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Chapter Nine – Relocated and Reintroduced

The last thing Roxie had seen and heard was the big ass helicopter Deception fire a missile at the very boulder she and Will were hiding behind. From that point it was darkness and voices with the odd background noise.

The darkness that she floated in was quite pleasant and Roxie didn't see any reason to leave it just yet, so she let herself float along and listen to the voices.

"We need medic here now!" That was Will, his voice strong and demanding, just the right tone for a man of his standing. Roxie always liked that the man didn't let his military career leak too much into his home life. A bunch of other voices jumbled together, non of them familiar.

"Will, the transport is here, I will go with the medic to the base. Return home and update Sarah only on the details she needs to know. Gather Roxanne's belongings and get to the base when you can, and please apologize to Annabelle for me." Ironhide's voice rose above all others momentarily, the other voices seemed to disperse, Roxie guessed the other men had left the giant robot and his human partner to talk close to her. His words were clear enough but Roxie still didn't understand anything. Why was she going with Ironhide and a medic, she didn't feel any pain. What did Ironhide do that Will needed to apologize to Annabelle for on his behalf? If the darkness wasn't so comfortable she would have asked these questions out loud.

The sudden sound of a helicopter seemed to make the darkness vibrate, it didn't like the noise, it reminded her of the crazy copter that had showed up. That brought up the next question she wanted to ask, why did it want her? No, it had said Megatron wanted her. The giant Decepticon leader that she had talked to when she was eight hadn't looked so scary. But then he got free, killed her father, and was now sending his men after her. He was really scary now, and she did not want to talk to him again.

The sound of the helicopter was gone, she felt herself being shifted and moved around, the darkness was beginning to turn grey. As the grey grew lighter and lighter a certain sound grew louder and louder.

Groaning Roxie asked," Please tell me someone got the license plate on that damned helicopter so I can shove his blades down his throat in exchange for this headache."

"You will be doing no such thing Ms. Glitch." The gruff but still kind voice helped Roxie to figure out what had brought her out of the darkness.

Her eyes still shut Roxie put her hands over her ears and groaned louder," Stop scanning me please! You're not helping my pain go away any faster Ratchet."

"I will stop once I am positive there is nothing wrong with your cerebral cortex." Ratchet pressed a button by the berth that put it into a sitting position.

Opening her eyes slowly Roxie found herself looking at Ratchet's holoform. Putting a hand to the source of her throbbing headache she felt a large swath of cloth held in place by medical tape. Remembering what happened with the helicopter she asked," How long have I been out of it for?"

"Almost three Earth days. What is your birthday and the name of Will Lennox' daughter?" Ratchet had taken out a flash light and was testing her depth and light reception in her eyes.

"July 13th 1991. Her name is Annabelle...Three days? Oh crap! It's her birthday today isn't it? Does she know what happened? Oh my god, I broke my promise! I told her I was going to be back and I didn't-" Roxie had lost all thoughts of her condition and jumped right off the bed and started looking for a phone or anything that would let her get a hold of the little girl that was probably in need of reassurance.

"Roxanne Rose Evans get back on that bed now!" Roxie froze, relaxed and did as she was told. Back on the bed she looked up sheepishly at Will who had entered the med bay to find her on her feet and Ratchet just about to sedate her.

Putting away the needle Ratchet asked Will incredulously," How did you do that? Non of my patients ever respond that well."

"It's a parent-child thing. Try using their full name and a really scary tone of voice next time. Roxie, don't worry about Annabelle. She already knows what happened and doesn't blame you. All she wants is for you to get better." Will's words brought relief to the girl's features until they changed to confusion as the sounds of the area finally sunk in.

"Soooo, where am I?" The question simple in her mind but the exchanged look between Will and Ratchet's holoform that said, 'Are you telling her?' told her that the answer wouldn't be as simple to answer. It was decided that Will would answer the question when Ratchet's holoform just disappeared.

Sighing Will offered his arm for Roxie to use as support since her headache wasn't helping her balance. Leading her to the door that he'd come in through he led her out into the large open main hanger," For your protection we decided it would be best for you to stay at the base of NEST operations. This is the Diego Garcia base."

Roxie felt like her jaw was a few centimetres from hitting the floor. There were military men and women of all nationalities all over the place, the ones that were close by gave Will a nod and Roxie a small smile. Close to the massive open hanger doors a raised platform set with computers and screens looked like a communication station. Looking further in she saw that there were several garage doors and two hallways on each side. All in all Roxie was sure she was standing in a building that could easily swallow someone of her stature and never let her go. Gulping Roxie told Will in a small voice," I do not blame you for wanting to go home whenever you can. I feel like I'm in an ant farm."

