Yeah this has been a long time coming. My first year of college ended a couple weeks ago, and since then I've been working and enjoying my summer. I've been working on this story off and on, so I wasn't really procrastinating. Plus I got rear-ended by some a$$hole the other day, so I've been dealing with that. I'll let you read now. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has been reading and reviewing too!

Chapter 11: Agony

My…mate…

Negaeta felt the heavy hours tick by in the dark room around her. Every second was like its own eternity. She sighed heavily and rolled so that she was facing the Decepticon leader that was recharging soundly by her side.

A Decepticon…for the rest of my days…

She wasn't exactly sure what time she had woken up, but she hadn't been in recharge very long, only a couple hours or so. Negaeta felt like everything around her was spinning and the only thing that wasn't moving was the recharge berth. She had slept all day and wasn't tired now. She felt really heavy…

Remain by my side…

Reality really wasn't ever pleasant. Negaeta felt frustrated and confused all at once. Everything that had happened in the last 24 hours was like a dream and she couldn't entirely believe everything that had happened was real, but it was. Megatron was beside her in the recharge berth, no one else.

He was her mate.

She had made a decision that usually took a lifetime to make in less than 24 hours. And who had she chosen to remain with for the rest of her days? Someone who was incapable of loving her, someone who was incompatible to her, someone who was vorns and vorns older than her, someone who cared about his own personal gains more than anything or anyone else. Their entire relationship was based upon an unexpected sexual encounter where one-sided feelings were exchanged. And how had he worded why they should be mates? He had thought she deserved a reward. Negaeta assumed he was her trophy…how unfitting.

She sat up in the recharge berth, her thoughts becoming more and more overwhelming. Negaeta knew perfectly well she loved the Decepticon leader and that he must have felt something too if he asked her to be his mate. If he hadn't wanted her as his mate, he wouldn't have asked her to be his mate in the first place. And if he didn't love her, then he didn't love her. Negaeta glanced at him over her shoulder. Second guessing herself was probably her greatest weakness as a medic. Ever since she was banished from the Autobots she worried way too much. Reluctantly she laid back down.

But she couldn't convince herself to go back to sleep.

Megatron wasn't really surprised when he woke up and saw Negaeta was already awake and lying beside him, facing him. He was a bit leery about how she looked like she had had a rough night though. He sighed and rolled onto his back. "I really hope you don't doubt my word," he spoke.

Negaeta felt like his words had cut through the room like a knife. He always knew just what she was thinking about. "I know better than to doubt you sir," she answered.

"No you don't," he said as he looked at her, "You better honor your decision."

"I am going to sir, there's nobody else I want."

"What is bothering you? If you don't trust me, I suppose I could understand why," he stated as he rolled over so that he was facing her. He grasped her neck and forced her to look at him, "I am offering you a permanent place by my side, as my only equal."

"And I'm not refusing," Negaeta responded, "I am only a little unsure about how everything will turn out between us."

"Negaeta, you have nothing to worry about. Your life will be in my hands…you won't be disappointed."

Negaeta bit her lip and cautiously asked, "And what am I supposed to do if something should happen to you?"

"Well I certainly hope you wouldn't go back to the Autobots, but considering what you've done to help me; I doubt they would take you back anyways. You're too young and inexperienced to take over command of the entire Decepticon army. I would hope you remain a medical officer, considering there's nobody available to replace you. And if Starscream should take command, which I hope he doesn't, please don't follow his orders."

"That's…it?"

"The chances of me dying or becoming incapable of command are rather slim."

"I suppose, but you wouldn't want me to choose another mate would you?"

"No. Death sometimes is only temporary and conquerable. Once we get the Allspark back within our possession, if I should die, I could be revived by that."

"That sounds fair enough, but…" she remarked as she trailed off, "What are you going to do if I should die?"

Megatron sighed heavily, frustrated that he hadn't thought about that before. He doubted he would choose another mate; after all, it had taken him his entire life thus far to choose a mate. He wasn't exactly sure if he would miss her, or how attached he really was to her, but he had a gut feeling she would keep him happy. Whatever the case, he knew it would be far less complicated if she just didn't die.

"I doubt I would choose another mate, think about how long it took me to choose a mate in the first place."

Negaeta knew he had a point there, but she still didn't like the answer. She wanted some sort of reassurance that she wasn't going blindly into something that she would end up regretting later. But at this point, she figured she had no other choice. Megatron had took her in after she was banished by the Autobots, Megatron had saved her from Brawl, and Megatron now wanted her by his side, probably not as a full equal, but pretty close to it. She would only have to trust him.

