Steve watched as Ratchet looked over John, the mech that nearly killed him with a welder was acting completely normal. He heard the dock was acting irregular thanks to synthetic energy on which hadn't been completed due to half of the formula being lost. Steve was more uneasy then afraid or angry. John was completely calm as he was getting a look over. Optimus had assured Steve that'd he'd be welcome and Ratchet would look him over whilst being supervised if it made him feel better. Steve had agreed as he waited. Arcee had been first and the info was confined to just the bots, himself and John for now. Arcee would tell Jack and Optimus would let everyone else in Once he got his words lined up. The kids which were smaller than expected were at school for the day, it was rather quite as Bulkhead had went out for patrol with bumblebee. Arcee hung around close to John in a protective way even though it was kinda unnecessary. Ratchet assured Prime that he had only given the boy a very minor concussion that would fade away soon. Steve watched as the medic finished his work on John. John stood and weakly smiled.

"Thank you" He said as he stepped away.

Arcee watched him intently as he had a more realist aura about him. He looked to be in a mood as he stopped closer to the ground bridge and leaned against the rock Mesa wall. It was very evident in the way he walked. Keeping himself occupied for two weeks on escape and training had taken his mind of on what he had become and now that was over it began to set in much more. His life had taken a sudden sharp turn into a deep chasm endlessly deep and pitched in darkness. John did some pacing as Ratchet began patching Steve up.

"Just keep the welder away from the face" Steve said with a slight hand of bitterness.

Ratchet nodded in complete silence as Optimus true to his word watched the medic work. John was in a deep muse as he whistled the theme from the great escape. Ironic in a way given what he managed to plan and execute mostly by himself. He had expressed his dismay when the whole plan went sideways and found himself on the very edge of his wit. Lucky they were in the escape. Arcee looked at John and walked over to him to see the conflicting emotions in his optics. The more time he had to think and process meant the more his situation sank in. When on the nemesis he had little time for it as he thought of the cunning escape which went sideways due to some bad luck. Arcee grasped his hand making him smile weakly. He wished he had gotten the opportunity to kill Megatron, he wished nothing more than to end his life and move on away from the pain he now had to live with. She leaned in and kissed him dead on. Pulling away she saw the smile and warm look in his optics.

"Should we get a room?" He whispered as he was a tad confused.

She chuckled as she pulled him along down the hall. Optimus saw it and cracked a small smile. Two people who'd heal together by sexual means. He mused as he saw Steve and Ratchet saw them leave also. Ratchet shrugged it off as Steve followed suit. It was their lives and they had no say in such matters anyway. Optimus looked to the clock on the computer. 10 am and plenty of time for things to be done before the children arrive. Optimus heard a door on the far side of the base close, Arcee's room which had its own shower. Good luck kid. He thought as he began working.

Arcee closed the door to her room and keyed the overhead lights to a low glow. John looked around the room. He saw a shower big enough for two, a desk with a fell Small flat cylinders on it which John guessed were hologram drives or something like that. The bed was big enough for the both of them as he began to feel nervousness buildup from within. This was a first time thing for him and damn straight he was uneasy about it. The thought of being disappointing was at the forefront of his mind as he picked up one of the flat Silver cylinder and flipped it over. Little buttons laid on its rim as he saw no markers or insignia anywhere on it. It was odd and reminded him of a device he had seen from somewhere that he couldn't as well as he used to. He felt Arcee's hands on his shoulders as she saw the device he looked at. She bit her upper lip (A thing she learned from Jack and June) and snatched it from his fingers. He jolted and looked at her as she tossed the item back to the table.

"It's only a few holophotos. I haven't been in here for a while and I like to keep them out" She explained as she kissed him more closer to the cheek.

"Oh" was all he responded with as for he was still nervous.

She saw the feeling written all over him in both body language and optics. She leaned in pressing herself against his back. He looked into her optics as she snaked around to the front. Both looked at each other as she leaned on him. She reached behind his head and pulled him in for a long kiss. He embraced it as he hugged her deeply. They made out for what seemed to be 6 minutes before she and he broke away.

"John, i love you" Arcee said admitting to her feelings.

"I know" Was all he said.

The end

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