"I'll keep him hidden in my room until I think of something." Barricade shrugs, picking up the sparkling. the sparkling growls at at him.

"oh yeah? and how are you going to feed it?" Viewfinder ask.

"eh, I used to make sparkling energon through my systems for Frenzy, same way Soundwave did it for Rumble, Ravage, and Laserbeak. I'll just start the program up again." Barricade shrugs. Viewfinder shakes his head.

"whatever. its your funeral." Viewfinder shrugs. "but he doesn't seem to like you." he adds.

"he'll learn." Barricade assures, carrying the sparkling off to his room in their base. "alright sparkling, you're mine now. get over it. your name is.. Jawbreaker. yeah, that'll work." Barricade says, sitting the sparkling down on his berth.

"as if! I'd never answer to something that stupid!"

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"don't argue with me." Barricade says. "it'll take a few hours for that program to kick in again, so I hope you're not hungry right now." Barricade adds. the sparkling glares at him.

they'd said to act like a sparkling. he wasn't entirely sure how sparklings should act, but he'd raised a baby once and he knew how they acted. if Barricade was going to kidnap him, then Will wasn't going to make it easy. he may not know much, but he knew if he were a child that had been kidnapped, he's probably cry for his parents, or at least his guardians. so he does. the sparkling opens his mouth and lets out the loudest wail he can.

"wha- stop!" Barricade frowns. he steps back quickly. "what the hell? Viewfinder said you were fine, knock it off before Starscream gets back." Barricade frowns. "what? what do you want?" Barricade frowns. the sparkling ignores him, continuing to wail and scream as loud as he can. Barricades chest compartment pops open and Frenzy jumps out, landing on the berth.

"what the hell is that noise?" he growls. the sparkling goes silent immediately, staring at Frenzy. Frenzy stares back. "what is this?" Frenzy glares at Barricade.

"he's a sparkling. his name is Jawbreaker and clearly he's upset." Barricade frowns.

"you're an idiot. how the frag do you know how to raise a sparkling?" Frenzy huffs

"I raised you didn't I?" Barricade scoffs.

"I was younger when you found me. I was hours old, he's definately older." Frenzy frowns. Barricade shrugs.

"and?" Barricade huffs. he frowns a moment. "I see, you probably miss your guardians. well don't. I'm your guardian now." Barricade says, arms crossed over his chest. the sparkling sniffles at him, but turns back to Frenzy. he'd never seen the little bot this close. with a scream he grabs Frenzy hard and slams him down onto the berth.

"SEND ME HOME YOU DECEPTICON FREAKS!"

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"let go of me!" Frenzy shouts.

"you pissed him off you idiot!" Barricade glares, prying Frenzy free from the sparklings grasp. the sparkling doesn't stop screaming this time.

"RATCHET! WHEELJACK! ONE OF YOU FUCKER! SOMEONE! HELLO! SURELY YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST LEAVE YOUR SPARKLING WITH DECEPTICONS! HELLOOOO! DOESN'T THIS STUPID BODY HAVE A DISTRESS SIGNAL!?"

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Frenzy frowns, covering his audio receptors.

"Barricade make him stop!" Frenzy glares.

"and how do you want me to do that!? when you acted like this I fed you and put you in my chest compartment! I can do neither with him! my body needs at least an hour to convert my energon into sparkling energon the first time it does it!" Barricade growls. the shouting does nothing to stop the wailing sparkling, infact he gets even louder.

"what are you two stupid slaggers doing?" a voice growls. Soundwave storms in. "oh you idiots couldn't care for a sparkling to save your lives." he huffs. he walks over and scoops up the sparkling. the sparkling doesn't make it make it easy screaming and struggling. he manages to kick Soundwave in the face, but the Decepticon doesn't seem to care. he forcefully cradles the little mech against his chestplates.

"why are you in my room?" Barricade glares.

"taking better care of the sparkling than you are." Soundwave glares. he carefully pulls an energon line from his arm, something that had taken years of practice with his cassettes to get right without causing damage to his body. the first few times he'd attempted it, he'd ended up leaking sparkling energon into his system and nearly killing himself.

"oh what you just produce that shit all the time? thats a waste of energon." Barricade growls.

"not entirely. Rumble and Ravage are both still young enough they can recieve it when sick or good sources of energon are not avalible." Soundwave scoffs. he offers the tube to the sparkling, who kicks at his arm and screams, turning his head in refusal. "isn't Frenzy still young enough?" Soundwave huffs.

