Waves III

Not even five minutes after Ratchet left his med bay, the dark haired teen started to wake up. Half of Alexia wanted to stay in the darkness, the warm darkness. However the more stubborn half of her won over and forced her to open her green eyes. The first thing she realized was that she wasn't in a hospital, for which she was quite grateful.

Untangling herself from the blankets tightly wrapped around her, she sat up but instantly regretted it. A sudden wave if dizziness engulfed her and she rested her head in her hands until the spell passed a few seconds later, after which she got to her feet and looked around. Everything was so large. Where the hell am I? Alexia wondered to herself.

Meanwhile, Ratchet was on the other side of the base explaining to Optimus what he had just discovered. The red and blue mech listened attentively to the medic's theory on how the young woman could have possibly had a fraction of the All Sparks power inside her.

"Unfortunately I can't give you any solid answers until she wakes up," Ratchet sighed in mild irritation.

"I understand," the leader of the Autobots said calmly. Ratchet saluted and excused himself so he could return to the med bay and tend to his patient.

However, upon his arrival back to the bay he was greeted with an empty room. Scanning the entire room and the surrounding halls, he found nothing. Cursing venomously he radioed Optimus over his com-link who in turn informed Ironhide of the situation. The three of them were the only ones on base. Bumblebee was with Sam and Mikaela at the beach and wasn't due back for another three days. Sighing in frustration the yellow mech turned from the med bay and started down the hall to search for Alexia.

Said girl was walking down one of the, seemingly endless, hallways about half way across the base. Lost and quite cold, being as her clothes were still damp from the rain, the dark hared girl leaned against the wall for support. Coughing slightly she winced at the pain that jolted through her body. Alexia felt horrible. Countless parts of her body ached, she had a killer headache and occasional spells of dizziness caused her to stop moving altogether. Panting slightly, she eased herself to the ground and leaned her head against he cool metal. Maybe I can rest here for a few minutes, with that final thought Alexia rested her head on her knees and closed her emerald eyes sleepily.

Not far from her, Ratchet had just picked up her bio signs and found that she was on the verge of falling asleep. He wanted to go to her but hesitated when he remembered what Optimus had told him. The red and blue mech had said that the energy waves were more of a defense mechanism. So she's pretty much a loose canon, the medic thought flatly. The medic sighed and wished that Jazz was still alive. The silver mech always had a knack for being able to talk down someone that was scared. Well at least Ironhide isn't here, the medic thought with mild relief.

The last thing Ratchet wanted was to scare the young woman more then she already was. Scanning her vitals he found that she was almost asleep, but the pain readings he was getting were keeping her from doing so. Rubbing his optics tiredly, he decided that now was as good as ever to approach her.

The vibrations of the floor beneath her shook the black haired teen from her half conscious state. The first thing her sleepy green eyes focused on was the pair of huge yellow feet in front of her. Snapping her head up, she came face to face with another robot. Fear and panic flooded Alexia's senses, but she was so tired and sore that she could barely move.

That was when Ratchet felt it. Energy was gathering inside of her, preparing to fire at any given moment. The yellow mech raised his hands in a gesture of peace.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he said calmly as he kneeled in front of her. Alexia watched the yellow mech with tired eyes. Something inside her told her that he could be trusted but she refused to listen to it.

"Who are you?" The dark haired teen asked once she found her voice.

"My name is Ratchet, I'm a medical officer," he replied easily. "And you are?"

"A-Alexia, Alexia Gale," the young woman stammered as she tried to push herself to her feet, but her legs gave out from under her. Instinctively, Ratchet reached out and caught her with his long fingers. The yellow medic felt the energy pulsing through the young woman's body increase slightly, but other then that nothing happened. Unfortunately, a certain trigger happy Autobot was right around the corner.

The black Autobot known at Ironhide had been right around the corner when his sensors picked up the energy spike. Jumping to conclusions, he whipped out his two canons and rounded the corner, ready to fire.

"NO!" Ratchet yelled, but it was too late. Alexia panicked and screamed, whether in pain or terror he didn't know, as a wave of light blue energy shot from her body.

On the other side of the base Optimus's sensors picked up the familiar energy spike. Sighing he transformed into his secondary form and sped down the long hallways, hoping that the medic and weapons specialist were alright.

Ratchet had been thrown again the wall, being as he took most of the blast, his bright blue optics flickering to life just as Optimus pulled up and shifted back into his bipedal form. Ironhide seemed perfectly fine other then the fact that his canons were smoking and sparking something fierce from the energy overload.

Alexia, on the other hand, didn't look to good. Her nose had started bleeding again and it hurt for her to breathe. Barely conscious, Alexia looked up at the three giant mechs above her and felt another wave if dizziness coming on.

"I'm…sorry," she whispered as tears stung the corners of her green eyes, and she clutched her bleeding nose. Optimus heard this and picked the young woman up with the utmost care.

"It's alright little one," he soothed as Ratchet approached him and began running all sorts of scans on her.

"Optimus, I need her back in the med bay," the yellow medic said. The Autobot leader nodded in understanding and made his way back to the other end of the base.

Alexia leaned again the warm metal of one of Optimus's fingers and felt herself slowly falling asleep. The red and blue mech carrying her sensed this and couldn't help but smile slightly. He could only imagine the exhaustion she felt after such a trying day. The he remembered the fight with Megatron. How the Decepticon leader had caused him to fall backwards onto the house effectively killing its only inhabitant, the young woman's father. Remembering the first time she looked at him with her green eyes full of sorrow his spark ached painfully. He didn't know if the young woman would be able to find it in her heart to forgive him.