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"Shayla! Where are you femme?" Sentinel bellowed as he stood in the doorway of their quarters.
"Hush, you will wake everyone on this level." She groused back as she walked in from the wash racks. "You can wake the dead when you want to."
"Well I have a right to be upset. Optimus told me that I couldn't go with him and Megatron to the colony today. I was a Prime once and I should get to go if I want to." Sentinel
"Pipe down Sentinel. Maybe they need to take care of things without you and besides I need you here with me. I can hardly take a full day without having to do berth rest. You know how strict Doc is and heaven forbid if Ratchet finds out if you upset his mate by not following her orders." Shayla said as she sat down and curled her legs and feet underneath her on the berth. She looked at Sentinel and smiled. "You know that when the sparkling comes we will need bigger quarters for when we stay here at the Hall."
"Yeah, I was going to ask if Allie would give me back my old quarters so that we could move into them. It had a small room that could be used for a nursery." Sentinel told her as he came and sat next to her. "You are so beautiful when you curl up on the berth with your hair clipped up and your hands folded in your lap."
"You just think that I am submissive when there is no submissive bone in my body." She informed him tartly.
"You seem pretty submissive under me." Sentinel smirked evilly and Shayla rolled her eyes at him.
"Enough, I need you to rub my back down. Doc wants me to keep my skin in top condition so that I don't have any damage while I am carrying." Shayla said as she slid out of her dress and looked back at him with 'come hither' eyes. She crawled up on the berth and moved her hair over her shoulders giving him access to her back as she patiently waited for him to come to her. Sentinel walked over and sat down behind her as Shayla shivered in anticipation. She felt him lean in close and smell her, his olfactory glands taking in her scent that was uniquely hers. "Sentinel, I need you to rub me down not feel me up. Doc was very strict about us being careful when interfacing."
"Yes, it was interfacing that sparked you honey and I will have you any way that I want." Sentinel said as he pulled her closer by her waist and Shayla tried to resist but Sentinel swatted her hands away until she finally gave in. "Enough femme; give me the lotion!" Sentinel snarled at her as she very meekly gave him the lotion. He squeezed it on his hands and began to rub it into her skin on her back. Shayla moaned at the warmth that flooded through her but Sentinel only smiled as he slowly rubbed the sweet smelling lotion in.
"Do you like this?" Sentinel asked throatily growling deep and sending chills down Shayla's spine.
"Yes my lord." She whispered back and Sentinel's hands went to work the lotion into her waist. Shayla gasped as he tickled along her sides and she wanted to squirm but the last time she had given in he had bent her over and spanked her. She moaned and gasped trying to stay still and she could feel herself getting wet.
"I smell you." He whispered and Shayla let out loud moan. Sentinel was careful with his mate as he continued to rub the lotion into her back and sides and Shayla moaned while trying to stay as still as possible. Sentinel suddenly reached around, pressing his torso into her back, and gently began to rub her stomach where their sparkling would soon be nestled while his protoform would develop. Shayla arched her back; she couldn't help it, as she reached back and stroked Sentinel's antennae.
"Sentinel please I need you now." Shayla cried out.
"Not yet my dear sweet, spark. I want to make sure that I follow Doc's orders." Sentinel said slyly. Shayla growled deep within her throat at his teasing and Sentinel laughed.
"Sentinel stop teasing me." She cried out again and began to squirm to get away not caring if he threatened to spank her.
"Femme, stop it now or I will turn you over my knee regardless of your condition." He threatened.
"Then quit teasing me." Shayla complained. She slapped at his hands but he held her against him as he continued to rub her stomach and then lower towards her valve.
"Shayla…" Sentinel growled warning her to stop being difficult.
"No, I will not be subjected to something against my will." She countered.
"If it was against your will you should have never bonded to me. You are always teasing me first. Why can't I return the gesture?" He demanded.
"Because my teasing is for our mutual pleasure and your teasing forces me to submit to you." She stated. She tried to pull away again but Sentinel would still not let her. "Damn you Sentinel, let me go."
"No you are my mate and you will adhere to my wishes." He stated as he pushed her underwear down and began rubbing her valve. Shayla tried to close her thighs but Sentinel had already pushed his knees between hers forcing her to remain open to his touch.
"You are such an aft…" She began and then cried out as his fingers deftly inserted into her and stretch her.
"…as you remind me all the time." Sentinel growled as he began pumping in and out of her with his fingers. "Shayla I want you wet and ready for me." He said low and deep from his voice resonator.
"Yes my love you have me." She cried breathlessly as she began to move in rhythm with his fingers. Sentinel removed his fingers, turned her around, and lifted her on his lap as he spread his legs out under her aft.
"I will never stop loving you Shayla. Primus may take one of us from the other and I will still love you no matter what. Do you understand me?" He said harshly.
"Yes." Shayla whispered in reply.
