randomplaces | Helter Skelter 'verse. The hills near Tranquility. Incoming

Optimus: *walks into the common room and looks around* Blaster, are you recovered from New Year's day yet?

Blaster: ... let's go with a mostly? ^^;

Optimus: Do you feel capable of going on a short mission?

Blaster: sure o.o

Optimus: *nods* Good. We got a message from two incoming bots. Hound's waiting by the entrance. He has the coordinates.

Blaster: h'okay! *heads off to find Hound*

Hound: *standing by the door curiously picking mud out of his joints, but looks up as the other mech approaches* Hey, Blaster. Are you coming along to meet the new guys?

Blaster: guess I am XD, ready to go?

Hound: Just let me check with Optimus... wow. Nobody else is up to the trip except maybe Ratchet... yeah, we'd better let him sleep after what happened yesterday.

Blaster: mmyup. so. where're we headed?

Hound: They were coming down just the other side of Tranquility. *Transforms and absently revs engine a little*

Blaster: *transforms as well* lead the way!

Hound: *pulls out* You're not going to turn those boom boxes on, are you?

Blaster: not until the way back, no XD

*About an hour later*

Hound: *slowing slightly as he sees the lick of flames over the hill they're nearing* //Oh oh, this doesn't look good.//

Blaster: *boredboredboredboredbooo -* o.o //uh oh.// *speeds up*

Hound: *accelerates to catch up* //Wait wait, we don't want to just... I'm catching spark signatures over in that clump of trees. Two.//

Blaster: //'course we do! how else're we supposed t'see if they're okay?// *inches towards the clump of trees*

Hound: //I meant we didn't want to just jump into the fire mess... eeeeyow!// *cringes back as a solid wave of sound comes at them from the trees* //Slag! It's another you!//

Blaster: o.o oohhh *transforms* 'pends, think it's Soundwave..?

Hound: *also transforms* ....That's... not... Soundwave... music... I don't think.

Blaster: score! yo, in there peeps, what do you identify as?

Clarion: Neutral Clarion, and another femme. Who are you?

Blaster: Autobot Blaster. you two alright in there? we can escort you somewhere to refuel and get some patches done if you're hurt.

Clarion: My friend's damaged badly.... *her voice statics* I... I... her head....

Hound: *steps forward with concern* I'm Hound. Can I come in?

Clarion: A... alright.

Hound: *reaches over to thwap Blaster* Call Percy.

Blaster: *swats at* okay okay. *comms Percy*

Percy: *surprised sound* //This is Perceptor.... May I inquire as to the reason for your comm, Blaster?//

Hound: *busy trying to help the hurt femme*

Blaster: //Hound said to. we got two femmes out here, pretty banged up. think you can meet us at these co-ords?//

Percy: //Oh my...I shall be out as soon as possible.// *gathers his tools and some supplies before heading out to the coordinates*

Hound: Blaster, come here for a minute. I need a hand. *Has bits of himself out, mostly wires.*

Clarion: *hands over mouth, trying not to purge*

Blaster: *low trill* mech, you're crazy. *crosses over and kneels beside Hound* whatcha need?

Hound: It's going to take Percy an hour to get here, even if he drives fast. I don't think this lady will last that long. So I'm going to hook her to my systems. Grab that cable there and disconnect it, would you?

Blaster: you can't.. do that. systems just don't intergrate themselves. yours'll probably reject hers, and that'll be worse for the femme.

Hound: They might not. And if I don't try something she'll die anyway! Look at her!

Percy: *hurrying as fast as his alt will allow him to go*

Blaster: look at you. you're too big - your systems are too different. let me try.

Hound: Alright, fine. *stuffs his wires back in and shuts the panel* This is gonna hurt.

Blaster: not surprised.

Hound: *Opens Blaster up and starts pulling wires out* Lay down.

Blaster: *moves to lay down nearby the femme*

Hound: Closer. *pushes him slightly and then goes for the big cable*

Clarion: Wires.... *keels over in dead faint*

Hound: Look at that, Blaster, the girls are falling for you. *working quickly*

Blaster: *laughs softly*

Percy: *speeds up once he gets to a bit of open road, pushing his alt past the human-designed limits of the vehicle*

Hound: *has Blaster all hooked up, and the smaller mech's systems are now running for two* Hmmm, looks like whoever made her shell was following a similar kind of internal pattern to yours. *turns and shakes Clarion gently*

Clarion: *Not waking up and looking at anybody's guts! >:(*

Blaster: aww, I guess she's shy *chuckles faintly*

Hound: Don't tax your systems. *frowning with concern as he checks the sparkly white femme over*

Blaster: not. just laughin'....

