Chapter Two:
Attempt

"Let go of me, Decepticon!" Elita One yelled. Starscream twisted her arm back and caused her to scream a bloodcurdling scream. "Ugh, What do you want with me? Why don't you just kill me?" she asked sounding exhausted and weak.

Starscream chuckled evilly before he replied, "You hold valuable information femme, and maybe we all want to have a little fun with you back at our base, before we snuff out your spark completely, now don't we?" Starscream then laughed evilly.

"You disgusting monster!" Elita One shouted.

"You dare insult me? Starscream?" he grabbed her chin and lifted her face up to him. "You're very eager to die, aren't you? Just tell us what you know and I'll kill you quickly. Unless you want to do this the hard way..." he sneered as he pushed her back against a wall and strutted closer and put his face to her face. "And I doubt you want to do this the hard way. So just tell me, darling. Save us both the trouble..."

Elita struggled against the wall trying to push Starscream away. "I'll never tell you! Never!"

Starscream then smirked with unholy glee.

"Looks like we are going to have to do this..the hard way," he then stood and walked around a corner and after a minute or two he came back with a taser and a blade. "Tell me what you know, femme! I have many more rapturous activities for us both to enjoy...Oh. so many" he sneered.

"NO! I WILL NOT" Elita bellowed.

Starscream laughed and pushed her to the ground as he sat on top of her, and put his hand around her throat. He laughed again, and grabbed the taser and put it in her mouth and tased her.

And then said, "Do you change your mind?"

"No..."

He then grabbed a blade and shoved it in her arm. She screamed as much as loud as she could while he tased her again and again causing her to leak fluid out of her mouth.
"No more, please..." Starscream looked at her and then smirked "Are you going to tell me the about the autobots?" Elita looked up at him and looked back down. "No...I won't."

"Then our fun resumes," He said, smiling wickedly as he stabbed her in the leg, rendering her unable to walk. He wasn't going to stop until she told him information about the autobots that would be useful to his cause.
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Optimus ducked as Shockwave shot at him. "Ironhide, quickly, freeze him!"

"With pleasure, Prime" Ironhide ran as close as he could as he dodged Shockwave's shots.

"HAIL MEGATRON!" Shockwave shouted while shooting.

"What a suckup..." said Ironhide as he shot out icy air through his guns and froze Shockwave. "That oughta shut'cha up."

"Good work, Ironhide" said Optimus.

Ironhide smiled and nodded.

"Now let's go rescue Elita!"

Optimus raced down the long corridors. He transformed to vehicle mode to gain more speed until he was met by Astrotrain. He transformed. "Outta my way, 'Con!" Optimus said as he shot at Astrotrain.

He dodged his shots and shot Optimus and stunned him momentarily.

"Done already?" said Astrotrain as he pointed his laser towards Optimus. "I was hoping for a much better performace from the brave and great Optimus Prime." he then said with a laugh.

Prime wasn't gonna have it. He turned towards him and punched him in the abdomen and sent him flying. Astrotrain was out cold before he hit the ground.

"I'm coming, Elita," Optimus said as he transformed and kept going. He wasn't gonna leave her. Not this time.
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"Well? Are you going to tell me the codes NOW?" Starscream said impatiently.
Elita was amazingly still alive. "Won't...be able to get much out of me...if you kill me, now will you?" she said as she coughed up fluid.

"YOU WENCH!" Starscream screeched and backhanded her. "I can easily retrieve them from your cold offline shell, femme." he sneered.

"Then why not just do that?" she managed to get out.

"It's more fun this way..." he smirked and laughed as he stabbed her in the other leg.

"Tell me, femme! NOW!"

There was a sudden boom behind Starscream. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF MEGA-" an explosion caused him to fly backwards.

"Elita!" called Optimus.

"Optimus..." she called back weakly.

"Not so fast!" Starscream said as he flew and grabbed Elita by the neck. "Anyone tries anything funny, she dies..." he then smirked evilly.

Ironhide moved closer to Optimus. "What are we supposed to do to save her now?"

"I already have it covered." Optimus responded.

Sunstreaker was directly above Starscream's head. He bonked him twice on the head with his gun. "Don't you dare."

"Oh, but I just might" Starscream responded confidently. "Elita and I will be taking our leave now..." with a quick burst of his thrusters, he was gone.

"No! Elita!" Optimus called.

He got down on his knees and looked down to the ground feeling a shame that threatened to consume his very spark. He had failed her.

Mirage went over to him and put his hand on his shoulder causing Optimus to look up. "It's okay, Prime. We'll find her."

He nodded and looked at the hole in the wall. "I hope so, Mirage. I hope so."