Another chptr hot and ready off the press!
Hope it's enough to fill the gap I created.
Summer is going great and I can't wait for what else comes with it.
Okay, enough of my blabbering.
ON WITH THE STORY!
Ratchet's P.O.V:
How long has it been since Juliana was taken by the Decepticons? Days, weeks, maybe Months? All I know for sure is that she has been gone for far too long. Who knows what those 'Cons are doing to her right now? Most likely a treatment that only one can survive for a short period of time.
Since the very beginning we have done nothing but try to find our little girl and bring her home. But whenever we get anyway close, the trail we found goes cold. Drone after drone we'd capture would never spill the location of the Nemesis and whenever we got close to the ship it would fly away.
The team has been taking Juliana's capture bad; each taking it in their own way. Arcee shuts herself off from everyone and she barely talks to Jack, Bulkhead does nothing but search for her day and night, Bumblebee has been keeping an extra watch over Rafael and has sometimes stayed near the boys house to make sure that nothing happened to him, and Optimus even though he tries to hide his feelings I can see the pain he is feeling.
Optimus had taken to Juliana like she was his own sparkling and knowing that she was in the clutches of the Decepticons was just eating away at him like a scraplet to the processor.
Me, on the other servo, have done nothing but tried to find any trace of the Nemesis on the computers. Sightings, energon readings, ANYTHING, but I haven't found anything that is useful. Whenever I do find something, the ship has already moved before we get there or it's a false lead.
But that doesn't stop me from searching for her. Right now, I am at the computers and I am still searching even though it is growing late in the hours. As the computer data is going across the screens, I barely take notice to anything around me.
"Ratchet?" a voice comes up from behind me and I jump in surprise. Turning around, I come to look into the optics of Arcee who looked just as surprised as I was. "Arcee, what are you doing up this late?" I asked and, as of lately, a rare smile formed on Arcee's face. "I was going to ask you the same thing."
For a moment neither of us spoke but we just stood there looking at each; almost having a conversation without any words. "We'll get her back Arcee. We just have to wait for the right moment and then she'll be back here where it's safe." Arcee nodded but with the look in her optics, I had a hard time believing her.
"I know Ratchet but… what if after all that time being with the 'Cons, Juliana comes back… different?" Arcee's words did hold some wondering in them. We don't know what is happening to Juliana so we don't know what we will see when she comes back to us.
"We just have to pray to Primus that he is keeping an optic on her Arcee." This time I didn't even get a nod from Arcee. She just stared at the computers with a blank stare. "Arcee? Arcee did you hear a thing I just said?" but Arcee continued to ignore me.
Finally looking to the computers, I soon saw what had taken Arcee's attention from me. On the screen was a high frequency broad cast with an embedded message. As both Arcee and I stared at the message, one thing and one thing alone went through our processors.
"Juliana." Both Arcee and myself said and just as I was about to click the message open Arcee stopped me by grabbing ahold of my servo. "We need to tell the others." Arcee was right, and as I gave a nod she ran down the halls to get the others.
Looking back at the screen, I couldn't help but feel that this had to do with Juliana but something was wrong; terribly wrong. I just wanted to open it already and go get my Juliana but the others needed to see this first.
Just as I was about to open the message, everyone came running into the room with shocked optics. "Ratchet, what is it? Is Juliana?!" Bulkhead asked, "Have you found her?!" Bumblebee shouted and I think that was the most he had said all day.
"I don't know yet. I haven't opened the message." I stated and looking over at Optimus I saw the urgency for me to open it. Turning back to the computers, I clicked on the message and it opened to show who it was from.
"Starscream and Knock Out." I said and I could hear the anger coming from my comrades behind me. "They're the ones who started all this, how can we be for sure that this isn't a trick?!" Bulkhead shouted and he did make a good point. These two could be setting us and only giving us false hope but…
Reading the message aloud, everyone including myself was shocked at what was written.
"Autobots, we are in desperate need of your assistance. We have something that needs to be kept safe and the only safe place for it is in your hold. Come to the give co-ordinance and be swift about it."
