Hey Hey Hey! Sorry it took so long to write this. It is a longer chapter and I had to carefully plan where I wanted this to go. The Plot bunnies and I had a small…. Disagreement… Anyway I hope you all enjoy this.

Disclaimer: I Do not own Transformers, But I do own. Jemma, Linley, Jacey, Jaylon, Adora, Aphilo, Vincent, Hacks and Linley's unborn twins.

Units Of Time As I Use Them:

Nano-Klick : Second

Klick : Minute

Cycle : Hour

Joor : Day

Orn : Week

Decacycle : 3 Weeks

Groon: Month

Metacycle : Year

:Is Comm Talk:

::Is Bonded talk::

P.S. At some point it shifts from Linley and Hacks to Prowl and Prime. I put a line break so everyone knows when the 'Shift' takes place.

"Morning Beautiful."

Linley Laughed and turned to face her mate. "I have to get to work."

"So how are you going to surprise Ratchet?"

"How did you even know?"

"When you saw Ratchet at your graduation yesterday… I could feel all the love you had for him."

"When I was growing up he worked all by himself. I know that as I got older Jemma trained and started to work next to him. But before that Ratchet always knew something was wrong and was always willing to lend an audio if I needed to talk. I have been close to him since I was a little femme. I am his only grand-creation and he has spoiled me rotten. I can tell you stories later if you want to hear some."

"The ones that you kept hidden when we bonded?" She nodded. "Don't feel bad about it and yes, I would love to hear some when you have time."

She commed her grand-sire.

:Optimus here.:

:Is Grand carrier with you?:

:Linley?:

:The one and only.:

He laughed. :No. He just left actually. Jemma stopped working in the med bay so now he is picking up her shifts. What can I help you with?:

:I wanted to know if I can come talk to you about working in the med bay with him and I wanted to know if you are willing to help me surprise him.:

:You know he hates surprises.:

:I know. But having me showing up at his door… I honestly believe that, that would be a surprise he would love, not hate.:

:True enough. Do Jazz and Prowl know about this?:

:Yes. Sire is willing to help me since he is currently in charge of the job changes and things like that. But he told me to talk with you since Grand-Carrier would be more inclined to listen if you were there to agree with Sire.:

:How soon can you be here?:

:5 klicks. Hacks and I moved in to my old apartment last night with Carrier and Sire's help.:

:So you are here to stay?:

:Yes, sir.:

:Ratchet will be happy about that.:

:I know. That is why I want to surprise him.:

:Ah! Now this makes sense. So what is your plan. Do you even have a plan?:

The recent grad laughed. :I do. I spent a great deal of time talking to Sire about this.:

:What did you come up with?:

:You and Sire will go in to the med bay. You are going to tell the medic that you are tired of seeing him so worn out and that you are bringing in a bot to help him. He will protest. I know you know that. You are then going to tell him that it does not matter what he says. He is going to have help. You are going to give him that famous look of yours that we both know he can't say no to.:

Prime laughed. :Okay, but where do you fit in to this?:

:Oh. I come in a little bit later.:

:I'm listening.:

:Once Ratchet gets to the point of mumbling Prowl is going to say that he will come by in a few cycles with his "help". You and Sire will leave and Ratchet will groan and likely give off a few curses about not wanting any bot working in his fragging med bay.:

:I take it I'm not needed anymore for this plot that you and your sire have planned.:

:No that is the end of your part. After a cycle or two of letting Ratchet steam, I am going to meet Sire in his office and he and I will go down to the med bay.:

:How are you planning to surprise him?:

:Sire is going to walk in first and call out to Ratchet assuming he isn't working in the med bay, compared to locking himself in his office like sire and I figure he will do. Ratchet will come out, most likely muttering. Prowl will step out in to the corridor walk back in with me at his heels.:

:He is going to be so happy that you have come back. Actually the whole drive back to base he was talking about you and how he hoped you would come back to base and that he misses having you around.: Linley smiled could only smile. :Anyway. I will go see Prowl now and I will let you know what happens.:

:Okay. Thanks Grand-sire.: She ended the comm.

"You okay?"

"Yeah I will be. I just hope this works out. I want him to be happy and I hope that he will be happy to have me around again."

