Prime, Chapter 22

They had let Arcee and the baby rest after going through all that and waited until she felt up to seeing everyone before letting the others go in. Jack staying by their side the whole time they were resting, though soon their baby girl had begun to cry alerting her parents that it was feeding time and she then smiled weakly before rocking her daughter before adjusting themselves so that she could feed from her mother's breast. The Energon from there had special chemicals that her daughter would need to grow up healthy in it and she latched onto her mother beginning to quiet down a bit with mommy and daddy smiling happily glad to see she was going to be just fine. Shortly after Arcee had agreed to let the others come in and see the baby, even though she still felt a bit weak.

"So, have you two decided on a name?" The dark haired teen's mother questioned going back in with the first small group which included Rafael, Miko, bumblebee and Optimas as well as herself in it. They all seemed curious to know what they planned on naming their new addition to the family.

"We have mom, after a lot of thought we'd decided that she should have a human and Cybertronian name." Her son then answered telling them that the two had put a lot of thought into deciding a name for their little one and that she would have a name from both her heritages.

"Her Cybertronian name is Starlight Breaker, which can be shortened to Star." Arcee began explaining as she rocked her little one in her arms happy to have a family together with Jack, it's such a very wonderful thing.

"Elizabeth Hope Darby is her human name, we chose to name her after my grandmother, mom's mother." Jack then explained to the others saying he'd decided to name his daughter after her great grandmother who was no longer around to see this day.

Hearing that name again made June Darby tear up and feel warm inside as that was her mother's name that her son had chosen for his baby girl. She was very proud of her son for his decision and for being a wonderful person, and she knew that he'd be a wonderful father as well. "I think she'd be proud to have her great granddaughter named after her." She spoke up saying that it sounded like a wonderful idea to her and that she liked that he'd chosen that name.

"Those are fine names and the two of you have a very beautiful baby girl. I'm proud of you both." Optimas then spoke up saying he was proud to be here for this moment and that he was also proud of the two of them for their decisions and maturity towards raising their daughter.

"Thank you Optimas, it means a lot to hear you saying that." Arcee spoke saying that it meant a lot to her to hear the leader of team prime saying that he's proud of them for their decisions as she continued to rock her baby girl in her arms happily.

Bumblebee began beeping at the two of them sounding curious to know something. Though he got a soft smile from Arcee, Jack was actually the one to speak up to answer the former scout's question as he'd stated that Arcee didn't seem ready for that as she's very attached to their little Lizzie and protective at the moment making the former scout turned warrior beep again showing he was disappointed but understood completely.

"Come everyone, let's give them some room and let the others come in and greet the new addition." Optimas then spoke telling the others to go ahead and clear out so that the rest of their team can see the baby.

Eventually everyone had gotten to see the new baby, though Arcee was clearly a protective mother as she has yet to let anyone hold her baby, including Jack, though he completely understood her feelings and was willing to let her wait until she was ready to have anyone else hold Lizzie. They went through the normal processes of feeding and letting the baby rest alongside her mother. Honestly she was really adorable, her features were more human but she still had her mother's metallic yet soft skin and was curious about everything she saw, all these new things to see. It seemed she is a very curious little one, and easily frightened any loud noise would make her start to cry, though the room Ratchet had them in was soundproof. After an entire week Arcee wasfinally healed up enough to go home, which meant that they got to finally take Lizzie home. She wanted to go in her motorcycle form but Jack suggested against it and instead they took June's vehicle. To their surprise whenever she'd shrunk down while holding her baby Lizzie shrank down as well, and her metallic skin turned the pink color of Jack's her cybertronian blue eyes turning normal human blue, but her hair was a raven blue color no matter what form she was in. Though it surprised everyone they still just let them go knowing how badly they needed to get out of there.

"Finally, we get to bring out baby girl home." Jack sighed happily as they climbed out of the vehicle with Arcee and Lizzy, he'd borrowed his mother's car for this while she was working on some files inside the house. It really made him feel warm inside as it hit him this was really happening, he has a daughter with Arcee now.

"Finally." She agreed with a soft smile while rocking their baby girl gently in her arms as they went inside and sat on the couch, it was too tiring for them to take her off to the bedroom right now and so she continued to rest up together with her lover and their child. That made it feel real, having a daughter with the man she loves feels new but good to her.

"Welcome home." June spoke welcoming them back and walking into the living room with a smile before looking surprised to see Lizzie with more human features but then stopped and rationalized that it could be because Jack is human so she took after her father.

"Thanks mom, it's nice to be home." The dark haired seventeen year old spoke saying he was glad to be home now and to have his family together with him. It was exciting and yet kind of scary at the same time, he wondered, was that how Arcee felt at the moment?

"Jack Honey, I'm so tired, will you please take Lizzie while I rest up?" The Cybertronian Femme questioned asking her lover to take their daughter while she rested up. That surprised him since he'd only held Lizzie once in the week that she's been born and the rest of the time Arcee was being an overprotective Mother. Not even Optimas or June had held her yet, and she refused to let Ratchet take Lizzie while she rested as well.

"Sure." He nodded saying he'd be glad to watch over their baby girl while she rested and relaxed, she'd done so much in the past week and he's just glad to give her a break. Taking their daughter in his arms carefully he let Arcee lay right there on the couch to rest up as he rocked their baby girl happily.

"She's really protective isn't she?" The dark haired young man's mother questioned but smiled happy to see that the two of them are so close and glad that she was a good mother for Lizzie, honestly she couldn't see any other woman in that role at all. "Of course, I was like that when we first brought you into this world as well." She smiled stating that she was actually the same way when her son was born.

"Really? I didn't know that." Jackson Darby smiled continuing to rock his baby girl who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, she's really a wonderful baby girl, and he was very proud to have fathered such a little one. It made him happy to know that he and Arcee made her together and was really wonderful to think about.

Meanwhile Optimas and the others had been discussing things about Jack, and Arcee, and of course little Lizzie as well. Terrance had told them that the simplest way to handle things is just to ask what they wanted to do since it was much simpler that way. Though they were also curious about being allowed to hold Lizzie and when exactly Arcee would let them do so. After a long discussion they'd all decided to ask Jack and Arcee what they wanted to do and sat together taking a break from their usual routines for the day as well. Terrance had actually just handed Miko a data disk that she could put into her computer at home and listen to all of his music collection to decide what she liked out of it as well.

"So, you're just letting me take the whole thing home?" The dark haired girl with pink highlights questioned asking her crush, or boyfriend, maybe just guy that she's dating at the moment. Let's go with that, she asked the guy she's currently dating wondering if he'd want the disk back or not.

"Go ahead, like I said, it's all been backed up on my computer back home." The sand colored blond spoke saying not to stress over returning it because it's all been backed up so she could just take it home and enjoy the music that's on the disk.

"I have a question Terrance." Rafael spoke up saying he wanted to ask the sand colored blond a question of some sort, though Miko didn't look convinced about what Raf was going to say to him. "In private, please."

With a shrug Terrance then followed the youngest human of the group off to a secluded room to hear him out on whatever he wanted to ask. It seemed to be important otherwise Rafael wouldn't be so serious about it, and once they were secluded off from the rest of the group he leaned against the wall waiting to hear just what this kid wanted to ask him.