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Ratchet and Optimus made their way quickly back to where Mirage was resting in temporary stasis lock, as both knew Mirage was in dire danger or so it seemed. When they arrived at the quarters and entered, neither was surprised to see that Bumblebee had joined Sandblaster in watching over the out-of-it Mirage. "Any changes?" Ratchet asked, having been gone for a short time to bring Optimus back to the quarters.
"Not much that I've see" Sandblaster replied, not thinking the twitching was necessary to report.
"He had twitched a bit since I arrived, but we assumed that was part of whatever was going on" Bee stated, thinking that Ratchet wanted to hear it.
"How was he twitching?" Ratchet asked, as different types of twitches meant different things at different times.
"Well, his hands were seeming like they were trying to grab onto something" Bee replied and Sandblaster nodded in agreement.
Ratchet relaxed slightly as that seemed like a good sign. "Is that a good sign Ratchet?" Optimus asked, seeing Ratchet had slightly relaxed.
"It could be a good sign, but I would have to deep scan Mirage to be sure" Ratchet responded before thoroughly deep scanning Mirage. Optimus and the others just watched. In the deep scan Ratchet found two things – Mirage's systems were fighting off the virus thanks to his exposure to the Blu Plag and Mirage's systems were heading into an extreme receptive cycle due to the response of his systems to the virus. "Well, it seems like he will be okay."
"Are you sure, Ratchet?" Bee asked.
"Yes, and I will hang another energon drip, as once he recovers, he will need to be fully energized" Ratchet replied.
"Why is that?" Optimus asked, a bit confused.
"Because my deep scan revealed that once he recovers, he will have an extremely high receptive time and will need that addressed by his mate" Ratchet revealed to all in the room.
"Why is his system acting that way?" Optimus asked, seeing that bee and Sandblaster were leaving as they knew everything would be okay.
Once the two minibots left, Ratchet answered Optimus, "Because his systems respond differently since he has had the blu plag twice an survived both times." Optimus merely nodded. He just hoped his mate would return to the Prime once Mirage recovered. Ratchet set up and the energon drip before leaving himself, leaving a very worried Prime watching over Mirage. Now, they all had to wait until Mirage woke from his temporary stasis lock.