Later...
"Stop being so whiney! You're so wimpy and you're always whining!" yelled Nova as she punched Luna's helm.
"N-Nova stop it!" Luna cried. Luna pushed her sister into the wall with incredible strength.
Luna hit the wall and opened her optics to see her sister with red optics.
"N-Nova...yo—"
"Shut up!" Nova punched her in the stomach and Luna cried.
"Mama!" Luna was once again punched in the stomach by her sister.
'Very good, my daughter. You are excelling well.'
Nova's smirk widened.
"Nova!" someone shouted. She turned, red optics burning, to meet Optimus' optics.
::Ratchet, it's happening again.::
Nova growled and Optimus quickly grabbed her. Luna sobbed. Ratchet arrived within seconds and Nova lay limp in Optimus arms.
"It happened again? Her optics?"
"Yes." Luna used Optimus' leg for support.
"Mama...it hurts." Ratchet picked her up. She was bleeding energon from her abdomen and she had a dent in her helm.
"What happened Luna?" asked Ratchet; as he began to make the long cut clot until he could weld it shut.
"Nova...her optics turned red again...and she hurt me!" the smaller femme cried.
"Let's get them both to the med-bay." Optimus nodded and they took Nova and Luna to the med-bay.
Med-Bay; a few hours later
"He never ceases to try and take over Nova's mind! This has been getting more frequent," said Ratchet as he scanned Nova's still form on the berth. Optimus nodded and sat beside Luna. She laid next to him and rested her helm on Optimus' leg. He stroked her helm as she looked at the bandage on her abdomen.
"War project. These femmes were supposed to be soldiers," Ratchet muttered to himself.
"Megatron's really outdone himself this time. He made Nova hurt Luna. How far is he trying to go to get one of them?" said Ratchet.
"I don't know Ratchet."
"Why does sire want to take us?" asked Luna.
"It's a long story Luna," Optimus said; gently.
"Don't worry about it." Luna nodded and fell into recharge.
"Can I take her to our quarters to recharge Ratchet?"
"No. Not yet. I want to check that wound Nova gave her once more before you take her back." Optimus nodded and picked Luna up and held her in his arms. She clung to his chest armor. Ratchet walked over and took off the bandages.
"How on Cybertron was she able to tear off Luna's armor and tear her protoform?" The medic sighed.
"How long until the armor grows back?"
"I can't tell."
A Few Days Later...
Jade ran into the main room and then ran to Ratchet.
"Daddy!" she yelled.
"Yes Jade?"
"I'm bored!" He chuckled and picked her up.
"Well what do you want me to do about it?"
"Do something. You're my daddy," she said.
"Why don't you go play with the other sparklings?" Jade folded her arms over her chest and pouted.
"I don't want to."
"Then why don't you go talk to your mama?" Jade pouted more and jumped from Ratchet's arm to the floor. He chuckled.
"Don't laugh!" she snapped. Ratchet held his servos up in surrender.
"Ok I won't. I'm sorry." Jade glared at him before stomping out of the room.
Later...
"Um Ratchet? What's wrong with our daughter? She stomped past me in the hall earlier."
"She was bored so she came to me and a chuckled and she got mad." Ironelle sighed.
"Why didn't you play with her then? She's always wanting attention from you."
"I had to finish removing a bug from the main computer." Ellie rolled her optics
"You know you could take some time spend with our sparklings!" she yelled.
"I did once! It did almost kill me!"
"Oh yeah! Sure! What's a four year old and a one year old going to do to a fraggin million year old grouchy medic!?"
"When Red throws wrenches."
"You're the one who wanted to teach him!"
"And you're the one who didn't want me to."
"But I let you! Since it's some fraggin important 'Family Tradition'!"
"And Jade didn't want to learn. She said she wanted to be like you."
"And Jade told me she doesn't feel like you love because you don't spend time with her!" Ellie yelled sharply.
"Are you guys fighting?" Ironelle turned around and met the optics or Red and Jade.
"No sweetspark. We're just having a discussion," she said though gritted dentals.
"It sounds like fighting," said Red.
"You were fighting about me," said Jade.
"No we're not Jade."
"Don't lie mommy! We heard you from down the hall." Ironelle quickly turned to Ratchet.
"This is why I should have should have offlined when I had the chance!" she yelled. Tears welled in her optics and she ran out of them room. Red and Jade followed her to the hanger where the Iron Spark and Jackhammer were kept.