It's been a fragging whole month or less for me since the last time I updated the other stories. Here, I give you an update. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers.
After a hell of a psychological beating for a solar cycle, Hook had shut down in the middle as he glitched with all the things he had to process. Shein was still huffy about what had been done to Starscream to deserve such treatment but decided to leave it alone for now as she started working on fixing the flyer up. She winced at the diagnosis she had gathered and can say that they did a great job in what they were aiming. A broken wing and some heavily-dented parts on different parts of his frame… Twisted wires with some sparking from being snapped roughly from their original places, even some were clearly in need of replacement… There was all those parts in need of replacement as there was a great number of wielding to be done… lastly, the energon level were low enough to induce the seeker to go into medical stasis.
She had growled in frustration as her headache spiked. In the process of fixing the seeker, she might have fainted a two or three times… but that won't stop her from what she was doing. Her vision turned black after 30 minutes more though… before she could even grasp onto something, she fell outright and off the great height she was perched from.
Colliding with a soft surface had shaken her awake. There was only one mech with her along with her patient and that was the CMO…
Her frustration only spiked when he deposited her on the table, both not saying anything. (Like there was anything to say at the first place…) She was still pissed off so ignored him in every way as she jump off the berth again and went in haste to Starscream. (If for the mechs, this was something like a torture, for her, this was something that she does to not burst out anything that she might regret later. She just needs the time to cool her head and get her mind straight before blurting out things.)
"You should rest, Shein…" She heard him say but she continued on, holding onto the wrench she had left in the fall. The sound of Hook's deep and hushed voice vibrated all around the room awkwardly as no reply made its way back to him… It clearly shows him that she was not in the mood to talk. With this shown, there were only two choices, give her some space or take another round of a short-circuiting lash from her. It was up to him if he still wants to recharge peacefully if he does.
Clanking sounds echoed loudly as she twisted and tugged on the rivets to take off the damage plating. She noted to take it to Shockwave since he was the only one she knew that was capable right now of not triggering any of her anger. With one final twist, the armor fell off the mech.
She stood there for a while and sat suddenly as nausea hit her. Her lunch (or anything that was left of what she had last ate) was on the verge of rising from the place it was stored, making her not realize that there was a certain mech that had entered. She had recognized that it was her guardian who had stopped right in front of her but she also made no move to acknowledge him. He broke his promise… That was something reasonable to be upset from, right?
There was a click and a whirl indicating that Frenzy was with them too… that youngling was getting closer to where she was.
"Shein? Are you alright?" She heard the younling ask with the same voice that she got used to whenever he had done something bad. Her eyes had remained closed and her hands blocked off whatever they were going to say as she covered her ear with the right hand with the other on her face.
Even the youngling took part in it huh? She groaned mentally at how awful of a role model they are.
Frenzy and Barricade hadn't left the base. They had just hid quietly and evaded the searching medic skillfully. He was guilty as charge of inflicting his own damage on the seeker since he was the first but those were nothing serious. The heavy damage of Starscream should be accounted to those that had taken their chance to give their piece of mind.
He had hidden because like the others… he doesn't want to be the first to face the femme on a warpath for energon. He had no remorse when the other Con had dump the stasis-locked seeker in the front of the medics door. He just felt a slight amusement at the thought of her bursting out at the medic.
Both partners silently watched the mech try to locate each and every one of them. Hook used the com, went to every berth or quarters… He had even asked the two remaining and undaunted mechs. With a slump as the final hope died with the word 'no', the medic went back to his bay. The screen showed the hurried action of the mech to make a haste in trying to fix up the mech… only for the femme to rise and shout out her shock and anger.
After a solar cycle of hiding, they were ordered by none other than Megatron to report. This was still not the right time to approach the femme but orders were orders… He was to report and show Shein to their Lord. The police cruiser bit back a curse coming out from his vocalize while with Frenzy, the thought of seeing Shein had made him happy.
That thought was crushed though when he had laid his optics on her still form with those green eyes closed and hand covering her mouth. The display was making him feel nervous but she was clearly in pain. The youngling wanted to help her… but he was stuck and feared going towards her at the moment.
Frenzy gazed back at his partner and saw that he was in a deep conversation with the medic so he went with the latter choice of entering the danger zone.
