This is my first sequel. I hope you all like it! Also for most of this to make sense and to see how it all started don't forget to read Love Times Two! Please sit back and enjoy, also be gentle...still working out some kinks in the story. :)
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I IN NOW WAY OWN ANY SONGS OR MEDIA USED IN THIS STORY AS REFERENCE OR OTHERWISE I.E; NAME BRANDS, MUSIC, ANIME/MANGA REFERENCES (THERE MAY BE A FEW) OR OTHER SUCH NONESENSE! AGAIN PLEASE DONT SUE!
I do own Arabella, Tia, Kyler, the sparklings, and any other OC's I add later!
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TFSTARFIRE: Thank you! I hope you enjoy this chapter as well!
Fandom Jumping Expert: Wish granted! I hope you like it! kinda gives you a taste of the mischief to come. :) The creepiness is done...for now, and I'm glad you found it adorable, I couldn't stop grinning when I was writing it. Thanks again!
Retrokill: Thanks! :) Ah, little girls can have that affect on some people, Galloway included. There's a reason women are seen as manipulative. We start at a young age, even as Cybertronians. The creepy is gone...I hope you don't find this chapter creepy. Hope you like it!
HeartsGuardianSol: Wish granted...in both senses! Idk why everyone says a nice Galloway is creepy, and I agree its nice to see them win him over. No one can resist the sparklings cuteness! NO ONE! Hope you like the chapter.
Text: " = normal speech heard out loud, sparklings included.
[Text: "] = Family bond/twin bond/quad bond/spark bond :)
{Text: "} =Com. Link/text message/ phone call. (specified)
S.S: " =Twins speaking in unison (or quads... i.e F.P)
N.P.F.M: " =Quads speaking in unison
YDaddy = Sunstreaker
RDaddy = Sideswipe
R&YDaddy = Twins speaking in unison from sparklings pov.
Third person's pov.
It was a very cheery Monday the 13th as Arabella took her sparklings to her lab. Her parents had left a few days prior and her mother had decided to make a habit of calling each morning since then. She placed the quadruplets on the floor near some large roses as she continued to speak to her mother, vaguely aware that her sparklings had gotten up and began exploring their surroundings. Maverick was the first to toddle off, each of his siblings soon after chasing after him. They were mesmerized by how big everything was in comparison to them, the flowers they had seen outside were much smaller than the ones they were seeing now. Pulse the ever curious little mech he was stuck his helm into one of the roses he saw and inhaled deeply. He came back with a small sneeze that made bright gold pollen fly off of his helm. His brother and sisters giggled wildly at the sight as they too began to sniff the different flowers and toddle about.
Meanwhile Arabella was in her lab altering a tomato's gene configuration when she realized that the sparklings had gone missing. She quietly got up and went in search of them. She knew that they couldn't go too far seeing that they had barely began to run let alone walk, what she found was simply too adorable to interrupt. The sparklings were not only sniffing the flowers but they were also gently petting them and cooing hellos to them in an attempt to get them to talk back. Arabella watched quietly as her sparklings began to wander off further into the garden, optics wide with wonder. Suddenly Maverick and Nightsinger stopped. They were looking at a rose and at the blue bell next to it. A few petals had fallen of the rose and one of the open blooms had fallen off the blue bell as they were walking by. The two looked sad, believing that they had hurt the plants.
N.M: "Sowy."
They said as they tried to put the petals and bloom back as they were only for them to fall again. Feeling sad they picked up the petals and bloom and continued on their way, thinking that their mommy could fix them. Catching up to their brother and sister they continued to chirp and click at the plants merrily unaware that their mother was recording what they were doing. The sparklings toddled about doing this and that until they ran across the fruits and vegetable portion of the lab. Here they looked at each fruit in wonder, each tilting their head to the side curiously as if to say; "Hey, you're not a flower!".
Freezefire: "Ooooo!"
