Rumble stood, gaping. Megatron was going to make him rape the organic. This was not computing with him. It would humiliate him as much as it would Andelyn. And it wouldn't be just in front of Megatron, but all the Decepticons. He was sure Megatron was indeed punishing him for bringing Andelyn in. He shook his head.

"Megatron, if you're gonna punish me..." Rumble stammered.

"No. This IS the perfect punishment for you, Rumble, just for annoying me," Megatron replied.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Andelyn and Rumble were thrown into a cell. The Decepticons gathered around as Rumble approached Andelyn.

"What now?" she asked him. He looked away, embarrassed, and tried to pick Soundwave out of the crowd. Maybe he could get him out of this. But Soundwave was nowhere to be seen.

"Just play along," Rumble whispered to Andelyn, as he grabbed her and twisted her arm behind her back. She let out a gasp as he pushed her face down to the floor and straddled her, pulling her pants off. Andelyn felt him penetrate her with something very hard, but he was holding her face to the floor so she couldn't see whether he actually had a phallus. She scolded herself for being so curious. She WAS being raped, after all, and it didn't matter with what. She closed her eyes and tried to ignore the catcalls from the Decepticons who were watching, and played along.

Suddenly, she heard Starscream approach.

"This looks like fun," he said. "Get out of the way, punk!" Starscream shoved Rumble aside and flipped Andelyn onto her back.

"Stop it, Starscream!" Rumble yelled and jumped on him, only to get swatted away by the bigger mech.

"It's MY turn, flesh creature," Starscream snarled at Andelyn, and proceeded to penetrate her with his interface unit. Andelyn moaned, as he was bigger than she was used to. Soon, the Decepticon crowd was whipped into a frenzy, and to Andelyn and Rumble's horror, had turned into a gang rape, with Megatron having the final turn with her. Andelyn fought back the tears of pain, and she was bleeding from being penetrated by the bigger mechs. She tried to stand, but was completely exhausted, and collapsed against Rumble.

"I'm sorry I got you into this," he began.

"It's okay," Andelyn told him. "If this was part of the initiation, then I had to experience it."

Rumble noticed her bleeding. "You need repairing?" he asked.

The question made her giggle. "I think so," she answered hoarsely.

Rumble and Thundercracker took Andelyn to a human hospital, where she was checked over. Her shoulder injury was stitched, and was cleaned up from the rape, but she was otherwise given a clean bill of health.

"Sorry my brother is such a jerk," Thundercracker told Andelyn, referring to Starscream. He was one of the few that did not participate in the rape. Of the three seekers, he was the level-headed one.

"Do you think I'm in?" Andelyn asked him, as they flew back to headquarters.

"I was impressed at how much you took," came the reply. "Most flesh creatures are not so tough. My answer would be yes, but it's up to Megatron."

Andelyn found herself before Megatron, Soundwave, and Starscream, who was smirking at her. Thundercracker was right. He IS a jerk. She glared at him.

"We have made a decision," Megatron announced. "You have survived tests that even some robots have not. Therefore, you are the first organic to join the ranks of the Decepticons. You will now wear the insignia."

"Come with me," Soundwave said and lead her to the repair bay, where Hook and the Constructicons were waiting.

"Remove your top garment," Hook commanded her. Andelyn complied, revealing her lithe but muscular torso. With what appeared to be an engraving pen, Hook proceeded to tattoo the Decepticon sigil onto her upper chest. Andelyn winced as the pen stung her flesh, but felt pride at her accomplishment. She was then fitted with weaponry - an arm mounted crossbow on her left arm and a shoulder mounted rocket launcher on her right. The controls for the weapons were implanted and interfaced with her own nervous system by Hook's skilled hand, so that when she wore them, she could control them with a mere thought. And they wouldn't interfere with her shape-shifting. She could already displace mass and the weapons would be included in that ability.

"Hey, you got modified," Rumble said as he entered the repair bay. He then noticed the tattooed sigil above the neckline of her top. "And you're one of us!"

"Yes," she replied, feeling drained and needing sleep. "Is there somewhere I could lay down?"

"You could stay here in the repair bay," Hook offered, "If you need to recharge."

"You could stay in my stasis chamber," Rumble said and led her down the hall to where he and his fellow cassettes recharged. "It's not as busy here."

Ravage and Buzzsaw were recharging, and Ravage raised his head when Rumble and Andelyn entered. He growled at Andelyn and put his head back down. Rumble opened the door of his chamber.

"It's not much," he apologized. It was actually quite messy, with digital media scattered around, empty energon cubes and, to Andelyn's surprise and amusement, yellow cloth sheets.

"Where will you recharge?" she asked him.

"I'll use Frenzy's when he's done."

Andelyn laid down on Rumble's bed. It was hard, but she was too tired to care at this point. "Thanks," she said, and dropped off to sleep. Rumble closed the door and left her to recharge.