Cliffjumper's POV;

::Can you believe Optimus?:: Lyrazone grumbled over the comm link. ::First leaving Carly, and now he doesn't even seem to care!::

::I get where you're coming from. Really, Lyra, I do. But I think you should cut Optimus a little slack.:: I started hesitantly.

::What?!:: she snapped, screeching to a stop, flipping into her robot mode, glowering at me. "You saw him, Cliff, he showed no emotion! Why are you taking his side?"

"I'm not! But it's just-Prime's never show emotion, they can't afford the luxury."

"Not even towards their own children?! It's not right-"

"No, it isn't right." I started carefully, "But nothing about this war is, Lyra!" I took a deep breath, "You haven't been exposed to it like we have, and I'm thankful for that. I don't wish it upon anyone, especially those I care about!" I paused. "Think about it this way, if you had an enemy that just wouldn't stop. One that would take any chance he could to finish you off, would you want him to know about your family, about how much you care for others? He doesn't show emotions, because he can't afford too. He had had over hundreds of millennia's to perfect that."

"Cliff." She faltered, "I can feel Carly through our bond, and I know Optimus can too. She is scared, and someone is hurting her." she stared at me for a long hard minute, "Someone is hurting her, and her father is supposed to be protecting her, and I can't understand how he can be so emotionally detached about this? How he can be so fragging calm? How are you feeling about all this? You seem to be handling this, like everyone else is."

"You wanna know the truth? I'm scared. But we can't all break down at once. We will find her. We won't give up until we do, alright?"

Lyra just nodded, shifting back into her alt mode. I could see her pain, her anguish. It was the only thing keeping her going right now. We had to find Carly, at any coast.

Narrative POV (aboard the Nemesis);

An unruly, broken scream rippled through the air. Upped with so much pain, it could have reduced you to tears, but it didn't even falter her attackers.

"Where are they!" Starscream snarled.

"I DON'T KNOW! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" Carly screamed, tears rushing down her face.

Crackles of electricity filling in the silence causing another scream to fill the silence.

Carly hiccuped as she sobbed. Everything hurt. Pain more intense than anything she ever could have possibly imagined. The only thing keeping her going was her unrealistic hope that Lyra and Cliff would save her. Deep down she didn't believe they had a chance against these giant metal monsters.

"I'll ask again; Where is the location of the Autobot's hideaway?" he asked impatiently, tapping his heel like feet on the floor.

Carly didn't have the strength left to make another attempt to convince him that she really didn't know anything. Her now silent tears dripping off her chin and nose, falling a great hight to land with a splash on the ground.

"Your friends can't save you, you know. They can't even find you. So if you want to get out of this alive, I suggest you become a little more cooperative. Otherwise I will find other means to make you talk." He threatened, as he stalked out of the room, but Carly could hardly lift her head.

Narrative POV (Autobot Base);

"Dang blast it! Fragging human technology!" Rachet cursed, before turning to face Optimus. "I won't be able to find her using his!" he said exasperating.

"Would you be able to fix it?" Optimus asked, having very little lick coming out with a plan. He held a calm exterior, but beyond that, he was in a state of panic. Wanting to do that right thing, practical and beneficial to his team. However, he also wanted to save his daughter, whatever the coast, and to keep her safe from any future attack like this.

"I've tried everything. I'm sorry Optimus." Rachet sighed with a shake of his head.

"You have nothing to apologize for my old friend."

"What would you like us to do?"

"The only thing we can do right now. Ask the others to keep an eye open for her and her captors while they are patrolling."

Rachet nodded, but looked at his friend, silently, noticing his distracted eyes. "What will you do?"

"I don't know."


Deception is Deception: *Face-palm* Thank you for letting me know. I guess I was just thinking about Shockwave or something at the time. Also, thanks for telling me how to spell Megatronus! :) I will take extra care to make sure I get it right in the future! :D

StarLight837: Haha, I'm sure Lyra verbal thrashings now, and in the future will be more then enough for the big guy. But if you do do anything, I suggest a hammer, just saying. Mostly because the Autobots kinda need him, just a little bit...XP Anyways! x) Thank you! I hope I didn't take to long to update! :P

: *Hugs* I'm sorry, and its just going to get worse before it gets better. :( You should! I miss that one!

The Drone: Thanks! :) Yeah, I don't know who I feel worse for right now, Lyra or Optimus...I think I'm leaning a little more to Lyra and Cliff, but Optimus is right behind them.

Yeah, I don't think Knockout would have spared him. I think he would have made it as long and painful as possible, Breakdown was his partner in crime, his best friend, after all.

Haha, thank you! Their names aren't that similar...but they are just similar enough that I would manage to confuse them...XP


Thanks for reading, and all your reviews, their are still a few chapters left for the prologue, and I'm also trying to get the first chapters of the next part ready to publish for as soon as I finish 'Superman'. The only think I'm going to tell you about the main story is that it is going to be entitled 'The Oath'! :)

As always, please review, and let me know what you think. I love hearing from you all! :D

~Haiden