Ratchet equipped a scope over his eye and programmed something on a panel on his forearm. What I assumed was my Sparkbeat was then projected across the screen on his chest. Just my luck, I started coming out of shock and a deep pain tore through my chest. I bit my lip as I felt things start to power down inside of me and I saw my Sparkbeat get weaker and slower.
"No, come on kid, stay with me...!" Ratchet said. He aligned a few wires in my chest and quickly tried to salvage what was left of my circuitry, but I saw my Sparkbeat grow even weaker and my sight dimmed. Ratchet pulled out what looked like a pair of jumper cables and I winced slightly as he shocked me. I didn't feel him do it again and my world went dark.
...
I opened my eyes slowly, finding where I was incredibly bright. I adjusted to the light and saw that I was fully human again, though I couldn't feel my heart beating. I saw nothing except an endless, pure white landscape, I turned around and jumped because there was a bot standing right behind me. Actually, he was floating more than anything.
He appeared to have a white and gold coloring, though he gave off a faint blue glow. He was also semi-transparent, like a ghost. I recognized him as Yoketron, Prowl and Jazz's old master. Wait a second...Yoketron was offline...so was I? I was about to speak when Yoketron did instead.
"Hello young one. I trust you know who I am?" he said.
"Yeah...wait, am I...dead?" I asked, freaking out a little. Yoketron grinned.
"No child, but you are close to it, that is how I am able to talk to you. I must relay this information quickly; you cannot remain long in the realm of the dead. I was sent to tell you that you must embark on a quest, along with your Autobot comrades. You must find the four relics of the original Primes before Megatron does. He plans on using them to wake his deceased followers and attempting to reverse the Spark Fusion you share with him. Should he succeed in the latter, I fear for your life, as he will most certainly come for you and destroy you for the strife you have caused him. Go now, young one, and continue your training as a cyber-ninja as well. Prowl is one of the greatest pupils I have ever trained, I'm certain he will not fail in training you." Yoketron said, fading away and leaving me thinking WTF?!
I got the sudden feeling that something was dragging me away, and with a start I realized I was back in my old body. My chest ached and I groaned, opening my eyes to fuzzily see Prowl, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Optimus and Bulkhead as well as Sari who was standing right next to me. They all looked relieved, and I noticed my chest had a bandage over the gaping hole in it.
"What happened?" I asked. Sari squealed and hugged me, and I gasped and had to push her away. "Easy! That still hurts a bit... wait, didn't you use your key on me?" I asked. She shook her head.
"For some reason, no, it wouldn't work. Ratchet managed to put you back together, though you'll have to wait for the hole in your armor to heal." Sari said. She stepped away and hopped off the table. I tried to sit up, but Ratchet stopped me.
"Easy kid, I want to you rest for a little while. You were and still are damaged extensively, I almost lost you a couple times." he said. I remembered my odd vision at once and tried to sit up again, but Ratchet pushed me back.
"Uh...I have something to tell you, actually. After I blacked out, I woke up in some sort of really bright, white place. There was no one there, but when I turned around there was a bot behind me. He was almost see-through, and he gave off sort of a blue glow. There's something else, it was Yoketron." I said. Prowl looked shocked and spoke up.
"Impossible, he... he's been offline for stellar cycles..." Prowl said. I nodded.
"I know. He said something about a quest. We need to find 'the four relics of the original Primes' before Megatron does. He plans to raise a zombie army and use the relics to reverse the fusion." I said. Optimus looked concerned.
"The relics of the Primes have been scattered throughout the galaxy, their existence is rarely mentioned, let alone their location. I doubt that anyone knows where they are." Optimus said.
"Perhaps Hayli and I could check the Cybertronian archives when she's recovered." Prowl said, looking down at me. "Did Yoketron say anything else?" he asked.
"He said you are one of his greatest students, and that you have been doing a good job training me as well. Yoketron also said that I should continue my training as a full cyber-ninja." Prowl seemed happy with this, laying a hand on my shoulder and nodding.
"As soon as you are able, we'll go to Cybertron again. We can check the archives and I'm going to have you take the cyber-ninja exam as well." he said, stepping away as Ratchet waved them out.
"Alright, alright, let the kid rest. Go on." Ratchet said and turned back to me. "You're really tough kid, and a bit lucky. I had to replace and rewire most of your circuits. Starscream didn't leave me much to work with, and had you been standing a bit closer, he probably would have destroyed your Spark and taken you offline instantly. Even so, I still have work to do, most of what I could do at the moment was patching the wiring and getting you stable..." he said, starting to take off the bandage on my chest.
