Mi-chan: Hey hey heeey X3! Finally got around to this chapter =w=. I've been busy with art, school, and other crap, as well as three newer fanfictions in progress for my other account with my Twins sis Elektra, and I've kinda had NO inspiration for this until now sooo…yeah. Anyways, thanks for all the reviews and +faves TTwTT! It makes me soo happy! Enjoy this long awaited chapter!
Chapter 7:
Warp Me to the Moon
The Decepticons were suddenly warped onto a platform at the Decepticon base on the Earth's Moon. As they all stepped off the platform, Cyclonus giggled his crazy giggle as he patted his Minicon on the head.
"Ooo-hoo! Daddy has big plans for you!" Cyclonus told his new Minicon named Drill Bit, still patting him on the head.
Starscream mentally rolled his optics and looked down at his hands where Ember and Makeshift were. Ember was still knocked out cold, but Makeshift had come out of stasis lock after warping onto the platform of the warp-room and was struggling to get free from Starscream's grasp.
Megatron looked back at Starscream and walked over to him smirking slightly.
Starscream looked up at him, awaiting orders.
"Hand the Minicon and Human here Starscream." Megatron said holding out his hands.
Starscream put the Human and Minicon into Megatron's hands without question. Megatron just smirked and was soon on his way to his quarters with Makeshift and Ember in each hand.
Makeshift continued to struggle and beep frantically, but with a light squeeze from Megatron, enough to crack Makeshift's armor, Makeshift stopped struggling (much to Megatron's satisfaction).
Megatron soon arrived at his quarters and soon found a special cage for Makeshift, soon violently throwing the Minicon inside the cage and pressing a button on the cage to bring the shield up around the cage walls. Megatron chuckled darkly when the Minicon tried to escape the cage, but only ended up hurting himself.
He approached his desk and placed Ember on the table, soon running a scan to check and see if she was still alive. When the scan was over, he knew she wasn't dead, but she was going to die if he didn't patch up her split-open head. He growled with annoyance, he didn't want her dying on him yet, he needed her as a hostage to get the Minicons from Prime.
He soon placed Leader One on the desk next to Ember and called Demolisher through his comlink.
"Demolisher, I need you to go down to Earth and get a couple of things for me." Megatron said through the comlink.
Demolisher jumped slightly, but answered back through the comlink transmission "Uh…like what sir?"
"I need you to go to a Human Store down on Earth and buy some medical supplies." said Megatron back through the transmission.
"Yes sir, but…what will I do for Earth currency?" Demolisher asked.
Megatron growled "I don't care! Just figure something out you incompetent oaf! And HURRY UP!" he said angrily through the transmission.
Demolisher cowered in fear at Megatron's tone "Y-yes sir! Right away sir!" He said in slight fear as he ran to the warp gate and set in some coordinates before warping down to Earth to get the medical supplies Megatron needed.
Megatron cut the comlink transmission with Demolisher and looked down at Ember, almost curiously. There was something about her…he couldn't put his finger on it…but something about her seemed different than most of the humans he had encountered.
Ember suddenly stirred in her sleep, soon opening her eyes, her vision hazy, she groaned in pain.
"R-Red Alert?" Ember asked, seeing a red blur of optics in the darkness.
Megatron smirked "Try again."
Ember's eyes widened slightly weakly sitting up, soon growling in pain and laying her head back down.
"Megatron…how in the heck did I get stuck with you?" she partly mumbled.
"You can thank Cyclonus for finding you under the rocks that collapsed on you in that large cave we were in." Megatron responded.
Ember groaned in annoyance, placing her hand on her head "I really hate that psychopath…"
Megatron just chuckled slightly.
Ember soon felt the blood on her head, and looked at her hand, seeing blood in the light Megatron's optics emitted. She frowned "Aw…CurAP." (A/N: translation: crap)
"It's going to be alright." Megatron said with no emotion.
"Yeah right…why should I believe you?" Ember said with almost no emotion.
"I'm going to repair your wounds human, I need you alive as a hostage. I'm not going to let you die on me." Megatron said seriously.
