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Techna onlined her optics slowly when she awoke. She groaned as she sat up painfully and looked around. She blinked a couple times and tried to figure out where she was. She was in some sort of med bay, she knew that much. But whose? Her optics scanned the room carefully until the door opened and caught her attention. In walked…Ratchet? Slowly memories of the day before came back to her.
"Hi Ratchet." She said quietly. Ratchet gave her a worried look and walked up and began to do his scans.
"Hello Techna. Are you okay?" he asked as he looked down at the femme. She merely shrugged as he finished. He handed her a cube of energon. "You can leave the med bay once you finish that. Everyone's in the main silo of the base. Down the hall and to the right."
"Thanks, Hatchet." Techna smirked a little when Ratchet glared at her. He frowned slightly.
"Are you really okay?" he asked.
"It's just…been a long week. I never knew he'd resort to that." Techna answered softly. Her wings drooped slightly and it didn't go unnoticed. Ratchet gave her a small smile and placed a servo on her shoulder.
"I have no doubt that Optimus will be more than happy to invite you into the Autobot ranks." He took her empty cube and threw it away for her.
"I'll be out in a minute." She said quietly. Ratchet nodded and left the room. When he got to the main silo Miko bombarded him with questions.
"That's enough!" he snapped. He caught everyone's attention. "Techna is awake and will be out in a minute. But I don't want anybody to bug her too much. She seems depressed at the moment." Miko instantly shut up and calmed down. A few seconds later Techna entered the room hesitantly.
"Hi…again." She said cautiously. Everyone gave their own greeting and Techna seemed completely lost as to what she should do. She noticed the humans from her last visit watching something on a small TV so she approached them. They noticed her and turned to Techna. "I don't think I've learned your names yet." Jack stood up and faced her. Techna felt a little nervous, remembering that last time he didn't trust her at all.
"My name's Jack Darby. I'm sorry about last time we met. I didn't know much about you except that you were a con." He said sheepishly. Techna sighed in relief, he wasn't mad at her!
"Don't worry, it's fine." She said with a small smile. "Aren't you 'Cee's partner?" Jack nodded with a grin. Raf came up shyly and smiled at her.
"My name's Rafael, but most people call me Raf." Raf introduced himself. "Bumble Bee's my guardian."
"Bee hasn't been getting into any trouble has he?"
"I get into one fight with Mirage and you still think I'm gonna get myself hurt?" Bee whirred. Techna rolled her optics but smiled at the young scout. Raf started laughing, confusing Techna.
"I can understand Bee." He explained. Techna nodded slightly and looked over at Miko who seemed energetic.
"I'm Miko! My guardian's Bulkhead!" Miko exclaimed.
"Looks like you have as much energy as he does at times." Techna commented quietly. Jack looked worried.
"So what sort of things do cons do for fun on the Nemesis?" Raf asked curiously. Techna scoffed.
"Fun? I don't think that's even in their vocabulary." The humans laughed at her response. "Unless it's sadistic fun that is." Techna shuddered, remembering why Shockwave was kicked off the Nemesis. Everyone noticed and gave her a worried glance. Optimus approached her carefully.
"Techna, what happened?" he asked. Techna's green optics met his blue ones. He didn't miss the terror in them.
"Remember Shockwave?" she asked. All of the bots in the room froze and Arcee even gave a low growl. The humans looked confused and shocked at everyone's response to the question. Optimus held back a growl, remembering that the sadistic scientist was always terrorizing the femme. Ratchet looked completely disgusted. Bulkhead was also confused, not knowing about that con's past. Bee narrowed his optics.
"He didn't try anything did he?" Arcee growled. Techna's wings drooped slightly.
"He tried to attack me the night I arrived here. If it weren't for Soundwave…" she trailed off. Everyone's optics widened, even Optimus'. The humans and Bulkhead finally figured out what was going on and they gasped in horror.
"You mean he…" Miko started and Techna nodded. The humans scowled in disgust.
"That was one of the reasons I hated being a Decepticon. The only one I could trust is…" Techna's optics widened. "Scrap! Starscream's probably gonna get offlined! Scrap! Scrap!" she facepalmed and groaned. A couple of bots chuckled but they too were worried for the seeker.
