Andreea:
That is a main energon line, it starts at the spark and goes up to the processor. That cable there next to it is the data-router. It goes from the processor to the spark and branches out to all of the sensors in a Cybertronian frame. Its function is to transmit any data from one part of the body to the processor. It basically works much like the nerves in a human body. If this cable were to be damaged in a certain area, that part of the body would be unresponsive until repaired." Ratchet explained as I sat on Sides' chassis, using his body as an example.
Sideswipe had been all too eager to let me crawl over him and let me learn about the cybertronian body. Really I think he was going to try and get me to play with his spark later. He thought he could be smooth, but I was quick to catch on.
I gave him an amused and fond grin before focusing back on the task at hand.
After the twins had sexed me up for the remainder of the afternoon and we had calmed down. Ratchet decided to make himself known. While he was lucky enough to avoid witnessing what myself and the twins were doing, just the knowledge of knowing what we were doing made him cranky and very irritable. He was far from disgusted though, he was a medic, not much of anything could really disturb him anymore.
'Alright so what about this? What is this cable?' I questioned curiously as I poked a cable that sat on Sideswipe's shoulder and went through his arm.
"Another energon line. Now look back towards the optics, I will explain the make of them." Ratchet was focused and professional, he still held his gruff tone but he wasn't cranky at the moment.
I spent probably three hours crawling over Sideswipe learning the different parts of his body and even learning about the parts that made his frame unique compared to others. Mostly this was anatomy study, and with the way my brain worked now, I was able to memorize everything with ease. Ever since I first shared head-space with Sideswipe my brain has worked much more...machine like...? I wouldn't say completely like I seen alerts and stuff in my brain, but I was able to memorized even the smallest and most insignificant things. Which worked good for me. That made it easier for me to learn about the Cybertronian body.
I crawled up to Sideswipe's helm and he gave me a cheeky grin.
"Hi there." He drawled, he was insanely bored I could feel. He was antsy at having to sit there for so long.
Ratchet snorted but didn't seem to care, taking a sadistic pleasure in watching the red mech suffer.
I chuckled at the mech in my head and the one under me.
"I'm looking at your optics now, so try to keep still and don't pull any funny business." My voice was light and amused.
He gave a mock gasp.
"Would I do that?" His tone was entirely too innocent, and I felt Sunstreaker snort through the bond at his twin's antics.
"It a spark-beat." I mused, he poked me teasingly through the bond but behaved himself for a little longer, especially since I promised to reward him later.
I looked down at his optics. They were bright and so beautiful, reminding me of a blue star. Instantly I felt Sideswipe's smugness though the bond, I playfully shoved his conscious and focused when Ratchet began to speak.
Thirty minutes later Sideswipe was finally free to go, much to his delight. He didn't necessarily dislike the whole learning his anatomy, it was more of just the sitting there and doing nothing that he disliked. He managed though, I think he passed the time playing a few modified games within his processor.
"Hey, while you've got Hatchet on the mental phone-line from the well, why not ask him if he could help you learn about your arm. Maybe you could learn how to do stuff with it like forming a blaster?" Sideswipe spoke up.
I looked up at him and tilted my head.
"You think I could actually do that?" I questioned referring to my arm.
"Yes, let me look into the schematics of it and see what you can and cannot do" Ratchet grunt. I nodded and felt the elder autobot go silent for a bit.
I was the only one that could hear Ratchet. While the twins and I did have a bond, for some reason they could not hear or even sense Ratchet within my soul, which I found rather odd, but I didn't mind. I know the twins would not have liked Ratchet intruding on the bond any how, no matter how fond of the mech they were. Our bond was our bond, plain and simple, any thing else caught up in it would not find themselves welcomed, especially by the twins.
"From the data I was able to gather on your arm, which is not fragging much, you are able to form almost anything you want out of it, but its a matter of you learning how to do so. Unfortunately I cannot be of much help as the transformation sequence is far more different than what I've seen and know of. Anything on your arm is entirely up to you to figure out, the programming and modifications are yours to decode and get access to." Ratchet's tone was gruff but I could tell he was slightly curious of how my armed worked. The problem was for Ratchet and trying to learn about it was there wasn't any 'files' within my brain that had information on it.
I told Sideswipe what Ratchet had and Sideswipe hummed in thought but said nothing else.
"That'll be it for the day, we'll start back up first thing in the morning." With that I felt him leave with a pop in my mind. I will probably never get used to that.
"So what do I owe you for sitting still almost 4 hours?" I questioned up to Sideswipe, I felt dark amusement and cunning come from him. Great.
"You're going to help me prank Crosshairs." He sounded delighted at having me assist him.
I gave him a wide-eyed look. I could feel the dark humor coming from the mech as he felt my mortification.
"Sides!" I complained, Sunstreaker was darkly amused, happy that for once he wouldn't be dragged into his brother's antics.
"Not helping!" I snapped lightly at the golden mech, he only smirked at me through the bond. Outside he just gave me a look, his expression serious as always.
