Chapter Ten

"How is she, Ratchet?" Optimus asked as walked into the medbay.

"I wish I knew, Prime. The humans can't figure out what's wrong, according to them she should be up and about and yet..." the medic trailed off

"She is lying here almost lifeless." Optimus continued receiving a nod.

"If only we knew what that fragging seeker injected her with, at least we'd have a starting point." he half complained.

"He did not tell Sunstreaker, not even to gloat?" Optimus asked.

Ratchet shook his head, "according to Sideswipe when Starscream was speaking all Sunstreaker could focus on was Sam tuning out that fragger."

"Then we have no choice but to ask him."

"Ask?" the ambulance said surprised "he'll never tell us."

"Then we'll just threaten Megatron with setting Sunstreaker loose on his base again, I'm sure he'd get him to tell us." Optimus said almost deviously making Ratchet chuckle.

"Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker." Sam called out. She couldn't see the yellow mech, in fact she could barely see a thing. It was so dark and foggy, the fog seemed to get thicker every minute and she was starting to get frighten. Where was Sunstreaker, why wasn't he here? And Sideswipe, was he okay? She hadn't seen what happened to him after Starscream took her, she prayed he was okay and berated herself for revealing herself to the cons when he had clearly told her to stay where she was.

"They're not coming." a voice suddenly said making her jump and giving a small yelp as she looked all around her but couldn't see anyone. "w-who s-said th-that?" she asked shakily, she was petrified now. Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, where are you? I'm so scared she thought

"Your little Autobot friends will not help you, they don't care for you. You're nothing but a nuisance to them." the voice said.

"Your wrong." she said defiantly "about Sideswipe at least, he does care about me. Very much."

"Then where is he? If he cares for you that much why is he not here?"

"I..." she trailed off not knowing how to answer when she herself didn't know. "I don't know." she whispered.

"They don't care, he doesn't care. None of the Autobots care." the voice laughed

Tears began to stream down Sam's face as she heard those words and slumped to the floor curling herself into a ball.

Starscream chuckled to himself everything was going perfectly. "Starscream." Megatron's voice called out catching the seekers attention, when he had he walked in?

"M-Megatron." he stuttered "when..."

"What did you do to that femme?" the Decepticon leader interrupted virtually storming over to him.

"Femme?" Starscream asked pretending he didn't know what the silver mech was on about "what femme?"

"Do not play dumb with me, Starscream." Megatron warned. "Now you will tell me what you did, and more importantly why you are still in one peace, to that femme or I will..." he stopped seeing the seekers genuine confusion on his face then growled dangerously when he saw it turn into a smirk. He grabbed him by the throat eliciting a yelp from the mech and having the flyer's hands grasp his wrist.

"I injected her with a compound." the air commander almost squealed. Megatron began to squeeze panicking the seeker "a Cybertronian that..."

"Lord Megatron." Soundwave's voice suddenly came over communication.

"What is it, Soundwave." his tone clearly slowing he was annoyed at being interrupted.

"Prime wishes to speak to you."

Starscream had never been as fearful has he was right now, seeing a smile suddenly spread over the warlord's face the hand around his throat slowly removed itself. He shuddered involuntarily at whatever the silver mech was planning.

"I will take the communication here."

There was silence for a while before the communications officer said "he is outside."

"Outside?" Megatron repeated wanting to be sure he heard right. Why the frag would Prime be outside? He wondered. "Is he alone?"

"There is one other with him. The mech who infiltrated the base three weeks ago." Soundwave reported.

"Excellent." he said his tone turning decidedly evil "tell him Starscream and I will be out shortly."

"M-M-Megatron..." Starscream stuttered. If that yellow Autobot Sun... something or other was with Prime, he definitely didn't want to go out there

"You have an objection, Starscream?" pointing his fusion cannon at him and powering it up

"N-none, My Lord I was just about to suggest that this would be a good opportunity to get rid of Prime."