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A/N: A two in one update. It shows that I've had some free time. XD
Female Talk and Revelations
Aside from that one meeting with the Secretary of Defense shortly after the battle in Mission City the two girls had barely interacted. It wasn't that they hadn't liked each other, but that they had very different lifestyles and occupations. While Mikaela was still studying and enjoying her last years as a teenager, Maggie had been busy with her work in DC with the RAND Corporation. It didn't help that she and Glen were Keller's personal analysts whenever there was a hint of Cybertronian involvement.
Now, the two women found themselves alone in Ratchet's medbay. The medic overheard Mikaela asking Optimus about the status of his relationship with the blonde analyst. Ratchet had proceeded to raise hell and demand that the human be brought to the base so he could perform a thorough check up. He also made it quite clear he was going to explain to the Australian the side effects of mating with their holoforms. He refused to have another Mikaela situation on his hands.
Of course, the green mech was allowed to give his check up and had pronounced her healthy. But when it came the time to explain, Bumblebee called him away saying Ironhide encountered some trouble with his cannons and Ratchet left the woman alone to find the irritating, gun happy maniac. Mikaela walked in shortly after that, and now they were staring at each other. Or Maggie was doing the staring and Mikaela was fidgetting.
"How far are you?" - Maggie asked, finally braking the silence.
"Twenty weeks, if Ratchet's right." - The brunette said, placing a hair behind her ear and sitting on one of the human sized medical beds Ratchet bullied the military into donating. - "And he's never wrong." - She finished with a shrug and a smile.
The Aussie couldn't help but smile back at her, specially with how cute the small belly looked on her. She had been so worried when Optimus had commented that she had started a relationship with a Decepticon. Bonecrusher had only served as a thorn on everyone's side since he was repaired and she couldn't help but feel relieved that the young woman had finally seen reason.
"Who's the lucky father?" - She couldn't help but ask her. She was hoping to hear she went back with Sam. That boy had loved her deeply.
"Bonecrusher. I thought you knew I was with him." - Was the reply and Mikaela had to laugh at the blonde's reaction.
Maggie's eyes had gone wide. Could it be possible? No, she had to be joking. He was an alien robot for God's sake!
"I take it Prime didn't tell you it was possible." - Mikaela said, repeating Ratchet's words to her and hiding her amusement when Maggie shook her head almost mechanically. Maggie looked shell shocked and Mikaela almost felt pity for her.
"It… He's… Oh, God I need to sit down." - Maggie said and Mikaela chuckled.
"You're already sitting. Look, I still don't understand how it happened but it did. They call it a side effect, so I'm thinking it isn't really something all holoforms do, but I can be mistaken." - Mikaela began speaking trying to get the analyst to calm down. Ratchet would have a fit if he entered now and found out she literally broke the mind of Optimus' girlfriend. - "That's why they called you here. To make sure you were okay and tell you about it."
Mikaela watched Maggie blanched. - "You mean I…" - The blonde shook her head. - "I can't be. I got work. I can't leave it now!"
Mikaela looked away and tried not to think about her own future. - "Look, they probably know some way to stop it from happening. Just ask him and be thankful you didn't find out it could happen after you got pregnant." - She wasn't bitter about it, but she wouldn't have minded having some sort of knowledge of the possibility.
There was an uncomfortable silence as Maggie got some control over her panic and realized what Mikaela meant when she said she should feel grateful for getting warned about it. She watched the brunette get lost in thought and suddenly had no idea what to say.
"What are you doing here?" - Came the gruff voice of a man Maggie had never seen. Tall and muscular with a ridiculous mustache and dressed as a construction worker. She was going to ask him who he was when Mikaela spoke.
"This is a private meeting of the mech lovers club." - She giggled when he rolled his eyes. - "I wanted to talked to Ratchet about my trouble breathing. I think he said it was going to happen eventually, but I wanna make sure. Now be a good daddy and bring me some strawberries."
Maggie's eyes widened when she realized who the man was. And she watched fascinated as Bonecrusher frowned angrily, one hand touching her belly in what should've been a loving caress but was more likely some sort of scanner, kissed the young woman and stormed out of the room. Stopping at the entrance to turn and look at Mikaela with what Maggie could describe as mischief.
"Someone's missing in your little club thing, my dear." - Mikaela shot him a curious glance and Magie had to admit she wanted to know as well. She always thought Bumblebee was way to protective of Sam…
"Starscream's mating with the creator of Megatron's killer." - He said before disappearing, not before enjoying the horrified faces of both women and saving the image in his memory banks. He laughed all the way to the store and back.