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Transformers Prime: The Medic's Assistant
Chapter 42: How it All Began Part 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime
(Millions of years ago - Cybertron)
Ratchet was nearly done the patch job as Stormracer continued to assist him.
"I'm almost done," the medic said.
"Aren't you going to put his grappling claw back in?" Stormracer asked.
"I can do that back in Iacon," he said, "the sooner we get off this ship the better."
Just then they heard a noise, making Ratchet stop what he was doing as they looked around.
"What is that?" Stormracer asked as the sound grew louder.
It didn't take long for Ratchet to identify it as his optics widened. "The engine. Lockdown must have remote started the ship." Now short for time, he deactivated his welder. "Hand me a patch. Hurry!"
Stormracer dug through the kit and pulled one out. "Here."
Ratchet placed it on Transwarp. Once on, he then put the messenger's arm over him. "Help me carry him," he told Stormracer.
Stormracer got to the other side of Transwarp and put his arm over her. Both her and Ratchet helped him off the berth and towards the doorway. They were halfway there when Stormracer gasped and stopped dead in her tracks.
"What is it?" Ratchet asked her. It wasn't until he saw the look of horror on her face that he looked at the doorway and gasped.
Stepping through the doorway, the wolf made its way into the bridge. It bared its sharp silver fangs at them as it growled loudly.
"Scrap!" Ratchet said.
The three bots slowly backed away as the wolf approached. Ratchet glanced over his shoulder. The energon prod was still sitting on the table where Stormracer had left it. Problem was it was now twenty feet away from them. He brought his attention back to the wolf.
"We have to get the prod," he told Stormracer, "just slowly keep backing away and don't make any sudden movements."
The wolf took a few more steps before preparing itself to pounce.
"I think he's about to make a sudden movement," Stormracer said fearfully.
With a loud snarl, the wolf leaped at them.
Quickly thinking, Ratchet shoved Transwarp and Stormracer out of the way, allowing the wolf to attack only him. He fell to the floor with the wolf right on top as it tried to take a bite out of him. Ratchet immediately grabbed the wolf's jaws before they could bite down on his face.
Stormracer was horrified. Remembering what Ratchet said, she forced herself up and ran for the prod.
As Ratchet tried to push the wolf's jaws away, his arm began sparking, the pain making it harder for him to keep the beast back.
The wolf snarled loudly as it brought its jaws closer to the medic, ready to make him its next meal. Just then it felt an electric shock in its side, making it yelp in pain as it hopped off of Ratchet.
Stormracer frowned at the animal as she held the sparking energon prod. "Bad wolf!"
The wolf responded by leaping at her. Her bravery now gone, Stormracer screamed as the wolf knocked her flat on her back and got hold of the prod. Realizing the prod was no longer in her servos, she looked up to see the beast standing there with the weapon in its mouth. With one hard chomp, the wolf bit it into two pieces.
Stormracer fearfully watched as both halves of the prod fell to the floor. Scrap!
The wolf let out a snarl as it hovered over the femme, making her let out a shriek. But before it could attack, Ratchet rammed right into it from the side, knocking it away from her. Activating his scalpels, he stood protectively in front of Stormracer as the wolf got back up.
The beast kept its distance from the medic but continued growling.
Ratchet glanced out the window. The ship was already in the air and heading for Kaon. Lockdown must have set the ship to autopilot. Needing to change course, he glanced over at the femme. "Stormracer, I need you to turn this ship around."
"But I've never-"
"I'll guide you." he told her, "Hurry."
Scrambling to her pedes, Stormracer ran to the ship's controls. The wolf went to chase after her before Ratchet got in its way.
"Ep ep ep!" he told it, "You're not going anywhere."
The wolf snarled and went to attack him. Waiting for the right moment, Ratchet swung his scalpel.
Soon as Stormracer got to the controls, she looked at the many buttons before her. Many buttons. "Okay, what do I do?!" she shouted at Ratchet.
Ratchet dodged the wolf before swinging his other scalpel at it. "Reset the autopilot!" Ratchet shouted back, "there should be a button somewhere on the left!"
Looking to her left, she saw a lot more buttons. "Oh, good," she muttered. Looking at a button, she pushed it. Immediately she covered her audio receptors as an alarm went off.
