Series Title: The Winding Road Table: Cybertron Prompt: Freedom
Rating: PG
Expected in this one: more angst
Optimus was full of sorrow at Ironhide's capture. Ratchet was incoherent with rage. Prowl was matter-of-fact.
"We do not have the resources to spare to rescue Ironhide," was the stated reason.
Ratchet didn't care. He recruited Jazz and they went in to rescue Ironhide by themselves. There was no way Ratchet was going to let their best defensive fighter be taken away, and right after he was taken was the best time to get him back; they wouldn't have their defenses up, they wouldn't be expecting a rescue mission so quickly after they'd taken him. Ironhide deserved his freedom, too.