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Do it again!


'Ratchet, you in here?'

A loud crash along with the usual cussing coming from the half finished medical bay was the only indication the cannon totting mech got that Ratchet was near. 'Slaggin, pit spawned piece of...'

Ironhide held back the laughter as he entered the bay to find the hot tempered medic flat on his back as the culprit of the fall rolled away in the form of a small pipe.

'Well at least you fell in the med bay.'

'Cram it hide before I reformat you into a toaster!' The old medic took the offered hand and got back onto his feet.

'At least let me give you a message from Prime first.' Giving Ratchet an arm to steady himself on, Ironhide directed his old friend to the newly installed berth. 'The boss bot is bringing your first patient to the med bad.'

'Optimus found more Autobots? Why didn't he call me? He can't transport injured bots on such rough roads!' Ratchet couldn't believe it; Prime would never do something like this. 'When I get my hands on him...'

'Ratch! I don't think Prime's bringing any bots in, he said it was a "tiny" patient.'

'He's going to be praying that Primus...tiny patient?' Wide blue optics turned to face the black mech. 'A tiny patient? What did he do, pick up a kitten?'

'I'm not sure, but you will get your chance to ask him; it sounds like he's arrived.'

'Good, that means I can also weld his aft to the ceiling for being so late.'

"Sparkling, it's time to get up." A still tired Sparks opened her bright blues to the sound of the deep calm voice of her daddy.

"Where are we?"

"In a safe place, but you need to hop out so someone can look at your feet." Optimus could hear the pain in the little sparkling voice when she had spoken and it had him worried. Worried enough that he had run a scan over the sleeping child every ten earth minutes just to reassure himself that the injuries were not as bad as they looked.

"Hey big guy, glad you made it back safe and sound...I take it that you had to pass through the storm." The voice of Major William Lennox brought the Autobot leader out of his concerned thoughts as the major approached the Peterbilt.

"Yes, I was forced to wait out the strongest part of the storm, but I will explain the rest to you later as I have a favour to ask of you." The flame covered truck opened his driver side door to reveal the little red head wrapped in a large fleece blanket.

William instantly noticed the little girl's red and raw feet and wondered where Optimus had found her.

"Sparkling, this is William Lennox; he is going to help you out so you don't hurt your feet anymore."

"Can I take the blankie with me?" Sparks pulled the blue blanket tighter around her body as security.

"Of course you can." Optimus felt the sparkling weight shift as she slowly went to major Lennox. The Prime was thankful when the soldier went into father mode.

"Hey sweety, what's your name?"

Sparks looked up at the strange man, unsure if she could trust him or not; thought her father seemed to trust him. "My mommy called me Emily but daddy calls me Sparks."

"Sparks huh, how did you get that nick name? William shifted the girl in his arms so that she was more comfortable and facing away from a certain truck that was creeping out of the room to release the trailer in another part of the building.

"Cause I like trucks."

"Really, well you'll find plenty of them here; now let's see if we can find someone to look after those little feet of yours." William continued to keep Sparks distracted and he had been doing a good job of it; that is until the girl looked for a blue and red Perterbilt semi.

"Come on daddy, I have to...daddy?" Sparks had turned to look for her daddy only to find that he wasn't there anymore. This caused new tears to fall from her already watery eyes as fright consumed her. "Daddy! Where are you?" Still not getting an answer, Sparks began to struggle in the strangers arms.

"It's ok Sparks, he'll be back." William was having a difficult time holding onto the squirming girl.

"No! I want my daddy! Where's my daddy!"

"Just calm down sweetheart; I promise he'll be right back." The high pitched screams were almost too much for Williams's ears.

"Daddy! I want my daddy! I want my daddy!"

The sound of two pairs of metallic feet storming through the hall stopped the major from saying anything more as he turned with the still crying child in his arms to see both Ratchet and Ironhide enter the bay.

"What in the name of..."

"Daddy!"

"Ratchet make her stop screaming, my audios can't take much more of it." Ironhide already had his hands pressed against his helm where his audio receptors were located.

"Well stop whatever has her screaming." Ratchets optics zeroed in on the major that was struggling with the sparkling.

