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Maggie woke up inside the recovery chamber again she groaned at the sight of it around her. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in Optimus Prime's arms before he left to talk to Samuel. The top opened up to show a very concerned looking Ratchet. Maggie looked at him confused asking, "Why was I in there, and how long since you guys were back already. Where is Prime he must be worried sick?"

Ratchet's Haloform bent down and looked her in the eyes saying, "You have been in here a couple of months Maggie" He took her hand saying, "We almost lost you when Optimus Prime went offline we had to work real hard to save you. I know how you feel about Optimus Prime but your sparkling needs you." Maggie sat there in shock she had two things to process I guess it was taking her too long to say anything as Ratchet asked, "Are you alright Maggie?"

Maggie nodded before asking, "Can I see him?" She was literally in shock he was just going to talk there wasn't supposed to be any fighting.

Ratchet nodded picking her up and carrying her to where Optimus Prime's body lay. He gently placed her near the body saying, "We are looking into ways to bring him back." Maggie just nodded her head touching his lifeless body asking, "Did he suffer any?" She was still processing the fact that the man she loved was gone she thought for sure he'd outlive her.

Ratchet replied, "No he off-lined quickly managing to save Samuel Witwicky in the process."

Maggie had tears in her eyes asking, "Why was I sick? The baby I mean sparkling is it ok?"

Ratchet scratched his head saying, "The closest I can guess is that when Prime off-lined it put added strain on your body that overwhelmed it. As it was still busy creating the new life within you. We were debating on letting you join Optimus Prime until we noticed the sparklings readings. We are hoping we can bring him back to you but if not we will all pitch in to raise this little one."

Theodore Galloway walked into the hangar yelling, "What is this scrap metal doing in here anyway."

Maggie frowned at the man who walked into the hanger asking, "Who are you? How dare you call him scrap metal?"

He replied, "I am Theodore Galloway and I told both Sector Seven, and these machines are to remove this pile of junk. I have authority given to me by the president himself."

Maggie glared at the man and then at Ratchet asking, "May I have my cell phone please?"

Ratchet left and returned within moment's phone in hand handing it over to her. Maggie opened the phone and dialed she started talking [sir, hello this is code name, Maggie. I wish to make a deal with you as I dislike this new laky of yours. Can I have Autobots, and Sector Seven employee's to run my business you can deny we exist, sir. An apology from him would be nice too sir. Ok we have a deal sir thanks]

Ratchet looked at her oddly saying, "Who were you talking to Maggie?"

Galloway's phone rang he answered when he was done he turned to Ratchet saying, "The president says I must apologize for calling your fallen comrade scrap metal. So I am sorry now get off my base."

Maggie patted Ratchet saying, "Give these coordinates to the Sector Seven pilot, and we will follow on ground to the Autobots new headquarters." Ratchet stood there stunned it had taken this woman under five minutes to get the president but perhaps that was because she was a military secret herself. He doubted she could use her code name to get another deal from the president. She patted Ratchet saying, "Let's go home"

Ratchet dismissed the Haloform and transformed letting Maggie climb into the cab, and heading to the coordinates that she had given him. He drove straight into what looked like the side of a mountain only to realize that the road now went down underground. He let Maggie get out and transformed into his robot form walking around he was impressed by the massive area. She smiled saying, "I already had this set up with my original deal I just asked for Sector Seven's help."

She climbed into his hand and pointed leading him to where his new medic bay was he saw Optimus Prime's body on a berth tucked out-of-the-way. Ratchet was speechless he had everything he could need, and or want as a medic. He was soon joined by the other Autobots who were also speechless. Maggie asked, "Will this do as a home for you guys. I know Optimus would never want to be far from you guys so I thought it would be best to have a home for you all nearby. Ratchet and the other Autobots were silent for a moment before Ratchet said, "This is great Maggie perhaps you should give us a tour so we know where everything is."

She smiled replying, "There is no need as the blueprint is on the walls but if you'd like I can. I thought perhaps rest was in order while my body gets used to the extra demand."

Ratchet smiled looking at the blueprints on the wall showing where everything was there looked like there was plenty of room to expand should more Autobots arrive. He noticed where Prime would normally be and carried her to its location he noticed parts of it looked like it was for her. He placed Maggie who had fallen asleep in his hand in the bed before leaving to explore. He figured she was not only emotionally exhausted from the loss of her mate, and the added demand of her sparkling.

He knew he'd need a human doctor to help with the sparkling as it was also a part of Maggie so there was bound to be some human factors to take into consideration. This was totally uncharted territory he knew full well that Optimus Prime would be devastated if Maggie or the sparkling didn't make it. He most certainly didn't want to be on the receiving end of Optimus Prime's rage if anything happened to his femme while he was off-line. Now it was twice as important to keep Maggie out of Decepticon hands if they discovered the sparkling, and realized it was Optimus Prime's who knows what they'd want to do with it.