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Chapter nine

Once again Kitt is awakened to the feeling that something is wrong. Getting off her berth she makes her way straight to Optimus' quarters but sees him resting peacefully. Frowning she makes her way out of his quarters and into Red Alert's and Mirage's, to see Red Alert clutching his abdomen in his recharge cycle. Quickly reaching him she scans his sparkling chamber and her optics widen.

"Red Alert I need you to wake up," she says gently to him shaking him.

Red Alert onlines his optics and then screams in pain, causing Mirage to wake up.

"What's wrong?" he asks.

"No time to explain, we have to get him to the med bay as fast as we can," Kitt says standing, she then helps Mirage get Red Alert to his feel.

"It hurts," he says clutching his abdomen again.

"I know, come on," she says as both herself and Mirage help Red Alert to the med bay, once inside they lay him on a berth.

Kitt places one of her disks on his abdomen and pulls out a screen from under the berth, quickly checking the energy strings she finds that they are strong.

"What the blast is putting the sparklings in so mush distress?" she asks talking to herself, she then begins to run a full system diagnostic on Red Alert, grabbing a small panel she begins to read through all the information being collected.

"Mirage it hurts," Red Alert moans softly in pain.

"Can't you do something for the pain?" Mirage asks with a slightly raised voice.

"Not until I know what is causing it," she replies calmly.

"I thought you knew everything about sparklings," Mirage says almost shouting at her.

"No one can know everything," she replies calmly once again.

"Well don't just sit there reading move your aft and do something," Mirage shouts at her.

"I am doing something, and your shouting isn't doing anything, nor is there anything you can do, other than distract me, so leave," she says firmly to him but Mirage doesn't move. "That wasn't a request Mirage," she says starring him in the optics.

"I am not leaving him," he shouts back.

"Leave or I will call someone to remove you," she states still not breaking from her stare, Mirage scowls and looks at Red Alert.

"I will be right outside," he tells him, giving him a kiss before he leaves.

Kitt goes back to reading the information being sent to her.

"Kitt what's happening?" Red Alert asks through the pain.

"I really don't..." she starts but then looks back at the line of coding, rereading it she curses to herself. "A virus," she says quietly.

"I have a virus?" he asks her.

"Yes and it's not one I have seen before," she says looking through his other systems for the line of coding and through his sparklings systems. Seeing the effected systems she begins to write anticodes to buy sometime while she works on an antivirus.

Mirage paces back and forth outside the med bay for six groons, before he sees Ratchet and Optimus walking down the hall towards him.

"Mirage what are you doing here?" Optimus asks.

"Something's wrong with Red Alert but Kitt ordered me out of the room," he replies angrily.

"You do know she can't do that," Ratchet says to him.

"She threatened to call Optimus," he explains, "and I still have no idea what's wrong with him," he says in frustration.

"I will go see," Ratchet says and opens the door to the med bay. "Kitt what's..." but he doesn't get to finish his question.

"Shh and close the door," she says to him, not looking up from Red Alert. Ratchet does as she asks and walks to the other side of the berth Red Alert is on, seeing him with his optics offlined.

"Anything I can do?" he asks her.

"Not unless you know how this virus affects sparklings," she tells him handing him the virus coding signature. "I have managed to clear it from his systems but the sparklings are still in serious distress and if I can't stop it soon he will lose them all," she says in frustration.

"Not really but two processors are better than one. What are you doing?" he asks.

"Looking to see if I have missed something," she replies, "see if you can find something wrong in their coding."

"Um Kitt that sparklings beginning to dim," Ratchet says pointing at the screen.

"Read quickly," she says returning her attention to the panel in her hand, Ratchet nods and too begins reading the sparkling's code.

"Kitt this doesn't look right," Ratchet says highlighting a line of code and passing her the panel he is reading from.

Kitt quickly scans the line of coding and realises what she has missed. "Ratchet you brilliant mech," she says leaning over and kissing his cheek.

Ratchet watches as she writes ten lines of code, which he has no idea what they do, and quickly uploads them into Red Alert's system. Still typing on her panel, Ratchet looks towards the screen as the sparkling that had began to dim slowly returns to being as bright as the others, causing Kitt to sigh in relief.

Red Alert slowly onlines his optics and automatically raises his hands to his abdomen. "Are they alright?" he asks Kitt.

"They are fine, thanks to Ratchet," she answers turning the screen so he can see.

"Don't be silly Kitt I only saw the fault in the coding, I don't think I could have fixed it, let alone how quickly you did it," Ratchet says.

"Guess I will have to teach you how to write an antivirus," she tells him, causing his optics to widen.

"You wrote the antivirus for the virus that was in Red Alert?" he asks in amazement, Red Alert also looks shocked.