Ember took a shaky breathe before exhaling deeply, she closed her eyes, a bit more calm "Even if you could repair my wounds…how would you do that? I mean really…you're a gigantic robot with gigantic hands…."
Megatron crossed his arms over his chest "You'll see soon enough human…Demolisher should be here soon with the medical supplies I need to repair your head wound…"
Ember sighed "Even if I am your hostage that needs my wounds repaired…why are you treating me so nice?"
Megatron snorted "Would you rather me torture you after your wounds are repaired?"
Ember opened her eyes to look at him and smiled nervously "Heh…nono..It's cool….you can treat me nice…"
Megatron chuckled and snorted slightly at her response "I may treat you 'nicely' human…but remember your place…" he said in a very strict tone.
Ember continued to smile at him nervously "Yes sir…"
Megatron smirked in satisfaction, he knew this human valued her life…so it would be entertaining to mock and tease her during the days she would spend at the Decepticon Moon Base.
Megatron soon heard a knock at his door, soon commanding the door to slide open. His quarters room door slid open to reveal Demolisher's Minicon, Blackout, carrying five bags of groceries full of Medical supplies.
Leader One soon walked over to Blackout and took the medical supplies from him. Leader One then said his brief goodbye to Blackout and ran over to Megatron's side, soon handing the bags over to Megatron.
Megatron then set the bags of medical supplies down next to Ember. After he did that, Leader One leapt onto Megatron's desk walking over next to Ember.
Megatron's optics began to dim in concentration, and soon, right before Ember's eyes, a tall man with jet-black hair with purple streaks throughout it, appeared in front of her. He stared down at Ember with his deep red eyes, Leader One soon turning on Megatron's desk lamp and shining it down at the both of them. The man had a purple shirt with a dark green Decepticon insignia in the middle of it, also wearing a pair of slightly torn jeans.
Ember began to panic "Wh-Who-? ! H-How..? ! What! ?" she stuttered
The man smirked, showing fangs he had hidden behind the frown he had previously had "Relax human, it's me."
Ember instantly recognized his voice and she raised an eyebrow in confusion "Megatron? But how did you-?"
Megatron smirked and walked over to the bag of medical supplies, rummaging through the bags for the appropriate tools "It's a holoform. It's what Cybertronians use to blend in with the alien species around them when necessary. And it's also useful for times like this…" Megatron soon pushed her down to a position where she was laying down more "Now hold still…this shouldn't take long if you cooperate…"
Ember relaxed and closed her eyes, soon feeling the pricks and stings from the needle Megatron used to sew up the gash in her head. He also made her take some pain pills to help the swelling in her head go down. When he was finally finished patching Ember up, Megatron stood up and his holoform soon disappeared and his optics glowed briefly before he looked down at Ember in his robot mode.
"Alright…I've finished your repairs…" Megatron said in a monotone voice.
Ember opened her eyes and sat up slowly, feeling a bit better…but still feeling lightheaded "I never thought I'd say this Megatron…but….thanks."
Megatron smirked very slightly "You're welcome…"
Ember looked around the room before looking up at Megatron "…Uhm…so uh…where am I going to sleep? And uhm…not get bored..?" she asked him nervously.
Megatron looked at her growling out a slight sigh "I'll have Demolisher get you the things you need to keep you quiet and content…for all our sakes."
Ember forced out a smile "Thanks..er…Megatron..sir."
Megatron nodded and soon walked over to the exit of his room "I'll be back…I have some business to attend to…" he said before he left his quarters.
Ember sighed and sat down boredly, soon looking over at Leader One who was watching her like a hawk. She looked at him slightly curious.
"Why are you staying here? Why aren't you going with Megatron?"
He seemed to snort slightly "I'm not going anywhere unless Lord Megatron needs me. And I'm definitely not leaving you alone just yet…I want to make sure your injury isn't too severe…"
Ember sighed slightly, but then perked up slightly and looked at him in slight bewilderment "Whoawhoawhoa…back up…Did I just hear what I think I heard…?
"Is that injury taking a toll on your processing Ember? …What are you implying?"
Ember looked at him surprised and pointed at him "See! ? SEE! ? I KNEW it! You DO care about me!"
