Special Delivery!

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It was a long haul from Maine to Nevada. A very long haul. But Blades had made it in record time with his precious cargo intact.

It was a bit of a harrowing journey for the small rescue copter. He wasn't used to flying long distances without his human partner, Dani, but unfortunately while she was qualified to know about Cybertronians, she still didn't have the security clearance to know about the location of the Unit:E base. It would have been great if they could have just used the GroundBridge to transport the cargo, but apparently the machinery he was transporting wouldn't react well with it. Given Griffin Rock's track record with technology, Blades wasn't exactly surprised.

He slowly lowered himself to the ground until the crate hanging below him gently touched down, several human soldiers arriving to assist in unhitching it. Finally relieved of his cargo of Griffin Rock tech, Blades finally settled onto his skids with a sigh, giving his well-worked rotors a rest.

A human in a suit approached, raising a hand in greeting. "I'm Special Agent Fowler, human-Autobot liaison. Don't worry about transforming, we all know your secret here."

With a whirr and click of shifting parts, Blades was soon kneeling in front of the human, offering a finger for the man to shake. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Agent Fowler."

"Likewise." Shaking the large, white finger, Agent Fowler stood back with his hands on his hips. "Ratchet's not in at the moment, but if you wait around he can send you back home via GroundBridge and save you the long trip back."

"That would be nice," Blades replied, drooping in relief. "I can barely feel my rotors."

"There's energon in the Autobot hangar if you want to rest and refuel."

Blades beamed and thanked Fowler before heading into the large hangar. The large, empty hangar. Sure it had computers and equipment in it, but no Autobots. The Rescue Bots may have chosen to stay on Earth with their human friends, but actually seeing physical evidence that the other Autobots had gone back to Cybertron was kind of... lonely.

Well, he had better refuel! Hopefully Ratchet wouldn't be too long in returning.

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Ratchet would not be back for a while - something about medical stuff with June or somethin', Miko wasn't really paying attention when he was talking about it. He also suggested she see about getting home soon, since he didn't know how long it would take, but Miko tuned that out as well.

These days she spent most of her free time moping about the Unit:E base - Ratchet wasn't Bulkhead, and there wasn't any kind of exciting action like there used to be, but she couldn't just up and stop going there. After all, what if Bulkhead showed up again and she missed it? Not that she thought Bulky would show up and leave without letting her know, but irrational teenage worries kind of disregard logic...

The sound of echoing footsteps pulled her out of an idle daze she was in, staring at a half-finished drawing she'd started. The footfalls sounded different from Ratchet's, and were definitely too light to be Bulkhead's.

Something was up! So Miko sneaks off to investigate, and in short order spies a white and orange robot looking around. He's got an Autobot emblem, but he's not anyone she's heard about.

So like any reasonable person would totally do, Miko steps out of hiding and leans against the post she had been using for cover. "Hey! You got clearance to be in here, flybot?"

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Blades let out a surprised squeak and spins to find the source of the voice addressing him. It's... a human girl! Bigger than Frankie, smaller than Dani. And definitely not one of the soldiers! It didn't occur to him to apply Fowler's message of 'we all know your secret here' to a random human child.

"Who are y-! Er." He snapped his visor into place and straightened up stiffly. In a dull monotone, he said, "I am a robot. Please state identity."

Best. Actor. Ever.

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The reaction as a whole leaves Miko staring almost slack-jawed at how much of a dork this 'bot is. Once he tries to save face, though, she busts out laughing, and nearly falls over from it.

"Oh wow, you're not fooling anybody, guy!" Her laughing dies down to snickering, and she plants her hands on her hips. "I'm Miko."

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Blades crosses his arms as the human bursts out laughing at him and he sounds somewhat offended when he replies, "I fool plenty of people in Griffin Rock!"

"Er-" He freezes, tapping the tips of his fingers together nervously. "I'm... guessing you know about Autobots and aliens and stuff already, huh?" He hopes. Otherwise he just made a huge mistake. Whoops.

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"Bingo!" Cue the cockiest hands-on-hips pose Miko can muster - which is pretty good, given Miko. "For a good while now! I totally helped out Optimus' unit while it was...still a unit."

...well, that took a sad turn. Miko wilts a little bit, and tries not to think about Bulkhead not being here.







(Spoilers, she fails.)

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Aw, the human looks sad! Blades understands, though. He'd be sad if he was split up from his team and human companions, too. He's not sure what to say to cheer her up, so instead he gives her a smile and tries to distract her.

"Hi, um, Miko was it? I'm Blades." He bends down to offer her a finger to shake.