"Yes, oh you can let Mirage back in now," she says turning the screen back to her and making sure the stress on the sparklings hasn't done anything to loosen the connections to Red Alert's spark.

Ratchet walks back to the door, opening it he looks out to see the corridor packed with Autobots. "Mirage you can come in," he says, Mirage stands and rushes towards him, moving quickly Ratchet stands aside allowing Mirage to enter.

"Are you alright?" Mirage asks rushing over to Red Alert's side, he receives a small nod in return. "Are they alright?"
"They are fine," Kitt answers for Red Alert.

"I wasn't asking you," Mirage snaps at Kitt, Ratchet watches as Kitt simply continues typing. "What was wrong?" he asks Red Alert.

"I had a virus," he says weakly.

"A virus," Mirage says. "How in Primus' name did you miss a virus on your scan?" he shouts at Kitt. "You said everything was fine a few groons before this happened," he says in frustration.

The other Autobots listen to how Mirage is talking to Kitt and are appalled, with Ironhide keeping a firm grip on Optimus' arm so he can't rush in there and put Mirage into the berth beside Red Alert.

"I miss things," Kitt final shouts back. "I am sorry, but I miss things, this isn't something I would normally scan for, and unless you read every line of coding you wouldn't find it, a normal scan wouldn't find it, and you know what, you're welcome," she screams the last part and runs out of the med bay pushing past the Autobots in the corridor.

Mirage optics widen as he realises what he has just done, shutting off his optics he lowers his head. Ironhide lets go of Optimus who walks over to Mirage and Red Alert.

"If this was any other situation I would put you in the brig for speaking like that to someone, count yourself lucky," he says angrily at Mirage.

"Yes sir," Mirage replies.

Turning around Optimus leaves the room, all the Autobots get out of his way as he walks down the corridor to try and find Kitt.

"Mirage how could say those thing?" Ratchet asks.

"I don't know, I wasn't thinking," he answers.

"You do know the only reason Red Alert and your sparklings are still alive is because she wrote an entire antivirus," he tells him, earning a few gasps from the Autobots that are listening.

"That's not possible," Mirage states in disbelief.

"I know I couldn't do it, let alone how fast she managed to do it, I could have probably saved Red Alert but certainly not your sparklings, I still don't know how she did manage too and I watched her do it," Ratchet says remember watching her work. "Anyway Red Alert needs rest, so if you are staying in here don't disturb him," Ratchet says, "and all you lot clear off there is nothing else to see here," he says walking towards the door causing the Autobots outside to scatter, looking back over his shoulder he sees Red Alert in recharge and Mirage sat down next to him.

Optimus had been looking around the base for about five breems with no luck. "Where could she be," he thinks, then suddenly he has a thought, rushing outside he makes his way to where the secret passage to his room is, as he turns the corner he doesn't see her, but looking up he notices her legs dangling off the roof.

"Kitt," he says, causing her to jump and sit up.

"Yes," she says slowly and quietly.
"Are you alright?" he asks walking up to the wall so he is looking up at her, she looks down and smiles nodding.

"Yes I am, just a little tired," she says to him.

"Let's get you inside," he says holding out his arms to her, she slides off the roof and into his arms where she expects him to let her down, but instead he puts one arm under her knees and the other around her shoulders. "Sleepy?" he asks.

"Very," she replies yawning and shutting her optics off.

Optimus smiles at her and walks back around to the doors he came out of. Making his way quickly through the base he sees passing Autobots smile at Kitt and then that smile turn into a scowl as he passes them. Turning a corner he nearly bumps into Bumblebee.

"Sorry Boss Bot," Bumblebee says.

"My fault not yours," Optimus replies.

"A lot of the bots are mad at the way Mirage treated Kitt, it seems everyone likes her, I don't like it I keep hearing whispers about Mirage but I never catch it all," Bumblebee tells Optimus.

"None of them would be stupid enough to do anything, he is still one of my head officers," Optimus reassures him.

"I wouldn't be so sure," Bumblebee says quietly.

"Anyway how's it going between you and Starscream?" Optimus asks changing the conversation, and beginning to walk again.

Bumblebee turns around so he can walk with him. "Great, he is really nice once you get to know him," he answers happily. Optimus smiles at hearing the excitement in the younger bots voice. "So when you gonna tell her?" he asks smiling at Optimus.

"I don't know," Optimus replies quietly.

"I think you should do it soon, Starscream says she likes you, but there is no way she will make the first move," Bumblebee says. "I will see you later," he says waving and running off down another corridor.

Optimus laughs softly and shakes his head. Walking onto the officers corridor he walks up to his room, opening the door he makes his way over to his berth and places her down gently on it, pulling a blanket over her. He then walks over to his couch and takes a seat waiting for her to wake.

I hope you enjoyed, until next time ^_^