I am glad that everyone is enjoying the story. I have started outlining the new story that I have thought of. I will post it as soon as I have a couple of chapters written. It will be very different to the story that I am currently writing but I hope that you like it.
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Allie was unsettled. The sparkling was growing daily and in the months since she was carrying again she had taken good care of her body and CPU so that she was in top condition. The twins were growing every day and they had just received their first upgrade. Allie had cried when Orion called her 'Mommy' for the first time. Optimus had been thrilled as Roddy held on to his sire and squealed with delight and Allie pulled Orion to her and hugged him tightly. Tomorrow she and Optimus were going to see Doc for their regular appointment and then Doc was going to do an ultra sound. It would be the first time that they would see their sparkling formed enough to tell if it was a mech or femme. Allie was nervous for Optimus because she knew he wanted a daughter but Allie would be happy no matter what it was as long as it was healthy. After watching Stargazer going through the drama of trying to keep her sparkling alive Allie prayed each night that nothing would happen to hers.
Doc and Ratchet both assured her that the sparkling's spark was strong but Allie knew from others that anything could go wrong so she did everything that Doc told her to do to stay healthy and ensure that her sparkling was healthy.
"Allie, where are you?" Optimus called as she heard him walk into the living area of their quarters. He had been in the city with Prowl and Sentinel doing a survey for the human city officials.
"I am lying down for a while." She replied through their bond. She didn't feel like yelling out to him since she had felt tired and drained after dealing with a squabble between two femmes on the training floor. It was one of the many reasons she felt unsettled. Since Stargazer was unable to leave the infirmary and there had been no change in her sparkling in the past two months Allie couldn't help but worry for her charge and friend.
"Are you well my love?" Optimus asked as he walked in quietly. He stopped looking down at his mate as she lay on her side. "Allie, are you alright? Aura said you came back here early and now I find you lying down." He sat down next to her and Allie crawled into his lap as his arms came around her.
"I am just tired my lord. This sparkling is taking more out of me than the twins did but Doc says everything is normal and that its spark is healthy. I guess I worry for Star and Bee." Allie talked as she stroked the glass on his chest plates sighing as he shivered from her touch.
"I know. You should be happy and excited about the little one and you can't because ones you love are in distress. I understand and I pray that Primus watches over them and I know that everyone is thinking of them. Starscream and Thundercracker went and remodeled one of the rooms in their house and Kiki and Aura decorated it for the sparkling. Wheeljack and Knockout are working around the clock to get the incubator ready in case they have to take it early and Perceptor has been called in to study why she is losing so much of her strength and energy when she is taking the nutrients and the medical grade energon." Optimus told her as he stroked her back and gently rocked her.
"I hope they can help her before something happens to the sparkling or worse her." Allie said as she soaked in the warmth of her mate and basked in his love.
"I want you to concentrate on our sparkling and I will worry for you." Optimus said.
"I will try but you know how much I love Star and Bee." Allie returned.
"You need to try because I don't know what I would do if I were to lose you a second time." Optimus told her softly as he continued to hold her.
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"Lord Megatron, we have received a transmission from space." Soundwave informed him from command center and Megatron shifted in his chair so that he could talk to his communications officer.
"Have they identified themselves?" Megatron asked as he sat at attention listening to Soundwave.
"Yes but he insist on talking only with you." Soundwave answered.
"Okay, place the communications through to my desk." Megatron commanded.
"As you wish my lord," Soundwave again replied. Megatron waited as Soundwave realigned the controls and sent the communication directly to Megatron. Within moments Megatron heard his comm. beep and he opened communications.
"All hail Lord Megatron! My lord we have been travelling since the fall of Cybertron." Megatron instantly recognized the voice and replied.
"Shockwave, it is good to hear from you." Megatron replied.
"Likewise my lord, we have been in space for a long time since the fall of Cybertron." Shockwave replied with relief apparent in his voice. "We found the signal that was sent from these coordinates but it has taken time to find you."
"Good, how many are there that travel with you?" Megatron asked.
