Opening his optics, Ripjaw looked down at Amberblade with a smile. She looks so peaceful. He thought before he felt his spike hardening, "This is going to be a long week," he muttered.

Amberblade woke up with a startle, "We need to move."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"I got this sense that the Autobots are closing in, we need to go," she replied as she got off him and put her armor back on.

With a soft growl, Ripjaw also put his armor back on, "Are you okay? I really fragged the scrap out of you last night."

"I'm fine."

With a silent sigh, he headed deeper into the cave with Amberblade.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Are you following their scent, Grim? Are we almost to where they are?" Sideswipe asked feeling annoyed with all the walking and searching.

Grimlock rolled his optics at Sideswipe's impatience, "Yes, I'm following their scent and no we're not there yet," he snapped as he followed the sweet scent. It was bugging him that he couldn't find it but he knew it was in the same direction as where Amberblade's and Ripjaw's scent were. Sideswipe groaned then jumped up into one of the trees and started jumping through like he usually does.

"Are you okay, Grimlock?" Wheeljack asked, he knew that Sideswipe could get annoying at times but it wasn't like Grimlock to snap at anyone.

"Yeah, I'm alright."

"You're sure? I've never heard you snap like that before."

"I'm just agitated that we can't get these two."

"We will, we just need to keep looking," Arcee assured as they started walking past the cave Ripjaw and Amberblade were in.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amberblade had stopped and sniffed, "I can smell them."

"Do you know how close they are?" Ripjaw stopped beside her wondering if he should transform or not.

"They walked by."

Ripjaw sighed in relief, "We should keep going just in case."

"I agree."

They headed deeper into the cave. Ripjaw hoped that they would be able to have another good frag, "You'll have to wait, Ripjaw, until we're in the clear of Autobots," Amberblade stated after sensing his desire.

"I know but it's hard to ignore when my spike is pressing against my panel."

"I know it is."

"Out of curiosity, when was your last heat cycle?"

"Not long before we were locked up."

"I see, I bet it drives you wild," he grinned as they entered a large cavern.

"Not really, I learned how to control it."

Ripjaw chuckled, "Perhaps you can teach me sometime."

"Perhaps."

"Are they still following us?" He asked as he looked behind him.

She looked back and sniffed out the air, "No, they moved on."

He pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her, "Good," he purred as he took her lips in a rough yet passionate kiss. She moaned softly as she kissed him back. His servos traveled down towards her aft as he rubbed his panel against hers. She moaned as her servos glided over his upper arms. Breaking from the kiss, he nuzzled her neck before caressing it with his tongue.

"Ripjaw?"

"Yes?" He asked as he kissed her neck.

"Are we still gonna sparkbond?"

He paused for a moment before he looked at her, "We are, whenever you're ready," he whispered as he caressed her cheek.

"I'm ready whenever you are."

With a small smile, he opened his spark chamber. She looked at it for a moment before opening up her own chamber, "So beautiful," he whispered in awe when he saw her spark. Lowering himself closer to her he closed the gap between them, connecting their sparks.

She let out a gasp. Oh, his spark is cold.

I'm sorry.

You heard me?

Yes. Is my spark really cold?

A bit.

Your spark is so warm. He purred as he gently pulled her into a hug.

I'm glad. She purred back as she hugged him.

Maybe you could help warm my spark?

Maybe I will.

He smiled as he lovingly nuzzled her neck. I love you, Amberblade.

I love you too, Ripjaw.

Thank you for accepting me.

No problem. Thank you for accepting me.

My pleasure.

I'm surprised you actually agreed to this given the type of mech you are.

You are the only femme that makes me feel this way. He whispered as he sent her a wave of love.

You're the only mech I ever cared for.

Touched by her words he held her close as he sent another wave of love to her. She just smiled as she sent a wave of love back.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grimlock turned around and went back, "We passed them."

"How did we pass them?" Sideswipe asked in annoyance as he hopped down from a tree.

"Not sure."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amberblade sensed them coming into the cave and started to panic. Feeling her panic, he carefully broke away once their bond was complete, "They're close?"

"Yeah, they're entering the cave."

Closing his spark chamber he quickly transformed and let out a low growl, ready to protect his new mate. Amberblade closed her chamber, "Let's go, Ripjaw."

With another low growl, he followed her. They went deeper into the cave looking for another way out. Coming to a stop, Ripjaw looked at the two tunnels, unsure of which one to take.

Amberblade sniffed, "You smell that?"

Sniffing the air he caught the scent of the fresh late afternoon air, "Yes, let's get out of here." He was ready to leave the cave. Amberblade nodded then headed towards the smell. They soon found themselves outside once more, "It feels so good out here." He sighed with relief.

Amberblade let out a sigh as well, "Yes it does. We need to find another place to make our base and hide from the Autobots."

