There is some sensitive material in the chapter so careful.
I don't own Transformers Prime as the show is owned by Hasbro.
Happy Easter.
Ch. 32: More Arrivals
"Optimus you're back!" Ratchet shouted for joy as he ran up to Prime.
"I believe so old friend." Optimus said in that gentle voice everyone loved.
"But how? You were literally one with the Allspark." Bee asked.
"I am not really sure Bumblebee, but I am grateful to Primus for this chance to be here with you all." Optimus replied. His body was once again smaller, but he was carrying his jet pack with him. "That being said I know there are still many problems we have to address." Optimus spoke up.
"Optimus Prime!" Someone shouted from above. He looked and saw Galvatron and Cyclonous as they landed.
"Galvatron and Cyclonous. When did you return to Cybertron?" He asked.
"Not too long ago, but there might be others coming soon." Galvatron answered.
"We've been looking for Magma for some time now." Ratchet explained.
"I had a feeling that would be a problem." Optimus grumbled.
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Optimus was surprised to see Megatron leave the camp that night. He followed the coordinates and was shocked to find Megatron working on the crystal gardens.
"I want Elisa to see this." Megatron said without turning to Prime. Optimus was shocked to see plenty of crystals already glowing with Megatron planting much more.
"Let me help you." Optimus said gently before they started to work. It was a while before Megatron spoke up again.
"Galvatron took one look at her and called her my consort." Megatron spat out.
"He did what?!" Optimus gasped.
"Yep." Megatron answered. "Don't worry, I already gave him a piece of my mind." Megatron said with a grin.
"I'm sure you did."
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"We got something." Galvatron said to his bondmate. They saw something off in the distance, but they didn't get very far before someone started to firing at them. They dodged the blows until the firing squad appeared in front of them and Galvatron's eyes went wide. "Predator." He growled.
"Aaah, Galvatron how good to see you again." Predator teased. "So tell me where that little Prime?" He demanded elegantly.
"No where you can get her." Cyclonous snapped. Predator charged at them as they scrambled out of the way. "Ratchet we need a bridge now." Cyclonous snapped into the air. Predator hovered above them and tried to snag them with his claw-like tail and they barely dodged out of the way. When the bridge opened Predator fired at them and they barely escaped through the bridge.
"What happened?" Ratchet asked as they stumbled through.
"We saw Predator." Galvatron answered.
"Who?" Ratchet asked confused.
"Where's Prime?"
"Reconstruction." Ratchet said pointing outside. They hurried outside and ran up to Prime.
"Predator's here." Galvatron gasped. Megatron looked up at the name so he came over to listen.
"You saw him?" Optimus asked confused.
"He's looking for her." Galvatron said pointing to Elisa, making her look up.
"Who?" She called out confused.
"He asked for her." Cyclonous added.
"Was Nemesis or Searcher with him?" Megatron asked.
"He was alone, but I doubt they'll be far behind." Cyclonous answered.
"Who's Predator?" Elisa asked as she finally caught up with them.
"A very big warrior dragon. I fought him once or twice in the arena, he always lost even with those cheap hits and he wasn't happy." Megatron explained.
"So who's Nemesis and Searcher?"
"Nemesis is his son and Searcher is his bondmate." Megatron answered.
"And he works for Magma?"
"One of his top bodyguards." Cyclonous said with bitterness.
"So what do we do?" She asked nervously.
"Elisa, why don't you go back to work. Your Carrier and I will handle this ok." Optimus said gently. She looked over at her Carrier and he nodded so she did as she was told.
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"Carrier where do you go at night?" Elisa asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon enough little one." Megatron said with a chuckle before the settled for sleep. Despite Megatron being able to sleep Elisa couldn't. Her body was too sore and she was just worrying too much. So she stood up quietly and went outside and stretched to try and ease her body. She had been working herself too hard with reconstruction and almost fainted a few times. She heard footsteps behind her and she looked and saw Galvatron cautiously approaching her.
"What do you want?" She said bitterly turning around and facing him.
"I…wish to apologize." He said respectfully.
"Why should I accept it?" She snapped.
