Almost there

Raf is a genius. Raf learned a lot from Ratchet and it was him that was going to get us to him. We were all standing around him watching him work. Smokescreen made a lucky shot, hitting Laserbeak at his locating beacon. Raf explained how it was trying to locate the Nemisis. Shelby stood behind him with Miko and Jack. She stood using one of her crutches, seeing as her legs could barely hold her up anymore. With all that's going on, therapy has been the last thing on her mind. She didn't want to do therapy without Ratchet anyway. He was the one who made her do all her exercises. Constantly yelling at her about it. It made her realize how much she appreciated him and missed him. They didn't get along at first, and sometimes still don't, but he did make sure she and the others were up to par. 

She was barely paying attention, when the team decided to give the piece of Laserbeak, wings. Wheeljack and Raf got straight to work. Miko of course had to help too. "The frequency modulator keeps shorting out." Raf complained. "Easy, champ. let me try uncrossing some wires." Wheeljack said, calming down Raf, if only for a few seconds. "Yip-ip-ip-ip! Miko! I needed that!" Raf yelled scrunching his face in annoyance. "I was just trying to tighten up that thingamajig." That was Miko's excuse. Shelby couldn't up but laugh. She had Dreadwing move her up close to Raf, to help with some of the project. Raf sounded just like Ratchet. They quickly got back to work. Shelby helped Wheeljack assemble the first prototype back together. Welding was something she was very good at. 

They complete their little project and got ready to do their first test run. Raf grabbed the controller and started it up. It flew, but Raf couldn't control it very well at first and it almost hit Jack and Fowler. Shelby and Miko tried not to laugh, but it was to funny. Then they watched as the first prototype started to short out and fell to the ground. Raf gave a grunt in frustration. "Its okay Raf, we will get it." Shelby put her hand on Raf's shoulder, comforting the frustrated boy. He was trying hard, it was going to work. He just needed to relax a little bit. It reminded Shelby of when she was trying to bring Dreadwing back. She got frustrated a lot too. They went back to the drawing board, the other bots standing in the background, watching them work. Raf , besides Wheeljack of course, was the only one of the humans that knew cybertronian. So, Raf took care of the coding, while Shelby helped Wheeljack reassemble the parts that fell off. 

After another hour and a few more test runs, they think they finally got it. "Alright, time to find Ratchet." Shelby said with determination written on her face. They started getting down from the metal table, before Shelby could get down, Optimus stopped Dreadwing from picking her up. "There is something I think Ratchet would like you to have." Shelby looked up at him in confusion. He bent down and handed her a tiny object, well tiny to him. It was her suit that Shockwave had built her so long ago. "He worked hard on it. I know he was going to give it to you soon. I think he would want you to have it now. So when we get eyes on the Nemisis, you can help storm the bridge." Optimus stood back up tall, optics shining with pride. "You are actually okay with me helping?" Shelby questioned him, trying not to cry tears of joy. "You earned your mettle." That is all he said and gave her a small smile and headed outside with the rest. 

"You sure we don't need to install a GPS on our scout here?" Fowler questioned, obviously worried we would lose out little scout. "Too risky, both sides area getting really good at rootin' out that kind of trick." Wheeljack expressed. "Besides we don't need a tracker." Smokescreen added. Shelby stood in Dreadwings hand waiting for lift off. "We have Optimus and Dreadwing." Stated Raf, a huge grin on his face. Optimus made his way to the group, stopping next to Dreadwing. "But won't the cons see you coming, big guy?" Ask Miko, staring up at our leader. "Not until its too late." Bulkead said. "We'll be prepared for immediate mobilization upon your command, sir" Ultra Magnus added in. "Good luck Optimus and Dreadwing." Smokescreen said. "Are you sure you don't want extra help?" Shelby wondered, not wanting anything to happen to them. "Your safer here." Dreadwing stated, giving her a comforting smile, as he set her on the ground next to the other humans. "Be safe." Arcee said throwing them more words of encourage meant. "We'll meet you on the battle field." Shelby said with a wink, excited she gets to go to battle as well. 