"Hey it's not that bad once you adjust to the size. You must be Roxanne Glitch, the first civilian to be brought here without asking to come first." A well built African American man had separated from a throng of soldiers to come shake Roxie's hand. He wore a uniform that matched the one that Will had worn to his meetings, a badge on his arm read NEST along with a sword.

Smiling despite her feeling of unease Roxie jested," Didn't know military bases were big tourist attractions these days." This earned a chuckle from the large man who smiled wider," I'm Chief Master Robert Epps, you're welcome to call me Epps."

"Roxie, do you feel up to introducing yourself to a few others?" Will's question was hesitant, he didn't want to push her to do anything else when she just woke up, but Ratchet had told him earlier that day that besides the massive headache she would probably have she would be able to move around for a little while. There had been a lot of emphasis on 'little while.'

Roxie had a good feeling about who these others were that he wanted her to meet, her head felt like a hammer was constantly pounding on it and her body was a bit sluggish but she didn't see any reason not to accept the opportunity. Giving a shrug she replied," Sure, just stay where I can see you at all times. If I get lost I will scream." Shaking his head Will pat Roxie on the shoulder and led her towards the back of the base, Epps following right behind them.

Getting to one of the garage doors Will punched in a code, swiped his access key then let his eye get scanned. Seeing all the security measures Roxie raised both eyebrows, both Will and Epps just shrugged. In their line of work lots of security was necessary. The door opened halfway so it was easily human accessible. The door led to a steep incline that vaguely reminded Roxie of Sector Seven hiding underneath the Hoover Dam. Keeping these thoughts to herself they descended at least two stories of stairs that went along a ramp. The further they went the louder a collection of voices became, at one point she heard one female voice ask," What are you two doing?" The reply must have been too quiet or not answered at all.

The stairs finally levelled out and Roxie was intrigued to find a large complete concrete out lay with walls dividing what Roxie guessed to be private rooms since they had garage doors between the walls. In the center of the floor were parked numerous vehicles ranging from a yellow rescue hummer to three identical bikes with different colouring. In the middle of the group was a blue and red flame decorated Semi Peterbilt transport truck.

Removing her hearing mufflers Roxie stepped forward alone. Keeping her voice steady she greeted," It's an honour to finally meet you Optimus Prime." All at once each vehicle present transformed to their true forms and created a semi-circle around her.

Crouching down to be on a better eye level with Roxie the leader of the Autobots inclined his head," As it is my relief to see you are not harmed."

The tension beginning to leave her body Roxie grinned," To be honest this is nothing but a scratch in comparison to what I've gotten from humans."

"As far as your cranial damages go that is your most severe, and should not be thought lightly of." Ratchet, being the main medic present had to correct Roxie on her attempt to brush off the damage she'd sustained.

Putting her hands on her hips Roxie countered," You would only know that from my medical records, which last time I checked are still considered to be classified information."

"I took all legal means to acquire them." Ratchet's counter got Roxie to move her hands from her hips to simply crossing them. She never liked nosey people, especially nosey doctors. Their medical curiosity usually led them to harrassing her for tests.

"Is it true you can hear information from our sparks?" A silver armoured mech that stood right next to a scowling gold armoured mech had asked this.

Walking closer towards the pair she paused for a second then smiled to reply," Yes, depending on how close I am to you I can hear things from your spark. Just now your spark told me your designation is Sideswipe and your twin here is known as Sunstreaker." The dumbfounded expressions on both mechs was worth sounding like a bit of a show off.

Chromia and her matching companions rolled forward to giggle," Thanks, you just won me some of their prized high grade energon. How are you feeling Roxie?"

Returning Chromia's smile she replied," Just a splitting headache...That Jolt is making worse with his scans." There had been an electric blue Chevy Volt behind Ratchet that Roxie had missed when growling at Ratchet. When she had answered the twins he had moved closer to do some scans of his own.

Facing him full on she asked," Didn't Ratchet or Ironhide tell you that your scans sound absolutely terrible?"

"That does not matter if the scans allow us to tell the cause of your ailment and allow us to fix the problem." Jolt, being the proud bot he was, would not let a mere human female talk down to him.

