after three days and Ironhide still hadn't woken up, Will had accepted the fact he had lost his sparkling and bonded. it was spark shattering and he was becoming numb to that feeling. Lunar had accepted he basically lived with Sideswipe now, he hadn't seen his creators for nearly a month.

it was quiet on the base and Ratchet sighed. he hadn't been sleeping very well since Ironhide. Wheeljack had started light stasis, hoping to get up with Ratchet any time the medic did, but Ratchet always managed to get out without waking him. Ratchet got up silently and walked out to check on Ironhide. he walked over and stood beside him a moment. he checked his monitors and everything, before noticing Ironhide shifting. Ratchet leaned over him.

"Ironhide?" Ratchet ask. he didn't have time to react before Ironhide punched him hard in the face and threw him. Ratchet winced and looked up as Ironhide stormed out. he shakily got up and ran over to his computer, setting off an alarm. "Optimus! Ironhide's awake and he's rampaging!" Ratchet shouted loudly through the coms. if the alarm didn't wake everyone up, the loud paniced com from the usually composed medic, did. Wheeljack came bursting out of their room, running over to Ratchet.

"holy slag Ratch." Wheeljack said. Ratchet stepped back.

"I'm fine we have to stop Ironhide. I can't believe I forgot!" Ratchet hissed heading out of the medbay. Wheeljack was immediately on his tail.

"forgot what?" Wheeljack ask.

"I knocked him out while he was fighting, he woke up fighting! he's going after Prime!" Ratchet replied.

"why Prime?" Wheeljack ask worriedly.

"he's the last bot he faught!" Ratchet said. Ironhide was already beating on Optimus. the Prime was trying to talk to him, but Ratchet knew it was too late for that. "you idiot! I told you we should've talked him down!" Ratchet glared. he walked over. "Ironhide come on. it's okay. thats Optimus." Ratchet tried. Ironhide swung around and smacked him in the face with one of his cannons knocking Ratchet back a bit. Wheeljack raced over.

"Ratchet? you okay?" Wheeljack ask.

"go get Will." Ratchet winced, laying on his back.

"but Ratch-" Wheeljack tried.

"go get Will." he hissed. Wheeljack nodded scrambling back quickly and running to get Will. Ratchet yelped rolling out of the way quickly as Ironhide threw Optimus at him. he got up quickly and stepped back. "I won't fight you." Ratchet said as Ironhide stomped towards him. "I won't fight you Ironhide. I know you're grieving and I won't attack you." Ratchet said, backing up more.

"Ratchet he's past that stage just fight him!" Optimus hissed slowly getting up.

"shut up Prime! it's your fault he's like this! if we had talked him down before he'd be fine!" Ratchet hissed. he heard Ironhide fire up his cannons and backed up quickly, knowing there was no way to avoid them. he covered his face with his arm and heard the sound of them firing. he waited a second but paused. he looked up and relaxed there was a shield around him. he looked quickly for Will, who was standing beside Wheeljack at the edge of the base.

"Ironhide stop!" Will shouted. the mech faltered a bit and Will dropped the shield letting Ratchet run over to Optimus to help him. Ironhide stared Will down. "just stop. please." Will said walking towards him. Ironhide was on edge, his cannons firing up again. Will stopped. "its just me." Will said.

"watch out Will just because he recognizes your voice right now doesn't mean he recognizes you. don't get too close." Ratchet warned. Will nodded slightly.

"Ironhide please. I know this is hard. I know. Optimus pushed your feelings aside and had Ratchet knock you out and it wasn't fair. you're angry at him for that and you're angry about the sparkling." Will said softly. "but this isn't helping." Will added. he took another step closer.

"frag off!" Ironhide hissed, firing his cannon at him. Will brought his shield up quickly.

"he's having issues processing everything. he doesn't realize he's awake Will! back up!" Ratchet hissed. Will backed up quickly, but Ironhide followed. Ratchet dropped what he was working on on Prime and ran over.

"Ironhide stop!" Ratchet said, getting between him and Will. he had to stop this, it was his fault. "you're awake! thats Will and if you hurt him you'll hurt Lunar too!" Ratchet said. Ironhide stilled. "if you hurt Will, you will hurt Lunar. you could even offline him. just relax." Ratchet said. Ironhide's cannons powered off and the mech hit his knee's bowing his head. Ratchet motioned for Will to go to him. Wheeljack went over to Ratchet and looked him over, he was leaking energon.

"Ratch-" Wheeljack started.

"I'm fine. Prime needs help." Ratchet said walking towards Optimus. Wheeljack followed him, helping him patch up Prime, deciding to give Will and Ironhide a moment. it was quiet as they worked on Optimus, patching him up enough that his self repairs could fix him. "remember when I wanted to talk Ironhide down?" Ratchet hissed at the Prime. he pointed to the weapons specialist. "thats why." he hissed.

"Ratchet-" Optimus started.

"no, you're going to listen to me for once about this Prime. I wanted to do what was best for Ironhide not you, but I let you talk me into it. I won't let it happen again. I know whats best for my patients. I should've done what was best for him but I followed your orders. next time, listen to me." Ratchet glared getting up. he walked cautiously over to Will and Ironhide. "are you two okay?" Ratchet ask. Will nodded, supporting Ironhide's weight.

"I'm pretty sure he passed out." Will said.

"it happens." Ratchet said. Wheeljack walked over to help and the two lifted Ironhide and carried him inside. "he'll stay in the medbay tonight. you can stay with him." Ratchet explained. Will nodded.

"okay." he said following them. they took Ironhide to the medbay and laid him down gently. Ratchet helped Will up before Wheeljack finally sat him down and started working on him. "what happened in here?" Will ask.

"Ironhide attacked Ratchet." Wheeljack said.

"I startled him when he onlined and he punched me then threw me. it's okay." Ratchet said. Wheeljack patched him up and Ratchet got up, cleaning up the mess.

"stop it." Wheeljack said.

"no. it's a mess. I'm cleaning up." Ratchet said.

"Ratch, please, just rest. I'll clean it up." Wheeljack said. Ratchet sighed, clearly annoyed, but headed for their room. Wheeljack cleaned up quickly and laid beside Ratchet. Will cuddled to Ironhide, the unconscious mech laid still. everything would be fine, or at least he hoped. he promised himself he'd make Ironhide take better care of himself, not just Will. he cuddled him and laid with him silently. surely everything would be okay now.