Yeah! Shalon had her sparkling and I hope that everyone liked that last chapter. Please take a moment to review so that I know what you think. I am trying to keep going and I don't know when I will end this story. Enjoy!
"She is so darling!" Kiki said as she held the tiny femme. She was sitting in the infirmary with Shalon as Starscream talked quietly with Lord Megatron. He had escorted Kiki to the base so that she could see her friend and visit them. Allie had sent out a message to let them know the joy that Shalon had given birth to a healthy, though small, femme.
"What are you going to call her?' Kiki asked.
"I don't know. I haven't asked Lord Megatron what he wants to call her." Shalon replied. She was sitting up on the berth watching Kiki hold her daughter as the femme clicked and chirp at her. She was so adorable with her grey coloring just like her daddy and the lavender stripe down her crest and helm was perfect. The little femme even had even two tiny stubs where she would take after her mother and grandmother and be a flyer one day. She was perfect just like her mother and Kiki loved her.
"Who is going to be her godmother?" Kiki asked as she rocked the little femling back and forth gently. She chirped and squealed from the tender motion as she looked at Kiki and wrapped her little fingers around Kiki's larger finger. Miki smiled down at the little darling as Megatron and Starscream walked over to her.
Starscream looked at his mate and his sparked seemed to burst from his chest. She would look beautiful holding their sparkling as the thought took shape in his processor his spark began to beat erratically. She would make a wonderful mother and Starscream's spark shone in his optics as sent a warm pulse of love through their bond. Kiki looked at him and smiled her Mona Lisa smile and Starscream wondered how he could love her more and more each day.
"Starscream, your mate is beautiful holding our sparkling." Megatron commented and Starscream felt his throat clog with emotion as he could only nod in agreement. She was beautiful and she belonged to him as he belonged to her. He reached down and kissed her on her head.
"Shalon, you have a beautiful femme." Starscream said as he reached over and placed a kiss on her cheek. He turned back to Megatron. "Congratulations my lord. Your family is beautiful." Kiki placed the femling back in the unit and returned to her mate.
"Thank you, Starscream. Maybe one day I will be congratulating you." Megatron returned as he shook the Commander's hand. The door the infirmary slid open to reveal Thundercracker and Aura as they walked in, Thundercracker holding her back and supporting her ungainly figure. Twins certainly would be agreeable for Aura but she was having trouble with her balance which concerned Doc. She had ordered the femme not to go anywhere without an escort because of it.
"Aura wanted to see how you are doing." Thundercracker said as he found a chair and helped Aura sit down. They had flown in even though Thundercracker was nervous about Aura doing too much. "I made her pack a bag even though she didn't want to stay on base but I told her to go back and forth in one day would be too much."
"I agree with you." Doc said as she eyed Aura's stomach. She had a feeling that she might be doing another delivery very soon so it was good that Thundercracker had decided for them to stay on base. "In fact, I want to check you when you are done visiting." Doc let them to go back to her office to file some reports and Ratchet walked over to check the other sparkling units getting them ready for another delivery. Doc wasn't the only one with the feeling as he watched the femme shift uncomfortably on the chair.
"So how was it?" Aura was curious since she was carrying and so she eagerly asked Shalon about her labor.
"It wasn't bad. The femling came so fast I didn't have time to dwell on the pain. Now that she is here I don't even remember the pain." Shalon told her. "My mother said it is like that. Primus made us so that we wouldn't have to suffer too long. That's what Allie told me. It wasn't bad. I think I scared my lord for a moment though but that's because she came so early." Shalon said it so flatly as if it was no big deal that Megatron had to laugh at her. He reached over and nuzzled her hair with his face inhaling her scent. She had showered after the birth because she wanted to be presentable for visitors and she smelled wonderful just like the flowers and sunshine that she always did from the very first day he had met her.
"She was a real warrior." Megatron said with pride and love. Both seekers smirked at each other as they watched their Supreme Commander loving stroke his mate's head. Thundercracker couldn't wait until Aura had the twins and he reached down to kiss her softly on the lips.
"Well, since I can't do a lot of walking, can someone at least bring the sparkling to me or bring the unit over so that I can see her?" Aura asked everyone. Ratchet walked to the unit and slowly rolled it to Aura so that she could look in. The femling was sleeping contentedly as Aura felt tears prick her eyes.
"She's beautiful." Aura said as she gazed at the sleeping form in the little berth. "Oh Shalon, you are so blessed." Shalon preened at the praise. She loved her little family and Megatron watched her silently laughing at her pleased expression.
"What are we going to call her?" Shalon asked her master.
"What would you like to call her?" Megatron asked. She was always asking him for his suggestions and he thought that she would like to do this.
"I don't know. I guess since she took us by surprise why don't we call her Storm?" Shalon asked. She liked it and it would go well with her family since her name and her sister's name started with a S.
Megatron thought about it. She had taken them by surprise just like a storm would. "I like it." He walked over to his daughter and smiled once more at the tiny sparkling. "Yes, she looks like a Storm." He finally said and Shalon smiled as the sparkling quietly recharged.