"And what if I don't want to be helped? Depending on how bad off I am I can stand to endure a little pain rather than endure the pain and endure that noise five times over." Roxie knew she'd won, the outrage in Jolt's blue optics told her that before he walked away back up the ramp.

"You're right Chromia, she is a unique femme. Can you tell what our names are?" The pink armoured Autobot that was identical to Chromia and the vibrant blue armoured Autobot female pointed to herself and the blue femme.

"Arcee and Flareup. You three sound beautiful by the way, I mean your sparks. It's a perfectly synched hum that sounds like three harps playing the same song but in different notes." After naming the femmes Roxie had closed her eyes to listen more intently to the sound she was describing.

Opening her eyes and looking slightly confused she did a head count. Head tilted to the side she asked Optimus," I don't think I'm hearing the names completely right, but there's another set of twins. Skirts and Buttflap? Where are they?"

Two loud 'clunks' came from behind Roxie, turning around she found herself looking up at the two twins she had misnamed. Getting right in her face the twin with red armour ranted," That's Skids and Mudflap girl! You diss us like that again and you're gonna get in a whole new world of pain."

"Yea man, the Hatchet's going to clean your squishy self off the floor. Ow!" While the twins were telling Roxie off Ironhide had driven up behind them, changed to bi-pedal mode and punched both mechs in the head sending them flying.

"If you two idiots hadn't hidden yourselves she would not have gotten your names wrong. Download more intelligence or keep quiet." Ironhide glared at the minor twins until they muttered some "whatevers" then did as Jolt had and went up the ramp.

"How are your injuries Ironhide? And don't tell me you didn't get hurt, I saw everything that happened before that stupid helicopter blew up the boulder." Roxie heard a couple of giggles from the twins and triplets, it was always amusing to see their scariest member get put down.

His glare a little less intense than the one he'd given Skids and Mudflap Ironhide told her," Unlike you human I am not harmed so easily."

"If you don't count your two damaged leg cables, the chunks missing from your armour on your chest and your dented helm then yes, you're perfectly fine." Ratchet stepped forward waving a wrench that hadn't been in his hand a moment ago.

"Ironhide, if you were human you'd be in critical condition or dead...Thank you for your help that day. I owe you, and you Will." Roxie made her voice absolute so both males knew they couldn't argue against her.

"We would like to discuss that day Ms. Evans if you don't mind." Optimus had watched with interest as the human youngling interacted with his species as if she had known them her whole life. He didn't know if this was because of her knowing of their existence since she was young, or because her hearing allowed her to hear that which normal humans didn't. When the topic of discussion changed to the reason of her presence Optimus drew her attention back to him.

"I don't know how much I can clarify but I'll try." Roxie truthfully felt ready to down a whole bottle of Advil her head hurt so much, yet the well mannered behaviour of a guest was put into her mind from day one by her father made her suck it up and try to assist these beings she really wanted to get to know.

"Can you think of any reason for Cyclonus' attempt to abduct you?" This was the main cause of confusion. They understood that Roxie came into contact with Megatron through her father's work. Her father, Richard James Evans, was the top scientist to study and reverse engineer the operations of Megatron's head. What they could acquire from Sector Seven's database stated that the man had made many minor discoveries that led to the development of the current big money makers, cell phones and GPS. Nothing in the man's reports showed anything that could lead Megatron to want revenge on Roxie for what her father did.

"Well, I doubt it's the reason, but the one time I was with my dad around Megatron I stubbed my toe on Megatron's foot so then I kicked him and called him a worthless piece of scrap metal." Roxie didn't like really tense atmospheres and felt that that might lighten it a bit. She got a snicker from the twins, a double eyebrow raise from Ratchet, and proud smiles from the triplets. "Besides that I can't think of anything. Is it possible he's just insane and chose me at random to be a pet or something?"

"No, Megatron would not be leader of the Deceptions if he was deemed unstable in any way. Since you, the target, are unaware of Megatron's intentions and reasons we have no choice but to wait for another strike. For your safety Roxanne you must remain here." Optimus did not like it when his brother started doing things that he couldn't put a reason to, the last time such an occurrence happened it lead to his death as well as Sam's.

Roxie beamed big and bright at the Autobot leader," Hey, if it means it will be impossible for the government to get me then I will be the most well behaved human on the whole base...As long as I have my essentials."

"I'm afraid it is still very possible for your government to apprehend you Roxanne. As part of our agreement with the world Leaders we have been assigned a government liaison, he is a strict, rule and law loving idiot that would love to hand you over to the authorities if it means more power for him. He comes to the base every Friday and stays until Sunday. During those days I recommend you stay hidden." Ratchet told all this to Roxie who slowly contorted her face to absolute misery.

