Chapter 25: Welcome

Serenity winced as she sat up. She was now eight weeks into her pregnancy and she now felt really off balance and had to use the wall of the base to get around without falling over on her face. She felt a hand touch her shoulder and she turned and smiled down at Blackout as he woke up. She had moved into his quarters over three weeks ago when their mating had become official. Scorpinok wiggled his legs in the air as he rolled over to get Serenity's attention. She laughed as she tickled his stomach. He let out a little squeak as he wrapped his tail around her arm.

"Good morning to you too, Scorpy." Serenity crooned.

Blackout chuckled as he sat up and stretched. Scorpinok unwrapped his tail from Serenity's arm and leapt onto his partner's shoulder. Serenity stood up and leaned against the wall as Blackout stood up and wrapped his arm around her waist. He kissed her forehead as she leant against his chest.

"Morning, Gorgeous." Blackout said.

"Oh, now I don't have a name?" Serenity joked.

"Ha ha. Aren't you funny." Blackout replied.

They walked out of their room and headed for the rec room to see who all was up and about. When they entered they saw that Megatron was talking to a rather nervous looking Ratchet. He looked like he was speaking a million miles a minute, and Megatron's brow was knitted as he tried to keep up with the medic. Ratchet stopped talking as Serenity and Blackout approached them.

"What's wrong Ratchet?" Serenity asked.

"No, well yes. But it's just that, well, chances are getting higher that you will have to have your child's spark removed early." Ratchet replied.

"Would you calm down Ratchet? I'm fine." Serenity replied, shaking her head in annoyance.

Megatron opened his arms towards Serenity. She smiled as she stepped forward into his embraced. He hugged her gently, careful not to press to hard on her chest, which had grown even more sensitive. Serenity rubbed her face against his as he brought it down to her level. Ratchet took a quick intake of air as this happened. He, like most of the other Autobots and mechs for that matter, were not used to mature Transformers show such displays of affection with their relatives in public.

"Oh for crying out loud Ratchet! It's ok for family members to show affection!" She snapped.

She snapped her optics shut as a pain shot through her chest. It had been occurring for the past week. Ratchet said that it was just that the spark was getting bigger and was moving around beside her spark. She wished it would calm down a little, she didn't like that it was getting so active after only eight weeks. Most sparks needed at least nine weeks before they were ready to be transported to a permanent body. She winced as she felt the spark push against her chest plate. She tried not to whimper.

Megatron looked at her and motioned to Ratchet. Ratchet took a quick scan of her and almost fainted.

"Somebody better get the child's body. It's ready to be transported." Ratchet wheezed.

"WHAT!" Blackout, Megatron and Serenity screamed at the same time.

"Just get her to the med bay Megatron. Blackout, get the kid's body." Ratchet ordered.

Megatron wrapped his arms around her legs and lifted her into his arms. He quickly headed towards the med bay, Ratchet mumbling about how this wasn't good news. Serenity glared at him and hissed at him. He stepped away from Megatron a little and entered the med bay first. He had a bed ready for her by the time they entered. Megatron placed her gently on the bed as Blackout entered with the protoform body. Serenity's optic shutters were half-closed, either from pain or from panic.

"Serenity, I need you to remove your chest plate. If you would like anyone, other than me, to leave the room because you are uncomfortable about their presence, let me know." Ratchet stated as he rubbed some kind of lubricant over his hands.

"I'm fine." Serenity stated. She tried to get her chest plate off but her hands were shaking too much.

Blackout walked over to her and helped her remove the chest plate. Megatron closed his optics somewhat. He didn't exactly want to see Serenity's spark. Blackout blinked a little as he saw their child's spark attached to Serenity's. It was almost the same size, give or take a couple of sizes. Serenity was breathing hard as Ratchet approached, her hand held tightly onto Blackout's.

Ratchet stuck his hands into her spark compartment and gently grasped the smaller spark. Serenity tightened her grip on Blackout's hand. Ratchet carefully removed the spark and placed it in the protoform's open chest compartment. It closed on its own and a blue-grey light enveloped the body. Serenity placed her chest plate back on and sat up quickly. She looked at her child's body as the light faded. She gasped as she saw the body.

The body wasn't in robot mode. It was in its alt mode. Only it wasn't a car or jet or any other kind of vehicle. It was an animal of sort. It lifted its head and let out a small growl. It had red eyes, not optics. It had leathery wings and four clawed feet. Small horns were present on its head but they were very small. Its body was covered by a metallic silvery-blue metal in the pattern of scales.

"By the All Spark!" Megatron stuttered.

"It's a dragon!" Blackout stated dumbfounded.

"A dragon? As in those flying reptiles that humans have told about in their ancient folklores?" Ratchet asked.

Serenity walked forward slowly. The dragon lifted its head towards her and made a soft chirping noise in panic. She made a soft hushing noise.

"It's ok little one. I'm not going to hurt you." Serenity said gently.

The dragon lifted its head and looked hard into her optics. It suddenly lunged itself at her and landed on her chest. It rubbed its head against her chest. Then it spoke and Serenity almost started crying.

"Mama." It said. Its voice was high pitched, but it was still a mechs voice.

"Blackout, it's a boy." She called. She stroked its head, fighting back tears.

"What are we going to call him?" Blackout asked as he walked over and in behind her looking down at his son. It lifted its head towards him and tilted its head in a questioning way.

"I think I'll call him, Dreamweaver. After all, he just weaved all our dreams together." Serenity replied.

"I like the name." Blackout commented. "Hello, Dreamweaver. I'm your father."

Scorpinok climbed onto Serenity's shoulder and looked at Dreamweaver. They both looked at each other and in a split second they were rolling on the floor, wrestling with each other.

"Well look on the bright side. At least they get along." Serenity laughed.

Author's note: Ok, so I jumped ahead really fast. I decided that I would make him a dragon and I love the name! Does it sound girly? I hope not!