Arcee tried her best to calm her systems after that heated kiss. Megatron looks at the two of them with a raised optic ridge but he didn't question anything since he knew about Soundwave's feelings for the femme.

"Well, this is awkward." Knockout said before he laughed, "Soundwave you dog! No wonder you didn't like me touching her, you want her for yourself!"

Soundwave glared at him from behind his visor.

"Knockout, if you want to stay in one piece I would advise that you stop teasing Soundwave." Megatron warns the medic, "Now scan Arcee to make sure there's no severe damage. But be careful or you will have to deal with Soundwave."

Finding the strength she needed to face this tyrant Arcee pushed herself off the wall as she glared and scowled at the two mechs in front of her, "He's not coming anywhere near me! I scanned myself already and found nothing, I'm just fine!"

"I still would like another opinion. " Megatron said as Knockout stepped forward and scanned her.

"Nothing, she's in the clear." Knockout said as he stepped back.

"Good. We need to be sure you remain well. So I would advise that you never try that stunt you tried to pull ever again."

Arcee just held her glare, no way in pit is she just gonna sit around on this ship and let them do as they please with her. She just needs to come up with a better way to escape.

"I just got back from meeting with Optimus." Megatron finally says after a moment of silence, "He was trying to negotiate for you. I, of course, made him believe that I would actually negotiate and I lead him into a trap." Megatron finished off with a smirk.

Arcee makes a step towards him, "You better not have hurt him!"

"I tried to kill him, but he still had some strength in him despite his injuries and I was unsuccessful." Megatron says with a small growl, "So he's just fine…"

Arcee felt relief wash over her and she let her glare fall as she got ready to smirk at the warlord, she can tell it really upset him. But the smirk never appeared as she fell into worry and anger at his next words.

"His scout, however, did fall. So badly injured that he might not survive."

Arcee is seething, "You hurt Bumblebee!?" Before any of them could react she runs towards the warlord, jumps up, and kicks him on the side of his helm. She lands on her feet then turns and kicks him in the abdomen. Megatron goes sliding back a little bit as he reels from the kick to his helm.

"You monster!" Arcee shouts as she tries to throw a punch at him but her arm is caught by Soundwave.

Soundwave holds her arm as he wraps an arm around her waist and holds her still. He holds her firmly against his body as he leans his helm down to whisper to her, "Calm down, don't make him beat you again."

"You're lucky Soundwave caught you in time, I was just getting ready to slam you onto the floor and give you another reason to have to make another trip to our med-bay." He then puts a servo on the side of his helm, "I must admit dear, you do have a strong kick. But not strong enough to take down a gladiator." He looks at Soundwave when he wraps his other arm around her almost protectively, "Don't worry Soundwave, I'm not gonna beat her this time."

Soundwave looks up at him, he's just trying to hold Arcee back. But at the same time he does want to protect her, he would never go against his leader but he also can't resist the urge to protect his future sparkmate. Even from him.

Megatron looks at Arcee again, she still held her glare but she was also looking baffled about Soundwave's actions, "I wasn't the one that hurt Bumblebee, Starscream was the one that did that."

"Starscream? How?"

"I believe he shot a missile into him."

"Great, now we get to hear him brag about taking down another Autobot!" Knockout says as he rolls his optics, "He already can't stop bragging about killing the one called Cliffjumper!"

Arcee narrowed her optics at the medic, "What did you just say?"

Soundwave tightened his hold on her, he knows she's about to completely lose it. Knockout looked at Megatron before he looked back at her, "Nothing."

"No, you said something about my partner! What did you say?"

Megatron was looking on in amusement, he didn't know the Autobot Cliffjumper that Starscream killed was Arcee's partner. A devious smile forms on his lips as an idea pops into his processor, "He said that Starscream keeps bragging about killing Cliffjumper, which he really does. He brags about it every chance he gets, he can't shut up about it." Megatron sneers as he says the last part.

"Starscream killed Cliffjumper!? Where is he!?" Arcee shouts as she tries to get out of Soundwave's hold but Soundwave is holding her too tightly, "I'm gonna kill him!"

Soundwave releases his tentacles and holds them in front of her with the electricity coming out of them as a warning, "Arcee!" Soundwave whispers to her in a firm tone, "Don't make me do it again!"

