Knockout's P.O.V

- I wonder what happened… - I've heard Breakdown say under his breath.

- What is it, Breakdown? - I asked. He looked at me.

- Soundchip and Soundwave. - He answered. I gave him a confused look.

- What about them?

- According to Azure they had been separated for many vorns. - He answered. I nodded - I wonder why.

- Maybe you can ask her next time she show up. - I said. As if by destiny's hand, the sickbay's door opened to reveal no one else than the very femme we were talking about, a Vehicon beside her.

- Soundchip. - I greeted, motioning for her to enter - We were talking about you. Good stuff I swear.

She smiled and entered.

- Can you find your way alone next time? - The Vehicon asked, looking at her. She nodded and the Vehicon went take care of his own stuff.

- Hard time finding your way? - I asked. She nodded again and blushed a little.

- What can we do for you? - Breakdown asked. I noticed that she was holding a datapad, and gave it to Breakdown. He started to read the files.

- Interesting historic. - He said to her - Looks like you have a thing with medicine.

Now I understand.

- Let me see this, Breakdown. - I asked. He gave me the datapad and I started to read. She does have a thing with medicine. A good thing.

- Let me guess, you want to help us here in the sickbay? - I asked. She smiled even more and nodded - I don't see why not. But first, I want to give you a checkup.

She nodded and walked until one of the medical berths. I was a little surprised by her behavior. Soundwave tries his best to avoid injuries. He hates medical procedures.

And what she did next surprised me the most.

She deployed her symbionts (a white cybercat, a red cobra and a purple chinchilla) and they stopped by her pedes. She must have commanded them to leave, because next thing I knew the three ran out of the sickbay into the hallway.

Then, she retracted her visor, revealing her beautiful, bright optics.

I walked until her and delicately raised her head with my hand, wanting to see her optics better. I gave them a good look before they started to dim. The purple-pink lights faded before they came back. They kept doing this several times until fade completely.

- Soundchip, what happened to your optics? - I asked.

- Status: poisoned. - She answered - Damage: irreversible.

- Does Soundwave knows it? - Breakdown asked.

- Soundwave: unaware. Request: don't tell him.

- What happened? - I dared to ask. Blind mechs and femmes tend to be very sensitive to the subject.

As far as I could see, Soundchip can project artificial lights in her optics to make the illusion that they still work.

- Accidental virus display… - She answered - …Autobots…

I am confused. She seemed to have seen Soundwave when she ran to him, but now I came to know she is blind?

I gave her a good look and the penny dropped.

Cabling panels and holohair are very rare sensorial features in femmes and even rarer in mechs.

Soundchip however, have both.

The cables in her head are not cables, but dreadlock-like holohair covered by cabling panels. With only one of these features, the individual wouldn't need optics to see. Soundchip have the two, and that's how she can walk around easily and see without functional optics.

- Don't worry Chip. - I said, placing a hand in her shoulder - We will not tell your brother.

Soundwave's P.O.V

I can't believe this.

I decided to check upon Chip to see if she found her way to the sickbay. I found her on a camera asking a Vehicon for help.

When they arrived at the sickbay, Knockout and Breakdown had a little talk with her, before she walked until a berth and deployed Cisa, Frostmane and Jara. She removed her visor and Knockout started to examine her optics that started to blink.

The lights on them faded, and didn't come back.

Since when my little sister is blind?