"Well my darling. I have to go in and do some work. I trust that you will be well taken care of here in the infirmary." Megatron walked back to her, kissed her softly, and then straightened. He reluctantly left to the seeker's delight and Aura and Kiki laughed at the new father.
"I dread the day when she is old enough to be courted. Can you imagine it, Shalon?" Aura said and Thundercracker laughed.
"She will definitely have a hard time getting young mechs to come to your house." Starscream said.
"Yes, I can see it now. A nice young mech drives or flies up the house and there sits Megatron cleaning his fusion canon in the driveway. I can picture it now. How much you want to bet that he will just keep on driving by?" Shalon laughed at Kiki's description of the scene because she could very well see it and woe to her little femling when it happened.
"Well Starscream will be just as bad with his null ray." Thundercracker added and the femmes laughed even harder at the outraged expression on his face.
"He will probably use the poor mech as target practice. I can see it now. Your little femme will come running in to shout for you, Kiki, yelling that daddy has gone insane and trying to kill her boyfriend." Aura said.
"Hey, you better not make too much fun since we have a little mechling on the way. It could be our mechling that Starscream uses for target practice." Thundercracker said and Aura quit laughing. Starscream smirked at Aura and reach down to place a kiss on her cheek.
"I would never hurt your sparklings Aura." He said teasingly. Ratchet laughed as he had overheard their conversation.
"Don't count on me saying that. If I have a femme I will be terrifying." Ratchet stated.
"You're terrifying now, Hatchet." Skywarp said as he walked through the door and then yelped as Ratchet planted a wrench across his helm before Skywarp saw it coming. Starscream burst out laughing and Thundercracker smiled at his trine mates.
"So where's the little bit?" Skywarp asked as he sauntered over between Shalon and Aura and placed a kiss first on Aura's head and then on Shalon. He heard a click and a little gurgle nose from the unit and he went over to look inside. The little femme stopped making noises as both looked at the other for the longest moment and then everyone heard the biggest clicking noise as Storm reached up for Skywarp and melted his spark. He gently reached down in awe for the little femme and pulled her up into his arms to tenderly cradle her. Shalon and Aura exchanged a knowing look as they watched the two beings instantly bond.
"She is beautiful." Skywarp breathed out reverently. His optics glowed a deep crimson as he took in the tiny being. Starscream and Thundercracker looked at each other shaking their helms.
"It figures that Warp would fall in love with a sparkling. He nothing but a big sparkling himself." Thundercracker said very quietly to Ratchet and Starscream.
"Well one thing, he won't let anyone or anything harm her." Starscream added as he looked on knowingly.
"Yeah, but can you imagine having Megatron as a 'father-in-law?" Ratchet said under his breath where only the mechs could hear as they watch Skywarp gently rock the little femling.
"What's her name and did you see her little stubs? Who's going to teach her to fly when the time comes? Oh my, she is such a pretty little thing." He said all in one breath. He clicked and chirped back at the femling and she laughed as she reached out to playfully touch his armor.
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Later that day Ratchet had shooed everyone away as Doc brought Aura to a berth and had Thundercracker sit with her. She was anxious to get this out of the way because she was so uncomfortable and didn't feel very well. Her feet hurt where the fluid in the skin would not go down and she felt tired all the time. In fact, this was the first time in two weeks that she had come to the hall and that was because she had wanted to see Shalon and her sparkling.
"Okay, ready to do a valve check?" Doc asked her. Aura was in a medical gown and lying back against the berth with her feet in the stirrups and ready as she would ever be. Doc didn't wait for her to reply because she had a feeling that Aura was ready to get it over with. Aura slowly breathed in and then released it as she felt Doc's hands gently touch as she placed a test strip in to see if her fluid was leaking.
"Well, it seems that these sparklings are night hawks. You are dilated and your fluids are leaking." Doc said. "I am going to have you stay in the infirmary overnight and if you start contracting then we will start labor. I can give you a very mild sedative to help you sleep but I want to do an ultrasound to make sure that the sparklings is not in distress." Doc pulled away and Aura smiled that her time was nearing an end.
"Doc the sedative will be appreciated. I haven't been sleeping very well." Aura said.
"I knew you weren't. Twins can make you feel very uncomfortable as well as there is no room for them in the chamber so they make feel fat and bloated." Doc told her as she finished up and put away her tools. She quickly pulled out the ultrasound equipment and placed the monitor on her stomach. They immediately heard the spark beats and Aura smiled as she thought of her children. Doc checked everything over and timed the spark beats and then cleaned Aura up.
"Everything looks good and you are dilated but not enough to go into full labor." Doc turned away and pulled out a syringe. She filled it with the sedative and injected it into Aura I.V. port that the nurse had put in earlier.
"Now I know why you had the nurse go ahead and put the line in." Aura said.
"Yes, I had a feeling that you were ready. You looked ready to pop in that chair while staying with Shalon." Doc stated. Aura laughed.
"Should I comm. Thundercracker and let him know where I am?" Aura asked feeling nice and mellow as the sedative took effect.
"No, I'll let him know. Do you want me to pull up another berth for him to stay with you?" Doc asked.
