Chapter 28
Kon
Optimus Prime/ Knock Out
Knock Out looked from the Prime to Ratchet and back once again. "What?" asked Knock Out calmly.
"You're in labor." stated Ratchet.
Optimus held the sports car closer to him. "Can we move him off this boat?" asked Optimus. "Can we bridge him to base?"
Ratchet thought silently for a few clicks. "Your going to have to carry him, Knock Out it could be painful if he carried you."
"Lets give it try then." stated Knock Out.
Optimus grabbed the red sports car as Ratchet called for a bridge and grabbed the pod. Knock Out winced in pain as he lifted into the Primes servos and was carried through the Autobot Ground bridge.
Entering the Autobot base the bots left on base greeted the Prime and medics.
"Get out of the base!" ordered the autobot medic. "Get 'Hide and the others back from the ship and get out!" stated Ratchet. Arcee typed in the coordinates and the other autobots walked in only to be greeted by the Autobot medic shooing the other bots out of the base. "All of you out, make sure the kids and as well as Agent Fowler do not try to enter the base." stated Ratchet. "I don't care what you do or where you go, Follow the rules and do not come back until I tell you to." all of the autobots nodded, transformed and rolled out.
Ratchet turned to the Red sports car and the Prime. "Optimus grab the pod and place it close to Knock Out." Optimus nodded and followed his order. Ratchet walked over to the red sports car and the pod. "Knock Out open your chest plates."
Ratchet looked at the new spark, with little bits of lightning still keeping the new spark attached to the older spark. Knock Outs screams of pain were heard through out the empty base. Optimus looked worriedly at the red sports car.
"Primus!" Knock Out screamed as loud as he could. Optimus gently rubbed the fenders of Knock Outs car mode to sooth the show cars pain, to little success. "This better be worth it Prime." stated Knock Out threateningly.
After hours of what felt like torture Knock Out was ready to castrate, maim, and kill the Prime. In that order.
"Alright," stated Ratchet as he watched the last tendril release the New spark from Knock Outs spark. "Moving the new spark to the sparkling chassis."
Carefully taking the sparklings spark into special appliance Ratchet set the spark above the sparklings spark chamber. Entering the spark chamber the optics of the sparkling brightened to life. Knock Out leaned up watching the sparkling start to claw through the pod.
"He's not going to be able to break that" stated Optimus.
"Of course not." stated Ratchet. "we leave him in there for a couple of clicks and when we feel he should have gotten out we release the lid. Or he finds the lid, and slides out."
Optimus sighed watching his creation push and claw at the pod. Knock Out motioned for Optimus to sit. Optimus sat up against the wall next to Knock Out. Knock Out leaned into the Prime watching their sparkling push, claw, palm the pod. Ratchet watched carefully to ensure that the sparkling would not damage itself.
The sparkling started to shake and wail, "Knock Out, Optimus, get over here." Both parties nodded and got up from the medical berth and walked to the gestation pod. "Prime lift him out."
Optimus nodded pulling the small sparkling from the pod. The Prime held the small bot close to his spark, calming the sparkling. Walking over to the red sports car he handed over the sparkling.
Knock Out smiled to the sparkling, taking the small red and gray cybertronian. "Little Kon Breaker," stated Knock Out as the Prime watched his mate and sparkling carefully. Ratchet watched the small family interact with his grandsparkling. Optimus turned to look at his adoptive carrier, signaling him to come over and check him out as family, not medical. Ratchet had stepped closer to the sparkling as Knock Out tilted his servos to allow the old medic to see the new addition.
Knock Out looked up from the sparkling to the older medic, worried. "He's hot. Too hot."
Ratchet nodded and looked to Prime, "Get a container big enough to fit Kon Breaker in and fill it with cool water. Now!" Optimus nodded and ran off to do as the older medic ordered. "Knock Out get him on the med berth."
carefully Ratchet scanned the sparkling as Knock Out tried to distract his offspring from the uncomfortable tingling sensation that often accompanied scans. "Its his Thermostat." stated Ratchet.
Knock Out breathed a sigh of relief. "Thats an easy repair." stated Knock Out smiling as Optimus came back with an oil barrel full of water.
"Never mind Prime." stated Ratchet. "take it back." Prime picked up the canister he had just put down and grumbled several words and walked out with the canister. Ratchet turned to Knock Out and handed him a syringe.
Knock Out looked to Ratchet. "What do you want me to do with this?" asked Knock Out looking at the syringe visage showing discomfort.
"Your going to sedate your sparkling so I can replace the thermostat." stated Ratchet in all seriousness.
"What? But medics that are creators aren't allowed to work on their young."
"Is First Aid around here anywhere?" Knock Out looked down, guiltily. "alright, now sedate your sparkling."
Knock Out nodded and inserted the the numbing agent and waited for the sparkling to fall unconscious.
The sparklings procedure went off with out a hitch. Now Optimus and Knock Out were waiting for their bundle of parts to awake from the medically induced stasis.
Knock Out leaned into the Prime and sighed. "He's not going to wake up screaming is he?" asked Optimus.
Knock Out shrugged, "He's a sparkling I couldn't tell you, from what I heard they are unpredictable and whiny."
Optimus laughed, "I don't think Bumblebee was that bad actually. But Ratchet and Ironhide are great caretakers."
The sparkling awoke, looking to his creators. He felt hungry and wailed. Knock Out immediately took his sparkling into his servos and pulled out the energon line. Handing it to the sparkling. The sparkling placed it in to his mouth and began fueling. Knock Out smiled to the Prime as Optimus looked worriedly back.
