"Sideswipe! Hot Rod has me and the twins cornered in the hall I could use some help here!"

"me and Sunny are in the rec room, we're on our way, hang tight."

"yeah. hang tight."

Reflect growls lowly when Hot Rod steps forward.

"try and hurt my sparklings, I will kill you." Reflect warns.

"I'd like to see you fucking try!" Hot Rod snaps, charging at him. Reflect turns quickly, turning the sparklings away from Hot Rod, throwing his free arm out.

"I said GET BACK!" Reflect snaps. a blast of energy bursts from his servo. it flings Hot Rod back hard and sends him flying. Reflect looks around quickly for a safe place to put his sparklings, but doesn't see anywhere other than the empty room that was to be Barricades. he quickly moves to put the sparklings there, hoping they won't get hurt on anything in the room. he shuts the door behind him and glares at Hot Rod, charging at him as fast as he can.

the twins and Ratchet manage to get there a few minutes later. Reflect is on his back, legs wrapped tightly around Hot Rods neck, holding both mechs arms down with his own while Hot Rod struggles to kick at him. the mech can't get his leg up enough and Reflect is unrelenting. he squeezes the mechs head with his thighs, pulling his lower legs to move around Hot Rods upper body.

"YOU DARE THREATEN MY SPARKLINGS!? WHEELJACK RAISED A WRECKER YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I WILL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF WITH MY THIGHS!" Reflect growls. he uses all the strength he can to flip Hot Rod up and over him, slamming the mech face first into the floor and effectively somersaulting his way into straddling the mechs back.he immediately grips Hot Rods head between his knees and loops his own arms around the other mechs, yanking back hard. Hot Rod lets out a muffled shout of pain when one of his shoulder struts snaps.

"what in the fuck?" Sideswipe mutters, running over. Reflect looks over, looking absolutely enraged.

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO FUCKING LONG!?" Reflect snaps.

"it only took us three minutes to get here!" Sunstreaker says, running over to help his twin with Hot Rod. Reflect lets go only once they have hold of Hot Rod. Reflect immediately rolls off him and onto his back beside him. he drops his head back against the floor and lays there sprawled out. his face is leaking energon, along with one of his arms.

"Reflect? are you alright?" Ratchet asks, kneeling beside him. Reflect groans, before looking over at him.

"I am starting to feel really bad for anyone I ever bit." Reflect mutters, slowly sitting up. he looks at his inner thigh. the metal is dented and leaking energon. "motherfucker bit me." Reflect mutters.

"you fucking Hulk Hogen slammed him, of course he bit you." Sideswipe snorts.

"that was not a Hogen move." Reflect snaps. "I was protecting my sparklings!" he growls.

"where are the sparklings?" Ratchet asks, helping him sit up. he glances at the damage to Reflect thigh and frowns. Reflect points towards the shut door. the panel on the outside one would type a code into has been destroyed. "shit." Ratchet mutters.

Wheeljack I need you in the hallway now! bring your gear to break into a room!

on my way Ratchet.

"he threw me against the door, I broke the panel." Reflect mutters, slowly getting up off the ground. Ratchet quick to help him, not letting go until he's stable on his peds.

"Wheeljacks on his way. we'll get you all three back to the medbay. come on, you need-" Ratchet starts. Reflect whips around towards the medic, slapping his servos off, with a dangerous look in his optics. Ratchet steps back slightly, Reflect would not hesitate to hurt him in his current state, not with his sparklings in danger.

"if you think I'm going anywhere without my sparklings I will beat your ass like I did Hot Rods." Reflect growls in warning. Ratchet frowns.

"okay." Ratchet sighs softly. they both look up when Optimus and Barricade come running over.

"what happened?" Optimus asks, looking over at Hot Rod, then Reflect. the twins aren't even holding the injured mech down, he doesn't seem to be able to move without being in agony, so he stays put. Reflect huff steam out his nose, looking somewhere between enraged and relieved. he storms over to the Prime.

"Optimus, Optimus break that fucking door down, right now." Reflect says, pointing at the door.

"Reflect? thats... what happened to you? thats Barricades room, why would I-" Optimus frowns. Reflect growls, grabbing hold of the bigger mech and yanking him down to his level. Optimus' optics widen as he stares at the raging mech.

"YOU BREAK THAT FUCKING DOOR DOWN RIGHT NOW! MY SPARKLINGS ARE LOCKED IN THERE! IF I COULD I'D BREAK IT DOWN< NOW TAKE IT OFF IT'S HINGES BEFORE I PHYSICALLY THROW YOU INTO THAT FUCKING DOOR!" Reflect screams, pointing at the door. Optimus pulls his face back some. Barricade looks over at Hot Rod, then to Reflect, then to Ratchet, then to the back of the Primes head.

