And we're back, sorry if the previous chapter made you guys wait for a while but the bunny just loves to escape its cage. I had to hunt that thing down. Let's see what we got today...
Okay, since I don't want to write anymore angst (since this story's suppose to be fluffy) I'm going for more warmth, cuteness and tear-jerking moments. Honestly, I don't know how to do any tear-jerking moments, all I ever did is wing it.
Well, hopefully I can do just as well in this chapter. Enjoy, all credits go to Hasbro, I only own the plot.
Morning came and darkness has been shone by sunlight. The Ark's medbay is quiet save for the beeping from the spark monitor that's hooked to Sideswipe. Ratchet had woke up early in the morning to check on the little bot, so far, nothing has changed.
Sideswipe is still in a coma after the hard bashings in the Nemesis. The moment Ratchet saw his injuries, he was furious at the two Seekers for thrashing him that way. Even after the harsh words he had given the twins, he still have a soft spot for them and usually he'd only keep to his threats only at the most crucial moment.
Laying a soft hand on the mechlet's helm, he bent down and kissed it after checking his vitals. He'd have to talk to Sunstreaker about his brother's well-being later, the yellow mech have been jittery and paranoid since yesterday. After one last look at his vitals and the bandaged frame, Ratchet left the room as quietly as he came.
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"We've done all we can Sunstreaker, now we just have to wait until Sideswipe wakes up. You can stay in the medbay for as long as you like and if anything happens, you are to report to me immediately, understood?"
Both Ratchet and Sunstreaker are in the hallway right in front of the medbay. The yellow twin was just on his way when Ratchet stepped out and stopped him.
"Yea...sure.." mumble Sunstreaker. Ratchet grips his shoulder in reassurance. Sunstreaker walks in and close the door, Ratchet just watch them sympathetically.
As he sighs against the closed the door, Sunstreaker finally sees the condition his brother is in. The small frame is wrapped in thermal blanket and various wires are attached to him, allowing energon to flow in. He pulls out a chair and sat by the berth, holding his brother's small hand in his own. Sunstreaker uses his other hand to gently lift his brother's head and curl around his shoulders and body, lifting the limp body close to his spark.
"Sides...wake up...please.." croaks the older mech. Although he tried so hard to be the psychopath that everyone feared, he knew he have one weakness the he couldn't overcome. His brother have always his first and utmost priority. And seeing him in his arms, limp and unresponsive, terrified him. All he wants is for Sideswipe's bright baby blue optics to gaze up at him again with his cute cheerful smile.
Sadly that's not going to come true in the time being. Pulling his brother closer, Sunstreaker close his optics and allows himself to drift off by the soft beeping sound.
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Hours passed by and the two brothers are still cuddled up together. Sunstreaker woke up half an hour after he fell asleep and had waited for his brother to show any sign that he'd wake up. Even their bond is quiet save for the echo that Sunstreaker projected trying to poke his brother's consciousness.
Just then, Ratchet walks in and saw the yellow twin still haven't budge from his seat.
"Sunstreaker, listen. You shouldn't be sitting here without energon! You've gone five hours straight and it's a miracle you're even functioning! Go on, out. If there's any change I'll comm you immediately," scowls the medic. He pulls the yellow twin up and pushes him away to emphasize his point.
Reluctantly, Sunstreaker obeyed him. "Promise me you'd do that..." he muttered without looking up.
"I promise. Now go, I don't want you to crash on the floor and pile my workload," smile the medic reassuringly. With one last glance, Sunstreaker stepped out of the medbay and head over to the rec room to re-energize himself.
However, the worry is still there in his spark and he couldn't help but feel guilty for not protecting his brother better. But then the guilty turned to anger, anger towards the two Seekers that took him by surprise and hurting his brother in such a way. Why are they even attacking Sideswipe? Don't they know he's just a weak sparkling? That he couldn't even walk let alone defend himself!
Shaking off the thought, he kept his bond open and continue to poke and prod it so that Sideswipe would wake up like last time.
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Sunstreaker sighs quietly as he sips his energon. The rec room is as quiet as a graveyard since the other mechs are all on shifts, and the two human girls are away at the mall and avoiding the Ark for no known reason. Probably because the tension is high ever since Sideswipe had been injured to that degree.