Leader One blushed very slightly and seemed to huff as he crossed his arms over his chest "You're delirious Ember…I care NOTHING for you….I'm only doing Lord Megatron a favor by keeping an optic on you so HE doesn't have to…you're reading too much into what I say…"
Ember smirked slightly "Oh yeah..? Well then, why do you keep calling me by my name instead of calling me 'human'?
Leader One growled and shot his laser right next to Ember and glared at her "Sit down…shut up…and wait until Lord Megatron comes back…you're giving me a processor ache."
Ember sat down and smiled slightly "I'll take that answer as a confirmation to my theory then."
"Ember…are you alright?" Luna's voice suddenly sounded with concern.
"Luna..? Oh wow…it's really good to hear your voice again." She thought with feelings of relief flowing toward Luna "Yeah…I'm okay. What about you…I mean…of course you're alright NOW and everything….but…why were you so quiet for so long?"
"Lets just say I was busy with something... And also, you were knocked out for quite a bit... I can only talk to you when you're conscious anyway." She told her.
"Busy...? What could you possibly be busy with..?" Ember asked her curiously.
"Ember, there's a reason I reside within the back of your mind... and one of those reasons is I have to contain something..." Luna told her slightly nervous to Ember's reaction.
"Okay...now you're starting to really worry me...what're you talking about..?" Ember thought with concern.
"Please don't worry about it Ember... you'll be fine... I just pray that you'll never have to find out about the dark power I have chosen to hold back..." Luna said softly
Ember was about to press Luna further for more answers, but was suddenly interrupted by Makeshift.
"Ember!" Makeshift called out from his cage "Are you alright?"
Ember crawled to the edge of Megatron's desk and looked to Makeshift in his cage "I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about..."
"Funny, coming from the person that could have a severe head injury. Ember, please, whatever you do, stay strong." He told her with a worried tone.
"Makeshift, I'll be fine, Megatron did fix my injury to the best of his ability after all... He needs us both to be alive for a bargaining ship...as long as we're hostages...we should be fine." She reassured him.
"Ember, you're wrong... I have a feeling Megatron will eventually try and reprogram me to be his slave... that's the last thing I want... not only because my free-will will be taken from me...but because then you will be alone in this..." Makeshift told her with utmost concern.
"Makeshift...I wouldn't be as alone as one would think if that were to happen..." She reassured him.
Makeshift was confused as to what she meant, but as Megatron walked back into the room, he was forced to be silent and was left with his thoughts once again.
***Back at the Autobot Base
"Optimus, we've detected Decepticon activity in a city in Colorado." Red Alert told him seriously.
"Is there any confirmation of Ember being there?" Optimus asked him.
"No, Ember is not there... It seems Demolisher has been making frequent visits to the local stores for supplies... But why?" Answered and wondered Alexis.
"It's possible Megatron is trying to keep Ember alive... He must be trying to make her as comfortable as possible to avoid her being an uncooperative hostage... Otherwise, he knows she'll just push him into hurting her...possibly killing her...then she would be no use to him." Explained Optimus. "We can only hope Ember will cooperate long enough until we find and rescue her..."
"Please Ember... just hold on. We'll find you soon enough..." Hot Shot said quietly.
***Decepticon Moon Base
Demolisher arrived at the base with a bed, food, water, a couple of video games with a video game console, and some spare clothes for Ember.
Cyclonus just laughed at him as he walked down the hallway to Megatron's quarters "It seems you've upgraded a rank Demolisher~ Errand boy suites you just fine~!" He said laughing hysterically.
"Shut up Cyclonus! I'm happy to do anything Megatron tells me to do!" He said angrily before soon walking into Megatron's quarters "Megatron sir, I've got the things you asked for."
Megatron nodded at him "Good, put all of it in the human's cage..."
"Yes sir." Demolisher said obediately, soon bringing Ember's things to her cage that was situated next to Makeshift's cage. While Demolisher was out getting her things, Ember was less than amused when Megatron took ahold of her, preparing to put her in the cage. She protested slightly, but nonetheless, had no choice in the matter. Ember was just happy to be closer to Makeshift, and that Megatron took the initiative to get her a place to sleep, food, water, clothes, and some entertainment.
