"You recharged?!"

"Well of course. What else were we supposed to do?"

"Inter- uh...", Whirl didn't want to finish. She feared somebot would overhear.

Medix laughed as he and Whirl resumed walking through the halls of the Academy, "You thought we interfaced??"

"Well... yeah! You two have been dating for over a year now! I would think-"

Medix laughed more, "Oh don't be ridiculous! Besides, don't you think that's a little bit personal to tell y-"

The alarms blared, startling both of the recruits.

"So much for our usual morning stroll...", Whirl groaned.

Just then, Hotshot came running, "Come on slow pokes!"

"Hotshot, you shouldn't be running!", Medix yelled.

"I can't hear you!", Hotshot yelled as he kept running, "You better come catch me!"

Medix facepalmed.

Whirl laughed, "Gotta love him, right?"

Medix rolled his optics playfully, "Oh very much so..."

They both giggled as they ran after Hotshot.

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"Wow you guys are slow", Wedge huffed.

Medix walked in with Whirl right beside him and Hotshot slung over his shoulder.

"Sorry about that guys... we got a little caught up", Whirl said sheepishly.

"Is Hotshot okay?", Hoist asked.

"Yes-", Hotshot began.

"No", Medix interrupted, "He was being an idiot and running through the halls."

Blades facepalmed, "I told him he needed to rest!"

"Hey I'm on command center duty!", Hotshot interjected as Medix put him down but providing support, "and you can't blame me for wanting to find out what's wrong!"

Heatwave shrugged at Blades, "You really can't."

Blades glared at him as he began explaining the situation.

"Alright recruits", Heatwave began, "hikers are trapped in the mountains on Griffin Rock and a huge thunderstorm just rolled in. Get them all out and bring them to safety. Hotshot, you're in the command center."

"Rescue Bot Recruits...", Hotshot began.

"Roll to the Rescue!", the recruits said in unison.

"Good luck guys!", Hotshot yelled.

Hoist, Wedge, and Whirl saluted as they ran through.

Medix was about to follow but was pulled back by Hotshot, "Sweetspark I have to-"

Hotshot gave him a quick kiss, "Be careful out there babe."

Medix smiled as he hugged his boyfriend, "I will."

Hotshot watched as Medix made it safely through the groundbridge, turning to quickly head to the command center when the bridge closed.

"Go with him", Heatwave said to Blades, "make sure he makes it there safely."

Blades stole a quick kiss from him, "You got it hot stuff."

Blades then ran out to join Hotshot before Heatwave could make a comeback.

Heatwave smirked as he sighed and slowly shook his head back and forth.

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"Wow babe, your aft looks niiice. Especially on the monitors!"

"STOP STARING AT IT HOTSHOT!", Medix yelled.

Blades quietly wheezed in the background, "Hotshot stop fooling around."

"But isn't positive feedback appreciated during rescues?"

There was a loud facepalm over the comms, followed immediately by uncontrollable laughter.

"Medix??", Hoist wheezed, "Ya good, buddy?"

Medix stumbled slightly after the dizzy sensation of palming his face too hard, "A-Affirmative..."

Medix then collapsed onto Wedge.

"What the heck?! Why is he so heavy??"

Medix snapped awake and slapped Wedge across the faceplate, "That's rude!"

Hotshot died over the comms.

Wedge rubbed the area that Medix slapped, "Well that worked..."

"GUYS!"

Everyone turned to Whirl.

"We have humans to save, remember?!"

"Oh right...", the boys said collectively.

Blades bursted out laughing.

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"Are your lights on??"

"Of course."

"Night vision??"

"Affirmative."

"Extra flashlights???"

"Hotshot, sweetie, you need to stop worrying about me. In fact, there's nothing to worry about", Medix said calmly.

"But babe, you're my promise! Don't you remember what happened when I wasn't watching you??"

Wedge was totally over this, "Hotshot, stop. You're acting like a... like a... um.."

"Mother hen", Blades confirmed while sitting off to the side of Hotshot.

"Yeah that's it."

"I am not-"

"Shh!", Hoist interrupted, "I think I heard something!"

The recruits went dead silent.

The cave began to rumble.

Hotshot panicked as he saw a massive rockslide above the cave's entrance on the monitors, "Guys! Get out of there!! A massive rockslide is about to block your only way out!"

"But what about the humans?", Wedge yelled.

Suddenly an explosion went off deep within the tunnels.

Blades immediately got on the comms, "It looks like a trap! Get out of there now!"

The recruits all transformed and sped out as more explosions followed them.

Suddenly an explosion went off right beside the recruits, the impact creating enough force to push them right out of the cave before the entrance could be completely blocked off by rocks.

Hotshot's spark froze when he took a head count of his teammates, "Guys?!"

Whirl groaned as she stood up, "We're here, Hotshot."

Hotshot began to panic, "Where's Medix?!?!"

The recruits froze. As they looked around, they realized that Medix was nowhere to be found.

The recruits slowly turned toward the entrance of the cave that was now completely blocked off, "Scrap..."

Hotshot felt his spark shatter right there on the spot.

Now the yelling really started.