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Times Are Changing	By : LuciferDragon Category: S through Z > Transformers (Movie Only) > Transformers (Movie Only) Views: 4017 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: The only characters I own are Icestriker, Jadefire, and Katrina. Everything else belongs to the Transformers movie-verse. I make no money off this fic. It's all in good fun.

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Chromia crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame. “Don’t have to ask what you’ve been up to in my absence.”
Jadefire nudged at his chest to remind him she was still trapped beneath him. “’Hide…”
“Yeah.” He got up, letting her shift off the berth.
“I’ll… I’ll just get going. Sure you have—have a lot to catch up on.”
Chromia followed her every movement, optics trained on her. At the last second when Jadefire thought she was free, the blue femme shot her arm out, preventing the younger female from leaving. “I know you from somewhere.”
Jadefire ducked her head. “I don’t think—“
“That scientist’s daughter, right? The one Jack hooked up with somehow.”
“Firefly. And yes, Jack was my father.” She shifted her optics away.
Chromia, however, smirked and looked back to Ironhide. “That’s sad. It really is. Thought you had more finesse than that, Old Man.”
“Leave her alone,” he growled.
“You really had such a small choice you had to pick your best friend’s daughter? Well, I suppose it’s better than these… humans running about.” She raised her arm. “Get out. The adults need to talk.”
Jadefire mumbled under her breath and left, quickly seeking refuge in the medical bay where she knew she’d be safe with Ratchet.
Chromia watched her leave before snapping her attention back to Ironhide. “Got a flashlight in your hatch, or you just happy to see me?”
He forced his concentration away from where it had been moments before, making the hatch go dark once more. “Seems I have a lot of explaining to do.”
“Better do it fast.”
He narrowed his optics. “You know what? No. You explain first. Why did you ignore me?”
She looked confused. “What are you talking about?”
“I called out to you multiple times after the Ark took off from Cybertron.” He tapped his chest, where his spark lay. “You never answered. Nothing can interfere with that signal. So explain.”
“I never heard anything.”
“Don’t you dare lie to me.”
“I know damn well the bind is gone and you can’t have your lie detector, but I’m not lying to you. I heard nothing.”
There are some things you learn when being with someone for a long time, and he knew when she was lying or not. “No, I suppose you’re not. Then explain the hundreds of years of me not getting through to you.”
“It’s the first I’m hearing of it, literally.” She stalked into the room, letting the door close behind her. “Something must’ve blocked it. I don’t know what could do that, but it’s the only explanation.”
He held firm as she slid onto his lap.
Before he could protest, she put a finger to his mouth plates. “Hey, I know we can’t do the sparks anymore, but we have quite a bit of catching up to do, don’t you think?”
Ironhide turned his head away as she tried to kiss him. “A lot has changed.”
She looked at him angrily. “Are you turning me away?”
“I don’t have a choice right now.”
It took her a second before it sunk in. “You bonded with that little science tramp, didn’t you?”
“She’s not a tramp.”
“Love how you don’t deny you did.” She pushed on his chest to get off him. “You think you know a guy. I was offline for only a few months, and it didn’t take you long to move on.”
“You have to understand, I had assumed you were ignoring me for centuries. I took that as a sign to move on. When you went offline… Chromia, that’s usually a permanent thing. How was I supposed to—“
“You weren’t! But I thought you’d stand by that old promise when I was younger and we were fighting alongside Megatron’s forces. That I’d be the only one to handle you.”
He looked away. “That was millions of years ago.”
Is she furious?
He almost jumped at Jadefire’s voice, forgetting about the subconscious bond. That about sums it up.
You’re hurting… I can feel it.
Don’t worry about me, Sweetheart.
Chromia scowled. “So you’re using time as an excuse, huh?”
“I’ve learned something while I’ve been here on this planet. Long distance relationships never work. Especially if one doesn’t try.” He nodded his head towards the door. “She was there. Honestly, she was always there, just hidden. A frightened little ‘bot peeking around a corner for the longest time.”
She scoffed, hardly believing what she was hearing. “Sure you just didn’t want a newer model?”