She squealed as she stumbled across a blueberry the size of a tire. Each of the sparklings found a fruit that they were partial to, usually the kind that matched their color schemes. Arabella smiled as each hugged their desired piece of produce. Maverick had decided that he liked his so much that he would take it with him, but he soon got frustrated when he could not bring down the entire bunch of giant concord grapes. So he like his brother and sisters settled for taking one fruit each; Nightsinger (albeit reluctantly) chose her giant strawberry over the massive bing cherry she wanted. Freezefire grabbed her tire sized blueberry, while Pulse rolled his monstrous orange up the slope leading to their mothers lab. Arabella took a shortcut back to the top of her lab and watched as her sparklings worked hard to bring up their desired fruit to her.
Bella: "Well hello there! I take it that you four wanna try this fruit huh?"
The quartet clicked and warbled happily in reply, eagerly nodding their helms yes. Arabella simply laughed in reply as she washed off the fruit and using one of her fan blades, cut each into wedges for he sparklings, making sure to remove seeds. The sparklings giggled happily as some of the juice sprayed onto them and as their mom gave them their treats. Arabella smiled as she watched her sparklings share their fruit and chirp back and forth between each other, happy that they got to spend the morning exploring. As soon as she was done with her work, Arabella and the quads left for the rec room, unfortunately it had rained a little bit while they were in the lab, and the sparklings didn't hesitate to jump giggling into each puddle splattering each other with mud all the way to the rec room.
Sparklings point of view; Maverick
I love sploring! Fun! Fun fun fun fun! Gwapes are yummy, oranges, stwaberrys, and booberrys are nummy too...but gwapes are best! Mommy had to wipe some off the mud that we were wearing cause she said it would be rude to bring it inside. That's okay I don't wanna make anyone mad. Mommy looks worried, wonder why?
Hide: "Good morning Bella. Mini spawns."
Me: "Hi Hide!"
Hide: "Ah, you're getting there! C'mon say it...I-ern-hide."
Me: "Iorwnhide. Hide!"
Hide: "Smart little mech. Takes after his mother, one day he'll use my whole name."
Mommy: "Not likely. Nearly everyone calls you "Hide" Ironhide. He likes it that way."
Hide: "I see that they have discovered mud."
Mommy: "Yes they have, they've also discovered fruit today. Whatever you do, do not say b-a-t-h. Please for my sanity don't say it right now."
What's b-a-t-h? Cant spell yet...hmmm. B and a sound like baaa. Sheep go baaa. T and h... I dunno what that sounds like. Hmmmmm.
Jazz: "Mornin' Bella! Mornin' mini's! Whoa! Ya'll look like a hot mess!"
Mommy: "Jazz! Don't say anything else! Especially about a b-a-t-h!"
Jazz: "Huh? Why can't ah say ba-OH! Ah see, you don' want em ta make a fuss."
Mommy: "Yes, well at least not until the twins get home."
Hide: "Why do they hate...ba...uh that service? Most sparklings don't enjoy it but they all have their reasons."
Wait a mimute...make a fuss? Hate...what do we hate? Bedtime...naptime...when mommy or daddies go bye bye...hmmm.
Mommy: "Not all of them hate it, just Nightsinger and Maverick."
WAIT A MIMUTE! Jazz said we're a mess...daddies don't like when we're messy, and Night and me hate bath time! OH NOO! Bath...baa...thhhh. Noooooo! Don't wanna!
Me: "Night! Night! Night!"
Night: "What wrong?"
Freeze: "You otay?"
Me: "NO! Mommy and daddies...gonna give BAF!"
Pulse: "YAAAAY!"
Night: "No! Not yay! No wanna baf!"
Mommy: "(Sigh) Oh dear, they've figured it out."
Jazz: "So ah see. Wow Freeze an Shock are positively ecstatic bout it."
Hide: "You still haven't answered my question...why do they hate it? Are they scared?"
Mommy: " No, not at all. They love the warm water and the bath toys, they hate the-"
Night: "Yucky SOAP! No like!"
Me: "And sponges and washcloths!"
Pulse: "Awwwww! But that's the best part!"
Night: "Is not!"
Pulse: " Is too!"
Night: "Not!"
Pulse: "Too!"
Night: "Not!"