"I was wrong to judge you like that, but it's what I do." Galvatron shrugged.
"That's an excuse." She stated before she walked away from.
"Wait! Elisa!" Galvatron called out, but grumbled when he realized he blew it. He huffed and retreated back to Cyclonous.
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Elisa hadn't been feeling good all day. She felt as if she was sick to her stomach and everything ached all over, but she didn't tell anyone. She was afraid Smokescreen might catch on, but thankfully he got distracted by a routine patrol. She still did her part and when night time came around all she wanted to do was get away from everyone, but Carrier called for her.
"I have a surprise for you." He said gently. She didn't see Ratchet and Optimus smile at each other as they knew what was coming as they went through the bridge. "Close your eyes." He said excitedly. She did as she was told and Megatron guided her through. "Open." She opened her eyes and gasped.
"Oh Carrier it's beautiful." Elisa gasped and for a brief moment her pain went away. She looked through the crystal gardens as they glowed all kinds of colors. There were blues, greens, pinks, reds, purples, all kinds of colors everywhere and the energy felt so warm to her. "Thank you." She said happily as she hugged him.
"I'm glad you like it." Megatron said happily with a kiss. When he released her Elisa gasped in pain. "Baby what's wrong?" He said with concern.
"Nothing, I'm just sore." She said weakly before she moaned in pain and fell on all fours.
"What hurts Elisa? What's wrong?" Megatron said fearfully.
"My stomach." She moaned out. Megatron grabbed at Elisa and turned her onto her back. She started to cough as she thought she was going to purge. He rubbed her sides before he started to rub her stomach.
He froze when he felt something move.
"Carrier it hurts…make it stop please!" Elisa begged with tears of pain running down her face.
"Ratchet get over here now and bring your medical kit." Megatron ordered. Ratchet and Optimus came through quickly and Ratchet set to work. "She says her stomach hurts." Megatron said quietly hoping his fears weren't true. Elisa sobbed as more pain racked through her body. Ratchet started to scan her.
"By the Allspark." Ratchet gasped.
"What?" Optimus and Megatron asked at the same time.
"Elisa's about to give birth." Ratchet answered.
Megatron's optics went wide and his spark dropped when he heard Ratchet's words.
His baby was going to have a baby.
"NOOOOOO!" Elisa screamed in pain and fear, bringing everyone back to reality. Megatron shifted Elisa so that she was in his lap as Optimus moved away slightly. "No…I can't….Carrier I'm sorry." Elisa cried as more pain came.
"It's ok baby. It's ok. You have to listen to what Ratchet says alright." Megatron said gently rubbing her sides. Ratchet bent her legs and spread them making her whimper nervously.
"It's alright Elisa. I'm not going to hurt you." Ratchet said calmly. "I need you take deep breaths." Ratchet explained. Her breaths came out in trembles as Ratchet rubbed her belly. "You are experiencing contractions Elisa. They are muscle spasms that well help you get the sparking out."
"It hurts." Elisa cried.
"I know it does, but you can do this. If you can recover from that leg wound you can do this I know you can. You're a strong femme Elisa." Ratchet said with encouragement. She only nodded before shouting as another contraction hit. Liquid came out of Elisa's center and Ratchet knew the sparkling was close. "Her water broke." Ratchet said to Megatron. He clutched at her hand and she squeezed it tightly at the next contraction. "The sparkling is starting to come Elisa. I'm going to need you to push." Ratchet said calmly. Elisa only whimpered in reply before screaming at the next contraction. "Push Elisa push!" Ratchet called out. She sobbed as she did as was told and could feel nothing but pain, but Ratchet saw the sparkling emerge.
"Good Elisa good. I can see it. Keep going." Ratchet encouraged. Megatron kissed her forehead and started rubbing her back and she pushed again with bitter groan. The sparkling was almost halfway out. "Come on one more." Ratchet pleaded. She shouted again with another push and Ratchet was finally able to help pull the sparkling out. Elisa gasped and collapsed again Megatron breathing hard, but instantly became alert when the sparkling started to squeak. Elisa held out her hands instinctively. Ratchet handed her the sparkling and Elisa let out a huge smile as the sparkling squeaked at her. Megatron also smiled when Elisa started to lick the sparkling to clean it off. It squeaked in protest, but otherwise didn't move. When it was all clean Elisa looked over at Ratchet.