"Any other worries?" Megatron asked.

"Not at the moment," Negaeta remarked.

"Good, we can move forward then."

"Move forward?"

"Once the Allspark is back in my possession, we will formally tell my men that you and I are mated. Once we have the Allspark, the Autobots will be powerless against us."

Negaeta knew that was true since the Autobots wouldn't be able to stop an enemy they were outnumbered by. "Do you plan on recapturing the Allspark soon?" she asked, "You've spent a lot of time calculating and devising your master plan…"

"And once Frenzy and Blackout report back to me on what the Autobots are up to, we will go from there."

As soon as Megatron got those words out of his mouth, his comlink cackled to life. "Blackout to Megatron," stated a voice.

"Blackout, report," Megatron responded.

"I regret to inform you that the Autobots were further ahead in their plans than we thought. They are en-route to Area 51 from the Hoover Dam. It appears Sector Seven informed them about what happened."

"Slag!" Megatron remarked, "Rendezvous to the Allspark immediately, the rest of us are on our way."

"As you command sir."

Megatron ended the transmission and quickly got out of the recharge berth. Negaeta got up as well and followed him out of the room. She had a hard time keeping up with him and felt like she was running in order to keep pace with him. They ended up at the throne room where Megatron barged in and immediately demanded, "Everyone, the Autobots are headed towards the Allspark. We must capture it before they do. All units move out, now!"

The Decepticon troops didn't have to be told twice as they quickly exited the base, transformed into their vehicle modes, and sped off in the direction of Area 51.

Negaeta felt fear and excitement churn through her tanks as she raced in the direction of Area 51. She wasn't exactly sure how this was going to go down, she only hoped that they could get there before the Autobots did. Starscream and Megatron were going to be the first ones there, along with Blackout, since they had the advantage of the air and could travel the fastest. Scorponok would probably be the next one there, followed by her and Barricade, and then Brawl since he was a tank and moved the slowest.

She only hoped the Decepticon team would arrive there first. Nobody knew how long the Autobots had been traveling towards Area 51. Megatron's plans didn't include what would happen if the Autobots somehow got the Allspark before they did. Negaeta growled and pushed herself even faster ahead and hardly noticed as she zoomed past Barricade. If the Autobots got the Allspark, they were as good as dead.

When Negaeta arrived, she heaved a sigh a relief. Her scans indicated that only Decepticons were in the area, at least for now. She transformed and went to Megatron.

"Well sir," she stated, "What's the plan?"

"Where are Barricade and Brawl?" the Decepticon leader demanded.

"Barricade is a few minutes behind me, and Brawl will be here shortly after," Negaeta answered.

"Alright…Starscream and I will work on securing the area and taking out the human defenses while Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy keep watch for the Autobots. The Autobots do not know we are here, but they will be arriving shortly. I want the Allspark in my hands within the next few minutes. Negaeta, as a final test to your loyalty, bring me the Allspark."

"Really sir, a final test?" Negaeta scoffed irritated that her previous nights with the Decepticon leader hadn't fully convinced him of her loyalty. She fought down her anger before she asked, "Well, do you know where it is?"

"I do not have a lot of time to explain," Megatron answered, "But there is a bunker here that contains a worthless artifact from our history. The Allspark is located in that bunker as well." Megatron proceeded to give her the coordinates of the bunker before he grinned viciously, "Make me proud Negaeta."

She frowned, not at all impressed by Megatron's choice of words. "I'll be back," she said before she transformed and raced in the direction of the bunker that Megatron had given her the coordinates of. As she had suspected, the bunker was located close to the center of Area 51. Megatron hadn't specified where in the bunker the Allspark was, and Negaeta knew it was her challenge to find it. But she knew an easy trick she could pull in order to find it. The only hard part was she had to hide her vehicle form.

When Negaeta arrived at the bunker, she observed from a safe distance that it was heavily guarded. She didn't know if the humans that were guarding the bunker had armor piercing rounds in their weapons or not, so she had to be careful. Quietly, she parked in a small, abandoned building that was near the bunker and activated her holoform, assuming the uniform of the guards outside the bunker. Just as quietly, she got out of the car and sighed heavily before leaving her hiding spot and approaching the human guards.

Negaeta was surprised by how easily she melted into the scurrying guards as she approached the bunker. She smirked inwardly as she walked towards the door; at least until she noticed she needed to slide an identification card in order to get into the building.

