Normal POV

Morning was rainy but it didn't matter because atmosphere in the base was regular. Autobots kept working in engineering and training. Ratchet was making his medical equipment ready for humans because he was expecting a new patient. It was Luke who he was expecting because arriving at base needed checkup and Ratchet was one of those doctors who were nice to younglings, except for the prank twins Mudflap and Skids. Ratchet was the best informed about Luke's state because he studied Asperger Syndrome since he heard about arrival of him.

Luke woke up at 8:00 because he heard Autobots working at base, "Hmm? Where is… Chromia?" he asked himself while putting his blanket away and sitting on the bed. When he stood up and opened his luggage with clothes, he redressed himself, "So Autobots… I can't believe this…" he thought as somebody entered his room. It was Optimus in his holoform, "Good morning, Luke. It is nice to see you're finally awake," told him Optimus with calm tone, "I saw you yesterday… who are you?" Luke asked Optimus.

"Come with me, Luke. It's time for you to meet us in the base," Optimus told him as he left Luke's room. Luke followed him at base and saw Autobots in their holoform, "Hey! Buddy! You're awake!" Luke recognized Bumblebee's tone as Bumblebee ran to Luke and gave him hug, "I missed you, buddy!" Bumblebee cheered but Luke was a bit surprised, "Bumblebee, he doesn't know your playful behavior yet!" told him Optimus, "It's ok… I just hope I will get alive from this…" Luke said as Bumblebee released him.

"Sorry buddy! But it was so long when you slept!" Bumblebee apologized rubbing his own short blond hair, "I am starting to think that only Bumblebee is hyper-active youngling here!" chuckled Ironhide in his holoform, "Luke, this is Ironhide. Our weapon specialist," Optimus said as Ironhide and Luke reached for their hands, "Nice to meet you, Hide…" said Luke a bit nervous, "Heh, don't worry youngling! I can see you're better than some others here!" Ironhide meant the prank duo Mudflap and Skids.

Unfortunately for him, they were right behind him, "Hey yo old Hide!" started Mudflap, "How're yo rusting?" Skids added as Ironhide growled but not too loudly as he turned to them and cracked his fists, "Oh you both are gonna regret calling me old!" and both of the twins ran out as Ironhide ran after them, "I guess you're having fun here every day," Luke said with smile as Jazz put his hand on Luke's shoulder, "Those were our youngest and apparently the most infantile twins duo Mudflap and Skids. They can't stand a while without Ironhide chasing them for calling him old,"

Jazz said to Luke with smile, "That is Jazz, regular soldier as Bumblebee," explained Optimus, "I fight with style!" chuckled Jazz, "Oh please. I am more stylish than you!" argued another one, "Wanna challenge, Sideswipe?" asked Jazz with smirk, "I am always in!" Frowned Sideswipe, "Jazz, Sideswipe. Not here and not now!" Optimus told them as both of them walked away, "I am sorry, Luke. Both of them are the ones who want to show who is better," Optimus explained to Luke, "It's alright Optimus. I am ok with it," Luke told him.

"Our femme bots, Elita, Arcee and Chromia," Optimus was pointing at each femme while Luke concentrated at Chromia's name. He knew that Chromia was the one who helped him in the night to fall asleep. Chromia gave him a smile. Soon Luke met all wreckers Leadfoot, Roadbuster and Topspin. New arrivals Crosshairs, Drift and Hound but Crosshairs and Mirage were a bit distant of him. The same way did all wreckers because they didn't know how to talk to him.

Luke was curious about look of others. When each Autobot was in the base, it was time for them to show themselves after introducing them in holoform, "Autobots! Dismiss holoforms and show your true form!" Optimus ordered as holoform of every Autobot disappeared. Luke was frightened by count of Autobots in their holoforms. There were 19 Autobots in base. As soon as holoforms disappeared, Autobots formed in their robot modes. Luke thought it will be easy when he adapted to Bumblebee's robot mode but he was wrong.

