MTMTE. The /Lost Light/. Helping and Healing Part 4

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Steve: *as Fireflight offers to let him and Legacy down* -How long are we staying, Legacy? The Director will probably be looking for us soon, if Heather's not.-

Legacy: -Gonna see Roddy, then get Mira once she's done nappin'.- *nod*

Steve: -Alright...- *startles as a huge metal model is set in front of him and Legacy*

Fireflight: *proudly* The Mountain!

Legacy: *patpat Steve* Mini-Mountain. Is dolly for Fireflight.

Fireflight: *game buzzer sound* Not mini-Mountain. Is toy Mountain.

Legacy: :P *giggle*

Steve: Er. What's the difference?

Fireflight: Mini-Mountains are *bleeeeeeeeeeep*. Dolly's nice. *makes the doll breathe harmless little sparks*

Legacy: *surprised squeak at the sparks*

Steve: *shields Legacy from the sparks* *blinking at her for the squeak*

Fireflight: *puts his head down on the counter to give Legacy a quizzical and concerned look*

Legacy: Lotsa sparks! :D

Fireflight: *expression clears and he laughs happily* Yup. But Roddy's fire's more like Mountain fire. *glances toward Mira as she yelps softly*

First Aid: *hurried and comforting words! Offers to help the little woman get the glimmersprite out of her workings*

Legacy: Belinda found a way in. *nodnod*

Mira: *enriching everyone's vocabulary as she tries to get the glimmersprite out of her inner workings*

First Aid: Shhh. Shh. Ah, there she is. *holds the tiny creature, who is staring at Mira anxiously*

Mira: *shaking and circulating rapidly, optics bright*

First Aid: *and then he's setting the sprite down and starting to scan Mira again, his expression showing dismay*

Fireflight: *squeak of fright and backpedals away from the counter* Roach!

Steve: Where? *now in stomp mode*

Legacy: Buggy is Belinda snacks soon. *nodnod*

Mira: *just fainted*

Steve: *blinks at Legacy, and then stoops to look at the tiny dinosaur* *voice horrified* Mira had a roach inside her???

Legacy: Was in hospital gown, got stuck inside when transformed. Same with other two still in there.

First Aid: She's too tiny for me to extract them safely. *worry*

Mira: *half awake as she reaches for Belinda*

Belinda: *hides from the little hands, unsure of them now*

Mira: *mumbles softly in Italian*

Belinda: *soft peep, and then a hurried gulping of her bug before she peers at the little person with one eye and then the other. Surprised and frightened sound as Steve grabs her gently and offers her to Mira*

Mira: *will reach for the glimmersprite, still talking softly*

Belinda: *peep? Lets herself be taken, head cocking to listen to the sound from inside the little person that tell of a home with food, darkness, and warmth*

Mira: *will gently hold Belinda close, one optic squinting shut in anticipation of the glimmersprite making for her internals again*

First Aid: *gently* It might be less uncomfortable if you let her in instead of having her push past your seals.

Mira: ... *look of concentration and then some of her plating is shifting enough to allow Belinda access*

Belinda: *dives, and then slips in without discomfort to her new host*

Steve: *makes a comical meep sound when he sees the little creature crawl into Mira's workings*

Fireflight: *frowning about the roaches* *softly* Glimmersprites not uncomfy.

First Aid: No. The warmth's actually kind of nice.

Steve: *look of disbelief directed upward*

Mira: *gonna conk out, head hitting the pillow on the bed*

Legacy: Needs to close the door or Belinda'll get cold. *nodnod*

Fireflight: *very gently pokes Mira*

First Aid: *grabs his hand and scolds softly*

Mira: *squirm*

Steve: *watches the two bigger bots, and then gently shakes Mira's shoulder* Miss Laguardia. You need to close your armour.

Mira: *sleepy sound, turns over onto her side as her armor closes*

Steve: *looks for blankets. Finds a knitted one and spreads it over Mira gently, being careful to keep it away from her sensor wings*

Legacy: *absent expression as she listens to things unseen*

Fireflight: *quietly raising a fuss now. Got too excited and has momentarily lost his mind*

First Aid: *tries to hustle the child out of the room before he starts being more noisy*

Steve: *watches them go with astonishment, and then turns a questioning look toward Legacy*

Legacy: *blinks and looks to Steve* Let's go see Roddy.

