Chapter two

Ratchet goes berserkers one anyone that thinks of getting anywhere near Suncast and or question the change of plans he made on behalf of Suncast. Ratchet later tells of Suncast youngling years in he's POV. I do not own any of the characters from the transformers or the movie, they belong to Hasbro, Paramount Studios and DreamWorks. I do own Wind, the name of Suncast's father, Captain Jorge Leewin and the carrier USS Paul Airinton and of course Starscreams new name, Suncast!

remember the story is told in Optimus POV unless noted, now enjoy the story.

Italics means internal conversation between them that can not be heard aloud.

"Thank you and GET OUT!" Ratchet barked at us and we did just that. I went all the way over to the further side against the wall and stood by watching as he worked on hooking up lines and monitors to Suncast. Magnus took off as he did have other responsibilities to attend to. It didn't look good or sounded good by the curses I heard from Ratchet as he slapped a monitor that wasn't reading the correct signal. He quickly removed some of his armor that had score marks from his re-entry into earths atmosphere. Burned out boards and cables that were torn from the crash landing he also was removing. He knew Suncast when he was a youngling and he's father, Wind and him had worked together on several projects. Wind was Iacon's top scientist and he and Ratchet worked together on leading technology in firewall programs and other programs that made life easier and less reboot time spent between upgrades. Suncast's father was killed by Megatron top spy, Lazerbeak. I don't think Suncast ever knew that and probably don't still to this day. Ratchet left the high council board after the death of Wind and became a full time medic for the Autobots under Sentinel Prime. His mission was to be a protector of life, not partake in destroying one. Then the war broke out and Sentinel was murdered and I became the next Prime and Megatron became my enemy. There was no doubt where Ratchet's loyalty laid and he became my CMO. I could tell as soon as Ratchet knew Suncast was in trouble that I best stay out of his way. I text Lennoxs and advised him of the situation and he heeled my words. He and the others by now know of Ratchet's moods and the danger one would be in if one cross the Hatchet the wrong way.

I received a text from Lennox, " Optimus, would you please, since your in there give me a status report, something, anything to shut Galloway the fuck up- Lennox," he wrote. I chuckled a bit to myself as I stood in the doorway looking in towards Ratchet who just then looked up at me as he placed some more armor on the ground.

"GET OUT NOW! and tell Galloway to go to pit and stay," Ratchet yelled at the top of his voice. Half way through what he was saying I was already out of there. I ran out and saw that Will was in a jeep with Galloway and I cringed and stood still for a moment.

"His life was at a critical stage and still is. I gave you Galloway plenty of warning two hours before he even landed." Then I leaned down and said too, "I believe you have you status report and I wouldn't touch that with a hundred foot pole," I said with a smirk across my face as I walked back in the hanger.

Ratchet was on his way out so I turned around and was going to walked right back out but he raised he's voice,

"Optimus," I froze for a moment then turned around.

"Yes Ratchet," I replied calmly.

"I am glad you told him what you said, I think he is stable for the time being barely. I will need to constantly watch his vitals and progress. He is in induced stasis at the moment so that he can rest and let he's body begin the internal repairs. The damage is not clear and won't be until he awakens. I will now officially proclaim him under strict medical care and not to be harassed or seen by anyone and that includes you until further notice." He said and promptly turned around and headed back into the med bay and locked the doors.

By then Galloway and Lennoxs were standing over by the front entrance of the hanger and had over heard the conversation.

"He can't do that we had agreement Prime, I have to speak with this Suncast or Sunblast as you call him. You tricked us into allowing a know Decepticon back on, need I remind you, our planet." Galloway shouted at me.

I took a deep breath and then told him, "You want a death sentence, you go right ahead Galloway. There was no trick but a call for the protection of another living being. I don't agree with Suncast actions of before but, I will not condemn someone to death on a plead for life. I feel obligated because of my nature to protect life not kill; need I remind you of a white flag of truce," I told him with all honesty.

He stared at me and then walked off as Will looked on surprised that I again could stay completely calm and yet put him in his place with an honest answer.

"How do you do that? How do you shut him up like that?" Will looked up to me flabbergasted as Galloway drove off in the jeep.

I smiled down at him and said, the truth shall always set you free and if that don't work then go to plan B," I retorted with a chuckle to which he laughed.

Moments later I received a text letter in which Ratchet had sent to the ops division and to the general in regards to his findings and a formal complaint against White house national advisor Theodore Galloway calling for him to be removed from the base until future notice. Sighting it on of a Medical nature and he could do that too, he knew the medical laws well both for private civilians and civil service personal.

"Optimus to Ratchet, I received your report let me know when he comes around I would like to know, Prime out," I said very carefully and it usually worked and of course I could override him and he knew that.

