New Life, New Obstacles

Chapter 23

Wheeljack took Arcee back to their room after Fixit fixed up her arm, he laid her on the berth and laid next to her, "You never told me what Fixit said was wrong with you earlier."

"Because there is nothing wrong, we're all perfectly fine," she replied with a smile.

He looked at her confused, "Then what caused the chest pain?"

"It's what happens when you're sparked."

"You're sparked??" He asked with a surprised look on his face.

"Yeah, that's what was causing the chest pain," she grinned as she kissed him.

"I'm gonna be a sire."

"Yep, and that means no grenades once the sparkling is here. And no blowing yourself up," she said with a chuckle.

"Hey! Well, you have a point, I'll try."

Arcee giggled as she wrapped her good arm around him.

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Steeljaw stayed by his mate's side, she had been quiet for a long while. He sent her a wave of comfort and love hoping she would respond.

Magnus walks up to them, "How is she?"

"She still won't say anything," he replied as his ears folded back in sadness.

"Tarn was talking about a grandchild, was trying to fool me I guess."

"He wasn't."

Steeljaw looked down at his mate in confusion, "What?"

"It wasn't a trick, I'm sparked."

"Huh!?" Steeljaw looks at her in surprise.

"You're gonna be a sire and you're gonna be a grandsire."

"So that's what Tesarus meant by 'Take care of them'. I'm going to be a sire," he laughed quietly as he took her servo in his. "But why did he sound different?"

"Because that was my mate and her mother, she possessed his body somehow," Magnus replied.

Steeljaw and Strongarm looked at Ultra Magnus in confusion, "What?"

"I don't know how but my mate possessed his body and used him to help us."

"Are you sure, Dad?"

"I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this," Fixit stated as he entered the conversation.

"Like what?"

"It could be that Tesarus had a personality disorder or he simply betrayed Tarn."

"I doubt it, I really felt my mate's presence there."

"Um well, well, well, well," Steeljaw flicked the Mini-Con, "Thank you. Maybe you were just thinking of her during your battle with Tarn."

"Then why was the mech's voice just like hers?"

Fixit crossed his arms trying to think.

"What are you guys discussing?" Bumblebee asked as he walked through the door.

Magnus explains the situation from the battlefield, "So, what do you think it was?"

"I'm not sure, but some believe that spirits of the past can assist those in need, or if the spirit is earthbound and can't move on. It depends on the spirit though, I'm not really into this kind of stuff. You'd have to ask Metalsound, she knows a lot more about this than I do."

"Then it could be possible it was Mom's spirit looking after us."

"I would think so," Ultra Magnus said as he gently pulled his daughter into a hug.