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Taurus went to talk with his triplet brothers as he felt that they needed to know what he had just learned. Fortunately, Orion and the other triplet were easily found, as they had been resting in their shared room. "Hey Taurus" Orion called out, "where have you been?"

"Mom asked me to come with him so dad could get checked out, as according to mom, dad was not functioning like usual" Taurus answered honestly.

"So, is dad going to be ok?" the third triplet asked, worried that something was really wrong with their father as he was an older bot.

"He's going to be fine" Taurus answered, not yet giving away what had been discovered.

Orion sensed that there was more to it than that. "You're not telling us something. What are you not telling us?" Orion asked, wanting to know.

"Dad is sparked, though we don't know with how many as it is too early to tell" Taurus answered, surprising yet not surprising his other brothers.

"Then we need to be good helpers, especially to mom" Orion answered and the third brother agreed. The all say and chatted for a while before deciding to recharge for a bit.

Meanwhile, outside of Iacon and near another citadel, Bee was learning about being a mother, as he hadn't really had the opportunity before now. He was kind and loving, which Viper and Stinger appreciated. They knew that Bee's sparkmate wasn't their sire, but that didn't matter to them. Bee's mate Shockwave gladly welcomed the two as well as any other sparklings that returned to Bee and Shockwave.

Viper and her twin were just glad to finally have a place to call home and where they felt like they belonged. "Thank you for taking us in" Stinger stated.

"You are very welcome, my son. I am jut surprised you actually survived, as I almost lost you two when I sparked you" Bee answered, his memory having been restored by Primus himself.

"You almost lost us?" Viper asked, curious for the full story.

"Yes, as you can see, I am not a big bot and Megatron is much larger than I. I managed to spark one of you but the other had to be removed by other means" Bee revealed, not yet answering who was older of the two.

"Who was sparked first?" Stinger asked, knowing they both wanted to know even though it didn't really matter to them.

"Viper, as she was smaller. You, Stinger, were too big to come out the usual way" Bee answered truthfully.

"But you almost lost us?" Viper asked.

"Yes, as you got stuck inside me and they had trouble getting your brother out" Bee revealed to the twins. Hearing how hard it had been on their mother and bearer to have the two, both hugged Bee closely.

"And now we can be a family" Stinger stated, happy that he had found a place to belong.

"That we can be" Bee answered, "with us and whatever sparklings also find their way back to us or are sparked by my mate and I."

"Do you know if we have siblings?" Viper asked.

"All I can say is that it is possible. I have not yet been able to visit the library of sparklings to see if any of your siblings are there" Bee answered.

"Maybe we could go for you mom" Stinger suggested and Viper agreed, but they would only do so if Bee allowed it.

"If you want to see if you have any siblings, please go forth, but do remember that they will only share half your data" Bee reminded them.

"Share half our data?" Viper asked.

"Because they would be the products of my mate Shockwave and I, while you were a product of one time when Megatron took me" Bee answered, the answer leaving a bad taste in his mouth.

"DO you think the computers have a copy of Shockwave's data code?" Stinger asked.

"More than likely, as he was one of Megatron's top bots" Bee answered.

"Then we shall go seek out our siblings" Viper stated and soon the pair headed out. They hoped to make their mom proud and they hoped that they could find their precious siblings, even if they only shared half the data. To Viper and Stinger, siblings were precious no matter what. Bee only hoped that the pair found what they sought, as even bee had a hard time believing that all the sparklings he sparked survived, especially under Megatron's rule when Megatron was still a tyrant. Bee said a prayer for the twins and then went to rest. Only time would tell Bee the truth.