A bit more angsty than my usual work, but apparently, Primus has blessed me with an angry plot bunny...that gets absolutely sadistic at the end. Thanks for all faves and follows, and leave a review, dear readers! Also, thanks to Bossbot97 and Sky's Breaker for the spare bunnies. I'll be sure to use them in later fics!
Ratchet's Revenge VI: Revenge Wars, aka Miko Gets Served By All The Autobots, Mainly Ratchet For Being So Damn Annoying
"'GhettoGirl dot com?!' WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY NAME GETS REDIRECTED TO THIS SLAG?!" A visage of a pissed-off Ratchet popped up from behind the screens to greet the children with a Pit-born snarl. Miko had suggested a game of 'Google Your Name' to pass the time as Optimus waited for an Autobot ship to arrive at a designated location, which meant no going outside for the kids or others unless absolutely necessary. Raf had decided to go first, his name drawing results such as the official website of the Royal Air Force, the site every bit as professional and official as the organization itself. Miko went next, only to giggle as the Google search engine changed the results to the query of Miku, as in Hatsune Miku, the Japanese girl getting results relating to Vocaloid, a voice editing program which she had used on numerous occasions in her home country and in Jasper. 'A fun and useful program to make jammin' vocals!', as Miko had described it. Jack had reluctantly searched up his own name, getting many pages from baby name websites and 'true name meanings' websites, which Miko had classified, in her own words, as 'Boring! Why is your name so DULL, Jack?!', almost causing Jack to yell something rude at Miko, who felt slightly offended. All had been going relatively well until the Autobots joined in on the game, the crabby medic accidentally pressing the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button and as a result, stumbled onto a site of scantily-clad African-Americans disgracing themselves with trashy duckface selfies. A loud shout of 'That's my cousin's kid!' could be heard as Fowler had decided to swoop in on the monitor at the wrong moment, who then promptly left.
"These human females are presenting themselves as if they were second-rate pleasurebots from KAON! Do they know ANYTHING about the common percentages of abuse and rape in their state?! They are accidents waiting to happen...who will MAKE accidents!" Ratchet didn't particularly like human culture, especially this culture of willful self-destrucation amongst the already comparatively short-lived creatures. Ratchet really couldn't understand the complicated nature of humans. He had already seen the impact of the overpopulation of Earth and the resulting impact, and had once deemed Eatrh as 'The opposite to Cybertron...This planet will be destroyed by too MANY inhabitants! They don't even need to make war!'
"I've just recieved word of the occupants of the arriving spacecraft. Skyfall, Mirage and Hound will be arriving in about half an hour." Optimus suddenly made the announcement, lifting his finger away from his comlink.
"Isn't Skyfall the name of that new James Bond movie?!" Miko asked Ratchet. She was an avid fan of the James Bond series, and had watched the newest movie several times. Wide, chocolate-hazel eyes laced with curiousness bore into Ratchet, her expression demanding an answer. Ratchet sighed. Bulkhead chuckled.
"Miko, Skyfall is one of the Autobots! Use your common sense, you idiot!"
Miko sighed with an are-you-kidding-me look in her face. "Ratchet, I was just asking! No need to be so angry!"
"I'm just making a point here. You never use your common sense! It's like the many times you jumped through the GroundBridge...You could get killed! And you could get US killed!""
"I'm still here, breathing, am I not?! And you guys too! ALL of you!" Miko vented. Big mistake. Arcee, who had been quietly standing near the GroundBridge, staying away from conflict couldn't take it anymore. The blue femme stormed over to Miko and roughly snatched her up, constricting her.
"Do. You. Know. Who. CLIFFJUMPER. Is?!" Although it was not directly Miko's fault, Arcee had been extremely angered at Miko's ignorant and arrogant comment about how ALL the Autobots were still alive. As Arcee squeezed the little girl tighter, Optimus warned Arcee, and she reluctantly let Miko go, throwing her as she fell to the ground. Miko got up, now quite upset, and stormed off. Why was everyone being so mean to her today?! Miko sighed, still very sore from the throw, and walked off to Bumblebee, cheering up slightly as she saw his happy appearance. Had he forgiven her for the event 2 days earlier?. Miko started a conversation with the scout, trying to forget about the kerfuffle beforehand and hoping to restore peace.
