"Rodimus, this is not a good idea"
In the corridors of Lost Light, Drift and Rodimus walked pushing carts containing a variety of objects, but what stood out most were the glass boxes that showed the small organics awake and looking around with curiosity. They had already gone through a large series of exams and scanners under Ratchet's command, as a result they were classified as "" Non-hazardous Organic "" so Rodimus and Drift were able to take care of the little "pets". Fortunately the ship had already adapted to oxygen, which not many crew members agreed, so the organics were out of danger in the ship. Perceptor was also kind to build all the necessary equipment for small organic, from small and fluffy bunks, to an organic food machine that also produced H2o. So it was time to assign the little ones to their guardians. The captains of the ship loaded everything on a car and wandered the corridors in search of certain people.
"Oh come on Drift, you can not go back now, we have everything we need to make this work!" He said cheerfully.
Drift grimaced, he respected Rodimus and his crazy ideas, the Sparkeater was proof that they worked, but still his growing doubt did not subside. "It's okay," he said uncertainly. He looked at the organics who were exploring the walls with curiosity, but he was afraid to think that something bad could happen to them. His eyes went to his own golden-winged organ, he smiled happily observing everything around him with innocence, made his spark jump with empathy.
"Here!" He said stopping the car.
Drift also did it and observed that Rodimus confirmed the room of the first lucky. The captain began to play and shortly after a white and blue minibot came out.
"Yes-?" Tailgate was surprised to see the captains at his door, he knew that this did not mean anything good. "Captain Rodimus?"
The red-orange mech smiled broadly "Did you hear that Drift? It's been a while since I heard any respect in my name"
Drift sighed and looked at the minibot "Tailgate, right?" He asked and the little boy confirmed. "Do you remember the organic egg?"
Tailgate looked at the boxes carrying the car "Emm, yes?" He said doubtfully.
Rodimus then smiled more "Guess what? We can stay!" He shouted happily, "So Tailgate, tell me who was born from your egg and you can have your little organic with you." Of course, having an organic comes with many responsibilities: you must wash them, control their waste, feed them, spoil them, control them get sick and not be crushed "
"Rodimus!" Drift yelled
"Okay, ok, do not crush them, but keep them out of danger in a ship where there's more than five times their size," the captain clarified.
Tailgate looked at him incredulously for several seconds. "What !?" He shouted "I-I'm going to take care of an organic ?!" He asked without believing it.
"That's right, how lucky, no, now tell me which was born from the egg you found" Rodimus pointed to the boxes.
"I'm not sure, I do not know anything about organics and I still try to keep up with everything around me, remember I slept about six million years, what will I do with an organic ?!" He shrieked scared.
Rodimus took something out of his sub-space "Do not worry, that's why we made this booklet that will help you raise your organic, it's all there, since they eat until things happen in their digestive system"
Tailgate unintentionally grabbed the brochure "What? What !?"
Drift sighed, Rodimus had to be more patient and stop to explain his crew better. So he got up to the small mech and looked at the optics.
"Tailgate, I know this can be overwhelming and you do not trust that you can do it, but I'm sure you will achieve it if you trust yourself more, this little organic is as lost as you are, he must also learn from the world he was born in and you Two can do it together, you should not do it alone Tailgate, Sooner or later you will adapt to the world accompanied by one and the other. Would not you like that? "he asked softly.
Tailgate seemed to consider his words, Drift spoke with such wisdom, and knew that he did not have to adapt to all this change alone, it could help the organic to do it.
"And if you do not take charge, Ratchet will kill him" Rodimus added.
Tailgate looked at him alarmed and Drift looked disapprovingly at the first captain. The minibot quickly approached the glass boxes and pointed at the little black organic "I-It's be!" He screeched frantically.
Rodimus smiled broadly and grabbed the box to deliver it to the minibot "Here you are, your bunk and the other necessary things are in. The brochure explains how the organic food and water machine works"
Tailgate nodded, watching little Botamon in the box, who stared at him.
"Well, we must go now" said Rodimus and pushed the car. "See you later, Tailgate"
Drift followed him "Goodbye Tailgate"
And they both walked away from that corridor
"Rewind?" Drift asked as he started to knock on the door "It's me, Drift, Rodimus is here with me"
The door slid open to reveal another minibot next to a larger mech with a slender body. The small archivist seemed happy about the curve of the corners of his visor.
"Chromedome, Rewind!" Rodimus said "I liked seeing you both"
"Hello Rodimus." Rewind looked at the boxes. "Are you taking them to the incinerator?" I ask
Drift looked horrendous and Rodimus laughed "No, no, in fact, Rachet said that these organics are not dangerous or infectious, so we can keep them"
Chromedome looked curious as the little organics jumped happily now, bouncing off their tiny bunk beds. "Was that oxygen for that?"
