Rating: T

Blackarachnia opened her optics with a contented sigh. She couldn't remember feeling this happy – this good– in stellar cycles, and though she had yet to ascertain the source of her comfort she was perfectly fine just lying here on this berth until the answer presented itself to her.

Now that she thought about it, there was something rather odd about the berth. It seemed different – not smaller, exactly, but somehow more cramped. As she shifted slightly her arm connected with something solid and metallic, and she suddenly knew what was going on: there was a mech in the berth with her.

At this realisation the memories of the previous night came flooding back, accompanied by a pounding processor ache. Screwing her optics shut again, she gingerly turned her helm to the side.

Let that be a nightmare, she prayed. Let this be another mech, and that memory just a recharge sequence.

Sadly, this was not to be. As she cracked open an optic, she saw that the mech recharging beside her in the berth was none other than…

Blitzwing.

Primus, what had she done to deserve this? Of all the mechs she could have got off with while overcharged, it had to be the mental tri-polar one! And then there was the fact that they hated each other.

Blackarachnia sat up in the berth (not without a fair amount of wincing, though this was hardly surprising as she remembered Hothead showing up at one point) and groaned with a mixture of anger, embarrassment and frustration. She wasn't going to deny that she had needed last night – it had been so long since she'd 'faced with a mech – but why did it have to be Blitzwing?

Said mech was awoken by this outburst, stretching sleepily and shuttering his optics in confusion as he exited recharge. His gaze alighted on the femme, and Blackarachnia noted with annoyance that it lingered there for a while, tracing her somewhat exposed form, before his sleep-addled processor finally put two and two together.

"Oh, frag!" he swore, bolting upright with a panicked expression on his faceplates. "Ve…ve didn't, did ve?"

"Frag's what we did, alright," Blackarachnia muttered drily, burying her helm in her servos as her armour slid back into place. "Oh, Primus… we must have been totally wasted."

A somewhat suggestive smirk found its way onto Blitzwing's faceplates.

"Vell, you know, it vasn't all zat bad…" he murmured, trailing a servo down the femme's side.

With a furious hiss Blackarachnia jerked away from his touch, backhanding the triple changer across the faceplates. As Blitzwing cried out, switching rapidly to Hothead, the femme made a break for the door, but the mech grabbed her arm and dragged her back towards him.

"Vhat vas zat for?!" he roared, as Blackarachnia struggled to free herself from his grip.

"Keep your voice down!" the techno-organic snarled at him. "D'you want to let everyone know about this?"

Blitzwing shut up immediately, though not without a fair amount of seething.

"Right, "Blackarachnia hissed. "I'm going to leave now, and you are not to mention this to anyone. Understood?"

Hothead gave a curt nod of agreement. Narrowing her optics, the femme turned on her heel and stalked towards the door, activating the control panel and slipping into the corridor beyond. Leaning against the door, intakes cycling, she slumped backwards with a sigh and closed her optics.

I'm never getting overcharged again…

"Blackarachnia?"

The femme's optics snapped open as she came face to face with Thundercracker.

"Blackarachnia," the seeker repeated. "What in Pit's name were you doing in Blitzwing's quarters?" His optics widened as it dawned on him. "Hang on… you weren't-?"

The techno-organic shoved past him as she made a break for her own room, one word running through her processor.

Frag!

AN: In answer to one of the reviews (I feel like I should point this out) Starscream won't be showing up because he's off having his own adventure in my other fic: The Art Of Persuasion. The Cons here are all on Earth having broken out of Trypticon Prison at the start of that story. :)

On another note, I have a sequel up! Freakshow will be longer and follows on directly from here, so if you want more go check it out!