A/N: This was written to the beat of Halsey's Castle. So if you want the full experience, I recommend listening to that while reading.
oOo
Heavy double doors groaned as they inched open. Spears of cloudy light struck the darkness blinding him until his optics adjusted. Guards holding his arms shoved him forward. Heavy shackles kept his arms twisted up behind his back. A roar rose up from the crowd as he stepped into the light. Clouds heavy with snow rolled across the sky and cold wind cut through his battered armor. The bright red medical insignia on his chest was smudged with energon.
The guards pushed him down the steps of the detention center. Decepticon officers in armor that gleamed even in the cloudy orn watched him approach. Thousands filled the massive square in front of the center. Banners of Decepticon purple undulated like small waves. He kept his head up, optics on the horizon. His abused body screamed for him to stop. Matching statues of a triumphant Megatron looked out over the crowd, casting their shadows on him as he walked closer to the front.
Standing at the front of the detention center on a platform that extended into the crowd Megatron whipped his followers into a frenzy. "The Autobot medic," he seethed, hateful red optics meeting his. The guards shoved him hoping to make him fall. It cost what little strength he had left to spare, but he caught himself. "Today, you die," Megatron said as the crowd roared behind him.
The guards pushed him onto the platform and forced him to his knees. A sea of red optics and purple flags swelled on all sides. His restraints were attached to the platform keeping him on his knees.
Megatron unsheathed a long knife that glittered in the cold orn. A rough hand forced his head back. The crowd reached a new pitch. A few flakes of snow shook loose from the clouds. "The weak do not survive," Megatron roared. The crowd echoed his words.
A meteor streaked from the clouds. The concussive boom caused a different pitch in the screams. From the flames a ship appeared. White hot laser fire tore through the platform. More screams. The hand on his head released. Megatron roared.
The ship dropped from the sky. Antiaircraft weapons whined into operation and fat streaks of red laser fire targeted the ship. His head was seized again and forced back. "Die, medic," Megatron hissed. Cold blade. Hot energon.
The blade didn't cut deep. A hard gust of hot wind form overworked engines washed over him. He brought his head forward again. Megatron aimed his cannon at the door of the ship. The door snapped open and a bolt of red laser fire tore through Megatron's side dropping him to the ground. A shadow jumped out and his hands were freed.
"This is our medic, get your own," the shadow yelled firing at the Decepticon officers behind them. Hands grabbed his shoulders and pulled him into the ship. Engines whined and the ship rocked as Decepticon fire found its mark.
"Ratch? You okay?" Jazz asked, gentle fingers tilting his head up to see the slice on his neck.
"You didn't kill him," he said leaning against the hull as the ship climbed hard and fast.
"I just wanted to get him away from you." A toothy smile lit his face. "I did leave him a goin' away present though." Pulling out a detonator he popped the top and pressed the button.
He turned his head to watch the massive statues of Megatron come tumbling down in a cloud of fire. Leaning his head back he smiled.
oOo
A/N: I got stuck in NaNo and decided to write some oneshots based on songs to try and shake things loose. I was hoping to hit about a thousand words for each one, but this one is just over six hundred. Ah well, thank you for reading, reviewing, following, and favoriting!