I do not own Transformers. Things do take a bit of a dark turn here.
Ratchet was massaging his helm. He had a massive processor ache with what was happening that day. Airachnid was still unconscious, and everybody was in his or her rooms or out. At least he had some peace and quiet for the moment.
He must have dozed off, because the next thing that he knew, he was awakened by Airachnid's screaming. She was hissing and screeching from her tail's uncomfortable position. Tears were forming in her optics as she continued to trash, before Ratchet shouted at her to shut up. She then quieted down, but she still hissed and her body quivered. Ratchet exhaled air through his nostrils, and then he approached the lamia. "I'm just going to readjust your tail. I need you perfectly still for this part" he said as he grabbed Airachnid's tail. He then yanked on it, and she screeched.
"Why the frag did you do that for?" screeched Airachnid. Ratchet glared at her and said "For a femme's body type as yours, the only known way to readjust your tail without cutting it off is to give it a hard pull. It's going to take several pulls to get your tail aligned again, so I need you to be still." She hissed again, but gripped the berth and closed her optics, flinching.
It took several more yanks on Airachnid's tail, but he got half of it aligned. He was about to continue with the procedure when Arcee came in. "Ratchet, I need you to…WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?" shouted Arcee. Airachnid hissed at her, and Ratchet pinched the bridge of his nose. "She's here because I need to adjust her tail before we lock her up. I already removed her poisonous spines, so we just need to watch out for her mouth and legs. So what brings you here?" asked Ratchet. "I need to have the energon removed from my breasts because Jambi and Viginti are currently teething and they're biting at my nipples," said Arcee.
While Ratchet and Arcee were talking, Airachnid looked away and thought for a moment. She remembered when she was pregnant with Predacon sparklings, but Shockwave removed them. As a side effect for getting pregnant so often, her breasts were lactating energon, but it was at a very low level.
A roar was heard when Predaking entered the area in his beast mode. "Arcee" he said, "I managed to pick up Jack's scent. He's in heat, and he's becoming more interested in his femmes. Soon, he'll mate with them and produce offspring. I couldn't be more proud of him." The Predacon then sniffed the air, and that's when he noticed Airachnid. "Cranky, did Bee-bee get the slut pregnant?" he asked. Arcee snorted in laughter a bit at what Predaking said, as Airachnid grew pale for a moment, then shouted, "No, we did not interface!" "Then, why are you producing milk?" he asked. "Just a side effect of having to mate with all of Shockwave's Predacons" she snarled, and then turned her body so she was resting flat on her stomach.
Elita-1 woke up later that morning to find Optimus' arms wrapped around her mid-section. She rubbed Optimus' neck, getting a small moan from him as he turned in his sleep. Shrugging, she got up to get some energon.
She entered the main area to find a human femme sobbing. She had a large stomach, indicating that she was pregnant. The human looked up at Elita-1, and then looked away in shame. Not knowing what that was about, Elita-1 continued to the medical bay.
She found Airachnid strapped to the berth, and Arcee lying on her back as Ratchet was pumping the energon out of her breasts. Airachnid was staring at Arcee, and Arcee was calm about it. The dragoness turned her head to Elita-1, as Ratchet turned to see her as well. "Hello, Elita-1" said Ratchet. "Good morning, Ratchet" said Elita-1. She looked at Airachnid again, and then asked, "Why isn't she locked up?" "I still need to adjust her tail. If I don't, it won't heal properly. And then, she'll never shut up about it" said Ratchet as Airachnid said (in an insulted voice) "Ha ha ha."
Elita-1 just stared at the femme. Sure, she was the enemy, but her fur made her seem beautiful. With her tail armor missing, it was almost as if she was staring at another femme who didn't have any pede, leg, or crotch armor on. "Ok Arcee, I've pumped out your breast energon," said Ratchet, snapping Elita-1 out of her trance. She looked back at her sister, and she watched the femme snap on her breast armor. The blue dragoness got up, and said "Now I can wean the sparklings off my breasts" as she went to collect the energon.
As Arcee walked out with the sparkling-grade energon, Elita-1 couldn't help but notice that Airachnid was crying. The Artic Basilisk looked at Elita for a moment, then looked away. Arcee may not be able to defeat her on the battlefield, but she has defeated her in another way: she had a family.