Her voice further proving her dampened mood she asked," Alright, can you show me what he looks like so I know who to be invisible to?" At this the twins, triplets, and even Ironhide projected variations of their liaison hanging limply with a noose around his neck, a house covering all but his feet (the triplets love the 'Wizard of Oz') and a scorch marked crater in the ground. Will and Epps were beside themselves laughing and saying which was their favorite or how to improve them.

Her smile back Roxie giggled," Let me rephrase that. Can I see what he looks like in one piece and still alive and uncontorted?" A chorus of "awws" went up as the creative projections were turned off. Smiling himself Optimus used his optics to project their beloved liaison Galloway.

No one expected Roxie to go pale and immediately go running behind Will to hide. Her voice a timid squeak she asked," Okay, I get it, it's Galloway, now turn it off please."

Galloway's name had not been given, thus letting those present know that Roxanne was clearly not acting and was very much afraid of the man. Optimus quickly turned off the projection,"I apologize, we should have told you his name. What history do you have with Galloway?"

Staying behind Will Roxie replied sounding a little confident since the projection was gone," Have you ever heard of a kid being traumatized by something and being afraid of it for the rest of their lives? Well that's what happened with Galloway."

His voice tight from the growing anger he felt Ironhide asked," What did that Pit spawn human do?"

"When I was 10 the asshole kidnapped me on my way home from school and handed me over to the government's medical research department. Lucky for me a teacher saw it happen and notified my dad, who then got Sector Seven's soldiers to bust in on the doctors right before they could start probing around in my brain." Will had gone completely rigid with rage, if he had known about this last year he would have just pushed the detestable man out of the plane without getting him to pull the parachute.

"Optimus, might we make an exception for Galloway?" Chromia asked this while going to Roxie and putting a comforting hand on her back. On Cybertron the punishment for mistreating a sparkling was severe depending on the harm it had done to the sparkling. Though they were now soldiers the femmes still had paternal programming hard wired into their systems. Hearing this had ignited this programming in all three femmes who now had their guns charging with the fiercest glares their face plates could make.

"No Chromia, we cannot harm the humans if we are to remain on their planet, you know this. However, for the duration of his stay I will be looking else where while...unfortunate incidents occur around Galloway. I will be highly disappointed if he were to return next week." That was all the bots present needed to hear from their leader before speeding off to start getting their best and nastiest pranks together for Galloway's arrival that day.

Optimus and Will were the only two left with Roxie, which she was fine with. All those Autobots watching her was starting to unnerve her a bit. Knowing that her old nightmare was going to meet some untimely accidents eased Roxie enough to step out from behind Will and ask more calmly," If I'm going to be staying here, where can I sleep?"

"You have two options. One of my best female soldiers, Private Scotch, has convinced one of the other privates to move to a different bunk house so you can sleep there. Your other option is to share the triplets' quarters. It's your call." Will had held up his fingers for each option.

"Through my ears your options sounded like this. Bunk down with at least thirty other woman, guaranteeing that one if not three other female soldiers that could whoop my ass will have it out for me because she was kicked out of her original sleeping place. Or, bunk down with three awesome alien robot females that I could safely gossip with? Gee Will, what option do you think I'll take?" Optimus listened to this strange rendition of Will's words and inwardly wondered if it was possible to find a whole new dictionary and thesaurus to understand human femmes.

"Right. Optimus can you let the triplets know? I'm going to take Roxie for a tour before Galloway gets here." Optimus nodded and did just that while Will lead Roxie back up the stairs. Roxie didn't move until she waved bye to Optimus first though.

Getting back up top Roxie had to ask," Before we go on this grand tour can I get some Advil or something? My head feels ready to explode."

"Yea sure, sorry for not thinking of that earlier." Will smiled apologetically and led Roxie back towards the medical bay, only they went to the one for human patients.

From there she was shown the location of the mess hall, the various washrooms, the arms room, the men's bunk houses, the women's bunk houses, the emergency bunker and the wash pit for the Autobots. At the sight of the wash pit Roxie was reminded that she hadn't bathed for over three days. Bringing this to Will's attention he laughed.

Roxie thanked him a thousand times over when he showed her a duffel bag filled with all the clothes she'd bought with Sarah. Much to her relief the female showers were divided with walls and shower curtains for privacy. With the shower and the medicine in effect Roxie felt completely normal again.