"Google your name next! I want to see the results! I bet they'll be hilarious!" said Miko, doing her best to sound happy and hoping to lift the mood of the base inhabitants. A string of angry beeps, chirps and whirrs could be heard, followed by 'The Bird', which Bee had learned from some questionable human culture, mainly late-night action flicks.
"Bumblebee!" yelled Optimus from across the room. He felt like he had done this numerous times, the most significant time from when he...and that Agent Simmons...Yeah. You know what happened.
"I don't really want to say what Bee just said...it might offend..." said Raf nervously.
"Say it, Raf!" spat Miko, Bee also letting out a beep which seemed like an agreement to Miko's sharp statement.
"Okay...Bee says 'I have better things to do and not injure, you damned annoying flesh hunk! First me, now Arcee! Are you really that indifferent?! Go bother Optimus or some...' I really can't bring myself to say the rest...I guess he's still angry from the 'thing' 2 days ago..." Raf translated. 2 days earlier, something had happened, causing one of Bee's precious doorwings to snap, and the young scout to follow suit. Bee loved his wings. It seemed these days many people and bots were mad at Miko. Miko yelled back at Bumblebee.
"Well, fine, you piece of scrap metal. Be a grouch like Ratchet! Do you guys hate me or something?! I just wanted to have some fun..." Miko's eyes were slightly moist, tears pricking at their sharp sides threating to spill. Miko stormed off into the far corridor of the base, disappearing off into a side room. The heavy door closed shut with a resounding boom. Optimus vented, then went back to plotting coordinates. Bee bleeped another cluster of chirrups, this time sounding concerned. Bulkhead reassured the young bot.
"Don't worry, Bee. She'll be fine. She's...like that..."
"What's up with Nakadai causing all this conflict?!" asked Arcee as she watched the young human leave the room.
"Being an annoying little fragger, as always! Using up resources unwisely, wasting time...Tried to cooperate with her today. Now look what's happened." Ratchet continued tracking the ship, now getting closer. Business was now back to usual with Miko gone for the moment. Optimus continued watching over Ratchet and the GroundBridge area, and the others sat around, still slightly stunned from the past happenings. Raf watched the bots work, carefully studying their huge frames moving to and fro to prepare for the immenent arrival. He felt a little bad for Miko, yet was glad that her pestering was momentarily gone. Jack, looking over at Raf, handed the young boy a controller.
"Wanna play a round of Turbo Racer II?" offered Jack. Raf slowly accepted the controller, and shifted himself in front of the TV. Bee took his normal position and moved behind them, looking forward into the screen. Not halfway into the game, the TV went black.
"What's happened?" asked Jack, putting down the controller. Raf got up, and pointed at the green screens the 'bots were working on. Alarm bells were ringing in both the console and everyone's minds.
:IMMINENT POWER FAILURE:
"Slag!" exclaimed Ratchet angrily. He tapped in some codes, and up came more lines of codes. "Someone's planted a virus in our systems while we were downloading the space arrival's info!"
"But how?" asked Raf. "Isn't this network supposed to be a secure line with no outside access?"
"Yes!" snarled Ratchet. "This isn't the work of some outside force! Somebody has physically tampered with our network system! They're exposing our network to...anyone who's online right now! We've got no virus block, all the data is insecure, and the virus inserted is draining our power! Someone HAS to be doing this deliberately!"
"But who?" retorted Jack, following Raf's style of questioning. "Isn't this base supposed to house only us at the moment?"
"Yes, but...Miko!" cried Arcee, having a sudden moment of clarity. "But why would she do this..." Arcee thought for a moment. Having experienced only one thing in her life which could turn someone on their friends like this in such a situation was..."Revenge."
"What? But she isn't the computer genius! Raf..."
Ratchet cut in. "Our network system is protected by a program which is externally connected to a system in a complex piece of hardware. Because of security guidelines, we cannot install into the mainframe foreign programs such as this. Miko has to just pull a wire marked 'Antivirus' and then, our system is completely unprotected. Oh, I'm going to kill her!"
"Oh..." Jack sighed. "I better go check on her..." Jack walked out of the room, Ratchet following.
"I have to follow,in case Miko ruins something else, which she will..."
"Ratchet!"
A few minutes ago, in the corridor...