"Yes, the organics can not live without it" He pointed to the boxes "Rewind remember that organic came out of the egg you found?"
The minibot nodded and pointed at the little green. Rodimus grabbed the box and left it in front of him "Well now you can adopt it"
The reaction of Chromedome and Rewind were contradictory. Rewind was encouraged, while Chromedome was surprised.
"Seriously! ?" He shouted, looking at the little organic guy who was smiling at him "Good, do not you think it's great, Chromedome?" He asked looking at his Conjux Endura. Chromedome looked at him hesitantly.
"So that's a yes?" Asked Drift smiling, he liked that Rewind will not reject this idea.
"Of course, I always wanted to have an organic nearby, it will be a lot to learn more from them and put everything I know into practice" Drift hesitated with his smile.
Rodimus did not let his big smile down "I'm glad you like it, Rewind The whole organic combo includes his own bunk, his machine to produce organic food and H2o, along with a brochure that explains how they work and how to raise them"
Rewind nodded animatedly. Like a child receiving a Turbo-fox. Chromedome rubbed the back of his neck, unsure about all this.
Rodimus then grabbed his car. "Well, we should go. Tell us how it went!" He said cheerfully.
Drift followed again but did not stop looking back at the couple who were watching the large organic glass box.
'Do not worry Drift, this is a good idea, a good idea, a good idea ...'
"It's a bad idea" Drift muttered.
Swerve had shrieked excitedly for a full minute, pointing to a particular organism since he knew he could keep one. Rodimus only started unloading the organic box and leaving it in the door of his room in silence. Drift left the pamphlet on top of the box and they both left quickly until they no longer heard Swerve's cheerful squeak.
"Are you still sure about this?" Drift asked as he pushed the car.
Rodimus's smile faded until he let out a sigh "No, the truth is, we can not take care of all of these organics, Drift, remember that I am the great captain of this super great ship with an even more brilliant mission. so I can only take care of an organic, and you're busy praying or being my right hand or praying again, we can only take care of just one- "
"Pet?" Drift asked
"No, no, I was going to say-
"Listen, Rodimus, I was not asking exactly that, I'm asking you if you still agree to continue with this decision, with the decision to challenge Magnus and do everything contrary to what he says" He said looking at the opticians.
Rodimus stopped and turned his optics towards the room - no, office they stopped. Drift looked at him confused until he knew the answer.
"Oh, Rodimus" Drift sighed as he looked at Ultra Magnus's name on the door. "You know he'll never accept taking care of the organic, maybe he'll throw it overboard when he sees it," said the ex-Decepticon.
The captain unloaded a large box that he believes hatched from the egg and opened the door. There was no one in the office at the moment, so the executor would most likely be somewhere else barking his rules.
"Rodimus, do not do that, you are risking the organic life" He said worried when he saw Rodimus placing the big glass box with the organic inside. He searched for a data tablet and found it in the drawers of his desk "Rodimus ..."
"Quiet, As it is not, I will leave a note" he said writing and finally placing the data tablet on top of the box. With a big smile, he left the office, and grabbed his car. "What?" He asked when he saw Drift looking at him.
"If something happens to the organic, you will be responsible for his death," he said unhappily.
"Relax, Magnus would never do any of that, he's very Autobot to do it" he said as he started pushing the car
"What is that supposed to mean?
"Nothing Drift, Nothing ..."
The doors of the laboratory opened to reveal an unhappy Brainstorm. The scientist showed himself with a calculating look, and with half of his body black, it seemed that something exploded very close to him. Rodimus bit his tongue to keep from laughing. The scientist looked at the captains and then at the organics he was wearing
"That's mine" He said pointing to the little white organic that never stopped smiling.
Drift and Rodimus exchanged glances "Did you know that I would come-
"No, but I want the organic. Perceptor did not believe that I ever taught a few mech something, and said that I could not teach an organic, so I will prove the opposite" He said with vanity in his voice.
Drift wanted to say something, but in the end he fell silent and helped Rodimus unload the organic box. "Look here is the brochure for-"
"I know how the machines I help create work, thank you very much" the scientist scoffed, and then he put his hands on his hips "Even I chose the color, great, no?"
"Ah ... yes, very cool" Drift said and then handed him the brochure "Here is everything about the care of organics"
Brainstorm launched the brochure to the laboratory "I do not need it, I will do my own research on organic"
Rodimus rolled his eyes. "Well, we'll take care of you" he said, holding the car and walking away from the scientist. Drift matched him quickly.
"Do you think it was a good idea?" Drift asked.
"Do not"
"Should we go back and take it off?" I ask
"No, Brainstorm practically lives in the laboratory and Perceptor too, so it will be fine, practically both will share custody" said the captain smiling. Then he looked at the last boxes of both cars, there were only his organics and the ...
