Transformers The Hatchling

Discovery gone wrong

No POV

It had been three weeks since the battle and destruction at the space bridge and Storm had still not woken. Miko had tried everything but play the electric guitar on max amplifier, didn't do the trick, luckily, Bulkhead tried to stop her knowing that if Storm woke to that noise she would be very grumpy.

After the fight with Skyquake Ratchet and Optimus decided once Stormchaser awoke that she would remain in the silo as the risk of discovery from the Decepticons was still high. The kids also in that time made a pact that they would never bring homework back to base or at least do it away from Ratchet at all costs as their science projects under Ratchets care had landed them with a weeks worth of detentions. For Jack and Raf it had also cost them a further two weeks of working off the damages to the school.

Bulkhead and Bee had their exploration shift which bore fruit in the discovery of a frozen pod which was thawing in the loading bay. Arcee and Optimus were the next to take on Exploration duties to the artic, just before they were about to leave the kids rolled into base. Jack walked up to Arcee. "I wasn't expecting a carpool." Arcee crossed her arms. "My turn for exploration duty." Jack looked so disappointed. "That's too bad. So you ok with keeping me inside on a nice day, great day for a ride." Wanting to go. "Artic exploration." Arcee added. Jack quickly changed his tune. "Inside where its warm see you later." Jack retreated back away from the ground bridge. Raf look disappointed "I always wanted to see snow." Optimus looked down at the youngest. "I would invite you to come along but the conditions in the artic are perilous even to us Autobots." Raf frowned but he understood Optimus was about to walk through the ground bridge but stopped and turned back to Raf. "Although I can bring back a snowball if you want?" Raf grinned in excitement. "Awesome." Raf left to catch up with Jack and Miko as Optimus and Arcee left via the ground bridge. Once the ground bridge powered down the computers crackled smoked, not good. "Bulkhead, Bee here now." Ratchet called the bots away from their charges with Bee busy Raf decided to go explore the base alone.

Raf walked down the hall pretending to be with Optimus in the attic during a blizzard, His imagination was cut short by the clatter of metal nearby. Swinging round quick he sees a little robot startled Raf trips landing on his butt. The little robot seemed cute and just stared at him. "Where did you come from? I didn't know the autobots had any pets." The robot came closer interested in Raf. "You want to play fetch." Raf waved a large screw he had picked up off the floor which had the little robot jump around like a little puppy. Raf threw the screw laughing as the bot chased after it. "Good boy. Go get it!" The little robot caught the screw on the second bounce sparks flew as the little robot began to devour the metal. Raf concerned for its wellbeing stepped closer to stop it. "No don't eat that! You're going to choke!" By the time Raf finished his sentence the robot had eaten the screw and was running back to Raf. "Or not." Raf guessed that this was normal for the little bot. The little bot began to rub up against Raf's leg whirring away. Raf grinned at the little bot wondering why the Autobots hadn't mentioned the little bot. He decided to go ask Ratchet and show Miko and Jack. "Come on." the little followed Raf a short way before it stopped looking tired, Raf picked the little thing up and cradled it in his arms letting it fall asleep.

A short while later, the power flickered, then went out completely for a few seconds, plunging the area into darkness. The backup generators hummed to life, casting a low, mechanical glow throughout the room. The sudden change in atmosphere startled the two other kids, who had been engrossed in their game and had to blink the sleep out of their eyes. The sound of machinery humming steadily pulled them from their playful distraction. They stood up, stretching, before making their way toward Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee, who were engaged in some kind of serious discussion.

Before they could even get close enough to hear what was going on, Raf's excited voice cut through the tense air. "Hey guys, look what I found!" he called, holding something small in his hands.