I'm Here

Optimus was getting looked over by Ratchet. He had fully recovered from the Cybonic Plague. Artemis made her way in and glanced over at Optimus. She could feel Megatron fighting for control over her body. Artemis grabbed her arm and tried to stop him from activating her blaster. She managed to win as she made her way over to the council. "You will submit to me Artemis!" Megatron growled and still tried to take control of her body. Artemis growled and gripped onto the council. Her optics switched back and forth from the normal blue to a dark one. While she was struggling to keep control. "Give in already! If I don't get back to my body then, I will make your life a living hell. No one will be able to stop me either since I'm in your body. Who's going to even try to save you?" he taunted as he fought her. She let out a growl and forced herself to say "Optimus"

Optimus heard the femme faintly say his name and made his way over. Artemis turned fast as he was right behind her. Optimus gave her a concerned look before gently placing a hand on her shoulder. "Everything okay? You have been fidgety since going into Megatron's mind," Optimus said allowing his concern to show more through his voice. Artemis nodded quickly because she didn't want the mech to worry too much about her. "Artemis, don't lie to me, I can tell how you are feeling," He whispered and made sure no one else was around as he pulled her into a small hug. Artemis instantly pushed him away and looked up at the older mech. Optimus was shocked and went to say something but the sensory went off, alerting them to the Decepticons doing something in the Arctic. More than likely just wanting to find energon or Starscream had lost his mind as the new leader. Optimus then got contacted by Agent Fowler that they had stolen something to melt the polar ice caps.

Artemis stayed behind, she wanted to go but Megatron had started to gain control of her body. Her optics switched to a much darker blue as Megatron fully conquered her mind. She made her way to the groundbridge controls. Megatron made her punch in coordinates where dark energon was. She walked through the groundbridge and managed to find the corpse of the once powerful Skyquake. Artemis knew of the flyer and had once fought him on the battlefield during the war for Cybertron. Kicking over part of the fallen mech and managing to find a shard of pure dark energon. Artemis tried her best to throw it but Megatron's hold was growing stronger on each passing moment. They entered the base back through the groundbridge.

Once back in base Artemis was faced with a concerned look from Ratchet. She clenched the dark shard in her hand tighter and walked towards her old friend. She went to punch him but made Megatron miss and just push Ratchet into a wall. "No….I'm not hurting him!" Artemis struggled to say as she clenched her helm in her two hands. "No...stop!" She begged and pleaded as she collapsed to the ground.

Ratchet managed to get up and make his way to Artemis. He went to touch her but she grabbed his hand and twisted his wrist so forcefully it broke. The sound radiated through the base, the children came running over from where they were playing in the base. They saw Artemis look up at a horrified Ratchet. Her optics were no longer a beautiful blue but instead a deep dark red. She stood up and kicked the medic to the ground. "You should've learned years ago medic not to mess with a gladiator" Her voice was deeper and much more sinister than ever before. She growled as she leaned over the medic and extended her sharp blades. But when Megatron was going to make her slash her dearest friend he stopped. Artemis turned and walked away from the medic and punched in specific coordinates that would take them right to Megatron's ship. Artemis gripped the piece of dark energon in her hand tightly as they walked out.

Megatron was in control. Artemis was captured in her own mind and body. "You didn't have to make me break his wrist...you don't need to be so damn cruel all the fragging time," Artemis said in her mind to Megatron.

Megatron huffed as he made this body he took over stand still in the groundbridge, he began to speak in Artemis's voice. "You and I both know why I became this way. I will make them all pay, I will especially make him pay." He went back to walking through the space bridge but Artemis stopped him once again by talking.

"Megatronus, stop this war. You and I both know revenge isn't the answer. If it was you would've killed Optimus when he first got the Matrix. But you didn't because that brotherly bond is still there whether you agree or not. You still have a soft spark in you, the one I fell for all those cycles ago. But it's becoming more and more corrupted, you have to end this war, now" Artemis said trying to persuade the war hardened mech. She wasn't trying to actually but she was doing everything she could to stall Megatron from returning to his old body and giving Ratchet time to catch up.

Megatron rolled his eyes "You made your choice in that arena. You sided with him, besides I am not stopping this war until I get what is rightfully mine. And you can not stop me." Megatron made the femme move through the ground bridge and onto the Nemesis. Artemis's pleads for him to stop didn't work in the slightest. Along the way they killed a couple of innocent Decepticon made it to the medical bay where Megatron's body was laying there. Megatron turned and saw a dark mech standing there with his arms crossed over his chest. Artemis began to try to take control and get out of there but there was no hope. "Shall we begin, the transfer Claw" Megatron said in Artemis's voice. Claw stepped up behind Artemis and put a syringe into her neck. He released a very potent chemical into her system.

As they began to set up the cortical physic patch, Ratchet was driving through the Nemesis trying to get to the femme he cared so much about. Ratchet got there too late though because by the time he did, Megatron was already awake and was standing over a fallen Artemis. Megatron made his way towards the medic but not after swinging Artemis over his shoulder. Ratchet shifted his hands to his blades and slashed the gladiator in the back. His broken wrist hurt but the adrenaline made the pain less severe. Megatron turned around and seemed unphased. Artemis started to wake up and managed to get out of Megatron's grasp. Artemis stumbled back and went to go hit Megatron but he moved out of the way and she ran right into Ratchet. Ratchet caught her and held her close as Megatron walked away.

"Are you alright? Did he hurt you?" Ratchet whispered as he retracted his blades and looked into her optics. She looked at herself and then noticed Ratchet's clearly broken wrist. She took it in her own hands and sighed. "Hey, I'm fine, don't worry about me right now. What did he do to you to cause you to be on the floor?" Ratchet said as he tried to get Artemis to look at him. Artemis let out a sigh as she lifted her helm and the medic saw a small puncture wound in the cords of her neck. Ratchet took his hand and wiped around the small puncture. He looked at the liquid on his digits. "Someone else was in here, waiting for you both to come in here. Artemis who was in here with you?" he mumbled.

Artemis went to say but fell against the medic's chest. Ratchet picked her up bridal style. and ran through the Nemesis. As Ratchet ran he saw who poisoned his love. He stopped and took a couple of steps backward. "I'm here Artemis...don't worry," he whispered.