Chapter 10: Who We Help Shows Who We Are

That night dinner in the mess hall starts out as normal as any other dinner. It is taco night so there are Energon tacos stations and then of course taco stations for us humans. There are also various other foods both for human and Transformer. They even are nice enough to accommodate my veganism. It's really just a typical dinner at Decepticon headquarters except for the fact that the Autobots are joining us tonight. They seem to be joining us more and more often which is wonderful.

Megatron is sitting up front on his throne. To his right sits Starscream who is his second-in-command and to his left sits Soundwave who is his third in command. The rest of us sit at various tables. At my table it is me, Rumble, Frenzy, Alexis, Shyla, baby Kya, Thundercracker, and Skywarp. We are all enjoying our food when Megatron taps on his glass of Energon so he can make an announcement. He nods at me and I get up and walk to the front of the room dragging Rumble along with me.

When I get to the front of the room, I raise my hands up for quiet. I then reach back down and take a hold of Rumble's hand. "I have an announcement to make everyone. Rumble and I are expecting a baby."

Suddenly the room burst into shouts, howls, and applause. Frenzy comes to the front of the room picks me up and swings me around and then hugs his brother. Alexis and Shyla both hug me and Thundercracker kneels down and gives a fist bump to Rumble. Starscream comes down out of his seat picks me up in his servo. At the same time he picks Rumble up in his other servo. He nods and smiles at us in congratulations before he puts us down again. Someone yells; "Do you know what you're having?"

Rumble answers for the both of us;"Yes we are having a femme."

Megatron taps his class again; "Quiet everyone. There's another announcement. Another more serious one. I will leave it to Daisy to tell you all."

I address the group again. "Yesterday Cyclonus received a distress call from Galvatron. He along with Scourge and the Sweeps have been infected with Cosmic Rust. Unicron has banished them to a Moon not far from Earth. Megatron and Optimus Prime have agreed to send a group to go retrieve them and take them back to the Ark for treatment."

My second announcement is met with moans, groans, looks of shock, and even shouts of anger. Megatron stands up out of his throne and bellows for order. Blitzwing speaks up; "Why should we help them? Galvatron tried to take over the Decepticons. None of them want to leave Unicron. They cannot be trusted."

Megatron goes to speak but I stopped him. I look Blitzwing straight in the optics as I say this; "We are going to do this for two reasons. First of all, now that there is peace, we need to do things to help each other. Who we help shows who we are. Are we only going to help our allies or we going to help anyone who needs it? Second of all, we were able to get Cyclonus away from Unicron which means it can be done. Or have you forgotten that your bondmate was a slave of Unicron himself until we got him away?

Blitzwing suddenly looks ashamed. He looks over at Cyclonus. They have not been bonded for very long and I think sometimes Blitzwing forgets that Cyclonus was once our enemy. He gets up and walks over to Cyclonus, gathering him in his arms. I hear them whispering together. Eventually Blitzwing turns and nods at me. "You have my support, 1000%."; he says.

Soon every Decepticon in the room nods slowly. Finally it is Thundercracker who speaks out; "Even if we didn't agree with what you're doing we trust her judgment Daisy. And if Megatron and Optimus Prime agree with you that we should help them that you have our support."

After that I sit back down and dinner goes on as usual. Rumble and I are holding hands under the table and every once in a while, another Transformer comes over to congratulate us. Some even ask if they can touch my stomach and I tell them yes but I tell them that the baby's not really moving around to the point yet where they would be able to feel it. They seem not to care and they call the baby a sparkling. They are just as excited as they were when Shyla was pregnant with Kya.

Alexis and Starscream are both staring at me. I know that they long for a child of their own. They are not sure yet how are they are going to do it. Alexis has cystic fibrosis. This would make a pregnancy very dangerous for her. It is a possibility that Starscream is going to have to carry their child. However, because of the cystic fibrosis they will not be able to use Alexis' eggs otherwise the cystic fibrosis may be passed on to her child. They seem happy for me and I put it in the back of my mind that I'm going to need to help them figure things out. I have an idea in my head but I will not be able to do anything about it until after this crisis is over.

Rumble and I decide to call it a night. He and the rest of the team are going to be leaving in the morning and I want to spend time with my beloved before he has to leave on this dangerous mission. We hold hands as we walk down the hallway to his quarters. As we go past Blitzwing's quarters I see that he has Cyclonus sitting up on the desk. I don't get to see much as Rumble is in a hurry, but I do see that Blitzwing's fingers are in Cyclonus' valve and that they are kissing. I smile to myself.

The minute we get into our quarters Rumble slams the door and pulls me close to him. "Did you like what you saw? Did seeing Blitzwing fragging Cyclonus with his fingers make you wet?"; he growls in my ear as he throws me on our bed.

I moan against his mouth as he presses his glossa to my lips. I like watching and I like being watched. I think that might have been part of the reason Rumble and I got together. We're both very open sexually.

My train of thought is suddenly broken by his forehead pressed against mine. He takes his visor off so he can look at me with his optics right into my eyes. "I love you. You are the love of my life, Daisy. No one could ever replace you."

I smile back at him and tell him that I love him too and that no one could ever replace him. But in a way my heart is sad because I know but he will outlive me. He has immortality which is something I do not have. But in a way I do now because our child and then turn her children and grandchildren etc. will be able to carry on my DNA and my name and being part Transformer will most likely give our child immortality just like her father. I do not dwell on this because I choose to live life to the fullest and enjoy the time that we do have which will be a very long time. I am very healthy and I have told Rumble that I will be with him for many years to come.

I gasp out loud as he pushes up my skirt and pulls down my panties. I nearly scream as his spike pushes into me. We make love until we both can't speak, then fall asleep in each other's arms.