Asking Too Much

Chapter 9

Disclaimer: I don't own the Transformers. What I DO own though is a couple of OC's.

Pairings: Optimus X Sam, Ironhide X Will, Bumblebee X Mikaela, Ratchet X OC Autobot femme, Megatron X Huntress

Notes: I am now using, with permission of course, Mrs. Bumblebee's OC character Huntress.

Authors Note: I'm truly very sorry for the long wait. I was not myself the past months and terrible consequences befell me in real life.

Days have passed and the three new bots were still in recharge. Ratchet took it upon himself to upload all needed data that the new bots would need. Basic protocols and sub protocols, firewalls and programs were installed while the four were still unconscious. Though Ratchet was sure what other data would be useful to them, he only put the barest minimum and some manuals so that they can upgrade on their own. Little Annabelle was just a foundling and only the barest programming was supposed to be in her processors anyways.

Jazz was mostly recharging as well. After the loving scene of the family unit of Jazz, Prowl and Bluestreak, Ratchet had advised the 2IC to recharge. With one last hug to his family, Jazz offlined his optics to rest for the next few human days. Ratchet along with the other medics, Red Cross, First Aid, Blackout and Scalpel all said that they would wake up in an orn. Then they made full system checks on all new Cybertronians and the revived Jazz. Jazz had most of his previous functions still intact and some were even upgraded, just how he would have been if he hadn't been offlined. Annabelle as a foundling was too young to have many of the functions that fully grown mechs have but the medics concluded she would do well as a tactician grounder. What shocked the medics though is that not only are Sam, Mikaela and Will a trine but their forms are triple chargers as well. Will and Mikaela had both the capability to transform into a jet mode, a land vehicle mode and their Cybertronian mode. They surmised that Mikaela would have a smaller jet type, the medics think that a smaller UAV would fit perfectly with her. For Will they think that his build would be perfect for another F-22 Raptor, Starscream and his trine with cooperation with the other fliers in both Autobot and Decepticon teams on earth, they're already discussing how to go about teaching the new fliers.

Then there's Sam.

Sam, like the other two is a triple charger but unlike the other two, he has the capacity way beyond any other triple charger. His mass was perfect for a Cybertronian Space Fighter. In times of peace, Space Fighters were star charters but in the start of the war, because of their advanced weaponry and build, they had been hunted down and gutted.

That was not the only feature that shocked the medics. Sam, who has a slightly smaller build than Optimus was very flexible, and had a complex subspace system on him, making it possible for him to compact himself into a smaller model of vehicle and not force himself. Sam's specs were off the charts for normal cars, not even sport cars were up to par and only one earth vehicle could compare to his true capability which was speed. NEST was already contacting the manufacturer and to let them "examine" one of their cars while in truth, they were just going to bring Sam there and let him scan it.

Certainly, Sam was going to totally freak out once he hears the car that was going to be his main land mode.

Still, that wasn't the biggest surprise about Sam's configuration, Sam could, in all ways, copy a thousand, within range, vehicles and store it in his memory bank and still he can transform into them, in fact, they theorize that he can probably mix-up the configuration of the alt modes he has to have a feature it didn't originally have. The scientists, Wheeljack, Starscream, Mixmaster, Soundwave and Shockwave, hypothesized that since Sam was the new AllSpark, he had the capacity of memory of the original AllSpark, able to store an infinite amount of data.

They just hope this does not do anything damaging to Sam.

Jazz was first to revive after 2 earth days and was up and running a few hours later getting updated on the events he missed. After his briefing, he, Prowl and Blustreak raced off to a secluded part of the island to reconnect. They only came back 3 days after then.

After four earth days, finally the first of the new Cybertronians awoke.

Mikaela slowly woke up, feeling weird and out of place. As her mind cleared up, pop ups started to appear before her. She thought that she must be going crazy because even with their enhanced brains, they weren't supposed to be able to process the information that was being thrown at her by her own mind. Yet she could, she understood all information that was whizzing past her. And yet she didn't quite realize that she was seeing pop-ups.

