Cliffjumper stiffed his teeth in pain. Damn. This shot just had to hit a crystal right behind him. Energon was really explosive. Although it wasn't too weird for Cliff to be in trouble, it was the first time he was in such a painful one. His entire body stung, both from the injuries in the fight and the explosion. Thanks Primus there weren't any hard pieces stuck in his wounds, but it still hurt as hell, mostly now that the Vehicons were dragging him away. The small rocks touching his injuries almost made him scream.
-"Stay stoic, Cliff... Hang on..."-
He thought to himself. He has to hold on. He has to contact Arcee. Damn, what an irony it is that he needs help the mostly right after saying that he never needs backup.
At least being dragged on the floors of the Decepticon ship was less painful than against the ground and rocks.
-Well... Where are you dragging me?-
He asked the Vehicons. Silence. Another floor up... Another one... Finally, he was brought to the top and almost forced to stand on feet with two Vehicons preventing him from falling. He lowered his helm and bit his lips. It hurt, everything hurt... He looked up. Damn it. Starscream.
-Scream? It's been a while...-
He felt something coming up his throat and coughed, energon flew out of his mouth. He breathed in again.
-So... Where's your master?-
-Never mind him!-
Starscream snapped, coming closer.
-I am my own master!
Starscream lifted his claw-like hand. Cliffjumper felt his spark sink to his feet. BAM! He found the claws in his spark, that no longer was in his feet. A groan escaped his lips as he looked down at the wound. It hurt... Primus, it hurt so much... His view began blurring and darkening. The life was flowing out of him, drop by drop, together with the energon coming out of the wound. He felt his knees giving in, together with the rest of his body. At least the pain was ceasing, finally...
-"Sorry, Cee... Guess I'm not coming back today..."-