The last chapter was short. I ran out of ideas on the ceremonial ritual. I did want it to look like they enjoyed it and yet they fear it at the same time. The oracle is a sentient being but it is also pure energy and but is choosy about who may stand in its presence just like the matrix chooses who shall bear it. I may elaborate more or I may leave it like this since it was hard to write in the first place. I had to call upon my experience in fraternities and even then I probably didn't do it justice but I hope that you liked it anyway.

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The morning didn't hold much appeal for most of the mechs in the Hall. Optimus was up early and he still had not seen Allie. The sparklings had been left with Cassie and their nanny Seaway and other young femmes had stepped in to help with other sparklings as well until their carriers came back to them. Optimus was concerned because Prowl and Soundwave had approved Allie rescue plan though both he and Megatron had concerns. It was funny that Megatron didn't seem to mind until Shalon had been asked to be a part of the team but Allie insisted that she wanted the best since there were several variables that could pose risk to the team. Allie had kept the team small, only three would go in, and four would come out. She had placed Thundercracker and Kiki on standby should they couldn't get out of the city immediately. They would fly one of the stealth transport in to retrieve them if they couldn't get out under cover.

The plan was a good one as long as the team expected the unexpected. The unexpected was what concerned Optimus. Allie's team would be leaving within the hour and still no one had seen any of the femmes from the night before. Optimus didn't like it. He preferred to brief them one more time but they may not get the opportunity if they didn't show.

"Optimus, have you seen Allie?" Megatron asked concerned.

"No, have you seen any of them?" Optimus countered.

"No, not one. They are due to leave." Megatron stated.

"I know! It upsets me that they are cutting it so close." Optimus said as he stalked closer to his office. Megatron joined him on his trek and they walked in as Megatron took a seat and Optimus sat down to look over the days' duties.

"Why would she do this? I didn't send any terms for negotiating because Allie had come up with this." Megatron stated.

"I know. I stood in your office as you sent the communication." Optimus expelled air impatiently through his vents. His fans had been running from the stress of the last twenty-four hours since he didn't recharge well last night and his temper was close to boiling. He had been pushed more since he had come to live with his mate. It reminded him of when they first bonded. That first century had been tough and going to war hadn't helped. Now it seemed that they were back starting over again and it was trying on Optimus' temper.

"I know and I am sorry. The team's ready. Kiki had some trouble carrying and I was in the infirmary with her." Allie said running into Megatron's office. "Sorry that I didn't knock. I could feel that you were upset." Allie was out of breath from running back and forth from the temple to the infirmary and then to the offices.

"I Kiki okay? Is the sparkling alright?" Optimus asked worried for Starscream and Kiki.

"She and the sparkling are fine. Her body temperature didn't come down immediately and Doc is doing scans now. We think the energy from the oracle had sped up her carrying which has happened in the past but Doc feels that she and the sparkling are fine." Allie said.

"Good. Starscream is doing much better since the little femme has grounded him. I don't want him returning to the treacherous being that he used to be." Megatron said and Optimus smirked. "You think it's funny? How about I saddle you with him?" This time Allie laughed out right.

"You two! You are concerning yourselves with a problem that hasn't even happened." She said. "My team is out by their transports. We are going to go into the city from three different points and we have agreed on the meeting place but I won't be telling anyone because we have a mole."

"How do you know?" Megatron asked.

"Let's just say that a little birdie whispered it in my ear. I also know how to get proof on who sabotaged the gate." Allie stated.

"Again, I want to know how." This time it was Optimus backing up Megatron and it irritated Allie that he was getting more suspicious of her.

"Are we going to play this game again? If it is so important to you it was the oracle that showed me!" She said angry.

"Allie, you have less than an hour before you leave. We don't need to be fighting." Optimus tried to placate her.

"No! I am damn tired of this. I am a telepath. I also have a connection to the oracle other than Chelsea." Allie said. "I think I have a right to voice my opinions. I have earned that right. I know that I am a femme but I have run this operations far longer than you or Lord Megatron. I have ceded my position to just my title and am I tired of the suspicions from both of you! What good is peace if I and my teams are shoved to the back?" Allie turned towards Megatron. "My lord, even you used both mechs and femmes in the beginning of the war and some of your femmes even made officer status." Allie turned back to her mate. "Even on Cybertron I commanded my own squadron but now I feel as if you can't trust me when I am bonded to you."

