It was a bright warm day in Jasper, and the Autobot base was quieter than usual. Optimus, Ratchet, and Bumblebee had left the base after Ratchet had stumbled across an ancient Autobot frequency. Fifteen minutes later the three of them returned with a relic to which Optimus and Ratchet went over to the med-bay to examine it. On the other side of the room were Bumblebee and the others as the young scout began to brag about his vehicular acrobatics.

Miko walked away from the group feeling more bored than ever as she headed straight towards the couch, only to find out that someone is already occupying the space. This person was Lucy, who is sound asleep with her head on the armrest. The sleeping British girl wore a cute baby pink, casual style sweatshirt with light blue jeans, and white low top converse.

A brilliant idea came to Miko's head to which she smiled mischievously. Miko slowly made her way towards her prey until she was close enough to which she gave the sleeping Lucy a scare. The poor girl's eyes shot wide open followed by a frightful scream. Lucy squirmed; this made her slide off the armrest of the couch. Falling face first onto the floor, her legs were positioned upright, they dangled above her head. Miko burst into a fit of laughter, holding onto her stomach.

This caused everyone... and 'bot to look over at the sudden commotion. They all saw Lucy face down on the floor with Miko laughing her butt off. Most of them let out a small snicker but some grimaced from the way she fell, it looked painful. The ones who quickly came to Lucy's side were Jack, Rafael, Ratchet, and Optimus.

"Lucy! Are you okay?" Rafael knelt beside Lucy. She spoke incoherently followed by a groan.

Jack glared at Miko who was wiping away her tears after laughing, "Miko, that wasn't cool to wake her up from her nap." Miko glanced over at Jack who had both hands on his hips with a not so pleased look on his face, "Dude, it was just a harmless scare. Besides, I'm sure Lucy's fine!"

Lucy repositioned her legs back and sat up, rubbing her now reddened nose, her forehead was red too. She didn't bother standing up from the floor and instead sat there like a sad puppy. "Ow... my poor nose," Lucy said while brushing her loose strands of hair from her face.

"See! I told you she's fine." Miko looked over at Jack who was not too happy with Miko at the moment. "Yeah, but what if she broke her nose from your little 'harmless scare'?" Jack quoted. Miko pouted by this but said nothing.

Optimus and Ratchet looked at each other with concerned looks written across their faceplates. Lucy spoke in a tired but soft tone. "It's okay, really. I did not break my nose, but... uh, it does hurt a little." Lucy reassured them, waving her hand back and forth. "But I'm sad that I had to be woken up from my nap... by the hands of Miko."

Miko laughed awkwardly to herself, scratching her cheek gently with her index finger. "... yeah, sorry about that." Lucy simply shook her head with a smile.

It was relieving to know that Lucy did not sustain any serious damage after falling face-first onto the floor. The redness on her nose and forehead had subsided a little but still slightly noticeable.

Jack looked over to Lucy and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Lucy had fallen asleep on the spot, her head being supported by the armrest behind her. He was quick to point this out to everyone, and they were generally surprised by this, then again, it was enough to make them smile in the end!

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The events unfolded so fast. One moment they were scouting and the next thing you know Bumblebee has his T-cog stolen. It was devastating to see the young scout so dispirited. She's always used to seeing him chirping with joy. Now Bumblebee was at the med bay, sitting on the berth with the saddest look written on his optics.

Apparently, this group called MECH is responsible for stealing the young scouts T-cog. It surprised her that MECH was run down by humans! She couldn't believe it when Jack whispered this into her ear. The situation had gotten complicated after Optimus expressed his deep concerns about what Megatron might unearth next. In one day two problems had formed… how unfortunate.

The rest of the night, Lucy has been comforting Bumblebee the best she could. She managed to lift his spirits up even if it's just for a little while. This was enough to make the young scouts night.

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In front of the Hospital, a person was leaning against the wall. This person was Lucy. She wore a white robe (lab coat) and underneath she had on a dark blue ER outfit with a pair of white sneakers. Her knee-length hair was combed up into a three strength braid which now reached her hips.

