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Who: Miko and Nexus
Where: Somewhere between the medbay and Nexus' place?
When: a little while after Elita's post but before Miko ends up put somewhere safe.
What: Miko is trying to think up a way to help, and has an idea when she crosses paths with a portion of Nexus.
Warnings: Miko... yeah that's about it.

Miko was glad to have made it out of the medbay without being caught, and was making her way away from it while trying to think up some way that she could help people out. She had seen Bulkhead come back hurt after the Glyphless and still hated that she couldn't do anything about Wheeljack when they had fought Overlord. She wanted to help protect people and keep the ones she cared about from dying.

Though she was being somewhat careful about where she was stepping she knew she needed to get some good distance in between her and the medbay or she would be caught right away once it was noticed she was gone. With most of her focus behind her, trying to check for sounds of pursuit, she kept moving forward, with an easy chance of stumbling across anyone at any time.

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Things were getting interesting, and not necessarily in the good way.

As usual, Nexus was scattered about; multitasking came naturally, but right now? Right now the priority was making sure Haven's defenses were ready, and that began with making sure his own quadrant's were in working order.

So far, the tests were less than satisfactory.

Perched up on what looked very much like a large antenna, Nexus muttered to himself before dropping down. Boosters within his armor kept him from creating a new crater, but the impact was still less than graceful.

Graceful could be done later.

Less than graceful was also how Miko reacted to a large mech landing not too far in front of her. The combination of impact to the ground and the mech's sudden arrival had her trying to scramble back a little and falling on her ass in the process. "Ow... oh, Hi." She said, looking up at the mech now that she realized who it was. She had to wonder if he seemed smaller than normal, but she really didn't have time for that, she needed to find something that would help her protect her friends.

Wait... here she was, right by a First Forged, and not only that, but the one she had a connection to. Maybe he could help her out. "Nexus Prime, I have a question." She said, getting up off the ground and dusting her self off a bit. She waited to see if he was willing to listen before spouting it off, trying to show some respect.

"Eh?"

Oh, that was- he'd almost crushed the poor thing. Nexus winced ruefully as she picked herself up. "Sorry about that...hn. Make it quick?"

Normally, he wouldn't mind giving a few minutes, but with the news of critters from the outside trying to come in...

Fortunately she was quite used to larger than life guys not always having the time to know where she is.

"I want to help fight, but I don't know what I can use to do that. Can you think of something?" He had asked for quick and that was the shortest she could get it.

News traveled fast. Nexus made a face, though not at Miko or her words. Or maybe...

"Not to be a downer, but aren't you...a little, y'know."

The spirit was willing but the metal was weak, or something like that. Not that he could blame her want, not by any means, but it was clear that Nexus was more concerned about her getting hurt than what she could use to hurt.

She cringed just a little, not at him so much as at the train of thought. "Yeah, I am small, and I'm squishy, which normally makes me a liability. But that is why I want to be able to fight. I don't want everyone to have to be looking out for me. If they aren't having to watch over me they can focus more on the fight themselves." Of course being out there in the middle of the fight was another reason she was looking for something, but she knew that wouldn't fly with many people.

Spirit was more than willing.

"Alright," Nexus said with a nod, thinking quickly. "I think I've got something that'll fit you, long as you promise to be careful with it. Needs a bit of field testing, anyway..."

Yes, success~!

"Of course, do you want me to tell you anything from when I'm using it?" She figures since it need field testing, that might make Nexus even easier about letting her use what ever it is.

At that, Nexus outright grinned.

"Damage output, any side effects you can tell- it's shielded so I'm pretty sure it won't harm you, but if anything goes wrong you let me know immediately, alright?"

He seemed a little distracted, but for good reason - he'd half-forgotten where he'd put the thing.

She grinned right back at him.

"Okay, I'm sure I can do that for you." She was often more observant then a lot of people realized after all.

"Good. Now just give me a little bit longer...hah!"

A sudden vwop, and abruptly, there was another Nexus - about half the current one's size, still about a head or two over Miko, and he took a moment to recover himself before offering his hand out.

In it was what looked like a small, pink gun.

"Careful with it," he - they - said in chorus. "Packs a punch."

Miko took a moment to look between the now two Nexus' with a little bit of shock and awe.

She then looked at the gun that was being held out to her. It didn't really look like it would work, but she wasn't about to say so to Nexus himself, after all he hadn't seemed ready to help her at first.

"Thanks, I will." She reached out and took a hold of it before looking back up between the two of them. "That looks like a really useful thing to be able to do!"

The two Nexus' chuckled briefly, before the smaller one began to lean on to the larger.

"Can be, but at this point..."

The smaller one stopped being smaller, and - well. Merged. Armor and plating shifted as Nexus didn't so much absorb the mass, as reconfigure both bodies to mesh in to one, larger form.

"...may be better if I start keeping myself together. Got it from here, lil' miss?"

She grins at him when he does that, thinking that being able to do that is super neat.

"I should be good, I will let you know how it works. Thank you."

"Good." Have a thumbs-up gesture, Miko. "I've got some work I need to finish, so you take care of it - and yourself."

With that, he crouches, pieces of him shifting once more - and then a leap in to the air. More shifting, and he's assumed an altmode, and is quick to head off towards the next antenna.

"I will, thank you, be safe." She says waving at him as he leaves before looking back down to the gun she is holding.

"Now I can help protect everyone, like Bulkhead and Wheeljack."