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"Prime, have you FINALLY lost your logic circuits?!" Ratchet yelled.
"Look, Ratchet… I understand your concerns. But, maybe we could try to convince him to join our team," Optimus replied, trying to calm down the old medic.
Ratchet looked back in his med-bay and saw the recently damaged Blitzwing who had suddenly fallen unconscious during a fight between himself, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead. He was currently awake but wasn't letting Sari use her Allspark Key to speed up his recovery.
"Convince him?! Prime, that mech has been with the Decepticons for who knows how many deca-cycles and we don't know how much Decepti-Rhetoric has been pumped into his fragged up processor!" Ratchet yelled back while putting his servos on his hips.
Optimus noticed Bumblebee walking up to the entrance of the med-bay and peeking in, so he decided to grab the medic's servos with his own to drag him away, causing the medic to start sputtering his words. Optimus winked at Bumblebee while leading Ratchet to his berth-room.
Bumblebee still stood in place while watching Blitzwing seemingly have a conversation with himself.
"We don't have any alternatives…" Icy muttered.
The minibot then slowly walked inside but the footsteps caught Blitzwing's attention regardless.
He didn't make optic contact as he squeezed his servos over his lap. Bumblebee put his right servo on the triple-changer's left shoulder pauldron and gave him a smile. Blitzwing seemed to freeze up in response, his optic mimicking a deer's for a moment, but his gaze softened while letting go of his own servos and putting his own right over Bumblebee's.