Chapter 2: The Escape
For a few weeks the Decepticons would give me food and then they would give me anesthesia so they could do God knows what to me. And Every time I woke up my body never felt the same. The only main reason why I didn't try to escape was to keep my good friend WheelJack alive. WheelJack is a 30 foot tall white and gray robot who is a part of a Cybertronian species called Autobots. WheelJack was the only one who kept my spirit high in this tense situation. He basically had my back and I did my best to have his. During my time on the Decepticon warship the Decepticons trained me to fight and experimented on me, giving me weapons to enhance myself whenever I lost during training. I did my best to win because everytime they "enhanced" me it only brought me pain. If it wasn't for WheelJack I would've tried to kill myself at the very beginning. On one special day I wake with an extreme pain that I've never felt before in my ears. I scream praying that the pain will go away. "Sam, are you ok?!" WheelJack asked with a worried tone. Yet as soon as the pain started it just ended. "Kid, what just happened?" WheelJack asked. As soon as he spoke the pain came back. "WheelJack stop talking the more you speak the more it hurts." I say. Then it hit me, they gave me the ability to adjust my hearing. "Kid, I'm serious. What just happened?" WheelJack said. "I got an idea." I say as I run over to the cell door and place my right ear on it. "What is it?" He asked. "Just stand there and be quiet." I told him. "Why?" He asked. "Just trust me." I yelled. "Ok ok do your thing." He said. I listen closely, enhancing my right ear's hearing. Once I do I hear footsteps walk into a room and I hear Starscream yell "WHY WAS THE BOY PUT BACK INTO HIS CELL HALF AN HOUR LATE?!" Then I hear another voice belonging to what I believe to be another Decepticon "well commander Starscream he was unconscious for an extra hour because of the mind control you requested." After hearing that I get an expression of horror on my face. I continue to listen in on the conversation. "Why is that?" Starscream asked. "Well we finished the mind control but when we tested it his emotions overpowered the mind control and caused him to be unconscious for an extra hour." The Decepticon said. "IS THERE ANY WAY FOR THE MIND CONTROL TO WORK?!" Starscream asked with an angry tone. "Yes there is commander Starscream." The Decepticon replied. "What is it?" Starscream questioned. "We could lock away his memory in the computer chip in his head." The Decepticon told Starscream. "But there's a catch." He continued. "What's the catch?" Starscream asked. "We'll have to make 2 versions of the lock." The Decepticon said. "Why 2?" Starscream questioned. "Because when we added that chip in his head it created a new section of memories." The Decepticon said. "How long will that take?" Starscream asked. "2 weeks." The Decepticon said. "Do what you must to get it done then, I want it finished for the testing part." Starscream said. "Why?" The Decepticon asked. "Because the first test is going to be the boy killing WheelJack." Starscream answered. After I heard that I set my hearing back to normal and I stumbled back with a shocked expression and tears dripped out of my eyes. WheelJack walked over "what is it?" He asked. "Th-they're working on mind control for me." I said with a state of shock. "WHAT?!" He said all surprised. "That's not even the worst part." I said. "They're going to make me kill you." Once he heard me say that he stumbled back. "We need to escape." He said. "Agreed." I said. "How long do we have?" WheelJack asked. "2 weeks." I answered. For three days me and WheelJack worked on a plan to escape on day 4 we put our plan to work. During training I failed on purpose. As one of the Decepticons came over to me to give me anesthesia I said "before you give me that I would like to speak to Starscream." Reluctantly he agreed, then he picked me up and carried me all the way to Starscream. We walk into a room with a huge window and I'm just in awe because it was the first time in weeks since I last saw sunlight. "Commander Starscream, the human is here to see you." The Decepticon said. "Leave us be, I need to have a talk with him." Starscream said to the Decepticon. The Decepticon set me down and left us alone. "I heard about your training today." Starscream said. "That's actually why I'm here." I responded. "Proceed." He said. "I need an upgrade to help me analyze my surroundings better." I said. "Hmmm, I'll see what they can do." He told me. Few moments later a 25 foot tall white and purple Decepticon walked in, kneels down in front of me and gives me a metal