I hope that everyone enjoyed the last chapter. I found it most interesting to write especially Sentinel Prime. I just hope that I haven't upset anyone. I did not write a rape scene. I wanted their meeting to be violent but I still believe that despite Sentinel's god complex that he is basically a decent mech. He just isn't one that I would want to meet. I wanted a femme that would stand up to him and unfortunately Allie is not it. She can hold her own but that is because she has the support of Optimus and Megatron behind her.
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Everything felt fuzzy and the pain was gone but her systems felt numb. Shalon then remembered Starscream taking her to Doc and the intense pain she felt before everything went dark. She could see a light just beyond the darkness of her eyelids and she slowly opened them and winced from the fluorescent lighting of the infirmary. Shalon turned her head violently away from it and moaned.
"Good, I see that you are finally waking up." She heard Ratchet's voice and moaned again as he walked over and began checking her vitals. Shalon looked back up to him as he adjusted the light so that it would not hurt her sensitive eyes. "How do you feel?" He asked softly and Shalon stared a moment before answering.
"I feel terrible." He voice was raspy and did not sound near her normal level.
"You will for a while. Doc had to completely rebuild your carrying chamber." Ratchet informed her. Shalon looked at him in confusion until she felt the emptiness of her abdomen and the loss of something warm and soothing in her spark.
"My sparkling, where is he?" She started to struggle trying to rip out the energon line that fed into her arm as Ratchet quickly subdued her.
"Knockout, come in here now!" Ratchet yelled as Knockout ran out of the office and came over to help Ratchet with Shalon.
"My sparkling, what happened to him? Where is he?" She yelled at them.
"He is fine. Doc has him in an incubator because he was not fully developed." Ratchet told her as she started to settle down.
"Where's Doc?" She asked as she calmed and looked at the two medics expectantly.
"She is resting with First Aid. Knockout and I have the infirmary." Ratchet said. "You gave us a scare for a while." Ratchet checked the energon line and then started running tests on her vitals. Shalon watched for a moment and then asked,
"When can I see him?"
"I will let you see him as soon as you are strong enough to walk. Also, Lord Megatron wanted to be with you when you see him together." Ratchet gently said to the weakened femme. She had lost a lot of energon and blood from the sparkling tearing her from the inside and she needed to recharge and rest before attempting to walk and put strain on her injuries. "You came close to bleeding out and it severely weakened your spark, Shalon. You will need a lot of rest but I promise that you will be much better as long as you listen to us and then you will be able to nurse your new sparkling when he is ready to come out of the incubator."
"Is he…" She started to ask.
"He is fine for his development and he is beautiful." Knockout said as he held her hand as Ratchet finished with his tests.
Shalon took a deep breath of relief and settled down as she realized that many of her systems were still off lined. She could not feel her legs and her stomach was still numb from whatever Doc and Ratchet used on her.
"Thank you." She said softly, gratefully.
"You are welcome." Ratchet's gruff reply soothed the femme's fears.
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Waverly quickly made the berth and hurried to her appointment. She was late and knew that Doc would not be pleased with her but she had waited for Cliffjumper until Bumblebee had commed to let her know that his patrol had been extended. Kiki had also been by to check on her since Shalon's unexpected surgery. Waverly knew the femme was concerned about her since she was also considered high risk like Shalon had been.
"Waverly, Jumper wanted me to escort you to your appointment. Are you ready? You are running behind and I don't want to upset Doc because Ratchet will be after me." Stargazer stuck her head in the living area from the hallway as she saw Waverly trying to hurry, her stomach bulging, and her feet swollen from the sparkling restricting the flow of energon to her legs. She felt bloated and ungainly as Star came over to help her to the door.
"Thank you Stargazer; I am not moving very fast these days." She said as they both moved towards the door and headed for the infirmary. They walked slowly until Waverly stood outside the double doors and she turned towards Stargazer.
"Thank you but I will be fine on my own." Waverly said as she smiled at her friend. She let go of Stargazer's hand and turned back to the door to walk in. As she passed by the door, Waverly saw Shalon subdued on a berth inside a private room away from the main area. Allie had reported over the intercom that she was doing fine but Waverly could still remember the tense moments when they had not been sure if she would make it.
"Well I see that you have decided to make your appointment." Ratchet said dryly. "I thought I was going to have to send the cavalry out to get you."
"I'm sorry, I was waiting for Cliffjumper but he was held up." Waverly said very meekly. In the week since that fateful appointment and her shameful behavior Waverly had become very meek and quiet. Ratchet felt a moment's sorrow for the femme but he knew that Doc's and Cliffjumper's anger had been well placed.
"Take the berth over there." Ratchet said as he pointed toward the berth on the far left of the infirmary. Waverly did as told and soon she way lying on the berth waiting for her fluid test to be ran. She parted her knees and placed her feet in the stirrups as Ratchet walked over with his tools and the strips needed to run the test. Waverly took a breath as she felt Ratchet hands gently parted the folds around her valve and slid a strip in. It felt uncomfortable but Waverly made herself breathe steadily as Ratchet slowly withdrew the strip.
