Family Foursum

Chapter 1.

Knock Out and Starscream were not nervous, in the slightest. In fact, they were very excited. Ever since the war ended, The two of them had been working hard to prove that they had truly changed their ways, and could be redeemable. It took years, but they were able to finally go free, and live their lives as they wished. They didn't want anything to do with the newly made Cybertron, not while there was still so much Rich energon on earth that could be extracted. They lived there, almost like humans, after all, alien integration, as well as immigration from other planets and star systems, had actually become a common Occurrence on planet Earth.

Today, starscream and Knock Out would take the biggest steps in their lives. They had always wanted sparklings, given the fact that both of them were Seekers. Knockout had hidden his seeker form for a while, disguising himself as a grounder, because he didn't want Megatron to be any more attracted to him. than he already was, Starscream, however, was a well known seeker. A fact that was common knowledge about Seekers is that they absolutely love, and adore sparklings. Any younglings at all, are favored by them. After many medical scans and much deliberation, knock Out and Starscream concluded,with very sad Sparks that they were unable to carry sparklings of Their Own. Therefore, they resorted to the only thing that was available to them at the time. They wanted to adopt human sparklings. It took some major convincing that they were no longer hardened criminals, but after years, they finally were deemed eligible for adoption..

It was thus, that they found their way to a small low-budget orphanage. The staff seemed nice enough, on the outside, but Starscream and knock Out's into Wishon told them that there was definitely some things wrong, that went on behind closed doors. The place didn't look that big,and the social worker seemed all too nice, as she guided them to a room with a large glass window, where parents of potential adoptive children, could look and see which ones they wanted. The room was far too small for the amount of children that were being held there. Sadly, most of them look disheveled, and dirty. Some kids were playing, and some were fighting, but knock Out and Starscream had their eyes on two in particular, huddled together in the far back corner. They looked incredibly timid, the two smallest and most malnourished of the mall.

"Would you like to look at one of them?" The social worker asked.

Knock Out nodded, gesturing to one of the two girls that looked far too underweight in the corner. They went into the room, and the children paid them no mind. They walked up to the little girls, and knockout picked up one of them. The one he picked up, seemed to be a little older than the other. However, she didn't look too old. Knock Out knew she was far too lightweight for someone of her age, and Starscream could see it to, which broke his Spark.

The most intriguing thing, though was that as soon as the older girl was separated, the younger ones started shivering, and crying, and the one knock Out held, started reaching out for the younger. Starscream picked up the younger one, in an attempt to calm her down, as she would not stop shivering and crying uncontrollably.

"Oh yes." The social worker began, seeing which children they had selected. "They're inseparable. The one you are holding mr. Knock Out, is named Rochelle, and she just turned five, today. The one you are holding mr. Scream, is Rowan. She is only five months younger than Rochelle,and they have taken to each other, quite well. You can't take one without the other."

Starscream and knock Out could hear each other's spark break, at the exact same time. They knew trying to separate these girls, would be futile, so with a silent Exchange, they agreed, that both girls would be theirs.

"It's alright little one. I'm knock Out, and I'm taking you home." Knock Out cooed, beginning to rock the little one he was holding. The much smaller one that Starscream was holding was still crying, so he attempted to soothe her, with his gentle words.

"Do not worry, sweet little one. We're taking you both home, together. We will love you forever, my sweet Darlings. I promise." Starscream said in a surprisingly soothing voice.

Rowan placed her curly haired head on starscream's chest, and sank into the feeling of the hug. Pretty soon, her sobs subsided. Inwardly, Starscream was Furious. He knew the social workers were not treating the children right, and he wanted to take all of them. However, he knew these two needed him most of all. As they were signing the paperwork, it was revealed that, both Rowan and Rochelle, suffered from a severe visual impairment, as well as being mentally delayed. Rowan could not even communicate in full sentences yet. She would just babble. On one occasion while they were all sitting in the office, Rowan was babbling for something, a Starscream held her close. Rochelle surprised the two cybertronians by saying, "She says I love you.","you understand her, then?" Starscream asked, looking down at Rochelle. Rochelle nodded. "I am the only one who does", she said.

