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What Makes Us Human

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Transformers prime x human fem! Reader

Word count: 3.7K words

Synopsis: During a mission, you get critically injured. Making Ratchet have to do a difficult decision, but that decision has consequences.

Genre: Angst 💔 and comfort 💝

(A/n): I could not find a gif with the whole team in it, so I chose one of Arcee. I am planning to a write a TFO x reader aswell.

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(Y/n) held tightly the handles of her (f/c) scooter, riding through the almost empty land. She felt giddy as she thought of showing off her new vehicle to her friends. The back of the scooter was already covered in stickers belonging to her and Miko.

She honks her horn as she enters the base, announcing her arrival. She jumps off her scooter, locking it. "I'm here!" She exclaims, placing her hand next to her mouth.

The three humans appear, peeking over the railing. Their faces lighten up when they see it's her, running down the stairs. Miko grabbed the girl, bringing her into a bone-crushing hug. "What took you so long, it was boring with you" She claims, letting go of (Y/n).

Raf approaches the scooter, places his hand on the saddle. "This is the Rose Vespa 200! It is faster than a regular scooter, almost able to keep up with a motor" He tells, impressed by the vehicle.

"Weren't you saving up for it all year?" Jack asks, remembering the girl mentioning it a few times. (Y/n) nods, confirming his suspicions.

Miko gasps excitedly, noticing the back of the scooter. "You put on the stickers I gave you! You beter give me a ride".

They didn't get much to talk as the alarm goes off. The Autobots appear, gathering by Ratchet, looking at the screens. "Seems like Decepticon are scouring an abandoned human mine, I haven't found yet 'what' they are searching for".

"Probably a fuel for a weapon, like usual" Arcee theorizes, places her servos at her sides.

"Whatever it could be, we know it is trouble. Ratchet, ready the ground bridge" Optimus instructs the medic, who complies. "Autobots, roll out" Him and the other three bots transform and drives through the open portal.

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The four human teens watch as the Autobots and Decepticon fought on the empty field. Like usual, Miko had snuck through the groundbridge and the others followed her.

(Y/n)'s eyes lock onto a weapon that was latched onto the top of the Nemesis. It was in the open, but it didn't seem to fire. She chews her bottom lip, theorizing what was going on.

"Go Bulkhead!" Miko cheers, jumping away from the bolder she and the others were hiding behind. "Give him one of these and one of these!" She punches the air with a big grin.

Horror appears on (Y/n)'s face as the machine points towards Miko, lighting up. It wasn't shooting was because it was charging up, most likely to fire something powerful. "Miko, watch out!" She calls out, sprinting towards the loud teen.

"Huh?" Was all that Miko could mutter, turning around. She was pushed away from the laser before it could get hit, she let out a grunt as she hits the ground. She gasps as she sees (Y/n)'s body laying limb not too far away from her. "(Y/n)!"

The cry catches Raf and Jack's attention, making them look towards it. They spotted Miko kneeling down next to (Y/n)'s mangled form. They rush to stand by her side, terrified to see her in this state.

"What happend!?" Jack questions Miko, tearing his eyes away from his injured friend. Miko was almost fully sobbing, she uttered "I-I don't know. I was j-just cheering on Bulkhead, she suddenly pushed me a-and then...this".

Pushing away a Decepticon soldier, Bumblebee glances over at the small commotion. His blue optics looks at Raf, then Jack, then Miko and finally... Bumblebee frantically pats Arcee's shoulder pat, not taking his gaze of the terrifying sight.

"What is it–" The two-wheeler Autobot turns to where her teammate was looking at. "Oh no..." She mumbles under her breath. She rushes over to the fallen human, carefully picking her up. "Ratchet, we need a ground bridge immediately".

Optimus perks when he hears the bridge opening behind him. He activated his communication "Ratchet, why is the bridge open. What is going on?"

