Chapter 9 Ratchet's reports and excitement on the base

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Moony left with Elita one earlier in the morning. Elita told Ratchet that she would stay with Moony back in their quarters. Ratchet came back to bay five and saw that Optimus did in fact came back and was sitting in the chair next to the bunk where Rammmer was sitting up and talking to him. Ratchet then put Rammer's right arm in a brace and told him like he told the others; Get your personal things off the Ark, find Prowl and get your assigned quarters and stay put. A few minutes after that Rammer left with his dad. But, not before Optimus had shared with Ratchet the good news. Optimus said, "Ratchet, I was just inform a little while ago that the General was in deed impressed with the software program. He was able to use it to identify the new arrivals as they approached Earth in great detail." Ratchet was beyond thrilled and you could see it in his optics. Then Optimus told Ratchet that he along with Col. Lennox and Wheeljack have retrieved the case that was in the vault; which stored that Vetricanon chip from that femme Decepticon. That chip is called a transforming control circuit. It allow that Cybertronian to transform from bipedal to another disguise. It's unique because the femme did not have a vehicle form. Any bot that transforms from bipedal to vehicle mode has a transforming control circuit called, autonicanmous. Wheeljack now has made up his mind that he is going to figure out how that Vetricanon chip circuit works so they can use it.

Ratchet was just happy, a rare side of him as he continued making his rounds visiting and giving the new arrivals check ups. Ratchet made his way back down to bay four where Chromia and Staylie were. Ratchet rolled the bed over near Chromia then he locked the wheels and told Staylie to sit down. Ratchet raised the head of the bed up so she could sit up in the bed. Then just as Ratchet pushed the on button to his portable scanner Staylie asks Ratchet a question. "Ratchet, could you tell me one thing, why don't we leave now and find a planet where we could be welcomed." Ratchet sat his scanner down on top of the table and he looked rather confused at Staylie but then he answered her question by saying, "we could yes but, we have more in common with the humans than any other species I have ever known. I have known Optimus since he was first called Orion Pax. Anyways, Optimus will never leave this planet unless ordered to leave this world and go so where else. Staylie, the news is grim and the massive devastation but, it is because they have not gotten to this point with themselves. The humans have the capability with their own weapons to create this same destruction." Staylie sat still there and listened to Ratchet as he began sweeping his scanner over and across her whole body. Ratchet noticed that Staylie has a slight an irregular spark beat. He also saw in his scan that her right hip joint was at one point broken. Ratchet then gently raised up her right leg and saw that the movement in her right leg was limited indeed. Staylie slightly squirmed a little bit in pain and then Ratchet sat her leg down gently and told her, "oh, I'm so sorry about that. I just needed to see what range of movement you had in that leg." Ratchet turned around and went to the locked medicine cabinet and got a vile of hydrcon then came back over to the table where his tablet is and began writing notes and set up her surgery on August 4th at 4PM. Ratchet is going to weld the crack found on her pelvis bone and replace the right hip joint. Ratchet took two x rays and then took a fluid sample then put the vile into the analyzer machine. While he was waiting on that result he gave her 0.10 of hydrcon for the pain so she could rest while she gets her energon Iv drip. Staylie looked at Ratchet when he was about to give her a shot of the pain meds and Staylie moved her right arm away and said, "what is that?" Ratchet immediately stepped back and said, "it's a very low dose of pain med. When I raised your right leg I caused you pain and discomfort." Staylie then rested her right arm down by her side and gave Ratchet a slight nod as to say okay, go ahead. Staylie is so much like her parents except one thing, she would rather try to talk and resolve issues rather than fight and kill others; like she was forced to do in order to live. Chromia was right next to her in the other bunk. The IV machine just chimed letting Ratchet know that Chromia's energon drip was finished. Ratchet walked over there and turn it off and told Chromia to wait a minute and he would get the iv tube out. Chromia was not yet aware of Staylie's irregular spark beat. Ratchet opened the drawer and got out the lead lines and stickers and some alcohol swipes. Then he sat all of that down on top of the table then he said to Staylie, "I'm going to now place these stickers on just under your breast plates it will monitor your spark beats, okay?" Staylie laid still on the bunk as Ratchet started with using the alcohol swipes to clean the area first then attach the lead lines up to the monitor. After Ratchet did that he started Staylie's Iv drip. The results from the fluid sample were within range except she was a little low on chemical 87 which means she's low on zinc. But, not enough that she needed a dose of that chemical at this time. Plus, Ratchet didn't want to put to much of anything in her system at this time until he finds out why she has an irregular spark beat.

