dens_tf_den | kv, Autobot Base, Growth Spurt

Wheelie: *is on the hunt... sort of. His target: Starscream's foot!*

Starscream: *intent on his datapad, his optics wide as he learns about black holes*

Skywarp: *being a pest to Silverbolt by dive-bombing Blitzwing while the other sparklet is chewing on his mentor's head(yes, again.)

Eclipse: *going over security checks and making notes on areas that could be improved. Intends to show these to Red Alert tomorrow at shift change*

Megatron: *comes bouncing in, his optics bright as he hugs a brand new stuffed bunny*

Soundwave: *clicking and dragging the new blankie he got behind him like Linus*

Megatron: *looks around and starts to say something, but what comes out instead is* Starscream, watch out!

Starscream: *shoots straight up with shock at the shout*

Eclipse: *looks up quickly from her datapad*

Wheelie: *Blink blink, clicks at Megatron*

Megatron: *blink blinks back* 0.o

Starscream: *wibble wibble cry*

Eclipse: *gets up and moves to pick Starscream up* *confused* There's nothing here that could hurt him, Megatron...

Megatron: *uncertain* Wheelie was sneaking up on him. *hugs bunny. Isn't very happy about making Starscream cry, since the little Seeker has never done anything to hurt him. He's not even sure why he shouted, except that he thinks someone bad was sneaking up on somebody last night in a dream*

Wheelie: *Razzes Megatron, will pounce on Soundwave instead then!*

Soundwave: *Clicks and snuggles Wheelie*

Eclipse: *snuggaScream, offers snuggles to Megatron as well*

Megatron: *thinks he needs snuggles. Wants to give some to Starscream too* Wanna hug my bunny?

Starscream: *pat pats the grey sparklet, but is crying too hard yet to reply or take his face from Eclipse's arm*

Megatron: *wibble*

Soundwave: *Clickclickclick, will bring Wheelie over and then try and wrap Starscream and Megatron in his new blankie, because they look like they need it*

Starscream: *snuggles and clicks, his shaking finally stopping*

Megatron: I'm sorry I scared you. *snuggles his brother and Eclipse*

Dead End: *comes running in, a big grin on his face... and then puts on the brakes as he sees the snuggling and hears the sad sounds that Starscream's still making and the sympathetic clicking from the other sparklets* ...Owwies?

Eclipse: *Soothing sounds, offers snuggles to Dead End as well*

Dead End: *never met a snuggle he didn't like, and here he comes!*

Starscream: *calmed down and is hugging Megatron's bunny and the corner of Soundwave's blankie, but then he squirms fretfully* Eclipse, I don't feel good.

Dead End: *knows the cure for that. Will offer the other sparklet kissies*

Eclipse: *concerned sound, scans Starscream, intends to take him to see Ratchet if need be*

Starscream: *self repair is kicking into overdrive, and he's just a bit overheated* *squirms and whimpers, then flinches away from pat pats that the others offer*

Eclipse: *Soothing sounds* *Gently, to the other sparklets* Why don't you see if Silverbolt has those goodies he promised you?

Silverbolt: *heard that, is getting out said goodies*

Dead End: Okay! *wriggles to get down and then scoots over*

Megatron: *frowwwwn* Starscream needs my bunny.

Soundwave: *Clicks quietly, gently patpatting Starscream before gently tugging on Megatron's hand. Right now, Starscream needs Eclipse more*

Starscream: *clicks and offers the bunny back, is starting to shake a little again, and then squeaks as someone bumps his wings* Owwwwww.

Megatron: *optics widen at the ow, and he catches his doll and retreats with his brother*

Wheelie: *Scooting after Megatron now*

Eclipse: *soothing sound, gentle backrubs as she moves to carefully stand up. Intends to take Starscream to their shared quarters*

Starscream: *squirms* Eclipse... that hurts.

Eclipse: *apologetic* Sorry... *Quieter* C'mon... let's go back to quarters for a little bit...

Starscream: Okay. *optics shuttered as he shivers*

Eclipse: *uses the PINpoint she was supposed to give back to Prowl to bring Starscream back to quarters. Then she's gently setting the Seeklet on the berth* Want me to dim the lights?

Starscream: *slight nod without unshuttering his optics. And then he curls up with an unhappy whine*

Eclipse: *Dims the lights so they're nearly off, and gets one of her big blankets to gently drape over Starscream so he's completely covered, because she remembers wanting to have something to hide in when she went through her first major growth spurt*

Starscream: *another unhappy whine, and then he squirms again* I want Prowl.

