" You Fraggin piece of slag SHADOW-!"
"Shadow!" Preceptor yelled. Shadow jolted up, nearly knock the two's helms together. Shadow shakily looked at Preceptor, whom looked at Shadow will a worried glaze.
" Skyfire has landed. We may leave." Shadow sat up fully and rubbed his helm lightly. He swung his legs over the side of the sky and stood, stretching. Light pain coursed through his hip joint. He rested his left servo on his hip.
" Hip again?" Shadow looks over at Beachbomber and nods. Looking back to the door Shadow limps slightly to the door, gracelessly jumping down to the ground. He stayed crouched for a few agonizing second before slowly standing up. Exhaling deeply he walked over to his worried friends as Skyfire transformed.
" You alright little buddy?" Skyfire asked Shadow. He nodded smiling lightly.
" Ratchet would have our heads if you don't get to your check up on time today Shadow." Beachbomber stated.
" While there you should get your hip looked at again." Skyfire said worriedly. Shadow shock his head 'no.'
" I need to help with un-"
" NO!" Shadow jumped a bit at the sudden outburst from the small group.
" You're pushing yourself to hard!" Perceptor said.
Shadow sighed and limped slightly to the medical bay. Upon reaching it, Shadow walked over to the medical berth, recently dubbed ' Sha's homeplate' by Jazz. It caught on quickly. It both confused and irritated Shadow. Sha, was apparently his new nickname, but why it's called 'homeplate' or even what a homeplate is, eludes him. When he asked Jazz he said he name it that because it was he 'home-away-from-home', which puzzled him even more.
Ratchet walked over as Shadow sat on the berth.
" How are you today Sha?" Ratchet chuckled when Shadow blinked in confusion at his nickname. Shadow pats his hip joint and Ratchet sighs.
" If I ever catch Starscream again, I'm going to weld him to the floor." Shadow smiles and lays back. Ratchet grabbed a scanner and walked back over to Shadow. He scanned Shadows hip and then looked over the results.
" Hm…. Oh… here." Ratchet handed Shadow his medicine. It helped his vocal processor loosen up and work again. Shadow accepted it from Ratchet and sat up. Downing it he watched Ratchet study the scan. A 'chill' ran down his form as Ratchet looked over to him.
" It's not healing..." Shadow frowned. Not…. Healing? But the hit to his leg wasn't even that bad! Panic welled in him but he fought it down and stood.
Ratchet let him go and Shadow was all to happy to rushed out of there, walking to his room quickly. After nodding to a few 'bots as he pasted them, he finally made it to his room and keyed the lock. Sliding down the door he held his face in his servos. Panic over came him as millions of questions crowded his CPU. He was scared. Shadow's whole frame shook in fear. His fingers tighten, peeling a bit of paint from his face plating.
A sudden knock on the door made Shadow jump. Calming himself down he answered.
"Hey." Sunstreaker said. Shadow smiled and nodded. " You okay?" Shadow's smile filtered but he managed to keep it on. Sunstreaker frowned.
" What happened?" He asked. Shadow looked away.
" Hey," He said, grabbing Shadow's face with his hand. " You can tell me." Shadow shook slightly and broke-down. His knee joints gave out so Sunstreaker grabbed him and sunk to the floor with Shadow. Shadow rested his head on Sunstreaker's shoulder and 'sobbed'. Sunstreaker, caught off guard, could only hug him back.
" Everything well be okay."
