(A/N: this episode gets a little adult. It has hinted at moments, I'll let you know his there is one of those scenes coming up, so you can skip it, if you want.)
First Aid was recharging with Heatwave. Again.
Why does he keep doing this? Heatwave thought. He gently shook him awake.
"Wh-what?" the medic rubbed his optics.
"Why do you keep climbing into my berth?"
"Why do you ask?"
"This is the sixth time this month."
"You're like my security blanket," First Aid went back to recharge.
Security blanket?! Heatwave got out of there quickly.
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Chase was spotting Chroma as she did push-ups.
"How am I doing?" she asked.
"Very sexy," Chase said.
"What?!"
"I-it was a complement!"
"Bad move!" Blades called from the TV.
"Bulkhead?" Heatwave called out as he walked in the bunker. "Have you guys seen Bulkhead?"
"He left last night," Boulder said. "He had to fight some Decepticons."
"Why are you looking for him?" Chroma asked as she sat crossed legged.
"First Aid keeps climbing in my berth at night to recharging with me," Heatwave said, "he says I'm his 'security blanket'."
"How many times has he done it?"
"Six times this month."
"I bet he looks up to you like a big brother," Chroma stood up. "He's done it before. I thought he grew out of it."
"Well, it's really weird," Heatwave crossed his arms.
"Maybe he misses his gestalt," Blades said.
"That probably isn't it."
"What do you mean? Separated bots of combiner units tend to miss one another," Chase said.
"Well, First Aid told me he didn't trust a few of his former teammates."
"Like Rotors..." Chroma trailed off.
"How bad is Rotors?" Blades asked. "I mean, I know he's bad. First Aid said he was a monster, but how bad is he? We don't even know him!"
"SVU bad," Heatwave said.
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First Aid was having a nightmare that he thought he woke up, but he was in another nightmare.
He shot up and screamed.
"First Aid!" Heatwave ran in. "What's wrong? Did you have a bad dream?"
"You have no idea," First Aid said.
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"See you guys after school!" Cody grabbed his jacket and backpack before he left the kitchen.
"Later, Cody," Kade said.
"Don't forget your bike lock!" Chief Burns said.
Moments later, Tyler and Raychel showed up.
"Okay, it's our shift!" Raychel said excitedly.
"Yeah, when do we get our mech on?" Tyler asked.
"I'll get First Aid," Dani said.
xxx
First Aid was a bit uneasy having a male human in his cabin.
"Wanna hear about this girl I dated?" Tyler asked.
"Not really..." First Aid squeaked.
"Yeah, she wasn't nice anyway," Raychel said.
"First Aid, what was your first experience?" Tyler asked.
"Why would you ask tha-AAAAAAA!"
First Aid made a turn in the middle of the road. A lot of drivers honked.
xxx
"First Aid, I am very disappointed in you!" Chase said. "That kind of reckless driving can cause an accident!"
"Chase, go easy on him," Chroma said, "Maybe one of his humans said something that upset him."
"I think we should wait for Heatwave to get back from his shift, Chase," Boulder said. "First Aid trusts him more than us."
"First Aid, did one of your humans say something?" Chase asked like an integrator.
First Aid said nothing as he looked down.
"Look at me when I ask you a question!" Chase grabbed Fist Aid's chin and stared him in the eyes.
First Aid activated his mask and visor and cut Chase's thumb.
"Ow!" Chase pushed the medic away.
Then First Aid ran to the Sigma.
Chroma smacked Chase on the side of the head. "We told you to wait for Heatwave to come back!"
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"Why did the ambulance-bot turn in the middle of the road the other day?" Hayley asked Kade as the drove to the hospital for her checkup.
"It misunderstood what the twins said," Kade said. "Why are you getting so many checkups?"
"I'll tell you later, okay?"
"Okay."
Heatwave mentally sighed.
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"Chase, did you hear that Jackie's having a Halloween party at this old farm house?" Chroma asked.
"It isn't on Lindsy's property," Chase muttered.
"They made a deal with the owner."
"What is it?"
xxx
"Be gone, rodents!" Jackie said as she stood in stirrups, with glowing blue hair and eyes, as rats and mice exited the building.
xxx
"I'm not 100% sure how to respond to that," Chase said.
