Relic Hunt

"…you've definitely been here too long, youngling."

"There's nothing else to do!"

"Why the frag did the Nemesis crash?" Fixit wondered aloud. Lazerbeak shrugged. They had both received the report from Soundwave, which had startled the Eradicon since she had never directly received anything from the host mecha before.

:I'm sure they'll find out soon.:

"Yeah…" Fixit vented heavily, snuggling further in to the little alcove she had found high above the mine floor. It gave her a nearly complete view of the mine, and ST-3V3 was supervising the small part she couldn't see, which made this pretty much the perfect location in her opinion. Lazerbeak was nestled in her arms, curled against her chest happily. They were both enjoying the contact now that Fixit had realized the little femme wasn't going to reject and/or hurt her.

The Eradicon leaned her helm against the wall. "I feel sorry for KO. He's either really bored or really frustrated."

Knock Out just knew this was going to end badly. What the frag was Lord Megatron thinking, infusing the core of the Nemesis with dark energon!?

Fixit hummed thoughtfully. "Probably frustrated. Ah well, better him than me!"

Lazerbeak just shook his helm. That was Fixit for you.

Fixit was attempting a handstand at the entrance to the mine when Lazerbeak cried out. The symbiont fell off the rock she had been laughing at Fixit from, causing the Eradicon to hastily drop down and scramble over to her friend.

"Laze!? What's wrong?!" she cried worriedly, scooping him up and scanning him frantically. "Lazerbeak!?"

:S-Soundwave…Ravage…: Lazerbeak whimpered, clinging to Fixit.

:What!? What about them, what's wrong, what happened?!: the Eradicon cried over the comm, her concern only increasing.

:I- I…oh thank Primus, they're still there! They're still alive!: the symbiont sobbed in relief, burrowing into Fixit.

:Fraggit Laze, what's happening!? Tell me!:

:S-sorry, I just…I thought they vanished from the bond for a moment, but they're still there, just…unresponsive. Like…like they're in stasis lock or something.:

She hugged Lazerbeak closer, incredibly worried now. What had happened to Soundwave and Ravage that would put them into stasis lock!?

Fixit paced around the perimeter of the mine for the umpteenth time, Lazerbeak still held tenderly against her chest. It had been almost an entire cycle and they still hadn't heard from the Nemesis! Nothing whatsoev-

Lazerbeak's helm shot up as he trilled in relief. :They're awake! And they're okay!:

Fixit sagged in relief, wobbling over to slide down the wall. She curled around Lazerbeak, shaking slightly. She had been so afraid that she would never get to reconcile with Soundwave and Ravage, that they would offline before she could. But they were okay, they were alive…they weren't going to leave her and Lazerbeak alone.

Fixit whined in frustration as Lazerbeak flew off to meet up with Soundwave. Ravage was remaining on the Nemesis whilst the two flyers went after one of the relics located, which left Fixit to supervise the packing up of the mine. Alone. Without anyone but Vehicons for company.

:Come back safe. Please,: she sent to both Lazerbeak and, before she could think better of it, Soundwave. Then she turned and began yelling at the fraggin' Roombas.

Fixit stepped through the groundbridge back onto the Nemesis, the last one from the mine. It shut down behind her as Lord Megatron glanced over.

"Make sure the energon is stored properly, and then get to work on repairing the Nemesis. Give your report to Soundwave when he returns," the Lord waved her off, choosing instead to focus on the newly-arrived Dreadwing.

She bowed briefly before heading out, resigning herself to a long cycle. Ravage met her just outside the entrance to the bridge, curtly informing her over the comm that if she ever tried to run from them again for such a stupid reason, he would rip off her slaggin' legs.

Fixit stared at him for a long moment, then grinned mentally, her wings relaxing. "Message received, your majesty. Now come on, we've got Roombas to herd."

Ravage gave a sharp nod and followed her down the hall. That was the main reason he liked the Eradicon so much- she understood his dislike of obvious shows of affection and respected it (for the most part), even if she didn't share his dislike herself. Unlike Lazerbeak. Slaggin' cuddle addict…

Fixit looked up as Knock Out walked into the medbay, Lazerbeak swooping in behind him.

"What happened to you!? Are you alright!?" Fixit cried, running over to frantically scan the beat-up doctor. Lazerbeak perched on her desk, cuddling up against Ravage.

Knock Out scowled, tossing something onto Fixit's desk whilst she was busy fussing, just missing the symbionts. They hissed at him, causing him to snarl.

"KO?!"

"I ran into the Autobots and got run over by a train. Nothing's badly damaged except my paint," Knock Out said shortly, in a very bad mood. He glared at the symbionts on Fixit's desk. "I need to check over Lazerbeak. You fix Soundwave's visor."

He pushed Fixit away as he stalked over to an examination table, curtly telling Lazerbeak to "get over here." The little femme hissed, but complied.

The Eradicon stared at KO's back, slightly hurt at him brushing her off so brusquely, but obediently went back to her desk. She picked up Soundwave's visor, tracing the crack in the screen curiously.

Ravage stood up and moved to butt his helm against her. She rubbed his helm briefly in thanks. "I'm fine, Ravage. He- he's just having a bad day."

Ravage looked doubtful, especially since her wings were quivering sadly, but let it go. He curled up on a pile on her desk as she began looking over the damage to his host's visor.

Suddenly, Knock Out burst out cursing. "Grenade!" he yelped, pulling it out of Lazerbeak and tossing it away. He dove for cover as Fixit lunged, grabbing Lazerbeak and vaulting over the table to cower behind it just in time.

The explosion shook the Nemesis as Fixit curled protectively around Lazerbeak. She peeked out after it was over, noting Knock Out and Ravage doing the same thing across the room.

"On second thought…why don't you finish up here, Fixit? I'll work on Soundwave's visor," KO stated sheepishly.

Fixit glowered at him.