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"Rodimus says to shut the frag up before he drags hismelf intheir and rips someone's audio box out!" Ratchet yelled formt he Med Bay appanrelty transmittign Rodimus' message to the base.
Sentinle appeare dmore annoyed by that. "So Rodimus is acutlaly alive and not lying on hsi back for a change near deaht .. surpising." He muttered more tohismelf that last part.
"Yeah alive." Bumbebee said without thinking. "Pissed as the Pit but alive. Yes we all know how amazing it is soemoen can have a storng will to live." The glare Sentinle threw his way wans't enough to make him flinthc this time.
While in the MEd bay Rodimus seemed to becomign far more aware Rathcet took this as a postivie sign that the PRime was recovering slightly faster than expected. "Ratchet," Rodimus said hoarsly making the medic look at him. "UI want ot to talk to .. Optimus when he can get in here. It's importent." Rodimus hadn't spoken at all sense the procdure occured as as far as everyone knew Senitnle was unaware that it had evne occured, for the best.
t would be best to not interupt whatever meeting Sentinle was haivng with Optimus so Ratchet sense a comm message with the request. "He's got it and he'll be here whenever our Magnus has time to spare him."

Immense pain and dizzyness flooded his every circut and system. Being half blind, even though it was a medically enduced blindness made him uneasy and on edge his audios were gltiched at best. Hearing Optimus's vocie usddnely righ tnext to his head made him realzie how weak and defensless he really was. Turning his one eye to look at Optimus and seeing his was indeed alone, save for Rathcets continuous presence of course.
But he felt wrong.
"Optimus Rodimus is slowly getting better though I'll have to ask that you keep your visit short. He''s still in the red zone." Ratchet said form somwhere in the room Rodimus couldn't see him but his attention was focused on Optimus at the moments.
Talking still hurt his voice box as Rathcet had wanred him but he was told he coudl speak small amounts, only they would be barle audiable at times. Rodimus felt more vioently ill than he thaught he did while under the cosmic ust breka out, oh wait he sill had that to deal with as well. "Not." He forced out and hoenslty he never thuahgt his voice coud sound as horrible as it did right htan. "along with . him." He forced out with evident pain while clentching Optimus's wrist with what strength he had.

Breakdown found threw varies supply and invneotry checks they were running low on some base medicle supplys, not inportant but beign low on anything tended ot bite them in the a**. He told Knock Out when he had asked and the Doctor shrugged and commented they'd have to get more somehow eventually. Finding himself polishign Knock Out tool's for the well what felt like the tenth time that day as there was little else to do with himself. He wasn't exaclty avoiding his old teammates by 'hidding' in the Med Bay he just was finding fewer and fewer reasons to go out not couting the assighnments Megatron assighned him of course. Knock Out was watching NASCAR for whatever entertainment value that ave him. The Docotor had made a coment abot how watchign ont he screen was nothign compared to wathcing in person with one''s own optics. Brekadown just shrugged and agreed with him nto not caring.
Although Kncok Out had said tongith he was appanrleyt going to drag him out to wathc a race even if Breakdown didn't want to go, which he didn't. That was why he was purposly taking extra long on polishing the tools, hoping Knock Out woud be far to interested in the race he was watching to want to leave and find another one.
Knock Out suddnely lightly pestering him that he wanted to leave than and there confirmed ot Breakdown he wans't going to get out of it. "Why do I need to come anyway? Sitting and watcing soem fleashings drive real fast in a straight line isn't exalcyt my idea of 'fun'." He commented as he foudn himslef out the Med Bay, down the hall, threw the bridge and at their location already.

Why wasn't Optimus takign his more seriously? Rodimus thaught wiht tremendous annoyance anyone Sentinle braught with him was a dnager to Optimus and his team. Why didn't he see that? As much as he always foudn Sentinle intolerable to be aorund Rodimus could admit he would never have believed he would attmept murder and for what? Sentinle hadn't been present of course, no sense in him getting his own hands dirty when he could have a scape goat do it for him, but Rodimus knew once the fire started raining down.
Why did no one see it? He thaught with emmense fustration.
Knock Out wouldn't have thaught to make light of this he was certain or maybe Rodimus was over thinking his former lover's reaction. Knock Out over the years became harder to read but bot's change that was normal even more so in times of war.
Ratchet was moving around on his left while Optimus was on his right and Rodimus felt am immense wave of nausia take him when Ratchet began applying a higher dosage of his medication.
If anythign the medicationw oudl kill him rather than his injuries.