"That sums up how she can be," Chroma said.
A moment passed.
"Would you like to watch a movie?" Chroma asked.
"L-like a date?!" Chase squeaked.
Chroma raised an optic ridge. "Do you have feelings for me?"
"Yeah. Do you like me back?"
"As a friend."
xxx
First Aid was lying down on a med berth. His spark was feeling odd.
"Hi, First Aid," Blades said as he walked in. "How are you?"
"My spark feels... I don't know how to describe it. "It's just... funny," First Aid said.
"Maybe it's a member of your gestalt."
First Aid shot up. "What?!"
"Come on, everybot learns about this in medical training."
"I learned on the field. I wasn't old enough to be enrolled when the war started."
This puzzled Blades. "How did you learn?"
"My dad and, erm, Rotors."
"Maybe you'll feel better with a spark tracker," Blades opened a drawer and pulled out a small, patch-like object. "Totally non-invasive."
"Do I put it on my chest?"
"Yup," Blades stuck it on under First Aid's Chest plate.
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Chase couldn't believe it! Chroma was holding his hand as they watched the movie!
Maybe she does like me more than just a friend and doesn't know it! He thought excitedly.
The end credits began to roll.
"So what did you think of the movie?" Chroma asked.
"Huh?" Chase didn't pay attention.
"When did you lose concentration?" she let go of his hand.
"When you held my hand," Chase said.
"So, Emma's backstory."
"Yep."
"Want to watch another movie?" Chroma pulled out Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's rom com.
"Sure," then Chase saw the title. "This is the one with the rhinos making a baby, isn't it?"
"Close your eyes at that part."
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Graham pushed his spaghetti with meatballs around, as he was nervous on his first date with Lindsy.
"How are the bots?" Lindsy asked as she buttered her Italian bread.
"Good, they're good. Jackie and the animals?"
"We sold a couple of rescues and found the Fjords' owners."
"And those are...?"
"The tan ones with stripes in their manes."
Graham nodded.
"So, do you want to see a movie later?" Lindsy asked.
"Uuuhhh..." Graham's brain broke.
Lindsy waved a hand in front of his face.
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"Thanks for helping me out, Cody," Jackie said as she mushed meatloaf into a brain mold pan.
"No problem," Cody said.
"Can I have some meatloaf?" K-9 asked.
"Maybe later," Jackie said. "What are you going to be, guys?"
"K-9's thinking of going as K-9 from 'Doctor Who'," Cody said.
"And you?"
"Nick Burkhart."
"You watch 'Grimm', too?!"
Jackie almost dropped her brain loaf.
"On demand, yeah."
"I love the effects they have for the woges (voges)!"
"Are you going as a wessen?"
"Nah, Japanese legend."
"Which one?"
"Slit-Mouth Woman."
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Kade was a bit shocked. He never knew Hayley had a medical condition that might hurt to baby. It wasn't bad in reality, just cysts.
"You okay?" Heatwave asked.
"Hayley might lose the baby."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Cysts."
I'll look that up later.
xxx
Halloween isn't evil. Halloween isn't evil, First Aid repeated to himself. He felt a little paranoid due to the movies he saw, and the funny spark feeling wasn't helping.
"First Aid?" Blades asked as he walked into the med bay. "Are you alright?"
"Uh, yeah. Just thinking of my spark-day."
"When is it?"
"31st."
"Is your sire coming?"
"I-I prefer 'dad," First Aid said with a shudder.
Blades knew his must have said a trigger word. "How's your spark?"
First Aid gave him an evil look.
"Oh, right!" Blades pulled out a tablet. "Yep, it's a gestalt member. He might be close."
"I'm not going to look for Rotors!" First Aid almost gagged.
"Maybe it's someone else."
"That may be, but I'm still not going."
"Look, Dani and I will do a flyover of these islands within the spark radius," Blades pulled up a holo-map. "I don't think Rotors will hurt me since we're both hovers."
"I don't count on it," First Aid crossed his arms.
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"Sorry, Blades," Dani said," Taylor and I are going on a double date with Lindsy and Graham tomorrow. I'll see if dad will let you go on your own."
"Thanks, Dani," Blades said when Heatwave walked in.
"What are you two talking about?" he asked.
