Non-graphic Mech Preg delivery… I only own my oc's!


Surprise

I step off the elevator in my Cybertronian form, and start for the entrance. I peer into the door when I find it strangely silent, and find Ironhide on his knees, with one hand around his stomach and the other keeping him from falling on his face. "Hide?" He doubles over with a groan, causing me to run to him. "Hide!" I crouch and lay a hand on his back gently.

This time he turns to me. "Star?" He gasps before leaning closer to the ground.

I sigh softly as I kneel in front of him. I reach around to where his head is resting on my shoulder, effectively supporting him. "Easy, Hide. It's all right. Just try to relax." I tap my comm. "Ratch, I need you or Aid in the basement training room, now."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know, but Hide's hurting. I was coming down to talk to him, so I don't have a scanner."

"I'm coming down. Aid's with his gestalt."


I sigh in relief when Ratchet steps in. "Starlight—"

"Thank Primus." I sigh heavily. "I don't know what's wrong with him, Ratch. I don—"

"Calm down. I can't deal with you, Red, and Blades fritzing all the time."

I look down. "Sorry… I can't help that I worry."

He rubs his face. "I'm sorry, Star. It's been a stressful day."

"Because Sides painted him pink." I nod down to Ironhide.

Ratchet nods before pulling out a scanner. He runs the beam over Ironhide before gasping.

"Ratch?"

He steps over and kneels beside Ironhide before putting an arm around him. "We need to get him to the medical bay, quickly."

"What? Why?"

"I don't have time to explain. Come on!"

I shrug before moving to his other side, and helping him up. "Ratch, I need to know. I'm a medic too, you know. You taught me everything I know."

"We have to hurry."

Once we reach the elevator, I tap the button before turning to Ratchet. "Now…"

"He's carrying, Star, and contracting. If you hadn't come down here…"

I gasp in shock. I know what would have happened to the mech. "Primus." I blink. "Wait, he's only been on-line for six weeks, Ratch!"

"That's what's got me worried. The sparkling could be severely underdeveloped, and with as often as he's been training…"

I sigh heavily. "You know, when you get worried, you rival Red, Blades, and I put together, right?" I lay a hand on his arm. "Calm down. We've got this." I sigh heavily. "If it comes down to it, I can use the inferno." I smile weakly. "Besides, you know Hide and medical bays. He avoids them and you at all costs. He could have been carrying before he was killed and never knew."

"But then—"

I gasp softly. "The Cosmic Rust…"

Ratchet nods. "It could have harmed the sparkling."

I sigh heavily. "Then we'd need to have a cure, or—"

"Primus!" We turn to where Ironhide is leaning against the wall of the elevator. "Could—you two—stop—talking—about it—and—do something!"

I rest my hand on my forehead. I'm moments away from just banging my head on the wall. "We can't do anything until we get you to the medical bay, Hide." I sigh heavily. "Want me to comm Chromia?"

He shakes his head. "No sense—in upsetting her."

I blink before turning to him. "Wait…you knew? You were really—"

"Yes." He grimaces.

"THEN WHY THE FRAG DIDN'T YOU TELL US!?" Ratchet lays a hand on my doorwing. Usually, I'm the calmer out of the two of us, but right now, I'm frustrated. "Well?" Ironhide scowls at me before gasping at another sharp pain. I dive forward and barely manage to catch him as he falls to the floor. One look at the groaning mech, and I can tell things just got serious. "Ratchet, stop the elevator. We're not going to make it."

"Starlight, what—" He hits a switch, then glances at Ironhide before turning to me. "I can do this. You don't have to…"

I shake my head. "I know what to do." I turn to Ironhide. "You'll be all right. We're right here." I kneel and get into position. "It's almost over. I just need you to push on the next one, as hard as you can." Ironhide nods before grimacing. "Come on, Hide."

"Primus!"

I look up to Ratchet. "How come neither of us noticed this? He'd have been further along than Que…"

"It could have a smaller frame. You know how small Chromia is."

I nod. He's got a point. "Come on, Hide. Don't stop just because I'm talking to Ratchet."

He nods, and gasps before pushing. "FRAG THIS HURTS!"

I smile over at Ratchet, who seems to be watching over my shoulder as always, then turn back to Ironhide. "It's almost here. Just a little longer. You can do this."

He gasps harshly before pushing, simply crying out from the pain, loudly enough to wake the dead on their own planet. It's by sheer willpower that I don't flinch.

"One more, and it's here. You're doing great."

"Frag you."

I raise an eyebrow. "I didn't do this to you, Hide, Chromia did." I'd be laughing if I was in Ratchet's position. As it is, I'm too focused to care.

Ironhide groans before pushing, once again shouting from the pain. I reach down and lift a predominantly blue femme with dark green accents, and glance to Ratchet before turning to Ironhide. "It's a femme." I reach over and hand her to him. "We'll have to check her once we get to the medical bay, but—"

Ratchet scoffs softly as he flips the switch to restart the elevator. "I have already been able to scan her, and she is perfectly healthy."

