Kon

Chapter 9

Optimus Prime/Knock Out | Thundercracker/Skywarp


It was early in the morning and Knock Out found himself regurgitating energon. Knock Out had been fairly well acquainted with the floor of the nemesis by now. In fact the dark floor would need a good cleaning.

Knock Out walked to the closet that was standard in the quarters aboard the Nemesis. Recently Knock Out had taken to keeping cleaning supplies and spared energon in it. Hoping no one would open the closet to find said objects.

Knock Out wouldn't be on duty for another 3 Joors, he refused to recharge, he would just purge his energon again. Maybe he could go get some energon? Knock Out tanks suggested that it would be a good idea.

Knock Out made it to the rec room, it was full of off duty decepticons. Minors who were on break from mining, scouts who were about to go on patrol. Seekers just coming in from their morning flight.

Knock Out watched as the blue and purple seekers cuddled together with their after flight energon. Knock Out looked at the two seekers reminiscing about the time Optimus Prime had held him like that.

Knock Out sighed, looking at his cube of energon. He watched the life liquid ripple in the cube as his exhaust system did its job. Knock Out over the last few Earth days had tried to wrap his CPU to the idea that he would not fell the comfort or pleasure of the sire of the sparkling. It was a hard realization to get used to.

.:* Megatrons Quarters*:.

"Orion, you know I can not let you walk around with out an escort."

Orion had asked for a few cycles alone. He was always watched, always kept out of the loop. No one told him anything. He was tired of it.

"Megatronus, I do not need to be watched. I have proven my self to be of no threat. Knock Out even proved that I was not probed by the Autobots."

"You will not argue with me. I am your commanding Officer. Do as I say."

Orion stared at Megatron. Realizing he was just like them. "You promised a different out come than what the Council had created, but you, you're just like them." Orion stood closer to the large gray bot. "You want oppression just as much as they did."

"I am going to make Cybertron what it could have been, Great!" yelled Megatronus. "With my leadership our planet will be every thing you could only hope to achieve with your foolish dreams." Orion looked on as Megatronus became more frightful. "The Planet needs a leader to take total control. Under one leader. Not several. I can bring peace to Cybertron through war, the only bots stopping peace are the Autobots."

Orion looked on worriedly as Megatronus came closer with each sentence. Orion Pax felt in the pit of his tank he should fight, fire, or something. Why hadn't he been built with weapons?

Megatronus rose his servo, Orion flinched back. "Do not speak against me. Do your Understand Orion?" Orions Face mask involuntarily came to protect his face, causing a surprised sound to escape Orions vocal processors. Megatronus was not pleased by the development of Orion finding his face mask. "Lower your mask now." Megatronus Demanded.

"I didn't know I had one." Orion stated. "How do you expect me to know how to control it?"

Megatron growled as Orion defied his direct order. Megatron moved to pull at his shoulder armor, causing Orion to wince in pain.

"I am your Commanding Officer in this Time of war Orion Pax." Megatronus stated denting the top of the shoulder plating. "You will do as I say whether you know how to do it or not."

.:*Decepticon Medbay*:.

Knock Out had been in the medical facility with nothing to do for Joors. He had grown bored, tired, and nauseous. The Sparkling was trying to get its frequency to sync to its sires frequency, a frequency it could not find. It couldn't find Optimus' spark frequency, it was confused as to where it went. The spark would ping for Optimus Primes frequency constantly, only finding the equivalent of a terminal.

Knock Out laid his servo over his spark chamber. He could do nothing but wait, He wanted out of the decepticons, if only for the protection of his Sparkling.

His thoughts were broken by some one walking into the Medical bay. Knock Out looked over, Orion. His shoulder plating was damaged, energon was pouring out from his abdomen, and his face mask as hanging on by a hinge.

"What happened to you?" asked Knock Out genuinely concerned.

Orion stayed silent for a few clicks, deciding the best words to use. "Megatronus didn't like the idea of me being on my own for a few Joors."

Knock Out sighed, If Megatron didn't stop Orion was going to become another Starscream situation. "Go ahead and sit on the Berth, I'll fix you up."

Orion sat on the berth as Knock Out gathered the tools he would need. After gathering all of the necessities for the repair, Knock Out turned all of his attention to Orion Pax.

