Quick A/N:

/This is Private Com talk\\

And I have been on a role! I have gotten two chapters put up here in under 24 hours! Woop Woop!

-A Few Weeks later-

Ratchet held Ellie.

"Ratchet my programming is still set for carrying...I-I'm so confused...Y-You can't pick up the signal."

"I-I know Ellie." Ratchet rubbed her back. A sharp pain shot through her. She cried out in pain.

"Ellie!" She clung to him and cried out. His optics widened and he quickly scanned her. There was a small spark in her gestation chamber a few minutes later.

"Ellie it's there! The sparkling is still there!" She cried tears of joy. Ratchet held her close.

"Our little Miracle. One of Primus' Angels must have kept you both safe." Ellie nodded before gasping in pain again. Ratchet's optics widened again.

"Ellie?!" She cried out in pain and panted. Ratchet scanned her once more.

"Oh Primus Ellie." He held her close and she buried her face in his shoulder.

"We...are so lucky...Our family has grown by two."

"T-Twins..."

-Later-

A signal popped online. Ratchet walked over and looked at the sceen. Elita walked up beside him holding the twins' servos.

"What is it Ratchet? And has there be any sign of Optimus?"

"I'm checking right now Elita." Ratchet typed a few things and he recognized the signal.

"It's Optimus!"

"Thank Primus!" Ratchet set the coordinates.

"Nova, Luna, go find Blue, Elita come with me to get Optimus!" The pink femme nodded as the two silver armored femmes ran off. The ground bridge was opened and both ran in.

Optimus was lying on the ground. He was in a horrible state.

"Opitmus!" they both said. The Prime, too weak to raise his helm, groaned in pain. They can over and Ratchet turned him over. Optimus' face was cut up and bleeding.

"What did they do to you...?" Elita held his servo tightly.

"We have to get him back for repairs." Ratchet helped the Prime up and Elita kept him up as they carried him back to the ground bridge.

Optimus laid on the medical berth. Ratchet and Ellie frantically ran around getting the things needed for Optimus' repairs. Elita sat on the berth next to him. She soothingly stroked his helm and held his servo. Optimus' optics remained closed. Ratchet hooked Optimus up to an energon drip and he began looking for his welder. Ellie began patching the small wounds up. Ratchet found his welder and stood at beside the berth. He began to weld one of the larger wounds. Optimus jumped and he cried out.

"OH Primus..." Elita tried to calm Optimus down. She held him and Optimus closed his optics in attempt to stop tears from running. Optimus' servo went around Elita and he shook. Ratchet gulped slightly. Ellie stood beside Ratchet and opened a private com with him and Elita.

Ellie: /This is horrible...I think Megatron broke Optimus. I-I mean...Optimus was crying when you guys brought him in and he's trying not to cry now...Megatron did something to him...\\

Ratchet: /I know Ellie...He's not in the right emotional state at the moment to ask what happened...but I agree with you...Optimus doesn't cry often. I've only seen him cry twice and that was at his parent's funeral and when Luna and Nova were born.\\

Elita: /That stupid Knock-Off! If he hurt Optimus He is going to go to the pit! He must have done something extremely bad for Optimus to crack...Optimus is strong...it would have taken a lot.\\

Ellie: /Calm down Elita.\\

Ratchet: /We'll find out what made Optimus crack soon enough. We have to let him recover first...He's too emotional and unstable at the moment. In a week or two he should be stable enough to talk to.\\

Optimus had fallen into recharge during their conversation. Ratchet put him in stasis. Ellie looked him over. There was silver paint scrapes all over Optimus' red and blue armor.

"He was struggling...hard by the looks of it. It's clear that it was silver paint...Megatron's. Whether these are old or new is a mystery though," the jade green femme said.

"Some of these could be from a few weeks ago, some could be recent." Ratchet examined all the scrapes.

"He was tied somewhere. I can make that out from the marks on his wrists. They're deep." Ellie frowned and looked at her hands. Ratchet went back to welding the deeper wounds. Elita held Optimus' servo. Ellie tried to buff out some of the lighter paint scrapes.

