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The smile on Fang vanished, and her cat ears folded against the sides of her helmet. “So I’m guessing that you… scanned my… CPU…?”

Ratchet nodded. “Yes, I did.”

“Oh no…” Fang looked away from Ratchet, her purple optics powering off.

“I’m guessing you’re aware of the virus inside of your CPU then?”

Fang hesitated before slowly nodding her head.

“Fang, if you knew about it, then why didn’t you tell me?” Strangely enough, Ratchet’s voice remained calm for some reason. “This virus could have killed you if you had it for another week, and you didn’t tell me about it? It split you personality unit in two, which would explain everything! Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I don’t know…” Fang powered her optics back on and turned to Ratchet. “I don’t know why I didn’t say anything… Maybe I thought that I could handle it on my own…”

“Normally, I would be yelling at you about something like this, since you would have been deactivated by it…” Ratchet smiled “…but I’m not.”

Fang tilted her head as one of her cat ears tilted as well.  Why exactly was he smiling? “Why… aren’t you gonna yell at me…?”

“Do you know why you were in stasis lock for such a long time?” Ratchet crossed his arms.

Fang slowly shook her head.

“You were in stasis lock longer than you should have been because Wheeljack and I were working on your CPU.” The smile on the medic’s faceplate grew slightly. “Fang, that virus is gone.”

Fang’s purple optics widened and her jaw dropped slightly. “What do you mean…‘gone’?”

Ratchet chuckled. “It’s gone. Your CPU is back to normal, the way it’s supposed to be.”

A wide smile quickly grew on the femme’s faceplate, and she quickly lunged forward to tightly hug Ratchet. “Oh my Primus, I can’t thank you enough Ratchet! Thank you! Thank you so much!”

Ratchet chuckled again and hugged Fang back. “We could have had that virus out of you much sooner if you would have said something!”

“Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you!” Fang grip on Ratchet tightened.

“You shouldn’t be thanking me.” Ratchet broke away from Fang and stared down at her. “You should be thanking Wheeljack. If it wasn’t for him telling me to scan your CPU in the first place, we would have never even found the virus. It was Wheeljack who did all the work to get the virus out of you and repair your CPU.”

Fang laughed childishly, and her childish smile formed on her faceplate. “I’m gonna kill him with my hugs and kisses!”

There was a pause after Fang said that.

“By any chance, are you and Wheeljack… bondmates?” Ratchet asked.

Fang blushed slightly. “Did you get that from the stupid rumor the twins started?”

Ratchet shook his head. “It’s how you two act around each other. So are you two actually bondmates?”

Fang scratched the back of her green-blue helmet. “Well… not exactly… T-That’s my own business!”

Ratchet chuckled. “Just go thank Wheeljack already,” he said, patting Fang on the shoulder.

With a nod of her head, Fang walked out of the room, her cat tail swaying from one side to the next in her joy. There was no way Fang could thank Wheeljack for all that he had done for her. Even after what had happened, Wheeljack staid by her side and never lost faith in her. And now, he saved her life! Fang could feel her spark flutter and speed up with just the thought of them becoming bondmates, actual bondmates!

But after what happened to her with the Seekers… She couldn’t bond. She was scared to, scared to feel that pain again. Fang placed her hand over her chest, feeling her spark pulse slightly. Would Wheeljack understand?

*X*X*X*

Wheeljack was sitting on his berth in his room, his arms and legs crossed as he waited for Fang. Then the door to his room knocked, and he quickly jumped to his feet when he saw Fang there, smiling her cute smile. Primus, how he missed that smile so much! The scientist walked over to Fang, and his optics widened slightly when she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly against her armour.

“What did I do to deserve this?” Wheeljack chuckled.

“You saved my life! That’s what you did!” Fang exclaimed as her grip tightened, almost crushing Wheeljack. “Ratchet told me about the virus, and he said that you were the one that got it out of me!”

“Yeah… Well… it was nothing.” Wheeljack could feel his faceplate heat slightly from Fang holding onto him like that.