Hacks pulled his bonded in to a hug. "He will be thrilled to see you. I'll be surprised if he does anything less than jumping up and down and giving you a hug while trying not to cry."

She smiled. "Thanks."

"You are more than welcome, my love."

Linley looked out the window and smiled as she remembered when she was little. "I remember when I was little. I remember when my grand carrier took me out on what he called 'trips'. The most traveling I did as a little femme I did with him. He used to make house calls. He never turned down a call. Never… I remember one bot… He had lost too much energon. He asked if we could stay with him. He had lost all of his family and asked if we could stay. I was about 9 or 10 metacycles old. I'll never forget what he said to me. 'Thank you for helping me. You have the natural gift of kindness. It will serve you well and will never let you down…' He smiled at me and then he offlined… I never cried so much in my life."

The hacker wrapped his arms around his mate. "He was right. You do have a natural gift of kindness and it has never let you down. You helped Mimi finish school. You showed me that it was okay to love a bot and that spending your life with someone can be greater than spending it alone."

Linley turned and smiled at him. "Thank you."

"You are welcome, but I am only telling you the truth." He handed her some energon.

"You don't want to start your first day of work low on fuel and being lectured, do you?"

She laughed and took the cube. "Not really. Thanks."

He smiled. "No Problem."

"Prowl… You sure this is going to work?"

"I am sure Sire."

"Because if you are wrong-"

"I know. I know. You have to live with the consequences. You will likely be kicked out of the berth."

"Right. I also don't like when you do that."

"Do what?"

"Cut me off before I finish my sentence."

"Sorry, bad habit. Jazz doesn't like when I do it either."

"Are we ready?" Prowl nodded. "Let us go before my nerves get me worse than Ratchet."

The two bots headed out of the office and down the corridor. They stopped outside the med bay and gave each other a quick glace before entering the med bay.

"FOR PRIMUS SAKES! YOU ARE JUST AS BAD AS THE FRAGGING TWINS!"

"No… The twins pull pranks. I build things that are useful. It is not my fault that they blow up."

CLANG!

"Ow! What was that for!"

"If you paid attention more attention to what you are working on rather than doing more THAN one thing, you would have fewer explosions and yes I see both you and Prowl standing there. Give me a minute so I can fix my suicidal brother."

The two bots nodded.

"Hey! I'm not suicidal!" Ratchet only glared. "What? I'm not TRYING to offline myself. Though I do admit that I could pay MORE attention to what I am doing…"

"I never thought you would admit that…" Ratchet fixed up Wheeljack busted arm and kicked him out of the med bay. "AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU BACK HERE BEFORE TOMORROW!" Ratchet turned his attention to his mate and oldest creation. "How can I help the two of you?"

"I realize that Jemma was helping you out and that she up and quit. But I don't like seeing you so worn out. So I am bringing a bot in to help you."

"No. I am fine here by myself."

"Please Ratchet…"

"No."

"Ratchet…"

"No."

"Ratch-"

"I said no!"

"Are you really going to make me pull rank?"

"Do you really want me to kick you out of our quarters?" Prime winced and shut up.

Prowl realized this wasn't going as well has him and Linley planned so he stepped in and helped his sire. "Carrier. I am in charge duties and I have noticed that you are slowing down." He dodged a wrench that was thrown at him and continued. "Whether you like it or not I HAVE ASSIGNED a bot to come in here and help you. I will be back in a cycle with your new helper."

Prowl turned and left with his Sire right behind him. The medic started to mutter under his breath. "And Carrier?" The medic only looked up. "Don't even think about taking this out on Sire. Duties and job placements are my job. Not his." Ratchet threw a wrench at the wall and then went to pick it up.

When the med bay doors shut Prime looked at Prowl. "You didn't have to do that."

Prowl nodded. "I didn't think he would act like that. I knew he wasn't going to like it but I didn't expect him to threaten you. I said that so you wouldn't be in trouble."

"Thank you."

"You are welcome, Sire."

