And we are back for Chapter Nine! Things will be getting interesting soon for our dear Jessica, next chapter especially. But we gotta get through this chapter first. We got a couple new Autobots to introduce to the story line. Hope y'all enjoy it!
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Chapter Nine:
When I woke up next, it was to an empty room. I threw the covers off of me and climbed down the ladder that would take me to the floor. The human sized beds were located on one of the Autobot Berths. So it was a bit of a climb to get to. It made it easier for Ratchet to check up on us if we got hurt.
I walked out of the medbay and towards the front of the silo. The lights were down, indicating that it was probably later at night. One look at my phone, which had been in my pocket, told me that it was just after three in the morning. That meant none of the humans would be here and that meant most of the bots would be standing guard at their houses. There wouldn't be many bots hanging around at this time of night.
Cybertronians needed to get recharge just like humans needed to sleep. They didn't require nearly as much as we did, but if they didn't get a little, their systems would get sluggish before eventually shutting down altogether. That was one of the many things Ratchet had me read on a datapad.
Arriving to the main room, I realized there was only one bot hanging out that early, and it just so happened to be Ratchet. "Hey Ratchet." I announced myself in greeting. Ratchet turned around to face me, stopping whatever it was he was doing on the computer.
"Jessica, I see you're awake." He spoke cooly. I was surprised by his tone, it had been awhile since he had sounded like that around me. I was probably the human he liked the most, and I considered us to be friends. However, at that moment, Ratchet was looking anything but friendly as he stared at me expressionlessly.
"Uh, yeah. Is… Is everything alright?" I asked him.
Ratchet glared at me, looking disappointed. "Nothing, I just thought you had more respect for me is all. Upon waking, First Aid recognized you. He says the two of you had communicated in a shared dream. Twice. And then, I managed to get the truth from Cliffjumper that you had been the one to bring him back to life. I had my suspicions but I hoped you would have trusted me enough to tell me. But you never did, you choose to lie to me instead."
I looked down at the ground, feeling shameful at the hint of betrayal in his voice. I knew it was possible that First Aid would recognize me, but I hadn't thought of the repercussions of keeping my strange powers to myself. I also felt slightly bitter towards Cliff, though I had no right too. Ratchet was like family to him, after all. "I'm sorry, Ratchet. I just needed some time to figure out what was happening to me. I was afraid. I barely knew you guys when I saved Cliff's life and I was afraid you'd turn me into some kind of science experiment. And truthfully, I wasn't even sure if the dreams had actually been real until First Aid was carried in here." I attempted to explain myself, but even I had to admit that my reasons were poor.
"I understand that you might have felt that way then, but why did you keep this to yourself for two months!?"
Tears sprang to my eyes and I shrugged helplessly. "You've got to understand, I've never been able to trust anyone. Not since the incident happened. My only thoughts were to protect myself. You guys already knew so much, but you didn't know that my powers went beyond physical improvement. A part of me knew I could trust you guys, but my subconscious fears prevented me from saying anything."
Ratchet slammed a fist on the console of the computer. "That's not good enough! We have been working together. I have given you information about my people, information that we haven't even shared with your human government. I have never kept something important from you, despite the fact that you a civilian. You are basically a toddler compared to my people. But I trusted you. Optimus trusted you. And you broke that trust."
"It's MY life that being affected here, dammit! I'm the one who's got these freaky powers, powers that I don't even fucking understand." I reached up and bunched my hair in my fist, breathing heavily in frustration. "I don't know what I'm doing, Ratchet. I'm just a small, insignificant human! Why do I have powers that allow me to bring your people back from the dead? Or communicate with Cybertronians that are several fucking lightyears away? What else can I do? How could the Decepticons use this power should they ever find out? I don't know! And it scares the living shit out of me."
Tears were now streaming freely down my face. I knew this was more than just keeping secrets from him. Ratchet felt like I had broken his trust. It was obvious that he had feelings for me as I did for him. Knowing that I hurt the bot that I was falling in love with left me feeling completely heart broken.
"I understand that your afraid, Jessica. But this is about more than just you. My entire race could be affected by the powers you possess. You might even be the key to restoring Cybertron, to keeping my people from extinction." Ratchet finally said after a moment of silence. He sounded so broken in that moment.
"I'm sorry, but I never wanted to be some pawn in your war."