"Who else is missing?" Drift asked
Rodimus looked at the one organic eye that was watching him "Uh ... Whirl"
The swordsman looked at Rodimus and then at the last organic that was not his or Rodimus' "Obviously we're not going to give an organic to Whirl, do we?"
Rodimus nodded "Yes, even I'm not so crazy, who said he was next to Whirl when he found him?" He asked looking at the ceiling "Ah yes, Rong!
"It's Rung, Rodimus" Correct Drift "I also think he would be the one to take care of this organic"
Rodimus smiled broadly "Decided! Where is your-
"Hi guys, where is my organic?" Drift and Rodimus bristled at the voice, and a turquoise blur jumped in front of them. Both mech saw how Whirl's optics was just a curve, meaning joy.
Both captains exchanged glances "Swerve already told me that they are returning our organics, so I got bored waiting and went looking for them" the ex-Wrecker grabbed the box with ease and looked closely at the organic one eye "Hello, ugly little thing Did you miss me? "
"Whirl, no! Rung will take care of him!" Rodimus yelled, letting go of the car.
"What !? But if I found him, Eyebrows did not do anything when he showed up, he just caught him with his head and got knocked out in the process" The helicopter yelled raising the highest box away from the captains.
"Whirl, please, you're not the best person to take care of an organic" Drift said trying to stretch his hands and hold the box. " And you know"
Do not worry, I'll be able to hold it tight with these things, look! Whirl turned around and opened the box. Drift and Rodimus were alarmed.
"Do not do it, Whirl!" Rodimus yelled "There are some parts of the ship that have not yet reached all the oxygen, you could kill him!"
The little organic did not appear to be sick, he simply came out of the box and settled on a Whirl's claw. The helicopter smiled at him and with his other claw gently pinched his ear, the little organic accepted the affection, shrieking with happiness and curving his single eye like a smile, like an Empurata. Drift took advantage of that moment to divest the helicopter of the organic.
"We said no, Whirl, we know this little one will be better with Rung," said Drift.
Whirl's optics curved in anger this time "It's mine, I found it, and I took the trouble to take it to Med-Bay! Come on, I'll take good care of it so it's a great human!"
"That he's not a human, Whirl!" Rodimus shouted.
"U-ugh ... Rodimus"
"Prove it!" Whirl screamed
"Rodimus"
"Humans are uglier and look like us, only softer!"
"Rodimus!"
"Nothing proves that these things do not become human in the future!"
"That's not true! Uh- it's not true, Drift, you were on Earth with us and-" Rodimus said and looked for his partner, found him nervously watching his hands, as if he were carrying a bomb about to explode. He lowered his eyes and found the problem. The little organic had his single eye trembling, as if it were crying at any moment. Both Autobot knew that this was not good, Nothing good.
"Oh, no, no, no-
"BUAAAHHHHH!"
The screech released by the organics almost broke the audios of the mech. A large pool of tears came out of the eye and Drift did not know what to do, began to swing, whisper things to reassure him and try to sing. But nothing seemed to work.
"AHHH, shut up, shut up!" Rodimus yelled holding his audios with a great wince.
" I try to silence him!" Drift exclaimed
Nobody noticed that the helicopter approached and put a claw on the head of the organic. The boy stopped crying and let out a happy shriek. Both captains looked very bewildered at this fact. Drift tried to push the boy away, but when he did, he screamed again as loudly and quickly pulled him close to Whirl.
"How...?" Drift was very surprised.
Whirl looked boastful and snatched the child from Drift's arms "It's obvious that you prefer me, is not it, little monster?" He asked in a childish voice.
"Do not tell monster" Drift spoke
"Okay, then Shredder? Yes, my little audio shredder." The little organic gave a happy shriek.
Rodimus sighed and looked at Drift "Apparently he kept a fondness for Whirl" He said tiredly "Is it for the optics?"
"Maybe I'll find Whirl familiar," he said thoughtfully. "Do you think they'll remember us when they were eggs?" I ask.
"I do not know, I'm not Perceptor or Nightbeat, anyway, if we can not take it off Whirl, then we should let it take over," said Rodimus, taking out the box.
"What !? No! Whirl might kill him as soon as we turn the corner of the hall!" Drift protested very alarmed.
"And what can we do? I do not want to risk killing him myself if he cried like that again," Rodimus said and approached the helicopter. "Whirl, listen carefully, if you're going to take care of it, here's a handbook on how to do it and another on how to operate the machine to feed it, in fact, I better give you all the brochures," the captain declared.
Drift just sighed deeply "Primus, please give me strength to continue"
The last two organic simply jumped happily inside the boxes, trying to cheer the great mech with their innocent movements.