I grimaced and looked away, not wanting to see my wound again. Ratchet equipped the scope over his eye again and used a small laser to painstakingly solder my wiring back to its original state. I winced once or twice and Ratchet looked at me.
"Quit moving kid or I'll put you in stasis!" he said. I looked at him sheepishly and grimaced when the laser hit me again.
"Sorry, it stings a bit..." I said. Ratchet looked a bit sympathetic, and equipped what looked like a small generator on his arm. He programmed it and aimed it at my chest, firing about three times. A crackling yellow bolt hit my wound and instantly I couldn't feel it anymore. Ratchet de-equipped the generator and started welding me back together again.
"What was that?" I asked. Ratchet answered without looking at me.
"EMP generator, it shuts down certain systems so you won't feel anything for a while."
"Oh, okay... so, how long until I can go with Prowl?" I asked.
"It depends. I need to finish putting you back together, then I'd say about a day or so. Your armor will regenerate, but not very quickly. Just be careful and don't bump anything." Ratchet said. I lay quietly as he repaired me and after about an hour he put away his tools.
"You can go now, just take it easy until the day after tomorrow and then we'll see if you're ready to leave. Ratchet put a bandage over the gap and helped me off the table. I stumbled slightly when I hit the floor, unsteady, but gained my balance quickly and looked up at Ratchet.
"Thanks for saving me." I said. Ratchet looked away like he was embarrassed or something.
"You're welcome...Hayli." he said. I walked away, realizing that he actually called me by my name, not 'kid.' Smiling slightly, I walked into the living room where Sari, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead were half-watching the TV. Prowl was sitting cross-legged on the floor. They all turned when I walked in. Sari leaped off the couch, coming to stand in front of me.
"Hey Hayli! Are you okay now?" she asked, eyeing the bandage. I nodded.
"Yeah, Ratchet's the greatest medic ever isn't he? I'll just have a hole there for a while." I said. Sari laughed and hugged me, though carefully. I grinned and gave her a noogie and she laughed. Bumblebee leaned down, peering at the bandage on my chest.
"That looks like it hurt." he said. I looked up at him and made a 'no duh!' face.
"No, it felt like kittens and rainbows. Of course it hurt you glitchhead, Starscream fried me!" I said and laughed. Bee smiled.
"How about a game?" he asked. I was about to decline, but he and Sari both gave me 'the eyes' and I sighed.
"Sure. What were you thinking of?" I said. Sari ran off quickly, returning with a spinner board and a projector like the one that Prowl had in his chest. She flicked the projector on, and what looked sort of like a Twister board appeared on the floor. There were patterned squares of color that were linked together and Sari sat down with the spinner.
"Oh, I think I've played this before, it's fun." I said. Sari nodded.
"If you touch the wrong square the game board will turn red and you'll be out. Okay Bumblebee, let's see if you can beat the cyber-ninja in training!" she said, spinning the spinner.
"Right foot green." Sari called. I noticed Prowl standing in the doorway, watching us. Bumblebee stepped onto a green area near the edge of the board and I did the same. The entire board flashed yellow and disappeared.
"Okay next round. If you don't remember, the rounds get steadily harder, though I've never seen Prowl lose..." she said, glancing at him. "Okay, left hand blue, left foot purple" Sari said. I easily balanced on one foot and touched my hand to a blue square. Bee did the same and the board once again flashed yellow.
"This game usually doesn't last very long, especially because Bee stinks at it." Sari said.
"Hey! I do not!" Bumblebee complained. Sari smirked.
"Beat this then." she said. "Right hand orange, left foot purple, right foot yellow." I noticed that there were only a few orange squares, and they were in the very center of the board. If I stepped on a purple and yellow square trying to get to the center, I still wouldn't be able to reach it.
"No fair! That's impossible!" Bumblebee whined. I studied the board, then stepped back.
"Maybe not..." Taking a deep breath I jumped up and forward, landing on my right hand on the orange square and balancing, I looked up for a purple square and a yellow square. Careful not to fall, I bent my left leg over my head and set it on the purple square, then put my right foot on the yellow one so I was in sort of a one-handed backbend.
"Whoa... cool..." Bumblebee said. The board turned green under me and a little melody chimed from the projector before the board disappeared. I pushed off the ground and stood, noticing that Prowl was grinning in approval.
"Impressive. Why don't you get some rest, we'll want to leave as soon as possible, and I want you to be as fit as possible for your cyber-ninja exam." Prowl said. I nodded, heading to Sari and me's room. Yawning, I realized I was dead tired and I flopped on my back into bed, closing my eyes.