June watched Arcee pass her by, when she hissed. "June?" asked Arcee. "Just another kick. Who knew that Optimus' sparklings knew how to kick so hard?" said June as Elita-1 looked towards them and said "What?" June and Arcee looked at Elita-1, then back at each other with nervous looks.
Optimus was sleeping when he heard the scream "HE DID WHAT? OPTIMUS PRIME IS ONE DEAD MECH!" He shot up straight, and looked around in panic. He then heard loud pedesteps as he heard Elita-1 approach his door, and she tore it open. She was snarling at him as she said in an angry voice, "Optimus, you have some explaining to do." He looked confused, as Elita-1 said, "You interfaced with another femme, and not just any femme, a tiny creature that is well outside of our species! And, you got her pregnant!" Optimus went pale, as he tried to explain "Err…you see…um…"
The next thing that Optimus knew, he was on the ground, with a handprint on his cheek. He then yelped when Elita-1 yanked on his audio antennas hard. "Elita, will you calm down? Arcee explained the whole thing to me," said Rhinox as he poked his head in the door. Elita looked to her left, and she saw Rhinox, her sisters, June, Jack, Miko, Sierra, Predaking, Smokescreen, Ultra Magnus, and Sky Lynx staring at them. The pregnant female took a step forward and said "Listen, Elita-1, Optimus got me pregnant because we were both lonely. He thought that you were dead for millennia, and he was sad that he didn't have any sparklings. I felt sorry for him since I knew what it was like to lose a mate. He told me how much how he still loves you. He didn't know that you were still alive after all this time. He then told me on how bonds fade away after long periods of time if the bond isn't renewed."
"That still doesn't explain why he got you pregnant" she said as she began twisting Optimus' audio antennas hard. He cringed in pain as his poor antennas were being twisted. June blushed a bit, and then said, "Well, we were feeling lonely one night, and Optimus was a little bit drunk. I came in, and we talked for a while, then he said that he didn't want to feel lonely any more. One thing led to another, and he got me pregnant." Elita-1 stared at June for a bit, then said, "How did he managed to fit his…?" "Oh, no, it was nothing like that," said June immediately as she blushed a bit more, "He told me of a special way that your kind, in which you can produce sparklings and form a bond." That got Elita-1 very angry, as she yanked on Optimus' horn hard, causing him to scream. "Spark-bonding is supposed to be only for us," she said through gritted dentals.
Jack, on the other hand, was feeling a little freaked-out as he heard the conversation, so he turned around and headed for the rec area of the base. When he got there, Raf was typing on his computer as Jack collapsed on the couch. "Jack, what's wrong?" asked Raf. "I just heard the most disturbing conversation going on with my mom, Elita-1, and Optimus. Elita is arguing with my mother and Optimus on how he got my mom pregnant. I don't know how this day can get any weirder or more disturbing," said Jack. "You should see some of the security cam feed that Ratchet has recorded ever since we got Arcee's sisters and the others. Although, the camera in Ultra Magnus' room was by far the most disturbing one" said Raf in a dark voice. Jack stared at Raf with a confused look as Raf indicated for Jack to come over.
A loud scream was heard echoing through the base, as everyone looked down the hallway, then Smokescreen said, "I'm still amazed on how that spider glitch can scream so loud." "That wasn't Airachnid, Smokescreen. That was Jack screaming" said Arcee as she bolted down the hallway. What is that boy up to now? Wondered Predaking before he followed his mate.
When they got to the rec room, they saw Jack throwing up as stared darkly at the screen. "Jack, what is it?" asked Predaking. "urk…I sa…urk…I saw Chromia and…urk…Ultra Magnus alone in their room…hurk…on the video feed. Hack…I saw something…urk…that I never should have…hurk…seen" said Jack as he threw up. Arcee and Predaking stared at Jack, as Raf shook his head, and then brought up the video on the screen.