:Linley?:

:Yes Sire?:

:Ratchet has been told that a bot is going to help him and that I will be back in a cycle to bring his new helper by.:

:Good. Did everything go okay?:

:Not quite according to plan. Prime almost got kicked out of his quarters. But that has been fixed so he isn't in trouble any more.:

:I wish things had gone better…:

:Don't worry sweetspark. Everything will turn out okay. Your carrier and I both know that he will be happy that it is you. He will be happy that it is some bot that he won't have to train.:

:True. I am going to get a quick recharge. Am I still meeting you in your office?:

:Yes.:

:Okay. See you in a cycle. Love you Sire.:

:Love you too, Linley.:

"Linley? Oh Linley."

"Huh?"

"You got to get up my love. You have to meet your sire in 10 klicks."

She jumped off the berth and her beloved laughed. "I'm up!"

"Don't hurt yourself." She nodded. "Here have some energon before you go."

She smiled and drank what was in the cube. "Thank you, Hacks."

"I hope you have fun and I will see you tonight."

She smiled and left. :Sire?:

:You on your way Linley?:

:I am. I will be there in few klicks.: She ended the comm and walked in to the base. She arrived at her sire's door and knocked.

"Come in." The door slid open and Linley smiled.

"Carrier!" The door shut behind her.

"Hey Sweetspark!" The TIC pulled his creation in to a hug. "You excited?"

"Yes. But I am also a little scared and nervous."

"Why is that?"

"I fear that Ratchet won't be happy to see me…"

"That isn't true. You saw how he was when we were at your graduation. Ratchet was spark broken after you left."

"I don't understand carrier. He has Prime. How could I break his spark?"

Prowl stepped in. "Do you remember when your carrier and I were too busy to watch you?"

"Yeah… You would always send me to Ratchet."

The two older bots nodded and Jazz smiled and added, "You were the only one he would allow to run around in his med bay. You were the only one he took on his trips."

"But Jemma..."

"He never took her. He never even offered. He would just tell her he was leaving and that she was in charge until he got back. He saved those moments for you and only you."

"Why me?"

"You were special to him. You still are. You are his only grand creation. You are the only one who took an interest in what he was doing." Jazz gestured to a chair. Linley nodded and sat down.

"Linley… Just after you were born, your carrier was sent on a mission, a long mission. It was okay at first but when you were about 3 groons old you were crying all the time and you wouldn't stop. Nothing I did would make you stop crying. I wasn't recharging anymore and I became frustrated. I didn't know what to do so at a last ditch effort I took you to Ratchet. I was in his quarters on the floor crying and pleading with him to help me. I didn't know if there was something wrong with you or I was doing something wrong. But Ratchet calmed me down, told me everything would be okay and he gently took you from me. You looked up at him and stopped crying. Just like that. You went from screaming your helm off one klick to being dead quiet the next. Ratchet offered to watch you so I could get some recharge and since that day…"

Linley nodded and wiped her tears away.

"Ratchet has always asked about you. Ever since you left the base, he has come in here every joor and has asked if either of us has heard from you. He seemed so depressed every time we told him no."

Jazz pulled his creation in to his arms. "He loves you so much and he is going to be so happy that you are back to stay."

She smiled. "Let's get going."

Prowl and Jazz laughed.

Jazz waved at the two of them. "I have to get back to work but I will stop by the med bay later and see how things went, okay?"

The soon to be medic nodded. "Love you Carrier. Love you Sire."

The two older bots smiled at each other. "And we both love you, Linley." Jazz smiled once more and then left.

Prowl turned and looked at his daughter. "You ready?"

"Ready as I will ever be."

Prowl nodded and headed down the corridor and stopped outside the med bay doors. "I'll come get you when I am ready." She nodded and stayed out of optic sight. The med bay doors swished opened and Prowl watched as his Carrier paced back and forth all while staring at the floor. "Carrier?" The medic stopped and looked up at his creation.

"Let get this over with… But I want to say something first."

Prowl smirked. "I am listening."

"Please tell me that my so called help has at least be somewhat trained. Primus knows that I don't have the fragging time to train some bot."

"Define somewhat trained."

Ratchet groaned and rubbed his temples. "That they at least know what the basic tools are and what they do."

Prowl laughed. "What is so funny?"

"If that is your definition of somewhat trained. Then your helper is fully trained."