*After awhile, Perceptor's alt mode is pulling up and slowing to a stop*

Hound: Percy! We've got Blaster hooked to the femme that's hurt, but I think his systems are starting to make funny noises. And I can't get the other gal to wake up.

Blaster: *drifting in and out of consciousness*

Percy: *transforms and hurries over, concern in his optics* Oh dear.... *gets tools and energon out of his subspace*

Hound: *quietly* Look at her head. Do you think there's there any hope?

Percy: *begins scanning, nods* But we have a very limited window in which to work.... *sets to work repairing the smaller femme*

Hound: There anything I can do?

Percy: *nods* How low on energy is Blaster? *attention mostly on repairing the femme*

Hound: Low enough that he's pretty out of it. I don't think he's hungover anymore.

Percy: *nods* See if you can't get him to take in energon... even a small amount would more than likely help.

Hound: *nods and pulls out the crazy straw somebody gave him. Sticks one end of it in the energon and pokes the other end at Blaster's mouth*

Blaster: *optics flicker online to look at Hound* wh---t?

Hound: *encouragingly* Energon, buddy. Try and drink.

Blaster: *cycles his vents and drinks a little of the energon before grimacing*

Hound: What's wrong?

Percy: *diligently working on repairing the femme, doesn't seem to notice what's going on around him*

Blaster: s'--ll i c--n tak--.

Hound: *frowns with concern* Try just a little more?

Blaster: gim--e a se--c.

Hound: *still frowning* Alright.

Kia: *engine coughs and starts to try and run on its own*

Percy: *surprised noise, quickens the pace at which he works, while still being as careful as he can*

Blaster: *feels pretty blargy*

Hound: *watching and holding the energon flask and feeling helpless*

Percy: *sighs, finishes what repairs he can do here, and scans the femme again*

Kia: *strong enough now to be transfered to portable life support, if he has it*

Percy: *gets a portable support unit out of his subspace* Hound, help me connect her to this.... It will hopefully keep her stable long enough to get her back to base and to the medbay proper.

Hound: *worried face* Alright, show me what to do.

Percy: *explains and shows Hound where to put which connection*

Hound: *does so quickly and skillfully, though he pauses for just a moment as they hear something outside the copse*

Percy: *headtilt*

Hound: //Shhhh. Humans from the fire, checking things out. I've got us cloaked with a holo.//

Percy: //Fire? Oh dear.... Am I correct in presuming that the fire is from their landing?// *glances at the two femmes*

Hound: //We never got over there, but it looked like they came down pretty hard on something explosive.//

Percy: *nods* //Then it is highly likely.... We should begin mobilizing and heading back to base...however, I do not believe I will be able to carry either femme with my alt....// *frowning slightly*

Hound: //Clarion's not hurt. She just passed out when she saw all the wires. If you can wake her up she should be good to go.//

Percy: *nods* First, we should get Blaster disconnected from the other femme.... *begins working on doing so quickly and carefully*

Hound: //Shhhh!//

Percy: *freezes*

Hound: *listening, optics watchful. Then relaxes just slightly* //Alright. But keep quiet.//

Percy: *nods, resumes working, but is keeping an audio out for movement in their direction*

Hound: *still listening as he helps a little.* *also poking Blaster to see if he'll wake up*

Blaster: ---o aw---y

Percy: *relief* //Blaster, we have to maintain silence, at least where vocalizations are concerned....//

Hound: //Shhh. We have to get out of here, and I can only carry one. You have to wake up, buddy.//

Blaster: *blinkblink* .... //alright. m'up, m'up.//

Percy: //Can you transform?// *concerned*

Blaster: //...shutup, Ratchet. i'm dizzy. gimme a sec.//

Hound: //You would have really been dizzy if that was Ratchet.// 0.o

Percy: *quiet huff as he begins putting away his tools*

Clarion: *moves a bit, rolling onto her face and curling up slightly*

Blaster: *slowly sits up*

Hound: *hand on his back, hovering just a bit as he often does*

Blaster: *shakes his head* //i think i get it Hound, thanks//

Hound: *backs off a little and hovers over the hurt femme instead*

Percy: *quietly and gently to Clarion* Miss, are you able to transform?

Clarion: No wires. No.

Percy: *raised optic ridge, glances at Hound, Blaster, and the other femme*

Hound: *looks at Perceptor and shrugs*

((co-written with

runyasan08 and

truck_n_science))