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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: THIS IS THE SECOND CHAPTER I AM POSTING TODAY! YOU MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO 129 IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST ONE!
Chapter One Hundred Thirty: Rekindle Fervor
Inferno was not a happy Autobot. He had been in the hanger for the past few hours just pacing and thinking, thinking and pacing. He had a lot of things on his processor and not all of it was good. It all started with the moment he had been reunited with Red Alert all the way to the startling revelation he had faced in the main hanger.
How in the world could he have been with Red for these past few Earth months and not notice that his glitch, something that had pained Red since that terrible accident on Cybertron, was gone? He was married to the small security chief for the love of Primus, how was it that he was completely blind to the situation? How was it that he didn’t realize something of such great importance had been solved?
Inferno was angry. Angry at everything and anything but mostly angry at himself. It had taken someone else to point out that his small mate had been cured, and it was a Decepticon at that! A Decepticon for Primus’ sake! How humiliating!
To Inferno, that had been the latest of strange occurrence on a long list of strange occurrences, starting with when they had arrived planet side to a vastly changed First Team. The First Team had not been acting like themselves when they had met up with them again. Their behavior was borderline bizarre in the sudden joking around and strange garbled language that they tended to use at random intervals. At least Inferno and the others were able to understand them after they had been shown how to connect to the strange “World Wide Web”, a rather primitive version of their master network they had once had on Cybertron.
That had been strange fact number two. The planet’s natives were odd and so tiny compared to their own size. They almost had a backwards look of things if their technology was anything to go by. It was baffling that the First Team had given them such high praise and spoke of the one called “Sam” with such respect and pride-almost as if the boy himself was a Prime unit. Then they found out why and thus came shocking revelation number three.
The Earth human Sam Witwicky had killed the High Lord Protector and leader of the Decepticons, Megatron himself! The war was over. They had won! Or survived anyway to be the last ones standing. The fourth startling fact was that the human had used the All Spark to do it with! Their only hope at restoring Cybertron was lost forever and now they had to find a new home after regrouping here on this strange planet with it’s strange weather systems.
It had been quite a task to get used to the idea that the war was over. When Inferno and the others had arrived, they had arrived expecting another epic struggle against the Decepticons in the fight for the All Spark. Instead they had arrived just in time to learn that it was all over, the All Spark lost and the Decepticons scattered and in hiding. They had missed everything.
In some bizarre twist, it had been a bit of a let down for Inferno. He had been looking forward to kicking some Decepticon afts. Then they had learned that Starscream had survived the final battle and Inferno thought that he would get his chance at some payback. Amazingly enough however, Starscream had still yet to arrive to show how “superior” he was and what a better leader he is than Megatron ever was. Instead the group had been presented with surprise number five.
Upon returning from meeting with Prowl and the others, they had returned home to find a Cybertronion waiting for them. A Decepticon waiting for them, and with the human Sam to boot! The fact that Bumblebee, the youngest and most innocent of mechs had instantly stood up for the ‘Con was shocking, to learn that Bumblebee and Sam had actually been hiding the ‘Con was almost enough to overload circuits. That Optimus agreed to a truce had been down right astounding.
It had all gone down hill from there. Inferno was absolutely appalled that Optimus had agreed to allow the ‘Con temporary residency until Starscream had been dealt with. This was one of the mechs that had fought against them, probably had even killed an Autobot at one point and Optimus thought that now the war was over he could just erase the hard drive clean? Well there was no way in the pit that Inferno was going to allow a ‘Con to potentially harm his small mate.
The fact that Red Alert completely agreed with Optimus’ reasoning however, made things difficult. How they had argued that night. Inferno did not want Red to go anywhere near the ‘Con especially after Prowl’s reaction to the loss of Jazz. Inferno was terrified that he could lose Red the same way and that fear was intensified by Barricade’s presence on the base.
Inferno was not going to lose Red after he had found him again. He had thought he had lost Red once already and he was not about to go through that pain again. Watching Red drift even further and further away from him was the worst moment in Inferno’s life! The fact that he couldn’t reach him was frightening enough but the thought that Red could become lost in the vastness of space and he might never see Red again was down right chilling.
