Let's get one thing straight here…

You guys are probably gonna be so fragging mad at me after this chapter, but I promise, it's not the end of the story. I'm not that mean.

This was supposed to be one full chapter, but I wanted to be a total jerk and give you a cliffhanger.

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Chapter 37

Ratchet averted his optics as Megatron led him through the warship. The warlord was attempting to convince Ratchet to help him and Shockwave finish the synthetic Energon formula for the new Omega Lock. He had to admit, Megatron's proposal was enticing, but he couldn't allow Megatron to cyber-form earth.

"Doctor, I believe that someone you know, is here as well."

The Autobot looked up. "Who are you referring to?" They entered the medical lab, where Shockwave and Knock Out stood. They parted, to reveal a clear cylinder; a limp figure lay on the bottom. "Silver Star!" The sparkling didn't stir. "What have you done to her!?"

"Not much, yet." Knock Out smirked. "The power inside her is the perfect power source for the Omega Lock. So, we've decided to syphon the energy out of her."

"That will offline her!"

"On the contrary, if we were to drain it all out of her, at one time, it would surely offline her. However, doing it slowly, albeit more painfully, will spare her life." Megatron smirked.

The medic placed a servo on the cylinder. "And, I guess, if I cooperate, you will spare her life?" as he saw the nod, he vented. "I'll do it, but you already knew that, didn't you…? First, may I speak with the sparkling?" The three Decepticons drew back. Ratchet tapped on the cylinder; at first, she didn't move, but her optics began to open. "Star…"

"Rache'?"

"Are you alright?" He said calmly.

Star tried to sit up, but she couldn't. "It hurts…" Her optics filled with coolant.

"I know, I know it does," he soothed. "Star, listen to me. You're going to have to be strong. Shockwave is draining the Allspark energy out of you, and yes, it hurts, but you'll live. If they take it all out of you, at one time, it will offline you." Her optics filled with fear. "You can live, even though it hurts, so you have to be strong, strong so you can see your sire and carrier again. Do you understand me?"

She nodded, placing her servos against the cylinder. "I can be st'ong…"

Silver Star screamed as Shockwave syphoned more and more Allspark energy out of her. "STOOOOP!" She collapsed, barely conscious.

"You lied to the Autobot about the sparkling," she heard Knock Out say. "No matter how long it takes, or how much we take at a time, this will end her life. We're just causing her more pain."

Silver Star gasped, partially out of pain, and the other part out of shock. She was going to die, no matter what. Her consciousness slipped away, as these thoughts ran across her mind.

"Knock…"

The mech looked down at the sparkling. "What do you want?"

"I…" she clenched her servos. "I wan' you to do it."

"Do what?"

Her blue optics stared up into his red ones. "I wan' you to take all en'gy out of me now…"

"What?!" He stared at her in shock. Did she know that this would kill her?

"Knock, I know I gonna die." Coolant ran down her facial plating. "No matte' wha', you gonna kill me. I don' wan' to hurt anymo'e… please, make it all stop…!"

The mech's optics softened. She would rather offline now, than suffer any more pain and offline anyway. She did not deserve all this suffering; how could he make her hurt anymore? Even his hard spark couldn't stand to see her pain go on…"

Megatron approached the captive sparkling. "You are braver than I would have thought, little one. Accepting death is not something many full-grown Cybertronians can do, but perhaps you are far too innocent to truly understand your predicament."

"Lord Megatron," Shockwave looked up from his station. "We are nearly ready for the procedure."

"Good. Now, am I correct in saying that the synthetic Energon formula is completed?" A nod from his scientist caused a dark grin to cross his features

Silver Star looked up, fearfully as the bay door opened once again. "What are you doing to her!?" Ratchet came bursting in, two Vehicons attempted to hold him back. "Silver Star!"

"She is no longer your concern, Autobot. The sparkling has asked us to end her suffering and, so we shall do it."

"NO!" The medic struggled against his captors. "I won't let you harm her!"

A small, quiet voice, stopped him. "Rache'… don'." The little femme looked him in the optics. "I don' wanna hurt anymore. I gonna offline anyway, so I can hurt or no'." She gave him the tiniest smile. "Can you tell Sire and Carrier dat I love t'em?"

"You can tell them yourself! Don't you say things like that!"

Before he could say another word, Shockwave activated the machine. The current of energy flowed across the room, causing the cylinder to glow. Silver Star gave one, tiny squeak, and then her body collapsed.

"SILVER STAR!"

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Zephaniah 3:17

"The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."