Chapter 5
Blood Poisoning
Sam had called the Autobots has he promised and Adrianna told them her story to how she had met Optimus Prime. Sam and Mikaela were amazed she had survived those incidents with those crazy people always trying to get away or something like that. If it weren't for Optimus she would actually be dead or suffering right now.
"So…now Barricade is after you and had disguised himself as your new car…this is bad." he whispered.
"Well yeah, I can't go back to my house and I was lucky to get Luna out of there with me." she groaned.
Luna perked up hearing her name and meowed. Sam and Mikaela laughed at her and asked, "May we pet her?"
"Go ahead, she loves being loved on." Adrianna laughed slightly.
Luna jumped out of her lap and went rubbing up against the two teens. Adrianna then smiled and slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep. When Sam and Mikaela saw her they tried to wake her up, but couldn't….she wouldn't wake up. Sam called Optimus and the rest of the Autobots telling them to hurry up because Adrianna was not waking up when they tried to wake her.
"We'll be there as fast as we can." replied Optimus.
Mikaela looked at Sam and then got down to Adrianna and checked her head with her hand and said, "She's got a temperature….how? How does she have one?"
"I have no idea….she's been going through a lot these past night." replied Sam.
Mikaela looked at Sam and then back down at Adrianna. Adrianna risked her life to save people all around her. Did she somehow get poisoning when she got cut? There had to be an explanation for this. Soon Optimus and the rest of the Autobots arrived to their location and transformed. Mikaela ran over to Ratchet and said, "Adrianna is running a fever…we don't know why…we think it was when she had hurt herself or when she had got shot earlier."
Ratchet got down to the human's level and did a quick scan over the unconscious Adrianna.
"It looks to my knowledge that Adrianna here has septicemia." he spoke.
"What? Speak English Ratchet." exclaimed Sam.
Ratchet looked down at the boy and said, "She has blood poisoning…basically it must be from where she was shot or from the car accident."
"I thought the humans took care of that." spoke Optimus.
"Well it appears they didn't go a very good job sir." he replied.
Ratchet gently scooped up the sick female in his hands and stood up. Optimus walked over to the medic and looked down at the female in his hands. For someone who did so much for her kind she didn't deserve this. Those doctors should have done better care for her.
"Do you know where she had gotten shot Optimus?" he asked.
Optimus gently pulled up the female's shirt and exposed a bandage over the wound. Ratchet didn't want to try and take it off, fearing he may hurt the female. Yes she was unconscious, but it wouldn't stop the pain when she woke up. Ratchet gently pulled down her shirt and said, "I'll need to do this at the base. We need to get her there pronto. Blood poisoning can be deadly if not treated."
So all the Autobots quickly transformed and Adrianna was put inside the back of Ratchet and rushed to the base which was under the Hoover Dam where Sector Seven was once was. When they reached the base Ratchet went straight to the med bay. Optimus followed and took Adrianna out of the back of Ratchet so that the elder Autobot could transform. Optimus gently put Adrianna on the bed and Ratchet went to get special stuff so that he could work on the human without harming her with his giant fingers.
"Okay we'll need to find penicillin and give it to her. That will help her get better fast." he spoke.
All the Autobots including the humans looked around to see if they had a antibiotic called penicillin laying around. When they found that there was nothing, but transformer medicine Bumblebee took the humans out to find the medicine. Ratchet and Optimus stayed in the room and Ironhide just walked out to go to his quarters and polish his cannons.
"Do you think she'll be alright?" asked Optimus.
Ratchet looked at the small human and then back to Optimus and said, "If we're not too late she'll be fine, but….if not…she could have permanent damage."
Optimus looked down at the human and sighed. The human didn't deserve this. She tried her best to make sure everyone was safe and she may die because of that. Ratchet came over with a pair of transformer sized tweezers and gently tore off the bandage over the wound. Once he did both Optimus and Ratchet saw her skin was a greenish grayish color.
Suddenly a moan escaped from her mouth and her eyes fluttered open. She looked around up and saw two giant robots above her. She started to move, but Optimus already laid a finger lightly on her and said, "You need to lay down Adrianna."
Adrianna started shaking a little bit and asked, "What's going on here? Why is everything so cold….Why do I see two of everything?"
Optimus looked over at Ratchet and Ratchet then spoke, "Adrianna, it seems when you went to the doctors they didn't clean out your wound very well and so it seems you have blood poisoning."
Adrianna looked Ratchet and then asked, "May I have a blanket?"
Optimus looked at Ratchet. Ratchet quickly did a scan over her body and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't do that. Your temperature is 105 degrees and we need to get it down now."
Adrianna let out a moan. She was obviously not feeling well and both Ratchet and Optimus could tell by her body language and her body temperature.
"We need to put her in a tub full of ice." spoke Ratchet.
Adrianna quickly looked up at Ratchet and said, "I don't think so."
