Alpha 'verse. Iacon. Start of the story.

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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?"

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"That's my patient," said Ratchet quietly, rubbing the tiny back and starting to baby dance slightly. "She's just new."

[alpha_prime]

//You know you could bring her with you, I was thinking about going to that new Café near your clinic.// Wheeljack said as the Seeklet chirped and nuzzled the side of her helm against Ratchet's

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"Sorry, buddy. She needs repair and a wash." He gently rubbed his cheek against the snuzzly little helm and dropped his voice. "And I don't feel comfortable having her out in public right now."

That last will probably give his adopted brother a good idea just who this little patient is, since both of them had been worried over the fate of Bladewing and Skystriker's daughter.

[alpha_prime]

//Do you want me to come by your clinic and help with her, you know how close we both were to them// Wheeljack said without actually saying their designations.

The seeklet yawned and pulled herself closer to Ratchet falling into stasis, knowing that she was safe with this mech.

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"Sure, if you want. Just don't touch anything without my say. She's too little to understand loud sounds." He glanced toward the sleeping tiny against his shoulder. "I need to get her home. See you soon."

[alpha_prime]

//See you soon too buddy// Wheeljack said and cut the transmission, he was waiting outside the clinic when Ratchet arrived. He smiled behind his mask when he saw the little seeklet "How is she Ratchet?" Wheeljack asked

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"Open the door quick," said Ratchet quietly, wanting to get the baby inside before he talked about her. "You know the code, I lied about changing it the other day."

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Wheeljack nodded and put in the code and opened the door for Ratchet, he quietly gasped when he saw the wound on the seeklet's right arm. "Where did you find her Ratch?" Wheeljack asked quietly

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"Hiding in the garbage behind Tray's." Ratchet quickly grabbed patching material from the shelves, working one handed. "Gimme back that three micron spot welder you filched the other day."

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"I didn't take the welder, you must have misplaced it" Wheeljack said

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The white medic stopped and gave his brother a surprised and distracted look for a moment, but then nodded and walked over to take the welder out of the place where he'd hidden it. "Right. I knew that."

[alpha_prime]

"Yeah right if I hadn't of said anything you would have forgotten" Wheelack said with a sigh then said "Let me hold her for you while you work on her"

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"I would have remembered eventually." Ratchet smiled slightly and checked to see how the sparklet would react to being set down on his work table.