"Is Starscream still alive?"
"Yes he is...why?"
"Thank Primus." Megatron looked at Nova then at the mech.
"Who are you and how do you know Starscream?" The mech's doorwings lowered a bit.
"My name is Legato. I'm Starscream's mate."
"Come with us."
-later-
"That's disgusting but somewhat cute," said Knockout. He, Megatron, and Nova watched as Legato held Starscream close and they caught up.
"At least he's happy and hopefully will never abuse Twilight again," said Nova. She smiled and looked at Megatron.
"We need to go get Luna tomorrow."
"I know."
-The Next Day-
Nova walked out of the Nemesis and Megatron followed. They walked to the base and went in. Optimus was in the main room by himself. Atlas was in his arms and Luna was lying on his lap.
"Hi mama!" Nova ran over and kissed his cheek. Optimus hugged her gently and smiled.
"Hello Nova." He looked up at Megatron.
"Hello Megatron." The grey mech smiled a bit sadly and looked at Nova. Nova played with Atlas' servo. Megatron stroked Nova's helm.
"How many days will I be taking them this time Optimus?" Optimus looked at the silver mech.
"3 like usual."
"Alright." Nova looked at her creators and then took Atlas.
"Mama I'm going to feed him. It's time for him to be fed. Luna you come help me!" Luna got up and followed her older sister to the rec room. Megatron watched them leave. Optimus looked up at Megatron.
"Is something bothering you Megatron? You don't look very happy."
"I'm fine."
"No you're not." Red optics met blue optics and Optimus placed his servo on Megatron's arm.
"You can tell me anything. I promise."
"It's nothing."
"So there is something." Megatron was silent and the blue and red mech stood.
"Megatron, you can tell me anything. Is this about the destiny marks?" Red optics looked to the wall. Blue continued staring at the taller mech.
"It is...isn't it?"
"Yes..." Megatron turned slightly away from the carrier of his sparklings and Optimus stepped back into his view.
"Don't do that." The older mech was quiet. Megatron gently put his servo on Optimus' cheek and stroked it. The faintest hint of a blush appeared on Optimus' faceplates.
"I would like to be able to raise the sparklings with you Optimus. To be a family." He leaned down closer to Optimus. Optimus just blinked.
"To love you." Megatron was just about to kiss Optimus when Luna ran into the room.
"Mama! Daddy! Ratchet and Knockout want to see you!" Megatron stepped away quickly and Optimus looked at Luna.
"We're coming." She ran back out. Megatron stared at the ground.
"Come on Megatron." They looked at each other.
"I'm coming..." They walked to the med bay. Ratchet had a data-pad connected to the computer in the medbay.
"We're here Ratchet. What is it?"
"Knockout and I have found another stash of my Sister's research and one of the topics she researched is very interesting." Ratchet looked at Knockout and Knockout held up the data-pad.
"It was titled The Deserted Carrier Theory." Optimus looked at the two medics.
"What does it say?" Knockout looked down at the data pad and read it.
"This thesis came to be by complete chance through searching for a correlation between multiple sparklings and their sire's involvement with their creation. I have found that with a carrier that is lacking in social interaction with either their love interest or simply with complete social isolation the likely hood of there being multiple small sparks created when interface increases. Carriers that are extremely socially isolated bear an astronomically high chance of creating multiple small sparks, as high as quintuplets to twins, were as those who are minorly socially isolated bear more of a chance for a single spark or twins and triplets. As such, I searched further to find that this is subconsciously done to gain the sire's concern and to gain companionship, as sires tend to react shocked to the more small sparks that are created. The more socially deprived the carrier the higher the chance for multiples."
"Which means?" asks Megatron.
"If a carrier is lonely the likelihood that he or she will have multiples increases," said Knockout.
"We have found that it relates to several of the bonded bots here as well as you Optimus." Optimus looked at Ratchet.
"How?"
"Knockout told me about the time you spent on the Nemesis as Orion Pax, when you became sparked with Nova and Luna. You were isolated in one room on the Nemesis."
"This theory is plausible. We expected you for only to become sparked with one sparkling but instead you became sparked with Twins.," Knockout added.
"Ellie and myself and Bulkhead and Wheeljack are two more examples. When Ellie became sparked with our twins, it was a time that I was working longer hours. With Wheeljack, Wheeljack had been keeping to himself and Bulkhead was busy with Shadow."
"Interesting."
-A Few Days later-
"Hey Daddy!" Luna looked at her sire and he looked at her.
"Were you trying to kiss mama when I came in a few days ago?" She giggled. Megatron looked away.
"Did I interrupt you?"
"Luna go play with Twilight and Sterling." She left and Megatron sighed sadly.
"I should have kissed him...I love him." Megatron sat on his berth.
"Sir?" Megatron looked up and Soundwave stood at the door.
"Hello Soundwave."
"Why do you seem depressed?"
"What has made you so chatty all of a sudden?" Soundwave looked at the former leader of the Decepticons.
"You seem depressed and I would like to know why." Megatron looked at his usually silent SIC.
"Just relationship problems..."
"Still trying to court Optimus Prime?" He sighed again.
"Yes...I'm completely and utterly in love with him Soundwave...I want to be with him. I want to help him with our children."
"Don't push him to it. Let him come on his own time. That's what I had to do with my mate."
"Your mate?"
"I was in love with him but he was not ready. But I was gentle and I did not force myself onto him. I let him come to me and I did not rush him. You should do the same with Optimus." Megatron thought it over.
"Alright Soundwave."
A/N: Two chapters in a day! My apologies for not writing for a while. School and writers block are a pain. I would like to credit my sister, RainbowGuardian13, for coming up with the Deserted Carrier Theory and for helping me word it here. Thanks sis! :)