Chapter 10- Truth

As Ratchet had said, Sam stayed out for a full week, the little sparkling doing the same. When he came to, the full pain of the makeshift cesarian hit him like a semi-truck—no offense to Optimus Prime. The sparkling girl woke up when he did, looking at the much larger Transformers with huge, golden eyes that were—Ironhide said—very cute. Bumblebee fell desperately in love with the sparkling's cuteness, shamelessly giggling when she did something cute, like try to sit up fully on her own.

Ratchet chose not to conduct full experiments on the little sparkling, as Sam had grown far too attached to her. Instead, he did just enough to conclude some unique and startling information.

For one, the femme sparkling was physically Cybertronian, but from the way she was concieved and grew inside of Sam, her genes were unique in that her body automatically grew and developed on its own, just like a human. Also like a human, she was almost helpless in her infancy, and Sam had to hold her and support her just like a human baby. He learned that until her spark was completely self-sustaining, she would need to be near Sam almost 24-7 to get sustanance from his spark.

But the one thing on everyone's mind when Sam woke up was—what to name her?

Sam went silent when Bumblebee asked what her name was. He looked down at the cooing little sparkling in his arms and realized he had no clue what to name her. The thought didn't even really pass his mind. He told Bumblebee that he'd get back to him on it, and spent the rest of the day thinking. He figured he should give her a Cybertronian name—English translated, of course—in honor of her heritage, but he also wanted one that he could use in public—and in explaination to his parents—to avoid confusion.

He finally settled on a name (at least until she got old enough to pick her own name, Ironhide mentioned) that he found adequate in Cybertronian, but translated into something cute, but effective from her appearance—Honeydew. Bumblebee was enthralled with the name, and only when Mikaela came back over, did she see the irony in Bee's adoration for her.

The day finally came that Sam decided to bite the bullet and tell his parents the truth. All of it. Bumblebee and Mikaela went to go pick up Sam's parents while Sam stayed in his bed, the month of recovery not over for him. Honeydew—or Honey, for short—was in recharge at the moment, blissfully unaware of her surroundings. Her parent sat awake and nervous, awaiting the inevitable freaking out, as was the general normal for his parents. He really didn't want them to get upset, but he knew that as soon as they found out that the tiny Transformer in his arms was their only grandchild, the shit was going to hit the fan. Big time.

Bumblebee finally came back with Mikaela and his parents. Both his parents looked nervously anxious; they didn't know what was going on, only that Mikaela said that it was very important that they come to the base. The followed Mikaela into Sam's living space, where Sam was sitting up in bed, holding his still sleeping sparkling in his arms.

"Hey, Mom…Dad…" Sam said nervously, feeling his spark-heart thump rapidly. Honey must've felt it, too, because she chose then to wake up, letting out that adorable clicky-yawn and opening her optics to see the rest of the Witwicky family coming in.

"Sam!" his mother said, running up to him and hugging him softly. "We've been so worried about you! Did you ever figure out what was wrong?"

Sam swallowed hard and nodded, looking down at Honeydew, who was staring at Mrs. Witwicky with wide, wondering optics. Sam's mom looked down and saw the tiny sparkling, and blinked. "Sam…?" she began slowly. "…What is that?" Sam felt a little peeved at his mother calling Honeydew a 'that', but kept it hidden.

"This," he said, gently holding Honeydew up, "is Honeydew. She's a hybrid of human and Cybertronian. She's just like a baby, but…y'know…like Bee and the other Autobots…" He waited to see if his parents would follow where this was going. It didn't. After a few moments, he sighed. "Mom, Dad," he said after pulling Honeydew close to him and swallowing hard again. "I didn't tell you the whole truth about…me getting…" He paused to let out the apprehension-stale breath. "…You know…"

His mother sat down on the edge of the bed worriedly. "What are you talking about, Sam?" she asked urgently. Sam felt tears welling up as he took another breath.

"The truth is, Mom and Dad…I know who raped me…and…" His voice hitched. "…and when they did…they….left something in me…" A tear ran down his face. His mother leaned over and put his head on her shoulder, careful not to rouse the sparkling, who was sensing her parent's distress and letting out little whines. "…I was raped by a Decepticon, Mom," Sam finally blurted out. "A small one; about my height. His—his name is Frenzy, and he's had it out for me since…since this whole thing started!" He turned his head and sobbed into his mother's shoulder while she cried and patted his back comfortingly. "And…!" Sam continued, just wanting to get this over with. "…and when he left something inside of me, my body reacted to it, and…" He pulled away from his mother and curled his arms tighter around the sparkling. "…and it created a new spark…a new life force inside of me…Honeydew…"

There was shocked silence. Neither Sam nor his parents spoke. Only the distressed small cries from the sparkling were audible, as Mikaela and the Autobots decided to leave the Witwickys to themselves.

"…So let me get this straight…" his father finally spoke up, his voice deadly grave. "You're telling me, that you were raped by a robot, and now…!" He gestured swiftly at Honeydew. "…Now you find it appropriate to tell us you got pregnant with a robot!? That's just perfect, Sam!"

Sam flinched at his father's tone, feeling more tears run down his face. Sam's mother shot up from the bed.

"That's enough!" she snapped. "Our son is in enough pain as it is!"

"Stop it!" Sam yelled, covering his face with one hand. "Just stop it!" Honeydew whimpered and curled up into Sam's chest. "I seriously don't need this right now, not with Honey!"

A guilty silence covered the room once more. Sam's father finally threw his hands up.

"I cant take this," he said. "I'm sorry Sam, I just cant take this." With that, he turned and left.

"Ron! Ron, you come back here and be with your son!" His mother tore off after him, leaving Sam alone sobbing in his room with an equally upset Honeydew. Mikaela and Bee came into the room quickly to see what all the fuss was about.

"Sam, what happened!?" Mikaela asked, looking at the crying Sam. He shook his head and pulled Honey closer to him.

"Dad freaked," Sam said, wiping his tears from his face. "Mom went after him. Don't…" He choked on his words. "…Don't let them back in…" Bumblebee nodded and stood outside the doorway to insure no more intruders on his charge. Mikaela sat down on the edge of the bed and hugged him.

"I'll be okay, Sam," she said. "It'll be okay…"

Well. My mom wouldn't be too happy either if I came home with a random baby robot. Next up, Sam runs into Frenzy and Barricade again! (Dun dun duuuuunnnn!!!)