Chapter 46
I worked on using the Allspark to build the ship, but it would quite work with me. I wasn't sure what I had to do to unlock what I needed to build the ship but in just a few hours Ratchet was going to be putting me in what the bots called stasis so that I could go through the transformation process with very little pain. The bad thing was when I woke up the time to get the Auto bots out before the hunting of them began would begin.
"You ready kid?" Simmons asked. Ratchet had sent him to come and collect me.
"No, but I don't have a choice. Has Optimus returned?" I asked. The ship was years from being ready to fly into space, I was still missing ten Auto bots and our leader had flown the coop last night.
"He just commed in, he said he was on his way back. Ratchet wants you at the med bay now," Simmons said as I closed up the engine I was working on.
"No need to get pushy, I'm on my way," I said reaching out to Optimus using the bond we shared. 'Where are you?'
'I'm on my way back Allison. I got a lead on something we could use for parts on the ship,' he replied through the bond.
'I'm about to go through the transformation process. I want you here. You're the closest thing I have to a father.'
'I'm on my way Allison.' I walked down to the med bay as Simmons went off somewhere else.
"Hey Squishy," Sunny said coming up beside me as I walked.
"Hey there Sunny," I replied continuing to walk. I wasn't really in the mood to talk. I was worried. I was about to become another race completely, time was running out for my friends, about to run out in fact. Everything was about to change and not everything would be for the better. I walked into the med bay and Sunny lifted me onto a Cybertronian sized bed.
"You ready youngling?" Ratchet asked.
"It doesn't really matter whether I am or not, it's going to happen. I just wish you guys had more time to get ready to leave the planet," I said.
"Don't worry about that now, you need to relax," Ratchet said and Sunny rubbed my back. Ratchet hooked me up to all kinds of machines to monitor my spark and give me pain medication throughout the process. Ten minutes later Optimus was in the room and I was going under. I wondered what I would look like when I woke up. I wondered how tall I would be. I wondered if I would still be able to take on my wolf form, if I could still take on my human form so I could more easily hide.
I wouldn't have years to learn how to use my Cybertronian body; I would have to figure it out in just a few months so I could go back out and collect things for the mission of going back to where Cybertron was and rebuilding. I just hoped I would be able to use the Allspark as such when the time came.
~Time Skip~ Several hours later
I tried to sit up on the berth I was on, but found myself strapped to it. I didn't feel any different than I had before. I still felt like me, but I didn't understand why I was alone in the room. I reached out to Optimus. When I couldn't get through to him I started to panic. "Optimus!" I called. I didn't want to be alone, I wanted free from my restraints. I heard heavy foot falls and the door opened.
Sunny, Optimus, Ratchet, Sides, Ironhide, the triplets, Bee, Jazz, and several others came through the door. "Oh my primus, we thought you were dead. Your spark stopped," Sunny said.
"You're not going to get rid of me that easily. I still have job to do," I said as Ratchet undid the straps around me. I easily sat up and many hands reached out to steady me or catch me should I fall. "I'm fine," I said now noticing that I had long black cords hanging from my head that fell to my hips. I guess that was what my hair was now. I moved to stand and everyone tried to stop me.
"You aren't ready for that youngling. Take it easy," Ratchet said.
"No time for that; I've got to get back to helping you guys," I said grabbing on to Sunny and pulling myself up.
"You really should listen to old Hatchet over there," Sides said as I took my first step having found my feet.
"I'm tired of being told of what I can and can't do what I am and am not ready for. I am more than capable of making that decision for myself. If I didn't think I was ready I wouldn't be trying to stand. I have things that I need to do and you guys need me so I need to find my feet and don't you dare tell me that it will take a certain amount of time. Time is something we do not have," I said completely losing my cool for a moment.
My whole everyone was telling me what I couldn't do and I was sick of it. "We meant no harm Allison," Optimus said coming over to me and when I stood at my full height I was just under his chest plates. I was almost 20 feet tall!