It wasn't fair! Why was everyone so angry at HER?! Miso stormed into the corridor, and went into a side room. She didn't really care what room it was; she just wanted to get away from it all in her own personal space of depravity.
"I'm such a bother to them all..." Miko closed her eyes and sighed sadly, feeling depressed. It wasn't really her fault that she was so annoying; it was just the way she was. As Miko's eyes adjusted to the dim light, she realised she was in a room willed with machines. Looking over at one particular huge machine in the middle, she could tell it was a computer of some sorts, with many wires and connectors plugged into it. The machine whirred quietly, and emanated a soft wave of heat. Miko slowly walked up to it, and relaxed next to it, letting the heat of the device calm her racing mind.
"Mmmm..." Miko's back was being caressed by the hot air blowing out of the machine. She stood quietly, her mind reminiscing and creating different scenarios of the events just passed. What she could've and shouldn't have done. What she could do to apologize. What she could do for...revenge. She felt a little discriminated against after her recent escapades with the bots, and how they all seemed to have a vendetta on her. Miko smiled as she played a few revenge scenarios through her head. After a minute, her feet began to protest at the odd position she had placed herself in; Her legs were crossed and she was leaning on the tip of her toes. The young girl slowly slid down the console, using a thick bundle of computer wires to hang onto and eased herself down. Turning slightly on her side, she could see that the machine she had been leaning on was plastered with labels. Miko squinted, and read the stickers, staring closely so she could see them.
"Internet...Antivirus/firewall...audio...visual... communication. Hmmm..." Miko's mischievous spark slowly returned as she realised what havoc she could wreck, as the thought of revenge began to dominate her mind. If she were to pull a wire out, what could possibly happen?! Miko smirked. Sure, she knew her 'friends' needed this equipment, but revenge was forefront on the young girl's mind, clouding judgement. She was now stuck not between conscience, as she had just rid herself of it, but which wire to pull. She decided to play a little game to help her decide.
"Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo...Aha!" Making a quick random decision, Miko pulled a wire with a grunt as she fell backwards, unintentionally pulling another cable. Instantly she could hear a rushed kerfuffle come from the main room. An alarm rang. Scuffling of metal feet could be heard.
"Slag!"
"Someone's planted a virus in our systems while we were downloading the space arrival's info!"
A virus as well?! Sweet! And the best thing...No one would suspect her! Only Raf would be able to know this...right?!
"But who?" Jack. Miko smiled with malicious glee. This was so fun! Another wire? Yes please! Pulling the 'Communications' wire, she was slightly disappointed. Obviously no one was currently using that system. Damn.
"What? But she isn't the computer genius! Raf..."
She?! Oh, scrap. Miko winced. Hopefully they weren't referring to...
"Miko has to just pull a wire marked 'Antivirus' and then, our system is completely unprotected. Oh, I'm going to kill her!"
Miko gasped, slightly shaking in fear.
She was in for it now...
Slowing down near the main server room, Jack slipped in. He could see a slender figure crawling around the wiring, eventually sitting down behind a large object. The wiring belonged to the many machines stacked on top of each other, the contraptions being the things which made sure this base worked as normal. Some of the machinery had been detached.
"Ratchet..."
"Yes?" hissed Ratchet quietly, peering into the room, the glow of his bright optic illuminating the front of the room.
"It's Miko alright. Move back out. I should talk to her alone." said Jack to Ratchet. The orange medic moved back, the room once again falling into darkness, slight dots of light from the machines lighting the far end. The room was cold as to keep the machinery cool. Jack slowly walked through the room, searching for the elusive shadow of Miko, his canvas shoes making quiet squeaks on the smooth varnished floor. Jack soon spotted a figure sitting behind the machine, shaking. As Jack slowly put her hand on Miko's shoulder, the girl screamed and jumped, Jack shushing her.
"It's me, Jack."
Miko snarled. "You scared me! If Ratchet..."
"Just me, Miko." lied Jack. "By the way, you should apologize to the team for what you've done. They're really angry at you."
"I can tell...Ratchet's going to kill me! Didn't you hear?" said Miko coldly. Jack was a bit concerned. Usually, Miko was never this timid. Ratchet must've really scared her with that statement. Jack had to get her back to him. This sulking would not do...
"Miko...come on. I'm sure Ratchet and the others will understand."
