Hello here is another chapter for everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your summer.

I don't own Transformers Prime as the show is owned by Hasbro.

Ch. 33: Evaluation Period

With Mecha's true form revealed Megatron instantly felt fear for Elisa. He knew from first hand dark energon was deadly to either mech or dragon and Elisa was already in a dismal state. Elisa let out small whimpers now and then as Mecha started to drag the bodies out.

"Mecha you aahhhh!" Skyblade screamed when he saw Mecha glowing. Shadow huddled next to him while Slider and Glider remained frozen on the stop. SeekGazer was alarmed, but was able to hide it as he stared at the glowing Elder.

"You…you are a…a…"

"An Elder of course." Mecha sneered. 'It's very easy to conceal one's true form with enough power and experience." He chuckled. "Now are you going to be my good little servants or do you want to join your former leader?!" Mecha snarled holding Magma's dead body high in air. The remaining tribe instantly bowed to Mecha as they accepted him instantly as they feared for their sparks. Mecha came back into the room and went straight for Elisa.

"No! Get away from her!" Megatron shouted, but of course he was ignored as he turned Elisa onto her back making her moan in pain. Mecha stared at her as Elisa whimpered in fear.

"Hmmmm, what am I going to do with you?" Mecha teased. His claws started to trace her neck before they started to go lower…and lower.

"Megatron get him off me." Elisa sobbed.

That did it for him. With the last of the willpower he had flexed his arms and did his best to ignore the pain from the shocks as he tried to slam his fists to the ground.

And he did.

The binds shattered and Megatron was free, so with an angry shout he charged at Mecha. He tackled Mecha to the ground and slammed his blade at the first place he saw, which happened to be his chest. Mecha shouted in pain before he stabbed Megatron with his claws and they went right through his waist. Mecha shoved Megatron off of, but he started firing. Mecha roared as debris started to fall on him and bury him. Reacting fast Megatron grabbed Elisa, making her scream in pain as he hurried out and made for their escape.

"Attack!" Skyblade shouted as Megatron ran past him.

"Can anyone here me!?" Megatron shouted in com link as he kept running, never looking back. He didn't know where he was going, but he knew he needed to get out or else Elisa could die down here. "Can anyone here me!?" He shouted again, but still no answer. "Aarrgh!" Megatron shouted as he was tackled again and Elisa was flung from his arms. He got up to see Mecha hovering above Elisa and hissing at him with deadly fangs exposed…and he noticed they were dripping a venom of some kind. He started firing, but Mecha easily ignored the blows and he fired at Megatron making him dodge and leap further back. It gave Mecha time and he bit Elisa right on her neck.

Megatron stumbled to his pedes at the sounds of Elisa's scream and he saw Mecha was pumping venom into her. He shoved his blade into Mecha's side and he snarled at Megatron in anger. He fired right into Mecha's mouth sending him back again. Megatron grunted when something hit him and he saw the remaining tribe charging after to him. Grabbing Elisa, she clutched at him tightly as he started running again.

"Somebody answer me!" He shouted in frustration, but still nobody answered. However, Primus seemed to be on his side because he started to see moonlight and so he headed towards it. He nearly burst into tears of joy when he finally made it to the surface. "Almost there Elisa hang on. Please hang on." He said as he kept running. "If anyone can hear me I need bridge now!" He snapped. Nobody answered but a bridge did open with Optimus and the predacons coming through and firing at the dragons chasing Megatron.

"You can't escape me!" Mecha shouted into the air as Megatron went through the bridge. Optimus stared at Mecha wide-eyed at his new form.

"Go!" He shouted at Predaking and they scrambled through the bridge. When they came through Optimus saw Elisa screaming in Megatron's arms and clutching him tightly as he cradled her. "Elisa…Elisa…it's alright. It's alright." Optimus said as he rubbed Elisa's side, but she continued to cry and hold Megatron tightly.

"She needs medical attention." Megatron huffed as he started to feel weak from energon loss. They scrambled to the medical bay and Megatron cautiously placed her on the berth, but Elisa wouldn't let go of his arm.

"No. No. No. No. Please Megatron…please no!" She pleaded as her breathing became erratic.

"Elisa…Elisa. It's alright. You're safe now." Megatron said caressing her cheek. Ratchet injected her with a sedative and she flinched, but almost immediately fell asleep. He quickly backed away to let Ratchet work. "Mecha broke her arm, wrist, hand, hip, and possibly a few ribs." Megatron explained as he backed away. Knockout guided him to another berth and he started working on his open wounds, but soon lost consciousness as well.

