Chapter 3
Within fifteen minutes, Rachet had made it back to the base.
"Wh-what the ..?" He stammered, looking upon a scene of wreckage right in front of the hanger that held his med-bay. Quickly retrieving his wrench, he gripped it firmly and stalked towards the area until he found the root cause: three Cybertronians fighting amongst each other nearby. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, and surprisingly, Ironhide. Ratchet crept up behind the three and brought the quarreling to an end by slamming his wrench down on their helms. Hard.
"What the slag is going on here!" Ratchet growled.
"All I said was that it might be a good idea to put the femme into the brig while you are fixing her. You don't know what she might do! She might be a plant from the Decepticons! You don't…." Ironhide's rant was interrupted by a ferocious growl as Sunstreaker started to stalk forward to Ironhide.
"Enough!" Bellowed Optimus "Suntreaker back away from Ironhide and Ironhide do not antagonize the twins. The femme is not dangerous and is injured. Ratchet does not need this bothering him from saving the life of the injured femme. Do I make myself clear?"
"But Prim-"Ironhide started but stopped when he saw Optimus' glower at him.
"Yeah Prime I understand," Ironhide grumbled
"If that is settled then I will get to work on the femme. I do not need any more commotion. This is very delicate work." Ratchet stated
Ratchet turned and hurried through the hanger to make it to his med-bay to start surgery on the injured femme.
William Lennox sat in his chair in his office going over the events of the last twenty-four hours in his mind. First, he woke to a very red-faced politician screaming about the aliens abusing and disrespecting the treaty between humans and autoboots. That incident took roughly thirty minutes to calm the man, known as Director Galloway, down enough to explain the situation. Upon gathering the explanation, he had to go clean up the mess that the twins had made to Director Galloway's private car. Second, he had to deal with hunting down the Autobot commander to see about getting the twins punished for their idea of a 'fun time'. Upon finding the Autobot commander he then learns about a Cybertronian pod landing right next to the base that was not detected. Which then led him to hunt down information of how the pod could not have been detected. Of course, this had to happen after he had to take care of making sure he made Galloway sedated enough not to try and get the Autobots shipped off the planet. Thank God Epps was able to take care of getting a small back up group ready for any situation that may arise with them retrieving the Cybertronian.
William ran his hand down his face in frustration. So far, he had been to Wheeljack, Preceptor, and the human surveillance division to see if he could find any information on why the pod appeared out of no-where and they had no luck on finding out how the Cybertronian came this close without being detected. William peered his head towards the door as a knocked resonated through the office.
"Commander Lennox sir?" A hesitant voice sounded from the hallway.
"Come in," Lennox called out, "How can I help you?"
The door opened to show one of the newer recruits holding paperwork while looking frazzled. The recruit's name was Axel and was known through the ranks as being cocky. Axel had dark brown hair that was perfectly combed, his posture was straight as he observed Commander Lennox through sharp, glacial-blue eyes. He held out the yellow folder for Lennox to take. Lennox lethargically took the folders from the recruit as he nodded his head towards the door signaling for Axel to take his leave. Lennox opened the folder to glance at the documents inside, right as he was doing this the door burst open to show Chief Master Sergeant Epps.
"Will! Get outside now! The twins and Ironhide are fighting each other in front of the main hanger!" Epps exclaimed.
Will sighed tiredly he slowly closed the folder and rose from his seat.
"What did those two slaggers do this time?" He scoffed.
"I honestly don't know. All I know is that the moment Ratchet left to go to the med-bay a fight had broken out. I think Optimus is trying to get the situation under control right now." Epps said
"I had just gotten Galloway calmed down from this morning's fiasco. The last thing I need is another incident." Will growled.
William stormed outside and his eyes laid upon the fighting forms of Ironhide, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe. Will took in a deep breath to try and calm his nerves before he addressed the situation.
"What the hell is going on here!" Will exclaimed.
Optimus turned his head towards where Commander Lennox stood.
"Ironhide and the twins are not agreeing about the young femme that is in the med-bay." Optimus stated to Will before turning his attention back to the three Cybertronians.
"I thought we had this settled!" Optimus uttered in frustration, "I have had enough of this belligerent squabbling! This young femme is in critical condition and we do not need any of this at the present. The three of you are to head to the brigs immediately and are not permitted to leave until I deem it necessary!"
Three helms snapped to Optimus in disbelieve. Optimus opened two of his com-links and messaged Mirage and Bumblebee.
"Bumblebee and Mirage, I need you to come to the front of the med-bay to escort the twins and Ironhide to the brig. They are not to be released until my say so."
"Affirmative Prime." Mirage responded
"William," Optimus stated as he turned his helm down towards the soldier, "I apologize for the inconvenience."
"It is fine Prime. But could you tell me more about the femme that is in the med-bay and why the hell the twins are fighting with Ironhide about her?" Will sighed as he heard the twin's arguments with Mirage about being taken to the brig.
"Come to my office and we will talk about that." With that Optimus turned towards the main hanger where his office was held.
Hey guys! I just wanted to say thank you for reading my fanfic and for all the nice comments I have been getting from it! I can't wait until Marie is in the story, that is when the real fun will begin! Happy readings! -Spectra
