to the village where their base was, and saw it had crumbled to the ground as they all looked in horror at the sight, but they had to see if Orion or anyone else was there.

They walked through the destroyed base, dodging all the rubble on the ground. Until Arcee walked by one of the meeting rooms, as she saw figures in there. 

She stopped and froze. She started to shake.

She saw Cliffjumper and Elita dead.

As the others were looking, they heard her scream at the top of her audio processor, which alarmed the others.

Ratchet and the others ran to see what she saw. “Arcee! What happened!” Ratchet sounded worried as they came up to her, as she shook, as she was on her knees staring at the room.

Then he saw them.

Ratchet optics went small as he stared; he felt his spark sink. 

Bee and the others came up and saw what she and Ratchet saw.

Ratchet went down on one knee as he put his arm around her, as she cried in his arms. “Cliffjumper…” she cried, “I'm so sorry…” Ratchet spoke, he then thought to himself, “Primus…if this is what happened to some of our Autobots, brother, and sister, what could have happened to Orion…I hope he's not in here,” Ratchet thought as he felt his spark ache again from the thought.

“Guys! We found another member! Bee let out as both Arcee and Ratchet looked up. Ratchet then helped her up as she held onto him. She cried.

They then went where Bee was and saw Ironhide in a room as well.

They then saw the Ironhide helm crushed under a piece of debris. “Is this every bot?” Ratchet asked as he looked at Bee, as he comforted Arcee.

“We scanned the whole place; these guys are the only ones here,” Bulkhead said. Ratchet growled as he bit his lower glossa, but he calmed down. “Let the medical team do their job..let's go outside, guys..” Ratchet said as he held Arcee close, as the rest nodded. 

They were all outside the destroyed base as the medical team came in.

They stood by as they gently picked the corpses one by one, on the stretcher, as Arcee cried when they covered Cliffjumper's corpse with a cloth as they carried him past her, as Ratchet was trying to stay strong for his fallen brothers and sisters.

But he kept thinking about Orion, what could have happened to him.

Then they all took a break for the search party, as they sat around, they all were comforting Arcee from her loss.

Then Ratchet got a message in his HUD from Prima.

He then opened it.

“Please come to the palace, please.” He wrote as Ratchet wrote back, “I'll be there shortly.” He said.

Then he got up.

“Prima needs my guys. I'll be back.” Ratchet said, “Be careful, Ratchet.” Bee said as he nodded, and he transformed into his alt vehicle and drove off to the palace.

“Where could Orion have gone to...I hoped that he only got startled and went into hiding and was waiting for the time to go by. It was pretty scary. We are not used to these kinds of attacks.” He thought. 

Then another thought came to his mind, he hoped that Orion didn't get kidnapped by these attackers, who knows what they can do to him.

They could torture him, holding him as ransom, or worse, take advantage of him.

Those thoughts scared Ratchet.

He prayed to Primus that it wasn't true.

He only wished for Orion to be safe and out of harm's way.

Megatronus paced back and forth as Prima sat. He nervously played with his thumbs as his leg shook.

Then Ratchet arrives as both of them look. “Any luck finding Orion?” Prima asked nervously as he got up.

Ratchet shook his head no as he looked away.

Prima's antennas flattened.

“We need to go look for him, while Zeta and the others find out who started this invasion, Megatronus,” Prima said as he grabbed his arm. “I know, but let's send some guards too, cause we need all the help we can get,” Megatronus said.

“I'll help too.” A bot said as they all looked, they saw Alpha Trion.

“Are you sure, Alpha Trion?” Megatronus asked, “Yes. He's my nephew, and he means the world to me! I can't just stand by and not do anything!” He said as both Prima and Megatronus nodded at him, as Ratchet looked at all of them, they needed all the help they could get.

Prima, Megatronus, and Alpha Trion followed Ratchet as he made it back to the others, who were helping out survivors from the wreckage. 

“Primus ... .Look at this village…it is destroyed,” Prima said as he looked around in horror.

“We're still searching for survivors, but our luck is not really successful,” Ratchet said as he looked away.

All three Primes looked uneasy. They met up with the other Autobots. “Anything?” Ratchet asked, and they all shook their helms, “No.” Ratchet groaned as he felt annoyed by it.

He pinched the bridge of his nose, then he felt a hand on his shoulder, “It's okay, Ratchet. We'll find him.” Bee said as Ratchet turned his head a bit, “I sure hope so..” he said. 

The Autobots and the three Primes searched all day, looking for the missing young Prime.

But they hadn't had any luck, Prima felt the fear in him that something much worse had happened to his sparkling, as Megatronus felt angry for letting Orion go on his own, and as Alpha Trion hoped that the vision he got wasn't true.

They all sat down trying to think of a plan to keep searching tomorrow for him, until they saw two mechs walking towards them from a distance.

“Huh?” Arcee said as the others looked.

Ratchet knew all the mechs were supposed to be gone from here.

Once they finally got closer, they saw it was two seeker brothers, Thundercracker and Skywarp.

The Autobots team growled at them, as they got startled from seeing them and the three Primes there.