"Well no fluid leakage but Doc wants me to do an ultra sound and check on the sparkling's development." Ratchet told her.
"In other words I am going to be here a while." Waverly said dryly.
"Actually no, Doc's just being overly cautious since we came close to losing Shalon." Ratchet countered. "It should not take long since I have already set up the equipment." Ratchet had moved to the equipment as he talked and he pushed up Waverly's shirt as he smoothed the warm gel over her abdomen. He began running the stylus like mouse over her skin and Waverly watched the monitor so that she could see her sparkling nestled within her womb. After a moment she could see the little mechling on the monitor, his little helm with two horned ridges already appearing just like his sires.
Waverly smiled as love poured through the bond and the mechling twitched in response as she felt the love returned by her darling sparkling. Even if she continued to have problems with Cliffjumper she could never fault him for giving her this miracle. Maybe they could eventually give the little sparkling a brother or sister one day if she could prove to Cliffjumper that she could change. She felt Cliffjumper's pride swell through the bond and knew that he was feeling what she was but Waverly could still feel the hesitation from him and she clamped down the disappointment that she felt that he no longer trusted her. Well no matter, she had brought it upon herself and only she could change that by proving that her actions were genuine and true.
"Well, he is developing very nicely and his intakes are strong which is a good sign that you will be going into labor any time now. Now, you need to take it easy as I can see that walking and getting around is difficult for you. This stage of carrying can be dangerous if you are not careful and make sure that you get plenty of rest and recharge." Ratchet pulled out a medicine bottle. "Take these with each cube of energon. You need to take it at least three times a day. It will help strengthen the sparkling's spark so that he can endure labor."
"Thank you Ratchet," Waverly softly replied as she smiled at the monitor and watched her sparkling move inside of her.
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Allie read the reports of her finding from the week before. Soundwave had brought them to her and as she sat in her office she studied them very carefully.
"You wanted to see me?" Prowl asked as he waited for her to look up.
"Yes, I need you to look over these reports that Soundwave sent me and then give me your best estimation on how to go about apprehending this person." Allie said as she passed the data pads over to him. Prow took them.
"Do you need me to look over the area?" He asked her.
"You might better though I did do a thorough search of it." Allie replied. "Let me know if you find any additional information."
"Yes my lady." Prowl took the data pads and left. Allie was glad she had the tactician but she was still concerned about the outcome of the investigation. She finished up her reports to Lord Megatron and sent them via email and then started to look over the rotation schedule that Aura sent for the hangar as well as patrol schedules.
"You okay?" Optimus asked his mate. She had not heard him come in. For such a large mech he could be quite covert when he wanted to be.
"I am fine." She replied.
"You just seem committed to finding this attacker." She continued as if he didn't hear her.
"I do want to end this if to make sure no one else gets hurt." She said and sighed. Optimus walked fully into her office and around the desk. He began to massage her shoulders and Allie could feel the tension leave them. "That feels so good, my love." She said and smiled up at her mate.
"You have been very stressed since Sentinel's interrogation." He murmured close to her ear.
"Speaking of Sentinel, Shayla called and she is most upset." Allie informed him.
"Oh really?" Optimus said.
"Yes, it seems that she and Sentinel are not getting along very well. I may have to move him to another location." Allie informed her mate.
"What is the problem?" Optimus could well guess but maybe this Shayla had told Allie directly.
"I don't know but I get the distinct feeling that Sentinel is pursuing her romantically and she is resisting." Allie said.
"Sentinel has never made known his intentions for a potential mate. I wonder why he is intrigued with this particular femme." Optimus said to himself as well as to Allie.
"I don't know but I did get the impression that maybe they had a past together. I mean, Shayla, like Saraphina is an enigma to me. She came highly recommended to me when the war broke out and I did ask her to take a post which she readily accepted but other than that I don't know much about her except that she is one of the few that I can trust with my life." Allie moaned softly as Optimus found a kink in her back and rubbed it out. "I do love you." She softly said.
"As do I." He replied. "Let's get out of here."
"Good idea."
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"Did everything go well today?" Cliffjumper asked his mate.
"Yes, didn't you feel it through the bond?" Waverly countered.
"I did but I wanted to confirm it." He replied. Waverly waddled over and sat down on the couch next to Cliffjumper. "What did Ratchet say?"
"Everything is good and we are on schedule to have a healthy sparkling." Waverly said as Cliffjumper pulled her into his arms. "I am well into the third stage and could have him any day now."
"Then you must need your recharge." Cliffjumper replied.
"Yes Ratchet did make sure to remind me but I forgot to tell him about the strut ache when I am lying in the berth too much." She said as she curled her fingers into his armor.
"I guess I will have to lie down with you and rub your back then." Cliffjumper murmured.
"I guess you will." Waverly said before Cliffjumper consumed her lips.