"Is it a mech or femme?" She asked nervously unsure of where to look. Ratchet looked and gave her an answer.
"It's a mech." He answered.
"Hi." Elisa said to the sparkling as it lifted it's head and sniffed her nose making her giggle, but the moment was short lived when she felt a familiar pain again. Ratchet scanned her again.
"Oh my." Ratchet gasped.
"What is it? Another one?" Elisa called out.
"Elisa, you're going to have a big litter. You're carrying three more sparklings." Ratchet announced.
"But…but that's not possible." Elisa whimpered out.
"We'll worry about it later Elisa. You have to bond with your sparkling." Megatron encouraged.
"How?"
"Show him your spark." Megatron explained. Her blue spark glowed and memories of her own birth came back to him. The sparkling's spark glowed red and the bond was immediately created. Once the glowing stopped Elisa cried out as another contraction hit her.
"I'll take him." Optimus said gently holding out his servos. She hesitantly handed the sparkling over to him. He was a large and healthy sparkling that seemed to have his Grand-Carrier's colors of purple and silver with hints of light blue on his body and wings. He didn't say it out-loud, but Optimus knew he was holding his first born son.
That one night he had with Elisa. It was the only possible explanation. He could only hope that when he told Megatron it wouldn't start another war.
Elisa screamed again as the second sparkling started to emerge, but something was wrong as the sparkling seemed too big. He realized that sparkling two was probably holding on to three.
"Ratchet it hurts!" She cried.
"I know Elisa. Just push it's ok. I'm going to help you." Ratchet said as he started to put lub on his fingers.
"No. No. No don't get away!" Elisa screamed in fear, but Megatron held her down.
"It's ok. He's not going to hurt you." Megatron whispered. Elisa could only scream as another contraction hit her. He cautiously slid his fingers around the sparklings to help the emergence along.
"Just one more push Elisa, please." Ratchet encouraged. She was breathing hard and could barely feel her body. She did what she was told to the best of her ability and Ratchet was able to do the rest as he pulled the two sparklings out. He was right in his assumptions as the two sparklings were nestled against each other. One was larger than the other and the large was a red while the other was a dark blue. "Two more mechs." Ratchet announced. Both were squeaking in protest at being separated and handed off to Carrier. She did what her instincts told her to do as she cleaned them and bonded with them. The red sparkling also had a red spark, while the dark blue had a silver spark. Elisa was nearly asleep when the final sparkling started to emerge.
"No more please no more." Elisa begged.
"It's alright little one. Just one more." Megatron whispered gently.
"I CAN'T!" She screamed out before screaming in agony. Megatron bent Elisa at the waist to help her and rubbed her back.
"Yes you can baby. I know you can." Megatron said strongly.
"CARRIER…MAKE IT STOP PLEASE!" She begged as she pushed.
"Almost there Elisa." Ratchet pleaded.
With one last scream with fourth sparkling emerged.
Elisa was shaking as Ratchet started working on the sparkling because it wasn't squeaking. "Come on baby." Ratchet pleaded. He wiped at the sparkling and gently started to pry it's mouth open. When he did the sparkling squealed in surprise and grasped at his finger. "It's a femme." Ratchet said before handing her over to Elisa. She weakly cleaned the femme up before bonding with her and she had a blue spark like her Carrier. Megatron took the femme out of Elisa's grasp as she almost immediately passed out. The femme had Elisa's colors along with more hints of silver. Megatron handed the femme off to Optimus who showed her to her brothers. They immediately started to sniff her before the first born started to lick her face.
"She's going to be out for a while." Ratchet explained quickly. "The sparklings will too. They'll wake up when she wakes up." He finished.
"How are we going to explain this to the others?" Megatron asked what everyone was thinking.
"Just show it like it is." Ratchet huffed.
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If Elisa wasn't passed out from giving birth she would have been growling in her sleep as everyone was going googaly-eyed at the four little sparklings.
