Hidden Spark on Earth (TFP)

Chapter 21

Saphira turned to Ratchet with a sympathetic look. "We will get it done, so rest while you can." She glanced at the ground bridge briefly. "So you can turn the ground bridge on and bring them home."

The medic gave her a weak nod before Saphira ran to follow the kids. They found the energon line and followed it, though they came to a walk when they found numerous scraplets in the tunnel. The scraplets were walking on the walls, floor and gnawing on some metal bearings. She hoped nothing will come down on them.

They tiptoe around the scraplets as their faces were not closed, and those teeth could still do damage if they upset them. She made sure to hide their metal tools from the scraplets, though the metal insects certainly did not seem as interested in them at the moment. Saphira guessed the scraplets ate a hole into the fuel line somewhere, hopefully there was only one hole they needed to fix.

"Remember, we're okay," Jack said in as calm of a voice as he could to reassure Miko and Raf. "We're not metal."

"Good thing, otherwise, we would have unleashed an apocalypse on this world." Saphira glanced around nervously while tiptoeing around the small bots. "Who would have though they would have pests like these on their world?"

"I know!" Miko exclaimed with a slight smile. "I can't believe it either! Though I guess, every world has its pesky bugs! Even for the transformers. Ugh! I hope they never had any kind of spiders. I hate spiders."

Saphira shrugged. "They might have, but we won't know unless we meet one."

Miko shuddered at that thought. "I hope we never do."

Saphira smirked slightly, knowing the girl was afraid spiders might warrant some pranks in the future. But for now, they had a more pressing issue. They all heard the sound of something leaking, they looking at the pipe until they saw the blue liquid on the ground.

"There's the breach! Come on!" Jack said, pointing at it and running over, grabbing out the welder and metal sheet. "We have to work fast."

Saphira, Miko and Raf nod. "Alright, Raf, you sit on the top to hold the top part of the sheet," Saphira said, helping the boy up to sit on the pipe. "Miko and I will hold it so Jack can fix it. Remember to keep your eyes shut and move when he gets close with the welder."

They nod and press the metal sheet against the pipe. Jack took a deep breath and began to weld. Saphira didn't close her eyes, she just watched the scraplets walking by them. She was surprised they did not seem to really care or notice what they were doing. She could definitely see they did not have very high intelligence. Though, sometimes very dangerous things did not have high intelligence.

Five minutes pass and Jack was able to complete the welding without the scraplets trying to eat another hole in the pipeline. They all relax for a moment with a smile before jumping as a bunch of scraplets flying past them and enter a vent. Saphira stood up straight as she knew where they were heading.

"They're getting ready to feed!" Raf exclaimed, sliding off the pipe to the ground. "Let's go! We must tell Ratchet that it is ready!"

"I hope this did it!" Saphira shouted as they ran back towards the lobby.

"Me too!" Jack was also worried about Arcee since they had built a nice friendship over the last week.

Saphira didn't even know what she would do if the ground bridge couldn't be activated. She probably would cry since she cared deeply for Optimus, and she also cared for Arcee. She could only hope that it worked as they race back to the lobby. She was incredibly nervous as they could hear the scraplets flying around in the lobby.

"Ratchet! All system's go!" Jack shouted as they ran into the lobby.

"Fire it up!" Saphira and Miko scream in unison, their faces filled with determination.