Dressed in a pair of new jeans, her favourite turquoise tube top, a blue jean jacket and her dog collar Roxie felt something was missing. It clicked in when she saw Arcee drive by, rushing over to Will she asked," My bike. What happened to my bike?"

"Whoa, calm down. It's here but its getting fixed. Our top mechanic has been working on it since you got here. He's really good and quick, it should be done by now." Will had a feeling it was more than just concern for her property that had Roxie enquiring about her bike.

Calming down a little she asked," Can we go see it? There's a couple of things I left in it that I need."

"What things? Depending on what they are I might have to confiscate them. Security protocols are strict here."

"My battery recharger and my cell player." The battery recharger Will knew about, on Monday she'd drawn a rough outline of it. The cellplayer was a different matter.

He led the way to one hallways he didn't include in the tour since he didn't think it had any rooms she'd need to know about. They stopped in front of a door that had various dents and metal plates covering what Roxie assumed to be holes. Will knocked three times before cracking the door open and sticking his head in," Tools? Hey Tools you here?"

There came no reply so Will pushed the door open the rest of the way, revealing one hell of a work room. Various tools, dismantled weapons, cafeteria trays and other odds and ends were scattered all over the place. Leaning up against the far wall was her bike, stepping over the things she couldn't name Roxie asked Will," Is Tools a first or last name?" Reaching her friend she gave it a quick once over. The deep scratches had been fixed and repainted, cracks that she hadn't noticed before were sealed and the whole thing looked waxed over.

Will watched the teen flick a little latch on the under side of the seat and flip the seat up entirely. Reaching into a compartment she pulled out a small black leather purse. "Tools is his nickname, his real name is Gregory Harper. He's our mechanic on his off time, does weapon maintenance, and one of our field scouts. He's a genius when he's not pulling pranks with Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. Lord knows he's been in the brig almost as many times as them."

They left the disaster zone and went back to the main hanger. "Sounds like a fun guy. Where is he?"

"Probably went home for the weekend. After a couple of bad brush ups with Galloway Optimus recommended he go home during the time the Pit spawned jerk was here." There was a hidden story behind the brush ups Will spoke of, but Roxie decided the person they happened to would be better to ask.

"So what's that cellplayer? If it's a kind of cell phone you can't keep it." Will saw Roxie get stiff in defense and inwardly sighed. There was always a problem with the soldiers when they couldn't keep their cell phones, but with the Decepticon SoundWave still at large they couldn't risk the base being discovered through a stray cell phone.

Thinking fast she told him," The cell phone circuitry isn't connected, I've just been using it as an mp3 player." Will shook his head and held out his hand. Frowning she opened the purse and pulled out a completely metal device that fit in the palm of her hand.

When Will took it he couldn't stop himself from turning it over in his hands. It looked exactly like an mp3 player, it had the play, skip forward, back, stop and volume control. Looking back up at Roxie he asked," This is a cell phone too?"

"Like I said, the cell phone circuitry is disconnected, I've only been using the mp3 function. I was thinking of making one for Annabelle for her birthday. That thing can be run over five times and still work perfectly fine." At the thought of Annabelle owning an indestructible mp3 player that would be free instead of an iPod that costs a hefty price Will had second thoughts on confiscating the item.

"I'll make you a deal. You keep this but only if you get Tools to remove the cellular components." Will held it back out to her,if she took it she accepted the terms.

She took hold of it, unclasped two little clasps on the sides to reveal all the wires and components. With two yanks she held two wires, closed it back up and handed Will the wires. "There you go, it's just an mp3 player now." Will blinked down at the yellow and green wires in his hand.

"It doesn't take just two wires to make a cell phone out of an mp3 player…Does it?"

"No, but those wires prevent it from getting a cellular signal as well as preventing me from switching it cellular mode. My dad made the cell player so I could still listen to music and own a cell phone. He made me take it apart and put it back together so I could fix any problems that could come up while he was working." Roxie stared fondly at the little device she'd gotten for her 13th birthday, it had been so magical how her dad had turned her hearing mufflers into headphones and then a headset just by plugging in a wire between them and the device.

Will saw the fond look and made his decision. "Alright, as long as you don't find wires to replace these you can hang onto that. I need to get going, there's a lot of paper work I need to do thanks to that stupid whirly bird. Why don't you try and find the triplets so you can work out sleeping arrangements." He'd made the decision by remembering that he trusted Roxie to watch his baby girl, in comparison to a life trusting Roxie not to reconnect her cell phone was a simple matter. Before Roxie could thank the man he ruffled her hair and left.

