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AN: As far as T-Ai's pregnancy goes, I don't know if the baby's going to be Rad like in "Koji's Son". I might not even run this story to the end of her pregnancy, which would be like six months from the time Koji was kidnapped. Like I said before after this I'm putting up the sequel to "Koji's Son". After that I might do a third story where Saka finally gets what's coming to him if you guys want me to. Or I could just get hit with a lot of ideas of Rad driving the Autobot insane in his early years. Not sure yet.

Oh yeah my cheery mood's gone for now so this chapter isn't going to be as happy as the last one.

Chapter 15

'Why didn't I ever try to get some fire proof clothes?' Koji thought as his back was singed again with the sparks from the ground firework that had been thrown into the cell. Scourge had switched from trying to cause constant fear to causing constant pain. 'Just my luck.'

"Eh" he cried out in pain as the second round of popping and sparks started. He felt something warm trickle down his back and knew the cut, which was apparently really a gash, that he'd received from the flying debris had opened again. It probably needed stitches and disinfectant. Unfortunately he didn't think Scourge was going to be interested in keeping him from dying of infection.

He suddenly felt like crying. Thoughts of his friends flashed through his mind. They'd helped him through the worst part of his life and he'd never really thanked them. It was a stupid thing to think about but he couldn't help it. He wanted to live long enough to thank them. To tell T-Ai how he really felt about her, not just the 'I like you' he'd given her when he was sixteen.

The tears came. His sarcastic outlook had vanished leaving him defenseless against the reality of his situation. He was most likely going to die in this place and never see his friends again.

"What?… How?… When?… Who?" Ultra Magnus shook his head trying to get his thoughts in order. He knew the answer as far as who. Koji had to be the father, all though he'd thought Koji would be more careful about this kind of thing. But then again parents usually explained the safe sex thing. Ultra Magnus couldn't see Optimus being able to read a paragraph on human reproduction much less explaining the consequences of it to Koji.

As far as how, he was pretty sure he didn't want to know. The when part confused him though. Koji had only been back on earth for a week and a half and he was pretty sure it took longer than that for the symptoms to manifest themselves. He was also pretty sure the father had to be present for the conception. And T-Ai had left Cybertron three months ago. She couldn't be three or more months along. Koji wouldn't keep this a secret from him. Optimus maybe… ok definitely, but not him… Unless Koji didn't know.

His job had just gotten a lot harder. "Damnit!"

"Axel I need you to go to Kyoto," Optimus told the younger Bot. If Axel was the slightest bit curious why he was being sent to Kyoto instead of an energon mine to start digging, he didn't show it.

"Yes sir," Axel replied turning to go. Before he reached the door he was nearly trampled by Ultra Magnus and Elita.

"I can't believe knew and didn't tell me!" Ultra Magnus yelled. Axel took off out the door. He didn't want to be caught up in another one of Optimus' family fights.

"I'm his lover, not yours" Elita said to Magnus while pointing at Optimus.

Magnus turned to Optimus. "YOU knew and didn't tell me! I'm your brother! At least that's what you keep telling me anyway".

"Know what?" Optimus asked, clearly confused.

"You didn't tell him?" Ultra Magnus asked Elita incredulously.

"It's their secret. It's not my place to tell anybody." Elita said solemnly.

"What secret?" Optimus asked not liking that he'd been left out of the loop.

Ultra Magnus turned to him and gave him this smirk that let him know he was going to regret asking. "Congratulations, Grampa".

"Ough," T-Ai moaned as she lay down in her room. Her morning sickness had finally subsided, hopefully for the day. Morning sickness was not fun in the least. Neither were any of the other symptoms but morning sickness happened the most often.

"Crap," she muttered thinking of Ultra Magnus' reaction to the news. He hadn't taken it so well. Actually that was a huge understatement. She'd never seen an Autobot throw a hissy fit before and never wanted to again. She shuddered at the memory of the rant he'd given her before Elita had come and drug him away.

She hoped that he didn't tell Koji. She was still trying to work up the nerve to tell him after two months. She hadn't been entirely sure she was pregnant until see ran the proper blood tests. She hadn't understood the early signs. She hadn't been raised human so she had never been told about this kind of stuff. It was only coincidence that she'd over heard one of the female scientists talking about how miserable her first pregnancy had been. After that she connected the dots and then ran the blood test. She'd never been so afraid in her life as when she found out for sure. She knew human males balked at having children before they were 'settled'. She was honestly scared that Koji would leave her when he found out.

T-Ai seriously hoped it wouldn't come to that.

"Optimus—Hey what's wrong with Optimus?" X-brawn asked, walking into the Autobot leader's office. He'd been wanting to talk to Optimus about how things were going on the 'Save Koji' front. Apparently things weren't going so great.

Optimus was on the ground twitching, Elita was glaring at Ultra Magnus, and Ultra Magnus was holding what looked to be a paperweight.

"What? You told me to get him to calm down," Ultra Magnus said defensively.

"I told you to calm him down, not scramble his circuitry!" the pissed off femme yelled.

"Well excuse me for not keeping tranquilizers handy," Ultra Magnus said sarcastically.

X-brawn backed quietly out of the room. He didn't want to be there when Optimus woke up. Especially if he was freaking out so bad that Elita had authorized Magnus to 'calm' him.

AN: Sorry for lateness and shortness. This chapter was hard coming.