Steve: *quietly, as he nods toward the door* What happened?

Legacy: 'Flight is babby. Got over excited, needed parents. 'Aid took to Orion.

Steve: *lifts brows* A baby? How big is he going to get?

Legacy: Not gonna grow. Mind is babby. Body is big bot. Going to join siblings on Cybertron soon.

Steve: *surprised understanding* But Kriti will grow?

Legacy: Yup. Not get much bigger than human ladies, but will grow.

Steve: *quietly, as he glances at Mira and then reaches for Legacy's hand* Why are they different?

Legacy: Different sides of the door. Mira and Kriti peeps from one side, built different than bots from this side. *will bring Steve to the roof of the Lost Light in time to see Rodimus burst into flames*

Steve: *ack! Protectively in front of Legacy!*

Rodimus: *cackling gleefully as he uses the downrush from his flame to lift himself into the air*

Ultra Magnus: *from down below* Rodimus! You are NOT a Bic lighter!

Steve: *blinks at the familiar words, and then turns to look at Legacy*

Legacy: *snickering* Soooo not a Bic lighter. Not a jet plane, either.

Steve: Jet plane?

Legacy: *points to Rodimus, who is hovering above the ship* Floating with flames.

Steve: *mental facepalm*

Rodimus: *notices the humans, turns off his flames and drops. Somehow manages to land on his skid* Awk!

gun: *pitched from below. Spins up and smacks him upside the head*

Rodimus: Ow!!!

Legacy: *snickerfitdie*

Ultra Magnus: Now stop showing off and get back to your paperwork!

Rodimus: We've got company though!

Steve: We were just here to see the doctor.

Rodimus: *blink* Oh. Were you visiting someone?

Legacy: Brought someone who needed help.

Ultra Magnus: *just gained the roof of the ship with a single bound*

Steve: *protects Legacy, and then stares at the CO2 with surprise*

Rodimus: *setting up to sulk* Alright, sheesh. I'll go work on paperwork.

Legacy: Thrrpt. Gotta quit skivin' off paperwork, Roddy-buns.

Steve: *unconscious frown at the Autobot Captain* Aren't you going to introduce us first?

Rodimus: Oh, right. This is the Second-in-Command of the Lost Light, Ultra Magnus.

Legacy: *hands over mouth to hide her grin, eyes sparkling with mirth. KNOWS who that is in the armor!*

Steve: Yes. We've met. And met Miss Nightwish, too.

Ultra Magnus: *sudden dwindle and stands there in human form*

Steve: *gape*

Legacy: *gigglefit*

Rodimus: Oh. Well, in that case... I'm Captain Rodimus of the Lost Light. Who are you two?

Steve: ...Do you have another name for this form?

Nightwish: Nope. Just Nightwish. *looks up at Rodimus* This is Captain America, and our spook.

Rodimus: *blink* You mean the person who was giving Swerve fits the other day? *so surprised*

Legacy: *more gigglefit*

Nightwish: *yup. Waits for her boyfriend to realize what she just said about the human man*

Rodimus: ... *snerk* *and then he's going over what Nightwish just said about the human man* 0_0 *hurriedly digs through his subspace for his comics and a pen or marker!*

Legacy: *so much amusement as she moves to hug Steve*

Nightwish: *sniggerfitdie*

Steve: *hugs Legacy and gives her a quizzical look, then glances toward the sniggerfit* *??*

Legacy: -Roddy is fan of yours.- *so amused* -Has comics and everything!-

Steve: *blink* -You're joking.- *looks up at the captain*

Rodimus: *triumphant grin as he carefully hunkers down and shyly holds out his comics and the marker he found* You probably get this all the time, but could I get your autograph, Captain Rogers?

Steve: *looks at the books* You're joking.

