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A few days later, Aquaformer and Optimus brought the six little ones to Ratchet, only Aquaformer knowing or remembering that Ratchet had thought the two sets of triplets would be each its own identical set. Aquaformer smiled, as she figured Primus had played a trick on the medic. She wasn't worried as she had seen this happen before – the medic thinks one things because of the medic's scan and things turn out to be different. Even as a nurse bot, the same thing had happened to her. She was just happy that they appeared to be healthy. And so, the little family headed on towards the med bay.
Soon, Optimus and Aquaformer made their way into the med Bay Area with the little ones. "We are here, Ratchet" Aquaformer called out, making their presence known. She wanted to make sure Ratchet knew they were there.
"That you are. Good, now I can check all eight of you" Ratchet stated, unaware Aquaformer had neglected to mention to Optimus that Ratchet wanted to check over all eight of them. Aquaformer could tell Optimus liked to skip the med bay unless absolutely necessary, so she had not told Optimus this for a reason.
"All eight of us? Did I miss something?" Optimus asked, looking to his mate. She had some explaining to do, or so he thought, and so he gave her a look that said "explain."
"Ratchet mentioned you were overdue for your maintenance check, and so I decided to add your check and my check to the check for the little ones. You can be a stinker at times about going to the med bay, so I said nothing about it" Aquaformer revealed. Optimus had to smile as he carefully shook his helm. She knew him better than he realized.
"It shouldn't take long" Ratchet piped up and he quickly yet thoroughly examined all eight in the family. All the little ones were checked and were quickly ruled healthy, however, the same could not be said of Aquaformer and Optimus. Both needed a virus update to their systems and an energon transfusion. "Let me call someone to watch the little ones."
"Why?" Aquaformer asked, worried. She feared something was very wrong. Optimus was also worried and looked to the medic to see what Ratchet would say.
"Your systems and Optimus' systems need a viral update and an energon transfusion" Ratchet stated, knowing Aquaformer would want the truth, blunt and to the point. Aquaformer nodded in understanding. Optimus nodded as well. Ratchet commed Mirage who came to take three of the little ones and Bee came to take the other three. "There, now to address what your systems' need." And with that, Ratchet had Optimus and his mate lay on a med bay berth and get the care they need. Optimus had to smile, as his mate was relaxed considering all that had gone on. She was just tired, and so she recharged as the medical procedure began. Seeing that all was okay, Optimus dozed as well. Both knew the little ones were safe.