The Doctor's Assistant (Ratchet X Reader)

Chapter Twelve: Orion Pax. Part Two

We were testing the Groundbridge to see if we had extended its range only for it to fail when Raf drove his remote control car into it and it's was destroyed. I assured Ratchet that it was only the first try but he said it was pure folly and a misguided act of desperation. He's not wrong but still. Raf then told Ratchet of the time he managed to climb to the top of a rope in gym class after talking to Bee about it and practising a lot. I guess he's telling Ratchet that these things are possible with determination.

Of course, Ratchet didn't get the meaning of it and snapped at him. Raf left and I continued to help Ratchet. But he was seeming down. Was it because of the failed experiment? Whatever it was, I didn't dare ask. Bulkhead came back and reported that there wasn't Decepticon activity anywhere or any Spacebridges. Ratchet was ready to bridge Bulk to the next quadrant to look for the Spacebridge when we got a message from Starscream, of all bots.

He had information regarding Optimus but asked for a medical kit and for Ratchet to come alone. Oh, that's not happening. Ratchet, me and Bulk went through to see Starscream with an injured leg. That reminds me! Ratchet needs to take my stitches out. I remind him once we have Optimus back. He has enough on his mind already.

"I told you to come alone!" Starscream said.

"Since when do we listen to you?" I asked.

"Where is Optimus?" Ratchet asked.

"Patch me up and perhaps I'll tell you," we didn't do anything and Starscream growled, "have sympathy! I'm leaking here!"

"Then I suggest that you speak quickly. Has Optimus been harmed in any way?"

"He's fine. Fine. Can't you see I'm the one who has been harmed?"

"Where is he?!" Bulk asked

"WHERE DO YOU THINK?! He's on Megatron's warship!" Starscream snapped

"Which is located where?" I asked

Starscream chuckled a little, "now? Who knows. It's a ship. It moves. It took me months to track, only to get fired upon."

"You wouldn't go through the trouble of calling me here unless you had information to trade. Real information," Ratchet said.

Starscream sighed, "very well. Your beloved leader may have lost his senses. He goes by the name Orion Pax now, and it seems Megatron has led him to believe he's a Decepticon."

"Tell us something we don't know," Bulk said.

"What?! How can you possibly know that?!"

"We're wasting our time," Ratchet said as we started walking away.

"Wait! That's all I know! Really! You can't just leave me like this!" Starscream called after us.

"Unless you know where Megatron's hiding his Spacebridge, you can stay here and rust," I said

Starscream gasped, "Spacebridge? Do you mean to tell me they actually finished building it without my supervision?!"

So he does know where it is. Ratchet patched up Starscream and he told us where the Spacebridge is. Ratchet brought everyone, except Starscream, back to base and pulled up the location.

"The Decepticon Spacebridge is located right here," I said pointing to the screen, "deep within an Energon mine."

"Adjacent to a raw fuel supply. Clever. What's our intel?" Arcee asked.

"A... reliable source," Ratchet said, "so, do we have a consensus?"

"Do we know if people can even breath your atmosphere?" June asked.

"I'll hook Jack up," Fowler said as June looked at Fowler and Jack, "completely state of the art. I still have connections at NASA."

"It's too dangerous," June said.

"Mom, I know this is hard, but Optimus risked his life to save our planet, and he's not even human. We owe it to him," Jack said.

"Jack may be the only one who can do this, June," Arcee said, "but I don't want you to think for one moment that I'll allow him to travel unchaperoned."

"Not everyone is destined for an ordinary life," Ratchet said, "Optimus Prime was Orion Pax after all."

"When you were little, you always wanted to he and Astronaut," June said to Jack smiling.

"We will groundbridge directly into the Energon mine and make our way to and Spacebridge chamber, neutralizing any Decepticon forces we encounter. Once we secure the Spacebridge, we'll send for Jack," Ratchet explained, "stealth must be an absolute priority. We will most certainly be outnumbered, and if any Decepticon should transmit an alert to their warship..."

"The odds become four-hundred to one," Bulk said.

"Scrambling communications upon entry will certainly provide an edge in this regard," Ratchet said.

"Taking the bridge is the easy part. You three need to hold it long enough for Jack and me to get to Cybertron and back," Arcee said.

"Rafael climbed to the top of the rope in gym class. We can do this," Ratchet said.

"What does gym class have to do with anything?" Miko asked, "and if Ratchet gets to go in a commando raid, I'm going too."

"Miko, you will help Rafael operate our Groundbridge and manage our communications hub," Ratchet said and Miko was annoyed at that, "and Nurse Darby will stand by in case of emergency. And (Y/N) will be coming with us to help with the Spacebridge and listen for any Deceptions coming our way."

Fowler came back to tell Jack to suit up. He got into the spacesuit as the bots went to the mine. Once they told us that they had the Spacebridge so me and Jack were Groundbridged to the mine. Ratchet locked on to Cybertron and told us he's keeping it open so Jack and Arcee are easier to locate. I ask why he wasn't bridging the two straight to Vector Sigma. Turns out its true location is shrouded by myth and rumour and that the path of the Primes will lead us there. So Optimus will lead Jack there.

Jack told everyone they arrived and Bulk told them to keep the sightseeing to a minimum. Ratchet agreed saying we don't know how far the journey will be. Communications were then switched off. This might take a while. But then we had another problem. A bot called Breakdown was asking for a report from the troops that were here at one point.

But, because they were all dead, we don't have anyone to say anything. Bulk wanted to say something but Ratchet was afraid Breakdown would recognize his voice. He would recognize Bee's and Ratchet's too. We then just used Fowler to give a report and it worked. Thank goodness. Now we wait.