"No! I've screwed things up! I could've put the base in danger! Just listen to what Arcee said! The Autobots have already lost one..." Miko couldn't and wouldn't dare think of what would happen if one of the Autobots were to die as a result of her doing. The burden of such an action would be unbearable; the mere thought already terrifying.
"Well, as YOU said, nothing has happened, right, Miko?" Jack smiled a small smile, hoping to cheer Miko up. Looking up at Jack, Miko smiled as well.
"I guess...thanks, Jack." Miko said softly, cheering up.
"Come on, Miko. Let's get back into the main room of the base." Jack slowly coaxed Miko up, the young girl getting to her feet quickly.
"I can get up by myself, you know..." Jack smiled. She was back. "And just one more thing..." Miko went over confidently to the disconnected wires, and picked them up. Studying them, she was suddenly afraid again. The main consoles may have had labels to differenciate the connection, but the wires were a completely different story.
They all looked the same!
"Jack..."
"Yeah, Miko..."
"...Where do these go?"
Scrap.
Back in the main room, the Autobots were still fuming, mainly Ratchet. Bee felt a little more remorseful, feeling terrible for what he had said to Miko.
"We've got to apologise!" beeped Bee in his beep speech.
"Or revenge. You do realise how much pain she is causing us, right?" Ratchet was mad as the Pit. He had murder in his expressions, and was truly ready to hurt Miko. "She needs to be taught a lesson!" He picked up a weapon, and swung it around. Raf's eyes widened. Arcee then piped up. Wanting both revenge against and peace from Miko yet be able to go back to kicking aft quicker, she decided on both things together.
"Maybe both. But not too harsh on the revenge front. I'd prefer if the base to get back to normal quicker to we can slag some more 'Cons quicker!"
Ratchet wisely put his energon prod away at this moment. Bee bleeped in response to the action. "Really, Ratchet?!"
Suddenly, Jack ran into the room. "Hey Raf! We need your help!"
"Coming!" Raf called Bee over, leapt on his servo, and was swiftly placed on the floor next to Jack, who took off instantly with Raf following suit, Raf knowing what the two needed from him. They quickly disappeared from sight. Once the humans had left the main room, the Autobots went back to their discussion.
"I have and idea. We should get Miko back into here and..."
"Don't hurt her!" yelled Bulkhead, who had been quiet for the whole procedure, only finally talking as Ratchet's nasty optic-gleam go to him. "Scare her, yes, but no hurting her!"
"Bulkhead..."
"No!" It was clear to all the bots that Bulkhead was deadly serious. One wrong move with Miko and someone would be facing certain death.
"Fine...but what shall we do now?!"
"Use her as a shooting target?" said Arcee. Bulkhead shot her a death glare. Quickly, she changed her meaning of the sentence. "I meant using pies..."
"Too light!"
Bee bleeped his solution. Instantly the others recoiled.
"Too...disgusting!" yelled Ratchet, revolted.
"Maybe you should just stop this youngling behavior?!" said Optimus calmly, having finally had enough of his team's shenanigans. He was going to hurt them if they kept behaving this way.
"Prime, we need to teach her a lesson..."
"By setting a good example." No one could argue with that. Prime, that was. Ratchet huffed, and went back to the side of the room, muttering. He had a plan, though. While Prime's back was turned, he began secretly chatting to the other bots, spreading his plan around. Bulkhead didn't seem to happy, but accepted as long as his rule was followed.
"So this..." said Raf, holding a wire, "...goes to this." The wire clicked perfectly. Raf had finally solved the wire mystery, and was done. "We just have to wait a bit before all systems are online now." Miko sighed in relief, and hugged Raf tightly. Jack smiled. Walking to the door, he called the others over.
"Let's go back. The bots will be glad to hear the problems have been fixed."
Miko let Raf down, and grinned. "All thanks to Raf, of course!" Miko walked over to Jack, and went into the corridor with Raf tagging along, slowly making their way back into the main room. Four glowing pairs of optics stared down at the trio, mostly glaring at Miko. Ratchet seemed to have a feral look on him. Prime had already left to get the newcomers. Miko shyly shuffled forward, and began softly talking, still a bit afraid.
"Hi, guys...I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused..." stuttered Miko regretfully, sounding genuinely sorry and scared.
"No." spat Arcee nastily. "We could've been attacked by Decepticons! I mean..." Suddenly, Arcee was cut off by a loud roar. Jack gasped in shock.