Prowl walked out in to the corridor and Linley smiled and followed him. The medic had his back to them. "Is that anyway to treat your so called help?"

Ratchet's helm snapped up. "Linley?!"

"The one and only, Grand Carrier." She smiled at him and he pulled her into a hug.

"You are staying?"

She nodded. "I am. Carrier and Sire helped me move everything into my old apartment last night."

"You are my help?"

"You sound so… thrilled."

Prowl stared in shock as his carrier started to jump up and down.

"I am beyond thrilled. I prayed to Primus you would come back and spend more time on this base. I thought I would push my luck to have you work with me."

"Wait, you actually want me to work with you?"

"Primus Yes!"

"Are you going to complain about having help now?"

"Primus no!" Linley smiled and laughed as she watched her grand carrier push her sire out of the med bay. "Get Lost!" After the med bay doors closed Ratchet pulled his Grand creation in to another hug. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For coming back and for working with me."

"Of Course. Less likely to be blown up."

Ratchet only laughed. "That is true."

"So what are you wanting me to do?"

"Well some equipment came in and I was wondering if you knew how to use any of it. Primus sure knows I don't."

"What new equipment?"

Ratchet pointed to a couple of boxes that were sitting on an old desk. "The stuff is in those boxes."

"Well, let us take a look. I will show you and tell you what I can about the new equipment."

The older medic nodded. "Fair enough. Let us get started."

A Cycle later…

"Thank you for showing me how to use all this stuff. You have, for sure, saved me a lot of time."

"You are welcome. Grand Carrier."

"Do you know what you are having?"

Linley was confused for a moment and then realized what her grand carrier was talking about. "No, I do not actually know what I am having. Only that I am having twins."

Ratchet smiled a little. "Did you want me to tell you what you are having?"

"Please."

The medic smiled more and grabbed his scanner. "You are having two femmes."

She smiled. "Carrier and Sire will be happy that I am having two femmes. They will get to spoil to little femmes and so will you Grand-carrier."

The medic laughed. "You really know me too well."

"But is that a bad thing?"

"No." Ratchet sighed. "I need to go fix my suicidal brother. Are you okay with watching the med bay for a bit?"

She nodded and smiled. "Yes. If I need you. I will comm you."

He nodded and headed out.

About 10 klicks later the med bay doors slid open. "Linley!"

She turned are and looked at her bonded. "Hacks? What is wrong?" She raced over to her bonded and almost started to cry when she saw the problem. "Oh no… Carrier!" His optics flickered. She started to pick him up and Hacks held most of the saboteur's weight.

Hacks placed the TIC on one of the medical berths and Linley got the tools she needed.

"Lin…ley?"

She put everything on the table next to the berth and she smiled at her carrier. "Yes Carrier?"

"I lo...ve you."

She pulled him in to a gentle hug. "I love you too, Carrier. I am going to put you under and I will see you in a few hours."

She put him under before he could say anything else to her. She locked the all doors that led to the med bay and got to work. Last thing she needed was some bot trying to bug her. She recharged his spark and his spark started to pulse at normal rate. She could feel the tears in her optics welling up, but she did not care.

A klick wasted could mean life or death.

A cycle later…

She managed to fix him up and for now. He was stable. Only time would tell, if he would stay or join Primus. As she started to put his plating back on she noticed she was being commed.

:Linley?:

:Yes, Grand Carrier?:

:Why am I locked out of my med bay?:

:Jazz.:

:What about Jazz?:

:Hacks brought him. He was sitting on Primus' door step.:

:WHAT?! Linley! Let me in!:

She ended the comm. "Hacks, can you go let Ratchet in before he tries to break his own med bay doors."

He nodded and unlocked the door. The door immediately and Ratchet came running in. "Why didn't you comm me?"

"I told you I would only comm you if I needed you. I managed to get him stable, but only time will tell if he will stay or join Primus."

"Where is Prowl?"

"I don't know. Hacks only brought Jazz." Linley looked at her bonded. "Hacks, what happened? Where is Sire?"

"Megatron happened. Megatron took Prowl."

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed! There are only a few Chapters left. I am curious to know, do any of you think I should do a squeal to this story? Review and let me know. Until next time!