Transformers Rescue Bots - The Present

63: The Possibility- S

The bots talk, Cody learns something, and yet, they all still have no idea about the bots Ira had met.
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It was still surprising that Ira had managed to meet other Cybertronians, especially because the possibility seemed to be so rare when Ira had actually met them. Of course, it was still uncertain of the real timeframe to what bots could've met Ira, but they already knew some.

"Anything?" Boulder asks, putting down whatever he was working on when Blades and Heatwave entered the room.

"It wasn't Optimus who answered, but we still have nothing." Heatwave responds, clearly a bit upset about that. "Although Carrier answered and was yelling at another bot about something, he did tell us they have never been to an island or met Ira."

"Didn't you say Ratchet wasn't a fan of humans?" Chase inquires, trying to remember something that went down earlier.

"Yeah, and he really decided to talk about them." Blades states. "It was hard to keep track of what he was saying because he kept going from English to Cybertronian, then he would yell at someone offscreen before continuing."

"That explains the long wait." Boulder realizes, also having to deal with the fact that they still have absolutely nothing on the bots Ira could've seen.

"I am so confused."

Did all the bots forget that Cody was in the room? Yes. Did they know how they could explain their words? No. Were they desperately hoping that even with what they did answer, the Chief wasn't going to hunt them down? Yes. In the long run, they were all worried.

"What is a Carrier?" He was mighty confused on that factor.

"I believe in your terms, it would be a mother." Chase answers, after thinking for five seconds longer than it would've taken anyone else to reply.

"Wait, then what's your term for dad?" Cody still seemed lost on something, and Boulder could easily guess that the question he was asking wasn't going to fix anything even if he was given an answer.

"Sire." Heatwave answers fast and quickly, part of him hoping to avoid any more questions.

"But didn't you say your Carrier was a he?" Blades squeaked upon those words, Heatwave turning a side eye, Boulder looking down towards what he had and Chase just giving a strange face. There was a moment of silence, until Cody was quick to realize the whole thing. "Oh."

"Our gender isn't really based on that." Blades says, half of him hoping he explains this in a way that won't get him killed while the other half just wants to hide away. "We may have our factions but the gender aspect is confusing and many hate it."

"That's because they keep changing it." Boulder says. "it went from the figure to the eyes to the voice, and I'm pretty sure they were going to change it again."

"I believe the method they were going to use actually made sense." Chase says, trying to recall. "From what I remember, they were looking at a certain property which then one can determine the 'gender'."

"I remember that." Blades says. "It was actually workable for once without issues, and yet it took us so long to find it."

"I'm still confused." Cody says, completely lost now.

"Same." Heatwave says. "To break it down, we can't explain gender because there is no documented way to figure it out due to the destruction of our home."

"Ok." Cody still seemed lost. "But then why did Blades call his mother a he?"

Heatwave could only groan, Chase looked like he was just done, Boulder could only put his helm down and Blades just kind of froze.

"Cody, if we explain any further, your father would probably ground us for the rest of our lives." and with that, Cody just stopped asking, despite still wondering how it was even possible.