Ratchets POV

Those damn humans, don't they realize that they would and have done the same for their own kind. What, are we so different? Why are they acting this way don't they see that the kid is tired of this fragging war just as I am. Tired of fighting to see more die because of it. Now the humans lost over seven-hundred men and women during the last battle in Egypt alone and thousands across the globe. All brought on by the Decepticons and their raged to find the boy. Suncast, I know why he picked that name it means a cast of sun, a bright light on a new beginning. I can't wait to tell everyone including Optimus that I knew he didn't really want this war. I knew he wanted to help and improve things to make it a better world. He wanted to be just like he's father and worked tirelessly to learn what he knew. He was never appreciate for his work until well after the war when Megatron tried to us it for destruction.

Well, he's levels of energon are down by 83% anything over 60% is considered fatal if not reversed immediately. Two, 13% of his lower priority programs have been erased before I was able to stop it, which means he could very well come out of this like a vegetable, a phrase the humans use for someone who has lost all motor and conciseness' process abilities. The next five days will tell whether or not he even comes out of this knowing who he is or where he is.

Damn, he was such a bright young scientist for he's generation. His father would have been so proud of him only if he could have lived long enough to see he's only child grow up. The only thing I remember that Suncast told me long ago about his father was he was always gone. That he found it lonely and terrifying yet an opened challenge to learn things on his own in which he did. He often sneaked in he's father's lab reading and studying the loads of data pads of research he's father worked on. I remember him as very bright for he's age while the other younglings he's age often treated him different and that made him often aloof, and strengthen his instability towards others or of any friendship from developing. He let that and Megatron fooling him into believing that he should prove them wrong and I think Megatron told Suncast he's father died from the same hate. Why else would someone so bright and that had such a good future ahead of him quit and fight against us and everything he's father stood for. It was thousands of years later that I found out who had his father killed. Blaster, was to us as Soundwave was to Megatron, he could jam waves and create false reading waves to allow escape and locate anything that carried a frequency. It was he's brother Preceptor that had worked with Wind closely on many of the projects and helped designed many of the chips and programs that we use today. Anyways Blaster had three micro chips that traveled and looked about like a humming bird in size; they were his scouts and one of them over heard that it was Lazerbeak that was told to kill Wind. Megatron wanted him dead so that he (Megatron) could seize every bit of knowledge that Wind knew through Starscreams willingness to join him and fight against the Autobots. Wind knew this could happen and even warned the high council several times but, the council was powerless to stop it, Megatron had by then had started a full assault on the city and most fled to other planets within the solar system and was never heard from again.

end of Ratchet's POV

The next morning I got up and left out for the med bay knowing that Ratchet would be there and could probably use a break to get out for awhile. I knew he was close to Suncast when he was very young, Ratchet one time told me that Suncast often called to him for advice and encouragement that he lacked so much of. Not because he's father wouldn't give it just that he wasn't there enough to give it. He was Suncast's mentor and would be like what the humans would refer to as a Uncle of sorts to him. I walked in as quiet as I could and heard from what I could figure out was the monitors beeping to a rhythm of his energon pulse. It sounded irregular but stable. I walk further around and into the side room where Ratchet had set him up yesterday afternoon and found Ratchet face down on the portable table with his meter in his left hand and his right as a cushion for his head. I thought to leave but, I turned to walk up next to Suncast and saw that his optics were still closed and he was covered up with several blankets. I looked over against the wall to see that a lot of he body armor was removed and in need repairs and several bags of torn and discarded hoses and cables in them over by the back door. I decided to leave out and let Ratchet rest; he would waken immediately if something went off.

I headed over to ops to speak with Will about the upcoming mission we had planned six weeks ago. But I became concern more about the amount of emails I was now reading as I walked over to meet up with him. One such email I received was from the General Secretary in regards to the status of the Deflected decepticon and when and if he came to was he going to comply with the agreement prior to landing here in the first place. To several UN assembly advisors from other nations calling on he's removal to another planet to recover and then a vote be taken on the matter of him attaining status here on the planet.

"Optimus, we have a closed circuit conference with the general in five minutes," Will said to me as I walked in.

"Thank you Will, I was about to call one myself. Will, may I ask you a question?" I said as I approached the catwalk where he and the others from his staff were.

"Yes, big guy shoot," Will replied.

"I've been thinking along with reading the emails I have, I don't understand the cause for alarm. He may not even live to recover from his ordeal. If I may explain simpler, he came here with a white flag of sorts and if my studies of war and honor that your kind too abides by a white flag with no weapons drawn means surrender, peace or a call for help, right?"

"Correct it does at least in my book, look Optimus I agree with you and I too fought against him and know how brutal he was and could still be once and if he survives. All we can do for now is convince them to allow him sanctuary here on the base until he has recover and keep him quiet literality under lock and key," Will said.

The meeting did not go as planed but at least after four and a half hours listening to their concerns of an another attack, convinced them to allow him to stay on the base for the next ten days and under heavy guard. There's my problem which I was not about to try and explain to them. Ratchet ain't going to allow any one near the seeker much less having guards in his med bay with guns at the ready. I got up and left as the others fell out to patrol or other assignments so it was up to me to talk with Ratchet about Suncast.