"It didn't say a think about Juliana!" Bumblebee shouted as he smacked his servos into the wall. "Not necessarily." Optimus' voice spoke up and I could feel the want in it; the want of this dealing with Juliana. "These are the two who took her and it might be possible that they are returning her. We must check into this, to make sure."
Everyone nodded and as I typed in the area giving in the message, I walked over to the bridge with everyone else but Optimus stopped us. "I think it is best if only Ratchet and myself go."
"WHAT?!" everyone else shouted out, and I was too shocked to hear this. "If all of us go together, it may make Starscream and Knock Out run. And if this does have to deal with Juliana, we must be careful with our actions."
Everyone fell silent and I guess they agreed with what Optimus said. "Just make sure you bring her back, okay?" Bulkhead said and Optimus and myself nodded before we entered the ground bridge.
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No One's P.O.V:
As the two Autobots came to the end of the ground bridge, they looked around to see no one waiting for them. All around them were tall evergreen trees that seemed to emit a deadly feeling with the way the moonlight hit them.
"We know you're out there! Come out now!" Ratchet shouted out and if it weren't for the servo placed on his shoulder by Optimus the medic most likely would have gone out to hunt for the 'Cons.
"Would you be silent you old rust bucket. You'll wake her and it already took us forever to get her to recharge." The voice of Knock Out spoke out as he came out from behind a tree with Starscream at his side. As the Autobots watched the two Decepticons come forward, they took in that Juliana wasn't with them but how the red 'Con held something close to his chest wrapped in a light gray blanket.
"Where is Juliana?! What have you done with her?!" Ratchet shouted out and it made the seeker growl at him angrily. "What did we just say? Will you shut up?! And who is this Juliana you speak of?" Starscream asked as he stepped in front of Knock Out in a protective stance.
"Juliana is the human girl you took from us. She had the blue hair, remember?" Optimus said as calmly as he could, while at the same time he was fighting back the urge to attack the 'Cons who took his little Juliana.
"Oh, the blue haired human femme. I am sorry to say Autobot but… she is no longer in human function." Starscream's voice almost sounded saddened when he told the Autobots this but it still had that dry feel to it.
Optimus and Ratchet couldn't believe what was told to them. Juliana was… she was no longer… Juliana was dead. "No. This can't be." Optimus said as he lowered his gaze to the ground to hide his pain. "Y-you killed her? You Stupid 'Cons!" Ratchet shouted out as he went right for Starscream and Knock Out.
"Back off medic!" Starscream snarled out as he slashed at Ratchet and it caused the older medic to fly back towards Optimus. As the Prime helped his comrade up, the both of them looked back at Starscream who had a deadly look in his optics.
"You could have harmed her you idiot!" Starscream snarled as he looked back at Knock Out. "Her? What do you mean Starscream?" Optimus asked as he watched the seeker place a gentle servo on the blanket. "He means this." Knock Out said as he folded back a part of the blanket to show what he held.
"Primus." Optimus said in shock as both he and Ratchet looked at Knock Out's arms in shock. There, asleep in the blanket, was a tiny and helpless sparkling. The sparkling's optics were shut but you could see a thin line of light coming from them and she was sucking on her digit while her other servo was clutching her chest.
"Where did she come from?" Ratchet asked as his medical training kicked in and he became worried for the sparkling's wellbeing. "We… we created her." Knock Out stated as he shared looked with Starscream. "You are her Sire and Carrier?" Optimus asked and he was quickly answered with shaking helms.
"No! Not like that. Starscream and I created her in our labs. Megatron had ordered us to create a… special being for him." Knock Out explained as he kept his optics glued to the sparkling in his hold. "Megatron was planning on using her to win this war but she doesn't need to be used in such plans that Megatron has created." Starscream stated as he ran a gentle servo over the sparkling's cheek.
"Am I correct in saying you are asking us to take her into our care?" Optimus asked and after sharing sad expressions, both Starscream and Knock Out nodded at the Prime's words. "She was… is too innocent to be used as a weapon on our side. She needs to be with the ones who can give her the proper life she deserves." Knock Out said and the Autobots could just barely see a tear run down the 'Cons face.
