Weak and feeling always in need of a recharge, Thundercracker was a bit surprised to be brought in to see Megatron. With Hook beside him, Thundercracker tried to remain strong in front of his leader, but ended up looking like he would flop on the floor at any minute. Megatron seemed to scan him for what felt like vorns, until he stood up and came forward.

"Greetings Hook. Welcome back, Thundercracker. How are you fairing?" Megatron asked.

"I feel like I'm going to fall on the ground and be under stasis." Thundercracker replied.

"Yes, I can see that. Don't worry you won't be here long." Looking to Hook, he inquired. "What is your report?"

"He is repaired, he just needs a lot of recharging time. He can be in his quarters now with very limited disturbance from others." Hook looked at Thundercracker. "You do after all want him back as soon as possible."

"Yes, I do." Putting his hand on Thundercracker's shoulder, Megatron smiled at him. "Go and rest in your quarters, I will send word to what is expected of them."

Bowing his head slightly, Thundercracker tried to stand more erect, but failed again. "Thank you, Lord Megatron."

Turning around, he walked out of Megatron's quarters, and slowly walked to his quarters with Hook by his side. The halls looked slanted right now, but Thundercracker knew he wasn't all there. As he walked down, with Hook sometimes steadying him at times, he heard pediforms walking towards them.'Great now I have to maneuver around another mech.' Last time when he did that with Soundwave, he fell to the ground. Keeping his focus, he saw immediately it was Barricade, then noticed Remote in front of him looking very unhappy.

"Well I see your sorry aft is finally up." Barricade sneered. Remote looked up at Thundercracker, and the flitter he saw in her eyes were happiness at seeing him, but she quickly downcast her eyes to disguise her expression.

Weakly, Thundercracker said. "Well I thought I needed a vacation, I guess."

"Well you don't look that rested." Barricade observed, and looked at his little delightful package in front of him. "I better deliver her to Megatron."

Both Thundercracker and Hook stood aside as they past them. Thundercracker chanced a glance at Remote, and then continued down to his quarters. When he got better, he would get her out of here.

"No one knows, Megatron's plans with her are." Hook whispered. "There was an elaborate ruse to kidnap her and bring her here, but who originally kidnapped her were their own enemies. The Carlisle's and the Autobots have been chasing them down because that plan worked that well." Hook sounded slightly in awe of it. "That is why they haven't come here to get her."

Thundercracker just remained silent as they continued down the hallway. It was never suspicious to anyone that he barely spoke in the first place, so anyone would volunteer any information to him as if they were simply talking to themselves. Barricade seemed to be openly desiring her, and knowing Barricade's reputation with femmes there was no way, Remote was safe with him.

Hook kept prattling on as if Thundercracker suddenly disappeared from his sight. "This is where they are keeping her, so she is actually nearby you."

Glancing to his side, he made note of it, and they stopped in front of his quarters where he entered his code to go in. Stepping inside it suddenly felt cold in there.

"Remember plenty of recharge, and if anything is out of the ordinary, you know what to do." Hook instructed, and instantly turned away from him.

Thundercracker turned to the open empty doorway, and glanced down the hall and to the place they kept her. Stepping back inside, Thundercracker closed his door and walked over to his berth and sat down, and waited for her return. After several hours of waiting he passed out from low energy, and woke up. Figuring what time it was and knowing everyone else would be in recharge, he sat up and when to his datapad. Under a secure setting, he accessed the code to her chamber, which he seen was changed a lot. Possibly because of Remote's intelligence. Standing up, he was still rather shaky, and opened his door and glanced out to see if he was alone. Once he saw he was, he moved over to the chamber, and entered the code. Stepping inside quietly, he saw her laying on a mattress in the corner, laying in the fetal position. Quietly approaching her side, he softly touched her shoulder, instantly bringing her awake, with her launching herself in an attack position. These girls were trained. He noted. When she saw who it was, she got weak, and started to cry. Sitting back, he gently put her in his hands and brought her close to him.

"Shhhhh it's alright, I'm here now." Thundercracker said soothingly. With his index finger, he touched her hair softly and traveled part ways down her back.

Smiling, and loving his touch on her, she nestled against him. "I've been so worried about you. How are you feeling?"

Smiling at her sweetness, he replied. "I've been ordered to recharge for at least 14 solar cycles. It is hard to stand up."

"Yes, you did look shaky when I saw you."

"What about you?" He had a clear idea, but he still needed her to say it. She remained quiet for sometime before answering him.

"He promises such vile things to me. Always touching me. Always keeping me there for hours just staring at me. What his plans are any further, I have no clue." Looking up at his handsome face with tears in her eyes, she wondered. "Why haven't they figured out that the Montegue's aren't the ones who kidnapped me?"

"According to Hook it was elaborate. I think they struck a deal with that family to keep this secret." With a feeling that he was about to pass out, he had to ask another question. "Barricade, is he..."

"He is disgusting. He has already tried to force himself on me tonight." Hearing him get heated, she heard him cycling his vents. "Thundercracker, your health!"

