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Chapter 2 venom
When Optimus finally came around, he saw smokescreen across the room in power-down. He noticed the younglings tear stained faceplates. Poor kid was crying. When he sat up, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Slag, that hydra had a very lethal bite.
Ratchet, seeing Optimus moving around, gave a quick glare before eventually letting a small grin sneak onto his faceplates. "I did what I could to repair the damage. Let's just hope your systems can fight what venom couldn't be removed."
Optimus groaned, "thanks ratchet, you did your best." but once he spoke ratchets optics went wide as he took a step back. Optimus noticed his voice sounded a bit, growly. But that didn't seem to be what startled ratchet. "what's wrong?" he quivered. "y-you, have, fangs? Since when?" ratchet whispered. Optimus shook his head. "I'm not sure, could it be because of the hydras venom?" ratchet shrugged. He still seemed bothered by the new discovery but he didn't say anything else.
A few moments later, smokescreen woke up. He looked at Optimus with a sudden twinkle in his eyes. Before ratchet could stop him, smokescreen lunged at Optimus and grabbed him in a tight hug. "Optimus! I thought you had died! Don't scare me like that again!" smokescreen cried. Optimus winced but smiled, hugging him back. "Calm down smokescreen. Hes fine." ratchet sighed.
Smokescreen eventually stopped crying and calmed down. Primus knows what the poor kid would do if he had died. Rachet insisted he rest but even the prime was bored and restless at times. "gotta admit, primes resilient. Fowler said. Optimus was too stubborn to die. And slag if it's the cons that take him out. "let's just hope that he can get back on the battlefield soon. Before Megatron finds another predicon to use against us." arcee grumbled.
'Or before the venom takes over.' ratchet thought.