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Author Note: This chapter was originally published on 5/27/2012. Not much changed. Edits were mostly for consistency and grammar. The image at the bottom of the chapter was commissioned from the fabulous Livio Ramondelli. Ratchet suddenly became the focus of every optic and eye in the silo. Lowering his head he shifted on his trods as if physically encumbered by the weight of their stares. "So, what will it be Doc 'Bot?" Miko asked, coyly, her hand covering the broad grin that had all but engulfed her narrow face. At first, the medic could only glare down at the tiny human, his optics dulling to half their normal luminescence. Finally, he crossed his arms and straightened his posture, as if to reinstate a small fragment of his shattered dignity. "'Truth.'" He muttered with a sigh. At this, everyone seemed to let out a collective whimper of disappointment. "What?" Ratchet demanded, incredulously. "You actually thought that I would allow myself to be made a fool

Author Note: This is a re-upload of the original War and Wings Chapter One that was published on 05/24/2012. Hopefully, I'll be able to revisit the entire fic, as well as provide new artwork for some chapters. General Summary: An innocent game of Truth-or-Dare forces Ratchet to recollect a time during the war when he worked as a field medic for the Iacon Clinic and Triage Facility. A time when the very fabric of Cybertronian culture and society was being ravaged by the advancing Decepticon army. A time...when he was in love with an ex-Decepticon named Io. I don't know what I'd rate this, honestly: It's got humor, PG-13 robot romance, wartime violence, cussing, and an eventual bar fight... The Team Prime portion of this fic takes place between season one episodes 21 (TMI) and 22 (Stronger Faster) Saturday. Ratchet used to hate Saturdays. Humans, for reasons that the medic could not fathom, lumped seven of their solar cycles into a unit of time called a "week," the