It had been a long and dull Friday night in Jasper, NV. Overall, not a lot went on save for a three young humans and their autobot friends. Jack, Raf and Miko were currently watching a movie with Bulkhead and Bumblebee. About twenty minutes into the movie, Jack noticed Arcee had got up and left the room.

"Anybody know where Arcee went?" Jack asked.

"Nope…pause the movie will ya? I'll see if I can find her." Bulkhead offered.

"Sure thing, Bulk." Said Miko who hit the pause button on the TV.

He walked down the hallway until he reached Ratchet and Arcee's room on the far end. He knocked on the door and waited.

"Yes?" was the reply he got.

"Arcee, are you coming back? You're missing the movie." Said Bulkhead.

"Sorry Bulkhead but I'll have to skip this time, I'm not feeling like myself." Arcee said from behind the door.

"Oh…I understand, I'll tell Jack." Bulkhead offered.

"Thanks, think you can give him a ride home? I don't think I can drive for a while." Arcee asked.

"Sure, no problem." Bulkhead answered.

"Thank you." Said Arcee.

And with that, Bulkhead left.

"So, is she coming back?" Jack asked, once Bulkhead entered the room.

"Nah, she's not feeling too good, in fact she asked me to give you a ride home." The green mech replied.

"Yikes, sounds like this pregnancy thing is really getting to her." Said Jack.

"Gee, ya think?" Miko asked.

While she didn't know what it was like, Miko was still a girl nonetheless.

"Let's just get back to the movie." Raf suggested.

The others nodded and went back to what they had been doing several minutes ago.

Meanwhile, Arcee was in her room, stretched out on the berth. She was getting restless and went from laying on her back to her right side. Her estimated due date was less than a week away and she was ready for the whole thing to be over. She smiled briefly at the thought of finally being able to see and hold her sparklings before falling asleep. Around four 'o clock on Saturday morning that all changed. Arcee woke up feeling a sharp pain in her lower back followed by another.

The second one made her yelp which alerted Ratchet.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I don't know…" Arcee replied. She felt more pain and realized what it was.

"Ratchet…I think that…"

"No, it can't be…" he said.

"I think so…" Arcee told him.

The two of them looked at each other nervously. It was obvious the pain Arcee felt were contractions and she would give birth in a few hours. Without saying a word, Ratchet helped her up and the two went into the med-bay. After doing a quick scan, Ratchet realized the twins weren't coming any time soon.

"Well?" Arcee asked.

"It'll at least be a couple of hours, but aside from that you should be fine." He explained.

Arcee looked at her stomach then at Ratchet.

"Should we wake the others?"

"At this point, no. If you can, try to get some rest." Ratchet replied.

Arcee nodded, and tried to get as comfortable as possible on the berth. She sighed, placing a hand on her pronounced stomach.

"See you soon," she whispered.

Three hours had gone by and now Arcee's contractions were becoming more frequent. While she was nervous, Ratchet wasn't exactly calm either. He looked at her and could see Arcee was having a hard time.

"It hurts…" she said.

"I know…but it'll be over soon." Ratchet assured her.

As much as he wanted to give her something for the pain, he knew he couldn't do it. Arcee groaned and started to pant. At that point, Ratchet knew it wouldn't be long before she would have to start pushing.

"I should probably go tell the others." Said Ratchet.

Arcee looked at him nervously. She didn't want to be left alone.

"I'll be back, I promise." Ratchet said, he kissed Arcee on her forehead and quickly left the room.

Bulkhead yawned loudly as he stretched, while walking towards the main room he nearly bumped into Ratchet.

"Whoa, Doc! Watch where you're going."

"S-sorry… I was looking for you." Ratchet explained.

"Why's that?" Bulkhead asked.

He was then alerted by Arcee yelling.

"That's why," Ratchet answered.

"Wait a second…Arcee's not…" Bulkhead was interrupted.

"She is…" Ratchet said.

"Yikes! " was all Bulkhead could say.