Pulse: "TOO!"
Night: "NOT!"
Mommy: "See? The last time we gave them a bath, Nightsinger and Maverick declared all out war on Sunstreaker and the sponge he was "wielding", that is until Sideswipe and I held them still."
Freeze: "What so bad bout soapy sponges? They're fun! Tickles!"
Pulse: "And the soap smells good!"
Me: "No! Slimy, and bubbly and yucky-"
Night: "Foam is icky! ...A..and mommy always washes my hair! No like that! Toys are fun, but not other stuff! Gotta scape!"
Me: "Heeey! You right! We run way! Then mommy and daddies can't give baf!"
Pulse: "Oh yeah? How you gonna do that?"
Freeze: "Mommy and daddies will catch you! You no they will."
Night: "Not if we make it to ocean first! We rinse off and mommy and daddies no give baf!"
Me: "Good idea! Kay! Now we need a escape plan!"
40 minutes later
Mommy gave us lunch, which was yummy and then daddies came home...time to scape bath time.
RDaddy: "Aww, there's are little ones!"
YDaddy: "Yuck! They're filthy! Bae what did you do with them?"
Mommy: "(Snicker) They decided to play in the puddles that formed from the rain we got this morning on our way back from my lab."
She said picking me and Night up. Okay...now all we gotta do is just get away.
YDaddy: "Now I see why you wanted us to draw them a bubble bath. Alright you four, time for a wash."
RDaddy: "Say bye to Jazz and Hide for now."
Night: "Bye bye Jass!"
P.F: "Bye Hide!"
Me: "Bye bye!"
Hide: "We'll see you soon little ones."
Sooner than you think...I hope. Mommy and Daddies took us to a big room, filled with all kinds of weird looking stuff, there was soap and weird things that made water spray everywhere, and tables that had all kinds of weird stuff on them...Daddies and Mommy never showed us what that stuff did though. Finally I saw our baths. Ughhh! Yucky! Soap already in there!
[Me: "Ready Night?"]
[Night: "Yes! Lets do it!"]
Third person's pov
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe carefully lowered Pulse and Freezefire into their tubs, the two clicking and cooing happily at having a bath. While they did that Arabella was struggling to get Maverick anywhere near the tub. Finally she wrapped her arm around him and began to lower him in, that is until Maverick grabbed the side of the tub and froze himself in a very "downward facing dog" pose, using his little peedes to balance himself on the other rim of the tub. His brother and sisters giggled at what he was doing, even his parents couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.
Bella: "Alright Maverick, enough clowning around. Let go so you can have your bath."
Maverick: "Don't wanna!"
Sides: "Oh is that so? Well I guess I'll have to persuade you then won't I?"
He said as he mischievously began to wiggle his digits into his son's sides. Maverick saw this coming and did what he'd seen his mommy do in training. He pushed off with his peedes as hard as he could, accidentally kicking Sides in his chest plates as he did so and flipped over the bath. With a plunk he landed on the floor. Nightsinger who was clinging to her mother's armor, let go and landed on the floor with a plunk as two got up and raced out the door, (seeing that almost all the doors on base were automatic) giggling happily that their plan had worked. Their parents just stood there dazed for a second, before bursting out into laughter.
Bella: "Something tells me that they planned that."
Sides: "Oh? What was your first clue? Maverick's summersault or the footprint he left on my chest?"
Bella: "I'll get them. Meanwhile you two go ahead and do Pulse and Freezefire."
Sunny: "Don't have to tell me twice."
He mumbled as his sparkmate left them in search of their escaped sparklings. Arabella went to the rec room first and found that her sparklings were not in there, however this caught the attention of some of her comrades.
Hide: "What happened?"
Bella: "Maverick and Nightsinger got away from me. Have any of you seen them?"
Jazz: "No, buh Ah'll let ya know if ah do!"
Hound: "Do you need help looking for them?"
Bella: "Actually that would be nice, I'm sure they haven't gotten too far."