Predaking's laugh echoed down the halls as the others looked at each other, then headed down the hallway. Only June remained with Elita and Optimus. The pink femme was twisting Optimus' wings as he screamed in pain when June shouted "Elita, stop!" She looked up from what she was doing, and June was crying. She watched them fight, then turn and ran. A sniffling sound was heard, and Elita looked down and found Optimus crying. "Optimus?" asked Elita. Only sniffles could be heard before he shouted, "Yes, I know that I'm a malfunction for cheating on you! I'm sorry that I mated with June. I'm sorry that I thought that you were offline, and I'm sorry that I got June pregnant in the first place. I'm sorry that I created this whole slag mess that I started." He began to weep as Elita stared at him for a long time.
June was curled up into a ball in her room, under the covers of her bed. Her arms were wrapped around a pillow, and she was hugging it to her chest. She was crying into it, as she remembered everything that happened with Optimus and Elita when the femme came to the base. Elita was supposed to be dead, and Optimus was supposed to be hers. But no, she was alive the whole time. That meant that Optimus was still bonded to Elita, and she was pregnant with his child who will be born out of wedlock. She thought that Optimus was a great guy, but no, he was no better than Jack's father!
Predaking was laughing as he walked back to his nest. That video of Ultra Magnus with Chromia was hilarious. Ultra Magnus was stammering in horror at what he saw, and Chromia screamed as she ran back to her room. The other Autobots were freaking out, screaming, or laughing hard. Arcee was walking behind her mate, quiet about what she saw. She couldn't get those images out of her mind; they were supposed to be private and intimate, not for everybody to see.
Inside his room, Optimus was lying on the floor as Elita was curled up on the berth. She didn't want to talk to Optimus, so he kept quiet. He went over in his mind everything that Elita shouted at him, and the look on June's face as she watched them fight. He sighed, then got up and went out the door. He had to talk to June about something important.
June was moaning. Her sparkling was restless in her womb, and she was afraid. "Please rest, little one. I know that your father is a jerk, but…you're not the first one to be born this way. Your older brother was born the same way. His father was a jerk as well, then he left and I was alone with Jack. Your brother now has two mates, but he vows to be there for them. I promise to love you as much as I loved Jack," said June.
A knock was heard on the door, followed by "June?" "What do you want?" said June as tears leaked down her eyes. "I just wanted to talk to you," said Optimus. "Come in," said June as she heard the door opened, then an "oof." She turned her head, and smirked. Optimus was on his stomach, but halfway in her room (that's as far as he could crawl in on his stomach and fit comfortably in the room.) He folded his arms and rested his chin on his servos. "So…what did you want to talk about?" asked June. "About everything. I know that I screwed up big time by getting you pregnant. Elita won't even talk to me now, and I know that she won't even take the sparkling. Before we went our own ways, I promised her that we would have our first sparkling together. Instead, I had it with you. I know that she won't accept the sparkling that I had with you, and I know that she cares too much about me to leave me. I doubt that she will accept you for what you are, June, so…I'm sorry that I can't be your sparkmate. Don't get me wrong, June. I still love you, but…I still love Elita," said Optimus.
June stared at Optimus, and then said "What about the sparkling? I can't raise it alone." "I have, unfortunately, come up with the only solution. On Cybertron, there were very special circumstances where a sparkling was aborted. Zeta Prime had a few sparklings aborted because he had them with lowly femmes and mechs. Only a few mechs and femmes knew of Zeta Prime's sparklings, and they took a vow of silence. I accidentally came upon the report on the Iacon archives, but Alpha Trion told me to never speak of it. I'm afraid the sparkling will have to die," said Optimus as tears leaked out of his optics. June went pale, then said "Die? But Optimus, isn't there some other way? Arcee can carry the sparkling when it's bigger and…" as Optimus shook his head. "No June," said Optimus, "She won't approve of the sparkling, and she won't approve of Arcee carrying the sparkling. I messed up when I created this slag storm when I took you as a mate. Elita's hurt enough when she found out when I got you pregnant. I don't want to hurt her any more than I have now. Listen June, I'll be by your side when you give birth, and I'll stay with you as it dies." "Optimus" said June as she got up and placed a hand where Optimus' nose would be "I'm sorry that we're having a sparkling together, only to watch it die. I wish that there was some other way." "So do I, June. So do I" said Optimus as he cried with June.