heavyweaponsbot | 13th Transmission

[She's shaking worse than after her death and she can't seem to stop. She stays firmly placed in front of Shockwave, backing up bit by bit until she bumps into him, feeling him behind her. She can't even speak right now, she doesn't trust herself too. She isn't terribly sure she can manage more than a squeak.]

[He looks down when she bumps into him, and offers his servo to help her up - after one last feat of mass-shifting, to switch to Longarm's blunted, five-digited hand. It's less threatening. He keeps his voice calm.]

I can handle this.

That is enough.

[ His attention is on Ironhide moreso than the other two - Surely, they could take care of themselves.

He took a few steps forward, optics falling over the damage to his hip with an exasperated hiss from his intakes. That fragging hip would be the death of both of them. ]

You have made your point. Now stand down.

[He sees him extend a hand to her, and nearly launches himself at the Decepticon again.]

Do not touch her! Get away from hi--

[But Ratchet's voice checks his lunge. He stops in place, shaking with the effort both of standing, and restraining himself. No further attacks are made. He simply stands there, tense and rigid.]

Yeah, but I dunno if I can. [Mentally, she's about an 8 out of 10 on the freakout scale. This is not her week.

She's reaching up to take Shockwave's hand when Ironhide's booming voice causes her to flinch. Her jaw sets in defiance, and she firmly takes the offered hand and pulls herself to her feet, still backed in close.]

You can. You are stronger than you realize. [He doesn't move when Ironhide nearly lunges again, simply keeping his servo in place until Mikaela takes it. He looks straight at Ironhide, single optic practically blazing.]

I did not harm her. I will not harm her.

I ordered you to stand down.

[ His tone makes it clear that this is not a request as he closes the distance between them, keeping a close watch on the Weapons Specialist. He was already prepared to attack again, which would not do either side any good. ]

Shockwave is not responsible for what happened to her. You have had your battle - and now it is over.

You--

[Whatever he was about to say is cut off. Not by Ratchet's command, but by Mikaela's actions. He stares openly at her, wobbling suddenly. It almost looks as if she's hit him again.

The fight has drained out of him. He half-turns away--can't do much more than that on the damaged limb. He does not look at anyone.]

Done here...

[She can't. stop. shaking. She can feel herself trembling and she clenches her hands into fists on order to stop them from being so obvious.]

Ironhide...

[She takes a single step forward when he turns, her voice tiny. She's not sure what she's supposed to say or do, or think or feel. Part of her wants to just run away from this and forget it ever happened. Another part of her wants to run to Ironhide and fling her arms around him and burst into tears. The rest of her wants to stay right where she is, firmly planted in front of the Decepticon.]

Don't...I-I didn't...

[He quiets and watches the exchange, shifting one hoof back. He understands Mikaela's torn about this. If she wants to leave or go to Ironhide, he won't stop her.]

[ He stands quietly for a moment before holding an arm out to the other - He would not be walking far on his own, not on that hip. ]

[He only glances back at her. He knows she'd rather stay with her precious Decepticon. After all, she went to him when she was hurting...

He hobbles forward, pushing past Ratchet. Once they're in the hall, he'll accept help. But not now. His pride's wounded enough.]

[Mikaela's expression is hopeful when he glances back, but...but then he turns and continues on.

Her face just crumples when he leaves, and her fists tighten. She says absolutely nothing, and doesn't move an inch. She's afraid if she does, she'll burst into tears. She won't do it. Not this time.]

[ And wow this room is getting crowded. Blitzwing comes skidding into the room with as much concern as you'll ever see from him for anyone, and growls inwardly at the amount of damage Shockwave has taken.
So much rage he's going to kill him
-and the triplechanger holds his murderous urges in check, for now. He settles for quickly scanning Shockwave's damage and starting to do some rudimentary patching. He's not much of a medic, but he knows enough to at least stop bleeding and some of the pain. He speaks in Cybertronian this time. ]

Full injury report requested. I vill need to know the extent of ze damage.

