This starts out JUST LIKE Abandoned, but it isn't. It's similar, but it isn't Abandoned. If you don't want to read the similar if not matching chapters, proceed to "Cons".
Next Chapter is CONS!
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Almost Loss
inside the autobot base, 2:00 pm, Ratchet's pov
I turn from the monitors toward my berth room, then check the time, before glancing back toward my berth room. Mariposa should be waking up soon. I sent Bumblebee to sit with her during her nap while I finished some work.
Ratchet's berth room, Bumblebee's POV
I look at the time on my gamepad before standing. I shift into my holoform and walk over to the crib before gently shaking Mari. I look down at her confusedly, wondering why she won't wake up. "Mari, wake up. It's Bee. Don't you want to play?" I shake my head. This can't be happening, not now, and not to my baby sister! I return to my normal form. "Optimus! Something's wrong with Mari!"
"I am on my way. Get Ratchet."
I nudge Mari with one finger as I comm Ratchet.
Main room, Ratchet's pov
"Ratchet!"
"Bumblebee? What's wrong?"
"It's Mari! Ratchet, I—I can't wake her up!"
"No." I vent softly in an attempt to calm myself before running for my berth room. "I'm on my way. Is she—"
"She is still alive, Old Friend."
I burst through the door and run to her crib. 'Primus, no. I can't lose her!' I take my tiny daughter gently before turning for the door. "Optimus, I may need your help."
"Ratchet?"
"I will call you when you may see her, Bumblebee. Right now she requires all my attention."
medical bay, Ratchet's pov
I lay Mariposa on the medical berth before scanning her. "By the All Spark."
"Ratchet?"
"I need energon, now!"
"I thought energon was dangerous to humans."
"You would be correct if she were a normal human, Optimus, but seeing as Mariposa is the star healer…" I take the vial he holds out. "It would seem that she was techno-organic from her very start." I shift into my holoform and take a small needle, then fill it in the vial before injecting a small amount of energon into her blood, then return to my normal form. "That should be enough to pull her out of stasis." I can't hold back the smile when she opens her eyes and looks up at me. She squints when I run my scanner over her again. "Her levels are still far too low for my liking, but I hesitate to give her another injection now that she is awake…" I smile at an idea before reaching up to my comm. "Bumblebee, I need you to bring me one of the smaller glass bottles from the storage cabinet in my berth room."
"I'm on my way. How is she?"
"Mari is going to be fine, Bumblebee, but I need you to hurry with that bottle."
He steps in a few moments later and hands me a four ounce glass botle with a white lid and a light pink rubber guard around it. "Mari?"
She looks up to him and smiles, looking confused as to why he is so worried about her. "Bee?"
"Mari! Thank Primus you're all right!" He turns to me. "What was wrong with her?"
I turn back to where he is sitting beside her in his holoform. "Nothing, Bumblebee. We simply did not realize that she was techno-organic until it was almost too late." I hand him the energon-filled bottle. "This should take care of her problem for now, but we'll have to find a way to fit it into her schedule without harming her delicate skin."
Bumblebee looks up from where he's holding Mariposa and the fragile bottle in his holoform. "Metal bottles."
Optimus and I turn to him in shock. "Now why didn't I think of that?"
Bumblebee shrugs before setting the now-empty bottle on the berth. He sits Mariposa on the berth before returning to his normal form and sitting beside her. "Metal bottles."
"They would have to be insulated to protect the little one's hands. It's perfect, Bumblebee." I run my scanner over her again. "Her levels have returned to normal."
"Thank Primus."
I step over and pick her up gently. "Come on, Mari." I glance back to Bumblebee before I head into my berth room. "Thank you, Bumblebee."
Bumblebee looks at the floor. "For what? She could have died on my watch."
"She's alive because you were there. You knew when she strayed from her schedule that something was wrong."
Once we're in my berth room I change her into a dark pink short sleeved argyle onesie, brown full tulle skirt, dark pink leggings, brown Mary Jane shoes, then fix her usual bottle before sitting her in the fenced area so she can play.