mask. I take the mask "nice of you to show up, Storm." Starscream said. "Wait here." Storm said to me. He walks over to Starscream and starts chatting with him. I felt something under the mask, I picked up the mask and saw a button with some writing on it that said "Press this when you're back in your cell." After I read what was on it I immediately put it in my pocket. Once Storm finished talking to Starscream he walked over to me and picked me up "put the mask on." He said. As soon as it's on I pass out. A little while later I woke up with a massive pain in my left eye. I look around and see a grid of the room in my left eye. I look over to WheelJack only to see him with a stab wound leaking a blue liquid. "WHEELJACK?!" I yelled with a worried tone as I ran over to him. "What happened?" I asked with a worried expression. "2 of th-those D-Decepticons did this to m-me." He said. I felt helpless as I watched my friend in pain. Then I remembered that thing that Storm gave me. I took it out and analyzed it "w-what's that?" WheelJack asked. "The thing that's going to save your life." As I said that he gave me a look of confusion. I pressed it and threw it 6 feet in front of me. Few minutes go by and a holographic replica of Storm shows up. "You called?" Storm said. "Yeah I need you to bring some tools." I said. "What for?" He asked. "WheelJack is leaking energon." I answered. "On my way." Storm said. 10 minutes go by and the cell door opens and Storm walks in. Once he's in, the cell door closes behind him. "Where is he?" Storm asked. I pointed to WheelJack and Storm walked over to him. "Get away from me you con." WheelJack said. "WheelJack it's ok Storm here is an ally." I said. Once he heard me say that he allowed Storm to patch him up. After WheelJack was all patched up Storm took some of his own energon and injected it into WheelJack. "Why would you do that?." "Because that's what friends would do." Storm said. "Friends…" WheelJack said. "You're the third person who considered me as a friend." After he said that he looked over to me and I smiled. "Hey WheelJack, could I sign your patch?" I asked. "Uhh, sure if you have something to sign it with." He said. "I have just the thing." Storm said. He reached into his tool box and pulled out a sharp object as big as my hand. "Here you go." "Thanks." I said. Then Storm gently lifted me up, carried over to WheelJack, and gently placed me down near WheelJack's patch. "There." I said after I carved my name into it. "Looks nice." WheelJack said as he lifted me up and gently placed me on his shoulder. "Well looks like my-." Before Storm could even finish his sentence I yelled "DON'T GO!" "Yes?" He asked. "We have something to tell you…" I say. WheelJack looked over to me and asked "Are you sure about this, kid?" "Yes." I replied. "We are planning an escape." I told Storm. "And you want my help?" Storm asked. "Please." I asked, almost begging. Once he heard me say that I saw an expression of pity on his face. "Of course I will." He said with a friendly tone. We started to explain our plan to him and he added some extra info aiding us in making a more successful plan. After we finished he opened the cell door and before he walked out he looked over to me "I swear on my life that I'll get you both out of here alive." He told us and then he walked out with the door closing behind him. For a few days Storm kept on visiting us keeping tabs on Starscream and the other Decepticons. One day as Storm was visiting us I asked him "why are you helping us?" He tried to change the subject but I stopped him in his tracks. "You can tell us, we're all friends here." I said, trying to convince him to open up. "Ok, I'll tell you." He said. "I was an Autobot once." "What happened then?" I asked. "The Decepticons captured me, locked away my memories, and turned me into one of their soldiers." "Like what they're doing to me." I said, with a depressed tone. "Yeah…" He said. "Then how did you get your memories back?" WheelJack asked. "Well you see before I was captured I had a human friend, his name was Terry and he was around Sam's age at the time." After he said he had a look of sadness on his face. "He looked alot like you too, Sam. Then one day I was having a chat with him, Starscream shows up and we have an all out brawl." He paused and I'm pretty if he could cry he would've. "I lost the fight and Terry, all worried, ran over to me. I repeatedly told him to run away but he was determined to stay with me. Once Starscream noticed Terry he held me down as he turned his hand into a gun and then he-he sh-shot him." As he said that he had a look of grief, form on his face and a tear rolled down my cheek. "So