"Right, Dead End's suicide attempt. What was the point of it?" Smokescreen asked the group.
"I think it would be best to get it from the source," Perceptor muttered, looking at Dead End inquisitively, who was keeping his head down and his hand on the podium.
"He doesn't appear to be in a talking mood," Jazz noticed.
"Maybe we can look at intention," Mixmaster recommended.
"Intention?" Blurr muttered. "He's suicidal. Nothing more."
"If he was simply just suicidal, than he wouldn't bother placing the tourniquet on him. Obviously, he intended to survive having his arm sawed off from the very beginning," Bludgeon muttered.
"Yeah. It makes the most sense, which means that this wasn't a suicide attempt," Wildrider realized.
"You foolish idiot," Dead End growled, surprising the maniac. "This was always a suicide attempt."
"If that's true, then why did you apply the tourniquet?" Rewind questioned him and Dead End went quiet again.
"So… if this was always a suicide attempt, than maybe we can look for another way for Dead End to kill himself," Ratchet recommended.
"What other way could there be to kill oneself in the situation he was in?" Bludgeon questioned.
"Since he had the tourniquet on before the saw his arm off, maybe he had something planned out after his first suicide attempt," Smokescreen recommended.
"That's unlikely," Bludgeon murmured. "When Wildrider found him, he was unconscious from the shock of it."
"Aw, yeah. He was, wasn't he," Smokescreen muttered, disappointed.
"What could've been his second suicide attempt?" Scavenger muttered. "It doesn't look like he could do anything."
"Let's find out."
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Bludgeon's Testimony, Glass Container, Dead End's Severed Arm, Alibis, Energon-Stained Knife
SMOKESCREEN: So, how could he do it?
WILDRIDER: He was unconscious…
WILDRIDER: …so he couldn't get back up after sawing his arm.
SCAVENGER: He might've not known that would happen.
SCAVENGER: Might've thought he could just handle the pain.
KNOCK OUT: Some people can handle the pain…
KNOCK OUT: …but it's very unlikely to happen.
HOIST: How could he plan anything beforehand?
SWINDLE: I don't know.
SWINDLE: All he had was a knife, right?
SWINDLE: The only way I can imagine him committing suicide…
SWINDLE: …is by sawing his arm off.
BLURR: That does look like the only way.
BLURR: Can't you just tell us, Dead End?
DEAD END: …
BLURR: Of course, not.
RATCHET: That's wrong!
Ammo Used: Glass Container
"Hold on. The knife wasn't the only thing Dead End had," Ratchet told them.
"It wasn't?" Swindle gasped. "What else did he have?"
"A glass container," Bludgeon muttered. "Although, I have no idea what happened to it."
"It was in the sink, having been cleaned," Ratchet told him. "Nothing left except for a few droplets of water."
"Why did he clean the container?" Onslaught questioned.
"That should be easy to explain, right Ratchet?" Smokescreen questioned him.
Why did Dead End clean the container?
To make sure no one knows what was once in it.
He's a clean freak.
He wanted to reuse it for something else.
"My best guess would be that he wanted to make sure we didn't know what was in it," Ratchet told him.
"Mine too," Smokescreen agreed. "Now, how does that relate to his suicide attempt?"
"I… don't know," Ratchet murmured.
"There has to be a purpose if he brought it with him," Rewind said.
"Well, care to tell us what was in, Dead End?" Jazz questioned him and he continued to ignore them.
"Not very talkative today, aren't we?" Knock Out sardonically said.
"Well, it had to help him out with his suicide somehow, so maybe he ingested it?" Hoist theorized.
"If that was true and if was something that would kill him, then he be dead by now," Skywarp rebuked instantly.
"Did I just get shutdown by Skywarp?" Hoist muttered in disbelief.
"So, if it wasn't something that killed him, what else could it be?" Blurr questioned everyone.
