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Chapter 2: Ponders and Aftermath

When Bumblebee came through the ground bridge with Jack in his hand, pain written all over the boy's face, Ratchet immediately went for the med bay, closely followed by the scout. Miko and Rafael exchanged worried looks, while the others walked came through the bridge. The only one still missing was Optimus.

"Arcee, even though you feel fine, maybe you should get a check-up too? We don't know what happened or precisely what it did to you." Bulkhead insisted to try and help the femme autobot.

"But I am telling you, I'm fine. Worry about Jack instead" Arcee glared at Bulkhead before turning her head, looking towards the med bay with her optics.

Bumblebee came out of the med bay at the same time Optimus walked through the ground bridge, his Optics showing his deep in thought. The kids came running over to their guardians.

"Bulk, what happened?" Miko bit her lover lip.

"Bee, is Jack going to be okay?" Rafael reached for Bee, so he could be lifted by the autobot. Optimus looked at the concerned group, and eyed Arcee.

"Arcee, when Ratchet is done with Jack, I want you to get a scan just in case. Maybe we can figure out what happened." Arcee sighed then nodded replying with a small "Yes sir".

Ratchet came out from the med bay. All eyes and Optics turned to him. "Optimus, we better call in the boy's mother. Jack has a slightly higher temperature than normal, but it would appear that he has a broken knee, and it looks rather complicated. June would know more about the procedure that must be done to fix it."

"Very well, Ratchet, but I want you to scan Arcee. Even though she appears fine, she was badly wounded during the fight, but by some interesting development the Key of Vector Sigma did something that made her heal."

"What, I have never heard that the Key should be able to do such a thing! That's preposterous!" Ratchets optics had widened. Whether it was in disbelief or frustration, the kids wasn't sure about.

"Nevertheless it is so, old friend. We need to find out why and how."

Ratchet eyed Optimus then Arcee, letting a sigh slip before waving Arcee with him towards the med bay. Meanwhile Bulkhead and Bumblebee had filled the kids in on what happened after they arrived. Miko talked about how "sweet!" it was that they Key could do that. "Maybe it can heal you all in the field, while you are fighting. That would be totally awesome!"

Rafael looked thoughtful: "But Optimus and Ratchet just said that it never did that before, and Megatron seemed to believe it had something to do with Jack. Maybe it has just something to do with Jack being human. This is after all the first time the Key has a human keeper. But if it isn't the reason, it would appear that Jack is different… Maybe something happened to him at Cybertron? I mean, know that I think about it, the Key didn't do any healing before Cybertron either and back then it was already in Jacks possession."

Optimus listened to Rafaels reasoning and found him to agree. It must have something to do with Jack and what happened at Cybertron. Whatever it was that happened. At that moment June Darby, Jack's Mother came driving in. She jumped out of the car and slammed door a little quicker and harder, than she usually did. "Where is he?" and the autobots only had to point to the med bay and she was of. Miko and Rafael shuddered a little over the nurse furiousness that emitted from her and suddenly felt even sorrier for Jack and Arcee, than they already did. They had thought of visiting them in the med bay, but with June there, the kids decided it was better to stay out of the way and went to sit down in the couch at the human area. Optimus called Fowler to tell what had happened.

Meanwhile in the med bay, Ratchet was scanning Arcee, when June came in. She glared at Arcee for a short while, and then went to her son's side. Jack looked paler than usual, probably because of the pain and had e few sweat drops on his forehead. The fever was also due to the pain and exhaustion from what he'd been through. Ratchet told June that he had given Jack something for the pain and then let her look at the scans of Jacks leg. Jack trying to forget about the pain in his leg looked to Ratchet and Arcee. He couldn't stop looking at Arcee's side where the wound had been.

"Ratchet, is she going to be fine?"

"She is clear. Nothing comes up on her scans and her vitals are normal. Whatever happened didn't seem to leave any side effects. But Arcee, I still want you to rest for the rest of the day. Go and recharge too, you are running low on energon."

Arcee looked a little irritated and disappointed but for once she didn't argue with Ratchet's decision. She must be really low on energon. She walked up to Jack: "What about you partner? Are you going to be alright?"

Jack smiled a bit weakly, but nodded, even though his mother was still studying the scans. "Don't worry Arcee, humans break their limbs all the time. Though it probably will take a while to heal, it's going to be fine."

June talked to Ratchet who nodded and transformed to his vehicle mode. June walked up to Jack and put a hand on his shoulder. "Jack, I'm afraid it is a slightly complicated fracture. We are gonna have to take you to the hospital for an operation."

Jack sighed and let out a small "oh man", but nodded in agreement. Arcee's optics clearly showed the concern for her partner, and he put his hand in her servo. "Don't worry Arcee, it will be a while before I'm allowed to ride again, but I will be fine".

Arcee smiled and walked out of the med bay to inform the others. Ratchet let out a gurney, and June struggled to get Jack on it. Jack winched in pain, grapping hold of his leg again, as he moved from the berth to the gurney. June couldn't help but to feel sad at the sight of her son's pain, but knew he was brave holding back whatever screams that might lie ready in his throat. More sweat showed on his face, but finally they got him situated on the gurney. Ratchet slowly and carefully rolled the gurney back inside, and June stepped in. Just as she was going to close the doors, the rest of the autobots along with Miko and Rafael came in. The kids said goodbye to Jack while Optimus looked at June.

"ms. Darby, I apologize for the harm that has come to Jack. Once again I failed to protect him." Arcee bowed her head and apologized to: "I'm his guardian, the blame is on me."

June's eyes softened and shook her head. "It's none of your faults. The blame is on Megatron and the decepticons."

Optimus nodded in graditude, though I still looked slightly guilty. He tried to hide the best he could, but June saw it. She knew his burden as a leader gave him the feeling of having to protect them all, and if one got hurt whether it is human or bot, Optimus would always blame himself.

"Ms. Darby, Ratchet, be careful. Even though we will ground bridge close to the hospital, you never know when the decepticons strike again, and it is clear that they are after Jack."

June looked sad and concerned again, biting her lover lip and nodded. "At some point I would like to know why."

The thoughtful look on Optimus was back: "So would I, Ms. Darby".

With that, she closed the doors on Ratchet, Optimus activated the ground bridge, and the ambulance with the two humans inside left trough it to get to the hospital. Optimus turned to the screen, and started to search the database for any knowledge of the Key of Vector Sigma being able to heal Cybertronians. This was indeed a mystery.