My Life During The Great War Ch. 21
Klick- under a second- second
Breem- 8.3 minuets- minute
Joor- 6 hours- hour
Orn- 2 weeks -day
Vorn- 83 years -year
"What do you mean, your brothers?" Thundercracker said in shock and Wasp thought there was a hint of anger in Thundercracker's voice. Wasp wiped the energon tears away but before he could answer the question Thundercracker spoke again, "Not here, to many auto receptors here. Let's go back to the room." Wasp nodded and followed the seeker to their room. As they walked Wasp began to think, 'Am I really going to tell him everything? Should I?'
'If you tell him, then it's over,' the voice whispered. Wasp shook his helm, trying to get rid of the annoying voice. It never helps, it always lies. 'You sure about that?'
"Hurry up," Thundercracker yelled. Wasp didn't notice that he fell behind as he argued with himself. He nodded and ran up to the seeker, "I keep telling you this, if you do not notice things as they happen, you will not live long in this war." The youngling nodded.
When they reached the room the seeker opened the door and stood there waiting for Wasp to go in first. The youngling lowered his helm and wings as he went past Thundercracker and into the room. Before he got fully in the room Thundercracker picked him up by the base of his wings, it didn't hurt but it was annoying. The seeker placed him on the couch and he stood in front of him and crossed his arms, "Okay, tell me your whole story Wasp. Even what happened to you before the Autobots took you in." Wasp curled up in a ball and started from the beginning. He started from the memories of his carrier, to the attack that took her away from him. The youngling told Thundercracker of the adventures he had with Barricade. The way Sunstreaker taught him the beauty in everything. The time Sideswipe taught him how to steal. The time Knockout told him that every life is precious but in the time of war everything changes. Wasp told Thundercracker about the attack on his home, the way he lost his brothers, and Barricade's broken promise. He told the seeker about his short time with the Autobots, his upgrades and when he fell through the vent into Thundercracker's cell. He finished by telling him that he wanted to find all his brothers so things could go back the way it was. By the time he was done talking he was still in a ball but he was crying and hiding his helm in his knees.
"Is that everything?" Thundercracker asked softly. Wasp lied and nodded. He didn't tell the seeker that he cut himself or that he was the last of their kind, those memories, those were his and his alone. Wasp looked up when he heard Thundercracker move but the seeker only moved by his side to comfort him. "I was sparked a few hundred Vorns before the war broke out and I saw what Cybertron was like before the war and what is happening now because of it. The war has changed things so much but in a good way. Before the war there was corruption in the Senate. There was a caste system for every mech and femme alike. The higher classes lived the good life while the lower classes fought for every bit of energon they could get." Thundercracker looked at Wasp and a sad smile formed, "I'm telling you this because the war is a good thing. It may take the ones we love away from us but when we win, everyone will be free to do whatever they want. Everyone could start a family and live a happy life. The Autobots don't want that Wasp. They fight in the name of the corrupt Senate and if they win this war the corruption will start again and all of the Decepticons will be slaves once again." Thundercracker gently took Wasp's chin and made him look up, he smiled, "That's why we have to fight, so the Autobots don't win. You'll fight, right?" Wasp took a Klick, but he slowly nodded, "I'll fight."
Ten Orns Later
"Wasp!"
A youngling turned around and faced the bot that yelled his name, or yelled his new name. He made his door wings go low of his back, he had respect towards the bot, but respect brings you nothing in the Decepticon army he found out. The bot that yelled his name was a blue seeker, Thundercracker and with him was a black and purple look alike, his crazy trine mate, Skywarp.
Thundercracker walked towards him with grace only a seeker could have, his wings were high in the air, his back straight to show his authority. His faceplate had a small smile forming. Skywarp on the other hand, was opposite. His wings were sitting lazily on his back and it seemed he was dragging his pedes. Skywarp's crimson optics were dimmed, was if he was bored.
"Good news Wasp, Shockwave has agreed to see you," Thundercracker said with a smile. Wasp returned the smile, "Finally, I was getting worried for bit." Thundercracker nodded, "You are almost a new bot Wasp, almost a Decepticon."
"Tell me again why you are doing this?" Skywarp said. His trine mate sighed and face palmed, "You idiot, do you never listen? Never mind, don't answer that, you never do." Thundercracker hit Skywarp upside his helm, "He already changed his name to Wasp and now he has to change his looks so Starscream and the Autobots won't know who he is. Shockwave agreed to do the changes for Wasp."
"Oh."
Thundercracker turned toward the youngling, "It's time to go, Shockwave only has a few Joors to do this." Wasp nodded his helm and walked out of the room with the two seekers.
As the three mechs were walking in the halls, Wasp was becoming nervous. After so many Orns, he would be a new bot on the outside and maybe the inside as well. He would turn his back on the Ironhide and the Autobots forever. He already changed his name but when he changed his physical form, would he really be set free of his past? He hoped so. Is this the best way to run from his past? Was he really running from his past or was he just ignoring the past, hoping it wouldn't haunt him?