Tucking the purse into the duffel bag she'd been hauling around she mumbled outloud to herself," Okay, find the triplets or at least one of them. Last time I saw one of them was back outside, but He-Who-I-Will-Not-Name is suppose to get here soon. So out in the open is not where I want to be. Hmmm….All of the Autobots can talk to each other in some special robot way, if I find one of them in here then I can ask them to ask the triplets where they are. Good plan Roxie, now stop talking to yourself and do it." Straightening her back to portray and feel more confident she went for the med bay first, during the tour Will had told her that Ratchet and Jolt could often be found there since a few of the Autobots frequented the medbay often due to pranks, rough housing, and sometimes even accidents.

As she approached the doors she could hear two voices indicating that Ratchet and Jolt were indeed present. Remembering her first conversation, or more so argument, with Jolt Roxie winced. The blue bot probably wouldn't be happy to see her again so soon. She knocked on the door first then poked her head in, Ratchet and Jolt were facing away from the door and were looking at something on their giant table. Stepping in further Roxie called out," Hi Ratchet, hi Jolt."

Ratchet turned to face her but Jolt continued to fiddle with something in an attempt to ignore her." Hello Roxanne, are you feeling alright? I was informed by Doctor White that you saw him for some medication for your headache." Out of habit Ratchet gave her a quick scan over ignoring the way her face scrunched up.

"I'm fine now. When can I remove this bandage? It really itches." Roxie pointed to the wad of cloth taped to her head.

"If nothing else comes along to cause you further damage then you may remove it by Sunday. Your other injuries are healed enough now that you may remove those bandages." Ratchet smiled at the dramatic sigh of relief the human femme gave at this news.

Roxie had actually forgotten about the road rash and scrapes right after her shower. She took a step to go to the washroom and remove the bandages but stopped herself. Jolt had been ignoring her the whole time but she'd caught him budge at the mention of other injuries. Deciding to be the more mature species she told him" Hey Jolt, sorry for arguing with you before. You were just defending your programming. Oh, I keep forgetting! Ratchet, do you know where I can find Chromia? I need to talk to her about sleeping arrangements."

"Just a click…She says she will meet you by the hanger doors once she and the other femmes have finished putting together Galloway's welcoming gift." Ratchet shuddered to think of what the femmes were going to welcome the liaison with. Roxie gave a two finger salute then went to the washroom to remove the bandages.

Since the door was metal and he assumed they were out of her hearing range Ratchet turned to Jolt and asked the younger medic," What were you saying about human's lacking proper mannerisms?"

"Fine I take that back, but they are still too primitive to warrant complete trust and compassion from us. I will never understand Ironhide's complete loyalty to the Lennox family." Jolt muttered all this while putting the finishing touches on their project. It was the bracelet that was to be Annabelle's birthday gift. Jolt was one of the few bots that liked Annabelle, but wouldn't go out of his way to meet her every whim like Ironhide and Chromia. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were on similar wave length in concerns to the sparkling.

Ratchet contemplated Jolt's words while inspecting the bracelet for any flaws. The bracelet was a simple silver chain with a child useable clasp, instead of one Autobot insignia there were four, making it more of a charm bracelet. The black and silver charm was the tracking chip, the purple and silver charm was the health monitor, the red and silver, and yellow and silver charms were just for decoration. Content with the work Ratchet put it in a tiny box that he would give to Will to gift wrap later. To Jolt he suggested," I do not fully understand Ironhide's attachment either, but I am comfortable being friends with each member of the Lennox family, and that is because I have spent time with them. Maybe if you spent some time getting to know one of the humans you would see what we see in them."

"That's not going to happen anytime soon Ratchet. There has yet to be a human worth my time." Jolt told this to Ratchet just as the washroom door opened and Roxie stepped out with the bandages neatly folded up in her hands.

"Ratchet, do I just throw these out or is it possible for them to be reused?" Roxie asked this instead of asking why Jolt more or less stormed out of the room.

Shaking his head at the close minded bot Ratchet answered Roxie," You can just throw those out. It is unsanitary to reuse bandages."

"Okay, I'll see you later then Ratchet." She dumped the bandages into the garbage and left to find Chromia.

When the door had closed Ratchet said to himself outloud," Jolt better learn to get along with humans, or he won't succeed me as chief medic as long as we are on Earth."

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