Chapter 17! Woo-hoo! Rock on! Disclaimer- I don't own Transformers or The Secret Saturdays. It makes me sad.
Chapter 17
Sunstreaker's gaze instantly fell on Iris, who was still being held by Ratchet. He had yet to encounter any humans and the girl shocked him. "What is that and why are you holding it?" he demanded. "HER name is Iris and SHE is a human. You would do well to not insult our adopted daughter," Ironhide growled. Sunstreaker held up his hands in surrender, saying nothing. He knew better than to upset the trigger-happy weapons specialist and Ratchet the Hatchet. Iris looked up at the golden mech curiously. "Why does Sides hate you?" she asked innocently, and for a moment, it seemed Sunstreaker was going to ignore the little human, but instead he vented a sigh.
"The one Sideswipe loved fell in love with me, and then died to save me. I guess he still hasn't forgiven me," Sunstreaker admitted. "Do not fill her head with lies! Get out of my med bay! Out! Don't come back until Iris is not here!" Ratchet shouted, suddenly upset. The medic flung as many wrenches as he could while Sunstreaker retreated quickly. Iris was shocked that Ratchet had just lost his temper like that and she was suddenly a little scared. "Ratch! Ratchet, calm down!" Ironhide said, trying to stop the raging medic, but Ratchet resisted, hitting Ironhide in the chest as hard as he could and almost dropping Iris in the process, but she held on for dear life.
Ironhide gently took Iris away from Ratchet and held her while giving the medic a fierce look. "Ratchet, stop. You're going to hurt Iris if you're not careful," Ironhide scolded. Ratchet softened and glanced between the two, before going to his quarters. Nothing could be heard after he entered, because the room was designed so that he could hear if someone needed help in the med bay, but no one in the med bay could hear if he was ranting in his private quarters.
"Iris, I'm going to go check on Ratchet. Wait here, and don't worry, everything is okay," Ironhide said, setting Iris on the berth next to Zak before going over and entering Ratchet's private quarters, locking the door behind him. Iris simply sat on the berth where Ironhide had left her, her eyes still wide with shock. "Ratchet has never acted like that before...is it my fault? Did I...do something wrong?" Iris whispered, almost to herself. Mudflap struggled up and came over to where the two humans were. "What was all that about?" the red 'bot asked. Iris glanced over at him, her shocked eyes watering.
Suddenly, Iris burst into tears. The other two stared at her, dumbfounded. "Th-they hate me! I'm a bad daughter," she wailed. "No, no, I'm sure that's not it," Zak said, but Mudflap could feel his uncertainty as well as Iris's despair as she kept crying. Quickly, the red Autobot picked up both humans and sat down on the berth that could easily hold seven humans and gave them both comfort, through words as well as a bond none of them had known was there.
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