She said as she and the other bots began to search for them. A com was put out over the intercom stating that whoever found them was to report to her or to Sunny and Sides. Meanwhile, the sparklings had wandered into a dark room, completely unaware of who the room belonged to, let alone the person recharging in it. That is until they heard the heavy footsteps outside the door. The two quickly scrambled under the berth in an attempt to hide.
Ironhide: "Chromia, sweetspark, have you seen the mini spawns by chance?"
Chromia: "Mmmmmph. Nooo."
She murmured sleepily. Maverick and Nightsinger having heard the com, were silently panicking. They knew that Hide would no doubt give them back to their parents. Nightsinger looking around frantically, found an air vent. She once heard her daddies say that they would hide in them to get away from Hide or Ratchet when they were mad. With a quick pull on the screen, it came loose with a puff of dust. Nightsinger quickly motioned to her little brother to climb in, all the while watching Hide's peedes stomp around. He had checked the whole room except for where they were hiding. Nightsinger climbed in and put the screen back as best she could. The two then began to explore the vents in an attempt to get outside.
Sunny and Sides had just finished up with Pulse and Freezefire, who were still clicking and beeping happily from having had a bath. The four strode into the camera room to see if they could find the sparklings anywhere. This is where they met up with Kyler.
Kyler: "Hey you two. Haven't found them yet, but I did see them run into Ironhide's room. I don't know how they're still hiding in there though cause Hide went in and came out a short while later."
The twins looked at each other incredulously and smiled.
Sides: "They are definitely our kids. How much you wanna bet that they're hiding in the air vents?"
Sunny: "Oh I'd bet some serious cash. Although I don't know where this stubborn streak with bath time came from."
Kyler: "Easy...Bella. She hated bath time when we were little kids. Made our mom chase her around the house nearly every night until she was 7. If I had a dollar for every time she tried to hide in my room I'd have at least fifty in my back pocket!"
He laughed. Meanwhile the sparklings drifted into a light nap, upon seeing this their father's came across a strange thought.
Sunny: "Hey Kyler, would you mind setting up a blockade be the beach?"
Kyler: "I'd have to ask Will. Why?"
Sides: "We're praying that we're wrong but if the sparklings wandered to the ocean and decided to go in...it could be bad for their health. Our species doesn't handle saline well."
Kyler: "Yet you can consume salt?"
Sunny: "Salt in small doses is fine, but if you were to submerge one of us in it for too long, it could bring about corrosion and infection, eventually leading to our bodies slowly rotting away."
Kyler: "Okay! On that happy note I'll set up a blockade, just make sure to tell Will why."
He said as he did so.
30 minutes later
The whole base was now searching for the sparklings, who after waking up from a nap, and escaping to outside, found that they couldn't get to the beach. They were now hiding in a warehouse behind some old crates.
[Mave: "This horrible! Now what?"]
[Night: "Dunno. Hide til they go night night, then rinse off I guess."]
[Mave: "Hungwy. Dinner soon?"]
[Night: " Yeah. Bottle sounds nummy right now."]
She said through the bond softly whimpering, unaware that someone had heard her.
Bee: "Nightsinger? Is that you?"
Maverick: "Nooooooooo."
Bee walked to where he heard the sparklings and found them, covered in grime and in need of a bottle and a good bath. Reaching into his subspace he brought out a bottle for each of them, and began to feed them. After he was through burping them, he set them down.
Bee: "You guys know that I'm supposed to take you to your mom and dads right?"
Mave: "Pease no! No wanna baf!"
Night: "Pease! Help us scape!"
Bee vented a sigh. He couldn't leave them here and they would be mad at him if he told their parents where to find them. So he decided to help them a little. He told them that if they left and snuck back into the building that they could find a better place to hide. He even confirmed that the hallway was empty. The sparklings gave Bee a quick hug before darting out of the ware house, only to be caught by Mudflap and Skids...who after a moment of thinking decided to let them go, as payback for all the times that Sunny and Sides had picked on them. Maverick and Nightsinger ran into the building only to be stopped when Hound and Jazz came up the hall. They quickly turned around only to find Arabella and Sideswipe right behind them. The two had seen the twins put them down and immediately chased after them.
