Irreplaceable you || TFP Ratchet x Femme reader

11. Project RAM

We all waited patiently for Bumblebee to come back to base and give us the green light. It's been a few days of mapping out this little plan of ours, team prime hopping right on to help us both. Today was the day where we finalized the blueprint.

Optimus was smart with these things, so we weren't surprised when he grabbed the chalk first, flipping the rotating whiteboard over to neatly scribble a game plan. Arcee added some pointers as we all stood erect, watching the picture be painted in front of us.

Ratchet wasn't here at this exact moment, finishing up his last lab in the medical swing. The screech of the chalk came to a halt as Optimus turned the board for all of us to see.

"Okay." He said sounding alarmingly out of breath from his detailed doodle. "This is what I believe should happen."

"We've been tracking the Nemesis for around a week in preparation, bypassing it's cloaking capability as long as it was on solid ground. For the first time this morning the ship in fact touched the ground, and why Bee is not here at the moment."

"Where is he then?" Bulkhead asked the group as the Doctor entered the discussion, seemingly done with his testing.

"Bumblebee will arrive shortly, and his word will judge our next step. He is scouting the area of the Nemesis for us. If he brings good news then our plan will move faster."

We all nodded as Optimus continued to explain the plan, the three human kids standing quietly on the balcony. Miko was already warned to act up by her guardian in Optimus' present.

"Once Bumblebee reports his findings to me and everything is going according to plan, we will separate in teams. Remember, Y/D and Ratchet are trying to get to the cortical psychic patch. The procedure will only last around 20 minutes, as time moves faster in the wavelengths of our processor. We must successfully get on board and use this device without spectators."

"Optimus, that's impossible with the mountain of security Megatron programmed his ship with. The cameras too-Soundwave does not miss a beat. I think it would be better to just take the machine and do the procedure here, it's too risky to stay."

"Ratchet's right." Arcee added, standing by the balcony with her servo on her hips. All optics and eyes darted over to her after following Ratchet's line of sight. "With the amount of security we'd never make it beyond the flight deck."

Optimus thought about it, but we all knew he already knew. He had a plan, so I spoke up.

"Let Optimus finish explaining before we work out the kinks. We all know he understands what he's doing."

After a moment of silence Optimus spoke again, seemingly thinking about the input, and silently thanking me for my contributions.

"We cannot take the machinery attached to the base of the vessel. It would simply fray the wires to be inaccessible." Optimus added, everyone else not thinking about that.

"Okay, so what do we do?" Ratchet asked now. I could tell he acted calm but inside he was nervous. We both needed this to happen.

"I know Megatron better than anyone else here, and If I were able to distract him outside of his ship he'd follow, bringing help. We need to drain the Nemesis of as many vehicons as possible." Optimus continued.

"What would you even distract him with?" Ratchet said, flabbergasted. "We only get one chance and we cannot mess this up."

"Do you doubt my expertise, old friend?" Optimus smiled at him. "I will fabricate something worth fighting for. I believe I am capable of that for you."

"No, Optmimus I didn't mean tha-"

Miko cut him off. "Ratchet got Optimus to lie? Sweet!! This is a milestone, guys."