Lucy had gotten out from her shift a couple of minutes ago and she couldn't have been gladder to be outside. Being inside the hospital for long hours can be quite stressful. She knew Optimus was much too occupied in monitoring for any Decepticon activity and was currently searching for any leads on where MECH had taken Bumblebee's T-cog. So, he was unavailable at the moment but she was secretly glad that he wasn't able to come. Otherwise, he would've found out about her working at the hospital as the official Doctor/Surgeon. None of them knew except for Ratchet, Rafael, and Rikona. She wanted it to be a surprise but with the events that were currently unfolding, this meant that her surprise would have to wait a little longer.

The sounds of a siren caught her attention. She raised her gaze towards a familiar orange and white color scheme ambulance. A smile made its way on to her lips. She removed herself from the wall she was leaning on walking over to the vehicle. She hopped inside, being greeted by Ratchet's holoform behind the wheel then he drove off.

"How was your day at the hospital?" He asked glancing over at her.

"Busy, more than usual." she sighs, resting her head on the headrest. "I've been going back and forth between different patients and the soles of my feet are beginning to ache."

"Perhaps a well-needed rest would suffice." Ratchet suggested.

"Yeah… that sounds nice." Lucy looked out the window, watching the scenery before her change. She knew this street all too well. "Ratchet, where are we going?"

"Since Bumblebee can no longer transform after MECH had stolen his T-cog, so, I volunteered to pick up Rafael from school." He said, he took a right where the school building could be seen a couple of blocks away.

Lucy couldn't help but smile. "That's really thoughtful of you, Ratchet." He mumbled a 'yes, yes.' to her and this made her smile more.

Ratchet pulled over in front of the school and used his siren to gain Rafael's attention, Right when the young boy was approaching the ambulance in a rush, she took this opportunity to move in the back right when Raf opened the passenger door. Lucy watched in amusement as Rafael began to speak aloud about how thankful he was to the driver who he referred to as 'June's friend from the hospital' trying to act all natural which he clearly failed at. The scene was just too amusing and cute.

"Where are the others?" Ratchet asked as he began to drive away.

"Jack's at work. Miko's in detention – again." Rafael said, looking over at the driver's seat and froze, seeing a strange man driving behind the wheel. He couldn't muster a single word but managed to stutter out his words. "R-Ratchet?"

The medic glanced over at the spiky haired boy, raising a questionable brow at him. "Who did you expect it to be?" he said rather harshly to the boy. Raf blinked, averting his eyes away from him. "Sorry. Uh…I was expecting Bulkhead."

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but he's on watch duty." He said sounding a little offended. Out of nowhere Lucy butted in on the conversation much to Rafael's surprise. "Ratchet, don't be so impolite now."

Ratchet looked over his shoulder at Lucy with wide eyes before focusing his attention back on the road. "I-uh… sorry…" he murmured to himself, and then his eyes landed over to Raf who had sunk down in his seat with discomfort. Ratchet sighed inwardly, already feeling guilty about how he acted and managed to find the courage to ask something that even he would never say to any other person.

"You want to ride with the siren on?"

Rafael looked over to Ratchet's holoform and gave him a small yet awkward smile. "No, thank you." He politely declined Ratchet's offer.

The air around them was silent but she could feel it getting uneasy as the minutes passed by. She debated whether or not to say something to break this nerve-racking silence and then she finally made up her mind. She scooted closer in between their seats, crossing her legs and got herself comfortable.

"So, how was your day at school Raf?" Rafael turned his attention to her and a smile made its way to his lips. "Nothing new, really, just a couple of homework's to work on but nothing special happened." He shrugged nonchalantly.

Their conversation lasted for a couple of minutes before the silence had once again welcomed them during the ride. This time the silence was pleasant, you could it was calming in its own unique way. Ratchet hadn't spoken the entire time, not that it was a bad thing although he did enjoy listening to their conversation before it died down. Lucy hadn't moved from her spot since her conversation with Raf and found it much more comfortable than being in the back. The silence was then broken by Rafael who had asked a question that was directed to Ratchet.

"Ratchet, what happened to Bumblebee's voice box?"

Ratchet was taken aback by this particular question but collected his thoughts before answering the boy's question. "It was…severely damaged in battle."

"How?"

