Chapter 1 - One survivor
It's been so many ano-cycle since the war began and most of the planet has be destroyed. Both sides we heavily damaged but the Decepticons slightly had the upper hand. Warriors were constantly fighting or spying while the civilians had no place for protection so it was a hit and run for them. Most of them were killed when they accidentally ran into a shooting or killed by Decepticons (if they were Autobots). Practical all of the Decepticons were warriors and not civilians so they can make a stand. But of course not all survive the attacks that Autobots threw at them.
After a long battle in an area that hasn't been claimed by either side, the Decepticons have won that small shooting. Sure, there was heavy casualties on both sides but the Decepticons were able to achieve victory. Vehicons were patrolling the area, making sure there weren't any surviving Autobots. So far, there was no sign of life but that didn't mean they let their guard down.
After wandering the destroyed landscape for so many groons, they decide to report their patrol to Lord Megatron and Commander Starscream and return to base. As they were getting ready to leave, one of the Vehicons heard crying a few yards away. It was faint but he did heard it. He stood there for a few more nano-cycle and he heard the crying again and he got a good clear on where it was coming from. He began to follow where the cries came from and ended up standing in front of a huge pile of rubble. It must have been once a home. The cries came again and it was much louder. He began to dig.
Nearby Vehicons noticed him digging the rubble up and went up to him.
"What are you doing soldier?" A deep voiced Vehicon asked the digging one.
"I heard crying and I was just wondering what could be causing it. It may be a survivor."
The standing Vehicons looked at one another and stared back at the digging one. After a few cycles of digging and clawing his way, a little green light pear through the darkness. He stared at it and it moved! It was an optic. He dug faster and a white face was revealed. It was a sparkling and her optics stared up at the Vehicon. The other Vehicon were astonished to see a sparkling alive. But it began to cry again, showing that it was impatience and wanted to get out right away. He pushed the other rubble away and the sparkling was finally freed. But another thing surprised the Vehicons.
The sparkling was in the arms of her creator, or spark-mother. But the spark-mother was dead.
The rescuer just stared at the sparkling but a few nano-cycle, he finally unwrapped the creator's arms and picked her up. He awkwardly cradled her into his arms and looked at his fellow Vehicons.
"What should we do?" Was all he said to them.
The other Vehicons didn't have any ideas in what to do with the abandon sparkling. But the only thing that popped into all of their processor was to contact Lord Megatron.
It was very unpleasant feeling carrying a sparkling and walking through Kaon and having every Decepticon looking at you. That's how the Vehicon rescuer felt. And he also felt embarrassed. The sparkling was now asleep but she looked weak and dirty with scrapes and scratches all over her protoform body. Truth to be told, the Vehicon was quite worried because he didn't know if the sparkling was okay or not.
The small group of Vehicon finally reached the command center and prepared for whatever might come at them. The door slid open and there was more Vehicons inside, along with Starscream, Soundwave, and Megatron.
"The troops have reported that there are no survivors. As you can see with this image display." Starscream said as he pointed to Soundwave's screen of a face. Soundwave showed Megatron the landscape of the battle field, it was practically destroyed. Megatron smirked evilly but the small group of Vehicons caught his blood red optics and his full attention was on them now.
The Vehicons were getting a bit scared now. He is a warlord and his stare was deadly and would practically freeze anyone in their tracks. But they had to stay calm or they might say something stupid and they'll go offline.
"Well, what is it?" He said in a thundering voice.
Both Starscream and Soundwave also the face the small group. The Vehicons in the front of the group stepped aside and showed the Vehicon who was holding the sparkling. He tense a bit when the spotlight was on him now. Megatron raised an brow for a split nano-cycle but then he realized that the Vehicon was holding a sparkling. He saw that it was a few human months old and it was weak, although it look quite comfy in the Vehicon's arms.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Lord Megatron. We, urgh, mostly I discovered this sparkling under a pile of rubble with her spark-mother. But she must have been dead during or after the battle. We didn't know what to do with the sparkling so we decided to consult with you."
"Did you see whether the spark-mother was a Decepticon or an Autobot?"
"Ugh..we didn't..."
"Then kill it."
"I beg your pardon?"
Even the other Vehicons were surprised a bit.
"There is no need for sparklings in this war. They'll all end up dead due to their fragile form. It would be best to put it out of its misery."
