Transformers OneShots

Burns

Kade was going through the rescue gear in the garage. He was making sure everything was up to code, and in proper working condition. This was unusual for him especially after he had gotten back from the hospital that morning.

While he was writing something down on the clipboard he felt a sizzling pain shoot through his arm and down his back, as his shirt was rubbing against the burn he had gotten from the rescue yesterday.

-The rescue that yesterday-

"I'm going in for the last one!" Kade yelled to his partner, as he left the man he had just saved to his sister.

Heatwave gave him a nod before Kade ran in, covering his face with his sleeve.

Kade looked around, he was in a living room, and knew that the last person was on the second floor of the house.

He quickly ran over to the stairs, squinting his eyes. He didn't have any of his equipment on him, other than his coat. The call had been out of nowhere when him and Heatwave were on their way back from a donut shop for breakfast.

Kade darted up the stairs that were able to support his weight, and looked around a hallway with a few rooms.

He walked down the hall and began to call out.

"Hello?"

"Hello?!"

"Is there anyone here?!"

He coughed a couple of times, he had inhaled a bit of smoke, and squinted his eyes as they burned from the heat.

While he was walking down the hall he spotted the figure of a young girl on the ground, in one of the rooms.

Kade quickly darted in, running to her side. The young girl was unconscious, and was struggling to breath as the room began to fill with smoke.

Kade picked up the young girl, being careful as to not hurt her, and was about to run out of the room, when some debris fell into the doorway, with it catching fire. There was still a way out of the room if Kade jumped through the flames, but the girl would get seriously burned if he did.

Kade looked around the room, looking for some sort of blanket, or towel to cover the girl in, but he couldn't find anything. There were no windows either, as the room was very small, and looked to be some sort of storage area.

Kade couldn't think of any other way of getting out of the room, but jumping through, but he couldn't risk the child's life on it.

Kade braised the girl in one arm, as he pulled his other up to his face so he could try and think better. That's when he looked down at his coat.

He quickly placed the girl on the ground before pulling off his coat, and wrapping her in it. He could feel the fire breathing on his exposed skin, as he had his typical short white sleeved shirt underneath.

Kade picked up the young girl, who was now completely covered in his coat, and he quickly ran towards the exit, jumping through with his side to the flames, pulling the girl in close.

He felt the fire's hot touch, as he jumped, and landed on his back, quickly pulling himself up, and running towards the stairs. He could feel his lungs full of smoke, and his eyes and skin burning, but he practically jumped down the stairs, and looked around for the door, a bit disoriented.

He then heard a call, before he was spun around by his father. Kade lifted his arms, showing his coat with the girls legs visible, and they both quickly bolted for the door.

When Kade had gotten outside he handed the girl to his dad, as he tried to catch his breath, and he walked over to Heatwave, while his dad brought the girl over to where Dani and Blades had just landed to fly them to the hospital.

Heatwave had now begun to hose down the flames, with him dropping one down for Kade. He grabbed the hose, and was about to join in before he realized he couldn't breath.

Kade almost immediately dropped the hose, and dropped to the ground, unable to breath, and frantically gasping. When he hit the ground he felt a hot, burning pain pass through his back, and arm, causing him to go into a cold sweat.

His body began to feel fuzzy, and his vision began to blur, before he squeezed his eyes shut. He could hear yelling, but couldn't make out the words, as his mind was just screaming for air, and for the burning pain to stop.

He soon felt some grab both his arms and pull them to his side, before he felt more hands on his face. He felt someone tilt his head back, before he felt something at the back of his throat, and pressing against his tongue. Kade could soon feel air fill his lungs, as his eyes darted open, and he gasped for breaths.

-Present Time-

Kade's mussels tightened at the sudden pain, before he placed the clipboard down to go ask Chef to apply the Aloe Vera, and for some pain killers. He had received a large 2nd degree burns down the right side of his back, and his upper arm from the fire.

He thought back to some of the moments in his hospital room, when he had some tube down his throat, unable to speak, and how he would lay on his side, whenever he could, trying to ease the burning pain once the pain killers had worn off.

As he was about to reach the steps, he heard the garage's lift retracting, going down into the family's bunker, before it began to climb back up again, with Heatwave in tow.

Kade looked up at his partner over his shoulder, without saying a word. Cody had explained how worried Heatwave had been, yet he was the only bot not to visit him, or so much as welcome him back from the hospital.

Heatwave looked down at Kade, noticing a patch of red irritated skin, as Kade had a baggy muscle shirt on to try and help his discomfort, exposing the burns on his arm.

Kade fully turned to face the red bot, still not saying a word.

Heatwave noticed Kade's look of confusion, and annoyance, so he took a deep breath before he began.

"I'm…..sorry.." Heatwave mumbled looking away from Kade.

Kade didn't quite hear what he had said, but decided to try and make a joke out of it, by cuffing his hand and placing it to his ear.

"Oh? Could you repeat that?" Kade asked

Heatwave shut his eyes, before turning his heat down at Kade, and abruptly opening them.

"I'm sorry." Heatwave said looking down at his human partner.

Kade dropped his hand, and his smirking face turned to one of confusion.

"You're sorry..? What do you mean.?" Kade asked making eye contact with the red rescue bot.

"You got hurt, and I couldn't do anything to help you.. The only reason I am here is to protect people, and I couldn't even protect you.." Heatwave replied, slowly getting softer with each word.

Kade let out a slight chuckle, "It's a part of the Job, why are you being all serious about this? I'm fine."

He was trying to lighten the mood, but Heatwave looked even more upset, and a bit angry, and he looked away again with a growl.

"I'm alive aren't I? Besides, why do you suddenly care about this now? You didn't even come to see me in the hospital." Kade said, a bit more serious.

Heatwave abruptly opened his eyes at this, looking at Kade he yelled, "Yes! You are alive, and you're pretty damn lucky!"

Kade stepped back a bit at the shock at Heatwave's reaction.

"You see that burn on your back? Well apparently you got a matching one somewhere in your respiratory system! I did come and see you Kade, and you wanna know what happened?! Your heart stopped for nearly a minute!" Heatwave yelled before he stepped back.

His body posture looked hostile, before he calmed down, and looked away from Kade yet again.

"And I couldn't do anything to help you."