The Cast (
random_xtras) wrote in
randomplaces2014-07-18 04:28 pm
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Alpha 'verse. Iacon. Start of the story.
Ratchet had just gotten back from the bar in that nexus between realities, but even a rousing good poker game with his alternates hadn't helped him to feel better. The murder of his friends Bladewing and Skystriker was just too recent, and the uncertainty over the fate of their newly sparked Seeklet worried him so much that his energy wasn't sitting properly in his tank.
He sighed as he turned into an alley that was a shortcut back to his clinic, and then froze and scanned his surroundings as he thought he heard something. "Hello? Is someone there?"
He sighed as he turned into an alley that was a shortcut back to his clinic, and then froze and scanned his surroundings as he thought he heard something. "Hello? Is someone there?"

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He started to speak, but all he could do was static and then circulate air in an effort to calm down from his fright.
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"I'll do that later, when Skyfire stops by to compare results on the tests we're doing on that new anti-virus. Better not put too much information over the channels."
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"[Can I meet her?]" Astra skreeked
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"[I don't know,]" said Skyfire, even as he selected one of the most deeply encrypted channels that he knew to ping the Prime.
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Wheeljack asked "but who on earth are you going to choose to raise her?"
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Ratchet gave Wheeljack a look like he thought his brother's processor wasn't functioning. "I'm not choosing anyone. Skyfire and Alpha Prime are her next of kin. She's theirs' now."
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"[Unca Fire what wrong?]" Astra asked.
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Ratchet nodded and took a large wrench out of subspace.
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Wheeljack chuckled and said "sorry about that it looked like you were"
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"I had First Aid install them just before Astra was born," said Skyfire, still looking ticklish.
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"Oh. Of course," said Skyfire, embarrassed. He absently held Astra close with one hand as he made the adjustments.
Ratchet tickled the little one's cheek with his finger, but then froze and whirled, gun in hand, as Skywarp suddenly appeared in the room.
The purple and grey Seeker held his hands up to show that they were empty except for a tiny Seeker doll of the sort that hadn't been made since before the war. "I come in peace. I've got something for the kid."
Ratchet scowled and thought unkind things about Seekers, and about Starscream in general, but nodded. "Let's see it."
Skywarp slowly lowered his right hand and held out the toy. "She cries for her mentor if you tip her upside down and rightside up."
"I would too," said Ratchet, his scowl softening as he saw the age of the little carnival toy and the scuffs on the Skywarp-coloured paint. Then he nodded and held the toy up to Astra. "Do you want a baby?"
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