Note: this chapter contains VERY gruesome material; you have been warned.

Continuing from chapter 6 (there will be no last time since it is a continuation)

Jacks P.O.V

After Knockout finished pushing the drill into the back of my head he grabbed another injection needle with more nanobots and injected them into the back of my neck, just below the drill. I could feel the metal and wires welding to my skin, muscle, nerve system and brain.

Once he finished he turned me around so I was on my back again, he smirked down at me and I glared at him with anger in my eyes. He then lifted a container that was the same height as me, it was filled with a green clear liquid and some odd looking shapes floating inside. I looked closer at the shapes, they looked a lot like…. organs!

Fear grabbed my heart and I looked up at Knockout, he smirked down at me. "now this may hurt a bit" he said with an evil chuckle as he picked up the scalpel. He slowly placed the point at the centre of my chest, just below my collarbones. He then pushed it DEEP into my chest right through my bones like they weren't even there and cut straight down my abdomen.

I wanted to scream so much, I wanted everyone to know the pain I was going through, but I kept it in.

He removed the scalpel from my body and placed it to the side, and what he did next will haunt me for the rest of my life.

He used his long sharp claws/fingers to pry my chest open, I felt sick at the sight in front of me, there, right in front of my own eyes, was my own organs. My heart pumping, my lungs taking in air and pushing it out, even my stomach and intestines. My warm thick blood ran down my sides, I felt like throwing up, but I couldn't.

Knockout then reached into the green liquid container and pulled out an organ, it was made of smooth blue/silver metal, it looked similar to normal organs but was a completely different shape. He placed it inside me and I felt it move around my organs. like it was alive! And then I felt it clamped onto my stomach, cutting into the flesh and moulding itself to my insides. It was gross, painful, uncomfortable and disturbing.

Knockout then placed three more organs inside of me. One clamped and merged to my left lung and another to my right lung, the final one merged with my heart. It was so painful; it was like needles were sticking into my heart. you know heartburn? Well, this was ten times worst. no, a hundred times worst.

Knockout then pulled out some more nanobots and poured the silver liquid into my exposed insides. The liquid moulded around my organs and new metal ones. Slowly the metal and flesh moulded together and the silver liquid faded into my muscles and bones.

Knockout then pushed my open chest closed and injected more nanobots into me, the skin began to close back together. Soon there weren't any marks left to say that I had just had my chest opened and insides exposed.

The pain was still there, it hurt so bad that I didn't think it would get any worst…but I was wrong, so very wrong.

I looked up at Knockout with anger in my eyes, but then I heard something and then felt two metal bars go around the top of my head and the other around my chin, holding my head in place. I looked at him as he pulled out one last object from the green liquid container and showed it to me….it was and eye, no not an eye…an optic, a bright-blue, human-sized, optic.

I knew what was going to happen next, I tried to move my head but it was useless, not only were the clamps holding me down but also that serum he injected me with was still in effect, I couldn't move. He injected my left eyebrow with something and soon my left eye closed and I couldn't open it, but my right eye was just fine.

With my right eye, I saw Knockout grab the scalpel again and brought it to my left eye that was shut. He carved down from my eyebrow over my eye and stopped just above my cheek. He placed the scalpel down and slowly peeled back my cut eyelids, he then pulled out a tweezer-like object. He moved the tweezer closer to my left eyeball and slowly grabbed it, the sharp metal gripping into its flesh was painful. He slowly pulled at it, I felt it slowly being pulled out of its socket and then he yanked it out, cutting the optic nerve as he did so and a shot of pain went through my brain. I felt the blood flow down from my eye socket and pass my mouth, tasting the copper of my own blood. he then brought the blue optic to my eye socket, wires shot from it into my socket and attached itself to my nerves, pulling the blue optic into place in my eye socket. Knockout then injected more nanobots into my open wounds, soon they closed and the metal bars retracted back into the table, freeing my head.

Then I began to see out of my new eye, my optic. At first, it was blurry, but then it was clear as day. I could see everything more clearly with my new optic, I could see into the darkness of the room with no problem. Knockout then came into view and data started to pop up in my left optic. Things like his name, rank, vehicle mode, weapons and more. most of it was in Cybatronion and I couldn't understand it, it then got annoying, I just wanted it to stop and just as I thought that, it stopped.