"Ratchet!" yelled Miko as she pointed at the snarling mech. The medic had gone crazy again! Bee took off, running off, bleeping like mad. He was probably still scared from last time's attack when he had stolen the medic's wrench.
"He's saying something about how Ratchet will try and attack every moving thing in sight." translated Raf, not-so calmly.
"We should hide for the moment. Follow us!" gestures Bulkhead and Arcee. The trio ran after Arcee and Bulkhead quickly while Ratchet was not looking, and just barely made the door as Ratchet pursued them, coming to a dead end as the heavy door slammed together. Running into the corridor, the five hid in a storeroom just as they heard a loud clang. Hearing heavy footsteps outside the door, they hid behind and under random things in the storeroom. Bulkhead hid behind a large portable storage cupboard while Arcee slipped into the shadows of an alcove. Jack leapt into an empty Energon cube, which was oddly oblique as if it had been painted over. He carefully flipped the container, and used it as a disguise, crawling over to the other two humans.
"Psst. Get in!" Jack urged. Sneaking out from their own hiding places, Miko and Raf quickly hid under the box with Jack just in the nick of time. The door was blown apart as a mad orange mech stepped in. It was Ratchet, but with special modifications. Miko peeked out from under the cube, and caught an eyeful of them. 2 long fangs stuck out of his mouth, his hands were clawed and so were his feet, which now resembled a velociraptor's, with one large sickle toe. His armour was covered in spikes, and his optics glowed purple. Miko was stunned.
"How did Ratchet...mmph!" Jack put his hand around Miko's mouth, and mimed the action of pulling a zip across his mouth. Raf just hid and stayed silent.
"I know you're in here! Come out now and I won't hurt you *that* much!" taunted the mad bot, clicking his gargantuan claws together, striking up sparks. The predator looked around, and approached an upturned cube.
"Uhh...Jack? I can hear..." Miko was cut off by a loud noise.
*CRUNCH*
A loud crunching was heard as Ratchet's claws made their way through the comparatively weak container. The cube was lifted sky-high, then crushed between the huge metal weapons. The monster roared with an air of victory, and of course, as part of his plan, picked up Miko. Jack and Raf dodged behind a pillar.
"Let me go, Ratchet! I said I was sorry!" cried Miko as she stared into the carnal purple optics of Ratchet. The medic smiled a toothy smile at the writhing teen, and hissed. Miko snarled and pushed on the clawed servo holding her. "There! You got me! What a great prank! Now PUT ME DOWN!"
Ratchet only huffed, the puff emitted from his mouth causing Miko's fringe to fly up. "No way, Miko."
"That's not funny! Come on, Ratchet!" Miko moved wildly, only causing Ratchet to grip her lithe body tighter. Ratchet then slowly cracked open his mouth slightly. Miko's eyes widened interror.
"No! No way! I saw what you did to Vince...Aaaaahhhhhh!" Miko was pushed into the cavernous cavity, which closed with a neat clink behind her. "Help me!" screamed Miko, dodging Ratchet's sharp fangs. "Let me out of here! I swear I won't annoy you again!"
"No!" smirked the medic. Suddenly, Miko kicked the back his oral cavity, resulting in Ratchet to flick his glossa at the girl, dislodging her from her position in a moment of reflex, causing him to accidentally...swallow her. Ratchet let out a quiet "Uh Oh." as a scream was heard from inside his mouth, which seemed to descend. This disastrous moment was quickly made worse as Bulkhead bounded into the room, hearing Miko's cries. One look at Ratchet's strangled expression and he knew exactly what had happened.
"No...You didn't!" The large green bot promptly went up to the orange medic and began shaking him, hoping to shake Miko out, which failed. In addition, Miko slid down another length down into Ratchet's innards, soon realizing where she was going to fall...
"HEEEEEELLLLP! I'm going to be ground up!" screeched the teen, who was forcing herself to stay at the position she was in by forcing her arms and legs into the walls of whatever she was in, in a very spy-esque manner. She gulped, seeing the pulverizing gears and blades under her, ready to take her into the realm of oblivion, Ratchet's blue spark illuminating the blades. Almost slipping, Miko dug her nails deeper into the walls of Ratchet's innards, screaming for help. Thinking of a solution to avert death, she realized something. Gravity...it was pulling her down to doom! How could she get it to stop pulling her...That's it! It was just simple physics!