"Only if he wants to stay. We have our quarters here for when he is on call and he may want to stay there." Aura replied. She covered herself back up and Doc placed the sheet over her. Aura was feeling lethargic and her systems were finally starting to power down. The sedative wasn't strong just as Doc promised but it was enough where Aura was feeling comfortable and relaxed. She let her eyes droop as Doc turned down the fluorescent light and closed the curtain so that Aura would recharge comfortably.
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"Doc says that Aura is staying overnight in the infirmary." Optimus said as he was reading his data pad filled with the daily reports. He had been overseeing the new school being built for the village and since Allie was staying closer to the hall he and Megatron had gone to the ground breaking. It would be a multi-racial school that would have a variety of teachers and workers that would specialize in schooling the different types of species that lived in the Realm.
"I had a feeling that she would be next. Chelsea was so insistent that she would have hers first but when she had Metronus we were under tremendous stress. Now it seems that she will be last in the first group." Allie said. Optimus put down the data pad and pulled her closer. Allie snuggled in and lovingly sent a pulse to him. Optimus shivered as he felt her love through their bond. He placed his massive hand over their sparklings and Allie felt them respond to their sire.
"They always respond to you." She said as she looked up at him and smiled. Their little mechs bounced and thumped their way in her carrying chamber and Optimus smiled as he felt their hands and feet through her stomach.
"I am so amazed how Primus can give us these wonderful sparklings." Optimus said as he bent over and kissed her abdomen.
"I know. I think I am still in shock sometimes when I feel them move." Allie stated softly. "I think it is the most wonderful thing to be able to create life inside me." She placed her hands over his massive one and they listened and watched their little sparklings play inside their mother.
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"Looks like you are going to be a papa next." Skywarp had come to Thundercracker's quarters to check on him since Aura was staying in the infirmary.
"Yeah, she said I would recharge better here than staying with Aura." Thundercracker said as he took a sip of high grade that Skywarp had brought with him. "Doc said she would comm. me as soon as she went into labor. It just seems strange that I am going to recharge without her tonight. I am so used to her being at my side and now I know I can't have but the one drink but I am afraid I won't recharge tonight." Thundercracker expelled air out of his vents as he sat brooding.
"You'll be fine, man. I know you. Aura will go into labor and you will be the next papa in the hall." Skywarp told him as he swallowed the rest of his cube. He was pleasantly tipsy and feeling good. He could still picture the little grey and lavender femling that was sleeping in her warm berth next to her mother in the infirmary. Skywarp still couldn't believe how she affected him but if it was this powerful now what would it be like when she was in her final upgrade.
Skywarp was not known for being a deep mech but that was because he allowed others to think that he wasn't smart. He hid behind Starscream and Thundercracker preferring that no one knew that he was capable of thinking for himself and that he was quite intelligent. He had made sure that he was part of the command trine from the very beginning despite being one of the younger flyers.
Now, here he was feeling something for the daughter that wasn't even a day old of the supreme commander. He wasn't stupid just crazy and so he had brought the high grade and his wonderful company over to stay with Thundercracker. Maybe it was a fluke, that when Thundercracker's sparklings were born that he would react the same way, but he doubted it. He would call Emalia tomorrow and take her in to the city after he was sure that Aura and the sparklings were alright.
"I miss her." Thundercracker said. "She is on the other side of the hall and I miss her as if she is nowhere near me. How pathetic is that?"
"You're bonded. It's natural for you to feel this way. If it is that bad though you can recharge with her in the infirmary." Skywarp said.
"No, she won't sleep and neither will I." Thundercracker said. He finished his cube. "I think I will turn in for the night."
"Do you need me to stay?" Skywarp asked.
"No Warp. I am fine." Thundercracker replied. "I will probably have a cube of mid-grade so that the high won't churn and I will turn in." He stood up to direct Skywarp out and the other mech took the hint.
"Good night Thunder."
"Good night."
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Barricade came to their berth. It was late and Chelsea was recharging. She had been taking more and more naps throughout the days since the sparkling kept her up at night but tonight she seemed to be peaceful. Barricade was careful not to disturb her as he lay down and spooned against her. She was so beautiful swollen with his sparkling and he had enjoyed being with her since the beginning of sparking.
Megatron had him patrolling nights and he didn't care much for it but the positive was that they could rest and recharge together through the day. Soundwave's next roster had yet to be approved by Prowl but it looked like he would be going back on mornings. The patrols were shorter than when he had to do them in the war and there were more mechs o rotate with. That was one plus that Barricade did like about being in the Realm. He also liked that everyone was getting along and that he and prowl had become somewhat friends. The mech missed his bonded and Barricade felt bad about that but they would try to go get a drink in the city or Barricade would try to get the tactician to take a day and go out with him and the Lambo twins. There were so many of Barricade's friends that didn't make it from the war and he was glad that he could interact with other ground pounders. He had missed that since the seekers could be so crazy.
"Cade?" Chelsea sleepily asked as she turned.
"Sweet spark, go back to sleep. I didn't mean to wake you." He answered softly as he pulled her closer and wrapped her in his arms.
"Kay. I love you." She said.
"I love you too." Barricade replied as he kissed her softly.