Knockout then pulled out some more nanobots, he sent a beam of, what I believed to be, commands to the nanobots. He brought the needle to the right side of my chest and pushed it deep into me. At least one litre of nanobot's was injected into me and when he pulled the needle out I felt a great, indescribable pain. I felt/heard my ribs/bones crack, snap and break in my chest, as my mussels ripped and tore. My skin becomes hard, thick and tight, soon a metal plate covered the right side of my chest, in the middle of the metal plate was circle outline and a line going down the middle of it. The circle outline then split open and I saw an empty compartment inside, it looked big enough to put two pairs of hands inside it. I wondered what it was for?

I didn't have time to think about it because there was a clank and a row of needles filled with nanobots, blood and Energon rose up from the sides of the table and were pointing down at me.

Three were pointed at each of my legs, three along both I stretched out arms and three on both sides of my front (chest/stomach). So there were eighteen altogether, six filled with blood, six filled with Energon and six filled with nanobots, one on each limb.

Knockout then pushed a button on the desk and then metal clamps appeared around my wrists and ankles. My body was spread out like a T shape. He then pushed another button, I saw electricity and sparks fly from the needles. He approached a lever on a table nearby and gripped it. He looked at me and grinned, an evil glint in his eyes.

"This will hurt... A LOT!" he said with a sickening joy in his voice. He then pulled down the lever and the needles plunged into my body, electricity shocking my very being. It didn't just shock my body, it shocked my very soul! pain flowed into my body with the blood, Energon, nanobots and electricity. I couldn't even begin to describe the pain I was in. soon the pain from the operation, no…experiment, and the openings that were still open healed and faded. My skin became harder, tighter and tougher, but stayed just as sensitive as it always has. My mind became better and faster, like it was now half CPU (an Autobots brain if you didn't know). The electricity stopped, the needles retracted from my body and went back to the table, but the clamps stayed in place.

I was so tired and weak, but I stayed awake and glared at Knockout. But then my attention was brought to the open compartment in my chest, but it wasn't empty anymore, no, this time it had something in it…a SPARK!

A bright blue, pulsing spark in my own chest. "that's YOUR spark" Knockout said, but my vision was fixed to MY spark as Knockout had stated. "a spark is a Cybertronians soul. That is your soul. I could just crush it and end your life right now. But we have bigger plans for you" Knockout stated and turned round, he hit a button. The table I was on went to a vertical angle so I was upright and could see the room once more.

Knockout turned and left the room, the doors hissed shut behind him. I looked down at my open chest plate and exposed spark, I was unnerved at it being exposed. I wished for my chest to close again to protect my spark from harm, to my surprise the compartment in my chest closed and hid my spark. I then started to think of what Knockout said and what would happen to me, but I still believed my friends would come…no, not friends, FAMILY. They are my family.

Time passed and Knockout returned with something in his hand/servo, it looked like a disc "what's that for?" I asked finally able to speak again. He looked at me and smirked.

"So we can speak again, huh?" he mocked me and walked up to me. "what is it?" I asked again, he brought it up to my face and smirked.

"This is a virus that I'm going to put into your mind/CPU and then use you to destroy the Autobots," he said with a grin "I will never do what you SAY!" I shouted back, but he just smirked and looked at me.

"Oooohhh, but you will. You see you won't have any control over your body and we will use you to not only destroy the Autobots but everyone you know and care for" he said leaning back and grinning down at me.

I couldn't believe what I was told, I would be used to hurt my family. Ratchet, Fowler, Bulkhead, Miko, Bumblebee, Raf, Optimise, mum…. Arcee.

"NO!" I shouted in my mind "I WONT LET IT HAPPEN!" I then felt anger boil inside me. I pulled at the clamps holding me back.

There was a loud clang and Knockout looked at me and realised the clamps were breaking, he reached for a needle but it was too late, I broke the clamps holding me and leapt forward punching Knockout to the ground. I grabbed him by the foot and flung him into a wall, I was shocked at my new strength but quickly focused on my target. Knockout got up but I jumped at him and with my right hand/claw I started clawing, punching and throwing him into the walls of the room.

After I beat him senseless I grabbed the disc he was once holding and crushed it, destroying it. I quickly ran to the doors and pried them open, more than enough to get out. I then ran down the halls, I was right about being on the Nemesis. I knocked out a guard I came across in front of some doors.

I ran inside and saw a ground bridge, this was my chance. I jumped up to the controls and punched in some coordinates, activating the ground bridge. I jumped down and ran into the activated portal.

