About a Week Later

Jade squealed happily. Shadow smiled.

"She likes you Red," said Shadow. Red looked down at his sister. She lay on his lap sucking on his finger and he had his arm wrapped around her tiny frame. He chuckled.

"Yeah. She likes sucking on my finger." Jade giggled and continued to suck on her big brother's finger. Shadow smiled.

"She must be hungry."

"She probably is." Ellie knelt down and gently took Jade from Red's arms.

"She's adorable Ellie," said Shadow.

"Thanks Shadow." She kissed Red's helm and left.

"What are we going to do now?"

"Umm...go play blocks?"

"Um...Ok!" Red and Shadow slid off the couch, ran to the bucket of blocks, and pulled it out.

Later

"Shadow?" Wheeljack looked into the rec room. She was in recharge beside Red on the floor. He chuckled and Whitefire stirred in his arms. The white mech walked in and picked up Shadow.

::Hey tiny. You may want to get down here and get your son.::

::Why?::

::He's recharging in the floor of the rec room.:: Wheeljack heard her chuckle.

::I'll be there in a second.:: Ironelle came and picked up Red.

"They do this a lot."

"Yeah they do."

"I got to go put these two down. I'll see ya tomorrow Tiny."

"See ya Jackie." They both walked out and went their separate ways.

Ironelle and Ratchet's quarters

Ironelle walked into her and Ratchet's quarters with Red.

"Recharging in the rec room again?" asked Ratchet.

"Yep. It's cute though." She chuckled and laid Red on his berth.

"He falls into recharge with Shadow...it's cute. They're always together playing or talking." She covered him in his recharge blanket and kissed his helm. Ratchet laid Jade down in her crib and then walked to their berth. He laid down and Ironelle laid beside him.

"Ratchet?"

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you too." Ratchet kissed Ellie and pulled her closer. She chuckled and rested her helm on his chest as they fell into recharge.

A Year Later

"Tag! You're it Nova!" yelled Red Zone. She groaned and started chasing after Shadow. Ratchet sighed and shook his head. Ironelle smiled at them. All 7 of them were playing tag. It was cute. The Alarm went off. The sparklings stopped in their tracks and ran to Ellie.

"What's going on now? Don't tell me the Cons are going to attack something again."

"they're not. There is a escape pod.."

"Autobot or Decepticon?"

"Can't tell." Optimus, Bulkhead, Wheeljack, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Smokescreen walked in.

"Another escape pod?"

"Yes."

"This merits investigation. Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Smokescreen, Arcee, and Ratchet come with me."

Ratchet looked at the Pod. It had an Autobot symbol on the side.

"There's nothing inside."

"Think again!" said a voice. They all turned to meet the blue optics of Elita 1. Optimus' optics widened. She slid down the small hill.

"Elita?" asked Optimus.

"Optimus!" She smiled brightly.

"It's really you...They told me that you had offlined."

"I know. I didn't want them to but they insisted on getting me off the planet."

Back at the Base

Nova and Luna shrank back behind Optimus as Elita smiled at them.

"Who are they Optimus?" Ratchet looked at Optimus and raised an optic ridge.

"They're my daughters, Nova and Luna."

"They're adorable Optimus. Who's their carrier?" Optimus mentally panicked. Nova sensed their creator's uneasiness and stepped out from behind him.

"What's your name?" Elita knelt down.

"I'm Elita. What's yours?"

"Nova." The pink femme smiled.

"That's a pretty name."

"Thank you." Luna looked up at Optimus and he looked down at her. She was picked up by Optimus' servos and she hid her face from the unknown femme.

"Who's this shy little femme?"

"That's my little sister," Nova said lazily.

"Her name is Luna."