Poisoned (BOOK TWO OF TRANSFORMED)

Chapter 4

Ratchet's pov

I slump down on my berth and just lay there. As I'm just about to finally get some recharge, a knock on my door can be heard. I groan and walk up to the door. When I open it, I look down and see Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead. They're all slouched and all look quite pale for their human forms.

"Not you guys too." I groan. Optimus had come in a lot earlier tonight, feeling sick. I called in nurse Darby and she just said it was a human illness called the flu. As I take these three to the med bay, I hear someone fall over and a very faint ow. I turn around to find Smokescreen at my pedes. I sigh and put him in the palm of my servo with the other three. I sit them down in the med bay where June had fallen asleep. She offered to stay incase Optimus woke up again. I quietly call her name and she wakes up.

"Optimus come back?" She asks and I shake my helm.

"No, the other four." I say and she looks at the four humans sitting on the berth. She lets out an exasperated sigh. She checks up on them and when she gets to Bumblebee there seems to be a slight... complication. He seems to be in some sort of... trance. This can't be good.

Bumblebee's pov

'My throat hurts.' I think as I walk towards Ratchet's berthroom. 'My head is spinning, I feel like my insides are going to explode and I just want to die.' I think and then stop for a second. 'Wait no, scratch that last one, I don't want to die. But I feel dead.' Suddenly Arcee and Bulk are at my side.

'You guys too?' I ask and they nod their heads. We all finally make it to Ratchet's room just as he's entering. I knock on the door as loudly as my weak little human body can knock. Suddenly the door opens.

"Not you guys too..." he groans as he lifts us up into the palm of his servo and starts for the med bay. I close my eyes for a moment and the next thing I know, Smokescreen's with us too. 'Man, it's almost like we're getting that illness that Jack had one time...' I think as Ratchet sets us down and wakes up June. My throat starts to get worse and worse. I close my eyes to try and make the pain go away and it does. I open my eyes and I'm surrounded by flaming buildings. I look around and stand up. I turn around and behind me is Megatron. 'Uh oh...' I think. Suddenly, he grabs my throat and lifts me into the air.

"I want every last scrap of information you know." He growls and I just stare at him.

"No..." I mumble. "No! You can't have it, I won't tell you! I'd rather die!" I snarl and he growls. Suddenly an earsplitting ripping sound can be heard and white hot searing pain is in m'y throat. I look down and there's energon everywhere. I start coughing it up and choking on it. I silently scream in pain. I begin to black out. When I wake up, I'm in the med bay with Arcee, Ratchet and the others. June is staring at me and she looks worried. I start to hyperventilate and I look around.

'Where is he? Where's Megatron, where am I? What happened to my voice?' I ask in a panicked voice. June cups my face in her hands and stares me in the eyes.

"Bumblebee calm down, you're safe. Megatron is no where near here. That happened a long time ago." She tries to calm me down and my breathing slows. I realize that what just happened didn't actually happen, at least not just now... a few years ago maybe, but not just now.

'Ratchet, what's happening to us? Something similar happened to Arcee earlier too.' I ask and he shakes his helm.

"Optimus had one too... I, I don't know what's happening. But I will try to figure it out before it gets worse." He says and I nod. Suddenly, I get a weird feeling in my stomach. June looks at me and then eyes widen.

"Ratchet, get him a bucket." She says and suddenly, there's a bucket in front of me. A few minutes later, I've discovered the "joys" of puking. Disgusting. Soon enough, everyone of us other than Ratchet and June are puking.

"Well, looks like we'll be busy the next couple of days..." I hear Ratchet mumble. Finally, after a while of being sick, along with the others, I can feel my eyes drooping. I close them and the next thing I know, I'm back in my berthroom. 'I must've fallen asleep...' I think and look at the clock. 5am is what it reads. I roll my eyes in annoyance and try going back to sleep. But of course that doesn't work. So instead, I lay there feeling sick and thinking about what happened earlier. Why did I have that memory flash at me like that? Same with Arcee... and apparently Optimus had one too. I'm practically expecting Bulkhead and Smokescreen to get one too now... I sigh. I really should try to get some rest... I roll onto my side and close my eyes again. Just as I'm finally drifting back into recharge, Megatron's face flashes at me and I bolt upright in my berth. I sigh and hang my head. Maybe I won't be getting anymore sleep tonight... I decide to go up to the roof of the building to watch the sunrise. I sit at the edge of the cliff and watch as the indigo sky slowly turns to a nice orange and pink hue. Just as the pink is becoming a bit more visual, I drift off into recharge on the top of the base. Only this time, it's peaceful.