Anger and weakness were prevailing his body to the point that Remote made a hasty escape away from him, because his body got heated. He wanted to murder Barricade.

"Thundercracker please calm down. You have to get better. I know the news is disturbing, but please I don't want you to leave me" Seeing him stand up, he suddenly went down on all fours. Rushing over to him, she touched his hand. "Please think of your health. I want you better."

Looking over at her sweet face, he smiled weakly, and forced his body to cool down. "I need rest. I need to get better to get you out of here."

"I have faith in you, TC, just please get better." Hugging his arm as best as she could, she felt his arm bend slightly and him placing a soft kiss on the top of her head.

"I promise to get you out of here." He whispered. He wanted to sneak her into his quarters, but not knowing how long he would be out it would jeopardize her chances of getting out of here soon.

Every night for a whole week, it was the same thing between them both. He would sneak into her room to visit. She didn't go to see Megatron every day. The last time she was there was three nights ago. She would report to him what would happen between that time. What Barricade would say or do behind closed doors. Thundercracker was always passed out recharging. He still dreamed of Remote, but the dreams were altering a little. While before she was being forced into interfacing with Barricade or sometimes Megatron, and her crying. She would always stick by his side more. He was always human size, and he never minded since it was the best chance of feeling her arms wrapped around him. Thundercracker was starting to feel stronger and stronger as the days passed. Hook still wanted to keep him off duty, where he can possibly meet with minimal duty soon. Thundercracker will see to it, that his duty would be Remote's guard. He often curse himself whenever he was out of it, and Barricade decided to make his presence known to her during that time. A few times, Thundercracker still felt off kilter as he would look at the walls of the Nemesis.

One night, Thundercracker woke up feeling a bit disturbed. Sitting up, he tried to steady his vision before standing up. There was something happening. Even though he couldn't hear it, he was feeling something deeply disturbing. Standing up, he moved to the door and opened it, looking into the hallway he focused immediately to where Remote was staying. Darkness was permitting into his head as he went over there, and heard a scream. Anger reaching his processor, he immediately opened the door to find Barricade ripping Remote's clothes off her, and her screaming her head off. Barricade looked over to Thundercracker and ordered him to leave.

At a high boiling point, Thundercracker reached out to Barricade's helm, grabbed it harshly in his digits and dented his head in some, Barricade tried to swipe at him, but Thundercracker, a mech who is always calm under pressure, very quiet, had a unknown quality about him that only his trine, and Megatron are privy about. He had a ferocious temper when properly provoked, that was a deadly force within itself. Thundercracker, threw Barricade out into the hallway creating a large hole in the wall. Focused on Barricade, Thundercracker still managed to toss Remote's blanket to her so she can cover up, and stalked Barricade into the hallway grabbing him again and drop kicking him down the hallway making him skitter. Barricade growling once he stopped skidding, he got up and ran to tackle Thundercracker. Calm as always, and always calculating, Thundercracker waited till he was on top of him, and moved a bit out of the way, grabbed him in one hand to his helmet, and the other at his aft, lifting him up and dropping him down heavily.

Angry and shocked, Barricade rumbled, "Why are you protecting that human?!"

Wishing he can say that no one touches his mate, he instead said, "That is Lord Megatron's property, not yours!" Kicking him in the aft, TC added, "Also human or not, to force yourself onto a femme is not honorable as a warrior."

Smiling wickedly and laughing, Barricade got up to run into Thundercracker but was stopped by a very loud. "Thundercracker! Barricade! What is the meaning of this?"

"Oh um Lord Megatron." Barricade stammered. "Thundercracker attacked me for no reason, and I am just defending myself."

"Thundercracker?" Megatron watched the ever calm, Thundercracker straighten up, turn to him, and replied precisely as always.

"I heard disturbance from the captives quarters, and when I went inside he was ripping her clothes off. I simply defended your property, Lord Megatron."

Megatron didn't reply, he just stepped past his two soldiers and walked into Remote's quarters. Both their voices were heard, then Megatron stepped back out closing the chamber behind him, and walking back to his warriors. "Soundwave! Bring Barricade to the brig. He needs to learn not to touch others property."

"But Megatron... " Barricade began until one look from his Master quieted him. Accepting Soundwave's orders he stood up and allowed himself to be escorted away.

Once alone, Megatron stepped in front of TC. "I see your believes in protecting femmes still exist even here." TC just nodded. "I think minimal duty is required now, Thundercracker. I trust you to look after my guest then. I have faith that she will safe with you. You are to bring her to me when ordered and bring her back."

Nodding his head, he replied, "Yes my lord."

"She has extra clothes in my chambers, come with me and get them so she can be covered."

Smiling inside his processor, Thundercracker managed to be her own guard. Less sneaking around for him then.