"Is he always like this?" Orion asked as Knock Out applied the Energon lathed cloth on to the joints of where Orions Mask had once been.

"As long as I have known him." Knock Out answered back.

Orion froze, his processor whirring with activity. Knock Out called his name as his Processor cut off all outside communication.

It was a forest, probably on earth, though Orion didn't know why he was here.

He stared at the foxes rough housing with each other. Just waiting. He heard an engine in the distance, a familiar sound to his audio inputs. He looked out toward where to noise was coming from.

A red sports car had transformed and was walk toward him. All Orion could do was stare at the red Mech as he addressed him.

"Sweet Rims." Orion smiled, Knock Out. Knock Out smiled back.

Knock Out moved closer to the big rig. Orion wrapped his servos over the red sports car, radiating love and protection.

Orion onlined in the decepticon medbay with Knock Out yelling his name. He had been set down across the medical berth.

"Orion! Are you okay? You crashed! Does your Processor ache?"

Orion shook his head, in an attempt to release the clouded thoughts. "Why didnt you tell me?" Orion stared at Knock Out longingly.

"Tell you what?" asked Knock Out confused and worried by the look and question he had been asked.

"You and I -"

"What do you remember?" Knock Out yelled interrupting Orion.

"We were meeting at an earth forest, you called me 'Sweet Rims' and we embraced, it must have been before the Autobots had messed with me."

Knock Out smiled. "You can't tell any one, Megatron will execute us for such a thing." Knock Out had to keep his secret safe. Orion nodded, grabbing Knock Out and pulling him close.

"Nothing will happen, I'll protect you." Orion whispered. Knock Out escaped Orions embrace looking at the medical data pad.

Knock Out looked toward the opening doors to reveal Soundwave, here to no doubt pick up Orion. Knock Out motioned for Soundwave to look at the medical pad.

"Soundwave, Orions condition is worsening, It would be better if I could keep an optic on him at all times." Knock Out lied. If Orion remembered anything else it could be detrimental to the survival of their sparkling. Especially if Megatron was the one Orion told.

Soundwave nodded. Walking silently back to the control room to tell Megatron of this situation.

.:*Autobot Outpost Omega-one*:.

Ratchet looked at the group of Autobots. The human children were at school, which left the Autobots time to think, which could mean trouble. They had time to think about Optimus, so easily swayed to go with Megatron. It broke their spirits, that much was sure. Ratchet could barely take it, he was suppose to be the broody one, not them. They were all so young and full of energy.

It was depressing to see the others in this state, Ratchet never realized how much the Autobots really needed Optimus Prime.

Arcee and Bulkhead had become temperamental with the loss of their leader. Ratchet had become quieter, but bumblebee had been hit the hardest. He was close to Optimus Prime. Optimus had found him after the Youngling raids. Bumblebee had been raised by Ironhide, just like Optimus had been, Bumblebee had always considered Optimus his older Brother. Optimus had taken the role of Big brother with ease, he protected Bumblebee as well as he could, but that didn't stop things from happening to the youngling.

Ironhide and Prowl were a good week and a half away, even if they traveled at hyper drive. Ratchet stared at the earth computer desperately trying to run the software it was told to run. Ratchet sighed, they needed to do something to raise moral, anything to get the depression that loomed over the base to stop.

.:* Decepticon Medbay*:.

Knock Out watched as Soundwave entered the med bay again, this time with Lord Megatron.

"What do you mean he has gotten worse?"

Knock Out took the data pad and showed it to his leader. Megatron took it and read the pad. "The infection is spreading, he needs real energon. A lot of it. Hes a large mech, his metabolism works in a different way than the rest of ours. Not to mention he only had real energon up until now."

Megatron sighed, getting real energon would be a problem. They only had so much left, and the decepticon faction was large, and growing. "Don't you have any medical grade to give him? That should have all the benefits of regular energon and give him more substance."

"It wouldn't help. It would heal his wounds, if they were any worse." glared Knock Out.

"and you care why?" smirked Megatron. "You'll have to find another alternative Knock Out I cannot give him any more energon than I give the others." With that Megatron roughly handed the data pad back to Knock Out.


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