"What?"

"It was a prank Ratch. I'm not really sparked."

"Well you are sparked."

"Ratchet stop playing along."

"I'm not Ellie."

"Told you Tiny." She ran out of the room.

"It did start out as a prank. But me and Bulk had thought she was sparked. She was having mood swings."

"Arguing with me one day, depressed the next, and a pain in the aft the next."

"We figured she was sparked."

"You assumed right." Ironelle walked back in.

"I hate the taste of half digested energon." She slumped back to the berth with tears in her optics. Ratchet hugged her and she buried her face in his chest.

"I feel terrible. This is much worse than when I was carrying Red." Ratchet held her closer and rubbed her back. Wheeljack backed out of the med-bay and left them alone. Ironelle eventually calmed down after about 10 minutes and Ratchet looked down at her.

"How could I be sparked? We both used protection and the chances that those slip are 1 in 100."

"It just slipped. Ours are probably both a little outdated though." She groaned.

"I don't want to be sparked! We don't have time! We're busy trying to track down where the Cons have gone, Jackie's out because of his and Bulk's twins, and we're busy with Redcord!" Ratchet sighed.

"I know Ellie."

"I can't be sparked. I don't want to." She cried in her knees. Ratchet hugged her and gave her a small kiss on her helm.

"I don't want to be sparked."

"I know." Red walked in.

"Mama! Don't cry!" He ran and jumped on the berth beside her before hugging her waist. She let go of Ratchet and looked down at Red. She smiled slightly and wiped her tears.

"Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm happy Red."

"Why are you so happy you're crying?"

"Because you're going to get a little brother or sister like you wanted."

"I am?!" His Autobot blue eyes looked with joy and wonder at Ironelle.

"Yeah Red."

"Is it going to be a secret?" Ironelle looked at Ratchet. He had a look on his face that said, 'what do you think?'.

"No. It's not a secret."

"Ok! I'm going to tell Shadow!" He ran off.

"I hate lying to him."

"I do too." Ratchet kissed her helm.

"Everything will turn out right in the end Ellie.

The Next Day

"Frag off Wheeljack!"

"You're in a bad mood Tiny."

"No duh!"

"What's got a glitch mouse crawling up your tailpipe?"

"Oh I don't know. Maybe that I'm sparked with a spark I don't want!" Wheeljack backed up a little.

"Don't scare it Tiny! They're sensitive too ya know." Ironelle sighed and sat on the berth with her helm in her servos. Wheeljack gently rubbed her back struts.

"I'm sorry Jackie. I really am."

"It's all right Tiny. You didn't mean it."

"I should just talk to Ratchet about terminating the small spark." She felt a rough, painful tug on her spark and she yelled.

"You ok Tiny?"

"I think the small spark was pulling against mine."

"It must know that you don't want it."

"Yeah...I probably did the same to my carrier...since my sire didn't want me. I'll see ya later Wheeljack. I need to go talk to Ratchet."

"All right Tiny." She stood up and walked to the med-bay.

-In the Med-Bay-

"Ratchet?"

"Yes Ironelle?" He turned to look at her.

"I need to talk to you."

"All right. About what?" She felt the sparkling tug and she tried not to wince.

"About the sparkling. I want you to terminate it." He stared at her.

"Why?" he asked, voice barely above a whisper.

"We don't have time right now. It's too busy and we already have one Autobot out. We don't have time to have another sparkling. We have to. We can always try again after everything calms down. I promise."

"Am I going to get a say in this?"

"No...I wasn't planning on it because I knew you would say no." Ratchet was silent and he sighed.

"Fine. But after everything calms down we're trying again. We'll do it tomorrow. It's late. And you're going to be the one to tell Red that he's not going to have the little brother or sister he wanted."

"Fine. I'll tell him."

"He's going to cry. Just to warn you. He really wanted a brother or sister."

"I know he will."