He had nearly wanted to throttle Prowl when he stated that they could not go after Red immediately and would continue onto the next planet before swinging back to look for the missing security chief. Hound and Wheeljack had tried their best to try and help Inferno by speaking to Prowl but if there was thing that Prowl was known for it was his stubbornness. Inferno had been a complete wreck on that planet and Prowl had reluctantly agreed that perhaps he had been in error in not retrieving Red Alert sooner.
When they had finally been reunited, Inferno had felt such an enormous sense of relief and exuberance at the sight of his small mate. The fact that they were reunited while Sunny had lay almost dieing made Inferno quickly realize how close he had actually come to losing his own mate. It had been a miracle that Red had heard Optimus’ transmission.
After Sam had actually met Primus however and resurrected the once dead Jazz, Inferno wondered if it really was just a coincidence that Red had floated in the direction that he had. If he hadn’t been thrown off course by that asteroid, neither he nor any of them would have found Optimus and the others in this tucked away little galaxy. But did Primus have to use a slagging asteroid to get them to go in the right direction? And did he have to use Red as a homing beacon?
And now they had reunited with the First Team, when Inferno thought that everything would go back to normal, they had to go off to rescue one ‘Con and returned with seven. How had things spiraled so out of control? He had been upset enough when it had just been Barricade even though he had been stuck in his alt mode the majority of the time. Now there were seven running around, and it was Megatron’s first lieutenant at that! It was a slagging nightmare and if his life wasn’t complicated enough as it was with the latest little bombshell that had been dropped on him.
Red was going to have a sparkling. Primus, how did one deal with the news that they were suddenly going to be a caretaker? Jazz and Prowl seemed excited enough and Sunny and Sides at least were excited about it, even if they didn’t fully comprehend the great task raising a sparkling was going to be. Inferno himself was absolutely terrified.
How in the world were they going to raise a sparkling? A sparkling! It was a life that he was going to be responsible for. Primus, a sparkling! They were going to have a Sparkling. It should be a happy thing right? So why did Inferno feel like it was going to be a complete disaster? The first thing that he, Prowl and Wheeljack had determined upon learning about the sparklings existence was to try and get the ‘Cons to leave on their own seeing as Optimus refused to make them leave.
In other words annoy the hell out of them until life at the base became so unbearable for them that they would prefer to remain far, far away. The down side to this was that their respective mates were becoming rather annoyed and fed up with them but Inferno remained firm, convinced that the ends justified the means. It seemed as if it might have worked too until Perceptor had blown the whole thing with the announcement that he had found Energon and the Decepticons had been roped into going.
Wheeljack and Prowl had insisted that they would try and continue with the plan but Inferno had his doubts. Prowl would never do anything that would truly hurt Jazz’s feelings and Wheeljack being a newlywed… well, wouldn’t want Ratchet to send him to sleep in the cold as it were. At least the base was free of them… until Barricade’s team had arrived.
It would have been one thing if they were a problem, Inferno could have just continued with the plan and tried to make things unbearable. It should have been easy considering that the so-called “Race Track Patrol” was not that keen to stay in the first place, determined to find their missing commander. Then Groundhog had saved Red Alert after the disastrous exploration mission to the underground base and Inferno was torn.
He owed the Decepticon medic his gratitude if nothing else. All three of the RTP had kept their cool during those moments and had gotten not only Red Alert out, but also all of them as well. It was frustrating to say the least and Inferno had to finally admit to himself that the members of the Race Track Patrol at least weren’t all that bad. Well, Groundhog and Motorhead at least, Rollerforce was loud and rather obnoxious but every team had at least one person like that.
But the fact still remained that they were Decepticons. Inferno sighed as he banged his fist on the boxcar as he walked past it. ‘This is a complete disaster,’ he thought angrily. ‘Everything is just so wrong! How did things get so mixed up?’
