Raf's New Family :: Rewriting::

Creating The Armor

So, I decided to continue this story. Here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy.

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While Ratchet got to work on finding scraps of metal, Raf prepared the med bay by moving what he could. Ratchet had the drawings with him so he could grab the paint as well. He gathered the paint for two girls and looked at Raf's choice of frame, color, optics, everything. He frowned. He recognized the mech in the drawing. It was someone he cared deeply about but that he lost.

Ratchet decided not to tell Raf about his findings and grabbed the paint. He picked up the scraps of metal for Rylie and brought them to the med bay. He went back to the storage room and grabbed the blue diamond and red ruby paint then brought them to the med bay. Once he set everything down, the two got to work.

"Alright, attach that wire right here. Good. Now, we need to attach these.", Ratchet grabbed a voice box from a drawer with liquid Energon, "This wire needs to line up with this piece."

As Ratchet continued to explain what goes where, Raf attached, welded, and wired everything into place with Ratchet's help. Soon, they had the helm and neck finished.

"Wow. Rylie is going to love this.", Raf said as he finished attaching the cables.

They had the inner wires and what not all attached and inserted in their proper places. Now, all they had to do was create and attach the armor along with painting everything. 

"Go ahead and take a break, Raf. I need to call the bots in for their annual checkups.", Raf nodded and Ratchet wheeled their project into a closet, "Let Optimus know he's first."

Raf nodded and left to go get Optimus. Ratchet walked over to the computer and brought up AirRazor's profile. He went through his memory files and looked at everything the two had done together.

"You miss him?", Ratchet looked up and over at Optimus, "I know how much he meant to you."

"Yes, I do.", Ratchet turned around and grabbed the necessary supplies for the annual check up.

"You never told me how he offlined.", Optimus made his way to the berth and sat down.

"He offlined protecting me. He was up against Soundwave. He made one mistake and paid the price for it.", Ratchet answered, focusing more on the check up than what he was saying.

"Raf seems excited today. He told Bumblebee he had an older brother.", Optimus smiles at Ratchet.

"Yes, brother.", Ratchet says, sounding more upset than usual.

"Are you alright, old friend? I haven't seen you this upset since you told me AirRazor had been terminated.", Optimus set a servo on Ratchet's shoulder plating.

"Hm?", Ratchet looked up, "Yes, yes, I'm fine."

Ratchet cleared Optimus and requested that Arcee come in next. Throughout the examination, Arcee remained quiet. She knew as well as any other bot that when Ratchet was upset, it was best to leave him alone.

When Arcee was cleared to leave, Raf came back in and the two continued working. Slowly, the first form came together. When they finished, Ratchet applied the finishing touches and the form was complete. Immediately, they started on the second one. 

Ratchet glanced at the clock and looked over at Raf.

"It late, you should head home. I'll see you tomorrow same time?", Ratchet looked up at the confused Raf and sighed, "You should head to bed. It's getting late."

"Uh, Ratchet?", Raf spoke up in confusion, "Its only five. Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Let's take a break. We'll start up again tomorrow.", Ratchet left the med bay and headed to the Energon storage room.

After sitting down with his Energon, Ratchet looked across from him. He hadn't realized he was crying until he felt something wet land on his servo. He sighed and wiped away the tears. After finishing his Energon, he went to berth.

~Next day~

Ratchet woke up and felt someone on his chassis. Raf was curled up right above his spark chamber sleeping. He heard soft pedes and voices outside his room.

"Oh, where is he?", Ashley asked, "I looked in his room. He's not there."

"Maybe he is in the main room.", Bumblebee answered.

"I checked. He's not there.", Ashley said worriedly, "Last time I seen Raf he was going to lay down in his room."

Slowly and carefully, Ratchet got up. He carefully took Raf off his chassis and set him on the berth before he made his way to the door. As soon as he put the code in, the door opened. Ashley and Bee stood in the hallway. 

"Hey, Ratchet, have you seen Raf?", Bee asked, Ashley gave Bee an 'are you serious right now?' face.

"He just got up!", Ashley stated.

"Actually, I have.", Ratchet answered Bee, "I found him asleep on my chassis when I woke up. He's resting."

"Oh thank Primus.", Ashley relaxed.

"He can stay in here until he's ready to get up.", Ratchet walked to the medbay and the young couple went back to recharge.

Ratchet picked up the drawing of Raf's form and sighed. He walked over to a vault and opened it. He stepped inside and went to the one form he kept. He knew it was wrong to keep a corpse but he had a feeling he'd return. And he did.

Ratchet lifted the body and carried it to a berth. After closing the vault, Ratchet started his repairs on the young mech.