Transformers prime the new member saga book 2 the prime who went dark
Chapter 1, the fallen
Onboard the decepticon warship, the nemesis a decepticon by the name of knock was being treated by his assistant and best friend, breakdown.
"easy, knockout," breakdown said, as he tended to knockout's optics, "you'll only make things worse."
"are you kidding?!" the red decepticon spat, "what can be worse than losing my optics?!"
Breakdown halted his operation so he could talk to his friend, "knockout, have you forgotten that i myself have lost an optic even before you?"
"oh yeah, that's right, you had your optic dug out by humans nice and cleanly, while i lost both of my optics from a not so clean blast to the face! Breakdown, i'm blind! You're lucky to even have one left!" knockout barked at his friend.
Breakdown sighed, something he'd learned from knockout, who'd learned it from humans while he went on joyrides.
"knockout, don't worry. I'm replacing your optics as we speak, courtesy of a generous donor." Breakdown explained, as he grabbed a pair of elegant crimson optics.
"who's the donor?" knockout asked, struggling to see what was around him.
"just a random off-lined vehicon from our most recent battle." Breakdown said as he continued the operation he was working on.
Knockout grinned at his friend, "breakdown, i cannot imagine what i would ever do without you."
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After his operation, knockout was feeling much better as he walked over to the onboard lounge, only to find his fellow decepticons, including breakdown, soundwave, dreadwing, airachnid, and—new guys?
"breakdown... how long was i out? An even better question, who are they?" knockout asked, starring surprised at the two new decepticons casually sitting in the lounge.
"ah, knockout. I would like you to meet brawl, and slipstream." Breakdown said, gesturing at both the 'cons as he said their names, "as for the other question, you've been in stasis for five, no- wait, seven —what do the humans call them again? — days."
Knockout studied the new members: brawl was a large decepticon who was a military green, and light beige colored wrecker, who had caterpillar treads on his shoulders and calves; he had a stocky build, with a large cannon barrel protruding from his back, and a blocky slab of a face.
Slipstream had a thin, jet-like figure much like starscreams, except hers was painted a smooth, metallic purple and a glossy turquoise, and she had rounder wings; her frame was thinner, and she had smaller shoulder armor; her face resembled a mixture of starscream's, arcee's, and airachnid's faces, if they were all molded into one flawless face.
"so," knockout started, "what happened while i was out?"
"the usual," dreadwing explained, "we found some energon, listened to megatron scream his voice box out, and found these two, as well as two others: skywarp, and thundercracker."
"where are the other two then?" knockout asked, looking around to see if he could find them.
"they went off looking for starscream," airachnid began, "said that the seekers would suffer without the presence of their commander to guide them."
"does megatron know about this?" knockout asked, astonished.
"actually, he's the one who gave them the okay. He agrees with the fact that, without starscream, who would lead the rest of the seekers." Brawl said, "but enough of that, here have a seat."
Knockout took a seat next to slipstream, who at first widened her optics and flinched ever so slightly, but then shrugged and grinned slightly at the medic.
"so, where were we? Oh yeah! So the other day i was patrolling the mine, right? When out of nowhere, jumps my arch enemy bulkhead!" breakdown said, "and then i said, 'bulkhead! What are you doing here?' and then he says, 'i'm here for the energon, breakdown!' so then i say, 'okay, okay, you can have it, just let me get it out of you so that you can collect it!'"
That sent everyone into a chorus of laughter, which was then broken by breakdown, "so then we fought, and when i knocked him in the head, he fell down, and i left with the rest of the energon, but, enough about me, knockout, do you have anything you want to share?"
Knockout merely smirked as he lay back and crossed his legs onto the table, "well, i don't believe i've told anyone here about how i banged up the autobot arcee yet," he said as he flung his arm over the back of the seat.
"oh, this one will be good," airachnid said, grinning.
"so we detect this energon frequency, right? And when we get there, who do we see? Arcee, and she's there with that human, jack! Can you believe it?" knockout said, hands moving as he spoke.
"no way..." dreadwing said, as his mouth dropped open in shock.
"i know right?" knockout said, "so anyway, that's not even the freaky part: the two were kissing!"
Airachnid shot up in shock, "mouth contact?!" the spiderbot said.
"exactly." Knockout continued, "so then they see us, and then arcee starts yelling at jack, and then transforms, and then the chase begins," knockout recalled the events of the struggle, occasionally earning some surprised feedback from his fellow decepticons.
"so that's how i got these new optics," knockout finished.
"sounds pretty hardcore, knockout," slipstream said, looking into his optics.
It was now that he noticed her optic color: they were a fiery red, with hints of gold.
"attention decepticons breakdown, soundwave, dreadwing, brawl, airachnid, slipstream, and knockout, report to the bridge immediately!" megatron's voice boomed from the loudspeaker.
"uh-oh, either he's really mad, or he's found something, and he wants us to check it out," breakdown started, "but either way, we should probably get down there."
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When the seven decepticons entered the bridge, the gasped at what they saw: it was a ship 20 times the size of the nemisis, and was 20 times better.
"lord megatron... what is it?" knockout asked, taken aback by the monstrosity of the ship.
"it's the dreadnought, the biggest decepticon warship ever made! And it belongs to my old mentor and master, the fallen, although he prefers to be called megatronus prime."
To be continued...