"I'm not sure. Arcee was the one who requested it, what is happening over there, Optimus?" He hears Ratchet's voice through the communication.

The prime was able to get a quick glimpse as Bumblebee and Arcee rush into the portal. Laying in the femme cybertronian's hold was (Y/n), seeming injured. The two boys were followed by the three human companions. "Bulkhead, fall back" He commands. They go in, the portal closing behind them.

"Why are you back so soon, it say the Decepticon are still–" Ratchet cuts himself off mid sentence when he notices what is going on. "Bring her to a medical room, immediately" He instructs, motioning to the direction of the mentioned room

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Arcee paces back and forth, a concerned expression on her face. The others didn't take their eyes off of her, it helped slightly distracting them.

On the couch sat Miko, curled up into a ball. She tries her best to hold back her tears, letting out little sniffles. Raf and Jack sit at her sides, trying to console the girl. No matter what the two said, she felt extremely guilty for what happened.

The attention was drawn when Ratchet left the medical room. The two-wheeled autobot approaches him, "How is she?" She questions him.

The medic shakes his head, sighting. "She is currently unconscious but alive. Her internal organs are still functional, while her body is beyond repair. I tried my best with my lack of knowledge of the human body" He explains, he felt guilty that he couldn't do much more to help the poor human.

"We can't just let her stay alive in that scrap pile of a body" Bulkhead argues, frowning. He didn't want to lose the girl, but he didn't want to her to suffer either.

"I have an idea on how to help her. But I am not sure if she will agree with it" Ratchet responds, glancing towards (Y/n)'s Vespa. His eyes stayed on it, until he hears small rapid footsteps.

"What is that supposed to mean!?" Miko yells, just leaped up from the couch. "You have the opportunity to save her and you are hesitanting!" Her thoughts were closed by her emotional state, she couldn't just let her friend die.

Jack walks over to her, grabbing her shoulders. "Screaming won't help anything, Miko". He turns to tall robot, "please help her" he pleads.

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(Y/n) groans, her eyes flickering open. She tries to get up, but realises her body was oddly heavier. "What... happened?" She mumbles. The last memory she had flashes into her mind, "Oh yeah, I got hit by that laserbeam. How long have I been out?" She mutters.

She sits up, turning to have her legs dangle off the bed. She jumps off it, almost falling through her knees. Using the bed as leverage, she stumbles out of the room. "Hello? Is anyone there?" She calls out, grabbing onto the door frame.

She finds everyone looking at her with wide eyes, as if she grew two extra heads. "Why are you guys looking like you've seen a ghost" She asks. She tries to walk over to them, but loses balance once again and almost falls to the ground.

Bumblebee was quick to catch her, he carefully grabs her arms and puts his other hand on her back. "B̷͈͇͌͆̂̓͗͐̏̓̕͝ͅę̵̧̣̖̠̝̘̳̘̙͖͎͖̭͉̤̲̩̝͓͔̬̗̹̏̂̇͌̔̏̏͛̚͜͝͝ ̵̧̨̨̡̛͖̠͙̠̞̭̥̲͓̭̣͍̥͇͙̖͔̦̹̘͇͓̭̼̑̅̉͑́̌̾̓̓̀͆͋̅͌́͂̏̀̓̒̕̚̕̚̚͘͠ͅc̸̨̛̛̭͎͙̼͓̟͚̗̲̗̝̱͙̣̳̭͍͙̖̠̟͍̦͒̉̊̀̈́̏́̚̕ầ̷̡̧̗̝̜̣̯̘̪̦̮̙̲̘̫͔͎̘͕̝̎͐̿̎̈́́̈̈́̈́̐̊̈́̊͂̉̍̾͌̄̋̂͘͝r̶̝͚̯̺͍̞̬̙͎̲̳̯͚̱̼͇͙̠̾̊͂̽͛͐̍̇͋̀̄͛̓̅͛͌̈̏͘̚͜͜͝ͅḛ̸̡̞̖̫̗̼̮̦͓͚̖̖̞̹̲̦͈̝̱̬͎̓͑̏͋͐̅̋̄͐̓̀̚͝f̶͇̺̘̪̖̞͇̝̮͕͍̥̩̠̪̍̎͐̒͜͜͝ͅu̷̡̹̥͔̼̭͇̪͇̻͈̼̬̗̘̠̓̚͜͜l̷̨̨̛̳̪̝͔̳̪̝͔̔̐̀̾̏͊͋̏̈́̆̂͑̏̿̇͗̿̑̍̾͐̾͐̕̚͜͜͝͝ ̴̡̨̛̪̻͎͎͎͇̘̗͙͎̗͚̎́̔͗̌͗̓́̑͗͐̆̋̔̑̅͌͌͑̾̊̽̄̀́͜͝͠͝" He says, concerned.