"No I want you to understand me!" He snarled at her. Shayla looked at his fierce optics and saw the tension radiating out of his frame. He was afraid of losing her now that he had found her again. The realization humbled and powered Shayla at the same time. His desire to keep her in line was due to his fear of losing her.
"I do understand." Shayla said softly after the longest time staring at him. "I love you so much Sentinel that I hurt thinking about it." Sentinel lifted her up lining his spike at her entrance but then he stopped to look her in the eyes. He watched her as she panted and then he leaned over and kissed her gently before grabbing her from the back of her hair as his optics glowed with suppressed desire.
"I need you now my darling!" Sentinel cried out as he entered her swiftly yet taking care not to hurt her. Shayla's cries mingled with Sentinel's as he pumped in and out of her.
"Sentinel, please… I need you." Shayla cried as she met him thrust for thrust and Sentinel spread her legs wider so that he could penetrate her deeper. He could feel each sensor exploding inside her as her valve contracted around his spike making him groan and snarl quietly above her. Shayla gasped as the energy built higher and higher until she was thrashing beneath her mate begging for release.
Sentinel kept her pinned against him as he continued to pump her with his spike.
"Sentinel, please I need you. I need…"
"Overload for me Shayla. Explode around me so that I can have my release." Sentinel growled softly into her ear and Shayla screamed as release hit her. Sentinel followed his mate as he spilled into Shayla until fluid was seeping out and spilling over on the berth sheets. Sentinel gently bit Shayla and then snarled into her ear once more. "You're mine."
"Yes yours." Shayla said breathlessly as tiredness seeped into her limbs and she quickly went into recharge.
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"Ema, you are brooding." Jolt told her as he lifted his cube and drank. He placed it back down on the table that they were sharing in her quarters. Emalia had just returned from patrol while Jolt had waited to escort her back to their quarters. Emalia had allowed Jolt to move in and he was patiently waiting to bring up the subject of bonding with her.
"I am not brooding, just thinking." Emalia countered. She knew what was on his processor even if it was a subject that made her nervous. They had been together for a few days but Emalia was still adjusting to the change in their relationship and having another in her quarters was disconcerting even if she liked the night in his arms
"What are you thinking about?" Jolt asked her.
"I was thinking about how new all this is to me. I have never had to share quarters before except when I was in training." She replied. "It feels strange."
"Is that bad?" Jolt asked her concerned that she was regretting her decision
"No, it's good but it will be something that I have to get used to." Emalia told him.
Jolt looked at her. "Ema you have not answered my question about bonding."
Emalia looked back at him knowing that he would not take no for an answer. She wondered how she would get him off the subject because she wasn't ready yet even if Jolt had planned their life together in his processor.
"Ema?" He asked again and Ema hung her head lower. "Ema please we need to talk."
"You always want to talk Jolt. I am not ready yet for this." She finally said.
"Then we will put this conversation on hold my dear." Jolt informed her as he finished drinking his energon. Ema wasn't sure if she was pleased or upset that he dropped the subject so quickly and then realized with appalling horror that she had become one of those teasing femmes that she had always detested.
"Oh Jolt, I am so sorry." She said suddenly and Jolt frowned at her.
"Why are you apologizing?" He asked.
"Because I have become exactly what I detest in a femme. I feel that I am stringing you along." She said contritely.
"No you are not; you are only being careful. That is not stringing me along." Jolt to her assuring her that she had the right to take it slow. "I won't ask again about bonding and we will take it at your pace."
Emalia looked at him and smiled. "Okay Jolt I want to take it slow and get used to us sharing quarters together."
"Then we will take it slow." He returned softly.
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It had been a week of tests, energon drips, and constant recharge. The only good thing to come from it was that Stargazer was well rested and the sickness had stopped since Doc had upped her nutrient intake. Each day Bumblebee came in from patrol and would sit by her medical berth as they waited for any change in their little sparkling. Doc would come in and update them only to say the spark was still weak and that Stargazer had to rest as much as possible.
Star was glad she had not terminated the sparkling but she could tell that the fear was going to drive her crazy. Bumblebee quiet strength kept those fears at bay and even Allie came in the evenings to sit and read to her. Doc had promised that as soon as she saw some positive change in the sparkling that she would let Stargazer go home, or at least say in quarters at the Hall, when Doc felt that she and sparkling were strong enough. Until then, she had to stay in the infirmary where she felt that poor Bumblebee recharged fitfully in a chair at her side.
"Hey, what did Doc have to say today?" Bumblebee said as he walked into the room.
"She said that there has been no change in the sparkling." Stargazer told her mate. Bee's door wings slumped downward and Star felt like crying. Maybe the practical solution was to terminate the sparkling but Stargazer couldn't do it without fear of losing her processor. She would never be able to live with herself knowing that her sparkling would never be held by its carrier or its sire.
