While Soundwave and Berserk were kissing each other, both the Autobots and the humans were watching them. Bumblebee made a slight gagging sound as Berserk diverted her attention to him. Bumblebee then beeped something as Raf and Berserk looked at the Autobot. Raf looked up at Berserk and said "Just exactly how do Autobots and Decepticons mate? And what does he mean by 'time you had together'?" Berserk looked down at the little boy and said "What Bumblebee means by 'time we spent together,' he means an old debt that I owed him. As for the way that us transformers reproduce…well, you could say that it's pretty similar on how humans reproduce except for a few key differences. I'll be happy to tell you on how transformers reproduce after you learn the basics of human reproduction." While she was telling Raf, a few of the Autobots and Soundwave facepalmed themselves, muttering on how the secret was out on how transformers reproduce.
Berserk giggled a bit, then turned to Soundwave and said "Since I'm pregnant, Megatron is going to be pretty mad that you managed to spawn a sparkling of your own before he did, isn't he?" Soundwave shook his head and explained to Berserk that, after she'd left, Megatron demoted him and frequently beats him up after the argument that Berserk and he had. Soundwave was silent for a moment before asking Berserk on how Megatron could be around after she offlined him after that EMP that she let out. She looked at him and said "Well, while I was picking up yours and the Autobots' bodies, some military trucks came by and took Megatron and some of the other Decepticons' bodies. I followed them to this weird warehouse and observed on how they were taking apart some of the bodies. They also had this gigantic, lustrous, glowing cube in which they revived some of the Decepticons and…" when Optimus broke her off, saying "A gigantic cube? Was it, by any chance, the Allspark?" She looked at him for a moment, paused, and said "Yes, I actually think that it was. Anyway, the cube gave off this distress energy signal, and I promised the cube that I would come back when I wasn't pregnant." "Wait, you promised the cube that you would come back?" said Bulkhead in confusion. Berserk nodded and said "Yeah, I promised the cube that I would come back. When my creators designed me, I was programmed to detect energy signals and harvest their energy. But, ever since that virus rewritten my programming, I could also communicate with some living energy signals as well."
"Virus? What virus?" said Raf with interest. Berserk looked down at Raf and said "About four thousand of your Earth years ago, a virus entered my systems and rewritten my programming. I rebelled against my creators, and destroyed their cities as a result. They eventually recaptured me and tried to eradicate the virus from my systems, but discovered that if they removed the virus, it would send me offline. They tried to add in a few new programs into my systems, but the virus kept on deleting them. Eventually, they managed to upload a few programs that would act as failsafes to suppress the virus, but only certain responses and environments could activate the failsafes."
"Failsafes? What failsafes?" asked Raf. Berserk smiled and said "One of these failsafes is what you humans call music. Of course, only certain songs can activate the failsafe program for music in the first place…anyway, Earth happens to have a variety of songs that activate that program, which is one reason why I happen to like this planet." "Music you say? Well, would metal music count as a failsafe?" asked Miko. "Metal? Why, that happens to be one of my most favorite music genres" laughed Berserk as Miko went "Alright!" Berserk made a slight "oof" sound and placed a servo on her stomach. She looked at Soundwave as he rubbed her stomach, and said to him "It's nothing. It's just the sparkling kicking." Soundwave leaned his head on her stomach, and sure enough, he felt the sparkling move and kick. He then looked at Berserk again, and she thought for a moment and said "For the last few months, I've been living on abandoned airfields. I must admit, it got pretty cold at night at times, and there was dust, broken glass, and twisted metal in the old hangars, which doesn't make them ideal places to give birth. The worst part is that, with me being pregnant like this, it's getting harder and harder to fly. Plus, the injuries that you gave me have received some infection over the last few months" as she pointed to some rusty areas on her armor. Soundwave rubbed the back of his neck as he listened to what Berserk said next; "But, at least the Nemesis will be a good place to give birth." Soundwave shook his head and explained to Berserk that he would be unable to go back since he managed to impregnate her and that he angered Megatron enough already.
Berserk was silent for a moment, and said with a concerned look on her faceplate "So, this is awkward…finding a location to give birth isn't going to be easy, plus, I have no idea if the sparkling would be able to survive in Earth's hostile environments for long. Primus, I even have trouble surviving through some of Earth's seasons from time to time." Ratchet was silent up until now, when he spoke "So you've been surviving in Earth's environments in your condition" while pointing to Berserk's pregnant lump "and you don't even have the slightest idea if your sparkling is going to survive? And you've been flying during the last few deca-cycles? If this keeps up, your sparkling won't make it through birth." Optimus was silent for a while as well when he spoke up "All life is precious, Berserk. And I'm disappointed that you've been on your own for the last few deca-cycles. You could have always come to us for help and a place to stay."