"I would break it down." Barricade mutters. Reflect shoves the Prime away growling.

"Hot Rod attacked, no time to explain, Wheeljack can fix the door, break it down Prime." Ratchet says. Optimus frowns a little, but takes a few steps back. he slams straight into the door. it creaks, groaning, but doesn't give.

"I don't think this is going to do anything." Optimus frowns.

"you will break that door down or I swear to Primus you'd going into the well of Allsparks!" Reflect snaps. he's bordering hysterical at this point. his sparklings are locked away in a room he can't get into and are only a few days old!

"we can't shoot it down, we could hurt the sparklings, Wheeljacks just going to break it down anyway if he can fix the code panel." Ratchet hisses.

"put some fucking effort into it!" Reflect snaps. Optimus nods stepping back again, further this time, before slamming into the door again, full force this time. it gives in, sending Optimus tumbling to the floor. he grunts a little, pushing himself up and shaking his head. he looks around the room.

the sparklings have sat themselves up, looking over at him confused. Echo is clinging to her brother, whimpering. Remix watches the Prime, little frame shaking where he sits. they're not sure whats going on and are scared. that would also help explain Reflects current emotional state.

"hello there." Optimus smiles, getting up. he scoops them up carefully and brings them back out. "they're okay." Optimus assures, passing them to Reflect. he snatches the sparklings, glaring at Optimus, who immediately puts his servos up to show innocence and steps back when Reflect snaps his jaws at him in warning. older or not, he would bite the frag out of the Prime.

"thats for me to decide." he growls. "no idea if Hot Rod managed to hurt them some how." Reflect grumbles, clutching his sparklings.

"come on, we'll look them over in the medbay, don't worry." Ratchet says, nodding towards the medbay. Reflect immediately follows him. he cuddles both sparklings as close as he can.

what happened? I can feel you panicking.

long story short, we're okay. Hot Rod attacked and the sparklings got locked in Barricades room and I had to threaten Optimus to make him break the door down. Ratchets gonna look them over.

what?

Reflect tries to respond but Ironhide has cut off the link. he frowns and cuddles the sparklings.

"don't worry, I'm sure they're okay, I just want to look them over." Ratchet murmurs.

"I know..." Reflect mutters.

"but we'll look them over just to be safe." Ratchet assures. Reflect nods, cuddling them gently. "this wouldn't have happened if I had just kept them." Ratchet mutters.

"don't think on that, I shouldn't have offered. of course you guys don't have the same rules as humans do." Reflect assures gently. "I'm just glad you got there as fast as you could." Reflect assures.

they've only been in the medbay for about 2 minutes when Ironhide speeds in, running straight over to Reflect. he doesn't even slow down, not even when he slides across the medbay floor. he slams straight into Reflect and the twins, holding all three of them as tightly as he can. Reflect yelps, looking stunned. the bigger mech holds them all tightly.

Reflect can feel it, he's pissed, but worried for them.

"what in the hell happened?" Ironhide growls, grabbing Reflect by his shoulders and stepping away. he holds him there firmly.

"Hot Rod came out of no where." Reflect manages.

"are you three hurt?" Ironhide frowns. he'd seen the left over remains from the fight on his way down to the medbay. where the twins had dragged Hot Rod off to, he wasn't sure.

"Ratchets gonna look the twins over, but he bit me pretty good." Reflect mutters.

"I'll let you know Ironhide." Ratchet assures, gently pushing the mech aside. the medic pushes Reflect onto a berth and swoops up the sparklings. Ironhide takes a minute to look Reflect over, take in his bondeds injures, before his optic twitches. Ironhide spins around abruptly and storms out of the medbay. Reflect watches him go.

"this probably won't end well, damn I'm gonna miss him kicking Hot Rods ass back to Cybertron." Reflect grumbles. Ratchet snorts.

"don't worry, I'm sure you'll hear all about it." Ratchet assures.

Ironhide storms down the hall, cannons spinning rapidly. any bot or human that comes across him moves out of his way. he storms towards Hot Rods room and practically kicks the door down, growling. Hot Rods sitting on his berth, trying to patch himself up. useless since his arm is hanging limply at his side and half his head is crushed in.

"YOU DARE ATTACK MY FUCKING BONDMATE WHO IS NOT ONLY STILL RECOVERING FORM SPARKING BUT ALSO CARRYING THE TWO TINY FIVE DAY OLD SPARKLINGS HE WAS CARRYING!?" Ironhide growls.

