Jazz arrived at the spacebridge in time for my parents to show up. He noticed how big my mom was getting.
"Guess congrats are in order. Does Wolf know?"
"Yes, she does. She figured it out before we could even tell her. Congrats to you, as well, Jazz. She told us."
"I'm ecstatic! Ratchet has her on light duty 'til the baby is born. She hates it."
My dad chuckled a bit. He remembered when Elita was told the same thing. She gave him a dirty look. Prime looked at his mate.
"Oh come on, Elita. Ratchet is doing to her what he did to you when you were pregnant with her. You don't find it a bit funny?"
Her dirty look turned into a smile. "I guess it is a little funny."
"Its nice to see your sense of humor come around again, Prime. I know it was hard to relax and have a good time, but now its good to see you laugh again."
"I'll tell you Jazz. It feels great to not worry about what Megatron has planned. In fact, him and I are planning a get together next week. I believe its what you would a guy's night out."
"You're going to go have fun? I want pictures."
Elita looked at Prime. "He better think twice on that if he wants to continue to occupy his side of the berth."
Jazz kept his mouth shut on that. He wasn't getting involved.
"Ratchet is waiting for you both. Shall we go?"
"Elita will have to ride in the trailer."
"He won't let me do much."
"He's looking out for you, Elita. He loves you."
"I know he does."
Both Prime and Jazz transformed and Elita stepped into Prime's trailer and sat down. They headed for Autobot HQ.
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Jazz had radioed me to let me know he picked up my parents and now on their way back to Autobot HQ.
"Thanks Jazz. I'll see you all soon. I'll tell Ratchet, too."
I walked to med bay to let Ratchet know and to talk to him about something important.
Ratchet was just heading to the Rec. Room to get something to drink when he saw me heading his way.
"I thought I told you light duty?"
"You did and I am. I was on my way to talk to you and let you know that Jazz is bringing my parents from the spacebridge."
"You're not doing any heavy lifting…at all?"
"Nope. Just paperwork and cruising the net."
"What paperwork would you need to do?"
"The load that Prowl never finished before he quit the team. Have you seen my brothers? I've been trying to raise them on their comm. links and no response. I'm worried about them. I don't need them causing problems while I'm pregnant."
"Did you check the brig?"
"Funny. I'm serious, Ratchet."
"So am I. Have you checked the brig?"
"No. They shouldn't be there."
"Then you better talk to Jazz."
"Please tell me he didn't?"
"Talk to him."
I growled low in my throat. I was not happy right now.
"Calm down, Wolf. Getting upset isn't going to help your energon pressure any, especially since you're pregnant."
I was so pissed that I punched the wall and managed to put my fist right through it. Ratchet had a spare scanner on him and scanned me. My energon pressure had skyrocketed. My body was on the verge of shutting down in order to lower my energon pressure.
"You need to calm down or you're going to shut down completely."
I pulled my arm out of the wall and put another hole in the wall right next to the first one. My body shut down and I fell flat on my back. Ratchet radioed Ironhide to come give him a hand getting me to med bay.
"I'll be right there, Ratchet."
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Not long after Ratchet and Ironhide got me to med bay, when Jazz, Prime and Elita walked in.
"What happened to Wolf, Ratchet?"
Ratchet turned around and saw Jazz, Prime and Elita.
"She went into auto shutdown after putting 2 holes in the wall. She's not happy with you, Jazz. She figured out that you had the twins put in the brig."
"If she wasn't going to enforce the rules, then I was going to. Even with the war over, Sideswipe is pranking more. She's letting him get away with it." Then he looked at Prime.
"Nothing personal Prime, but leaving her in command was a bad idea."
"You and I will talk about that after. Right now, I need to get my annual checkup. We will talk in my office after, Jazz. Dismissed."
Jazz nodded and left med bay. Then Prime looked at Ratchet.
"I apologize, Ratchet. That was uncalled for."
"Don't worry about it, Prime. I don't have to deal with drama here anymore. I just come by to visit and do everyone's annual checkups. Other than that, I love civilian life."
"I'm glad you were able to find something after the ceasefire. What about Prowl? Was he able to?"
"Was I able to do what, Prime?" Prowl had walked into med bay for his annual checkup.