"I am piloting along with a dozen drones and Dreadwing and Sunstorm is with me. We also picked up Autobot prisoners trying to flee into space. I have not terminated them because your message seemed strange but you have my absolute loyalty and that we placed them in stasis until I could verify your message." Shockwave's voice was stat icky coming over the communication frequency but Megatron heard enough to know that if Shockwave had not terminated the prisoners then his word was good. Shockwave would never disobey an order and Megatron had sent a message into space ordering all Decepticons to stand down and not terminate any prisoners that they may have. To send a reason why would have not been believed but Megatron knew that his orders would be obeyed without explanations giving him and Prime time to explain in person.
"Well done, Shockwave and make sure that they stay in stasis until you land. I am sending you coordinates now where to come. Please remain at stand down no matter what may take you by surprise. We have made progress and the war is over so do not shoot until I have explained everything, Megatron out." He said.
"Understood my lord, and we estimate our arrival time to coincide with your nightfall. All hail Megatron!" With that the communication was cut and Megatron leaned back into his chair. It would change the dynamics of everything that he and Optimus had established and Megatron knew that he would have to tread carefully with Shockwave. Shockwave's loyalty was due to Megatron's early promises that he made early in the war and now with both factions being integrated back as one Shockwave would not be happy. He would have to be careful how he dealt with Shockwave and hopefully the mech would not give trouble. Both he and Optimus had been lucky so far as to not have to put any bots in stasis but both knew that some would not adjust well to integration and this arrival might be the first that would be a hurdle.
"Megatron to Optimus, I need to speak with you brother." It had been a long time since he had opened his bond with Optimus and they had been practicing using it with the femmes when they were spending time together but this was the first time that Megatron had used it when Optimus was not near.
"Yes brother, what is it you need?" Optimus asked surprised by Megatron's wish to contact him so intimately.
"I have just spoken with Shockwave and he will be arriving tonight. I have sent him coordinates for the Hall and I have advised him to stand down but we will need to clear as many mechs and femmes from the tarmac until I can make sure that he will not react negatively."
"Understood, I will join you in a few minutes. When he arrives I will remain back until you can explain the situation to him."
"Good and Optimus, he has Autobot prisoners with him. They are in stasis so we will need Ratchet and Knockout. I don't recommend Doc be there until we are able to explain everything. I want to make sure the femmes are protected from him. I don't need him getting ideas about experimenting on them."
"I agree. I will comm. Ratchet and Knockout and let them know the situation, Optimus out."
"Thank you, Megatron out."
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"Allie I need to leave you. Will you be alright?" Optimus asked his mate gently.
"I will be fine my lord. Go to your brother. He needs you." Allie told him and Optimus kissed her gently before tucking her in the berth.
"I will be back as soon as I can. Keep the berth warm for me." Optimus said and he stood up and left. Allie wondered what was up but she knew that her mate would talk to her when he came back and explain everything.
Optimus walked out of their quarters and headed immediately to Ironhide's office. He commed Prowl and Soundwave as he was walking and asked them to meet him there so that he could talk to all of them at once and then he decided to have Starscream come as well because he felt the Air Commander might have some insight as well. As he saw Ironhide's door Megatron was standing there waiting for him with a smirk.
"I know you brother. You always want ideas and suggestions from your closest officers." Megatron said laughing at him.
"Indeed, you do know me well." Optimus said ruefully as he looked at Megatron with a bright blue sparkle filling his optics with humor. "I think that our officers need to know what is going to happen and Prowl and Soundwave are good at mediating between the mechs and femmes to keep in fighting from occurring."
"You are right about that Optimus but would you have called me?" Megatron said with wonder in his vocal.
"You were next, yes; I just haven't had a chance to comm. you." Optimus replied.
"Well I am here and we need to get this meeting started. Did Allie demand to know what is going on?" Megatron asked as they turned to walk in Ironhide's office.