“What do you mean ‘it was nothing’?!” Fang broke away from Wheeljack and flicked him on the forehead. “Wheeljack, you saved my life! Even after what I did!”

“You didn’t do all that stuff though,” Wheeljack said. “It was the virus, which is why I got it out of you. You would’ve done the same for me.”

“You have to get some kind of special gift or something!” Fang’s smile grew.

Primus, how Wheeljack just loved that smile! “My reward is just seeing you happy,” the mech said, shaking his head.

“That’s not good enough for me!” Fang exclaimed. She leaned her faceplate closer to Wheeljack’s and asked, “What is it that you want from me? I’ll give you anything you want.”

Wheeljack shook his head again. “I don’t want—”

“Anything Wheeljack,” Fang interrupted, knowing that Wheeljack was lying. “I know you want something from me, so why not tell me?”

Wheeljack, indeed, did want something, but he knew that he would never receive it because of what happened to Fang. He wanted to be bondmates with her, real bondmates, but after what she went through with the Seekers he knew all too well that she wasn’t going to want to bond, probably never again. That was the first time she ever bonded with someone, and she was forced bonded with three Seekers. Wheeljack knew that he couldn’t bond with her, not now, and probably not ever.

Instead, the scientist retracted his mask, and that was all he needed to do to tell Fang what he wanted instead. As her smile grew, Fang leaned her faceplate forward and gently placed her lips on Wheeljack, blushing. Wheeljack powered off his blue optics and placed his hand on the back of Fang’s green-blue helmet, his own faceplate heating. Fang powered off her purple optics and took a small step forward, their chestplates now against each others.

Wheeljack had missed those soft lips for the longest time! His spark gave off a small pulse, and Wheeljack’s mind was starting to go blank. A sudden thought popped into his mind.

The mech paused before pressing his glossa against Fang’s closed lips, and it only took a short moment before the femme opened her mouth slightly, allowing the glossa in. Wheeljack’s glossa explored the inside of Fang’s mouth, and both blushed deeply from the feeling. Fang had that small hint of fear inside of her, remembering what the Seekers had done, but this was Wheeljack, someone who wanted to protect her. She had to ignore that fear, since she did owe Wheeljack her life.

Fang took a step back, and Wheeljack took a step forward, making sure that the femme wasn’t going to walk away from him. Fang took another step back, though she didn’t know why, and her back ran into the wall. Wheeljack placed the palms of his hands on the wall on each side of Fang and pressed his body against Fang’s, their kiss deepening. The mech pulled his faceplate away from Fang’s, leaving them both panting slightly as they both powered on their optics. Wheeljack slowly brought his faceplate down to Fang’s neck and started to kiss the wiring, one of his gray hands trailing down to the side of Fang’s torso to toy with some of the wires. Fang gasped from the feeling and let out a small moan, her whole body heating as Wheeljack dug his fingers into her circuitry. The scientist continued to kiss her neck, and his other hand fingered the wiring in Fang’s back. The femme forced her back not to arch.

At first, Fang had forgotten everything, but then her memories rushed in, and she started to shake with fear with the thought of the Seekers. She clung onto Wheeljack’s shoulders and held them tightly, making the mech grunt and look up at her. Wheeljack raised his head and stared at Fang, seeing the fear in her purple optics.

“Fang…” Wheeljack muttered.

Fang shook her head, tears forming in her optics with the horrible memories of the Seekers. “I’m sorry Wheeljack… I-I can’t do this!”

“Sh, it’s okay,” Wheeljack said gently, his hands rubbing Fang’s shoulders gently. “It’s okay Fang.”

“No, it’s not… You want this… and I… I can’t…”

Wheeljack hugged Fang tightly. “It’s okay. I should be sorry. I never meant to take it this far.”

Fang took a breath to prevent tears from leaking out of her purple optics.

“If you don’t want to do this, then I won’t,” Wheeljack said, letting go of Fang and staring down at her. “I don’t want to do something that you’re not comfortable with.”