"Woah, woah, hold on there. Just because he didn't ingest it doesn't mean he fcould've found another way to get it into his system," Smokescreen told him.
"Then why isn't he dead?" he immediately responded.
"I… don't know. Maybe something went wrong," the gambler recommended.
"So you have nothing? Are you just stalling your execution?" Blurr questioned him.
"No. I'm just making sure we don't discount an idea without giving it proper thought," he answered honestly.
"Frankly, I agree with Smokescreen on this one, as much as it pains me to do so," he responded.
"You do?" Blurr questioned.
"Let's be honest, if what's in the container wasn't lethal, than Dead End wouldn't have any use for it," the scientist told them. "He was attempting suicide, so it had to be something that'll kill him when it would get into his body, which leaves four possible methods of it killing him."
"Four? What are they?" Scavenger questioned, sounding a little afraid.
"First, obviously, is ingestion. Second is through injection. Third is through a gas while the fourth is touch. Of these four, one of these would be Dead End's method for suicide?" Perceptor questioned.
"Of the four," Ratchet interrupted, "I would say…"
Which of these would be Dead End's preferred method of death?
Ingestion
Injection
Airborne
Touch
"…injection is the most likely. Airborne is out of the question immediately, as it would've affected other people, which takes out touch for similar reasons. I'd probably be dead if touch was the method. Ingestion is unlikely, since he cleaned the container, meaning he already transfer it out of the container. Injection is the only thing I could think of since it would be another place to store it," Ratchet gave his response.
"Indeed, logically, it makes the most sense," Perceptor agreed. "Was there a syringe with a strange liquid around the area?"
"We didn't find anything," Skywarp told them. "It's probably hidden somewhere where we couldn't find it."
"Say, Ratchet, did you take a picture of the container?" Smokescreen questioned.
"Yeah, I did. Want to take a look at it?" Ratchet questioned him.
"Yes, please," he agreed and Ratchet gave a shrug before pulling his out, getting a picture of the container out, and passing it off to Knock Out, who handed it to Smokescreen with an air of disdain. He looked at it for a minute before heading it back and Ratchet retrieved it.
"So, are we finished with this? We're obviously looking for a syringe that we can find later," Bludgeon questioned them.
"Before we end it, can I point something out to Ratchet in the photo?" Smokescreen questioned him.
"If it's related to the attempted suicide, go ahead," Bludgeon offered.
"Alright, what do you want to point out?" Ratchet questioned him.
"Instead of looking at the container, can you look at the sink?" Smokescreen pointed out.
"Huh?" Ratchet muttered as he examined the sink. It looked to be good enough. It was a nice silver bowl that looked spotless, burning a few strange discolorations around the drain, liked it was burned a bit. "Are you sure this means anything?"
"I'm not sure. I just thought it should be spotless," he shrugged. "I thought those marks were out of place."
"You think those marks could've been caused by the liquid in the container?" Ratchet muttered.
"It's a guess. The best one I got. I doubt you've used it for much," Smokescreen shrugged.
"It's true. We haven't used it for anything, really, except to make sure the medical equipment is clean. It's certainly a bit odd," Ratchet acknowledge. "Not sure what could've caused these really small burn marks."
"I know. Strange," Smokescreen muttered.
"Small burn marks in the sink?" Mixmaster muttered. "If that's true, then it's probably an acid of some sort, but that can't be. The only place that has acid are the science labs and I keep perfect inventory of it. No way could Dead End have stolen some in that time span."
"That's true. Ever since Shockwave stole some, no one has been able to get some. We locked the science cabinet each night and me and him are the only ones with the key. No one could've stolen it the whole time we've been here," Perceptor informed everyone.
"And there wasn't any acid being sold at the store, so he couldn't have bought some," he told everyone.
"So this is a foolish exercise. The stains must've been there since before we've arrived at the area," Mixmaster summarized.
