Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open | Transformers Prime RP

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 22, 2012 19:10:38 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2012 19:10:38 GMT -5

Bee had been threatening to kill them all for the last half an hour.

There was no getting around that or means of dressing it up, that was exactly what he’d been doing. League had more or less dragged Bumblebee through the groundbridge where he’d been on and off cognizant, then verbally abusive before degrading rapidly into a physical assault against their medic when Optimus suggested that the scout submit to a diagonsitic. Ratchet had seen fit to restrain the youngling in the Med Bay, literally bolting the young Bot to the berth while he howled and cursed them all and devolved rapidly into a psychotic fit of hate-filled diatribe that Optimus hadn’t heard from any but the vilest of his enemies. They’d disabled a portion of his hydraulic functions to stop him thrashing around and breaking his own wrist rotors (as he’d been hellbent on doing) and now the scout was seething in Medical, vibrating with rage.

Bee was restricted to Medical and no Bot was allowed near save himself and Ratchet currently. League had returned with Bumblebee while the majority of the others were out on patrol or other duties but they were all returning slowly. As they arrived, Optimus and Ratchet were left explaining to them, the disturbing new development. The Prime revved slightly, anxiety in his EMF as he glanced toward Medical.

“Ratchet… are you certain this is a virus and not some... emotional transference?" From the link with Megatron. When Ratchet shook his head he revved briefly in agitation. "That being the case, are you certain it is not communicable to the remainder of the team.”

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 22, 2012 19:41:12 GMT -5

Post by bulkhead on Jan 22, 2012 19:41:12 GMT -5

Bulkhead was all but wringing his hands - a human expression he had heard but hadn't been able to really place until he found himself standing in the corridor outside medbay doing it, clenching and unclenching them aimlessly with nothing to do. Scrap and rust - Team Prime could NOT catch a break, and Bumblebee least of all. The news had dropped right through his tank when he had heard on his way back from patrol.

"But he's gonna be okay, right? Bee's tough. He'll pull through whatever this is. Right?"

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 22, 2012 20:04:06 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2012 20:04:06 GMT -5

Why did this always seem to happen every other day? And it was Bumblebee again. If this kept up he would break and his happy-go-lucky side would be gone. The time before med-bay was bad, and when Optimus Prime suggest Bumblebee get a systems-frame-check. Bumblebee went from bad to worst. It was even more spark stopping as the little bot wanted to kill them, really kill them, and the words that come out of his vocalizer. It was so unlike Bumblebee. Even Ratchet had learned some new word-combinations.

The diagnostic had happen after getting Bumblebee restrained. It was an interesting virus and Decepticon made. Ratchet stood by the Prime starting another group meeting on what was wrong with Bumblebee. The second one.

“Yes I am. The virus is of course Decepticon made. It is transmitted by energon contact. As long as there are no gashes in your armor and you don’t get it in your optic or mouth you are fine. Still stay out unless you are called. Bumblebee does not know what he is doing. The virus is attacking his processor. It changes the mood program and suppresses all but aggression at the same time the virus also releases virus-codes to push the aggression to new heights. If we can’t find an antivirus soon for this Bumblebee will have his neural net over worked and it will shut down.”

Ratchet waited for that to be understood. Then moved to the next part. “I am not sure but I think the virus had been waiting and taking over his system slowly. I need to work a little more but I should be able to find out when and how this happen very soon.”

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 22, 2012 22:02:03 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2012 22:02:03 GMT -5

Shadowrunner had come through the ground bridge to be greeted by the static-laced sounds of an over-stressed vocalizer emitting furious Basic at the top of its capacity. Her spark had gone cold at the sounds before her processor had caught up and identified stream of hate-filled profanity as coming from Bumblebee.

Now she was perched atop the stack of crates which separated medbay from the rest of the control room. It was a vantage point from which she could at least see Bee, and since Ratchet's insistence that no one was to be allowed in medbay had been vehement enough to intimidate even her, seeing was the best she could manage.

"Isn't there anything you can do to slow the damage to his processor?" she asked. "Some way to partially shut down his systems?"

