3 month later.

Liberty Prime and Core walked the barren landscape of cybertron together as partners. Yet in that time the day core kissed Liberty Primes cheek continually played in his processor. Why did she do that? Why did she show him such affection? Conclusion: simple kindness nothing more.

In the time they walked Core continued to talk and fill the silence which liberty prime was simply glad for. She spoke about her past. Her military service and the current state of everything. Everything that made her prideful or happy filled his circuitry with joy and vice versa for any sad topics. All in all Core was now his everything in any way even ways he could not understand.

Currently the two were walking through a really destroyed part of cybertron. Core was explaining how this area had once been an industrial area when blasters fire rained down on them from one of the buildings. It was a single shooter but beyond precision. Liberty Prime and Core took cover inside a building. Looking out with his own optic to do calculations when a large object came and crashed into the building collapsing it on them. Everything went black.

Hours later liberty Prime came back online. Looking around he saw himself strapped to a table. Inside what looked like a torture lab. Parts of bots were strewn all about. His optic then landed on the table next to him. Core was there staring at him. Fear was in her optics.

"Liberty come on are you awake?" She asked frantically.

"Liberty Prime. Back online."

"Ah good. You're awake." A voice spoke. From the shadows a bot appeared. His color scheme was made up a multitude of different greens and had a bunch of spikes all on his sides. His right arm though obviously did not belong to him as if he had surgically attached it as I was unproportional to his other arm that match his body type. He was at least 25 feet (7.62 meters) and held a sinister look in his optics.

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"Oh no." Core spoke with fear as the boy approached. Upon his chest was a poorly scratched out decepticon logo.

"Hmm you look familiar tell me. What trophy did i rip out of you?" The bot cooed darkly as he approached.

"Assessment: decepticon captor. Diagnostic: destroy."

"Well well aren't you perceptive. A little slow are we." The bot chuckled darkly as he walked up to Core table. The bots hand slide up Cores leg as she turned her head away. Even from his table slab liberty prime could tell she was afraid.

This was unacceptable.

"New mission: kill decepticon captor." Liberty Prime spoke. Despite his tone not changing it was clear that a cold sting was meant to accompany it. The bot chuckled more.

"Well that's ambitious. How about we see how long you'll last while I see what other trophies i can cut out of your sparkmate here." He chuckled darkly as his right arm transformed into a chainsaw. "Or would you prefer I cut you open first?"

Upon the mental image of Core in pieces liberty Prime immediately decided that was non-negotiable. "Me." The bot chuckled darkly.

"Ya know what? I'll agree to such a request. Since it'll be your last one." The bot approached. "And just so you know before I extinguish your spark, I feel you should know the name of the bot who will preform your... finally surgery."

"Assessment: justified." Liberty Prime spoke agreeing that such a thing is fair.

"Oh boy you must have a lot of nuts and bolts loose in that processor of yours if you talk like that. The names lock down by the way."

As soon the bot spoke everything seemed to stop as a memory from months ago surfaced.

One did get away but was later brought back in pieces by some bounty hunter bought called lockdown.

Liberty Prime felt everything resume as lockdown slowly stepped forward.

"Inquiry."

Lockdown paused as he kept smirking. He chuckled more. "A question i assume. Very well."

"Inquiry: did you hunt down the robot known as Melody?"

"Ah that's where I know your little sparkmate from. Right. She's the one who i took this grappling enhancement from." He chuckled darkly as along his arm a small port opened showing a place to shoot the grapple from.

"Diagnostic to completing new mission."

"Oh really gonna share how big guy?" Lockdown chuckled as he stalked forward once again with the chainsaw on full speed.

"Photon blast."

"Wha-" Liberty Prime released a blast from his optics at full strength. For 13 seconds no sound besides the beam of liberty primes optic blast could be heard as a sound humming akin to that of a microwave would make. Afterwards all that stood before liberty prime was a headless bot that crumpled to the ground.

"Assessment: new mission parameters. New mission: protect core."

The room was silent as the autobot Femme stared on in shock at what had happened. The bot that had rescued her and nursed her back to health had just killed a evil decepticon in cold blood with no warning.

For her.

Moments later a precision optical Lazer cut through the straps that held her down. She dropped to the floor landing gracefully before rushing over and undoing liberty Primes bindings. He dropped with a massive thud before standing at full height.

"Inquiry: injuries?" He asked as he quickly looked over Core frantically. Despite everything that had just occurred all he cared about was her.

"I'm fine big guy." She said softly as she reached up and pulled him down by his collar and kissed him on his intake.

With this Liberty Prime once again got overwhelmed as he dropped to his knees making them both equal height to one another. Everything seemed to go offline for him as she kissed him passionately. After what felt like cycles she pulled out of it with a kind look.

"Inquiry."

She laughed more setting the top of her face plate against his. "Cause I like ya big guy. And it's a thank you for saving us.... and avenging my sister."

"Assessment Inquiry: friends?"

Core laughed loudly despite the horrible situation. "I hope not otherwise these would be more awkward." She giggled as she kissed him again.

Liberty Prime being the strong mech he was just let it happen. Nothing could compare to the feelings his power capacitor could contain making him literally spark. Core pulled away like a giggling like a school girl.

"It seems I've take your first kiss. Lucky me." She giggled as she helped him up. She looked over at lockdowns body still somewhat off put by the state of it. Shaking away any remorseful she and liberty prime stepped over his smoldering body as they looked for an exit.

"Assessment Inquiry: Sparkmate?"

"Yeah big guy. Sparkmates." She took his giant hand in her tiny one as she leaned into him.

"Assessment: core temperature overloading. Diagnostic: no hindrance. Inquiry request: kisses on an solar basis?"

"Sure big guy. Daily kisses."