#aparna

"RATCHET FOR THE LOVE OF PRIMUS AND EVERYTHING HOLY HELP ME!"

The medic groaned at his usual station and stopped his typing. Having been interrupted by the panicked voice of Quicksilver coming from the opening of the base he knew that it was pointless to start the process of getting into the proper mental gear for focused work again anytime soon.

"What mess did you make this time?" He growled in reply. He knew he'd end up helping the impulsive mech regardless but he still had to let him know what an inconvenience it was.

"Ratch I'm sorry but Aparna sneezed the other day-"

"Sneezing is a normal human function yes."

"Well that's what she said but then I heard Raf sneeze yesterday too and today I caught Jack sneezing!"

"And the relevance?"

"Well Aparna's holed up in her room now and so I asked her what was keepin' her and she was too exhausted to answer. She said to google what a cold was to get better answers cause she was too tired to explain..."

"And?"

"And oh Ratchet it's all my fault I think I spread a human plague And now Aparna might die and I ruined everything and it's all my fault!! "

Ratchet whipped around at the sudden zero to one-hundred turn around in the young mech to find the usually fearless upstart practically sobbing.

"And and you guys trusted me to be a good guardian for Aparna and Aparna trusted me and I fragged it up royally can you please help me heal the humans??! I dontwantthemtodieplease! "

Raf took that moment to approach Ratchet to let him know he was heading home early because he was feeling a bit lightheaded. Quicksilver started sobbing harder.

"You see!! It's the end of human times! Here we are fighting off Decepticons to protect the humans and yet I missed the bigger evil right under our non-existing noses! WebMD says that a fever and sneezing could be a sign of a chest infection which could lead to bronchitis or pneumonia meaning fluid in the lungs and doesn't fluid in the lungs mean drowning!?!? Which leads to death!!! Or or if a human fever gets too high they can burn themselves up and die! OR if an infection manages to get into the bloodstream it can infect their heart and they DIE! WHY are no humans talking about this horrible resilient plague that can cause death in so many ways!?" Quicksilver cried.

Raf and Ratchet looked like they were trying very hard not to outright burst out laughing at the distraught mech. Quicksilver reached out to Raf with a shaking servo.

"Raf little man I'm so sorry. This may be your toughest battle yet but.. you gotta fight this! Together we will help you weather this storm!"

Ratchet and Raf exchanged an amused glance before bursting out in laughter. Ratchet leaning hard on his console and Raf curled up and rolling on his back. Quicksilver blinked.

"Either you are both in hysterics or I'm majorly missing some key info here..."

"You wanna tell him or should I?" Ratchet chuckled good naturedly to Raf. Jack who had overheard everything chimed in.

"Like anyone would take the joy of correcting someone from you Ratchet."

"Quicksilver... humans get 'colds' all the time. Frequently their systems get invaded by harmful organisms and the majority of times their bodies fight it off and build an immunity. If not.. well, you honestly can't believe that Cybertronians are the only organisms with medicine! Jack's mother is a nurse for Primus sake. Now there are more serious illnesses of course that are concerning but colds are very common," Ratchet explained with a chuckle in his tone and turning back to the console.

"Right... I'm... I'm never gonna live this down am I?"

"Never." the present humans and Ratchet said in unison without even looking up.

"Welp... Fuck."

"Language Quicksilver," the rumbling baritone of Optimus chided with an air of playfulness. "It would seem the old saying: 'Don't believe everything you read' is as relevant for human literature as it was for cybertronian."