"Bulk, Get Ratchet to lie down! The gravity will stop me falling any further!"
"Lie down, Ratchet!" Bulkhead shoved the old medic down, and jumped on him, forcing his mouth open. "You REALLY went too far this time with this prank, Ratchet!".
"Stop! You'll...Gaarrgh!" Ratchet stopped as he felt a fist force its way down his fuel intake pipe, in other words, his 'throat'. "Stop it!" yelled Ratchet, using Bumblebee's old technique of talking through his radio using voice clips. As Bulkhead continued his fruitless attempt of trying to get his arm into Ratchet's insides yet avoiding his fangs, he had an idea. Only one bot would have an arm thin and long enough to get the girl.
"Arcee! Help me!" Bulkhead yelled. Arcee bounded over, and knelt down next to Bulkhead. He continued straddling the medic while he pulled his servo back, still forcing Ratchet's mouth open. Arcee carefully inserted her hand successfully, and made her way down to Miko.
"Help!" screamed Miko again. As she tried to crawl up the slippery tube confining her, she saw a slender blue hand. "Arcee? Is that you?"
"Yes. Crawl into my servo!" ordered the femme. Miko willingly obliged, and hopped on. Arcee, once given the all clear by Miko, began hauling her back up. Outside, Bulkhead had gotten off Ratchet, now just holding him down. The others, including Bee who had finally decided to poke his head in to check on them, was finally relieved. However, that relief was short lived as he heard the clomp of two large feet down the hallway.
Prime was back!
Quickly raising the alarm, Bee ordered the others out, yelling orders at them, such as "Go distract Optimus!" and "Close this door! He can't find us like this! Not with company!" Bulkhead rushed out, followed by the two humans, who stood guard at the storeroom doors. Bee quickly slammed the door shut, leaving Ratchet and Arcee behind.
Optimus growled. How could he fall for a trick like this? The whole act of the arriving spaceship had merely been a guise by the Decepticons to catch Optimus and also to get the co-ordinates of the base. Optimus was almost thankful to Miko, the girl having cut the power unintentionally just in time before their enemy could access their location. He had been jumped by some Vehicons as he has arrived at the designated location, and had had to fight off Starscream, the Seeker 'blasting off once again' after his failed attempt at resraining Optimus. The poor Prime sighed as he entered the base. Hopefully, his underlings had finally 'grown up' and had finally stopped their bickering. The first bot he saw was Bumblebee.
"Boss! You're back! Where are the others?"
Optimus responded, knowing questions like this were bound to happen. "Get the whole team into here. I shall tell you all what has happened."
Bee seemed to shiver nervously. "I'm afraid some lot us are...busy at the moment. Why don't you just relax In here for the moment? Here, have some High Grade..." beeped Bee, throwing Optimus onto a large bench. The Prime was taken aback from the young bot's actions. As the yellow Autobot handed him a large cube filled with a pink liquid, Prime got slightly suspicious.
"Drink up." said Bee. After a few moments of awkward staring, Optimus knew. Bee NEVER acted like this unless something was amiss.
"Something's up, am I correct?"
"Come on! Urgh!" Arcee grunted. Her fist, which held Miko, was stuck! "Frag!"
"Buddy, compared to me, your problem is nothing!" Ratchet used another voice clip to convey his condition. Arcee was stuck as she had to be careful with Miko; if she clenched her fist any tighter, Miko would be crushed. Yet that was the only way to get her out! "There can be only one..." commented Ratchet with a Scottish-sounding accent to the voice. Arcee glared.
"Aargh! Miko, can you get any footing yet?!"
"No!" responded the girl. Arcee groaned. She needed something even thinner than her arm to get Miko out! She had already tried to find a rope, but that failed. She saw a sharp barbed weapon that was thin enough, but Ratchet had protested.
"I got something, Arcee! I got something!" yelled Miko suddenly."
"Hang on tight!" I'm letting go!" Arcee let Miko go, and smoothly eased her servo out of Ratchet's mouth. Almost instantly, Ratchet began making a choking sound.
"Cat got your tongue?" yelled Ratchet. Knowing what he meant, Arcee burst out laughing. She then knew what Miko had caught onto.