Jazz: "Al'righ you two. The jig is up."
Sideswipe: "It's time for your bath."
Maverick grabbed his sister by the wrist and drug her to a door and raced in.
N.M: "OH NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Only to have Sunstreaker grab them by their scruff bars when they tried to run back out. He had decided to search that room first before heading outside to look for them. Luck was on his side. The two squealed and kicked trying to get free, as their parents carried them to the washracks for their much needed wash. All that could be heard was splashing, groans and cries as the two were forcibly given their bath. Bumblebee stood in the doorway of the rec room listening to the commotion smiling. It seemed like only yesterday that it was him who was screaming and crying, after having been chased down for his bath.
Night: "NO LIKE! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Mave: "Pease no use dat! NO LIKE SOAP!"
Bella: "(SIGH) Maverick the point of a bath is to get clean. I have to use soap. Now hold still!"
S.S: "You're okay, its okay its just soap and water it won't hurt you we promise!"
N.M: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Bee chuckled. New generation same problems.
3 hours later Still Third person's pov
After a decent dinner and some time to play it was time for the sparklings to go to bed. Alas there was one problem with that.
Freeze: "NOT TEEPY! Don't wanna go night night!"
She pouted after hearing her mother mention that they would soon go to bed. The sparklings were toddling about in their playpen while their parents spoke with some of their friends and human allies. All of which were conveniently not looking at them. Freezefire getting an idea, grabbed her favorite teddy and climbed over the fence that surrounded them. Her siblings surprised that she decided to escaped followed her, making sure to be quiet as they did so. They followed her into the hallway wondering where she was going. Pulse was going to ask her when he thought better of it and poked her through their sibling bond. She turned around and glared at him, indicating that she didn't want to be bothered. Seeing this the sparklings went their separate ways.
Nightsinger decided to explore the training room, where she found Jazz, Mirage, Tia and some of the soldiers. They were playing in the dark with bright were shooting bright colors of light at each other.(also known as lasers. Laser tag training to be precise.) She sat and watched for a bit before she decided that she wanted to know what they were doing, But before she could ask, the intercom turned on, with an announcement that she and her siblings were to be found and brought to her parents for bed. She pouted for a whole two seconds before the lights came on, and Tia, Jazz, and Mirage shouted to get her. And just like that she was off running again.
Maverick had wandered into the indoor shooting range where he saw Bluestreak, Ironhide, and Hound firing at targets. He sat mesmerized by it, but alas he couldn't see what they were shooting. So using a chair that was in the room he carefully climbed up to see. He watched happily for minutes on end until Bluestreak turned around and saw him.
Blue: "Hey little one what are you doing in here?"
Hide: "Oh for Primus sakes! He's avoiding bedtime. I better get him to the twins."
Hound: "They must be looking for you, I have two messages in my com link asking where he and the others are."
Maverick clicked defiantly as he jumped off the chair and ran out the door, making the three chase him. For creatures that could barely walk, they sure were fast runners.
Pulse decided to go to the Medbay. It was one of the only places he knew how to get to and he held a fondness for its CMO, after all he had saved his life. Ratchet was in the process of wrapping up a few soldiers wounds and didn't pay any mind when he heard the door open and shut.
Ratchet: "Unless it's an emergency, please leave my Medbay."
He said calmly. He hadn't even looked up from his work to see who it was. Pulse wasn't sure what an emergency was so he quietly looked around the room and watched what Ratchet was doing with great care. He eventually wandered to his back office and found that one of his tool cabinets was open. Pulse looked at all of the tools carefully, and didn't find one he liked, they all looked scary to him. However Pulse pulled open a different cabinet and did see one tool he was okay with. It was a screw driver, with an orange handle. He smiled as he picked it up only to be startled when someone picked him up.
Ratchet: "Pulse, what are you doing back here? You should be in recharge little one."
Pulse: "Not teepy. Waarble! Wanna splore, warble click!"
Ratchet: "Ah, well you still need to recharge. I have no choice but to return you to your parents, who are probably fritzing about you being gone."