“Her age has nothing to do with this. Neither does yours. It’s something else… Look, I love you, I always will, but—“
“But I’ve been replaced.” She crossed her arms and nodded. “Yeah, I get it.”
“Wasn’t going to say it like that.”
She nodded again, silent this time.
“I’m sorry.”
“Slag happens. Can’t do much about it.” She shrugged. “Pit, I scratched a few itches while we were apart. Figure might as well be honest now, shouldn’t I?”
“I figured as much. That appetite of yours couldn’t stay sated for long.”
She narrowed her optics. “Suppose it was a good thing I went offline then.”
He didn’t answer. He didn’t have an answer for it.
“Bond with your new female for all I care.” She pointed a finger at him. “But if I hear you fragged her over any amount of time down the line, I will personally hand you your bearings myself after disconnecting them from your hatch. Do I make myself clear?”
“That’s it? You’re not mad?”
“Oh I am. More than you can ever imagine. Thing is, as much as I hate to say it, you’re free to do as you please again. And, if you don’t want me back and some young thing waltzed her way into your life instead, what can I do?” She shifted her weight a bit. “Not like either of us were very faithful anyway, huh?”
“What do we do about the boys?”
She opened her mouth plates to answer, but shut them again. She took a moment of thought before she came up with a solution. “They’re old enough by now to not have to deal with something like this. They’ll understand, if we ever find them.” She narrowed her optics. “Any word from them, by the way?”
“Not that I’ve heard.”
“Didn’t have time to really look for them.”
“Yeah, between fucking all those mechs and fighting off ‘cons, right?”
She smirked. “Got one right.”Chromia shrugged. “Guess I’ll be seeing you around, Old Man.”
He was going to stop her, but she left before he could get a word in at all. He sat in silence for a few minutes, trying to comprehend everything that had happened. After awhile, he decided to find Jadefire in the medical bay. The whole way he saw very few humans, and no ‘bots at all. The instant he opened the door, a bulky scalpel designed for their thick cables lodged itself into the wall next to him. “What the frag, Ratchet!”
“Ratchet, don’t hurt him!” Jadefire yelled from the far back of the room.
The yellow medical officer growled, giving him a look he hadn’t seen on him in a long time. “Can’t believe the bearings you’ve got on you.”
“What do you mean? Ratchet, I didn’t do anything.”
“You brought her into this mess of yours! Couldn’t leave the poor thing alone, could you?”
“Ratchet!” she yelled, pushing on his arm. “I can very well take care of myself!”
“Yeah, really,” Ironhide argued. “Chromia let her off the hook. Turns out she was cheating on me the entire time.”
Ratchet sputtered a bit. “Really thing it’s that easy? You’re still free game, technically. We all know about the relationship, of course, but…” He trailed off, not knowing how to really put the rest of it.
“Yeah, I get it,” the weapons master said, yanking the scalpel out of the wall. “Unless my spark’s taken, she could trick me into something.” He nodded to Jadefire. “Still up for it?”
She stepped back a second. “Ah, ‘Hide, doesn’t something like that take planning?”
“Not really. Takes thought, not planning. Last I checked, you were all for it a few hours ago.”
“Yeah but… ‘Hide that was before Arcee told me Chromia was alive. I can’t do something like this now.”
Ratchet cleared his vocal processors uncomfortably. “I, ah, think I should see if the twins need any more repairs.” He quickly left the room, leaving the two in an odd sort of silence.
“So how about it?”
She rubbed at her arms. “Why me? Shouldn’t you go back to her? Start up what you had for so long?”
He scoffed. “After what she told me, how could I start that back up when I have another option here?”
The alarm went off again, signaling Decepticon activity. “Autobots report to Hanger Three for deployment. We’ve got activity in Shanghai. I repeat, all Autobots report to Hanger Three, we’re heading to Shanghai. Optimus Prime, report to Hanger Two.”
Ironhide growled. “Dumb punks. Think about it, all right? I want an answer by the time we come back.”
She nodded. “One piece?”
“One piece.”
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