Legends In The Making (TFP x OC)

Sick Mind

Ava bit her lip as her and Ratchet did everything they could to help Optimus. His frame looked weak, rusted, and helpless beyond hope.

"Cybonic plague." Ratchet read from the scanner. "It's only contagious if contact is made with the infected energon."

"Which is what happened on your guys' mission." Ava said to herself.

She checked on his vitals and noticed his core temperature rising. She went to fix it before Ratchet stopped her.

"We have to let his temperature rise, it'll keep his energon flowing." Ratchet explained.

"What was a plague doing in an Autobot spaceship?" Miko asked.

"Its passengers were infected." Arcee told them. "The virus wiped out millions on Cybertron during the Great War."

"Cybonic plague was engineered in the Decepticons' biological warfare program... by Megatron himself." Ratchet gravely said.

The entire team's eyes widened at that information. It wasn't just a virus, it was a terrifying way to permanently get rid of the Autobots.

"You... have a cure, don't you?" Raf asked, hopeful and slightly scared.

Ava looked at the medic in question. She desperately wanted to know if Optimus could be healed. Before he could answer, Optimus's breathing picked up and everyone turned to him.

"No... cure..." he breathed out.

"Optimus, please, save your strength." Ratchet begged.

"Would Megatron create a disease without having a cure?" Jack asked. "I mean, what if he caught it by accident?"

"It's not like we can ask Megatron, Jack." Bulkhead said. "He's pushing up lug nuts."

"And with how insane Megatron seems, he probably wouldn't create a cure." Ava responded.

"But we might be able to access the Decepticon database." Ratchet said. "If there is a cure. For the moment, we still have a fix on their warship's location."

"Bumblebee, come with." Arcee said and began walking off.

"Arcee," Ratchet called out, knowing that she was going to the warship. "Quickly."

It was up to her and Bumblebee. Their leader's life was in their hands and on their conscience. If he died, it would be their fault.

Ava ran over to them, setting the coordinates in the ground bridge and flipping the lever. The tunnel sparked to life.

"I should come, too." Ava told them and grabbed her weapons, jacket, and Autobot pin.

"Not a chance." Arcee said. "This is direct contact with the enemy."

"And I need your help." Ratchet called out to Ava.

Ava looked down in thought, then smiled. She looked back up at them with a mischievous look on her eyes. Neither of them noticed it, being too focused on Optimus.

"Okay." She shrugged.

Arcee and Bumblebee turned around and faced the ground bridge. They entered it, but the ground bridge didn't close behind them.

"Raf, you know how to close the ground bridge?" Ava asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Raf answered.

Ava jumped from the railing she was on and ran into the ground bridge. She heard many shouts of protest but they didn't stop her at all.

Raf quickly closed the ground bridge before Bulkhead could follow her in. He had complete faith in his sister.

"Arcee and Bumblebee better take care of her..." Bulkhead mumbled.