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Heatwave was recovering from his injury when First Aid walked in and sat in a chair near the bed.
“Go away,” Heatwave said.
“Why? What’s wrong?” First Aid asked.
“I want to be alone.”
“I thought you’d want to know what’s going on with Chase. He’s getting his blaster removed.”
“And then what? They give him back to us, so he can kill us again?”
“No, he’s gonna go through proper workspace training. Maybe he’ll apologize once he’s back to his senses.”
“Look, kid, bots like that are pretty set in their ways. And I don’t want them on my team.”
“So, you want all of us gone?” Blades asked as he walked in with energon for Heatwave.
“Yeah, for now,” First Aid said as he left.
Blades handed Heatwave the energon. “You know, Heatwave, I’m starting to get more memories, and when we found the binder, it reminded me of something, although a bit delayed. We accepted you. I just wish we rememberd before Chase shot you.”
Heatwave drank the energon. “Get out. I want to be alone right now.”
Blades left.
Heatwave finished the energon and got some rest… and started to remember something.
Xxx
(A/N: prepare for confusion!)
Blades the Rescue Bot was playing some earth video games with Blades the Protectobot.
“So, how’s Heatwave?” Protectobot Blades asked.
“He’s good. He just want’s to be alone for now,” Rescue Bot Blades said.
“I can understand that. So, who’s in charge of your team, for now?”
“Chroma is. Normaly, it would be Chase, but since he shot Heatwave…”
“Even more understanding.”
“She might be partnered with Chief Burns for a while. Unless, one of the twins is willing to come and help us.”
“No, we’re a bit busy hunting a very bad mech.”
“You need any help?”
“Yeah, if you could watch First Aid, that’d help us a lot.”
“Okay, I’ll ask Chroma if it’s okay.”
Xxx
Ratchet, Bumblebee, Miko, and Raf walked to Razor’s office.
“Is it just me or is it weird that we’re working with the Decepticons?” Miko asked.
“It’s not what I would call ideal,” Ratchet said, “but, I’d do just about anything to see Rotors get what he deserves.”
Ionix walked up to them. “Any idea on if we get Skylynx to help us out yet? I only got 15 mechs left.”
(“Don’t you have more?”) Bumblebee asked.
“10 are still in sick bay. Five are critical.”
“Maybe we can ask Wheeljack to help,” Miko said.
“Miko, they need MORE guys, not less,” Raf said.
“Ionix, you wouldn’t happen know where Chroma is, would you?” Ratchet asked.
“With her team at the main groundbridge. You need her for something?” Ionix asked.
“Miko has expressed interest in firefighting, so we though she could go on a ride-along with Kade.”
“Well, good luck with that. I have to check in with some scouts.”
Xxx
(A/N: the timeline’s going to get confusing, but these events take place on the same day)
Night had fallen and Heatwave left his room.
He was walking down a hall when an earadicon crossed his path.
“Shouldn’t you be resting?” the cannon fodder asked.
“Oh, just stretching my legs. Taking it easy,” Heatwave said.
“Alrighty then. I better see what my brothers were talking about this show with professional idiots,” the earadicon left.
Heatwave continued to the groundbridge, punched in coordinates, and walked to the uninhabited island. He walked to the familiar clearing, sat down, and focused on finding his bondmate. He didn’t know if it was a mech or a femme, but that didn’t matter. All he knew was that there was someone out there who loved him. Why else would he bond sparks with someone?
Xxx
Rotors was drinking energon when his spark felt odd.
“Darksyde, prepare the groundbridge,” he ordered.
Xxx
“Miko, we got a job,” Kade said.
“Ooh! Are we going to put out a fire?” Miko’s eyes became anime-like.
“Not exactly.”
The two took the elevator to the garage where Inferno was waiting.
“What is it now?” Inferno asked, annoyed.
“A cat stuck in a tree,” Kade said as he and Miko got in.
“Gee, staring off easy, aren’t we?” Miko crossed her arms and pouted as her pigtails drooped.
Xxx
Ionix, Bumblebee, and the healthy earadicons were watching ‘Tex vs. the Reds and Blues’.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9wtb…
The cannon fodders were quite enjoying it because they could relate to the Reds and Blues.
“Oh, man, Bee, you were right this IS hilarious!” Ionix said as he laughed.
“That Grif guy is NEVER having kids!” an earadicon laughed.
The intercom buzzed alive.