"of course he is. but he rarely needs it so I don't just produce it year round. its a waste of energon." Barricade scoffs. "and how often do you do it like this? pulling that tube out can kill you y'know." Barricade huffs.

"I can supply the sparkling energon through my cassette compartments, but when they're sick, I prefer to hold them. I do it often." Soundwave scoffs. "we're not all heartless. you had to do the same with Frenzy, I know for a simple fact that you're not made to carry little bots around like I am. you had that program uploaded specifically for Frenzy." Soundwave huffs.

"and? Frenzy is my partner." Barricade glares. Soundwave huffs and looks back down at the sparkling. he's glaring at everyone, but isn't complaining about the sparkling energon, even if it doesn't taste like the lab produced energon Wheeljack usually made.

"you know the Autobots will be looking for him, right?" Soundwave frowns.

"well they aren't going to find him. he's mine now." Barricade huffs.

"I am not a fan of Autobots, but think about whats best for the sparkling. he needs his creators." Soundwave frowns. the sparkling growls around the tube in his mouth when the mech moves too much.

"he'll be fine with me." Barricade huffs.

"I guarantee you, no matter if he's full or not, the moment I take this tube out of his mouth, he's going to keep crying." Soundwave frowns.

"he's fucking staying Soundwave." Barricade snaps. Soundwave scoffs.

"whatever, but you better get used to him basically wanting energon all the time." Soundwave mutters. they both look down at the sparkling. he's still giving a dirty glare, but its turned into a sleepy dirty glare at this point.

"good, maybe he'll nap. by the time he wakes up I'll have some sparkling energon made." Barricade says.

"there's one big problem with that Barricade." Soundwave frowns.

"oh yeah, whats that?" Barricade huffs.

"mine is natural. I was made with this tube, so it sort of has a timer. to prevent over feeding my cassettes." Soundwave says.

"okay? and your point?" Barricade asks.

"he's bigger then they are. I'd guess he takes in more sparkling energon. meaning, this will not fill him up. he won't be starving but there's no guarantee he'll be full enough to sleep, considering we don't know the last time he'd been fed." Soundwave frowns.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, look he's already in stasis." Barricade mutters, taking the sparkling from him. immediately the little bot shifts, causing both mechs to freeze. the sparkling whines, shifting against him.

"you idiot, bet you didn't think about the fact the Autobots probably hold him in his sleep. he can't get comfortable because you're not one of his creators." Soundwave scoffs. the sparkling squirms with a whine.

"huh? well what the hell should I do about that?" Barricade frowns. Soundwave shrugs.

"no idea, but you better figure it out soon, or he's going to wake back up." Soundwave frowns. Barricade shifts the sparkling carefully.

"surely this little fragger wouldn't notice something stupid like that." Barricade mutters, before laying the little sparkling on the berth. he wiggles and squirms before whining again.

"take the stupid thing for a drive. maybe it'll calm down." Soundwave mutters. "but you better do it quickly." Soundwave frowns, stepping away as the sparkling sits up.

"okay okay. come on. I know where we can ride around." Barricade mutters scooping up the sparkling and heading out of the base.

by the time Barricade gets outside and transformed, the sparklings screaming again.

"take it easy sparkling." Barricade mutters, buckling the sparkling in. he drives off. he's careful, not wanting the sparkling to get hurt.

"TAKE ME BACK TO THE AUTOBOTS!"

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"take it easy, I don't mean you any harm." Barricade huffs. Frenzy groans sitting in the front seat.

"just take him back to those stupid Autobots!" Frenzy growls, over the screaming sparkling.

"no way! do you realize how scraped my plates would be?" Barricade snaps. "I don't mean any harm to the sparkling. he'll be fine with me." Barricade huffs.

"yeah? and, for once I guess I'll be the stupid voice of reason, how do you think he feels about this? eh? you willing to just let him scream and cry because he misses his creators? for once think about someone other than yourself. what if I was still like... near his age or something? you'd rip the Autobot base apart to get me back and I wasn't even your sparkling." Frenzy scoffs.

"when the hell did you get a brain?" Barricade huffs. "shut up Frenzy. what? are you jealous?" Barricade snorts.

"jealous? of that stupid thing?" Frenzy scoffs.

