ƬIᄂ Λᄂᄂ ΛЯΣ ӨПΣ (ᴛꜰ ᴏɴᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ɪɴꜱᴇʀᴛ)

ᄃΉΛPƬΣЯ ƬЩӨ

"Y/n can you reach this for me?"

"Y/n there's this cart stuck, can you help me push it??"

"Y/n! Sideswipe got stuck up on a high area without his jet pack again! Can you get him down?"

The amount of times Y/n has heard their name be called for would've made them a energon millionaire. Left from right they were running around aiding all the bot who called for them. It took a toll on their legs as they could feel them creak and lock up.

Then again it was no surprise considering they were one of the two captains of the miners, second captain to be precise. How they managed to gain that title was beyond them, seeing as they wanted no part in such a responsibility, or did anything worthwhile to be approved. If anything it was another thing holding them down from what they really wanted. But Y/n knew deep down in their spark, they couldn't just leave their fellow miners amidst their struggles, despite their own dragging them down.

Y/n was taking a small break near the cave exit, trying to get their gears to become more moveable by  allowing oil to lubricate over the locked up joints. It wasn't until they heard the sound of jet packs approaching and seeing the first captain, Elita-1, fly in with all the other miner bits, including Orion and D-16.

"Elita- I mean captain- Y-you are looking especially shiny this morning. New polish??" Orion fumbled as he followed Elita like a lost puppy. It was no secret that Orion may have had a small thing for the independent femme, but she definitely did not feel the same way.

"Orion Pax, I'm sorry I somehow gave you the impression that we're friends." Elita said in a non-apologetic tone, before catching Y/n's form, "Get off your aft Y/n! We got a job to do!"

"I was just taking a break." Y/n scoffed under their breath as they stood up with a wince, which D-16 caught on to as he waited for them to catch up.

"You good?" He asked in a low tone when Y/n got close enough to hear him.

"Just some gear pain is all. I'll be fine when we get back to our berth rooms." Y/n assured him, and D-16 nodded. Letting the situation go.

"Wide up that wall! Let's go- 10 seconds!!" Elita demanded as everyone prepared to enter their 5th energon cave of the day.

"Happy to take the lead today Captain! Feel like I have enough power in me to drill down and touch Primus himself." Orion claims, trying to sound impressive, but only annoyed Elita more.

"You don't have the touch OR the power- Ready positions rust-buckets let's go!!" Elita sprinted off, leaving Orion with a dishearten expression.

"She's in a good mood today." Y/n stated sarcastically, "You try too hard Pax. You just need to be more like you and not some macho character. It's honestly just...weird."

"Yeah...yeah thanks." Orion rolled his optics at Y/n as they stepped in front of him and D-16.

"I'm telling you. It workssss~" Y/n waved a digit before sprinting off as well to gear up and prepare to enter the caves. Helping the others seeing as they are , again, the second captain, "Everyone make sure your safety packs are refueled and ready! We don't want any malfunctions causing failure!"

"How did they become captain when we've been online longer?" D-16 mused and Pax shrugged.

"Who knows? Y/n's always been a big mystery. Literally." Orion jested, mention Y/n's height disfunction, "You ready?"

"Always ready." D-16 fist bumped Orion with a smirk, "Let's punch it."

"Here we go! This one won't be opened long, brace it up!" Elita warned as she and Y/n led the miners into the cave, giving green light to enter, "Everyone either stay with me or Captain Y/n!"