Chapter 2
Late Night Readings
AN: I tried.
Humans may be social creatures, Knockout mused as he walked around the large ship of Nemesis, but they can create activities in a form of hobby. While all Cybertronians have their own activities back in the Golden Age like being a scripter, or sculptor-human's hobbies were more...broad.
Their art were branched out from erratic tribal designs like those he saw in the alleyways and few regal art when he searched through the site to pass his time. Even stories have its own broad branch, spreading to fiction, non-fiction, fantasy and surprisingly, a new genre known as fanfiction.
Knockout was not much of a reader, (he can read mind you, he preferred racing than reading long reports) but he is sure that many fictional reading is more for either Starscream or Soundwave's past time. He's pretty sure he had seen them reading whenever they were getting energon and both TIC and SIC would talk about various subjects depending on the stories they have read. Last time he heard them was talking about a chosen one battling against his murderer who had killed his parents and tried to kill him based on his prophecy, but ended up getting a lighting bolt of a scar in the end.
As far as he knew they were still reading on the fifth one.
Knockout did read like they do, but it was more of a romance or dystopian stories that that reminded him of Decepticons during their near end at the Golden Age. He gotta admit to those flesh creatures, they sure have large imaginations.
He yawned as he walked around, deciding that it was late enough for him to head back to his med bay, he took a quick route to the throne room where he knew that is where his Lord is occupying at the moment before his required sleep. His Leader had taken a huge beating from Big O, which wasn't much for him, but it was enough for Knockout to note that Big M needs rest.
When he reached to the throne room he was surprised to see his Decepticon Leader reading something on the datapad.
"My lord?" Megatron looked up from his pad, "You are in need of rest, that beating from Big O is draining you."
"Alright." Megatron mumbled, as he skimmed the datapad, "Wait a bit, I'm finishing up the recent chapter of The Gladiator..." he then shut the datapad off, surprising Knockout that Megatron. The great Decepticon Leader, the Unicron Spawn is reading a novel.
"I wasn't aware you were reading novels." Megatron looked at his Medical Officer before snorting.
"I was reading one of the good fiction based from that book." His leader replied, "Some world wide web, known as Fanfiction dot net or something amongst that."
If Knockout can swallow two Energon Cubes in his mouth, he would've, but he wisely closed his mouth as he nodded his helm, not wanting to be in the wrath of his leader. Deciding that his leader would manage himself fine, he left the throne room and headed back to the Med Bay where Breakdown would be waiting for him with the buffer.
-.-
Knockout felt an utter disturbance when he wakes up from his berth. His inner medic is screaming that something is wrong and Knockout will figure out what was bothering his wiring.
He decided to follow his instincts that was telling him where to go and he stealthily slipped away from Breakdown's embrace, not wanting disturb his partner. He slowly walked out from his med bay as he walked silently through the vacant hallway of the Nemesis again.
He checked every room that were occupied by the Decepticons and saw no other disturbance other than Soundwave giving Laserbeak her dose of Energon. Knockout's processor were knocking everywhere as he listed every possible suspect to his instinct until he realized that he hadn't checked on to his leader yet.
Heading towards to his leader's private room, he decided to take a quick peek at the room and leave as soon as he checks with him. If it wasn't them, then he'll settle for his own body for being too tired.
Deciding that, he opening the door tiny bit to make sure that his leader won't be disturbed and took a quick glance.
Only for him to snap open harshly, surprising the large Decepticon Leader nearly off his bearth.
"LORD MEGATRON!" Knockout roared, "TURN THAT DATAPAD OFF! DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS RIGHT NOW?"
"I'm on a last chapter..." Megatron pouted as he pointed to the datapad to make his point. But Knockout was too tired and too flabbergasted to even care at this point.
"I don't care whether if you're on a new chapter or the last chapter of a fiction you are reading, but right now you, sir" He grumbled as he pointed to his leader, "Need to sleep. You can finish it when you're done bashing Big O."
"But-"
"Just. Sleep."
"Okay."