"We don't know where else to go. We may not be her true creators but we gave part of our CNA in creating her so she is sort of our sparkling. And Both Knock Out and I cannot stand by and watch as Megatron uses her for his mad purposes." Starscream said as he looked at the two Autobots with complete honesty.
Optimus and Ratchet looked at each other with concerned optics, their Juliana was dead but this little sparkling needed a home. It pained their sparks to know that the small human child they took in was gone but they couldn't say 'no' to what Starscream and Knock Out were asking of them.
"We will take her in." Optimus said as he walked over to the 'Cons. As relieved looks spread across Starscream and Knock Out's faces, the both of them turned to the sleeping sparkling with heavy sparks.
"You better take good care of her Autobots. If I find out that she is harmed in any way, I swear, you'll feel the sting of my energon prod up your tailpipes." Knock Out threatened as he reluctantly handed over the sparkling to Optimus.
"To be forewarned Autobots, this sparkling is very special. You are all in for the ride of your lives." Starscream stated with a blank expression that was a shield to hide the pain he was feeling.
"She will be raised properly. I can promise you that." Optimus said as he and Ratchet turned to walk back through their ground bridge.
"Another thing Autobots," Knock Out shouted before Optimus or Ratchet could fully enter the bridge. "We're… sorry about what became of your human femme. She was a kind being, even with the things that were done to her."
Looking back at the two 'Cons, Optimus and Ratchet watched as another portal opened and the two of them rushed in and it closed behind them. Seeing that they were gone, the Autobots walked on through their ground bridge where they would have to tell their comrades the end result of their human friend Juliana.
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As Optimus and Ratchet came back to the base, they were met with the concerned optics of their fellow Autobots. "Did they have her?!"Arcee asked as she stepped forward. As both Ratchet and Optimus shared painful looks, Ratchet walked over to the computers and powered them down in what seemed like ages since the last time he had done it.
"Ratchet what are you doing?" Bulkhead asked "How are we going to find Juliana if the computers aren't on?" As Bulkhead waited for an answer, Ratchet only held his helm low with his servo resting over the computers' controls. "Optimus, why is Ratchet turning off the computers?"
As everyone turned to their leader, they saw the sad optics he held and they knew right away what had happened to their human friend.
"N-no. She c-can't be…" Bumblebee said as he backed up into a wall with his servos covering his optics. "Optimus, say something! Tell us that she's not…" Arcee shouted as her servos shook in fear and sadness. "I am sorry Arcee but… Juliana is gone." Optimus spoke as he held the small bundle in his arms tightly.
"Those 'Cons could have been lying! She still could be alive and still hurt up in their ship!" Bulkhead shouted out as he edged closer to Optimus. "Bulkhead please, they weren't lying. With what they gave us I highly doubt that they were." Ratchet finally spoke up as he turned around to look at Optimus.
"What? What did they give you?" Arcee asked, fearing the worse. As Optimus looked down at the blanket he held, he slowly unwrapped it to show his fellow Autobots what the two Decepticons had given him.
"Whoa." Was all Bulkhead could say while the others just looked completely shocked. "Where'd that come from?" Bumblebee asked as he pushed himself off the wall. "This was what Starscream and Knock Out asked for us to take into our care." Ratchet spoke as he came over towards Optimus with a scanner.
"Those 'Cons had a kid? Never thought I would hear that." Bulkhead said with a bit of shock. "Starscream and Knock Out aren't her Sire and Carrier. They created her in their labs. She seems healthy in every way and she has no damages." Ratchet said as he finished with his scan over the sparkling.
"A femme?" Arcee finally spoke up and Ratchet nodded. "Yes Arcee, though we never got a name for so we'll have to come up with something." Ratchet stated but when he saw the look on Arcee face he knew that it wasn't what she was thinking about.
"Arcee? Are you-" "I'm alright Ratchet." Arcee quickly spoke out, not wanting to bring up her departed sparkling in front of everyone.
