TFP Star Season 2

Pain operation

"A what?" asked Elena.

"A pain transplant," repeated SweetStar. "It may help."

"Out of the Question!" said Ratchet. "It has been made few times and there's a huge risk that it would fail."

"What is this pain transplant?" asked Miko. SweetStar rolled the wheels of her wheelchair to get closer to Miko.

"It's the operation when two patients switch their pains. It usually made, when one is suffering something he or she can't handle, but someone else could," said SweetStar.

"Wow, Wow Wow! Two patients? Where you think we even get someone, who can handle what Bulkhead just has and has something minor than him?" asked Elena. "If you expect us to get some wounded Con, you can forget it."

"I'm referring someone else, who's also a patient," said SweetStar.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" yelled Ratchet. "You're less able to handle such pain than any of us. You can die in it."

"I agree on Ratchet with this," said Arcee. "SweetStar, you're too small to handle all that."

"So, what? You're going to leave Bulkhead like that?" asked SweetStar. "I'm not needed much here. All I do is be on Star Computer."

"But you're also an assistant, helper, the last Stars there is," said Elena.

"BurnStar is still alive," said SweetStar.

"But she is not here," said Arcee. "And who knows if FallStar has her by now."

"She does not! If she would I would be aware of it," said SweetStar. "You have said yourself, we're outnumbered, you need everyone in the field. I'm not that important in the field, unlike Bulkhead."

"Okay, listen, Sweet. Even IF we agree with this operation, how you expect to do it all by yourself, when you're one of the patients," asked Elena.

"You can do it," said SweetStar. everyone remained quiet.

"Sweet, You do realize Miko is here and I don't think any of us is up for the humor now," said Elena.

"I wasn't joking," said SweetStar.

"You know, I'm NOT touching any of those instruments without having nausea."

"The operation doesn't need medical tools, it only requires Star elements. With it, you seal all the pain into the solid crystal, for example, water or rock and then place on the donor."

"But what makes you think I'm able to do that. I'm hardly learning my powers."

"Then you have the honor to tell the sad news to Miko that her guardian won't be able even to pick her up from school or anything else," said SweetStar leading her hand to Miko. Miko hasn't spoken while now. For far she has listened carefully. She really wishes to have Bulkhead back and operation sounds too good enough to be a miracle, but when she heard that SweetStar has decided to be the one who takes it and Elena has to handle all operation, she wasn't sure could she really accept it. She can tell Autobots were thinking the same thing. They wanted Bulkhead back healthy, but risking Star's life...

Elena groaned and rubbed her eyes with her fingers. She didn't have a choice here.

"Doc, what are the risks if I fail?" she asked.

"I heard the rumors that pain must be moved from the body in half hour or it will return to its owner's body, leaving more great damage that already was."

"So, are you saying if I messed up somehow in half hour while pain is out from them, their situation could be even worse than it is now," she asked. Ratchet could only nod on that. Elena looked on Miko. "Are sure you want me to this? You know, if I fail we might even loose Bulkhead this time."