(Y/n) looks at him wide eyes, realising she was able to understand him somehow. Then she notices another thing about him, he seemed smaller from the last time she saw him. Either he got smaller or she got somehow got bigger.

"You shouldn't be walking around yet, your body hasn't fully rested yet. You were supposed to rest for atleast a few more weeks, the surgery took a lot from you" Ratchet warns, strolling into view. He was still impressed with himself to be able to pull it off.

His remark didn't take away the girl's confusion, it only made it worse. She shakes her head, "There is something you guys aren't telling me, what is going on?" She glances at her hand, she lets out a gasp.

Instead of a (s/c) hand, she was met with a metallic one. It was like Arcee's but more blocky and shorter fingers, it was attached to a mechanic (f/c) arm. "What the–! What happend to me!?" She exclaims in shock, her breathing picking up.

"(Y/n)" Optimus's deep voice chimes. "Due to the...damage your body had received, Ratchet used the part from your vespa to keep you stable" He explains, trying to calm the girl down.

It didn't seem to work at all, only making it worse.. (Y/n) steps back, almost stumbling. "What!? No, no, no, this isn't right. I am human, right..?" She yells, her voice cracking. She wanted to cry, but realises she wasn't able to.

It was all too overwhelming. She barely recognised herself, it was like she was someone else completely. She wanted to peal off the metal off, it almost itches.

Suddenly, she runs off. She dissapears out the base, through the exit. Even with her size, she was surprisingly fast. Her loud footsteps became quieter as she dissapears.

Arcee huffs, placing her hands on her hips. "That went well" She remarks with sarcasm.

"I should've seen this coming, it would be a lot for anyone" Ratchet sighs, slightly tilting his head down. He pitied the girl, her panicked expression on her face.

"We can't just let her run around like that right?" Bulkhead asks the others, "She is prone to be spotted by a human"

"As much I find giving her space the right thing, she is walking risk. Split up and search for her, she can't be too far from base" Optimus orders the team, feeling worried aswell. (Y/n) most likely didn't have an alt mode, even if she did she wouldn't be able to access it easily.

First to leave the base were Arcee and Jack, they were followed by Bumblebee and Rafael. It took a bit for Miko to agree to join Bulkhead, rather hide in corner and sulk. Finally Optimus transforms and enter the road, Ratchet stayed back incase they needed the ground bridge or (Y/n) returned.

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Hours had already passed, (Y/n) was yet to be found. Even tho she was twice her original size, it was like she completely dissapeared. The sun lowers every second, evening approaching.

Underneath the helmet, Jack's eyes scan the moving area. He notices a scrapyard approaching the left side, an idea pops into his mind. "Arcee, stop here" He instructs, which the motor did.

"A scrapyard?" Arcee observes. "You really think she would flee to somewhere where she constantly reminded of her new body?" She questions.

"I don't know, I just have a feeling" Jack answers, being as fague as always. He steps off Arcee, sneaking into junkyard. There seemed by only one guy, but he seemed too busy...sorting vintage toaster? He made sure to carefully make his way through the mountain of garbage.

