"You think Lord Megatron will be mad Starscream?" Skywarp coughed. Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp were on a mission that they failed because both Skywarp and Thundercracker were sick lately with the cyber flu, but they sucked it up so they could still work. "Seriously Skywarp? Of course he will be furious!" Thundercracker said tiredly as the three of them walked to the command room. Starscream looked at his trine who looked miserable. "Go to the med bay. You need to rest." The two of them nodded and turned towards the med bay. " STARSCREAM!" Starscream yelped at Megatron's voice as he walked up to him. Soundwave and Shockwave looked at each other then at Starscream nervously as Megatron came up to him. "Will you explain why you have failed again another mission?!"
Meanwhile in the med bay, Darkblade was treating her younger brother, Dreadwing and her best friend, Knockout who both caught the cyber flu as well. "Man this is scrap!" Knockout said hoarsely. Dreadwing looked at Darkblade smiling. "You know, you are the best sister ever." Darkblade smirked and rolled her optics. "Nice try Dreadwing, but you need to recover." Dreadwing pouted, "worth a shot." he said before shivering and curling up with the thermal blankets Darkblade gave the two of them. The med bay doors opened revealing a sick Skywarp and Thundercracker. "Okay you two, get on a medical berth." Darkblade said as the two laid down. "What's wrong with those two? Thundercracker said before purging into a waste can. "Dreadwing and Knockout caught the cyber flu so I'm helping them." Darkblade said as she inserted some coolant into the four of them to keep their frames from overheating.
As she was watching over them, she received a comm from Shockwave. "What is it Shockwave?" On the other side, Shockwave sent a nervous optic over to Soundwave. "It's Starscream." Darkblade laughed, "What? Did he piss off Megatron again? Or fail a mission?" Silence on the other end, then Soundwave's voice came on the other end, "Inquiry: Starscream being punished, Reason: Failing a Mission, Result: going to be offline." That last sentence made Darkblade's energon go cold. "I'll be there right away." She ended the comm call with the four sick cons staring at her. "What's going on?" Dreadwing asked in concern. "I'm being called to the command center. It's about Starscream." That made Thundercracker and Skywarp cry out in shock, "let us come with you!" Darkblade shook her helm. "No. You two need to get some more rest." The two seekers understood and laid back down. "I understand too Darkblade, I'll stay here as well." Knockout said while the femme nodded her helm. "Let's go sis!" Dreadwing said before being sat back down by his sister. "Sorry little bro, I was the only one called. And you need to get some rest as well." Dreadwing looked down at the floor nodding sadly as he watched his older sister leave the med bay. The four dejected coms offlined their optics and fell into recharge.
Once Darkblade got to the command room, she overheard some shouting coming from the other side, "You have failed another mission Again!" She watched in shock as Megatron raised a servo on Starscream, pulling his wings to the point where they almost came off. "Enough Lord Megatron!" The four cons turned to see Darkblade coming up to the injured seeker, Soundwave and Shockwave sighed in relief. "You okay Screamer?" Starscream nodded as she lifted him off the ground holding him steady. "I won't allow you to offline my friend!" Megatron only growled, "And what are you going to do medic?" Darkblade narrowed her optics and started taking Starscream to the med bay. Starscream then heard a loud BANG coming from behind them, "DARKBLADE!" he heard Soundwave and Shockwave cry out and looked towards the con holding him steady with a pained expression on her face. "Darkblade?" He said worryingly. "I'm fine Starscream." She said before fainting with Soundwave catching her and Shockwave holding Starscream steady. Starscream looked at Darkblade in horror, who seemed to have a wound leaking energon near her spark and looked at Megatron, who smirked as his servos revealed a cannon. "This is what you get for defying me my SIC, TIC, and scientist." He said before walking away. "Darkblade?" Come on wake up!" Soundwave said sadly trying to shake her awake, but to no avail. Shockwave then lifted a servo to his comm to contact Knockout.
Back in the Med bay, Knockout woke up from the sound of his comm ringing. "You reached Knockout!" He said tiredly. "Knockout, get a lot of medical supplies and meet us by the groundbridge. Bring Dreadwing, Skywarp, and Thundercracker as well." Shockwave said on the other end. The other three woke up in confusion as they listened to the conversation. "Why? And why do you need me to bring medical supplies?" Shockwave was silent on the other end. "It's about Darkblade." Dreadwing looked in shock as well as the others when they heard the second medical officer's name. "We're on our way." Knockout said as he turned off his comm and ran to get his medical supplies with the others helping him. Once they got all of his supplies, they left the med bay to go to the groundbridge.
At the groundbridge, Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave were still attempting to wake Darkblade up when they saw the four sick cons coming up. "Got the med supplies now-" "SIS!" Knockout was interrupted by Dreadwing, who looked at the severely injured and unconscious Darkblade in horror. "What happened to her?!" Skywarp cried out. "Megatron shot her when she was taking Starscream to the med bay." Soundwave said still holding Darkblade. "Well where are we going then?" Thundercracker asked confused. "We are leaving the Decepticons." Starscream said sadly. "I agree. Megatron harmed our friend when she was protecting Starscream and we do not want to stay where any more harm can come to us." Shockwave said as he started up the groundbridge. Knockout only looked at Darkblade with sad optics before heading into the groundbridge with the others following. "Hang in there Darkblade." Starscream said before being brought into the groundbridge by Shockwave.