Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, they are owned by Hasbro. Dinotrap, Ratbait, and Chopper are my little creations. Cheetor and Dinobot are fighting for their lives, will they make it through and will the sparklings have both their creators? What about Cheetor? This has implied slash, but nothing too blatant. No like – no read. You are warned. This is strictly a fan fic. No flames or harsh comments. Constructive criticisms welcome. Enjoy!
Cheetor and Dinobot were deep in recharge and lying in the med bay. Rattrap was worried as he could feel his sparkmate fight for his life. Rattrap kept pulsing out loving pulses to his sparkmate, hoping that it would help. Ratbait and Chopper, anxious to go see "daddy" lay on either side of Dinobot, both curled up and laying on top of Dinobot's spark area, as if drawn by the warmth. Little Dinotrap, on the other hand, went over to Cheetor, and curled up by his spark area, seeking out its warmth. Rattrap, too big to sleep on the berth with Dinobot, Rattrap slept curled up on the floor near his mate, wanting to be there when his sparkmate woke up.
Day after day, Rattrap paced while Rhinox worked hard to help both Cheetor and Dinobot recover from the sacrifices that they had made. Rhinox had checked over little Dinotrap and other than finding her a little over weight, Rhinox could find no ill effects from her taking energon off of Cheetor, who was the youngest bot amongst the group besides the sparklings. In fact, Rhinox told Rattrap that had Cheetor not fed the little one his own energon, the little femme would not have made it. Rattrap felt even guiltier because there was anyone he bugged more than Dinobot, it was Cheetor. Rattrap continued to watch, unaware that he was moodier now as he was once again pregnant, with multiple sparklings as rats and raptors rarely if ever had one offspring at a time.
Finally, ten earth days after the two bots were brought in underfed and/or severely injured, life was starting to return in the med bay. Dinobot, still in pain, was opening his optics and was able to see his little sparklings resting on his chest, but was unable to hug his sparkmate as it caused the warrior too much pain, but Rattrap leaned over and gave the bot a kiss, relief evident on the rodent's faceplate and by the energon tears leaking out of the rat's optics. Rattrap was just grateful that he would not have to raise all the sparklings on his own, the ones he had and any future ones coming.
But as for Cheetor, little Dinotrap was still trying to wake the large bot, large energon drops in her precious little optics. She was determined not to give up and gave an excited squeak when she rubbed Cheetor's tummy and he moved. While he was not awake yet, she was just happy that he was online for now. Both still needed medical care for a little while longer before they could be released, but all 6 stayed in the make shift med bay. Rattrap and Dinobot both realized just how far Cheetor had gone to protect and save their little one when they learned from Blackarachnia and Optimus Primal that Cheetor had been feeding his own energon to keep the little one alive. They were speechless, as neither had expected something like that out of a bot so young. Cheetor had truly shown what it meant to be a Maximal.
After a few more days, both Dinobot and Cheetor were back and healthy. Optimus Primal was thrilled that they had pulled through, though it was obvious to see that the sparklings were the reason that both Cheetor and Dinobot made it. And watching Cheetor with little Dinotrap, it was almost as if the pair were brother and sister, and so Dinotrap and Rattrap, both much older than Cheetor, talked and talked at length. They both saw how good Cheetor was not only with Ratbait and Chopper but also and especially little Dinotrap.
After the two talked, Rattrap and Dinobot talked at length with Cheetor. Not knowing what was going on, Optimus watched with a careful optic, as he did not want any of the team to suffer. But when Primal saw the three coming back laughing, he knew something good had happened. Rattrap and Dinobot announced that they had adopted Cheetor as one of their own, even though he was a grown bot. Cheetor was grateful as he had never really had a family when he grew up, as he had always been moved from one family to the next, for some unknown reason, no one had ever wanted him until now.
Optimus Primal was happy, as were the rest of the crew. Then Optimus gave them the even better news, the Megatron was no longer around. Optimus was shot a scared look by Dinobot as Dinobot knew that he had caused all the damage to Megatron, but Optimus walked up to Dinobot and told him "You may have caused the wounds, but because of your love for Dinotrap, you refused to kill him. He died because he refused to get help."
Dinobot raised his head, as he could now hold it proudly as even though he did not directly get rid of his enemy, he showed himself to be a true warrior, one with compassion and mercy. Rattrap, knowing Dinobot's hatred for Megatron, realized how much of a good guy Dinobot was when he refused to kill Megatron in front of little Dinotrap.
Meanwhile, Silverbolt was falling for Blackarachnia, who had defected from the Predicons, but now that the leader was gone, the rest of the Predicons were in disarray, not knowing who to listen to, hence Dinobot and Rattrap as well as their sparklings were mostly safe, though they would be safer once the Maximals could return to their own time. And with Rattrap being pregnant and with exploring new planets being their mission, they would be trapped in the past just a little bit longer, but the question would be, would they ever find what they were looking for to determine what planet they were on before they had to go home and before Rattrap gave birth again?