nkos. Pocket Reality. Return of a Friend Part 2

[dens_extra_pups]

Continued from here.



Beau: What?!

Breakdown: *does a gesture he saw on a movie once and makes like running his hands up and down an hourglass figure* Woohoo!

Beau: *If the left don't get ya, the right one will!*

Breakdown: *takes the first blow in the face, then dodges the second and throws a haymaker of his own as he grins with fierce and open joy*

Navi: HEY! WATCH OUT!

Beau: *unprintable as he takes another swing at Breakdown after getting clipped by the haymaker*

Breakdown: *takes that hit on the shoulder, does a quick check for organic critters, and then bellows and charges*

Navi: WATCH OUT!

Beau: *braces for collision*

Breakdown: *smashes into him and shoves him back, once more laughing out loud*

Beau: *going to try and headbutt you, Breakdown!*

Breakdown: *grabs his head!*

Beau: *will try and box your audios, in that case!*

Breakdown: Owwwww! *drops him and kicks him*

Beau: *dodges the kick, and then grabs the foot as he rolls to his feet and jerks upward*

Breakdown: Whoooaaah! *windmills and then topples backward into the bushes with the big fuzzy leaves* *mint scent fills the air*

Beau: *goes for the pin. If only his college wrestling coach could see him now*

Bulkhead: *from behind him* Whoa!

Ratchet: That's enough! *moving to try and separate the combatants*

Breakdown: I didn't mean to squash the fuzzy trees. MacKenzie made me do it!

Bulkhead: *dots at the red-faced bot, and then looks at the guy Ratchet's got*

Beau: *trying to come up with an insult and not having much luck*

Ratchet: ... MacKenzie? *looks to Bulkhead*

Breakdown: Yeah. *points to the new bot* He got made into a bot somehow.

Bulkhead: *blinks at Ratchet and then scowls at Breakdown* Humans can't get turned into bots.

Beau: *a bit calmer now* I don't know if it's possible or not... Charlie only told me that I'm a cybernetic ghost of a biological being.

Breakdown: *startles and looks at Ratchet as the medibot sucks in air*

Bulkhead: ...Ghost?

Beau: That's what Charlie called it. All I know is that I remember how I died, and a lot of what went on in Autobot Outpost Omega One.

Ratchet: *will scan the mech he's holding back* *quietly* You're a recent build, with a young spark, but your processor activity is on par with a fully grown Cybertronian...

Beau: ...I have a spark?

Ratchet: Yes. A young one, but healthy and whole.

Beau: How'd he do that? *looks skeeved*

Ratchet: *quietly* I'm not sure, to be honest.

Breakdown: *curiously* Did he reprogram some kid?

Bulkhead: *gives him a stink eye*

Ratchet: No, Breakdown, it doesn't look that way.

Beau: Well, that's a relief.

Ratchet: *slight frown, is studying Beau's spark coding* The sequencing of CNA is unfamiliar... I've never seen anything resembling it on Cybertron.

Bulkhead: You're not very surprised about this, Ratchet. That have anything to do with that call ya got just before you told me ta come out here?

Ratchet: It does. *still studying coding*

June: WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE TOILET PAPER BUSHES???

Breakdown: *GONE!*

Beau: 0_0 *meeps*

Bulkhead: *0_o at the irate woman*

Beau: *going to try and hide behind you now, Ratchet*

Ratchet: *tutting and trying to get Beau to hold still* Will you be still? You have nothing to fear from Nurse Darby.

June: NOTHING TO FEAR? DO YOU PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO DESTROY PROPERTY?

Ratchet: *trying to keep hold of Beau now*

Beau: *making that difficult*

Ratchet: *nearly catches an elbow upside the head* *frustrated* Beauregard MacKenzie, so help me-! *just made a funny sound as Beau managed to slip out of his grip*

Bulkhead: *hunkers down and grabs several stalks of the mashed plants, then offers them to June* If you stick 'em in water they'll stay green for a long time. 'N grow roots. *grin*

June: *is staring at Ratchet* ...What did you say?

Beau: *giving everyone a spooked look*

Ratchet: *frowning at Beau now* *to June* That is Beauregard MacKenzie.

June: *facepalm* When's the last time you slept, Ratchet?

Ratchet: I slept last night.

June: *this is her "I don't believe you" face* *and her hands on her hips*

Bulkhead: Uh...

Beau: *scoots behind Bulkhead* *quietly* Ratchet's telling the truth.

June: *stares in silence*

Bulkhead: *sneaks off with his handful of plant pieces*

Ratchet: I received a call a short while ago from a person who identified himself as Charlie Summers. He explained that we would be getting a new arrival shortly, and who that new arrival was.

Beau: *just a bit uneasy now*

June: *more staring*

Beau: *awkwardly* Er... Hi?

Ratchet: For all intents and purposes, this is Beauregard MacKenzie.

