Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, they are owned by Hasbro. Raven is the creation of and used with permission from megatron-girl on DA, who requested this fic. Shootingstar, Blackbird, Nightshade, and Glitter are my little creations. This takes place in TF animated but does have a few references to G1 series and some to Armada. The game changes for all players involved, and the sparklings are coming. This chapter does reference slash. No like – no read. This is strictly a fan fic. No flames or harsh comments. Constructive criticisms welcome. Enjoy!
Starscream stayed close by Raven's side, as she screamed and hollered from the intense pain that the early labor was forcing upon her as well as from the pain from almost being raped yet again. Ratchet was running around trying to make sure that everything was ready to treat and take care of the little ones that were about to be sparked too early. Raven held tightly onto Starscream's hand, as Raven continued to scream, swear, and push as the underdeveloped sparklings were heading on their way to meet the real world.
Optimus and the others remained outside the med bay, worried and concerned about Raven and the sparklings as sparklings sparked too early had a much larger chance of going offline than surviving to develop fully into sparklings. Prowl sat and mediated, which peeved Bee, as he mistook Prowl's supposed inaction for inconsideration, which could not be further from the truth. Bulkhead nervously sat and waited, as he had grown fond of Raven, as had all the Autobots, with the exception of Sentinel Prime, but then no one really counted his opinion on the matter anyway, especially since Ultra Magnus and Jazz already had taking a liking to Raven.
Back in the makeshift med bay, Raven watched as her port prepared for the sparking of the sparklings, and she continued to scream in pain even as Starscream did his best to help keep her calm. He looked put together, but to be honest, Starscream was just as worried if not more so than his sparkmate about the sparklings, as he had not expected them to come early. Starscream's hand was getting sore from how hard Raven was squeezing it, but being a smart mech, Starscream said nothing about it as he tried to calm down his spastic sparkmate. Ratchet did what he could be giving her some medicine for the pain, but it seemed to have little effect as Raven continued to holler and scream her head off from the pain.
Once Raven's port was finally ready, the first sparkling was already crowning and on its way out to the real world. Ratchet delicately maneuvered the little sparkling and soon the first sparkling was sparked. And while it resembled a seeker, Starscream could see that all the internal components were exposed and not yet covered up, as the sparkling had not grown to full term. Even the blue spark that showed the little one was online was able to be seen through the semitransparent, pliant metal that covered the little mech sparkling. But this little mech was a fighter and screamed as soon as he was sparked, his own spark firing and flaring on all cylinders as he did so. The soft burgundy, orange, and gray showed that this little mech was almost an exact replica of his father Starscream. With one quick look, Starscream named the little one Shootingstar before Ratchet delicately placed the underdeveloped sparkling in a special incubator, which was used to help early sparked sparklings survive the early sparking.
And soon after the first one was sparked, the second one quickly followed his brother, and was sparked easily. The same semitransparent metal covered this underdeveloped seekerling, as this little seekerling's internal components and spark were visible as well. This one was much quieter than the first, but decided to shake off the sparkling development fluid off, flinging fluid everywhere, causing Starscream to hold back a laugh while Ratchet tried not to swear in front of the femme. This one was all black, which was so soft that the color was barely visible on the little seekerling. And while Raven was still in pain from sparking the sparklings, Starscream named this one Blackbird. And soon this little one joined his vulnerable brother in the special incubator. Now all that was left was for the third little seekerling to be sparked, or so they thought.
Raven, having already sparked two healthy but underdeveloped sparklings was tired, but she knew that she had to spark one at least one last sparkling that was slightly larger than the other two. Raven was getting extremely worn out and also getting low on energon as she used her last bits of energy to push the final underdeveloped sparkling out of her body, or so she thought. Ratchet helped Raven push this last one out while Starscream still stood by Raven's side, offering her love and comfort as she cussed and swore at the intense pain of sparking the sparklings. Soon enough the youngest, most underdeveloped, largest mech seekerling was sparked.
Starscream and Ratchet stared at this last seekerling as Raven passed out in exhaustion, fearing that of all the sparklings, this one would be the most likely to not survive due to the early sparking. Starscream placed his hand on the underdeveloped hands of this last sparkling, able to feel all the components in the hand under a very thin metal membrane that had yet to harden around the components. This last sparkling was a combination of both his parents' coloration – Black and purple with silver stripes and orange on the cockpit cover as well as the thrusters. Starscream named this one Nightshade.
And while this one seekerling joined his brothers in the special incubator, Ratchet reassessed Raven as her sparkling development chamber had not returned to normal as it should have after having sparked all three mech seekerlings; it was as if something else was there taking up some space in the chamber. Ratchet, worried about what it might be, decided to do a quick C-section to make sure that there was no further sparklings there, but Ratchet was extremely surprised by what he found.