One pop up told her body's specs. She was a double charger with a rare combination of land mode and aerial mode. Her body though, she calculates, can only be a motorcycle like Arcee and that her aerial mode is fit for a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or UAV.

Then she realizes with a jolt through her circuits that was enough for her to activate her optics that her mind just processed that her body was not human anymore, that she was a Cybertronian.

She stared at the ceiling of the Medbay and slowly pushed herself up. She still hadn't adjusted to her new center of gravity but it was a start. She used her servos to stabilize herself as she sat on the berth she was on. She looked to her sides and noticed 3 other Cybertronians, one of them a foundling.

After a moment, that if she was still human her heart would stop beating for that moment, she finally realized what had happened. She now remembers everything that had happened before waking up like this. With some awe, she took her hand and stared at it, she noticed that her hand was still in its protoform and realized her whole body was in protoform as well. She, quite decidedly, felt very much naked. Her fans kicked up at the embarrassment she was feeling. She heard a noise to her right, where the three others lay. She waited as for who would online first after her.

Then one of the protoforms on her right raised his hand and looked at it. She noticed that he was much larger than her and about the height of Ironhide. Then her optics was then filled with more pop-ups. She processed that her Central Processor is trying to engage her in setting up her new body and to choose certain functions of her frame and processor.

As she started setting up her new "brain" and her body components, she didn't notice that the protoform to her left has also stirred.

Will found himself being bombarded by the pop ups in his HUD and he quickly processed all that he needed to do and learn about his body. Will felt a smirk coming on, he thinks that finally he and Ironhide can finally go toe to toe on equal footing.

While the Mikaela and Will set up and process all the information in their head, Sam had already sat up and was contemplating on whether he should stand or call Ratchet.

"Hm… Ratchet it is." With a smirk, Sam had opened his Channels and sent a ping to Ratchet.

:: Hey Ratch! ::

:: What the FRAG?! Who is this?! ::

Ratchet could hear the laugh from the other side of the transceiver.

:: Who do you think? Mikaela and Will look mighty confused at the moment and I can't wait to stand up. Lil' Annie is still in stasis though. ::

:: SAMUEL! :: Then the connection cut off as Ratchet soon transformed into his vehicle form and raced towards his Medical Bay.

Sam snickers audibly and starts browsing through his internal functions. His vents hiss in surprise as he sees how unique his frame was, so was his core processor. 'Wow, you guys really pulled out all the stops didn't ya?' He thought to the Primes and to the AllSpark that still had its own consciousness until Sam gets used to its powers and responsibilities.

"We've taken much from you and this is one way to compensate for it."

Before the Primes could speak more the doors to the MedBay opened and Ratchet sped in, transforming mid-drive. On his tail was Red Cross and First Aid. They were calmer and stopped first before transforming.

"Red take care of Mikaela, Aid take care of William. I'll be checking on Sam." Ratchet barked out orders. As soon as Ratchet barked out his orders the two other medics went into action, and the last two medics entered into the medbay just as when Little Annabelle started fussing and crying and screaming. "Frag it! Scalpel and Blackout take care of William. Aid, go to Annabelle!"

First Aid quickly left William and went to Annabelle's side while the two Autocons went and helped Will.

"Annie? Wait… Annie, it's me, daddy. It's ok baby." Will's voice sounded from his new form. Annabelle, hearing this calmed down somewhat. "Daddy where are you?" Annabelle asked as she clung to First Aid, having already been familiarized with the Bot since he arrived. She never noticed that she changed size and was a bigger than before. She was slightly scared that she couldn't see her daddy and could only see Cybertronians.

Will didn't know how to respond as she would probably start panicking since Will knew that he wasn't recognizable to the 3 year old. Then he remembered.

