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AN: Sorry for the delay but I'm working on other fics and I just had two really messed up weeks of exams.
Chapter 16
"Good. If he needs a hospital trip then Blurr can get him there the fastest" Optimus said into his com-link. "Ok. We'll be in touch"
"Well?" The twins asked once Optimus had finished his conversation.
"Koji is in High Desert. He has Rad and is going to take him to the nearest hospital to get checked over but they're pretty sure Rad will be fine" Optimus said.
"And Mr. Miyamory?" Alexis asked.
"From the sounds of it Koji arrived just as Saka was trying to grab Rad again" Optimus sighed.
"Meaning?" Carlos asked.
"Koji sat back and was willing to let Saka get away with hurting him for eight years. That's just the way he is. But if somebody messes with his children… that's another story all together" Optimus said.
"Is he…dead?" Alexis asked.
"No. Koji's not a killer under any circumstances. Saka is just going to be in a lot of pain for awhile," Optimus said.
"Can we go see Rad?" Carlos asked.
"Yes. Sideburn can take you two and the twins" Optimus' voice carried an unspoken order. An order that the twins ignored.
"We want to help get Sideswipe back" they said.
"Your brother probably needs you a lot more than Sideswipe does right now. Your father to" Optimus tried to explain. The twins probably didn't understand the extent of what Rad had gone through. All the twins knew is that Saka had something to do with their biological grandfather's death. Nothing about the abuse.
"Come on you two" Magnus said picking the boys up. "I'll take you to see your brother"Magnus efficiently put the twins resistance to an end.
Yama stared out the window with a dejected look. They'd just gotten a call from the hospital saying his dad was hurt in a fight. They hadn't gone into detail about what had happened other than his Dad was pretty bad off.
Yama had a bad feeling this had something to do with Rad. Rad's uncle had escaped from the jail earlier. He might have thought that his father had caused some of Rad's injuries. His dad had looked kind of suspicious putting Rad in the trunk. Plus Ben was insane.
His mother exclamation of surprise brought him out of his musings. A Car carrier truck was passing them. But that wasn't what caught his attention. He didn't see a driver in it's cab. He saw four kids, two of which were Alexis and Carlos.
Koji hissed slightly as the disinfectant made contact with his hands. He hadn't even noticed that his fists were bleeding until the doctor that was checking Rad had pointed it out. Apparently his fist had been split open when he was punching Saka.
"Humph" Ben sat in the corner pouting.
"Sorry Ben but if you wanted the first crack at Saka then you should have got there sooner" Koji sighed.
"You were suppose to be on Cybertron" Ben pouted.
"And you were suppose to be taking my son on a road trip, not hunting down Saka" Koji said.
Ben used his puppy dog eyes.
"You're still not off the hook" Koji said.
"Damnit"
"Nobody's allowed in to see the prisoner," the Deceptacon guard said as Starscream and Wheeljack approached the door to the prison.
"We were sent to check on him to make sure he's ready for his next session with Thrust" Starscream said. The guard relented. Starscream was the second in command of the Deceptacons and not one to cross on a good much less a bad one like today.
"That was easy" Wheeljack commented as he stepped through the door to Sideswipe's cell. The sight of Sideswipe didn't surprise him as much as it should have. After all, he'd been through Thrust's brainwashing him self.
Starscream hadn't though, so he was thrown off a little by the sight of the Mech who'd been throwing around sarcastic comments at them a few hours ago sitting curled up in the corner looking so… so broken. "Damn" Starscream whispered.
"That's Thrust for ya" Wheeljack said.
"What exactly did he do?"
"Mind games mixed with regular run of the mill beatings"
"Mind games?"
"He hacks into the memory banks and alters the existing memories. Convinces the victim that the people closest to him don't care about him. That they'd abandoned him" Wheeljack said remembering his time with Thrust.
"Let's get him out of here for now. We can fix whatever damage was done later when we have the time" Starscream said.
"We?" Wheeljack asked.
"The guard saw me come in here. After this I'll be in the same lot as you. Rollbar doesn't take kindly to anybody turning traitor, especially the vice commander" Starscream said. Wheeljack just smiled.
"Carlos! Alexis!" Yama called running up to them in the waiting room. He noticed that they both gave him a nervous look. "What are you guys doing here?" He asked
"Rad's here" Carlos said.
"Really? My dad's here to" Yama said. He wondered how Rad had gotten to the hospital. His dad hadn't been planning on taking him.
"That's a weird coincidence" Carlos said nervously.
"Stupid people! Are you coming? They say we can see Onii-chan now" the Onishi twins yelled from across the waiting room.
"Sono, Ax. Don't insult your brother's friends" Koji said coming up behind them.
Yama gaped. "Koko?"
AN: That was stupid end for the chapter. Anyway hopefully I can end this story in another chapter or two. R&R
