Weeks after weeks of agonising pains from within my stomach finally came to an end, Megatron hadn't found me yet probably thanks to Soundwave and the Autobot's but now I had my servos full with my new sparkling. From the moment he was born he had been a trouble maker, no one had told him who his sire was but he seemed happy enough playing with the human children and Bumblebee for the time being.

"Riptide, come here please," I called towards the young sparkling as he played tag with the human children and Bumblebee, for such a strong little sparkling he was extremely gentle.

"Coming carrier!" He giggled as he made his way over, as much as he resembled his sire he also carried over my pale purple eyes and he was taller than he was bulkier but aside from that he resembled his sire almost perfectly and it scared me most of the time.

"Riptide, my little sunshine, are you being good and drinking your energon?" I cooed picking him up, with a giggle he nodded vigorously.

"Yep! Uncle Bumblebee, Uncle Jack, Uncle Raf, Auntie Miko and I are playing tag! I also made sure to drink all of my energon so I can become big and strong like you carrier!" He giggled his eyes wide with excitement, giving him a smile I planted a gentle kiss on his forehelm before putting him back down.

"Well don't cause too much trouble my little sweet spark, Uncle Ratchet won't be too pleased if you break his equipment again," I chuckled, with a quick nod I watched as he took off after the human children and the grown but childish mech. Megatron might have caused me excruciating pain to both my physical and mental health but Riptide fixed that the moment he was born, he reminded me so much of Bumblebee in a sense but he had never met his sire so I thanked primus he had come out as sweet as he was. Settling myself down on one of the ramps I watched as Bee allowed Riptide to catch him and when the little mech attempted to tackle his far larger target Bumblebee pretended to fall as if attacked by brute strength all the while being careful not to hurt the fragile sparkling in his grasp, letting out a giggle at their behaviour I shook my helm unable to let the joy that Riptide gave me slip from my mind.

"Shadowseeker could we get a ground bridge?" I heard Optimus question over the coms, turning my helm I reached my servo out and pressed a few buttons before a familiar swirling green vortex appeared. Once everyone was through I closed it, from the looks of things they had found a successful energon vein and from the lack of wounds no decepticons had been there.

"Uncle Optimus!" Riptide squealed with joy as he raced over hugging the large red and blue mechs leg, with a chuckle Optimus knelt down to pick the small sparkling up from the ground before placing the energon he held in his servo down.

"I see you've been busy Riptide, I hope you aren't giving your carrier too much trouble with your adventures," Optimus chuckled his blue optics glinting with amusement, although the prime had a good spark he had a hard time knowing how to handle such a small bot within his grasp.

"I've been super good! I also tackled Uncle Bumblebee! He never stood a chance!" The little silver mech exaggerated his purple eyes glinting with pure joy, shaking my helm I crossed my servos.

"Alright you little trouble maker, stop pestering Uncle Optimus, it's your nap time anyways," I sighed a smile plastered on my face, with a soft chuckle Optimus handed the young sparkling over to me. Despite knowing I was right Riptide looked a little saddened, he never liked it when he needed to go into recharge but when he awoke he was bouncing off the walls as if nothing happened. Turning I began making my way down the halls of the base towards my own personal quarters, as much as I liked my new home I still felt a hidden fear of being around my new Autobot companions. Despite my time spent here I also hadn't taken on their signature symbol either, if I didn't have a symbol I had a higher chance of not being picked up on the radar as a bot could only be tracked via its symbol and if needed by their distress signal. Turning a final corner I entered my personal quarters with a sigh, looking down slightly at Riptide I couldn't help but smile to see he was already deep in recharge. Walking over to my berth I laid the small silver sparkling down and pulled a blanket over him, with another sigh I gave him a soft kiss on his forehelm before standing and leaving the room. Making my way back to the main bay I noticed Optimus and Ratchet discussing something, making my way closer they both nodded in acknowledgment to me being there.

"Riptide is growing into a fine young mechling, Megatron is still unaware of his existence but is still trying to track you down, we aren't sure if he knows you are with us but he still doesn't know the whereabouts of our base, on an even higher note we managed to locate a hidden energon vein deep down below signal transmissions in an abandoned mine, we encountered Soundwave but he simply stood watching us, we aren't sure why, perhaps you know what it could mean?" Optimus questioned, thinking it over I nodded.

"To me it feels like he's in his own way making sure you aren't trying to do anything stupid, he is after all the one who created me so in a sense he is like a sire to me, if he didn't have his loyalties to Megatron I have high reason to believe he would come here to live amongst us, Soundwave as silent as he is has good reasons for what he's doing, when he created me he changed from what I noticed over the records, when Megatron did what he did to me I felt his anger and distress from the incident, now I'm sure he wants to see what I'm up to since I can barely feel his connection from within these walls," I explained scratching the back of my neck, from the looks both mechs were giving me I sounded crazy.

"Well if we encounter him within that area again, out of radar reach we will ask him," Optimus stated, with a nod I turned and went to go speak with the others. I was thankful that Optimus was trying his hardest to sort everything out, having a sparkling amongst us all made things all the more stressful on everything we did but it was a risk we needed to take to try and end this war.