~Shimmer's POV
My mom and dad had left close to two weeks ago, meaning my time was very close. Edge had been very accurate in his prediction.
I'd been feeling great, energized, it seemed, for the last day or so, a sign that I should be ready to go in case the sparkling decided to arrive any time. I lay on the hard, though comfortable berth I shared with Blurr the morning after that. He was drowsing, as was I before we truly had to get out of bed, and he had me pulled against him, one arm around my shoulders. This just had to be ruined...
A sudden, sharp pain in my lower abdomen made me flinch and instinctively curl in a ball. I passed it off as a mild cramp, since I'd gotten a few since I'd been carrying. This time though, the pain returned and intensified, seeming to come in waves. I grunted and pulled away from Blurr.
"What'swrong?" he asked, his concern allowing his speed talk to slip through.
"It's time." I said. He was off the berth and around to me almost faster than I thought possible, even for him. He picked me up bridal style, apologizing.
"I'msorryifthishurtsyou." he said. I tried to reassure him, but I only managed to keep a tight grimace and try not to cry out when spasms started repeatedly wracking my frame. Blurr sped for the clinic as fast as he could with his extra burden, calling as soon as we were inside.
"Edge?! Weneedyou!" Blurr called. My brother appeared in an instant, taking in the situation and redirecting Blurr to a part of the clinic I'd been familiar with for a while. In the maternity section, he pointed Blurr to a room and followed us inside. Blurr laid me on the table at the far side of the room while Edge prepped everything.
"Go comfort her, she's going to need it." Edge said. Blurr stood at my side, and I shakily reached out my hand to him. He took it in both of his, not complaining when my grip tightened like a vice after a particularly bad spasm. Admittedly, the recent one was when I lost it and gave a slight whimper. Edge went to the other end of the table, taking a deep breath.
"Okay Shimmer..." he said.
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~3rd person POV
Shimmer's pain had escalated to an unbearable level, and her screams echoed through the halls for hours. After six hours, Edge admitted defeat and that something wasn't going right. Even with it being Shimmer's first time, it shouldn't have taken as long as it was. Edge stepped outside the room momentarily, exhausted, but he knew his sister was even more so. Taking a deep breath, he contacted Ratchet, who immediately knew something was wrong.
"Ratchet, I need you here, now." Edge said. Ratchet assumed what was wrong.
"I'm pulling up a bridge as we speak. How long has she been there?" he asked.
"She's been trying for over six megacycles...she's utterly exhausted." Edge replied.
"I'm going through the bridge now, I'll see you in less than a cycle, oh, and Hayli is coming with me." Ratchet added like an afterthought. Edge returned to his sister, who was venting heavily and had coolant beaded on her brow. Her grip on Blurr's hand hadn't relaxed in the slightest, and from a scan that Edge ran quickly, he found she'd made little progress over the last few hours.
Ratchet appeared at the door to the room, Hayli trailing close behind. He made her wait outside, then joined Edge with Shimmer. Shimmer tried to manage a faint hello, but the pain and exhaustion made it impossible. Ratchet knew what she meant.
"Hello to you too, but don't try to talk, it's more than obvious you're exhausted. Save your strength." Ratchet said. He checked how far along she was and cursed under his breath. Not explaining, he felt around her abdomen, pressing a bit more firmly than Edge had. Shimmer hissed in pain, and Ratchet stepped back.
"Well...that explains why you haven't made any progress. The sparkling is turned, it's blocking its own way out. There's really only one option, and that's to move you to the operating room." Ratchet said. Shimmer nodded, grimacing.
"Alright...whatever it takes...to make sure...it'll be okay." Shimmer said quietly. Edge darted out of the room, returning with a gurney, and then helping Ratchet lift his sister onto it. Ratchet spread a surgical sheet over her lower half as a courtesy before they wheeled her quickly to the operating room. Edge made Blurr go wait with Hayli, reassuring him that he wouldn't want to watch, but not before he took a sample of Blurr's energon so they could program the sparkling. Edge returned to Ratchet, putting the vial he had next to one he'd brought of Shimmer's energon.
Age hadn't helped Ratchet, his joints creaked more than ever and it seemed to him something was always wrong with him, but he still had a clear head and steady hands, all that was needed in a medi-bot. Equipping the EMP generator on his forearm, he fired a few light pulses at Shimmer's abdomen, and her relief was immediate and apparent. She relaxed, and Edge comforted her and stood in her line of sight as Ratchet performed the operation.
Shimmer felt variations of pressure, but no pain, and after a few minutes, a strong tug.
"It's a femme." Ratchet said, holding up the struggling sparkling with a warm smile. Shimmer smiled as well, exhaustion present in her voice, but not pain.
"She's beautiful." Shimmer said. Ratchet took the two vials of energon and the sparkling and left out the back door of the O.R., telling Edge to finish up.
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~Shimmer's POV
I was in such an elated mood I can't even describe it. Edge closed me up while Ratchet programmed I and Blurr's sparkling, and I could honestly say the pain had been worth it when I saw my daughter's face.
Edge finished right as Ratchet walked in again. He gently handed down my sparkling to me and I got my first good look at her.
She hadn't inherited either I or Blurr's color, instead, she was a frost white. Her deep blue optics met mine and she smiled, squirming happily.
"Mama." she squeaked in Cybertronian. I smiled, my own mother had told me I'd spoken right after I was born as well, maybe she would learn as fast as I had.
"I can tell you one thing, that one's going to be a speed bot." Ratchet said.
"Great, maybe she can beat her dad and shut up his bragging for once." I said. Edge grinned, lifting me over onto the gurney and wheeling me out to my mother and sparkmate.
My mom looked happier than I'd seen her in a long time, and Blurr looked like he was about to explode with pride.
"She's a femme." I said, turning her so Blurr and my mother could see. "Ratchet said she's going to be a speed bot." I added. Blurr smiled at this.
"What's her name then?" my mom asked. I looked at Blurr, motioning for him to answer.
"Flight." he answered.
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Aww! Who votes this was sweet? (raises hand) for those actually reading this, and that have read Hayli's trilogy, I cannot thank you enough. I say again as well, if anyone is confused about a character or something in the past, ask me about it and I will be quick to answer. Aurrawings out! ^~^