Guess who's back. Back again.
As Soundwave arrived at the decepticon base, he dropped Rick down on the ground, not caring if he got hurt or not. Rick landed on the ground with a thud face first. "Ngh, could've warned me." Rick said to the silent con. As usual, Soundwave stayed silent.
Soundwave walked over to the door and punched in a few numbers to open the door. When the door opened a tall and dark cybertronian was walking towards Rick. Rick was about to move away thinking it was Megatron when really, it wasn't. Rick looked up and realized that the con only had one large optic. It was Shockwave. Even though Rick was also afraid of Shockwave, he was grateful that it wasn't Megatron.
"Soundwave, where are the others? Megatron simply asked for a femme." Shockwave said as he glared at Rick. "The young mech, was closer. The others were protected by the autobots." Soundwave said in a mixture of Starscream and Megatron's voice. Shockwave sighed and looked at Soundwave. "Take him into the medical wing."
"I don't need to be treated." Rick said as he realized he said that out loud. He immediately regretted it as Shockwave glared at him again. Then, within a second, he lost the glare and turned it into a smile. A cruel smile. "You have no idea, do you?" he said to Rick who was completely confused.
Shockwave chuckled evilly. "Make sure he knows about...you know." Shockwave said to Soundwave as Soundwave nodded and grabbed Rick's arm firmly. "Hey, let go."
"SILENCE!" Soundwave said to him in Megatron's voice. Rick gulped and shut his mouth.
As they traveled inside, he noticed a few decepticons were looking at him. There were three reactions. One, they would sneer. Two, they would roll there optics. And three, they would just ignore him and turn back to what they were doing. Rick didn't care how they felt. He just wanted to get out of this cruel place.
"Have respect." Rick had to look up to realize that Shockwave spoke. "Megatron is here." he said as another door opened revealing the throne room. Rick immediately gulped. Right there in front of him. Was Lord Megatron himself. He was sitting on his throne tapping his digits on his throne armchair. Clearly, he was annoyed due to the fact that he wasn't what he wanted. Next to him on the right was Starscream. Rick wasn't all that surprised that Starscream was still alive, due to the fact that he encountered him before back at the library.
Shockwave pushed Rick forward as Rick almost fell on his faceplate if not he'd caught himself with his arms. "Neal before Lord Megatron." Starscream said as Rick only spat on the ground. "Like I would do that." Rick said as Megatron got up from his throne chair. "Soundwave, explain to me why you have this pathetic child when I asked for my child?" Soundwave walked up to Lord Megatron, but not too close to not disrespect him. "The young mech was already close to me. As I went for the others, I already heard the sirens coming from laserbeak." Soundwave paused for a minute. "But, rest assure you, if you have the mech, then you'll get the artifacts." Soundwave said as he pointed at Rick who was obviously scared to death.
Megatron glared at the young mech making Rick shrink back down. Megatron turned back to Soundwave. "Bring him to Knockout. If he knows something, then he'll have ways to persuade him to talk." Soundwave gave Megatron a nod and walked back to Rick. Rick tried to back away from him but he knew it was useless as Soundwave's tentacles surrounded him causing him to come closer to Soundwave. Once Rick was secured, they both walked towards the medical bay.
A while later, they arrived at the door. Soundwave knocked out it. "Knockout, I got someone for you." he said in Starscream's voice. A moment later, the door opened and Knockout emerged from the room. "What do you want? Can't you see I'm-" Knockout was about to say something when he noticed Rick. Knockout knew him immediately. "This is one of my son's friends." he said as he grabbed Rick's arm and pulled him towards him.
Rick growled and tried to push his arm away from him. Knockout's grip only got tighter. "He might know something about the artifact." Soundwave said in Starscream and Megatron's voice. "Say no more, I know just how to persuade him." Knockout said.
"One more thing."
"Yes?" Knockout asked as Soundwave whispered in his ear drum. Knockout smirked evilly and nodded. "I will most certainly do that Soundwave." he said as Knockout closed the door to his medical bay.
When Rick was inside, he looked at the bay. It wasn't like a normal bay. Sure, there were bandages and medicine but the table was completely different. Scary even. It was like going to the dentist scary. The table had spikes on it and the table was old and dusty. And Rick was pretty sure he saw a spider crawling on it.
"Get on the table. Now!" Knockout yelled as Rick quickly ran and hopped up on the table. He didn't lay down though knowing he wasn't stupid enough to do that. "What was that about? What did Soundwave tell you?" Rick asked without thinking. Knockout only chuckled and sharpened a knife. "Do you know of someone by the name of Beta Magnus?" Knockout asked with a sneer smile. Rick gulped. "She's my mother. She died during the revolution. My sire said she was killed by a decepticon." Rick said with a sad face. "That's where you're wrong dear boy." Rick looked at Knockout who was now clutching the knife like it was his own child. "W-What do you mean? D-D-Did you-"
"Oh no nothing like that. You see, your sire killed your own carrier." Rick's optics were so wide that he thought they were gonna be bigger than Shockwave's. "What...but he-"
"Loved her. Oh he did love her. He loved her so much he couldn't bear to live without her. You don't remember this since this was a few hours before you were born. Your father was doing patrols around the city looking for your carrier. When he found her, she was in pain. She was in labor right now and your sire delivered you on his own. Impressive right? Anyway, your carrier Beta was connected to Megatron in so many ways."
"What ways?"
"Ways you couldn't even imagine. Though, there was an epic fight going on with Megatron and Beta. Ultra Magnus had the gun at the ready. Though, in order for him to end Megatron, he had to end Beta." Rick was so shocked he felt a nerve inside of him twitch. Though, he kept listening. "Ultra Magnus had you in his arms. With only last look at your carrier, the ray gun shot directly at her and Megatron." Rick gasped as if he was losing air though cybertronians don't need to breathe. "M-My sire. H-He...he lied to me." Rick said as he felt an energon tear roll down his face.
"Aw don't be sad. At least you'll die knowing the truth." Knockout said as he swung his knife at Rick. It bled into Rick's cybertronian skin. Rick cried out in pain as he covered his arms. "Now then, where should I cut you next?"
Or brave mech is being tortured. And his carrier was killed by his sire. Will Rick ever look at his father the same again, or will Ultra Magnus lose both of his worlds.