Author's Note: Well, this chapter is kind of for filler purposes. Nothing extremely special happens and it's not that long either.
Chap. 6: Appointment
To both Astrid and Megatron's surprise, the rest of the week passed without incident. Thunderblast had done everything she was told to, she didn't complain or whine or moan, and she didn't threaten Astrid at all. Megatron was still hesitant on killing the femme. Yes, he did have every reason in the universe to, but he had a feeling her and Starscream had something planned. With Astrid's permission, maybe he could flirt his way right into a position where he could kill his ex-second in command. The decepticon leader didn't need a reason to kill him, but he sure did have quite a few.
Astrid had spent most of the week in their quarters typing reports for Megatron and just plain avoiding Thunderblast. The treacherous femme did nothing but make Astrid angry, and she was more than ready to see Megatron make the rotten traitor pay. If not, she would take matters into her own hands.
Starscream hadn't done anything during the rest of the week either. He remained off the radar and completely undetected. The seeker was out of sight, but not out of mind. Astrid had noticed how Megatron was easily angered whenever Starscream's name was mentioned. She knew that Megatron was jealous, hurt, offended, and wanted revenge. Astrid couldn't blame him, she desperately wanted Starscream to pay as well, but she didn't want Megatron to get hurt again. She had lost her husband once to Starscream; she didn't want to lose him again, especially since she was pregnant with Megatron's child now.
Astrid sighed finishing up another one of Megatron's reports. Of course she had her own to do, but she found Megatron's were easier, if not they were more interesting. The door opened suddenly and Astrid looked over to see Megatron enter. She grinned and greeted him by saying, "Hey babe. What's up?"
"You have an appointment with Red Alert, that's what's up," Megatron answered and went over to her, "I see you're doing my reports again."
"Hey, I've got nothing else to do,"
"What about your reports?"
"Okay then, you got me," Astrid admitted turning off the computer and standing up from the chair she was sitting in. She stretched and Megatron wrapped his arms around her as she did so.
"You feeling okay?" he asked.
"A bit drowsy, nothing you need to get yourself concerned about. So babe, what do you think the kid's going to be? Male or female?"
"It's most definitely going to be a male, it's got my genes written all over it," Megatron replied causing Astrid to chuckle.
"Why don't you want a girl?"
"I could never handle it when she starts dating,"
"True. Well, let's get going, we shouldn't keep Red Alert waiting too long seeing that he gets annoyed with us very easily," Astrid explained.
"As you wish," Megatron responded and quickly kissed Astrid before he opened a dimension gate to the autobot base med bay.
The decepticon leader and his wife stepped through only to meet an impatient Red Alert. "It's about time you got here," he stated.
"Whatever happened to being fashionably late?" Astrid inquired.
Megatron smirked as the autobot medic ignored her and instead instructed her to lie down on an examining table. Astrid did as she was told and Megatron came over to her side. He decided to toy with Red Alert a bit and leaned forward to kiss his wife when suddenly the medic blurted out, "I don't think so. Save the romance for later."
"Spoil sport," Megatron remarked taking Astrid's hand in his. He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb.
Red Alert then began a scan on Astrid's abdomen similar to an ultrasound. He showed the decepticon couple where their baby was and what it looked like. The medic then ran another scan to check for any problems. Red Alert found none and then ran a different scan to identify whether or not the sparkling was male or female. As the results printed, Red Alert asked, "Do you want me to tell you the gender of the child or do you want it to be a surprise?"
Megatron glanced at Astrid who nodded and the decepticon leader answered, "We'd like to know."
"Okay then," the medic replied and read the scanning results, "Congratulations, it's a boy."
Megatron once again got a huge grin on his face causing Astrid to chuckle. "So Red, are we free to go?" the femme questioned.
"Yes," he answered sounding relieved.
"Is Optimus here? I'd like to stop in and say hello if he's about," Megatron stated.
"Yes, he's in his office,"
"Thanks, see you next week Red," Astrid remarked and both she and Megatron left the med bay.
As they walked towards Optimus's office, Megatron wrapped an arm around Astrid and she leaned into his embrace. "You like to bother Red Alert don't you?"
"Guilty," Megatron responded, "You know Astrid, I've been thinking."
"A dangerous thing,"
"I know, but just for our son's safety and yours, don't you think that we shouldn't tell anyone besides your parents and Optimus that you're pregnant?"
"I guess that wouldn't hurt, especially with Starscream and Thunderblast on the loose. There's no telling what either of those two would do if they found out,"
"So then, it's agreed,"
"It's totally and undeniably agreed," Astrid remarked causing Megatron to chuckle a bit.