"Whats wrong?" asked Knock Out. Knock Out could feel energon drip onto his armor. Looking to the Sparkling Knock Out saw the energon drip from the middle of the fuel intake line onto his chassis. Knock Outs optic twitched and he sighed, "and there goes the finish."
"Is he getting any energon?" asked Optimus worried.
"If he wasn't he would be screaming. I think. He's not complaining." stated Knock Out. "Get me a cloth."
Optimus leaned over to get one of Ratchets rag and gave it Knock Out who placed it under where the sparkling was dripping energon. "Thats going to have to be fixed." stated Optimus.
"It going to have to wait. His alternator is going and his T-cog is going to need some work, even if it is still growing. One of his calipers will need to be fixed before hes able to transform and his master cylinder needs to be looked at," stated Knock Out.
Optimus stared at the sparkling, still suckling on the energon line from Knock Outs upper servo. Optimus caressed the small sparklings helm, "Sounds like we got our work cut out for us."
"Sounds like a lot of nights in med bay."
"What color will his optics be?" asked the Prime.
"It'll be a few days before we know. He has to install everything to his systems." answered Knock Out.
.:*Several years later *:.
The human children that had been there years ago were all graduated from college and had started to build their own lives each one was still in constant contact with their guardians they had been given years ago. Many more Autobots had touched down to earth and made it their home, operation in covert missions and fight the mighty Megatron. Jazz had been one of the bots to come to earth and he had brought his and Prowls sparkling, squeaky. Heatwave and his team were stationed on a out of the way island, that if needed will babysit the sparklings, or at least Blades would.
Mirage and Hound had come to earth with their own sparkling, Liberty, and Ultra Magnus tagged along.
The mornings had been awfully quiet since Miko had been transferred back to Japan. That is until Optimus Prime came down with some sort of Virus.
Knock Out groaned as he woke to the puking sound Optimus made from the drainage area. This was the fourth day that the Prime either awoke in the middle on the night or woke releasing the contents of his tanks into the drain in the wash racks. Knock Out quickly got up to check on the Autobot leader.
Stepping into the washrack he placed his hand on Primes shoulder plating. "At least its not clumpy like last time." The way Optimus processed energon caused his systems not to use it as efficiently as they were suppose to and often energon clumped up in his tanks. "You going to be okay for a little while? I need to take Kon Breaker to Hatchet, I'm taking care of you today."
Optimus nodded and tried to take even intakes trying to please his air pump.
Knock Out left the wash rack and went to his sparklings room. Gently picking up the sparkling Knock Out carried the sparkling to his grand creators quarters. Kon had woken to the sound of Optimus releasing the contents of his tanks onto the floor again, his alarm going off.
The red optics of the sparkling were wide with fear, as his own car alarm made him jump. "shh, Kon Breaker, you're fine." Knock Out had finally gotten the sparkling to calm down and walked out into the hall way toward Ratchet and Ironhides quarters.
"oppy 'kay?" asked the sparkling, using broken cybertronian.
"Optimus is fine, Kon, don't worry, you get to stay with Ratchet and Ironhide for the day and night again!" Knock Out tried to make it sound exciting for the sparkling.
"Watchet! Hide!" apparently it worked, Knock Out bounced with the happy sparkling. Knock Out had made it to the older medics quarters.
"Want to knock for me?" asked Knock Out holding the sparkling closer to the door. The sparkling shook his head and buried himself into the crook of Knock Outs servo. Smiling to the sparkling he knocked on the door.
Knock Out waited for very little time. Ironhide opened the door to his quarters. "again?" asked Ironhide.
"yep." answered Knock Out
"I thought he got better yesterday."
"hes taking all of the energon he took in yesterday and feeding the floor with it. This looks like a bad virus and I don't want Kon getting it, His systems can't handle it. Can you and Ratchet watch him till Optimus is feeling better?" asked the red sports car.
Ironhide smiled, "o'course, anything for little Kon Breaker." Ironhide reached for Kon and Knock Out handed over the red and gray sparkling.
Ironhide took the sparkling and put him on the floor surrounded by the toys that Knock Out had left here the last time Kon was staying at his Grandparents place. Kons little red optics darted around the room getting used to the new surroundings.
Ratchet came into the room and saw the little sparkling on the ground surveying his surroundings.
.:-:.
Knock Out walked back into his quarters greeted by a tired Optimus Prime leaning against the wall connecting the living space to the wash racks.
"What are you doing out here?"
"I'm out of fuel, finally." stated Optimus.
"How long have you been throwing it back up?"
Optimus shrugged, "I don't like to think about it. All I remember was I was full earlier, now I'm not."
Knock Out sighed, "You need to take in fuel, weather you throw it back up or not."
Optimus let a look of horror grace his faceplates. "Oh, no. I do not want to throw up again, or black out again, I'm also staying here."
"Blacking out?" asked Knock Out worried. "How long has that been going on?"
"Just since yesterday. Why?"
"I have a theory." stated Knock Out.
"and this theory is?" asked Optimus.
"Are you a carrier?" asked Knock Out.
"Ratchet said I was but with the amount of energy my spark outputs he said that there was no way for me to carry a sparkling." explained Optimus.
"Was that examination under Prime or Pax?"
"I was Orion Pax at the time bu-" Optimus stated but was interrupted by Knock Out.
"The matrix does some odd stuff," started Knock Out getting his scanner, "reformat's Librarians into Primes, strengthens those that are weak, allows a Prime to carry." finished Knock Out as he showed Optimus the screen.
Optimus stared wide eyed at the data pad showing two spark signatures, his and an extra one.
"well then." stated Prime before he crashed.
"Frag." answered Knock out before attending to the Prime.
I hope you all enjoyed Kon, this is the last chapter I hope that you all enjoyed the story. Please feel free to point out any errors I will do my best to fix them.