"of course. he will take up time." Barricade shrugs a little. "hey! get your little aft back in that seatbelt!" Barricade snaps. the sparkling screams at him, struggling in the backseat.

"I mean if you want to keep dealing with this, go right a head." Frenzy huffs. "just leave him somewhere the Autobots will find him." Frenzy grumbles. Barricade growls at him.

"sit down and shut the hell up." Barricade snaps. the sparkling screams, ratting his windows and kicking at the door. he's ready to throw the biggest tantrum of his life, mouth open ready to scream, but the sound doesn't come out. he pauses and chirps, sniffling. "oh slag." Barricade mutters, slamming on his breaks. he comes to a hard stop, throwing both the sparkling and Frenzy into the floor boards. the sparkling immediately screams. suddenly a large foot stops on Barricades hood. there's a gun pointed at his windshield.

"GIVE ME MY SPARKLING OR FRAGGING DIE YOU SLAGGING CON! I'LL FRAGGING KILL YOU! NOW GIVE HIM BACK TO ME!" Ratchet growls, standing his ground in front of the Decepticon. he's pissed. the medic is huffing angry steam and ready to kill the Con.

"take it easy! I didn't know he was yours!" Barricade growls, transforming carefully. he ends up with the sparkling in one arm and Frenzy in the other. "he was laying in the sand over heating!" Barricade snaps. he straightens immediately, turning to look behind him slightly when he hears the familiar sound of Ironhides cannons firing up behind him. there's a heat on his back.

"just give up the sparkling." Ironhide growls.

"I'm going to! back off!" Barricade snaps. he opens his chest compartment and puts Frenzy in it. as he does so he catches a glance at a silent bot to his side, he's pretty sure its Wheeljack, but he's never had much experience with the bot. he knows Bumblebee is on his otherside. "everyone relax." Barricade mutters, shifting the sparkling. the sparkling screams, reaching for Ratchet. the medic can't wait for the Decepticon to take the first move. he snatches his sparkling.

"its alright sparkling." Ratchet murmurs. the sparkling gets quiet and sniffles, cuddling to the medic. he shoots a nasty look at Barricade, clinging to the medic.

"is he okay?" Wheeljack asks.

"he's fine. Viewfinder looked him over and he's been fed. he may not be full, but he's been fed." Barricade mutters. "though he may have a few dents because someone stepped in front of me! little slagger refused to wear a seatbelt." Barricade grumbles. Ratchet clenches his fist, but looks over the sparkling gently.

"he's not lying. sparklings fine Jack." Ratchet mutters.

"hey! I maybe a Decepticon, but I'm not a monster. I don't harm sparklings." Barricade growls. Ratchet glares at him, gently rubbing the sparklings cheek.

"lets go Autobots, we've got what we came for." Ironhide growls. Ratchet transforms around the sparkling carefully.

"come on little one." Ratchet murmurs, speeding off. the other three follow behind him.

"you sure he's alright?" Wheeljack asks, speeding up to ride beside Ratchet.

"he's okay Jack. he's just scared and upset." Ratchet assures. "are you okay sparkling?" Ratchet asks.

"I'm fine! thank god you finally showed up! I was greeting tired of screaming! I wasn't sure how long I could keep that up. they almost tricked me into sleeping."

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"did your vocalizer reset again? don't worry about that. I'll fix that once we get you back to the base." Ratchet assures gently. "go a head and settle down for stasis, it'll be alright." Ratchet assures. the sparkling shakes his head.

"I doubt he's going to go into stasis just like that Ratchet. poor sparklings terrified, probably traumatized." Ironhide mutters.

"I know that, but he's clearly in need of a nap. I was just hoping he might." Ratchet murmurs. "not going to make him of course." Ratchet huffs. Ratchet wants to snap about how close Wheeljack is to him, but he knows the inventor was worried about the sparkling as well. even Ironhide and Bumblebee were riding a little too close for comfort, but he stayed quiet. the sparkling seemed to take comfort in the presence of everyone around.

"are you sure he's okay...? he's being pretty quiet...." Bumblebee asks, hesitantly. he's afraid to question the seasoned medic, everyone almost always is, but Ratchet understands the worry.

"he's okay from what scanners say Bumblebee, but we'll run tests and let everyone know once we get him back to the medbay." Ratchet assures.

they transform the moment they get back to the base, Optimus is already standing at the front waiting for them. Ratchet and Wheeljack don't stop for him, simply carrying the sparkling to the medbay quickly.