"Because it's boring." Brekadown xcountered and hoenlsty wathcign a race WAS boring. He'd much rahter be chasing them down than wathcing them drive aimlessly in circles or lines or whatever else they did for racing on this planet. "Your methods of stress relife tend to leae me snoring as it were." Frnakly another afternoon of 'Buff Knock Out's Paint' for the milloneth time wasn't what he had in mind.
Of his own inner issues Brekadown was doing his best to maintian .. a respectable distance form Knock Out. His mind betrayed him far to often even more so when he powered down for a few cycles but when he came back online he felt heavy and guilty.
"So you enjoy the race while I power down for a while jus tot kill time? Sounds like fun."He said more to himself already finding this whole outing boring.

Breakdown shifted not out of disconfort but from a sudden want. "Racing code for out of ship fazing now?" He asked letting Knock Out trace his claws lighlty over him while Breakdown found his own hand on the medic's waist instead of remining sternly at his own side. Feeling he was allowed ot be a bit more forwardm and feelign the confidence for it mainly for his team's lack of presence at the moment Brekadown didn't hide the rough hold he had on Knock Out. "Well you've also been busying yourself iwht new torture techniques kinda surprised you didn't ry this on the ship." He commented while letting his hand roughly trace over Knock Out's lower back and the small lighting he had back there.
Breakdown's other hand found a spot on Knock Out's upper back beneaht his shoulder plating he tended ot like when he applied enough pressure to it. Knock Out had also appeared distracted on some level as of late and depsite his best attmepts at hiding it Breakdown had noticed but made sure not to say nothing. "So care to share why your distracted lately?" He asked.

Rodimus felt hte increasing urge to hit or yell at Optimus to open his eyes to everythign but he coudlnt muster the strength and felt his anger boil wathcing his freind walk out of the med bay. Ratchet went ot work on puttin him under once again and despite his best effort ot not fall under again the soothign feel of powering down was ot hard to resist.
His mind reebered red and black as he slept and feelign he had long ago burried and believed to be gone.

Breakdown froze suddnely when Knock Out's hand was suddnely on the side of his face. This .. was new territory in terms of touching for them. Knock Out had never touched him in this manner before and Breakdown felt vonerable and uncertain of what to do with himself. Hearing the bonded cmment mae him feel evne more uneasy but the sudden burst of heat in his own spark he coudln't ignore etheir. 'Unless he knows ... why would he use those words..?' He thaught ot himself wondering why Knock Out had to use that phrase of all things it hoenslty boggled his mind.
The sensation wasn't unconfortable, far from it, but it made him feelheavy and far acute to Kncok Out's proximity. Breakdown was thankful he had long ago learned ot keep all his inner htaught from showing otherwise ... well Knock Out would rip inot his face if he knew. His mind bean running a thaousnad senarios both painful and pleasent while he began tkaing careful note as to how Kncok Out's hand felt on the side of his face.
Desperalty wanting and pretending that he didn't enjoy it.
"You um have a unique way of wording things." He said fianlly once his mind registered Knock Out's word and not just his actions. For a brief moment he wondered if he was in fact still powered down in his room back on the Nemesis and this was just all in his mind but htan he remberedKnock Out never mentioned bonding in his inner thaughts.

Yet the contact continued far longer htan it needed or should have. Breakdown told himself again and again that this was a fluke that he was reading far to much into something that wasn't even there. 'Just .. over thinking htis whole thing.' He told himself while finding his body heating up ever so slightly with Knock Out's prolounged contact with him. Part of him wanted to responde in some manner but he was drawing a blank about how to exaclty do so. 'Would gripping him tighter work or pulling him closer?' He thaught with a thick cloud of haze over his thaughts.
From the closeness, the angel and postiton they werein Breakdown was fully aware of what he wanted to. It wouldn't take much he told hismelf as if mentally attempting to justify it he could just pull him that much closer and ...
His own mind immedlayt stonewalled him hard and fast. []'He's your boss.' He thought with only the smallest bit of relife while bitterness took up the vaste majority of his feeling. Breakdown also had to wonder how many others had gotten themselves into such a situation, though it wasn't a reassuring thaught because he was also more certian thatnone of htem had ever fallen this hard for someone they knew flat out would never see them.
"Really? If history has taught me anyhting is that generally anythign with Autobots affects us." His mind had fianly registered what Knock Out had said thoug he felt somewhat justified in his distaction Knock Out had .. very compelling eyes...