"Thank Primus." The two turn to me in shock. "What? I was worried about her!"

"You are smart to worry about the femme, Starlight, but I assure you we would have found a way to help her had she been infected."

I turn to Ironhide, who is leaning against the back wall of the elevator with the sparkling in his arms. "Want me to comm Chromia?" I pause for a moment. "And Lennox?" He nods.

"Have you chosen a designation?"

He nods. "Safire."

I smile slightly. "I like it." I lay a hand on his shoulder. "You did good, Hide. Really." I lean into the corner. "And you've been a lot better over the last six weeks than I was imagining earlier. It's surprising how calm you've been. Today's the first problem we've had with someone pushing you too far."

"Carrying affects everyone differently, Starlight. I am sure it is the same among humankind."

I nod. "I just imagined him shooting the mechs or femmes responsible instead of destroying training rooms." I shrug. "Since he used to throttle Sides for pranks before." I tap my comm. "Chromia. Lennox."

"What's wrong?"

"Yes, Ma'am?"

"One, Lennox, don't call me Ma'am. I got onto the femmes earlier for that. Two, I need you both to meet me in the medical bay."

"Who's hurt?"

"No one got hurt, Will. I just need to see the two of you."


medical bay

I help Ratchet get Ironhide settled on a berth in the CCU while First Aid gets Safire settled in one of the sparkling berths Que built. The two run in shortly after I step back into the main treatment area.

"Starlight?"

"Sheyenne?"

I turn to the two before motioning for them to follow me. "Come on."


Ccu

"Ratchet?" I motion to the femme and Major behind me.

The medic lifts Lennox onto the berth before turning to leave, motioning for me to follow.


Ccu

"What happened? Starlight said—"

"I'm fine, Chromia. Just tired." He winces slightly. "And sore."

"Hide—"

"I'm okay."


Storage room

"Want to do the honors?"

"Huh?" I look up at the medic as if he's grown another head. "Do what?"

"You delivered her. Would you like to take her in, or do you want me to?"

"Sure." I shake my head. 'What did you think he meant, Silly!?' I run a finger over her head before starting into the room. The first sparkling born on Earth, was a complete surprise to the medics. She's a true miracle, having survived her Carrier's death and revival, as well as the Cosmic Rust from the traitorous shots.


ccu

Ironhide looks up when he hears Safire's soft chirps. Chromia and Lennox look over, confused. Those looks soon change to surprise with Chromia and shock for Major Lennox.

Chromia steps over and picks her up before rolling over to Ironhide's side. "She survived. I was afraid she—"

Lennox blinks, his new reality sinking in. Now he and Ironhide both have a daughter, and with the fact that they're close friends, and that the mech is just as much family to him as Sarah and Annabelle, he has another little one to protect. "She's beautiful."

"And completely healthy." I smile. "And Lennox is right, Hide. She's beautiful."

Lennox starts for the door. "I'll go tell Sarah and Annie."

"Get Optimus and Prowl. Tell them I need to see them in the medical bay."


triage

I sigh before turning to the two mechs. "We have good news. There's hope now."

"I was lead to believe our hope was in your coming sparkling, and Graham's."

I smile softly. "We've had… quite a surprise today." It's hard to tell the two Ironhide's a Carrier without blowing the surprise right away, but I want to see the looks on their faceplates. My only fear right now is accidentally crashing Prowl with said surprise. "Come with me." We step into the CCU, or Critical Care Unit, which is the only place we have for overnight patients.

Prowl blinks. "Ironhide?"

Optimus steps over to the mech. "How are you doing, Old Friend?"

"What happened? Usually Sideswipe does not cause enough damage to warrant an overnight stay in the medical bay."

I giggle softly at his accidental rhyme before stepping out. "How is she, Ratch?"

"Recharging, for now. She will require her energon soon."

"I know." I smile weakly. "I'm sorry, in advance, if I crash Prowl." I push the small wheeled crib back into the CCU, causing the two to turn to me.

Prowl turns when he hears the wheel squeak, and gasps softly. "What in…" As predicted, he falls to the ground a second later.

Optimus turns when he hears Prowl hit the floor. "Starlight? What is—" That's when he notices the small femme inside. "By the All Spark…" He turns to Ironhide. "I was not aware you had been carrying." Optimus lifts the now-awake sparkling out of the crib before holding her. The tiny femme may never realize the new hope she brings their race.

"We didn't want to tell anyone, with the war…" He sighs before taking the femme from Optimus and starting to feed her. "We were afraid someone would try to kill me because of my being able to carry."

Ratchet sticks his head in before groaning and moving to drag the Praxian out. I shrug. "Can't say I didn't warn ya."

He simply shakes his head before leaving with the crashed Praxian. I sigh heavily before leaving the room. I desperately need to spend some time alone after this—or maybe with my daughter.