This Foreign Feeling -RBA Fanfiction

The New Recruit

"Recruits, report to the SpaceBridge controls in five minutes."

Heatwave's voice sounded through the intercom.

Two weeks had passed since the start of the year.

The recruits, Hotshot, Medix, Whirl, Hoist, and Wedge, had all settled into their lives as Rescue Bot trainees. They had formed beginning friendships, strengthening each day.

When Medix heard the message, he perked his helm up. It wasn't unusual for the professors to put out such calls, mostly for unscheduled training exercises.

The medic put his tools away and exited the laboratory. His fellow recruits poured out of various hallways.

Hotshot was still carrying his cube and seemed pretty annoyed that he couldn't finish his match.

"I wonder what Heatwave is going to have us do today." Whirl wondered out loud.

It was anyone's guess really. As they entered the SpaceBridge control room, they saw Heatwave standing at the controls, with Blades right next to him.

When the five young bots stepped closer, Heatwave turned on his peds.

"Good afternoon recruits."

"Hi professor Heatwave," Whirl replied, bouncy as ever.

"Is this another training mission professor?" Medix asked, suspecting as much.

"Not quite", Heatwave said as he walked towards the yet inactive Bridge.

"I asked all of you to come because we will be welcoming someone new to the academy." The teacher said.

"Who? A new teacher?" Wedge asked, suddenly excited. Everyone had figured out his massive Bumblebee fanboy side.

"Patience, Wedge." The red firebot said as Blades fired up the SpaceBridge.

The blueish portal buzzed to life and the recruits waited, curious and excited.

Firstly, Optimus appeared from the portal, greeting Heatwave and the recruits calmly.

After him followed a much smaller bot, about as tall as Medix was. Her frame was painted white and yellow and looked a lot like that of Blades.

The femme glanced around shyly, under the staring optics of everyone in the room.

"Recruits, meet your classmate, Sarah." Heatwave said, introducing the femme.

"She will also follow the program and be part of your class. I expect that all of you make her feel at home here", he continued.

Hoist raised a servo, a question rising in his processor.

"The year started two weeks ago, so why is she only coming from Cybertron now?" he asked.

Heatwave's expression turned into a slight frown. "That is only her business, Hoist."

Sarah flinched slightly at the question, but it was so slight that only Medix's trained optics noticed it. It made him wonder why she did that.

The femme walked forward to greet her new classmates. "It's nice to meet you guys." She said softly, smiling shyly.

The other recruits mumbled greetings in return and they returned to the student lounge, now with six instead of five.

Adjustments had already been made, housing another stasis pod and an extra furnished berthroom.

The recruits went back to their daily routines, leaving Sarah just sitting around. Medix took notice and walked over to the lone femme.

"Hi Sarah," he started, startling the new recruit as she whipped around. When she only saw the white medic, she relaxed back.