Forsaken

★ Chapter 6★

It was a valiant idea. However, it was unfortunate that this time around the effort Starscream put in did not give him the reward he craved. Letting out a discouraged sigh, the silver seeker sat down in the cold sand where he had left Asteria earlier. With his wings pressed against this back, he wrapped his own arms around his body, staring up into the moon that danced above him. How was he supposed to even rescue her? They ground bridge out, and the location of the Autobot base was unknown to everyone but its inhabitants. It made his Energon boil. What if they weren't taking care of her? What if she knew he had left her? What if... she offlined? More guilt made its way into his spark as he clawed at his own helm, he needed an idea to rescue her. Could he attempt to follow one of the Autobots? No... That would never work they could still be anywhere on this wretched Planet. Perhaps he could call them and ask for her back? Yeah, and Maybe knockout would stop his consistent preening. There is no way in slag that they would just give her back to him even if he asked "nicely" dropping his helm he sighed in defeat. There was only one idea left. No! He couldn't possibly do it!! It was something that he hoped in his whole career that he would not have to stoop to. But... He was desperate to get her back and desperate times call for drastic measures. With all other options exploited, he let out a deep groan, he knew what he had to do... And he was not excited.

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Meanwhile in the Autobot base

The horrible loud screeching of car tires woke Asteria from her peaceful slumber. Sitting up onto her small yet cute aft, she rubbed her optics and let out a yawn. Her little fangs poking out of her mouth as she inhaled more oxygen. Too much of everyone's delight (especially Ratchet) ... She did not scream. She simply began to look around at her surroundings. The younger boys orange glasses were quick to catch her attention. Being a sparkling, she was attracted to bright colours. Tilting her head to the side, she reached her small servo out and gave the object a poke. Coming to the conclusion that it was not a threat, she shoved her short digit into her mouth and began to suck. Only the sound of suckling could be heard for a minute before the shy boy waved at the little femme, her small optics locking onto the strange hand movement.

Raf:" H-hi, I am Raff, a-and, this is Jack and Miko."

Miko waved excitedly at the little sparkling while jack just gave a lazy wave. Taking out her thumb with a pop and a dribble of saliva, Asteria attempted to copy the hand gesture waving her servo back and forth resulting in an "aw" from Miko. The positive attention caused a squeal of delight to escape from her vocal cords. She repeated the action to Arcee to show her what she had done. Then, Asteria began to scrunch her face up, moving her glossa to attempt her own speech.

Asteria:" Ast.... Asssrre..... Ast... AST! Astie! Asteria... Asteria! Asteria! Asteria! Asteria! Asteria! Name Asteria!"

Miko:" Woah! I had no idea she could talk!"

Ratchet:" Honestly, we had no idea it was capable of communication, all she's done so far is scream and sleep.

The little femme enthusiastically wriggled her body back and forth, letting in Various giggles. She was very pleased with herself with yet another accomplishment. Once she had finished repeating her name several more times, she stuck her digit back into her mouth and began to suckle once more.

Arcee:" Hi Asteria, My name is Arcee."

Asteria only tilted her head in confusion; she was not Arcee. She was mummy, her name was mummy. Deciding that it was no big deal she then turned her own attention to Miko who had plopped down beside her on the medical table curiously giving the sparkling a few pokes. Of course, being made out of metal meant did not seem to bother her. However, she was confused about the strange action and decided to copy giving the human girl various pokes in her stomach. Monkey see Monkey do.

Miko:" She's so cute!"

Asteria decided to try out the squishy creatures beside her. Her body was picking up warmth from it, perhaps it was the right place for asleep? Crawling over a few inches, she wiggled her little aft into a spot right on Miko's lap resting against the odd fabric. Miko's body shifted uncomfortably rather shocked at how much it weighed for a youngling. ((I'm not entirely sure exactly how massive a cybertronian Sparkling would be but judging by all the information that I know about transformers, I would say they are quite a bit heavier than healthy babies because of their metal and all.))

Miko:" wow she's heavy

Deciding that this place was moving too much to her liking, she reached down for the floor hoping that in some way she reached it. The storey came closer, and soon she was put on her peds. The bright colours and noise of the monitor were quick to get her attention as she trotted over to the much larger medic. Ratchet let out a muffled groan trying desperately to ignore it hoping it would go away. Then, something else caught her attention, an odd-shaped thing laying on the floor. was it edible? Only one way to find out, gaping her mouth open she stuck the unknown object into her mouth. Bits of dribble covered the purpose before she let it fall to the floor with a clunk... it did not taste good. The sound of one of his tools being broken finally snapped the medic out of his work. His optics widening at the now broken (and very wet) device on the floor.

Ratchet:" I needed that!"

Thankfully, before Ratchets unbearable complaining could take place, there was a familiar yet chilling sound on the computer.

Arcee:" What it is?"

Ratchet:" Starscream....and he has a new request."