"Blades is going for a fly tomorrow," Dani said.
"Why?" Heatwave turned to Blades.
"Just doing a flyover of some of the islands," Blades said.
Heatwave was suspicious. "But you hate flying."
"I'm trying to get over my fear."
"Yeah, right," Heatwave headed to the tunnels. "I'm going to see how Jackie is doing on her haunted house plans."
xxx
Chase and Chroma were watching some horror movies late at night.
Chase was hoping Chroma would get scared so he could comfort her, but it ended up being vice versa.
"Are you scared?" Chroma asked.
"N-not so much," Chase squeaked.
Chroma chuckled a bit. She had to admit, Chase did seem like imperfect mate material, but not in the bad way.
A jump scare appeared and Chase grabbed Chroma in fear, not knowing where one of his hands went.
"Move your hand, now!" Chroma said.
Chase realized his hand was groping her chest and he froze in fear.
"Chase!" Chroma gritted her teeth.
Chase got the nerve to move his hand away.
"Sorry," he whimpered.
"Don't do that again."
"I can't guarantee with these movies."
Then an actress got a splinter in the eye.
Chase jumped on top of Chroma.
"Chase, get OFF!" Chroma shoved him off of her and the couch.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Heatwave asked as he walked in.
"I got scared and jumped onto Chroma," Chase muttered as he looked down to the floor.
Heatwave rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'm going to recharge now." he walked out of there quickly.
xxx
Blades transformed before landing on Wayward Island. This was where the signal was coming from. He began his search.
xxx
Raychel and Ally were on patrol with Chroma.
"People don't like you, don't they?" Raychel said after a few evil glances.
"It's the hijab," Ally said.
"Well, at least you won't have helmet hair."
"Ha, ha, yeah."
Chroma quickly stopped.
"Whoa!" both girls almost got whiplash.
"Whoa!" Jackie's left arm was being yanked as the strawberry roan draft mix galloped with Jackie riding Abby.
Her hair and eyes were glowing blue, meaning she was communicating with her.
"My arm's caught and someone hit Fun's hinny with an electric fly swatter!" Jackie exclaimed.
"Chroma, stop the horse!" Ally said as she and Raychel got out so she could transform.
Chroma wrapped her arms around the draft's middle and was dragged to the other side of the intersection before unclipping the lead rope.
Raychel checked Jackie's arm. It only had a little rope burn.
Ally informed Chief Burns of what was happening.
Chroma was still being dragged by the horse.
Xxx
"Three more days until Halloween," Heatwave stated. "Are you still sure no one will start fires?"
"Nope," Kade said. "No one in their right mind would do that."
"Well, I'm going to prepare for worst case sinario."
"Blades hasn't checked in, but he's still on Wayward Island," Boulder said.
"Well, he's missing the weirdest emergency ever!" Kade pointed at the live news feed of Chroma being dragged by a horse.
xxx
Blades finished his call in and continued his search.
A few minutes in, he heard tree limbs breaking.
"Wh-who's there?" he picked up a branch.
"No wonder Optimus didn't pick you to be a warrior," Red Alert said as he walked into the clearing. "Decepticon's would kill you in half a sparkbeat."
"Why are you here? Wait, don't tell me. You're the reason First Aid's spark's funny. You're part of his gestalt."
"No, I'm following a distress signal. I left the gestalt long before First Aid joined."
"Oh. Do you want to work together, then?"
Red Alert shrugged his shoulders.
xxx
Chroma had never been so embarrassed in her life! Someone had leaked the footage of her and it went viral.
"Chroma, are you alright?" Chase asked as he= walked into her room.
"No, I'm the laughing stock of the internet," Chroma muttered into her pillow.
"It could have happened to anyone else," Chase said as he sat next to her.
"Yeah, right!"
Chase began to rub what was, in his mind, her one audio receptor.
"All of this will be over in a -" SNAP! "- week!"
Chroma's audio receptor fell off!
"Hm?" Chroma turned to look at Chase, who had a horrified look on his face.
Chase's optics rolled to the back of his head and he passed out.
"Chase!" she got off her bed and tried to wake up Chase.
"What happened?" a passing Heatwave asked. "And what happened to your audio receptor?!"