One day, before Will even told Annabelle his relationship with Ironhide she called him papa. As it was, as Ironhide picked up Annabelle, Will felt from his connection to Ironhide pulse with excess energy, transferring to Will and somehow Will knew that the pulse was directed to his little Annabelle and the pulse returned to Ironhide.

When they reported this to Ratchet, he explained that it was like the Cybertronian equivalent of adoption through marriage.

So Will had the idea, he gathered some information about familial bonds in the manual that Ratchet and the others so kindly installed in them. Then with some effort he sent a pulse from his spark to Annabelle's. Instantly, Annabelle stopped fussing and turned to the mech that was Will. She put up her hand as if wanting to be picked up. "Daddy." Her voice quivered as if she was to cry.

"It's okay baby. We're ok." Will comforted the foundling. The three medicbots that were supposed to see to them just smiled and approached gently.

"Will, we need to check on you both." First Aid said gently. Will nodded and handed Annabelle to First Aid, the foundling didn't fuss and just accepted the offered servos.

First Aid gently set her on her berth. He started his scans on the foundling. First Aid concluded that her form was in perfect condition. Then to his surprise, Annabelles faceplates rearranged into a smile. "First Aid, do you need to diagnose my processor unit?" First Aid was taken aback but he nodded nonetheless. Annabelle offered her right servo and opened the data port there. First Aid was a bit flabbergasted but followed through his check-up on the foundling.

Back to Will, Blackout and Scalpel both started their check up on Will. While having some small talk, to catch up on events.

"So what happened since we've been in stasis? In fact, how long have we been asleep?" Will asked as he let the two ex-Dcon doctors check him.

"It's been roughly nine earth days since you all changed, seven since Jazz woke up and four since they returned from their bonding trip to the outskirts of the base." Blackout answered. They were tweaking some of Wills joints as it seems that Will's joints were a bit stiff. Scalpel was scuttling around his frame doing what needed to be done on his form.

"We've all converted into Autocons but it's not official yet for some."

"Who?"

"Lord Megatron, for one, Punch, and Blackarachnia."

"I see." Will presented the medicbots the data port on his servo so that they can diagnose him from the inside. Scalpel was the one that connected to Will and the minibot made a sound of surprise. "I-it s-seems. Th-tha-the-that cy-cybertronian Will-human ha-has con-configured his sys-systems."

Blackout made a sound of surprise as well. "Well that was unexpected."

Will made a smirk. "I'm a soldier but I was educated to be a scientist by the Autobots before you all came here."

Blackout just shook his head in exasperation.

While all this happened, both Mikaela and Sam were being fussed over by the Autobot Medic pair.

"It's alright mom, I can check myself. You and dad taught me how to do this remember?" Mikaela said to Red Cross. Ever since she discovered she was orphaned, she considered both medics as her surrogate parents.

"Sparkling, we've taught you to do so with devices we designed for humans. Even if you are designed to be a medic bot as well, you are not used to its functions and applications. It's much different, trust me. For now, I'll check you and when the time comes we'll teach you about this as well." Red Cross said gently as she used her scans while she connected to her Data Port. Red Cross made an impressed sound. "Seems that configured yourself very effectively. I suggest that you read through those manuals we installed."

"Yes mom."

"How does your body feel?"

"Weird but good."

"That's good." Red Cross hugged Mikaela, kissing Mikaela on the temple. "Now, your father and I will never have to worry about you dying too early."

Mikaela smiled and hugged her adoptive creator.

"I know mom, I know."

Meanwhile with Sam…

"Ratchet, don't worry, I'm perfectly fine."

"Perfectly fine my aft now let me check on you!" Ratchet bellowed. "Or I'll use my wrench on you."

Sam whimpered and said in a petulant tone. "You wouldn't use that one me would you? I'm practically a sparkling!"

Ratchet faltered and realized that it was true. Then he thought that by age, yes, Sam and the others were still sparklings but their forms were of adults. Ratchet smirked. "Oh? So you want to be babied? Then no mates until you're at least 15 vorns old."

