I'm back with another update for DBTD! I hope you all liked the last chapter :D you get an extreme dose of cuteness in this chapter as well as lots of foreshadowing!
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, it belongs to HasTak. I claim only Aquafire, Steel Wing, Storm Ridge, Skyblitz, Wildfire, RaveDancer, Sunrunner, Wildsky, and Lightning Bolt.
Reviews and constructive criticism are very much appreciated! I would love to know how I can improve upon my writing and story line! Thank you and enjoy!
"Not now, sweetsparks." Aquafire groaned quietly as she tried to settle the twins down for their nap. They were being stubborn though, refusing to settle and just making things harder for the exhausted Seeker.
"Listen to your Carrier," Sunstreaker rumbled out sternly. The twins quieted when they heard their Sire and looked up at him with wide optics, as though hoping he would give in because they were trying to be cute. "No." The twins pushed their bottom lips out and their optics began to tear up as they turned their attention back to their Carrier.
"If you expect met to say that your Sire is being mean and cuddle you, you're wrong." She chuckled and picked them up, letting them bury their faces against her chest. "Please just take your nap for me? Carrier is very tired today." The twins clicked and whistled in defeat, yawning quietly as she set them down in their cribs. She turned on their mobiles and kissed their helms before she moved to leave the nursery with Sunstreaker, who dimmed the lights for the sparklings.
"They are becoming quite defiant," Sunstreaker sighed softly.
"Wonder who they get it from," Aquafire shot him a look as she settled into their berth with a groan.
"Femme," He growled softly as he joined her. Aquafire only hummed as Sunstreaker wrapped his arms around her and held her close to his frame, servos dancing along her aching spinal struts to relax her. "What the frag have you been doing? I haven't seen your struts this tense since you were pregnant with the twins."
"You try to keep up with them all day and see if your spinal struts aren't tensed up and stressed." The yellow frontliner chuckled at this and kissed her forehelm.
"Get some rest," He murmured. Aquafire let out a hum and curled into his embrace, quickly dropping into recharge. Sunstreaker rumbled softly and offlined his optics to follow her, knowing he would need it since he had all night patrol coming up later that day.
-X-X-X-
Sunstreaker and Aquafire did their best to ignore the twins as they giggled and laughed, obviously trying to get their attention. It was far too early for them to be up from their nap anyway.
"Carrier!" Sunrunner clicked in frustration when his Creators wouldn't get up.
"Sire!" Wildsky wailed softly, tears filling his optics.
Their Creators jolted up from their recharge and stared down at the twins with wide, awed optics. Never mind that they had no clue how the twins had gotten out of their nursery, they'd spoken their first words!
"Did they…?" Aquafire looked at Sunstreaker, unable to believe what she'd heard.
"Yeah, they did," He confirmed. They smiled proudly as they got off the berth and lifted the sparklings, earning happy burbles from the little ones. They offered them energon lines, which they took happily and smiled.
"I can't believe they said their first words," Aquafire purred quietly.
"Too bad Sideswipe wasn't here," Sunstreaker grunted. "Hopefully they will talk for him as well." Aquafire nodded and moved towards the nursery; curious as to how the twins had gotten out. She stepped inside and surveyed the room.
"Well I'll be," She chuckled softly. The twins had managed to reach up and disengage the locks on their cribs and had climbed down. "You two are very smart," She cooed at Wildsky as he giggled in her arms.
"I knew it was only a matter of time before they figured out how to escape," Sunstreaker rumbled softly.
"Well, now that they are up, there is no use in trying to get them back to sleep." Aquafire sighed and went back into their room, jumping a little when the door slid open and admitted a concerned Lightning Bolt.
"Mom, is everything okay?" He asked, looking between the femme Seeker and Sunstreaker.
"Yes," She smiled at her eldest son. "Sunrunner and Wildsky just startled us, that's all. They said their first words." Bolt's optics lit up and a smile crossed his faceplates.