Remote was in the corner angry and crying as she wrapped the blanket around her naked skin. This was the absolute worse that he did to her. She was so grateful to see Thundercracker come through that door, and release hell on him. Megatron was a surprise, he came in at first imposing, but was very gentile as he asked her questions regarding what happened. He apologized to her, and quickly left her. "Yeah if you really want to make it up to me, asshole, let me fucking go, you fucking pig." She cursed as she wrapped the blanket around tighter. Feeling so miserable, she let out a little yelp when the door slid open revealing Thundercracker. Door closing, he bent down and handed her some clothes. Taking them, she just put them aside and looked up at him in concern.

"How are you?"

Thundercracker smiled at her, and sat on the ground. "I won't be able to get that image out of my head of what I saw, but I have been put on minimal duty."

"Oh you have." Eyebrow quirked up she hoped that would be enough of a question to what the duty was.

"I am your guard now." He announced.

Smiling, she ran up his leg, and looked at him. "So that means...?"

"I'm still weak in spite of that anger I displayed. I am going to teach you a few things about the Nemesis in the mean time. It will insure your escape, and I'm sure you don't want me caught as a traitor." Seeing her affirm that, he pointed at the walls which were always in a uneven pattern. "Have you ever mountain climbed?"

Blushing, she shook her head. "Sadly no."

"That's fine. You will need to learn then just so you can climb up and enter that code yourself. Some of the guard duties have changed around here in the time I was in stasis, so I will need to get familiar again." He lifted her up in his hand. "I want to kiss you again by the lake."

"Same here." Smiling from ear to ear, she gestured to him to move her closer to his face where she planted a kiss on him.

Looking at her naked shoulders and that long hair covering over her breast area he kept thinking of that one dream of her. She still had her blanket around her, but it was still maddening to see her like this. "Umm maybe you should put clothes on."

Feeling like a little devil, Remote dropped the blanket down on the ground, but her hair still covered her breasts, and her hand covered over her crotch area. "Really?"

Feeling heated, he put her on the ground, and activated his holoform. "Really." He said wrapping his arms around her. "As much as I want to do this, I don't want to do this here." Feeling himself harden, he tried to move away, but Remote kept with him. "Remote, we will have this to do in the future, but for now we need to act our parts. I wouldn't be surprised if someone comes in here to wonder why I'm taking my time inside here."

"I'll just be demanding. Wanting answers and such. You know act like a pain in the ass prisoner."

"Oh Remote..." Remote shut him up with a kiss. Trying hard to be so good, he started to kiss her back. His energy was sapping out of him, but to feel her kiss again felt so good. With him being weak, she managed to get him on the ground and straddled him. Moving his hand into her soft hair, he felt her lovely chest against him. Parting his face away from her he looked into her loving eyes, and placed her on the mattress and removed his clothing from his holoform. He needed to feel her skin against him. She was so wet that he had to graze her with his manhood as he kissed her so deeply. His energy sapping strength from him, he knew he wasn't going to make love to her here. He was going to keep that for another time. He raised himself up and looked down at his mate. So beautiful. Hair partially removed to show her pink nipples. Moaning in resignation, he had to deactivate his holoform and become himself again. Feeling so heated and looking down at her, he apologized. "My energy was leaving. Not that fully strong."

"Shhhh, it is okay, TC, I was just excited because of you." Reaching for the shirt given, she placed that on her first. "You should rest."

Standing up shakily, he looked at her, and sighed. "I will." Scanning her body he had to add. "You are so perfect."

"You're perfect." Remote smiled until he left. She hated being separate from him.

Meanwhile, in his quarters, he laid in his berth envisioning her face, her body, her hair, and her voice. He felt his spark well up with thinking about her. Someone who in reality was with him a few times, but imprinted herself on him in a quick amount of time. He never thought himself as a romantic ever, but with her, he felt that he wanted to risk himself and bond with her in there, in spite of knowing it wasn't a desirable place to do that. He wanted to make everyone know that she is his alone. He wanted to risk himself knowing what would happen to him. Anything to let everyone know of his true desire.

Stomping down the corridor to Prime's office, he was bound and determined to end this horse shit of this never ending mission it seemed. Normally his mind would be wrapped up in Kathy, his brother, pranks, missions, well sometimes missions, but to end the pain that was going through his processor and knowing how much all of them have exhausted all their resources in finding Remote, he thought of something. It was a brilliant plan that was executed, and he was surprised that Prowl himself didn't think of it. Sideswipe not caring about protocol's barged into Prime's office. Prime was looking over something on a datapad and calmly looked at Sideswipe.

"Protocol's be damned, Prime. The Decepticons have Remote." Sideswipe boldly announced. "How you wonder why I think of this, here is my answer. As with some of my pranks it is best to lead by deception, and make you wonder where it will happen and when. The Montegue's obviously don't have her, so I believe we have to go into the Nemesis and find her there." Prime slowly put the datapad down, silently commed Prowl to come to his office. Standing up, Prime walked over to Sideswipe, and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Let us talk about this some more when Prowl arrives." Nodding his head, he waited as calmly as possible. They had to listen. It is time to act. Kathy tried to mask her pain from everyone, but to hear her crying and worried, was just breaking his spark.