Sam practically shouted, "WHAT?! Ratchet you can't do that to me! Fine I'll act my age. Now get this over with I got to go to Optimus." If Sam could pout he would. But then again as Ratchet peeked over his face plates, by Primus, the kid could pout… and it was puppy dog pout! 'Better not tell the kid, Ratchet. Or you KNOW that he can get away with something the fragging twins would do.'

Ratchet turned on his scans and found that Sam's form is in top condition.

"Data port please." Ratchet said offhandedly as he was still checking on Sam's protoform. Sam just shrugged and held out his servo out and opened the data port there.

Ratchet quickly connected with him and diagnosed Sam. Though Ratchet seemed to be able to diagnose most of Sam's functions he met a firewall to Sam's more important data storage and energy filters.

"Ratchet, don't go in there. That's where the AllSpark is." And with that, Ratchet retreated.

"You're in tip top condition, Samuel." Ratchet said with a smile. Then suddenly, Sam reached out and hugged Ratchet. Ratchet was quite surprised but hugged back.

"Thank you for everything up until now Ratchet. You're like a second father to me, like Mikaela feels about you and Red Cross." Sam said in a teary voice. Ratchet hugged back tighter and said with a soft tone. "I would be honored if you do call me father."

Sam was so surprised that he leant back and stared at Ratchet, surprise evident on his optics and faceplates. "Really?"

"Yes Sam." Red Cross said from her vantage point near Mikaela. "I would love it if you call me mother as well."

"Dad… mom…" Then energon tears flowed from Sams optics and quickly Ratchet and Red Cross quickly hugged their newly adopted sparkling. Mikaela was smiling and had energon tears too. Ratchet gathered Mikaela in his servos, carrying her to Sam and Red Cross and hugged all of his family unit.

The others in the med bay all had smiles on their faceplates as Will also hugged Annabelle to him.

After the fluff fest was done Ratchet announced that they should surprise the other bots that they were awake.

Slowly the medics helped the new bots walk around, they were quick to pick up how to use their stabilizing servos and slowly walked out of the medic bay. The new bots discovered that they were actually inside the ARC and were excited to see all the other bots.

"I'll comm Optimus and say that everyone needs to assemble in the Ceremonial Hall." Ratchet said to the others. The Ceremonial Hall was like a human ballroom just blown out of size and was fit for Cybertronian Royalty. They held most Ceremonies there and other mass meetings.

"Alright Ratchet."

::Optimus, I need everyone in the Ceremonial hall, I've something to announce.::

::What is it Ratchet?::

:: Something important, now stop asking and just announce it. ::

:: Fine, you stingy mech. ::

:: If I'm stingy then you're a… What does the humans call him? Ah yes, Scrooge. ::

:: … Shut up… ::

Ratchet laughed out loud and cut the transmission.

They waited until Ratchet confirmed that everyone was already inside the hall. Ratchet pinged the door to open and let himself and the Medics in first.

"We've a surprise for everyone." Red Cross said in a happy tone that caused many a groan from the Autobots and Autocons.

"Not like that you aftheads! Though, if you really want to, we consent on having twice a decacycle check up on all of you." Ratchet said in an evil tone.

A resounding "NO!" echoed through the hall.

Then they heard laughter outside the room, a childish laughter followed by a melodious female laughter and snorts and chuckles from decidedly male voices.

Up front, where Optimus and Megatron stood, Optimus's spark started pulsing rapidly. The same could be said of Bumblebee and Ironhide.

As the door opens, a tall mech, still in protoform entered flanked by a femme and another mech who had a foundling it his servos.

"Hello Optimus." Sam's voice echoed throughout the silent hall.

Urgent question:

What should I name Annabelle?

Which name should I use? Medicus, Patch Up or Hlin for Mikaela?

Please Review!

It's very important!

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