This chapter starts after the episode 'Partners'.

After three years of fighting Decepticons (I still couldn't believe the Autobots let me fight Decepticons, it was amazing), I wanted to take a short brake. I felt exhausted by all of the missions searching for energon.

"Optimus," I said, "I… need to take a break. All of this, it's getting a bit too much".

"I know, I've felt it to lately" he said.

"I think I'm going to visit my family for a week. I haven't seen them in a long time. You know if there's something you need, anything at all, just think of me, okay?" I said. You know I'll come.

He smiled at me. Of course I know. And I promise to try keep my thoughts to myself, so you can relax completely.

Thank you. "I'll see you in a week" I said.

I walked in the main area of the base, and opened my car door.

"Where are you going?" Ratchet said.

"I'm going to visit my family. I really need some rest".

"Are you insane?" he said. "Decepticons are out there, looking for us every second! If you leave now, you'll be in danger. Great danger."

"Ratchet, I really need this. I'm not like you. I'm human, and I need rest. I can't keep going without relaxing a little. And Decepticons are more looking for you, less for me. And if anything happens, I'll let Optimus know immediately."

"Fine," he grumbled, "but try not to stand out to much, fit in a little".

"Like I would stand out with that 'gorgeous' car of mine" I said sarcastically.

When I had said bye to everyone, I got in my car and left. Be careful Optimus send me, and I promised him I would. When I arrived at home, all I had to do was to put my suitcases in my car, because I had already packed them. I drove away, on a long and empty road. I looked in my mirror, and I saw the last thing I wanted to see. Four Decepticons, right behind me. Scrap! I wanted to warn Optimus, but before I could 'open' our bond, a Decepticon shot my car. I didn't know what he shot my car with, but I felt a shock, and everything went black.

When I woke up, I felt I was hanging in the air with my arms tied to metal chains. I opened my eyes, but everything was dark. The only thing I could see were two purple eyes in front of me.

"Hello Destiny, welcome to my ship"

Optimus was listening to Ratchet when he felt the bond open again. He wondered what was happening, when he suddenly felt terrified. Wait… These aren't my feelings… Why is she… He couldn't finish his thoughts, because suddenly a shock went through his entire body. He fell to the floor in pain, afraid and worried about Destiny.

"Optimus! What's happening?!" Ratchet yelled. he wasted no time, and called Bulkhead. "Bulkhead! Help me lift him to the berth. NOW!"

Bulkhead ran to help, and Arcee helped as well. Bumblebee stood at the side of the chamber, trying to stay out of the way. What by the All Spark was happening to Optimus?

That was the exact same thing Optimus thought about Destiny. Primus, no! Destiny! Where are you! What's happening?! And suddenly the pain stopped.

Optimus… Help… sounded through his head. Warship… Megatron… Help. And the bond closed again. No, Destiny! Don't lock me out! Please! No answer.

"Optimus…" Ratchet said "what happened?"

Optimus looked him in the optics, and Ratchet could see how broken he was. "It's Destiny. She… She's captured by Megatron".

I had closed the bond right in time, because only a second later, Megatron started shocking me again. My entire body hurt, and the warm feeling Optimus gave me during those few seconds had disappeared.

"W-What do you want from me?" I asked. Stupid question, but it bought me time to recover.

"Don't pretend you don't know that. The coordinates of the Autobot base. Now, please" Megatron said. He waited three seconds, and then started shocking me again.

Look weak. Let them underestimate you. "Aah! Stop, please stop… P-please…" He looked at me, expecting an answer. "I- I don't know…" I lied.

"Do you think I'm stupid?!" he yelled, and started shocking me again. Only this time it hurt more. A lot more.

"N-no, I swear I don't know… They pick me up with a groundbridge. T-they thought it would be safer for me to Aaaaahhhh!" Shocks again.

"Don't lie to me!" he yelled. his rage began to grow, I could see it in his eyes. And more rage means more shocks. So I started to cry.

"Please, I swear, I'm not lying… I- swear… No, no! Please! Not again!"

"We have to get her back!" Miko said. "Can't we do the same thing we did with Fowler?"

"He had a chip that located him, and Destiny doesn't have one of those." Raf said.

"Isn't there anything we can do?" she asked.

"I say we wait until the 'cons attack again, we beat them to scrap, and when they try to run, we follow them. Even if we have to search that entire ship, we will find her" Bulkhead said.

"Optimus," Ratchet said, "you have to rest. Not as a doctor, but as a friend, I'm telling you to go to your chambers and try to recharge a little. I will call you when we hear something". Optimus nodded absently, and went to his quarters.

"I agree with Bulkhead" Arcee said. "Though his ways of putting it are different, we have to take every chance we get to enter the warship and get Destiny out of there".

"Bumblebee," Raf said quietly, so no-one else could hear, "I've never seen Optimus like this. He looks… Broken".

~Of course he does. He has a special kind of bond with Destiny, they're like two peas in a pot. Haven't you noticed she's the only one he shows his emotions to?

"Yeah, I guess. I hope she'll be back soon" he said.

~We all do…

"Stop, stop, please stop! I swear I don't know the coordinates! Please!" After minutes of being shocked permanently, I couldn't handle it anymore. My muscles were burning, I felt nauseous and I had the feeling my heart was skipping beats. But the thought of giving the coordinates and betraying the Autobots hurt even more. I couldn't rat them out and I didn't plan on doing so. Unfortunately Megatron realised that as well.

"My lord," Airachnid started quietly, "if I may give my personal opinion on the situation. I think the best thing to do now is to just finish her. She obviously means a lot to Optimus Prime, and to end her life would be to hit him where it hurts. A lot. Or maybe we could use her to blackmail Optimus. She might not be willing to give valuable information to save her life, but I don't think Optimus would ever let his little pet get hurt."

"You have a point. I will consider your words. Now leave" he said. She walked out with a monstrous grin on her face, and I just worried about what she had said. (Of course they didn't expect me to hear their conversation, but fortunately I did.) Scrap, what now?! If they would blackmail Optimus, it would work, no doubt about that. And I they would kill me, well, I'd like to stay alive, thank you very much. Scrap, we're doomed. Unless… No, that would be to crazy. But it might work. Well, let's hope so. Meanwhile, Megatron was already walking towards me. Make him mad, it has to look real.

"So, I guess no coordinates popped up yet?" he smirked.

I looked him in the optics, grinned back in the most arrogant way I could, and said: "Go frag yourself. You'll get more out of that than out of me". I could see him explode on the inside, lose the bit of patience I had pushed since I woke up, and he hit me with the back of his servo.. Wham! I felt pain in my shoulder, hip and head, the chains around my arms broke and I was slammed against the wall. Then everything went black.

So this is it, the new chapter! I really hope you liked it, please submit and thanks for reading! (And I hope the next capter will write easier than this one, I'll try to update as soon as possible!)