"Jack." Reflect murmurs, hugging him. the inventor holds tighter, pressing the bigger mechs face gently into his shoulder. Reflect squeezes him gently. its obvious the inventor is emotional.

"thought we lost you for a little bit there." Wheeljack murmurs, softly.

"you know me, always gotta be dramatic." Reflect teases. the inventor gives a small smile. "we're alright Wheeljack. we're okay." Reflect assures. Wheeljack doesn't let go, simply holds him tighter. "hey, Jack, I promise, we're alright. you and Ratchet saved us and the twins helped." Reflect murmurs.

"he wants you to let go Jack. you're hurting them." Ironhide mumbles, shifting on the berth. Wheeljack immediately lets go.

"oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hurt you." Wheeljack says quickly, stepping away from the mech almost as fast as he can. Reflect waves off his worry gently.

"shhh. shhh. we're okay. don't wake the whole medbay." Reflect murmurs, walking back over to his and Ironhides berth. Wheeljack nods a little, helping him up onto the berth with Ironhide. Ironhide shifts, moving over. Reflect lays with him, letting the other mech hold him and the sparkling. the bigger mechs servos rest gently on the bump in his armor, right over the sparkling "anyone else injured too bad?" Reflect ask, snuggling back against Ironhide. his bonded snorts quietly behind him, whatever Ratchet has in Ironhides system has the mech waking up briefly and falling back into stasis almost immediately it seems.

"no actually, yours was the worst injuries." Ratchet says. Reflect huffs.

"lucky me." Reflect mumbles.

"you're a little easier to damage. your body is weaker while carrying." Wheeljack says. Reflect nods.

"yeah I know." Reflect mumbles. Ironhide shifts, pulling him closer.

"you could've died. you both could have." Ironhide growls, holding him.

"don't be so hostile. m'fine. I promise." Reflect assures. "we both are. Barricade came out of no where and helped. he's probably the reason the twins were with me when Starscream attacked." Reflect murmurs.

"Barricade? you saw Barricade?" Ratchet ask. Reflect nods, cuddling back against Ironhide. the bigger mech gently presses a kiss to the back of his helm.

"he helped get me out of the floor so I wouldn't be crushed when the ceiling collapsed. he brought me to the twins even if he didn't mean to." Reflect murmurs. Ironhide grunts, pulling closer, thumb rubbing gently over the spot in his bondeds armor that the sparkling is sitting under. he can feel the plating shift just slightly under his touch.

"I ask him to find you." Ironhide murmurs. "I couldn't get to you, but I knew he could. they sent him after Ravage, but I sent him after you and you see who he chose to go after." Ironhide mutters.

"well he saved me from getting crushed so, I mean, I'm appreciative towards him and I think we're one step closer to having him as an Autobot." Reflect smiles, cuddling back against his bonded. Ironhide grumbles, attempting to get back into recharge.

"okay, you two, get some recharge. Jack and I have a lot of paperwork to do." Ratchet frowns.

"make sure you get me a list of parts and stuff you need. parks and supplies you're running low on so I can order them." Reflect mumbles, shifting on the berth.

"will do." Ratchet assures, heading for his office. Wheeljack follows him.

"why are you squirming?" Ironhide mumbles.

"trying to get comfortable, its not that easy for me anymore." Reflect mumbles. Ironhide rolls his optics.

"sit up." Ironhide says. Reflect looks confused, sitting up. Ironhide moves his arm, that had been under Reflect around his waist, up on the berth. "lay down." Ironhide mumbles. Reflect lays back, still confused. he grins a little when he finds Ironhides arm under his head. his other arm wraps back around his waist, resting over the sparkling gently. he pulls the smaller mech closer. "better?" Ironhide ask. Reflect nods.

"a little yeah. thanks." Reflect murmurs.

"mmhmm." Ironhide hums. "whatever it takes to make you two comfortable." Ironhide says softly, kissing the back of his head. he gently rubs his servo over the distended plating on his bondeds abdomen. Reflect sighs quietly, and settles back down in an attempt to get some rest.

he shifts feeling Ironhide move behind him.

