I was shocked that no one commented on Comm's treatment. I was extremely surprised to say the least. Everyone seems to love Starscream and Kiki so I guess I will give you some more of them in this chapter. There also wasn't much on Chelsea and Barricade. I even thought someone would ask about Aura and Thundercracker but no. Oh well, here's the next chapter and I hope everyone is enjoying the story. I'll keep writing as long as you keep commenting. I hope that you will enjoy it!

"Next week is Kiki's birthday." Aura told Starscream.

"What? What is a birthday?" Starscream asked her back.

"It is a day where you celebrate your birth. It is a human custom that we have picked up in the Realm since we have been helping Cassie with the orphanage. What kind of gift are you going to give her?" Aura asked as she looked at her old friend.

"I don't know. I haven't thought about it until now." He replied.

"I suggest a puppy. Not a turbopuppy, but a real one. There is a biologic pet shop in the city that specializes in large breeds. Of course it will be a small dog next to us but it would be a perfect gift since Kiki loves all kinds of natural and biologic materials." Aura said as she held her sparkling in her arms.

"Why not a turbopuppy?"

"She likes real biologic animals and plants. I know she has planted all the things in her garden." Aura tried to explain Kiki's fascination with the Realm. "She loves this world and you are her mate so it would be special to give her a puppy. I think that Shalon is going to give her a gato."

"No! Megatron says that Shalon's gato is horrible."

"Yes he is a monster, but I think that Shalon is giving her a baby, a kitten. In that case it will be cute because it hasn't done enough fighting to get mangy and ugly." Aura said as she smiled at Starscream.

"She is turning me into a mushy bot." Starscream murmured as he looked out over Aura's head.

"Yes, but everyone says that you are so much better for it." Aura retaliated. Aura cuddled her son in her arms as she readied him to nurse. He eagerly latched on and began to suck and knead Aura's left breast. He was so adorable and Starscream watched in fascination until he had to ask his question that had been forming since he started watching her blue and silver streaked son with little wing nubs.

"Does that hurt? I mean in your original body you had a line usually from your arm but this looks more painful." Starscream asked as he watched the sparkling feed.

"It does the first couple of times but then it is much more comfortable than what human women have to get used to. I like it because I can hold my sparling closer to my spark than I would if I was feeding from my arm." Aura said as she held her sparkling with love and adoration.

Starscream watched as Kiki walked in with the Aura's femling. Starscream's breath caught in his vocal sensors as he watched Kiki lovingly cuddle the little sparkling. The femling was smaller than her brother and seemed more delicate. She was a red and silver color and where her brother looked to have a shuttle build like his mother the little femling looked like she might be a seeker which was unusual for twin sparklings.

"I love these sparklings Aura. They are so cute. Every day I come in with Star just so I can hold them. I was wondering if I could help out when you go back on duty." Kiki said. Aura would like that because Kiki would be good at taking care of them. Starscream would probably appreciate it too since he didn't like her being in the field.

"It's not a bad idea." Starscream said confirming her thoughts.

"We don't need her since we have more seekers in the team now. I'll talk to Allie and Lord Megatron about it." Aura said as she transferred the mechling to her other breast and let him feed until he fell asleep.

"Here let me take him for you." Starscream said as he let his arms out for the sparkling. Aura gave him the mechling and then Kiki gave her the femling so that she could nurse. She lovingly held her just like she did with her son. Kiki watched as she talked to Aura while the femling feed. Starscream watched the femmes with pride. He couldn't wait for Kiki to go to her checkup and he hoped that she would be carrying. She deserved happiness after the hell she had been through. It just floored him that someone could be so cruel to her when she was full of life. He thanked Primus for her every day and he was one who did not pray through the war but now he prayed every morning before he kissed his mate and he thanked Primus every night before recharge. Life was turning out to be good and he was thankful for Optimus Prime and Lord Megatron, thankful that they recognized that their soldiers were tired and ready to settle down.