There was one thing he knew he had to do and soon though. He had to tell Red Alert how sorry he was that he had not even noticed that Red’s glitch was no longer a factor. He owed Red that much. He only hoped that Red wouldn’t be too upset with him. With a sharp nod of the head, Inferno decided that next time he saw Red, he would apologize.
“Inferno? Are you in here?”
Inferno jumped slightly as his name was called and looked over his shoulder to see Red just coming in the doorway. ‘That was quick,’ he thought with a small groan. He glanced up at the ceiling. ‘You couldn’t have given me a little time to figure out what I was going to say?’
“Inferno, what are you doing in here in the dark?” Red asked puzzled as he looked for the light switch that Wheeljack had connected to the hanger’s lighting fixtures. Inferno instantly shuttered his optics as the harsh lighting suddenly illuminated the interior hanger. “Inferno?”
Inferno sighed as he heard Red call his name again. Red sounded worried and on the verge of panic and that was the last thing that Inferno wanted to do to the smaller fire rig. “I’m here,” he called out from where he had ended up in the far corner.
For the longest moment he just stood there, staring as the light from outside framed Red in the doorway. By Primus he the most elegant person Inferno had ever seen in his life. How in the world did Inferno get so lucky? It was then Inferno realized that all his uncertainties and all his anxiety meant nothing because he had Red, and together they could withstand anything.
Red turned back around surprised and gave Inferno a worried frown. “Are you all right?” the smaller mech asked as he closed the door behind him and began to walk towards the other mech.
Inferno said nothing for a moment and when Red got close enough, the smaller mech was startled as Inferno reached out and grabbed him, pulling him close. “You have got to stop,” Inferno said gruffly.
Red’s optics brightened in surprise at the concern he hear in Inferno’s voice and he tried his best to look at his husbands face the best he could while Inferno had him pressed again his chest. “Stop what?” he asked softly, instantly knowing that Inferno was more scared than anything else by the broken tone in his voice.
“Giving me damn spark failure, that’s what,” Inferno clarified as he lessened his hold and allowed Red to lean back slightly so they could look at each other in the face.
Red stared up at the larger mech in surprise as Inferno cupped his hands around Red’s face and just stared down at him in almost awe. Almost as if he was studying every angle and feature on Red’s face like he had never seen it before. Or, Red suddenly realized, in case they never saw one another ever again. “Inferno? What is it? What’s wrong?”
Inferno continued to stare down at him for a long moment before he let out a sigh and dropped his hands down to Red’s shoulders. “Damn it Red, every time I turn around, something is happening to you and there’s never a damn thing I can do to stop it.”
Red jerked back a little in surprise at the forceful statement. “What?” he gasped surprised. “What in the world are you talking about?”
Inferno frowned, a look of pure frustration crossing his face. “Just that every time I look up, you’re in another dangerous situation that I can’t help you with.” Red still seemed confused and Inferno once more lifted his hand to brush against Red’s cheek. “The asteroid for one,” he clarified to his puzzled mate. “The damn cave-in for another.”
Red’s optics brightened in surprise as he realized what Inferno was getting at. There had been quite a lot happening since they had left Cybertron that was for sure and only now did he think about how Inferno must have felt during those moments that Red had brushed aside as nothing serious. Minor annoyances were what he considered them to be but to Inferno, anything that happened to Red, serious or not, was cause for concern. It drove Red crazy at times, but he understood that Inferno was just worried about him.
With a small smile, Red reached up to cup Inferno’s face in his own hands, forcing the larger mech to look him right in the optic. “But nothing did happen,” he said quietly. “Nothing happened and we’re together. I’m here and you’re here and we’re both fine- were all three fine.”
Inferno jerked a bit at this statement as he stared down at the smiling Red Alert. “Slag it all to the pits Red,” he growled and Red Alert barely had time to brace himself as he was gathered back up into another metal bending hug.
“Inferno?” he called out quietly, wondering if perhaps he could get Groundhog to prescribe a recharge code for the distraught and clearly stressed out mech.
“Promise me that you will be careful,” Inferno suddenly said and Red felt his jaw drop in surprise.