"Didn't Megatron say that you took his punishment?" Arcee asked. Techna sighed and nodded.
"But he doesn't always keep his word, especially when it comes to Screamer. He never liked Starscream, even before the war." Techna explained. She leaned up against the wall and gritted her dentas.
"Then why was he chosen as the second in command?" Jack asked. Techna turned her helm towards him.
"Creator knew that we were planning on leaving together so he made it nearly impossible for Starscream to leave the Decepticons, knowing that I wouldn't leave without him." Techna explained. Jack frowned, knowing that Megatron was playing a cruel joke. Arcee noticed Techna's discomfort and stepped forward.
"Why don't you tell them some stories from before the war?" Arcee suggested, trying to change the subject. Techna gave her a thankful smile as the humans nodded excitedly.
"What kind of stories do you want to hear?" Techna asked. They thought for a moment before Jack leaned over the rail.
"How did you meet Arcee?" he asked. Arcee and Techna smirked.
"Well that brings back memories." Arcee laughed.
"Ones that I'd rather not remember!" Ratchet exclaimed from his workspace. Techna and Arcee laughed as he glared at them.
"I was hanging out with Bee and we were planning our master prank on Ratchet, since he had yelled at us for NOTHING!" Techna exclaimed. Ratchet turned and glared at Bee then at Techna.
"You stole all of my medical equipment and welded Ironhide's canon to the wall!" Ratchet growled. Techna and Bee started laughing. "And I had to get him freed and stop him from offlining you!" Raf looked at Bee shocked. He never knew that Bee used to pull pranks.
"ANYWAYS! Bee and I were running away from Ratchet and we literally ran into Arcee and her sisters. They managed to hide us from Hatchet." Techna laughed. Arcee smirked.
"I can't believe you painted flowers all over him!" Arcee laughed.
"Wait, there are flowers on Cybertron?" Miko asked. Techna shook her head.
"I used to be a traveler; I'd visit neighboring planets and study their cultures. One of them had flowers so I decided to have a little fun." Techna shrugged. Ratchet glared at Arcee.
"So you DID hide them!" he growled. Arcee and Techna burst into laughter again at his expression. "Just wait, Arcee. You're going to regret it."
"I'm quaking with fear." Arcee joked. The humans joined in on the laughter. Optimus sighed in relief seeing that the old Techna was back.
"How'd you meet Bee?" Raf asked.
"We literally ran into each other on the streets of Kaon." Techna said. "I was trying to find Ratchet because Creator had been hurt again and I hadn't learned any medical stuff at that time. He helped me find docbot."
"Isn't Kaon the Decepticon capitol?" Jack asked. Techna shrugged.
"This was before the war; it was just as peaceful as Iacon or any other city." Arcee said. Techna continued to tell stories about how she met each of the bots. Everything was going fine until Miko asked about Bulkhead. Arcee shot a glare to Bulk.
"There was…a misunderstanding when we met. It was actually during the war. Starscream and I were sent to infiltrate Iacon. I had never met any of the Wreckers. Sadly, we were caught by them. If it were any other Autobot, we'd be fine, but nope! It was someone by the name of Seaspray who caught us. He took us to their prison. It was total Pit for Starscream and I. That is, until Optimus found out about our capture and explained our real situation. Bulkhead was the guard on duty to watch us." Techna explained. Bulkhead looked extremely guilty. Miko stared at Bulkhead with wide eyes. Techna sighed. "Don't beat yourself up over it, Bulk. You were under orders and it made sense that you guys captured the highest ranking cons."
"I can't believe you're so calm about this!" Miko exclaimed. Techna's wings drooped.
"I've been through far worse." She merely stated. There was an awkward silence before Optimus decided to show Techna to her new room.
"Wait!" Raf called. Techna turned around. "What's the story between you and Starscream? I'm dying to know!" Raf whined. Techna chuckled at the young boy.
"Another story for another day." She simply answered.
More story-telling in the next chapter! You get to find out how Starscream and Techna met! (and possibly why Megatron never liked Screamer)
Also, I'm taking a poll:
What do you want to have happened to Techna's Carrier?
A. She disappeared
B. She was murdered
C. Other (PM me or post it in your comment)
Reviews are welcomed!