you see, I'm helping you because I'm not going to make the same mistake of letting another human die on my watch." "I-I had no idea." WheelJack said with an extremely sad tone. "I'm sorry for your loss." Me and WheelJack said at the same time. After we did we all started laughing. Two days later Storm came to the cell looking like he was in a hurry. "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" He said, but before me and WheelJack could even respond Storm was tased and he fell to the ground. Next thing I know I see Starscream behind Storm holding some sort of weapon. "Take the boy for a memory lock." Starscream said. WheelJack tried to fight them back but to no avail, he was ultimately knocked away from me. Then they grabbed me and Storm, strapped me to a giant metal table with wheels and rushed me into a sort of familiar looking room but before they did I looked over to see Storm being dragged away. "Welcome." Said a familiar sounding voice. I look over to see a red Decepticon with sports car parts all over him. "We haven't officially met. My name is Knock Out and I'm your...doctor." He said. "Knock Out!" Starscream yelled. "Stop chatting with the experiment and get to work." "Yes, Commander Starscream." Knock Out said. He then went to that same strange computer from a couple of weeks ago and of course a holographic replica of me as big as him shows up on it and at the same a 6'1 holographic replica of him shows up right next to me. He attached some weird claw-like object to my head then he attached a strange circular object to each of my ears. "All set for installment." Knock Out said. "Start it up." Starscream said. Knock Out pressed a button next thing I know I see code running down in my left eye written in a language I've never seen but I somehow understood it. As it finished I said with a panicked tone "What was that?" "You're memory lock." Starscream answered. "Start it up." Starscream told Knock Out. Before Knock Out could even move a purple Ferrari and a white and gray race car drive into the room. The race car turned into WheelJack and the Ferrari turned into Storm. Storm turned his left hand into a gun shoots Knock Out and WheelJack takes two swords out of his back and slashed them at Starscream causing him to have a massive cut leaking out energon. Then a troop of Decepticons "get Sam I'll handle these guys." Storm told WheelJack. WheelJack came over to me, broke the metal pieces attached to me, picked me up, then placed me down on the ground. I took those weird ear pieces off then he kneeled down holding what looked like skin for my torso and arms "what's that?" I asked. "Your disguise." WheelJack replied. "For what?" I asked. "Kid, we're going on the run." He replied. "Good point." I said. "Now put it on." WheelJack told me. I nodded then I put it once I did the skin fused with the skin on my neck and waist. He gently lifted me up and the next thing I know I'm in the driver's seat of a race car. "Hold tight kid." WheelJack said. "Okay." I said. After I said that I took the seatbelt and buckled up. He drove out ramming into some of the cons causing them to stumble. I look back to see Storm right behind us in vehicle form following us. We stopped at a wall WheelJack then turned back into a robot and I'm back in his hand. Storm turned his right hand into some laser and shot the wall creating an exit. I look down to see we're right above a river then out of nowhere my head starts hurting and I start screaming in pain. "Oh no, they must've started the memory lock." Storm said. "If he jumps now he'll land in the water hitting a rock stopping the memory lock." I stopped screaming and looked over to WheelJack "throw me out." I told him. "Are-are you sure, kid?" He asked. "Yes." I responded. He hesitated at first but then he did. I felt my memories of the past month fade away in seconds. Few minutes later I hit the water and a rock hit me on the left side of my head causing me to black out. What felt like a few seconds later, I woke up in a hospital and I saw a black hair brown-eyed lady holding my hand. I soon realized that it's my mom "mom…" I say. "I'm right here honey." She said, a few moments later a couple of doctors walked into the room. One of them came over to me "hey buddy." He said. "Are you feeling okay?" He asked. I nodded. "What's the last thing you remember?" He questioned. "I was eating lunch with my friends and then I blacked out." The doctors and my mom all looked at each other with a confused look. "What?" I asked. "Honey, you've been mi-missing for a month." My mom told me. "Then why don't I remember anything?" I asked. "That's what we're going to find out." The doctor said.