I came out the other side into a forest, the sky was filled with dark clouds. I looked back to the green vortex disappearing until it was gone. I looked down to see a puddle and I saw my reflection. I saw my new optic and the scare that run-down were Knockout had cut it open. I looked at the rest of me and saw more of the Decepticons handy work. But I knew I couldn't stay, I had to get to shelter and away from this area just in case they came after me. So I began my journey, into the unknown.

End flashback

Back at Autobot base (Normal P.O.V)

Jack had just finished his story of what happened on the Nemesis, just before the Autobots came to try and rescue him. Bumblebee was holding a very sad Raf and trying to comfort the boy. Miko and Fowler were trying to calm and sooth June, who had dried tears on her face other the pain her son went through. Fowler had a disgusted face because of what the cons did to an innocent young boy like Jack. Miko had a sad and sympathetic face for Jack and the pain he's been through. Ratchet was angry that medical nonleague was used for such a terrible sin like what they did to his young human friend. Bulkhead was so enraged with anger to the cons that he punched the wall with great force, leaving a giant indent. Arcee was angered that the cons would go so far as to make a weapon out of one of their friends, but mostly she was sad that Jack had to go through something like that and then be alone for a whole month to deal with it alone. Optimus was ashamed with himself and guilty for not protecting a member of his family and letting them do such a thing to them.

"Sshhhh…. sshh, it's alright Raf, it's alright" Bumblebee chirped to his little friend "Bumblebee's right Raf, it's okay," Jack said to his young friend. Everyone looked at him with surprise faces at what he just said.

"You…you can understand me?!" Bumblebee asked Jack who nodded back "but how is that even possible?" Ratchet asked looking at Jack. Jack flew down to the human area next to his mum and looked back at the medic.

"Well, you know those nanobots that were injected into my body?" Jack asked everyone, nodded slowly "well it turns out that they like me and soon after I escaped they told me more about the changes to my body. They can even upgrade my body to any environment and even translate different langue's human or cybatronion" "that's remarkable" Ratchet said looking at Jack with stunned optics.

Jack turned to his mother and looked her in the eyes, tear stains on her cheeks. He gave her a warm smile. "Jackson Darby you have a lot to answer for, for being away a whole month," June said in a playful voice, Jack smiled at her and stepped closer so he was two feet away.

"I know mom, but first, can you do me a favour?" he asked and she looked at him with a confused look "I want you to put out your hands and close your eyes" "but, why?" she asked him back confused at his request "please, trust me" he responded. She was wary at first but did so and put out her hands, closing her eyes.

After a second of waiting June felt something warm and fuzzy in her hands. "alright, you can open your eyes now" Jack said and she did so. She looked at her hands and was shocked.

In her hands, was a pulsing spark. She looked up at Jack and noticed the right chest plate was open, she realised it was HIS spark.

"Jack, this is" June started in a whisper staring at the floating, warm, pulsing object in her hands. "I figured, that letting you hold my very life in your hands is one way to say sorry for making you worry for so long" Jack said to his mum with happy eyes "you are, literally, holding my life in your hands mom" "it's so warm" June said looking into it. Miko, Raf and Fowler walked up to have a look.

"Cool," Miko whispered looking at the blue orb.

"Wow" was Raf's statement as he adjusted his glasses.

"Amazing" Fowler said looking at the orb of energy, he looked closer and realised something "it's…. beating?" he then looked at Jack.

"It's beating in tune with my heart" Jack stated, he then rubbed his chest a bit "Jack, What's wrong?" June asked looking at him.

"Oh, it's nothing. You see I'm a technorganic now, so I need both heart and spark to live" he said calmly like it was nothing, but June then went into panic mode because she was holding his spark and he needed it to live. "w-well put it back if it's that important!" June said bringing his spark back to him with worry on her face. Jack smiled, took back his spark and placed it back in his chest compartment, closing it afterwards.

"so, Jack" Miko started coming up to him. Jack knew what was going to happen "so what weapons do you have, how fast can you go, how strong are you now, do have any powers, how high can you fly, what-" "Mikoooo!" Bulkhead warned stopping the young girl from going on.

"Well Miko, I can do several things, but the main thing I can do is pretty impressive" Jack stated looking at her "Bulkhead, you don't mind if I use you to demonstrate, do you?" "Of course not kid, I'm as strong as I look," Bulkhead said with pride in his voice. Jack stepped closer to Bulkhead and raised his right hand to him "this may hurt a little" Jack warned.

