"Are you all in my office?" Ultra Magnus asked as he walked.
It had been about thirty minutes since Rodimus's announcement. Most of the Lost Light heard it, and many did not understand what they were trying to say about "the eggs", but still, those who had understood if they had intended to meet with their superiors.
"No, in fact, Rodimus sent everyone to Ratchet's Med-Bay," said Drift, who matched the speed of the largest mech. I was also in a hurry, what I most wanted right now was to caress the egg that once housed a life.
Ultra Magnus growled annoyed and changed direction. Rodimus had not stopped doing the counter since they left Cybertron, and Ultra Magnus had to stop him before he took this ship to ruin. When they finally made it to the Med-Bay, they found the place full of family mech. Ultra Magnus moaned internally. He recognized many of them as just problems, and having the egg may mean many more problems.
He noticed that many of the mech in Med-Bay were talking, no, arguing with Ratchet, Brainstorm and Rodimus. Even the minibots were somewhat altered, the only ones who ignored this were Perceptor, Whirl and Nightbeat, who were near a group of eggs in a litter.
"Silence, everyone!" The executor roared
Everyone in the Clinic was silent. Rodimus snorted and stepped forward. "Magnus, how good you are here!"
"Shut up Rodimus, we will have a discussion in my office for tampering with my order," he croaked annoyed the blue mech, and his attention changed to the group "Well, who got the eggs?"
There were murmurs and finally three small mech came forward. Ultra Magnus recognized them as the ship's minibots: His student, Tailgate, the archivist, Rewind, and finally Swerve.
Swerve pointed to the helicopter "Do not forget Whirl"
The mech of an optic simply waved its claw in disdain while still watching the eggs.
Ultra Magnus remained with an illegible expression "At what time did you come in contact with the eggs?"
Tailgate looked nervous "L-Like an hour ago, sir"
"At the same time as Tailgate" Rewind said with a shrug.
Swerve still meditated observing the ceiling and swinging "Like at the same time, I think ..."
Ultra Magnus looked at Whirl, who knew that Ultra Magnus awaited his statement. So he simply spoke, without intending to face it.
"An hour ago"
The blue mech went on to the next question "How did you find the egg?"
"They left the monitor at the bar - I say my room!" Swerve screamed, correcting himself before making a serious mistake, and giggling nervously.
Ultra Magnus did not change expression, but he knew that this needed an investigation. Tailgate shifted uneasily.
"He left the monitor in my room, I was memorizing the Autobot code when the monitor turned on by itself and - and an egg came out - an egg came out of the screen!" Tailgate shrieked as he remembered the event. Fortunately Cyclonus was by his side to affirm that he was not crazy.
Rewind tilted his head "I was with Chromedome when the same thing happened" He touched the camera in his head "If you want to confirm it, I recorded that moment"
Ultra Magnus denied "It will not be necessary for now Rewind, we believe you" His attention changed to a certain mech that was very quiet until now.
Whirl still did not speak, but she felt the look of Ultra Magnus on her back "An egg came out of the monitor when I was with Rung"
The blue mech cleared the vocalizer "Are you sure it was just them?" He asked the first captain.
Rodimus nodded "Yes, I and Drift personally checked all the cameras and the only ones who managed to get an egg were these three minibots and Whirl"
Ultra Magnus nodded, but he still was not sure, later he would give the order for a general search. For now he would concentrate on the mech standing in front of him. So he changed his attention to Perceptor and Nightbeat
"Any idea what happened?" I ask
The red scientist decided to stop paying attention to the eggs "A hypothesis, we think this caused something in some way that went wrong from the beginning"
"The Quantum engines" said Brainstorm crossed arms.
Ultra Magnus raised an eyebrow
"Somehow, we teleported something to the ship when we took off without being prepared, I know why I scan the eggs and I found signatures of something similar to the energy emerging from the Quantum engines, it's something different, but I think it's because its means of arrival was fragmented and digitized into bars in a dimensional stream that had difficulty crossing this part of the dimension, and its only portal was through random places with virtual streams to be able to materialize automatically "Perceptor explained with a strict pose" reason why he reacted now and not before, is to decode the virtual code to materialize was more difficult and took time to cross our dimension "
Everyone remained in silence. Nobody, except Brainstorm and Nightbeat, managed to understand it.
"Perceptor em- Could you explain it in more words ...?" Drift tried to make the scientist understand that not everyone in the room understood exactly how the red and black mech processor worked.
Brainstorm laughed at his lack of intellect. "What Percy tried to say, was that when we took off from Cybertron, the motors dragged something else to the ship from another space-dimension and their only means of entry to the ship was through the monitors since he traveled through digital media "
Now everyone was able to understand, more so. Ultra Magnus looked at Nightbeat, who was intriguingly looking at the eggs.
