A/N: I do not own transformers
Ratchet was in his med bay cleaning his tools when the doors opened and Mirage and Hound came into the room. Their new armor gleamed brightly
under the harsh lights of the med bay and showed off their two contrasting alt. modes. Hound's alt. mode was an army green 2006 Jeep Wrangler while
Mirage's was a cobalt blue 2009 Ford Mustang GT with a single black stripe running the length of his alt. mode.
"I was wondering when you two were going to come see me." said Ratchet as he set the tool he was cleaning and the cleaning rag down on the counter
before turning to face the two Autobots.
"How did you know that we were coming to see you?" asked Mirage as he crossed his arms.
"You came to talk to me about your sparkling." said Ratchet.
"How did you know about her?" asked Hound "We didn't tell anyone about her!"
"That's because she's here on the base." said Ratchet "I did a spark scan on her when she first came onto base. That's how I found out. Which reminds me."
He walked up to the two mechs and smacked them upside the head "That's for not informing me about her sooner. It's quite frustrating when your patient
has no record whatsoever. That makes it hard to know about any sensitivities a patient might have if they don't have a record. I had to make her a record
and add her to the data base. I at least had some data on Skyfall and Bluestreak but I had nothing on Sirius."
"Sirius?" said Mirage in confusion before looking at Hound, who shrugged.
"Apparently she did not have a designation when she was found by an old timer named Kup." said Ratchet as he crossed his arms "Kup adopted, named,
and raised her, while you two were doing Primus knows what." Both Mirage and Hound flinched before Hound defended himself and Mirage.
"We were attacked by Decepticons when she was only six solar cycles old." said Hound "We hid her in an escaped pod that was pre-programed to head to
the Ark, if it was launched. The pod's auto-pilot was destroyed and it was accidentally launched during the fight. We searched until the Ark picked us up but
we had lost all trace of the pod."
"We thought that she was dead." said Mirage "Hound and I chose not to tell anyone unless we found her again."
"You still should have informed someone." said Ratchet.
"We apologize Ratchet." said Hound.
"You shouldn't apologize to me." said Ratchet "You should apologize to Sirius." Hound and Mirage nodded before leaving the med bay. Ratchet sighed and
shook his head.
"Those two have a long way to go." he said before going back to cleaning his tools.
"Now where did I out that flask?" wondered Skyfall as he was finishing organizing the laboratory. He spotted the flask on the table against the farthest wall.
"Here it is." he said as he picked up the flask and carried to the supply closet, where he stowed it away with the rest of the lab equipment. He heard someone
knocking on the entrance of the science and engineering area and he quickly exited the supply room. Keying in the code on the keypad, the door slid open and
Skyfire and Wheeljack entered followed by three other mechs.
"Skyfall, I presume?" said Wheeljack.
"Yes." said Skyfall "Allow me to give you all the access codes for this area." He sent a data burst to each mech present before continuing "Everyone has their
own private work area and they also have access to a larger lab and work shop for collaborative work. Please be sure to mark whatever work area you claim.
The supplies for the lab are in the supply closet in the back and to the left and all other supplies are in the back and to the right."
"Thank you Skyfall." said Wheeljack before going to check out the area with the other three mechs, leaving Skyfall and Skyfire standing there. Skyfire looked
at the shorter mech, who looked back up at him. After a moment of silence Skyfall spoke up.
"It's good to see you again father." he said.
"It's good to see you again as well Sky." said Skyfire with a smile "Why don't you show me around?"
"Sure thing father." said Skyfire "Follow me." He turned and started walking down the hall with his father by his side.
The inharmonious sound of blaster fire filled the air as Sirius took her frustration out on the targets in the shooting range. Not a single target was without
some sort of hole or burn mark on it and some were just smoking remains. Taking a calming breath, Sirius lowered her blaster pistols and began to examine
her handy work. She barely acknowledged the sound of the door sliding open and two mechs entering the room.
"Primus, what did the poor targets ever do to you?" asked the army green mech as he looked at what remained of the targets.
"I need to vent some frustration." said Sirius, stowing her pistols away as she turned to face the mechs. She recognized the cobalt blue mech as the mech
she had met in the med bay the day before. Mirage was his name if she remembered correctly and she believed that the army green mech's name was.....
Hound, that was it. The green mech was called Hound.
"You two are Hound and Mirage, right?" she asked.
"Yes we are." said Mirage "And we need to talk to you Sirius. Ratchet's orders." Sirius tilted her head in confusion.
"Why do you need to talk to me?" she asked.
"We're your creators Sirius." Hound blurted out suddenly. Mirage face-palmed at his sparkmate's bluntness while Sirius froze up. Both Mirage and Hound felt
several emotions from Sirius: happiness, sadness, a little bit of anger, nervousness, and most prominently fear and confusion.
"I-I need to go to my lesson with Ratchet." said Sirius before bolting out the door. Hound looked at Mirage.
"Ratchet never said anything about a lesson." said Hound before Mirage whacked him upside the head "Hey! What was that for?"
