After a while of searching, Thunderhoof was about to give up when he saw Laserbeak, "Wasn't that thing with Soundwave before?"
"Yes it was, he must have sent it after Metalsound after she took off."
"Seems like it hasn't had much luck," Thunderhoof replied as he turned to leave. Suddenly Laserbeak flew in front of him, blocking his path, "Hey, get out of the way you weird... thing," Laserbeak just hovered before going back to the spot it was at.
"Maybe it did find her?"
Figuring it was worth a shot Thunderhoof made his way to the ledge. Looking down he didn't see anything, except it looked like something had disturbed the land. Slowly lifting his helm he spotted the femme under a tree, "Found her, but something's off," he called to Steeljaw before he made his way down.
Metalsound was lost in her thoughts before she heard something coming toward her, she was too scared to look to see who it was.
Steeljaw runs over and follows Thunderhoof down the slope, "Metalsound? You ok?" Thunderhoof asked in concern when he saw her battered body, "You look like you got into some kind of a fight."
Steeljaw reaches them, "Whoa, Metalsound are you alright? What happened?"
Metalsound just sat there, unmoving, save for a few shuddering inhales, "Maybe one of us should get a medic," Thunderhoof suggested as he knelt beside the injured femme.
"There is no medic around here Thunderhoof. Except for Fixit."
"Strong... arm," Metalsound says weakly.
"What? Strongarm?"
"Are you tellin' me that out of all of those mini-cons and Decepticons not one of them is a medic?"
"Only Fixit I suppose."
"Strongarm has some medical knowledge," Metalsound replied hoarsely.
"What? Really? How do you know?"
"She told me."
Thunderhoof looked at Steeljaw, "Do you think you could bring her here?"
"Yeah," Steeljaw gets up and runs off towards the scrapyard.
With some hesitation, Thunderhoof pulled Metalsound towards him, "It's gonna be alright Metalsound, just hold on."
"I'm injured, I'm not dying," she replied bitterly.
"I know, just trying to give you comfort is all."
"No offense, but are you sure you want to comfort a traitor?"
"A traitor? What traitor?"
"Me. After everything they've done for me in the past, this is how I repay them? I attacked Bumblebee," her body shook as she tried to hold back the lubricants.
"Well, I'm sure it was for a good reason."
"It shouldn't matter. There's no way they're going to forgive me."
"Well, if they don't you have a place with the Decepticons."
"Even though I've been missing for the past few days? Not to mention Soundwave's in there."
"Steeljaw explained your absence and they thought nothing of it, and never mind Soundwave."
Metalsound just sighed, her spark felt heavy and her servo was killing her. Thunderhoof just held her tight for comfort.
Steeljaw is standing outside the scrapyard trying to figure out a way to get Strongarm when he sees her head out for patrol, driving out of the scrapyard and onto one of the dirt roads. He immediately transforms and follows her.
While Strongarm drove she noticed a vehicle following her, adjusting her mirrors she pulled off the road to see if they would follow and the car followed. Strongarm came to a stop before speaking out, "Can I help you?" But the car disappeared, "Ok, that was odd," she said as she started driving once more. The car suddenly reappeared in front of her, then transformed, "Whoa! Steeljaw, what are you doing here?"
"Metalsound needs help, she's fallen down a slope and has been injured."
"WHAT?! Take me to her!" She demanded in a haste. Steeljaw transformed and lead the way to where Metalsound is, explaining all that happened on the way, "Oh scrud. How was she when you left?"
"In pretty bad shape."
"Did she say anything about what caused her injuries?"
"No, she was unresponsive."
This must really be bad if she isn't saying anything. "I'll try to talk to her. Are we getting close?"
"Yes, the slope is just ahead."
Transforming she made her way through the forest, she was going to give Metalsound a piece of her mind when she saw her. She knew she liked Soundwave but attacking the lieutenant was completely unnecessary.
Metalsound hadn't moved, she just stared at the ground seeing the familiar shape of Strongarm. She made herself as small as possible, there was no way she could face the cadet in her state.
Strongarm kept her distance for a while, just because she trusted Steeljaw didn't mean that she trusted Thunderhoof, "Now you see her condition."
"Will you come on and aid her!?" Thunderhoof shouts feeling frustrated that the femme was just standing there. Steeljaw glares and growls at him.
"If you would move I will," Strongarm growled as she made her way over. As she got closer she noticed that the ground had been attacked. Looking back to Metalsound she got a somewhat closer look at her wounds, "Metalsound?" The dark femme flinched when she called to her, "It's ok, no one's going to hurt you," she assured, it felt like she was talking to a sparkling rather than an adult.
Steeljaw and Thunderhoof watched as Strongarm started examining and fixing up the wounds on Metalsound, "Do you want to tell me what happened?" She asked as she glanced up at her. Metalsound still wasn't talking, the only thing she did was flinch when she looked at her servo, "Come on, you need to say something."
Metalsound still remained silent. Strongarm vented out a sigh as she finished tending to her servo before heading back to Steeljaw, "She'll be fine, just keep an optic on her. Has she been like that the whole time?" She asked Thunderhoof.
"Yes, ever since we found her."
"Ok, I think it would be a good idea for someone to be with her for a while. I don't want her to hurt herself even further."
"Thunderhoof will stay with her, you come with me," Steeljaw grabs her servo and pulls her to another part of the forest.