Optimus, Prowl, Jazz, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe race to the room as fast as they can, but by the time they get there, Ironhide is standing in the middle of the room, upper body heaving. his cannons are spinning, theres energon all over the room. Hot Rod is curled up in the corner, attempting to cover whats left of his head and protect himself. the black mech in front of him is shaking with anger. there's energon dripping off him and he's huffing puffs of angry steam as his battle mask retracts.

"Ironhide." Optimus says, hesitantly. Ironhide growls.

"I hope you think twice before you attack my bondmate, especially when he's holding our sparklings." Ironhide growls.

"Ironhide." Optimus says more firmly. Ironhide growls lowly, staring at Hot Rod a moment. he eventually turns to face the five behind him.

he still looks pissed, but there's a large gash across his face dripping energon. it goes from the top left side of his forehead, across the bridge of his nose, over his mouth, and ends on the right side of his jaw. its narrowly missing anything any important circuitry. of course the mech was tough, strong, but so was Hot Rod. Ironhide didn't get away unscathed. he wasn't near as bad as Hot Rod, but he was pretty beat up.

"gonna throw me in the brig?" Ironhide ask. Optimus frowns staring at him a moment before sighing.

"Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, escort Ironhide to the medbay and do not leave. you will be dealt with when you're in better condition." Optimus warns. Sunstreaker snorts to himself, getting up under Ironhides left arm. Sideswipe gets under Ironhides right arm.

"better hope Reflect doesn't find out. because he'll kill you for daring to punish Ironhide for protecting their sparklings." Sideswipe mutters. Sunstreaker snorts again as they lead Ironhide out.

Ratchet looks up when they haul Ironhide in. he's still as pissed as before. Reflect is still laid up on a berth, holding tightly around his sparklings. the medic is still working on Reflects injuries.

"holy... damn it Ironhide." Ratchet growls.

"are they okay?" Ironhide ask. venom from moments ago, gone away. he doesn't want to upset the sparklings.

"they're fine. Reflects got a pretty bad energon leak from where Hot Rod bit him, but they're going to be okay." Ratchet assures.

"one of you, hand them over to Ironhide." Reflect mutters, shifting.

"no way, I saw what you did to Hot Rod I'm good." Sideswipe says.

"yeah, no, me too." Sunstreaker says, stepping back hesitantly.

"I won't snap at you. Ratchets about to take my leg armor apart and I don't want them hurt." Reflect says, firmly. Sideswipe hesitantly inches forward and reaches for Echo. Reflect watches him snapping his jaws and snorting when the twin jumps back. he laughs watching the red twin. it makes both Ratchet and Ironhide snort as well. "no I'm joking, I won't bite you. I just had to, you looked scared." Reflect chuckles, carefully holding Echo up.

"that was mean." Sideswipe huffs, taking her, then scooping up Remix gently. he takes them over to Ironhide, who takes them gently. he's careful not to drip energon on them.

"it was funny." Reflect murmurs, dropping his head back hard onto the berth.

"how bad is it?" Ironhide asks, looking at the medic.

"through his armor and a major energon line, but missed the mesh and his protoform. just need to take his armor off, properly fix the line, and then fix the armor and replace it." Ratchet explains. Ironhide nods. "easier than fixing the mesh." Ratchet says.

"I forgot their things." Reflect mutters. Ironhide looks over, confused.

"what?" he ask.

"I clamped the line off but it was still leaking. he was insistent the sparklings went first." Ratchet frowns. "he's got a big energon loss, he might be out of it." Ratchet adds.

"nooo." Reflect mutters, wincing. "the things.. the... fucking... fuck." Reflect mutters, waving his servo at nothing in particular. "the their.. the ... ugh... dolls... uh... words.. the doll things... their things Hide, their things." Reflect mutters.

"dolls?" Sideswipe ask.

"the toys." Ironhide says.

"yeaaahhh thooose..." Reflect mutters, dropping his servo onto the berth.

"I'll go find them." Sunstreaker assures, heading out of the medbay.

"just lay down and relax, Ratchet will get you patched up." Ironhide soothes.

"yeah Sunny will find those toys." Sideswipe assures, patting Reflects shoulder. Reflect immediately slaps him away, with no worries from Ratchet. he'd long ago strapped down Reflects legs when the mech proved he wasn't able to sit still.

"he doesn't like that." Reflect mutters. Ratchet looks up confused as his adopted sparkling. "s'name's Sunstreaker." Reflect mutters.

"he'll be fine, he's not in here." Ratchet assures. Reflect lets out a noise of discontent, but its ignored.