Ratchet didn't say anything to that and I refused to look at him. I knew my words cut even deeper than the lack of before. But it was too late to take them back. "I see." Was all he said before looking away from me.
Something had changed between the two of us in that moment and I was afraid I might have just ruined whatever might have happened with us in the future. I stood by what I said, however. I didn't want to be the key to winning their war. I was an average, twenty-one year old girl who had seen so much shit in my life already.
I wasn't ready or prepared to help them. Nor was I even willing. Did that make me a bad person? Maybe. But it was how I felt.
The clanking of Cybertronian feet alerted us to someone new entering the room. I looked up and saw Cliff. "Is everything alright in here?" He asked, his optics narrowing when he noticed the tear trails on my cheeks. Ratchet walked away, refusing to look at either of us as he walked past Cliffjumper. He turned to face me. "Jess?"
A sob built up in my throat and I collapsed on the floor. I buried my face in my knees and began weeping loudly. Cliff quickly walked over to me. His holoform flickered into existence and he took me into his arms. I turned to face him and buried my face in chest. My tears began soaking through his shirt. Cliff hugged me close, resting his chin on my head and rubbing soothing circles on my back.
I just couldn't get the look of utter pain and betrayal in Ratchets optics. I had hurt someone I truly cared about because of my inability to trust anyone. Why was I so fucked up that I pushed away the people that mattered the most? "He h-h-hates me n-now, doesn't h-he." I whispered between sobs.
"Of course not, partner. Ratchet's just upset. He'll get over it in time." Cliff tried to assure me, but it didn't help much. I lied to him and that hurt him. "I lied to him too, sweetspark. Just give it time. Ratchet's not one to hold grudges."
"B-but Cliff, I-I think I l-l-love him!" My voice cracked when I finally admitted this, not only to him, but to myself as well.
Cliff gave no indication that he was surprised by my admission. Instead, his hold tightened to comfort me. "I know." He whispered much to my surprise. He smiled sadly at me. "The looks between the two of you were pretty obvious. I was hoping you would have told me the other day, but I wasn't going to push it. It's pretty obvious that both of you have strong feelings for one another." Cliffjumper kissed the top of my head, a human gesture that I was surprised he'd picked up on. "That's how I know Ratchet will forgive you though. He cares about you very much, he just needs time to process."
"You really think he'll forgive me?"
"I know he will. Now come on, wipe those pretty optics- err, eyes, of yours and give me a smile." Cliff leaned back, encouraging me with a smile. I reached up and wiped the tears from my eyes and smile at Cliff, appreciatively. "That's my girl."
I giggled before reaching towards him and pulling him in for another hug. "Thanks Cliff, you're the best." He hugged me back just as tightly. When I finally released him, his holoform blinked away. Cliffjumpers real body offered me a hand and I climbed into it. Then I yawned, my eyes feeling heavy once more. "God, why am I still so tired. I've slept for like a week now." I groaned and Cliff laughed.
"It's only been three days and you were nearly squished to death. Come on, you can recharge with me in my room. I have a feeling you don't want to be alone." Cliff beamed and I quickly nodded in agreement. I had a bed set up in his room as well. I didn't use it very often, but sometimes it was nice to be near my guardian and best friend.
Cliff set me down close to my bed. "Get some sleep, partner. Tomorrow you'll be doing some more training." He winked and I resisted the urge to groan. He laughed. "Hey, you've had a three day vacation. Time to get back to work."
"S'not my fault I was unconscious." I muttered as I crawled into bed and wrapped myself in the blanket. I was out almost instantly.
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Later that day, I was sitting on the couch in the front of the silo, lost in my thoughts. The children still hadn't arrived so it was pretty quiet. Ratchet was pretty much ignoring me, instead focusing all his attention on First Aid. I noticed that First Aid kept shooting me curious glances, but was mostly trying to listen to his mentor.
Optimus and Cliff had gone out for patrol about an hour ago and had yet to come back. So getting the cold shoulder was pretty lonely. The final bot, Sunstreaker, had just entered the room. It was my first time being in his presence while he was actually awake, and he was sneering at me of course. I glared right back at him, not at all interested in dealing with his attitude. I don't care if he liked humans or not, I would not be pushed around.
"Great, another squishy. How many of those do you have around here, Hatchet?" Sunstreaker grumbled and I huffed in irritation.
"Yo, tinhead, I have a name and it's not Squishy. Either call me by real name or don't fucking mention me at all." I jeered. Like I said, I really wasn't interested in dealing with robots that had a bad attitude.