The rescuer drone was a bit taken back with the order his lord gave him. He looked down at the sparkling who was breathing at a calm rhythm. He's been in so many battles and killed countless Autobots but killing a sparkling was different. He felt it was more despicable than killing an adult Cybertronian. Starscream didn't care much about the sparkling's fate. It was true what Megatron said. Sparklings are weak and it was foolish for bringing a sparkling to life during a time of war. It would eventually die. Megatron noticed that the drone wasn't going to do his order and he frowned deeply.
"Alright. If you're not going to do it, then I will. Put the sparkling down on the floor. Now." He said in a demanding tone.
The Vehicon tensed again but Megatron gave him one of those glares and he automatically put the sparkling down a few feet in front of him. He slowly walked back and stared at the sparkling who was still sleeping but it began to sturr a bit. Megatron walked up to it and pointed his Fusion Cannon at it and began to charge it up. Before he could shoot, the sparkling woke up and her green optics stared up at Megatron. She woke up because she didn't felt the strong arms of the Vehicon but the coldness of the floor. She stared at him for a second and began to giggle. She reached her short arms towards him, telling him to pick her up.
Megatron froze. The sparkling look happy, even with dents and scratches all over her body. Her green optics look around and took in everything she saw but she look back at the warlord and cooed lowly. For some unknown reason, he just couldn't bring himself to do it. He discharge his Fusion Cannon and lowered his hand. Starscream and Soundwave stared at him. It was Starscream who broke the silence. "Ahh, Lord Megatron..?"
"I had a change of spark. The sparkling shall live."
"Ah, are you sure that is wise, my lord? We are at war and we don't have time to take care of a sparkling."
But Megatron just give him a warning glare and Starscream shut up. Soundwave thought it was strange for his lord to let a sparkling live. He look at the sparkling and began to wonder, what did this sparkling do to change his processor? Megatron picked the child with both of his huge hands and held her in the air. He stared at her and she stared back. But she began to giggle and coo. She saw his Decepticon insignia and tried to reach it.
"I believe that this sparkling's creator was a Decepticon. She seems comfortable around us and she has no fear of me. But that will change soon enough. You, Vehicon." He said while looking at the one who saved the child. He stand up straight. "Yes my lord?"
"You are in charge of her until further notice. Make sure she's feed and healed up." He said while walking towards him. He extend both of his arms and waited for the drone to take the child out of his grasp. The Vehicon was surprised to see that his lord was letting the child live AND having him to take of her. He slowly took the sparkling and cradle her. She coo when she saw the Vehicon's face. She look at his chest and saw the same insignia and she placed both of her hands on it. The Vehicon look at her and she just giggled loudly as she traced the insignia.
"Do I make myself clear?"Megatron's voice was enough to bring the Vehicon's attention back.
"Y-yes sir!"
"You are dismiss."
And with that, the Vehicon turned around and went to the Energon Storage Room to get the sparkling some food. The other Vehicons were staring at Megatron. "All of you, get back to work!" They quickly turn around and began to work on whatever they were working on. Things were going to be different from now on.
The sparkling was looking around and saw all the other Decepticons that would walk by her caretaker and would giggle when they would look at her. The Vehicon was getting the embarrass feeling again and he began to speed up his pace. He finally arrived to the storage room and the sparkling squeal with delight when she caught sight of the Energon Cubes. Her little arms tried to reach the cubes but her caretaker kept her firm in his arms. Then the Vehicon just hit a dead end...he didn't know how to feed a sparkling!
"Oh Primus...what should I do now?"He look at the sparkling who was trying to worm her way out of his arms. He sigh, had enough of her wiggling, and he put her down. She crawled towards the closet Energon Cube and place a small hand on it. The Vehicon was thinking on how to feed the child when he saw her put her lips on it and it look like she was...sucking?
"That must be it. Her spark-mother must have liquefy the Energon cube and fed it to her like that."
After a few cycles later, the Vehicons was able to liquefy the Energon and had it was in a bottle. He pick up the sparkling and she impatiently took the bottle and began to drink. He saw that she was drinking the whole thing and he knew that if she consumes a bit too much, she might get a bit energetic due to her small form. He softly pulled the bottle away from her and she began to reach for the bottle, wanting more. Then she made a sour face and a loud burp escape her lips. She was quiet for a few nano-cycles but began to laugh. The Vehicon just shook his head and took her out of the storage room and headed towards the medical center.
Again, he just wanted to quickly get away from his fellow Vehicons and get this over with.
He did told me to feed her and patch her up, but he didn't say anything else. So what am I supposed to do?