"Slag," she thought as she stopped in front of the door. Looking around, she spotted a young man running away from the bunker. "You there!" she shouted, "I forgot my ID card, could you let me in?"

He pursed his lips to the side before he jogged over to her, slid his ID card, and the door opened. "Next time, don't forget it," he said as he quickly ran away.

Negaeta smiled inwardly as she walked inside the bunker. "Don't worry," she muttered under her breath, "There won't be a next time."

As she observed the inside of the bunker, Negaeta soon noticed that it was like an airplane hangar, without the airplanes. The Allspark was in the middle of the building, heavily guarded nonetheless, but Negaeta was surprised. She thought the humans would have better defenses than this. Inside the Hoover Dam, the Allspark couldn't be detected. Here, it was vulnerable to detection from any outside source, Autobot and Decepticon alike.

"I guess humans are just that stupid," Negaeta thought as she approached the guards. She knew that the guards wouldn't just hand it to her; their job was to keep the Allspark out of transformer hands. She needed a distraction.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang and Negaeta looked over her shoulder and watched with a dark smirk as her vehicle form crashed through the entrance of the building. Even in her holoform she still had control over her own body. She then looked back at the guards and watched as they tensed and moved into defensive positions around the Allspark. Obviously they had orders not to move away from the Allspark under any circumstance. Well, she would see how long that lasted.

Negaeta willed her vehicle form forward at a dangerous speed towards the guards around the Allspark. She listened as bullets bounced off her hood and windshield, not even scratching or chipping the paint or glass. Some of the guards stopped firing and moved out of the way. Negaeta smiled at the guards who decided not move, grinding them under her tires for their stupidity. She stopped her vehicle form inches away from the Allspark and summoned her holoform forward. Nobody stopped her as she picked up the Allspark, placed it inside her body, and then deactivated her holoform. She turned around to speed away, but stopped dead in her tracks.

"Ne-Negaeta?"

"R-Ratchet? What are you doing here?" she demanded as a bubble of nervousness welled up inside her.

"I could ask you the same thing, but I think you already know why I'm here. It looks like you managed to free yourself from being stuck as a human."

"Look Ratchet, I don't have time to talk to you."

"Negaeta, all your sins could be amended if you hand the Allspark over to me right now."

"That's not happening."

"And why not?"

"If I want to amend my sins," Negaeta remarked, "I'll give the Allspark to Optimus Prime myself." And with that, she sped past Ratchet and out of the bunker. She could tell by his vehicle form that he wouldn't be able to keep up with her, but that was only if she had a clear path to travel fast.

"I must admit I'm impressed Negaeta," she heard Ratchet call out from behind her as he easily kept pace with her, "You managed to figure out where the Allspark was and how to cure yourself."

"I'm not trying to impress you," she scoffed, "You still piss me off for banishing me to Earth in the first place."

"Optimus' reasons for doing so were just."

Negaeta saw Megatron and Optimus battling each other not too far away. When she reached them, she transformed, clutching the Allspark in her hand. When Optimus and Megatron noticed her, they stopped fighting. Negaeta watched as Ratchet transformed and came up from behind her.

With a fierce glare of hatred on her face, Negaeta turned to Ratchet and said, "If Optimus' reasons for banishing me were just, then my reasons for doing this are just as well." And she extended the Allspark to Megatron.

Megatron chuckled at the expressions on Optimus and Ratchet's faces. "Oh please," he remarked sarcastically, "Neither of you should really be that surprised."

Optimus ignored him and proceed to say, "Negaeta, it's still not too late, give the Allspark to us and your treasonous acts will be forgiven."

"I don't want your forgiveness, I don't need it," Negaeta remarked, "You see, if you realized even half of the things I have done here on Earth, you wouldn't ever forgive me. From the moment you banished me to this mud ball of a planet, I have done nothing but plotted revenge against you and the rest of the Autobots."

"Negaeta, don't be stupid," Ratchet warned.

"Oh, but she's not stupid," Megatron remarked. "You see, without Negaeta, I wouldn't be standing here right now. She revived me from my icy prison, she was the reason the Allspark was brought here, and she's the reason why the Allspark is now in my hands. What you don't realize is that while you were being led around by a map that wasn't even true, Negaeta had already become a Decepticon, one even worthy of my…affections." And he grinned maliciously.

"You don't mean…" Ratchet trailed off, unable to say what was on his mind.

