I was glad of the reviews on the last chapter. I read them over several times. I was worried that my readers thought I was too harsh with Allie but a major change is going to cause great adjustment for anyone that is involved. I will also resolve what will happen with Raven now that Shockwave has been disposed.

I hope that you are enjoying the story and that you will leave me a review so that I know what you like. Enjoy!

Allie sat on her couch while Megatron and Optimus talked while enjoying a cube of high grade. Megatron watched how quiet Allie was and that she was letting the two talk without much interruption. He knew that Optimus had talked to her and disciplined her on her impulsive actions and Megatron smirked as he looked at her mulish expression that was warring with her submissiveness. She was such a strong femme and Megatron admired that Optimus' gentle but firm treatment could temper her volatile tendencies. She was so much like him and Shalon was much like Optimus and that they both complimented the other that Megatron almost felt sorry for Allie when Optimus had to deal with her. Megatron was glad that Shalon had learned her place early for it made life much easier as they raised their family.

"Megatron? What are you thinking?" Optimus asked his brother as he looked at Megatron's face plates that studied the rich pink high grade swirling in his cube. Megatron blinked his optics to bring himself back to the present and looked at Optimus.

"I was thinking about family." He finally said which elicited a small smile from Allie.

"It is nice to finally have one." Optimus said agreeing. He took a sip and then reached for Allie. She slowly moved to sit in his lap as Optimus stroked her long rich red hair. Her white gown with a low back complimented her porcelain skin and Megatron had to admire her curves and the silhouette of her body. Optimus cocked his helm and Megatron knew that he was receiving a communications as Allie turned and watched her mate.

"That was Ratchet. He and Doc are on their way to talk to us about Raven." Optimus stated. Allie moved to get up but Optimus kept her pinned to his lap. Megatron smirked again at the femme as she threw him a hateful glare and turned back in to her mate, her hand curling around the edge of Optimus' glass, and Optimus adjusting her so that she was comfortable. They heard the pinging of the chime on the door and Megatron stood to answer it for his brother. After a moment Ratchet and Doc followed Megatron into the living area and Sat down taking the two seat couch that Allie had installed for company. Doc took notice of Allie situation and smirked at her and Allie looked down for a moment hating that she was so submissive to her mate.

"Ratchet, Doc, what do we owe the pleasure old friend?" Optimus asked.

"We need to bring Raven out of stasis." Doc said softly. She held Ratchet's hand in both of hers and Megatron knew that this would not be an easy conversation. Raven had been in stasis for almost a week and both Ratchet and Doc knew that their leaders had been putting off the decision to online the femme.

"What do we expect when she comes back online?" Optimus asked. He idly stroked down the side of Allie's arm as Allie shivered in his arms.

"She will immediately feel bereft, her spark wanting contact with its other half, and it will cause some distress because Shockwave's spark will be felt but nowhere strong enough to connect the bond. She will also need a donor and that will be a big problem." Ratchet informed them.

"How do we go about finding a donor?" This time it was Allie asking as she watched Ratchet intently.

"I don't rightly know. It has never been a problem like this before and all of our sparklings have been from bonded couples that stayed together. We have never had a bond separated." Doc told them. She looked at Allie apologetically before turning back to glance at her mate. "Ratchet said that in Iacon they had a list of donor mechs that were willing to give samples or if the femme was comfortable they would inject her through the valve with the transfluid that her sparkling needed. Either way when Raven wakes she will be compelled to interface so that the sparkling can get the nutrients it needs from its sire or adopted sire."

"We don't have a list and we may not have time to come up with one." Allie said.

"But we do have mechs that are not bonded. The last team of former Autobots has settled since they arrived. Why not see if any of them would be interested?" Optimus suggested.

"It's not a bad idea since I don't have any current cons that would volunteer for the job." Megatron stated. "The ones who might are bonded and I do notsuggest any of the Combaticons or Stunticons. They would do more harm than good."

"I agree but do we make a list and call them in one by one or do we bring them together?" Allie asked. She looked at Ratchet and then glanced a peek at Megatron.