"Couldn't have been more blunt, could you?" asked Mirage in a sarcastic voice.
"Sorry." said Hound as he hung his head "I just... I was just nervous about meeting our sparkling."
"So am I." said Mirage as he started for the door "Come on. We need to go find her." Hound nodded and followed him out of the room.
Sirius ran down the halls of the base, her processor running in over drive as she ran past mechs, femmes, and humans until she ran out of the building
and transformed before driving off of the base. Mirage and Hound came out of the base a few moments later and they transformed and followed Sirius off
base and into the desert. Hound had no problem following Sirius through the miles of sand and rock while Mirage did. His new alt. form was meant for speed,
not cruising through the desert.
"You go ahead Hound." said Mirage "You've got better traction on this stuff that I do. Don't worry about me, I'll catch up."
"Alright." said Hound as he sped away "Just be careful."
"I will." said Mirage as Hound sped away. The army green mech spotted Sirius's blue-green form stopping in front of a plateau. He pulled up next to her and
both of them transformed at the same time.
"Sirius, wait." said Hound "Please just talk to me. I understand that you might hate me but please just let me explain."
"I don't hate you." said Sirius as she looked at Hound "I never hated you. I'm just a little overwhelmed by all of this. The last month has been really difficult
for me. I just need some time to think things through."
"Why don't you talk about it?" suggested Hound as he sat down on a rock "I'm all audios." Sirius smiled and sat down.
"That's not the only reason I'm out here." said Sirius "I came out here to visit some old friends."
"Old friends?" asked Hound.
"Yes." said Sirius as Mirage finally caught up to them.
"Sorry I took so long." he said as he transformed "I have no traction whatsoever out here."
"Don't worry Mirage." said Hound with a laugh "We'll drive nice and slow for ya on the way back." Mirage glared at Hound and crossed his arms before looking
at Sirius with soft optics. Sirius smiled at Mirage before standing up.
"Come on." she said as she walked over to the plateau "I want to show you something." She push against a rock and part of the face of the plateau slid open,
revealing an elevator "It's this way." She stepped onto the elevator, followed closely by Hound and Mirage. The door closed and she waved her hand over a pad
on the wall. There was a jerk as the elevator began moving down.
"Where are we going?" asked Hound.
"The place I'm about to show you is a secret." said Sirius "Bluestreak, Skyfall, and I built it and we're the only ones who know about it. I have a feeling that
my teammates will show their creators this place as well and we'll eventually have to show it to Optimus Prime." The elevator jerked to a stop "This place
holds not only the history of Cybertron but those who kept it safe for many millennium." The elevator doors slid open "This is Vector Sigma. It was moved to
this planet from Cybertron shortly after the great war began by the Old Timers." The three of them stepped off of the elevator and Sirius lead her creators down
a hall lined with the sealed, crystal sarcophagi that contained the bodies of long dead Cybertronians. She stopped in front of two specific sarcophagi. One held
the body of an ancient silver mech and the other held the body of a young femme with iridescent white armor.
"Who are they?" asked Hound.
"He is Kup." said Sirius as she motioned to the mech "He was the one that raised and trained me, Bluestreak, and Skyfall. He was like a grandfather to me
and he was so full of wisdom and war stories. He was good company to have around. She," she motioned to the femme "Is Shimmer. She was a neutral and
she crashed down on this planet after being attacked by Decepticons. I was still pretty young when she landed and Kup did everything to save her but her
spark failed barely two months later. In that short amount of time, she became like a sister to me, Bluestreak, and Skyfall. She taught us that the most
precious thing we have besides our family is our freedom and she told us to treasure it and never let anyone take it from us. We all took what she said to
spark, especially Bluestreak, the raging bit of chaos that she is. Skyfall is into freedom of the mind, he approaches everything from an angle that most would
never think of. Bluestreak is into freedom of expression, she plays loud music, pulls pranks, and can really talk if you get her riled up enough."
"What about you?" asked Mirage.
"I guess I'm into both." said Sirius "I think about all of my options, even the crazy one, and I express myself through art and music. I really miss these two.
I really do." Hound gave Sirius a one armed hug, while Mirage put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Do you feel any better?" asked Hound.
"Yeah, I guess I do." said Sirius.
"See, I told ya that talkin' about it would make you feel better." said Hound with a smile. Sirius returned the smile and hugged both of her creators.
"I'm glad that we're a family again." she said with a bright smile. Hound and Mirage both smiled and returned her hug.
-meanwhile-
"Hey, I'm pickin' up some Autobot signals in the area."
"How many?"
"Three. They're just standin' there and most likely unaware of our presence."
"Contact the other patrol and have them meet us at those coordinates."
"Roger!"
"So we get to ambush some Auto-losers?"
"Yes. Besides, I don't think that the other Autobots would miss three little scouts anyways."
"The other patrol will be here shortly. E.T.A. five minutes."
"Good, that gives us enough time to prepare a trap for those unsuspecting Autobots."
Yay! Chapter twelve is finally done!
I've also invoked the evil cliffhanger
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