Ratchet cringed at the sound. He then yelped as the wolf pounced at him from behind and latched onto his back. Trying to shake the wolf off, the medic grabbed it and threw it over his head.
Stormracer pressed the button again, silencing the alarm. "Wrong one." Looking at another, she pressed it. There was a ringing sound before a video call popped up. Stormracer's optics widened once she saw the decepticon second in command on the screen.
"Lockdown, where-?" Starscream went to say before noticing the teal femme standing there. "Wait, who are you?" He then noticed the fight happening behind her and was even more confused. "What is going on over there?!"
"Uuuh, sorry wrong number!" she quickly said before ending the call on the bewildered seeker. She awkwardly stood there as she processed the fact she had just hung up on the decepticon SIC. Snapping out of it, she looked at the other buttons and groaned.
"What's happening over there?!" Ratchet shouted as he struggled to keep the wolf back.
"I can't find the button!" she told him, "There's too many!"
Ratchet back handed the beast back before taking a peek at the controls. "The blue one!" he shouted. Looking forward, he gasped as the wolf pounced at him, making him fall flat on his back with the creature right on top.
Stormracer pressed the blue button, revealing the autopilot system on the screen. "Okay, now what?!"
The medic kicked the wolf off of him. "Set it for Iacon! Exactly 90 degrees North!" He immediately rolled out of the way before the wolf could pounce on him again.
Stormracer typed in the coordinates. "Coordinates set!"
Ratchet got back on his pedes. "Now press the blue button again to lock it in!"
Stormracer did. Soon as the new destination was locked in, she felt the ship turning around as it changed course.
"Yes!" she cheered, "course set for Iacon!"
The wolf charged at the medic and leaped. This time ready, Ratchet pulled his fist back and punched the wolf across the face, knocking the animal out as it flew back and fell to the floor.
With the wolf finally down, Ratchet let out a vent of relief before making his way over to Stormracer. "Good work," he congratulated her.
Stormracer let out a happy laugh. Suddenly she shrieked as an EMP pulse hit her from behind, making her fall to the floor unconscious.
"Stormracer!" Ratchet exclaimed. Immediately he turned around. Standing in front of the doorway was Lockdown with the medic's EMP generator activated.
"I love this thing," Lockdown said with a grin.
Glaring at him, Ratchet charged at Lockdown, only for the bounty hunter to use the EMP on him. Ratchet let out a cry before falling to the floor.
Lockdown looked down at him and tsked. "Did you really think I couldn't break out of my own cell? I've broken into high security prisons just to get bounties."
The bounty hunter walked past the doctor and over to the controls. Setting the destination back to Kaon, he locked the coordinates in before looking down at the unconscious femme.
"Never met anyone dumb enough to sneak onto my ship," he said as he knelt down beside her, "too bad your little rescue attempt failed, Sweetspark." He smirked as he lifted her chin up. "Don't worry. You won't be out long. I want to see the look on your face when I throw you out the airlock. But not before I take something of yours first."
But before he could, he heard a sound from behind. He turned around in time for Ratchet to punch him across the face, knocking him away from Stormracer. Letting out a groan, he looked up at the medic who stood between him and the femme.
"What the-?" the shocked bounty hunter said as he got back up, "but I shut you down!"
"EMPs don't work on me," Ratchet explained as he activated his scalpels, "you could say I'm immune."
Lockdown snarled as he activated his chainsaw. "Good to know."
The two clashed weapons together. The teeth on the chainsaw sparked as they hit against Ratchet's scalpels. Pulling his weapon away, Lockdown swung it at his opponent, only for Ratchet to duck in time and shoulder roll out of the way. Lockdown growled as he turned around to strike again.
Backing away, Ratchet kept his scalpels up as the bounty hunter charged at him.
The wolf soon regained itself and got back up. Seeing its master fighting the medic, it looked over at Stormracer helplessly laying there. Growling, it bared its teeth and made its way over to her. But before it could even reach her, it went flying to the side with an energon net wrapping around it. The wolf let out a howl as the net released an electrical current, shocking the beast until it blacked out.
Ratchet looked at the wolf before looking over at Transwarp. The messenger had crawled over to the trophy case and had grabbed a net launcher to save Stormracer.