As everyone continued to look at the sparkling in Optimus' hold, everyone nearly jumped back when she shifted and began to whine. "Uh oh." Ratchet said as he placed the scanner down. "What uh oh?" Bulkhead asked. "When sparklings see beings that they're not accustomed to they'll emit a piercing cry in fear and if the only beings she's seen are Starscream and Knock Out-" "We're scrapped." Bumblebee finished just as the sparkling's optics fully opened.
Her optics were something the Autobots had never seen before. They were a normal coloring of bright energon blue but they were designed like human eyes. With black pupils to the snow white surrounding the blue but you could see the mechanical Cybertronian makeup within her pupils and irises.
As the sparkling studied the Autobots, the older Cybertronians waited for the high pitch wail to ring through the base but… it never came. What did was a happy giggle and smile from the little sparkling.
"That… that is very odd." Ratchet said as he watched how the sparkling played with Optimus' digits. "I thought you said she would scream like crazy when she saw us?" Bulkhead asked in confusion. "I did. But she is acting like she's seen us every day since creation."
As Optimus watched the little sparkling start to suckle on his digit he turned to Ratchet. "I believe she is hungry Ratchet. Do you know how to make her some sparkling energon?" Ratchet nodded and before he walked off he gave the sparkling a sad look at knowing that she was now replacing someone he had cared for deeply.
As Ratchet walked off, the remaining Autobots saw how the little sparkling began to fuss in Optimus' hold. "Maybe you should set her down Optimus. The blanket is starting to irritate her." Arcee said as she started to make a spot for the sparkling on a nearby medical berth.
"How do you know that she's irritated?" Bulkhead asked and this made Arcee pause in her movements. "I just do." As Arcee finished clearing off the berth, she moved aside for Optimus to set the small sparkling down.
As Optimus walked over to the berth and set the small femme down, he took notice in how she looked up at him with trusting optics and how they almost showed some form of recognition. Pushing this aside, Optimus proceeded with unwrapping the sparkling from the blanket that covered her entire body; besides her face.
"D-did Starscream and Knock Out says anything else?" Bumblebee asked as he watched the little sparkling with interest. "Only that the sparkling was very special and that we-" Optimus couldn't finish his words as he pulled the last bit of the blanket off the sparkling.
"What in the name of Primus?!" Bulkhead shouted as he back away in shock. "What is that?!"Bumblebee beeped loudly while pointing a digit at the sparkling. Optimus and Arcee remained quiet; unable to think of words to say.
"What is going on in here?" Ratchet shouted from down the hall. "What's got all your wires twisted?" As Ratchet entered the room with a small sparkling bottle, the others looked at him with wide optics. "Ratchet, we… we need your area of expertise. What is this?" Optimus somehow found the words to speak to the medic.
"What is the matter with you all? Is something wrong with the sparkling?" Ratchet asked as he came forward to check the sparkling. "We don't know what to make of this Ratchet." Arcee stated as she and Optimus backed away to allow Ratchet full view of the sparkling.
Once Ratchet optics landed on the small sparkling, he nearly dropped the sparkling bottle as he took a startled step back. "By the All Spark."
The reason that everyone was in such a uproar was not because of the sparkling's dark purple and black coloring, it surely wasn't her sharp claw like servos, and it was definitely not the high heeled pedes. What was making the Autobots lost for words was what was attached to the sparkling's helm.
The small sparkling had surround it's helm was extremely long… hair. This sparkling had hair that went all the way down her back and even down to her pedes. It wasn't thick cables like some Cybertronians had and it surely wasn't fake.
But what was the most startling was the color of the sparkling's odd hair. The sparkling's hair was a familiar color that had once belonged to a certain human that the Autobots had taken a special liking to.
The color of the sparkling's hair was none other than… blue; an electric and shining blue.
Okay, go ahead and have at it with the reviews. I can take whatever you dish as me.
I want to see what you think of the mysterious sparkling.
Jag alskar er alla! And until the next time,
Girl Supersonicboy OUT!