Authors note: eeekk! I love how this is coming out :) ill post art I make on my Pinterest account eventually lol. When I do ill link it in my bio.
Chapter 7 dragon
When Optimus finally came back around, it was all he had not to rip his own arm off due to the pain. "Optimus! calm down! I know it hurts but just calm down!" ratchet yelled. Optimus gritted his teeth as ratchet temporarily disabled his pain receptors, "I think Raf's theory is correct" Optimus mumbled. "What?" ratchet gave Optimus a confused look. Optimus grunted, "onyx, he said, the venom, feeds off of negative emotions. Ow, easy, that hurts enough already." ratchet stared at Optimus before saying, "if you're willing to let us help, will install that sensor to detect those emotions and let you know to calm down." Optimus went silent for a moment, looking at smokescreen's nervous face he said, "fine. Better now than never, by the way magnus, sorry for trying to bite you last night. I don't remember much but do remember small things here and there." ultra magnus responded with a small smile before returning to helping wheeljack fix one of his blades.
"So how many times have you seen onyx?" ratchet asked. "Three. I'm not sure why or how but I saw Megatron too." Optimus growled. Ratchet looked at Optimus blankly. "He said that hydra is giving him problems and has started targeting humans as well." ratchet rolled his optics. "He just can't stay out of trouble, can he?" Optimus smiled. "When do we go exterminate the dragon?" he asked. "Once this sensor is installed an I can confirm your aggression can be controlled, i could care less." ratchet huffed.
"Can I use my dragon form?" Optimus grinned. Ratchet sighed. "you're starting to sound like smokescreen when he first got his vehicle mode." Optimus stood and transformed. His arm was still a little sore but for primus's sake, he was a dragon! "Since you gotta show it off anyways, let me get a scan of your new form for fowler to give to general Bryce so he won't blow a gasket when he sees a dragon roaming around." ratchet smiled. as ratchet was scanning primes new form, one of his wings bumped into arcee, startling her. When arcee jumped from the scare Optimus' optics briefly shifted purple before he turned around to see what happened. "Sorry arcee. Still trying to figure these out." he mumbled. Arcee looked at him with a puzzled look. "Optimus, look at your shoulder, where the energon colored areas are shifted purple when you scared me, could that be because of whatever made you a dragon?" arcee inquired. Optimus glanced at ratchet before saying, "I guess. Could be a way to tell if the venom- uh, my temper, is taking over." Ratchet examined Optimus' shoulder as they talked.
"Your shoulder is still in rough shape. If you want to get rid of that predicon soon, you can go tomorrow. Take some time to rest." ratchet huffed.