Chapter 8! Sorry! Had Volleyball almost every day of the week. I had a tournament last night and I'm tired. Again, I apologize I won't be updating in a regular pattern. Disclaimer-I do not own Transformers or The Secret Saturdays and get no profit, because I am poor.
Chapter 8
Skids was in Ratchet's med bay, pacing and fearing Mudflap would never wake up. Ratchet was simply running scans and marveling about something, and to Skids, he didn't seem to be attempting to help Mudflap. Skids stopped pacing and shot a glare at Ratchet as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Help him! Wake him up! DO something!" Skids shouted as his frustration boiled over. CLANG! Skids got a wrench thrown at his helm for being disrespectful. "Silence! Who is the medic here?" "You are," Skids replied miserably. "That's right. Your brother will wake up of his own accord; it's better for him, too. There's no way I would force him out of a recharge that will heal him," Ratchet stated before turning back to his scans.
"This is just incredible," Ratchet said after a moment. Skids was instantly curious. "What? What?" Skids demanded, He and Mudflap were alike in nearly every way; what could Mudflap have that Skids didn't that made him so incredible? CLANG!
"Patience, you over-grown sparkling! Your brother is very, very special," Ratchet said wisely. "Hey! I ain't no over-grown sparkling! And whaddya mean, "special"?" CLANG! "Don't disrespect your elders, especially those with many wrenches to throw. That's the second time you have been disrespectful to me. I mean, your brother is unlike any other mech of femme. According to the scans I ran on Sideswipe and Jazz, they have a small compartment just below their spark chamber, and I suspect Ironhide does as well. However, it is nothing compared to your brother," Ratchet said thoughtfully.
Skids rubbed at his now sore helm and decided to risk asking Ratchet the Hatchet a question. "What exactly is this compartment for?" Skids ventured, and then ducked his helm in case Ratchet took offense. When no wrench came flying through the air at him, Skids looked over at the medic. "Well, the compartment in Mudflap's chest is specifically needed to hold large masses of energy foreign to his frame. More likely than not, to hold energy from Iris, or possibly Zak," Ratchet explained.
"What does that mean?" Skids questioned. Ratchet vented a sigh and tried to think of a way to dumb it down with a human analogy. "It MEANS your brother is like...a solar panel that absorbs the sunlight." Skids gave the CMO a blank look. "I'm...not following," Skids admitted.
CLANG! "Stupid, ignorant idiot," Ratchet muttered as Skids rubbed his helm where the wrench had struck him. "All you need to know is that Mudflap is powerful. Incredible power means the Decepticons will be after him, and, another thing. Mudflap has formed a guardian bond with Iris and Zak, though I doubt even he knows that."
Ok, so I hope I got Skids's ghetto talk right, and I hope no one was out of character or anything. PLEASE leave a review if it's not too much trouble.