“Oh, Primus! I thought we were the only two here!” Skywarp said, then they saw the Autobots and Primes raise their weapons at them as they both put their hands up. 

“Whoa, whoa! We're not armed!” Skywarp said, “Yeah! We're just heading back to the other village for energon and shelter.” TC said. “Aren't you two part of Kaon commanders?!” Bulkhead asked, which made the Primes growl. “No, we were part of his soldiers, our brother was a commoner of the seekers, eyes in the sky, but not anymore,” TC said as both of them looked away. They frowned.

The Autobots and the Primes looked at each other with a questionable look. “What do you mean, not anymore? He retired?” Jazz said. “No..he was assassinated.” TC said, as they all looked shocked, “Sorry to hear that.” Prima said. Both seeker brothers looked at him. “Thanks,” TC said. “But I think something more is going on..but I can't prove it yet..” Skywarp said.

“How so?” Megatronus asked. 

“Our brother wouldn't go meet some random bot in the middle of the night and lose a fight. It had to be some bot that he knew and was tougher than him.” Skywarp said. “Yeah, we think something fishy is going on,” TC said.

“But why leave Kaon?” Ratchet asked

“We were granted a request to be relocated to one of the Iacon villages to start a new life and keep a low profile,” TC said.

Then Ratchet thought, “Wait! Were you guys here when the invasion started?” he asked as he came up to them, “Did you all see anything! Did you all see the young Prime Orion around here?!” Ratchet said.

They thought for a moment. “ Well, I don't think we were here when the invasion happened.” TC said as Ratchet and the others looked defeated, “But, if Orion managed to run by one of our security cameras, we could see him.” Skywarp said, “Why do you all have cameras?” Bee asked. “Well, it was just in case we were being followed or hunted,” TC said.

Then Ratchet grabbed Skywarp's shoulders.

“Please look through those cameras and see if you can find him! He's missing and we need your help! We want to know what happened to him!” Ratchet said as he looked upset and sad.

“Alright, Alright. We'll help.” Skywarp said.

“Well, for now we need to go home and rest,” Prima said as the others agreed. “ We will send you our coordinates to our home, once we find the footage.” TC said, “Okay..thank you..” Ratchet said.

Then they parted from the seeker brothers as they all went home for the night.

As Ratchet lay in his berth, he could only think about Orion and prayed to Primus that he would be okay.

In the morning of the next day in Kaon.

Soundwave was sleeping in his berth, but he started tossing and turning. As he slept, in his dream world, he saw a dark figure standing in the corner with his helm down; it looked lifeless.

He couldn't move; he tried, but couldn't.

Then the figure started limping its way towards him, and he tried to move, but his frame stayed in one place.

“What's going on…why am I frozen here, why is this shadow figure coming towards me!” He thought to himself that, as the dark figure was neck and neck with him, it leaned close to his audio processor, whispering.

“ Why did you kill me? ” It whispered as the dark figure turned into Orion Pax, not the bright color cheery one, but a dull blue and red, all dirtied up, fluid covered, damaged framed mech who optics did not shine a crystal light blue, but a dark grey abyss with a mix between purple and red, with a light red aura as his pupils were hazed, as his light golden eyelashes became solid black, as tears ran down his cheeks as he looked at him.

“ What did I do wrong to deserve this fate? Did you hate me that much? Or did Megatron send you to assassinate  me?”  Orion spoke as Soundwave stood there, shaking.

“ What's the matter? You look scared…Do you regret it? Do you feel remorse? “  Orion said as he tilted his helm to the side, as it cracked from the damage wires in his neck. “I..don't have any regrets..I was given an order, and so I fulfilled it. But it was your fault…” Soundwave let out.

“ My fault, you say?  You say that my love for another is my fault? “   Orion let out as his optics glowed from the darkest around them. “You toyed with my lord's spark! He gave you everything, and yet you still saw him as a monster. He played nicely with you so you could love him, he tried to be good, and yet you saw him as a cold, heartless monster.” Soundwave said.

“ Even so, I wasn't interested in him.. His spark was already corrupted by the darkness that lives inside, a rotten fruit, rotten to the core. You can't fix it.”  Orion said as Soundwave froze to think about it, then he looked back at him, “You are wrong.” Soundwave said, “Oh, really? Would a good mech let another mech go, knowing they loved another? Or would he shed the blood of a defenseless, injured young Prime on his own kingdom's soil? “   Orion said.

Soundwave thought until he felt another pair of arms wrapped behind him as they hugged him from behind, as they smirked and whispered in his audio processor. “Remember me?”  the mech said as Soundwave remembered that voice, as he turned his head to see a lifeless Starscream hugging him from behind, as he had a dead smirk on his face.

Soundwave pushed him away as Starscream stood there, and he laughed.

Soundwave saw his chest plate, where his spark chamber is full of bullet holes, as his right wing had a big hole. Then he saw “poison” oozing out of his mouth. His frame was also a dark color from his form, and also dirty from the arena soil.

Orion looked at him. “You have so much blood of innocent bots on your hands…yet you continue to make every bot suffer just to protect your lord…”  Orion said.