As he sat there alone and blaming himself for his brother's injuries, he failed to realize that Sideswipe's consciousness is brushing against his until he slams it full-force, causing the yellow twin to yelp in surprise and fell off his chair.
~ Surprise to hear me Sunny? ~ came the voice. Sunstreaker slack-jawed when he noticed that the voice belongs to his brother when he was a mech!
~ Sides..? Shouldn't you be a sparkling? ~
~ Please...I am a sparkling right now, in a coma. But that's not the deal, both my processor and my body have been turned into a sparkling BUT there is a part of me that's still a grown mech. I don't know what that part is but it's what allows me to talk to you, get it? ~
~ No. ~
~ Good, me either. Look bro, I want to wake up, I really do but frag...I can't! Everytime I tried to open my optics I'm still floating in this place I don't even know where! It's so...empty... ~
Sunstreaker thought for a moment and came to a conclusion. ~ Of course it's suppose to be empty, it's your HEAD. It never is filled with anything.. ~ snickered the yellow twin. Never in the world had he felt so glad to hear his twin's voice again.
~ Very funny bro...maybe you can help me out? I heard in that head of yours you're really worried. Aww...didn't know you cared so much about me..it's touching ~
~ I do care about you Sides...I just don't show it.. ~ smiled Sunstreaker. He clutched his chestplate gently and close his optics, but a weird thing happened when he opens them again. He was floating in some sort of dark and empty space.
Huh..he could've sworn he was in the rec room sipping his energon. When he look up, he saw his brother right there, floating in front of him with his grin and a wave.
~ Hey bro, glad you can make it. How'd you get in here? Wherever here is.. ~ he mumbled out the last part. Sunstreaker went forth and got his twin a a metal-twisting hug that made the red Lambo chuckle. ~ Okay okay...I'm feeling the love. Now can ya help me? ~
~ How am I suppose to help you when I don't even know how I got here! I guess this would be your head..wow..it IS empty! ~
~ Not amusing... I guess you got in because of some weird unknown fact. Maybe if we use the bond together, both of us can get out of here! ~ exclaimed Sideswipe enthusiastically. ~ Although I'd still be a lame sparkling that people enjoyed beating the slag out of... ~ sulk the red Lambo.
~ Sides...you know I'd never let anyone do that to you. After Cybertron nearly got destroyed you're the only one I have. Even after we board the Ark, do you see me care for the others like I cared for you? ~
Sideswipe was quiet. He only hugs himself tighter and seem to dissipate into thin air. Sunstreaker grabs his shoulders to pin him in place, locking optics with his twin.
~ Sides...wake up! ~ growls the yellow twin. Sideswipe just blinked confusedly. Sunstreaker repeats what he said and shook his brother a bit roughly. ~ Wake up Sides! WAKE UP! Don't be in this frag-slaggin' coma and WAKE UP! ~
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"Look..he's coming to..."
"Get Ratchet...he's up..."
"Sideswipe's awake...better than what we expect..."
Sunstreaker opens his optics with a groan as the medbay lights showered his face. He then heard a gruff voice telling someone to turn off the lights.
"Sunstreaker..can you hear me?" That was Ratchet. The frontliner sat up and look around, coming to his senses that he's in the medbay.
"Ratchet..? What happened? I feel like Devastator had run me over twice..." he grumble. With tired hands, Sunstreaker rubs the bridge of his nasal, trying to ease away the stinging pain from his processor, when he heard a soft twitter in the room. His head snapped upwards and saw his brother, awake and weak.
"You fell unconscious in the rec room, good thing Red Alert saw you on the camera and alerted me. Both your brother and your sparks failed, we thought that Sideswipe was dying and dragging you along but it seems that you were just..how'd you say...'bonding' with him,"
"Bonding?" asked the mech with a quirk brow.
"Both your sparks are actually merging with each other without your chestplates open. I'm not quite sure how that happened, spark tendrils seems to be connecting the both of you when we carried you here," explained the medic without sparing an upward glance.
Sunstreaker sat there on his berth, surprised and creeped out at the same time. He jumped off the berth and went over to where his brother is. A small smile tugged his faceplate when seeing his brother reaching out with trembling arms.
