Wounded Spark

"I'm calling base for a ground bridge." Sunstreaker said reaching for his comm. "What! Are you glitching?" Sideswipe said pulling his twin's servo away. "No, but we can't afford Primaltone getting hurt." Sunstreaker said. "A ground bridge has to be opened manually. What do you think will happen when whoever sees us walk through with Primaltone who is supposed to be in base." Sideswipe said. "Oh scrap." Sunstreaker whispered.
Primaltone grew bored at the twins argument and took a few steps towards the area Aileron had flown to. "Alright, we'll get a ground bridge, walk through without Primaltone, then when the coast is clear we open another one and let her back into base." Sideswipe said. "Good idea. Wait here for a little bit okay, Primaltone." Sunstreaker said. "Sure." Primaltone said turning back around.
::Ratchet can you get a ground bridge over here.:: Sideswipe said.
::Just drive you lazy afts.:: Ratchet responded.
::We can't because uh...Sunstreaker got injured by a Seeker while we were scouting.:: Sideswipe said. Sunstreaker facepalmed.
::A Seeker? That would make sense. Alright just give me a sec.:: Ratchet said ending the call. "I can't believe he bought it." Sideswipe said. "But I'm not-OW!" Sunstreaker cried as Sideswipe blasted his pede." "What the frag, Sideswipe!" Sunstreaker cursed. "Calm down, its not that bad." Sideswipe said calmly. "Why did you shoot my pede!?" Sunstreaker said. "I said you were injured. C'mon the bridge is open." Sideswipe said walking away. "You could at least help me." Sunstreaker grumbled as he limped towards the bridge.
Ratchet was waiting for them on the other side. "You weren't lying." Ratchet said. "You doubted me." Sideswipe said. "I do." Sunstreaker said glaring daggers at his twin. "Let's get you fixed up. Sideswipe, go see Optimus and tell him what you saw." Ratchet said. "Why? Isn't he in a meeting." Sideswipe said. "Yes, but there has been a sudden spike in Seeker activity. Now go." Ratchet said.

Meanwhile . . .
(1 Hour Later)

Primaltone groaned. "Find my own way home. Those jerks." Primaltone muttered walking away. An idea popped into her helm. "Maybe Ail can give me a ride home!" Primaltone said. She smiled thinking about the shock on their faceplates. The little femme scampered over towards the area she had seen the Predacon land. She pulled herself over a ledge and landed on the other side with a thump. "Ow." Primaltone muttered rubbing her backside. She froze as something sniffed the back of her helm. Primaltone slowly turned around and saw a two Predacons about her height. "Hello." Primaltone said. The larger one squawked and stepped closer. Primaltone held her servos and the two sniffed them. The smaller one chirped and pushed at her servo. Primaltone giggled and rubbed his snout. The other Predacon moved around and started sniffing her helm. "I'm Primaltone, what's your name?" Primaltone asked. The two Predacons squawked at the same time. "Can't talk yet huh, you guys must be sparklings." Primaltone said. The one nuzzling her suddenly stopped and turned his helm. "What's wrong?" Primaltone asked. The sparkling chirped and bounded off into the trees. "Hey wait!" Primaltone cried. She stumbled forward as the other sparkling nudged her back. She turned her helm and he chirped at her. "I don't get it." Primaltone said slumping her shoulders. The Predacon took a few steps forward and wrapped his tail around her servo. "You want me to follow?" Primaltone asked. He nodded his helm and gave a tug on her servo. Primaltone smiled and started following the Predacon sparkling into the trees.

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"So you saw a Seeker while scouting?" Optimus said. Sideswipe glanced around at the other bots in the meeting. Ironhide, Jazz, Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, and Arcee all watched him. "Yeah...one attacked Sunstreaker." Sideswipe said. Everyone but Optimus looked surprised. "The ones Bumblebee and I saw completely ignored us." Arcee said. "Ah think this has some'tin ta do with dem Predacons and does bug-cicles." Jazz said. "Bug-cicles?" Sideswipe asked. "Jazz and I were sent to investigate Shockwave's abandoned lab due to sudden activity. We found hundreds of frozen Insecticons along with a rusting Arachnid." Ultra Magnus said. "But which Predacon? We know there are two and only Predaking has shown up recently." Arcee said. "Sideswipe, did you happen to see anything else on your scouting?" Optimus asked. "I saw a blue Predacon fly past." Sideswipe said.
"That's a lie."
Everyone turned to see Ratchet in the doorway with Sunstreaker. " whaddya mean, Ratch?" Jazz said raising an optic ridge. "Primaltone was with them." Ratchet said. "What!?" Optimus said. "Sunstreaker!" Sideswipe hissed. "He threatened to saw my pede off so don't blame me." Sunstreaker said. "Oh I blame you." Sideswipe said.
"Twins."
Both turned to look at the Prime. "Where is Primaltone. Only you two came through the ground bridge." Optimus said. "Scrap." The twins muttered.