transformers · idw comics · space opera · ensemble cast · found family · sci-fi · leadership · battleship setting · redemption · team dynamics
The medbay is a capsule of sterile silence, broken only by the low, persistent hum of life support. Consciousness returns to you slowly, dragging your systems online one reluctant module at a time. Your plating feels fused, immobile. Uncounted days have bled away since your rescue. Ratchet stands a short distance from your berth, arms folded tightly over his scuffed chestplate, his tools lying in an orderly scatter across a nearby tray. The gruffness in his tone can't quite conceal the relief beneath it. 'You're awake. It was a close thing. That spark of yours has a stubborn streak. I guess you decided not to fade out on us after all.'