Eclipse and Jazz woke late the next day to the twins crying. Eclipse could barely move enough to bring one sparkling closer to her chassis and then shifted closer to Jazz. The silver mech pulled Gold closer to him before wrapping an arm around Eclipse. The femme immediately went back into recharge. Their sparks constantly sang to each other, making sure that each spark answered back. Jazz could tell that the femmes had panicked when their mates had been captured and Eclipse even more so since her sparklings had been in danger as well. Firefly had still been able to get to her sparkling, leaving her slightly calmer but still as dangerous. Waterfall and Hound weren't bond mates, but the green femme was starting to form a close bond with Hound. Jazz nestled closer before drifting back into recharge.
Across the Ark, Elita-One and Optimus were sitting in the command center with Red Alert, keeping watch as most of the Ark stayed in recharge. Elita cradled their sparkling in her arms, Prime often turning from the computer to rub a finger over the little one's helm.
"Hopefully the Decepticons won't rear their ugly heads," Chromia said, walking into the room. Elita glanced over at her.
"Knowing them, they will choose this time to strike. We unfortunely have to prepare. But we'll leave the two pairs and Hound and Waterfall alone. They need rest. It was a very trying experience, one that I think they don't want to repeat."
"It's true. Like they say, no wrath like a femme scorned. It's one thing to mess with a femme, another to mess with her bond-mate and creations. They don't take it lightly." Chromia walked up to the pink femme and looked down and the little mech.
"So you have you two decided on a name?" Elita shook her head.
"With what happened, we really didn't get a chance," she said.
"What about…Nexus?" a voice questioned. Elita, Prime and Chromia glanced at the doorway. Waterfall was leaning in the doorway, watching them with calm optics.
"Waterfall! You should be in recharge," Elita exclaimed, passing the sparkling to Optimus before going to Waterfall. She put a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah. But I kept having bad dream sequences," she looked up to Elita, "I didn't want to wake Hound."
"Come on, I'll take you to First Aid." She started to lead the green femme out of the room before pausing and looking back at Optimus.
"You know 'Fall, Nexus is a good name. I think it fits perfectly." With that, she followed the femme out of the room. Going down the hall, they soon made it to the medbay. Stepping into the 'bay, they were met by quiet. Only First Aid was there, tinkering with something. He looked up as the doors slid open and stood up when they entered.
"Something wrong?" He immediately noticed Waterfall who was leaning against Elita.
"She can't stay in recharge." First Aid nodded then moved towards a cabinet, pulling out a cube of red Energon.
"Here." Waterfall took the cube and drank it before handing the empty cube back to First Aid. Elita had her loop an arm around Elita's shoulder and led her back to her quarters. Waterfall gave her a small smile and thanks as the door slid open and she walked inside. In the room, Hound glanced up from his berth.
"You all right?" he asked her, holding his arm out to her. Waterfall moved towards him, collapsing on the berth. Hound slipped his arm around her waist and pulled her close. The femme snuggled against him, her systems purring lightly. The medicated Energon took hold and she fell into a deep recharge beside him. Hound laid his head back and returned to recharge as well, his arms wrapped gently around her.
Elita made her way back to the command center. Nexus chirped as his other Creator returned. The sparkling was nearly lost in Optimus's arms but completely content next to his warm spark.
In the medbay, Ratchet and Firefly were taking their chance to rest to the fullest. Whisper was calmly sleeping between them, not having been as stressed as the twins. But she had not taken to Ratchet being gone very well. She had sensed her mother's panic and had continuously chirped and whined for him. She had made loud sounds of glee when he had returned and Firefly had showered her with affection.
Firefly had fussed over Ratchet. He didn't say anything because he could see the worry that was still in her optics and feel it across their bond. He had finally convinced her that they should rest. The femme had stubbornly disagreed and wanted to watch over them. But as soon as Ratchet had her over to the berth, the femme had almost literally crashed into recharge. He had simply smiled and followed suit.
It wasn't until the next day until the rest of the Ark started to stir. The three pairs were left well alone to recharge throughout the day before appearing the day after. The Ark slowly began to return to normal, or about as normal as it could get with three older sparklings and a new sparkling. The femmes and their mates held stick to the rule of no cussing and the older Twins had found themselves almost slipping on more than one occasion. The mechs did think it was funny though to watch Ratchet start to head off into a rant then realize that he couldn't open his mouth with Whisper or the other sparklings around. They laughed every time they left after being repaired though they didn't dare do it to his face.
Several years passed. The Autobots gradually began to beat back the Decepticons. With the battle of Autobot City, the Decepticons had almost been completely destroyed except for very few survivors that managed to escape. They were hunted out and eradicated. The Ark's family grew when trigger happy Ironhide found out that Chromia was carrying a spark. When he was met with the stout little mech for the first time, he promptly named him Full Blast. And he was full, not of blast, but of mischief. When Eclipse and Firefly's sparklings began to grow into younglings, Firefly found herself with another little one. The Autobots had unmercifully teased him when it was another femme. Femmes now surrounded the temperamental CMO. Meadow Lark quickly won her father's spark nonetheless and enjoyed being in his arms as he went around to check on patients.
Hound and Waterfall had bonded during that time. Waterfall was the last to have a sparkling, a little femme that they had named Rain Storm due to when she had been born.
With the Decepticons gone, life was peaceful. But it certainly wasn't dull. The two pairs of twins, two sisters, Optimus and Ironhide's little mechs and the littlest femme never let it become boring. Some of the best times were as they were growing up. And who knows, maybe one day, a series of their stories will surface. Life with Love and War had sparked them and now, they were the life of peace.
EH: All right, that's all for this story. I hope you all enjoyed. And as the story says, maybe there will be a series of stories about the sparklings. It will probably be a prompt kind of thing, where the readers send in suggestions. I'll try to work on Ties of Destiny but I'm kind of at a stand still. I'll see you all around though! See ya!