"I'll get it ready. You watch her Optimus."
With that Ratchet left the room to get Adrianna's tub ready full of ice. Optimus looked down at the ill female and let out a sigh and said, "I should have made sure they did everything right."
Adrianna looked up at him and replied, "Hey it's okay, but would you mind getting me a blanket?"
"I'm sorry, but Ratchet is the doctor and I don't think it would be wise for me to give his patient a blanket when she could die any moment." Optimus replied.
Ratchet came back and said, "Okay Optimus, I'll take her from here."
With that said he picked up the delicate human and carried her to the tub full of ice. Once Adrianna saw the tub she started screaming not wanting to get in there. When Ratchet tried to put her in the tub she spread out her arms and legs not wanting to go in the cold tub. Ratchet let out an irritated sigh and held down all her limbs and put her in the tub. Adrianna let out a loud scream when this happened and she tried to get out, but Ratchet was holding her down.
Optimus walked in the room seeing what was going on. He felt sorry for the human, but her temperature was way too high for her body and would fry her brain if they didn't get it down. Suddenly the two small humans came rushing in and right behind them was a black cat.
"Ratchet we got the penicillin." exclaimed Sam.
"Good." Ratchet replied and took a freezing Adrianna out of the tub.
Ratchet looked at the bottle and said, "You need to give you at least two teaspoons of that. She needs a lot of medicine."
Mikaela got out the penicillin and measured out the amount and gave it to the freezing Adrianna. Once she took it she looked up at Ratchet and asked, "Could someone get me a change of clothes or something? I'm freezing."
"I'll go find some." replied Mikaela.
With that Mikaela walked off and Sam followed. Optimus picked up the freezing girl and asked, "May I provide her with a blanket Ratchet? You're the doctor."
"Yes, you may. She looks like she needs one." he replied.
"I-I-I needed o-one f-for a w-while!" she stuttered.
Ratchet did a scan over her body seeing the temperature disappeared, but her temperature was slowly rising again. Optimus started remerging through some stuff in the med bay until he found a cloth and wrapped it around Adrianna's shivering form. Seeing that didn't help her shivering he brought her close to his chest providing her with much needed heat. Adrianna gently laid her head against his armor and slowly closed her eyes just as Ratchet came in.
"Optimus you can have her fall asleep. This is a crucial time and if she goes to sleep she may not wake." he informed the Autobot leader.
Optimus looked at Ratchet and then gently nudged the small human. Adrianna made a noise and Optimus whispered, "You need to stay awake little one."
"I want to sleep." she whispered and opened her eyes.
"Sorry little one, but Ratchet says you need to stay awake, so that's what you're going to do. Never get the old bot angry for anything. You may regret it." he whispered.
Adrianna fought to keep her eyes open. Ratchet did a quick scan over Adrianna making sure everything was okay. He noticed she was very sleepy her vital signs and said, "She can go to sleep now Optimus."
Adrianna heard that and her eye lids fell closed and she didn't wake up Optimus had to laugh at the little human he held.
"So where is she going to sleep?" asked Ratchet.
Optimus looked at Ratchet and then said, "She'll be sleeping with me until we get everything situated in here. Just then Mikaela and Sam came back and had they had some clothes with them. Luna looked at them from her spot on the floor and gave a long yawn.
"Here Optimus, here's the clothes for Adrianna." spoke Mikaela.
Optimus looked down at his human friend and then down at Adrianna….how was he going to change her clothes….he knew females were very sensitive if a male saw them naked. Ratchet looked at Optimus seeing a puzzled look on his face and said, "I'll do it Prime. I'm her doctor anyways."
Ratchet took Adrianna into another room and around ten minutes later he came out and she was in a comfortable pair of new clothing. Optimus walked over to him and took Adrianna out of his hand and walked to his room. Luna quickly got up and followed the Autobot leader who had her owner with him to his room. Optimus opened his door and Luna ran between his legs and was running all around the room waiting for Optimus to put down her master.
Optimus got the blanket he had and laid it out on a giant pillow he had and laid Adrianna on the blanket. He then gently wrapped the blanket around her small form making sure she was nice and warm. Suddenly he felt someone clawing at his leg and he looked down and saw Luna trying to climb up his leg. He chuckled a little bit and let the cat run into his hand. He then lifted the cat onto the bed. The cat went running up to Adrianna and laid down next to her face and started meowing.
Adrianna rolled over trying to get some sleep. Optimus sat there on the bed watching and then got up. It was going to be interesting the next couple days…very interesting…they've never had a cat in the base…he just hoped it wouldn't pee on Ironhide.
So what did you guys think? I can't wait until the bond gets closer between the two. It'll be so cute!
Optimus: What are you planning?
Me: whispers in autorecptor
Optimus: Interesting.
Megatron: Tell me!
Me: Sorry...Autobots only.