Wasp sighed, why was life so confusing? Wasp noticed Thundercracker look down at the him. He didn't say anything, he had nothing to say to the blue seeker. Wasp also noticed Skywarp looking at him, he glared at the black and purple seeker. He was now a Decepticon, he had to act like one now plus he really didn't Skywarp as much. "What are you looking at?" Wasp snapped. Skywarp laughed, "I like you already Wasp. Just wait until you're a true Decepticon, look and all." Wasp looked down at the ground, "Me too."
With that said no one talked as they walked to the lower levels of the Kaon base. As they were getting lower, Wasp noticed that the seeker were getting nervous. They would flap with wings in the air and move them against their back. Skywarp even started to rub his servos as if they hurt. Wasp didn't say anything, he knew that seekers didn't like to be underground but this was different. They were afraid of something or maybe someone. Was it this Shockwave mech? Wasp had read his file, if it could be even called that. Shockwave was a mystery, a ghost, a nightmare on both sides. A mad scientist that everyone feared, thank Primus he was a Decepticon. But if he was a Decepticon why did Thundercracker and Skywarp fear him? Were the rumors about Shockwave true?
"Which ones Wasp?" Thundercracker answered. Wasp's door wings went up as he jumped in surprised. "Did I say that out loud?" Skywarp snorted, "No Wasp, of course not. You see Thundercracker can read minds now. He read your mind an-" Skywarp was stopped by Thundercracker's servo connecting with the back of his head. "Shut up stupid." Thundercracker looked down at the youngling, "You asked if the rumors about Shockwave were true and I would have to say most of them are true. Shockwave is a sick mech but he gets the job done as long as you give him want he wants in the end."
Wasp nodded understanding what Thundercracker was saying. He knew some Decepticons were crazy, even mad. That's what war does to a mech, it destroys you from the inside out, it takes everything you hold dear and rip it away until you're a shell of your former self. And when you let the war get to you, there was no going back. When a mech goes to the Decepticons they let their inner beast out and let it take control. Shockwave apparently let his inner beast out, if any of the rumors were true.
In his deep thoughts, Wasp never noticed the seekers stop at a large door, never noticed how nervous the seekers were getting but he did notice walking into Thundercracker's legs. Thundercracker looked at the youngling and snorted, "You better start paying attention Wasp, you'll live longer if you do." Wasp nodded and tried not to look ashamed. The seeker was right.
Wasp stood straight with his door wings up, he was a Decepticon now, he had to act like one. Skywarp quickly smiled down at the youngling, then turned to the large metal door. The black and purple seeker typed in a few codes and the door slowly opened to reveal it's dark secrets. It took all of Wasp's willpower not to scream and run away.
Autobots and Neutrals, offline and online chained to the wall and the berths, their chest torn open and their sparks exposed. Some sparks were glowing ever so weakly and others where just hollow shells. Energon splattered on the walls and floor. Autobots chained to tables with tubes and wires connected to them. Energon slowly dripping from the tables, forming small blue puddles. The acidic and bitter smell of spilled energon was almost overwhelming. It made him want to purge his tanks but he held it down. For a place of torture there was no sound, no hushed moans of pain, no screams of agony, no wails of sorrow and no whispers of death.
Nothing.
A shiver ran down Wasp's back. So this was Shockwave's lab. He now understood why Thundercracker and Skywarp were nervous coming down here. Shockwave was insane. Not just mad with power but truly sadistic if he did things like this.
He took a step back, he began to doubt himself. Was this a mistake? Was running away from the Autobots a mistake? Was everything he did a mistake? 'Dear Primus, what have I done?' Wasp thought. He lost one family, ran away from another. What was wrong with him? When he made a move to turn back Skywarp grabbed his door wing with force and hissed, "You wanted this, don't turn your back on your future as a Decepticon. If you do, we can't save you from being hunted down like a scraplet." Wasp nodded and Skywarp slowly released his grip on the youngling. Skywarp was right, running from the Decepticons was suicide.
They walked into the place of torture and it took everything in Wasp's power not to run, to escape this nightmarish lab but Skywarp was right for once, he wanted this. As they walked past chained bots, he tried not to make optic contact. He didn't want to see the brokenness of the bots. He looked at the ground, he gulped and looked back up. On the floor was spilled energon, fresh and old. When they went past the last berth that had a chained mech, something broke the silence.
"Run."
Wasp jumped at the sound, he stopped and turned around to see who spoke. The last mech in the row was looking at straight at him, or at least one of his optics was. The left one was cracked and wires were poking out from the glass. Energon stained the mech's face and his chest was forced open by two clamps, his dim light blue spark slowing pulsing, almost as if it was fighting to stay alive. The mech's paint was faded and chipped. His chest was a faded green and his legs were green and his arms were white. His hem sort of looked like a silver bucket. But the weirdest thing was that mech was extremely small. Bigger than Wasp but still smaller than any other mechs he had seen so far.
