Hey, Thanks for all the messages telling me the story wasn't boring. It made me happy =) Here's a chapter focusing on little Silvershot!
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Chapter Thirty Six
Silvershot's New Frame
The next morning, Arianna and Bumblebee woke in each other's arms. No, they didn't interface – they just fell asleep next to each other after Arianna changed into a pair of black and yellow pajamas.
Silvershot had come in during the night, twitching and fidgeting. He was still uncomfortable as he looked up towards his parents.
"Silvershot, are you alright?" Arianna questioned as she looked down at their sparkling in concern. Bumblebe lightly scanned the sparkling and chuckled as he pet the small silver Autobot's head.
"Looks like you're not a sparkling anymore, youngling." He said with a grin on his face. Arianna laughed lightly before tilting her head to the side.
"I thought that sparklings stayed in their sparklinghood for a longer amount of time before reaching their youngling stage? It's been a little less than two months since Silvershot was sparked." She questioned. The blond holoform shrugged as he thought, throwing an arm around his bonded before nuzzling her shoulder.
"Yes, but they didn't have the Allspark as their mother, did they? He feeds on your spark's power so that might make him grow faster."
"He feeds on your spark's power, too, Bee." She flicked his nose before getting up. "Let momma and papa get ready for the day and then we'll go see if Ratchet can make you a bigger frame." He addressed the little bot. He cheered, throwing his arms up in excitement as he waddled around on the bed.
Silvershot felt sluggish, almost as if his wiring were being forced into a frame that was too small. It didn't hurt, but it was extremely uncomfortable. He let out a squeaky sigh as he was picked up by his femme creator, nuzzling into her chest as she pressed him against her spark.
"Let's go see Ratchet." She murmured as Bee's holoform disappeared. She heard the shifting of his gears outside her room and she giggled as she opened the door. She watched him stretch, admiring the taunt cables that formed his muscles. His armor shined in the light of the corridor and he chirped cutely as he turned around, kneeling down and offering his hand to his bonded one. She carefully climbed on and relished the heat that was radiating from his spark.
The walk to the Medical Bay was a smooth one. It seemed as if the hallway had been magically cleaned. There were no hints to the special day they had before – which reminded Arianna that she needed to thank Jazz and the rest of the humans who had participated in their anniversary. Ratchet looked up from his paperwork and automatically made a noise of understanding.
"The little one is entering his Youngling phase." He rumbled, "It is rare to see a sparkling grow so fast, but it most likely due to the fact that you are the new Allspark. Your energy is pure and powerful, encouraging growth spurts because your energy is untainted." The medic explained as he went to the back room. Bumblebee crooned down at his bonded and their sparkling, chuckling when he saw Silvershot yawn.
"The growing phases take a lot of energy out of a Cybertronian. They are generally not painful, but they are tiring. Silvershot will want to recharge for a while." The yellow and black mech said as they watched the tired sparkling-turned-youngling cycle his vents as he yawned over and over again.
Finally, Ratchet came out from his stores with a new larger frame.
"I sensed that Silvershot would be going through a growth phase soon enough and I made this for him. Unfortunately, his sparkling frame was made of Earth metal. It does not have the qualities that Cybertronian metal has so it can grow."
"Is that a problem?" Arianna asked, cradling Silvershot to her spark in a protective manner. He cooed and chirped, nuzzling into her chest.
"No, not right now. You caught the signs before he had a massive growth spurt. I was able to create a frame from donated parts. Ironhide, surprisingly, donated most of the metal to make the new frame."
"Isn't that dangerous for you guys, though?" the red haired girl asked, tilting her head to the side as worry shone through her eyes.
"Oh, no. Cybertronian metal regenerates as long as our internal healing systems are functional." The medic said with a smile. "Now, let's get this little one into his new frame."
The medic guided Arianna next to Silvershot's new Cybertronian frame. It was almost twice as big as he was currently and he settled down on the flat table.
