It was a restless recharge for Starscream, his wings ached, he was hot, he was cold and he felt that he needed purge. His tanks twisted once more, finally having enough, leaving Starscream to run to the washracks in his room where he proceeded to purge his tanks. He checked his internal clock, it was early morning. He whimpered as he shakily got to his pedes and decided it was best to go and find Red Alert.
Opening his door, he quietly made his way down the hall, his frame trembling. As he passed Optimus's berthroom and turned the corner, he bumped into Scavenger who was monitoring the halls and security cameras.
Scavenger looked worryingly at the young and shaking seeker in front of him. The youngster pressed his servos to his belly plating and groaned,
'I think I'm going to purge.'
Scavenger grabbed his upper arm and marched him to the nearest berthroom.
'Let's find a washrack, I really don't want to be cleaning up your mess.'
Scavenger banged on the door, knowing full well who occupied that berthroom.
Starscream froze as Prime wearily opened the door but was pushed aside as Scavenger barged in with a sorry looking Starscream being dragged behind him.
'What's going on?' Optimus demanded
'Emergency. Starscream's sick and he's not spewing out there!' He gestured to the hall
The minute Starscream reached the washracks, he purged for the second time. Scavenger and Optimus fell silent and flinched at the sound of Starscream violently purging his tanks. It seemed to last forever until all that was left was the sound of the young seeker whimpering.
Scavenger had gone to retrieve Red Alert and Optimus stood outside the door of his wash racks. He could hear the sound of water running and the heavy intakes of Starscream.
The Prime knocked gently on the door before calling out,
'Are you finished, Starscream? Can I come in?'
A whimpering 'yes' was his only reply.
Optimus quietly opened the door and slowly approached the seeker who was kneeling, a pool of water had formed around him.
Prime sighed and gently gathered the ill flier into his arms and proceeded to leave the cold and damp washracks.
As he gently laid Starscream on his own berth, Red Alert and Scavenger arrived. The medic immediately went to the seekers side, scanning him and checking him over.
'He's not long stopped purging and he's warm to the touch too.' Optimus informed them
'His core temperature is rising dramatically, I'm afraid the infection has spread, I need to see his wings.'
Scavenger nodded and helped the Prime to gently turn the sickly seeker onto his front. Starscream gasped as Red Alert touched the wing joints. He could feel heat rising from that area and was obviously sore to touch.
'Sorry Starscream. I'm going to go and get some antibiotics. Optimus, come with me and Scavenger, please watch over Starscream. We won't be gone for long.'
Scavenger nodded as the two bots left, he glanced at the youngling still lying on his front. His wing twitched and he yelped. Scavenger laid a comforting servo on the seekers shoulder,
'It's gonna be fine, Red Alert will have it sorted in no time.'
As Starscream looked up at him, he really hoped it was was going to be something that was simple to treat but Scanvenger knew that infection near seeker's wings and joints were never a good thing. It was far too easy for infection to enter energon lines near those areas as the wings required extra energon supply, one reason why their wings were so sensitive.
Scavenger smiled reassuringly as Starscream whimpered and his intakes increased due to the rising heat.
'It's going to be okay.'