"Wrap him up in a thermal blanket, now that his armour are mostly torn off, he can't stay warm as he used to," advised Ratchet. He checked over the sparkling's vitals before declaring it's safe to disconnect the tubes and wires.
Sunstreaker did just that upon seeing his brother's glassy optics. Once the tubes and such have been separated, he wasted no time in hefting his brother up and cooing at him since the sparkling seems to be crying silently. The yellow twin wraps the blanket until every inch of his brother's frame is wrapped including his head. His face is covered until beneath the nasal.
"Quiet down Sides...shh..it's alright," mumured Sunstreaker with a smile. The sparkling opens and closes his optics every time the light above him shone on his face, making him duck lower and resting his helm against his brother's chestplates. The older mech clutched his brother tighter, not letting go.
"You can take him out. His energon level are now at normal level but make sure he doesn't move much. I've repaired every injury I could find and now it's up for his self-repair. Low-grade every four hours, blanket all the time and recharge around 70 percent of the day, got that all?" Ratchet exclaimed.
"Yea, how long do you think he's going to be fine?" wondered Sunstreaker. He cupped his brother's cheeks and stroke it gently.
"If you follow my orders, I'd say around a week or so, but I give no promises. It's all on him now," shrugs the medic. He kicked the yellow Lambo out, the twin rubs his backside and muttered curses under his breath. But then he forgets his anger and turns his attention to his brother.
The little mechlet sniffles quietly in his coccoon of blanket, optics closed and moving about occasionally. His brother pulls back the blanket a bit so that it doesn't cover Sideswipe's entire face and kiss the little nasal.
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"You're a tough little mech, aren't you? What a frontliner you are, fighting to live even when you can't defend yourself in the heart of the 'Cons' base. Hopefully you can fight yourself to recover from all this..." murmured Sunstreaker.
The two brothers are laying on Sunstreaker's berth, the windows are closed and temperature adjusted so that it's not too low and yet not too high. Sideswipe can only open his optics halfway since the sedatives haven't still worn off and his processor is still hazy. He could only make small sounds that would usually get him cuddled up.
"Let's get you your energon, Ratchet said you need plenty of it," cooed the yellow twin. Leaving his brother on the berth, Sunstreaker went off to warm the low-grade as he thought that Sideswipe may be sleeping, but he was wrong.
After Sunstreaker is gone from his sight, Sideswipe tried to call him but his vocals doesn't work, it can only produce a tiny squeak. Using all his strength, Sideswipe pushes the blanket off his face and tried to turn himself so that he's laying on his belly. Once he's done that, he slowly drags himself out of the blanket so that he could get to his brother. Even when he's frail, he wants Sunstreaker no matter where he went.
Just as he nearly fall off the berth, Sunstreaker stepped in and was surprised to see his brother dangling by the edge. "Sides! What're you doing, don't scare me like that!" exclaimed a horrified Sunstreaker. He went over to retrieve the blanket and wraps his brother again. Sideswipe only look at his brother with a sad face and silent coos.
Of all things, Sunstreaker can't leave his brother when looking at that face, so small and frail.. Especially in Sideswipe's condition, he can't leave him alone. Once again, his protective instincts kicks in and overrode his systems.
"You don't want me to leave you..do you? No worries brother, I'm not going to allow you to be alone until you've returned to normal," he murmured soothingly. Patting his brother's head, Sunstreaker went off to retrieve the bottle and sat back on his berth.
Rubbing the soft tip to Sideswipe's mouth, he encourages his brother to drink the energon but the sparkling is simply too weak to do anything for the moment.
"Don't be like this Sides..you have to drink..you want to be happy don't you? You know how I love seeing you smile," chuckle the older mech. Sideswipe perked his head up and blink his bright optics. Rubbing the tip yet again, Sideswipe finally opens his mouth and suck the contents out slowly.
"There you go.." cooed Sunstreaker. He held his brother tighter as he feeds him, the bright optics gaze up at him with warmth, trust and love he have never seen before. Right now Sideswipe is depending on him just as much as he's depending on Sideswipe. Until Wheeljack completes the machine or until Sideswipe is in his top shape, he's not allowing anyone else to hold his brother.