Ratchet then turned off Chromia's monitor machine and removed the stickers off of her chest. Chromia is going to have a permanent limp for the rest of her life. She has been in this condition for a long while. To try and surgically fix her back would be more harmful than good. While Staylie rested Ratchet told Chromia that she would need to surf the web and find a vehicle she likes and scan the schematics. That will be your mode of travel on this island. As Chromia was doing that Ratchet told her like he has told the others and that she is to not make contact with anyone on the web or off of this island. Chromia got up out of the bunk and walked over to Staylie bunk and leaning down and kissed her on the forehead then whispered to Staylie, "rest my daughter I'll come by later." Chromia left out of bay four and headed down the hallway to the waiting room area where she saw Ironhide sitting down reading his note pad. They left together and went to the Ark. Chromia had to get her things off of the ship and then Ironhide transformed, then Chromia put her stuff in the bed of his truck mode, then she transformed and they left out and headed for their quarters.

Ratchet was aware that the others were waiting but, he had to stop by Bay one and check on Red Alert. Red Alert had done taken upon himself and took a sample of his fluid and ran it through the analyzer machine and the result were there on the monitor. He also took it upon himself to attach the stickers just under his chest plate and connected them to the spark monitor. He was sitting up in the bunk reading the packets of information Prowl had sent to him when Ratchet walked in. Ratchet sat his scanner down on the table and started to read Red Alert's fluid sample results and read the spark monitor recordings. At first Ratchet thought that Red Alert was just low on energon. Ratchet said to Red Alert, "How are you feeling today. I know that you spent the last four hours working on the Ark. Were you able to get Tel-tran stable for now?" Red Alert answered saying, "yes and it took over an hour before the onboard computer was safely put into sleep stasis." Ratchet was happy to hear that. He worked on Tel-tran in the very early years of the war. There were 15 bots responsible for creating the computer. Tel-tran was originally for space exploration for another planet we could explore if necessarily to make another base or travel to another galaxy's. Ratchet was pleased that the Ark indeed got them safely here to earth.

It's about 11:30AM and Ratchet left Bay one and headed to bay six. He saw that Beamer was still sleeping so Ratchet quietly rolled Beamer into the operating room # 2 for now. When Ratchet returned to Bay six Jazz was sitting up on the bunk. Ratchet left the bay and ran down to bay three and saw that Proceptor had transformed into his Microscope mode and was reading something there on the base under his scope. Ratchet at this point felt like a damn ping ball in a ping ball machine. The others reported to their assigned bay when the first bot was released but, none complained as they were busy learning English and the immense history of this planet. Ratchet was just standing in the door way so he slipped on down the hall way to bay two were Bluestreaker was. Ratchet walked in and greeted Bluestreaker, "Good morning are you understanding the packets you received this morning?" Bluestreaker replied in their native language and questioned Ratchet is to why we are imprisoned here if we are so much like these real tiny humans. Ratchet understood why he said that Bluestreaker avoided any involvement in the war as much as he could. He was a computer programmer in the city of Iacon before the war. He and thousands others like him kept the computer systems in prefect working order. All of the buildings had computer assist. They kept the washing fluid at a set temperature, they controlled the energon dispensers, kept the builds temperature controlled. All of them were ran by the main computers that were powered by the planets core zenergry. Ratchet got him set up on the spark monitor and started the test on his fluid sample. The scan showed that Bluestreaker has some scars but nothing else. Ratchet looked down at Bluestreaker left hand then Ratchet cupped Bluestreaker's left hand into his hand and he realized that Bluestreaker's fourth finger was bend down permanently. Bluestreaker looked Ratchet right in the optics and said, "I busted that finger eons ago, I've been just fine without it." Ratchet let go of Bluestreaker's hand and started to type something on the laptop there on the table. "I thought I shook the hand of a Decepticon who told me he was leaving the war and was going back down and go back to work in the mines. He lied to me and tricked me. I knew a safe passage way and he followed me for about 45 miles down then he somehow knew we had a stash of energon cubes 8 miles to the west. I tried to stop him from going toward the vault but, he crush my fingers on my left hand." Bluestreaker pause for a moment then he said, "but, the wreckers prevented him from entering. The wreckers were ordered shoot to kill."

Ratchet set Bluestreaker up on one half gallon bag of energon drip and told him before he left the room to surf the web, find you a vehicle you like scan it and he also told him the same thing no contact with anyone outside this island. Ratchet left out in a hurry to bay four. There was a silent alarm going off tell Ratchet that Staylie's spark rate is fluctuating up and down abnormally. He got in there and she looked calm reading something in her hand. "Staylie, how are you feeling?" Ratchet asked her. "I just had a bad dream, I guess I was just reliving a time when we where stuck on moon base 2. So right then and there that told Ratchet why she had irregular spark beat was due to stress and that's alarming to a degree but, not abnormal because they all have had that happen to themselves million of times over. Staylie want to leave and go be with her parents especially right now her dad. So Ratchet told Staylie she could take the wires off of her chest and leave. He handed her a piece of paper that had directions on there to follow. The same as the others, sure she was still limping with her right leg. She has long since leaned most of her weight on her left leg.