"Yeah, I guess, unless someone has an idea of where someone could've got some," Smokescreen agreed and Ratchet was thinking through it. Dead End obtaining the acid was unlikely, so it was best just to push on and ignore it, but this was bothering him for some reason.
"Could you repeat all that?" Ratchet requested. "I just want to make sure that's right."
"Of course. Let's repeat what we said," Mixmaster told them.
Nonstop Debate
Ammo Available: Tourniquet, Container
MIXMASTER: No one could've used acid.
MIXMASTER: I made some acid on the first night.
MIXMASTER: Shockwave stole some that night…
MIXMASTER: …as :someone's testimony: can verified.
PERCEPTOR: That in turn was stolen by Soundwave…
PERCEPTOR: …who used it against the previous owner.
PERCEPTOR: After the first night…
PERCEPTOR: …me and Mixmaster kept the acid locked up...
PERCEPTOR: Preventing anyone from stealing it after the first night.
BEACHCOMBER: The science store…
BEACHOMBER: …held no acid whatsoever.
MIXMASTER: There. Any problems?
RATCHET: That's incorrect!
Ammo Used: Someone's Testimony
"Hold on, who's testimony did we use to confirm that Shockwave stole the vial of acid?" Ratchet questioned.
"Who it was?" Mixmaster questioned, scratching his head. "My memory banks are a bit fractured. I can't remember."
"If I'm correct, wasn't that… Dead End?" Smokescreen questioned.
"Huh?!" Mixmaster gasped. "It was?"
"Yeah, I believe so," Onslaught murmured, sounding suspicious. "He was out that night."
"Then, isn't it likely that Dead End could've stolen some acid as well on the first night?" Ratchet questioned everyone.
"What?!" Mixmaster growled. "That's impossible! He had no reason for it. Why would he steal some that night?"
"Yeah, that doesn't make sense!" Wildrider yelled. "I was living with him at the time and I didn't see a container of acid in the area."
"Did you search everywhere?" Ratchet questioned him.
"Well, no, uh, but-"
"So it could've been in there?" Ratchet interrupted him.
"Is there any proof that two people stole acid that day?" Perceptor interrupted him.
"I think so. If I remember…"
What proves that two people could've stolen acid on the first night?
The amount of acid stolen
The amount of people that could be killed from it
The container it was left in
"…you said that two people could be killed from it."
"I did?" Mixmaster asked.
"Yes, you did. Remember?"
"Judging from my estimates, about enough to kill two people are missing from this. We should be more careful around everybody with this knowledge," he advised the group.
"You said that about the amount of acid stolen. That leaves the possibility of two people stealing a container of acid for themselves on the field," Ratchet told him.
"Shockwave stole one and Dead End stole the other," Perceptor muttered.
"You have no proof," Dead End muttered suddenly, surprising everyone.
"Yeah, but in this case, I doubt we need to prove whether or not where you stole it. Shockwave was logical enough to decide that he probably only needed one vial for a kill and you copied him for your amount," Ratchet told him.
"Ratchet, please, stop looking into this. For your own good," Dead End begged him. For his own good? Why was he talking about him and no one else?
"No way, buddy," Wildrider told him. "You don't get to keep secrets from me and expect them to not come out!"
"Please, just stop! It'll only bring misery and despair," he told them.
"Misery and despair?" Monobear repeated. "Well then, you all just have to find this out!"
"Okay. I'm automatically suspicious if Monobear wants us to find this out," Beachcomber said timidly. "Is this really necessary?"
"Isn't it always?" Smokescreen asked. "We've haven't got this far by ignoring the truth when it's uncomfortable."
"You displayed that quite evidently," Knock Out told him. "I'm still imagining your execution. Oh, schadenfreude."
"Still, we have to ask ourselves what Dead End could've used to inject the acid in himself. It's quite baffling how he could've done it," he reminded him.
"Yes, how?" Swindle muttered. "What could he have used?"
"We're looking for a syringe. That's it. Where did he placed the syringe. We have to make sure it hasn't been used," Rewind told them.
