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As soon as Blaze slowly recovered, Ratchet determined that he cannot transform through his recovery since it may damage his spark. The good news is that Wheeljack came in to visit as soon as Ratchet explained to him about blaze.
Wheeljack has mentioned that he would get his brother in due time if they’re still here. (If not, Wheeljack would be shipped to the harbinger, but Ratchet would hit him with his welder on the head and he cannot let the three of them leave yet..)
Though, Ratchet was not opposed to the three of them leaving to go back to the harbinger. But his body language tells the two seekers a different word.
Ratchet was not ready to let them go– and it was obvious, he tried to keep his composure steady, his grumpy and stern mask on display.
And beneath it was the gentle version of an uncle–a medic who knows the feeling of loss. Obviously, he knew Orion, her sire for many decades and that resulted in him being a bit more closer to Starscream and Stellar, hovering over them tenderly.
And for Blaze is another matter, Ratchet didn’t know blaze but he could feel that both of them will soon evolve into a familiar relationship as friends.
When Blaze was introduced to the team, Optimus let him in with an open arm. And the team were happy to have someone new and yet, a bit cautious. And Jack’s mother has decided to come to check on her son, and to Jack’s embarrassment. She also wanted to meet stellarstorm that she was told by the team. (She wasn’t sure if she wanted to meet starscream after what he did.)
However, when they were told that blaze was stellar’s sword, they were so surprised. Stellar couldn’t blame them.
They understood now that Ratchet explained to them about him.
And the human kids, on the other hand, were curious, mostly Miko. She pampered him with a bunch of questions that Blaze couldn’t get about.
Something like “How do you know Stellar?”, or “How did you transform into a sword? Did it hurt??”
Blaze winced while Stellar giggled, the other team was off busy and yet, they were watching also.
Starscream was with Ratchet, helping him with stuff.
Optimus was nowhere to be seen, surely he will come around soon.
“How do these organic survive like this?" He said, curiously looking at Miko.
Stellar smirked in her lip, cocking her hip and putting a claw on her hip. “You can’t make them quiet, they’re human, blaze. This is Miko.” She introduced, pointing at them.
“That’s raf” Raf pushed on his red glasses, looking up shyly.
“And Jack” The teenage boy waves his hand.
“This is Jack’s carrier–or mother, June” She said as June waved her hand as well.
“Interesting creatures..How did their species manage to dominate in the ecosystem?,” Blaze asked, very fascinated by them, while he leaned over slowly not to scare them off.
“These organic sparkling are similar to ours–” He continued to mumble, even in kaonian. They didn’t understand that though.
“Context, Blaze, they don’t understand what you mean.” Stellar smiled, her wing shifted up.
Arcee came over, joining in the conversation as the other stayed there watching. “They’re what are called ‘children’, when I first learned about them, I was also surprised that their offspring were also similar to the sparkling back in cybertron.”
Stellar nodded, agreeing with her statement, Blaze stood there analyzing them.
June looks between the three of them and to Stellar. “You must be Stellarstorm, I am assuming?” She asked.
The tricolors seeker switch her attention to the human mother, and lean down in her height. “Yes, you might hear that I was the one who saved Bumblebee” She smiled softly.
June felt like she was the only one who felt that Stellarstorm spoke so gently just like Optimus and yet, her color plating looked similar to him, and the fact that she looked like the mix of Optimus and…Starscream..
If June didn’t know better, she would have thought that they were father and daughter, and with starscream as their part of the family.
“If the other could trust you, then I suppose I should trust you too” She said, grinning at her.
Stellar smiled, not worrying that if anyone didn’t trust her, after all she didn’t trust the other that she didn’t know personally.
She stood up from leaning down, she averted her optics at Starscream as he was too busy helping Ratchet. She knew that her carrier never let himself rest, even when he didn’t feel like sleeping.
Blaze notice as well, as the both of them glancing at each other and giving a long-knowing look.
“I think I must call it a day..” He yawned, getting ready to leave for a rest, unexpectedly, Stellar pulled him back.
“We have a berthroom.” She said, already knowing that he’ll get lost.
“Oh? Show me the way then..” The both of them left to search for their own room, Starscream while he was with Ratchet, he watched the two of them leaving for a recharge.
June on the other hand, watched like the other does.
It was a normal day, and calm since they were talking to each other now.
It was the afternoon, late at the time. Stellar stormed out of her room from her long-lasting nap, marching her way to her carrier’s room.
Until– she was bumped by someone, she backed off and she was faced with Blaze. She huffed and irrigated, her wing flickering. “What are you doing here?, were you going the same way where I am going?” She put a claw on her hips.
He rolled his optics and scoffed. “Can you blame me for having trouble sleeping alone? I have an abandonment problem!”