Arcee looks at the tentacles and stops moving. Her body is still recovering from the last time he electrocuted her, she doesn't want to feel that again. Soundwave can't help but smile when he sees her starting to calm down, he's found a new tactic to keep her under control and behaving. He pulls his tentacles back in and releases her from his hold. Arcee looks back at him before looking at Megatron again.

Megatron is amazed at how quickly Soundwave was able to get her to calm down and behave, either she's very scared of him or she's beginning to warm up to him. Maybe it's both. Either way, he'll be appointing Soundwave as her guard to keep her behaving and not cause any more problems, "He's no longer with us." He finally tells her, "Optimus and his team had captured him and was using him to negotiate your release. But he fled like a coward after he shot the scout. If he ever shows up again I'll let you have the pleasure of taking him out."

"Can you repeat that Breakdown?" Knockout says to his partner over the comm. After a moment he hangs up and looks at Megatron, "My lord, Breakdown says they may have found something very useful to us."

"Let's go see what it is." Megatron says as he turns to walk out. Knockout and Soundwave walk out behind him and close the door leaving Arcee alone in the brig.

:: Optimus, we got readings on what appears to be a Cybertronian data cylinder. :: Ratchet says over the comm.

:: Bridge me to its location. ::

A second later a groundbridge opens up and Optimus drives through. Thankfully the location was a deserted area surrounded by rocks so Optimus didn't have to worry about blowing his cover. He transforms and begins looking for the cylinder, it doesn't take him too long to find it but before he could retrieve it a groundbridge opens up. Optimus looks over at the portal and sees Knockout and Breakdown running through with half a dozen Vehicons.

:: Ratchet, Decepticon ambush! The cylinder is at risk! I require backup! :: Optimus says as he begins firing at the Decepticons. Soon after a groundbridge opens up and Bulkhead comes running through, he rams into one of the Vehicons shoving him into one of the rocks. He transforms his servo into his wrecking ball then smashes it into the 'Con's helm offlining him immediately, he then turns around to see Breakdown running at him. Breakdown swings his fist at him but he dodges it and throws a fist of his own punching him in his side, Breakdown was barely phased by it as he throws another fist hitting him in the jaw.

Optimus had already managed to take out two of the Vehicons before he started fighting Knockout. Two of the remaining Vehicons started helping Knockout and Breakdown while the third one went for the cylinder. Optimus grabbed Knockout's helm and picked him up before he punched him really hard sending him flying back a few feet, he then punched the Vehicon that was attempting to attack him. He looks towards the other Vehicon to see him picking up the cylinder and Optimus shoots him before he could transform and fly off with it, the Vehicon falls and the cylinder goes rolling across the ground.

Miko had run through the groundbridge not long after Bulkhead did and been hiding behind a rock watching everything. She sees the cylinder rolling towards her but it stops a few feet away. She decides to run over to it and duck down as she gets out her phone to call Ratchet. After she tells Ratchet that she's with the 'thingamabob' he opens up a groundbridge for her but it's too far away. She puts away her phone to try pushing it but it doesn't budge, it's too heavy for her to push it on her own.

She moves back to get a running start and she runs towards it and kicks it which causes it to activate and prepare to send out the data. Bulkhead looks down as he struggles with Breakdown to get the upper hand and he sees Miko, he starts to panic a bit seeing that Miko is in danger and he pushes Breakdown to the side and starts running towards her. It's as though he forgot all of his training at that moment, he forgot one of the important rules of battle which is to never turn your back on your enemy when he's still conscious and able to attack. He gets punched in the back by Breakdown and he goes flying forward landing on the ground right in front of the cylinder.

Bulkhead brings his helm up just as the cylinder shoots out the data and it goes right into his processor. Knockout walks over and picks up the cylinder, "You really took one for the team, Bulkhead. My team." He then transformed and drove into the groundbridge that had opened up followed by Breakdown while the two remaining Vehicons flew off. Optimus is too fixated on making sure Bulkhead is alright to even bother stopping them.

:: Ratchet, we need a groundbridge. :: Optimus comms the medic as he hopes and prays that Bulkhead will be alright, he doesn't want to lose another team member.