"What did you say to me?" He growled, his swords sliding forward. He pointed them threatening at me and I just rolled my eyes.
"You hard of hearing or something? I said…" I cupped my hands around my mouth. "DON'T FUCKING MENTION ME IF YOU CAN'T USE MY ACTUAL GIVEN NAME." I removed my hands and smirked. "Was that better or should I say it one more time?"
Sunstreaker was absolutely shaking with rage now and I could only grin with mockery. He didn't scare me, none of them did. And as pissed off as Ratchet might be at me right now, I knew he'd never allow anyone to harm me. So yeah, come at me dude. Come after the girl who currently harnesses the power of the Allspark. "You little glitch, I'm gonna-" He was stepping forward dangerously but I stood my ground.
"Sunstreaker, that's enough." Ratchet warned. "Optimus already told you that we don't harm humans. But we especially don't harm that one though. She's too important."
The gold mech scoffed. "How can this little insect be important? It can easily be squished."
"Because this little insect happens to be the Allspark. And whether you or I or anyone else cares, I'm too important to winning your war and restoring your planet. So yeah, back up man." I smirked, feeling smug.
Sunstreaker laughed darkly. "Her? This tiny, insignificant bug is the Allspark. That's fragging ridiculous."
"And yet, it is true all the same." A new voice joined in and I looked up surprised. Optimus and Cliff had returned sometime during Sunstreakers and I's little argument. I felt pretty relieved at the sight of the big guy and my guardian. "Sunstreaker, this human and all others are under my protection. You will not harm them. If you do, I will not hesitate to throw you in a prison cell." Optimus warned him.
"Whatever." Sunstreaker grumbled before stomping out of the room and further into the silo. I watched him go, feeling oddly satisfied that he got put in his place.
"Jessica, it is not wise to provoke Sunstreaker. While he is a loyal bot, he has been known to detest any species that are different from our own. Humans especially, it seems." Optimus warned me now.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Sorry Optimus but I won't let him or anyone else push me away just because of my size or gender. I've dealt with that enough in my life. He needed to understand that I'm not like most humans, I will fight back." I explained to him, feeling slightly uncomfortable at his scrutiny. However, Optimus just nodded his head, saying he understood my point but to be careful nonetheless.
A honk halted any other conversation. The other three had arrived with their human charges. I was really glad to have people my own size around once more. When Jack hopped off of Arcee's vehicle mode, I quickly gave him a hug which he returned. "I'm glad to see you're alright." Jack smiled, looking relieved.
"Thanks. It's good to see another human. I've been awake off and on all night and have been surrounded by titans!" I chuckled and Jack laughed with me.
I followed the three human children up to the second level landing and took a seat on the couch while they went to greet First Aid and Ratchet. Jack sent me a suspicious look and I knew he sensed the tension between Ratchet and I. However, I gave no indication that would confirm or deny his thoughts, whatever they might be.
He came over to join me on the couch. Before he could say a word though, a loud voice came on through the computers microphones.
"Prime! PRIME!"
Ratchet looked pretty annoyed as he typed something into his computer. A screen popped up, revealing the face of Fowler. "Special Agent Fowler, to what do we owe-" Optimus began but he was cut off.
"What else, Cons. I chased them off with some slick moves, but not before they blew me out of the sky! They tried to smash and grab the dingus."
"The what?" Arcee asked, looking as confused as the rest of us. What sort of person names something the dingus? Fowler rolled his eyes, huffing as he pulled up an image of what I assumed was the dingus.
"Dynamic Nuclear Generation System, aka DINGUS. It's a prototype energy source I'm transporting to the coast for testing."
Ratchet scoffed. "Pfft, that's absurd. Why would Starscream both with such primitive technology?"
"I'm guessing to make a big fat primitive weapon of mass destruction. If this baby was to melt down, it would eradicate this state and the four next door." Uhh, what state did Fowler say he was currently in? "I'm a sitting duck here, Prime. I need you to spin up your bridge and send the DINGUS to its destination before the Cons come back for it."
"I'm afraid that sending such a volatile device through a groundbridge is out of the question. If there were to be an accident during its transmission, the radiation of which you speak could propagate through the groundbridge vortex and harm all fifty states, and beyond." Optimus informed him gravely.
"You got any better ideas?"