"Thanks Demolisher..." Ember said quietly as he arranged her area in her cage so that it was more functional for her.
"You're welcome human..." He said quietly back, soon enough, leaving the room with permission from Megatron.
Ember sat on the bed Megatron had provided for her and looked to Makeshift with a nod, as if to say "Everything will be alright", before soon playing the Nintindo DS she had for entertainment.
***Back at the Autobot Base
Hot Shot was restless, more so than usual. He continued to train in the training room, nearly and completely destroying each target that he faced.
After an hour of training, and no word back from Optimus or Red Alert, he angrily threw his gun down onto the ground with an angry yell.
"Easy there Hot Shot, your weapons can defend you, but I can't say it's the same when it comes to the weapons defending themselves." Smokescreen said, walking in when Hot Shot had thrown his weapon on the ground in frustration.
Hot Shot looked to Smokescreen in frustration "Why couldn't I go to Colorado with Red Alert and Optimus?" he asked raising his voice a little. "I admit I've been restless since Ember's capture... but I don't think it'll effect my judgement if we do face the Decepticons."
"And that's where you're wrong Hot Shot." Smokescreen said seriously "Ever since we tracked Decepticon movement in Colorado, you've been nothing but restless. Optimus and I both know for a fact that if you see any of the Decepticons, you're bound to blow a gasket and attack." He sighed and put a comforting hand on the yellow Autobot's shoulder "Look, we'll find her, you can count on it. Think about how Ember would feel if you were in her place and you in hers..."
"I just can't stand it Smokescreen... I know there's a possibility Megatron's treating her well... but... I can't get that image of her being hurt out of my head..." He said with a sad look in his optics.
"I'm sure she's a strong young lady Hot Shot..." He said in comfort before smiling and patting his back "Now, how about some Energon? I bet you could use some good sustinence for your systems."
Hot Shot smiled a little and nodded" Yeah...sounds good. Thanks buddy..."
The two of them soon took an Energon break, dicussing further matters amoungst one another.
***The Next Day, Decepticon Moon Base
It was around noon time, and Ember was awoken by the Minicon alarm on the moon base. She groaned slightly and sat up in her bed, her eyes soon fully open with the realization that it could be a Minicon alarm.
Starscream soon walked into the room with a monotone look "I trust you're comfortable, human."
She looked at him, unamused "I would be more comfortable in me staying here if you let Makeshift go."
"Nice try, but I'm not about to let him go, because I know he'll just set you free so you can both...'attempt' to escape. And even if you did manage to escape, you would surely die if you left a certain area of the base..." Starscream smirked "And we can't have that, can we?" He said before taking out a remote and pointing it toward her cage, pressing a button, putting an electric energy field around Ember's cage.
Ember frowned at the mech "If you're so sure of me not escaping...why put an energy field around my cage?"
"Because I know there is more to you than what Megatron, or any of the others know..." He said before he exited the room, the door sliding shut behind him when he left.
Ember was confused as to what he meant by that, but nonetheless, shrugged it off. Now that Leader One was no longer guarding them, and the Decepticon base was obviously free of any mech whatsoever, it was time to try and make an escape.
She looked to Makeshift in the other cage "Makeshift! You awake?"
Makeshift stood up, and nodded with a beep "Yes."
Ember nodded with a smirk "Good. It's time we tried to make our escape."
"I agree on this matter...but how do you suggest we do so? There is an energy field around both of our cages..." Makeshift asked.
"I don't really know...you've tried your weapons already...I've tried inanimate objects against the energy shield already...they don't pass through, they just bounce off..." She said thoughtfully.
"And don't forget, Starscream said that even if you do escape, you can't leave a certain area of the base or you'll die..." added Luna.
"Which means we must be in space or under water!" Ember said out loud, confusing Makeshift a little "Luna...I've been thinking about what you said...about you holding back a dark power... If what you say is true...and I do hold a dark power deep within me... Is there a possibilty I hold some power that is parallel to that dark power, or maybe just enough to break out of here?"
Luna thought about it for a moment before nodding slightly "The probabilty of that is promising..."