Lockdown unfortunately saw this as well. Annoyed by his bounty interfering, he fired the EMP as Ratchet tried to stop him, only for the pulse to still hit Transwarp. Soon the orange and blue bot found himself blacking out again as he slumped to the floor.
Lockdown then kicked Ratchet back, giving him some distance. Ratchet staggered back as Lockdown went to bring his chainsaw down on him. The medic immediately shoulder rolled away. Twisting around, he used his scalpel to slice the back of Lockdown's leg, making the bounty hunter let out a painful yell. Glaring at the medic, Lockdown gave him an uppercut and sent him flying. Ratchet grunted as he landed on the floor with a thud.
Lockdown looked at the cut on his leg and laughed. "Not bad, Old-Timer," he said as he approached Ratchet, "I think I'm starting to appreciate those scalpels of yours. I might have to clear a new spot on the trophy case."
Ratchet spat energon out of his mouth as he got back up. Wait. Trophy case. The medic glanced over at it before looking back at Lockdown. Getting into a fighting stance, he motioned his servo for Lockdown to attack.
The bounty hunter grinned as he started up his chainsaw. He went for the attack, only for the medic to quickly dodged and get behind. Exactly where the trophy case was.
Grabbing the first weapon he saw from the case; Ratchet spun around and fired it at Lockdown. A bola-whip shot out and wrapped around the bounty hunter, trapping his arms to his sides.
Lockdown grunted as he staggered back. Using his chainsaw, he cut through the whip and freed his arms.
"That all you got?" he asked.
Grabbing a flash bomb, Ratchet threw it and immediately shielded his optics. The bomb went off, releasing a blinding light. Lockdown yelled as he shielded his optics. Soon as he was blinded, Ratchet ran over and began continuously punching him. Lockdown was having a hard time seeing as he stepped back with each blow Ratchet gave him. However, it didn't last. The medic was about to punch him again before the bounty hunter caught his fist and punched him in the chest. Ratchet let out a grunt as he flew back and slammed into the wall. Falling on his front, he let out a groan.
Rubbing his optics, Lockdown soon got his full sight back. He had energon bleeding from his mouth as he used his thumb to wipe it off. Having enough, he glared at the medic. "Enough toying around," he said as he made his way over to his opponent.
Shaking off the pain, Ratchet looked up in time to see Lockdown standing there. Immediately he rolled out of the way before the chainsaw could come down on him.
Off to the side, Stormracer groaned as she slowly began waking up. "Ugh, my head," she mumbled as she sat up. Remembering the situation, she looked over to see Ratchet and Lockdown fighting each other. She flinched as Ratchet went flying back, telling her he was not winning.
Lockdown grazed his chainsaw along the wall, causing sparks to fly as he approached Ratchet.
Getting back up, Ratchet looked at the trophy case beside him and grabbed a blaster. He fired it at Lockdown, only for the bounty hunter to activate a shield on his arm and use it to block the blasts. Detaching it, he threw it at Ratchet and knocked the blaster out of his servo.
Terrified for the medic, Stormracer frantically looked around before laying optics on Transwarp's grappling claw still on the table.
Ratchet ended up backing himself into a corner as the bounty hunter closed in.
"Game over, Doc," Lockdown said.
Stormracer immediately got up and grabbed the claw. However, she had no idea how it worked and was desperately looking it over. "Come on, how does this thing work?" she asked herself. Just then her finger accidentally hit the switch, causing the claw to shoot out. The claw flew by behind Lockdown and latched itself onto the wall.
"Huh?" Lockdown said as he stopped to look over his shoulder.
Stormracer immediately tried pulling the claw back. Finding the switch, she pulled it back all the way. But instead of the claw coming to her, she found herself going to the claw.
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" she screamed as the cable pulled her off her pedes and sent her flying towards Lockdown.
BOOM!
Stormracer ended up colliding into Lockdown, knocking him off his pedes and slamming him into the wall. Letting out a grunt, the bounty hunter fell to the floor and laid there groaning.
On the floor herself, Stormracer groaned as she sat up and rubbed her head. "So that's how it works."
Lockdown growled in frustration as he got on his knees. With the femme's back turned to him, he raised his chainsaw to attack.
"Heh hem!"