"How do you think?" Ratchet glanced over at him with a raised brow, his lips forming a thin line. "Tragically of course."

"It happened at Tyger Pax." A place located somewhere back on Cybertron, Lucy theorized in her mind.

"Our brave scout was captured by Megatron's forces and interrogated. But he refused to provide Intel…" he paused for a moment before hesitantly continuing. "… and paid a grave price for his courage.

"Bumblebee was left for scrap. But Autobot troops found him and evacuated him to a triage facility – where a field medic managed to stabilize his condition."

"So, we owe Bumblebee's life to that field medic," Raf remarked, looking over to Ratchet.

"That's one way of looking at it, I suppose." Ratchet's grip on the wheel tightened, and a look of distraught was apparent on his features. "Though the medic… could have done better."

Rafael turned his head away with a frown on his face. Lucy's eyes landed on to Ratchet who had his eyes fixated on the road, she drew her brows together and he lips curled down into a frown. She couldn't help but wonder if Ratchet had been referring to himself as the medic who treated Bumblebee of his wounds in his back-story. If so, this meant that he blames himself for not doing a better job in fixing (repairing) Bumblebee's voice box back on Cybertron. Her hand slid its way on to Ratchet's shoulder and felt his muscles tense up from her touch. He looked over his shoulder and his eyes meet hers. She gave him a comforting smile at him as his eyes softened in return.

Upon arrival, they were greeted by an unwelcoming sight of Bumblebee being laid down on the berth. Lucy and Rafael swiftly exited Ratchet's vehicle mode before he transformed, rushing over to the med-bay both humans following right behind him. Both of them stood right next to the berth where Bumblebee was currently occupied in. Raf looked up at his friend, a worried look on his face. Lucy too had the same expression as Raf and comforted him the best she could.

Ratchet turned his helm to Bulkhead, giving the wrecker a dirty look; he beyond mad. "Of all the scrap - - brained ideas - - taking Bumblebee into a potential chase scenario when he no longer has the ability to access his wheels?!" he scowled at him.

"He improvised."

Ratchet was about to resume his quarrel when Rafael intercepted the old 'bots' chance to do so. "Hey, Bee's waking up."

Bumblebee sat up from the berth, holding his helm with his servo. The pain was clearly written on his optics. He buzzed out a moan furrowing his brow-ridges in discomfort.

"You've already lost your voice box and your t-cog. Were you really trying to add your spark to the list?" Ratchet said, letting his temper show in his tone as he approached the scout's berth standing right behind the two humans below his pedes.

Bumblebee buzzes sadly averting his gaze elsewhere. Rafael shook his head. "Don't say that, Bumblebee. You're not useless."

"I agree with Raf, Bumblebee." Lucy raised her gaze at the scout who glanced down at her. Bumblebee's optics stared into her eyes, the doors on his back lowered slightly.

"Look, I hate to break up the pity party, but the 'cons just added unknown Iacon payday number two to their armory." Arcee stepped in, placing both servos on her hips.

Then an all too familiar voice spoke from behind Arcee and Bulkhead, it was Optimus. They stepped back, allowing him to stand in between them. "Neither blame nor praise will modify past events, but we cannot afford to take further unnecessary risks." His optics landed on to the scout. "Bumblebee, you are not to leave our base - - not until we can retrieve your missing biomechanism."

With that Optimus turned and left with Ratchet following right behind him. Lucy watched them leave and her attention went straight back to Bumblebee who had his shoulder pads slumped forward. She neared the berth right where his servos were, placing her hand on top. His digits twitched and his optics stared at her in shock.

"I'm sure your T-cog will come up eventually. Just have a little faith." She reassured the young 'bot who in return nodded.

Whatever Optimus and Ratchet were discussing it clearly involved Bumblebee's T-cog. Ratchet approached the med-bay where he shared his decision to donate his T-cog to Bumblebee but one of them had to perform the surgery. It had been decided that Arcee will be the one to do the operation to which the femme was not too thrilled about. She starts by putting Ratchet into stasis, but before she does the same to Bumblebee, an alarm blares signaling an Icaon homing beacon.

