#shatteredscope

You'd be amazed how easy it is to sneak into the Lost Light with nothing but a set of coordinates in the general neighborhood, a space bridge, and knowledge of where the access hatches are.

... and half a broken sword, and a blowtorch, and magna clamps, and a jury-rigged fire extinguisher jet pack—

The exact tools don't matter. What does matter is that Getaway is on the Lost Light.

He sticks to (what he clearly assumes to be) the lesser-used and lesser-monitored corridors. It's the middle of the night; traffic is minimal. Several times during the multi-mile trek to his destination, he ducks through service shafts, maintenance tunnels, and even a couple of vents. But he navigates the ship, to all appearances successfully undetected.

... Until he reaches the science lab, where he attempts to unlock the door with a tool kit he found in one of the maintenance shafts.

[at first, he panics — his Mimi is broken]

[but after a moment’s careful sniffing and inspecting, it turns out she is not broken. her legs are missing, yes, but there’s no more leaking energon, and she’s a strange sort of optimistic grumpy that settles his nerves immediately]

[grumpily shuffles to the door and slaps the access button] i told you Ratchet, i—

…oh. what do you want.