After the long grueling process of paperwork was over with, knock Out and Starscream finally loaded the little girls into their car. Even though they could transform into Vehicles themselves, when they were mass shift it down to human size, they drove a regular car. They were given two little car seats for the little girls, and all the way home, knock Out drove, and Starscream sat in the passenger seat, but he faced back to the little girls, telling them sweet comforting nothings, of how happy their lives would be now that they were in good care. It took a while, but they finally arrived at the house they had purchased, thanks to the royalties they had earned, from the fact that their lives had been made into a television show known as Transformers Prime. The house was an English tutor. It was luxurious, yet homie, at the same time. Knock Out and Starscream gave the girls a tour of the house. On the downstairs level there was a piano room, an office, a dining room, a kitchen, a sitting room off the kitchen, And a pool with a bar room connected to it. On the upstairs there were four bedrooms. One of the bedrooms was, of course, knock Out and starscream's room. The other three were a secondary office, a playroom for the girls, And a room with only one bed that the girls would share, which they didn't seem disagreeable to.

Once the tour had been given, knock Out and Starscream spent the entirety of the afternoon in the playroom with the girls, really getting to know them. While knock Out took more to Rochelle, Starscream took more to Rowan. Though this was the case, They loved their new daughters equally. They taught them the meaning of the words sire and carrier, Saying that knock Out would be sire and Starscream would be carrier. Rochelle, being timid, though intelligent, picked up on the information very quickly. The most interesting thing, was that when around The sparklings, Knock Out and Starscream actually addressed each other as sire and carrier. This way, they could get used to the terminology. when dinner time came, it was Starscream who left To prepare it, while knockout stayed behind to play. They had invented eating callers, so that they could consume human food, and it would be converted into the same Energy fuel that energon provided for them. Starscream had a dinner bell in the kitchen, that he rang in an old-fashioned manner, signaling for everyone to come downstairs. Knock Out carryed the two girls down the stairs, and set them in shares of Their Own.

The poor girls tried to eat by themselves, but it was clear that they were getting more food on their clothes than in their mouth. Starscream giggled at this and took the initiative to pick up Rowan, and begin spoon-feeding her her dinner. Knock Our did the same with Rochelle, All the while being as gentle as can be.

"Did you enjoy that Darlings?" Starscream asked.

The two girls nodded.

"Let's say we get you both cleaned up, huh?" Knock Out asked.

The little ones happily nodded at their new parents. Starscream and knock Out picked up each girl, and they went upstairs to take a bath in the Master bathroom.

The girls bathed together, knock Out and Starscream taking care to clean every aspect of them. They had removed their claws a long time ago. They never used to have claws, in fact. Beneath the metal fingertips, were soft, gentle servos which they used now. after the girls were finished, they were wrapped in warm towels and taken to their room, where they were Given clean, new pajamas. they were tucked into the single bed they shared,and Starscream told them a story.

It was a story from old Seeker legend about a timid little sparkling who wanted to take his first flight, but he was afraid to, because he was afraid he might not transform in time and fall. However, with the encouragement Of his friends, the little sparkling finally took flight. the girls enjoyed the story very much, and were almost to sleep, but not before they were each given a kiss on the for head, as knock Out and Starscream both said, "we love you, our darling little sparklings."

"We love you too." Rochelle spoke for both herself and her sister.

knock Out and Starscream left the door open, and left a night light on in the bedroom as the girls Fell asleep. Starscream had insisted upon putting a baby monitor in their room despite the fact that they were much older than infants. He just wanted to keep an ear on them, and knock Out would not disagree.

"Do you think they're happy?" Starscream asked, once they got to their room.

"Of course, dear spark. They certainly look a lot happier than they did at that orphanage."

"We're going to love them forever." Starscream replied, giving knockout a passionate kiss. They then proceeded to head for recharge.

At 3 a.m., Rowan and Rochelle woke up at the exact same time. They both had a nightmare. It was common for them to be in sync when it came to them having nightmares, and tonight was no exception. Though they had had a wonderful day, Good days did not take away memories of Bad times. they huddled up to each other, but after that didn't work, Rochelle took the initiative, and took Rowan by the hand. She was going to guide Rowan to the bedroom of their new parents. However, as soon as they open their door, there stood the opening comforting arms of knock Out and Starscream, the family of four encircled into a big group hug on the floor, and they stayed there for what felt like a lifetime. After that, Starscream carried Rowan, and knock Out carried Rochelle into their Big berth in their master bedroom, Where the girls would sleep for the rest of the night. as Rowan and Rochelle were falling back to sleep, they thought the very same thing, Perhaps now, they could be happy.