Why was no one listening? Charoma wanted nothing more than to beat the counsilors into their owndesks for their stupidity. "I've told you Counsilors. Optimus Prime has told you. This is isn't a pass-"
"These reports are scattered and inconvlusive at best." She coudlnt place his name at the moemtn they all looked the same when they acted like this. "The reports Optimussubmitted are not convlusive to indicate that the Cectpcons are indeed attemptign another attack. Megatorn's confiment though temperary and his later escape do not mean an attack on us."
"Furter more," A female counsilor cut in her voice firm and unsympahtetic. "The reports we've recieved from our Magnus state that the little Decptcon activity rumored ot be on planet earth is not even on militarized level of athreat."
'How can they be this lbind?' Charoma hoenslty felt .. afriad. They weren't listeing just like they hadn't been lsitneing for years. The counsil meeitng was unnaturlaly small i audiane and Chaorma had unsettling feeling concerning why Mirage wasn't present.
"Madam counsilor all black ops agents in every report I might had have stated that they have qitnessed a massive increase in Dectpcon activity at all borders and waypoints in our systems. I myslef have faught sevrel Decptcons on Earth Despite waht our MAgnus has said this isn't an idol threat!" She was tryign to keep her voice from breaking into a full on shout.
"As we said we are fully aware." The female counsilor once more cut her off her voice never wavered and her optics were colder than ice. "But recent report information has made us .. concerned. We are down one Prime do to Team Athena's run in with Decptocn attackers and it's leader Rodimus Prime is on Earth recovering. Is that ture?"
'Why as me what you aready know?' Charoam wans't lieking this. "Yes he is Counsilor but he is still in critical condition he recnelty reutrned from a missiont hat went south. He's barley alive." 'Not only do they seem uninterested htye clelary don't care. Rodimus was their best and they act like him dyng is .. not even an issue.' The cold gnawing in her tanks was gettign worse.
The counsilor's gave each other a look Charoma didn't like it made her armor crawl and her circuts shor out. "The reports we've been revieving concernign Rodimus have .. also become rahter distrubing until such a time that these rumors can be put to rest he will remian on Earth. He will not return to Cybetron until heis deemed no longe ra threat to our safety and until we prove hese rumors."
'What rumors? I've heard nothing neither have the others as far as I know. What is Sentinle pulling?'

"Which you seem to be wanting right now as well." Breakdown said while enjoying the light prickling feeling he got when Knock Out's dental pressed just enough into his neck. 'Didn't realize that I distracted you so much these days.' Breakdown's thoughts were tumbling around in his head while tyring to understand exaclty what was going threw Knock Out's mind. 'Maybe it's best I don't know what he's thinking about. Though it's not like it could make me any more paranoid than I am already.' Feeling his own hands move along Knock Out's back, enjoying the feeling of him under his hands.
Maybe if he was rough enough wiht him Knock Out might evne let soemthign slip aobut his current predicerment.. or Breakdown was over evaluating his abilities of pleassuring him. Wouldn't have been the first time.
Gripping him roughly suddenly and pulling harshly against him and taking pleassure in the sound Knock Out made in his throat at the sudden show of force.

The communication line was cut before Charoma could make a retort, though perhapes it was best the Counsil considered their conversation over before her restraint ended. Sighing heavily and rubbing her forehead formt he migrane that blossomed there."Heard all that did ya?" She didn't evne need ot turn to see Ironhhide there, she knew he'd been listening the whole time even when he thaught he was beign descriet, at least he tired to anyway. "The Counsil's not sending anyone else. They think we can hadnel this little encoursion on our own, same goes for weapons and supplies." Rathcet ahd used up everythign they had just balrey savign Rodimus and the medic let it slip to her he barley ahd naythign left to keep the Prime alive let alone the rest of the team if they were inuured. 'They don't take the Decpticons seriosuly. They acutlaly think that theyl'lll just go away. What the hell happened hwile I was in stasis?' She foudn herself thinking this more and more lately.

It had taken both a few minutes of manuverign into the correction postionan before fidning one that best fit. Knock Out being ever presnelty worried of his pain was currently on top of Brekadown looking far to comfrotnable for his own good while Breakdown, not relaly caring ehtier, made sure that none of the Docotor touched the dirt. Breakdown had Knoci Out's neck firly in his mouth and haing bitten just hard enough to break the covering to get a light taste of energon on his tongue, while feelign his claws roughly dig into him at the sametime he foudn the posisiton very agreeable.