Unknown Territory (TFP)

1K Special #3

SPECIAL CHAPTER: Ioa is bored.

"The extent of a backstrut injury depends on a few factors. In most cases, it is a high risk repairment and may result in permanent paralysation..." Ioa was muttering incoherently about medical stuff, the femme's focus prioritised on the datapad in front of her.

Grumbling, she threw the datapad softly onto the medical berth, huffing in annoyance.

"I've read this countless times that I can recited by memory! Heck, I've performed it a few times in my days on Cybertron! Is there anything else to read?" Ioa groaned, turning to face the other Autobot medic. The orange and white medic picked up the abandoned datapad and gave her a look.

"Why are you reading the 101 Backstrut Treatment?" he questioned, optic ridge raised towards her. Ioa sighed loudly and plopped back down on the berth.

"I'm bored. I have nothing else better to do."

"May I suggest going out for a drive?"

"Alone? No thanks, I'm lonely." Ioa dismissed the medic, peeking over his shoulders to see what he was doing. The familiar algorithm on the screen caught Ioa's attention.

"Still trying out the Reverse-and-Erase Quantum Decoding technique?"

"Learning."

"Want me to-"

"EP EP EP! I'm fine, just give me a few more hours and I'll be good!" Ratchet huffed, not liking about not knowing. Chuckling lightly, Ioa left the persistent bot be.

"Alright, alright. Let me know if you need help."

"Will do. Now shush, let me have some peace and quiet." Ratchet's reply got Ioa to optic-roll.

"Peace and quiet? With Miko around, I don't think that's quite possible Ratchet." Ioa laughted quietly, her helm turned towards the mentioned human who was playing her electric guitar loudly. The human girl was rocking it with her partner, the latter head banging to the rhythm of his charge. The other bots were also grooving it, enjoying themselves with their partners. Bumblebee and Raf were dancing along while Jack and Arcee stood by the side, heap bopping to the music.

Optimus......wait, where's Optimus?

"Where's Optimus?" Ioa asked the orange and white medic.

"Out for a drive. Primes don't party." Arcee yelled over the loud music. Ioa tilted her helm in confusion and look towards Ratchet who was still grumbling to himself as he tried out the algorithm.

Shaking her helm, she shifted into a human and made her violin appear. During her free time, she would sneak out of the Decepticon's base and disguise herself as a human. Ioa learned a lot about earth's custom, human needs and many more...unwanted stuff.

She and Knockout would sometimes go to the drive-in theatre to watch movies, as humans called it. The cherry red mech enjoyed the thriller movies while the femme enjoyed the Sci-fi ones.

She had quite the sleepless nights after watching 'Annabelle' with the mech and she was still holding it against him, not that she would ever mentioned it but still.

Ioa also learned the joy of music, sharing the passion with the silent lieutenant, Soundwave. The mech enjoyed electro swing and pop with the femme, but Ioa had a special place in her spark for classical music, be it Western or Eastern.

She downloaded the theories for beginners on violin, harp and cello, having quite the interest on string instrument. She also learned how to play the Guzheng, an elegant Chinese string instrument.