When I wake up, I hear a familiar voice calling my name. It's Megatron. I try to stand up but my leg had stiffened up over night. 

"I'm over here, in a cave", I shout as loud as I can. I hear him come this way and I watch the entrance and see Megatron's shadow appear quickly.

"What are you doing here?", he asks as he comes clsoer to me. I sigh. 

"The Autobots... found out that about our meetings. They saw your signal last night and then Ratchet finished decoding your message so Optimus did some snooping around and saw us together... I then explained everything to them except for you being in my head and all that... Optimus then said that he couldn't condone this kind of behavior or whatever and he told me that I could stay until I was healed and then I was banished from the Autobot base...", I whisper and hold back more tears.

"He said that to his own sparkling?", Megatron almost yells. I nod and then tell him exactly what Optimus said.

"His exact words were 'AuraStorm, although you are my sparkling, I cannot condone that kind of behavior. As soon as you are healed, you are banished from the Autobot base."

Megatron started to growl as I spoke. "I'm gonna murder him!"

"Don't!", I shout. "I can see where he is coming from..."

Megatron looks at me curiously before sitting down beside me. "So why aren't you back at the Autobot base, if you aren't fully healed?", he asks, tracing my cast.

"I was sparkbroken at the words of my father. I needed out. I can't even feel him through the bond anymore. He's blocked me off", I whisper and lean against Megatron. I feel him tense and I immediately sit back up. "I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking!", I yelp and look away.

Megatron turns my head towards his gently, his hand lingering longer than it probably should have. "Don't be. I just... wasn't expecting it." I smile softly before leaning against him again. I feel him put his arm around me and draw me closer to him. I smile softly. This feels normal.

After a few minutes, Megatron sighs. "I must go before Starscream wonders where I am."

"He's still alive?", I ask, surprise filling my voice.

"Yes", Megatron says as I sit up and he pulls his arm away from around me.

"I thought you would've killed him by now. You were going to the day in that mine", I smirk at him.

"Yes, well, he has his uses. But he's made a lot of mistakes", Megatron says before getting lost in thought. 

"Come back with me", Megatron whispers. I look taken aback.

"What?", I whisper.

"Come back with me. Knockout could use some help", he says, kindness filling his red optics. As I gazed into them, I noticed a hint of blue. Surprised, I wondered if it could have been because of me...

"Is that the only reason or is there more?", I ask, teasing him slightly. Megatron smiles slightly.

"Always the investigator, aren't you?", he smiles, a joking look on his face. I smile, before putting on my thinking face.

I already knew my answer but I wanted to Megatron to think I needed time to think about.

"You need time to think about it, don't you?", Megatron asks and looks away.

I smile softly and bring his face to look at mine. His face was turned towards mine but his optics refused to look at me.

"I already know my answer", I whisper bringing his hopeful optics to look into mine.

"I want to be anywhere with you", I whisper with a smile on my face. Megatron's entire face lit up and it reminded me of a youngling on their favorite holiday, here on Earth or on Cybertron. Megatron stood and was about to leave before I fake-coughed.

"Help me up?", I ask with a grin. Megatron sheepishly looks back at me before coming back and helps me up.

"How about you bridge us to medbay so I can get something for my leg...", I wince as I put a small amount of weight on my leg. "That way your troops won't know that you're being nice to a former Autobot."

Megatron smiles at me before asking Soundwave for a groundbridge to medbay. A bridge opens and Megatron helps me through it and when we get through it, a tool drops onto the floor.

I glance at the con who dropped the tool and chuckled at Knockout's face.

"Close your mouth, Knockout, or you might get a bug in it. Maybe a scraplet", I smirk at him. He closes his mouth and shakes his head.

"Lord Megatron, may I ask why you are helping an Autobot?", Knockout asks.

"Former Autobot", I grin at Knockout. His reaction was the best as he spluttered over his words.

"F-former... what?", he asks.

"You heard me", I grin at Megatron and he smiles faintly. I sigh, knowing his other, fake side has come back.

"Knockout", Megatron's booming voice filled the room. I wince, used to his softer voice. "Help her. I have some matters I must attend to. Oh, and change her Autobot insignia to a Decepticon insignia."

Breakdown, who was watching the entire thing, comes and helps me to a medical berth.

"So, what'd you do to your leg?", Knockout asks.

"It got caught under a giant rock. I'm lucky that's the only thing that's injured", I say.

"Say, Megatron recently got caught under a giant rock", Knockout says before putting the pieces together. "Wait, where you and Mega-", I glare at him and he quiets down.

"So, what were you guys doing?", Breakdown asks.

"Nothing! I tried to get him out from underneath the falling ceiling and it kinda failed. I was lucky he got me out of there", I say softly. Breakdown laughs before he pauses and then tells Knockout he needed to help Megatron with something.

"This is strange", Knockout mutters.

"What?", I ask, worried.

"Your leg is healing faster than anything I've seen. You should've been in that cast for at least 6 weeks but I'm thinking you'll only need to be in it for the rest of today. You should be fine after that. When did you injure it?", Knockout asks.

"I think you should know that... When did the cave-in happen?", I ask, sarcasm filling my voice.

"About a week ago", Knockout says slowly.

"Exactly", I roll my eyes.

