Lost and Found (TFP)

Chapter 12: Down with a cold!

LOG:6/6/2021

Anna's POV

I rubbed my tired eyes as I woke up, groaning softly and stretching weakly. My head felt like cracking and my bones hurts so bad, so I opted to lay back and snooze for another 5 minutes. Sniffling, I was about to pull my blanket closer to my body only to realise I had none.

"ACHOO!!" I sneezed loudly. I whined in pain softly before remembering my surroundings. Looking towards the couch hazily, I saw the trio looking at me worriedly.

"Mother, you've fallen ill?" Optimus asked, walking over and cupping my face. I tried to deny but my body was aching badly, making me wince and giving him a small nod.

"My scanners shows that mother's temperature is higher than average human. I believe this is what humans refer as 'fever'." Ratchet said gravely and scanned me, giving me worried looks.

"Lie down, mother." Ratchet ordered, and I obliged. Megatron came to my side and to my temperature, only to hiss in reply.

"Carrier, you're burning up!" Megatron growled, before taking his blanket to cover me. I tried to pet him but my vision got blurry. The last thing I remembered was their worried looks as I called them out softly and went into a slumber.

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3rd Person POV.

"Kids..." Anna said before passing out, crashing onto the cold floor. Anna was breathing erratically and shivering. Megatron cried out in alarm while Optimus went up to call the rest of his team for help. Ratchet came to his mother's side and growled as he tried to think of a way to save his sick mother.

"Frag, she's out! We need to cool her down, stat!" Ratchet said. Megatron got the cue and ran to the freezer immediately, searching for some ice to cool his mother down.

Ultra Magnus and Dreadwing rushed to their carrier's side, carefully propping a cushion under her head as they covered her in more blankets.

"Stay strong, mother." Ultra Magnus softly pleaded, worried etched in his face as keep an optic on her. Dreadwing was beside the mech, occasionally glancing at his mother in worry as he tried to wrap her up to preserve her body heat.

Soundwave was helping Ratchet and Knockout by finding a solution on the Internet. The silent mech may look calm but he was more than worried as he watched his mother harshly breathing. He was typing rapidly on Anna's computer as he scoured the Net for information.

"Optimus, contact that fleshling immediately! He will have a better clue in helping! Curse our tiny selves, we can't be sitting here while our carrier suffers in her illness!" Megatron hissed at the Autobot leader. The Prime did not disagree as he went on the comms with Agent Fowler, notifying the man on the situation.

A cough broke everyone out of their train of thoughts.

"W-Wh-What...hap-pened...Ratch-et...?" Anna coughed out weakily to her medic. Ratchet went to her side as fought his tears from leaking, he needed to save her.

"Please, save your energy mother. We'll take care of you, just rest up." Ratchet's voice cracked as he saw how fragile his mother was. Knockout  wanted to scan her but cried out in alarm as she coughed violently, her body lurched forward unexpectedly. Arcee came to her with a pack of tissues much to the lady's delight.

"T-Than-k...y-you...Ar-cee..." Anna tried smiling at the femme bot but it came out as a grimace. Arcee said nothing and nodded, patting her mother's hand to comfort her.

"Ghet well shoon pwease..." Arcee said before staying by the side, letting Ratchet and Knockout take over. The two mechs were looking at the laptop on how to ease their mother's pain, Soundwave deploying Laserbeak to go raid the kitchen for medicine when they heard a knock on the door.