"they have the sparkling?" Optimus asks Ironhide.

"yeah, Barricade had him." Ironhide mutters. "they're gonna make sure he's alright." Ironhide adds. Optimus nods, turning to watch the quickly retreating backs of his friends.

Ratchet rushes into the medbay and lays him down on the berth gently.

"alright sparkling you know how it goes. this won't be fun, but we have to look you over." Ratchet says.

"and fix your vocalizer." Wheeljack murmurs. the sparkling nods at them and lays back, letting them do their work.

they take their time, being careful. they check over every little bit of the sparkling. every where. Ratchet even pumps the energon out of the sparklings tank just to be sure he wasn't poisioned. they do everything, just to make sure he's okay. it takes hours, five or six. the sparklings quiet the whole time, even after they fix his vocalizer. Ratchet picks him up and hugs him tightly.

"we're glad you're okay sparkling." Wheeljack murmurs, reaching over to take him. Ratchet passes him over immediately, letting the inventor hug the sparkling tightly.

"are you alright sparking?" Ratchet asks.

"okay." the sparkling murmurs, cuddling to them happily.

"good. Primus." Ratchet murmurs. "the whole base has missed you sparkling." Ratchet murmurs.

"Powl?" he asks.

"yeah I'm sure Prowl will be happy to have you back as well." Ratchet chuckles. the sparkling points behind the medic.

"Powl." the sparkling repeats. Ratchet and Wheeljack turn to look. sure enough, the third in command is standing there waiting, arms crossed over his chest plates, watching them.

"Prowl? are you alright?" Wheeljack ask. the third in command gives him a half smile.

"I heard the sparkling was back and I wanted to check on him." Prowl says. the sparkling waves at him and Prowl waves back. "where'd you find him?" Prowl ask.

"he must've teleported off base and into the desert. Barricade had him.... took okay care of him, I guess, but we're glad to have him back." Ratchet murmurs.

"we need to disable his powers, for now. until we can teach him to control them." Wheeljack reminds Ratchet. the medic nods.

"we will. tomorrow. for today he's safe and fine." Ratchet murmurs, cuddling the sparkling. Prowl pats the sparklings head.

"glad you're okay, try not to disappear like that again when I'm watching you." Prowl snorts, before leaving. the sparkling waves at him.

"is he hungry? should we get him a cube?" Wheeljack ask.

"probably, I pumped his tanks, Barricade said they fed him but I wasn't taking any chances." Ratchet mutters. "I'm surprised he hasn't been fussing this whole time." Ratchet frowns.

"hungry or not, I think he's glad to be home. come on little one, lets get you a cube." Wheeljack smiles. he looks at Ratchet hesitantly. "can I take him?" Wheeljack asks. Ratchet nods and passes him over to Wheeljack.

"yes. sorry I've been holding him the whole time." Ratchet murmurs, passing him over. Wheeljack cuddles him gently.

"come on little one. lets get you a cube." Wheeljack smiles. the sparkling holds onto him happily, hugging his neck. he refuses to take his optics off the medic following behind them, watching him over Wheeljacks shoulder. Ratchet smiles at him.

"hey buddy." Ratchet smiles. the sparkling waves at him quietly, dropping his head on Wheeljacks shoulder. he looks tired now. "we get him a cube and he might lay down for a nap." Ratchet says, leaning forward to rub the sparklings cheek gently. the sparkling gives a soft chirp, curling up more in the inventors arms.

"you want to go on a head and let everyone know we found him and to be quiet? I don't want them waking him up or keeping from getting some stasis... I don't want their excitement to bother them...." Wheeljack murmurs. Ratchet nods.

"of course Jack." Ratchet smiles, walking past him.

"its better it comes from you than me anyway. you kinda scare them when they mess with the sparkling." Wheeljack chuckles. Ratchet chuckles, smiling at him and heads for the rec room. Wheeljack slows his pace, taking his time carefully. "we really missed you little one... now that we know some of your powers, Ratchet and I will be thinking of a suitable name for you soon.... we named Nitro a little early, the little slagger was so fast, but he was also always cold... it made sense to us. we waited for you... until you developed your powers.... so we could name you a little more appropriately." Wheeljack explains. the sparkling yawns a little and Wheeljack smiles. "I'll stop boring you." Wheeljack chuckles.