Lockdown looked behind him. Soon as he did, his face was met with Ratchet's fist as the medic punched him between the optics.
A surprised Stormracer turned around to see Lockdown fall to the floor, knocked out.
"My name is not Doc," Ratchet angrily told the unconscious bounty hunter. Letting out a vent, he extended his servo to Stormracer, helping her back up. "Are you alright?"
"Heh, told you that EMP was a knockout," she said jokingly.
Ratchet only rolled his optics. Finding a pair of cuffs on the trophy case, he handcuffed the bounty hunter before he and Stormracer made their way over to the ship's controls. "Let's try this again," the medic said. He turned off the autopilot and took full control of the ship.
Stormracer shrieked as the medic made a hard turn, causing her to hold onto the console to keep herself from falling over. Soon the ship was turned around and headed straight for Iacon again. In need of help, Ratchet opened communications to reach out to the bots.
"This is autobot medic, Ratchet," he said, "I am approaching Iacon City in a neutral vessel with an injured autobot and a civilian. We have a dangerous bot on board and are in need of back up."
Hearing a noise from behind, Stormracer turned around. She then let out a shriek as a servo back handed her, sending her flying to the side. Ratchet immediately spun around to see Lockdown standing there, glaring at him as he dropped the broken handcuffs.
"You never learn, do you?" the bounty hunter asked. Grabbing Ratchet by the arm, he threw him the other way with all his might. Ratchet grunted as he hit the floor and skidded to a stop.
Lockdown smirked as he approached him.
Recovering from the blow, Stormracer groaned as she looked up to see what was happening. Seeing the medic down, fear took hold as she watched the bounty hunter getting closer to him. She had to do something.
Think, Storm, think!
She looked over at the helm. Getting a crazy idea, she got up and ran over to it.
Ratchet tried to get back up, only for Lockdown to stomp his pede down on his chest. The bounty hunter maliciously chuckled as he activated his chainsaw.
"Hope Megatron doesn't mind me handing you over in pieces," he said. The chainsaw's teeth rapidly spinning around, he raised his weapon up to strike.
Stormracer wasted no time as she grabbed the helm and cranked it to the right, causing the ship to immediately tilt. Lockdown yelped as he lost his footing and slid across the floor. Ratchet found himself sliding as well and immediately grabbed hold of the table, stopping him. It wasn't until he saw a still unconscious Transwarp sliding by that he leaped away to catch him. Stormracer held onto the helm as her pedes tried to slide from underneath her.
Lockdown's trophy case even toppled over, sending his mods flying as it slid down towards the bounty hunter. Lockdown didn't have time to react as the case collided into him, pinning him against the wall. He let out a grunt as the weight trapped him in place.
Stormracer looked over to see what was happening. Seeing Lockdown pinned, she let out a vent of relief before looking back out the window. Her optics then widened when she saw a large structure approaching fast. "AAAH!" she screamed as she gave the ship another hard turn, this time to the left. Everyone and everything went sliding again, this time in the other direction.
"Stormracer!" Ratchet shouted in annoyance as he and Transwarp slid past her.
"Sorry!" she shouted back as she held onto the helm. Soon as she leveled the ship, she let out another vent of relief. "Heh," she chuckled, "I should be a pilot."
Unfortunately, the case was no longer trapping the bounty hunter as he got back on his pedes. The femme's back turned to him, he powered up the EMP at a higher setting and aimed it at her.
Ratchet saw this and shouted, "Behind you!"
Stormracer turned around to see Lockdown with the EMP pointed at her. Letting out a shriek, she leaped out of the way as he fired... making him hit the ship's controls instead. Everything sparked as the ship went into power down.
"... Uh oh," Stormracer said.
Seeing the mistake he made, Lockdown rushed to the controls. However, the ship was already starting to go down, making him fall and slide all the way to the back.
Stormracer tried to hold on to the console but ended up losing her grip. She let out a shriek as she slid across the floor.
Hanging onto Transwarp, Ratchet made his way over and was able to catch her. Ratchet then latched onto the wall and used himself to secure Stormracer and Transwarp as the ship got closer to the ground.
"Brace yourself!" he told her.
Stormracer's optics were shut tight as the ship crashed down. She felt herself go flying forward as Ratchet lost his grip. Colliding into something, she blacked out.