Aura stood up. The sparkling had eaten her fill and was recharging peacefully next to her mother so Aura laid her down next to her twin brother. She covered herself with the blanket as she looked at her two most cherished beings in her life. She would never had these two if it hadn't been for Thundercracker and now she was glad that she had his love and support. It was more than she ever asked for.

"Thank you Star for helping me. I will talk to Allie because it would be nice to have Kiki here with Thundercracker taking patrols during the week." Aura said as she hugged her two best friends. "Thank you for coming over and visiting. I appreciate it." She walked them to the door as she talked.

"We will always be here if you need us." Starscream said. "I'll bring Kiki tomorrow if you want her to come."

"Thank you Star. I would love her company." Aura said as she waved them good bye.

"Bye, Aura. I'll see you tomorrow and I'll come even if Star doesn't bring me." She said smiling and Aura laughed.

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"Ultra Magnus I trust that everything is alright. Your reports look good and I have no complaints about your work. You have served well both me and Prime. I need to let you know that I have been turning your reports over to the Lord High Protector and that in the next week II will be turning all reports over to him. Do you have any objections?" Allie asked him. He was on her monitor and they were doing an e-call via through Soundwave so that Allie could see him and check on Comm.

"How is your mate?" She asked softly.

"She is fine. We are doing very well." Magnus said coolly.

"Good. I was just concerned for her welfare." Allie knew that Magnus wasn't telling her something but she had promised Optimus that she wouldn't interfere.

"I appreciate your concern and I will tell Comm that you said hello." Magnus said.

"Thank you. I wish the two of you well." Allie said as Optimus walked into her office.

"Hello Ultra Magnus. It is good to see you." He said looking over Allie's shoulder.

"Hello Optimus Prime. It's good to see you as well. I trust everything is going well for you." Magnus said.

"Yes, Allie is due in a few months. You will have to bring Comm to visit." Optimus said and Allie smiled. It would be nice to see her friend since they didn't leave on good terms.

"I'll keep that in mind and talk it over with the Misses. Allie was letting me know about the upcoming changes." Magnus informed Prime.

"I know. I just got through talking with Megatron and he is ready and Allie will need to cut back as she gets closer to her due date." Optimus said. He looked down at his mate and smiled behind his battle mask.

"Well it is good seeing you and I hope to see you soon after your sparkling comes." Magnus said.

"You too. Optimus out." Prime said as the screen cut off.

"Well my darling I hope that you are well today. You look beautiful." Optimus said as he leaned down and kissed her on her head. Allie smiled as she looked up at him.

"Aura commed me today. I think she is enjoying being a mother but is starting to get cabin fever. She wants to start working one day a week I told her that I would talk to you and Prowl about it. I know you have Prowl covering her duties but is there any way that you could let her work one or two days a week. My femmes have done all of this for a long time and to expect them to just give it up and be weak femmes could affect their emotional state. Allie was very concerned about all of her femmes because they had been forced to work their jobs for so long that to make them give them up could spell disaster.

"I will talk to Megatron about it and we will work something out." Prime said as he kissed her on the lips. "I promise. I do understand and I don't want to force you or any of your femmes into something they are not ready for."

"Thank you. It means so much to me. I know that I haven't made this easy but I have been doing it for so long and now that have all this extra help I feel over whelmed and scared to give it all up. I hate to burden you with this but I don't know what to think anymore and I don't want to complain because you and Megatron have worked hard to achieve peace."

"Thank you for your kind words. I will do everything I can to help you." Optimus said. He reached down and hugged his mate and Allie sent him a pulse of love. They were doing so much better since she had finally let go and was starting to trust him again. They still had a ways to go but at least Allie was a peace.

"So do you want to go into the city tonight?" Optimus asked her.

"No, I am really tired tonight. I think I want to go back to our quarters and just have a lazy night." Allie said. She turned off her monitor and hard drive and closed up her desk. Optimus help her up out of her chair and they locked up her office as they stepped out. Optimus escorted her out of the office complex over the tarmac and to their private quarters.