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They decided the best thing to do would be that they personally drove the thing to its destination. So Optimus, Bulkhead, Bee, Arcee, Cliff, and First Aid all used the groundbridge to get to Fowlers location. Ratchet and the still sulking Sunstreaker were left behind.
Jack decided now would be a good time to interrogate me. "So, what's going on with you and Ratchet? The two of you were thick as thieves a couple days ago, now your avoiding one another. Did something happen?" He asked me and I sighed, feeling the hurt from our argument once more.
"Let's just say that Ratchet discovered I had been lying to him and, when he confronted me about it, I said some pretty harsh things. Things that probably ruined the friendship we built." I replied sullenly.
Jack laid a hand on my shoulder and smiled sadly. "Hey, I'm sure whatever it is, it wasn't as bad as you think. You and Ratchet share a pretty special bond, we all have seen it. Both of you just need some time to cool off. And you know I'm always here for you. I know you have secrets from your past and that's okay. But I'm here whenever your ready to talk about them. You were my first true friend."
"Thanks Jack." I smiled gratefully. "I'm trying. I want to tell you guys about my past but it's so hard. Just know that I do trust you, all of you."
"I know you do." Jack opened his arms, offering me a hug and I accepted it.
"That;s the one! The Con who shot me down. Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Skyguy? There's a whole team of Cons!"
Jack and I walked over to the railing and looked over the computer screen. We both exchanged frowns when we saw that there were no Decepticon signals in the area, only Autobots. "What? I'm not picking up anything. They must be utilizing a cloaking technology." Ratchet informed them, but he didn't look very certain.
"Well, I'll be dipped."
"Our assailants are not Decepticons. They are human."
Optimus was the second one to speak and his words shocked everyone in the room. "Human?" Everyone but Miko exclaimed. "Oh please! Taking on our bots, they're roadkill!" Miko added instead.
"They claim their name is MECH."
I snorted when Optimus informed us that. What kind of organization gives themselves a ridiculous name like MECH. Ratchet typed on the computer once more, bringing up a map that showed the route the Autobots were taking. "Optimus prepare to enunciate phase two. Five miles ahead to the south, you will reach the rendezvous point." He informed the Autobot leader.
Not much was spoken for a few minutes and we all waited with bated breaths to know what was going on. The DINGUS was successfully delivered to the train (phase two) but they still had to deal with MECH. The screen began dinging, showing that there were now approaching Cons as well. "Optimus, you have company." Ratchet informed him.
Optimus decided that it they would have to blow their cover to deal with the Cons and we heard the sound of transforming. We could hear the sound of them fighting but we had no idea exactly what was going. Then the worst thing possible happened, Optimus went down.
"MECH's going to grab the DINGUS! We need to think of something quick!" Jack pointed out. Raf asked if he meant like a phase three, but Jack was deep in thought. "Okay… Come on… Think!"
"What if we get on that train before MECH? Then we can protect the DINGUS with whatever means necessary." I suggested. Miko loved the idea, but Jack looked horrified.
"Absolutely not!" Ratchet objected and I finally looked up at him to glare at him. "Do you have any better ideas?" I scoffed. Ratchet returned my glare and from the corner of my eyes, I noticed the other three looked uncomfortable.
"Jessica, it's suicide." Jack tried to reason with me. Miko scoffed. "Hello! The United States of Total Meltdown! Lives are at stake!"
"Yeah! Yours!" Ratchet growled, still glaring at me scornfully. "You want me to not only bridge you into a confined space, but one traveling at 90 miles per hour? I can't even count the number of things that can go wrong- mass displacement, trauma, twisted limbs, metal burn." We all gave him disbelieving looks. "Well.. not that last part. Regardless, it is nearly impossible to fix groundbridge coordinates on something moving at that speed."
"Would it help if we had access to the trains coordinates?" Raf asked, typing into his own computer before showing Ratchet an image of the moving train. Ratchet still didn't look thrilled with the idea.
"Ratchet, if we don't do this, innocent lives will be lost. Possibly even ours. Please. You have to let us try." I practically begged him. Ratchet stared at me again, this time without the glare. There was something unreadable in his expression and my heart skipped a beat. I forgot for a second that he was angry with me. "Alright." He finally sighed before entering the coordinates Raf provided and pulled the lever. "Be careful." Ratchet nearly pleaded, looking right at me.