"Hide?" he mumbles, quietly..

"shhhh. m'just movin' a little." Ironhide assures. he'd sat as still as he could for as long as he could, but he was starting to hurt on the side he was laying on. it was nearing 8AM and he'd been up a while. he pulls Reflect closer, picking up the gently caress he'd been doing last night over the sparkling bump.

"s'time t' get up?" Reflect ask.

"you can if you're ready." Ironhide murmurs.

"s'everyone else up?" Reflect ask.

"most everyone. Bumblebee is still in here, but his balance is off. his doorwings were destroyed so Ratchet had to remove them until he and Wheeljack could fix them." Ironhide murmurs.

"hi Reflect." Bumblebee calls. Reflect shifts, onlining his optics.

"hi Bee." Reflect murmurs. Ironhide pulls his servo back when his bonded grunts.

"need help?" Ironhide ask.

"I can't get up, I need a cube." Reflect mumbles. Ironhide chuckles, getting up. he walks around and helps him up gently. Reflect winces and sighs quietly.

"you alright?" Ironhide ask.

"no. m'tired. I'm fucking exhausted and your fragging sparkling is heavy." Reflect glares, leaning back against the berth.

"I'm sorry." Ironhide frowns.

"I hate you." Reflect mutters, heading out of the medbay.

"yeah I know." Ironhide frowns.

"you should check the room, you have a lot of my old stuff in there." Reflect frowns. Ironhide nods, following him out.

Reflect puts his servo under the weighted bump, looking exhausted. he glances around. the majority of the base has been cleaned up. there's piles of rubble outside and boxes of bots belongings, waiting to be claimed, in the rec room.

"hey, you alright?" Sideswipe ask.

"m'tired." Reflect mumbles. Sideswipe nods and hands a cube to him.

"you look tired." he snorts. Reflect glares at him, his empty servo clenching.

"watch it." Reflect snaps, glaring him down

"sorry. I didn't mean that in a bad way. you just look like you didn't get any recharge at all last night, but anytime I looked over you were squirming, so that doesn't surprise me." Sideswipe frowns. Reflect sighs, anger dissipating. he snatches a cube for Ironhide, subspacing it as he finally responds to Sideswipe.

"I think I got maybe two hours of sleep and I feel really bad for Ironhide because I know he didn't get any rest." Reflect mumbles. Sideswipe huffs.

"that bastard was snoring so loud Ratchet came to check on him. I think you two are the only two who got any sort of rest." Sideswipe chuckles.

"he hasn't been getting any rest recently." Reflect sighs.

"you don't have to explain to me, Reflect. I know you guys are handling this the best you can." Sideswipe assures gently. "yours and Ironhides room wasn't hit by the way, but your stuff might be a little scattered." Sideswipe murmurs. Reflect sips his cub, heading out towards his and Ironhides room.

when he gets there, the black mech is sitting on the floor, cleaning things up.

"anything broken or missing?" Reflect ask.

"the 'shadow' box on your flag is more like a 'shatter' box now. there are a few other of your items broken, but mostly everything is fine, just on the floor." Ironhide assures.

"want help picking it up?" Reflect ask. Ironhide pauses, turning to look his bondmate over, before giving him a small smile.

"I love you, I really do, but I think if you try to help, hurt or in the floor or worse, hurt and in the floor. I'll get it. you just sit on the berth and hold things I pass you." Ironhide says. Reflect nods, climbing up onto their berth.

"sounds like a plan." he murmurs. he grabs the cube from his subspace. "almost forgot, brought you a cube." Reflect murmurs. Ironhide glances up at him.

"thank you." Ironhide says, reaching for it.

"yeah." Reflect nods shifting. Ironhide pats his ped gently, before plopping himself onto the ground. he digs through the stuff on the floor, before huffing. "what?" Reflect ask.

"I found the vent cover you chewed off the wall when we screwed it shut." Ironhide huffs.