She didn't know how long she was out for. Groaning, she held her sore helm as she sat up. The room was an even bigger mess with the windows cracked and the controls sparking. Her body was trembling as she tried to get back up. She looked around for Ratchet and Transwarp before laying optics on the messenger. She was about to make her way towards him when a shadow loomed over her. She shrieked as a servo picked her up and threw her across the room. She grunted as she hit the wall and fell to the floor. Her head spun around as she tried to regain her senses. By the time she recovered, she looked up to see Lockdown towering over her. And he did not look happy.
"I gave you a chance to just walk away," he said angrily, "you really should have minded your own business."
Stormracer was terrified as she pressed herself against the wall. Deciding she didn't want to go out scared, she put on a brave face. "You were going to take them to Megatron! He would have killed them if you did!"
"So what?" he said, "as long as I get paid, he can melt them down for all I care."
"Well, it's too late," she said, "your ships down and there's no way you can get them to him."
Lockdown laughed. "You think I don't have connections? One call and I'll have a whole squad of cons come pick them up. Too bad you'll be long gone by then." He activated the EMP and set it even higher. "I wonder what this thing does at full power."
Her brave face vanishing, Stormracer shielded herself as he aimed the EMP at her.
But before he could fire, a large scalpel came down, slicing off Lockdown's arm. The bounty hunter let out a painful scream as sparks and energon flew from his wound. Falling to his knees, he looked up to see Ratchet standing there.
"It's. Not. A weapon," Ratchet growled.
Lockdown looked at the EMP still attached to his severed arm before looking back at Ratchet. "Use it," he pleaded, "make the pain stop. Please."
Ratchet glared at him, not trusting him at all.
"Please!"
Reminding himself he was still a medic, Ratchet kept the glare, but knelt down to grab the EMP. As he did, Lockdown grinned as he activated his chainsaw.
"Look out!" Stormracer warned the medic.
Ratchet immediately jumped back as Lockdown swung the chainsaw at him, grazing him across the chest. Before he could react, the bounty hunter leaped up and tackled him. They rolled around before Ratchet found himself pinned to the floor. Seeing the chainsaw coming down, he immediately blocked it with his scalpel, struggling to keep it away as Lockdown pushed it towards his neck.
Stormracer forced herself up before noticing the grappling claw close to her. Frowning at Lockdown, she picked it up.
Lockdown smirked as he pushed his chainsaw closer to the old bot. But just when he thought he was winning, something flew by in front of him, latching itself onto an empty crate. Looking over, he saw Stormracer with the grappling claw mod in her servos. He only laughed at her. "You missed."
Looking at the crate she snagged, Stormracer grunted as she gave it a hard yank. Lockdown turned his head just as the crate collided right into it. He let out a grunt as the blow knocked him off the medic and onto the floor. The bounty hunter down, Stormracer immediately rushed over to Ratchet and helped him up.
"You okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," he said, "thank you."
She smiled and nodded.
Recovering from the blow, Lockdown saw the EMP in front of him. Making sure the two were distracted, he ripped it off his severed arm and activated it. But before he could use it on Stormracer, a shot was fired, hitting the EMP out of his servo.
"No!" he yelled as the damaged EMP fell to the floor.
Both Ratchet and Stormracer immediately turned around to see the now broken EMP. They then looked over at a conscious Transwarp sitting up with a blaster in his servos.
"Transwarp, I needed that!" Ratchet exclaimed.
The messenger looked at him in disbelief.
Outmatched, Lockdown grimaced at the three. He didn't want to admit to himself that he lost to an outdated medic, an injured messenger, and a timid civilian. Though with his injury and the EMP generator gone, he had to be smart. Which was why he was glad he put plan B into action. A small red light flashed on his arm, signaling him. Looking at the three, he grinned. "Gotta run." Grabbing a smoke bomb from his compartment, he threw it down.
Ratchet, Stormracer, and Transwarp coughed as smoke filled the area. Though once it cleared, there was no sign of Lockdown and his pet anywhere.
"Scrap!" Ratchet said.
"Well, at least you disarmed him," Stormracer said, hoping to lighten the mood.
The medic only gave her a look.
"Sorry," she apologized sheepishly.