And after the small and quick procedure, Ratchet found a surprise – a very tiny, underdeveloped female seekerling that had gone undetected until now. Her colors were exactly the same as her mother, all black with flecks of sparkling deep purple that sparkled when looked at just right in the light. She was online but barely, as she had not been expected as none of the equipment that Ratchet and Hook had used had detected this fourth sparkling as she had been hiding behind her much larger brothers. And with Raven out of it and on an energon drip, Starscream held this delicate little femme sparkling, which used its underdeveloped hand to grab Starscream's finger and squeeze. Starscream, though he knew this was a sparkling reflex, began to cry as his precious little daughter grabbed and squeezed his hand as hard as she could, which surprised Starscream, as the little femme was much stronger than she let on. He named her Glitter in honor of the sparkly personality the little one seemed to have.
Glitter was placed in a second separate incubator at first, but her constant crying and thrashing led to her being placed in the same incubator with her brothers, where she calmed down being with them, as if she felt safe and warm. Ratchet was slightly stumped, but Starscream just laughed, as he understood that all four would want to remain together, as they had been that way for months and that was not going to change now that they were out of the sparkling development chamber. And after looking at the precious little ones who were still heavily monitored due to being underdeveloped and early, Starscream headed back to Raven who was just coming out of recharge and was still receiving the energon infusion.
"How are they?" asked Raven groggily, unaware that she had sparker four instead of three.
"All four are fine, and now that they are in Ratchet's care, they will be able to continue to develop until we can take them home" replied Starscream, who saw the look on Raven's face of shock.
"FOUR?!?! We have FOUR?" replied Raven, with less emphasis that usual due to low energy reserves.
"Yes, my sweet spark, we have four. Apparently, the small little femme went undetected until you sparked the three older mechs. Don't worry, all are being taken care of by Ratchet" retorted Starscream, earning a smile and a kiss from his sparkmate. "And if you don't mind, I would like to inform the others."
Raven merely nodded and Starscream headed out to tell the Autobots the good news – that four precious sparklings had been sparked and were online but that no one could see them just yet as the sparklings were too vulnerable to have visitors. The Autobots were excited and congratulated Starscream. They were slightly disappointed about not seeing the sparklings, but understood the necessity of staying away as the sparklings were sparked very early and were very underdeveloped.
Bee and Bulkhead, upon hearing the news left to go find Sari, to tell her the news. Prowl, thankful that all had gone well so far, left as well, on his way across town to meet a certain bot to practice their cyber ninja moves. That left Starscream with the young leader. And in a surprise move, Starscream invited the young leader in to see the four sparklings. Optimus, honored, soon entered the med bay. Ratchet was extremely protective of the young, underdeveloped sparklings, as they were extremely vulnerable, but even Ratchet understood why Starscream had brought the young leader in to see the four sparklings.
Optimus gazed with a youthful wonderment but also a wise determination that these sparklings were what was going to end the pointless war, as Starscream finally told both Ratchet and Optimus that he had killed Megatron to save his family. Optimus and Ratchet were taken off guard but looking at Raven, who was resting with energon still being infused, and the four precious underdeveloped sparklings, all understood, and no one blamed Starscream for what he had done.
(Several months later)
Starscream was winded and out of breath, as was Raven as they had been chasing all four of their precious little sparklings around the base, as the sparklings had been given a clean bill of health a few months ago and were now living with their creators Starscream and Raven. Shootingstar, Blackbird, and Nightshade were always getting into something while Glitter always found her way to Jazz and Prowl, as she seemed to love being around the two ninja bots, particularly Prowl who was expecting his and Jazz's first sparklings. The three triplets all loved to go to different bots as well. Starscream and Raven often found Nightshade with Bulkhead, Shootingstar with Bee, and Blackbird was either found with Optimus or Ratchet.
But for as much as Starscream and Raven were worn out from chasing their sparklings around the base, they were just happy to have four healthy sparklings that were eager to explore and get out into the world. And Starscream kissed his sparkmate as he rubbed her stomach. Raven was expecting yet again, this time only twins, but Starscream was just happy that his family was now safe and that none of his precious sparklings would even have to worry about the pointless war. And with that pleasant thought in mind, Starscream got down onto the floor and began to play wrestle with his sparklings, as even Glitter joined in the fracas, as all giggled and laughed.
Raven stood back and watched, as her family played right in front of her. She had decided to try and delete the memory of Megatron doing what he had done to her. And with help from Ratchet and Starscream, Raven was once again the caring, loving person/bot she had been when Starscream had met her. And all in all, everything was going well, and Raven could ask for nothing more, as she was finally pulled into the tickle war. This was the life, having a family where love could be shared by all.