"Allie, I am sorry but this is new to us. You are transformed into this body that is similar and different at the same time. Last night we saw things that make us question why we are here and then you don't come back to our quarters." Optimus said as he rubbed his face.

"I explained all of that and if I had come back to you without getting rid of the excess energy, then you would be in stasis from where I had worn you out!" Allie huffed. She was tired of explaining. She had a team to ready. She turned towards the door. "I'll be on the tarmac but I won't discuss any more of this until I get back."

Allie walked out and Megatron just smirked.

"She didn't lie to us." He said as he watched Optimus get up and pace.

"I know and I knew that this would not be easy." Optimus said.

"What I see is two leaders who but heads. You need to give her breathing space Optimus. If you keep going like this it will hurt your bond." Megatron advised.

"Tell me, if it had been Shalon in her position would you have done better?" Optimus asked him.

"I don't know but we are bonded and we do have an understanding." Megatron said.

"An understanding?" Optimus asked.

"Yes, I trust her and I get to play my games." Megatron smiled evilly.

"I don't want to know." Optimus looked at him warily.

"Well, I was the one that gave you that gift." Megatron smirked at him laughing.

"Yes, and she did enjoy them." Optimus stated remembering as his engines purred to life. Megatron laughed.

"Have you tried any other tricks?" Megatron asked him with a gleam in his optic.

"My grappling hooks." Optimus revealed and this time Megatron laughed out right.

"I would have liked to see her face. Did she consent?"

"Hell no, I just did it to keep her from running from me while I went and fed our sparklings which interrupted us." Optimus said ruefully. "She was very angry until we talked it over."

"I bet she was. Did she admit to liking it?" Megatron asked quietly.

"I am not answering that one."

"She did." Megatron laughed again. "She did say that she saw a lot of herself in Shalon and Shalon loves all kind of kink. It is quite erotic." Megatron leaned back in his chair and placed his arms behind his helm. "Hell I bet they are a lot alike. If you need any suggestions I have quite an array of toys."

"We do just fine Megatron." Optimus said dryly even if his fans were kicking in and his face plates felt like they were heating up. Megatron kept laughing.

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"Good morning Sunshine." Raynie said. She had snuck in to surprise Sides and Sunny and they jumped up as Sunny made it to her first and Sides picked up Sunshine to take her to her mother. Sunny swung Raynie up in her arms as Sunshine chirped and clicked in excitement.

"Hey I think someone missed me." Raynie said as she laughed at her mechs. Sunshine reached out to hug her mother and Raynie took her from Sideswipe. "Did my little femme miss me?" She asked.

"She did." Sideswipe said. "Ratchet had to come and give her something to make her recharge."

"Oh, my poor darling. I missed you too." Raynie started cooing and clicking and Sunshine started clicking and wiggling in her arms until Raynie had to sit her on the floor. Raynie then went and kissed Sideswipe. He nibbled at her lower lip until she opened her mouth for him. Raynie moaned as his glossa slipped into her mouth. Sunstreaker came up behind her and pulled her against his chassis taking Sides with her. She was warm and pliant in his arms as he nibbled on her neck.

"We have all missed you." Sunny purred in her ear and Raynie shivered. She was refreshed from recharging in the temple chambers and she was wet and ready for her mates.

"Sides, Sunny what about Sunshine?" Raynie asked breathlessly. She moaned against as Sunstreaker cupped one breast and his other hand went to cup her between the legs. She almost hit the floor until Sides caught her by the waist to keep her steady.

"Raynie, you are running hot this morning." Sides murmured.

"It's from the heat and energy that the oracle gives us." She said panting, trying to get a hold of her breaths.

"I thought that it was because you finally got a good night's recharge." Sunny growled and Raynie could feel her fluids pooling in her valve and starting to run down her legs. Sides caught a whiff of her odor and went down on his knees.

"Sideswipe, Sunshine?" She cried out as Sunshine stopped chirping and playing with her toys. Raynie gasped from tearing herself away from her mates but sunshine came first.

Sides and Sunny both groaned and then Sunny gently let go making sure that Raynie could stand without her legs buckling.

"Come on you!" She said as he swung Sunshine high into the air. She cackled and chirped at her sire and Raynie smiled shakily as she got her body under control.

"How long as she been up?" Raynie asked them.

"She had been up for a while. I've already fed her." Sides said as he walked his hands down to lie on the floor. He watched his mates as they played with Sunshine with optics dim and his fans running to keep his core temperature down. Raynie walked in the nursery to retrieve a bottle for their sparkling. She walked out puzzled.