"Shein? Are you alright?" His vocals suddenly slipped making him think of mentally kicking his own aft for it. How do you approach an angry femme? He winced at the memory core he had with a pink femme pointing her guns at him in anger… on the battle field…
Those thoughts weren't helping…
"I'm fine..." Her voice was a touch quieter than what he had been accustomed to. His shoulder placed slumped and went closer. He knew from the quiver of her voice that she wasn't willing to hold any conversation. Instead… He sat beside her and kept the awkward peace. He was the jittery youngling… this was an amazing feat if he was able to continue this. Maybe she would be able to see that he was asking for forgiveness…
He could only wait as he stared down at his digits. He would wait… If he doesn't know her that well, then he would be damned.
Barricade got the analysis and reports from the medic when he went straight to Hook. She doesn't fail to amaze him that she was still able to move from the dangerous degree of heat that she was in… more likely, she had a severe high fever… but she had been able to give off a lashing and was able to make repairs faster than what others could do in her condition. Although this amazing feat, both mechs had grim expressions.
:: The femme has currently restored 95% brain activity for the past 36 earth hours with 5% more still in question… Maybe it is currently unavailable or on the worst case, lost.:: Hook told the other mech.
:: Judging from this, we can conclude that this maybe the reason for the femme being unable to escape on her own and get her aft back here since her disappearance. :: The black and white mech said with a snarl in there. His optics shifting to the crouched form of the said femme and the youngling that were side by side. This was a good sign if she was letting Frenzy close to her.
:: I can assume that you had come out of hiding to get the femme, am I right? The Lord is due of a report… and I am clearly over due on doing damage control…:: Hook let his own frustration out on his com voice as he growled. :: I have my own hunt to do…:: A sick amused voice from the mech ended the conversation.
Barricade left the other to his own plans and went straight to the femme.
"Femme…" He said as he loomed over the body of the seeker and the other two on its shoulder plate.
He didn't get a reply as he waited for her. His patience was thinning out but the look in Frenzy told otherwise.
:: How do you think we'll get her when she doesn't even respond! Megatron would like a squishy that can't talk back but I doubt that applies to her. :: Frenzy commed the other.
Barricade ignored the other and went to pick up the said squishy by the neck of the shirt she was wearing. Let the fabric stretch or tear… if she was going to act like slag again, then let their unrelenting wills collide.
"What the FRAG! HEY! Put me down! Put me down. NOW!" The femme flailed her hands and feet in the air as they move toward the entrance of the Bay. Frenzy had followed behind the mech watching her cheeks turn red and her arms came grabbing the front neck of the her shirt.
::I think you are killing her…:: The youngling said in worry.
"If you stop squirming and moping like a sparkling, I'll let you down." Barricade's deep voice stayed monotonous as they walk on without a stop.
Frenzy had feared that Shein might have died when her arms came hanging down on her sides only to see that she was let down a minute after. Her blue face was gaining some color in return from the action.
"I am not acting like a sparkling! Maybe you are the one! Are you trying to kill me?!" Shein snarled and kicked the big mech on the pede (As if it hurts…). Her feet were gaining a faster pace to keep up with the slow and small strides that the mech was unknowingly making but didn't go unnoticed by the youngling.
"Then tell me how you are acting right now… I can say that Frenzy acts more maturely than you in your current situation…" The mech didn't glance at them as he said that. He kept on walking, not even bothering that she had suddenly stopped and stared at Frenzy.
"You have a severely high fever so it is not a wonder that your organic brain is unable to process correctly. Your movements are also sluggish and are a dead weight on the schedule we have. If you do not increase your pace, not only would I grab you to lift from here to there but I would also be willing to grab any limb you have and drag you." That was the last of his speech when he suddenly heard sniffling and the smell of salt filled his systems.
He stopped in his tracks and turned around… There, at the center of the hallways was the femme looking up at him while tears flowed down her cheeks. Barricade has seen her do this every time she can't handle the situation by herself. Her heart was elevated as her heart pounded heavily against her chest.
"You just don't understand!" She tried to wipe and dry her face but it seems that she wasn't finished crying as it continued.
Frenzy warbled and clicked but her muddled up brain couldn't translate what he was saying. She just stood there with her hands on her face and head tilted upwards.
"If this is about what happened to that seeker… Leave it for now. WE have more important issues than leaving here." Barricade begrudgingly said as he pick the femme up with gentle servos and cup her whole body to his chest plates.
Took time but I did it. :)
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