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[neverputincharge]

[On the Prime verse Autobot frequency]

Uh...anybody heard from or seen Ratchet lately? Tried contactin' him, but it don't go through.

[[There's an edge of frustration, plus worry, to his voice. Not this again. Not. Again. Last time the medic disappeared, he'd gone to the badlands. Did he go there again? Ratchet, you're supposed to be smarter than this.

There's also a low mutter of 'Hoping he didn't disappear on us again'.]

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[Sometime later after talking to the other Autobots and humans from his world, he sends out a short message to the rest of Haven.]

I'm...sorry ta report we're down a medic.

Ratchet seems ta have gone missin'.

[He stops himself from adding an 'again' at the end of it.]

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[Audio]

[neverputincharge]

It's just...hard. Arcee....she aint been here as long. Aint seen as many as we have come and go from our world. Ratchet, Cliffjumper...Arcee herself. Even...Optimus.

[Optimus died here, but he was still gone. There's just that slight feeling of disconnect. Arcee can't relate to the pain and frustration. But he knows she's trying.

He's quiet for a moment.]

Even when they don't see each other for centuries.

[Yeah, he's referring you, Wheeljack. You're part of his family too. Now more than ever.]

[Audio]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

I know what ya mean, Bulk. We've been here awhile. And...seein' these guys disappear while you can only stand and watch...'s tough.

[He hadn't been there for Optimus...but it wasn't his place to. He was never REALLY Team Prime anyway. So imagine his shock when Bulkhead says that.]

Heh...Me? You sure about that?

[Audio]

[neverputincharge]

Yeah, exactly. Good people ya know shouldn't be goin' to the badlands, that don't deserve to be there. I like ta think they go home, but after Ratchet's last return..

[He didn't like the idea of anyone going to the badlands, but that seemed to be where most of ended up.

He'd wanted Wheeljack at their side for the Optimus thing. Primus knows they needed all the help they could get. But he could understand why Wheeljack stayed out of it. It was the teams duty, even if there had only been two members at the time. Much as Bulkheaded wanted it, Wheeljack wasn't anymore a member of the team than he was a member of the Wreckers.]

As sure as I've ever been. We were like brothers once, we've gotten that closer if not closer now. At least...I like ta think so.

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

It doesn't get any easier from here on out, Bulk. We've been here the longest, that means we're the ones who are gonna have to toughen up.

Don't you leave me, got that?

[It sounded, almost desperate. Wheeljack's been here since the beginning and...a lot happened before even you showed up. And now that he's got some stability...]

Always will be, Bulk. And if not...closer.