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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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.
A/N: JUST A WARNING. DEROGETORY MILTARY NAMES USED, BUT IN GOOD FUN. I DO NOT MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE WHO READS THIS. READ ON, PLEASE!
Third person's pov
"Have you lost your mind?! What the flying hell where you thinking Kyler?!"
Arabella nearly shrieked as she toted her brother to the main hanger for their meeting. She was already peeved that her time off began with an interesting trip to Ratchet. Then her brother goes and tells her secret to her aunt and uncle. She wasn't so much mad as she was startled.
"I was thinking that we should get the frag away from this base and have fun with our family."
He said innocently. Arabella wasn't buying his act for one second.
Bella: "Do you realize what you've done? How in the name of Primus am I going to tell them, and the rest of the cousins that I'm married, with four kids, that may I remind you, don't in particular look like three month olds. Maybe 8 to 12 months but not fragging three months old Kyler!"
Kyler: "You told aunt Mae and uncle Cobalt the truth, try that."
Bella: "I also conveniently left out the fact that I'm no longer human, and that everyone that they'd meet aside from you, mom and dad, aren't human either. Last I checked I'm a sentient robotic car."
Sides: "And a beautiful one at that."
Bella: "Thank you, but that doesn't excuse the problem. We'll finish fixing it later by the way."
She said looking to Prime.
Prime: "Thank you all for coming. The goal of this meeting is to determine who will accompany Arabella and the twins on their trip to visit family."
Arabella sucked so much oxygen into her intakes from her gasp, she nearly glitched and fell over. Everyone was staring at her, half with wry smiles the others with concerned glances. She blinked, once, twice, three times before she finally rubbed at her optics venting deeply.
Bella: "Ya'll trying to kill me with happiness. O-kay…ummm. I have a small problem with this, I thought that only 9 people could know that I'm alive."
Prime: "The President said that 9 individuals could know the truth, as a whole. Not just your existence. He does not mind if your family knows you exist, but he does not want many to know the truth behind why."
Bella: "All righty then. Well. Who wants to go to Texas?"
Kyler: "And Louisiana!"
Bella: "Kyler…"
She warned turning to her brother frustratedly. He held up his hands in a placating manner as he hopped a step back. "Mom told Magnolia that we might be able to get away." Arabella blinked quickly before her optics got as wide as shields. "Please tell me that's all she said. And please tell me the wicked witches of the south have kicked the bucket. Please." "Well, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't tell grandma the honest to God truth about you. And no sadly not." Arabella sighed deeply for a moment, before looking back at him with a raised optic ridge. "Three days after Texas." He said. "Which means I'll be there one day after Texas." She mumbled rubbing at her optics tiredly.
Prime: "Should we be concerned?"
Bella: "No, not really. Just family drama. Now again who wants to be human for a non-consistent week?"
Arcee: "Who are we meeting this time?"
Kyler: "Well, you met our immediate family. These trips will introduce you to our extended family. They being our four uncles and aunts and their kids, at least on my dad's side. This will probably be no different than the festive environment that ya'll see here."
Bella: "Our dad and his brothers are all retired military. None of them were army. Just keep that in mind. It will get wild, so expect the unexpected. Our reunion is being held at a ranch where horses, cows, and chickens are raised. Meat will be eaten. I don't recommend this trip to anyone who isn't comfortable with that part of human culture, or human culture as a whole. But I do recommend it for those who want to learn more."
Prime chuckled at the smile his subordinate held as she began to explain in further detail the events to be had, and the normal behavior. She only had a few rules;
Do not make fun of their speech patterns out loud, seeing that she and her sibling's "southern drawl" would be considered normal.
Do not insult her family's hospitality, i.e. say please and thank you, eat the food given to you.
Expect to be teased by her family. Like Autobots, teasing and hazing is a sign of respect and affection, she'll reign in her family when she can.
Do not bring home blackmail. What happens there, stays there. Period. With the exception of a few tales.
Do not under any circumstances allude to the fact that Kyler joined the Army. Because he wants to keep his eyebrows and hair.
For the love of Primus and all that is holy, stick to the facts that she has told her extended family. Use coms if questions arise.
Bella: "And of course have fun. Oh, last little bit of caution to you guys…we have a thing each year called the ranch games. Expect to get dirty, both in alt and in holoform. Twins I love you, but I can't save you from my family's scrutiny in this case."
