"Miko!"

"..."

"Ugh... Come on! I wanna go see the bots.. Besides Bulks waiting for your lazy aft."

Miko grumbles in her sleep, turning over in the bed and cuddling the form next to her. Mika sighed, grumbling to herself as she lifted her head from her pillow to peer out the window that sat right above their bed. Bulkhead was sitting there waiting patiently, knowing his charge slept in. She had finally been able to go home and had been on rest for quiet some time. She apparently missed a few things, for one she missed Bulkhea going Eisenstein on people, oh and this funny video Miko took when she snuck into battle before Bulk went super smart writing down formulas for Synthetic Energon. Watching the fight between Knockout, Bulkhead, and Breakdown was hilarious.

"Come to papa!" She saw Knockout purr as he reached to the sylinder they needed.

"Run to mommy!" Bulkhead then rammed into Knockout, sending him flying across the feild.

"Sat uncle!" Breakdown had suddenly pinned Bulk, sneering. "Say it!"

Mika had been roaring with laughter when Miko showed her that video. No, they were both late to see the bots at the base and waking Miko was a huge chore all on its own.

"MIMIKO!" Mika shouted as she started squirming.

A growl sounded causing Mika to freeze as Grimlock, who had snuck home with them and refused everyone to leave his creator, twitched in his sleep and joined her twin in cuddling her. Mika groaned in annoyance before looking up to see a man in the door way, before she could scream she heard him speak as he frantically waved his hands in a show he didn't mean any harm.

"It's me!"

"Bulkhead?! How the-"

"Yeah... we all can transform into a human version, just we're a lot more vulnerable..." He muttered as he rubbed the back of his head.

Mika blinked before peeking over to her sister's vanity, seeing the same man before her pinned to the mirror with a grinning Miko beside him. She blinked once more, knowing the look in her siblings eye in that picture.

Miko had a crush.

On Bulkhead.

'Oh, My, gosh. I SHIP!' She grinned mentally before sending him a pleading look "She wont let go."

"Miko!" Bulkhead all but shouted in her ear. "Free tickets to the monster truck rally!"

"Wa?" Mika gapped. "Thats not going to-"

"WHAT!? SWEEET!" Miko shot up, tumbled over her twin and fell face first into Bulkheads chest.

Both were blushing.

'I ship.'

'Shut up Mika! Or I'll start on you with Ratchet.'

Mika gaped again, opening and closing her mouth like a fish before pouting.

"You ready to go?" Bulkead asked as the two girls nodded.

Driving to base was fun, Bulk was doing cool moves that had both laughing and by the time we got to base they couldn't stop. Mika continued giggling before peeking over to Ratchet who was, as always, working on his computer.

She could of sworn he looked back and smiled but when she turned to him once more he wasn't looking anymore.

Shaking her head she prepared for Riptide and Lockjaw to glomp her. Grimlock, having been attached to her back, kept on her like glue and so made her unbalanced.

Therefore falling to the floor at the combined weights.

"Awww I missed you guys too."

"Me miss creator more!"

Riptide and Lockjaw chattered angrily.

"No me! Grimlock more!"

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...

...

-Thud!-

"Ratchet!"

Mika turned from her game, Miko having gone off with Bulkhead somewhere and she had no clue where Jack was. Her gaze settled onto an unconscious Ratchet with Raf patting his cheek. Quickly she got up and hopped off the landing, running over to Ratchet and hopping up onto his chassis.

"Raf! What happened?"

"He was experimenting again and I dunno... he just collapsed! Ratch?"

"Ratchet!" Mika stood close to his face, enough to here him muttering.

"How is it that such small beings can be so loud?" His blu- wait no green eyes opened...

...

Green!?

"Are you hurt?" Raf worriedly asked.

"I'm fine... More then fine." He checked his own vitals. "Ha, energy efficient up thirty percent, motor functioning optimum."

Ratchet began laughing, causing the two humans to glance to each other and then back to Ratchet.

"Any words from the others?"

They shook their heads.

-Ratchet, Lock onto Arcee's Coordinates and prepare an emergency ground bridge- Optimus's voice rang through.

Ratchet hurried to the controls. "I'm locked on, Arcee decelerate and prepare to return to base."

-Save it- Arcee spoke -I'm too close-

"Do not be a fool!" Ratchet said back before the computer began beeping and he growled. "She's hurt, Man the ground bridge." He ordered before diving through the bridge."

