Megatron's twin

123: Brotherly bonding.

I woke up under three, very smelly, Predacons. I mean, they just interfaced. And I don't know how much they got on me. And it was morning! Don't know how that mattered, but it was morning.

I struggled out and stretched, they seemed more hungover than I. So I decided to take a stroll along a nearby stream. And call Optimus.

"Hey." I started.

"HEEYYYY!" He said back.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked.

"Ratchet gave me too much Uranium." He said.

"How much was that?" I asked and sat down on a boulder.

"A strip." He said proudly, "Then I started hallucinating." He said, "Why'd you have a spark failure in the first place?" He asked, and the conversation drifted into a serious hungover conversation.

"Meg found out about the sparkling because of the marks you left and that led to a spark failure." I explained.

"So he's the reason our creation is offline?" He asked, sounding slightly angry.

"Like I said, he felt very guilt about it." I said.

"Eh." He said.

"How are you?" I asked.

"I lost temporary movement in my arms." He said, "You?"

"I woke under three Predacons smothered in seamen." I said.

"What?"

"They were drunk and had a threesome." I explained.

"Did you-"

"I'm a married mech." I said proudly.

"We're not married."

"Nope, just courting." I reminded.

"Ratchet says-"

"About what?" I asked.

"Sparkling. Ratchet says that we should just try to forget something that didn't happen." He said.

"Huh?"

"We're upset about not experiencing things we never experienced." Optimus explained.

"Oh." I said, "Is he offering grief counselling?" I asked.

"Not to you." He mumbled, I snorted.

"Fine, tell him I have better friends anyway-"

"He has better friends anyway!" Optimus yelled, I heard a faint 'huh?'.

"I'm gonna go back to the Nemesis and clean up." I told him.

"Yea, do that, Ratchet wants me to recharge some more." He said and hung up.

I didn't even get to say goodbye! No matter, I flew off and started searching for the Nemesis. It was surprisingly close. I landed on the flight deck with a stumble and headed for the washracks.

I went in and hooked optics with my brother.

"Hi." I greeted.

"Where were you last night?" He asked.

"Drinking." I said, "On Earth." I added and passed him. "Are you taking a cold shower?" I said in shock.

"I normally do, You smell terrible." He said.

"It got messy." I said vaguely.

He nodded, "Umm...." He started, "Do you maybe want to go for a walk later today?" He asked.

"Huh?"

"For 'brotherly bonding'?" He asked.

"Who's idea is this?" I asked.

"Maybe I came up with it myself." He said, I crossed my arms and stared disbelievingly. "Soundwave's idea." He said.

Then my spark vomited as far as I'm aware. "Argk!" I gasped as if the air I didn't need was in short supply.

"You had a spark failure." Meggy said. Very informative, thanks.

"Overcharge." I corrected with a grin, he narrowed his optics, "And yea, sure!" I said and jumped a bit.

"You good?"

"Giddy." I could barely say, I felt so energized, "Imma go sprint through the hallways a bit."

And that's what I did, for a solid hour. And here I thought I was unfit! I ran over Starscream too, twice! Then I was stopped by Soundwave.

"Yo." I greeted.

He showed the number '26'.

"Yea? So?"

"26 individuals that needed to go to the medbay." He used many recordings and started to lead me.

"Whoops." I said, "Where are we going?" I asked.

"To your Chickens."

"I knew it." A cold voice came from behind us.

We turned, it was Shockwave. "There's no way in hell I'm giving you back Egg." I told him.

"Egg?" He asked.

"The castrated chicken." I crossed my arms.

Soundwave looked at me odd.

"And there's more?" He asked.

I glared at him, "They can breathe fire too." I said in warning.

He fiddled with his digits nervously, "Oh." He said, "Chicks?" He asked.

"Yup."

"Are they cute?" He asked.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Never mind!" He said, sounding embarrassed and left. Soundwave and I exchanged a shrug and headed off to my berthroom. We made it in one piece.

Oh my! You're alive! Egg snorted sarcastically.

"I've been sprinting around for the past hour." I said and hugged her.

Yea, I heard you go past a few times. She snorted, You good? She asked.

"Yea, yea. Gonna go on a walk with Meg later." I added.

Soundwave seemed pleased as he released Lazerbeak. They started to play 'duck, duck, goose!'. It was a great sight for Megatron to walk in on.

"Are they trying to summon Unicron or something?" He asked.

We looked at them, "Would you believe me if I said no?" I asked.

"No?" He said, "We going?" He asked and gestured outside.

Soundwave gave him a skinny thumbs up.

"Sure." I said and jumped up from my berth. Megatron looked very pleased with himself. "Got anywhere specific in mind?" I asked as we stopped on the flight deck.

"I didn't think that far ahead." He said.

I rolled my optics and transformed, Megatron following behind. We eventually came across a lush forest and landed in it. "So..." I started, "Is there anything specific you want to talk about?" I asked.

He awkwardly opened his intake and closed it again. "The sparkling-"

"Something else?" I asked.

He glared at me, "Who?" He asked.

"Chicken." I shrugged.

"Don't lie."

"Be careful, or I'll have another spark failure." I said.

We walked in silence for a bit.

I love the fact that I can blackmail him with my own wellbeing.

"Look, I'm sorry." He started.

"I know." I nodded.

"I just-"

Then I heard a nice vibrating 'clang', and the next thing I know, my brother face planted into the floor.

I turned sharply to see Optimus standing there with a nice thick log.