"Syringe," Ratchet muttered. If Dead End placed them in a syringe, where did he put it? He had all that time laying on his berth, talking to Ratchet, looking at his every movement…
Wait. His every movement.
"Guah!" Ratchet grunted. "You didn't, Dead End! Don't tell me you did what you did!"
"Woah! What's gotten into you?" Jazz questioned.
"You're not known for sudden outburst like that?" Perceptor noticed.
"Tell me, Dead End! Dammit, tell me!" Ratchet continued, holding to his stand with his frame shaking.
"Ratchet, are you… afraid?" Knock Out asked, stunned by his sudden transformation.
"Ratchet, can you tell us where he placed the acid?" Smokescreen questioned him, wondering what was wrong.
"The acid! It's… it's…."
Epiphany Anagram!
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ _/ E/ _/ T/ H/ _/ S/ _/ _/
A/ N/ E/ _/ T/ H/ _/ S/ _/ _/
A/ N/ E/ S/ T/ H/ E/ S/ _/ _/
A/ N/ E/ S/ T/ H/ E/ S/ I/ A/
ANESTHESIA
RATCHET: It's here!
"It was in the anesthesia!" he told everyone.
"The anesthesia?" Knock Out asked.
"Yes, and that means Smokescreen was never the one who killed Blast Off," he told everyone.
"Huh?" Swindle gasped.
"What?!" Onslaught yelled.
"Are you fucking serious," Smokescreen could barely uttered. Even he was shocked by this.
"Ratchet, shut up!" Dead End yelled at him.
"No, the killer of the case must be revealed!" Ratchet told him.
"Who's the killer?" Hoist questioned, afraid.
"The killer could only be one person."
Make an Accusation!
Jazz
Brawl
Mirage
Dead End
Bumblebee
Mixmaster
Blurr
Skywarp
Counterpunch
Bludgeon
Drift
Nautilator
Hoist
Blast Off
Rewind
Wildrider
Chromedome
Onslaught
Beachcomber
Swindle
Smokescreen
Knock Out
Ratchet
Scavenger
Perceptor
Shockwave
Hound
Vortex
Nightbeat
Soundwave
"The person who killed Blast Off… is me," Ratchet uttered gravely, surprising everyone.
"No, shut up!" Dead End yelled. "He's talking crazy. Don't listen to him!"
"I wish I was crazy, but that's the truth. I'm Blast Off's killer."
"Woah, woah, hold on!" Blurr yelled out. "We have no proof of this!"
"It's the truth, believe me!" Ratchet yelled to them.
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Bludgeon's Testimony, Glass Container, Anesthesia Dispenser, Monobear File #5, Ratchet's Surgery Notes
BEACHCOMBER: What the hell's going on?
BEACHCOMBER: Ratchet isn't a murderer.
RATCHET: It's the truth. Believe me!
DEAD END: Don't believe him. He's lying!
HOIST: He said the anesthesia, right?
HOIST: How is that related?
HOIST: Is has nothing to do with the murder!
DEAD END: That's correct. Nothing at all.
DEAD END: All we're listening to is the words of a madman.
DEAD END: Nothing more.
SMOKESCREEN: You're sudden rise in speaking is troubling.
RATCHET: That's wrong!
Ammo Used: Ratchet's Surgery Notes
"Hoist, I have a detail list of my surgery notes after the bombing. On it, you'll note that I used anesthesia in this order. Blast Off, Dead End, Knock Out, Laserbeak, and Hound," Ratchet informed him.
"So you used anesthesia to calm the patients down before surgery. What's wrong with that?" Hoist questioned him.
"If the acid was in the anesthesia, then when I injected it into Blast Off's body, it would've killed him almost immediately after injection. Hell, right after I injected it into Blast Off's body, he seemed to have just gotten worst all of a sudden."