Rodimus: *looking a bit crestfallen now* *bought the comics online when he was on Earth and had them shipped to a drop point where he could pick them up without suspicion* *is only missing a few of the most recent, and one or two of the earlier publications*

Steve: *looks up at Rodimus, his expression pure "buhhuh???"*

Nightwish: *sniggerfitdiemore!*

Legacy: -Toldja. Is fanboy.-

Steve: ...You don't want me to sign all of them?

Rodimus: Er... Well, what about the one you like best? *realizing that having Captain America sign ALL of his comics would take a while*

Steve: *wryly* Why don't I sign the one you like best? *frank* I've never read any of these.

Rodimus: ... *surprised* Oh... *will quickly shuffle through the comics until the very first issue is presented*

Steve: *takes the pen and looks at it. Then gives it back and pulls out a gel pen that won't bleed through the paper* What would you like me to write? *is embarrassed, but well used to signing things by now*

Rodimus: Er... *unsure. Never thought he'd be meeting you in person, Steve*

Steve: Here. *quick sketch of his shield, and the words "Captain America, to my friend Captain Rodimus", along with the date*

Rodimus: *so much grin* Thank you!

Nightwish: *grins up at Rodimus, her long hair swinging* Dork.

Steve: *gives her a surprised look as he hands the comic back to Rodimus*

Rodimus: *cheerful razz for Nightwish, will carefully stow the comics once the autograph is dry*

Legacy: *small smile as she snuggles* -Made his day. Will be gleeing over this for long time.-

Steve: *watches a snark war unfold* -Why is she so rude to her CO?-

Legacy: -They're engaged. Showing affection.-

Steve: *mental facepalm* -Alright. That makes sense. What are we going to do now?-

Legacy: -Could meet the last Second in Command, if he's awake...- *slight shrug*

Steve: -Do you want to? Should we?- *watches Nightwish- still in human form- chivvy Rodimus to get to work*

Rodimus: *meh meh meh, will offer to pick Nightwish up, wants to snuggle a bit before going back to work on boring things*

Legacy: -Would keep him from getting upset about not knowing goings on...-

Steve: *surprised quirk of his brows* -Alright. Let's go.-

Legacy: *reaches to poke Rodimus' foot*

Nightwish: *looks down over the edge of his hand toward Legacy* Careful. He's ticklish.

Legacy: Can go see Minimus?

Nightwish: Sure. Verity's at the farm.

Steve: *stiffens just slightly* -Verity Carlo?-

Legacy: -Yup. Ratchet smuggled her on board.-

Steve: -The Director's been looking for her.- *frowns at Legacy, feeling concern for the girl far away from other humans and everything familiar* *doesn't blink as Rodimus falls off the ship*

Legacy: -Intergalactic Police brought in a family that has 'nother human, 'n Tracks 'n Raoul're here too.-

Steve: -...Who's Raoul? And... you're kidding. Intergalactic Police?- *incredulous at the last. Thinks it sounds like something from a comic book*

Legacy: *will share images of the Latino teen, as well as information on the IGP, including the family that joined the crew of the Lost Light*

Steve: *amazed* -We never knew that the New York bot had a human connection.-

Legacy: -Was how he stayed so shiny.-

Steve: -...We never noticed that, either.- *frown* -This could count as kidnapping.-

Legacy: *small headshake* -Bots told to leave Earth... Tracks hid. Was sick of the war. Raoul has no other family. Was orphan and fell through cracks in foster care system.-

Steve: -Still...-

Legacy: -Verity was in the same boat. Then met Ultra Magnus when Minimus was Ultra Magnus. Minimus is her uncle now.-

Steve: -But they're human, Legacy. They belong on Earth.-

Legacy: -They're in stable family situations now. Safe. Not in danger from other peeps.-

Steve: *gives her an uncertain frown*

Legacy: -Have peeps watching out for them, making sure their needs're met... Bots're better family than they've both had for long time.- *bluntly* -They'd fight against going back to Earth.-

Steve: *sighs* *quietly* We were going to see the former CO2?

Legacy: *nodnod* *will bring Steve to the hallway outside the quarters Minimus shares with Verity*

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