Calmly, Red pushed against Inferno’s chest until the other mech allowed him to lean back in order to stare up at him. “I’m always careful,” Red stated with a frown.
Inferno nodded quickly. “I-I know you are but just,” he took a deep breath to calm himself. “Just be extra, extra careful. Please?”
Red just smiled and nodded. “Okay,” he agreed. “But don’t think you can go wrapping me up in bubble wrap. I’m a soldier too you know.”
Inferno continued to stare down at Red who was still smiling up at him. “Primus,” he groaned and Red squawked in surprise as he was suddenly pulled forward and Inferno fell backwards and landed on the floor with a loud thud.
Red was instantly frantic as he pushed himself upwards and looked down at Inferno shocked. “What in the world? Are you all right? You landed pretty hard! Perhaps we should-” Red’s words suddenly broke off in a gasp as he felt the connection. “Not fair,” he whined as he slowly sank back down to lie on Inferno’s chest.
“::Red,::” Inferno whispered down their Link. “::My own personal firebug.::”
Red could only groan, too wrapped up in the pure feel of the link to chastise his husband for the pet name. “Inferno,” he gasped as his spark pulsed and throbbed with need as it could feel it’s other half calling out to it. He groaned as he dropped his head onto Inferno’s shoulder, his fans kicking on trying to cool his slowly heating up core while his breathing coming faster as he gasped for air. “Cheater,” he muttered as he felt another teasing wave down the link.
“Of course if it means I get to see you like this, I’ll use everything I can,” Inferno chuckled.
Red gasped playfully before Inferno reached out once more and Red was again reduced to a moaning, whimpering mass of metal. He could feel his own spark within him straining against its chamber wanting out-wanting Inferno and he wanted Inferno too. “Inferno,” he drawled low from his voice box and chuckled as he saw Inferno’s little side wings twitch in excitement at the tone.
Red slowly lifted himself up slightly in order to crawl up Inferno’s body and he leaned down and pressed his lips against the other mechs shoulder plating right where it was welded to the neck join. Inferno gasped as he felt the starting static electricity run down his wiring from the spot. “Red?” he called out hesitantly. “What are you-?”
He couldn’t get farther than that however as Red leaned forward and showed Inferno what exactly that had been. Inferno tried to pull back when his vision was suddenly dominated by Red’s presence but soon enough the warm, tingling, thrilling feeling that zipped down his central wiring distracted him enough to just lean back and allow Red to do whatever he damn well pleased. As long as Inferno keep getting that feeling of pure electricity, he didn’t care what Red did to him.
Red himself instantly knew this as he slowly dragged his mouth plating across Inferno’s own before sat up, a satisfied grin on his face. “What brought this on?” he asked curiously as he leaned back and stretched slightly, pulling his chest plate tighter across him and knowing that it drove Inferno absolutely crazy whenever he did.
“Do I need a reason?” Inferno asked around a groan.
Red smirked as he paused to think about it. “No,” he chuckled. “I suppose not.” He smiled down at Inferno as the other mech continued to stare back up at him.
Neither one of the moved for a long moment and the hanger went still as they stared at one another, just taking each other in. Inferno smirked suddenly and Red let out a small yelp as he felt fingers press against his hip plating, searching for the seam and the sensitive wires underneath. Inferno knew Red better than anyone and he knew exactly what to do in order to drive Red absolutely crazy!
Red was not idle himself as he dragging his hands across Inferno’s chest plating, slowly moving upwards towards the buckles that locked it in place. He had just reached them when Inferno finally got his fingers into the small gap at the top of his hip and he groaned and fell forward to lay completely onto of the other mech. Inferno simply snickered as the tiny lights on Red’s head began flickering and with well practiced ease, Inferno began to play with the wire he found there, watching amused as Red’s lights began flickering in time with his soft tugs and strokes.
“Not fair,” Red hissed as he wiggled and squirmed at Inferno’s ministrations.
“How is it not fair?” Inferno chuckled. “You’re the one who said you liked this.” He pulled a wire to make his point and Red nearly collapsed into a whimpering mess.