"Listen, can you do me a favor?" Ratchet asked.

"Like what, tell the others?" Bulkhead answered.

Ratchet nodded.

"That would help."

"No problem…" said Bulkhead.

"Well, don't just stand there…get going!" Ratchet shouted.

"I'm gone." Bulkhead said before he quickly took off down the hallway.

Over at the Darby residence, things were pretty quiet but not for long. June groaned when she heard her cellphone ring. After some trial and error she managed to pick it up.

"Hello? Ratchet? Wait, wait slow down…she's what? When?! All right…sure, I'll be right over."

She got up and went and knocked on the door to Jack's room.

"Jack…come'on…" she said.

"Aw, Mom…it's Saturday." Jack groaned.

"Ratchet called he said he needs my help…" June explained.

Jack then opened his door. He was still in his pajamas.

"With what?"

"It's Arcee…she and Ratchet have been up since four this morning and it looks like she's going to have the twins very soon." June explained.

"Whoa!" said Jack.

"I gotta tell Miko."

"Make it fast, we'll have to leave in a few minutes." said June.

"Noted," Jack replied before going back into his room, grabbing his cellphone he texted Miko.

The young exchange student was half asleep when she heard her phone. Picking it up she saw it was a text message from Jack:

Get up…

Miko texted a reply:

Why?

Her eyes widened when she saw what Jack wrote.

"She's having them?! I wonder if Raf knows…" Miko wondered.

Like most kids his age, Raf was up watching Saturday morning cartoons. It wasn't long before his cellphone rang.

"Hey Miko, what's going on? No, Jack hasn't called why? Arcee is what?!"

Raf heard the sound of a car horn in the drive way, looking out the window he saw Bumblebee parked in the drive way.

"I'll be there," he said before he hung up.

A short time later, all three kids were at Outpost Omega One. Having heard the news, they all rushed to get dressed, it didn't take long for Bulkhead and Bumblebee to pick up Raf and Miko. They were currently sitting on the couch, waiting.

"I don't believe it," said Miko.

"Me either…I thought she had another week…" Jack confessed.

"I don't get why Ratchet insisted on your Mom helping out." Said Smokescreen who was sitting on a crate not too far away.

"Well, she's a nurse for one thing so she's the best person for the job…" Jack pointed out.

"I guess you're right," Smokescreen agreed.

Suddenly, they heard a scream which nearly made them all jump, even Optimus was startled.

"I'm sure glad I'm out here." Said Jack.

"Us too." The others said at the same time.

"What's goin' on in there?" Wheeljack wondered as he looked down the hallway.

"Want to go check?" Smokescreen asked.

"No!" was Wheeljack's reply.

"All we can do is wait," said Optimus.

Bumblebee nodded.

"Think they'll be ok?" Raf asked.

"Raf, c'mon…this is Ratchet we're talking about…Doc-bot can handle anything." Miko assured him.

(Meanwhile)

"I can't take it!" Ratchet exclaimed.

"Ratchet…" June started to say.

"Yes?" he said looking towards her.

"Relax," June told him.

"I'm trying…" he said.

Arcee groaned, she had gone into labor moments ago. While Cybertronians were known for having a high tolerance for pain, Arcee hadn't experienced something like this.

"Anything?" she asked.

Ratchet looked up from the scanner he was holding.

"You've still got a way to go… I think…" he was cut off by June.

"Uh, I doubt that."

"Why?" Ratchet asked.

June then pointed at Arcee, who clenched her dental plates and was trying her hardest not to shout.

"Oh…" was Ratchet's reply.

June sighed and rolled up her sleeves. She knew what was coming next.

(Two and a half hours later)

"They've been in there for a long time now." Said Raf.

"Yeah," Miko agreed.

"Think we'll hear from anyone?" Jack asked.

Bulkhead shrugged his shoulders, the other bots didn't say anything.

"I still don't quite understand why you're all sitting here. We haven't received an update at all. Said Ultra Magnus.