"By banishing her, you Autobots gave me the key to victory. And it's only fitting that she has agreed to be my mate." And Megatron reached for the Allspark.

Suddenly, there was a bright flash of yellow and Negaeta felt the Allspark ripped out of her hand. "What the slag," she remarked and then she observed Bumblebee standing next to Ratchet with a smirk on his face, the Allspark in his hands.

Megatron growled and went to attack Bumblebee when Optimus intercepted him, preventing him from getting to Bumblebee. Negaeta watched, weighing her options, until she noticed a human by Bumblebee's feet. She immediately recognized him from the mission she went on with Barricade to track him down. He was Sam Witwicky, the boy with the glasses, an annoying nuisance in the whole Autobot and Decepticon war. If she could get him, she could get the Allspark. Optimus would not sacrifice a human life.

Negaeta transformed and charged full speed at Bumblebee. Sam dodged out of the way, but Bumblebee wasn't as fortunate. He fell over, dropping the Allspark in the process. However, the Allspark landed at Sam's feet, and Negaeta watched as Sam picked it up. She transformed into her robot form and turned to Sam. "Give me the Cube, boy," she growled.

"Sam, run!" Optimus shouted before Megatron tackled him to the ground.

Negaeta watched as Sam scampered off and she went to pursue him when Bumblebee jumped up and tackled her to the ground. "Get off me!" she demanded as she struggled underneath him. She watched as Ratchet left to give Sam cover and then noticed Megatron had abandoned his fight with Optimus to pursue the boy as well. Negaeta scowled at Bumblebee, "Aren't you his guardian? Shouldn't you be protecting him?"

"You have the right to remain silent," a sarcastic voice cackled through his radio, "I don't want to kill you."

Negaeta narrowed her optics at him and then watched as Optimus got up and went to stop Megatron. She let out a string of curses in Cybertronian and stopped abruptly when she noticed the sand start to bubble behind Bumblebee. She smirked, "For your own safety, I recommend you get off me."

And no sooner had she gotten the warning out of her mouth that Scorponok burst from the sand and threw Bumblebee off of her. Negaeta scrambled to her feet and tore off in the direction Sam had left in. It was her duty to bring the Allspark to Megatron, the Autobots could not get it or else.

When Negaeta arrived on scene, she saw Optimus and Megatron fighting again, Sam was scurrying on the ground around them, trying to avoid their clashing bodies, and when she looked up, she saw Blackout getting ready to launch a sneak attack on Optimus, but he didn't notice the human military behind him getting ready to launch a sneak attack on him. Negaeta growled from her position, knowing that she couldn't outright attack Optimus or Sam. She watched as the human military distracted Blackout…it was all up to her now. As she took a step forward, she noticed Sam going underneath Megatron. Whatever the boy was doing, he was getting the Allspark too close to Megatron's spark cavity.

Negaeta went to call out, but it was too late. She watched in horror as Sam lifted the Cube above his head and it absorbed into Megatron's spark chamber.

"No!" she screamed as she stumbled forward.

Megatron fell to the ground, writhing in pain and Negaeta collapsed to her knees by his side. There was no way she could fix him, there was no way he would stay alive. "Megatron…" she whimpered and she felt her voice tremble.

"Negaeta…" he breathed and his optics dimmed as death suddenly overcame him.

"No…" she breathed again, "No, this can't be happening!" She heard a gun hiss beside her head and turned to see Optimus with his gun to her head.

"You're under arrest Negaeta," he stated calmly.

"What good would arresting me do?" she demanded as tears formed in her optics, "It would be easier if you just killed me now."

"Just who would it be easier for, you or me?" Optimus questioned.

"The both of us," Negaeta answered quietly as she let her optics go offline, "Just do it Optimus!"

Jet engines suddenly screamed from above and both Negaeta and Optimus looked up as Starscream transformed into his robot form, swooped down and grabbed Negaeta. Negaeta felt her tanks churn in fear as Starscream's engines fired up and they launched high into the sky and kept climbing upwards.

"Star-Starscream," she stuttered as she tried not to look down, "Where…are you taking me?"

"We are regrouping at the Nemesis. It's time you learned about the history of the Decepticons…besides, we don't have a plan right now, now that the Allspark has been destroyed and Megatron killed," he replied.

"What good is learning about the Decepticons history going to do me? Just let me go Starscream, my spark hurts too much to carry through with this any further."

"I can't do that Negaeta. There's somebody that's dying to meet you."

I think you can all guess who that person may be. Anyhow, please review! Thanks.