“Everyone on board: Heatwave has gone missing. I repeat: Heatwave has gone missing. If you can, help search the ship top to bottom. If we can’t find him on the ship, we need to bridge out,” Razor ordered. “If you find him, let us know.”
Xxx
Heatwave was talking with a hover. The hover claimed to know him, his spark said he did, but he just couldn’t put a name to the face!
“Look, I don’t mean to be rude, but I can’t remember your name,” he said.
The mech smiled and held his hand. “It’s Rotors. And that feeling in your spark: we’re mates. Almost had a child.”
Heatwave’s optics widened. “I-I don’t remember that. My scar is from a growth, right?” he removed the armor on the scar.
Rotors looked at the scar and squeezed Heatwave’s hand. “You must’ve had an abortion and lied to you about it later.”
Heatwave felt as if he was punched in the gut. “Wh-why would they do that?!”
“You’re bi and have hermathus. That would be reason enough for them.”
They heard bots calling Heatwave’s name.
“I have to go,” Heatwave rearmored himself and hugged Rotors before leaving.
Rotors smiled to himself. Soon, I’ll have a new toy. And I’ll make sure he never leaves this time.
Xxx
Miko, Raf, and Cody took the elevator down to the bunker and found that the bots were gone.
“Where are the bots?” Raf asked.
“They can’t be on an emergency. My family would be with them,” Cody said.
“Hey, I found a note!” Miko said. “and it’s in Cybertronian. We better call Jackie.”
Xxx
Chase was walking around the ship, his left arm in a sling, when he ran into Blades and Boulder. “Oh. Hello. Have you come to visit me?”
“No,” Blades and Boulder both said.
“Chroma said that Heatwave regained more memories,” Boulder said.
Chase looked down a bit. “I also regained more memories. I accepted Heatwave when he came out, but something else happened before we found out, but I don’t know what it was.”
“I think something sad happened,” Blades said. “My memories are kinda emotion based.”
“Huh. Mine are random images,” Boulder said.
“I get bits of information,” Chase said. “I wonder how Heatwave’s memories are like.”
Heatwave walked towards them.
They could tell he was not in a good mood.
“H-hey, Heatwave,” Blades nervously said.
“Heatwave I apologize for my behavior. I just remembered you came out, but we don’t know why,” Chase said.
“Apology NOT accepted!” Heatwave said. “You fragging SHOT ME!”
Chase hid behind Boulder.
“U-uh, w-we were just talking about how we’re regaining our memories and Chase was wondering how your memories are coming back,” Boulder said.
“Why did you tell him it was me?!” Chase asked.
Heatwave suddenly grabbed Chase by the left arm and pinned it behind its owners back.
Chase cried out in pain.
“Heatwave, what are you doing?!” Blades asked.
“Stop that right now!” Boulder said.
“You want to know how I get my memories back, but I mostly feel with my spark and I sorta pick up the pages,” Heatwave twisted Chase’s arm very harshly and threw him to the ground. “But the pages are damaged and I have to fix them.”
Chase breathed through his teeth as he held his arm.
Blades helped Chase up. “That wasn’t cool, Heatwave.”
“J-just leave me alone, okay?” Heatwave asked as he left.
“Maybe we should leave him be for now,” Boulder said.
“Yeah, being shot is not fun,” Blades said.
“That sounds like you’ve been shot,” Chase noted.
“I think I WAS!”
(A/N: Heatwave tries to leave again.)
Xxx
Bumblebee and Ionix were trying to calm First Aid while Raf tried to find out which groundbridge Heatwave had used.
“H-h-how could Heatwave even th-think that?!” First Aid exclaimed.
“I have no answer to that,” Ionix said. “Bee, any ideas?”
(“That’s more of a question for Razor,”) Bumblebee said.
“Well, sometimes when humans get amnesia, they create new lives for themselves,” Raf said.
“Primus! We need to show him his medical files!” First Aid said.
(“You want to break him?!”) Bumblebee exclaimed.
“It’ll bring him back to his senses!”
“You have no way of knowing that, Aid. It may backfire and further his beliefs,” Ionix said.
“Ion’s right First Aid,” Razor said as she entered the room. “We have to convince Heatwave to stay here without scaring him. This may be a bit tricky, due to Chase’s actions.”
“I found the groundbridge,” Raf said.
(“Where is it?”) Bumblebee asked.
“Near my earadicons quarters,” Ionix’s optics widened. “One of the could have seen him!”
