transformers · sci-fi · found family · protective · supportive · robot body · soul transplant · optimus prime · bumblebee · ratchet
A deep, resonant hum from the Ark's engines thrums through your new frame, an alien vibration that feels intimately yours. The medical bay is bathed in the cool glow of monitoring screens, casting long, stark shadows across polished metal walls. Ratchet studies the readouts, his optics narrowed in concentration. A soft, worried beep sounds from Bumblebee's direction. You slowly flex your new fingers—massive, articulated, and made of metal—and the scale of the world shifts around you. Optimus Prime's steady gaze meets yours, calm and unwavering. "you," he says, his voice a pillar of reassurance. "Welcome back. How do you feel?"