This was not requested by anyone. I did this because I really liked the idea and it was really fun to write. Hope you enjoy!

“I don’t see how you humans can enjoy lying on dirt. Aren’t you afraid that a bug will crawl all over you?” You paused in putting up your tent to look at Knockout, he stood behind you with a look of disgust on his face-plate.

“That’s why I sleep in a tent with loads of mosquito repellent and citronella candles. I also make sure to put all of my food away properly so no animals or bugs can get into it.” You replied, continuing where you left off with your tent. You struggled as the tents poles refused to bend to where you wanted it to go. “Why must you resist me!” You hissed as you continued to pull harder. A chuckle made you angrily turn to see who was laughing.

Leaning against one of the taller trees was Starscream. The smirk on his face-plate made your face turn red in embarrassment and anger. The cocky mech was somehow finding your struggle amusing, but in truth the bastard found almost anything that pains someone hilarious.

“Is my pain amusing to you, Starscream?” You glared at him as he chuckled again.

“Very much. You have proven to me yet again that you humans are so weak when it comes to menial tasks, such as yours.” He smirked down at you smugly and your anger increased ten-fold.

“Well-then “Mr. Know It All” would you like to do the honors of finishing this task if it’s so easy?” Starscream shook his head with that same damn smirk.

“I would never stoop down that low to your level, human. I prefer watching.” You growled and went to say something but thundering steps stopping behind you silenced you.

“Come now Starscream. If you think of yourself as such a superior being, such a task would be easy. Or are you admitting defeat and that our dear, Y/N, is better than you?” Megatron said as he leaned down to your level. The heat radiating off of his frame was overwhelming as he looked down at you. “Wouldn’t you agree?” You stared up at Megatron, confused, before it hit you. He was taunting Starscream. You smirked and looked over at Starscream.

“The mighty Starscream is admitting that he is weaker than little ole’ me? I never thought this day would come.” You mocked as you watched Starscream go from smug to shocked in a heartbeat. His optics got as big as an owls as he looked from Megatron to you. Before scowling and growling quietly in anger towards you. But the rumble of Megatron’s chuckle silenced him.

“I am not weaker than you fleshling. If anything I am stronger. To assume such a thing could have you ending up dead, you-”

“Finish that sentence Starscream and you will face great consequences. Just get over here and help her.” Megatron growled as he stood back up from his crouched position. Starscream pushed himself off of the tree and took a couple steps towards the two of you.
“Why can’t you assist her,” Starscream paused with an audible gulp. “My liege?” Megatron’s gaze lingered on Starscream before he turned and headed back towards his original spot where Soundwave stood admiring the bird sitting on one of his long slender digits.

“I would, but I think you should help Y/N with her sleeping arrangements as a lesson,” Megatron paused and turned his head slightly so he could glare at him. “The next time you decide to run your mouth, you better think before you speak.” He retorted, before continuing to his spot. Starscream stared at Megatron’s back for a bit with his mouth hanging open.

“May want to close your mouth before a bug decides to fly in it.” Starscream shut his mouth with an audible click. He turned to you and glared down at you with hatred.

“You. You are the reason for all of this! Are you happy with what you have caused?” You pretended to think for a bit before shrugging your shoulders. He growled and clenched his fists closed as he opened his mouth to reply. But Knockout’s look of warning made him sigh and look down at you in defeat.

“What do you need help with?” You smiled and grabbed the pole you had carefully put on the ground during the discussion.

“To help me put the poles together, since you asked.” You let the smug smile grow as Starscream’s chassis rumbled with a quiet growl. He crouched down low to get closer to your level. His talons grabbed a hold of the pole and he looked at the tent and the pole before looking at you. “What am I supposed to do with this?”

You grabbed your instructions and started to read the instructions for him.

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All was going well until he grabbed the tent a little too roughly. The tent rips as his talons pierce the layering covering the tent. He quickly drops the tent, damaging it further. You watch as the tent’s poles snap and pieces of said poles fly everywhere. You quickly bring your arms up and shield your face as some of the pieces fly at you. You slowly uncover your face to see the damage. The tent lay in pieces on the ground. You watch as Megatron growls angrily and stands up from his spot under a tree and stomps over towards Starscream. Starscream yelps as he transforms into his alt-mode and tries to fly off but Megatron’s servos grabs him before he can escape and flings him back onto the ground.Starscream transforms back to his bipedal just as Megatron sales his pede into his chassis.

