*OLD* Woman and Machine I (TFP & Pacific Rim )

Chapter 13

A hand gently nudged Koda. Her emerald eyes slowly opened. Adjusting to the light in the base. As she stretched her muscles flexed slightly. Then something in her eyes changed. Immediately she was on her feet, looking at the mech in front of her.

"Come on," Ratchet offered Koda a servo.

She quickly hopped on and held the medics index digit to keep herself steady as they walked to the med bay. Worry engulfed Koda, but that strange reassurance came back. "I really gotta ask Sire about that. It's so strange! But...welcoming?" Koda thought as they made their way over to med bay. She took a breath before they walked into the medical area.

A small smile graced Koda's face. There he was. In a blanket burrito. Looking very comfortable, as all blanket burritos are.

Ratchet set Koda down on the berth. The medic left them be. He would come back later and explain things. Carefully the woman walked over to the resting Prime. She put a hand on his cheek and rubbed it gently, "Peterbilt?" She whispered.

Optimus' optics flickered online, meeting the emerald iris' of Koda.

"Hi," She said softly, "You gave me a scare back there,"

"Apologies, I meant no harm. Remind me to keep a blanket with me when we go to the arctic," Optimus cuddled into the blanket a bit more.

Koda chuckled lightly and wiped a few tears away, "I will."

"You fixed Gipsy Danger."

"Y-yeah. She's w-working well," Koda stuttered a bit.

"Did you make any new modifications? Or did you stick with what you usually use to repair your Jaeger?"

"I u-used some c-cybert-tronian a-alloy."

"Koda?"

"Y-yes?"

"Are you okay?"

The woman chuckled and shook her head, "No not really. I thought you were going to die, Optimus!"

Carefully Optimus picked Koda up in his servo, "I'm not going anywhere Little Bear."

Koda nodded and snuggled into his servo. Her head poked out from under the covers. She put a hand to his chest, "Your still cold,"

"Indeed–"

"With good reason Koda. He was in the arctic for 7 hours!" Ratchet stated as he walked in. Koda swiftly came out from under the covers before the medic saw her.

"Welcome to the panic room," Koda whispered in a sing-song voice.

Optimus tilted his head slightly. Confused as to why he heard Koda say those words. This wasn't the first time she'd whispered lyrics to a song. Last time was before the big fight against the Kaiju. The Prime would ask her about it later.

"Optimus, I need to check you over," Ratchet told the Prime.

He chuckled lightly, "I don't want to move Ratchet."

The medic rolled his optics. His attention was brought to Koda who'd climbed on top of the Prime and was near his helm. Carefully she began tickling his audial fin with her index finger.

Optimus closed his optics, but was trying his hardest not to laugh. Koda moved her finger down his audial fin a bit. That seemed to be the most ticklish area.

"O-okay! I-I'll g-get up!" The Prime laughed as he moved to sit up. A few of his joints popped. Koda fell into his hand and gave Ratchet a thumbs up.

The medic found himself finding the interaction quite amusing. He did a scan of his friend's system. There was something slightly different with his Spark patterns. But it didn't worry the medic.