“Mmm,” Red practically purred.
“Red…” Inferno drawled. “::Red,::” he repeated through the link.
Red Alert shuddered as his spark instantly reached out and called out to his partner. “::Inferno…::”
“Red,” Inferno whispered aloud as he sat up, grasping Red’s shoulders and very slowly rolled the other mech over.
Red stared up at Inferno with a small smile, his hands once again reaching out to finish what they started and grabbed the buckles and started undoing them again. Inferno smiled as he felt his chest plate start to separate as gravity took over and the soft blue glow of his spark could start to be seen between the seams. Red was instantly entranced by the light and he hummed in appreciation, reaching forward to drag the tips of his fingers across the tendrils.
Inferno groaned and quickly braced himself before he collapsed onto the smaller Red Alert. Red for his part just smiled as he made another sweep across the soft blue haze that was seeping out of the widening crack. “Damn it Red, you know I can’t take any teasing,” Inferno chastised as he reached out and practically attacked the latches that held Red’s own chest plating in place.
Red just smirked as he allowed his husband to manipulate his body any which way Inferno wanted it. He groaned as he also became impatient with the teasing and innuendos. He wanted Inferno and he wanted him now!
Inferno chuckled as Red began squirming, his hands flicking the latches with well practice ease. Red chuckled at Inferno’s eagerness as his chest plating finally fell fully open and Inferno stared down almost hungrily. And then Inferno suddenly froze, optics bright with stunned surprise. Red was instantly worried as he sat up on his elbows trying to figure out what had happened. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
Inferno said nothing for a moment; continuing to stare down before he suddenly reached out and pressed against as small compartment that was just barely visible at the bottom of Red Alert’s own spark chamber, right underneath the pulsing blue light. Red groaned as Inferno’s knuckles brushed against the outer haze of his spark but for once, Inferno wasn’t thinking about merging with his small mate as he just stared at the small compartment that seemed to pulse and heat up under his palm. “Is that-?” he began in a choked voice.
Red Alert, finally comprehending what it was that had Inferno so entranced. “It is,” he chuckled, watching the look of enthrallment on Inferno’s face.
Inferno continued to stare down at the small compartment spellbound before he suddenly lifted his hand and sat back. “Red, I don’t think-”
“You finish that sentence and you can sleep with Crikey,” Red threatened as he laid back down. “I’m fine, he’s fine so what’s the problem?”
“But-”
“::Inferno,::” Red suddenly called out quietly through their Link. “::You have to trust me.::”
“But-”
“::Inferno,::” Red called again. “::Please, you’re driving me crazy down here.::”
Inferno stared down at his partner surprised before he glanced back at the small compartment. “You don’t think that he… if we do merge, will he feel it?”
“Inferno,” Red groaned as he caught Inferno’s face between his hands and leaned up to kiss his partner once again. He kept the pressure until he knew that Inferno no longer was contemplating stopping in the middle and was ready to get down to business.
“If you say so,” Inferno stated as they finally parted.
“Inferno, just merge with me,” Red ordered with a small smile.
Inferno nodded and he finally allowed his own chest plating to finally separated to expose his own spark and Red’s instantly started reaching for the one above him. Red groaned as the outer layer seemed to reach out and find the edge of Inferno’s. It was with a start that he realized that Inferno wasn’t doing anything. He was just looking down at Red, his gaze focused solely on the small sparkling compartment.
With a frustrated sigh, Red suddenly lunged upward and locked his arms around Inferno’s shoulders as their sparks slammed together and instantly combined and a shock of heat and electricity shot down their wires to every corner of themselves before rushing back to the center of their being. Their sparks pulsed and swirled together, trying to find a compatible rhythm after the sudden reintroduction. Both mechs groaned as the throbbing electricity began to speed across their bodies from end to end while their sparks fluctuated and the pulses quicken in tempo.