Then Soundwave felt millions of shadow hands grabbing his legs, as he looked down as they started to pull him down, as Orion and Starscream watched him as he felt the hands take a hold of his frame and pull him into the void, as he watched himself plummet deep into the abyss.

Then an alarm sprang him back into reality as he panted, he looked around, and saw he was in his berth in his room.

He took deep breaths to see what was going on, and he saw that Megatron pinged an alarm message to Soundwave.

He felt his frame as he could still feel the millions of hands of dead mechs touching him; it made him shiver. Then, he read the message from Megatron and got up, as he calmed down, and he made his way to Megatron.

Megatron was sitting in his throne room, looking at the t-cog that was nicely decorated and cared for in a cage, as it reminded him of a pretty songbird in a cage.

Then Soundwave walked in, “Soundwave, I'm glad you made it. I got a bit worried when you slept later than usual.” Megatron said. “Apologies, my lord, yesterday's activities put me in a deep recharge.” Soundwave bowed to him.

“It's fine. All I've been hearing is how devastated Iacon has become, which is music to my auto processor.” Megatron laughed as Soundwave stayed quiet.

“Wait until they find out that their precious little Orion frame was disposed of in the middle of the night and also his t-cog vanishing.” Megatron laughed as Soundwave stood quietly.

“My lord, can I ask you something?” Soundwave asked. Megatron looked at him. “What?” He asked. Soundwave looked away a bit, then looked back. “Do you really think all of this was necessary?” Soundwave asked as Megatron blinked at him.

“Pardon..” Megatron asked as he frowned a bit.

“All I'm saying, my lord, is that, what if they found out it was you who planned the invasion and the murder of Orion and stealing his t-cog? They will start a war with you, or worse, execute you. I can't bear to lose you, my lord.” Soundwave said. 

Megatron then stepped down and walked over to him.

They stared at each other for a moment.

“Don't worry, Soundwave, they will never find out, cause there is no proof of you or my soldiers being there,” Megatron said as he pats his shoulder.

“They can't start anything with my kingdom without it. So I'm innocent. So you worry too much.” Megatron said as Soundwave looked away, and Megatron started to walk back to his throne.

“Everything is gonna be fine. Besides, if they do decide to go to war with us, I have my powerful Decepticons troops to take care of them. He chuckled as he sat down.

“Just relax for the day, Soundwave, everything seems in order, so begone now,” Megatron said as Soundwave sighed as he bows. “As you wish, my lord,” he said as he left, leaving Megatron alone.

Megatron then looked at the t-cog in the cage. “All of this wouldn't have happened if you chose me,” he said…

“Is that so?”  A voice echoed as he turned and looked, as he smirked.

“So I wasn't just daydreaming..you're here, you're standing here..looking at me..how thoughtful, Orion,” Megatron smirked, as he saw Orion standing there, as he saw his hollow eyes mix between purple and red, with a light red aura as his pupils were hazed as his hands were cuffed with steel cuffs as his helm was down.

“Why did you have to kill me?”  Orion let out as he lifted his helm to look at Megatron, until he saw Megatron walk up towards him, “BECAUSE YOU MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME! YOU MADE ME DEVELOP FEELINGS FOR YOU! MAKING ME FEEL VULNERABLE, WEAK, AND STUPID! I GAVE YOU ALL THOSE GIFTS THEN YOU MOCK ME WITH ANOTHER BOT!” He growls as Orion backs away and shrinks as Megatron looks down at him, then he calms down, then he strokes Orion's face, Orion shakes.

“I-I was never yours..I-I shall never be! You took me away from my family, my friends…and the love of my life…” Orion let out, Megatron let out a cold laugh, “You killed millions of my Cybertronians, burned one of my villages to the ground. Killed my brothers and sister with my Autobots base, you hurt so many lives ... Do you feel any remorse? “  Orion let out as Megatron leaned close to his face, “ I lack what you call compassion, love, and caring. Besides, I got what I want,” he said as one of his hands went down to where the gap in his chest was where his t-cog is supposed to be. “You…your t-cog..” he smirked as his crimson eyes glowed. 

Orion looked down where his hand was, then looked up at him, “You spilled my blood, just so you can..have me?”  Orion felt the “spark” in his chest ache as Megatron smirked at him.

“If that's so, then yes..” he mocked him. Orion started to shake again as he felt the tears that permanently stained his face start to form new tears as Megatron leaned down to kiss the ghost cheek.

“Y-You make me a prisoner, a dead songbird,  forever trapped in your cage for all to see. To display for all your kingdom to see? “  Orion choked out, but Megatron only hummed, then he put the cage on his pedestal again as he started to walk away. As Orion stood next to the cage, watching Megatron leave.

“They will find out,”  Orion said, as Megatron stopped, his back still towards Orion. “When they find out, your kingdom, your title, will burn .”  Orion spat out as he stared at Megatron back as he tried to look tough around him, but all he did was turn his head to look back at him as he smirked.

“Don't bet on it…” Megatron spoke as his optics glowed crimson red; all Orion could do was look in horror at those red optics as they stared back at him. 

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