Optimus spoke with the children quietly as the sparklings slept on the berth. He sighed forcefully and looked at his team. He stared down at the humans as he thought about what happened.

"I... must obtain energon." He said seriously and looked at each of them. "It is... required that I leave the four of you in charge." He muttered, it sounded like he didn't want to.

"You can count on us!" Miko said as she smiled brightly. June folded her arms and looked at the sparklings as she thought. The leader nodded slowly and transformed into his alternate mode.

"I will not go far. If anything is required... contact me immediately." He said seriously and sternly. They nodded and he drove down the tunnel. They watched him leave then looked at each other.

"It's it just me, or did Prime sound like a worried parent?" Miko said as she stared at the others.

"With us in charge? I'd be worried too." Jack muttered and walked off. Miko huffed angrily and pouted a little.

~~~

"For the last time! I am. Not your. Sire!" Megatron roared angrily as he glared at a small vehicon.

The little con stared at him blankly then burst into tears. The leader yelled angrily in exasperation and threw his servos in the air. Soundwave walked over and tugged at his leg. The warlord looked at him then furrowed his optic ridges.

"Yes, what is it?" He mumbled and the sparkling held Laserbeak up to him.

"Yes it's very nice." He muttered and knelt down on one knee plate. "Now listen Soundwave... I need you to focus and help me with this... situation." He said seriously. The con stared at him blankly for a few minutes then motioned for him to come closer.

Megatron figured it was a secret and bent down as much as possible. Soundwave hugged him tightly around the neck cables and hummed happily. Megatron growled lowly and stood to his full height.

"You're going to pay dearly for this later." He muttered as the con hummed happily and nuzzled him. He growled lowly and the other cons stared at him blankly.

"Why are you Sounds sire and not mine?!" Starscream screeched as he stomped his ped angrily. Knockout watched them and felt jealous, then huffed as he pouted cutely.

"I want my sire!" A vehicon cried and sat on the floor as he sobbed uncontrollably.

"I want my carrier!" Another cried and sat down. Megatron growled angrily as all the cons sat down and started to cry.

"Shockwave!!" He shouted and looked down the hall for the scientist. Soundwave continued to hum happily as he nuzzled him. Making the situation worse.

The scientist didn't respond and Megatron wondered if he was ignoring him, or just couldn't hear him. He growled lowly and drug his servo down his faceplate.

"All of you be quiet!" He yelled and they fell silent after a few minutes. He blinked in surprise at the fact that it worked.

He sighed forcefully and got on one knee plate as he set Soundwave down. He didn't notice the cons gathering as he rubbed the small sparklings helm. He smiled a little and stared at the others. His smile faded and he narrowed his optics.

"What?" He snapped angrily and glared at them. They slowly got closer and looked at him.

"My turn." Knockout said as he smiled brightly and stood by Soundwave.

"What?" He asked with confusion and noticed they had all gathered around him. He furrowed his optic ridges and gently rubbed the medics helm.

Knockout squealed happily and smiled brightly. The sparklings looked at each other then crowded around the leader. He sighed forcefully and rubbed their helms. He found it odd that he enjoyed their reactions. Starscream huffed angrily and shoved Soundwave to the ground. For no particular reason.

"Starscream." Megatron said warningly and picked up the communication specialist. Soundwave sniffed sadly and buried his faceplate in him.

"You need to be nicer to Soundwave." He said seriously as he narrowed his optics. Starscream whimpered fearfully and his wings went down.

"Sowwy...." he mumbled as tears fell down his faceplate. Megatron stared at him blankly then sighed quietly and picked him up.

"M-Megsy?" A vehicon asked hesitantly as he looked at him. The other little vehicons gathered around him.

"Don't call me that." He growled angrily and glared at them.

"Sire?" Another asked as he looked up hopefully. The warlord sighed forcefully in exasperation and mumbled something.

"What do you want?" He growled and frowned. The little con shuffled his peds as he stared at them.

"Sire... what's my name?" He asked quietly and didn't look at him. Megatron furrowed his optic ridges with confusion. He thought for a few minutes then looked at the other little cons.

"You don't have a name." He muttered and looked at him. "None of you have names because you're drones." He said seriously. They all looked at their peds and sniffed sadly. He suddenly felt something he hadn't in a long time. Guilty.

"Uh... you're... um.... number 275.8." He muttered and the sparkling looked at him as he smiled brightly. The other little vehicons looked at him hopefully.

"435.1.... 398.5.... 623.7... 6.29...." he mumbled as he pointed to different ones, hoping this would stop the crying.

"85-"

"Steve!" The sparkling shouted and pointed to himself. He furrowed his optic ridges and looked at him again.

"What?" He asked with confusion and stared at him blankly. The little con stood taller and puffed out his chest plate.

"I'm Steve not 85." He said seriously and seemed to smile. The other vehicons looked at each other.

"Can I be Welker?" One asked as he raised his servo in the air.

"What?" Megatron muttered and looked at the other one. "Why?" He asked.

"Makes me special." He said as he seemed to smile. Megatron furrowed his optic ridges and the other cons stared blankly. They wanted names too.

"I wanna be Jim!" One yelled and they all started talking at once.

"Peter!"

"Darren!"

"Lewis!"

"Clark!"

"Andy!"

"Bucket!"

"Aladdin!"

"Nevada!"

Megatron sighed forcefully and rubbed his faceplate tiredly. He listened to them say different things as they named themselves. He decided not to argue with them. What was the point? They'd probably just burst into tears.

"What in the pits of Kaon am I going to do with all of you?" He grumbled as Soundwave and Starscream hugged him around the neck cables.

~~

An hour later Megatron had gone to speak with Shockwave. He needed this to all be over. Now. The cons were watching another movie, or something Knockout had found. He decided to leave them be. They weren't causing any trouble. Starscream got bored as he watched the robots fighting. Though it did give him ideas and he stood in front of the screen.

"Starscream!" Steve yelled and stood up. He narrowed his optics and stomped his ped angrily. A few of the other vehicons stood as well while they glared.

"Move! We're watching Voltron!" Peter said as he huffed angrily.

"No. I wanna play." He muttered and folded his arms as he pouted. Knockout glared as he missed an important part of the episode. He growled angrily and tackled Starscream. They started wrestling and the vehicons gathered around them.

"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" They shouted and cheered excitedly.

Soundwave stared blankly at them then watched the show. He didn't care. The two wrestled on the keyboard and accidentally typed in coordinates. They fell to the ground with thud and Knockout activated his saw.

"Prepare for surgery!" He squeaked and the cons fell silent. Starscream burst into tears and the medic blinked in surprise. He put his saw away and hugged him tightly.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!" He sobbed quietly. They calmed down after a few minutes and a vehicon accidentally activated the portal. They gasped and stared at it.

"Yay!" Steve yelled and pointed to the portal. "We can go see Voltron!" He shouted. They all cheered happily and ran through the portal. Soundwave watched quietly then hugged Laserbeak tightly as he ran after them.

The portal closed just as Megatron walked back into the room. He stopped suddenly at the doorway and furrowed his optic ridges. The show was still playing but there were no sparklings.

Where did they go?