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The next day, Aquaformer had an appointment with Ratchet. She was a bit nervous about it, but knew it was important. She hoped all was still going well with her developing little ones. She carefully made her way to the med bay. She was on her own as her mate, Optimus, was busy with other duties. She would tackle this routine, or so she thought, appointment alone.
Soon, she was in the med bay and took a seat upon a berth. Ratchet was finishing up working on another bot, so Aquaformer patiently waited her turn. It didn't take long for Ratchet to finish with the other bot and send the other bot on his way.
"I see you arrived on time" Ratchet stated, as few bots ever arrived on time.
"I know the importance of being here as I do work in the med bay as well" Aquaformer responded in her typical fashion. She had wanted to know things for awhile and so she had actually arrived early.
"Alright, let's check on the little ones" Ratchet answered. Aquaformer nodded and Ratchet began to scan.
Aquaformer grew worried as Ratchet continued to scan without saying anything and she feared for the worst. "What's wrong, Ratchet?" Aquaformer asked, unaware that she was carrying far more than Ratchet had expected or knew a bot could carry.
Ratchet was not phased by her question. He knew she was worried. He was a bit concerned himself. "Well, turns out you were highly receptive when you bonded to Optimus" Ratchet stated, trying to figure out just how to say this.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Aquaformer asked, sensing the worry in the medic's voice.
"You have two sets of identical triplets developing inside of you" Ratchet revealed, in slight shock. He had never heard of such a thing. This made it difficult for the medic to see what gender the little ones might be.
"How is that even possible, Ratchet?" Aquaformer asked, extremely stunned by what the medic had revealed, and forgetting to ask about gender due to the shocking revelation.
"I…I'm not sure. Let me check something" Ratchet stated, checking the femme out in terms of her structure. Only then did things make sense. Aquaformer had two separate development chambers that both came out of her one valve. No one had ever known, as it was such a rare glitch. "Well, that explains it."
"What are you talking about? What explains it?" Aquaformer asked, extremely concerned that this was dangerous, even though she knew she was already in a precarious position.
"You were sparked with a glitch. You have two sparkling development chambers and both are carrying life" Ratchet revealed, he himself as baffled by this discovery as Aquaformer was.
Aquaformer merely sighed. She had wanted to be sparked, but this sparked she knew was dangerous. "I will not let you harm any of them. They all deserve the right to life" Aquaformer stated, knowing full well she could never murder her own unsparked sparklings. Never, as all life was precious, at least to Aquaformer.
"I will not harm them, but you must be careful. I am putting you on modified light duty and at some point, you will have to go on bed rest" Ratchet stated, and Aquaformer nodded in agreement. She just hoped her mate would be happy she was so fruitful. "You rest, now. I'll comm Optimus and ask him to come here." Aquaformer nodded and then dozed off. Things had certainly taken a turn for the crazier.