Ember smirked and nodded "Alright then, lets do this!" she said before she attempted to punch a bar of the cage, only to recoil and wave her hand around in pain, rubbing it soon after. "Damn...that really hurt..."
"If you wish to access a power that you hold, you must focus Ember..." Luna said.
"Please Ember...don't strain yourself...we might just have to wait until the Autobots come and-"
"No." Ember said cutting off Makeshift's sentence "I'm not about to sit around like some damsel and do nothing when I have a perfectly good opportunity to get out of here." She told him, getting in a stance to ram the cage. "If I focus...I know I can do this..." She said before she began to focus more, feeling a sense of energy welling up within her before she rammed up against the cage door with all of her might.
Makeshift's optics widened as he watched the cage bend outward as she rammed it, the hinges of the cage being bent where the cage door was, now just hanging there.
Ember rubbed her arm, wincing slightly, soon looking at the door and smiling "I...I did it! No way!"
"Ember...how did you..?"asked Makeshift in awe.
"I have no idea... But now all I have left to do is get that electric shield out of the way." Ember said before getting in a ramming stance once again, focusing her energy before running at the shield with a slight battle cry, soon being stuck inside the shield, gritting her teeth as it electricuted her, yelling out and closing her eyes tightly as she pushed with all her might through the shield and came out the other side of it, the shield still up around the cage, but malfunctioning very slightly.
Makeshift watched as she landed on the ground roughly, panting heavily, looking to be hurt "Ember! Are you alright?" He asked her with deep concern in his voice.
Ember attempted to weakly get off of the floor, her clothes a bit damaged from the electricity, getting up into a seated position, panting slightly, holding her chest slightly "That hurt...worse than last time..."
"Ember, you need to rest! The damage to your body is too extensive!" Luna said warningly, seeming to be struggling with something.
Ember weakly, but with all the energy she had left, got up to a standing position "There's no way I'm giving up now..." She said in a shaky voice.
"Ember-!" Luna said before she made a slight gasp and her presence seemed to disappear.
Ember began to shudder slightly as a dark power seemed to consume her, a dark aura growing slightly around her form. She felt a power that she had never felt before, standing up more strongly and looking toward Makeshift's cage with a deep hatred that burned in her now deep red eyes. She walked over to the cage in a steady pace before quickly and strongly putting her hand through the electric shield and grabbing a bar to his cage door, the electricity sparking all around her, the shield trying to hinder her from doing anything, but only serving to make her stronger it seemed. She suddenly ripped the cage door off it's hinges and threw it aside, looking to Makeshift and holding out her hand to him, the electric energy field gone.
Makeshift was weary of Ember now...feeling as if she had a completely different personality about her...
"We must leave this place...it is fitting to our needs...but we still hold connections to the Autobots...and to Earth." Ember said, still holding her hand out to him, an aura still about her, her voice a bit darker than before, having more of a metallic touch to it also.
Makeshift hestitantly took her hand with his gun-like arm. When he touched her, he suddenly gained a boost of energy and perked up a bit more slightly. Soon jumping out of the cage and looking to her with a nod.
"Where do you suggest we go, Ember?" asked Makeshift.
"To the warpgate, do you have an idea on where it might be?" Ember said, her abnormal voice still present along with everything else.
"No, but if I hack into the mainframe of Megatron's computer, I could probably find the blueprint of the base, and find the room that holds the warpgate." Makeshift explained.
Ember nodded "Do it."
"Affirmative." Makeshift said before making his way up to Megatron's desk, soon hacking into the mainframe of his computer, and getting the blueprints downloaded. He soon jumped off of the desk and nodded at her before he transformed. Soon, he flew over to the door panel and bumped into the panel so it would press the button to open the door.
When the door opened, Ember ran through the doorway and Makeshift flew out through it.
Now that they were both in the hallway it was time to find the room where the warpgate was located.
Mi-chan: Now that Ember and Makeshift are well on their way to escape, will they get to the Warpgate before the Decepticons return to the Moon Base? What is this dark power that Ember now possesses? And will she ever return to her normal self? Find out in the Next Chapter~! Please Review!
