Understood
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Chapter 34
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Tailgate found the message from Cyclonus after waking alone in the darkened apartment. The Decepticon officer was in a series of meetings all day and would return later. There was plenty of energon in the dispenser and high-grade in the cabinet if something stronger was needed. The doctor's instructions were on the datapad next to the berth along with the nanite boosters that had been prescribed.
There were also several other panicked messages from Swerve, wondering where he was and what had happened and that he'd found the rooftop empty except for a lot of paint scrapes and fluid stains. Quickly Tailgate responded that he had been rescued and would try to get home soon.
Tailgate found he could get out the berth if he moved slowly. And moving slowly into the other room he found the energon dispenser and fueled up. He pulled the credit chips from his subspace and stared at them. Twelve thousand was a lot of money. It would cover what he owed Swerve as well as half of this deca-cycle's rent.
But he was right. He owed it to Cyclonus for rescuing him and getting him repaired. He tried not to think of the fact that twelve thousand credits was probably nothing to the purple mech, or that his energon and quarters were given to him by his employer, or that his employer's money came from the conquest and pillage of Cybertron.
But nothing was ever free.
Tailgate placed the money on the berth where he'd been lying and let himself out of the apartment.
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"Understood" continues in Chapter 35
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