The techno-organics

Chapter 9

Toni and Widow was still walking the neighborhood, looking for Alabaster and asking around. So far nothing but several told they had seen Alabaster walk past. Toni stopped for a moment and frustratingly clenched her left fist. She aimlessly sought relief by focusing all anger to her hand, but it was incomplete. She was reminded of the things the scientists had taken from her. She looked down at her gloved hand, knowing that underneath the fabric was another prosthesis that replaced her fingers. She knew there was nothing there, but her phantom limbs kept fooling her. Widow walked up to her and gently held Toni's fist which relaxed under Widows touch. The short girl placed a gentle kiss on her gloved hand before turning her gaze towards her beloved.

"We will find her," She said encouraging and stroked Toni's arm. "We'll just ask a few more people then we can go home and we'll see what we do next." Widow suggested as she dragged Toni forward. Toni took up her pace and held Widows hand as they walked towards a group of prostitutes that was under their protection.

"Good evening ladies," Widow called out and they all greeted back.

"Are you all busy or is it okay if we take some of your time?" Toni asked politely and one of the women spoke for the group and said it was fine.

"You see, we are looking for our friend and we wonder if you might know something that can help us."

"Which one? You have lots of friends."

"The albino one." Toni explained, knowing that Alabaster had become quite famous because of her looks.

One women stepped forward and told what she knew.

"There was a group of kids that came here after the twins massacre." Toni quickly flashed a smile and apologized for the them. "They didn't seem dangerous just curios about the event. But I heard they payed that bitch, Roxy, lots of money for information."

"That is odd but what have it to do with Alabaster?" Widow asked unsatisfied and ready to leave.

"Because I heard they asked for her." Toni and Widow both flinched as their hands held onto each other harder. "Well, not by name or anything but they apparently described her very well." The couple excused themselves and quickly left to report to the others. Their heels clicking as they ran down the pavement, needing to tell the others that someone really was looking for them and possibly took Alabaster. Toni looked up to the sky that had already started to change in hue. The urge to spread her wings and fly back was itching, but she knew better then to draw more attention. Suddenly a man walked into their path, urging them to stop. They quickly slowed their pace before running into him.

"What do you want?" She yelled annoyed at the stranger.

"You are the bloke that took away all my girls." Toni did not take the situation seriously and just rolled her eyes. 'Another former pimp.' She thought as she massaged her nose. Widow was gripping Toni's arm, impatient to leave and go back home.

"Look, I'm in the middle of an emergency and I don't have time for this." She tried to run past him but he suddenly grabbed her and smashed her at the side of a car. Widow lost her grip and fell on the pavement but quickly her training kicked in and she jumped up to her feet again. She made herself ready to attack the stranger that held her girlfriend by the throat, but Toni signaled her to stop. The man was holding Toni with a tight grip and pushed her harder against the side of the car.

"I don't know what you did to make them leave me but I'm gonna take them back and you'll do nothing." He was close enough for Toni to smell the foul smell of tobacco in his breath. She turned her head away to look at Widow who still stood ready to pounce at the man. Toni simply winked and flashed a fast smile before facing the man again.

"I did nothing except treating them with respect and offering them a hand to leave their abusive boss." She smiled smugly as she talked and by instinctive eyed the man after weapons. Noticing the small height on his hip that was hidden away by his jacket. "I have already recently beaten up a bloke bigger and stronger then you, and I don't want to bother my doctor again. So why don't you go a stoat before things get ugly." The man responded by pointing the gun against her face. Tony quickly sighed knowing there was no other way out of this and snapped her fingers. Widow immediately shot her webs at the mans hand and with a powerful pull dragged him towards herself which made him lose his gun in the process. Toni casually dusted off her red blazer and put a few strands of her short hair in place before making her way towards the man. He was bleeding from his hands and face after being dragged over the pavement and looked up to see the short Brazilian girl with her tomboyish girlfriend.

"I am in a hurry, but I guess they will forgive me if I explain that I had to protect our territory." She purred smoothly as she took of her left glove with her teeth and extended it towards the man. Swiftly, her fingers elongated into two meter long metallic claws that pierced him in the head, the throat, the chest and the gut at the same time. He was still alive for a moment and tried to shout as he got suffocated by his own blood. Toni retracted her claws and let the stranger bleed out as she dried off her claws with a handkerchief before putting on her glove.

"Let's go already." Widow hissed annoyed. "We have already wasted enough time with this creep." She ran ahead without waiting for Toni's reply.

"Lord Megatron, what do you want us to do with this new threat?" Arachnid asked as soon as she had processed the new information their leader had shared with them. Megatron was almost surprised at how well they handled the information.

"I'm not only talking about our prisoners but also the group that created them." She added and looked around to see the others reactions. For Knock Out it was like a hard hit in the face as his master told that these specimens was made from his own CNA.

"They won't be a threat if we can use them to our advantage." Megatron said. "They came to save their missing friend but they'll stay if we give something else that they want." Megatron raised a claw and pointed at Knock Out. He blinked a few times, not sure if he heard right.

"Me?" He cried out in disbelief.

"Yes," Megatron confirmed in a chilling tone. "They are not only made from your CNA but also half human, and human children have a habit of being very loyal to their parents." He explained and Knock Out's gut clenched as he said the last word. They were genetically his offspring. Biologically speaking it's impossible for an Cybertronian to procreate since they all are asexual beings and are instead given life in the well of all sparks. He did not know how the frag he was supposed to gain their trust. Breakdown looked pitying at his partner who had gone quiet. Soundwave brought everybody's attention as he showed an image of Alabaster.

"Indeed Soundwave. We only know of three hybrids so far when we actually don't know how many there could be."