Eclipse: I'll call him... It'll be okay, Starscream. *Sending an urgent message to Prowl*

Prowl: *just shocked the President of the United States right out of his designer shoes by announcing that his son is sick and he has to go. Gone!* //I'm coming, Eclipse. How is he?//

Eclipse: //Overheating a bit, but I got him back to quarters and the lights're dimmed and I covered him with one of the big blankets but he asked for you and should I call Ratchet too?//

Prowl: //Better safe than sorry. And if Ratchet's there you can come get me.//

Eclipse: //Lemme call Ratchet and see where he is and then I'll be there to get you, I just hope we're not gone too long because I know what it's like to go through your first really major growth spurt... // *calling Ratchet*

Prowl: *quietly* //That's why I want to PINpoint there. I'm pushing the speed limit, and I know I'm not going fast enough.//

Ratchet: *Arriving a few moments later*

Eclipse: //What're your coordinates so I can come get you? Ratchet's here and he'll stay with Starscream until we get back and make sure he's okay and that there's fuel for afterwards...//

Prowl: *pulls off the road and transmits his coordinates*

Starscream: *unhappy squirm and whine*

Ratchet: *Soothing clicks as he approaches* Easy, Starscream... Eclipse is going to get Prowl right now.

Eclipse: *Gone!*

Starscream: *startled by the PINpoint sound, and then crying because he's all alone*

Ratchet: *More soothing clicks, is right next to the berth*

Starscream: *shrill little voice shaking* I'm scared!

Ratchet: *Soothingly* Eclipse will be back soon with Prowl, and everything will be alright.

Starscream: *tears, and then wriggling and a soft complaint that his wings are stinging*

Ratchet: Do you want me to remove the blanket?

blanket: *develops the marks of small hands holding onto it from the underside*

Eclipse: *Back, with Prowl!*

Prowl: *steps quickly toward the berth* How is he?

Ratchet: *does a quick scan*

Starscream: *self repair rates increasing. Sensor nets developing in his flight surfaces. Systems straining just a tiny bit*

Ratchet: *getting out some of the cinnaSeekers that someone(Likely Jazz or Eclipse) got during the last Nexus Run* His systems are a bit strained... but he'll be alright... *gonna slip one of the cookies under the blanket where Starscream can reach it*

Starscream: *perks as the smell fills the space under the blanket, and then grabs the cookie*

Prowl: *slight smile despite his frown of worry as he hears the crunching*

Eclipse: *shifting from foot to foot and clicking quietly*

Starscream: *crunching stops, and then he whines and curls up, but the lump under the blanket seems to be changing size and shape....*

Eclipse: *'Wings as low as she can get them as she continues to click quietly, in an eerily similar manner to how Bluestreak did when she herself had her first major growth spurt*

Ratchet: *Keeping scanners on the Seeklet*

Prowl: *hand out and then clenching by his chest as he watches. Is murmuring encouragement to his little one*

Starscream: *unhappy sounds, and yes, it's very clear now that he's growing rapidly under there*

Eclipse: *rapid clicking, though she is being quiet about it*

Ratchet: *is keeping an optic out for any difficulties the Seeklet may have, though he is also murmuring encouragements*

Starscream: *and then the sounds stop as one connection that didn't quite grow fast enough pops loose*

Eclipse: *Flinches and fussess quietly*

Ratchet: *Concerned, scans again, will check the connections*

Starscream: *shutting down to conserve energy that isn't being routed by the loose connector*

Prowl: *frowning, looks at Ratchet*

Ratchet: Eclipse, out.

Eclipse: But-

Prowl: *quietly* Please, Eclipse.

Eclipse: *Wibbles for a moment before going out to the hall*

Prowl: *tensely, as soon as the door's closed behind her* What's wrong?

Ratchet: Loose connector that didn't quite keep up with the rest of him. *moving the blanket once the femme is gone, and is soon working on getting the loose connector taken care of*

Prowl: *sucks in his breath as he sees Starscream, his processor flashing back to the Seeker who used to cause so much pain for the Autobots*

Ratchet: *continues to work, and soon has the connector replaced with one that fits. Once he's done and has closed up Starscream's armor, he's draping the blanket back over the Seeklet and calling Eclipse back in*

Eclipse: *Is quick to situate herself right next to the berth again*

blanket: *moves as Starscream's protoform gets in the last few interrupted moments with a rush*

Prowl: *starts at that and looks to the medic*

Ratchet: *Scans, and then he's chuckling softly* He's alright, Prowl.