A Minibot.
The mech grimaced in pain as he whispered, "Run." Wasp looked towards the direction were the seekers went but he didn't see them, they must have not noticed that he was not following anymore. He looked back at the Minibot and moved closer. Wasp was nervous, what he got caught talking to this bot? "Please youngling, run." The mech groaned. Wasp was close enough to touch the damaged mech, he blinked, "Who are you?" The Minibot shifted on the berth, but the chains were to tight to really do anything. "I don't know." Wasp tilted his helm to the side, he didn't understand, "What do you mean you don't know?" The Minibot frowned and looked around to make sure the mad scientist wasn't around, "HE wiped my memory, I think anyway but you have to run. Run as fast as you can, get away from here."
Wasp flinched as energon was spit out of the mech's mouth as he talked, "Why?" The Minibot started to cough, "Because he'll turn you into a monster youngling. No one deserves that. Please run."
"I think not."
Wasp turned around and was greeted with the sight of a large dark purple mech with only one hand, the other was a large plasma blaster. Wasp also noticed that this mech didn't have a faceplate, he only had one large optic. Wasp heard the Minibot start to shake with fear as the mech got closer. He looked down at the youngling and said with no emotion, "You must be the subject Thundercracker spoke about." Wasp nodded, he looked back at the shaking Minibot, "Who's that?" The mech stood there and looked at the scared Minibot. "That is an experiment, nothing more." The mech turned and pointed towards a door, "The seekers await you in there, I have something to take care of." Wasp looked at the Minibot and slowly headed towards the door.
As he was opening the door he looked behind him as he heard, "That was an illogical idea Autobot." His optics widen as the purple mech wrapped his hand around the dim spark. The Minibot started to scream. His wails echoed off the walls. Wasp put his servos over his auto receptors to try and block out the screams. Wasp yelled out in surprise as someone grabbed him and tried to shield him away from the gruesome scene but they weren't fast enough. He saw the purple mech pull his servo out of the Minibot's chest, his spark still in the mech's servo.
His optics were wide in shock and horror, and he nearly purged in the energon in his tank. He didn't notice someone shaking him and calling his name, his mind was playing the scream over and over. It reminded him of the attack that separated him from his brothers. His mind stopped. The attack. For this whole time his mind had forced him to forget the details about the attack but now everything was free. He saw the soldiers marching in the streets, shooting mechs, femmes and younglings alike and on their shoulders or wings was the Decepticon symbol. The Decepticons were responsible for the attack. They were responsible for everything. "Kill all of them," The voice whispered. He smiled, 'That's a good idea.' The voice chuckled, "Let them make you into a killing machine, than turn on them. Kill all of them, make them suffer for what they did to us!"
"WASP!"
He jerked up and looked at Thundercracker and he merely smiled in return, "Yes Thundercracker?" The seeker looked surprised, "You okay? You were out of it for a few Breems and you kind of started talking to yourself." Wasp's smile got bigger, "I realized something when that mech killed the Minibot. That's it." Thundercracker looked worried, "But you're okay, right?" Wasp's smile vanished and said coldly, "Never better." Wasp looked around and saw that the room they were in had a large berth in the middle and tools on the side. There was one bright light in the middle of the room making the corners overrun with shadows. It's an operating room Wasp realized.
Wasp looked over to the door as the dark purple mech entered, "Wasp this is Shockwave, he's going to reformat you." Thundercracker looked at Shockwave, "The deal is still on I hope." Shockwave walked over to the tools, "Nothing has changed." Thundercracker nodded, "When you awake you will be a new mech Wasp."
Wasp laid down on his sensitive door wings and flinched a little as a needle was poked in his arm protoform. Wasp started to feel the effects immediately. His mind become blurry and it was hard to think but before he went under he softly said, "I'll kill them all." He formed a smile as he blacked out.
A/N... Longest chapter so far! I'm happy. This chapter is a little dark but it's only going to get worse for Wasp. I hope you guys caught on that Wasp/Bee is turning a little dark. *Backs away from angry mod* Don't get mad at me for turning the cute little Bee into a murderous little Decepticon. It's all part of his story.
To the first person that can guess who the Autobot was, the one that Shockwave killed, I'll let you choose an Autobot that'll be introduced in the next or so chapter. Remember this in the Prime Universe. No Autobots that were introduced in the show, no Primes, no OCs, no dinobots and no Omega Supreme. (He is for later, hopefully) I'll give you a hint for the Autobot, he is in Transformer G1 and is a Minibot (obviously) I'll contact you if you guess the right Autobot and this is to the FIRST person that can guess right. Good luck and please review!