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Pain surged through his frame as another contraction took it's sweet time. Ratchet was spreading his legs, seeing how dialated he was. It had been three days since his last check up and two days since he had been in the med bay. He had gone into labor eight hours ago and still was not ready to push.
" No luck, Optimus. You've just got to keep waiting.", Ratchet stood up again.
" It hurts.", Optimus groaned.
" I know, believe me.", Ratchet said, remembering the birth of his first sparkling. Optimus vented in an out like the medic had instructed him to. It felt like his frame was being ripped apart from the inside out.
" Where's Megatron?", he ground out.
" Waiting in the hall.", Ratchet answered.
" I need him. I can't do this without him.", tears flowed freely from his optics now, the pain increasing by the second.
" It's too late. I'm sorry Optimus, but if he were to come in, the environment would be compromised. Your sparkling needs a clean environment to come into and he hasn't been sterilized. You'll be able to see him after you've delivered.", Ratchet said to the Prime. Optimus whimpered as another contraction hit him like a ton of bricks.
Several hours passed and the time for Optimus to push finally came. He let out a mighty roar as he pushed the sparkling from his frame.
" One more, Optimus! One more big push.", Ratchet encouraged him. He followed instructions and he heard a loud cry of a sparkling, but he felt the urge to push again.
" There's another one!", Ratchet alerted his nurses. Optimus had no time to process the information as he pushed again and again. Another cry peirced his audios and he fell back onto the berth, completely and utterly exhausted. He saw two nurses walk out of the room with bundles in their arms.
" Where are they-"
" Shh, they're taking them to get cleaned up. Rest now, you can see Megatron and your sparklings when you got some strength back.", Optimus needed no further persuasion and offlined his optics.
When Optimus awoke again, he saw a blurry image of Megatron holding a bumble wrapped in a blue mesh blanket. He was sitting in a chair next to the medical berth Optimus laid in. He was humming softly and rocking back and forth. Megatron looked up and smiled when he saw that Optimus was awake.
" Where is the other sparkling?", asked Optimus.
" They've only brought him back. Ratchet said they're running tests on the other. He wouldn't even tell me if it was a mech it a femme.", he said. Optimus tried to sit up in the berth, earning a concerned glance from Megatron. Optimus held out his servos to hold his sparkling. Megatron handed the little mech over to Optimus. Once he held him, Optimus looked at the silver faceplates in front of him. Red optics, identical to Megatron's, stared at him. A small, black servo reached up and touched his cheekplate.
" He is perfect.", Optimus said.
" You did wonderfully.", Megatron kissed Optimus' helm.
" I hope you didn't want only one sparkling.", Optimus joked, too enthralled in his son's face to keep his calm, cool, and collected facade.
" When I felt the second wave of pain through the bond, I thought something went wrong. I was ready to turn that medic into scrap, but I heard the second cry and then the pain faded away. I was overjoyed when I found out there were twins.", there was a moment of silence before Optimus spoke up.
" What kind of tests do you suppose Ratchet us running?", he asked.
" I don't know, it didn't take this long with him. They brought him to me right after you fell into recharge.", Megatron said.
" I suppose we should think of some names."
" I suggested some before, but you didn't like them."
" Deathbringer is not suitable name for a sparkling."
" It is perfectly fine in Koan."
" How about...Altair, like the star."
" I like it. I have seen that star before, it truly is a sight."
" And for the other."
" When we find out if it's a mech or a femme.", Megatron leaned back in the chair and waited. Optimus fell even more in love with Altair when he wrapped his tiny servo around his, in comparison, giant finger. Ratchet entered the room with a white mesh blanket in his arms.
" I see you woke up.", he said to Optimus. Megatron and Optimus instantly looked at the second bundle.
" Say hello to your perfectly healthy daughter.", he handed her off to Megatron.
" What tests did you run?", Optimus asked.
" I just wanted to see if she was healthy. It seems her brother took most of the energon you consumed, dwarfing her in size.", Ratchet said. Megatron looked down at the tiny sparkling in his sevos. Her faceplates were silver, like her brother's, but instead of red, she had blue accents. She was recharging, her optics currently offlined, but Megatron could already see her bright blue optics.
" Have you come up with any names yet?", Ratchet asked, knowing they had some difficulty before.
" We've name him Altair, but we haven't named her yet.", Optimus said.
" What about Vega, another star.", Ratchet suggested. Meatron and Optimus looked at each other. They both silently decided they like the name and nodded. Feeling a sense of accomplishment, Ratchet left the four alone.
" Do you want to hold her?", Megatron asked. They switched, Optinus knew it was because Megatron felt more comfortable holding the bigger sparkling. Optimus had never felt more complete in his life. Here with his new family.