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 23, 2012 0:42:37 GMT -5

Post by velocity on Jan 23, 2012 0:42:37 GMT -5

Still being on base meant she was still bored. Oh she had gone topside a few times but there wasn't much out there but sand, and rocks, and more sandy rock type things. It was incredibly boring to say the least. There had been some things to break up the monotony of boredom, she had organized everything on base...everything. That irked a few people but it was better than her causing trouble. She had also bothered Prime himself once or twice, when he was available that is. Asking him questions and trying to learn a few things about what was going on. Now though, there was something entirely different going on and of course she wanted to know what. When Bumblebee was brought in she had been topside but quickly scrambled and came back underneath in the base itself to see what was going on.

Coming closer to medbay she saw Shadow perched on high and Bulkhead fretting himself to pieces practically near the area as well. She hadn't heard the horrible things that Bee had been saying since when he was brought it she wasn't close enough to. Stands near Bulk, being just a smidgen taller than him but no where near his girth. “Virus huh? Seems I have been coming across more of those than necessary in such a short amount of time.” While it was meant as an off-hand comment it was said loud enough for any to hear. She was referring to her time in the desert though no one had really asked her about that or knew. All anyone knew was when she came back from Theta station she needed a patch and weld from an injury done the day before.

Listening to Ratchet speak she took it all in and just mulled it over for a moment. They didn't want anyone else in, so she took up an almost guard-like stance nearby and pointed to Bulk that maybe he should do that same. “Everyone is going to be worried, least we can do is make this easier.” She offered the other bot a small smile than looked up when Shadow began speaking. “I hope that could work, something. Poor little guy.” Velocity wasn't known for having a lot of feelings and emotions, she was pretty much 'get things done', but even she was bothered and upset by this. Her field kept showcasing worry and distress.

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 23, 2012 15:43:06 GMT -5

Post by sniper on Jan 23, 2012 15:43:06 GMT -5

It would have been a welcome change to Sniper's current situation, had the infected and injured bot been someone else aside from Bumblebee. The former Decepticon spy, who now enjoyed the trust of no-one and remained restricted in the medical bay of Autobot base, hadn't had the chance to develop any spiteful feelings for the young Scout. Mostly because the said Scout had saved him just some short days ago. And now, as Sniper was forced to look at the suffering of poor Bumblebee, he found those spiteful feelings even harder to develop. His green form was standing right next to the doorway, crouched and expressionless - even if a subtle glimmer of something remotely shocked resided in his crimson stare.

But even while being mesmerized by the unfortunate play of pain and suffering, Sniper was still true to his function. The Autobots weren't standing too far for him not to be able to eavesdrop on their conversation. The red, cold glow of his narrow optics rolled onto the bots that stood just a few feet shy from him.

"Yes, poor little guy," Sniper repeated the words that had come out of Velocity - the femme who had left a rather good impression on him. The spy's words did, however, lack the same amount of emotion that had come out of the femme just now. He wasn't spiteful, but that was hard to make out from the cold, distant way he talked. "With all due respect to your medic-," Sniper of all should be very well informed of Ratchet's capabilities. "-but if this virus is the handiwork of whom I think it is, his knowledge alone isn't enough." His tone remained the same. While he harbored no ill will, it was hard for anyone to tell.

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 24, 2012 0:46:37 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 0:46:37 GMT -5

“He will be fine. I will make sure of it,” Ratchet told Bulkhead and the others. Ratchet had all the steel in his vocalizer as normal but he did worry. This virus was a hard one. It would be difficult to get the antivirus made.

Turning to Shadowrunner Ratchet answered her question. “I am working on blocking what had not been affected by the virus but the virus seems to break the firewalls faster and faster. Not uncommon but very troublesome.”

Hearing what Sniper said Ratchet gave the spy his full attention. “You know who could have made the virus?”

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 24, 2012 2:43:44 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 2:43:44 GMT -5

The attention of the room shifted abruptly to Sniper, a room of bright blue eyes swung suddenly as one toward the surly ex-Con. Sniper had weathered his time under house arrest relatively well, behaved cooperatively if not exactly nicely, been forthcoming (to a certain point) about Decepticon intelligence, but to say that Sniper was particularly outspoken would have been inaccurate. If he was speaking out – and not simply to make a smart remark – then it seemed Sniper had decided he had stake in the goings on. Optimus regarded the once-spy with a focused look.

