"thanks for the help Wheeljack." Prowl mutters, wrapping an arm around his bondmate gently.

"sure no problem." Wheeljack smiles, with a wink. he heads over to Ratchets room happily. Prowl snorts and cuddles Bumblebee happily, kissing his helm gently. Bumblebee cuddles closer, holding tighter to Prowl. the scout is half asleep but the time Ratchet comes storming back in, grumbling. he hadn't found the perpetrator of the prank. he pauses catching a glance at the two.

"I told you slaggers not to move! how did you get over there with Prowl?" Ratchet growls. Bumblebee curls up more.

"Wheeljack." Bumblebee mumbles with a yawn. he cuddles closer to Prowl, who Ratchet thumps in the side of the helm again.

"I said no meditating." Ratchet growls. Prowl growls, huffing.

"I can't help it. my CPU automatically goes into meditation while I'm recharging. have you never, in the times I've had to stay over night, noticed this? stop thumping me in the head." Prowl growls.

"be nice to my creator." Bumblebee warns. he turns and glares at Ratchet. "and you be nice to my bondmate." Bumblebee huffs. Ratchet glares at them, but heads to his room to curl up with Wheeljack, intent on a nap.

its only silent for a few minutes, Ratchet happily curled up with Wheeljack and Bumblebee happily snuggled against Prowl. the silence doesn't last long though.

"RATCHET!" Bumblebee shouts, panicked from the other room. Ratchet jerks up immediately, running out of the room, quickly followed by Wheeljack. they both race to the main medbay, where Bumblebee is standing in an absolute panic next to Prowls berth. the monitor attached to Prowls spark is going nuts, Prowl is clutching his chest with a look of pain on his faceplates.

"what happened!?" Rathet orders.

"I-I.. I dunno! I don't know! we were just laying here and he told me to get you!" Bumblebee whimpers, shifting from ped to ped anxiously. Wheeljack immediately rushes over to Bumblebee in an attempt to sooth him. he pulls the smaller to his chestplates and holds him tightly. Bumblebee doesn't resist, clinging to Wheeljack while he watches Ratchet set to work on Prowl. the medic immediately attempts to force Prowls chestplates open, he doesn't have time to be nice about it. Prowls spark needs his attention and fast.

"Prowl stop fighting me and open your chestplates." Ratchet orders.

"m'not! its just refusing to open!" Prowl snaps through gritted denta.

"the latch on his chamber is bent its been bent since before we bonded, it just needs a little force." Bumblebee mumbles. Ratchet nods makes quick work of forcing the mechs chamber open.

"whats happening?" Wheeljack ask.

"not sure the hole in his spark appears to be pulsing separately from the rest of his spark." Ratchet says. "thats whats causing the pain what in pits could be causing it, I have no idea." Ratchet frowns. "c'mere kid." Ratchet says, waving Bumblebee over as the pulsing on the hole of Prowls spark slows. Prowl hisses, clenching his denta when Bumblebee takes his servo gently, while standing in front of Ratchet. the Ninja grunts, back arching up off the berth with another loud hiss. Bumblebee yelps letting go and stepping back quickly as the hole in Prowls spark starts flashing quickly.

"Prowl!" Bumblebee cries.

"go stand by Wheeljack, get back." Ratchet says quickly. Bumblebee scrambles away, clinging to Wheeljack worriedly. the inventor wraps an arm around him gently as Prowl goes slack on the berth, groaning. "I don't fragging believe it." Ratchet mutters.

"what?" Wheeljack asks curiously.

"these two slagging idiots, accidentally figured out how to fix a spark, by being idiots." Ratchet says, watching Prowl.

"h-huh..?" Bumblebee asks, confused.

"you two actually did it." Ratchet murmurs. "for some reason, Bumblebee's proximity to Prowl is healing his spark, I've never seen anything like it. I wonder... something is going on here, I wonder if its why Prowls spark latched onto Bumblebee's so hard and fought to save him the way it did, but how... and why?" Ratchet asks. Bumblebee shrugs a little, cuddling to Wheeljack. "come here kid." Ratchet murmurs.

"I don't want to hurt Prowl." Bumblebee says, worriedly. Ratchet waves him off, putting the Ninja out, before turning back to Bumblebee.

"okay, come here and open your spark chamber." Ratchet says. Bumblebee walks closer, looking confused, but opens his spark chamber. Ratchet goes silent, staring at the scouts spark. "Jack, come look at this." Ratchet said. Wheeljack looks over confused.

"whats going on?" Bumblebee asks, nervously. Wheeljacks jaw drops, looking over at Ratchet.

"woah..." Wheeljack trails. Bumblebee is utterly nervous at this point.