"Allie is right to ask how we go about it and I think we need to respect Allie's decision to keep this as private as possible." Allie cast startled glances at Megatron as he smirked confidently back at her. "I have always had your femmes' best interest at spark even if you doubt it."

"I never…. No I can't really say that I didn't doubt you but you have to understand my position. I have been here a lot longer than you and at one point we were down to a mere ten femmes. I can't bear to lose anyone else." Allie said to Megatron.

"You are not the only one to lose bots, Allie. We have all lost from this war and we are homeless because of it." Megatron stated softly. "I never intended for Shockwave to hurt her. She wanted the relationship though no one deserves to endure what Shockwave did to her. If I had known his intentions before then I would have put a stop to it and I would still have a loyal officer and your femme would never have been hurt."

"Thank you for you admission but I am still worried about her. How do we know that a donor mech won't harm her worse than she already is?" Allie posed the question for all of them looking at them expectantly.

"It won't." Doc assured her. "She can have the transfluid injected into her carrying tank."

"You know that Raven can't stand needles. You have to hunt her down just for a basic health exam." Allie said dryly.

"Well she will have to get over that." Doc stated flatly.

"Just having the injections will not guarantee that the sparkling will survive. Raven will need stability and assurance that only a sire can give." Allie returned.

"We have bonded couples that have been apart before. Why are you making such an issue of this?" Doc asked her.

"I want what is best for Raven. Is that not too much to ask?" Allie looked at Doc and then over to Megatron.

"Let's start making a list and discreetly inquire with mechs that might be willing to be donors." Megatron replied to the room instead of directly tackling Allie's question. "If Raven is being brought out of stasis then how much time do we have?"

"She has been in stasis for a week and will need transfluid injections as soon as possible. She will also need medical grade energon and we will have to monitor her emotional wellbeing to make sure that she does not try to offline or harm herself." Doc said this very matter of fact and Allie shivered.

"So it will be similar to how we observed Kiki." Allie stated quietly.

"Yes." Ratchet replied. They all looked at each other for a moment as Allie looked at Optimus waiting for him to ask the last question.

"When?" Optimus spoke the one word question carefully as he watched Allie.

"We would like to do it in the morning." Ratchet said as he looked unwaveringly at Optimus. "Stasis has done her some good but she needs activity and fresh air for her health and for the sparkling's benefit."

"Good. I have a few ideas for donor mechs and I will com them and interview them with Allie's approval. Megatron you are welcome to observe if you would like." Optimus said as he glanced at his brother.

"I will be fine with your decision. Just remember that few former cons would be gentle so I would pick from your former Autobots." Megatron stated and Optimus nodded in agreement.

"Thank you Ratchet, Doc, and I appreciate your candor. If there is anything else…" Optimus let it trail as he watched Doc nod in the negative.

"No Optimus, I know you need to get to the office for your afternoon duties so we will take our leave." Ratchet pulled Doc up along with him and Megatron but Doc hesitated a moment. She watched Allie rise with Optimus as they made their way to the door. Allie knew she was watching and kept her eyes averted from her friend and doctor. It seemed that Doc was going to say something to her but them changed her mind.

"Thank you my friend. We will take care of this immediately." Optimus told him as the medic and his mate left out the door. He looked at Allie clearly seeing her concern and fear that Doc had read more into her quiet mood than she wanted.

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"Hound, do you have a minute?" Cassie stood by the loading bay waiting for Hound to look at her as he helped Ironhide load an energon shipment to the moon colony.

"Sure, what do you need?" Hound asked as he gave her his full attention.

"We have an opening for a botany teaching position at one of the schools and I was wondering if you might like the position?" Cassie looked at him expectantly and Hound wondered just what the position entitled and if he would like it. It was something that he thoroughly enjoyed and he knew that Optimus Prime would approve it but did he really want a job change?

"When do I need to give you an answer?" Hound asked politely.

"The current teacher still has to work her notice out to the end of the month so you have a few weeks but don't take too long because if you should turn it down then we will need to find another." Cassie told him. She looked hopefully at him and Hound decided that he would like to take the job.

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"Hey Doc, you wanted to see me?" Allie smiled as she walked into the medbay and waved to Ratchet. He returned her smiled and walked to the office to leave the two femmes alone.