"Something to add, Nightbeat?" Asked the blue mech
The detective looked at him for a moment and then at the eggs "Maybe, but I'll need more time"
Ultra Magnus nodded in approval and then looked at Rodimus "Now tell me why were you causing a mess before I arrived?"
Rodimus snorted "I'll summarize it, Tailgate asked what would happen to the eggs, Ratchet talked about a possible destruction of them, Swerve went on the defensive saying that it was cruel, killing an organic that was not even born. Ratchet shouted that this was called "decontaminate" since we do not know what origin it has and much less that it will come out of the started discussing about keeping them alive or destroying them before they are born, Rewind suggested leaving them on an organic planet and -
"Okay, that's enough" Ultra Magnus set his hands behind his back.
Tailgate became uneasy. "Ultra Magnus, sir,They will not destroy them, will they?" The minibot asked with concern. Drift also disagreed to destroy them, every life was important, even before birth.
"Tailgate, we must prioritize the ship and the crew, we can not risk anything that comes from the eggs kill us later," he said firmly, there was no doubt in his voice.
Swerve protested "But-
"No buts, after the Sparkeater's insider, we must assume that every wrong action can claim the life of more Autobot." His voice rose like a bolt of lightning in a storm.
"They are just eggs!" Rodimus yelled "In addition, if something bad is born of these eggs, they will be the size of your hand and you can easily crush them!"
Ratchet growled, "What if maybe, whatever it is, that the eggs are born with a virus in them? What if they bring a deadly disease?"
"Please, Ratchet, you're being paranoid! Organic diseases do not affect us!" Rodimus shouted.
"And if you're wrong, what if you condemn us all for your sudden esteem for organic life?" Ratchet growled approaching the striking captain.
Rewind looked at Ultra Magnus "You could leave them on the nearest organic planet" said the minibot
"No Rewind, we can not because most of the nearby organic planets in the next three solar systems hate us" Ultra Manus would not change the decision, they would destroy the eggs and period. "We will not continue discussing this, I will personally order a capsule to launch it into space and destroy it"
"Uh, Ultra Magnus, sir ..."
"I will warn Blaster so that I put calm to the ships, everyone must be curious and confused by the last message"
"Ultra Magnus ..."
"They can lay eggs here and return to their obligations"
"Ultra Magnus!"
"They are fired"
"ULTRA MAGNUS!"
"WHAT!?" The blue mech screamed at the call of his name. Everyone was surprised by the scream and how Tailgate had the guts to shout the name of the captain much larger than the minibot.
"T-The eggs!" The minibot pointed.
Nobody understood what he said until a light invaded the place. Everyone turned to see what happened, and saw how the group of eggs shone with strength. The closest ones were Whirl and Nightbeat.
"I think they're aiming to be born" Said the helicopter with amusement.
Swerve shrieked with excitement when he heard it. Ratchet immediately lowered a square insulation field around the bunk. Both Nightbeat and Whirl moved away, but not too far away to keep watching the birth closely.
"Ultra Magnus, sir, what do we do ?!" Ratchet asked. They could destroy the eggs without any problems at the moment.
"W-Wait, the organics do not need oxygen !?" Frantically asked Swerve.
Drift understood this and looked at the doctor "Ratchet you must give oxygen to the isolation field of the eggs!"
"I will not!" Ratchet shouted "We're supposed to get rid of the eggs"
"Ratchet, do it, it's an order!" Rodimus shouted.
Ultra Magnus knew that he should also be screaming, but he did not, he was hypnotized with the birth of a living being. It had been centuries since the last birth he saw, this war did not need young people and did not see a sparkling again for millennia. He thought that he would not see one again, but nevertheless, despite not being Cybertronian, he was observing one at this moment.
"It's also an order from me, Ratchet!" Drift yelled, and became more alarmed to see that the eggs were now moving.
"T-They are close to being born!" Shouted Tailgate approaching.
Perceptor also approached "Fascinating"
"Wait, this is how the organics are born!" Asked Brainstorm
"Administer fast oxygen!" Swerve shouted next to the archivist, who started recording.
Ratchet looked at Ultra Magnus, in alarm and not knowing what to do, but the other captain was just watching the birth in silence.
"It's cracking!" Swerve shouted alarmed and excited.
"Quick, oxygen or they will die!"
"Hahaha, great! What do you think will come out of those adorable eggs!" I bet a human or those things they call cats! " Whril screamed, laughing madly.
Ratchet sighed deeply, and ran to the console where he began typing and finding what he was looking for.
[[DEPOSIT OXYGEN AND NITROGEN TO THE INSULATION FIELD? YES / NOT ]]
Ratchet again doubted, could give the excuse that the oxygen tanks were over, and kill the possible threat before it did some damage to the ship and take more lives. I could avoid the death of loved ones, I could protect Drift ...
[[YES]]
But he did not