"Blades!" Heatwave called to the helicopter for the twelfth time. The fire truck was getting pissed and his hangover wasn't helping, but he couldn't blame Blades. He knew if Blades was in audio receiver-shot than he would be running to him in fear.

"Blades!" Heatwave called again, entering the garage.

"Yes?" came the reply.

Heatwave looked around, but for the life of him couldn't find Blades. "Where are you?"

"Look up," Blades sighed.

"What the frag?" Heatwave exclaimed as he looked up to find the helicopter sitting on one of the rafters of the huge garage. "How the slag did you get up there?"

"I flew," Blades shrugged.

"In the garage?" Heatwave asked, startled.

Blades shrugged again, but then smiled a little. He said, "Needed a quiet place to think."

"Oh," Heatwave said bluntly. "Well Optimus called. He wants to talk to you."

Blades's smile disappeared in an instant. "Got it," he said, hopping down from the rafters and landing on his peds. He walked away to the monitor room leaving a startled Heatwave in his wake.

~~~~Time skip~~~~

"You two are never going to believe what I just saw," Heatwave said to Boulder and Chase as he was lowered on the lift to the bunker.

"What did you see?" Boulder asked, curious as always.

"Blades was sitting in the rafters of the garage," Heatwave said.

"That explains why he couldn't hear your yelling," Chase said, secretly paying close attention to the Heatwave's story.

"That's weird," Boulder pondered out loud. "He's afraid of heights, so why would he be up there?"

"I don't know," Heatwave shrugged, "maybe he got over his fear."

"I don't think so," Boulder chuckled. "Blades has fear hard wired into his processor."

At that moment Blades entered the room with a conflicted look on his faceplate.

"What's wrong Blades?" Chase asked.

"Optimus wants to see all of us," Blades said, beckoning for the others to come. Boulder and Heatwave walked by the copter without a second thought, but Blades stopped Chase. "You and me can of get Chief."

"Of course," Chase nodded. After they were out of earshot, Chase asked, "What did Optimus say?"

"Oh, all he did was question me about if I felt any major changes," Blades shrugged.

Chase's optics narrowed. "And you said?"

"I told him that I was no longer afraid of heights and high grade had no effect on me," Blades sighed. "Optimus will have to tell you the rest."

Blades knocked on the door to the Burns's house and Kade popped out.

"Yes?" Kade asked as he stuffed his face with a BLT.

"Could you please retrieve Chief for us?" Chase asked.

"What don't want to see little old me?" Kade joked.

"No," Blades said bluntly.

"Not really," Chase sighed. Kade grumbled something about how Heatwave was rubbing off on them, but he disappeared and Chief took his place.

"Something I can do for you two?" Chief asked.

"Optimus wishes to see you," Chase said, holding out his hand for the Chief to step into.

Chief walked into Chase's hand and the three set off for the monitor room.

"Good. You are all here," Optimus said as they entered.

"Optimus, if you don't mind me asking, why did you call us here," Heatwave asked.

"It is time for the Rescue Bots medical checkup with Ratchet," Optimus said. "Please be ready for your team to be ground bridged here within the next five hours."

"Optimus, who are you talking to?" Came a older, human male voice on the other side of the monitor. The monitor immediately shut off, keeping the rescue bots from being seen by the mystery person.

Chief sighed. "I'll go tell the mayor that me have to leave because a family member is in the hospital," Chief said. You three go tell my kids to pack." With that, Chase transformed for Chief and the two sped off.