Prowl: *reaching for the blanket now*

Eclipse: *clicks and tries to get a peek under the blanket before Prowl can move it*

Starscream: *as tall as Eclipse herself now, his face thin and dominated by big optics that are closed in slumber. His arms and legs are coltish, and his wings look too big for him*

Eclipse: *gonna climb onto the berth and carefully snuggle her bond-sibling now*

Prowl: *frowning and biting his lip as he looks at the youngster* *quietly* He looks so different. *so much more like the bot I used to fight with, he means*

Ratchet: *small nod, before he tips his head at Eclipse. The meaning behind that is clear as the orange and black femme gently cuddles the sleeping youngster: What happened in the past has no merit on the way things are at present, and if Eclipse accepts Starscream, then the rest of the base can just deal with it.*

Prowl: *glances at the medic, wondering if Starscream will still be the new being that he has raised and trained and loved*

Ratchet: *pings the SIC's comm* //Don't worry so much. You know as well as I do that the environment a sparklet is raised in has a lot to do with how they act later in life.//

Prowl: *nods, and then snaps his attention back to the berth as Starscream moves slightly*

Starscream: *frowning and making a confused sound, then blinks his optics and turns his head to make sure that that is Eclipse who is there cuddling him. On seeing his sister he smiles, and then those big optics are searching for Prowl as another glad smile lights his dark face*

Eclipse: *Soothing sounds, more gentle snuggles, being mindful of his wings*

Ratchet: *Gently* How do you feel, Starscream?

Starscream: *face lights as Prowl gives him a proud smile, and then he looks at the medic* *quietly* Tired. And hungry. A little sore.

Ratchet: *small nod and puts a couple of cinnaSeekers within easy reach* After you finish those, get some rest, alright? Do you want something for the soreness?

Starscream: *cookie already in hand and moving toward his mouth* Will it go away?

Ratchet: It should.

Starscream: Then I'm alright. *lifts his head slightly* Where's Kermit?

Prowl: *soft laugh, and then he's looking around the small room before ducking his head and reaching under the berth*

Ratchet: *Soft chuckle* I'd better go see how Thundercracker's doing... No sense in making Carly worry about him... *will head out of the room then*

Starscream: *takes the bear from his mentor with thanks, his brow plates drawing together with concern* Is Thundercracker growing too?

Eclipse: *quietly* He might be, soon... And Skywarp might be too...

Starscream: *blinks, then looks from her to Prowl* Skywarp will need a new leash.

Eclipse: *Snerk* He'll need a bigger 'bot to hold it too.

Starscream: *worried expression* Oh dear.

Eclipse: Solar won't be able to keep him from flying off anymore...

Prowl: *gentle pat for Starscream's hand* It'll be alright. He probably won't be so easy to distract anymore. *well aware that he probably just told a massive whopper*

Eclipse: *Snuggles and does her best not to snicker*

Starscream: *giving Prowl that Look, which isn't so adorable anymore, but still makes Prowl's spark contract*

Prowl: *quiet amusement* I can hope.

Starscream: *yawns* You're being silly, Prowl. *grins, and it's still the adorable baby grin*

Eclipse: *more snuggles* Ratchet said to rest, remember? *is actually kinda wanting a nap herself*

Starscream: *small sound that turns into a peep of surprise as Prowl settles himself on the edge of the berth and puts his arms around both younger bots*

Eclipse: *Curious sound*

Prowl: *gently* Do you want to move so Starscream's in the middle? Careful of his wings. *laying on the very very edge of the berth*

Starscream: *curious and rather happy grin as he looks at his family members*

Eclipse: *nods and moves carefully, being mindful of Starscream's wings*

Prowl: *gently pulling the blanket up around Starscream as she does. Also letting Rodimus know that he won't be able to come back to the meeting. To himself he admits that if he tried his parental programming would drive him mad*

Rodimus: *points out that Prowl got the better deal. The President of the USA's not really that interesting to talk to.*

Prowl: //Talk kids. He'll either get interesting, be interested, or cut the meeting short.//

Rodimus: //That only works if you actually have kids though!//

Prowl: //Nah. Just talk about that sparklet riot the other day.//

Rodimus: //You mean the one that was over before I got to see it?//

Prowl: //I know for a fact you've watched the footage more than once.//

Rodimus: //... Good point.//

Starscream: *snuggled between his two favorite people in all the world, and holding Kermit, his optic shutters have fallen and he is purring softly*

Prowl: //I know.//

Rodimus: //See you in a few hours then. Rodimus out.// *closes the line*

Prowl: *low chuckle as he adjusts the blanket again and then puts his arm around his youngling*

Eclipse: *Snuggled against Starscream, is making her own soft purr*

Prowl: *watches over them. His kids, no matter who else might have built them.* *chuckles again to himself* I should find Rodimus a mate.

Eclipse: *Murmurs softly* Flareup. *And now she's out*

Prowl: *hadn't realized she was still awake. Is embarrassed, but then settles down to contemplate the possible match*

((Co-written with

random_xtras))