June: ... *expression shows her disbelief, and maybe a conviction that those two are pranking her*

Beau: *hesitantly* Is Denver here?

June: *throws up her hands and makes a dying cow sound* I can't cope with this right now! *turns and stomps back inside*

Beau: That... could have gone better.

Ratchet: Indeed.

Raf: *cautiously peeks outside, Mini-Ratchet peeking around him with a frown*

Beau: *soft sound as he spots Raf*

Raf: *steps out of the door, one hand absently finger-combing the mass of tendrils that he's holding in the other* Ratchet? What happened?

Ratchet: *crouches* We have a friend who returned to us. His appearance has changed, but he is still the person he was the last time we saw him.

Raf: *studies the strange bot, his fingers still busy on the little plant monster. Then looks at Ratchet again* Who was he then?

Ratchet: Lieutenant Colonel MacKenzie.

Raf: *blink blink* Is he in a Gundam?

Beau: Er... No.

Ratchet: *trying not to snicker at that* No, Rafael. He was brought back as a Cybertronian.

Raf: *hand goes still on his pet as Mini-Ratchet snorts softly* What do you mean?

Beau: *quietly* Charlie said I'm a cybernetic ghost. I have most of the memories, and the personality of the original Lieutenant Colonel Beauregard MacKenzie.

Raf: *chin firms as he looks at Ratchet* Like Marco.

Ratchet: *nods* Yes. Though of a different size category than Marco.

Beau: Oh... You know Marco. *surprised by this... and kind of feeling overwhelmed now*

Raf: *quietly* So neither Denver or him is human anymore.

Beau: What?!

Ratchet: Denver is no longer human. She received a blood transfusion from a DenYa Changeling in order to save her life.

Beau: ... DenYa? *so lost* *and very worried about Denver*

Raf: *still quiet as his plant monster wriggles and he sets it on Mini-Ratchet's head* She's a fairy.

Beau: ... *quietly* Oh.

Ratchet: *frowns and scans Beau again*

Mini-Ratchet: *points to Beau* Yepyepyep!

Beau: *dots at the little thing*

Ratchet: *moves to offer support to Beau* There should be room for you to lay down.

Raf: Mini-Ratchet says his systems are under strain. *pokes glasses up and watches with concern*

Ratchet: *nods* Which is why I'm going to take him to find a berth to rest on.

Raf: *helpfully* There are a lot of them in the empty wing.

Ratchet: *nods* And the empty wing is quiet, which will help.

Raf: Should I get someone to bring a blanket?

Ratchet: Please do.

Raf: *turns and lowers his crutches so he can hobble inside*

Ratchet: *will move to bring Beau to the empty wing*

Beau: *quietly* What happened to Raf? Why is he on crutches?

Ratchet: He twisted his ankle a few weeks back. He's still recovering from the trauma of the reality ending.

Cliffjumper: *is laughter up there inside one of the empty rooms*

Beau: ... *confused frown* Who is that?

Ratchet: That would be Cliffjumper.

Beau: ... But he...

Ratchet: Yes. But he, like you, was brought back by an outside party.

Cliffjumper: *looks out the door, sees Beau, and grins widely* Pink blanket! *more laughter as he shows the item in question*

Beau: ... Er... Okay?

Navi: *flies over to Cliffjumper* HEY!

Cliffjumper: Bug!

Beau: Navi.

Ratchet: Cliffjumper, I need to get him to a berth.

Navi: *turns and scoots back to Beau* Herro!

Cliffjumper: *flings the blanket inside the room and then walks over* Need a hand?

Ratchet: Yes. The sooner we can get him situated on a berth, the better.

Cliffjumper: *over he comes and props his working shoulder under the taller bot's arm* Alright, buddy, let's get ya to bed.

Navi: Look out!

Cliffjumper: *snerk*

Ratchet: *soft snort. With Cliffjumper's help, soon has Beau laying on the berth*

Cliffjumper: *walks over and gets the blanket, then brings it back*

Navi: *hovers by her master*

Ratchet: *scans Beau again*

Beau: *definitely needs time to rest and process*

Cliffjumper: *gives blanket, and then goes to the shelf by the door and gets the pillow and the doll that he left there*

Beau: *circulating a bit quickly now*

Ratchet: *much frown, will ready a sedative*

Cliffjumper: *comes back and pauses* No, Ratch, that's not the way. *chivvies the medibot over and starts fixing Beau's blanket* You know, I used to love strange new adventures. But then I took an arrow to the knee.

Beau: *facepalm*

Ratchet: ... What? *giving you a 'WTS' look now, Cliffjumper*

Cliffjumper: *tuck tuck. Adds the pillow. And then offers the doll* Teddy bears are for guys, right? *grin*

Beau: I guess...

Cliffjumper: Better idea. *gently sets down the fleece bear with the football team logos and walks out. Soon returns holding an adorable little purple guy who is limp asleep* *holds the bitty up and grins at Beau* Know what this is?

Beau: ... Looks like a little Cybertronian.