The two of them then arrived at Optimus's office. The autobot leader's door was open and he looked busy with his paperwork. Megatron leaned against the doorway and said, "Knock, knock Optimus Prime. You look bored."
Optimus looked up with a half smile on his face, "It's good to see you too Megatron. What brings you here?"
Megatron moved so Astrid could come in and then exclaimed, "Meet my beautiful prego wife, Astrid."
"You're sleeping on the floor tonight," Astrid stated and then greeted Optimus.
Optimus returned the greeting and then asked, "So what's up?"
"Well, Astrid had an appointment with Red Alert, we just thought we'd drop in and say hello," Megatron explained, "I see you've got plenty of paperwork to keep yourself busy."
The autobot leader sighed heavily, "One of these days I'm going to take your advice and light a match to it. So, how was the appointment?" Did you find out the gender of the child?"
"Boy, it's a boy," the decepticon leader answered, "And according to Red Alert, everything is fine."
"So, a Megatron Jr. huh?"
"No way," Astrid exclaimed.
Optimus chuckled, "Well, I hope you weren't counting on that name Megatron."
"Actually…I was," he replied, "Anyways, have you told anyone that Astrid is pregnant?"
"No I haven't, why?" the autobot answered.
"We want to keep it a secret, that way Thunderblast and Starscream don't find out,"
"That's perfectly understandable. You have my word, I won't tell anyone," Optimus promised.
Megatron nodded and said, "Thank you Optimus."
"No problem,"
"Well, now we got to go tell my parents," Astrid piped up, "Dad will be thrilled to know he's getting a grandson."
"I guess I probably should get back to my paperwork," Optimus mused.
"Have fun with that," Megatron exclaimed.
"Yeah…right. Well, I'll see you guys around,"
"You too Optimus," Astrid said and both her and Megatron left.
Once out in the hall, Megatron opened a dimension gate and the two stepped through it and back into their room. Astrid crossed her arms and looked at her husband. He looked back at her and asked, "What?"
"Megatron Jr.?"
"What's wrong with it?"
"Everyone's going to call him Junior. Junior sir this, Junior sir that,"
"I see your point…but still, it's kind of catchy," protested Megatron.
"Yeah right. This universe only has room for one Megatron, not two," Astrid explained, "I'm going to call my parents."
"Okay, I'm going to go see what Thundercracker's up to. See you later love," Megatron said giving her a quick kiss and then left the room.
Astrid set up a communication gate and it opened at her former home. As usual, Damien was the one to answer. He grinned seeing her and asked, "Hey prego, what's up?"
"Call me that one more time and I'll come down there and squish you,"
"I'll get your parents,"
"Thank you,"
Damien disappeared for a couple seconds and then reappeared with Astrid's mom and dad. "So baby girl, is this about your appointment with Red Alert?" Victor inquired.
"You bet dad," the femme answered.
"So what is it? Boy or girl?" he continued.
"Boy, and sorry, no twins," Astrid exclaimed.
Victor pumped his fists into the air, "Alright! I knew it was going to be a boy."
"So, is everything going along okay?" wondered Marie.
"Just fine so far mom. I'm just curious, have you told anyone that I'm pregnant?"
"No," Damien answered.
"Okay good. Could you not tell anyone, neither Megatron or I want Starscream or Thunderblast finding out," explained Astrid.
"Sure thing honey. How is Megatron?" her mom questioned.
"He's still the man I fell in love with, though as of late he's been more smart assed than usual,"
"Ah, he's just excited that he's going to be a father," Victor replied.
Astrid nodded her head in agreement and the doors opened suddenly. The femme glanced over to see it was Megatron and then said, "Well, that's him right now. I'll talk to you guys soon."
"See you soon then baby girl," Victor stated.
Astrid gave a small wave and then closed down the communication gate. Megatron came up from behind Astrid and wrapped his arms around her asking, "Did you get everything settled with them?"
"You bet," Astrid answered, "Let's get to bed, we've got a big day tomorrow."
"Doing what?"
"Shopping,"
"Oh…wonderful," Megatron groaned, "What are we shopping for?"
"Baby supplies, what else?" Astrid said, "Now let's get to bed."
"As you command," Megatron replied lifting Astrid up in his arms and carrying her over to the bed. He set her down gently on it, turned off the lights, and then laid down beside her.
Purple optics suddenly illuminated themselves in the darkness, but neither Astrid nor Megatron noticed them. "A baby?" Starscream thought, "This definitely interferes with my plans." The seeker then quietly and secretly left the room through the balcony.
Author's Note: Dun dun dun. And so Starscream knows now, you'll have to wait until the next chapter to find out what happens next. Please review!