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Rated M : nudity

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It felt like I had ten tons of weight on my body. On top of that, my head felt like it was going to explode and my body felt… chilled… in a weird sort of way. After a few second, I finally online my optics and see a human laying on top of me. I reach my hand up to touch him, but as soon as my hand got into view, I paused. The… MY hand wasn't normal. Instead of the normal red metal my hand was made out of soft slightly tanned human flesh. As it finally made sense in my processor, I scream as I try to stand up. The human on me opened his eyes and was off of me in about two seconds after I screamed.

"Wow. What the frag?" he yelled and fell into the snow.

"Human, are you…"

"I'm not a human," he yelled. "I'm an…" he paused looking at his body. "What the frag? I'm… I'm… human…"

"Ironhide?" I asked watching him freak.

"Ratchet?"

"Yeah, it's me."

"What the frag happened?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. The last thing I remember was you knocking me to the ground and a beam coming… at us…"

"The Decepticons planned this," Ironhide said.

"I bet they did," I said standing slowly.

"Ratchet, your… naked…" Ironhide said almost blushing.

"So are you, Ironhide," I smiled, but then my medical reasoning hit me. "That's not good."

"What's not?"

"We need to stay warm or we will catch hypothermia."

"Hypo-what?" Ironhide looked at me confused.

"Hypothermia. It comes in three stages: mild, moderate, and severe."

"What does hypothermia do to you?"

"Well, in a mild case you will shiver and have some mental confusion. Your core temperature will drop from a normal 98 – 100 degrees Fahrenheit down to 90 – 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

"In a moderate case, your core temperature will be between 82 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Sympotems include shivering violently, muscle mis-coordination, movements become slow and labored, stumbling, mild confusion, pale skin, and lips, ears, fingers, and toes may appear blue. Your blood vessels contract further to keep your vital organs warm.

"In severe cases, your body temperature will be less than 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Sympotems include difficulty speaking, sluggish thinking, inability to use hands, exposed skin becomes blue and puffy, pulse and respiration rates will decrease…"

"Ratchet, you are starting to scare me," Ironhide said.

"Sorry, but we can try to prevent it."

"How is that possible?"

"Snow may be cold, but it insulates heat. Plus sharing body heat will help," I tried to explain as I begin to dig a hold in the snow that was already about 28 inches deep.

"Are you for real?"

"Yes, help me," I said.

Optimus Prime's POV

"Optimus Prime to Ratchet…"

Silence

"Bumblebee, have you heard anything from Ironhide?"

"Negative," Bumblebee replied.

"Optimus," Prowl said entering the office. "Neither one is showing up on radar."

"Bumblebee, Prowl, go out and investigate. Contact me when you get there and tell me what you find."

"Yes sir," they both replied.

Ratchet and Ironhide have been gone for almost an hour without communicating at all and it was starting to worry me.

Ratchet's POV

The hole we dug was big enough for both of us to lay out, but what happened next was NOT what I was expecting. My mind started to think about Ironhide. I really hadn't thought about it before, but I realized how good looking he really was. As a human, he was very muscular with a short haircut and dark brown hair. He looked very handsome.

I smiled thinking about that. Maybe it was a good thing to see this or maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me. Mental confusion is one of the symptoms of mild hypothermia. That can't be a good sign. I knew the shivering wouldn't take long because we were completely undressed, but mental confusion already… great…

I close my eyes for a moment and when I open them I feel myself being pulled into the arms of Ironhide.

Ironhide's POV – a few minutes earlier

I watched as Ratchet wrapped his arms around himself. His body was smaller than mine and by the look of it, he was already turning blue a little bit. I know somewhere in the information he gave me, he said something about skin turning blue. That worried me just a bit.

That's when my mind began to wonder just a bit. Ratchet has the most perfect body in the world. He had just enough muscles to show, but not too much. His hair was not too short and red with the bluest eyes I have ever seen in my life. If I could, I would love to just see him for the rest of my life.

As Ratchet closed his eyes, I couldn't stop myself from reaching out and holding him in my arms. It felt like he should have been in my arms a long time ago, but it hasn't been until now that I have even thought about it.

Ratchet's POV

I weakly smile as I wrap my arms around Ironhide as I lean my head against his broad chest and close my eyes once more. The wind was starting to pick up outside and it felt like it was getting colder.

Bumblebee's POV

As we neared the coordinates, I transformed and slowly began walking around. By now it had almost been an hour and a half since we last heard from Ratchet or Ironhide, and it was really starting to worry us.

"Bumblebee to Optimus."

"Optimus here."

"I am at the coordinates with Prowl. There is so much snow, I can't see a thing."

"Look around carefully. If you don't see anything head back."

"Yes sir," I said ending the call. "Did you hear that, Prowl?"

"Yeah," Prowl said scanning the scene carefully. "I am picking up a faint signal under the snow over here."

I go over to the area and start digging, praying to Primus that it's them and they aren't hurt, but when a weird experiment is uncovered, I sign and wait for Prowl to find another signal.

"Nothing," he shood his head. "Let's head out and we will come and search again when the snow is gone."

"But what if they don't make it that long?" I ask.

"Let's pray to Primus they do," Prowl said turning to go.

Ironhide's POV – a few seconds earlier

I fought off the urge to fall into recharge. I knew that if I did, it might kiss us, but I was becoming so tired. That's when I started to hear noises. I swear I am going insane, but at the same time why would the noises sound like they were talking. That's when I heard what they were saying.

"But what if they don't make it that long?"

"Let's pray to Primus they do."

"Ratchet," I whisper. "We got to go."

There was not a response from him. I shake my head as I begin to half walk, half crawl out of the hole with Ratchet in my arms. I have to make it to the voices.

Bumblebee's POV

I shake my head as we start to leave. I couldn't believe we were going to have to leave them in the cold, or where ever they are, till the weather gets better. That just seems totally unfair to me. I turn back one more time and see a figure.

"Prowl, someone's back there," I said running back to the figure.

As I get closer, I begin to recognize it as two humans.

"Bumblebee to Optimus. Two humans found. No signs of Ratchet or Ironhide."

"Bring the humans back. See you at base."

Ironhide's POV

As I come above the surface of the snow, I see Bumblebee look back out way. It didn't take long for him to run towards us. Thank Primus he saw us. Now that I knew we were safe, I close my optics and slip into recharge.

I did a little bit of reading in my medical books about hypothermia for this chapter. If I got any of it wrong, I am sorry. But I did leave out a lot of the 'harder to understand' medical symptoms. Let's just say I can tell you how to treat it ... somewhat and some of the more common symptoms. That's all. Again, please review and let me know what you think. :D Thanks!