-Later-

Ratchet ran numerous tests on Optimus' systems. He took a scan of Optimus' spark. Elita stood nearby.

"Anything yet?"

"I found he was abused while he was there. There were whip marks on his back." Ellie frowned as she finished painting over the silver scrapes. Elita sighed.

"I'm gonna kill that fragger."

"We all will." Ratchet stared at the scan of Optimus' spark. Ellie put up the paint and Elita stroked his helm. A few minutes later after the silence set in Optimus woke up. Elita smiled at him gently.

"Hey sweetspark..." She stroked his cheek affectionately.

"E-E-Elita..." He started shaking again and Elita hummed a song that Optimus' carrier, Athena, used to sing to him.

"It's all right now...You're safe...we'll protect you..." Ellie looked at Ratchet and they both looked at Elita. She calmed him down and everything was quiet once again.

- Later-

Ratchet stared at the screen with the scan of Optimus' spark. Elita sat next to Optimus' berth and watched his face. He was still shaking. Ellie placed more energon into Optimus' energon drip. Ratchet zoomed in on the picture. Ellie looked at him.

"You've been staring at that picture for about 3 hours now ya know."

"Shut up Ellie." Optimus flinched. Elita sighed.

"Stop yelling you two." Ellie sat down. Optimus flinched and sat up quickly. All three looked at him.

"Optimus?"

"I-I'm not feeling so well..." Ratchet set a waste bin next to the berth. He clutched his abdomen and covered his mouth. Elita held the waste bin out to him and rubbed his back gently. He purged and groaned in pain. Elita looked at Ratchet with a worried expression. Ratchet took the bin from Optimus when he was done and then felt Optimus' helm.

"He's overheating." Optimus closed his optics as Elita helped him lay back down. Blue peeked in the med-bay. Ellie saw her and walked over to her.

"What's wrong Blue?"

"I-I was just wondering if Orion was ok..." Ellie looked back at Optimus then at Ratchet. Ratchet nodded to her and Ellie walked out with Blue.

"So far...Optimus isn't doing well. He's purged once so far, he's overheating...and to tell you the truth Blue...He's broken..."

"W-What do you mean he's broken?" Ellie sighed.

"When Optimus was captured, Megatron made him crack. Made him vulnerable and did something to him that made his demeanor change. He's scared and he was crying earlier. Whatever Megatron did...it scarred Optimus. Optimus is one of the strongest bots I know...and Megatron, the evilest. Megatron would do anything to hurt any of us...even if it meant hurting someone or killing one of us...He wants to be the ruler of all of us...He would do anything to do so. He would break every single one of us if he could..."

"And he wants Nova and Luna..." Ellie nodded.

"We're going to have to try our best to heal him, make him feel safe again." Blue nodded and touched her small bump.

"Can I see him?" Ellie nodded and walked back in with her. Blue walked over to Optimus' berth.

"Orion?" His optics opened slightly and looked up at her.

"B-Blue..." She hugged him.

"I was so scared...I missed you so much." His arm wrapped around her and he held her close.

"I-I'm sorry..." Blue kissed Optimus' forehead.

"It's ok...you're back...That's what matters." Optimus stroked her cheek. His servo shook. Blue held it.

"I got news." He looked at her.

"I'm gonna have a femme. Me and Smokescreen are gonna have a daughter." Optimus hugged her again.

"T-That's great..." She nodded.

"I'll let you get some rest." Blue left and Elita smiled.

"Looks like Nova and Luna will have a cousin to play with soon." Optimus nodded and laid his helm down and feeling a pang of nausea hit him.

-a few days later-

Elita sat with Optimus and Ratchet scanner over him.

"Oh Primus..." Both looked at him.

"What's wrong?" Ratchet showed them the scanner's screen. Optimus' optics widened.

"H-He's..."

Hehe. Cliffhanger. what do you think is Wrong with Optimus?