(Please see previous disclaimers)
Back in the underground base, Optimus grew a little nervous. He wasn't sure why, but he feared something as going to happen to his mate or sons. His sons were safe in the base, but Mirage was out and doing a task that few were qualified to do as of yet. Optimus could only hope that Mirage came back.
Meanwhile, in the castle formerly occupied by King Sentinel and his mate, Mirage was making his way in, to see if he could find anything of importance. Megatron, sensing some kind of presence in the base he was using, began to hunt for the source of that sense. Megatron quickly scanned rooms, but observed nothing, as Mirage had his invisibility shields on. Though Megatron didn't see anything, he still sensed a presence and headed for it.
Mirage didn't realize that his energy signature had been detected by Megatron. Mirage still thought he was relatively safe, thanks to his illusionary powers. How wrong was Mirage going to be, as soon, in the room Mirage was in, appeared Megatron. Mirage had no idea how the bot had gotten there, but Mirage stayed still, hoping to not be noticed.
Megatron, sensing something in this particular room, moved about. He couldn't see what he was trying to find, but he seemed to know it was in this room. Mirage tried to remain quiet, but it was hard. And before Mirage even realized it, Megatron was right on top of the bot. Megatron scanned with special heat scanners and soon found where Mirage was hiding. Megatron grabbed the smaller bot and dragged him off. Mirage, having turned off his communications, was in big trouble.
Megatron carried the small bot up to the berth that once was used by King Sentinel and Queen Elita. Mirage was puzzled as to why he was brought here and not to a brig or something. Then Mirage had a sinking feeling. Megatron knew who Mirage was – the Prince of Kaon – and Megatron was going to use Mirage for a very dirty purpose. And with no way to fight off the larger bot, Mirage knew his fate was sealed.
Megatron smirked. He was pleased that he had caught the so-called Prince of Kaon. And while Megatron would have normally taken the bot to the brig – Megatron had hatched another idea in hopes of getting to the Prime. Megatron chuckled. "It's not so easy to fool me" He stated as tied Mirage down to the berth. "And now, I am going to take exactly what I want – your sparking chamber" Megatron revealed.
Mirage grew sick even as his systems were heating up. He realized exactly what Megatron meant at that, and having no other choice or ability to leave, Mirage closed his optics and waited for the sickening session to be over. Megatron relished with delight what he was doing to the poor bot, including forcing a spark merge that Megatron didn't know Optimus felt. It was only then that Optimus realized what had happened and wished he hadn't sent his mate out at all.
Megatron finished with what he planned to do and then dropped a passed-out Mirage outside the gates of Iacon, knowing some dumb Autobot would find the poor schmuck, or so Megatron thought. Megatron would bide his time, hoping that what he had taken would soon be returned to him.
Soon, a smaller bot who had no known faction found the passed-out form of Mirage. And recognizing the symbols, the small femme dragged the larger mech back to where the femme hoped to find an opening to the Autobot base. She drove on and on until she ran into a small mech who she didn't know was Bumblebee. Bee saw her and then saw the passed-out form of Mirage. "Where did you find him?" Bee asked, extremely worried.
"I… I found him like this outside of the gates of the Kingdom of Iacon. I don't know who he is, sir, but I could see he needed help" the young femme answered. "I was on my way to find the base of the Autobots, as the cons are looking for me to destroy me."
"Follow me" Bee stated, helping the femme pull the larger mech. Soon, they arrived at a secret entrance to the base. Bee led them inside. The femme was just happy to feel safe. "Please go see Optimus while I take the bot you found to the med bay" Bee stated, sending the femme elsewhere.
Bee was worried and hurried Mirage to the med bay. "We have a problem here, Ratchet" Bee announced and then brought in Mirage.
Ratchet took one look and seemed to know. He scanned Mirage. It wasn't good news – Mirage was sparked yet again, but the little one's didn't have Optimus' code in them. They had some other bot's code, and that's when Ratchet knew Optimus was going to be livid. "He is sparked…from his rapist" Ratchet revealed to Bee and Jumper who had joined bee in the med bay. Bee didn't like the sound of that. And he knew Optimus would like it even less.
Meanwhile, after assigning the new femme bot to her quarters, Optimus made his way to the med bay, as the femme had informed him of what she had found and how she had been able to get to the base. Optimus was angry as he had a feeling what he was going to find out from Ratchet, but he kept those feelings at bay for now, as Mirage needed Optimus to be a strong, loving mate right now. Optimus swore then and there that he would see the end of Megatron, no matter what.