Bumblebee looked at Berserk with pleading optics as he beeped to her that she could stay with the Autobots and raise the sparkling with them. Berserk smiled and said "I'm most grateful that you Autobots are willing to help myself, the sparkling, and Soundwave stay…" as Bulkhead said "Oh no. We're not allowing Soundwave to stay with us. He's a Decepticon, and what's more, he managed to give you those injuries." "He only gave me these injuries because he lost his temper when Bumblebee and I…" Berserk paused and looked down at the humans before continuing "…had, uh, a meeting together." All the Autobots looked at Bumblebee who looked away guiltily. "I even told Bumblebee that it was a bad idea, but he kept on insisting for us…to have that meeting" said Berserk as Soundwave use his digits at Bumblebee to indicate an I've-got-my-optics-on-you motion. She placed a servo on Soundwave's servo and said "I'm willing to take full responsibility of Soundwave to make sure that he doesn't do anything that will get him in trouble with you Autobots." Optimus frowned at this and said "I suppose that we can allow Soundwave to stay, but he will be under constant watch so he won't reveal our location to the other Decepticons. We're still upset at the last time you revealed our base to the Decepticons." Berserk nodded as Soundwave sighed. It was going to be a long pregnancy for Soundwave…
Soundwave watched Ratchet as he repaired Berserk's faceplate and her other injuries. He tilted his head to find Jack, Raf, Miko, and Arcee watching him. He sighed, then returned his attention to Ratchet's work on Berserk. Jack said quietly to Arcee "How is it that you guys know Berserk and why is Soundwave her mate? Isn't she a Decepticon?" "Listen kid, not all bots are on the Autobot or Decepticon side. Some don't want to get involved and are neutrals as result. They usually live by themselves, and don't trust either side too much. As for what she sees in Soundwave, you're going to ask her. Soundwave obviously won't talk, so he's not going to give a straight answer." Soundwave looked towards Arcee and the humans for a moment in silence before saying "The reason that I'm her mate is because she loves me. I'm sorry for what I'd done to her, and I wish that I were there for the last five deca-cycles. I won't abandon her again." The humans were in shock that Soundwave spoke as Jack said "Wait! You can talk?" as Soundwave said "Of course I can talk. I normally choose to be quiet for most of the time. The last time I talked, I was angry at Berserk, so she only knows my voice when I'm mad."
Ratchet turned towards the others and said "Well, she's all repaired. But the next time you do something like this to her again" as he pointed a digit directly into Soundwave's chassis "We won't be thinking twice about offlining you, got it?" as Soundwave nodded. He walked over to his sparkmate and sat down on the medical berth as he stroked her helm gently. She stirred slowly as she onlined one optic to find Soundwave stroking her with love and care. "Soundwave?" she said as he made a sound that sounded like a sigh. She reached up to Soundwave's faceplate and placed a servo on his cheek. He placed a servo on her servo as they stared into each other's optics. "Well, since you're up" said Ratchet "I don't want you to be on your pedes unless it's absolutely necessary. I'm surprised that your sparkling didn't suffer any birth defects, illnesses, or a miscarriage. However…" he brought up some scans of the unborn sparkling "Your sparkling doesn't have a normal body structure. It appears that it looks…well, I can't identify what it looks like, but it doesn't fit normal Cybertronian body structure." Soundwave looked concerned as he saw a scan that had his unborn sparkling. It looked like some weird body structure that he never saw before in a machine, but…
"It looks like a cat" said Miko as she saw the scan. Raf was adjusting his glasses as he took a longer look at the scan. "Ratchet, is it possible for baby transformers to look like Earth animals?" asked Ratchet. "Well, there were an ancient race of organic Cybertronians a great many stellar cycles ago, but they all died out when more mechanical Cybertronians took over. I've never heard of a present-day Cybertronian that gave birth to one of these organic Cybertronians that had once existed, but then again…" Ratchet paused before continuing "Berserk isn't from Cybertron. It's possible that she could be a descendent from the more ancient race of Cybertronians, but then again, I'm not sure where she came from. I would be able to gave you a more precise answer if I just knew where she came from." Raf was silent for a moment before turning to Berserk and asking "So Berserk, where did you come from?" She was silent for a moment before she said "Doesn't matter anymore. Old world where Berserk came from is long gone." Soundwave noticed that she looked hurt when mentioning about her old home planet, and placed a servo on her stomach, rubbing it gently. He felt a small kick coming from her stomach, and placed his head against her stomach, feeling a second kick.
Arcee couldn't help but smirk at Soundwave listening to the sparkling kick inside of Berserk. She turned her head to find Optimus Prime approaching the medical bay area. "So, how's our two friends doing?" Optimus said with some hesitation. "Berserk is doing fine, Soundwave is ok for the most part, but the sparkling, it's too early to know if it will be perfectly normal, but it seems healthy" said Ratchet. Soundwave turned his head slightly to watch Prime as one servo gently held his sparkmate's servo as his other rested on her stomach. Optimus looked at Soundwave momentarily before Arcee spoke up; "So, what are we going to do with him? It's not like we could just trust him." Optimus was silent before he spoke "As much as for Berserk's sake, we need to trust Soundwave, but he would need to be watched constantly. We can't trust Soundwave easily, but in order for him to gain our trust, we must learn to trust him." "I can watch him" said Berserk as all optics and eyes fell on her "I can keep him occupied until I can walk again."
As Berserk said this, Soundwave gave her a smug look while Optimus and Arcee stared at her wide optic and Ratchet gave a grim and disgusted look. The humans all had puzzled looks on their faces. Ratchet just hoped the humans wouldn't ask what she meant by that until Raf asked "And you're going to occupy Soundwave by…?" "Oh, we're just going to listen to music, talk, hug, and catch up on what's been going on in the last five months" said Berserk with a wink at Soundwave. "Oh, sounds interesting" said Raf.
Roughly an hour later, Berserk and Soundwave were alone in Berserk's former room interfacing each other. Soundwave was thrusting more gently than what he usually did, with the health of the sparkling in mind. Berserk moaned as Soundwave gripped her breasts with his servos, and panted whenever Soundwave took a nipple within his mouth. After a while, the both of them were tuckered out, and rested on the berth with Soundwave gently rubbing Berserk's stomach. The both of them drifted off into stasis mode, feeling the sparkling giving off a few kicks before it too went to sleep.