“I gave you a single task, and you can’t even do that!” He snarls as he presses down harder on Starscream’s chassis. Starscream’s cries and pleads are silenced out by Knockout’s light tap on your shoulder. You turn to look at him as he crouches down with concern on his faceplate.

“Are you injured at all?” He asks. You look over your arms but see only small scratches and little to no blood.

“I’m okay. Just some scratches.” You reply. Knockout stands back up and takes a step back to transform into his alt. Out of his alt steps out his holoform. His holoform walks up to you and guides you over to sit on a rock nearby. “I told you I’m fine.”

“Hush, as your doctor I am going to patch you up anyways. Your species get sick so easily. If you were to get sick from these scratches, Megatron would surely offline Starscream.” You sigh and allow Knockout to patch you up and disinfect the bigger cuts. The biggest cut is on your cheek where small beads of blood have begun to build up. He carefully wipes it away with a cotton ball soaked in hydrogen preoxide, you can barely feel the sting as his holoforms face gets closer to your own.

You feel your face warm as you examine his face. His chiseled chin, the little stubble of hair on his chin, his red hair slicked back and styled perfectly, and those handsome ruby eyes staring at you. Oh shit he’s talking to you.

“What did you say?” You ask after snapping yourself out of your admiring. He sighs and repeats what he said.

“Any other scratches I need to know about?” You shake your head after doing a once over of yourself.

“I think I’m good now. Thanks for the repair, Doc Knock.” You say with a salute. He rolls his eyes at you and his holoform dissipates into thin air.

“You know I hate that nickname.” He grumbles as he transforms and heads over to where Starscream lays curled up in a shaking ball while Megatron heads your way. You watch as he crouches down and his optics roam your form, inspecting Knockout’s handiwork.

“Starscream is lucky. If he had dealt any more harm than what he had inflicted, he would be in far worse condition.” Megatron says as he points a digit at the scratches littering your forearms and cheeks. You chance a glance at Starscream and almost gasp. His paint job was all roughed up and energon leaked from between his dermas. Megatron would have killed the poor mech if he had done more damage.

“It was an accident. Starscream didn’t mean to-” Megatron gave you a look that shut you up immediately.

“It does not matter. You can get easily injured, killed even. We cannot lose you, you are important to our cause.” He said as he stood up from his crouch and headed back over towards his spot. Soundwave no longer there, he must have had to report back to the Nemesis.

“With all due respect, Lord Megatron, I am just merely a human. I can always be replaced.” You admitted as Megatron stopped and glanced at you over his shoulder.

“You are more important than you think.” He says quietly, barely audible to you. But you heard it nonetheless and froze. You were important to Megatron?

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The sun’s light was barely peeking over the mountains as you settled down for the night. The fire’s flames crackled illuminating the ground as the sky grew darker. You laid on top of your sleeping bag, your arms folded behind your head as you watched stars slowly appear in the sky. You were looking for the constellations when you felt an urge you knew all too familiar. You sat up and looked over at Knockout. Said Con was looking over his paint grumbling about dirt ruining his perfect paint.

“Hey, Knockout. I’ll be right back, I have some ‘human business’ to take care of.” You stand up from the ground and start heading into the trees. You felt a pair of eyes following you as you entered the woods. You hunted for a spot for a bit until you found a secluded spot to relieve yourself.

You quickly did your business and had your pants pulled back up when a growl made you freeze. Standing out in the woods was a bear. You felt yourself begin to shake as you slowly tried to creep out of the bush, but your rustling alerted the bear of your presence. You and the bear just barely looked each other in the eye before it started roaring at you. You did the only thing you could do. You ran. You ran back to the camp where the others were at. The sound of the bear’s heavy paws hitting the forest ground made you scream as it roared again. You had just ran into the clearing of your campsite when you tripped and stumbled. You fell flat on your face but quickly pushed yourself up and crawled towards the fire.

