A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update…I've had a hectic little while. Thanks to anyone who reviewed…it made me feel warm and fuzzy inside and helped me continue writing. I have most of it written down on paper; all I have to do is type it all up! Easier said than done! :P Anyway…keep on reading and…
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Rushing into the Medbay, Ratchet ignored all the others; intent on getting the dangerously-low-on-energon sparkling to his medbay, where he would be able to save him.
Starscream's blue optics onlined briefly and he whimpered quietly, trying to stretch his arm out towards Optimus, scared by Ratchet.
Optimus quietly shushed him and smiled gently. Starscream leant trustingly into Ratchet, who quickly deactivated the little infant and gently placed him on the operating table before shooing everyone but Ironhide out; ordering him to get out the sparkmonitor and the energon drip out and begin setting them up.
While he was doing this Ratchet was collecting the equipment he needed, worrying about the ex-decepticon. He headed back over and injected the baby mech with a small amout of painkillers, too concerned about the amount of energon inside the sparkling, knowing that if he gave him any more his spark could go into shock.
"Ratchet. The little punks sparks getting weaker. You need to act now or he's not going to survive." Ratchet looked Ironhide hard in the optics, judging his inner strength for what he was about to ask of him.
"'Hide. This operation needs two mechs to be able to complete it, he's too young to risk anything else. I need your help with this."
Ironhide stared hard at Starscream's sparkmonitor for a moment, before turning and nodding at Ratchet.
"What do you need me to do?"
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Optimus Prime stood infront of the door to the medical bay pacing with increasing agitation. Ratchet and Ironhide had been in there for two hours and Optimus was getting more worried by the second.
A heavy sigh from behind him caused him to turn and look at Jazz sitting next to his bondmate Prowl, and both were staring unseeingly at the door.
"Prime." The Autobot leader again looked towards the pair, noticing that it was Prowl who was speaking.
"Yes Prowl?"
What's going to happen to Starscream? It's obvious he doesn't remember anything."
"Prime, we can't hold Starscream to his previous crimes, he's just an innocent little sparkling." Jazz spoke up loudly, defensively protecting the little babe. Optimus knew that the two had been trying for a sparkling before the war, along with Ratchet and Ironhide; so it was to no surprise that they were being so protective of little Starscream.
He spoke up quietly, soothing their worries, "I am glad that you two were able to overcome your previous dislike of Starscream so quickly. I believe that given the chance to grow up in a loving community will let Starscream be all the he can be and I think that he will be a great Autobot."
Jazz nodded and after a moment or two Prowl started on a completely new topic.
"When are Sam and Bumblebee getting home?" Ever since Sam's parents had been killed in retaliation by Barricade, Sam had come into the custody of the Autobots and had come to live with them and grow on them as if he was their little brother or son to Prime.
"Soon. Bumblebee reported that they were delayed because of a storm and will probably be another week." Glad to have something to think about other than what Ratchet and Ironhide were doing, they started discussing the effects that the AllSpark had had on Sam.
The knew he was now technopathic; that had come as a shock when Sam had asked why Ratchet had been swearing so badly at Jazz and accidently started the machines beeping. The stuttering Ratchet had replied in Cybertronian just to make sure that he hadn't been speaking English, but again Sam understood and the Autobots slowly began to discover that this was not the only change the AllSpark had instilled on the child and they were all still guessing what would happen next.
The sliding of the doors alerted the mech to the fact that Ratchet and Ironhide were slowly exiting from the Medbay. They both looked exceedingly tired, but nothing on the faceplates gave away anything.
"How is he?" Finally a tired grin broke out over Ironhides face as he stared proudly at his bondmate.
"Thanks to the good ol' Hatchet, he'll be fine. Just gotta be extra careful around the little on'." Optimus let a rare grin fall to his face and he clapped the medic on his shoulder.
"Good work Ratchet. Can we see him?" The medic looked annoyed but he complied.
"Okay…but just for a breem or so. He needs to recharge." They all trooped quietly, obeying the short tempered mech.
"By the way Ratchet, how ol' is little Screamer?" Jazz's words caused all the mechs to stop and look towards Ratchet.
The medic scratched the back of his neck tiredly, "He's just been sparked. To the humans he's just been born, he needs someone with him constantly to look after and care for him. He won't be able to move properly at first, so we'll have to get used to carrying him."
At Ratchet's words they all turned back to the tiny being currently in a little box serving as a crib. There was no sign of the wound that had been there previously as Starscream curled onto his side. His optics opened for a moment and he smiled slightly when he caught sight of Ratchet and Optimus before closing them again.
Prowl and Jazz excused themselves and the others continued to look at the little bot.
"Ratchet. Ironhide." The two Autobots turned to look at their leader. "How would you feel if I asked you if you wanted to raise Starscream? The others would help of course, but you two would be his primary carers; his parents."
Ratchet let a grin fall to his face, as did Ironhide, and Prime silently congratulated himself on his choice.
"We would be delighted, sir. We always wanted a sparkling; this would be amazing!" At Ironhide's words, Optimus nodded and Ratchet picked up the tiny sparkling, cradling him to his chest.
"Thank-you Optimus, for this chance." He gently handed the sleeping Starscream to Ironhide and the sparkling seemed to melt into his armour, snuggling in comfortably into the trigger happy mech.
At this sight Optimus couldn't help but break out laughing along with Ratchet before motioning them to go on and spend some time with their sparkling in their room. Walking out with the crib, Ratchet followed his carefully walking partner into their quarters. He got out some plain, warm energon and set it beside the crib for when Starscream woke up. Ironhide sat on their shared berth, cuddling the recharging sparkling.
"Ratch," Ironhides voice was low and full of wonder. Ratchet sat next to him and wrapped and arm around his shoulder. "Our own little sparkling." Ratchet smiled and ran a finger gently over Starscream's faceplates.
"Welcome to your new home, Starscream."
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Starscream's optics flutter gently before coming online fully. Staring up, he looked straight into the kind smiles of Ratchet and Ironhide.
"Hey little one. I'm Ratchet and this is Ironhide. We're your new parents." Starscream reached his arms out and enveloped as much of Ironhide as he could, giggling quietly. Ratchet laughed and handed Ironhide the Energon cube, smirking at Ironhides look of confusion.
"Here you go, 'Hide. Have a go at feeding him. You hold him like this." Ratchet demonstrated and then Ironhide copied him, holding the Energon steady as Starscream started happily sucking on it.
"There you go, little 'ne." When he was done, Starscream happily snuggled back into Ironhide, (something he was making a habit of) and succumbed into recharge. Once Starscream was asleep again, Ironhide gently placed him in the crib, tucking him in securely.
"It seems weird that just this morning we were quite willing to scrap each other but now he's in our care." Ratchet pulled his bonded back to the berth, cuddling into Ironhide's back.
"Well things have changed now. For better or for worse we'll protect him." Ironhide nodded; relaxing into his sparkmate.
"Let's get some rest, I have a feeling that once Starscream gets used to us we're not going to have much time for it." Ratchet laughed but complied, slipping into recharge right before Ironhide did, peaceful at last.
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A/N: Well? How did it go? Please review! It really helps with writing. :P
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