Ratchet quickly injected it into him to calm his thrashing form at the neck. At that, Blast Off weak yells became louder as his body started calming down. "Blast Off, don't worry. It's just anesthesia to knock you out while I fix your wounds," he told him. Blast Off continued to struggle about before he grabbed a hold of Ratchet upper arm, staring at him with his orange optics in pain. "Blast Off, please calm down, it'll be- ugh!" he yelled as Blast Off coughed energon in his face before his arm went limped. Ratchet wiped the energon off his face before going over to check his pulse. After a minute, he sighed as he took it off and looked up at the digital clock.
"Time of death: 12:47," he murmured in regret.
"As soon as I injected him with the syringe, his condition worsened to a fatal degree," Ratchet told everyone.
"But does that prove anything?" Dead End questioned him. "You have no direct proof of your claims."
"Actually, I do," he told him, surprising the cynic.
Present evidence!
Monobear File #5
Betting Pool
Storage of Betting Pool
No Refunds
Wildrider's Theory
Alibis
Bludgeon's Testimony
Energon-Stained Kitchen Knife
Dead End's Severed Arm
Tourniquet
Glass Container
Anesthesia Dispenser
Ratchet's Surgery Notes
White Line
Location of Crate
Dead End and Nautilator's Head Injuries
Onslaught's Nighttime Search Crew
Archives
Blurr's Testimony
Shard of Glass
Bumblebee's Testimony
'Rusted' Stands
Checkered Line
VOF Time of Day
Gutter Entrance at the Crater
Grate
'Rust' Paint Can
Cloak and Mask
Crate
"I currently have one syringe full of anesthesia left in my dispenser," he told the court.
"And that's relevant… how?" Skywarp questioned, although he had bad feeling that was extremely relevant.
"Before the race, I made and placed five syringes of the anesthesia in the dispenser. You'll not that I used the dispenser five times, so logic dictates I should have zero remaining. Yet, when I looked into the dispenser, there was one left. I never noticed the significant of it until now, but that conclusively proves my point. Dead End made another syringe full of anesthesia. He was watching my every movement when in the med-bay, so he could've replicated my work and added his own finishing touch, the acid," Ratchet told everyone.
"But, wait, if that's true, then wouldn't Dead End be the killer in this case?" Swindle questioned him.
"Allow me to step in!" Monobear yelled excitedly. "There's a bunch of bylaws for things like this, so let me just clarify. If Dead End placed the acid in the anesthesia and convince someone else to use on themselves, then it would be Dead End that's the culprit. If he simply added the acid, but let someone else use it, than that person would be the killer, whether they realize it or not and whether they killed someone else or Dead End."
"What?! But that's insane!" Onslaught yelled at him. "How can you just remove all responsibility from Dead End just like that?"
"Oh, he's not removed from responsibility. He'll just be an accomplice for the crime rather than the killer, therefore, he doesn't leave if the scheme works, but he doesn't get executed either if it doesn't work," he continued to explain.
"When Dead End said this was always a suicide attempt, he wasn't lying. He just intended it to come across as murder this time," Ratchet told everyone. "Even after he failed, he must've realized that his scheme still worked with Blast Off's demise, so he let the court run its course in order to continue his suicide attempt, in this case, to take everyone down with him except for me."
"That… isn't possible, right?" Bumblebee asked nervously. "This is insane."
"Ratchet… isn't a killer. We haven't even proved that the acid finished Blast Off," Knock Out denied his claims and Ratchet was getting ticked. He knew he was sacrificing his life for everyone else, but could they work with him, dammit!
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Bludgeon's Testimony, Glass Container, Anesthesia Dispenser, Monobear File #5, Ratchet's Surgery Notes
KNOCK OUT: Ratchet isn't the killer.
KNOCK OUT: That idea is simply absurd!
SMOKESCREEN: I wouldn't mind if Ratchet was the killer…
SMOKESCREEN: …but the bomb killed Blast Off.