"Megatron did you ever explain what happens when you interface?" Ratchet asked quietly as the others kept staring at Elisa.
"Uuummm…no." Megatron said slightly embarrassed. "I just warned her about Predaking because I thought he would hurt her since he took a liking to her when he first arrived." He explained. Ratchet groaned and rubbed his servo over his face in a big face-palm. "I'm sorry, but she showed no interest to anyone." Megatron protested in embarrassment.
"That doesn't mean you don't tell her." Ratchet grumbled. Megatron frowned but didn't say a word as he was highly embarrassed. "Now we've got to figure out who's the Sire." Ratchet added. Megatron already suspected who the Sire was as the color of the red sparkling matched that of Optimus and Magma was a much darker red. Not to mention that all the sparklings were the Prime breed, although Megatron kept to himself at the moment.
"Why don't we get some rest please?" Megatron suggested.
"I suppose so." Ratchet mumbled as he was exhausted too.
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"Optimus I need to talk to you." Megatron said when he spotted Optimus. He followed Megatron outside and he knew what was coming. "Did you take Elisa?" He stated.
"It was one night. I told her to me to talk about you." Optimus explained. Megatron growled, but let Optimus continue. "I wasn't going to hurt her Megatron. It just happened, I'm sorry." He said.
"Why?"
"I don't know. We were just attracted to each other and she was worried about you because of Phoenix." Optimus answered.
"Do you love her?"
"I'm not sure."
"But you took her." He nearly shouted.
"I'm sorry Megatron. I love her as a friend, but not like I do with Ratchet." Optimus said with caution. Megatron growled again and looked away from Optimus and took a few deep breaths to steady himself.
"You took advantage of her." He growled.
"No I did not Megatron I swear. You know I would never hurt her." Optimus pleaded. Megatron was very furious about all this, but he knew that Optimus was right. "You know I'll take care of them." He added.
"And Elisa." Megatron stated.
"And Elisa." Optimus finished.
"You know you need to tell Ratchet."
"I know."
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Ratchet and the team seemed to take Optimus' announcement pretty well and Ratchet always suspected something happened that night anyway. He was upset that Optimus didn't tell him, but quite honestly he didn't care at the moment as he wanted to focus on Elisa anyway. She did sleep a lot as Ratchet explained to everyone and three days later the first born started to wonder around.
"Hey there little fella." Ratchet said happily as it squeaked at him. Elisa groaned in her sleep and started to wake up. Ratchet kept petting the sparkling as Elisa slowly woke up.
"Ratchet? " She said sleepily.
"Morning Elisa." Ratchet said to her.
"How long have I been out?"
"Three days."
"Oh man. I'm so sore." She groaned.
"I know, but it will go away in time. I'm sure Megatron can attest to that." Ratchet chuckled. The silver sparkling squeaked at Elisa and she looked down at him.
"Optimus is the Sire." She said quietly.
"We know." Ratchet replied.
"He wasn't trying to hurt me Ratchet. It just seemed to happen. His energy is strong and I was just so…attracted to it." She said nervously. "Please don't be mad at him." She pleaded.
"It's alright Elisa. We've already gone over this." Ratchet said calmly. "Now you have to feed them." Ratchet said holding out a small cube for her. When she took it Ratchet stood up. "I'll get Megatron and Optimus." He said before he left. Her firstborn look up at her with red eyes that reminded her of her Carrier, plus he had the same colors.
"Hello baby." She smiled and licked his face. Megatron had to smile at the scene as Elisa snuggled up to her sparklings as they started to wake. He walked over to Elisa and picked up the sparkling.
"You have to hold him when you feed him." Megatron explained. Elisa only nodded as she took the sparkling into her shaking hands. "Don't worry, he'll grab it on instinct. You did that too." He added and sure enough the sparkling grabbed at the cube and started to drink it.
"Hey not too fast." Elisa protested quietly. She moved the cube away so he could swallow what liquid he had before he licked his lips. "Oh man, I've got to name them too." Elisa muttered quietly.
"I know you'll think of something." Megatron said proudly.
"I think I already have." She said shyly.