"I did Allie. Will you please take the berth on the far right side?" Doc told her as she cleared away a set of tools and looked for her scanner.

"Why? I am not due for a checkup for another two weeks." Allie stated.

"I know but I am moving it up." Doc smiled as she turned to Allie with her scanner and looked at her expectantly ready to challenge her if Allie should protest. Allie looked at her and Doc held her gaze steadily until Allie slowly moved to the medical berth and then laid down for Doc to scan her.

"Why do you think I need a checkup now?" Allie asked her as Doc scanned over her systems and then began prepping a needle to check her blood and energon for any contagions.

"I can't help but notice your mood swings and the unhappiness that you are radiating in your EM field. If my suspicions are accurate then I want you to start a hormonal regimen that will help with this depression." Doc said as she studied her readings and then ran an analysis on her energon. She turned back and smiled softly at Allie as she walked back over and sat down on her stool. "Allie it is okay to have weaknesses."

"Everyone looks up to me Doc. How am I to stay strong if I am a mess?" Allie said and Doc saw tears shimmering in her eyes.

"I bet it is a relief to know that these feelings you are having are from a chemical imbalance. The first dose of hormones will make you feel so much better and Elita will respond better to you. Femmes are more sensitive to other femmes and she is probably reacting to your moods. I promise it will get better." Doc told her softly. "If you want I can schedule you time with Bluestreak."

"No, I trust that the hormone injections will make me feel better." Two more tears slipped down Allie's face and Doc smiled tenderly at her friend. "It feels so wonderful knowing that these feelings are not out of control. I was starting to wonder what it would be like not to be bonded and weighed down with sparklings." Allie said that last part in a whisper and Doc reached over to hold her hand.

"I am glad that I recognized the symptoms and had you come for an early checkup." Doc told her reassuringly.

"So I won't want to kill myself or my family?" Allie said dryly smiling at her awful joke. Doc laughed softly.

"No, you will immediately feel some positive effects from the injections." Doc stated and pulled away to start the first one.

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Optimus rubbed the ridge of his nose plates between his optics. They had interviewed three mechs and not one was interested in becoming a donor. Megatron looked haggled and tired which was not a good sign in a warrior and Optimus waited patiently for Mirage to walk in so that he could start the next interview.

"This will never work. The femme is going to lose the sparkling or worse commit suicide." Megatron snarled and Optimus sighed as the air rushed from his vents. "I hate when you do that! It is so human." He growled at his brother.

"I do it because believe it or not it releases some of the tension from my back struts." Optimus told him patiently.

"Well it is foolish and stupid." Megatron stated.

"It helps me." Was all that Optimus would say as they watched the door slide open and the regal blue spy walk gracefully in to the office. He nodded to Megatron who bowed his helm in acknowledgement but kept his mouth plates closed.

"Good afternoon Mirage. I trust that all is well with you." Optimus stated in greeting.

"Yes Prime. You have summoned me here to see me?" Mirage asked in his polished polite voice. Optimus smiled as he leaned back in his chair. He always liked talking to Mirage because the mech was polite yet very knowledgeable.

"I need to talk to you about a sensitive matter. I have a femme that has been forced to bond and then attacked a raped." Optimus told him carefully watching for his reaction.

"I am sorry to hear that. Was the perpetrator apprehended?" Mirage inquired politely.

"Yes. It was Shockwave." Optimus stated.

"So that was why you made the statement that you did. I did wonder about the details. Is Allie okay?" Mirage leaned slightly forward in his concern.

"She seems okay but I am watching her closely. She is very concerned about this femme and that is why I have asked you to this meeting." Optimus looked directly at Mirage as the young towers mech stood before him unflinchingly. "Ratchet and Doc will be taking her out of stasis soon and she will need a donor mech." Mirage looked confused for a moment until it dawned on him just what Prime was leaving unsaid. "She was supposed to be revived this morning but Shayla went into labor and it took all of their efforts to help the older femme since they had Sentinel snarling at their helms."

"I bet that was an experience." Megatron dryly said breaking his silence. Mirage chuckled and Optimus smiled behind his battle mask.

