Chapter 5

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*Optimus POV*

I woke up to find my lover absent from the berth, including little Magnus. I sat up and stood up stretching and seeing that I had slept in a little bit this morning. Standing up I exited the room and found that Ratchet and Magnus were not in the quarters.

"Hmm, must be in the main room," I said to myself before heading to the door and then to the main room.

When I got there I still did not see Ratchet or Magnus, but instead I saw that everyone was gathered around the entrance of the medbay. I raised my eyebrow before walking over to my friends.

"What is going on?" I said them timidly.

"Magnus is sick," Bumblebee said holding Raf close to his chestplates.

"With what?" I asked worry starting to fill my processor.

"Doc doesn't know yet, he said for everyone to keep out except you, he said that you could go in," Smokescreen said scooting away from the entrance.

I nodded to them and entered the room making sure to close the door behind me. When I got in I found Ratchet doing several things on his monitors and he had Magnus hooked up to several devices and the little commander was looking very sickly and weak.

"Ratchet," I said quietly.

He glanced back and I could see the stress, fear and worry in his optics," Optimus, you're awake."

"Yes...what is diagnosis?" I inquired.

"An illness he had as a sparkling, called Corrodia Gravis, by his body being reversed in age it must have reactivated the disease, one upside is that it is not contagious," He said keeping his optics locked on the information the monitors were displaying.

"What does it do," I asked keeping my voice low.

"It slowly destroys the body...rust starts to consume the body systems slowly, I can't believe I was blind enough to miss this. This is all my fault and now he may not survive and why? Because of my stupidity!" Ratchet spat out the last part and I felt a strong dissaproval of the words he said about himself.

"Ratchet, this is not your fault, you are the most talented medic I have ever met. So I know that you will find a cure for this," I told him taking his face gently in my hands, before giving him a light kiss for encoragement," You've saved me enough times, to where I know you can save Magnus."

He smiled a bit and leaned a bit into my touch," Okay Optimus, I'll keep looking."

*Ratchet POV*

While leaning into my lovers gently soothing touch, I was interrupted by the sound of a Miko.

"Awww! That was so cute!" The asian girl exclaimed.

The calmness I had acquired was gone instantly and I felt myself tense with anger before shifting my optics to the girl who had her hands together and looking at Optimus and I with an enthralled look on her face.

"MIKO GET OUT!" I exclaimed rage filling my voice.

She giggled before running out, I sighed once the medbay doors closed and the girl was gone. Optimus chuckled quietly and gave me a kiss on the cheek," I will tell the others what is going on, they are all very worried, you continue researching for a cure."

After he said that he left before I could reply, so I simply turned back to the monitor and started looking though the data banks in Magnus' core processor and I sighed in relief when I found a file labeled Corrodia Gravis. Selecting it I found that there was a small incryption on it.

"Why would he put an incryption on a medical related file?" I asked myself, then opening the file it took me a mere five minutes to decrypt the file. I finally opened it and read through it, releasing the breath I was holding out of relief when I read the part about the cure.

"The only way to 'cure' Corrodia Gravis is to find a compatiable donor to do a energon transfusion."

After reading over the file serveral times, I typed down what I needed and went to check up on Magnus.

"How are you doing Magnus?" I asked him taking his little hand within my own.

"M' che't hurt Ra'et," He said with a quiet scratchy voice.

"Your chest hurts?" I asked him to comfirm that I had her him correctly, and he nodded back at me.

"Okay well, I need you to stay here no matter what and try to get some rest okay?" I asked him getting another nod out of him.

I stood and exited the room to give some information to the others about the situation. When I came out Optimus had seemed to just finished talking to them.

"I have explained the problem to them," Optimus whispered to me.

"Good, I have some good news," I told him touching his shoudler plating lightly and I felt his being lighten immediatly.

"I have some news," I announced to my companions," I have found a cure for Corrodia Gravis."

"That's great news!" Bumblebee exclaimed.

"Yes, yes, there's just one small problem, I need a compatiable donor, I will look through all the medical files and see if anyone is compatiable, and then if that person is willing," I told them.

"Who wouldn't be willing, I mean this is the commander we're talking about!" Smokescreen said.

"Smokescreen, I didn't necessarily mean anything by what I said," I told him shaking my head.

He rubbed his head sheepishly," Oh okay, just making sure doc."

"Well, now that you all know I have to finish getting all the information I need," I said.

"You know how to do the transfusion right?" Arcee asked.

I turned back and looked at her," Of course I do Arcee, that is just a silly question."

She rolled her optics and I went back into my medbay, and immediatly started digging through the archives.

After what seemed like days though, which was actually more like 45 minutes, I found the one compatiable bot and of course it had to be this particular one.

*Magnus POV*

I opened my optics slowly, noticing how raspy my breathes were. I looked over to see Ratchet at the monitors, watching the screens intently. I let out the slightest of a cough and it cause a intense pain to ring throughout my body also making me shudder violently.

I couldn't believe that being transformered into a sparkling brought this horrid disease back to my body systems. I hated it and hoped with all I had left that Ratchet would find the cure in my processor and decrypt the simple incryption I had put on there.

It was precationary, you could never guess what the Decepticons could scheme up. So I kept all my files incrypted.

`As these thoughts raged in my throbbing processor, I started falling into a restless and painful rehcharge again.

*Ratchet POV*

I stared at the screen not believe that Magnus and this bot were similar in any way. I shook myself out of the thoughts and went to exit the room, glancing at Magnus once to make sure he was okay.

I walked out to find them in the same area and all optics and eyes shifted to him when he came out, closing the door behind him.

"I have found the one compatiable donor that is present with us now," I said my optics darting around the room.

"Well? Who is it?" Bulkhead asked.

I took a breath before answering," It's Wheeljack."

The Wreckers optics widen and he stared at me for what seemed like forever.

"What?"

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