“First of all, I didn't say I blame you. Second, you have an attachment issue!” She shook her helm, walking to the direction of her carrier’s room as Blaze turned to follow her.
“Still the same,” He grumbled.
She raised her brow at him and gave him a ‘U serious?’ look.
As the both of them arrived at the dorm of starscream’s, Stellar opened the door gently. “We gotta be quiet..” she said softly. And he nodded.
Closing the door behind them quietly and gently, Stellar walked to the berth and climbed up like a sparkling reaching for their creator.
Blaze stood there a bit awkwardly, he brushed it off and walked to the other side of the berth where starscream rested. And climbing up gently.
Both of them rest on his side, sleeping peacefully like a three trinemate taking a snap together.
And unfortunately, the silver seeker woken quickly and it had both Blaze and Stellar stirred with a warning.
“Why are you in my room?” Starscream said tiredly and feeling like he was being pressured between them.
“Hush.. the room of mine sucks!” She said, hugging him.
Blaze on the other size, yawn, hugging him as well, it was unusual to Starscream. Both of them know each other, but they aren’t friends. Blaze knew Starscream because Scarscry had mentioned about him a couple of times and the fact that he was the carrier of Grace who’s now Stellarstorm.
“Primus.. Both of you are a bunch of sparkling..” He grumbled, moving to make the both of them get off his wing, he was glad he had one instead of two. Otherwise he would turn grey with exhaustion.
“Hmm, but you tolerate us..” Blaze said.
Starscream rolled his optics, now he was fully awake, he didn’t feel like going back to sleep.
As soon as Optimus comes back to the base from patrolling around outside, and ensuring to watch any decepticons.
He immediately noticed that the base inside had gone a bit quiet, with just Ratchet typing when it made noises.
Jack, Miko and Raf were on the couch, watching film after film while Jack’s mother, June was behind the couch watching as well.
Before he could say anything. Ratchet interrupted him. “Stellarstorm and Starscream went for a rest like Blaze.”
“Arcee is on a ride, bulkhead is sparring with bumblebee.” He continued, while unbothered.
“And you didn’t let me see them,” Miko grumbled, chewing the popcorn.
June rolled her eyes, and sighed. “Ratchet cannot let you bother them, miko. They’re sleeping.”
Ratchet nodded. “What she says.”
Miko muttered out “Boring..I won’t make any noises, I just want to see how they’re doing!”
“Still a no.” Both Ratchet and June said in unison.
“In that case, I should probably check on them, for a health check of course. “He rumbled, and distinctly, Optimus knew Ratchet didn’t mean he was checking on them because he was a doctor.
He was checking because he cared, and others knew it. But they didn’t mention it anyway.
Optimus steps in. “I could accompany you if I could.”
Ratchet took a quick glanced look at him, and nodded. “Well, come,” he said.
When they arrived, Ratchet opened the door to Stellar’s room and found nothing.”Huh, rare.”
At the next room, they also went over to Blaze’s room, and seeing that he wasn’t there, the clear sheer look of worry was visible on Ratchet’s face and Optimus noticed.
And in the final room was Starscream's room, but they suddenly heard voices that belonged to starscream, Stellar and Blaze.
It was no wonder that the Stellar and Blaze went over to sleep at Starscream’s place, they were quite not comfortable with having a space in their room and being alone.
Ratchet shushed Optimus as he gave him a ‘ don’t talk’ look, even that red and blue convoy understood that.
“So, you’re saying..Polaris, the strongest warrior seeker who led the battle for her seeker to victory to freedom, she was cobalt’s carrier.. That cobalt who lost two of his sons?” Stellar’s voice was obviously heard.
“Yes, the winglord. Polaris was a respected warrior throughout the generations, even winglord Airstrike, who was also cobalt’s sire, took a liking to her. Hence that they were sparked together for eternity.” Starscream explained.
Both Ratchet and Optimus couldn’t help and listen, they were invested by the history, Ratchet didn’t invade their privacy and yet he cannot help it, he wanted to understand them.
So– he opened the door and took a peek, Optimus also peek behind him.
On the berth, Both Blaze and Stellar were between Starscream, almost as if they were gonna pressure him. And they seem more comfortable with him.
“Wait– Wasn’t Airstrike younger when his own sire died of illness?, taking the throne and all. He even married Polaris young and she was older than him!, not like way older..”
Starscream’s laughter rumbled and Blaze spoke up.
“What? No way..” He whispered.
“It was a tradition,” Starscream responded. “Some seekers married young, or married older back then.”
“What about you?” Blaze asked. “How old are you when Grace was born?, like not the human age part… and I thought that you would be thirty in human years when I think about the past.”
Stellar chime in, interrupting him. “Ha!, I dunno how old he is now, but I know how old he would be in human years!”
