n.n Welp I'm back with a new chapter. So yays!
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And on to the disclaimer... I don't own Transformers.
Chapter 2: Annoyance
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Later the next morning...
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Samantha sat next to her brother reading a book she had swiped from the nurse's station to pass the time while Nora paced back and forth with unease.
"Nora your infernal pacing is getting pretty annoying." Ironhide growled to the teen. She ignored him and continued pacing. He glared at her before standing up and caught hold of her headphones as she walked past him.
"Hey!"
"Would you please just sit down?"
"I'm sorry Ian I'm not used to sitting still." She growled back at him. She blinked for a second before counting to ten under her breath. "Loo I'm just not fond of hospitals. When is your friend getting here?"
"..." :Ratchet:
:Yes Ironhide?:
:Please tell me you're almost here.:
:I just entered the city limits. I'll be there in five."
:Couldn't you use your siren and make it two?:
:Obviously not. What has crawled up your tail pipe and died?:
:Just this slagging femme is annoying me with her pit forsaken pacing!: Ironhide growled before snapping. "I thought I told you to stop."
"And I asked you a question which you chose to ignore. So I pulled a golden rule on you and followed suit." Nora stuck her tongue out at him. Ironhide bristled as he glared daggers at her.
:Eject you better get this femme away from me.:
"Nora, once Ratchet gets here we'll be heading to the base... Are you sure you've done everything you needed to do here before we leave?" Eject put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hm... Called the school, posted a notice in Miki's shop, packed the bags, and lost my job. Yeah i think I've got everything. Unless you can think of anything else that I might have missed in my craptastic life. Oh hey Nurse Jones."
The nurse paused for a second before blinking and smiling at her. "Ms. Swift... I honestly have to say this is the first time since I've started here that you haven't come in bleeding." the nurse said as she passed by.
"Yeah well It's only Sunday. Give me couple days to find a way to get hurt." Nora smiled at the nurse. The nurse only chuckled as she continued on. Her head itched from the stitches making her sigh and glance over at the twins. "Sam? Are you hungry?"
Sam shook her head but Dion's head snapped up at the mention of food. "Breakfast?"
"No dinner, of course breakfast Dion. Now come on. I'll bring you back something Sam." Nora said as she led Dion out of the waiting room.
:I'll go with them.: Eject volunteered and followed after the two of them.
"Finally, some peace." Ironhide grumbled as the distraction left the waiting room. He glanced over at the girl who still had her nose buried deep into the book. He frowned at the cover... "Oxford's Concise Medical Dictionary? I don't think you should be reading that."
The girl raised a raven brow and glanced over the book's edge. "It's keeping me quiet." she said before returning to the book.
"She got ya there "Hide."
"Jazz. What took you so long?"
"Da femme didn't want to eat for me." Jazz said as leaned against the wall. "Has anyone checked on Mikaela yet?"
"I did a little while ago. She was sleeping again."
"Hatchet just got here." Jazz said with a smile. "Where's everyone else?"
"I believe they went to the cafeteria. It's about time you got here. "
Samantha blinked up from her book to see a brown haired man in what appeared to be his early forties wearing a lab coat, a green shirt and black pants walk over to stand in front of Ironhide.
"I had something to take care of back at the base before I could leave. How is she?"
"Still sleeping Ratchet."
"Good." He nodded before glancing over at her.
Sam briefly met electric blue his eyes before returning to her book. Another one of them... She thought absently.
"Little one I don't think you should be reading that."
Sam looked up at him with an annoyed look written on her face. "As I told him," she nodded her head in Ironhide's direction. "I'm content and quiet. Do you really wanna take my book away?"
"Please don't Ratchet, her slagging cousin is annoying enough as it is." Ironhide grumbled.
"You aren't supposed to use bad words around me." Sam chastised him.
"Watch your mouth Ironhide." Ratchet said with a glare at the raven haired holoform before turning to the girl. "And how would you know that was a bad word?"
"Momma scolded Eject for using that one, and threatened us with soap if we were to say the 'S' word..."
"Sam! I couldn't find anything good to eat so Nora got us poptarts!" The boy cheered as he came running back into the waiting room.
"... Thanks." the girl said taking the pack he offered to her. The boy sat down next to her and tore into his own pack.
Ratchet frowned at the twosome as the began muttering in an odd jumble of words before turning to the others. "I'm going to check on Mikaela, and then I'm going to go negotiate her discharge." he said to the others.
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Mikaela was awake when Ratchet's holoform entered the room. She was staring at a small photo album in her hands confusion written across her face as she stared at the faces of her family, those she knew... plus the two children that the others claimed were hers... How could I have kids? And why wouldn't I be with Sam if they're his? This doesn't make any sense to me...
"Good morning Mikaela."
She look up and smiled at him. "Ratchet. How are you doing?"
"I should be asking you that." he said as he came over to the bed. He snatched up the chart at the end of the bed and skimmed over it. "The others told me you have amnesia."
"It doesn't feel like it to me... but that's what they're all saying to me." she said as she closed the photo book. "It's hard to believe."
Ratchet's smile weakened. "Mikaela... it may be hard to believe, but you really have been gone ten years. After the Decepticons attacks on the NEST family members... we were afraid that you had been one of the victims... but we couldn't find any trace of you." His eyes were pained as he cupped her hand in his own.
"I guess I've got a lot of apologizing to do..."
"Only once you regain you memories. I'm hoping that Que and Wentauker will be able to help me to retrigger your memories." he said patting her arm. "Ready to get out of here?"
"Of course."
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"I never thought I'd actually get to sign release papers for someone else..." Nora muttered as she went through the forms. "God getting old sucks."
"Oh shush you're barely older than a sparkling." Ratchet muttered to the nervous teen.
"It doesn't mean I don't have responsibilities. And with age comes those responsibilities. And thanks to my family's cosmic bad luck, I've got two of them sitting in the waiting room, and one on that gurney." Nora finished reading through the file.
"By the way how did you receive those injuries?" Ratchet asked as he pulled her hand away from where she was itching her bandages on her head.
"My own stupidity." Nora said curtly before walking into the room.
Ratchet frowned after the young woman. The discharge nurse went through the paperwork with a nod. "It all seems good... Say Dr. Hatchet, do me a favor and watch after that one. She's always in here for something or another."
"You don't say..."
"Mhm. Last week she got in the way of a pissed off cougar, and the week before that it was a rattler. That girl is far too unlucky for her own good." The nurse said as they made their way to the room.
"Miki... I'm not Nessie I'm Nora... So please stop signing I can hear you just fine..." the girl sighed in irritation.
"... That's right..." Mikaela said quietly. "I'm sorry I keep forgetting..."
"Miki don't apologize to me for something you can't help..."
Mikaela had a pensive look on her face..."It's just you look so much like her... Nora... What happened to her.. to them?" Mikaela patted the book in her lap.
Nora bit her lip. "I... I think I'm going to make sure the twins use the bathroom before we get outta dodge." She said with a weak smile. "I'll catch up with you later Miki..." and with that she was out of the room before any of them could blink.