"We will be. Raf stay here and keep an eye on the train's coordinate." I instructed and he nodded in understanding. Then Miko, Jack and I walked through the groundbridge. When we emerged on the other side, Jack used his phone to call back to base.
"We're in." He informed them. As soon as he said that, we heard thumping on the roof. Jack and I exchanged looks before walking over to the train door and sliding it open so we could look at the top of the train car. "Raf, MECH is landing on top of the train!" Jack gulped into the phone. We held on to the side of the train when it suddenly swerved to the right.
There was more thumping noises, indicating more MECH goons had arrived. We looked up at the sound of buzzing and saw that they were sawing through the roof. "Well that only bought us like ten seconds." I groaned and Miko nodded in agreement, saying that Raf was losing his touch.
We looked around for weapons that we could possibly use. I noticed that there was an unconscious soldier on the ground, and beside him was a gun. "Perfect." I grinned, grabbing it. Miko took an axe and Jack had a fire extinguisher. They finished with sawing open the roof and I pointed the gun up at them. I didn't relish the thought of shooting someone, but I'll do what I have to to protect people.
"You want a piece of this?" Miko asked as she swung her axe around wildly. "Well do ya?"
Jack and I looked at her and then back at the MECH dudes. "What she said." We muttered simultaneously. The two MECH guys looked at each other and mumbled something before disappearing. "Huh, guess we scared them." I grinned smugly.
Then we heard a loud bang and I knew that wasn't good. One look out of the train door to the tracks ahead proved I was right. "Shit." I muttered, not caring that I was swearing in front of children.
"Ratchet! MECH blew the train tracks. You need to bridge us out of here! The soldiers too." Jack nearly shouted into the phone. I leaned forward to listen to his reply and my stomach dropped when he did. "We've lost access to the train data. I can't bridge you back without your coordinates." He replied, panicking.
Crap. Crap. Crap.
"Maybe we should jump…?" Miko suggested, prompting Jack and I to look at her like she was crazy. Jack reminded her that we were going ninety miles per hour. "It's the impact or the meltdown. Take your pick."
Jack was clearly panicking now. "What were we thinking, volunteering for this?" He asked fearfully and Miko told him that he should talk them out of these situations next time. "Next time…" He muttered, then sighed. I looked between the two of them, blankly. I couldn't think of a single thing to say in that moment. "At least we're in this together."
Miko suddenly snatched the phone from Jack's hand. "Raf, this is important! Make sure Bulkhead gets my guitar." She sniffled and I took the phone from her. "Ratchet, I really am sorry for lying to you. I hope one day you can forgive me." I cried, ignoring the looks I was getting from both Miko and Jack. Ratchet didn't reply and I hadn't expected him too. I may be on my deathbed, but it would take some time for him to completely forgive me.
We heard the sound of engines. Optimus and Cliff drove passed us. "Don't read the will just yet!" Jack grinned. Miko and I cheered.
We watched as Optimus and Cliff transformed and grabbed both sides of the train. It began to slow down before finally stopping altogether, right before the huge cradle MECH had put in the tracks. The three of us hopped out of the train and I quickly hugged my two friends. We had survived our second mission together.
Optimus and Cliffjumper had transformed down once more and honked to announce their arrival. Jack and Miko chose to ride with Optimus while I made a beeline for my guardian. His doors popped open as soon as I got to him and I quickly sat down. "Good job on not dying." Cliff joked through his radio.
"Ha ha." I grinned. Cliff took off towards the now opened groundbridge. When we emerged on the other side, I got back out so that he could transform again. I was nearly tackled when Raf through himself at him for a hug. "Hey Raf, I'm okay." I assured him. He pulled away and smiled before running after the other two humans and hugging them. The rest of the Autobots, minus Optimus, piled in and transformed into their regular form.
I noticed that at the far side of the room, Sunstreaker was lurking. He was giving each of the humans weird looks. Not his usual stare of disgust, but more of a curious 'I can't figure what I see' kind of look. When he noticed I was looking at him, he scowled and left the room again. That guy was really weird.
"Where's Optimus?" I asked and Arcee informed me that he was helping Agent Fowler finally deliver the DINGUS. That made sense. I felt someone staring at me and looked over to see that it was Ratchet. I couldn't read his expression but I could tell he was really thinking about something. I wanted to say something to him, but before I could, he turned away and started talking to First Aid. I sighed.
"Sooo, what's going on there?" Miko asked, her, Jack and Raf all staring at me curiously. I asked her what she meant. "Oh come on, we all know something weird is going on between you and doc over there. We heard your apology. What happened?"
