Heart Wrenched Chapter 2 (connie's past)
She had been a young 'bot. But weren't they all when the promise came? She had been in the wrecking yard harvesting parts that she saw as useable. To others, it looked like junk or trash to be melted down. But she managed to save enough parts that she had made herself a small pet. It didn't have enough intelligence to find it's own Energon or clean up after it's self. It just liked to sit with her and hum. Just what she liked when she got home from work.
Eventually she had got herself a reputation for being able to help her fellow bots who had accidents. No she hadn't been trained as a medical technician, but she knew enough.
When the war started, she had been trying to save as many of her friends she could in the city. She was trying to save the civilians. Conbeana didn't care about which side was doing what, she was just trying to save anyone she could . One of Shockwave's minions had come dashing through and saw her helping someone. He grabbed her right out of the street before she knew what had happened. The street exploded just after he lifted her off the ground. She was dropped into a transport with a bunch of injured bots. Immediately she began trying to help. Her spark lead her to help.
The next thing Combine knew, she was one of the chief medics on this ship. She really didn't have time to think about what or who she was helping. She was just helping.
Then Shockwave and Megatron came in and saw her at work. They called her to the side. Megatron turned on his charm. He fed her the line that his team was trying to save the planet. The planet was in danger and we needed as many bots like herself to patch everyone up. The more lives she saved, the more could go back out and try to save the planet. And so that's what she did. Unknown to her, she was a prisoner. She was stuck on this ship helping Decepticon soldiers destroy her home. Patching them up and returning them to the battle field. She was sequestered, supposedly to keep her safe from the war outside. But the truth was so she wasn't influenced by the outsiders.
This went on for years. She began to get weary. There wasn't much faith left for her to run on. She hadn't been outside the ship. She was beginning to wonder if this war was worth it because it lasted so long. That was the beginning of her down slide.
Conbeana started listening more carefully. She overheard Shockwave talk about the Autobots. The Autobots had halted in Megatron's attempt to take over Cybertron. Now she began to understand what was really going on. When she went back to her quarters, she looked around a lot more carefully. She had been a fool. Devastated, she had to get out of this. How?
So she started listening more intensely. Paying more attention to guard movements. Stashing supplies. Making her plans and began her own lab experiments. She knew she was on her own. She knew she could trust no one. She would die alone in this attempt to bring a halt to the destruction of her home. If there was anything left…
The Energon Poison was almost ready. Now what to do with it once she made it? She began to produce more and more of her poison. Then she began to slide the poison into the injured she patched up.
The idea was to send patched up Decepticons and send them back out to the battle field. When he fell on the field, another Decepticon would pick him up to return. That would infect the next one and the one that tried to save him. So on , so forth. She smiled at the idea. Of course, she had given herself the anti-toxin and destroyed the rest of the anti-toxin and her notes. Conbeana would be able to escape during the confusion or die trying. Maybe she would be lucky and take out a few Decepticon commanders in the process. Well, she almost got her wish.
The third wave of injured went out and because they weren't a hundred percent well, they quickly fell. Sure enough, the others went to gather the ones they could get repaired. They began to fall. Shockwave was the commander on that run. He was angry to see no one was following his orders. He rushed over and saw them all writhing and cringing in pain and agony. Shockwave reached down and grabbed one to get his attention and answers to the problem. Immediately Shockwave could feel the problem as his arm began to burn. He shot his own arm off to stop the spread. He left the injured burning in agony on the ground. He knew the base had been infiltrated.
He fired off back to the med-ward. Connie had heard Shockwave as soon as he landed. He figured out quickly who the problem as in the med-ward. He taunted her while stomping down the corridor he shot at her telepathiclly, "You may run little Connie, but I will find you. Go head and flee, you are mine!" The waves of power he sent out racked her to the core. She could feel everything he intended, and she had already seen similar results. He would carry out his threat. Connie ran faster and tried to hide. She forgot he knew this ship much better than anyone else. He had her cornered at her escape route. With a wicked grin he had her pinned to the bulkhead door with his remaining good arm with one quick thrust, "Now, dear Connie, tell us what you did?"
Blackout had been called to join Shockwave at the cargo hold. He looked very confused between the innocent little medic and big gruff one-armed Shockwave. "What is going on, Shockwave?"
"Oh, that's what I would really like to know," Shockwave leans in with his menacing single eyed look. Connie choose to stay silent. He squeezes harder. Still nothing. "You may want to think once more about what you are doing. I want answers. NOW!" She fitches but not a sound. "Hold her, Blackout."
Blackout reaches for her as Shockwave lets go. She tries to make a run for it. Blackout is larger and faster. He grabs her by the neck as well. He slams her back against the wall cracking her helmet.
Shockwave cackles, "One last chance, dear little Connie." A probe snakes out of his chest. She still doesn't speak. Her body rocks and she cries out in shock as her arm hits the floor. Shockwave cackles again, "Now we are even. Now, would you like to tell me what you have done?"
She doesn't move or speak. A second blast drops her other arm. She just drops her head and stares at her arms on the floor. She doesn't speak. She doesn't care if she dies. After all the pain she has caused by supporting the evil side of this war. She thought she was alone before, now she truly does. She doesn't care if she dies. There is nothing else she can do.
"Bring her!" Shockwave orders Blackout. Blackout follows Shockwave out of the cargo hold forcing Connie in front of himself by one claw imbedded in her back. Shockwave leads the way to Connie's quarters. He sees all the devices in her room. He laughs. "Oh, this is very interesting. Let us see what we have here." Shockwave looks around her room very carefully. Transformers, surge devices, wires, tubes, converters, drops of energon… Then he finds an object he likes. He picks it up and twirls it carefully in his remaining hand.
"You and I both know what this is. I'm not as innocent to repairs as you and Megatron think I am. I have repaired myself enough times to save his sorry hide. But now, I think you dear Connie need an upgrade." He brings the device very close to her face. Her eyes are wide with fear. This was something she hadn't counted on. She figure she would just be executed. Not this. Anything but this!
"You know what they say, one good turn deserves another. Blackout, it is imperative you don't let her move."
She goes blind as he puts a foot over her face and she feels the punch of his fist in her chest. The last thing she hears, "A little something sweet for your little Autobot friends as we send you back." Then her world goes blank.
~~~ Connie wakes up in Georgia. She can see a pond before her. She gazes closely at the reflection in the water. A steam powered combine. She tries to transform. She can't. Connie takes inventory of her senses. The locking pin. Carefully she locates it. As she probes it with her sensors, she knows. She's doomed.
The dealer of steam powered farm equipment is very excited about this new black and red one. He had no idea how it got here, but it would certainly help pay his bills. He is easily able to sell it that day.
And so this is how Connie started her life on Earth. As the years went by, she adapted and was able to keep herself from being scrapped. She had seen a couple Autobots go by, through the years. But she also knew, she would be no use to either Autobot or Decepticon. Even if she wanted to go back to the Decepticons.
She cringed every time she felt the tingle of a fellow Energon being. She had hoped she would never be found. Just to be either useful to the humans until maybe, just maybe one special gift would fall from the sky and wipe out this curse she carries.