Seeing Autobots in their real look was somehow frightening to Luke and he was stepping back, "Luke, it is ok. You don't need to be worried of us," explained Optimus who was the biggest of them. He kept walking towards Luke but Luke was stepping back and he fell down, "No… no…"

Optimus' POV

I could sense how frightened Luke was. His size was so different to ours, "Luke, listen! You are safe…" I tried to tell him calmly but it appeared it had no effect on him. His fear didn't seem to be decreasing, "Luke, little one…" I've heard from Chromia who approached the frightened boy holding his heart, "Luke, look at me… don't you remember me?" she kept talking to him as she was kneeling in front of him and he looked at her optics, "Ch-Chromia…?" he finally decided to talk as Chromia smiled at him,

"I know it is the first time you see me like this, but this is me," Chromia was talking to Luke calmly as he finally started to calm himself down. He seemed his breath was getting to normal as Luke touched her face-plates, "Chromia… I am sorry I haven't recognized you…" Luke was apologizing to Chromia but she just smiled at him as Ratchet went out from medical bay, "Optimus, I need the youngling for checkup…" I've heard from my medical officer as Luke froze on place, "Luke," I started to talk to Luke as I got to his level with my face, "Please, go with Ratchet. Don't worry about anything. He's specialist."

I told Luke to calm down as I saw he stood up and went behind Ratchet to the medical bay.

Ratchet's POV

I had luck I didn't need to convince the youngling to come with me. Optimus and Chromia managed to calm him down and he followed me in medical bay by his own mind. He arrived yesterday and today I needed to make preventive check-up if he was alright on all sides, "Optimus didn't mention you… who are you?" Luke asked me as he entered the medical bay, "Luke, please standby there…" I pointed at the medical table as Luke stood there so I could project my holoform.

Then I walked up to him in my holoform, "I think this will be better form to talk to you than my true form," I told Luke as I approached him, "I am sorry I haven't answered your question. My name is Ratchet. I am Autobot's medical officer and from now on your doctor," I smiled at him, "My doctor? But if you are medic of Autobots, how can you be doctor of human?" he asked me as I smiled, "Yes Luke, I have studied biology of your race with help of some scientists for few years but I managed to get medical degree!" I told him.

"I see… why did I have to go with you?" Luke asked me as I pointed him to lay on the table, "Take off your shirt and lay yourself down, Luke. You arrived yesterday and I need to create evidence about your health state. For that I need to make regular checkup if you are alright by your physical side," I said as Luke nodded and then he lied on the table after he took off his shirt. I started with checking his stomach by touching it and pressing some parts of it, "Does it hurt there, Luke?" I asked him, "No" he answered me and I asked him couple more times, "Alright Luke. Now please sit…"

Luke did as I said, "Now breathe deeply and slowly while I check your lungs," I said as I put on the humans' auscultator and started to check Luke's heartbeat. Then both of lungs, "Ok Luke… this part is done and I need to ask you something," I said "Yes?" Luke was expecting my question, "Have you got any problems with heart?" I asked him, "Yeah…" was his answer, "I've heard some irregularity in beat and rustle there," I told him, "Ratchet, heart was one of my fatal complications when I was going through birth,"

I gazed at him as he told me that, "What happened there?" I asked him, "When I was going through birth I had two grave complications. One of them was that I got choked by umbilical cord and the other one was that my heart was not working. It wasn't beating," he told me, "Primus, you survived certain death… is it the reason of your disorder?" I asked him as I was still surprised by what he told me, "Maybe… I don't know…" he answered me.

When I heard that, I realized surviving the birth was maybe luck for his creators but it was curse for him to have disorder, be an orphan and be on his own, "Luke, I feel sorry to hear that… you can be sure that everything will be ok now. We will try to take care of you as best as we can," I smiled at the boy "Now, please show me your hand. I need to measure your pressure and then take specimen of blood," Luke did without hesitating what I told him. He was obedient and he was not like younglings of his age.