Sides: "It's okay bae. We can handle it. Right bro?"
The golden Lamborghini shuddered at the thought of getting anywhere near the filthy animals on the ranch, let alone getting dirty. But for his beloved's sake, he'd brave the horrors that come with farm folk family reunions. That didn't mean that he'd allow himself or his sparklings to walk around filthy, and his beloved knew this and promised him a good clean up if it ever came to it.
In the end, it was Ironhide, Chromia, Jazz, Bumblebee, Arcee, Tia, and Jolt who agreed to go. They were certain that their abilities would be useful in protecting the sparklings, as well as them being curious to see just what Arabella's family was like. Ratchet had devised a way for them to consume their regular energon without them looking too suspicious. If anyone asked they were simply on a high protein diet regimen, which meant that they have to drink protein shakes made specifically for them 2 to 3 times a day. As for the sparklings, Arabella and Sunstreaker wasted no time in finding them clothes and toys suitable for them to use while on the trip. They wound up shopping in the higher end malls in L.A., because Sunstreaker wanted "Only the best and most beautiful squishy armor available". Thankfully Arabella made a compromise with him, that he could pick out the clothing for the sparklings to wear to the second family reunion. Since that reunion called for the expensive dressy clothing style he insisted that his quadruplets wear. After a small mishap with a pick pocket, and a very helpful sales clerk at a Gap store, the two returned to base to finalize their packing and modify their alt modes. The modifications were so that if (Primus forbid) they were attacked with the sparklings riding in their alts, they could transform putting their sparklings in a space near their spark casing that was just as fortified then the spark casing its self if not more. After that, the twins had to scan slightly modified alts so that they now had a back seat for the quadruplet's car seats. Once that was done they headed to bed for a couple of hours of recharge before they were to leave.
Sideswipe's pov
To say that I'm excited for this trip, is not a technical lie, but it isn't the whole truth either. I'm not sure how to feel about meeting my sparkmate's extended family, after all why should they matter to me? One reason; they matter to her. I probably just have cold peedes as they say. After all her dad did threaten us with a baseball bat, Primus help us if they're all like him. Then again if they're all like him, this trip will be a total blast!
Nightsinger: "Daddy?"
I smiled down at my oldest. While Sunny and Bella were out shopping, I was tasked with getting the bitlets ready for the trip. This included teaching them about farm animals, and telling them repeatedly that they couldn't tell their now larger family the truth. Not that it would matter, we could always say that they like to pretend. Not only that, but while our quartet is in their human alts, they can't really speak as well as they can out of them, all of their clicks and whirrs come out as goos, and gurgles. I have to admit; I appreciate how convenient it is that they got their human alts right before this trip was announced. Thank you Primus for that. Though we may have a problem faking "potty breaks". Cybertronians don't necessarily go to the bathroom. We only evacuate waste if we're ill or when Ratchet flushes our systems. Both are unpleasant and nasty, but since we burn fuel pretty much cleanly it's an equal balance.
Right now I'm helping Bella dress our sparklings. It's actually really cool, they all turned out in a sort-of mix in skin tone between Bella, Sunny and I. All of our quadruplets are the same shade of light coffee brown, their hair taking on small streaks of their original armor color amidst the normal jet black hue. Their optics…well eyes remained blue or green in hue. Each of our sparklings looked identical to each other. The way we could tell the difference, between our little mechs were that Pulse has freckles like Bella does across her nose, while Maverick doesn't have any at all. The difference between Freezefire and Nightsinger, is that Nightsinger is a little bit taller than her little sister. And if you really want to make it easy…just look at their eye color.
Sunny: "Ready to go?"
Me: "Bit eager to get to the farm?"
Kyler: "Will you guys come on already?! We're ready to go for peats sake!"
Bella: "Keep your pants on Kyler! We have to pack for babies remember? That means multiple outfits, toys, bags, and other things that will make us look legit."
Kyler: "Diapers?"
Bella: "So when their rears are patted by the family to check for wetness. It will give us an excuse to escape to "change them". We don't typically go to the bathroom, remember?"
He rolled his eyes as he helped us stuff the last of the quadruplet's things in a suitcase before he hauled it out. Bella smiled at me and Sunny as we left our quarters and headed to the main hanger where our alts sat ready to be loaded up.
Jazz: "Alright Ya'll! Les' git goin'!
Bella: "Dear God Jazz. Ditch the hat, you look like a hooker."