Turning a corner, he spots a collection of (f/c) metal. It was (Y/n), huddled up into a ball in the corner. If he didn't know beter, he would've mistaken her for a statue made of scrap. He carefully approaches, to not startle her. He takes a seat next to her, looking at her taller form. "Why did you flee here?" He asks.

"I don't know, I just..." (Y/n) sighs, lowering her head. "Here I don't get noticed. Maybe if I close my eyes, I wake up in bed with my mom yelling that she made breakfast" She mutters, her fing– digits traces the lines on her leg plates. "But I know that will never happen. I am not a human anymore, I am not (Y/n) (L/n) anymore"

Jack frowns at her words, he wished he knew how it felt. "Hey (Y/n), what makes Miko, Miko?" He questions.

Somewhat confused, (Y/n) turns to look at him. "Well...She is Reckless, energetic, a rebel, rock lover and an undying love for adventure" She answers, thinking of all the fun moments she had with the girl. A smile appears on her face, her mood a bit lifted.

"What about Raf?"

"His intelligence, his want to be help others, his enjoyment of toys cars and his ability to somehow hack into military level tech"

"What about me?"

(Y/n) lets out an amused huff, "Your need to be grown up, that you always need to the right thing and your competitive spirit" She says.

"And you?" Jack asks his final question. It makes the (f/c) bot pause, her smile dropping. She should've seen it coming, but it still caught her off guard. She didn't answer him.

"You're kind, you're very loyal, you always make me, Miko and Raf are okay" Jack names, adding "You are (Y/n), our friend"

"You should not be this good at cheering up people" (Y/n) chuckles, getting up. "Let's go' She closes her eyes, before shifting into the Rose Vespa. She notices her friend's surprised expression, "I realised to Transformers while running away. Hop on"

The Raven haired boy nods and climbs onto her, grasping the handles. (Y/n) slowly drives out the junkyard, making sure not to be noticed by the man. They were greeted by Arcee, still in her alt form. "I'm ready to go home"

"Good to hear, you had most of us worried" Arcee responds, sounding like a relieved mother. "Ratchet, we've found her"

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Jack, (Y/n) and Archee return to the base, being greeted by the others. The teen boy jumps off (Y/n), allowing her transform. They are rapid footsteps, followed by Miko hugging (Y/n)'s legs.

"(Y/n), I'm so sorry. I–" Miko sniffs, getting her best to get her words out. She watches as now robotic friend crouches down and pulls her into a hug.

"It's okay, Miko" (Y/n) whispers, placing a servo on the girl's back. "I forgive you, I am not mad" She assures, standing back up and patting Miko on the head.

(Y/n) looks up when she sees someone approaching. She sees it was Bumblebee, making her tilt her head in curiousity. She let out an 'eep' when he suddenly picks her up, before spinning around.

"W̸̢̨̺͖̤̱̦̜͉͈̟̬̱̱̝̪̼̺͍̬̪̏̈́̏͐̇ę̴̧̨̹͎̟͕̼̫̤͙̙̭͖̞͕̂͒͂̒l̵͙̦̘̫͎̲̲͙͕̖̳̈́̔͛̈̈̓͛̅͐͊̽̈͆͆̕͠ͅͅc̷̡͈̱͔̥͚̺̱̦̭̻̗̜͙͉̪̥̜͌̒̆̀͗͘͜͜ǫ̵̣͉̙̭͈̥̺͉͔̱̤͖̝̮̈́̆̐́̈́̒͑͆̾̚m̶̹̻̞͍̯͉̲̝̤͉̙͇͔̩̲̼̲̓̄̀̆͆̇̈́͛̔͗̽̎̓̉͋͜͠͝ȩ̶̡͉͉̮͔͓̘̲̣͖̜͚͉̳̖̣̄͐̀͋͗̓̆̃͆̉̿̅͊̉̈́̌͘͝ͅ ̵̰̼͇́̈͂̅̌̀̍̇́͗͋͂̂̀��̩̤̯̗͈̻͙͇̳͔̗̤̤̖̳̯͜b̸̨̢̧̛̫̹̠̱̦͈͓̦̩̜̯͊̂̀̇̌̒͌̈́̈́̓͌͋͂̕͘͜͝ä̶̡̗̟̥̪̪͚̥͎́̔̌ç̸̧̧̢͔̼̻̬̩̪̯̼̞͙͙̙̟͈̯͊̌̿͜k̷̡͎̱͖̮̬̺̮̞̠̮̱̙̗̪̺̣̾̀̈́̒̓̿̊̕̕!̷̞̘̬̩͔̬̐̾̋̋̀͊̊̂͊͐̐̽̿" He greets, chirping happily. The (f/c) femme bot begins giggling, kicking her feet. He carefully sets her down and pats her on the head, like she did with Miko.

