(Please see previous disclaimers)
The Autobots soon made it back to their base and Ratchet got the injured femme into the makeshift med bay at the base. It didn't have all the tools Ratchet needed, but it had most of them. He just hoped the femme wouldn't need a tool that he would have to create from items found here on earth. He worked and toiled, with Sparkplug helping. Sparkplug, having not heard of the new bot, asked about the new bot.
"So who is he?" Sparkplug asked, unaware that this new bot was a femme, as it really was hard to tell.
"Actually, this bot is a female, and I believe her name is Aquaformer" Ratchet stated much to Sparkplug's surprise.
"I thought the few female Autobots that were out there were still on Cybertron, fighting the Decepticons there" Sparkplug replied, feeling bad for calling the femme a mech.
"Most of them are, but every now and then, one seems to appear out of nowhere" ratchet stated, having seen it before.
"So, can you tell me a bit more about her?" Sparkplug asked as they continued to work, he wanted to know more about this new femme bot.
"Well, she started out as a nurse bot, and worked closely with the medics on Cybertron before the war started. In fact, she and I worked together long ago, but when the war started and the Autobots no longer saw a need for nurse bots, she was turned into something else – a femme commander with spy capabilities. She hated it, from what I can recall, as she was forced to leave the profession she loved just to destroy the cons. Don't get me wrong, she didn't like the cons and was extremely thorough at kicking their tailpipes, but she still hated it. She was much like Mirage – hates the war but didn't see any other option than to join the Autobots. We all thought she was destroyed long ago, as she was sent out on a distant mission, and no one ever heard from her again. Well, we didn't but then we were knocked out for a long time. I still don't know exactly why she came, but we need to fix her" Ratchet told Sparkplug. Sparkplug merely nodded and continued to help repair the femme. They hoped that they could get her back online and learn more about her.
Meanwhile, closer to Teletran 1, Optimus and the others were talking. They were amazed yet puzzled by the sight of the femme, and even Optimus had to agree with the fact that she looked more mech than femme, even though he hated to admit it. But, Optimus also knew every bot was created by Primus and all were special to Primus no matter what they looked like.
"Is that really Aquaformer? That one femme commander from ages ago?" Cliffjumper asked, extremely curious about the new bot that they had rescued. He was slightly younger than some bots and had only heard stories of the femme bot.
"It can't be anyone else" Jazz answered, "Aquaformer was one of a kind, that is for sure." He meant it in a kind way as Aquaformer had always had a strong independent streak, but that was not how Prowl took it.
Prowl knocked Jazz lightly upside the head. "Don't say that near a femme, they could blow your appliance clean off if they get upset and they tend to have precise and deadly aim" Prowl reminded the others. They all nodded as they had heard such things before.
"But I thought she was still out cold?" Mirage asked, "Or was I misinformed?"
"Out cold or not, femmes are to be treated with respect" Prowl emphasized to the other mechs.
"That is correct, Prowl. We should also be careful to make sure that this femme really is Aquaformer and not a copy of her" Optimus stated, as he had seen close bots before and they could easily fool Con or Autobot.
"I can't think that anything could copy her" Ironhide added, seeing that this particular femme was of a very unique and unusual build. He Knew of Aquaformer's reputation and so Jazz's comment hadn't bothered Ironhide the way it had bothered Prowl. What the others didn't realize was that Prowl had smarted off to Elita-1 along time ago and barely managed to keep his own appliance intact, as she wasn't angry enough to cause serious damage to Prowl, but it left an impression with the stuffy bot.
"The cons will try anything to stop us" Huffer added. He had a point.
"All this talk will be for nothing if she doesn't pull through" Wheeljack stated, putting his own two cents in.
"We just have to be patient and be vigilant, as if we know she is here, then so do the cons" Optimus reminded them. The others nodded, hoping that once Ratchet fixed the femme that they would be able to find out more information, unaware that Aquaformer wasn't a good spy and femme commander for no reason.
Unbeknownst to the Autobots, Laserbeak had found them transporting the injured femme back to the Autobot base. Now Laserbeak had to report to Megatron the findings the cassetticon had made. Laserbeak flew off, knowing Megatron would be not happy with the information, but could still try to use it to his own evil advantage. Laserbeak flew back to the Con Base and informed Soundwave and Megatron of the findings. Now the question for Megatron was could Megatron destroy both Prime and Aquaformer at the same time. If things worked out for Megatron the way he hoped, both would go down and Megatron would rule all.