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While bee took the minibots and after Mirage had talked to his mate, Mirage headed for home. He knew the little ones would be elsewhere. Mirage just felt like he needed some time to himself. Having entombed some many bots including Sentinel and Elita had put a lot on Mirage, and the bot felt drained. So, he hoped that when he got home, he would just be able to have some time alone.
Optimus, unaware of how worn down his mate felt as Mirage had blocked the feelings from coming through p, began making plans to revitalize Cybertron and try to return it to what it may have looked like during the Golden age and before the war took over. The only difference was that this time Optimus didn't want a feudal system. He wanted something different. Optimus wanted bots to be free from being "classed" or restricted just because of some silly bot made requirement. He wanted a representative type government to help Cybertron function fully at its best, and so he began to research ways to do just that.
Back in the quarters, Mirage arrived home, tired and not realizing he was low on energon from what he had done. Mirage, seeing that all was quiet, headed for his berth for a nap. He soon made it to the berth and laid down. And while he thought he was napping, he quietly slipped into temporary stasis lock, though no one was aware as of yet. Mirage and Optimus continued what they were doing, unaware that Mirage was in trouble.
Sand blaster soon stopped by the quarters, as she wanted to see how Mirage and Optimus were doing. She approached the door when something felt wrong. Trusting her gut, she use the override code that Mirage had given her in case of an emergency. The quarters were eerily quiet. She knew something was wrong, but wasn't sure just what it was. She carefully moved through the quarters, trying to figure out where the strange feeling was leading her. And at last but not least, she arrived at the berthroom of Mirage and Optimus and the ominous feeling grew stronger. She forced open the door only to see what looked like Mirage sleeping on the bed. But Mirage didn't look right to her to just be sleeping. She knew she had a job to do.
"Sand blaster to Ratchet, come in Ratchet" the femme minibot commed.
"Ratchet here, what's up?" Ratchet asked, sensing something was wrong.
Sand blaster told the medic what she felt and what she found. "I don't think Mirage is sleeping, I think he's in temporary stasis but it will go permanent if not helped" the femme relayed.
"On my way" Ratchet replied and rushed over to the quarters. It was as bad as the femme had described and more. Mirage had a bad virus and a bad energon tank. Ratchet quickly worked to fix the issues. Fortunately, it didn't take long, but now recovery was up to Mirage. Ratchet set up an energon drip. "Please stay here with him, Sand blaster, as I must report this to our Prime and Mirage's mate." The femme nodded and stayed by Mirage's side. She could only hope two things – that a Mirage would come around and that Optimus would come home once the medic told the Prime what had happened.