"Chase fainted! What do you mean what happened to my audio receptor? Help me get Chase to the med bay!"
Heatwave put his arms around Chase's shoulder and under his legs and ran him to the med bay.
"First Aid! Chase needs medical attention!" Chroma said as they came in.
Heatwave put Chase on the berth and started to take off his chest armor.
"Are you supposed to take off a patient's chest armor?" First Aid asked.
"Yep," Heatwave said.
First Aid got the medical chest wires, placed them on Chase's chest, and attached them to a monitor.
"His vitals are normal," he said.
"He has a cut on his forehead," Chroma pointed out a stream of energon leaking from under his helm.
"So, do I take off the helm?"
"I got this. First Aid, can you brace his neck?" Heatwave asked.
First Aid pulled out a neck brace.
"No, with your hands."
They took off Chase's helm and First Aid began to treat his cut.
"What is he holding?" Heatwave noticed Chase's hand clenched around something.
Chroma opened his hand.
"Hey, it's my commlink!" she said.
"Maybe he thought he took off your audio receptor," First Aid said.
xxx
Blades woke up in a dimly lit room.
"Where am I?"
He got up and looked and felt around.
The only source of light was on the ceiling and he couldn't find an exit.
xxx
"What shall we do without captives, master?" Darksyde asked Rotors.
"Send the message," Rotors tapped his fingers as he watched the video feed of the captive known as 'Blades'. "I want First Aid. My First Aid. He is nearly an adult."
"And of the old one?"
Rotors smirked. "Remember that 'Sky Forest' that dark skinned female you created? Put him under it and set the timers. We will see who they save."
"Prevent a crushing death or one of vivisection."
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"Guys!" Boulder ran into the med bay. "You need to see this! It's about Blades!"
The entire rescue team was looking at the message.
"What does it say?" Kade asked.
"Basically, if they want Blades and Red Alert back alive, they have to give First Aid to the baddies. If they don't, they have to choose who to save," Jackie said.
"What if they decide to wait until First Aid's an adult?" Dani asked.
Almost immediately, another message appeared on the screen. Along with it were two videos.
A scared Blades was strapped to a table.
Red Alert was tied up, out cold, and leaking energon from a head wound.
"We don't have a choice," First Aid said. "I'll surrender myself to save them."
"We're being hacked," Jackie calmly said as she opened her backpack.
"Phew!" Brains said as he popped his head out. "Smells like a zoo in there!"
"Goats are supposed to be smelly!" Wheelie said.
"Track the hacker, Brains," Jackie said.
Heatwave dragged First Aid out of the monitor room by the arm as Brains began counter hacking.
(A/N: this conversation escalates quickly.)
"What in the Pits of Kaon were you thinking?!" Heatwave sat the medic on his bed.
"H-he'll let me go when he's done," First Aid squeaked.
"What if he kills you or-or worst!?" Heatwave grabbed the medic's shoulders.
"I'm not afraid to die. I was actually in a war, not asleep, like you and the others."
"There has to be another way."
"Rotors never really... went inside me..."
"What are you- no! No! We are not doing anything like that!"
"I know Rotors! He won't touch me or hurt me if we at least spark bond!"
"Heatwave, Brains found Red Alert, but he can't find Blades. How do we save them both?" Chroma asked.
"Rotors won't hurt Blades if I spark bond with Heatwave," First Aid said.
"What?!" Chroma looked in horror at Heatwave.
"I did NOT agree to it!" Heatwave defended.
Then everyone heard a low whirring and saw the lights flicker, spark, and go out.
"I stopped the hacker!" Brains called out. "I caused an island wide power outage, but I stopped the hacker!"
xxx
"We know for a fact that Red Alert is on Wayward Island. Chroma and Boulder will go there and get him. Brains, Graham, try to contact Optimus Prime's team. First Aid and I will meet Rotors at the location he gave us before Brains totaled the power. Everyone else, help the citizens," Heatwave ordered.
"But we need to-"
"No, First Aid! We discussed this and we are NOT doing it!"
"Team, we know what we have to do, so let's go!" Chief Burns said.
xxx
Boulder and Chroma were desperately trying to stop the Sky Forrest from crashing unconscious Red Alert.