They are off, we stood watching them fly off tell we couldn't see them anymore. After we couldn't see them anymore, we went back inside and made sure we still had contact with them. Shelby stood down below with the children. Hunching over on her crutches. She took the suit out of her back pocket where she put it for safe keeping. "You going to try it out?" Miko asked excitedly and she popped in front of her, making Shelby almost lose her shit. "I probably should, before going out in the field and it not working." She said, looking over the small device. "Lets see you in action." Jack encouraged. A small smile formed on her face as she held the suit in her hands. Everyone looked down at her, watching to see if it would work. She placed the suit on her chest and pressed the middle button. The armor swiftly formed around her body, lining her curves. She watched as it seemed to slither down her arms to her fingers, down her legs to her toes. She closed her eyes as she felt it creep up her neck and the helmet slide over her head. The visor was down, when she opened her eyes back up, she could see her vital signs, she could see the others vital signs, there were many upgrades that she did not have before.

She moved the crutches out from under her arms, Jack grabbed them from her and Miko stayed by her side, as well as Raf incase she couldn't walk. It took her a moment before she steadied herself. She stood tall and took a few steps. It was amazing, there was no pain radiating from her legs. She felt like she could run for miles. She walked more, then continued to quicken her pace tell she ran had around the whole base. Everybot and human stared at her in amazement. She would be able to help storm the bridge. She decided to try a few tricks she could do before her legs became shattered. She ran and jumped, doing a front flip and landed perfectly on her feet. "Woah" was heard around the room. Shelby wore the biggest smile, hidden by the visor. "Ratchet is amazing." She said walking back to the group. "He certainly is." Arcee agreed.

"Optimus to base. Come in." They heard his deep baritone voice come through the comm link system. "Commander, have you determined the warship's location?" Magnus asked, they all gathered closer to hear better. Though it was hard to miss Optimus's deep voice. "No, Ultra Magnus. The transporter has been destroyed." Optimus said. A very very soft hint of anger in his voice. "We are no closer to finding Ratchet than when we began." He continued. Now we had to figure out how to find him all over again. "Now what?" Miko asked, sitting down, her arms crossed over her knees that were pulled up to her chest. "I don't know." Shelby said sitting down next to her. She pushed the button on her chest and the suit quickly slid off her body. She felt different somehow, must the weight of the suit, or weight of the gravity now pushing down on her. Everyone had their heads down in silence. No one knew what to do. 

"Autobot base, do you read? This is Ratchet can anyone hear me?" All their faces perked up at the sound of Ratchets hoarse voice coming through the comm. Smiles brightening their faces. "Loud and clear, old friend." Optimus answered, his voice sounding a little more cheery than before, must be a smile on his face. Everyone is cheering and jumping excitedly. "Listen to me, Megaton has managed to rebuild the Omega lock onboard his warship. I've deactivated the Decepticon shielding system. You should be able to get a fix on my coordinates. Optimus you must hurry. Megatron is preparing to cyberform Earth as we speak." Ratchet explained and just like he came, he was gone. "Ratchet? Autobots lock on to those coordinates, and prepare to storm the warship." Optimus ordered. "You hear our leader! We're going in and we're going in heavy. Gear up!" Ultra Magnus alliterated. The bots and Shelby began to grab their gear. Shelby quickly got her suit on and got ready near the ground bridge. The children and Fowler watched as they made their way through the ground bridge. "Members of team Prime. Autobot and human, it has been my honor to lead you. On this day, the fates of two worlds hand in the balance, and the battle to come may very well be out last. but for Earth for Cybertron, for out comrade Ratchet, we must take the Deception warship." Optimus spoke, giving them all the power to fight. Everything began to go in slow motion as they made their way through.

No one looking back.

The fight was about to begin. 

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