Chapter 12: The Virus
"That's the fastest you ever drove us, Bulkhead! What's up with…you?" I said as we all hopped out of Bulkhead. I saw Bumblebee. His condition looked worse.
"I thought you said that Bumblebee was going to be okay." Abby said to Ratchet. (She's deaf not mute).
"What's wrong with him I thought you sad he got beat up a bit!" Skyler exclaimed.
"Well, once you children left last night, I took a quick scan at Bumblebee's biometrics, and it turns out that he must have gotten a virus from a Decepticon." Ratchet explained.
"If you know what it is, then fix it!" Aurora stated.
"Aurora, viruses are like you humans getting…um…Swine flu and other dangerous diseases. This virus is a liquid spreading virus. The only way to get it out is for someone to reach in and collect the virus in a container." Ratchet said.
"Oh, well! We'll miss you, Ratchet!" Aurora said as she waved and walked away.
"Aurora, that's not funny! Ratchet should do it or any of the other Autobots. Wait, I have an idea!" I stated.
"Oh-no! A Sonny plan! We're in trouble." Arcee worried.
"What if one of us did it?" I asked as I stood with my friends.
"That's a good idea. Which one of you is that smallest?" Ratchet asked us.
We all stepped back accept for Abby.
"Ratchet, this won't work! She won't be able to hear you. She's deaf, remember?" Arcee stated.
"You're right, Arcee. Alright, who's the second-smallest?" Ratchet asked us. Aurora, Skyler, and Abby stepped back.
"Oh, scrap." I sighed.
"We can't put Sonny in Bumblebee! She's a cybertronian, too! What if she gets the virus?" Ratchet whispered to Optimus.
"Well, since she is a cybertronian, she knows more about our bodies than any other of the children. She may be Bumblebee's only hope." Optimus stated.
"Virus, you're going down!" I shouted as I went inside Bumblebee.
This is probably the most awkward situation ever. Sorry, Bee! I thought.
"Sonny, can you hear me?" Ratchet shouted from outside.
"Yeah, I can hear you!" I yelled back.
"Okay, Sonny head towards the spark chamber. You should see light blue liquid dripping somewhere." Ratchet stated.
"I see blue liquid, but its energon!" I shouted so that he could hear me.
"Quick, Sonny patch that up!" Ratchet yelled.
"I got it." I said after I patched it up.
"Alright, Sonny head toward Bee's spark. The virus should be there." Ratchet said to me.
"I found the spark, but there was no liquid. I looked around and heard something odd. Following the sound, it got louder and louder. It sounded like drilling! I finally found the source.
"Uh…Ratchet! I don't think it's just a liquid virus!" I screamed.
"What is it?" Ratchet started to panic.
"It's some kind of robotic bug drilling Bee's spark. When it drills it leaves a liquid virus behind! And it's coming after me!" I yelled as it turned to me.
"Sonny, listen carefully. Step to the bug and rip off its driller and bring the bug out of Bumblebee's system to me." Ratchet said.
"Okay…" I said nervously. The bug was running towards me. I carefully jumped to its side and pulled off its driller.
"I got it! Yes! I did it!" I exclaimed.
"Good job, Sonny now put the bug in the container that I gave you and bring it to me."
Finding my way out of Bee was like a maze. Once I gave the bug to Ratchet, I went back down to collect the rest of the blue liquid. I managed to get all of the liquid safely until I got one tiny little drop on me.
Thankfully, since my robotics are under my skin, the virus liquid dripped on me and slid into the container.
"Whew! That was close!" I sighed with relief.
I quickly got out of Bumblebee hoping he wouldn't wake up while I was still in him.
Once I got out, his spark was lit again! Bumblebee got up and was feeling himself to see if he was dead or not. He wiped his brow with relief.
Abby slowly walked to him. When Bumblebee and Abby made eye contact, Abby ran to him and hugged him.
"I'm happy you're back." Abby signed to him.
"I'm glad to see you, Abby!" he signed back.
"Wait, how does Bee know sign-language? Sonny!" Arcee realized and turned to me. She starred at me with her bright blue eyes so long, if I were a cartoon, I would've melted into a puddle!
"I might have done something while I was in there, but now we can understand him…" I explained.
"Thank you." Bumblebee signed to me.
"You're welcome." I signed back.