He had arrived some time ago after getting the news about what had happened earlier that morning. While Ultra Magnus had seen a lot of things, a room full of autobots and humans waiting for twin sparklings to be born wasn't one of them. He thought with all the time they spent sitting around the group could be working on something else.

"We're here because that's what friends and teammates do…they look out for each other." Said Bulkhead.

"You're all serious, then?" Ultra Magnus asked.

The others replied with a: "Yes."

"I see… I…apologize, I shouldn't have said that." Ultra Magnus admitted, lowering his head.

"How long did you say this has been going on?"

"Since four a.m." Wheeljack replied.

"How has Ratchet been taking it?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"All right, I guess." Wheeljack answered.

"Well…to be honest…he was sort of nervous when I last saw him." Bulkhead confessed.

"But he can handle it, right guys?" Miko said looking towards Bulkhead and Bumblebee.

The two mechs just looked at her, unsure. Bulkhead scratched the back of his head.

"Well…"

(Back in the med bay)

"What do you think?" Ratchet asked.

"I don't know much about Cybertronians but…I don't think it'll be too long now." Said June.

Arcee yelped, she was getting tired from pushing.

"This hurts!" she said.

As much as Arcee wanted it to be over, she understood that she needed to pace herself. If one of the twins was born too soon, it would be a problem.

"I'm sorry, Little ones but it won't be long…you'll both be here soon…" she said softly.

'I hope,' Arcee thought.

She felt another contraction but something was different about it.

"Now?" she asked.

"Now," said June.

Arcee gulped and started to push…after two more she stopped. She looked up at hearing a series of somewhat loud high pitched cries.

"Is that?" she asked.

"Yes, it's our son." Ratchet answered.

Arcee sat up.

"Diesel?"

She glanced over at Ratchet who was holding a tiny male sparkling in a towel. His cry was quickly reduced to a whine. Arcee waited as he was cleaned off and examined. Once it was over with, Ratchet placed the newborn Cybertronian next to his mother.

"Hey Diesel," she greeted him.

The little sparkling squeaked as if answering her. Arcee picked him up, he had been wrapped in a dark blue blanket to help keep him warm. She looked at him for a moment and noticed how much he resembled Ratchet.

"He looks just like you," said Arcee.

"You're right," Ratchet agreed.

"Well…that's one." Said June.

"If that's Diesel then that only leaves…"

Arcee then felt a sharp pain and groaned. All three of them knew that meant the other twin, Stella was on the way.

"Oh brother," June sighed.

(Back in the main room)

"I don't know what's more boring, sitting here and looking at the ceiling or..." Said Miko.

She stopped short when she heard footsteps. Walking into the main room was June.

"So…?" Miko asked.

"How's it going?" Jack finished.

"She's had one of the twins already," June answered.

"Which one?" Raf asked.

"Diesel, he's doing fine." June replied.

"How's Arcee?" Jack asked.

June frowned.

"She's…all right,"

"That bad, huh?" Miko asked.

June nodded, she kept it short not wanting to go into detail about the ordeal.

"Anyway, I better get back…see you soon."

And with that, she left. There was an awkward silence before Smokescreen spoke up.

"Anybody wanna watch cartoons?"

Everyone in the room just stared at him.

"Smokescreen," said Bulkhead.

"Yeah?" the young mech replied.

"Stop talking!" the group said at the same time.

"'Kay," was his response.

While everyone knew he was trying to lighten things up, this wasn't the time for jokes. In the medical bay, Arcee was exhausted, to her it seemed like the second sparkling was taking longer than her sibling but it was actually just five minutes.

"How much…longer?" Arcee asked.

"Almost there," June answered.

Arcee yelped and stopped pushing when she noticed the pain was gone. She then noticed June smiling.

"Here she is,"

Ratchet gently picked up the second twin. She was somewhat smaller than her brother. Ratchet realized she was quieter too, she whimpered a little but wasn't crying that much.