“Given the current occupants of the Nemesis, there are alarmingly many among their number capable of concocting such a virus – Soundwave and Shockwave chief among them and Megatron certainly not incapable. Does something about this particular methodology strike you as specific to one of them?”

In truth, Optimus was skeptical that this would be Shockwave or Soundwave’s doing… if it had been them, the virus would be contagious and designed to eradicate all of their number as logic would dictate. To specifically and non-lethally target their scout with a viral agent design to cause insanity and ultimately burn out the neural net… disgusting as it was, it struck Optimus as Megatron’s handiwork. He would have laid odds on it if only for the fact Megatron would have been too occupied at the time with the Fallen weapon to take the time to design and deploy such a revenge against them.

"Who, in your opinion, Sniper, would have designed such a thing?"

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 25, 2012 23:52:44 GMT -5

Post by sniper on Jan 25, 2012 23:52:44 GMT -5

And suddenly, Sniper felt the weight of all the attention in the room. The glimmer of blue optics pressed his back, whilst he answered the one hanging highest. Optimus Prime. The spy's expression was still cold, unreadable, but even through it, an odd glimpse of something that could have been both respect and fright, showed. Upon realizing these feelings in his system, Sniper let his gaze wander back to the poor Bumblebee and the Medic, who were battling a virus deeper in the Medbay. No expression.

"I have no precise information, as I have been cooped up in here for quite some time," Sniper started on a calm, distant note, even though it was apparent that he didn't exactly like the fact that he was being held in one spot. "And as long as things remain that way, I will only have guesses and theories that might or might not hold water. But rest assured, many on the Nemesis know their way around there kinds of things. Soundwave's ... expertise being the most recent of my experiences," he continued with the same note as before. There was no particular spite to his words, before the mention of Soundwave occurred. "And I want to pinpoint the similarity between your scout's current state and the virus I was infected with before arriving here. You might want to consider the possibility that Soundwave upgraded his handiwork," Sniper's words were actually picked quite carefully.

Serotype, whom the ex-Con actually thought to be responsible for the current situation, had saved him twice now. While Sniper wasn't one to do free favors, he felt somewhat ... in dept. It wasn't a feeling he particularly liked and if blaming her stunts on Soundwave resulted in him getting rid of that feeling (and possibly getting Soundwave's poor aft kicked), he was more than willing to do so.

The red glimmer of the spy's narrow optics shifted over his green shoulder, turning back to the Prime.

"And in that case, I know for sure is that you need some Decepticon intelligence, if you wish to get your Scout out of this alive," there was no expression on his words, even if behind them he knew he wouldn't exactly wish a painful death to an Autobot who had previously saved his life.

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Last Edit: Jan 26, 2012 3:32:09 GMT -5 by sniper

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 30, 2012 14:28:45 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2012 14:28:45 GMT -5

“Thank you, Sniper.” Optimus inclined his head. “We will consider that as a viable option.” He looked back to the rest of the group, expression sobering and calm. “It is also possible that this virus is manifesting naturally as a belated reaction to Bumblebee’s previous… encounter with Megatron.”

Only the team present during the threat of the Fallen warship would be familiar with this – the repercussions of the cortical psychic patch. The very patch the scout had undertaken to save Optimus when the Cybonic Plague had taken him so near to the brink of the Well. Prime was not unaware of the responsibility there – one of his soldiers having sacrificed their wellbeing for him. It was, of course, always their choice to do so but that did not mean he didn’t feel the weight. That said, the matter at hand did not warrant lingering on past choices.

“There is very little research as to the effects such a hardware link might result in and therefore Ratchet is still in unknown territory. If it is a virus, if we can isolate it and create an anti-virus, there could no telling what the damage may be at this point. My position at this time is to continue your duties and to keep a vigilant eye out for Decepticon activity or any chance to glean information that might aid us. If Ratchet cannot find a solution… we may contact the Decepticons to negotiate terms for a cure. However, that option remains unlikely. For now… this is out of our hands.”

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Ep0.5 – Burnt Out – Open Jan 31, 2012 1:56:49 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2012 1:56:49 GMT -5

At Ratchet’s and then Optimus Prime’s question Sniper seemed to tell a great deal of information. Ratchet had hope for the ex-Decepticon yet. Still he was a Decepticon.

“Understood Optimus.” Ratchet did not like knowing so little but he would do all he could for Bumblebee.