“Raf, get those coordinates, Ionix, tell your earadicons to use that station’s last known coordinates, get Heatwave, and handle Rotors if he’s there. We’ll be there, A.S.A.P.” Razor said.
Xxx
The humans were in the Broadside’s rec area.
Chief Burns got off his phone. “Ally’s on her flight home and says she’ll call a soon as she lands.”
“Does she know about Heatwave?” Cody asked.
“I told her what I could before she had to go through TSA.”
“Not like she’d help at all,” Kade said.
“But Buzzsaw and I will,” Jackie carried in the minicon. “Optimus gave us the okay to attack Rotors as long as we don’t kill him.”
“Wait, what?” T.J. asked.
“He wants to do a trial like a ‘civilized individual’.”
“Not if the Protectobots get ‘im first,” Miko said.
“I can see why Optimus would want a trial,” Chief said.
“Rotors would be sentenced to death, anyway,” Chase said as he entered the rec room. “I read his file. It was a big file.”
“What are you doing here?” Raychel crossed her arms.
“I came to get a puzzle. I heard they help with proper CPU function. Do you believe Heatwave was in danger?”
“Everybody wants Rotors dead and you read his file. Of course, Heatwave’s in danger!” Jackie said.
Blades ran into the rec room. “The Protectobots found Heatwave! He’s okay!”
Xxx
“Let me go!” Heatwave screamed as he was starped to a medical berth. “They don’t want me here!”
“Trust me when I say this is for your own health and wellness,” Blades (PB) calmly said as he prepared a sedative.
Heatwave spat in Groove’s face.
“Classy,” Groove deadpanned as he went to wipe the spit off his face.
Razor walked in. “Heatwave, Blades is going to give you something to help calm you and we’ll talk after you wake up.”
“No! I’m not gonna listen! You LIED to me!” Heatwave yelled.
“To keep you from panicing.”
“Well, that backfired,” Groove deadpanned again.
Blades injected him with the sedative.
Heatwave’s optics rolled back as he fell into recharge.
The others walked in.
“Is Heatwave gonna be okay?” Boulder asked.
“He will. He just… needs to process some things,” Razor said.
“What can we do?” Dani asked.
“The best we could do is leave him with medical personnel only checking on him. First Aid, this excludes you.”
“Is First Aid still in training?” Chase asked.
“That, and he’s been having stress related mental health issues we want to keep an optic on.”
“I KNEW something about him scared me!” Blades said.
“We’ve been over this, he’s a nice person,” Dani and the twins said.
“Okay, everyone out, now,” Razor herded everyone out of the room.
Xxx
A week had passed.
“So, Heatwave STILL hasn’t woken up?” Miko asked over Skype.
“Yeah, I think he’s depressed. Chase tried to make a Cybertronian apology cake, but it blew up,” Jackie said.
“Why?”
“The Cybertronian diet is explosive, remember? But, then again, he did manage to make a bowl of cereal ignite!”
“Think Heatwave’ll be able to forgive him?”
Jackie shrugged. “Dunno. But, the Protectobots said they might combine soon.”
“Cool! Let me know when that happens! Later!”
“Later,” Jackie turned off Skype and went back to the games and YouTube she was playing.
Brains walked in and went to turn off Jackie’s laptop, but she growled at him.
“You need to get off this. You’re getting cranky because of it,” Brains said. “You need to talk with people.”
“I just Skyped with Miko,” Jackie said. “And other people trigger me.”
“How do other people trigger you?”
Jackie took a pen a clicked it rapidly, then tapped her fingers on the table, and finally tried to whistle. “And don’t get me started on people who answer their phone in the public restroom. All these things can make me go dragon.”
“People are gonna do that. You just need to learn how to ignore them.”
“I tried! No matter how hard I try, I can’t! that’s why I use things like my iPad and phone. With the YouTube videos and podcasts, I can ignore annoying people,” Jackie resumed what she was doing.
“I tried to tell ya. She’s got that thing where she gets mad at noises,” Wheelie commed Brains.
Xxx
Chase was pacing around the bunker.
First Aid’s lower optic lid twitched. “Chase, quit it!”
“What?” Chase asked.
“You’ve been pacing back and forth for an hour and a half,” Boulder said.
“Well, I haven’t been outdoors for over a week. I think I’m coming down with what humans’ call ‘cabin fever’.”
“Can’t say I blame the chief for ‘grounding’ you,” Groove said as he played Mortal Kombat XL with Blades (RB).