"Oooh?" Megatron asked curiously.
"I need to talk to Optimus first." She answered.
"Fair enough."
Optimus came up to her and started to feed the sparklings.
"I have some ideas for names Optimus." Elisa said when everyone had been fed.
""I'm listening." Optimus said seriously. "I was actually thinking of giving you the ultimate choice of the names."
"Well, I was thinking about some traditional names." She said slightly nervous.
"Go ahead." He said eagerly.
"Well number one here…" She laughed and started to lick his back making him turn towards her. "I was thinking…Megatronous." She said quietly. Optimus blinked in surprise as he really hadn't expected that, but he let her continue. "Little red over here Orion…and I'm not sure about the other two yet." She said. Optimus looked at her and smiled weakly at him and he knew he couldn't say no.
"That sounds really nice Elisa. Now we've just got to name the other two." He said nervously and Elisa laughed.
Hello Megatronous
Elisa spoke to her first born and he looked up at her with a chirp. "Yes, hello Megatronous." Elisa said sweetly. The smaller mech and the femme were sound asleep by Elisa's stomach.
"Do you need anything?" Optimus asked.
"Can you get Ratchet? I think you need to bond with them since you are their Sire." Elisa answered. Optimus brought Ratcet over and he explained that since it had been several days the bond with the Carrier was settled and now Optimus had to bond with them. He did as Ratchet told him to do and not long after he was asleep with the sparklings around him. Taking the chance Elisa got up and did some stretches.
"Don't strain yourself right now Elisa. No helping with reconstruction you might hurt yourself." Ratchet ordered.
"Can I walk please?" She asked with playful caution.
"I suppose." Ratchet huffed back playfully.
"Hey Elisa!" Smokescreen shouted before running over to her.
"Hi Smokescreen." She replied.
"Where's Optimus?"
"With the sparkling's sleeping. He just bonded with them as their Sire."
"Awesome, got any names yet?" He asked eagerly.
"Two out of four."
"Oh, oh, oh, what are they? What are they?" He asked almost jumping up and down.
"Can't tell you until it's four out of four." Elisa replied.
"Awwww man." Smokescreen mumbled with a wink.
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That night was interesting as the sparklings didn't want to sleep too much. Megatronous and Orion kept playing with each other while the femme watched with curiosity and the other mech tried to join in, but couldn't find the right place to come into the play fight. It was then that Elisa noticed the small mechs colors in the moonlight. He was dark blue, but in the moonlight it looked almost purple and his back looked like it was glowing silver and he had some bright blue strips that seemed glow fluorescent.
"Moonlight." She said to herself.
"Hmmm…"Optimus said as he woke up from his deep sleep after bonding with the sparklings.
"What do you think of Moonlight?" She asked him. Optimus took one look at the small mech and he knew she was right.
"It's perfect." He said happily. Moonlight gave up on playing with his brothers and sat down next to the femme and started to lick her cheek in a gentle manner.
"I still don't know what to name her. I feel terrible." She said annoyed.
"Hmmm…Elita?" He suggested quietly.
"No, sounds too much like my name." She said quickly.
"Alexis? Sari? Lily? Mikaela?" He said quickly spewing names.
"Aren't those human names?" She asked curiously.
"Yes, is something wrong with that?" He said.
"I don't know. I just want her name to be unique." Elisa said fearing she was being too picky.
"What about Neytiri?" Optimus suggested.
"That sounds nice actually." Elisa said with a smile.
"So is it settled?" He asked happily.
"I believe so." She said happily as well. She got up and laid down by Optimus and poked at the playing mechs making them look at her before the settled next to her belly. "Who is she?" Elisa asked.
"Who?"
"Elita?"
"She was a good friend I knew during the war." He answered.
"Oh sorry." She said horrified and embarrassed.
"It's alright. You didn't know and she's your daughter." Optimus said gently.
"Our daughter." Elisa insisted.
"Yes our daughter…I like the sound of that."
I based Predator off of Megatron from Transformers: Armada. I just loved the look and the voice of that particular version. Yes Neytiri is from Avatar but honestly I think it sounds beautiful so that's why I picked it.