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Several hours later after Optimus had stopped by the med bay, Aquaformer woke from her rest. She was unaware that her mate had stopped by earlier and unaware that he knew how sparked she was as well as how dangerous it was. Aquaformer wanted to groan, as the med bay berth was not comfortable at all, but she didn't want to alert Ratchet she was awake. She planned to sneak home, unaware she was weak and low on energon, hence she had a drip going. She carefully sat up and glanced around the med bay.
She noticed no one was around, but she could hear that Ratchet was nearby. He sounded busy, so she began to prepare to leave the med bay on her own, as she figured Optimus was too busy as was Ratchet. She tried to get up, but as soon as she stood, she was dizzy and had to sit back down.
"I wouldn't, if I were you" Ratchet suddenly stated, having been keeping an option Aquaformer even as Ratchet worked on another bot. Aquaformer knew she should have figured Ratchet was watching her.
"Why not?" Aquaformer asked, still reeling from feeling dizzy, but still feisty as ever.
"First of all, you are on a drip for low energon, and second of all, you are not going anywhere until someone comes to get you to help you home" Ratchet stated.
"Does it matter who the somebody is?" Aquaformer asked, figuring Optimus was too busy.
"I need to make a comm and the bot I comm will take you home" Ratchet answered. Aquaformer just sighed. Ratchet made a private comm to Optimus, making sure Optimus would come and no one else. Unknown to Aquaformer, Optimus soon indicated he was on his way. Only then did Ratchet speak to Aquaformer. "He is on his way."
Aquaformer sighed again, figuring with her luck, Optimus would send Spike to get her. Aquaformer also didn't want to take too much of her mate's time. The only reason she stayed put was that she wasn't steady on her feet. She just looked lost.
Soon, much to Ratchet's expectations and Aquaformer's surprise, Optimus walked through the door. He first saw Ratchet, who pointed to Aquaformer, who was trying not to fall off the med bay berth. Optimus was a bit worried for his mate, as she looked sick. He figured most of this was due to her being so sparked. "She is ready to go home, but she needs an escort" Ratchet informed the leader.
"Are you sure it is safe?" Optimus asked.
"As long as she gets some energon once home and then to bed" Ratchet answered.
"Will do" Optimus answered and he carefully helped his mate up. She nearly fell, but he managed to stop her. She felt bad and turned away. "Love, I love you. And I want to help as much as I can. Let me be your strength right now." Aquaformer nodded and carefully leaned into her mate. Ratchet detached the drip and Optimus helped his mate home, making sure she got energon and rest once home. And instead of leaving when Aquaformer fell into recharge, Optimus joined her to help her rest better. He just hoped that she could carry on just a little longer so the sparklings could be sparked alive. Only time would tell.