He said as he began walking to the door, only for it to open as Maverick ran by, with Ironhide, Hound and Bluestreak in hot pursuit. Ratchet sighing barely payed attention to Pulse who had wiggled out of his grip. Sliding down his leg armor Pulse began to chase after his brother, as Ratchet began to chase after him.
20 minutes later
Freezefire was content where she was. She had wandered into Prowl's room, found a comfy spot on his berth and was looking at her picture book that Galloway had given her. Prowl as usual was too engrossed in his data pads to notice. The only reason she left was because her sister and brothers had poked her through their bond repeatedly, disturbing her to the point of frustration. She quietly got up and left Prowls room, her teddy in tow as she ventured down the hall. Before she could get too far, she was pulled into a closet by her big sister. All of her siblings were hiding in the closet grinning like mad.
[Freeze: "WHAT!? I WAS WEADING! WHY WE IN A CLOSET?!"]
[Night: "Because Pulse and me figured out how to look like mommy!"]
[Mave: We each ran in here after giving the big bots the slip...whatever that means."]
[Pulse: "So, Night and I saw in our heads that we could activate something called a t-cog seeequeence."]
[Freeze: "And I care why?"]
[Mave: "Watch!"]
Pulse and Nightsinger concentrated hard as their armor shifted and bent, they both got a little bigger and they sprouted a tail.
[Freeze: "WOW! You guys look just like mommy!"]
[Night: "Pwetty cool right? But our heads say that we gotta scan something."]
[Pulse: "We wanna look like mommy! Can we pease see your book?"]
Freezefire handed them her book and they carefully looked at the pictures, finding ones they liked. After more intense concentration Pulse and Nightsinger's armor changed again taking on patterns and colors unique to their chosen animal.
[Freeze: "You look pwetty!"]
[Night: "Tank koo! Wanna splore more like this!"]
[Pulse: "Me too! Wanna go see Wheejack?"]
The sparklings all agreed to go see Wheeljack, but ran into a problem.
[Mave: "How we get there? Too teepy to run."]
[Night: "Hmmm. Ooooooo! How bout you ride on my back!"]
She offered. The sparklings had nothing to lose as they ventured out of the closet and romped up the hall to Wheeljack's lab. Upon entering they found the inventor deep in recharge, helm laying on his work desk. That didn't stop them from looking around. They had made a full circle of the lab when Maverick thought that it would be a good idea to touch something, leading to a chain reaction where the end result was a loud crash, scaring the sparklings into running out the door and right into...
Prime: "Oh! I'm terribly sorry, what are you two doing riding...what in the name of Cybertron?!"
Night: "Hi!'
Prime: "Nightsinger? By the Allspark! What happened to you?"
Pulse: "New twick! New twick!"
He chanted as he and his sister turned back to how they look normally.
Night: "Ta da!"
She squealed with a yawn as her optic lids began to droop. Prime smiled as he scooped the four up. He would have to have a word with their parents about this, but for now he was content with letting them fall into recharge in his arms.
A/N: WOO! Long chapter. Hope you guys like it-
Sideswipe: "Hold on! This story has gone on too long without another prank!"
Me: "Easy there! I have some pranks coming up...but beware it wont be-"
Sunstreaker: "Fine fine! But what about the action?"
Me: "I can tell you now that you two will beat the living slag outta the twins for something. You'll wind up in the brig for it though."
Sideswipe: "Fine with me. Hey is it true that there's going to be more sparklings?"
Me: "Yes, at least one...I'm toying with a poll for Hide right now though."
Sunstreaker: "Make him have twin mechs! The irony will be great!"
Me: "Nice pun there. Maybe...gotta see what the readers want though."
S.S: "HEY! You better vote! And Follow and Favorite too If you know what's good for you!"
Sideswipe: "Gotta say though...I like the mischief you've given our kids."
Sunstreaker: "Got any more planned?"
Me: "Plenty! Better go! Please do as they have asked. Thank you!"
peace love and quadruplets!
CLYL! 🌠💜🌠💚
