Shadowstrike woke up completely content and relaxed.
He could sense the two sparks of his Guardians were close by, and he was curled up between the two of them. He felt safe and protected, and it was nice not to be forced awake for once, but allowed to surface as he wished.
It was still early, but it was his choice to awaken that early and it made all the difference.
He could still smell the clean of the med bay, but he knew he hadn't been sedated this time, rather he had fallen asleep himself and was now allowed to wake on his own.
He shifted, trying to push himself up and only partially succeeding as he realized Sunstreaker had his servo wrapped around his form even in sleep.
He made a soft clicking noise as he tried to free himself, wiggling in place and not really succeeding in getting anywhere.
Amused-fond-joy rushed over him and Shadowstrike lifted green optics to see Sideswipe smiling to himself as he watched him wiggle.
He frowned at the mech, pushing confined-exasperated-bemused back along his bond with the red mech and then a query for help. Sideswipe's smile grew more amused even as he carefully reached out and pulled the seeker out from beneath his twin's servo.
"Hey Strike." He greeted the little one and Harry felt warm at the nickname he was given. "Sunny's gonna be out for a while yet- you gave his systems a shock to be sure, and he only just fell into recharge, but I can keep you company until he wakes."
Strike crooned his agreement, snuggling into Sideswipe's chassis and basking in the feeling of safety. He was lifted up, high above the mech and squeaked in surprise for a moment before clicking happily at the feeling of being up high. He'd always loved it even as a human, but his Animagus form seemed to really enjoy it, his instincts humming happily in his helm.
"I wonder little seeker…." Sideswipe spoke "How you will fly…?"
Shadowstrike shuttered his optics with surprise wondering for a moment how the mech in front of him had known he had been a seeker, and gone flying. As soon as the thought crossed his mind, the downloaded information from before supplied the answer.
He was called a Seeker (A seek-ling or winglet-though winglet was usually for other flyers or seekers to use- for the moment) - a born flyer- and he would be able to fly one day! Under his own power, with wings!
Excited-Thrilled-Elated!
Sideswipe blinked at the swell of emotion that flooded the bond he shared with the little one, a grin pulling at his faceplates as he hummed "Excited for that day hmm?"
The babble of clicks and whirs and little purrs Strike released at the question communicated the 'YES' perfectly well in place of any words. If they weren't standing in the med bay, with the sparkling just recovering from serious injuries Sideswipe would have happily played a game of Toss-And-Catch with the little one.
Instead he settled for holding onto the mech-ling and playing what the human's called 'Superman' with the little one, holding the seek-ling up high and moving him quickly through the air.
Shadowstrike squeaked and squealed with happiness as he was pulled through the air, his little wings twitching and reacting to all the air currents and changes automatically despite not being powerful enough to do anything yet.
It didn't matter that he was a seventeen-year-old human- right then he was a newborn seek-ling playing with his Guardian and loving every moment of the wind on his wings and the feelings of Joy-Content-Playful that were swelling over the Bond to him from the mech.
O~O~O~
Sideswipe couldn't have wiped the wide smile of his faceplates if Primus himself had demanded it.
This.
Mech-ling.
Would be.
The death of him.
He was so.
Slagging.
Cute.
O~O~O~
Ratchet was grinning.
Oh he was going to make triplicates of the photo-stills and the videos he was getting at this exact moment.
Then he was going to encrypt and code them all so well Jazz wouldn't be able to see them- one for his Blackmail Collection and the other to keep on his person from the rest of time itself. He could decide if he was going to share any copies with anyone except Sunstreaker later.
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Did I mention AU? Because AU. I LOVE Jazz so he lives and that's just the start of it.
TIME MEASUREMENTS:
Astrosecond: .5 seconds
Nano-klik: 1 second
Klik: 1 minute
Breem: 8 minutes
Cycle: 24 hours (one day)
Deca-cycle: 4 weeks (one month)
Mega-cycle: 96 hours (four days)
Meta-cycle: 12 months (one year)
Stellar Cycle: 6 months
Vorn: 83 years
Mega-vorn: 83,000 years (1000 vorns)
60 mega-vorns: 4,980,000years