"Red!" Chroma yelled. "Wake up! Please!"
"Chroma, I'll hold this up! Go get Red Alert!" Boulder said.
Chroma took a shaky breath and ran under the collapsing structure.
xxx
First Aid was holding onto Heatwave for dear life.
"This'll be over soon," Heatwave reassured. "I won't let him hurt you."
A ground bridge opened in front of them and four mechs came out. Rotors, his two lackeys, and Blades.
"There we go," Rotors said as his lackeys shoved Blades to Heatwave. "Now, hand over First Aid."
First Aid walked through the bridge with the other three.
xxx
(A/N: First Aid says a lie.)
"We have so much to catch up on, buddy!" Rotors put his arm around First Aid's waist.
"What have you been up to?" First Aid asked.
"To move on after you left, but I couldn't. I still love you."
"Well I have a conjuex. You've met him."
Rotors stopped walking and let go of First Aid. "W-what's his name?"
"Heatwave, the red one."
"Were you... intimate?"
"Very," First Aid smirked behind his mask.
Rotors grabbed First Aid's arm and dragged him to a ground bridge station. He began typing in coordinates.
xxx
(A/N: two Cybertronian curse words.)
"Do you know what happened to you?" Heatwave asked Blades.
"Red Alert and I were talking about the gestalt First Aid was in and something knocked us out," Blades said.
"What was Red Alert doing on Wayward Island?"
"Same thing I was; tracking the signal. How are we going to get First Aid back?"
"We have a plan."
A ground bridge opened in front of them.
"W- Is THIS part of the plan?" Blades asked.
"No," Heatwave said.
Rotors stepped out of the portal and threw First Aid at Blades.
"D'oh!" Blades grunted as First Aid landed on him.
"You sonovaglitch!" Rotors slammed Heatwave into the ground, pinned him, and punched him repeatedly in the head until he knocked him out.
"You'll give him head trauma!" First Aid grabbed Rotors arm.
"Frag off, you SLUT!" Rotors spat.
He shoved First Aid away and threw Heatwave over his shoulder before running through the ground bridge.
xxx
Chase was holding a shaking Chroma.
"It's okay," he said. "Not every mission goes as planned."
"You don't understand!" Chroma said. "We lost another medic!"
"I'm certain that Red Alert new the risks of the war."
Chase began to rock her back and forth as she sobbed.
"I'm just thankful Primus spared your spark," he said.
xxx
Dani and Jackie were drinking hot cocoa as they waited for the 'mission complete, send in the MHQ' signal in the MHQ.
"Quiet is awkward," Jackie said.
"Can't argue with that," Dani said.
"Wanna talk about stuff?"
"Sure. Is there a boy you like?"
"Define 'like'."
"Are you in love?"
"With 'Cup of Noodles', TV, and internet."
Dani laughed a bit. "You sound like a college student."
"Do you think Graham and Lindsy will last?"
"It'll be over by New Year's."
"I think First Aid's in love with Heatwave."
"Pssh! Yeah, right!"
"No, I mean it! I can tell!"
"I doubt it! When I showed you a calm face, you said 'constipated'."
"Not by face; by pheromones. Sometimes I go a little bit dragon when excited, when First Aid knows Heatwave's in the same room as him, his pheromones change. Heatwave is starting to do the same."
A beeping noise started and coordinates showed up.
"Mission complete!" Jackie ran to the computers and pressed the 'teleport' button.
After the teleport, Jackie, who accidently went dragon, pushed open the door.
xxx
"Where's Heatwave?" Dani asked as Jackie sniffed around.
"R-R-Rotors took him!" First Aid exclaimed.
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"Ugh! Jackie, if you're gonna throw a party, don't like energon!" Wheelie said as he sent the party canceled text.
Jackie growled as she continued to lap up Heatwave's energon.
"Hey, leave some energon for me to sniff!" K-9 said.
"We'll help," Boulder said as he and Bulkhead led Jackie away.
"Something's off about her," Arcee said. "She looks bigger... and metallic."
"(And she has a red hue to her,)" Bumblebee added.
"Did she just go transmetal?" Miko asked.
"What th- Miko! I told you to stay at the base!" Bulkhead said.
"I can't get a good scent," K-9 said. "I don't think I can track him."