"Really?" He looked at the young twins and fluttered his doorwings.
"Brudder!" Sunrunner squealed at Bolt happily, twisting in Sunstreakers arms to reach out towards his adopted big brother. Aquafire watched his reaction and was pleased when it seemed he was about ready to melt at his younger brother's words.
"That's right, I'm your brother," He whispered with a smile. He moved closer and took Sunrunner into his arms, nuzzling the little Seekerling with a purr. Sunrunner squeaked in protest but gave in and happily nuzzled back, giggling softly as he did so.
"I miss anything?" Sideswipe walked in then and glanced around the room, a confused expression on his faceplates.
"Sire!" Wildsky squealed at the red frontliner from Aquafire's arms and giggled at his astonished expression.
"He… he spoke…"
"Sides, sit down before.."
CRASH!
"You crash," Aquafire shook her head. "Primus help me." Sunstreaker hid a laugh as he watched his twin and nudged him through the bond. The red twin eventually rebooted and sat up, rubbing his helm as he groaned and looked around.
"Sire?" Wildsky giggled at him and squealed when he was snatched from his Carriers arms and held against a strong chassis.
"That's right!" Sideswipe laughed as he kissed the Seekerling's helm. "I'm your Sire!" Wildsky squealed happily and clung to his papa Sideswipe, nuzzling against his chest with a smile.
The little family enjoyed their time together, encouraging the Seekerling twins to say even more words and names.
"Sky!" Everyone looked up as the door slid open and little RaveDancer tottered in with Jazz. "Sun!" She giggled and tottered towards the twins. The twins stared at her for a moment before squealing and crawling to meet her. Rave dropped to her hands and knees and crawled towards them quickly, launching herself at the twins once she was within range.
The twins squealed and protested, giggling as Rave started to cuddle and roll around with them. Soon they became a little ball of tangled limbs as they rolled about on the floor.
"Wha's shakin'?" Jazz sauntered in, sidestepping the sparkling ball as he moved to claim a seat on the berth.
"Not much," Aquafire leaned over to give him a hug. "Where's Prowl at?"
"Catchin' up on work," He chuckled softly.
"Still?" Sunstreaker raised an optic ridge.
"He makes time for Rave," Bolt added in as he kept a close watch on the three sparklings. "He should be getting off soon to come get her in fact." Aquafire smiled at him, wings hitching a few inches higher from pride.
Bolt had recently started working with Prowl, helping him to organize the duty roster and assign shifts. He enjoyed going over reports with his uncle as well and he especially enjoyed reporting those who had yet to turn in their reports. Prowl even let him come up with fake battle strategies on his own, though he often guided him through some of the plans when he saw a flaw of some sort. Bolt was slowly learning to be a great tactician like his uncle, even without an implanted battle computer.
The sparklings soon managed to free themselves and began playing some little game that they'd come up with while the adults talked. It wasn't long before Prowl arrived, looking a bit tired though it immediately disappeared when he laid optics on his daughter.
"Carrier!" Rave squealed and crawled towards him as he crouched down to scoop her into his arms. Jazz walked over as the Praxian stood and wrapped him up in a hug, stealing a quick kiss before pulling back.
"Hey, Prowler," Jazz smiled at his mate, chuckling when Rave made an amused sound.
"Icky! Icky!" She squealed and laughed, clapping happily.
"Wha? Kissin'? Tha's icky?" Jazz played along. "But ya love kisses!" To prove his point, he covered his daughters face in loving kisses, earning happy bursts of laughter.
"Kissy! Kissy!" The twins laughed as they were scooped up by Bolt.
"You want kisses too?" He smiled, earning twin laughs. Bolt laughed and covered the twins in kisses, making them squeal and laugh as they wriggled in his arms. He set them down with a chuckle and watched as they crawled toward Prowl and Jazz, demanding attention.