She said as she ripped of his cowboy hat. Kyler snickered as he strapped Freezefire into Bella's back seat next to Nightsinger, who was cooing and looking around curiously. "Magic Jazz you aint." He snorted. "Ah HA! I knew you'd break accent first!" Bella cheered as Kyler frowned. "(Sigh) Double or nothing that you break first when we get to the ranch!"
Bella: "Oh, you're on! Get ready to owe me 100 bucks!"
She teased as we said our goodbyes. We then entered the groundbridge and began our relatively long drive to the Ranch. I could feel Bella's excitement through the bond, so can Sunny. I suppose this trip means a lot to her.
["More than you know."]
[Sunny: "I do not understand."]
[Bella: "I want you two to see why I am the way I am, and I want you guys to meet the others I love."]
[Sunny: "No no. Not that, I understand that."]
[Me: "What don't you understand then bro?"]
[Sunny: 'Why the ranch is so far out of the way, and why there are such large populations of bovine."]
Pulse: "Ooooo! MOO MOOS! Daddy, Moo moos!"
Okay on three…1…2…3…AWWWWW!
[Me: "Apparently Pulse is fond of cows."]
[Bella: "My uncles own pretty much all the farmland we're passing now. These are my uncle Cobalt's cattle. Black angus. The tastiest you'll ever eat"]
{Kyler: "Beeeeeef! Oh how I've missed red meat!"}
{Bella: "How do you think I feel? Nearly a vegan because of an oath and a psychotic medic, remember? It's almost been a year since I had any. You can have a cheese burger anytime you want."}
{Kyler: "Can not! You can have one anytime you want since you can leave for patrols! And besides, I live on base too!"}
{Bella: "Only since May! And you knew what you'd be giving up! I don't eat it because I have no need to!}
{Tia: "Children, do you need to be separated?"}
{"Shut up Tia!"}
They chorused together. Primus they're almost as bad as me and Sunny. After another twenty minutes of bickering we pulled into a long dusty driveway. Following Bella's lead we all parked and got out. As if on cue, two very large dogs ran up to her as she set Freezefire on the ground. Oh no…
Bella: "Phoenix! Zeus! Awwwe my puppies are here! Ohhh, who are good boys? Who's always been my good boys?"
She cooed as they sniffed at her alt and whined. "I know, but you can't tell the others, it has to be our little secret okay?" She whispered at them as the husky shepherd mix sniffed curiously at Nightsinger. "What's he doing?" "They're learning about the quadruplets." Kyler said as the Rottweiler gently nuzzled Pulse "They've accepted them into the pack. No surprise since, a third of them are mine." Our love said as she gently petted her mutts.
Sunny: "Bad news "puppies" We're the other two thirds."
And just like that the two turned to us snarling and growling, baring their teeth. The bitlets seem a little concerned, especially since another four Rottweilers bounded out of the house and barn. Bella immediately cooed an awe when they surrounded the quadruplets protectively, that is before she cleared her throat and commanded a very loud and stern "Heel!" All of the barking stopped as each dog sat obediently glaring at Sunny and I and Bella alike. "Good. These two, are my husbands. Though I know you don't like it, they are part of the pack. As are my babies, and those behind me. Do not attack them. Such actions warrant a swift kick to the rear. Dismissed." She said. Each of the dogs regarded us with a glare before they began to trot up the hill.
Chromia: "That was…interesting."
Hide: "I like those k-9s. They are far superior to Samuel's rodent in size and aggression."
Jazz: "An' they jus listen to ya? Like that?"
"Yep. My uncle also raises German Rottweilers. You won't find an American rotty built like those. Guarantee it. But enough about that, let's go meet the family." She called as she picked up Pulse and Maverick and skipped up the hill, to where the house's door was opening to show dad running out joyfully.
Dad: "Baby girl!"
"Daddy!" She squealed as he gently wrapped her in a hug. He immediately took notice of our mechlings and grinned looking to us as we came up behind his daughter. "Good ta see ya boys! Hey, and Ya'll brought the crew with ya! Son!" He called happily as he clapped Kyler on his back. "How ya been man? Hide hasn' broken ya yet I see." "Naw, he's tryin' though. Then again since I'mma Capitan, he can't do much ya know?" Dad blinked a few times before his grin broadened. Primus, I think he might split his face.
Bella: "YES! PAY UP! You broke your accent! Ha, ha ha, ha HA!"
