The Unity Of Two

7: Tricky Patient

I transformed and trotted off, Bumblebee following in his alt mode. "Um, how?" He asked, I squawked in response and semi shrugged.

"You know, you trot is bumpier than your run." Unicron said so I went into a jog, Bumblebee picked up his speed too. We got to my home slowly, and I must say, Primus was dead silent.

"Don't worry, he probably can't hear you. He can't hear me." Unicron told him and Primus made a sound equivalent to that of when someone clears their throat, as a test. He got no reaction, Bumblebee seemed more interested in Unicron's statue.

"How did this get here?" He asked.

"It came out of the wall." I told him and pointed to the wall with a Unicron shaped hole in it.

"Ah, I see. Where's your carrier?" He asked.

"Here." I told him, he seemed really concerned now.

"He thinks youre crazy." Primus said.

"We already established that." I told him, trying not to draw much attention to his crystal. I quickly went to the pod and snatched up some dark energon without Bee noticing.

"They can't hear us." Unicron told Primus as we came back. "They aren't tied to us like Augury." He continued. "But, I think, Megatron might be able to hear me, dark energon. And Optimus would be able to hear you, the Matrix." He finished proudly.

"Wow, that actually made sense." I muttered.

"I think you should explain to the yellow one-" Primus started.

"We already put that thought to the pits." Unicron said.

"Why?" Primus asked.

"If they know I'm his Sire, he'll be in trouble. Or they will think him to be even more deranged." Unicron explained as I nodded.

"Okay, fine." Primus huffed. "And why is he here?" He asked, referring to Bee.

"They want to take me to their base, for protection from Decepticons." I told him.

"Something tells me I'm not invited." Primus said warily.

"You're not." Unicron said.

Primus waited for conformation from me, he did not get it.

"Why?" He asked.

"The Prime might be able to hear you." Unicron said as I cast a glance round to Bumblebee, he was waiting patiently.

"Oh, then they will tie you into this-"

"Yup." Unicron said from his place in my chassis.

"So, I'm just going to stay here... All alone?" He said sadly.

"Yup." We both said.

"Hmpf. Unicron, if you poison his mind-"

"You won't do anything because you're a rock." He finished for Primus.

"Okay, so you stay and we go." I confirmed.

"You have to visit." Primus said.

"No."

"Okay." I said, "Bumblebee?" I asked and he came over.

"Yea?" He asked.

"We'll visit Carrier, right?" I asked, oh, he definitely thought I was crazy.

"Yup sure, wait, they're not coming with you?" He said, somewhat humoring my 'mental instability.'

"Sire is." I told him.

"You're not even trying to hide the truth, you could just pretend we don't exist!" Primus exclaimed.

"Bit too late for that." I told him.

"Huh?" Bee asked.

"I was talking to Carrier." I told him, if Primus could face-servo, he would have done it.

"Okay, I'll call for a bridge." Bee said and one quickly popped up. "You ever been through one?" He asked, I shook my helm. "Oh, well, you'll be fine."

"Um, what happened to your voice box?" I asked.

"That's a rude question-" Primus yelled.

"Megatron tore it out but Ratchet kinda fixed it." He explained.

"Wait Megatron?" Primus asked, "If he knew he could have done that to you-" His words were lost as we walked through the bridge.

I got behind Bumblebee as soon as I spotted another mech, white and orange in color.

"Where are we? Give me a description." Unicron demanded.

"You're not making this easier for me." I muttered and looked around. "Underground by the looks of it." I told him.

"This is Ratchet." Bumblebee said as he stepped to the side, no longer shielding me from view. Ratchet crossed his arms and narrowed his optics, he clearly didn't know how to give a warm greeting.

"Hi." I said nervously.

He seemed to realize the vibe he was giving off and took a less threatening pose. He walked up to me but Bumblebee snuck in some words first.

"He hallucinates his Carrier too." He whispered, trying not to let me hear.

"Even I heard that." Unicron grumbled.

Ratchet paused, looked over to me and back at Optimus, then nodded in my direction. Wow, so discrete.

Optimus gently guided me to another room and got me to sit down on a berth. "This is the medbay." He said, "Ratchet is the medic, he's just going to check your health." He said and gave a small smile of reassurance.

I nodded.

"So discrete." Unicron giggled, "I can't see how you're not laughing." He said as Optimus turned to leave.

"You can't take anything seriously." I muttered.

"Pardon?" Optimus asked, I looked at him awkwardly. "Oh, I see." He nodded stiffly and walked off.

Unicron giggled, "Can you just try not to talk as much?" I asked him, I swear, the other three were eavesdropping.

"Change my personality for you? No way!" Unicron screeched. Then Ratchet walked in, gave a forced smile, and grabbed a scanner.

"Alright, I'm going to take some scans." He warned and waved the scanner.

"Don't let him take scans." Unicron half shouted.

"Why not?" I asked.

Ratchet blinked, "Sorry?"

"I was taking to Sire." I told him, okay, maybe this was funny. He nodded, he was so concerned.

"He'll be able to detect dark energon." Unicron said causing me to panic as Ratchet approached.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I don't want to be scanned." I said truthfully.

"It doesn't hurt." He tried to reassure me by hovering the scanners beam over himself. "See?"

"I still don't want to be scanned." I said, trying not to sound rude.

"Would you prefer me to take some energon?" He asked, no way! I hated needles! And he would still find dark energon in my systems.

I shook my helm.

"This or that, take your pick." Ratchet said as Optimus and Bee peaked in.

"Neither." I said bluntly.

"Keep going like that and he'll hate you." Unicron said.

Ratchet switched the scanner on and approached, this activated my flight response.

I transformed and leaped up, beating my wings to gain height. Ratchet looked flabbergasted and glared at the other two. They shrugged in response.

I reached the ceiling and dug my claws in. I hung there like a bat.