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Aquaformer patiently waited upon the med bay berth. She trusted Mirage and Bee to watch the young ones. They had watched the little ones before and had done a good job in Aquaformer's mind. Aquaformer looked to the energon drip that was flowing into her as well as the device that was attached to her to update her viral protection and knock out the mild virus attacking her systems. Knowing how important this was, she sat quietly, patiently waiting for the energon and the special device to do its work. She knew the secret, so to speak.
Optimus, on the other hand, was none to happy about all of this. He didn't like being detained in the med bay for any reason that he could help. He lay on the berth near his mate. He hadn't wanted to be here, but Aquaformer had made sure he was seen. Granted, he had skipped his maintenance check, but he still didn't like this. The energon drip felt weird and the device he was hooked to for updating his systems bothered him. He looked over to his mate and was quite surprised to see her relax and just allow this to happen. "Love?" He asked.
"Yes, Optimus, my dear?" Aquaformer answered, already knowing he didn't want to be addressed as "sir" by the way he talked to her.
"How is it that you seem so comfortable with all of this?" Optimus queried, trying not to show that this bothered him.
Aquaformer smiled softly. "My love, I work in the med bay. I know what these devices do and I trust Ratchet to take good care of us. I also know that the sooner this is done, the sooner we can take our sparklings back home with us" Aquaformer answered.
Optimus sighed, as he hadn't thought of it like that. "I still don't like being here" Optimus replied.
"I know, my love, but trust me that it will go by faster if you let it do it's job rather than fight it" Aquaformer replied, softly touching her mate's hand. She wanted to offer support and encouragement to her mate as well as let him in on the secret she knew.
Optimus smiled at that. "Alright, my love. I trust you" Optimus answered and settled down to allow the device and the energon to do their work. Soon enough, they were both done with their treatments.
"See, I told you so" Aquaformer stated, love in her voice.
Optimus smiled. "Well, now that we are done, shall we go gather our little ones?" Optimus asked, unaware that Aquaformer had other plans.
"We can pick them up later. I was thinking this would be a good time for just us to be together" Aquaformer stated playfully, well, as playfully as her deep feminine voice got. Optimus smiled and escorted his mate out of the med bay so that they could share some special time with just each other. Aquaformer was glad to see her mate so happy about taking time for just the two of them.
Unknown to the pair, Ratchet commed Bee and Mirage to let the two know that Optimus and Aquaformer would be late in picking up the little ones. Both Mirage and Bee understood and gladly watched the little ones.