The sparkling was feeling a bit sleepy but she was curious to see her new surroundings. They made a turn and the drone entered a large room that had medical equipment and stuff like that. Another drone was being patched up by a slick red doctor and a huge blue assistant. They finish patching up the drone and the two turned around. Both of them first noticed the sparkling.
"Well, now this is a surprise. And is this sparkling yours?" said the red mech.
"Of course not!" He snapped at the red mech who just gave him a small smirk. " I found her after the battle that took place miles away from Kaon. Lord Megatron let her live and order me to feed her and patch her up. But since I have no experience in the medical field, I thought it would be best to come to you."
"And that's smart of you to do but I never really did had a sparkling for a patient. But I will treat her the same way I treat the other drones. Just place her on the berth."
The drone put the sparkling on the berth and she began to look around in curiosity.
"I see that she has a lot of scratches and dents. I'm amazed she doesn't have any deep wounds. But let's see if she has any internal wounds." He took out a small scanner and scan the sparkling. She tilted her head when she saw the green light shine on her. After going up and down, the green light didn't shine red, signifying that she was okay. "Now that's out of the way. Time to clean those scratches off."
His assistant grab a tool that look like the ones that waxes the floor and turned it on. The noise that was radiating from the tool scared the sparkling and she began to crawl away. The red mech quickly grabbed her and put her back where she was sitting. "Ah come on little one, it's not going to bite."
The sparkling didn't really trust him but his assistant finally placed the cleaning tool onto her and she tense. She waited for something bad to happen but nothing came. The tool ran over her legs and she saw that her scratches were gone. Then the tool ran on her side and she twitched a bit. Once it was underneath her armpits, she began to giggle uncontrollably. The tool made her tickle and she couldn't cease her laughs.
"You like that don't you." said the red mech.
Even the Vehicon couldn't compress a chuckle. The sparkling stop laughing after the tool was away from any tickle spots. After the scratches were gone, it was time to fix the dents. While the assistant was working on the sparkling, the red mech look at the drone. "'So who's the sparkling's spark-parents?"
"We don't know. She was found with her spark-mother but she was dead and we don't know who's the spark-father. Like I said before, Lord Megatron let her live until further notice. I don't even know how to raise. a sparkling."
"She's all clean up."said the assistant.
The two look at the sparkling and she was spotless and shiny. She began to laugh and clap her hands at them. The Vehicon pick up the sparkling and look at the other two mechs. "Thanks, Knock Out, Break Down."
"Don't mention it. Now you were a good little patience."He said as he look at the sparkling.
Her optics stared back at him but she just giggle as if she understood what he meant.
Megatron was still thinking about what to do with the sparkling. Of course that Vehicon can't just quit being a warrior and start spark-sitting until she's old enough to hold her own. What a pain in the tail pipe. As he sat on his throne, he was lost in his thoughts. After cycles of thinking, an idea popped into his processor. But the idea was ridiculous! But it was the only idea he could come up with. He stood up and walked up to Soundwave. "I would like to make an announcement to all the troops in the base."
Soundwave wordlessly nod his head and activate the screens. Every screen in the base now was projecting Megatron. The Vehicons now stopped working and look at the screen, waiting for their lord's speech.
"My fellow Decepticons. For those of you who don't know it by now but we have a new member joining us. A sparkling who was found by one of your fellow brethren and I decided to let it live. But now, all of you have a new task besides fighting in battles or mining for Energon. Every single one of you shall take care of the sparkling. Each and everyone of you shall spend a solar cycle with the sparkling, nursing it. It is your responsibility to take care of the sparkling at all cost. We will inform all of you on the change of everyone's schedule. But until then, get back to work!"
With that, Soundwave turn off the communication and stare at his master, waiting for any more commands.
"We shall put all of the Vehicons in order of their identification number and select a day for them to take care the sparkling. If everything goes well, then there will not be any dilemma. I want you and Starscream to start working on this."
Again, Soundwave nod his head.
After groons of working, Starscream and Soundwave have finished everything single Vehicon's schedule. Both of them were extremely exhausted but it was only Starscream that was complaining about it.
"I see no reason why every single Vehicon has to partake in this idiotic situation! Why can't that single Vehicon that found the sparkling take care of it on his own?"
But Soundwave said nothing and continue to work.
The Vehicon went back to his sleep quarters, which he shared with his other brethren. The sparkling was still awake but was getting quite bored. She wanted to roam around and see more! But the Vehicon was still stun about the message they all receive from their lord. He look down at the sparkling and saw that she was grasping his arms. She look up and giggle.
This is going to be one heck of a ride.