SMOKESCREEN: We've all seen his corpse.
ONSLAUGHT: Thanks for reminding us, you fragger.
SMOKESCREEN: Just proving a point.
BUMBLEBEE: Yeah, that you're a sociopath!
SMOKESCREEN: Either that or a psychopath.
SMOKESCREEN: I get those two terms confused all the time.
RATCHET: That's wrong!
Ammo used: Monobear File #5
"Smokescreen, look at the cause of death," Ratchet implored him.
"Cause of death. If I recalled, it was… exsanguination," Smokescreen realized. "Intense energon loss."
"Didn't we have that exact same cause of death earlier?" Ratchet asked everyone.
"When Shockwave was murdered!" Bumblebee yelled. "The acid was the weapon back then too."
"You know, there was something else that I found odd about it from the very beginning," Smokescreen admitted. "It listed the explosion in the additional notes. I found that odd, since it should've been listed as the cause of death, but I thought Monobear was just being technical. If you're right, the explosion was listed because it didn't kill him. You all know what that means," he finished.
"That wasn't the only thing," Ratchet told them. "You see, the explosion was added, but something was taken out. Something that should've been mentioned from the very beginning. That item is very easy to figure out considering the previous notes."
What was missing from the additional notes?
Additional injuries
Drugs
High-grade
"The thing that was missing was the mention of any drugs in his system, since I added anesthesia to him. Why wouldn't that be mentioned, unless it was the cause of death?" Ratchet asked the court.
"That… has to be the reason," Smokescreen admitted before glancing at Dead End. "You're a tricky bastard."
"Indeed, he is. He had a death wish, and he had a clever way of pulling it off," Ratchet agreed.
"There's… still a loose end," Dead End muttered.
"A loose end?" Ratchet repeated. "What do you mean?"
"There was still one syringe in the dispenser. That could've been the one where the acid was, right?" Dead End questioned him.
"No way. The acid would've evaporated that stuff by the time the investigation took place. I know my own acid!" Mixmaster rebuked.
"Do you have any proof of that? I could've modified it. Plenty of books on it," Dead End told him.
"No way!" Ratchet yelled. "The first syringe in there killed him and I can prove it!"
"Prove it? You can't!" Dead End yelled at him. "Stop ruining everything!"
Panic Talk Battle!
SHIELD X6
DEAD END: I'm trying to save you!
SHIELD X5
DEAD END: Just let me die!
SHIELD X4
DEAD END: There's no hope for me!
SHIELD X3
DEAD END: Just end it all!
SHIELD X2
DEAD END: Quit perorating!
SHIELD X1
DEAD END: Nonsense pontification!
SHIELD DESTROYED!
DEAD END: The last syringe could've hold the acid!
DECIPHER BULLET!
First is last one syringe out in
Last syringe in is first one out!
RATCHET: You're wrong!
"Dead End, you must know how he dispenser works, right? The last syringe to go in is the first one to be used. The first person to have anesthesia used on them was Blast Off. Since the first one is the one that contains the acid, which means Blast Off was killed with that particular syringe," Ratchet told him.
"Guah!" Dead End grunted.
"But, if that's the truth, I don't want to believe it," Bumblebee muttered. "If that's true, than we have to execute you, Ratchet. After all that you've done for us, having to be executed for something that wasn't your fault."
"I know," Ratchet acknowledge. "Just let me explain it one last time, from beginning to end. After that, we all have no choice but to vote me up as the killer.
Climax Logic!
Chapter 1
Blast Off murder was a tale of two tales. That of a bomber, Smokescreen, and that of a suicidal individual, Dead End. The two of them happened to have had a faithful encounter that change the course of events in the VOF at night. Smokescreen had abducted Swindle and was using him to mess with the timing of events, by switching the VOF to daytime to make Swindle believe the bomb was planted at the daytime.