"he'll be alright, right?" Sideswipe asks.

"yes. like I said he has a bad leak, I'm working on it, but he's also exhausted from the fight." Ratchet adds. Reflect groans quietly to himself, mumbling. Sideswipe looks concerned that the mech is suddenly speaking Spanish, but doesn't say anything.

"Ironhide."

Ironhide catches both Ratchet and Sideswipes attention when he suddenly sits straight up.

"Red?"

"I have strict orders that no one is to see this... but I suspect Reflect will eventually enjoy seeing how well he kicked Hot Rods aft. so... here."

Ironhide raises an optic ridge.

"you okay?" Ratchet asks.

"yeah Red just sent me the fight." Ironhide murmurs. he goes quiet, wincing a moment as he watches the clip. "what do you know, he was right about wrestling being useful." Ironhide mutters.

"huh?" Sideswipe asks.

"Will, we would watch wrestling a lot and he once even signed up for classes. he got his ass kicked, but he did try... but it appears the training actually made a difference." Ironhide says. "I recognize some of the moves. pile driver was always his favorite move, glad to see he finally used it. over the shoulder arm drag was a good one to use as well. he also used backbreaker and mountain bomb... but his use of the 'brainbuster' is pretty impressive, though I'm not sure what to even call the last move he used there when you showed up. something like, I believe is the bulldog, but he rolls over and slams Hot Rods face into the ground. well, more like flips." Ironhide says.

"I wanna see." Sideswipe says.

"I... am also interested. these names mean nothing to me." Ratchet says.

"I can't Red wasn't even supposed to send it to me." Ironhide frowns.

"the only bot I'd share it to is Wheeljack." Ratchet shrugs.

"and Sunny and I won't share. we wouldn't get Red Alert in trouble like that." Sideswipe says. Ironhide frowns. Ironhide looks hesitant.

"fine but if any of you get Red Alert in trouble, Reflect will probably kick your aft in a similar fashion that he did Hot Rod." Ironhide says. the other two shrug and nod. Ironhide nods and activates his projector onto the wall. he's just pulled up the clip when Sunstreaker walks in.

"found th- oh! is this the footage?" Sunstreaker grins.

"no sharing." Sideswipe says. Sunstreaker nods.

Ironhide turns the clip on and the group of four immediately watch in amazement as Reflect absolutely hands Hot Rods aft to him on a silver platter. he doesn't take it easy on the mech, throwing him around like a rag doll, beating on him like he was a punching bag, jumping on him as though he were some kind of trampoline, and slamming him around as though he were nothing. they stare silently once the clip ends.

"well..." Ratchet says, replacing Reflects armor. it catches the other threes attention. "he is the sparkling of a wrecker and the bondmate of Cybertrons most dangerous weapons specialist." Ratchet mutters, stepping back. he shakes his head, then heads off to hook Reflect up to an energon iv.

"he... kicked ass! that was awesome!" Sunstreaker grins.

"never mess with a carriers sparklings, especially when they're only a few days old." Ironhide mutters. he looks over at his bonded, whose snoring quietly at this point. Remix chirps and reaches up towards Ironhide.

"hang on now, don't touch your creators face kid." Ratchet says, walking over to Ironhide once he gets Reflect completely settled. he takes the sparklings gently and passes them over to the twins. "hold them. Reflects not in the right mind to hold them and I need them out of the way to work on Ironhide." Ratchet grumbles.

"no problem." Sideswipe says, cuddling Remix. Echo yawns, cuddling to Sunstreaker. Remix whines struggling with the red twin. he reaches for Sunstreaker.

"ha! he likes me more." Sunstreaker smirks, taking Remix.

"if you fight and hurt my sparklings-" Ironhide warns.

"we wouldn't hurt the sparklings. we never purposefully hurt Reflect." Sideswipe assures, snatching Echo. Remix purrs happily, cuddling into the yellow twins armor, happily gnawing on part of his armor. Sunstreaker doesn't seem to mind, for once, the damage to his paint. Echo is curled up quietly in Sideswipes arm, hugging her toy tightly, purring quietly.

Ironhide sits as still as he can, only flinching back once when Ratchet gets too close to both of his optics with his welder.

"sorry." Ratchet mutters.

"just bright." Ironhide mutters, shutting his optics off. he doesn't mind the feeling of being patched up honestly. "that optics is still sensitive." Ironhide mutters. Ratchet winces at the memory.

"it wouldn't be if you'd let me fix it." Ratchet mutters.

"nah, we need the reminder." Ironhide murmurs.

