Chapter 9.
Later at the Autobot base Contagion and Pandemic came out of the ground bridge and split up to go after the Autobots who were at base.
Contagion went outside and started fighting Bulkhead and Wheeljack. While Pandemic went to the medbay.
Meanwhile Starscream was still strapped down on the berth in the Leviathan's medbay.
The seeker kept pulling at his restraints he was afraid of what Conduit and Flatline would do to him and even more worried about what the rest of the Leviathan crew would do to his friends.
Then Flatline and Conduit came in with some medical tools. Flatline started preparing a circuit booster but Conduit stopped him.
"We won't be using any form of sedatives or pain killers Switchblades said to make him suffer as much as possible." Conduit told the other medic.
"But as medics we're supposed to cure pain not cause it." Flatline argued.
"You were fine with killing during the war and you didn't have a problem with keeping Knock Out drugged when Pharma was holding him for us." Conduit said to him.
"Well those were quick kills and Knock Out was incapacitated but not in agony." Flatline pointed out.
"Well if you call yourself a Decepticon you should get used to torturing bots." Conduit told him. "If your not gonna help just stay out of the way."
Then Conduit walked passed Flatline and grabbed something off the table and walked over to Starscream.
And the seeker's optics widened in terror when he spotted the pair of wire cutters Conduit was holding.
Starscream started to squirm and struggle against his restraints. "NOO!" He cried as he continued to thrash around on the berth. "Please don't do this!"
But Conduit didn't care and started cutting wires making the seeker let out cries of pain.
Starscream continued to try to fight him but the restraints wouldn't let him do much. And then to his horror Starscream suddenly couldn't move his right servo and it just laid there limp and feeling like dead weight.
He couldn't even move his digits and knew that limb had just been rendered useless after Conduit had cut the wires that connected it to his processor.
And now he was about to work on his other one but then stopped as an evil smile crossed his faceplates and he started cutting some wires that were attached to the seeker's wings.
Starscream start yelling at the top of his voice box as coolant tears spilled out of his optics. He could feel Conduit cutting more wires and it hurt like he was fighting in the pits of Kaon.
And even if he somehow came out of this alive he didn't know if his servo could be fix and now the same thing was being done to his wings the part of his body he valued most.
Starscream was in pain and was now screaming and begging Conduit to stop as sparks came from where his wires were being cut.
Then Conduit grabbed an energon knife and started cutting him to punish him for screaming and energon spilled out of the seeker's wounds.
Flatline had to leave the room at one point because he couldn't handle hearing the seeker's cries of agony.
But finally he just couldn't take it anymore and rushed into the medbay and tackled Conduit pulling him away from Starscream.
"What are you doing?" Conduit hissed.
"This has to stop what your doing to him is way over the line." Flatline told him.
"There no room in the Decepticons for weakness Flatline your gonna have to stop being so soft if you want to stay one of us." Conduit said to him.
"Then maybe I don't want to be one of you anymore!" Flatline yelled as he continued to hold Conduit to keep him from hurting Starscream anymore.
Then Conduit started fighting Flatline and quickly gain the upper hand. But suddenly heard blasters charge from behind him and turned to see Optimus and Bumblebee both standing there.
"I called them and sent cornets." Flatline explained.
"You backstabber!" Conduit growled.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Flatline shot back as Bumblebee put a pair of stasis cuffs on Conduit.
Optimus went to the berth where Starscream was.
"I'm sorry I never should have gone for revenge I killed 10 bot out of rage and anger I acted like a Decepticon again something I don't want to be." Starscream apologized.
"I understand if you guys don't want me on your team anymore." The seeker added.
Then Optimus undid his restraints and offered him a servo to help him up.
"Starscream what you did was wrong but you are showing genuine remorse and it shows that you have come along way from when you were a Decepticon." Optimus told him. "I am proud of you."
Then Bumblebee took Conduit through the ground bridge to the brig while Optimus and Flatline were helping Starscream to the medbay.
Bumblebee ran into Wheeljack and Bulkhead who were locking Contagion in the brig as well till they could take them to Cybertron's prison.
When Optimus and Flatline got to the medbay with Starscream they were greeted by Pandemic who was had a blaster pointed at Ratchet's helm.
"One wrong move and I shoot him." Pandemic threatened. "Wait Flatline what are you doing here?" He asked seeing the medic.
This gave Optimus enough time to tackle him and grab the blaster. Then Smokescreen and Knock Out showed up at the door and Smokescreen put stasis cuffs on Pandemic who he took to the brig to put with the other prisoners.
"Are you ok Ratchet?" Optimus asked his friend.
"Yes just glad you guys got here when you did." Said the medic.
And Starscream was glad to see Knock Out was ok. And they were all glad that the seeker was safe and back at base.
Then Knock Out and Ratchet got to work fixing the damage Conduit did to Starscream which luckily wasn't as serious as Starscream though it would be.
Ratchet and Knock Out said he'd have to take it easy for awhile but should be healed in a couple of days.
And they welcomed Flatline to the team seeing that he had changed for the better and felt sorry for everything he'd done as a Decepticon.
At first he was afraid to approach Knock Out after the role he'd played in holding him prisoner.
But Knock Out went over to him and held out his servo.
"Welcome to the winning team I look forward to working with you." Knock Out said to him much to his surprise.
"Thanks but aren't you mad about what me and the others did to you?" Flatline asked the red medic.
"I wasn't happy about it. But what's past is past and your on our side now and one thing I've learned since becoming an Autobot is how to forgive." Knock Out explained. "And you saved Starscream so I think you've made up for it."
Then Flatline shook his hand and was glad to see that there were no hard feelings and that he was welcomed by all the Autobots.
And he told them all about the Leviathan crew's plan to attack Iacon and the Counsel. Just as they got a call that the attack was underway and went to stop them.
To Be Continued.
The next chapter is the final battle them the epilogue and I'll try to have them up soon. In the meantime feel free to rate and review.