"I know, hopefully, they'll leave us alone this time."

"I doubt they will, they seem determined to catch us. It's my fault, I shouldn't have taken their lieutenant."

"You were only trying to help," he assured as he gently nuzzled her cheek, "Is your cheek still sore?"

"A little bit."

"I'm really sorry for hurting you like that."

"It's okay."

He gently pulled her close and rested his helm on her shoulder, "We should get going." He let her go and started walking.

"Yes, we should," she said as she started walking beside him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grimlock came to a stop as he sniffed the air, the scent was faint but it was still there, "I don't think they're in the cave anymore."

"They left the cave!?" Sideswipe asked in complete annoyance and frustration.

"Hey, calm down, Sideswipe. I'm doing the best I can," Grimlock growled. He was getting tired of his attitude.

"Psssh whatever," he said as he walked on.

Grimlock growled as they headed deeper into the cave. Was Sideswipe always like this?

"You need to take it easy, Sideswipe, we're all frustrated but Grimlock's doing the best he can," Arcee said as they caught up to him.

"I know, I just wish we could find them already. They gotta pay for what they did to Bumblebee and the others."

"I know, Sideswipe, I know."

The deeper they went the more trouble Grimlock was having pinpointing the scent. They soon came to the same obstacle that Ripjaw and Amberblade had come across. Grimlock looked between the two choices, he wasn't sure which path to take.

"Which way did they go, big guy?" Wheeljack asked.

"Uh," Grimlock sniffed the air again trying to pick up the scent again. He quickly caught the familiar sweet scent along with the fresh air, "This way." He followed the scent hoping they could find the Decepticons.

They head to the exit and leave the cave, "Now which way?"

The scent was getting stronger now that they were outside, "They're close," he replied as he followed the scent.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"We need to do something to make that Dinobot lose our scent," Amberblade said with a slight growl.

"I agree, but how?" Ripjaw asked starting to get frustrated.

"We need to find a pond or something, I understand the water can take away the scent."

"Then let's get going," he said as he looked for some kind of body of water. Didn't take long before they came across a big lake, they jumped in and got rid of the scent. Going under the water, Ripjaw did his best to get rid of the scent his body was giving off. They stayed underwater and swam to the far side, the whole while making their scent vanish. "That should do it," Ripjaw growled as he got out of the water.

"Yep, our scent is well and gone now. Though we can't frag again until we're certain we're out of range of that Dinobot's nose."

Ripjaw groaned in frustration, "As soon as we find a safe place I'm going to frag you so hard you won't be able to walk."

She giggled, "I'm sure you are."

Ripjaw lovingly nuzzled her before continuing onward to find a safe place for the two of them.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Their scent is fading out," Grimlock growled.

Sideswipe did his best to hold back a groan of annoyance, "You'd think it would be easy finding two Dinobots."

"Not if they're smart."

"They must be really smart if you keep losing their scent," Sideswipe muttered.

"They must have gone into some water, it's a known fact that water can get rid of a scent," Arcee stated. Grimlock sighed, he wanted to catch them, for Bumblebee's sake. "Let's head on back, we'll look some more tomorrow," Arcee tells them.

They all headed back to base, Grimlock stayed quiet the whole time thinking of how he could explain that he couldn't catch the Dinobots to Bumblebee and Optimus. "Don't worry, Grim, we'll catch them eventually," Wheeljack tells him.

"I know, guess we can't win every battle," Grimlock replied as he tried to put on a convincing smile.

"No, we can't."

"And that's okay, it happens sometimes," Arcee said trying to cheer up the Dinobot.

"Yeah, you're right."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grimlock vented out a sigh when he finished telling Bumblebee all that happened, "It's okay, Grim, you'll get them next time."

"Thanks, 'Bee. How was your day?" He asked wanting to move away from the subject.

"It was good."

"Did Ratchet say when you can leave?"

"In a couple of days."

"That's good, I bet you'll be happy to leave," the large mech grinned.

"I sure will be."

"I know the feeling, it's really boring when you have nothing to do all day."

"Yes, it is."

"Bumblebee, how do you feel when your heat cycle starts?"

Bumblebee looked at him in surprise, "Um, very horny all the time."

"Does it give off a scent?"

"Yes. Why?"

"When we were looking for Ripjaw and Amberblade I could smell something sweet mixed in with their scent."

"You think one of them was on their heat cycle?"

"Is that what a heat cycle smells like?"

"Not sure, you'll have to ask Steeljaw. I never really smelt one before."

"Even if it was your own?"

"You can't smell your own, Grim, only others and us regular Cybertronians can't smell another's heat cycle unless their panel is off."

"Ohh, even if one of them is in heat. I'm sure yours will smell even better." He grinned as he gently nuzzled the smaller mech. Bumblebee just smiled as he hugged him. "I love you, 'Bee."

"Love you too, Grim."