“::Inferno!::” Red had to use the Link as his fans went into overdrive and he was forced to start panting, desperately trying to get air to circulate in his core. “::INFERNO!::”
“::Red!::” Inferno groaned back, trying his best not to collapse fully onto the smaller mech below him as his vision began to short out and his gears began to lock, but Primus, he wasn’t about to pull back. Not when the Link was this strong! Their sparks were practically lighting up the entire hanger with the intensity of their joining.
Red could feel his internal protesting at the impending overload and knew that it couldn’t possibly be good for him but anything that felt this fantastic was worth the risk. Their sparks pulsing intensity and Red could only cling to Inferno, the only stable anchor in the maelstrom of their sparks. Electricity crackled and both mechs were engulfed in heat as their bodies went into overdrive in an attempt to keep their systems from going haywire.
“Inferno!” Red yelped as their sparks finally began throbbing and all he could see in his vision screen was the bright blue light of the core of their beings.
It was over in, quite literally, a flash as their sparks suddenly dimmed and evened out, both pulsing and glowing in tandem with one another. Red groaned as Inferno practically collapsed on top of him, the other mech’s weight pinning down his left side as Inferno gasped for air. “Inferno?” he called out after a moment’s hesitation. “You’re squishing me.”
Inferno groaned and didn’t get off, not wanting to break the connection just yet, but did move so his weight was more evenly distributed. “I’m sorry.”
“Pardon?” Red asked startled by the sudden apology. “Whatever for?”
“That I was so blind by my contempt for the Decepticons that I never even noticed that you were no longer in pain,” Inferno admitted softly.
Red stared at the slumped form of Inferno for a long moment before a small smile played about his lip and he wrapped his arms around his mate’s shoulders and squeezed him tightly. “It doesn’t matter that you didn’t notice,” Red told him calmly. “What matters is that it’s done and we never have to worry about it again. We can just concentrate on each other and on our sparkling.”
“Sparkling!” Inferno suddenly yelped, sitting up to look down at Red fretfully. “Did we harm him? Is he all right? Can you tell if-”
“Inferno, breath,” Red snickered. “He’s fine and as far as I can tell really happy.”
“Oh Primus!” Inferno groaned, embarrassment practically radiating off of him.
Red chuckled as he began stroking the back on Inferno’s head in a soothing manner, trying his best to calm his mate down. “It’s not the end of the world,” he chuckled. “Besides, what are the odds he even knows what happened?”
“Oh please don’t say that,” Inferno whined and Red just chuckled again as he began giving Inferno gentle nudges, a clear indication that he wanted to get off of his back.
Inferno groaned disappointed but complied as he slowly lifted himself up, separating the blue glowing orb into two separate spheres once more. Both shuddered as their sparks tried to stay together even as they were pulled apart and the final tendrils of light separated and were once again pulled back into their respective chambers. “Primus but I love you,” Red murmured as he opened his arms once more for Inferno to fill them.
Gathering the small mech into his arms, Inferno rolled onto his own back and gently tucked Red’s head under his chin. “I love you too,” he whispered back. “More than you’ll ever even know.”
Red just sighed contently, his optics dimming as he was tempted to just fall into recharge right there on his husband’s chest. The two lay in silence for a long moment, just enjoying being in one another company when they heard it. The soft, twittering chatter that was coming from the doorway.
“Oh no,” Red chuckled nervously as he looked over at the doorway where sure enough, all four gremlins could be seen peeking into the hanger and staring at them intently.
“Please tell me that they weren’t there the entire time…” Inferno drawled slowly.
“How should I know?” Red retorted. “I was kind of too busy to notice.”
“Slag,” Inferno growled as he gently lifted Red off of himself and stood. The gremlins instantly scattered as Inferno made his way into the courtyard. “HOUND! WHY ISN’T THERE ANYONE WATCHING THESE THINGS?”
Red Alert shook his head, not all that interested in Hound’s reply as he rolled over to his side and tucked his hand beneath his head. He felt a small pulse of energy, right below his chest and he sighed contently as his own spark pulsed back before he finally allowed himself to slip into recharge, felling more loved than ever before.
-To Be Continued
Author's Note: I am trying to get caught back up! I'm so sorry for the delay!
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