Under Fire

Past Tense

They arrived at base just a few seconds later and found Red Alert and First Aid waiting for them who got to work helping Ratchet treat both Knock Out and Battlecry.

Everyone else waited outside the medbay. And a few minutes later Ratchet came out and said Knock Out was going to be fine. But they were going to have to the the patch on Battlecry to make sure she hadn't received any processor damage when she hit her helm.

And they would need a volunteer to go into her head while the medics worked the equipment and everyone volunteered Starscream who really didn't want to do it. But was out voted.

While Starscream and the medics were helping Battlecry. the others went to visit Knock Out who was awake now.

"You had us worried Knock Out we're glad your ok." Bumblebee told him.

"Thanks for saving me guys." Knock Out said to them. "That Shockwave is beyond insane."

"Well he's locked up in a cell where he can't hurt anyone now." Smokescreen assured him.

"But unfortunately he wasn't the killer he didn't even know about the murders." Arcee explained.

"So the killer as well as Pharma are still at large." Said Knock Out.

"Yeah seems like it's just one thing after another."  Bulkhead told them. "We just can't seem to get a break lately."

Then Knock Out told Arachnid he forgave her for killing Breakdown after he heard about how she had helped save him and about what Shockwave did to her.

Then Ratchet came in and Knock Out said he wanted to talk to the other medic alone for a minute. So everyone else left the room.

"What is it you want to talk to me  about?" Asked Ratchet.

"When Shockwave went through my head back there he forced me to relive one of the worst memories of my life." Knock Out explained.

"I'm sorry." Ratchet told him. "We should have gotten to you sooner."

"No I'm kind of glad it happened because I remembered something I didn't before." Knock Out told him. "Something I was too young to remember at the time."

"And what was that?" Asked Ratchet.

"The face of the medic who saved me."  Knock Out said to him. "Ratchet do you remember saving a Velocitronian sparkling who's Sire killed his Carrier and tried to kill him as well?"

"Wait that was you?" Ratchet asked. "The authorities got word of a dispute and sent me to treat anyone who'd been injured and we found a femme's  body with her servos wrapped around a sparkling she'd been protecting." "I never learned the sparkling's name."

"Yes it was." "My adopted parents told me it was a medic who saved me and it was what inspired me to become one." Knock Out told him. "Thank you for saving me back then."

"Your welcome." Ratchet said to him. "No sparkling should have to go through that." "I'm so sorry for what happened to you."

"Thanks to you I was given a second chance and I had a great adopted family and actually got to be a sparkling instead of having to worry about being abused." Knock Out told him.

And the two continued to talk for awhile.
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Meanwhile Optimus and Megatron were talking in the hallway when they heard something crash and ran to part of the medbay where it came from to see what was going on.

And were greeted with the sight of Starscream and Battlecry hugging each and crying. Apparently Battlecry had caused the crash when she jumped off the medical berth when they had disconnected them from the patch.