I left the ops hanger and transformed for the short drive over to the med bay hanger. I drove up to see Magnus talking with Ratchet just inside the hanger door.

"I have no choice, I have to arrange security for Suncast at the request of the human governments or we will be force to end his life here and now," I heard Magnus said with regret but he always spoke the truth no matter what.

"Believe me Ratchet, I remember very well how he was before the war and often found many of his researches interesting and I had plenty question for I then was a younger officer too but, please just agree to it and we will here work something out to appease them somehow," Magnus went on to begged the Hatchet as he is called.

I walked up after transforming and said, " Ratchet, it's true I would not lie to you or anyone but we must show some protection in place for him. They did not know him before the war turned him mean and bitter. Now, maybe if he lives and wants this new life he spoke of he'll honor their ongoing request," I said as Ratchet looked as if he was about to throw something at me and Magnus who was standing now behind me.

= Magnus, why are you standing behind me, Optimus

= cause, he looks like he is about to throw something at me, you came up just in time brother, Magnus

= I save your aft again right? Optimus

= I brought your sparkmate and our best friend home safe and sound, right? Magnus

=Yes and I told you thank you several times already, what's that got to do with you and your position as my city commander and for now my head security officers' responsibilities? Optimus

=nothing, Magnus

= thank you, Optimus

"If you two would stop yakking around amongst yourself long enough I could maybe agree in three days, if there is any sign of improvement." Ratchet said but was really not for it and he looked so angry and sounded so moody I thought for a second he wouldn't.

"Thank you Ratchet and has he condition improved some or any change?" I asked.

"No, his pulse is still irregular but remaining stable, he's breathing though shallow and there is no motor reflexs detected yet," Ratchet said so sadly then walked back into his office and locked the door. I thought about walking down the hallway to look in the room where I saw Suncast this morning but left instead with Magnus.

I went on back to my office after talking with Magnus some more about tenancies plans and what resources we need to have to build a separate area or something for he's quarters once and if he recovers. I wrote up a plan and added Magnus report along with the materials and he's design for the additional wing added on to our private hangers with advance security measures taken into account.

It's been two days and Ratchet has not left the medic bay and he won't let anyone in.

"Magnus to Optimus," he called me.

"Optimus here," I answered as I was finishing a report and emailing it back to major Lennox.

"I need you to come to the med bay when you can, " he said and he sounded worried.

"I am on my way, Prime out," I said and got up and left my office and headed there.

What I saw when I got there surprised the pit out of me. Magnus was standing out side of the med bay main doors looking in and as I walked up I saw too Ratchet talking to Suncast who was setting up on the table there in the front room.

"The doors are locked and I choose to wait for you, I was coming by to check on Ratchet cause he has not answered any of my text messages and now I see why," Magnus said as he looked at me.

I looked back at him thinking to myself you chicken, "very well, lets see if he will open sesame," I said as I knocked on the door.

I noticed that Suncast turned around to see me standing outside and he slowly lower himself down on his back and started to raised his feet up and onto the table as Ratchet then waved me off with a wrench he just grab off of a workbench near by.

"Duck!" I said aloud.

= just as I thought would happen, Optimus he needs to let at least you come in. Records are going to show he has regain concussions and therefore the plans need to be discussed, magnus

= yes I know but how do we go about that with the Hatchet on the loose, Optimus

=your the leader, I am just the solider ,magnus

=yes, yes I know you remind me of that all to well dear friend and it helps me none, Optimus

I slowly stood up to find Suncast standing at the door on the other side. He pushed the code to open the doors.

"Leader Optimus Prime and City commander Ultra Magnus I, I want to thank you for efforts in seeing that I was able to come here," He said slowly and he's speech was with a pronounced slurred. He didn't move but Ratchet came up behind him and looked at us.

"He has made some improvements but, has lost a lot of long term memory and has little use of his right hand and can hardly operate his right leg, he has suffered what would be similar to a human stroke," Ratchet said as he helped Suncast turn around and head back to the table he was setting on.

"Suncast, you're welcome and I am sorry it came to this for you. Yes I do remember a bright young scientist that you were. I would be happy to see that again, we could use your help and I am sure in time others will too but, please if you wish to stay here as I believe you do give the humans time, they never knew you before the war as Ratchet, I and some of the others here have, Okay," I said to him softly and calmly as I could. He sat down slowly and closed his optics as I spoke to him.

Ratchet then looked up at me,"I just got him in here and seated on the table, Optimus I will have a report and will file it within the hour. But, I'll need to perform more tests and the time needed to accurately study the results," Ratchet said as he was helping Suncast lift he's legs upon to the table.

"He is still very weak and his motor skills as you see have been severally compromised," Ratchet said as he turned around and picked up a cup of energon he had setting there for Suncast and held it for him as he drank through the straw some.

okay I stop here for I have been on this since this morning. I had to re write it and bounce around some chores in between writing. hope you enjoy and please if you can review thanks, cin70.