“Hey, look, you only got three more weeks off-duty. Consider yourself lucky,” Hot Spot said.
“Very lucky,” Firestar narrowed her optics.
“Why don’t we help in the command center?” Boulder led Chase to the room.
Xxx
Razor entered Heatwave’s room and saw that he didn’t take his energon ration.
“Heatwave, you can’t just skip rations,” she said. “You know it’s unhealthy to do so.”
“Well, maybe I don’t feel like it,” Heatwave said. Then his enegon processor rumbled. “Mnh!”
“Look, if you don’t ingest your energon I may be force to give you an I.V. for your own good.”
Heatwave growled and began to chug the energon.
“Whoa! Slow down a bit,” Razor said.
“Why should—” just as Heatwave was about to say ‘I’, he accidently let out a large burp. “Oh…” he blushed a bit. “E-excuse me.” He finished the rest carefully.
“Now, how about we visit your team?”
“Well, it’s been a week… think it’s safe?”
“Don’t worry, I don’t think Chase’ll harm you. He’s gotten off-duty punishment for four weeks.”
“Hmph. Sounds like he got off lucky. Too lucky.”
“He had amnesia. Just like you did.”
Heatwave rolled his optics. “Look, I don’t think I’ll be able to forgive him… but, I’ll try.” He stood up. “Let’s go.”
Xxx
Everyone in the bunker groaned.
“How does blades (RB) keep winning?!” Groove exclaimed.
“I guess I’m just gifted!” Blades said as he put his arms behind his head.
“Dude, you just squeeze your optics shut and button mash,” Jackie said after she paused her ‘watch later’. “You’re just really lucky.”
“Couldn’t agree more,” Heatwave said as he and Razor entered the bunker.
A heavy awkwardness filled the room.
“Oh-oh, hey, H-Heatwave,” Boulder said.
“H-how’s it going?” Blades (RB) asked.
First Aid hid behind his original team.
“Have you been taking your rations?” Firestar asked.
“Yes, Mom,” Heatwave rolled his optics.
“With some convincing,” Razor said.
Then everyone felt a tremor.
“Don’t tell me the island’s sinking again,” Heatwave groaned.
“It shouldn’t be. The hardening foam has a half-life of 20 years,” Boulder said.
“Meaning?” Blades (RB) asked.
“Can someone translate?” Blades (PB) asked.
“It shouldn’t be deteriorating after a week,” Boulder said.
“Team, some teenagers were playing with TNT by the old iron mine and caused damage to the mountain side. This is an all hands-on deck situation,” Chief said.
“On it, Chief,” Hot Spot said. “Guys, let’s rev up and rescue.”
“Battle cries aren’t your thing, Hot Spot,” Streetwise said as all able-bodied bots took the lift to the garage.
“What is going--?” Chase stopped when he saw Heatwave.
Jackie went semi-dragon when the awkwardness returned and left.
Xxx
The team arrived at the location of the emergency and saw the cliff face cracking and tire-sized rocks falling, but there weren’t many.
“What do you need us to do?” Blades (RB) asked.
“Make sure no one else is in the immediate area,” Chief said. “This cliff is coming down, no matter what!”
“We’ll by you some time,” First Aid said.
“How’re you gonna do that?” Kade asked.
“Hey, we’re a combining unit, remember?” Blades (PB) said.
“Meaning?”
“Just wait for it,” Chroma said.
“Protectobots, transform and combine!” Hot Shot ordered.
Kade got out his phone and started recording.
A light surrounded the Protectbots and they heard and transforming noise as the light took the shape of a giant robot.
The light faded, revealing the giant mech.
The mech stretched. “Feels good to be back! First Aid, you good? You bet. Guys, the emergency, what’s the plan? We’re gonna hold it up, Groove. Hot Spot, that’s crazy. Look, we’ve been here for, what? Two weeks? Crazy’s how this place goes.” The mech held up the cliff. “Chief, you give us the word, okay?”
“Oh, my god, this is like ‘Steven Universe’ meets ‘Voltron’,” Kade said.
Xxx
Heatwave and Chase were monitoring the island in the command center.
Things were very awkward and Razor was watching them just in case.
“S-so, this crush y-you had on me? How did it happen?” Chase asked.
“Heatwave shot a glare. “It just happened. Probably because I like the color blue.”
“In a sexual way?”
“No. it goes with my paint. They’re complementary colors.”
“Was your crush the ‘want-to’—“
“It was until you started blabbing about cyberbullying LBGT+ bots on the datanet.