Ratchet vented. Walking over to his EMP, he picked it up and frowned at the damage done to it.
Stormracer walked over to Transwarp. "Thanks for the save."
"We... should go," he said.
Ratchet walked over to the two. "Indeed. I believe you still have a message to deliver."
Remembering the projector, Stormracer opened her compartment and pulled it out. "Here," she said as she handed it to Transwarp, "I believe this belongs to you."
Transwarp's optics widened as he took the projector. "Where did you-"
"I found it in the alley after Lockdown's wolf attacked us," she said.
"Did you... look at it?"
"Only by accident," Ratchet said, "however, since it is your mission, you should be the one to deliver it to Optimus."
Stormracer nodded in agreement.
Looking at the projector, the messenger looked back at them and smiled.
Soon as Ratchet and Stormracer helped Transwarp up, the three made their way down the corridor. They kept their guards up, suspecting Lockdown to be hiding and ready to attack. Thankfully, there was no sign of him as they made it safely to the hatch.
It wasn't until they stepped out of the ship that they fearfully stopped in their tracks. Standing before them was a group of ten vehicons with their blasters pointed at them.
"What?!" Stormracer said.
"Lockdown must have contacted the decepticons after the crash," Ratchet said.
Stormracer fearfully looked at the decepticons. "What do we do?"
Ratchet remained quiet, knowing there was no way out of this.
One of the vehicons activated his commlink. "Lord Megatron. We have the messenger in sight, along with two autobots. Just as the bounty hunter said."
"Bring them to me," a menacing voice ordered from the other end.
Their weapons still on them, the vehicons began making their way towards the trio. But before they could seize them, shots were fired from the side, gaining their attention.
The three looked to see a group of autobots coming to their aid as they fired their weapons at the enemy. Stormracer's optics widened in surprise when she saw who was leading the group.
Ahead of the others, Optimus Prime fired his blasters as he charged at the decepticons. Following his lead were Jazz, Prowl, and two other bots.
Ratchet looked at Stormracer. "Quick, this way!" The three made their way around to avoid the fire power. One of the vehicons saw them and was about to fire before a blast hit him, offlining him instantly. Soon as they were in the clear, Jazz made his way over to them.
"Man, you three been having a crazy day!" he said.
"You can say that again," Stormracer said.
The remaining vehicons outmatched, they began retreating. One decided to make a last-ditch attempt and fired a random shot before running away.
The stray blast hit a pool of energon, igniting it. Everyone looked to see the fire making its way towards the ship.
"The ships going to blow!" Prowl warned.
"Autobots, fall back!" Optimus ordered. The Prime placed Transwarp over his shoulder, allowing Stormracer and Ratchet to run alongside as the group headed for cover. As they ran, the fire grew bigger as it reached the fuel lines.
BOOM!
Getting behind a hill in time, the group took cover as the force hit, sending debris flying over their heads. Soon as it was clear, everyone looked over to see the damage done. What once was a ship was now a smoldering mess of scrap and parts.
"Whoa," was all Stormracer could say.
(Time skip)
Night had already fallen once the group made it back to Iacon. Ratchet, Stormracer, and Transwarp were taken to a military base to be checked over. Time went by as Stormracer found herself sitting in the medbay getting her commlink fixed. Soon as she was done, she looked over to see Transwarp laying on one of the berths. Hopping off hers, she walked over to him.
"How're you feeling?" she asked.
"Still sore," he said, "but the doctor says I'll live. What about you?"
"Still shook," she said, "but I'll be fine."
"Thank you for helping me," he said, "you were pretty brave."
The femme sheepishly chuckled. "I was actually more terrified than brave," she confessed.
"And yet you helped take down a bounty hunter and keep Megatron from getting his servos on autobot intel."
"Did you give it to Optimus?"
"Yes. Mission accomplished."
Stormracer smiled. Remembering something, she pulled out his mod. "Here's your grappling claw. Hope you didn't mind me borrowing it. Maybe Ratchet can reinstall it when he gets a chance."
Looking at the claw for a moment, he looked back at her and smiled. "Keep it," he said, "for helping me."
Stormracer was surprised as she tried to decline. "Nono, I couldn't take-"
"It's alright," he said, "I rarely use it anyway."