I wrapped the pressure meter around his arm as I started to pump air in there and I got results. Everything was normal so I took a bit of his blood. When I injected in his vein, he didn't do anything and looked elsewhere, "Why are you looking away, Luke?" I asked the youngling, "My mother always used to tell me that my look stops stream of the blood" was his answer and I laughed a bit, "Your mother probably knew the best!" I kept chuckling as I got the injection away and put patch on the place where I injected the needle.

"There… now I need to know only your weight. Please go and stand there on the weighting-machine" I said as Luke went and stood there, I noted his weight but stopped, "Is everything ok, Ratchet?" Luke asked me as I looked at him, "I just noticed you have weight 60 kg but that's not appropriate for somebody of your height… would you stand to the meter of height?" And Luke stood to the meter of height as I got his result, "Your height is 175,6 centimeters… that's not good. How often do you eat Luke?"

I asked Luke, "Two times or one time per day…" he answered me and I was unpleasantly surprised, "That's not alright Luke. Human should eat three times per day at least. The best is to eat five times per day…" I explained to Luke, "I know Ratchet… everybody told me that… but I am adapted to…" Luke tried to convince me about what he was doing wasn't bad, "Don't try to explain me what you did was right, Luke! It was irresponsible and it can cause health problems to you!" I yelled at him but then I realized I shouldn't do that.

"Sorry… I am just… careful and you should be too, Luke… you can't eat only twice a day, do you understand?" I explained to him calmly as I put hand on his shoulder, "Yeah I do Ratchet… it's only hard for me because when I am stressed and I am fed, I feel dizzy and because of that I am trying to avoid it…" Luke told me as I gave him his T-Shirt, "Ok Luke. Dress yourself and go. I will be watching over your health and you eating properly still," I smiled at Luke as he dressed himself, "Thank you Ratchet…" he got down from the table and went out of my medical bay.

Luke's POV

Everybody is the same. They are trying to help me but they don't understand how hard it is for me. Ratchet's reaction about my rate of eating was surprising. When I went out of the medical bay, some woman and man walked up to me as they entered the big hangar, "Luke Carpenter?" asked me the blond lady wearing circle glasses, "Uh, yes?" I answered, "My name is Charlotte Mearing and my colleague here is Theodore Galloway. We are here to take you with us," she told me and I was confused.

"Huh…? Why? I mean… I don't need to go anywhere… I just arrived here," I tried to explain them, "It is our duty to take you from those rusty cans who pretend to be your friends. They aren't supposed to take care about you. Their only task was to get you here safe." told me the one who was named Galloway, "But I…" I tried to tell them something but then I was interrupted by some soldier who came and talk to them, "Charlotte Mearing and Theodore Galloway? Didn't Optimus Prime tell you that he doesn't want you to appear here anymore?"

The soldier said offensively as Charlotte Mearing adjusted her glasses, "William Lennox again. You have no right to tell us what we can or cannot do!" she said, "This is thing of the government, Colonel. Government gave clear command to Autobots who had to bring Luke Carpenter here!" Galloway told to the soldier named Lennox, "Would you like me to dance on your face, Mr. Galloway?" Lennox said glaring at him, "We've just got order and we need to obey it!" teased Mearing and after that we heard loud footsteps.

"I am informed about every change in orders and there was no mention about that you had to take him away," I looked up as we noticed it was Optimus who stood behind us, "Optimus Prime! Government doesn't have to inform you about anything! We are…" Mearing wanted to tell something but Optimus interrupted her, "I know what your privileges are and making decisions isn't part of it!" he said as he put his big hand on the ground, "Luke, get on…" he told me as I got on and he lifted me up.

"Luke Carpenter is not gonna leave the base of Autobots and he will choose his guardian whenever he wants to!" Optimus said as he had me in his huge hand, "Thank you, Optimus." I said as he took me away, "Don't return back or we will call your superiors!" Lennox hissed as the woman and her companion left the base. The day only started so other things were expecting me but somehow it started to be nice when I felt that military robots were on my side.