Fang couldn’t help it. She was feeling horrible. Wheeljack saved her life, and she can’t even give him what he wanted. Her fear was taking her over, and this was getting Fang angry with herself. She wasn’t going to let that happen! It was okay to bond with Wheeljack. They both loved each other, and Wheeljack wasn’t going to let anything happen to her.

Fang shook her head again. “No… D-Don’t worry about me…”

“Fang I’m not gonna bond with you if you’re not ready for it.” Wheeljack was worried about the femme. He wasn’t going to hurt her or make her do anything she didn’t want to for his own selfish needs. That went against what Wheeljack stood for.

“Wheeljack, you shouldn’t worry about me.”

“I’m not going to—”

“Please Wheeljack!” Fang stared at the mech for a moment. “Show me how it is to bond with someone you love…”

Wheeljack didn’t know how to reply. Did Fang say that because she wanted this, or was she just saying that to not upset the mech? He wanted to say no, but he stared into Fang’s purple optics and he couldn’t.

“I want this Wheeljack… please…”

“Are you sure?” Wheeljack asked.

Fang took a deep breath and opened up her breastplates, revealing her spark. She gasped from the sudden rush of cold air inside of her spark chamber. Her whole body started to shiver and she powered off her optics, trying to push away the bad memories.

Wheeljack’s faceplate flared as he stared down at Fang’s spark, so bare, so vulnerable, and so open like that. His attention quickly turned to the shaking femme, and once again Wheeljack wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly against his armour. The mech opened up his chestplates to reveal his own spark, and he could feel Fang shaking from more fear.

“It’s okay Fang…” Wheeljack whispered gently. “It’s okay. I’m not gonna hurt you.”

Fang rest her head on Wheeljack’s shoulder, and she wanted to believe what Wheeljack said. That didn’t stop her from shaking though, no matter how much she tried to force herself to stay still.

“I’m not gonna hurt you Fang. You’re safe with me,” Wheeljack continued to whisper. “I love you.”

Fang’s body immediately stopped shaking from those three, simple words, and she relaxed against Wheeljack. He had never said those words to her before, and it felt so weird to finally hear them for the first time. As weird as those words sounded, it made Fang’s entire body relax and it made her spark race.

Fang’s head jerked back and she yelled, feeling hers and Wheeljack’s spark starting to merge together. At first it was painful as the sparks grabbed at each other and started to bond, but the pain soon disappeared when the sparks fully merged into one, sending out waves of pleasure that Fang had never felt or even thought of before. All her nightmares vanished and were replaced with dreams, dreams of her and Wheeljack.

Fang bit her glossa to hold in her yells and moans of pleasure, knowing that the other would hear her, but she couldn’t keep it in. Little mewls came from her vocal chords, and she clutched onto Wheeljack as the waves of pleasures continued to circulate through her systems. Fang’s legs gave in on her, but Wheeljack held onto her tightly, making sure she was on her feet and that she didn’t fall onto the ground.

The sparks separated and returned back to their spark chambers, the bots’ chestplates closing together to protect the fragile sparks that gave the two their life. Wheeljack was breathing hard, but he was used to it. He had bonded before, unlike Fang, who was totally drained of her energy. She leaned against Wheeljack, and the mech gently set her down on the floor. Her back leaned against the wall, and Wheeljack knelt in front of her, cupping her chin for her to look up at him.

Fang laughed wearily as her purple optics stared into Wheeljack’s.

Wheeljack chuckled in the same weary one, a soft smile on his faceplate. “So, how do you think that was?”

Fang only panted, thinking of the right word to say. “…awesome!”

Wheeljack chuckled again, and he sat down next to Fang, leaning his back against the wall and letting Fang lean against him. He stroked her cat ears gently, earning a purr from his feline. “Do you know what this means?”

“What…?” Fang looked up at Wheeljack.

“This means we’re finally bondmates.”

Fang laughed. “About time, if you ask me… I love you Wheeljackie…”

Wheeljack planted a kiss on his bondmate’s forehead. “I love you too Fang. I always did.”

Finally, they were finally the bondmates that they were supposed to be, and nothing could take that away. Fang was back to normal, and everything was going to be just as it was before Fang had gone to the Decepticons, if not better.