[It gets less crowded when Ironhide and Ratchet leave, at least. Shockwave was half-tempted to flop onto his bed, but instead he holds himself to let Blitzwing get to work. In spite of his best effort, several of the wires in his neck still ended up slashed open. Not to mention the amount of denting he's taken. It's bad enough on his midsection that it cracked, wires showing under the plating. He replies in Cybertronian.]

I am transmitting the full diagnostic now. My apologies that we see one another after an absence under these particular circumstances.

[She doesn't move for a while after Ratchet and Ironhide left, but eventually she pulls herself together and turns to face the two with dry eyes. She idly wonders when Blitzwing came in, she must have been...out of it. Her eyes flick back and forth, though her expression doesn't display if she understands them or not, though Shockwave already knows she probably does, to an extent.]

What...can I do to help? Or should I just...go?

[ Blitzwing eyes Mikaela with mild concern. She seems upset, at least; it would probably be better for her to stay than go. He replies in his usual accented English. ]

No, jou can stay. If I miss anyzhink, jou can inform me.

[ And he gets to work, kneeling at Shockwave's side and beginning to snap nerve wires to stop the pain-for now. Self-repair systems will replace them eventually. He does the best he can, roughly sealing the slashed neck wires together before moving onto Shockwave's battered midsection. He's more careful now, optic extended to see the damage. He speaks in Cybertronian; he seems to be holding a controlled fury in check, which was probably more than he could manage the last time Shockwave saw him. ]

Zhere is..no need for apologies. I must apologise for...not assisting jou sooner, in fact.
On vhat trumped-up charge did Ironhide attack jou zhis time?

[Shockwave looks to Mikaela, antennae rotating back a little - it's a miracle that Ironhide didn't go straight for those, really. He returns to English for the time being.]

I would like it if you stayed. I... think we could both use the company.

[He's not usually a fan of having his pain receptors deadened, but he doesn't seem to mind, for once. It keeps him from flinching, if anything. He keeps his head up while Blitzwing works on his neck, and carefully shifts the undamaged cables in his midsection out of the way with a thought - a few of the wider cables and tubes ended up suffering Ironhide's punches while trying to bolster the area. He can tell that Blitzwing is trying to control his temper, which he's grateful for. It's better than the last time they saw each other. He slips back into Cybertronian himself, trilling in thought.]

He believes I killed Mikaela, though I am uncertain how he came to such a conclusion.

[She looks between them, eyes glossy and dazed.]

Okay. I'll stay. [He's right, she could certainly use the company. After Ironhide's reaction, she's...not sure how many friends she has left on this boat that weren't already in the room. She rubs her eyes and steps closer to them, eying the damage. She rests a hand on an undamaged metal plate on Shockwave's leg, holding herself up.

Instead of pointing out to them she can partially understand, she just stays silent, and listens, for now.]

[ Blitzwing doesn't remember that much about repair work, but he knows enough to at least give all of Shockwave's damaged areas a decent patching up. He growls slightly at Shockwave's words. ]

Idiot. Vhat vas he zhinking? I suppose it vas his bias.

[Shockwave figures that his self-repair can take it from Blitzwing's patching. Though he makes a note to talk to the engineer about using a blowtorch - the tear in his midsection isn't just going to fix itself, after all.]

Undoubtedly. He seems to forget that there are others on this ship that are just as capable. Or he disregards them because they are organics. But things are going to change around here. Soon.

[He knows that Mikaela can probably understand them, but it's not something worth mentioning, to him. Some things are better kept on the down-low, anyway.]

He thought Shockwave was the one that killed me. [She mumbled dully, folding her arms.] Even when I told him it wasn't.

[She clenches her jaw and looks away. She knows Ironhide is mad at her. This is bad.]

13th Transmission

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s-s-so late

that's okay <3

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