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Xobit — In a Cold Cave
Published: 2013-12-09 01:00:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 3089; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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In hind sight they should have listened to the human weather warnings, but when did they ever listen to warnings? Sideswipe sat back to back with his twin, both of them trying to ignore the biting cold and the frantically pacing medic… not to mention the eerily quiet form of their leader, and the drying energon he lay in.“It’s too cold!” the snarl made both of them jump up, wide optics on Ratchet, a Ratchet they were unfamiliar with. Wringing his hands, mouth pinched tight and optics darkened with worry.
“What do you mean, too cold?” Sunstreaker’s voice was rough, the cold getting to them as well, even though they had gotten though the avalanche and the fighting with little to no damage.
“He’s too damaged for his chassis to deal with the extreme temperature drop of the coming night… this cave isn’t insulated enough. We’re going to have problems too, but we’re not damaged!” they were not used to Ratchet talking to them like they were, well, adults. Not many did after all.
It wasn’t nice though, because they couldn’t really do anything, it wasn’t like they had a solution to it but… wait…
“I know!” Sideswipe croaked, jumping up awkwardly and running out of the cave. Ratchet stared after him, then at Sunstreaker who was picking himself up from the ground. He was cussing his twin out but seemed just as eager to get outside in the cold.
It made very little sense to the stressed out medic who envisioned having to take care of three severely hypothermic mechs in a few short human hours. He started cursing too, restarting his pacing as there was nothing else to do…
He was too stressed out to even get it when the twins started returning with arms full of earthly vegetation. They stacked it up and then Sideswipe shot it with his blaster. In that moment Ratchet realized their plan and actually wooped with relief!
Heat! Fire made heat and with heat Optimus would survive with minimal damage other than what had been sustained in the battle and avalanche.
When the twins were done getting fuel for their fire Sideswipe grinned cheekily at Ratchet.
“You know what humans say, right? Warm by a fire!”
For once his cheek didn’t earn him a tool to the helmet.
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this is cute^^ but what happened to Optimus? did they fight against the decepticons? and why dont they call for back up? sry if I ask too much^^'
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No sorry ^^
They fought the decepticons and got caught in an avalanche, Optimus got hurt.
As for why they don't call for backup... err... I didn't actually think much about that part. Either their comms are out, the Autobots are still fighting the cons or something else is preventing the Autobots from reaching them before nightfall. Maybe the danger of other avalanches?
and thank you
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you're welcome. and thx for the answers
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Aww. they can come up with something good at times.
I love those twins
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Me too ^^ oh yess, they are adorable!
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That's last line melted me. What a way to show WHY the mechs are important to the team. Sometimes their 'out of the box' ideas save the day!
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*pets* they are important, all of them ^^
I rather like the idea of them thinking out of the box as you say, where as Ratchet while being stressed reverted to staying inside his box
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Between this and 'What only Family can do', I am really, really badly wanting Optimus to not be dense like it was hinted he is. And I wanna see the results. XD
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