"Not very vocal is she?" said June.

Ratchet shook his head.

"No,truth is I haven't seen a sparkling this quiet in a long time."

The little sparking continued to whimper, her eyes hadn't opened just yet. Ratchet tried rubbing her head which helped calm her down. Arcee smiled at seeing how gentle her mate was with their daughter. June couldn't help but snicker at the look on the female autobot's face.

"You can relax now. They're not going anywhere," June replied, regarding the twins.

She then went to help with getting the other sparkling cleaned off. A quick check up later and the newborn was then handed off to her mother. Arcee pulled back part of the light teal blanket to get a better look. The sparkling was the same shade of blue, like her though instead of pink markings, they were white.

"That was the longest…five hours of my life." Said Arcee, she looked at the twins who were next to her.

"But you two were worth it."

She then noticed Stella had started to open her eyes, followed by Diesel. The newborn sparklings glanced around the room. Arcee could help but laugh at how curious they were.

"Over here,"

The two sparklings looked in the direction of where the voice came from. Both them saw their parents for the very first time.

"Hi there," Arcee greeted them.

The twins looked at each other, then at Arcee, both obviously confused and somewhat nervous.

"I'm your mother." She said.

Both sparklings then turned towards Ratchet.

"That's your Dad," Arcee explained.

Ratchet smiled at them.

"Hello,"

The twins relaxed when they recognized Arcee and Ratchet as the voices they had heard for the last two months. Arcee purred softly as she nuzzled Diesel and Stella, the two of them squeaked happily. After a minute she turned to Ratchet and kissed him.

June cleared her throat, the noise made Arcee back away.

"Uh…I hate to break up this otherwise picture perfect moment, but I think it's time we let everyone know." She suggested.

Arcee sighed, she realized everyone else would probably be wondering what happened.

"You're right, it's about time they knew."

"So, I'll go tell them." June offered.

"Yes..but on one condition." Said Ratchet.

"I've just got one question…how did the state of New York get its name?" Smokescreen asked.

"I don't know, I wasn't there." Bulkhead replied.

The group was running out of ideas to help pass the time and so far, Smokescreen's question about Earth history were starting to get rather ridiculous. Though nobody seemed to object since it seemed less dull than hearing another one Ultra Magnus' traveling stories.

They all stopped talking when June and Ratchet entered the room. Before anyone could say anything, Miko beat the others to it.

"So are they here? What happened?"

June snickered at seeing Miko's face, it was easy to see the girl was eager to find out how the whole thing went.

"They came early but…Stella and Diesel are doing fine."

"What about Arcee?" Jack asked.

"She's ok, tired but she'll recover." Said June.

"So…" Smokescreen started to say.

"When can we see them?" Bulkhead asked.

"Give them some time, guys…they were just born and Arcee needs some rest." June answered.

"I'll let you know in about an hour from now." Ratchet offered.

"Fiar enough," said Miko before she sat back down.

"Then I guess you don't want to see the pictures I took." June concluded.

At that moment, Miko and the others looked up.

"I thought so." Said June.

After about half an hour, Ratchet went to check on Arcee. He quietly entered the room.

"How are you doing?"

"Fine for someone who just had twins." Was Arcee's reply.

She looked at the two young bots in question and smiled. Both of them seemed to be curious about their new surroundings, a minute later they yawned. After nursing from their mother, having full stomachs did make the twins tired. Diesel tried to curl up next to Arcee and accidentally pushed his sister who cried.

"Hey, there's enough room for both of you." Said Arcee.

" And I'll be here when you wake up."

She pulled the twins closer, the two of them rested their heads on their mother's chest listening to her spark-beat. Within moments, they were asleep. Arcee looked over at Ratchet who was next to her on the berth. She nuzzled him once more.

"See you," he said before he got up.

Before leaving, he turned around, Arcee was now fast asleep. Letting out a sigh he closed the door and went to rejoin the group in the main room.

"What a day,"