"someone tell me whats going on, please?" Bumblebee asks, nervously.

"I don't know about you, but that looks like a sparkling to me." Ratchet murmurs.

"a sparkling?" Wheeljack asks.

"I don't understand whats happening." Bumblebee says.

"I had suspicions, due to your recent behavior, that you weren't healing Prowls spark. there's a simple way to tell when a bot is carrying a sparkling, especially as early as yours appears to be. when a bot is carrying, their spark changes from a whitish-blue to a dull pink, as yours is now. you're not fixing Prowls spark, which is exactly what I thought, the sparkling is healing him." Ratchet says. Bumblebee shrugs, closing his plates.

"the sparkling? oh yeah, me and Prowl already know about the sparkling. we just weren't saying anything... no one took me and Prowl bonding very well so we weren't gonna talk about the sparkling." Bumblebee mutters. Ratchet glares at him immediately.

"how long did you know!?" Ratchet snaps. Bumblebee shrugs a little.

"I dunno, three weeks. I was afraid to say something and Prowl didn't want us too... the way everyone reacted when we told everyone we were bonded, we were afraid of what would happen if we told everyone I was carrying, so we just didn't say anything." Bumblebee explains. "s'why I leaked energon so easily when Sentinel kicked me the other day. I'm sore and sensitive and swollen and my plates just don't protect as well as they usually do." Bumblebee shrugs.

"you knew?" Wheeljack frowns.

"honestly Doc bot, I just kinda assumed you'd have picked up on it by now. I didn't realize that you of all bots didn't actually know... can't you like, I dunno, feel it or something? I don't really know how the whole family bonds work." Bumblebee says. Ratchet shakes his head.

"no, its different from a spark bond." Ratchet explains. Bumblebee shrugs.

"whatever, so the sparkling is healing Prowl?" Bumblebee asks.

"thats my suspicions, but I don't know just yet." Ratchet says.

"it shouldn't hurt anything right?" Bumblebee ask.

"not as far as I'm aware." Ratchet murmurs.

"well, on the bright side, all I really have to do is just lay here and cuddle my bondmate for a few hours." Bumblebee murmurs, climbing up beside Prowl. the ninja groans quietly.

"Jack, you keep an optic on them, I'll be right back." Ratchet murmurs, heading out of the medbay towards the rec room, to get everyone a cube. Wheeljack heads for Ratchets office to grab a datapad to read. Prowl groans and winces, muttering to himself as he rubs his chestplate.

"what happened to me?" Prowl mumbles. Bumblebee cuddles closer to him.

"the sparkling, its healing you." Bumblebee murmurs.

"so they know about the sparkling now?" Prowl mumbles. Bumblebee nods.

"just Ratchet and Wheeljack." Bumblebee replies. Prowl nods slightly.

"good, that means I can finally say something to you." Prowl says. Bumblebee looks at him confused as Prowl turns his head to glare at the scout. "I swear to Primus, if you ever run out into the middle of a Decepticon attack, putting you and the sparkling in danger, again, I will tie you down to the berth for the rest of your fragging carrying cycle. I promise you that." Prowl growls. Bumblebee laughs softly and hugs his side, cuddling up to him. it goes quiet for a few minutes before Bumblebee sighs softly.

"I'm afraid..." Bumblebee murmurs. "I'm more than afraid, I'm terrified." Bumblebee sighs.

"terrified? of what?" Prowl asks, worriedly. he cuddles the smaller gently.

"Sentinel." Bumblebee murmurs.

"what about him?" Prowl asks softly, kissing the top of his helm gently.

"well, the sparkling was safer when just you and me knew about it.... but now what happens if Sentinel finds out...?" Bumblebee whimpers softly. Prowl holds him tighter.

"he won't find out about the sparkling, I can promise you that. not until our sparkling is old enough to defend themselves." Prowl murmurs gently. "and, Primus forbid, he does find out about the sparkling, or he threatens to harm them or actually harms them, you know he wouldn't survive. you know Ratchet and I would end him when we got our servos on him. we'll offline him or throw him to the Decepticons. we will take care of it." Prowl murmurs.

"not to mention me, your sister, Optimus, Bulkhead, Jazz... everyone. we'd also be there to beat the slag out of Sentinel if anything ever happened to you or the sparkling." Wheeljack assures, not looking up from the datapad he's reading. he shifts, proping his peds up on Ratchets workbench. "we won't let anyone hurt your sparkling." Wheeljack adds.

"thanks Wheeljack." Bumblebee mumbles, curling up to Prowl. Wheeljack nods, smiling at them as he finally looks up. his headfins flash in amusement.