Chapter 2
Unfortunately, as he was pulling his scheme off, he had an unwanted visitor. Dead End had stumble onto the VOF with Nautilator, both of them high off drugs. They weren't going to remember tomorrow, but that wouldn't stop them from interfering with the plan when Nautilator knocked the bomber's glass container of nitroglycerine onto the racetrack, shattering it and spilling it on the ground.
Chapter 3
With his plan stymied, Smokescreen used a grate from the race track and bludgeoned Dead End and Nautilator across the back of the head. After that, he carried them away from the racetrack to keep people away from there and deposited them in the forest. After that, he placed the grate in the repair bay and hidden it with a cloth. After that, he grabbed a large white line and dragged it back to the grates to hide the missing one. He was finished for the night when he carried Swindle backed to the archives and hid him there.
Chapter 4
That following day, me, as well as Skywarp and Bumblebee, stumbled onto Dead End and Nautilator and brought them back to the medical bay to take care of them. Dead End was awake although unresponsive, paying attention to everyone's action, including mine. This would come in use later for him.
Chapter 5
The bomber wasn't done though. Smokescreen's plan may've been temporary put on hold, but that wouldn't stop him. He already had another plan to procure another vial of nitroglycerine. There was a race going on between Knock Out and Blurr that day, so he set up a gambling ring that day to let people decide whether Blurr or Knock Out was going to win. The amount of funds he got from it was more than enough to get some nitroglycerin as well as a bonus purchase of 'rust' paint, a special paint that would make metal look rusted.
Chapter 6
That night, Smokescreen assisted Onslaught and Blast Off in searching for Swindle, telling them to search the first building while he take the other buildings, which was perfect for him, allowing him to freely traverse the area without detection. He quickly got Swindle backed from the archives and took him back to the VOF and placed him in the crate. After that, he planted the bomb and painted the stands with the fake rust, to convince Hoist to send people to the other stand, near where the bomb is.
Chapter 7
That following day, everyone was out at the racetrack, with three noticeable exceptions: The two injured people at the med-bay and Bludgeon at the mall's sleeping quarters. At that time, Dead End got to work, getting up and heading to his room to recover two objects: a kitchen knife and a container of acid. He returned to the medical bay, Bludgeon seeing him as he passed by, waking up from his sleep, and the suicidal individual began his plan.
Chapter 8
He quickly created an anesthesia, injected acid inside it, and placed the syringe in the dispenser, it being the first one in position, followed by washing the container in the sink to make sure no one could identify what was once in it. After that, he entered an operation room and quickly fashioned a tourniquet to wrap around his arm. His plan required him to live through the next, which was sawing off his arm. He did so, causing a lot of energon loss, which was all a part of his plan as he collapse and briefly went unconscious and found later by Wildrider and Bludgeon.
Chapter 9
At around the same time, Swindle broke out of his box, causing Blast Off o come across the white line, inadvertently triggering the bomb. With him and many people injured, I acted first and organize people to help everyone that was injured out, starting with Blast Off, who was the most injured. He was quickly transported over there onto a medical slab, screaming and struggling against his fatal wounds. I quickly grabbed a syringe of anesthesia and injected it into him, hoping to calm him down, only for him to die immediately after injecting it in him. We all assumed that the bomb was what killed him, but in actuality, the acid in the anesthesia is what killed him.
Because of that, the culprit in this case, the one who unintentionally became the killer in this case, a victim of the two other individual's plan, is me, Ratchet.
The court went silent at the conclusion. This wasn't how the case was supposed to end. It was supposed to end with Smokescreen executed. Instead, because of Dead End's death wish, Ratchet was the one who had to be executed to save everyone.
"Why…," Dead End gasped. "Why did you have to figure that out? Why couldn't you just give up and let me die?"
"Because, everyone else's life was on the line," Ratchet told him. "I can't let them die just so you can end your misery." Dead End went quiet at that as he looked away. He knew he lost. He wouldn't die today.
That honor was reserved for Ratchet.