"Surprisingly no; I think that she is not feeling well this afternoon so I will need to check on her or at least send Doc to check on her. She wasn't that interested in what I had to say as much as she wanted comfort from me." Optimus said as he took note that everyone was here waiting for him and Megatron.
"I will check on both of you later after I have met Shockwave's ship." Megatron informed his brother.
"Thank you, I know she will appreciate it." Optimus said as the door closed behind them and they started the meeting.
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"Allie what is going on?" Shalon asked. She had walked straight into Allie's and Optimus' quarters without knocking and headed for Allie in her berth room.
"I don't know. I was too tired to ask Optimus and he assured me that he would tell me when he came back." Allie replied. She sat up since Shalon had awakened her and she heard the twins stirring restlessly from their naps. Shalon walked over and sat on the berth next to Allie.
"Prowl cleared the tarmac an hour ago and said that a ship would be arriving but why would they dismiss Aura? She is the chief and she would be in charge right?" Shalon kept asking.
"I don't know what is going on but I trust Optimus and Megatron to take care of it." Allie stated. Shalon looked at her in shock and disbelief.
"Allie what is wrong with you? You used to want to know everything that went on here at the Hall and the bases." Shalon exclaimed as she rose up from the berth and put her hands on her hips.
"I am not feeling good today and I have been tired. I think staying with Stargazer has affected me and I don't know why." Allie replied. "I trust them Shalon and you should too." Allie added softly to reassure her friend.
"Megatron wouldn't tell me anything when I asked him and he shut the bond when I tried to press the issue." Shalon said pouting and Allie had to smile. Shalon was so young and impatient at times which showed in her relationship with Megatron. She was surprised that Megatron had not grown weary of her immaturity but he seemed to love her very much which was good for both of them.
"Shalon you have to trust them to know what is best. The ship that may be coming in could have cosmic rust or violent mechs aboard. It may be cons who would not accept us and shoot first. There are many reasons for them clearing the tarmac so don't worry." Allie pulled her legs to the edge so that she could check on the twins. Shalon stepped back to let her get up and Allie stood on shaky legs frowning.
"I really don't feel good today." Allie stated.
"Do you need Doc?" Shalon asked coming forward to support Allie in case she needed her.
"No, I think I just need to get up and move around a bit. It seems that I am very uncoordinated with this little one." Allie said. She slowly walked over to her dresser and brushed her hair. "I don't know why I feel so groggy or that my legs feel like jelly."
"You know when I was carrying Galvatron Doc had to adjust my energon intake because he was taking so much. You need to let Doc know what is going on." Shalon told her concerned as she watched her friend and commander.
"I think that I will do that. I am supposed to see her in two days but we may take a walk now and see her if she is not busy." Allie said.
"I'll help you to make sure that you don't fall." Shalon said as she came over to Allie and took her arm. "What about the twins?"
"Seaway can come by and stay with them. I have already contacted her and she is on her way." Allie said as they made their way out and walked out of her quarters toward the infirmary.
"Seaway, they are still in their berths but they are up. Can you take them out and give them their energon?" Allie asked without preamble as Seaway turned the corner of the hallway.
"Yes my lady it will be no problem." Seaway replied as she passed them and headed to Allie's quarters.
Allie and Shalon walked slowly towards the infirmary and entered quietly as they looked around. There was not much going on and Allie saw Sunstreaker and Sideswipe lying on berths in stasis with Knockout patching their armor.
"Hey guys, what happened?" Shalon asked them.
"Sides decided to mess with Cliffjumper and two other minibots and they turned and attacked both of them." Knockout informed the femmes. He did not look up from what he was doing and Allie had to smile at the scolding tone in his voice.
"Is Doc around?" Allie asked Knockout.
"No but Ratchet is in the office." Knockout replied. "We will be meeting Prime and Lord Megatron on the tarmac in a few hours."
"It won't take long. I just need to talk to him about this lethargic feeling I have been having recently." Allie informed him.
"Then take a seat on the berth and let me examine you." Ratchet said as he sauntered out from his office and startled the femmes.
"Well okay Ratchet but you don't have to scare us." Shalon told him huffing slightly.