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Megatron woke up first in a lot of pain. He groaned as he rubbed his waist and felt the work done to close the open wound. He looked around and saw Elisa on the table across from him. He got up from the table and grunted as his wounds still hurt him. He limped slightly as he walked over to her. Tears began anew as he saw the state she was in. Her entire right arm was in a cast and that included her wrist and fingers and there was a small cast around her hip. Her waist was heavily bruised as well as the rest of her body. He caught glimpses of bandages on her wings. He bowed his head in shame as he cried and his body shook with silent sobs as he rubbed Elisa's other arm.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry little one. I'm so sorry." He whispered before he kissed the top of her head. He looked up when he saw Ratchet and Optimus enter the room.

"You should be back in the berth. Those wounds are still tender." Ratchet said quietly as he went to the monitor to check Elisa's vitals.

"You should know by now that I have had a lot worse Ratchet." Megatron said quietly. It was then that he noticed her neck wound. It looked awful. He could see the veins in her skin as they had turned black and it seemed like it was seeping down her arm. "That has to be dark energon." Megatron said pointing to the wound and showing Optimus.

"We already know. It's spreading through her." Optimus said quietly. Megatron's spark fell at the thought of the dark venom taking her. He knew he couldn't let that happen.

"We're working on trying to eradicate it, but so far nothing seems to be working." Ratchet explained.

"What have you done?"

"Given her energon, but it just gets absorbed and turned into dark energon." Ratchet answered.

"I think it might act as a venom as I saw it dripping from Mecha's fangs. Is it possible to create an anti-venom?" Megatron asked.

"Possibly, now that you told us that." Ratchet said as he took a syringe and took a sample of Elisa's blood and it was already a darker color that was almost black. Ratchet quickly left with a sample to start working with Shockwave on an anti-venom. When the doors closed behind him Megatron looked back at Optimus with heavy optics.

"You should get some rest Megatron." Optimus said gently.

"I'm sorry Prime. I couldn't stop him. I was too weak." Megatron said in defeat.

"I'm not angry at you and I don't blame you for anything. I know she's safe with you." Optimus said in such a gentle tone that it made Megatron want to go on his knees and beg for forgiveness.

"He wouldn't leave her alone. I kept telling him to go after me, but he kept going for her." Megatron said.

"Don't beat yourself up over this. You need to get your strength back, because in case you haven't noticed, we need you Megatron." Optimus said with a slight tease.

"Thank you Optimus." Megatron said sincerely. Optimus gave his arm a pat before slowly leaving the room. Megatron let out a deep breath and sat down by Elisa's medical berth. He watched her for some time before he fell back into recharge.

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"Ratchet this substance is highly unstable and quick to respond." Shockwave said as he looked over Elisa's blood sample.

"I'm well aware of this Shockwave, but we need to find a cure now." Ratchet said sternly.

"There is no cure for dark energon."

"This is a poison! There has to be a cure!" Ratchet shouted. "We can't look at the dark energon aspect of it, but anything else that stands out." Ratchet insisted slightly more calm. Shockwave didn't say anything, but returned to the work at hand.

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Megatron groaned awake when Galvatron walked into the room.

"May I speak with you?" He asked seriously.

"Give me a moment." He grumbled as he slowly stood up with a flinch. "Getting old is not fun." Megatron mumbled before going out into the hallway with the dragon.

"What did you see?"

"He was glowing with dark energon, but I didn't see any shard on him. He said he was an Elder and he killed Magma and his two sons." Megatron explained.

"Oh scrap, this is worse than I thought." Galvatron groaned.

"Did you know any of this?" Megatron asked curiously.

"I had no idea Mecha was an elder. I knew he was a scientist like Shockwave. That is it." Galvatron answered. "How is she?" He asked nodding over to the room.

"Still asleep, but I think her wound is getting worse." Megatron said going back inside. The blackness had spread through her arm as Megatron could see it on her fingers. It was up further on her neck and spreading to the left side.

"Is that venom?" Galvatron asked.

"I don't know, possibly so. Mecha bit Elisa and the substance was leaking from his fangs." Megatron answered.

"I'll be back." Galvatron said before leaving.

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Taking a bridge to one of the farther plains on Cybertron, Galvatron started digging. He had seen this venom before in one of Mecha's labs during the early days of the war and anti-venom had been made in case an epidemic broke, but it never happened. He knew the original sample was long gone, but the materials to make it weren't. He kept digging for the longest time before he finally hit what he was looking for.

Iron.

Through lab experiments they discovered that iron mixed with energon was thick enough to absorb any poison. Galvatron grinned as he held up the large shard before calling for a bridge and handing the shard to Ratchet.

"Melt this down and mix it with energon." Galvatron stated.

"What does Iron have to do with this?" Ratchet snapped.

"Iron and energon mixed are thick enough to absorb any poison. We found a sample of this venom that is inside Elisa long ago in one of Mecha's earlier labs." Galvatron answered.

"This way Ratchet." Shockwave said quickly.

