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When noon came the next day the sparkling found himself being forced to sit on one of Ratchet's med bay berths while the large mech ran countless scans on him. He tried not to move but it was hard for him to stay still. Ever since he had woken up that morning he had felt odd. He couldn't put his finger on it but he felt like something wasn't right with him.
"Young one, will you stop moving!" Ratchet growled for the tenth time.
The sparkling instantly looked up at the 'bot with his optics wide. He moved his hands back to his sides and let out a sad whine. He couldn't stop himself from staring at his hands. There was something about them that didn't feel right, like they were supposed to be different then what they were. He had tried explaining this fact to Ratchet but wasn't able to get the words right.
"If you keep interrupting my scans then we won't finish this exam for the next few hours." Ratchet said.
"I am sorry Ratchet... I just feel funny." He said. "I can't explain it but I don't feel right."
"Well if you stop moving I might be able to figure out why you don't feel right." Ratchet replied starting his scan again.
The sparkling sighed and kept as still as he could. He could feel the scans running over his body and they made him tingly inside. The sound of the med bay doors opening caught his attention and he jumped up at the sight of Optimus. Ratchet growled and used his fingers to push him back down on the berth.
"Stay down!" He commanded.
He tried to get back up so he could get to his creator but was blocked by Ratchet's hand.
"Optimus, would you instruct your sparkling to remain still until I am finished?" Ratchet asked.
The Prime moved over to the little one and gently pushed him onto his back.
"Little one, you must hold still for Ratchet." He told him.
As if the words held some kind of power over him the sparkling settled down and didn't move until Ratchet was done. When the scans where finished Ratchet let out a soft hum while going over the results.
"Well there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with you." He said. "Your energy levels are oddly high but nothing to worry about."
"Can I see Bumblebee?" The sparkling asked.
"I don't think that is a good..." Optimus began but was cut off by Ratchet.
"Yes, you may go see him." Ratchet picked up the little one and placed him on the ground. "He is in that room there."
The sparkling didn't waste a moment. He quickly ran to the door and entered the room. Optimus looked at Ratchet confused. He never let someone see a patient who had been so badly hurt, at least not so soon.
"I must speak with you Prime." Ratchet said.
Optimus's optics went wide and he quickly looked at the many dents and scratches on his body from his confrontation with Ironhide.
"It is not about your condition, although I will be having a word with you about that later." Ratchet said glaring at the work he would have to do later. "I must talk to you about the sparkling."
Opitmus's optics went wide. "Did something show up on the scans?"
"No, like I said the scans are fine." Ratchet said. "I must talk with you about his returning memories."
"You have seen evidence of them coming back?" The Prime asked.
Ratchet nodded his head. "Yes, last night when he forced himself from stasis he referred to Barricade by his name. I assume that he hasn't been learning about the Decepticons from you or Ironhide?"
Optimus shook his head. "No we both agreed that we would not tell him of them."
"I figured as much..." He replied. "There is something else... well two somethings."
Optimus gestured for him to go on. "When I started examining him he kept trying to tell me that... He didn't feel right the way he was, like he was made differently."
"Does he think himself human?" Optimus asked.
"I am not sure; he had trouble articulating his feelings. But he kept looking at his hands like they weren't his." Ratchet said.
"Do you think that it is possible that he will remember completely?" He asked.
"I cannot say for sure. All I know is that he must be watched carefully." He was told. "Also there is something Bumblebee said when he came on line this morning." Ratchet hesitated for a moment. "He referred to the sparkling by calling him Sam."
"Well that is not too surprising; he was very attached to the boy." Optimus said.
Ratchet nodded his head. "I agree, and at first that is what I assumed too. But then he told me that the sparkling called himself Sam."
A loud grinding came from Optimus's chest at the news and he had to take a moment to calm himself down.
"The... the sparkling called himself Sam?" He asked.
"So says Bumblebee. He said that is what he named himself yesterday before they were attacked by Barricade."
"I see..." Optimuse said. "I must speak with Ironhide about this."
He turned to walk out of the med bay but was stopped by Ratchet's hand on his shoulder.
"There is one more thing Optimus." He said.
The Prime braced himself for more unexpected news.
"I had just fixed your body yesterday morning... how is it you are in this shape now?"
On the other side of the base, Will was having his own problems, in the form of the scrawny and annoying Galloway. He was surprised that it had taken as long as it had for him to make his way to the base. He had suspected him to show up in the middle of the night and have his temper tantrum. But no, he was treated to the sound of helicopters landing at six in the morning. Since then it had been none stop yelling from the short balding man who made every threat it was possible for him to make towards him and the Autobots. Most of it was bull, Will knew that Galloway didn't have as much power as he thought he did but that didn't mean that he couldn't make trouble for them.
Will sighed as once again Galloway started threatening to have the Autobots kicked off the planet. He was starting to lose patience with this man and his hand itched to just pull out his gun and make a few threats of his own... it had worked before.
"Mr. Galloway I am sure that there is better use for both our time than hearing the same thing for the tenth time." Will said. "I don't know about you, but I have a base to run."
Galloway stopped mid rant and glared at Will.
"If you were so concerned with running this base then why is it that one of these machines was out running around the country side yesterday causing untold damage and public exposure?"
Will sighed. "First off there was not untold damage. There are a few holes in a highway and a few destroyed cars. Second the exposure isn't as bad as you think. Only a handful of people saw what happened and they have all been detained. Thirdly had Bumblebee not been out yesterday then we would have one more Decepticon to worry about. Finally... I will not tell you again that they are living breathing things, not the cold machines you continue to believe them to be."
"Let me tell you something Major as far as the U.S government is concerned ANY type of exposure is bad exposure. We were barely able to convince people that what happened in Egypt was an act of terrorism. Our cover story is not helped by these things destroying public transports in front of a traffic jam of people." Galloway yelled.
Will growled and was about to yell something back at Galloway but they were interrupted by the large form of Ironhide walking out of the large building with Sideswipe right next to him.
"... All I am saying Ironhide is that you should take it easy on Optimus. How could he have known that would happen to them?" Sideswipe was saying.
They both stopped at seeing Will and Galloway standing in front of them.
"Yo Major!" Sideswipe said his normal cheery self.
"Sideswipe... Ironhide." Will nodded.
Ironhide just grunted glaring at Galloway.
"Major, the rules on the base are clear. All none biological things are to remain in their alt forms while outside of the buildings." Galloway said.
"And I have explained to General Morshower that we cannot force them to stay compacted all day long." Will snapped. "And he agreed with me, and seeing as I am in charge of the base I believe that it is my choice to make."
Ironhide grunted in agreement.
"Dude, hate to break it to ya." Sideswipe said. "But you ain't nothing more then a glorified errand boy."
"Now I suggest that you go back and report to your bosses that we have things taken care of. And let them know that we are still waiting for the new liaison to get here since that hasn't been you in a long time." Will finished.
Galloway stood there his face turning red. He had never been so angry in his life, without anything to say he turned on his heels and stormed off to the helicopter that had brought him there. As the chopper carried him away from the base he sat stewing in his anger. He would be damned if he let them get away with treating him like that. He growled to himself and pulled out his cell phone, he smiled slightly as he called the privet number he had memorized.
"Yes sir?" The voice on the other end answered.
"Tell me more about this new alien that they are hiding at the base..."
Well now looks like things are starting to move along... I wonder what will happen next... ^_^
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