"I will do what I like and you will obey youngling!" Ratchet told Shalon none too gently and Shalon blinked.
"What has your circuits twisted Ratchet?" Allie asked him as she sat on the berth to wait for him to start examining him. Ratchet came over with his tools and scanner and gently pushed her to lie back. She heard the hum of the scanner as he began to check her spark first to make sure that nothing had damaged it and then he went down to check her carrying chamber. He lingered over her chamber and then he looked at her as he turned it off.
"Allie, I want to do an ultra sound now if that is okay. Do you want me to contact Prime for you?" Ratchet asked. He knew that Optimus wanted to see the sparkling with her.
"No, he is with Lord Megatron and they are preparing for a ship to come in. If it is okay with you we can do another ultra sound for his benefit later when he is not so stressed." Allie said and Ratchet nodded his consent about it.
"Okay, let's begin." Ratchet said.
"Do you think something is wrong Ratchet?" Allie asked.
"I can't tell yet but I am picking up something different on the scanner and that is why I want to do an ultra sound." Ratchet said as he concentrated on his work. He had a feeling what had happened but he didn't want to say until he was sure. Ratchet could see the fear on Allie's face as he quickly placed the gel on her stomach and began the ultra sound.
"Ratchet please I need to know…"
"…and I will let you as soon as I have an answer." Ratchet interrupted. He continued for a few more minutes until Allie heard him exclaim "there's what I am looking for."
"What is it? Ratchet, tell me now!" Allie stated upset.
Ratchet turned the equipment off and looked her in the eyes. "Allie you are carrying twins again." He said to her.
"What? I saw the spark and there was only one." She yelled. "You can't be right."
"Usually that is true Allie but sometimes a spark can split. It is unusual but it happens. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are spark split twins. Their bond is very strong, as strong as a bonded couple's." Ratchet stated.
"But… I thought… oh Primus!" Allie said. "We will have four instead of three. What will I tell Optimus? Are they femmes?" Allie was in a daze as she looked at Shalon who was speechless but starting to grin like a mad femme. "Don't you start Shalon!" Allie snarled at her and Shalon lost it as she erupted into laughter.
"Out!" Ratchet yelled at Shalon. Allie saw the wrench that Ratchet pulled from his subspace and she made the cutting motion across her neck to Shalon afraid that Ratchet's wrath would harm the femme. Shalon saw the motion and quickly left the infirmary laughing the whole way as she ran out.
"Now that she's gone, you and I will discuss this rationally." Ratchet said as he turned back to Allie. "Allie what do you know of spark split twins?"
Allie thought about his question carefully while trying to control the panic and excitement that was flowing through her system. "Ratchet, honestly, I don't know a while lot. Raynie and I are friends but she doesn't talk about her bond with Sunstreaker and Sideswipe with me. I have heard about these kinds of twins but I don't know of any in the Realm."
"They were not common on Cybertron either. It is a rare case and there will be differences between them and Orion and Roddy. You will see it almost from the very beginning. They will need to recharge together because to separate them so young could cause permanent harm to their CPUs." Ratchet was talking to her but Allie was still in a daze.
"Allie are you okay? Do I need to come to you?" Optimus' voice through the bond was very strained and Allie wondered what to tell him.
"Ratchet, Optimus wants to know what's wrong. What do I tell him?" She asked him worried. She knew that something was causing tension within her mate but she had not asked since she knew he would talk to her later. Now she was facing this and Optimus didn't need the added tension.
"Tell him that we will talk to him later. Has he told you what is going on?" Ratchet asked.
"No, he said he would tell me later." Allie replied.
"It's Shockwave." Ratchet said quietly and Allie's eyes rounded to saucers. "I think he needs to concentrate on his job right now.
"I agree. I'll tell him later." Allie said. "Ratchet, are these twins femmes of mechs?" Ratchet smiled at her question.
"You have spark split twins that are both a mech and a femme." He replied.
Allie started crying as a smile broke across her face. Optimus would have his little daughter.