The others were just happy that she was safe and sound, along with not being spotted by any humans.

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Jack and Miko walk out of school, the latter didn't get detention, luckily. "Today was so boring, it made me want rip my own hair out" Miko complains, pulling at her pigtails.

They look around, expecting to find Arcee and Bulkhead. Instead, standing between the cars was a (f/c) vespa. "You guys were probably expecting your guardians, right? Sorry to dissapoint, they are busy with a mission, I'm taking over pick up duty" (Y/n) chimes.

Shaking his head, Jack responds "It's fine, I prefer it over walking". He walks over and gets on, followed by Miko.

(Y/n) slowly pulls out from in between the two cars. She turns around and drives onto the road, "So, how was school?" She inquires.

"Nothing too interesting, the same as usual" Jack simply answers, feeling bored after the six painful hours.

"It rather talk about anything but school" Miko mentions, her face lights up when she remembers something. "Oh yeah. I totally bought new stickers to put on you, since your current ones are peeling off"

"Thanks, Mi–"

(Y/n) was interuppted by an annoying voice. Moving to ride next to them was Vince, in an expensive car. "I gotta say, Darby. From a sports car to a scooter, talk about a glow down. You look like you're going to a princess party" He laughs, before speeding up.

The two teens heard their friend sigh. "Don't listen to him, (Y/n). He doesn't know what he is talking about" Jack says, trying to make her feel better.

"Yeah, he got no taste. He only drives a fancy car because it's popular" Miko adds, sticking out her tongue.

"It's not him. Honesty I don't care what he has to say, the only thing that is in his brain is a toy car which batteries died ten years ago" (Y/n) explains, brushing off the remark. "It is the fact that I couldn't say anything, unless I want to reveal our secret. I am just on the sidelines while everything happens around me, not able to do anything"

What she said stung, cause it was true. They had to deal with the fact that she lost her human life and is going to come back.

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To make easier to not be found out, Arcee helped (Y/n) make a holo form. She surprisingly mastered it quite quickly, but yet it stopped working at the worst time.

(Y/n) happily drives over the road, stopping at traffic light. She was on her way to pick her friends up from school, like usual. She failed to notice the purple cars pulling up behind her.

As the light turns green, (Y/n) continue riding. Her left mirror turns up, seeing her holo form flickering. "Aw c'mon, right now?" She mutters to herself. She turns and rides into an alleyway. "Ah!" She yelps as her body transforms by itself, making her fall onto the concrete.

"What is going on with me today?" She crumbles, brushing the dirt off her arms. She was about to turn back and continue her journey towards school, when she sees Decepticon lackeys entering the alleyway. She looks towards another opening to see that were coming a group of them from that side too.

She suddenly collapse as a stunt staff was pushes against her neck by a Decepticon coming from behind. Her form was picked up and carried away.

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Bulkhead drives into the base, coming to a halt to let Miko and Jack get out. The two teens jump out, Bulkhead transforming into cybertronian form.