"I'll have to inject him with this small sedative so that we can work without him moving." The medic said, waiting until Arianna could explain the situation to Silvershot. Bumblebee activated his holoform and kneeled down next to the small silver Cybertronian, stroking his helm. Silvershot purred as he nodded the okay and Ratchet injected a small needle into one of his Energon lines. The small bot was out like a light after that.
"Right, so we can do this either one of two ways. We can replace parts piece by piece until Silvershot is in his new frame, or we can complete what we call a 'Spark Transfer.'" He explained, watching the two consider the options.
"How safe are either options?" the red headed girl questioned. Bumblebee wrapped his arms around her waist and looked up at the medic with a gaze full of expectation. He really didn't care which way they did it, he just wanted the small bot to be safe.
"Well, it'll take longer to replace all of his parts, not to mention there is a small chance that we may miss something or accidentally cut something. Everyone makes mistakes, after all." He mused, optics darkening, "But it is far more dangerous to do a Spark Transfer. We run the risk of extinguishing his spark. Well, technically, it is only a danger if the spark or body has been injured before the Transfer can be completed." Ratchet said.
Arianna bit her lip and looked up at the holoform standing behind her.
"What would you do?" she questioned, not wanting anything bad to happen to Silvershot.
"I'll do whatever you want, Princess." He said, tightening his arms around her waist. She thought for a few moments and then sighed, deciding on going with the Spark Transfer. That way, if anything were to go wrong, she would be able to heal him.
"We'll go with the Spark Transfer." She said. Ratchet nodded and quickly opened the spark casing on both frames. Silvershot's sparkling body shuddered a bit in surprise, but she sent calming waves to him. She said that if he were a good sparkling, he would get a newer and bigger body. He would be able to do 'big boy' things with Ironhide. He grew excited and she saw his spark start to pulse faster than normal. Ratchet chuckled and phased his finger into a very tiny tweezer. He held open the spark casing and flicked his optics over to Arianna, who had began to squeeze Bumblebee's hands.
"Would you like to do this, Arianna?" he asked, thinking of a way to calm the red haired girl down. She looked up at him with wide eyes, wondering if it was really alright.
"Could I? You don't think I'd mess up and hurt him?" she questioned.
"You didn't hurt Jazz when you held his spark, did you?" Bumblebee asked in a comforting manner. He released his grip from around his bonded's waist and trailed his hands up her arms and, finally, rested them on her shoulders. She brought her hands up and squeezed Bumblebee's hands, looking up and smiling slightly at the reassuring look in his eyes.
"Alright, what do I have to do?" Arianna questioned as she went to kneel next to Silvershot's immobile sparkling frame.
"All you have to do is hold the spark while I sever the Energon and fuel lines to it. Then, quickly transfer it to the youngling frame and I'll attach the new lines to the spark." He explained in a slow and calming tone. Arianna sighed and took a deep calming breath, leaning down and wiping her hands on her pants. She then reached in her sparkling's chest plates, gently avoiding the walls of his spark chamber, and caressed the spark before delicately wrapping her hands around it.
"I will count to three." Ratchet said in a rumbling voice. She nodded and as he counted to three, took another calming breath. He snipped the lines along the spark and she gently and quickly transferred the spark to his youngling frame. Ratchet quickly attached the appropriate energon lines and fuel lines and she let go of the spark. She watched it recede back into the spark chamber, smiling as the frame started to whir and click. His optics activated and he cycled his vents in the form of a small cough. Ratchet completed scan after scan, making sure that the youngling's body was functioning at the proper level.
"How do you feel, dearspark?" Arianna questioned as she looked him over. He was bare of any real armor and was mostly in his protoform, but he seemed to be functioning quite well.
"I feel fine, Momma." He said in a clearer voice than he had in his sparkling frame. She smiled as he looked over his body. Instead of being in a small scorpion like frame, he looked more humanoid. His servos actually had fingers instead of just pincers and when he stood, he looked to be about mid calf height. He was still so cute! Now she could hold him like an actual baby! The only downside was that he was too big to fit in her shirt.
"Ratchie, look! Momma, Papa, look! I has thumbs, now!" he exclaimed and all three figures couldn't help but burst out in content laughter.