"vents were a very good method of getting around, too bad I wasn't small enough to fit in them by the time Sentinel got here, would've made a great hiding place from that asshole. I still get migraines whenever I think about him." Reflect grumbles, rubbing the side of his head.

"did it actually hurt or were you screaming to get him away from you?" Ironhide ask.

"both, it hurt so fucking bad." Reflect mumbles. "he'd get too close and make my head ache." Reflect adds, shifting a servo up under the bump and grumbling, setting his cube aside on the berth.

"here." Ironhide says, tossing his old toys up onto the berth. Reflect groans.

"why are these things in here?" Reflect huffs.

"Ratchet said you told him you'd give them to the sparkling." Ironhide mutters.

"I did." Reflect sighs, taking them and moving them aside.

"they're creepy." Ironhide mutters.

"yeah well, I could talk to them and tell this Ironhide things I couldn't tell you. made me feel a little better." Reflect frowns.

"don't get tender sparked." Ironhide murmurs. he holds up a small stack of pictures, which Reflect leans over to take.

"never would've thought of you as the sentimental type." Reflect says, looking at the picture of his and the sparklings spark. its the first one Ratchet took. there are five or six others in the stack he's not looked at before.

"well, Ratchet and Jack never had any of Nitro. they never had anything after he was gone, so I guess I'm just, taking precautions." Ironhide frowns. Reflect nods, smiling a little.

"well, they're good pictures." Reflect murmurs. he flips through the pictures. the first four are nearly the same, just progressions of the sparklings spark getting slightly bigger and bigger, but the next two are after the sparkling dropped. the first one is Reflect laying on a medbay berth on his back, snoring. the sparkling bump clearly visible. it was probably taken by Ratchet or Wheeljack, but the last picture is Reflect looking utterly exhausted, standing in his and Ironhides room. he's got a cube in one servo and the other under the sparkling. "when did you get this last one?" Reflect frowns.

"oh I took that the morning the sparkling dropped, right after you got out of the medbay." Ironhide murmurs. "its a good picture." Ironhide huffs.

"its a shit picture. I look so tired." Reflect huffs. Ironhide raises an optic ridge and shakes his head.

"you look tired in that picture because thats when you were ranting about Wheeljack almost making you purge when he walked in smelling like, how was it you put it?" Ironhide ask, looking over.

"a dead fish being shit out by a dog who had the runs." Reflect mutters.

"exactly. he smelled." Ironhide snorts, moving around. "I haven't had a chance to put it on the wall yet though, just got it before the base got attacked." Ironhide adds. Reflect hisses and shifts on the berth, immediately catching Ironhides attention. "you alright?" Ironhide ask.

"yeah it just, moved. it hurt. Wheeljack said it would move occasionally. it friggin' hurt." Reflect mutters.

"but you're alright?" Ironhide ask. Reflect nods a little.

"oh yeah. yeah I'm fine." he assures gently.

"Reflect."

"Prowl?"

"where are you?"

"mine and Ironhides room, are you okay? do you need something?"

"I will be there in a few minutes."

"uh, alright."

"make sure the doors open, apparently Prowl is on his way." Reflect mumbles.

"he's got a code." Ironhide assures. Reflect leans back against the wall. "why don't you lay down and get some rest?" Ironhide ask.

"because I assume Prowls coming down here to talk to me, won't do anyone any good for me to fall asleep and then let him wake me up. I'll rampage. I'll throw a tantrum, I'll have a fit so loud Soundwave could hear me in the Decepticon base." Reflect mutters. Ironhide chuckles at him a little.

"alright, point taken." he snorts.

"but I am so tired." Reflect mumbles.

"then lay down and rest, I'll get the stuff from Prowl and I'll tell you everything he says." Ironhide assures gently. Reflect yawns and lays down, holding his bump gently.

"okay but don't be mean to him." Reflect mumbles.

"I won't." Ironhide assures.

"won't what?" Prowl asks, the door swinging open.

"be mean to you." Ironhide snorts, getting up from the floor.