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"Ratchet, how was Sideswipe?" ask the Prime. Ratchet, Prowl, Wheeljack, Perceptor, Skyfire and himself are having a meeting about the sparkling and the machine to reverse the effects that started this whole mess.
"He's good. Since the protective 'mother' couldn't stand seeing his sparkling in pain, he donated a good amount of energon to sustain Sideswipe's injuries. The sparklet still needs time to adjust since he's still too weak to do anything," report the medic.
Optimus nods his head in understandment. "Wheeljack, have you finish the machine?"
"All done, Prime. Everything's all ready, we just need to make a few adjustments here and there and we're ready to go. But we have to wait until Sideswipe's better, it might disorrient his figure if we were to put him in there right now," explained the engineer.
"How disorriented?" asked Optimus. If Sideswipe couldn't go in yet there has to be a more specific reason.
"Well..since we need the full armoured Sideswipe so that he's going to be normal once we turn him back, an injured Sideswipe may be incomplete because we don't have enough supplies to make a full mech body armour.." Wheeljack points out, turning to Perceptor for more details.
"Most of his systems and such are still strained, Prime. If we turn him back now in that condition, we may loose him in the next few hours or worse, it kills him in an instant," Perceptor continued.
And then Skyfire adds a few more things. "Prime, in simple words we need him at 100 percent efficiency. We can't risk anything to go wrong with both the machine and Sideswipe, he still has his injuries. The body aging process is complicated, it moves time and space and puts a lot of strain on one's body. Put a critically injured Sideswipe in there and he won't make it before reaching his age,"
"There's logic in what they're saying. I've seen the device and how it works, Wheeljack even used a baby bird and tested it. I say we wait until Sideswipe's better before putting him back in there," Prowl convinced. Optimus agreed with his scientists and SIC and decided it's best to put Sideswipe in there when he's perfectly fine.
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The rec room is flooded by off-shifts mech, everyone talking about something and relaxing after some hard shifts. Hound and Beachcomber are talking about the wilderness as usual, Bluestreak is..well..talking about a million things, Mirage is content to be by himself sipping his energon quietly and ignoring everyone, the minibots are grouped together and other mechs change talking partners every now and then.
"Heard Sunstreaker got his brother back," Bumblebee commented with a smile. His fellow minibots scoff at the thought of the brothers reunited. For them, troublemakers are always troublemaker, but Bumblebee is the bot that tends to forgive and forget on multiple accounts.
"Yea..Ratch said he found the idiot collapse right here in the rec room, dunno why..." muttered Cliffjumper, spinning his energon in the cube idly. Bumblebee pouts at his reaction and look around the room for something more entertaining.
Just then, the doors whooshed open and a groaning Sunstreaker walks in tiredly.
"Hey 'Streaker! Ya look like ya got hit by Devastator! C'mere an' tell us what happen'," came Jazz's merry voice. Sunstreaker open his optics to stare at the grinning saboteur who sat with Blaster, Trailbreaker and Bluestreak. The yellow twin groans more and make his way over to the table, sit down and crashes his helm on said table.
"Whoa there Sunstreaker...what happened to you?" Trailbreaker asked concernedly. The warrior mech raised his head and took a deep breath through his mouth, locking optics with him.
"Sideswipe happened. I was seriously low on energy but the scraplet refused to let me out of his sight! I had to feed him, and rock him to sleep, even so he knows that I'm gone! So I have to stay with him until I make sure he couldn't sense me which took HOURS!"
The other mechs chuckled, knowing Sideswipe, he'd never let Sunstreaker go since everytime one of them babysits him before Prowl clears Sunstreaker off, the mechlet always calls out to his brother even in sleep.
Sunstreaker had his energon and now returning back to his brother. The two remains unseparatable once they are united and the yellow mech wouldn't have it any other way.
Since he's the one for Sideswipe, he'll do whatever it takes to protect his brother from anything.
I want to make this longer, I really do..but everytime I tried my mind wanders off to GAMES. I got neopets account, I got facebook account, I got hell lots of account I don't even know where to go!
But I've finished it, that's whats important. Oh yea...if any of you have the guts, play The House 2 my friend (crush secretly ^^) introduced. I had fun that time...screaming and hiding behind him...those were the days...
I'm on a rant, but be sure to play...if you dare... Enjoyed the story? Review please.