"You should be able to walk on your leg, though I suggest you don't leave the medbay", Knockout says.

"Well, no der!", I exclaim. "I have the Autobot insignia on me, of course I shouldn't leave the medbay or I'm gonna get attacked!"

Knockout looked taken aback and I laugh. "You'll get used to my randomness eventually. Now, how about you change my insignia to the Decepticons. I want no affiliation with the Autobots... Not anymore..." My voice had slowly dropped down and gotten really quiet as I spoke.

Knockout looked at me curiously before he gets to work on changing the insignia. As soon as he finishes, Megatron and Breakdown walk in.

"Come, AuraStorm", he beckons. "It is time to inform the troops that you are now a Decepticon."

I smile at him and hop off the berth, limping over towards Megatron. I wave at Knockout and Breakdown as we leave and I look up at Megatron.

"What all are you going to tell the troops?", I ask quietly.

"I'm going to tell them that you were banished from the Autobots and that drove you to switch sides", he says as he looks down at me.

"Okay. As long as you don't tell anyone who my father is, I will be okay with that. And I had second reason to switch sides otherwise I would've stayed rogue", I whisper.

"No one shall ever know who your father is except for me and you. And Soundwave because he knows everything", Megatron says.

I smile at him in thanks as we enter the bridge.

"Soundwave. I must address the troops now", he growls. I wave slightly at Soundwave and he nods to me. I smile softly before paying attention to what Megatron was saying.

"We have a new addition to our ranks. This is former Autobot AuraStorm. She was banished from the Autobot base and that drove her to switch sides. She will be working in the medbay alongside Knockout and Breakdown", Megatron says. I heard murmuring from the troops as Megatron walks toward me and then leads me to a room.

"This is your room. If you need anything, I'm just across the hall. Now, shall I take you back to the medbay so you can learn the ropes and you can get to know Knockout and Breakdown better?", he asks, being very polite about it, making me giggle.

"Of course", I say with just as much politeness. He smiles at me and I smile back at him and he leads me back to the medbay.

We were conversing about a bunch of random stuff, laughing, too, and every time a vehicon would pass us, they would stop whatever they were doing to stare at me and Megatron. A sharp word from Megatron would get them back to work. I could understand why they were surprised. The new femme was getting their fearless and ruthless leader to laugh, to actually laugh a real laugh.

Soon we got to the medbay, and I turned to look at Megatron. "You know there are going to be a lot of rumors now. The troops are going to be talking a lot", I say quietly.

"Let them. I don't care what they think. There's only one femme who I care what she thinks about me. And currently, I think she enjoys spending time with me", Megatron whispers, gently raising my chin and leaning closer. As he gets closer, I look away from Megatron, hiding my face. He sighs before leaving. I stare after him and he looks back once, and I could see the pain in his eyes. He looks away from me and continues walking, slowly at first as if he was waiting for me to say something and when I didn't, he walked faster.

I sigh and walk into medbay. Knockout glanced at me and saw that I was looking down.

"What happened?", he asks.

"It doesn't matter. Now I assume you heard that I'm going to be working with you guys?", I say, putting a fake smile on my face. On the inside, I was confused. Was he going to kiss me? If he was, why did I look away...? I mean, I do like him, a lot. Maybe even... No, it's too soon to say that.

"AuraStorm, are you paying attention?", Knockout asks, exasperated.

"Sorry... I got lost in thought...", I whisper.

"Look, how about you come back tomorrow and we go over all this then. You've obviously had a traumatic experience whatever it may be", Knockout says. I smile at him but it soon falters as everything crashes down on me.

"Okay", I whisper quietly and turn to leave before I realize I don't know how to get to my room from the medbay.

"Knockout... I don't know how to get to my room from here...", I say quietly.

"Well, you're in luck. While you were in here getting your leg checked out, Breakdown here helped set up your room", Knockout says with a grin. I smile softly at Breakdown and he comes to my aid and leads me to my room.

We walk in silence and a few minutes later, we stop outside a door. "Here you are", he says with a smile.

I nod at him and open the door, walking through and was about to close it before Breakdown stops me. "Hey, if you ever need anything, I'll always be there to talk." I thank him before closing the door fully and sink down to the floor, leaning against the door and staring dully at the floor.

"I am such an idiot!", I suddenly shriek, pain filling my voice. That brought on a downpour of tears. Why did I turn my head away?? I freaking love him and I haven't even known him for a while. It's only been a month. I end up crying myself to sleep for the second night in a row.

*Megatron's POV*

I shouldn't have tried to kiss her. Yes, I like her but we've only known each for a month. How could I have thought she liked me back. Maybe I should ask her about it.

I open the door to my room and notice Breakdown talking to her. She smiles at him but it isn't her normal smile. She's probably still upset about what happened with her father.

Breakdown starts to leave and I close my door so she doesn't know I was watching. I open it again a minute later to a hear a shriek of pain. She had shouted and it broke my spark to hear it.

"I'm such an idiot!", she had shrieked. I walk over to her door and was about to knock but then I heard her crying. I rest my hand on her door and then sink down onto the floor leaning against her door. Soon, her sobs die down and I open her door and find her asleep. I sigh before picking her up gently and move her to her berth. I love her but I don't know how to tell her. After all, it's only been a month.