All of sudden a blue beam shot out of Jacks' hand and hit Bulkhead in the chest. Blue energy began to flow from Bulkheads chest and into Jacks' hand. Bulkhead soon fell to his hands and knees. The blue beam then stopped and everyone was shocked at what just happened.

"Jack, what was that?" Optimus asked helping Bulkhead up to his feet and looking at the young man "well, I'm sort of a cybertronian vampire. I can drain Energon from any cybertronian and eat raw Energon. I can eat raw Energon because my body can process it into normal Energon to flow around my body. But that's not all I can do" Jack stated as outstretched his hand, palm side up, showing the metal circle in the palm of his hand.

Then all of a sudden a small blue orb appeared, floating in the middle of his hand. "what is that?" Arcee asked looking at the baseball-sized orb "it's 90% of Bulkheads pure Energon. I can make Energon orb's and use them like ammo, or crystalize them like this" Jack said and then the blue orb turns into a solid crystal-blue-orb and fell into his hand. "I can also put Energon into others" the crystal-blue-orb then turned back into energy and Jack threw it at Bulkhead. The orb entered Bulkhead and he slowly stood up on his own, regaining his strength.

"I can still eat normal food and sleep and all that, but I now need to take Energon as well" Jack explained, he then walked up to Bumblebee "and how strong I am" he then lifted Bumblebee up with one hand "I can lift mech's like Bumblebee with ease, but when it comes to mech's like Bulkhead and Optimus I tend to struggle a bit" Jack said as he placed Bee down and walked up Miko.

"How high I can fly depends on the altitude and amount of oxygen, because I still need to breathe. How fast I can run, I guess I can run slightly faster than Arcee when she uses her boosters. How fast I can fly is much different, I can fly faster than a jet, depending on the amount of Energon I need, and I know I can because I've had to fight in mid-air with some con-jets before. My weapons are my fists, claw hand, Energon orbs, my scythe and medical equipment I-" "Wait a minute, medical equipment?" Ratchet asked cutting Jack off.

"Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that," Jack said looking at the medic, he then brought his left arm up and showed the metal-plating on/in his arm. The top of the plating spilt to the sides, showing some human sized cybertronian tools. "it seems they wanted me to be well equipped for battle and be able to fix myself while in battle, but I hardly know that much about cybatronion biology, so I couldn't fix my wounds or others that well" Jack stated closing the compartment in his arm back up.

"Well if you want, I could teach you more about medical care and our biology if you would like?" Ratchet said looking at Jack who looked back with a smile "that would be cool, thanks Ratchet" Jack replied "so, any more questions?" he asked looking around at everyone.

"No Jack, I believe that's it for now," Optimus said to the young man "alright then. Arcee can we go for a drive?" Jack asked looking at his partner and the one he loves with all his might. She looked at him and smirked "you got it partner" she replied with a smile, transforming into her motorcycle form.

Jack grabbed his cloak and put it on while picking up his scythe and sliding it onto his back through the slits and holes in his cloak as walks up to Arcee. "you're bringing that with you?" she asked as he sat on her saddle and put his helmet on "I haven't got blades built in my arms Arcee, you never know with the cons when they might strike" he explained and with that they flew out of the base and into the desert.

They drove down the desert road for a long while, enjoying each other's company "I've missed it" Jack said as they drove along.

"Missed what exactly?" Arcee asked tilting her mirrors to look at him "just…everything" Jack started "Bumblebees childlike behaver. Miko and Raf playing games together. My mum's protective nature. Fowler popping up unexpectedly. Bulkhead smashing one of Ratchets tools and him shouting "Bulkhead I needed that!" that always made me want to laugh my head off. Optimus's cool and level headed stature…. but the thing I missed most was you and our long drives out here"

A few minutes passed before Arcee spoke up "Jack I need to tell you something" Arcee said as she pulled over to the side of the road. Jack got off of Arcee and she transformed into her robot mode.

"Okay, Arcee so what do you want to tell me?" Jack asked looking up to her and all her beauty. She knelt down so she was more to eye level with him. She loved his raven hair and blue-grey eyes/eye and spark melting smile.

She took in a deep breath, gathered her courage and braced herself "Jack, I want to tell you that…..."