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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When they get to Med Bay they see Denny, Russell, and Fixit standing next to the berth that Sideswipe is on. Sideswipe is still unconscious seeming to be barely alive, "How is he?" Bumblebee asks as he makes his presence known to the three.

"I stopped the Energon from leaking out but he has some damage to his inner circuitry, he needs surgery but he's in no condition right now and he needs a professional surgeon."

"His sire is a medic and becoming a great surgeon, I'll see that he comes here."

"Becoming?" Fixit questions.

"His sire is Knock Out the old Decepticon medic, but he's been learning to do surgeries and other good stuff in the medical field since he became an Autobot. But I'll be sure to have Ratchet come as well to aid him, Primus knows it's gonna be hard on Knock Out to be working on his own son."

"Especially with him so close to being offline," Fixit added somberly. 

"Any luck in finding Strongarm?" Denny asked with great concern.

"Afraid not. Fixit, I want to make a call."

Fixit just nods and heads off to the Alchemor with Bumblebee right beside him. Once he gets to the computer he sets it up to call out, "Who would you like to call?"

"Contact Ultra Magnus."

"Alright." Fixit sent out the call to Ultra Magnus' ship.

They didn't have to wait long for Magnus to pick up, "What is it?" He sees Bumblebee on the screen, "Bumblebee! It's been a while. How are you?"

"I'm as well as can be, sir."

Arcee and Wheeljack soon came into screenshot, "Hey, 'Bee. Are you on Earth?" Arcee greeted.

"I am. Optimus sent me here and I'm also a leader of my own team."

"That's great! Is Strongarm part of your team?"

"She is..."

"Great! Can we speak to her?" Wheeljack asks feeling anxious to see his daughter.

Bumblebee went silent as he tried to figure out how to tell them, it's never easy telling any parents their child has been kidnapped. It's even harder when the parents are your closest friends, your family, who trusted you to take care of their child and keep them safe. 

But in this case, there are two sets of parents who are his closest friends that he needs to break the news to of what happened to their children. He needs to tell Wheeljack and Arcee that Strongarm is missing and he needs to tell Knock Out and Smokescreen that Sideswipe is severely injured.

"I get the feeling this call isn't for pleasantries," Magnus says after a minute of silence.

Arcee and Wheeljack looked at each other as their sparks sank and anxiety started to kick in. They both look back to the screen with worried expressions, "'Bee, what's going on? Where's our daughter?" Arcee asks with a tone that any worrying mother would give.

"I'm so sorry. I never thought I would ever have to say this to you," he pauses for a second to compose himself, "Strongarm is missing, I believe she may have been taken by a dangerous 'Con criminal."

"WHAT!?" All three shouted in unison. A chill went over Arcee as her spark stopped for a brief moment, she couldn't believe what she just heard. Her child is missing and possibly was taken by a dangerous 'Con. 

"We're on our way," Arcee heard Wheeljack say to Bumblebee.

"One more thing, I need you to find Ratchet, Knock Out, and Smokescreen and bring them with you. Sideswipe has been severely injured and he needs surgery."

"Primus! Alright, we'll find them and bring them along," Arcee says with some tenderness, she knows it's not gonna be easy for the two to get the news of their son being so bad off.

"Thanks. See you all when you get here," Bumblebee said before ending the call. He looks at Fixit, "Can you see if you can reach Smokescreen or Knock Out?"

"I shall try."

After a bit of messing around with the computers and searching he manages to contact one of them, "Hello, Smokescreen here... Bumblebee! It's so good to see you! Knock Out, Ratchet, it's Bumblebee!"

"We're in the middle of something!" Ratchet yells. Bumblebee couldn't help but laugh, same old Ratchet.

"Hi, Bumblebee!" Knock Out calls out.

"So, what's up, 'Bee?" Smokescreen asked casually.

"Smokescreen, call Knock Out over. It's urgent."

Smokescreen's grin faded as worry started filling his optics, "Knock Out, Bumblebee wants you to come over here. He says it's urgent."

"It can't wait?" Knock Out asked.

"It has to do with Sideswipe," Bumblebee says.

"Sideswipe!? What's wrong with him!? Is he hurt!?" Smokescreen starts questioning in a panic.

"Sideswipe!?" Knock Out yells as he comes rushing over, "What about Sideswipe?"

"He's been severely injured. Right now he's lying unconscious in Med Bay and he needs surgery. Fixit here knows a little bit about the medical field but he's not equipped to do surgery."

Fixit rearranged the screen around so he could be in the screenshot, "Hi, I'm Fixit. I managed to stop the Energon from leaking out but he has some severe damage to his inner circuitry. He's gonna need surgery to repair it or, I'm sad to say, he won't make it."

"No! Not my baby!" Smokescreen said as he started panicking even more.

Knock Out already had his servos into fists as he clenched his dentures, "Who hurt him?"

Fixit rearranged the screen around again so 'Bee can be back in the screenshot, "We're unclear on that, though I do have a certain Decepticon in mind who I think might have done it. You and Ratchet need to come to Earth as soon as possible..."

"Say no more, we're coming."

"I already talked to Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, and Arcee, they're already on their way to Earth. They're looking for you guys so find a way to reach them and tell them where you are so they can get you."

"Will do," Ratchet says as he comes into screenshot, "But why are they coming to Earth? Did something happen to Strongarm?"

"Yes. She's missing."

"Primus, Bumblebee, what did you get your team into?"

"I'll explain everything when you get here."

The three nodded then cut the call. Bumblebee just stood there for a moment as he tried to wrap his processor around everything. A sense of relief soon washes over him, reinforcement is coming.