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"So you like my new display?" Skywarp asked as he showed Emalia his new collection of crystals. She smiled politely as he showed each different color and size that he had collected from when Allie had taken them to the southern end of the Realm and showed the crystal mines to them.

"They are very nice." Emalia said as she tried to show interest. She had been dating Skywarp but it wasn't working out. She wanted more and though he was a nice guy they did not attract sparks and Emalia wanted to end this so that she could go to her quarters and start fresh with another potential.

"Warp, can I be honest with you?" She asked.

"Sure." He said distractedly.

"This is not working and I don't want to waste your time." Emalia said.

"I know." He returned.

"You do?" She asked confused.

"Yes, I am biding my time. I haven't found the one who makes my spark want to move mountains. I just don't see why we have to spend our time alone." Skywarp said and Emalia realized that he made sense.

"I just didn't want to get your hopes up." She said.

"I understand and thank you for your concern." Skywarp returned. "Do you want to see the crystals I have in my berth room?"

"Not tonight. I am a little tired." She said.

"You can stay with me tonight. I won't press for anything more. I just thought you might like a warm body to recharge next to."

"No, I am not into that. I want it to be someone special." She told him.

"I understand. I am a seeker and we like warm bodies." He said smirking.

"I appreciate the offer but I am not a seeker and I can do without thank you." She laughed at his expression but gave in and leaned into a kiss. He returned it as they enjoyed the taste of each other but them Emalia broke it. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye babe." He said as he led her to the door.

"See you, Warp."

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Barricade quietly walked in. It was late and he was finishing his afternoon patrol. He was getting too good at his job and Prowl was taking advantage of him. Prowl and Starscream were coordinating the sky and ground patrols so that if one were to get into trouble then the other could back them up. He still didn't know how a ground pounder could assist the air patrol but after watching the twins do jet judo then nothing would surprise him anymore.

"Hey sweet spark. Did our little mech go to bed?" Barricade quietly asked. Chelsea pulled the blanket back to reveal their son recharging in the berth with her.

"He fell asleep nursing and I didn't have the spark to put him in his crib." She said gazing at her son. She leaned over and softly placed a kiss so that he would boot up. His little hand flexed in his recharge but he didn't stir.

"He is so beautiful." Barricade said. "Thank you for the most wonderful gift you could ever give me." He kissed her softly on the lips before reaching down and gently lifting his son and placing in his crib next to the far wall. Barricade empty out his subspace and walked back to his mate to spoon against her.

"Have I told you I love you?" He asked her.

"Yes, you told me as soon as you booted up your systems this morning." She answered. "I love you too." She kissed him as he spooned around her body. Barricade groaned as he held her close and they continued to kiss and cuddle. Barricade could feel her heat as he touched her intimately.

"Did Doc give you the go ahead?" Barricade asked.

"No Cade, she has not said yes yet. I am sorry." She said as she laughed softly at his woeful expression. "We can kiss and cuddle."

"I want more than a kiss and cuddle." He murmured against her lips.

"I'm sorry my spark." She smiled as he nibbled her lips and kept teasing her until she was moaning and groaning with him. She heard their sparkling start to rouse and she hushed Barricade as they listened to see if they woke him up. When he only stirred and went back into recharge Chelsea sighed and laid her head down against Barricade's arm.

"What are we going to call him?" Chelsea asked.

"Well we have been working on a name for a week now. I was wondering if we could call him Shortstop."

"No, what about Tracks?"

"Too short. How about Midnight?"

"No he would get confused. What about Nighthawk"

"Nighthawk?" Barricade thought about the name. It was a good name and it was one not commonly used. "I like it. Nighthawk it is."

"Good because I was running out of ideas." Chelsea said.

"Well I am glad we decided on a name." Barricade said as he cuddled his mate close.

"I love you." She said as her eyes drooped and she closed them.

"I love you too." He said. He kissed the nape of her neck as she slipped into recharge.