Looking at the grappling claw, she looked back at him and smiled. "Thanks."
Letting him rest, Stormracer walked away as she looked at the mod. Boy, did she have a story to tell Greenlight and Lancer later. Well, once the bots deemed it safe for her to leave. When the bots scoured the wreckage, there was no trace of Lockdown or his wolf, meaning they were still out there somewhere. The bots insisted she remain at the base until things died down. The thought of Lockdown still out there scared her. If he went back to what he was doing, who knows who else would fall victim to his hunts.
(Time skip)
Stormracer had almost forgotten where she was when she woke up the next morning. Soon as she remembered she was still at the military base, she let out a vent. She looked around at the hangar she was in. Since she was the only femme, Jazz made sure she got her own hangar. It wasn't much, but she liked it.
It had taken her awhile to fall into recharge from all the excitement she had the other day. She looked at the grappling claw on the nightstand beside her, remembering Transwarp gave it to her. She smiled. She wasn't sure what she would use it for, but hopefully it would come in handy in the future. She just needed to practice with it first.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door. Getting up, Stormracer walked over and opened it, revealing the autobot medic.
"Morning," he said.
Stormracer smiled as she stepped out of the room. "Hey, Ratchet. How're you feeling?"
"Much better, thank you," he said, "I hope I didn't disturb you. I want to say thank you for yesterday. Had you not assisted, Transwarp and I would have been at Megatron's mercy. You handled yourself well under pressure."
Stormracer smiled at the compliment as she rubbed the back of her head. "Well, I wouldn't say that. But I'm glad I could help. Sorry your EMP generator got damaged."
He vented. "As resourceful as it was, I can still manage without it."
"I'm sure you will," she assured him.
Ratchet continued. "However, even with my expertise, there are times I may require help in the med bay."
Stormracer looked at him questionably. "What do you mean?"
"I would like to offer you a job."
A surprised look soon spread across her face. "What?"
"I could use an assistant," he said, "and perhaps in time, I can teach you a thing or two on repairing bots."
Stormracer immediately perked up at that. "Really?" she asked, "you mean it?"
"Provided you are serious about learning," he said, "I don't deal with bots with just leaks and dents."
She immediately nodded. "I am, I absolutely understand, a hundred percent."
Seeing she was sincere, he smiled. "In that case, will you be able to start as soon as possible?" he asked as he extended his servo out.
Smiling big, Stormracer excitedly shook it. "Yes, of course!" she said, "Thank you so much! I promise you won't regret this!"
"We can discuss more later," he told her, "In the meantime, you should go refuel." He turned around to leave before Stormracer stopped him.
"Hey, uh, I've been meaning to ask," she said, "I get why Lockdown captured Transwarp, but why did he capture you too?"
Realizing he hadn't told her yet, he turned around to say something before a new voice joined in.
"Ratchet," Optimus said as he walked over to the two, "how are you both feeling?"
"Much better," the medic said.
Stormracer stared in awe at the autobot leader standing in front of her. "U-uh, yeah, me too," she stuttered.
Optimus looked at her. "I apologize for not properly greeting you sooner. Your name is Stormracer, correct?"
"Y-yes, th-that's me, Optimus- uh Mr. Prime, uh I mean Sir," She cleared her throat and shyly chuckled. "Sorry. I-It's a real honor to meet you."
"Ratchet informed me on what you did. While I do not condone the idea of a civilian putting themselves in danger, I am grateful for your actions." He smiled at her. "Had you not intervened, we would have lost not only a fellow autobot, but also our medic and most trusted friend. Team Prime is very much in your debt."
"I-It was nothing rea-" His words then sunk in as her optics widened. "Wait, say what now?"
"Perhaps I should have mentioned earlier," Ratchet told her, "I work directly under Optimus Prime as his team's medic." He looked at Optimus. "I have actually just hired Stormracer to be my assistant. That is of course if it's alright."
"Of course, old friend," Optimus told him. He looked at Stormracer and extended his servo to her. "Allow me to welcome you to Team Prime, Stormracer."
Stormracer couldn't believe what she just heard. Not only was she working for Ratchet, but was also now part of Optimus Prime's own team?!
"Th-thank you, Sir," she said as she shook his servo.