Cliffjumper: *chuckles* Buddy, this is a baby. My baby.

Beau: ... *boggling now*

Ratchet: *chuckles softly* Sway didn't feel like leaving Arcee?

Cliffjumper: *glances to him* I didn't try. ArJay handles strangers better.

Ratchet: Ah. *small nod. Then he's chuckling again as he remembers something* Sway didn't seem to mind Knockout too much. I can't say the same about Knockout, though. *still thinks the red mech's panicked expression when Sway was clinging to him was entertaining*

Beau: What is Knockout doing here?!

Cliffjumper: Last time? Freaking out because he thought Arcee was gonna kill him for holding our baby girl. *chuckles and lays the sleeping ArJay on Beau's chest*

ArJay: *snuggle. Cuddle. Purrr*

Beau: ... *bewildered expression*

Ratchet: Knockout is no longer identifying as a Decepticon. Nor is Breakdown.

Cliffjumper: KO came to see Breakdown. *carefully pulls the blanket up over ArJay* And I think he was hoping Waterbaby'd play with some of our kids.

Beau: ... Waterbaby?

Ratchet: The young humanoid whom Knockout and Denver act as guardians for.

Cliffjumper: *gives Ratchet a warning look. Too late!*

Beau: What?! *going to try and sit up now*

Cliffjumper: *pushes Beau back down with his one hand* Don't dump my kid. *scowls at Ratchet*

Ratchet: Beauregard MacKenzie, don't think for one moment that I will hesitate to utilize duct tape to keep you from leaving your berth.

Beau: *SUCH a stinkeye for Ratchet* Why wasn't I told that Denver went and ran to Knockout?!

Cliffjumper: Well, I thought you'd be less stressed by yelling at us afterward than by finding out now.

ArJay: *snuggle snuggle snuggle. Sigh*

Ratchet: We didn't have any confirmation of it at the time. It was not until the majority of the Autobots had been relocated to the Backwater Nexus that we learned of their living situation.

Cliffjumper: Aaand, I only got back a couple days before we came here.

Beau: ... *giving you a 'WTS' look now, Cliffjumper*

Cliffjumper: *shrugs his working shoulder* Dead guy, remember?

Beau: ...

Ratchet: Charlie Summers is not the only being capable of returning the dead to life.

Cliffjumper: Primus said I had unfinished business. *another one-sided shrug*

Beau: ... Primus? *starting to blink a bit more*

Cliffjumper: The biggest bot. *looks down at snuggly little son and grins a small little grin*

ArJay: *limp. Warm. Heavy. Sleeeeep*

Jack: *from the door* Ratchet? Got that tp branch you asked for.

Beau: Oh... *more blinking, attention going to the door*

Ratchet: Thank you, Jack. *will move to get the branch*

Jack: *also holding a gallon jar of water*

Ratchet: *will relieve Jack of the branch and jar*

Jack: *softly* How is he?

Ratchet: *quietly* Stressed. And quite upset about not being informed of whom Denver's guardian is.

Jack: *sighs and rubs the back of his head* I better get back to Mom and Star. Tell the Lt. Colonel hi, huh? *turns to go*

Beau: *quietly* Nurse Darby doesn't believe I'm who I say I am...

Jack: *looks that way* *sigh* She's under a lot of stress right now, sir. *more quietly* The world did... just end.

Beau: ... *quietly* Who else made it?

Jack: Dallas, Denver, Mom, and Agent ... Mr. Fowler on the human side. Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Breakdown, Knockout, Twilight, Scattershot, Cliffjumper, Jazz, and Perceptor on the bot side.

Beau: ... I don't know Jazz or Perceptor. *and he's starting to look a little cross-eyed*

ArJay: *beeeg sigh*

Beau: *quietly* If there are other Autobots and humans out there... We'll find them... Get them to safety... *soft little sigh*

Jack: There are supposed to be others. Somewhere.

Cliffjumper: He's out.

Jack: *startles* ...What?

Ratchet: *scans* *soft snerk* Sleeping baby magic. *will set the branch in the water jar and set the jar by the berth*

Jack: Oh. Right. I'll be going, then. *turns and walks away*

Cliffjumper: *watches the boy with sympathy, then turns to Ratchet* You staying here?

Ratchet: I'll come back to check on Beauregard and ArJay shortly.

Navi: *softly, as she moves close to the baby bot* Herro.

ArJay: *sleepy sigh and a little chuckle*

Cliffjumper: *settles down to sit on the floor next to the bed* Alright. I'm here, then.

Ratchet: Would you like some rations?

Cliffjumper: *slight grin* 'Cee just fed me. Don't worry so much.

Ratchet: *small frown and a nod* I will return shortly. *out the door* *intends to let everyone who hasn't been informed know about Beau*

Cliffjumper: *soft snerk, and then he puts up a screen and starts watching a lovely old musical with soothing music* *will keep his post along with his little son till they're not needed*

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