"I appreciate that." Prowl says, rolling his optics. he glances at Reflect. "I have all the paperwork you requsted not only from us, but also everything requested from Ratchet and Wheeljack as well, sir." Prowl says. Reflect groans at him.

"don't call me that. look I may be an active Prime, but I'm still Reflect. you can take that sir business and shove it right up Optimus' tailpipe." Reflect huffs.

"Reflect!" Ironhide says firmly. the mech growls, rolling over and putting his back to them.

"bastard." Reflect grumbles. Ironhide shakes his head and takes the items from Prowls servo.

"me? you're the grumpy bastard." Ironhide mutters, shutting the door.

"don't fucking yell at me." Reflect hisses, rolling over half way to glare at him. Ironhide pauses a moment looking over at him.

"what?" he asks.

"I said don't yell at me." Reflect glares.

"I didn't mean to yell at you I'm sorry. don't talk about Optimus like that especially not to Prowl." Ironhide frowns. "Prowl tells Prime everything so if you don't want that getting back to him then don't talk about him like that infront of Prowl." Ironhide frowns.

"I don't give a fuck. you yell at me again and I'm gonna have Wheeljack lock you out of the medbay while I hide in there until this fragging sparkling gets here!" Reflect glares. Ironhide sighs a little, walking over to him. he crouches beside the berth and smiles at him a little.

"alright. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I didn't mean it and I will try not to let it happen again. I won't promise anything because you know I have a temper, but I will at least try." Ironhide assures.

"fine. whatever." Reflect pouts. Ironhide shakes his head a little. "help me up." Reflect mumbles.

"I didn't mean to yell and piss you off." Ironhide says.

"just help me up." Reflect snaps. Ironhide frowns and helps him up carefully. Reflect grumbles and heads for the door.

"Will." Ironhide says.

"fuck off. just leave me alone. I'm grumpy, angry, tried, and carrying your fucking sparkling and you yell at me! just leave me alone." Reflect snaps, storming out of the room. he wipes at his face and storms down to the medbay.

he huffs and sniffles, storming in.

Bumblebee immediately tilts his head back.

"hey. you alright?" Bumblebee ask.

"is either Ratchet or Wheeljack in here?" Reflect ask.

"uh Wheeljack went back to their room a few minutes ago and Ratchets in the rec room." Bumblebee says. Reflect storms past him, huffing, towards the room.

Wheeljack looks up from his datapad, having bene laying on their berth reading quietly.

"hey you okay?" Wheeljack frowns.

"move over." Reflect mumbles. Wheeljack scoots over, watching him worriedly. Reflect climbs up and curls himself into a ball.

"you alright?" Wheeljack ask.

"no. that bastard yelled at me and I'm actually fucking crying about it." Reflect chokes. Wheeljack frowns and wraps his arms around him gently.

"thats okay. if you need to cry about it, its alright." Wheeljack says, pulling him closer. Reflect rolls over and cuddles up to him, sniffling. "I'm here for you. its alright." Wheeljack murmurs. the mech breaks down against him, sobbing quietly. the inventor holds him tightly. "its alright. he shouldn't have yelled at you." Wheeljack says softly.

"I'm carrying his fucking sparkling and he yells at me!" Reflect snaps.

"yeah I know." Wheeljack murmurs softly. Reflect sniffles and cuddles up to him.

Reflect lays with Wheeljack for a while, going back and forth between sniffling and scowling, but calms down a little over an hour later. Wheeljack just lays there, rubbing the mechs back gently.

"you alright?" Ratchet frowns, walking in.

"Ironhide yelled at him and he needed a place to cool off." Wheeljack assures.

"m'fine sorry." Reflect mumbles.

"don't apologise kid. you're welcome in here whenever you need to be in here, but I do have to steal Wheeljack." Ratchet says. Reflect shakes his head.

"no thats fine, just help me up." Reflect mutters. Wheeljack snorts and helps the mech sit up and get off the berth. "thanks." Reflect sighs.