"I think it's time for someone to take a nap," Prowl quirked a smile as he cradled a reluctant Rave in his arms. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe held the twins in their arms, both dozing off already in their Sires' arms.
"We'll see you later," Aquafire smiled as Jazz and Prowl left with Bolt trailing behind them. The Terror Twins moved to set their sparklings down for their nap and returned to Aquafire, enveloping her in a loving hug.
"He sure is spending a lot of time with Prowl lately," Sideswipe noted. "Bolt I mean."
"Can you blame him?" Aquafire sighed softly. "Prowl is his only living relative."
"Not counting RaveDancer that is," Sunstreaker rumbled. "She is technically his cousin."
"He's catching up on lost time," Aquafire hugged them close before flopping down onto the berth. She was feeling exhausted despite having gotten a full night of uninterrupted recharge. She knew she should probably go to Ratchet but she also figured that she could wait a while and see if the problem would fix itself. "I'm going to take a nap," She announced.
"Alright," Sideswipe leaned down and kissed her softly. "We'll probably be on monitor duty by the time you wake up."
"Unfortunately," Sunstreaker huffed. He was upset that their plans to continue courting Aquafire had been interrupted by their monitoring schedule. The golden twin leaned down and captured her lips in a slow, passionate kiss before he drew back slowly, optics darkening lustfully as he looked into her own hazy purple pair.
"Come on, Sunny," Sideswipe rasped out, his optics shining with the same lust his brother felt. The twins said nothing more as they left, knowing that if they had they probably wouldn't have left.
Aquafire sighed heavily and closed her optics, immediately falling into recharge.
-X-X-X-
"Aquafire, where are you?" A hauntingly familiar voice called out through the dense darkness.
"Steel Wing? Is that you?" Aquafire turned in place, trying to pinpoint where his voice was emanating from.
"Aquafire! Help us!" Her optics widened when she heard the panic in Storm Ridge's voice.
"How?" She called out, vocals pitching a bit higher in fear.
"We don't know where we are!" Her Carrier's voice rang out then. Aquafire began to tremble as the voices of her former wing mates and her Creator's hit her from every side, creating an eerie mix that had her processors aching.
It all suddenly faded as a young femme appeared before her, red optics gazing up at her kindly.
"Who… who are you?" Aquafire crept closer to the femme. The little one, barely older than a youngling, did little but stare at her, watching her every move with intent curiosity. Something about the youngling seemed painfully familiar though the older Seeker wasn't sure as to why. "Are you okay?" She crouched down to be optic level with the femmeling. After a moment, her lips twitched and turned up in a brilliant smile before she let out a laugh, sweet and angelic. Aquafire reached over to touch her but the image suddenly shattered, startling her.
The ground beneath Aquafire shattered and she was sent tumbling through the infinite darkness towards an unknown fate…
-X-X-X-
Aquafire jolted from her recharge with a quiet gasp, optics wide and alert as she scanned her surroundings. Her spark was pulsing erratically, clenching painfully, and reminding her of when she'd lost her wingmates.
"It was only a dream," She whispered to herself. "All just a dream…" She swung her legs over the edge of the berth and got up, moving to check on the sparklings. She poked her helm into the nursery and smiled when she found the twins still fast asleep, curled up under their blankets as always. "Sleep well, my sparks." She stepped back out and sighed, tension leaving her frame as she did so.
This was the third time that week she'd woken up from having that same dream. She was beginning to think she would have to restart her sessions with Smokescreen…
"I'll have a talk with him later," She muttered to herself as she got a cube of energon from the dispenser. She drank the cube slowly as she tried to recall the dream and decipher its meaning… if it had one that is. Smokescreen would be able to tell her.
Most of all… she wanted to know who that little femme Seeker was that she kept seeing.
'Where are you?' Those words rang through her processor, reverberating deep into her spark.
'I'm right here, come find me.' She answered the echoing question with a heavy spark and sighed as she flopped back on the berth to try and get some more recharge.