"Maybe Jackie can," Miko said. "She looks like Heatwave and he has a very good sense of smell."
"That is true," Optimus Prime said. "Jacqueline, would you like to help?"
Jackie went back to sniffing, then she got prepared to fly.
"Wait, let me put on a tracker on you," Arcee said as she tried to put a tracker on Jackie.
To everyone's surprise, the magnet on it worked.
Then Jackie took off.
"AAHHH!" Wheelie screamed before Arcee caught him.
xxx
(A/N: okay, Rotors is REALLY messed up!)
"How is the red one?" Darksyde asked as Rotors exited the small bedroom.
"Still out cold," Rotors took a damp, clean rag from a servant and cleaned some red paint from his chest. "All I got from the spark-rape was that he used go on lots of dates, bisexual, and refused to sparkbond with First Aid."
"What will you do with him?"
"Hmm..." Rotors smirked. "Come to think of it, He also have Hermathus Syndrome."
"He has a gestation chamber? Wait! You're not going to-"
"This'll be fun!" Rotors went back to the room
xxx
"Razor," Arcee said via comm. "Do you still have sight of Jackie?"
"No, but the tracker's still working."
"Let us know when she finds something."
"No problem. Over and out."
Over and out," Arcee said as she turned off the mic.
"Hey, Arcee, you didn't sound like you trust Razor," Blades said. "Why is that?"
"Oh, nothing. She's just the big sister of my arch enemy," Arcee sarcastically answered.
xxx
Razor flew through a cloud bank and saw Jackie sitting on... nothing?
"I think Jackie found something!" Razor said.
"What is it?" Arcee asked.
"I don't know. Rotors ship, maybe?"
"'Maybe'? What do you mean 'maybe'?"
"It's invisible. I'll go scout it with Jackie."
As Razor got closer, she could see the outline of a spacecraft around the size of the Harbinger.
She transformed and almost fell off the ship, but Jackie caught her.
"All we need to do now is-"
Jackie tore a hole in the hull of the ship.
"That'll do for an entrance."
They walked through the hole.
xxx
Heatwave sobbed as she curled up on the bed.
What did First Aid say to him?!
The door opened and Heatwave went into the fetal position.
"C'mon, Heatwave! We have to go!" a femme said.
Heatwave stood up, but his legs buckled up.
Razor and Jackie helped him escape.
xxx
The entire Rescue Team and Ratchet were on the Broadside, waiting for news on Heatwave's condition.
"I can't believe Heatwave was raped," Raychel said.
"I didn't know the bots had gonads," TJ said.
"Dude!" Kade said.
"What? If you encounter an alien creature, don't you wonder how it makes babies?"
The response was a yes/no mixture.
An annoyed hiss came from Jackie.
"How long is she gonna be like that?" Raychel asked.
"A few days, give or take," Ratchet said.
"I wonder why Rotors didn't do anything to First Aid." Chase asked.
"What did you say to him?" Boulder asked First Aid.
"I-I-I told him th-that Heatwave and I were conjunx," First Aid activated his mask and visor.
"What!?" all Cybertronians screamed.
"Wait, are you?" Dani asked.
"Why would you ask that?!" Blades asked Dani.
"Well, Jackie and I were talking and she said that she thought First Aid had a crush on Heatwave."
Jackie nodded.
"That's untrue! What evidence does she have?" Ratchet asked.
"She said she could tell by pheromones," Dani said.
"I knew I wasn't the only one who smelt it!" K-9 proudly said.
"First Ai- where did he go?" Ratchet looked around.
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"Razor's running tests from your exam right now," Air Raid told Heatwave. "We'll come back later with the results. Get some rest for now."
"Th-thanks," Heatwave walked into the private recovery room.
"Don't forget to take the medicine she gave you."
"I-I won't."
After Air Raid left, Heatwave put the cup of liquid medicine on the nightstand and sat on the bed in the dark.
A knock came from the door before it slowly opened.
"Razor?" Heatwave looked up.
First Aid nervously waved.
"It's my fault this happened," he said. "I said we were conjunx. I was trying to stall, like you said. I'm sorry," First Aid drooped his head.
"I-It's okay," Heatwave said. "To be honest, I'm just glad you were untouched."