Ratchet had field patched his right optic when he was still in training, the reason why he squinted constantly with that optic. that had been a painful experience, and Ironhide still remembered laying on his back bleeding out while Ratchet nervously attempted to repair his optic. Ratchets trainer was repairing important things, but his optic hadn't been too bad. well, until Ratchets servo had slipped. he had never been in a battle field before. he'd been nervous, unsure, and scared and the loud sounds of gunfire, explosives, and all out war was not something he was used to like Ironhide or his trainer. Ironhide never minded and flat out refused to let Ratchet fix it later. not out of fear or hate, but as a reminder, to them both. a reminder to be careful. Ironhide had flinched, winced, twitched, and desperately tried not to react to the pain when Ratchets servo slipped. Ironhide had effectively been blind in that optic for three weeks, before he'd finally come clean that he couldn't see.

"the reminder that I was a medic in training?" Ratchet mutters. Ironhide snorts.

"t'be careful." Ironhide mutters.

"yeah, nothing says careful like a welder to the face." Sideswipe snorts. Ratchet glares at him.

"yeah, y'missed the time his soldering iron went right through my optic. thank Primus my leg was also blown off, it hurt more than my optic." Ironhide snorts. Ratchet glares at him.

"it didn't go through your optic.... it... it grazed it." Ratchet huffs. Ironhide snorts.

"I can see now, so its not a problem. " Ironhide shrugs the shoulder farthest from Ratchet. he doesn't want to risk bumping a tool. he glances over at his sparklings when Echo chirps. Remix immediately chirps back, snuggling against Sunstreaker happily.

"they're okay Ironhide, I promise." Ratchet assures.

"I'm sure they are, but after the panic ringing over Reflects side of the bond, it's still taking me a few minutes to relax." Ironhide mutters.

"we won't hurt them and I don't think Hot Rod will bother them for a while." Sideswipe assures. Echo curls up, yawning. she purrs quietly. Ironhide glances back over. Remix is chirping happily, absolutely infatuated with Sunstreaker. patting at the twins face, squirming in his arm, chewing on his armor, playing with his servos. he's happy, having the time of his life. a glance up at Sunstreakers face shows the ill tempered twin doesn't seem angry or annoyed, but amused. he seems to be having as much fun as Remix and Ironhide seems to relax a little. his twins are happy, healthy, and in caring arms.

"hey, I'm ordering the stuff to fix the door, what happened?" Wheeljack asks, walking into the medbay. he pauses and looks around the medbay. Sunstreaker is holding Remix, Sideswipe is holding Echo, Ironhides face is cut open and leaking energon, Ratchets fixing Ironhides face, and Reflect is laying on the berth covered in scratches and fresh welding repairs. Reflects asleep and on an energon iv. "what the slag happened?" Wheeljack frowns.

"Hot Rod." comes the unison answer. Wheeljacks faceplates screw up in anger.

"I swear I'll-" Wheeljack starts.

"you need to go check on him. Reflect and Ironhide beat the hell out of him. Primes not going to be happy if Hot Rod dies." Ratchet says. Wheeljack frowns.

"everyone is fine Jack. Reflect got a little banged up but the twins are okay." Ironhide assures.

"and Ironhide almost lost his face." Sideswipe snorts.

"Hot Rod lost waaaayyyyy more than me or Reflect did." Ironhide mutters. Wheeljack grumbles, grabbing a field kit and heading out of the medbay.

"alright. you're set." Ratchet says, putting his tools down and stepping back. Ironhide gets up and shakes his head.

"hold them, I need a rinse off." Ironhide mutters, heading towards the washrack showers. Ratchet reaches over and swoops Echo out of Sideswipes arm gently.

"hey!" Sideswipe pouts.

"don't get an attitude towards me. I have something called, 'grandparents rights' according to Reflect. I can take them whenever I want. I'd take Remix, but when I reached for him he glares at me. he's happy with Sunstreaker." Ratchet shrugs. Echo chirps happily, hearing Ratchets voice, and cuddles to the medic.

"thats bullshit." Sideswipe grumbles.

"take my sparkling from Ratchet, and I'll kill you." Reflect growls lowly. Ratchet reaches over and gently grabs Reflects servo.

"easy kid. its alright. you know I won't let him take her." Ratchet assures gently. Reflect mumbles, shifting on the berth, but doesn't online his optics. Echo chirps quietly, engine purring softly.

"s'Remix okay?" Reflect ask.

"he's fine. trying to see how much of my paint he can eat." Sunstreaker assures, gently straddling the sparkling in his arm. Remix giggles quietly. Reflect smiles to himself and settles back into recharge. his sparklings were safe. his bonded was okay. he was okay. everything would be fine.