"Scrap! We're too late!" Bee said over the com.

"No you aren't, bro. There's an underground entrance a few feet north of you," I replied.

"Sweet. Thanks, sis," he said.
"No problem. I'm on my way," I told him.
"Alright. Be careful," my brother said.

"I will," I replied before transforming and driving away.

I arrived at the Decepticon base and entered through the same underground passage way that the others had. I fought every Con that stood in my way, setting off the alarm.

Whoops, I thought.

"StarCatcher, do you copy? Where are you guys?" I asked.

"StarCatcher here. Take a left at tall dark and creepy. I don't know I was kind of dragged here!"

I laughed at Star's remark.
"Bee?" I asked.
"Third corridor," he replied.
I could almost hear the smile in his voice.
I guess he's with Star, I thought.

Once I cleared the path, I ran as fast as I could. When I got to where they were, I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Optimus!" I cried as tears ran from my optics.

"We need to get him out of here and faster than we got in," Star said.

I nodded and helped her and Bee pick him up.

"Ratchet, Ironhide, we could use some help," I said over the com.

"On it," Ironhide replied.
In about a minute, they were at our side.

"Ratchet I need you to help me stop the leaking. I've already mended most of it but he's leaking from well everywhere!" Star commanded.

Ratchet nodded and helped Star.

"Clank, we need a ground bridge back to base asap!" I said.

"One ground bridge coming up," Clank replied.

In a matter of seconds, a greenish portal opened up in front of us. As soon as we were safely back at base, Star and Ratchet immediately began to work. Ironhide, Bee, and I stood by as we watched the medical officers work. Tears were running down my face once again. My brother noticed and put his arm around my shoulders. Since I had no one else to lean into at the moment, I leaned into him.

"Don't worry. He's going to be fine, sis," he said.
After a few long minutes, they were finally done.
"Is he...?" I dared to ask my friend.

"He's fine. I forgot to look for internal leaking. But he's fine now and he should wake in a day or two," she replied as she started to walk away.

"Hey, StarCatcher. Wait a minute," I said.
"Yeah?"
"Thank you," I replied, giving her a hug.

"No problem I was just doing my job," she said.
I smiled, then went to stay by my sparkmate's side.

"Hey, bro. You can go be with StarCatcher. I'll be okay," I told Bee.

He smiled and nodded, then followed his sparkmate. I sat down by Optimus and held his hand.

"I promise I'll never leave your side again," I said quietly.

After a while, my brother came back.

"Star's asleep. Poor thing cried for two megacycles," he said, walking up behind me.

"I'm glad she was able to fix him and rest," I replied.
"Speaking of rest you need some too," he said.
"No thanks, Bee. I'm good," I replied.

"Sorry not an option," he said while grabbing me by the waist and draping me over his shoulder.

He carried me to my room, then dropped me on the bed.

"Rest," he commanded.
"No!" I replied, glaring at him.

He took out some glue and said, "Do NOT make me use this!"

I gave him the death stare, then eventually listened. As soon as my brother left, however, I got up and snuck around the base. When he left the room where Optimus was, I went in and sat by my sparkmate again. I yawned and rested my head on his chest, eventually falling asleep.

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"Blue... Bluuue, it's time to get up sweetspark. Come on get off."

I woke up and looked at Optimus sleepy eyed.

"Hey there beautiful," he said.
My optics widened and I smiled.

"Thank the Primes you're are awake!" I said happily, giving him a hug.

"Sorry," I said, noticing he winced at the pain.

"It's alright. What happened? Where is everyone?" he asked.

"Star's sleeping and the others went on patrol," Clank answered.

"All I know is that you and Star were captured by Megatron and you were severely injured," I explained.

"Star was captured! Is she alright?! Are you alright!?" he asked worriedly.

"Star and I are okay," I replied.

"I went out on patrol this morning and ran into an ambush set by Lockdown. Megatron must have found me and took me to the base. There might still be hope for him," he explained.

"Lockdown did this? That son of a glitch is going to pay," I said angrily.

"Calm down, Blue. You will get your action soon enough. Now both you and I need to relax until the others get back and get up. Speaking of you should go check on Star. How long she's been asleep?" Optimus asked.

I calmed down.

"I don't know. I'll go check on her. Be right back," I said as I went to Star and Bee's room.

I opened the door a little and saw a lump in the bed.
Good. She's still sleeping, I thought.

"She's still asleep," I told him when I got back.
"Good. Did she save me?" he asked.

I smiled at Optimus as I sat down next to him.
"Who else would besides her and Ratchet?" I replied.
"No one," he replied with a smile.

"Hey, I'm alright, look. Star and Ratchet are the best medics alive. And just look at me I'm awake aren't I?" he added.

Scrap. I hate how he can see through me sometimes.

"Blue, when you first met me what did you think?" he asked after a minute.

I was silent for a moment, caught off guard by the question.

"To be honest, back on Cybertron when I had only met you those few times during the war, I thought you were the coolest Cybertronian ever. My brother and I looked up to you. Ever since we arrived on Earth a year ago and I've spent more time with you, I've learned that you're much more than meets the eye. Just when I think I know you really well, you still surprise me. Even today I still look up to you and I know Bee does, too. I will always love you, no matter what," I replied.

"You still surprise me too," he whispered before he kissed me. "I love you with all my spark, I hope you know that."

"Of course I do. You know I love you with all my spark, too, right?" I replied.

He looked at me and smiled.

"I've known that for a long time," he said as he got up.

I looked at him worriedly.
"I'm alright just hurts a little is all," Optimus said.

"I know you're not alright. Come on, I'll help you get to our room," I replied.

"Alright," he said.

He swung his legs over the side of the medical table. He slowly rose to his feet and nearly fell. I caught him and helped him get the the other side of the room. We finally made it to our room and he laid on the bed.

"Thank you," he said before falling asleep again.
I climbed into bed and fell asleep next to him.