"Why is there a hole in the wall?" She asked as she sat down and leaned against Sideswipe.

"Sunny had an accident." Sides said laughing. "Ratchet bought had a fit. If Little Sunny hadn't have been so distraught then I am sure he would have been throwing wrenches at us."

"Well you can patch the hole." Raynie said looking pointedly at Sunstreaker. She played at while longer with their sparkling as the three of them made a circle and passed her around until her optics began to dim. Raynie picked her up and took her to her nursery and sat down in the rocker. She handed Sunshine her bottle and helped her hold it as her little femling had her mid-morning snack of special energon. Soon she would be toddling and they would have to reinforce the outlets and check their quarters to make sure that nothing would be in the way or cause danger to their sparkling. She fell asleep on her mother's shoulder as Raynie burped her. Raynie put her in her crib and walked silently out.

"Do you still want to play?" She asked her darling mechs. Sunstreaker stalked her on all fours as he pulled her down and Sides came around so that she couldn't escape.

"Now boys." Raynie said coyly. Sides took her wrists and held her against his chassis as Sunstreaker placed his mouth over her clothed breast. Raynie cried out from the heat as he expelled hot air from his mouth and onto her skin. Raynie squirmed but Sideswipe held her firmly against him as she heard his interface panel slide open with a hiss. She could feel his hard spike against her back as Sunny began to remover her clothes. Her only thought was that she was glad that she had closed Sunshine's door so that they wouldn't disturb their femling.

"Sides please! Let me go." She pleaded as she felt Sunny's mouth on her valve. She squirmed but he pinned her by her hips as he flicked his glossa in and out of her valve and sucked at her fluids. Sides leaned over and kissed her as his glossa once again took control of her mouth. She moaned and squirmed under her mates and finally surrendered when she realized that they were on the mood to dominate. She let them have their way as she gave in to the pleasure and growled low in her throat as Sunstreaker took her to heaven and Sideswipe took her beyond.

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"Oh Casey! Where are you?" Doc groaned. She could tell by Ratchet's tone that First Aid was being kept by Kiki and Starscream and he wanted to play. She quickly went to the wash racks since she had wanted a shower before her shift. She had already did a check up on Kiki and she was fine except the oracle had cause her sparkling to increase in mass and there for taking her from a few weeks to about two months. Doc had seen it before and unfortunately it had caused Kiki some pain which made her think that she was losing the sparkling but once Doc had done the scans she was able to reassure both Kiki and Starscream.

Doc turned the shower on and quickly stripped down. She entered the wash rack and saw Ratchet come in behind her.

"So here you are all nice and wet." Ratchet said as he stepped in behind her and began to wash her back. Doc sighed as she felt his hands massaging her muscles.

"My love, did you miss me?" Doc asked.

"I did." Ratchet replied. He turned her around and kissed her and Doc placed her hands against his helm and massaged his antennae. Ratchet growled as he hauled her up against the wall.

"Ratchet you are going to spark me before we are ready for another one." She said hoarsely as he picked her up by the aft and pinned her against the wall of the shower. Doc gasped from the coldness of the wall and the heat from her mate as he wrapped her legs around his waist and as he slid inside her valve.

"Oh Ratch!" She cried out and he pumped in and out of her very quickly.

"I won't demand a spark merge if you don't want to get sparked." He gasped. "Just don't deny me your body."

"I never would my love." She purred and then gasped as he twisted his hips and hit the sensitive nodes deep within her. "Ratchet! Please I need more." She cried into his audial. He pumped hot and furious into her as he growled and nipped at her neck and shoulder. Doc was hot and ready for her lover as she cried and moaned against the feel of hm. She traced her hands over his body lingering at the seams and pulling at sensitive circuits as he cried out his need for her.

Doc felt her overload approaching as Ratchet growled and bit into her shoulder breaking the skin and causing precious energon to seep from the wound. She screamed as she overloaded and Ratchet squeezed her hips ad he poured his fluids into her. She felt it run down her legs and the water rinse it down into the drain as she gasped and panted to get control of her breathing. Ratchet wasn't much better as his fans churned furiously to get his temperature down.

"I think that proves how much I missed you." He said once he could speak.

"Honey, you can do that to me any time you want." Doc said. Now she was recharged and relaxed. The only thing better would be for her mate to take her to their berth and not let her out for the rest of the day.