Later that day, Jessie and Jacky were sitting in the main hanger, silently talking amongst themselves when Ratchet and Ironhide came shooting past them.

"What was that about?" Jessie asked and Jacky simply shrugged, before they rose from their seats and followed the two mechs closely. The two were forced to stop outside the med bay door and placed their ears against the door to listen in.

(Inside the med bay)

Ratchet transformed into his bi-pedal form, holding the still unconscious teen in his servos and rushed him to the nearest examination berth, while Ironhide let his two passengers out of his cab, having already dropped off Sam and Carly in the front of the base, and changed himself. The girl looked up at him slightly intimidated by his size, and clutched a nervous Darren closer to her chest. Ironhide looked down at them, bending onto one knee as he did and offered out a servo. Bella hesitated, growing tense as the moments past, but when she looked up, her eyes caught Ironhide's optics and saw the peace, wisdom and desire to protect within them, all doubts about him disappeared as soon as they came, before she stepped onto the offered limb, holding a digit for support. The old weapons specialist turned and placed them on a separate table, watching them as they watched their sibling be attached to all sorts of equipment as Ratchet worked franticly on him. The CMO stopped momentarily, but stayed focused on his work as he called his assistant over.

"Jolt, work on the other two. Start with injury scans before you move them around, check radiation levels and have them settled for the night in the recovery ward."

The blue shorter medic quickly complied with his orders and ran over to the berth, ushering Ironhide out of the door as he did.

"Bella Rogers," he said gaining her attention, "I need you to put your sibling down so I can run several scans to check for injuries."

But Bella simply held onto Darren tighter as she backed away from the mech, nearly falling off the giant table as she did. She glanced towards the door from which Ironhide disappeared out of, no longer feeling safe on her own and Jolt quickly understood what the problem was. He activated his com. Link.

~Jolt to Ironhide~

~Ironhide here~ he replied.

~Your presence is required in the med-bay~ was all that the medbot said before cutting off the link and returning to the job at hand as the black gruff mech in question walked back in, resting against the back wall quietly as he didn't want to upset Ratchet the Hatchet. Bella calmed down and carefully placed the toddler on his feet before stepping away to allow Jolt to scan them. She shivered when he did, the thin, barely visible to the naked eye beams leaving her skin tingling, and watched as the light blue bot's optic quickly widened. Jolt then turned to Ratchet.

~Ratchet! We may have a problem~ Jolt.

~I know Jolt the results for my scan on the boy just came through~ Ratchet let some of his worry and unease run through the link ~I am surprised that they have lasted this long~

The war hardened medic was quick to connect the boy to multiple machines to stabilize him and his optics widened in horror when Jolt sent him the results of the scan done on Bella.

"Slag it!" he cursed scaring both the two conscious minors and Ironhide who stood to attention.

"What is it Hatchet?" Ironhide asked set off guard by the medic's sudden outburst.
"Scans indicate that both the twins are techno-organics. They are in grave condition sand properly haven't had any energon in a long time if at all," Ratchet said turning to pick Bella off the table and connect her to the machines to make sure that she was stabilized, "And don't call me that!"

He heard Ironhide gasp in shock as he turned to Billy and pulled off the boy's shirt. Gently pushing pressure points on the boy's stomach, the skin split apart and shifted to the sides revealing the boy's spark which he scanned immediately while feeling alone the casing with his large fingers for cracks.

"That's… it's not possible," Ironhide said stuttering his optics rapidly, "All techno-organic were wiped out at the start of the war, you know that."

But Ratchet ignored him, focused on checking the spark for damages and fired up his com link.

~Ratchet to Optimus Prime come in~ Ratchet.

~Prime here~ Optimus replied ~what's the matter old friend? ~

~Come down to the med-bay and see for yourself~ Ratchet closed the link and waited for their leader to arrive while he instructed Jolt to prepare a special energon formula for them which they would have to consume at least once a month until he deemed them healthy enough to take it once a semester. Bella sat up on the cot she had been placed on and Ironhide scoped up Darren and carried him away, following the assistant medic into the recovery ward where Maria laid resting in a cot with the sheets drawn up to her neck. The remaining conscious teen watched them leave nervously and nearly jumped out of her skin when Ratchet started talking, "They will be alright Bella."

"You sure?" she asked and the old medic nodded.

"You are safe here youngling do not be afraid," he replied, "although I am curious to whether or not you know what you are."

"Yes, we know what we are," she whispered knowing that his enhanced hearing could pick up her voice easily, "my twin and I are techno-organics, sentient beings made out of both metallic and organic qualities. We knew but, we prefer not to think about it, so we don't feel left out of the world."

"You no longer have to worry about that Bella," Ratchet's optics seemed to soften slightly, "you are home now."

Bella nodded as she sat down next to Billy and watched the CMO as he closed her brother's chest, satisfied that no damage was done. The med-bay doors then suddenly opened and the leader of the Autobots stepped in side, only to come to a standstill at what he saw when Ratchet sent him the results of the scans. Bella slowly rose from her seat and walked warily towards him, a little afraid of him even though her gut feeling told her that she would not harm her.

"Are you Optimus Prime?" she asked and the great mech wrecker nodded slowly.

"Then I suppose Ratchet has already informed you of our origins?" he asked as he snapped out of the trance he'd been in.

"Actually," Ratchet said rolling Billy onto his front so that he laid more comfterbully, "I've said nothing of the sort sir, not even your name."

"Then if Ratchet hadn't said anything out loud, then how do you know of us little one?" Optimus crouched next to the table as he asked so that his optics was in line with the berth.

"My processor has a profile guide sir," she sighed not really wanting to go through this again, "it picks up databases and the profiles of everyone around us. That's how we recognized Starscream when he attacked us."

"But profile guide systems were only used in primes or direct descendants of primus," Ratchet said scanning the girl's head to confirm what she said.

"Don't look at me," Bella shrugged her shoulders, "all I know was that I was born this way."

"Interesting," Optimus nodded to himself as Jolt came through the door carrying a small cup between her fingers. The teen's ears seemed to perk up as she realized what it was and surprised all the bots as she reached for it. Jolt looked towards his mentor who merely shrugged a habit he had picked up from the humans. He stepped forward and gently tipped the cup so a few drops of the liquid energon could run into her mouth and watched as she swallowed them before offering her more. This continued for a few minutes until Bella felt full, and pushed the cup away, just as she spotted the figures that stood at the door with their mouths agape after they had come in silently behind Optimus. A grin appeared on her face and she scampered to the edge of the table. Optimus was quick to shot out a hand to stop her from falling, but it did little to deter the determined teen as she started using his fingers as ladders.

"Jessie!" She yelled, "Jacky!"

"Bella?" the black streaked twin asked, making the bots turn to them, "What are you doing here?"

Bella just shrugged, her eyes dancing, as Jolt lifted them onto the table and she hugged them both tightly. When she let go, she signaled for them to wait and reached for the cup again. This time it was Ratchet that gives it to them and instead of letting the liquid run down her throat; she gripped the edge of the container and called the two boys over. Their eyes widened and Jacky was quick to flick out a hand and gather a little onto his finger. He popped it into his mouth and as he swallowed, a goofy grin appeared on his face, followed by his twin, and both of them surprised the bots when they grabbed hold of the edge and forced the cup down so that the energon ran into their mouths.

"Them too?" Ironhide asked and Ratchet was quick to scan them over. He nodded and lifted the cup when they were full, turning his head towards Billy who was busy waking up. The healing teen looked up at the bots and then towards Bella and the twins, before he dropped his head to the table and muttered one word.

"Primus."