What It Is to Be Seeker.
Summary: Sequel to "Seekers Come In Threes." Sam is mended and back at his own Base, but he, Mikaela, and Bumblebee still have much to learn about what it really is to be a Seeker.
Rating: It involves more than one Seeker: it can't be anything less than an M.
Disclaimer: Transformers belongs to Dreamworks/Paramount and Hasbro. Lucky them! I gain no material gain of any sort from this.
A/N: 1 orn=13 days.
What It Is To Be Seeker.
Prologue.
It took some time to get the nine Seekers refuelled, and for all concerned to give their view of events. It was a prodigious yawn from Sam - who still retained many now-irrelevant human reactions - that prompted Ratchet to suggest recharge for all three trines.
"We are short on recharge chambers, but fortunately we have three Seeker-sized ones. It'll be a tight fit but three of you will fit in each one, the new trine, of course, should sleep together, as they will need to reinforce their bond and feel secure, thus will need to be in touching distance of each other for the next three orns."
Starscream swivelled his head one hundred and eighty degrees to look at Ratchet: it reminded Sam of an owl.
"For a grounder, you are very well informed on the subject of Seekers."
Sam could tell from the tone of Starscream's voice that he was not being sarcastic: on the contrary, Starscream's voice sounded respectful.
"Runway and I believe that filling in each other's gaps make sense in case either one of us is unavailable for each other's specialist types so we trade," Ratchet explaned. " I exchange my knowledge of ground forms for his knowledge of all flying types, especially Seekers. With a trine at the Base it would be foolish not to learn from our only Seeker medic about Seekers? What if he is damaged in battle? Just being a medic des not make him immune to coming to harm."
Ratchet led Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee over to a recharge unit. "It'll be a tight fit, but you should all be able to get in together if you shift about a bit." he said, lifting the lid. Starscream quirked a brow ridge.
"You might want to invest in something a bit bigger for your Seekers," he said. "Recharge units have far more fun uses than just for recharging, but not when they're that cramped."
"Why does everything always boil down to the interface value for you, Starscream?" Ratchet asked in a disgruntled tone.
"Ok, its not just me, Ratchet," Starscream said as the three newest jets managed to squeeze in front-to back-to back. "It's all part and parcel of being a Seeker."
As Sam drifted off into recharge, his last conscious thought was that he'd have to ask Starscream what he meant by that last cryptic comment. It sounded interesting, to say the least.