She sang, southern twang returning to her voice. Kyler sighed as he took out his hundred-dollar bill and gave it to her. "Aint fair. Ya know dad's accent is contagious!" He whined. Nightsinger squirmed in my arms, squealing and reaching for dad who took her with a wide smile as he bounced her up and down.
Dad: "We probably should head inside, befo'-"
"Yo James! Where'd ya run off to…OH MY GOD! BELLA'S HERE! AND KYLERS HERE TOO!"
Sunny: "Primus Hide. Didn't know you had a twin."
Hide: "Shut it pit spawn."
Dad: "Guys, I want ya to meet my older brother, Cobalt."
Cobalt: "There they are! Bella, Kyler! Sweet God! Do ya'll have any clue what ya've done to this family?!"
Bella: "Well… I have an idea. And in my defense, I've been a tish busy."
Cobalt: "Who are these nice folks behind ya?"
Bella: "Maybe we ought-a introduce em to the whole clan?"
Cobalt: "Uh unh. I wanna know who's ass I'mma kickin'. Which of you unfortunate males thought it wise to marry my niece?"
Jazz: "That'd be them!"
Hide: "These two right here!"
Kyler: "The two fella's next to me."
Me: "I hope you all know, that if we die, Boss'll be severely disappointed."
Sunny: "And so will the bitlets."
Cobalt: "Ohhh. So ya'll the two who stole my niece from me? Ya'll gotta lotta nerve! Where-"
Dad: "Cobalt, you wanna hold your great niece?"
The man immediately froze and turned to dad staring in awe at Nightsinger. She stared back, and cracked a smile before she began to giggle uncontrollably. All of the sparklings began to laugh, what at I'm not sure but I owe them for getting us out of the third degree. Cobalt melted as he took notice of all of the sparklings.
Cobalt: "Well aint they jus' the cutest little things in the universe. Bella, they're yours?"
Bella: "Yes, why don't we go inside?"
She said to him gently. Never did I fathom that our sparkmate came from such a large family. There are people everywhere, and a lot of younglings too. It's so busy in here, Primus, we actually might have a problem remembering names for once!
{Arcee: "Do they all belong to your family unit?"}
{Bella: "Yep! Be prepared to be flirted with by my older cousins. Just a warning. You DO however have my permission to slap them if you so wish."}
{Bee: "I was about to ask why the femmes were staring like that."}
{Tia: "You ready to defend your mechs?"}
{Bella: "From my boy crazy cousins? Hell yeah."}
Cobalt: "Hey Ya'll! Lookie what I found on the driveway!"
The whole room froze to stare at us, before everyone chorused the happy cheers of "Welcome home!" "We missed you!" and "You're alive!". Then the questions began. "Who are they?" "Who's babies?" "What happened? Why didn't you call?!" "Do you still like video games?" "Who's team are they on?" "WHO'RE THE CITY SLICKERS PARKED IN THE DRIVE?!" …
Bella looking overwhelmed did her infamous whistle to quiet the room, before telling everyone to ask questions one at a time. The result, was five women and three men stepping forward. At least I could recognize one of the women as mom. Everyone else is new to me.
Bella: "Guy's I'd like to introduce you to my aunts Mae, Lou Ann, Susie, and Anna Sue, and my uncles, Cobalt, Reggie, Stanley aka "Lucky", and Riley Thompson."
{Jazz: "Ohhh, so ya dad took yo' mom's last name."}
Me: "Pleased to meet you."
Mae: "Bella, is he yo' husband?"
Sunny: "One of two yes. I'm the other."
"WHAT?!"
Bella: "Thompson crew, meet my comrades, and husbands. Jazz, Chromia, Ironhide, Arcee, Tia, Jolt, Bumblebee, and last but not least my husbands; Sideswipe and Sunstreaker."
"Nice to meet you!" I tried. Primus knows I tried, they're just staring her down. We all said our hello's, even Bee signed his, prompting Jazz to explain that Bee was mute. Not that I have anything to fear, I mean come on, I seriously doubt they could do anything to harm any of us, but still. I thought it was rude to stare in human culture.
Reggie: "Bella, you've got two minutes to explain what the hell happened here. And we wan' the truth."
Sunny: "If we may, we'd like to explain."
Stanley: "All right Sunny boy. Go head. We're listen'."