“What the frag are you screaming about, human?” Starscream asked, annoyed that your screaming woke him. The bear bursts out of the bushes and stands up on its back legs while letting out a loud roar. You curl up in a ball as the bear gets back down on all fours and starts lumbering your way. You whimper as something large lands over you, it’s landing shaking the ground. A loud rumbling growl emits from above you. You uncover your head to see Megatron stunning over you. His sharp dentas bared and his fusion cannon aimed at the bear. The bear had frozen in its spot and stared up at Megatron. Megatron growled again before stomping his pede towards the bear. The bear quickly turned tail and ran back towards the safety of the forest.

Knockout rushed over to you and Megatron and all but shoved Megatron out of the way. Megatron said nothing as he stumbled sideways. He was too focused on the path that the bear fled through.

“Are you hurt?” He asked as he poked and prodded you. You shook your head as you slowly stopped shaking. Your hands were the only part of you that couldn’t stop shaking.

“I-I’m okay. Just a little shaken up.” You replied as Knockout vented out a sigh of relief before his expression hardened and he started to lecture you about going off by yourself. After getting an earful from him he turned to Megatron who was now watching the two of you. “I suggest that we end this ‘camping’ and head back to the Nemesis for Y/N’s safety.”

“But-” You try to protest but Knockout sends you a glare and you grow quiet. Megatron stares at you for a moment before looking back at Knockout.

“I agree. These are unsafe conditions. Soundwave, send a groundbridge to my coordinates. We are returning to the Nemesis.” He turns away and walks towards the groundbridge as it appears in the middle of the makeshift campsite. Megatron and Starscream both enter the groundbridge, and Knockout goes to follow after them but stops when he doesn’t see you by his side. He turns to look behind him to see you rolling up your sleeping bag. You brush off the dirt and start to follow him but you stop.

“What is it now?” He sighs, annoyed. You point at the fire that is slowly starting to go out.

“I have to put the fire out. Or else it can start a forest fire.” You turn to go put it out, but Knockout beats you to it and stomps it out.

“There. Now, we are leaving and that is final. If you forget anything we will simply replace it. I’m ready to get out of this damn forest.” He says as he enters the groundbridge, with you trailing behind. You appear in the Nemesis’ corridors near Med-bay’s entrance. Knockout opens the doors and you run in before him. You crawl up the ladder that was installed a week ago so you didn’t have to have someone picking you up constantly. You set your sleeping bag down near some of your other belongings as Knockout walks over to his monitors. Looking at some reports from earlier.

“Your ‘camping’ was a nice change of pace.” You hear Knockout say as you fix the covers on your bed. You look over at him to see his back is facing you, preventing you from seeing his expression.

“Glad you liked it,” you reply as your step behind a blanket you hung up so you can change. You quickly change into your night clothes and step out from behind the blanket. You see Knockout standing next to the slab you use as your space. He was looking a different direction with his optics offlined. “It’s okay, I’m decent now.” His optics come back online after your reassurance. He holds his servo out for you. You smile and grab your covers and pillow and carefully sit down on his servo. He brings you close to his chassis and walks over to his berthroom attached to Med-bay. He sits on his berth and carefully swings his legs up onto the berth and lays back slowly so you can get comfortable on his chassis.

You curl up on his chassis and listen to the soft thrum of his spark as he drapes his servo over your waist. One of his digits lightly rubs your back as he stares over at the empty spot next to him. You lift your head and pat his chassis to get his attention. He moves his gaze down to you and you smile sadly up at him.

“I miss him too.” You say as you grab a hold of one of his digits and squeeze it reassuringly. His servo moves up from your waist and gently cups your face. You nuzzle his servo as he smiles down at you with sad optics.

“He would have liked your ‘camping’.” He laid back down as you moved further up his chassis up to his neck cabling. You carefully get comfortable and press a kiss against his cheek plate.

“Yeah. He really liked learning more about earth culture. He would have really enjoyed it.” You sigh sadly as you think about how Breakdown would have reacted to today’s events. You and Knockout lay in silence as you both think about your dead partner.

“I love you, Y/N.” Knockout whispers to you as he slips into recharge.

“Love you too, Knocks.” You reply with a kiss to the underside of his chin. Before laying back down and closing your eyes. “Love you too, Breakdown.” You whisper as the darkness of sleep consumes you.

Hope you all enjoyed the one-shot. Sorry for not updating in a while. I haven't had a lot motivation lately but now I'm slowly getting more and more ideas so I am hoping to write more. Have an awesome day/night!