Nikolai was still hanging in his chains basically numb at this point and with nothing to do but wait and wonder what waited next. He cursed himself for being so selfish and not asking what happened to his sister. He did not know if she was in another cell like him or being strapped to a lab table. Suddenly he heard the door opening and looked up to see the red robot hesitantly walk in. Nikolai immediately shined up and seemed to get an ounce of energy and regained his mobility to try and throw himself forward, but was stopped by the chains that held him up. Knock Out got startled and stopped in his tracks as he stared at the struggling boy. He watched Nikolai for a moment noticing the similarities. His skin was white like Knock Out's face and his hair had the same color as his finish and they both had identical eyes, aside from that he looked very human. Knock Out kept walking forward not entirely sure what he was supposed to do.

"Do you have a name?" He tried as a start.

"My name is Nikolai." He smiled and waited for his original to introduce himself.

"I'm Knock Out." The Decepticon smiled awkwardly as a Nikolai tried to contain a squeak of joy. Nikolai tried to move his arms but was once again stopped by the chains that hanged him in the air like a piece of meat.

"Can you let me down? I promise I will behave." Knock Out looked at the boy for a moment. On one hand, the probability of Nikolai attacking would be slim, but on the other hand, he was very dangerous and had shown to be capable of causing serious damage. He taught about what Megatron pointed out for a moment, they are part human and human children are very loyal to their parents. And Primus knows what Megatron would do if Knock Out failed. He shakily raised his hands towards the chains, hesitating for a moment to think if this was a good idea. He turned to look at Nikolai and was surprised by the boys pleading stare that suddenly gave Knock Out a tinge of guilt. He avoided the boys gaze while weighing the options. In the end he made a grunted sound and removed the chains.

"Usually we use mechanical handcuffs but they are charged with electricity which you obviously can absorb." He told sheepishly not knowing what to do or say next as he gave the boy time to awaken his numb limbs. Nikolai was moving and twisting to regain motion and looked up to his original with a great smile. Knock Out evaded his gaze again but quickly regretted it as Nikolai jumped at him and pushed him to the ground. The red robot quickly took out his saws and was about to slice the boy in the head but quickly realized that the boy was not fighting back. In fact he just pressed himself against his originals body and held his arms around the robots metallic torso with no intent of harm. He was hugging Knock Out. The startled medic still hovered his saw over Nikolai's neck before the boy spoke.

"We have dreamed of meeting you." His voice cracking and grateful. "We didn't even know how you looked like or your name, we just knew you were out there. I'm so happy." He hugged Knock Out tighter and rested his head on his shoulder. Knowing for sure now that he would prove no threat, Knock Out retracted his saw and hesitated for few seconds before placing his sharp fingers on Nikolai's back. He would never admit it but he really enjoyed having the boy in his arms. He was truly like a little child, crawled together in his arms while listening to the mechanical humming of his original. Knowing he was a easy target at this moment and still trusted the sadistic robot to not attack. Knock Out knew he had succeeded in gaining his trust, which meant Megatron would not get his head today. Still, he drew his fingers through the boys soft hair which made Nikolai let out a content purr. But he suddenly opened his eyes and swiftly raised himself from his originals embrace.

"Why did I not think of this sooner? She is gonna kill me." He muttered as Knock Out stared at him, understanding he must be thinking of his sister.

"How about we go and visit her?" Knock Out suggested as he rose up. Nikolai nodded excited as his attention was drawn to his chainsaw in the corner. He was about to go and get it but was stopped by the robot that grabbed him by the coat and pulled him back.

"I can't let you walk freely on the ship with your weapons." Knock pulled him by the coat towards the door.

"But my chainsaw?"
"I'll send the staff to take care of it."

Anastasia was pacing back and forth huffing and stomping and struggled aimlessly to get the frickin handcuffs that kept absorbing her electricity. Every time she had gathered enough energy to even make a sparkle the cuffs stole it straight away. Like a pair of blood draining parasites. Suddenly she felt like something invisible had struck her in the face. She fell on the ground and cradled her sore face even tough nothing had touched her. It was another one of her delusions. Just like she sometimes saw and felt spiders crawl on her hands, she also could feel sudden random pains. If it wasn't because they recently took their medicines then the symptoms would get even worse. She laid down on the ground and crawled together into a ball while waiting out the pain.

The cold metallic floor pressed against the side of her head and dim light from the roof of the cell was her only company. But not for long as she soon heard the doors open and saw her brother run towards her.

"Anastasia!" He cried relived, finally getting to see his sister. She rose up as he fell down on his knees and glided over to her and hugged her. With the pain gone and her brother back she sighed in relief but saw over his shoulder the red robot. Anastasia quickly rose up and ran towards him but when she saw him raise his arms in defense she stopped halfway. She studied the robot that was her original and found herself at a loss of words. Knock Out lowered his guard and saw the the girl open and close her mouth before she fell silent.

"Care to introduce yourself?" He said and Anastasia's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I'm Anastasia..." She looked down at her cuffs before looking up. "Can you take these things of?" She asked innocently with a sweet smile. Trying to look as none threatening as possible.

"Sorry, sweetspark. But Megatron ordered that you would were them so you would not be able to use you powers." Anastasia looked at the floor defeated. Nikolai walked forward and comforted his sister by putting his hands on her shoulders.

"It's okay, I'm not allowed to carry my weapons either. But I'm sure Knock Out will keep us safe with or without them." The turned their gaze towards him and he gave an awkward smile knowing he could not promise anything. Now that he had fulfilled his task it was time to take them to the bridge.

"Come with me, Megatron wants to meet you."He walked out with the siblings behind him.