Optimus halts the operation so he, Arcee and Bulkhead can investigate where the relic had been unearthed. No sooner when they leave Agent Fowler contacts the base. The man seems disappointed when Bumblebee is the only one present to take his call, but he passes on the news that he has possible coordinates of MECH's center of operations. Fowler became frustrated as he is unable to understand Bumblebee's beeping, he desperately searches for someone who speaks English instead of beeps, buzzes', and 'bleep'. Rafael offers his help but was interrupted by Ratchet's sudden voice; he began to babble about someone or a… fuzor as he claimed it to be, in need of voice-box repair. Lucy couldn't help but laugh at his sudden outburst. Fowler stared down at them from the monitors, which he was using, with a quizzical look. Bumblebee took Raf aside, convincing his human friend to allow him to head out and find his missing biotech. Jack volunteers to pass on the message to Optimus, this earned a suspicious look from Fowler before he hung up the call.

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A half-hour later, Ratchet had awoken from his stasis, only to find Fowler shouting at him about MECH coordinates, and the kids, plus Lucy, reveal Bumblebee's whereabouts where he had gone to deal with MECH by himself. Ratchet began to argue, telling them that Bumblebee is supposed to recover from the surgery as it turns out; the surgery hadn't been done with at all. The autobot medic was appalled by this information and he quickly contacted the others informing Optimus of MECH's center of operations and that Bumblebee was already there.

They were all glad that the others were safe and brought back Bumblebee and his damaged T-cog. The operation soon took place and soon it was all over. Ratchet scanned the young scout before turning his attention towards the others who had been patiently and eagerly watching.

"I…did what I could." He said, averting his optics to the side.

Optimus approached his old friend, placing a servo on his shoulder pad. "Our scout could not have been in better hands, old friend."

"And we didn't stick with plan ''A'' and let Ratchet donate his cog why?" Miko asked, her voice in a half loud, half whisper to them. "Bumblebee wouldn't accept it," Jack replied.

The sound of a certain 'bot filled the air as Bumblebee slowly but groggily stood up from the berth, buzzing softly. Alarmed by this, Ratchet spoke. "Bumblebee! Easy."

The scout, however, buzzed excitedly, stretching out his arms than possed to show off his metallic muscles; cute.

"Please. Recovery takes time." Ratchet told the 'bot, his voice filled with concern and gesturing his servos at him.

Bumblebee outstretched his arms expecting to transform in one try, but this wasn't the case. His first few attempt at transformed was futile. He buzzed questioningly, obviously confused as to why he couldn't transform properly.

"The damage was…severe." Ratchet grimly announced, shutting his optics wishing he could've done more to repair the young ones biomechanism.

Bumblebee tried again, still nothing. He buzzed sadly, but then eventually manages to transform, his engines revs, earning a couple of cheers from the kids and a repeated clap from Lucy. Ratchet couldn't have been more relieved to see his patient/ scout fully transform before his very optics. The muscle car's tires squeal, the driver's side door opening as he buzzes excitingly at Raf while honking his horn.

He chuckles. "Anywhere." Raf runs over to the car, hopping in from the driver's seat and settled himself on the passenger side. "Just…drive!" Then he and Bumblebee took off.

"Go easy!" Ratchet laughs. "Adhere to standard break-in procedure!"

Bulkhead too laughs. "Wh-o-oa! Bee's T-cog looked like it was ready for the scrap yard."

"Hard to believe the doc repaired it," Arcee said, motioning her helm towards the medic.

"That is not all that Ratchet repaired today," Optimus added a smile plastered on his faceplate.

Miko leans over to Lucy whispering something for only her can hear. "So, what's with the nurse outfit?"

Lucy froze, completely forgetting the attire she is wearing. She looked down at Miko with a nervous smile. "This? Oh, I-I'm just… getting ready for my practical! Yeah, that sounds about right." She mumbled the last sentence to herself, laughing awkwardly.

She stares at her questionably, narrowing her eyes. Miko shrugs before walking away. Lucy exhales deeply, realizing that she had been holding her breath for a while now. 'Blimey, I almost blew it there.' Lucy let out a yawn, her eyes becoming droopy. 'But first… a well-needed rest would be nice.'