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"Nooooo….dooooon't…." Elisa moaned in her sleep alerting Megatron instantly.

"Elisa wake up." Megatron said gently shaking her. She cried out in pain and looked up at him.

"Megatron?!" She gasped in shock that he was here.

"Hello little one." Megatron said as he kissed her hand.

"You're ok." She said happily.

"Of course. How are you feeling?" He whispered.

"Tired, sore, and a little hot." She answered. The doors opened and Ratchet and Optimus came into the room. Ratchet had a needle that was filled with black liquid.

"Carrier what is that?" Elisa asked nervously. He blinked in surprise as she hadn't called him that for some time now, but he couldn't wait any longer.

"It's an anti-venom from the bite Mecha gave you." Ratchet answered calmly. He cautiously injected the substance inside and she moaned in pain. Optimus caressed her face in comfort as her breathing started to get heavy and she started to sweat.

"I don't feel good." She moaned as she started to wither under the medical straps. Ratchet reacted fast and got a bucket before she quickly started to purge hard. Megatron inwardly flinched at her hard coughs that shook her body and made her throat raw. She purged a grey substance mixed with purple and they knew the anti-venom was working. Thankfully for Elisa's painful ribcage she stopped purging and tried get her breathing down to normal. Ratchet scanned her vitals and saw they were improving and the blackness in her veins was disappearing fast.

"Thank the Allspark."

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Elisa woke up in a forest, which puzzled her, since she had been on Cybertron for a while now. When she started to get up she gasped in pain as it ran down her back. She let out small whimpers as the pain continued as she tried to move. She gritted her teeth as she reached behind her and touched her back. Her eyes went wide and she panicked when she touched her back.

Her wings were gone.

Tears started running down her face as she started to scream. She screamed in pain both physical and metal as her wings had been cut from her body. She kept screaming and crying as the pain kept coming. As she kept screaming her vision started to fade, but someone was in her view at the same time.

"Elisa! Elisa! Elisa!" Megatron shouted as she kept screaming. She stopped screaming long enough to realize that Megatron was holding her and that she had been dreaming.

"Megatron!" She gasped breathing hard. She grabbed at his arm and cried out in pain as her arm was still in a cast and the sudden movement also hurt her broken ribs. He placed her hand back down on the berth and she looked around. She saw that she was in large quarters on a soft berth. The door opened and her Creators came running in with concern. "Sire…Carrier." She mumbled in pain.

"Hi Elisa." Optimus said happily and nuzzled her cheek. "You shouldn't be moving so be careful." He said gently. Ratchet started scanning her over to examine her wounds.

"How did I get here?" She mumbled.

"I got you back here." Megatron answered.

"Really? I don't remember…sorry." She said to Megatron.

"Don't worry about it little one." He chuckled.

"Wait…I…I remember something. Magma said something about DesGhidorah walking." She said quickly.

"We know Elisa. We led an assault on DesGhidorah and managed to destroy it's wings. Right now it hasn't been moving, but with Mecha's true form revealed I have a feeling that it will not last long." Optimus explained.

"What about Mecha?" She asked. The three mechs looked at each other for a moment.

"I'll get Galvatron quickly." Megatron said as he hurried out. Elisa looked at the door puzzled for a moment before Megatron came back in as Galvatron came back in as well.

"I'm glad to say someone is awake." He teased. She wave hello at him with her good hand. "Mecha is an Elder from what Megatron has described. Unfortunately he's one of the more powerful ones that we all thought had died out eons ago. I really don't know much about him, but what I do is not good. He's a master of creation and dark energon. DesGhidroah is currently disabled but we need to strike an assault soon, but you have to stay here. You need to heal." He said sincerely.

"Does he have a connection with Unicron?" Elisa asked curiously.

"I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if they exchanged words once or twice, he could be that old." Galvatron answered.

"I'm sorry Galvatron, but you're going to have to leave now." Ratchet announced. He glared at the medic for a moment but quickly left the room and Elisa didn't fail to see the tension.

"Can I talk to Carrier real quick?" Elisa asked weakly. Megatron and Optimus reluctantly left the room and Ratchet came closer to her.

"Carrier…I…." She started.

"Don't. I'm sorry Elisa. You don't have to apologize I do." Ratchet said sincerely. "I shouldn't have said the things I said. I was wrong to take my grief out on you Elisa. I was just…oh Primus…I'm so sorry Elisa." Ratchet said with tears coming.

"It's ok Carrier. I missed you." She mumbled half-asleep because of the pain in her body.

"I missed you too." Ratchet whispered before he kissed her forehead.

"Love…Carrier." She whispered before she was back asleep.

"I love you too baby."

Yaaayyyy Elisa and Ratchet finally made up! I did get inspired for Elisa's dream from a scene in Maleficent. Please Review!