Oc: Starlight= Knockout's best friend

Red Cross: CMO; one of Knockout's bosses.

Chainheap= Knockout's Sire

Analix= Knockout's Carrier

Kickjump= Breakdown's Sire

Ysila= Breakdown's Carrier

Chapter 2

Knockout woke up before his alarm went off, well, he couldn't sleep at all. After watching the documentary of Solus Prime, he and Breakdown went to berth to recharge. Breakdown was recharging like the offline while Knockout kept waking up, like up whatever he had in his tanks before going back to the berth to try and recharge. He got washed up, shined his paint and grab an plain energon cube to go.

He drank his energon before he even got out of the apartment building and hurried to work just in case he felt sick again. The medical center didn't seem busy at all, there were a few patients here and there but nothing that needed medical attention, some nurses and doctors were around, catching up on the files. He spotted Ratchet and Red Cross at the medical center with Starlight.

Starlight looked up from her file with a huge grin on her faceplate. "Welcome back."

The CMOs of the Medical Center looked in his direction with a smile. "How was the honeymoon?" Red Cross asked, still smiling.

"Great." Knockout blushed.

"Ah, I remember my honeymoon," Red Cross started to go down memory lane. "Of course, Wingflare was overcharged and sprained his ankle. Though, that didn't stop us." He chuckled at the memory.

"Mirage and I travelled to Sector Two, there's a planet there that has a hot spring," Ratchet smiled. "If you want a relaxing interface, go there."

Knockout stared at his bosses, Starlight laughed. "You oldies are going to traumatize him."

"I'm already traumatized," Knockout said. He turned to Starlight. "Can I have my patients files that I'm covering today."

Starlight nodded, going to grab him the files while the CMOs were still chatting about their honeymoon. Knockout suddenly felt sick but fought in back. I just have to get through today.

-transition-

09:23. That was what the clock read.

It hasn't been half of the wake cycle and so far, Knockout puked up twenty five times. He didn't go sit to take a break, he just kept pushing through. He had just finished checking his fourth patient when he felt the urge to puke again. He rushed out of the medical room, quickly walking past the medical desk where Starlight was,, dropping his files down and continued to walk faster to get to the wash area to puke when he heard Starlight call for him. He didn't hear her, he just made it to the wash area just in time to puke. He emptied his tanks several times before getting up on his pedes, flushing his puke away in the systems. He swayed on his pedes, seeing everything around him go black and he collapsed.

"Knockout?" He heard someone call for him and knocked on the door. Knockout just moaned miserably. He heard the door open, and a gasp. "Knockout!" it was Starlight. "Knockout, what's wrong?" Knockout didn't answer her. He felt like if he said anything he would puke. Starlight checked Knockout's temperature which was a bit high. "I've com for Ratchet and Red Cross. They are on their way."

Knockout must have blacked out on Starlight because when he came to Red Cross and Ratchet were with them. Red Cross and Ratchet were lifting him up while Starlight had rushed out. Red Cross and Ratchet carried himto an empty medical room, Red Cross was prepping the needle to take an energon test on him.

"Knockout, what's wrong? What are your symptoms?" Ratchet asked as he shinned a light in his optics to check him.

"Upset tanks," he mumbled out.

"We're going to do some tests o you," Ratchet said. "Starlight is going to get Breakdown."

Knockout didn't argue with his boss. He was grateful that his friend was going to get his mate.

-transition-

Breakdown was at work when he got word that he had to go to the Medical Center due to his mate falling ill. He pushed down his worry, trying to focus on being calm as he rushed to the Medical Center. He did notice that Knockout was ill but his mate would always dismiss it, saying that he was fine. Breakdown mentally cursed himself, he should have forced Knockout to see a medic and now he was rushing to be with his mate all because he didn't get checked out. As he got closer to the Medical Center, he transformed back into his bot mode, running inside.

"Breakdown!" a femme called to him. He turned to see Starlight running to him.

"Is he alright? What happened?" Breakdown bombed her with questions.

"He's fine. Ratchet and Red Cross are doing tests," she said, calming him a bit but it was clear to see he was anxious. "Come with me."

Starlight lead him down the halls of the Medical Center until they reached the medical room that Knockout was in. Starlight moved to the side, allowing Breakdown to go straight to his mate while Ratchet and Red Cross were looking at the data they got.

"Knockout, are you okay?" Breakdown asked, reaching his mate's side, holding his servo.

"I'm alright,"Knockout said.

"You mean what you have isn't dangerous," Ratchet decided to voice, causing the two bondmates and even Starlight to look at him. "According to the tests, your energon pressure is high and you know that'll cause you to collapse. And for that, you are on medical leave."

Knockout looked at one if his boss. "I can't go on medical leave. We don't have enough-"

"We will get some from the Medical Academy," Ratchet said, dismissing Knockout.

Red Cross was still looking at the results, he looked up from his medical data pad. "On the other servo, there is also another thing that isn't alarming but with your high energon pressure it could be a problem."

Knockout turned his attention to Red Cross, he felt Breakdown squeeze his servo to let him know that he wasn't going to leave his side. "What is it?"

Red Cross looked at the two bondmates. "Congratulations the both of you are going to be Creators."

Knockout didn't say anything, Breakdown was frozen, the only thing that snapped them out of it was Starlight squealing in excitement.

"You're on medical leave starting now," Red Cross told Knockout. "Go home and rest."

Knockout got off the medical berth with Breakdown at his side. Knockout had a feeling that Breakdown's Sire Code was about to kick in; he never been sparked and he had never experienced what it's like to deal with a mate whose Sire Code was activated. Starlight had hugged the both of them before allowing the two to leave the Medical Center.

Breakdown and Knockout took their time and walked to their apartment. The two of them had talked about having sparklings of their own in the future, they didn't expect it to happen right away.

They made it to their apartment, Breakdown had ushered his mate to the couch to relax while he went to call his boss to tell him he won't be coming back for the rest of his shift. While his mate was away, Knockout turned his VC – VideoCall – online… first he dialled his Creators then Breakdown's Creators.

"Hey sweetspark," his Carrier, Analix, answered first. She turned her helm away from the call. "CHAINHEAP! Knockout is on!"

He heard his Sire mumble something before coming onto the screen. "I thought you work."

"I was at work," Knockout said.

"Hey Knockout," another femme voice popped up first before the video showed. It was Breakdown's Carrier, Ysila and beside her was his Sire, Kickjump. "Is our son treating you right?"

Before Knockout could answer, Breakdown appeared. "Of course, I am." He sat down beside his mate, wrapping an arm around his waist. "So Knockout and I just found out some… exciting news."

Their Creators were silent, waiting to hear.

"I'm sparked."

There was a moment of silence before both of their Carriers squealed in excitement.