[Me: "Stop glaring. I know you hate that nickname"]
Me: "Well for starters, we're part of an international special opps team. There's only so much I can tell you. My brother and I were given a mission that had us posing as students at Bella's school."
Sunny: "Everything was going smoothly until our cover was blown by one of the people we were trying to take down, leading to the majority of the school being destroyed. Bella, being one of the survivors, saw and knew everything."
Me: "We took her into protective custody for four months, and we grew attached to her right away. At the end of four months she decided to test in and join the team. And since then she has become third in command of her branch and has saved our lives as much as we saved hers."
Sunny: "We decided to take our relationship to the next level after a particularly difficult mission. That's when we proposed. We then planned a secret double wedding that was held shortly after Christmas."
[Me: "Ease up on the glare. We're supposed to play nice."]
[Sunny: "I fragging hate that nick name!"]
Riley: "And how'd we know this the truth pretty boy? Ya'll don't look like military ta me!"
Jazz: "That's cause our division requires us ta blend into our surroundins' flawlessly. In case Ya'll are wonderin' we all signed up legally, and the reason we got young guys like Bella is cause of their exceptional intelligence an skills."
Susie: "And her faking her death?"
Bella: "Had to prove I was strong nough' to join. Believe you me, I didn' wanna do it. But I didn wanna be without these two here neither."
She said cuddling into my side. No normal person would buy this. They have to know we're hiding something. I can see it in their eyes. "What branch?"
Bella: "If you mean which branch I joined up with, Marines. Tia is Air force…"
Hide: "And the rest of us are Army."
{Bella: "And let the jeering and hazing begin in three...two...one…"}
Cobalt: "No. Fucking. Way."
Lou Ann: "Girl, I thought we raised ya better than this! Goin' off an marrying a pair o' soldiers! What is wrong with ya?"
Me: "In her defense, we look pretty damn good in uniform."
Anna Sue: "Ohhh. Bit full o' ourselves are we? Next you'll say that ya the one who drove that flashy ass Lambo down there."
Sunny: "Both guilty as charged."
Cobalt: "An' next Ya'll be tellin' me that Kyler joined up with ya!"
Kyler: "Actually, my division is completely separate from theirs. Our divisions jus' work real close with each other. Joined up with the Air Force anyways."
Bella: "An' its funny cause' I get to train the fresh meat from both divisions. Smart one over there didn' tell me he joined til the day he walked on base in uniform. It's okay though, I have fun kickin' his sorry rump in hand to hand training."
Kyler: "Pfft. Ya wish it were true!"
"I can confirm it. She has handed your ass to you on a weekly basis since May. I have the footage to prove it." Bee signed with a dull snicker. "Not only that but Hide and I are there. Right now she's 8 and 3. You being the three." Chromia smirked as she interlaced her arm with Hide's.
Lou Ann: "An' whose little ones are these?"
She cooed happily as she tickled Maverick's chin. "Ours." Bella said proudly. "Sweetheart! Ya can't be serious! Yer much too young!" Her aunts shrilled in tandem, while her uncles regarded us with ruthless glares of anger. "Now hol' on. Don' ya'll go tryin' to lose it. It was my choice and I wanted to keep em'. As it was none of us knew til after the wedding that it happened. And they were three months early as is." Bella said defensively. "And it's not like she's alone in this ya'll. Her husbands stuck with er' and between the three o' em the little ones'll never want for anythin'. They even have their schedules set up so that they can spend as much time possible with em'." Mom added.
Everyone looked pretty sullen after that.
Reggie: "By no means am I happy ya married a pair o' city slickin' grunts, but I am happy that yer happy."
Stanley: "Same. I guess we'll jus hav'ta teach ya'll a lesson in the ranch games!"
Me: "I enjoy a challenge. Bring it on Squid!"
Cobalt: "Ahhh, so ya've told em' what we did fo a livin'."
Sunny: "And then some. We tussle with guys Hide's size and bigger. Do your worst Flyboy. We dare you."
Riley: "Challenge accepted. I'mma enjoy seein' ya'll try an' beat us while yer here."
S.S: "Bring it!"
A/N: Hello! XD Happy holidays! This might be the last time I post to this fic this year, but that could change if I get some lavish reviews...they make wonderful gifts after all. Oh and keep an optic peeled for a new gift fic I have coming out. It is being made for a good reason. But I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, Winter solstice, Kwanza, and Hanukkah. And of course a happy new year! 🎆🎁🎁🎁🎆
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