"no worries. I got to a point where I just laid down and refused to get up." Wheeljack laughs. the three head out to the medbay, where Reflect sits on a berth.

"what are you guys doing?" Reflect ask.

"we're going to put Bumblebee's wings back on. the damage wasn't near as bad as it looked." Ratchet says. Bumblebee is already in forced medical stasis, laying on his front, to give them access to his back panels. "where's the hinges?" Ratchet asks, looking over at Wheeljack.

"oh... uh... the storage room. I didn't have a chance to get them. I forgot while laying with Reflect." Wheeljack chuckles hesitantly.

"I'll go get them, needed to take a big inventory anyway." Reflect says getting up.

"no way, you don't need to be pulling that box down." Wheeljack frowns. Reflects already heading for the doors.

"you're welcome to join me, but I'm going to get them." Reflect says.

"stubborn." Wheeljack mutters, following after him.

he finally catches up top Reflect in the storage room.

"carrying or not, you still move too fast." Wheeljack says.

"can't help it. maybe you guys should've named me for my speed." Reflect snorts, looking around. "where are they?" he ask.

"over here." Wheeljack says, carefully squeezing past the mech. Reflect follows him, pausing behind the mech when Wheeljack reaches up for the parts.

"Jack... did you have something in your lab you were working on?" Reflect ask.

"no, why?" Wheeljack ask.

"somethings ticking." Reflect frowns, looking around. Wheeljack turns to face him just as the lab, next door, explodes. the entire storage room shake hard. it throws them both around and knocks shelves over.

Reflect whimpers lowly. his audios are ringing. the room is foggy and he's dizzy. he whines softly, shakily lifting his head. he's on his back and Wheeljack is on his stomach, unconscious, and laying over him, and unfortunately on the sparkling bump.

"Jack.." Reflect whimpers softly, trying to shove him off. "J-Jack..." Reflect mumbles. he gets no answer.

Ironhide.... I need help.

what happened? your distress signal went off.

I... something... something exploded. m'bein' crushed...

where are you?

Reflect whines, dropping his head back on the floor. his optics go black and he's not sure how long he's unconscious, but he wakes to Ironhide shouting over the bond.

REFLECT! ANSWER ME!

m'sorry. m'stuck....

hang on, we're trying to get the door open. the lab exploded pretty bad. can you move?

no.... m'bein' crushed.

can Wheeljack help you?

s'crushin' me...

hang on. its okay. we'll be in as quick as we can, hang on baby.

Reflect whines, trying once more to push Wheeljack off him.

"J-Jack.... Wheel... W-Wheeljack..." Reflect whimpers.

"Jack! Reflect! hang on!" Ratchet shouts. Wheeljack shifts, making Reflect yelp.

"Reflect...?" WHeeljack mumbles, slowly lifting his head.

"Jack." Reflect whimpers. Wheeljack turns his head to look at him. "ge-get off." Reflect whimpers. Wheeljack grunts, trying to get his arms up and under him.

"can't..." Wheeljack mutters, trying to turn his head and look behind him.

"Ironhide." Reflect whines quietly.

"hang on, just... just hold on." Wheeljack murmurs. Reflect head lolls to the side.

"Ironhide." Reflect calls slightly louder.

"hold on! just sit tight you two!" Ironhide shouts. Wheeljack's head drops forward, but jerks back up when the door finally shoves open. things had collapsed in front of it. "hang on Reflect." Ironhide says, running over as quickly as he can. he kneels down beside Reflect, looking him over.

"hang on you two, we're going to get you out of here." Ratchet assures, running over. Reflect whines.

"get'em off me..." Reflect whimpers.

"don't move Wheeljack. you're laying right on the sparklings." Ratchet murmurs. "Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, get these shelves off of them." Ratchet says firmly. the twins rush in immediately. "Hound, Jazz you two clear path in the hallway. Drift you and Inferno clear a path in the room. we're going to get Wheeljack up and off Reflect and get Reflect to the medbay first." Ratchet says firmly. the bots all immediately jump into action.