"Cool if I come in?"
Heatwave patted the spot next to him on the bed.
xxx
"Are you sure Razor's okay with us using her stuff to examine Jackie?" Cody asked Ratchet.
"Yes. Try not to fall off of Jackie," Ratchet said as he and Blades led Jackie as Cody held onto one of her horns as he stood on her head.
Jackie shuttered as they walked in the med bay.
"Whoa!" Cody held onto the horn with both arms and legs.
"Okay, ride's over!" Blades held out his hand for Cody to climb on.
Jackie nervously got onto an exam table and shuttered again. She let out an uncomfy growl.
"I know, it's cold. Cody, can you hand me one of the data pads I told you to put in your bag?" Ratchet asked.
Cody handed him one, which grew as Ratchet grabbed it.
"Here, have fun," he gave Jackie the data pad and she read it as Ratchet scanned her.
"How did she learn to read Cybertronian?" Cody asked.
"She just knows," Ratchet said as began to draw her blood.
Jackie gave a curious growl and pointed at a word.
"Do you want to know what a term means?" Blades looked at the word and his eyes widened. "Cody, can you hand her a different data pad?"
"Sure," the data pad Cody gave her had games on it. "What was the word in the story she was reading?"
"A war crime."
"I had no idea that the military had aircraft carriers this big!" Graham said to the engineer.
xxx
"The Broadside is a mile long," the engineer said.
"How much did the building cost?"
"Nothing. He was a Cybertronian."
"Was?"
"He still functions as a boat, but he's dead."
xxx
"It appears that Jackie has shifter CNA in addition to predicon CNA in her DNA," Ratchet said as he looked at her blood test.
"How'd that happen?" Blades asked.
"Maybe a shifter and a predicon had a baby, the baby grew up, and had a baby with a human," Cody suggested.
"That's good enough for me," Ratchet said.
"But how did the mix and the human make babies?" Blades asked.
Jackie growled and held two claws a foot away, brought them close until they were one inch apart and growled again.
xxx
"Are you okay with Jackie following us?" Air Raid asked Razor.
"Yes," Razor said. "And read Heatwave's medical file, so we have to keep her from chatting about it."
Jackie cantered to the recovery room and opened to door. Two distinct screams and a dragon shriek followed.
"The frag?!" Air Raid pulled out his blaster and ran into the room.
"Don't revoke my Rescue Bot status!" Heatwave yelled as Razor ran in.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Not making out!" First Aid said under the bed. "Damn it!"
"Get outta there!" Air Raid pulled First Aid out from under the bed. "We need to talk with Heatwave in private."
First Aid left.
"Pl-please don't revoke my status," Heatwave whimpered.
Razor noticed the spilled medicine on the floor. "I'll get you a new batch of medicine in a little bit. First things first, Jackie read your file, that's why she's here. The tests came back negative, but I want you to stay here for a few more days."
"Why?"
"You have Hermathus. We want to make sure that you aren't gestating."
"I don't think I will. It's not that advanced."
"We just want to be safe. The bruises on your face will heal, too."
xxx
"You're WHAT?!" Ratchet exclaimed.
"I-I'm homosexual," First Aid squeaked.
"I heard you the first time. H-how long have you been a queer?"
"Heatwave helped me figure it out."
"How? Tell me you didn't interface!"
"W-we made out."
Ratchet groaned as he put a hand on his face. "How did I not know this?"
"Would it be okay if I dated Heatwave?"
"Too soon! And you're not an adult yet!"
"I'll be an adult on the 31st!"
xxx
"We'll dock Broadside a mile or two off of the island's coast, you can visit Jackie and Heatwave all you want while they recover," Razor said before the team left.
"Jackie, I'll send you your class and homework," Brains said.
"I'll help her with her math," Heatwave said.
"See you guys in a few days," Cody said.
Jackie growled "Yeah."
Heatwave looked at the calendar Razor gave him.
"Three weeks 'til the test," he sighed.
He heard a curious growl in his doorway.
"Let me guess, Jackie, you want to know what happened?"
Jackie growled and nodded her head.
"And you want to know about the war crime?"
Same answer.
Heatwave took a deep breath. "C'mon, I'll tell you."
Jackie walked in.