"Flick it forward, Ratchet! She's almost out!" ordered Arcee, still spluttering. Ratchet did as told, and Miko came flying out, landing in a heap of liquid and mess. Getting up slowly, she revolted and shook herself off.
"Ratchet, I could've been killed!" Miko was still shaken from the preceding events, and ran over to Arcee, who sighed. Ratchet slowly let Miko out, opening the door an inch carefully. The girl ran off to the showers. The door quickly closed again, almost claiming Ratchet's digits. Trying to pry open the door further, Ratchet noticed it had been somehow jammed, yet he was unaware it had been jarred by a piece of the shattered cube he broke earlier.
"Frag!" exclaimed the medic, still pushing. "Arcee, can you assist me?"
"Sure." The femme walked over. Snaking under Ratchet arm, she pushed against the door, the fragment of cube screeching against the door frame making a terrible noise.
"Ugh...This door is making an awful racket!"
"What did you say, Arcee?" Ratchet yelled back, the loud grinding screech drowning out Arcee's voice. In fact, the noise was so loud it drowned out the yells of Jack and Raf warning them that Optimus was coming.
"Harder, Ratchet!"
"I can't push any harder!" cried Ratcht, leaning further into the door, the pair still unaware of the noise from outside, the noise being the heavy clomp of Prime's feet.
"You're crushing my wings!" yelled Arcee as Ratchet's frame clamped down on them.
"Come on!" snarled Ratchet, pushing even harder. Arcee and Ratchet continued pushing, when all of a sudden, the door gave way. Ratchet fell onto a shocked Arcee as they fell, armour locking into each other, some pieces even falling off.
a bit earlier...
"Prime, stay! You haven't finished your..." Bee chirped desperately, hoping to slow down Optimus.
"Bumblebee, you're not fooling me. Something's up. I can tell." Prime pushed past the young scout, heading to the corridor. Bee tagged along, hoping to get his bosses attention.
"Optimus!"
"Bumblebee! Stop following me!" yelled Prime, pushing the scout back. Bee only let out a chirrup of defeat. As Bee figuratively raised his white flag, Bulkhead ran out to greet Prime...by the means of a huge bearhug. Taken aback, Prime let out an 'Eep!' of surprise.
"Prime! So good to see you!" cooed Bulkhead, almost crushing the poor Prime between his strong Wrecker arms.
"Bulkhead! Stop!" yelled Optimus.
"But Pri..." Bulkhead was cut off by a loud grinding screech coming from the storeroom. He knew it. To join the fretting clique of Bumblebee and Bulkhead, Jack and Raf had just appeared, yelling loudly over the horrific noise.
"Decepticons! They got Miko! Ratchet and Arcee are dealing with it but the 'Con says if you go in there he will kill her!" yelled Raf, making a quick lie up to cover the three. Unfortunately, at the same time Jack had also decided to create a lie. A very different lie.
"The door of the storeroom is stuck! Power's just come back on and..." Jack quieted as Raf also followed suit. Prime looked at them and shook his head.
"I know you're hiding something. You don't have to hide it." Prime informed the four, which soon became five as Miko bounded out from the washrooms.
"Prime! Hello! So where are the newcomers? Are they in the main room? What do they look like? Do they..."
"It was a Decepticon trap." As prime said the five words, a murmur circulated the group, which was only suddenly cut off when a loud scream was heard.
"Harder, Ratchet!"
The whole group froze. Was that Arcee?
"I can't push any harder!"
"Oh My..." Bulkhead began. He had a slight idea of what was going on, and to say the least, it was...rather unsavory...He began to radiate a little heat.
"You're crushing my wings!"
This time, the whole group began to heat up. Miko spoke up.
"I should g..."
"No. I'm going to investigate. Follow me." ordered Prime. He walked over to the storeroom in question, the loud screech still ringing out loudly. Prime pushed the door open easily, and heard a loud crash. Looking down, he saw quite a sight!
Ratchet was lying on top of Arcee, who was missing some of her armour. He was straddling the small femme, and had some of his armour detached as well. Ratchet looked up to a whole crowd of shocked and disgusted faces.
"What are they doing?" Raf asked.
"By The Allspark!" cried Bulkhead. "You don't wanna know, Raf!"
"Prime..." Looking down at the blue Autobot pinned under him he quickly added "This isn't what it looks like! I swear!"
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