“Yet, you still had a crush on me until—if my memory is correct—last month.”
“Hey, I still have a crush on you and Chroma. Like I said—I like the color blue.”
“Maybe you subconsciously sexualized it.”
“Do you want my cable in your port? Is that what you want?” Heatwave crossed his arms.
“Ack! No! I-I was just investigating your crush! Wait, you like Chroma?! She’s mine!” Chase tackled Heatwave and tried to punch him.
“Hey, het, hey! Break it up! Chase, apologized,” Razor said.
“You are clearly not my type! Maybe I should find Rotors and he can make you purge with his and mine interface life,” Heatwave snarked.
“What? No! Rotors is a predator!” Chase pulled up Rotors’ file on the main screen.
“That’s a lie! I’ll ask his old team and they’ll tell you the truth!” Heatwave exited the bunker.
“Chase, how could you?!” Razor asked.
“Heatwave started it,” Chase whined.
“Who spoke first?”
“Oh.”
Xxx
Defensor was glad to help others again. It had probably been centuries since he had been in being. This gestalt was happy all his modules were back.
“Hey, Defensor, was it? I have a question for you?” Heatwave said.
“Go ahead,” the combiner said.
“What was you experience with Rotors?”
Defensor gave a shudder and when he spoke, five voices came in unison from his mouth. “H-Heatwave? Wh-why would you ask that?! Rotors is a very delicate subject with First Aid. How could you?! First Aid, calm down! How could he?! He has amnesia! Not Heatwave! Rotors!! Calm down! He manipulated me—us! You had to bring him up!” Defensor’s left arm raised up—the module that was First Aid. “No, First Aid! Calm d—that VIOLATOR!!!” Defensor’s arm hit the cliff and he uncombined as the mountain fell down on the Protectobots.
“Oh, scrap!” Heatwave backed away.
Rotors groundbridged behind him. “You talked with my old team, didn’t you?”
“What happened with you guys?”
“Eh… we didn’t part ways on the best of terms. Let’s go!” he led Heatwave through the groundbridge.
Not too long after, the team returned and saw one of the Protectobots trying to free himself.
“Goove, what happened?” Chief asked as soon as the Rescue bots freed him.
“Ugh. Heatwave happened! He started asking about Rotors, and First Aid paniced and hit the cliff,” Groove said.
“Heatwave’s here?!” Firestar dropped her rock on Inferno’s foot.
“Ow! Geez, Firestar. I’ll see if he went to the bunker,” Inferno transformed and drove off.
They soon got the rest of the Protectobots out.
“Are they okay?” Groove asked, most concerned about his brother.
“They need to get into healing stasis, ASAP,” Blades (RB) said.
“Looks like we might get some help with that,” Chief said as a flatbed semi pulled over to see what happened.
Xxx
The four unconscious Protectbots were in healing stasis pods while Groove was being patched up by Razor.
“I was hoping he’d get lost,” Razor said as she finished repairing Groove.
“If we knew you were coming, we’d keep Chase away,” Chief said.
“But, it was never my intent to offend him,” Chase said.
“Chase, we know that. You were just trying to understand him, but things escalated quickly,” Razor said.
“Really?” Dani flatly asked.
“Yes, really. I was there. I saw the whole thing.”
“What made him leave the bunker?” Cody asked.
“Heatwave brought up Rotors.”
Everyone was shocked.
“Heatwave’s CPU isn’t recalling things properly. This can happen with humans, too. We just have to wait for him to put two and two together, and we’ll need to be there for him,” Razor said.
“I’m guessing his little chat with you-know-who didn’t help,” Firestar said.
“Speaking of which, we better see where Heatwave wandered off to,” Inferno said.
“I’ll start with the security cameras,” Chase walked into the command center.
“I’ll help,” Cody followed the police-bot.
“I’ll track him by scent,” K-9 transformed into his alt mode.
“Chief and I’ll follow you,” Chroma said.
“Dani and I’ll take the sky,” Blade said.
“And check the other islands,” Dani said.
“I’ll see if our groundbridge particle reader picked up anything,” Boulder said.
“I’ll go back to the Broadside and check for his signal. I’ll send Air Raid to help you and inform Ionix,” Razor said.
“Firestar, you stay here in case he shows up,” Inferno said.
“I’ll stay by my team. They’ll need someone to fill them in when they wake up,” Groove said.
“I’ll text Jackie,” Kade said. “Maybe she can help us.”