"Well I am just sorry that the femme was put off again but even Allie laughed at the debacle of Shayla and Sentinel. The femme is currently being monitored and slowly brought out of stasis. Ratchet estimates that will put her online roughly in an hour." Optimus told him. "We are hoping that you might be interested in being a donor."

"I don't know. If I choose to do this I would want to know everything about her so I will be prepared for anything that might happen. I am assuming that Shockwave is the sire of the sparkling." Mirage half stated half asked.

"I can only tell you what Allie allows me but if you choose to be the donor then I can tell you more." Optimus said. He folded his hands under his chin and set his elbows on his desk.

"What does she look like?" Mirage asked. Optimus started to speak but the door chimed and Allie walked in. She gave him a blinding smile and sent love and happiness through their bond startling Optimus since she had been so closed off since the twins sparking.

"Hey sweetspark, I just came from Doc's." She said it softly as she crossed, walked by a surprised Megatron and Mirage, and leaned over to kiss Optimus softly on the lip plates. Optimus revved his engine in reply and Allie laughed softly, quietly so that only he could hear as she sent him a mental image for later.

"You must be feeling better." Optimus said only to her and Allie gave him a smile that he had not seen since before she carried their twin mechlings.

"I am. Doc explained what was going on and how it was affecting my moods and she started me on hormone injections. She said I would feel better immediately and she wasn't kidding. The headache that I have been having is already gone." Allie said. She slid her arms around him and sat on his lap with no shame which made Megatron smirk. Allie looked at him and stuck her tongue out which made everyone laugh.

"I am glad that you are feeling better." Megatron commented as he smiled even bigger at the mushy display that the two were giving.

"Good then you won't mind bringing Shalon over tonight for dinner." Allie countered and Optimus laughed heartily.

"I will tell her not to make plans." Megatron returned and the two smiled at each other challengingly until Optimus raised his optic ridge to continue.

"Mirage was asking if he could see a picture of the femme." Optimus pointedly stated and Allie turned her attention to the blue mech sitting straight at attention. Allie looked straight at him.

"Why?" She directly asked.

"I was curious about her." He replied.

"If you are curious then you are considering being a donor?" She asked him without taking her eyes off him.

"I don't know. I just wanted to see what she looked like." Mirage answered honestly.

"She is one of the transformed femmes although she is not one of the original who found the oracle. Raven is more diplomatic than a soldier and she has been governing a science colony. This unfortunate incident is a setback and will cause some problems since she cannot return to the colony until she has the sparkling. I will not let her go back to her quarters because that is where she was attacked and raped." Allie told him. "On the datapad that lists the incidents there should be a picture of her that was taken from just before she was appointed governor of the underwater colony."

"Wait, there were multiple incidents?" Mirage asked.

"We believe so but that last incident was the worst. The first incident Shockwave forced a bond with the femme." Optimus informed him as he reached over the desk to hand him the datapad. Mirage took it with a polite thank you and began reading the data. It shocked him that the femme willingly staid with Shockwave but the last incident that Doc and Ratchet detailed was the most gruesome. Mirage skimmed over the contents and then became completely still when he saw the femme's picture. It was the same platinum blonde that had smiled and laughed so delightfully on the tarmac that Mirage's spark ached just knowing what that monster had done to her.

"I'll do it." He said firmly and confidently that both mechs were startled by his sudden decision.

"Are you sure?" Allie asked.

"Yes, she is the one that I have seen on the tarmac and I will be happy to be the donor." He said with finality and Allie smiled relieved that one hurtle had been cleared.

"Mirage, please understand that she does not care for needles and that you may end up taking on more than just being a donor." Allie reaffirmed.

"I will do what is necessary to bring some happiness to her and I will make sure that she is no longer harmed." Mirage stated gravely. He looked directly at Allie and she believed him.

"Ratchet and Doc are bringing her out of stasis as we speak. It might be best if you go there and establish contact with her so that she may be acquainted with you. Optimus and I will follow you." Allie told him as she started to rise. Mirage looked at Prime and welcomed his nod of approval, then glanced at Megatron who nodded to Prime, and Mirage followed the others as they left for the infirmary.