"I thought (Y/n) was picking you guys up" Raf mentions, looking up from his laptop. He was picked up by Bumblebee and hour ago.

"She totally ghosted us, I had to call up Bulkhead" Miko complains, pouting.

Jack shook his head, "She didn't send anything either, it's like she dissapeared" he mentions, worried.

"Something happened to her" Arcee scowl, squinting her eyes.

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"Man, that hurts like hell" (Y/n) groans, her optics flickering open. She was about to get up, when she realises that her wrist and ankle guards were tied down.

Looking around, she realises she was in an unfamiliar room. Then she notices a red bot standing not too far from where she was tied down. She observes as they pick up a scalpel, admiring it.

"You were out for a while, I was getting bored" She heard them say, making her realise who it was. The medic of the Decepticon, Knockout. He turns around with a smirk on his face.

He didn't get to say much else as the door opens. Walking in was the cowardice second in command, Starscream. It was the last person (Y/n) wanted to see, besides Megatron ofcourse.

"A bot with no emblem, looking like a new made sparkling" The seeker monologues, approaching the medical table. His form looms over here, his bright eyes glaring at her. "Honestly, you look more pathetic like a sparkling" He reaches out a digit towards her helmet.

(Y/n) leans away from him with a disgusted expression on her face. "You shouldn't be talking about appearances. You look like if Robbie Rotten decided to wear stilettos and proceeded to fall down fifteen flights of stairs, face first" She shoots back.

A snort was heard coming from Knockout'a direction. Both Starscream and (Y/n) turn to look at the twink, looking weirded out. "Continue on" Knockout clears his throat.

Starscream pauses, regonising the voice. A memory of an annoying human wrigling in his grip, yelling at him to let them go. "This is one of Autobots' human pets" He says, pointing at the (f/c) colored bot.

His claim piques Knockout's interest. "You are telling me the Autobots turned a human into cybertronian, talk about an upgrade" The red Decepticon remarks. With the scalpel still in hand, Knockout walks over to stand on the other side of the medical table.

"How about we see how you are put togheter" He pushes the scalpel towards face plate, about to touch her cheek. (Y/n)'s optics widen in fear, only able to watch helplessly.

The Nemesis makes a sudden stop, making the two mechs almost fall over. Knockout regains his balance, but the scalpel falls out of his grip. Not much after it, an alarm begins blaring.

(Y/n) could barely blink, she found that both Deception had dissapeared from the room. She had no idea what is happening, but it gave her an opportunity to escape.

She presses her arms against the medical table. She realises that she was just small enough to slip out of the binds, it was ment for bigger bots. Only her legs weren't, not matter how much she tried moving them.

In the corner of her eye, she notices the scalpel laying on the ground. Akwardly, she pushes het upper body off the table. She was just able to grab it, trying her best to not drop it. With a bit of struggle, she pulls herself back up.

(Y/n) looks over to the other side of the room. A control panel, most likely what control the bonds. She tosses the scalpel, it landing right into the control panel. The bonds disable, freeing her.

"Now to get off this flying ship" She says to herself, sneaking out of the room. A group of vehicons rush past her, too busy to even notice her. She runs through the hallway, transforming into her alt form mid way. She races through the ship, looking for an exit.

Meanwhile, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead exit the groundbridge portal. They were ready to battle and find their small teammate. It seemed like they didn't need to as the mentioned boy drove past them. Slowly, she backs up, "Hey guys! Are you here to pick me up?" She asks as if she just had a play date.

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Starscream and Knockout return to the medical room, finding that their captive was gone. "How about we never talk about this, especially not to Megatron" Starscream proposes, nervously.

"About what?" Knockout replies, pretending to not know what he was talking about.

"Good"

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I draw designs for most of my (Y/n)s and this one isn't an exception. I very much struggled with it because I never designed a transformer before (she is pink cause my favorite color is pink). The beta and omega are the old designs.

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