Ratchet got things set up in here for the next bot then he left and went to see Jazz.

Ratchet could hear the music as he made his way down the hall all the way around the corner to bay six. Ratchet came in and told him to, "turn that ungodly music off right now!" Jazz immediately turn his radio off and got up off the floor and back on the bunk. Ratchet was not a fan of what he calls it, 'rap crap'. Ratchet begins getting everything set up and as he does he talks to Jazz, "How are you feeling today?" Ratchet asked. To which Jazz respond, "great to be finally off that ship and somewhere that has awesome grooves." Ratchet turned his head slightly and looked at Jazz and as a result of that stare Jazz then told Ratchet the only thing that is hurting him is his right shoulder.

Wheeljack's Lab

Wheeljack had the case opened but, in an enclosed reinforced metal cage and has it connected to his chip reader that is sitting in side the cage next to the case. So far for the past three hours there has been no activity or any detection of failure to read the chip. The only chip in there is the transforming control circuit but, not any of the core chips and boards that store the femme being; those were burned up. Wheeljack decided it was time to connect to the reader that is already connected to the chip and see what is there. He gain access and saw that there is over 35 million strings of codes that chip sends out to our main core computer then those orders are sent to the millions of sensors all over the body. This was diffidently going to be challenging to write and format a chip for each bot. Wheeljack knew he first needed to learn how to make this kind of chip, then make one for each bot. First the bot's need to make an imagine of a human that they want to look like. Then that shape and sizes will have to be written out step by step. Twenty three minutes later Wheeljack has read over 300,000 codes and it is quite overwhelming to say the least. Optimus has decided that we will use it while we are in our vehicle mode. That way we can take a section of ourselves that will be unseen by others outside of our vehicle mode and our windows are tinted already so, we can shape shift into a human form while setting in the drivers seat then exit out of our vehicle. That is going to make it easier to create the chip. Because, they are not going to start from their bipedal form and scale down to the size of a human because it won't work they are not the same size as a human, that femme Decepticon was. Wheeljack called Optimus and told him what he found out about the chip. Optimus was glad to hear this and Wheeljack told Optimus that he needs the other bots to make an imagine in the likeness of a human. Most of them created a hologram form that made it look like some one was driving their vehicle. They most likely will use that.

Bay Six

Jazz has remain quite as he lays there reading more of the some thousand packets that he and the others received. Ratchet has x rays of Jazz's right shoulder and has discovered that the ball is out of socket and Ratchet can easily pop it back in. But, before he does that he wheels Jazz down to the MRI room. Ratchet wants to make sure that this procure will not make it worse. Ratchet gets Jazz up on the table and after some adjustments to the table, Ratchet goes off to the side of the room and sits down at the computer that runs the machine and pushes start. The imagining will only take about two minutes since it is only his right shoulder Ratchet wants an image of. Three minutes later the bed of the machine rolled back out and Jazz was able to sit back up again. Ratchet was studying the pictures and he saw that he could push Jazz's shoulder back in easily. Ratchet came back to the bed of the machine where Jazz was sitting and he told Jazz, "I can reset your shoulder right here with little to no lingering pain." Jazz said, "go for it doc boss." Ratchet chuckled a little bit then he had Jazz stand against the wall and then he place his right hand on Jazz's shoulder then quickly he pushed hard against Jazz's shoulder popping in back in to place. Jazz let out a holler then it was over and now he could use his right arm again. "Yeah, thank ya doc boss I haven't had use of my arm since that grand daddy of asteroids fields we and the Ark some how survived from." Ratchet patted Jazz on his left shoulder and told him to go get your stuff off of the Ark then find Prowl and get directions to your new quarters. Jazz had done pick his car out, it was a 1969 BMW 2800cs silver color with gold pin strips down the sides above the chrome works. As soon as he left out from the ark with his stuff; he transformed and took off like a bolt of lighting blaring his music all the way across the base. Optimus who was with his son at the time got a call from Lennox about one of the new bots speeding dangerously through the base with their windows down with their music blaring loud. Prowl, knew who it was and he after being informed by Optimus caught up with Jazz who was heading down the road to the beach. A few minutes later you saw that same BMW driving slow at 25 mph quietly back to the command center with his brother, following close behind. Needless to say he got a dressing down by his brother, Prowl and Jazz was sent to his quarters in hanger 'C'.

okay I'm going to stop here, notice I already gave away one of the new bot's vehicle choice. Later on in the story I will list all the vehicles that all the bots have chosen. I will also try and describe what their human imagine looks like. At the top of the next chapter it will be 2 PM and Ratchet is in the operating room #2 and will be giving Beamer a sedative to go into a deep sleep so he can remove those rusted rotten teeth. Please be kind and leave a review. I would love to know what you think about this story or you may have a suggestion.