Unfortunately his optics weren't the only ones to focus in on the crying girl. Ironhide apparently had the same reaction to the fearful cries of the sparkling as both bots lunged for the major.

Ironhide had drawn his weapons out of instinct as he aimed them at William and when he moved forward he never noticed that Ratchet was doing the exact same thing.

"Daddy! Where's my daddy?"

Saw drawn, Ratchet's paternal programming kicked into overdrive and sent him charging towards the poor major. Just as Ironhide never noticed the medic's movement, Ratchet didn't see the trigger happy mech heading in the same direction. This lack of attention caused a bit of a problem, with both Autobots charging to the rescue, feet became tangled causing one loud and not so graceful fall.

"Slag it!" Ironhide felt the weight of the yellow hummer on his back as Ratchet fell with his saw still running.

"Put the sparkling down major!"

"And for the love of Primus make it snappy!" The black topkick still had his cannons warmed up for battle.

"But, Optimus is going to be right back." William wasn't sure what to do, the threat of cannons and a saw made the thought process a little difficult.

"I want my daddy!"

"Put the sparkling in my hand major Lennox, Prime asked me to look at her." Ratchet thrust his free hand out and waited for the man to placer her in it.

"Ok, ok...here you go, she's all yours." William was relieved to be rid of the screaming, squirming child.

Ratchets hand carefully curled over the quivering sparkling as he put his saw away and carefully got back up to his feet. "Ironhide, would you radio Prime and tell him to meet us in the med bay."

"As soon as feeling returns to my back." Cannons stowed away, Ironhide could feel his joints groan as he got to his own feet.

Sparks had gone silent the moment the strange man had set her in a large looking hand. Gazing up she saw what looked to be a giant robot.

"Hello there Sparkling, my name is Ratchet and this is Ironhide." Both the major and weapons specialist could only look at the medic in complete disbelief at how "sweet" the grouchy old bot was being.

Major Lennox was the first to regain his voice. "Ironhide, please tell me I'm seeing things"

"Either Primus is playing some sick joke on us or Ratchet really does have a soft spot for little sparkling."

"Should we be worried?"

"Probably, he hasn't...owowowow! You slaggin...OWWWW! Now what was that for?" Ironhide reached up to feel two new dents in his helm thanks to the Hatchet and his wrench.

"No cussing in front of the sparkling, now lets go."

"I think he's going to be just fine Will." Ironhide grumbled as he trudged behind the medic.

"What about my daddy?" Sparks asked as she wiped away the tears from her face. For some odd reason she left comfortable and safe with these giant robots; they reminded her of her daddy in a way.

"He will be meeting us soon. Now what is your name sparkling." Ratchets sweet disposition continued on as he entered the medical bay.

"Heehee, that is my name...or at least what my daddy calls me, or Sparks." The small red head giggled up at the big yellow bot that was carrying her towards a very large table.

"Sparkling huh, well it suits you that's for sure." Ratchet set Sparks down on the berth and proceeded to look at her injuries. A quick scan only showed superficial wounds that were easily taken care of, the only problem was was they needed to get her some clean clothes. "I'll have to see about getting some clothes for you from one of the soldiers here on the base until we can get you something better."

"Ok...ummmmm, Watchet? Does my daddy look like you guys.?"

The way the sparkling had pronounced his name made Ratchets spark warm up to the little human child. "Yes he does Sparks, would you like to see how."

"Oh yes please." Sparks smiled up at the medic in delight at the fact that her daddy could change into a big robot.

"Ironhide, transform for the little sparkling."

"But Ratchet, can't she just wait till..."

"Now Ironhide!" The wrench that was waving in the air caused Ironhide to flinch and quickly his mind changed.

"Alright, alright..." With a mutter the top pick began to fold himself up and within seconds he became a large sized truck much to the delight of the little girl.

"Wow...now change back." Sparks clapped her hands as the yellow robot began to wrap her feet with bandages.

Feeling that it would be better to comply with the sparklings little demand, Ironhide transformed back to his bipedal mode. "There, all done."

"Heehee, do it again, again."

Ironhide was about to refuse until he saw the look on Ratchets face along with the wrench that 'said' medic was tapping lightly against his leg in a threatening manner. "Ok, but just once more and that's it."

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