Ratchet didn’t know if Optimus heard.
“Primus..” Starscream grumbled.
“Wha- tell me.” Blaze desperately asked.
Stellar twitched a smirk in her lip as she gazed at him, wing flickering amusedly. “I think, to my calculations, in my human years, I may be twenty-two, and he was eighteen when he care for me. That makes him forty now. “
“On the other hand, my sire..” She trailed off.
Ratchet leaned in, rolling his optics, knowing what she’s gonna say about her sire. Optimus was confused, though Ratchet thinks it's better not to know despite him not remembering his past a bit, not knowing that he’s a sire to his only sparkling, Grace. (Even he cannot deny that Optimus must have heard the name and not the whole things when the other side of the door was a bit muffled and a little difficult to hear.)
“He was probably twenty-seven, if I count now. He’d be forty-nine.” She rumbles and ponders.
Not surprising to Ratchet, he was way older than Orion , it was no shocking point that he would be older than starscream in the past. (Though, he didn’t know that)
Some calculations, formula and math went through Blaze’s processor as it lingered, he perked up. “That's a nine year whole gap, he’s basically three years older than I am.”
Stellar laugh. “I knew it, you were so old!”
“Am’not!” Blaze frowned.
“Idiot..” Starscream groaned.
Maybe, it was for the best that Ratchet and Optimus should give them their privacy, nothing bad happened. (And he hope Optimus didn't ask more questions about this, It would be a helmache..)
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The day when Wheeljack arrived, he stepped out with the sword in his servos as he walked toward to Blaze.
Blaze on the other hand, looked proud as if seeing his twin brother make him at ease, as he gripped Blade who was a sword, and traced his digits through it. It pulsed under his touch, so he smiled.
“This is embarrassing..” Wheeljack grumbles, he cannot believe that he gave the sword to him in front of everybody like a knight giving his sword to his king.
Ratchet came over to Blaze and glanced at the sword in his hands, he guided the both of them inside the medbay.
“What’s he gonna do?” Rafael asked, wondering.
“He’s gonna fix Blaze’s brother and I hope all is well..” Starscream answered him, while Stellar stood closer by his side.
“Which means, after this. We’re gonna leave..” Stellar mumbled.
“You mean..” Jack trails off, looking up at her, frowning sadly.
“Yes, we’re leaving soon once Blade recovers as well.” Stellar said.
The three human kids frown, June pressed a hand on her son’s shoulder to reassure him.
“No need to worry, If your friends ever need help, they’d call us..” Stellar said as she smiled.
Starscream turned over, and spoke also. “And we’ll be there.” He cannot help but be soft, they probably think stellar was rubbing off on him which is true.
And still they were right about that.
When Blaze’s brother recovered, Blade was really curious about everything, he often ask question and sometime watch.
He was also clingy with blaze, stellar and starscream which is not surprising, they know each other in the past, and yet they didn’t expect to be together again.
Blaze thinks that it is nice.
Blade on the other hand, knows that something is missing and that’s Scarscry, and he hope once his group are reunited again, all will be well again.
The difference between the brothers were obvious, even they sorta look the same.
Blaze is a bit cocky, takes things a bit seriously, he has a soft spot for children’ even sparkling.
Blade is a level-headed one, he can be pragmatic if he wanted to, and he is also bad at using guns.
Stellar adored them, she grew up with them on cybertron.
Starscream didn’t trust them back then and now they’re rubbing off on him like his sparkling is doing too.
The kids were sad to see them leave, they miss them really bad, especially miko. Miko loves to talk with her whenever they see each other, it’s like she has a sister who listens to her rant.
The three of them begin to trust Starscream, seeing that he didn’t do anything bad, they can see that he’s only loyal to Stellar as the both of them know each other for so long.
Arcee didn’t forget what he did, still she saw how much he changed even though she couldn’t admit it.
Bulkhead and Bumblebee are neutral with him also.
While Wheeljack was getting excited to work with him if Starscream came back again to work with him like back then.
Ratchet was trying to keep his composure and act as if it didn’t make him sad, he failed a bit hard at it, and the team know it.
Optimus was soft, still soft. He wasn’t afraid to show his sadness and appreciation to them.
His spark ached for Stellar, though they haven’t talked much nor spend much time together, and it feel as if they did.
Especially, his spark ached more for Starscream when it tugged over him, and he didn’t know why.
Sometimes he noticed that he was tense up around him and Stellar wasn’t. And he didn’t want to scare him.
Ratchet mentioned that he was nervous and he wasn’t used by the treatment and he could understand and the only thing he have to do is be patient with him.
He felt like Ratchet was keeping something from him, and he wanted to know.
Whatever it is, he hopes Ratchet know what he’s doing.