"How are you feeling?" Bee asked her and Star looked up at him with sadness etched in her face.
"I am feeling better since the nutrients have been added to my diet." She told him. "Bee, why don't you recharge in our quarters? I worry about your health." Stargazer told him. She reached up for him as he sat down on the berth and Stargazer pulled him into an embrace. Bumblebee inhaled the familiar scent of his mate and shuddered.
"I can't recharge without being near you. You have spoilt me." He said into her hair and Stargazer smiled at his tender words."
"I love you too." She said softly. "But it is not good for our little on if I worry and I can't help it if you are not healthy for both of us."
"I am getting some rest here by your side and Ironhide had placed me on the shorter patrols." He softly informed her. "I am fine. Has Allie come to see you today?"
"Not yet though I should be expecting her soon." Stargazer told him. "Doc is going to run more tests tomorrow and then she said she would discuss the possibility of moving me to a private room if there is still no change. She is concerned about the second stage and the buildup of energy in my systems as the protoform develops." Stargazer knew that the second stage was the fun part of carrying because it was a pleasure for both couples to engage in the release of built up energy that amassed within the carrier's systems. Doc was worried that the physical part of interfacing night be too much for the sparkling since its spark was so weak but Doc also knew that Stargazer would not be able to recharge without interfacing and that also posed danger for both Star and the sparkling. Stargazer was waiting for her suggestions before telling Bee because she didn't want to worry him more than necessary. She was worried enough that Bee might have an accident while on patrol since she knew he worried about her so she decided that she would only tell him what was absolutely essential.
They both looked up as they heard a soft knock on the door and Optimus Prime walked in.
"I hope that I am not disturbing you." He said as he took in the couple huddled together on the medical berth.
"No not at all sir." Bumblebee informed him as he pulled back from his mate. Stargazer felt cold without Bee holding her but she said nothing as she watched the Prime and her mate talk.
"How are you feeling Stargazer?" Optimus asked her as his optics conveyed his concern.
"I am as well as can be expected my lord." She replied and Bumblebee took her shaking hands in his.
"We are praying that Primus makes the little one stronger for its sparking." Optimus told them gently and Star smiled in gratitude
"Thank you and it is appreciated. I worry for Bumblebee though. He is doing everything he can to reassure me but I can't help but worry for him." Stargazer told the Prime.
"I understand. I will have Ironhide look out for him on patrol." Optimus replied and she smiled gratefully. It would ease her concern and they both knew that.
"I will inform the others of your status if that is alright with you and I hope that the sparkling will grow stronger." Optimus said. He turned after the couple thanked him and walked out.
"I guess everyone is praying for us. Thundercracker and Starscream did come and asked me today how you were." Bumblebee said
"They are seekers and they fear for me and the sparkling. It is natural for them to inquire. Skywarp came to visit me today. He had Storm with him. II think that he loves that little sparkling." She told her mate.
"I know. The whole base teases him about her." Bee said smiling.
"Yes, but he is young and he can wait for her to grow up." Star said.
"Get some rest. I will come back after checking in with Ironhide." Bumblebee said as he stood up and kissed her before walking out. Stargazer sighed. Resting was all that she could do.
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"Ratchet, are you worried for Bumblebee and Stargazer?" Doc asked her mate as she looked up from writing her reports. She had just finished the updates that would be e-mailed to Allie but she was very concerned that Stargazer's sparkling had shown no improvement. She was performing an ultra sound in the morning to double check and she was worried that Star may not be producing the correct hormone for carrying since the blood tests still came back negative. It was as if the sparkling did not exist but Doc could see it there on the ultra sounds and Stargazer was showing the signs of morning sickness now that she had started her on the nutrients and the medical grade energon.
"All reported cases of carrying femmes and mechs are different, Casey. We can't be truly concerned until there is a definite risk to Star or the sparkling. She is showing signs of good health and the IV drip helps with the purging so that it doesn't tax her systems too much. My only concern at the moment is why there is no improvement on the sparkling's spark. The nutrients should be helping but you are right. The sparkling has not improved. I think that we may need to test her blood and energon for any abnormalities. She might have a virus or some growth that may be ingesting the nutrients and therefore causing a deficiency." Ratchet looked at Doc as he finished speaking and Doc thought about his suggestion.
"You may be right. Even Knockout commented that it seemed as if her body was absorbing rather than distributing the nutrients when it should be feeding the sparkling. I will make the arrangements and talk to Bumblebee. I don't want to say anything yet to Stargazer because I don't want her to worry." Doc looked at Ratchet and sighed. It would take a while to find out why Stargazer's sparkling was not performing well to the treatments but it was still early yet and the little one seemed determined to hang in there.
I finally have finished this chapter. I have started back teaching at school and working two jobs can be very exhausting. I hope that everyone enjoys and don't forget to leave a review.
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