I will have to admit that I am mildly ashamed at how short this chapter is... But my muses weren't agreeing with me and neither is the weather. With this chapter we are pretty much caught up to LIT-TIL Save one chapter... Spoilers are over there for the next chapter in this one... I'm not to sure how much farther this story or that one will keep going because I am really close to ending LIT-TIL. (I've got the last 4 words stuck in my head for that story.) But hey I am slowly plotting a sequel that will tie both storylines together. Plus my muses are arguing about Wentauker's story which is a whole other basket of kittens. But hey there is a good story behind how he came to be apart of NEST... It's kinda got a skeleton buried in the files on my computer...
Anyways Sam and Mikaela wanted some time together though my muses disagreed about said time... and so hence this teeny tiny chapter... Sorry!
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Chapter 13:Debate
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"Please."
"No. Absolutely not."
"But Ratchet... I'm going nuts in my free time. I can barely remember anything happy beyond a few scattered memories, and I don't want to think about the bad ones." Mikaela shot him a pleading look.
"I can not allow you to work unattended on the military transports. It is not safe-"
Mikaela glared up at her guardian. "Ratchet you know I am more than capable to work on the jeeps with no help-"
Blue optics returned the glare. "And if you were to somehow blackout from a relapse or a headache-"
"Neither of which have happened!" Mikaela growled.
The medic glared down at his ward. "It is something I'd rather not risk."
Mikaela threw her arms up in the air and let out an exasperated groan. "Oh for the love of god Ratchet I am not a baby!"
"You might as well be a sparkling with the way you are whining." Ratchet snapped.
"How long have they been at it?" Neal asked Jolt who was currently leaning up against the wall watching the two bicker while Ratchet repaired Sideswipe's arm.
"Just over an hour."
"An hour? I'm surprised that Ratchet's not throwing wrenches yet." Neal commented as he joined the blue bot against the wall.
"You know he wouldn't throw a wrench at her. He's her guardian... he could never hurt her."
Neal smirked. "Ah so she's on his 'Wrench 'em Not' list."
"You know about the list?" Jolt blinked at him.
"What is all of the noise in here?" The other human medic, grumbled as she walked in.
"It's just Ratchet and Mikaela arguing about her being stir crazy." Neal filled her in. "She really is bored out of her mind and Ratchet would cave in if only he knew that there was someone to help keep an eye on her..."
"Right... So um... what is she wanting to do?" The brunette frowned at the quarreling twosome.
Jolt grinned. "Mikaela is a mechanic like your sister, Hawkins. She is probably just as good as Mercy if not a little better since she has also been trained by Ratchet in our physiology so she is technically a medic as well. However with the four of us there is little need for her help in the med bay at this moment in time. So Mikaela inquired to see if Ratchet would release her from her medical restrictions so that she may be allowed to work down in The Shop."
"And with Mercy in the brig and the other mechanic quitting there's no one to keep an eye on Ms. Banes." Hawkins summarized the situation. "Maybe I could convince Will to release Mercy. I know she is slowly driving Prowl up the wall, especially when she and Barricade decided to play strip poker the other day."
"Because I said- wait what?!" Ratchet glared down as the offhand comment drew his attention from both Sideswipe and Mikaela.
"Ah I see we've finally gotten your attention." Hawkins smirked at Ratchet's glare.
"Oh Primus I can't get that image out of my processor..." Sideswipe groaned before earning a hit over the helm from Ratchet's wrench.
"If you'd like I could talk to Will about releasing Mercy from the brig so that Ms. Banes would have another able bodied mechanic with her in the shop. Plus seeing as Ms. Banes has apparently had prior experience in the mechanical field, I doubt they would have no problem getting along."
Mikaela blinked owlishly at her. "You would really do that for me?"
Hawkins smiled warmly at the other woman. "Of course."
Ratchet raised an optic ridge. "Are you certain Colonel Lennox would oblige?"
"Well I'm not really going to give him a choice... Not if we want any peace and quiet in the med bay anytime soon." Hawkins grinned as the other two medics smirked in agreement.
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Sam watched as Nora and the children were playing with a soccer ball in the mostly empty training room. He had politely declined even after the teen had joshed around and called him an old man. They had managed to drag a couple of soldiers as well as Eject into their game in the end and Sam sat on the sidelines to keep score.
"Hey."
Sam blinked away from the game to gaze up at Mikaela as she sat down next to him as watched the kids as the currently teased the soldiers from their position at their goal. "Mikaela." He nodded his head in acknowledgment. A few minute passed and Sam finally muttered. "I wish I knew where they get their love of sports from."
"Not from you, goodness knows you sucked at them." Mikaela mused.
"Hey I did at least try to go out for football." Sam defended with a chuckle.
Mikaela shook her head as she smiled. "Whatever you say studly." She raised her knees and crossed her arms over them. "I've gotten Ratchet to let me work down in the shop."
"Congratulations?"
"Thanks. It took forever to wear him down... I figured I'd work down there while the kids are at their lessons..."
Sam blinked. "Lessons?"
"Well we can't really send the kids to school until we find a way to block their energy signal. Que said something about giving it a try.. but the other bot's said that that could be a long time coming since he's oh what did Arcee call him..."
"An explosion prone glitch? Walking time bomb?" Sam supplied.
Mikaela frowned at him. "I don't see why you guys are so hard on him. So he's had a few explosions... It's not like he's managed to burn down the base or anything."
"Every one of Que's experiments have at least ten explosions before it works or it is completely destroyed beyond recognition. As it is he did burn down his lab in DC. Twice. And ass much as I hate to say it he is the primary reason Demy and Cliffjumper are dead." Sam said with a sigh.
Mikaela blinked at this bit of news for a second as he met her eyes. "I.. I didn't know about that.."
"Yeah well-" Sam cut off as the soccer ball slammed into his head, knocking him into the floor. "Sonofa-"
"Oops..." Nora jogged up to the two of them to retrieve the ball. Mikaela handed it over as the children jogged up.
"Awesome nose bleed!" Dion cheered as he caught sight of Sam's bleeding nose. "Is your nose broke?"
"Dion..." Samantha and Nora groaned simultaneously..
Mikaela sighed as she ripped a piece of her shirt off and handed it to him to stem the blood low. "Come on lets get you to the med bay."