"Awh come on Dee, live a little, your too fragging goody-goody!" Sideswipe drawled and I gave him a look.
"I am NOT a goody-goody!" I denied and he quirked and optic ridge.
"Really, whats the worse thing you've done?" He questioned even though the bastard knew the answer.
"Before you ever came into contact with us." He added, i gave him a smoldering glare, which resulted in him blowing a raspberry at me through the bond.
Such a child.
"I stole a pen once." I stated and he snickered.
"Yeah, by accident. You sure do live dangerously Dee, I'm so jealous, really." The sarcasm and smugness that came from him made me want to drag sandpaper down his hood.
"Shut up, and what the hell is up with calling me Dee suddenly?" I snapped, and I froze. I walked right into that, and Sideswipe's mischief seemed to grow immensely.
"Well Andreea is so long, Little warrior is too, and birdy gets old. I thought about Dreea or Dree, but finally settled on Dee..." There it was, the punchline he was waiting for. Ladies and gentemen may I present:
"Cause you know, you like the D."
I groaned in exasperation, I was bonded to an idiot! Sunstreaker was amused, but at my expense. Sideswipe snickered to himself, proud at himself for the little joke. Wasn't he just hilarious.
"So around midnight, you're going to meet me in the main room of the facility. Don't be late." Sideswipe stared down at me.
"The entire mission depends on you." He added, sounding grave, as if I was the key to saving the world.
"You are such a moron you know that?" My tone was deadpanned but the affection behind my words were not missed.
"You love me." He winked, blowing me a kiss.
"Unfortunately." I droned as I sat at Sunny's feet.
I watched him buff his arm to make it nice and shiny, he was careful and focused, but I could tell that it was also relaxing for him, it let him focus on something and take his mind off of how bored he and Sides were.
No fighting action for weeks did that to them. Nothing to do made the two antsy and jittery.
I watched as both twins seemed to pause, and from the brief communication that they both had, which was faster than the speed of light, far too fast for my human brain to catch. I got the hint Optimus was comming them.
"Optimus has signed another treaty with the humans." Sideswipe growled, Sunstreaker was just as displeased as he was. A sour taste was left in my mouth at that, but I also understood that Optimus was doing all he could to ensure the safety of his soldiers.
"Anymore details?" I questioned as I watched my two stand from their spots.
"Optimus is having a meeting in the main room, he's going to explain the rest." Sunstreaker supplied as Sideswipe plucked me up from my spot and set me on his shoulder.
I wonder what affect this new treaty will have? I knew my two were very distrustful of the humans, and I didn't blame them. I didn't trust outside humans when it came to the topic of the autobots. No human that didn't directly know and associate with the autobots could be trusted.
Optimus Prime:
He was tired and weary. He and his autobots were backed into a corner, either they made an agreement with the humans or they be forced back into hiding and on the run. Their numbers were already few, and now he couldn't afford leaving the planet. Andreea, the human girl his frontliners protected, had the means of bringing back some of his soldiers. That couldn't be done if she didn't have the resources she needed.
So in order to ensure the safety of the autobots and to ensure Andreea received the proper resources, a treaty had to be made.
He didn't trust the humans, not anymore. He realized he made a grave error in ever putting his faith and trust in the humans. However, he needed to come up with some sort of agreement with them. At least one that lasted long enough for Andreea to get done what she needed and for he and his autobots to get rid of the reborn decepticons that were in hiding.
It was times like these he wished he had Ratchet to turn to for advice. The loss of Ratchet was still a wound that remained fresh on his spark, his dear friend lost to the beings he asked to put their trust into. It was then his thoughts went to the human girl, Andreea.
She was something of a blessing for the autobots. While he did not know the girl very well, he knew without a doubt he could trust her. Obviously someone of a higher power did, even the matrix within him seemed to shift in her presence.
A human that was able to bring autobots back from the dead, it was odd, but he didn't question it. She was exactly what they needed in these dark uncertain times. So he needed to ensure the girl's safety.
He watched as all of his autobots gathered into the room, all of them had question burning in their optics and he could sense the anger in a few. He kept his composure and stood straight as he addressed them.
"I am sure you all have questions regarding the agreement the humans and I have made, and I will answer all of your questions in due time." He started, looking among his small band of autobots with tired optics. He could see the question in them, the restlessness and the weariness. His optics landed on Andreea who sat on Sideswipe's shoulder, he held his servo out for her to climb over. Both twins tensed up in defense, but the look the femme gave them immediately pacified them.
It amazed him that she had the twins so tightly wrapped around her fingers. He knew how those two were, they trusted few and kept everyone at a distance from them. Sunstreaker more than Sideswipe. So for a human of all beings to gain their complete and total trust, she had to be something special.
Once Andreea sat safely in his servos he looked down at her gently, he nodded down at her when seeing the question in her eyes. He gave her a gentle smile to put her at ease before looking back at his autobots, optics sweeping over each and every one of them.
"But first I would like to share the good news Andreea has given us."