"Think their okay?" Mika turned to a worried Raf.

"I hope so, Ratchets acting a bit off."

"Did you see the eye color change?"

"Yeah, maybe it's just a side effect?"

"You mean he testing on himself?!"

"Yeah." Raf frowned, peeking over to Mika before back to the map.

...

...

...

"You should of seen him!" Bulkhead gushed about the smirking Ratchet who walked over to Mika and Raf.

"Hey little fella." He spoke as he picked Raf up, bounced him a little before setting him back down.

'We'll he sure is energetic' Mika thought to Miko who was sitting on Bulkheads shoulder.

'You can say that again.'

"He was like wapow!" Bulk did a punch. "Wakakakay!" A few kickes. "WACHAH!"

"OI!" Mika snapped. "Precious cargo on your shoulder!"

"Whoops. Sorry Miko."

"Do it again!" Miko giggled as she barely held on, her head spinning from the rappid moves.

"Alright, whats your secret?" Arcee placed a hand on her hip.

"No secret." Ratchet started before pulling out a holder with green liquid. "Just something I like to call Synthen."

"From the data that Bulkhead transcribed I thought the formula was-"

"Incomplete no more." Ratchet interrupted.

"So Ratchet makes a better tough guy then I made a smart guy." Bulk head laughs before handing the liquid to a frowning Optimus. Mika was now sitting on his shoulders, frowning as well.

"Ratchet." Optimus started. "I question the wisdom of using yourself as a test subject."

"You didn't see him out there Optimus." Arcee chuckled. "He was in over drive. We all should try this stuff."

"Or give Ratchet more so we can take a vacation." Bulkhead joked.

"I agree the beginning resolution seem promising." Optimus agreed, there was a pause before he continued. "But, I recommend more testing to be confided to machines not Autobots. Outnumbered we may be old friend, we need a warrior in the laboratory now more then we need another in the feild."

Mika could only watch with a frown as Ratchet walked away in a huff.

He was definitely acting strange.

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...

...

"What was that?" Mika looked up from reading at the sound of a boom.

When all walked the halls to see what happened the spied Rathchet training... and getting fired up, challenging Bumblebee to a spar. When he didn't get the spar he got more moody before walked passed him and through the group.

"Hey. Hows it hummin?"

Quicker then she could blink, Mika soon found herself in front of Ratchets holoform and being spun around.

"EEK!" She then fell into his arm as he planted a rather awkward and kinda rough kiss to the lip before she was spun away and landed next to Raf dizzy.

Ratchet winked before sauntering off, ignoring the gaping autobots and humans as he continued on his way.

"Stronger, faster," Bulkhead started before looking to the still gaping Mika. "Studlier."

"Shut up!" She squeaked/growled embarrassed.

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...

...

"You mean he went with?!" Mika shouted as they made it back to the main hanger.

Jack nodded his head.

"Ratchet never goes with... This stupid Synthen is making him act unlike himself."

"They had a problem and went to bring him back but... he took off again."

Mika chewed on her lip worriedley. Why would he do such a thing?

The waiting was killin her.

5 minutes.

10 minutes.

30 minutes.

1 hour.

3 hours.

Finally the bridge opened and Optimus came back with an injured Ratchet.

"Ratchet!" She ran over to him. "is he okay?" She asked as Optimus set him down and helped her up onto his chassis.

"I believe he will be, we've patched him up to the best of our abilities though we are no medics." Optimus paused at her large worried filled eyes. "... but Knowing Ratchet he will be awake and know what else he needs done."

"Thanks Optimus." She smiled to him. "Your the best."

Optimus, smiled and patted her head before waiting with Mika for Ratchet to awaken.

After a long while Ratchet came back online, and the first thing he saw was Mika's wide and worried golden eyes.

His memory flashed to the hallway and emediatly felt embarassed he did that.

"Your optics are blue again." She murmured before smiling largely. "Your back to normal!" She hugged his face happily. When she let go she watched Ratchets smile before he turned and gave his own heart felt appology to Optimus.

And his promise not to use Synthen on Autobots again.

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I know, short update. Sorrrrry. I'm still pretty tired from being up all night coughing. Anyway so! I hope you liked this chapter! Next one will be a little off the timeline before going back onto it! xD