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Chapter 3: Awake
Silk's oracle faded into a hazy image.
She saw a room.
Stone walls that looked strange and old, very different medical equiptment, and warm lights.
This was not the Flamewar's medical bay… what had happened to her?
Where was she?
"Lottie!" A purple femme appeared in view. "Look! She's awake!"
Who was that?
What… how could she understand them?
They weren't speaking something she knew, but she could understand.
A teal femme stepped into view on the other side.
Much closer.
"Oh, thank Primus."
More bots appeared in view: a gray mech and a red one and another teal femme!
Where was she!?
Who were they!?
Her voice let out a strangled cry.
Why did it hurt!? Why did her voice hurt!?
She wanted to run.
Nothing.
She could feel nothing.
Not her arms nor legs.
Her scream increased as the closer teal femme put a hand to her temple. "Elita! Get to the med bay!"
A minute later, she heard the stomping of feet as a new figure appeared in her vision.
Her!
She'd seen her.
This pink femme was in her oracles. This femme's image made her feel safe.
"Don't worry, you're safe now."
Her oracle came true…
"Velocity, can you give her something to calm her down a little?"
The teal femme, Velocity, reached over and grabbed something. Silk tried to move her head, but it wouldn't move.
She felt something shoot through her system, the first feeling she'd had since she woke up.
Her mind seemed to slow a little, causing her to calm a little.
"There we go." Velocity smiled, looking down at her. "You're safe here. We won't hurt you."
The pink femme gently smiled. "You're not in that ship anymore. You are in the Autobot base. My name is Elita."
Autobot?
She heard about those bots from Flamewar and the others.
Slipstream also talked about them.
They hated the Autobots.
Opening her mouth, Silk tried to speak, but nothing but a squeak came out.
"Don't speak." Velocity sighed. "I know you're confused and probably scared. You have been in… well in stasis, for a long, long time. I can explain more later. You probably can't feel anything and that's because the connections between your mind and body have degraded after a long time of disuse, and your vocal processor is also slightly degraded, and screaming probably didn't help." She saw the youngling's optics shudder a little. "It'll be ok. I'll try and get your vocal processor repaired the next time you go into statis, and help you get talking again. And we will start therapy to get you moving again. If that sounds good, look up."
Her optics looked upwards.
The purple femme held up a hand. "I can make some equipment to help with the therapy. My name is Nautica by the way. Oh, we don't know how to find her name…"
"I'll try to help her get talking again and we can find out."
Elita gently put a hand on the youngling's head. "Just rest now. You're safe, and we won't let the Decepticons near you again."
The femme seemed to relax, her optics softening.
The pink femme, Elita, made her feel safe because of her oracles. And the faces around her-
Thinking back, all of those she'd been around looked at her like she was either an annoyance or like she was some sort of prey animal.
All the bots around her gave her a gentle look, one of kindness and hope.
Her vision grew dark as she slipped into stasis once again.
"Poor kid." Kup shook his head, glancing at Saber. "I kinda feel bad about doubting her."
"You are cautious about such things, so it makes complete sense." The seeker smiled, putting a hand on Kup's shoulder plating. "So, what's next?"
"I'm going to keep her in stasis until I can make repairs on her voice." The medic attached a tube to the youngling. "And Nautica, some therapy equipment would be nice to have in general."
"On it." Grabbing a datapad and a wrench, she skipped off to her quarters.
Velocity waved a hand. "Everyone else out. I'm now working. Out."
They all moved out as the front door to the base opened and Hound rolled back in.
"Dad!" In his seat sat two kids. A red-haired boy about ten years old waved.
"Wait till I'm stopped, kid."
"Sorry, Hound."
The vehicle stopped as the little boy hopped out, followed by a fourteen-year-old girl with very long red hair. "Hi Dad."
"How was school today?" Star Saber knelt down as the kids jogged over.
The boy hopped into the bot's hand. "It was fun! I got a 100 on my math test!"
"Great job, Jan! How about you, Patty?"
The girl gently sat on his hand. "I had a good day. And, can I go to the movies after school on Friday?"
Saber smiled as he lifted the children up. "Tell me who you're going with and what movie you're going to, and we will see."
"Just me, Elise, Ai, and Kelly."
"Again, we'll see."
Jan stood up, holding Saber's finger, as he glanced into the medbay. "Dad, who is that?" Patty glanced over as well.
"We don't know her name yet. We saved her from Decepticons today, and she's really hurt." Saber carried the children over so they could see the youngling; thankfully, Velocity hadn't started surgery on her yet.
Patty stood up as well. "She's small."
"She's a youngling, like you two."
"A kid!" Jan looked up. "Why would the Decepticons hurt her bad?"
"We don't really know yet, but we're helping her get better."
Patty glanced up at him. "Is she in a coma?"
"No, she woke up earlier, but she couldn't speak or move yet. We will have to help her get better, and maybe you two would get along with her really well. So, when she wakes up, do you two think you could maybe try and cheer her up?"
"Of course!"
"We can watch movies with her and play video games."
"Good." Saber smiled at the children before gently setting them down on a raised landing. "Now, get your homework done and then we'll work on dinner together."
"Ok!"
The kids sat down at a table, both of them starting to do work, but they couldn't stop themselves from glancing toward the medbay, even as Velocity closed the door to begin surgery on the youngling.
I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter!
If you know Transformers Victory, then you know who Jan and Patty are. In the original cartoon and comics, only Jan was adopted by Star Saber and Patty was adopted by Victory Leo. I decided to have them both be adopted by Saber because it didn't make sense that Patty, who canonically loves her younger brother but NEVER checked on him once in almost ten years, would be adopted by someone else in this situation.
VAs:
Jan Minakaze-Saber- Callum Shoniker (Rocky, Scooch Pooch, Bubbu, Rocky)
Patty Minakaze-Saber- Kathreen Khavari (Twitch Malto, Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, Zara)