"you know that you and Burns are Ratchets world right? he'd give up ever going back to Cybertron just to keep you two. he feels guilty he was never able to find you, that he evenually had to give up, assuming you were offlined. you know that right?" Wheeljack asks. Bumblebee turns to look at him confused.

"huh? why?" Bumblebee asks. Wheeljack frowns a little.

"because he was away. he was looking for something to bring your carrier back online and you were in a carecenter. he assumed you were safe. he was hours away when the carecenter was raided. several sparklings and were stolen, you weren't the only one. younger sparklings were stolen, older sparklings were murdered or severely injured. when he came back to get you and realized the center was destroyed, that you were taken.... tore him apart." Wheeljack explains. "he worked so hard trying to bring your carrier back because he thought if he could, she could find you." Wheeljack adds softly. Bumblebee cuddles closer to Prowl.

"none of that was his fault though. there was a war waging on. he'd lost his bondmate. if Prowl was murdered or kidnapped or something, I'd do whatever it took to bring him back." Bumblebee says, holding tighter to Prowl. Prowl squeezes him gently. Wheeljack smiles.

"and we've seen that Prowl would literally give his own life in an attempt to save you." Wheeljack murmurs. Prowl gives a small smirk.

"don't forget aobut the sparkling." Prowl murmurs. Bumblebee laughs softly, cuddlng to him.

"yeah, our sparkling." Bumblebee murmurs. he looks around. "hey, where's Ratchet? I really need to get out of here for a bit before I go crazy." Bumblebee mutters.

"Jazz, come to the medbay."

"sure thing Prowler."

"I commed Jazz to come get you." Prowl says. Bumblebee looks up at him.

"huh?" Bumblebee asks.

"I could take him." Wheeljack assures, moving to get up.

"yeah, and leave me here with a hole in my spark unable to get up, alone? Ratchet would actually kill you for leaving a patient like that alone in the medbay." Prowl frowns.

"he's right." Bumblebee mutters. Jazz saunters into the medbay happily.

"hey lil Bee, Prowler wants me to come hang out with you so Ratchet won't beat you for leavin'." Jazz grins. Bumblebee looks over at him.

"uh, yeah okay." Bumblebee murmurs, getting up. Prowl watches him walk towards Jazz.

"come on." Jazz grins.

can I tell Jazz about the sparkling?

sure, just be safe. watch for Sentinel.

Bumblebee nods to himself and looks over at Jazz.

"Jazz, I have a question for you." Bumblebee says.

"whats up lil Bee?" Jazz asks, looking over. Bumblebee looks around carefully.

"we have a new addition joining the team in a few short months." Bumblebee says, looking up at Jazz. he waits to see if the taller understands what he's saying. Jazz seems to take a minute to think, before his visor widens and he looks down at Bumblebee. his head jerks around to look for listeners but decides not to take the chance.

"are you telling me, that you and Prowl are having a sparkling!?"

Bumblebee chuckles softly.

"surprise." he mutters. "about an Earth month." Bumblebee adds. Jazz nods immediately.

"I assume thats why Prowler has me watching over you?" Jazz asks. Bumblebee nods.

"sort of. Ratchet doesn't want me out here alone because there's a hole in Prowls spark as well, but thats the main reason." Bumblebee explains. "you're the only one who knows besides Ratchet and Wheeljack. we'd like it to stay that way." Bumblebee adds. Jazz nods immediately.

"no problem. you can count on me, lil Bee." Jazz assures. "just let me know what you need. I better be called as well." Jazz adds. Bumblebee snickers.

"of course Jazz. you're like Prowls brother. I assume Prowl will let you know the moment he can." Bumblebee assures. Jazz smiles slightly.

"I told you not to leave the medbay." Ratchet glares. Bumblebee glares back.

"cabin fever. I have Jazz with me. back off." Bumblebee huffs. Ratchet growls a little, shaking his head before walking off.

"wow you are his sparkling." Jazz teases. Bumblebee growls at him, before heading to get himself a cube.

"so, Bumblebee." Optimus says, walking over. Bumblebee looks up from his cube.

"hey Boss bot, whats up?" Bumblebee asks.

"I hear we're getting a new arrival soon." Optimus says. Bumblebee freezes immediately, dropping his cube. it shatters on the floor as he turns and storms towards the medbay.

"YOU FRAGGING TOLD!" Bumblebee growls. "we trusted you not to tell anyone!" Bumblebee shouts. Ratchet looks at the scout confused.

"uh, what did I tell?" Ratchet asks. Prowl slowly sits up, feeling the rage on Bumblebee's end of the bond.

"Bee, whats wrong?" Prowl asks.

"Ratchet told Optimus!" Bumblebee shouts.