The medic and Prime then walked off, leaving a dumbstruck Stormracer standing there. It took her a moment to finally tell herself what had just happened.
"I'm on Team Prime."
Now full of even more excitement, a huge smile spread across her face as she happily squealed.
(Present Day)
(Autobot Base)
"And yeah, that's pretty much what happened," Stormracer said, "stopped the bad guy, got a cool grappling claw, became the medic's assistant and joined Team Prime."
"Whoa!" Raf said in amazement.
"Awesome!" Miko said.
"Never gets old," Sierra added.
"What ever happened to Lockdown?" Jack asked.
"Not sure," Stormracer said, "that was the last we ever saw him."
"And Transwarp?" Raf asked.
"After he recovered, he got right back in the fight," Stormracer said, "last I heard he joined a new team. I like to think he's still out there somewhere."
"We went through a lot that day," Ratchet said as he walked over to the group, "but in the end, we prevailed."
"And you've been Ratchet's assistant ever since?" Miko asked Stormracer.
"Yep," Stormracer said, "we went through a lot together since then."
"Although I could have done without the jokes," Ratchet said, "and the constant distractions. And the fooling around."
Stormracer sheepishly chuckled as she rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah, I've had my moments." She then laughed. "Hey, remember when I made that magnetic goo?"
Ratchet groaned. "How can I forget?"
Stormracer looked at the others. "I had found a bunch of chems and stuff in storage and decided to try and make a magnetic formula. I was about to put in the last ingredient when Ratchet walked in and scared the scrap out of me. The whole thing fell in and BOOM! The next thing we knew, we were covered in black goo!" She laughed. "Best part was the goo would stretch out from our armor just to touch the metal around us. Everyone thought we had alien parasites in us trying to get them!"
"I remember that!" Bumblebee bleeped as he laughed along, "Red Alert glitched when he saw the two of you!"
Stormracer laughed even harder. "The whole crew freaked out! It took days for it to finally come off! But the look on everyone's faces! Priceless! Haha!"
The others howled along with her while Ratchet rolled his optics. Though he still let out a quiet chuckle with his back turned so the others couldn't see or hear. Despite Stormracer's childlike behavior, she had proven to be a good assistant. Even a good student. Despite everything, she did keep her promise.
He never regretted hiring her.
Just then Optimus' voice came in through the comm unit, gaining everyone's attention.
"Ratchet," the Prime said, "we are ready to return to base."
Soon after the medic opened the groundbridge, Optimus drove in with Agent Fowler. Everyone walked over to them, curious to know what happened.
"So, what's the verdict?" Jack asked as Fowler climbed out of the semi, allowing Optimus to transform into bot mode.
"After giving General Bryce a very, very long explanation..." Agent Fowler started before smiling, "we were able to convince him to not terminate Team Prime."
"And thus, will continue to allow us to remain here," Optimus added.
Happy by the news, everyone let out a cheer.
(Millions of years ago- Cybertron)
Soon as he was far away, Lockdown leaned against what was left of a wall and growled in frustration. He lost his bounty, trophies, arm, and even his ship! Without his resources, he had no choice but to lay low. He was beyond furious. He hoped to see the medic and femme again. That way he could collect both of their heads for trophies!
Hearing a small whine, Lockdown looked down to see his wolf walking over to him. Venting, he petted its head as he tried to think of a plan.
The wolf then caught whiff of something and started growling as it turned around. Following his pet's gaze, Lockdown looked to see a hook-handed decepticon stepping out from behind the wall with a blaster aimed at him.
"You look lost, Stranger," he said, "you and your mutt better run along before you get yourselves hurt."
Lockdown only looked at him before looking down at the con's hook. "That's a nice arm you have there."
Before the con could react, the bounty hunter activated his chainsaw and swung.
And that was how Stormracer became Ratchet's assistant! I hope you enjoyed the flashback chapters. I also hope this last part wasn't rushed. I'll probably go back and fix a few things, but I hope you still liked it. And guess what? Next chapter is a SR/KO chapter! (Finally, lol). I won't say too much, but I will give you the name of the chapter. It will be called 'Spider's Web.' Depending on how long it is, I might end up splitting it into two parts, but we'll see.
Anyway, thank you all for reading and hopefully I will update again soon. Until next time! God bless!