I sighed again, not really in the mood for another heart to heart. I've been having way too many of those today. "Like I said, I lied to him and he found out. He wasn't very happy and now we're not on speaking terms. There's not really much to tell. And no, I'm not going to tell you what it was that I lied about. Some things are meant to be personal."
"Huh. I always thought you two shared some kind of special bond. I don't know, it's weird to see you two ignoring each other." Miko frowned, her arms crossed and expression troubled. I imagined that she was thinking about what she would do if her and Bulkhead had a fight. I couldn't see that happening though. The two of them were basically like a pod. It would take a lot to damage what they shared.
"Don't worry about me." I smiled ruefully. "I'll be fine. I've dealt with way worse."
Luckily Miko dropped it after that. The four of us broke up to go talk in different groups. I looked around for Cliff and noticed that he was talking with Arcee about something. Great, the only one I wanted to talk to was in the middle of a conversation. One that looked too serious to break up and I had no intention on angering Arcee.
I looked back over to Ratchet and blinked in surprise when I realized that First Aid was staring at me. The two of us had yet to have a conversation and I knew we would need to talk soon. He was the first Cybertronian that I had talked to in my dreams and I imagined he had some question he wanted to ask me. I also wanted to make sure he didn't blame himself for the fight Ratchet and I got into.
I gestured towards the hall, my way of asking him if he'd like to get away from everyone and talk. His optics shrunk before he turned towards Ratchet and said something to him. Then he walked out of the room and down the hall. I looked up at the Autobot medic, but he was occupied with Optimus and his delivery of the DINGUS.
First Aid led us to the medbay and I walked over to the berth that held the human sized beds and climbed up it. I noticed that he was watching me curiously when I got to the top and turned to face him. "So, First Aid huh. Fancy seeing you outside of my dreams." I chuckled nervously.
He looked pretty amused. "Yes, it is. I was very surprised when I onlined and saw you laying on that bed. I believe I scared Ratchet when I refused to believe I was awake because I had only seen you in my dreams." He frowned then. "I heard about the fight between the two of you. I apologize for causing it. I was unaware that you hadn't told anyone."
"It's cool. How would you have known? Besides, I should've told Ratchet a long time ago. It was my fault for being so afraid." I assured him.
"If I may, why were you scared of telling Ratchet that you could talk to Cybertronians in your dreams? From what I have gathered, the two of you are quite good friends. I believe Cliffjumper mentioned that he was training you in our field." He asked, his head tilted in curiosity.
I winced, rubbing my arm awkwardly. "We are friends, at least we were. But when you and I shared our first dream together, I had only just met the Autobots. I didn't know anything about them and I was afraid. I had some weird, freaky powers that brought bots back to life and let me speak to them in my dreams, no matter the distance. It was information overload. I wanted to figure out what was happening but I couldn't risk telling him the truth because I didn't trust him in the beginning."
"But you do now?"
"I trust all of the Autobots with my life." I promised fiercely. I quickly deflated though. "I don't know why I never told him after I started to trust him. I've never been able to trust people. My childhood was spent with me repressing who I truly was because I was constantly told that I wasn't normal. So I kept my problems to myself, just as I always have."
"Have you explained all this to Ratchet?"
I shrugged. "He knows the gist of it. But like I said, it's hard for me to be vulnerable with anyone. The only one who knows all of my past is Cliff. It's always been easy for me to talk to him. Maybe because I brought him back to life, I don't know."
First Aid looked thoughtful. "I cannot tell you what the right path is here, but I think you should trust in Ratchet. He cares about you. I've never seen him look at another as he does you, and I've known the mech for quite some time. You're special to him, Jessica. If you open up to him, I guarantee he will do the same to you."
"Thanks." I smiled shyly. "I will try."
"That is all any of us can do."
Alright, another chapter is done! I don't know about you guys, but I am loving where this is going. Sunstreaker is such a delight, isn't he? Don't worry, we'll see more of his aft later in the story. Right now, he's sulking and missing his brother. First Aid is just adorable too! I can't wait to write more of him later!
Also, oh no! Jessica and Ratchet got into a little fight! I mean, it's bound to happen in any relationship. Now we just gotta see how they're gonna get past it. The two of them are crazy for one another, they'll get over it. In time. Next chapter will really get the story going. See you soon!