"Any particular reason you wanted me to go on a patrol with you, Lieutenant?" Steeljaw asked as they drove away from the scrapyard.

"I wanted to talk to you."

"About what?"

"About you and Strongarm."

"We have quite the drive ahead of us, start talking then."

"Are your feelings true?"

"Yes, I would never do anything to hurt her. Which is why I haven't attacked you yet, or the others, save for Sideswipe. I know how close she is with all of you and I'm willing to give it a chance to try to get along with the rest of you."

"Yes, I kind of figured, it's good you care for her so. When did you start falling for her though?"

"After I arrived at the scrapyard after I freed the others," he replied.

"You mean after you fought her you fell in love with her?"

"I think that was when I realized it. But I think I had liked her since our first encounter."

"And how did your first encounter go? She never really did tell me what happened."

"I tricked her into thinking I was an Autobot guard aboard the Alchemor," he replied, not wanting to give him the full details of their encounter.

"I see. What else?"

After a moment of silence, Steeljaw ended up telling Bumblebee the whole story. Something about him commanded respect, even though he was a young leader he knew what he was doing.

"I see. Surprised she even got feelings for you after that. And what about her made you like her even though she was an Autobot?"

"I'm still not sure, maybe it was the way she handled herself against me or the way she carries herself. She's strong, and she's willing to fight for what she believes is right."

"As does the rest of us but you still hate and despise us." Steeljaw was silent, he didn't know how to respond to that. "So, is that the reason you started falling in love with her after your fight?" Bumblebee continues after noticing his silence.

"I think so, after the scrapyard, I couldn't stop thinking about her and I just wanted to see her again."

"Is she the reason for your sudden change of plans?"

"Yeah."

"Thank goodness I sent her back to the scrapyard then or else you probably would have never fallen in love with her and you would have stuck to your plans, you would be in stasis with the rest right now."

"Don't expect me to thank you for that."

"Wouldn't dream of it. Have you and Strongarm been secretly seeing each other since the scrapyard incident?"

"Yes, Metalsound took it upon herself to look after Strongarm after her fight with Springload."

"So that's the main reason why she was there. Had you always planned to make Strongarm your mate?"

"Not exactly, but it just happened."

"You do know you took a lot from her with that, right?"

"I know."

"But then she knew what can happen if she has an affair with a criminal and she did it anyway, and I can tell she loves you. Which is why I didn't put you in stasis with the rest but instead put you on probation and do community service."

"Was that all?"

"What was the whole deal with you kidnapping her?"

"You said that I would never see her again, except on the battlefield."

"So you decided to kidnap her?"

"I panicked alright!"

"Why didn't you tell her she would become your mate by having sex?"

"I didn't think about it," Steeljaw was starting to get annoyed. Was Bumblebee intentionally trying to get him riled up?

"What makes Strongarm different from the other femmes you sweet-talked then left breaking their sparks?" Steeljaw's tires screeched as he skidded to a halt. Bumblebee skidded to a halt as well, "Why are you stopping, Steeljaw?"

"Just stop! I don't know why she's different from those other femmes, she just is! She makes me feel like I'm not alone," he says the last part quietly as he drives on.

Bumblebee drives on as well, "Not alone?"

"Ever since I lost my parents it felt like something was missing deep in my spark. Even though Shockwave took care of me I still felt... incomplete. Having the pack helped fill the emptiness but it was still there. Being with Strongarm, I don't feel like I'm alone anymore."

"I see. Wait, you lost your parents? How?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"I understand. Sorry for all these questions, I'm just making sure you're serious about your relationship with Strongarm. I don't want to see her get hurt because of you."

"I will never hurt Strongarm, my spark will always belong to her alone."

"Good, because if you do not only will you have to deal with her but you'll have to deal with me and the whole team as well as her sire."

"Understood," Steeljaw says as he speeds up a bit to drive on ahead wanting to be with Strongarm more than he ever had.

They drive on and finish their patrol before heading back to the scrapyard. They make it back to the scrapyard and see Metalsound and Sideswipe back already.

Steeljaw sees Sideswipe hugging Strongarm while Metalsound stands there watching them. Slowly letting go of Strongarm, Sideswipe heard the sound of gears moving from a transformation. Seeing Steeljaw just at the scrapyard's gate he ran for his life only to be stopped by Thunderhoof. "If you start running he's going to kill you," Metalsound warned.

"And I'm dead if I don't run," he whimpered.

They see Steeljaw walking over with an angry look on his face, looking like he's ready to kill a certain bot. Strongarm blocked his path as she quickly explained, "Steeljaw, Sideswipe was just apologizing for earlier. Nothing happened."

Steeljaw looks at her, "Just apologizing?"

"Yes."

"Alright, so where's my apology?" He asks as he looks back at Sideswipe.

"I'm sorry," Sideswipe says quietly.

"I didn't hear you."

"I'm sorry for kissing Strongarm!"

"Just don't do it again, don't even touch her," he says with a slight growl.

"Got it," he squeaked.

"Good!" His attention turns back to Strongarm when he feels her wrap her arms around him.

"Don't worry about it, Steeljaw."

Thunderhoof let go of Sideswipe who bolted for the other side of the scrapyard, "That kid's jumpier than Clampdown," he muttered.

"Can't really blame him, he did infuriate a Wolf-Con," Bumblebee says as he walks over.

"It's going to take him a while to get comfortable around Steeljaw," Thunderhoof stated, "Is there anything else you wanted us to do?"

"Not right now, just relax," Bumblebee replies before walking over to Steeljaw and Strongarm. "Strongarm, can I talk to you?"

"Sure," she followed after the lieutenant.

They went to the other side of the scrapyard away from the others, "Strongarm, the reason I wanted Steeljaw to go on patrol with me was that I had some questions to ask him, I had to be sure his feelings were true."

"I had a feeling that's what you were doing. Did you find your answers?"

"Yes." He proceeds to tell her everything he and Steeljaw discussed.

Steeljaw was standing in the spot he had been, watching them when Metalsound came up beside him. "Is everything okay?" She asked in concern.

"Just wondering what he's telling her."

"Instead of standing here go and see for yourself," Metalsound replied as she left to do the exercise she had meant to do that morning.

Steeljaw started walking over to them and Strongarm smiled at him, "How was your patrol?" Strongarm asked Steeljaw after he got to where they were.

"Good," Steeljaw replied.

"Bumblebee told me about your discussion, and everything you said."

"He did?"

"Yep," she says as she starts walking away.

"Strongarm, wait," he called after her as he followed her.

"Yes?" She asks as she stops and looks at him.

Steeljaw opened his mouth but he wasn't sure of what to say, "Would you like to go for a drive?"

"Sure," she replies with a smile. She transforms and gets ready to roll. With a sigh, he transformed and headed out, not really caring where they went, and Strongarm followed right behind him.