"I..." Reflect manages. Ironhide turns his attention from Ratchet back to Reflect.

"yeah baby? you what?" Ironhide ask.

"feels... wet..." Reflect mumbles. Ironhide looks confused.

"what feels wet?" Ironhide ask.

"side... feels... leaking.." Reflect manages.

"alright we've got to get him up now." Ratchet says. "Reflect is leaking energon, lets go now." Ratchet says firmly.

"Ratchet, I don't think its Reflect." Sideswipe says, looking over. Ratchet stands to look over the two laying on the ground. there's a sharp piece of shelving going straight through Wheeljacks side.

"shit." Ratchet mutters. he tries to look around it, but Wheeljacks laying in the way. "can either of you see if its pierced Reflect?" Ratchet ask. Sideswipe shakes his head.

"its in his arm, but the sparkling looks okay, other than its being squished." Sunstreaker says.

"m'arm." Reflect mumbles. Ironhide smiles at little at him, patting his cheek.

"just stay quiet okay? we're going to get him off you." Ironhide assures gently. Reflect whines, fingers on his other servo twitching, like he wants to grab hold of Ironhide, but can't since Wheeljacks pinning his arm.

"Ironhide, run and get my saw. I'll have to cut them apart." Ratchet says. Ironhide nods, look at Reflect.

"hey, I'll be right back okay, but Ratchet is gonna take care of you. I promise. I'll be right back." Ironhide murmurs softly.

"m'kay." Reflect mumbles. Ratchet smiles at him reassuringly, scooting over when Ironhide moves.

"you two are gonna be fine kid." Ratchet assures gently, laying a servo on his arm. he rubs over the mechs armor gently with his thumb.

"Jack...?" Reflect asks, looking at at him dizzily.

"we'll get him off you soon." Ratchet assures.

"Jack... 'kay?" Reflect mumbles. Ratchet nods a little.

"he will be." Ratchet assures. Reflect nods, jerking slightly when Wheeljack groans and shifts. "don't move Wheeljack. don't move." Ratchet murmurs, pulling his servo from Reflects arm to rub Wheeljacks cheek. Ironhide runs back in, handing Ratchet the saw.

"hold on." Ironhide murmurs.

"block Reflects face, I don't want the sparks hitting him." Ratchet murmurs. Ironhide nods, leaning over him gently. he's careful not to lay on the mech, but blcoks him carefully.

don't... n-no.. spa-s-sparkling." Reflect whimpers, trying to get up.

"hey, hey. easy. don't move. its alright. you know Ratchet won't hurt the sparkling. okay? just look at me, don't focus on anything else." Ironhide murmurs gently, smiling at him a little. Reflect jerks, whimpering, making Wheeljack hiss softly, when Ratchet sets to work cutting the sharp metal shrapnel.

"try not to move. its okay Reflect." Ratchet assures, gently.

"its alright." Ironhide murmurs. Reflect sits as still as he can, whining. he jerks again, crying out. "its okay. its okay." Ironhide soothes.

"no.... hot." Reflect says, trying to keep himself still.

"I know the sparks are hot, just hold tight." Ratchet says.

"no he means hot Ratchet. Inferno! hey! we got a fire over here!" Sunstreaker shouts.

"block them off the best you can." Ratchet orders.

"hang on I'm coming." Inferno says, running over quickly.

"m'sorry." Wheeljack mumbles.

"don't move Wheeljack, just stay still." Ironhide says, patting the inventors shoulder gently.

"m'unna be sick." Reflect mumbles.

"hold it." Ironhide says, watching him. "don't you dare purge in my face." Ironhide huffs.

"fires out." Inferno says.

"good, I'm almost through the bar." Ratchet says. he's afraid to move too fast and make Reflects fears a reality by catching his bump with the saw. "alright, I'm through. on the count of three, you two grab his legs, Ironhide and I will grab his arms. we're going to run Wheeljack to the medbay and lay him on a berth like this. don't put him on his back, we'll just jam the shrapnel in more." Ratchet says.