Optimus and Elita turned to face Prowl.
"Its good to see you, Prowl. Were you able to find something to do since the ceasefire?"
"Yes, I have. I work full time with the local police department. I came by for my annual checkup. I have to get back to work after."
"You'll have to wait 'til I'm done with Prime and Elita."
"How long will that take, Ratchet? I only have an hour."
"Sorry, but I'm not going to rush through their checkups cause you're on a time limit. I will be happy to let your Captain know as to why you were late getting back, if need be."
"If it comes to that, I will have you call him. Thank you."
While Ratchet was giving Prime his checkup, he noticed something didn't look like in his recent scan.
"Looks like you're going to be stuck here for a while, Prime. You need surgery."
"What's wrong with him, Ratchet? He better not be dying."
"He's not dying. He just has something that needs to be fixed, then a few days to heal. Nothing life altering, Elita."
"I'm thankful for that. Guess our visit with Wolf will be longer than we expected, huh, dear?"
"Looks like it, sweetspark. That's ok. We haven't seen her in a week anyway. This will be nice for a change."
"You're good for now, Prime. You're up, Elita."
She walked over and sat down on the med table while Prime went looking for Jazz.
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Optimus found Jazz in the Rec. Room, having a drink. He walked over and sat down.
"Can we talk now, Jazz?"
"If you're going to chew me out, go ahead. I deserve it."
"Jazz, I'm not going to chew you out. I would like to know why you have the twins down in the brig and why you think putting my daughter, your mate, in command was a bad idea?"
"Sideswipe has been trying everyone's patience more so than normal and Wolf hasn't done anything to stop him. I know she's pregnant, but that shouldn't stop her from doing her job."
"Why is Sunstreaker with him? I heard he stopped pranking everyone with his brother."
"Sideswipe guilted him into this one."
"I can't split them up. Remember what happened when I tried that? I may have to send Wolf to Cybertron or send you back. One of you has to go back, Jazz. I'll let you talk it over with her. Since she's down for a while, I'm taking command."
Jazz stood up, finished his drink, then told Prime that he'll be back in time to see his baby born.
"Until then, tell her I'm sorry." Then he left the Rec. Room. Jazz headed for our shared room to pack whatever he has. He left a note on a digipad, signed it then left.
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Med bay. Ratchet had just finished with Elita. "I'm going to tell you the same thing I told your daughter. Nothing strenuous. Just relax and enjoy your visit."
"Yes Ratchet. Any idea where Optimus went?"
"Probably went looking for Jazz."
Prime walked back into med bay. "I already talked to him. Wolf isn't going to be happy when she wakes up."
"What happened?"
"Jazz left. He said he would be back to see his child be born, but won't be coming back 'til then."
I had started to wake up and heard what was said. I slowly looked my dad's way.
"Hey dad. When you and mom get here?" I was still a little weak.
"About an hour and a half ago, sweetie. We're staying for a while, too. I need surgery for some minor things. Nothing life threatening."
"I'm on vacation 'til the baby is due. We're here for an extended vacation."
"You mean an overdue vacay, mom?"
Elita smiled and nodded. "I'm glad. I missed you both so much."
"Did you hear what Jazz did?"
"Kinda. What did he do?"
"Since he thinks that leaving you in command was a bad idea, he said you weren't doing your job and making sure that everyone was behaving, he put the twins in the brig."
"I figured he did that, but I had no idea that he thinks me being in command was a bad idea. You left me in command of the Earth based Autobots for a reason, dad. Everyone respects me. It has nothing to do with you and mom being my parents, but it does help."
"He said he will come back when the baby is about to be born, but not until."
"Fine by me. I might just deny him rights to the baby since he wants to act like this. I don't need someone like that in my life. I let Sides get away with his pranking so he can let off some steam. He's had cabin fever all week. He wanted to do something fun, so I let him have some fun. I didn't know he was going to goad his brother into it."
"Until you get a clean bill of health, I'm assuming command."
"That's fine with me, dad. I'm just glad you and mom are here for a while. Looks like I got what I wanted afterall. I got you and mom to come visit me."
"So, you did. That's ok with us. We're just glad to be here with you."