Megatron growled dangerously, as he stalked into the command centre. The command centre was fairly busy today, bustling with many mechs and femmes going about their normal duties. But he also noticed how said mechs and femmes were staring at the cretin at Soundwaves pedes.
"Please Megatron. I'm sorry" the mech said.
"SILENCE" the Decepticon leader shouted. "You have no right to speak here" he finished, as he sat on his chair. Noticing the odd looks he was getting, he spoke. "My fellow Decepticons. An unforgivable crime has been committed this day, by this mech" he said, motioning toward the mech in front of Soundwave.
"Please. I'm sorry" the mech said again, almost sobbing this time.
"SHUT UP" the larger silver Con yelled. "Don't you dare speak again" he said, rising from his chair to stalk towards the smaller mech. "Not after what you did" he stated, gaining the attention of all crew members in the command centre. "This mech attacked an unarmed, bound prisoner and attempted to commit an unspeakable act against her" he said, motioning toward the smaller mech. By this time the other Decepticons had started to gather, some clearly shocked at the accusations. "This mech disobeyed my direct orders, entered the cell blocks and attacked a prisoner that was in our custody" he said, circling around the mech in question. "This mechs action has caused not only great physical pain, but great distress to the captive" he finished, before moving to his chair once again. He silently motioned for Soundwave to play the footage from the cell. The telepath more than happy to oblige.
Megatron watched carefully as the others viewed the evidence. He saw how many of the femmes look disgusted and upset. He watched almost all the seekers raise their wings in apprehension. But after hearing the agony filled scream on the viewer, as the femmes cod piece was ripped off, he knew that his crew had seen enough. "Soundwave" he said, signalling the telepath to stop the feed. "I believe we have all seen enough" he finished, as he once again stood from his chair.
"You disgusting piece of slag" Thundercracker yelled, as he stalked towards the other mech, only barely being stopped by Skywarp. "You dare touch a seeker like that" he bellowed, trying to break free from his mates hold. "I hope you burn in the pits" he snarled, as many of the others yelled out in agreement.
"Easy babe" Skywarp whispered, stroking the others wing. "He will get what he deserves" he said, turning to look at the mech.
"As you can see, you have upset a lot of your fellow Decepticons" Megatron said, stalking towards the smaller mech. "I trusted you when I accepted you into the Decepticons. Though now I realise that trust was misplaced" he said, circling the other.
"She's just an Autobot" he blurted out suddenly, only realising his mistake after the fact.
Megatron had never truly understood the term 'see red' until that very moment. "And you think that gives you the right to touch her?" he yelled, barely keeping his temper in check. "It should not matter if she was Autobot or Decepticon. You have no right to touch someone in such a way" he finished, his fusion cannon whirring to life seemingly on its own.
"Oh primus no" the mech muttered.
Megatron motioned for Soundwave move, before stalking forward to stand directly in front of the smaller mech. "Your contempt towards not only her life, but my orders, tells me I can no longer trust you on this base" Megatron said, looking down at the other mech, optics burning with rage. "Therefore, I am left with no other choice than to order your immediate termination" he said, bringing his arm up to aim his cannon at the others chest plates. "May primus have mercy on your spark" he finished, ignoring the mechs desperate pleading for his life.
The shot came swiftly, hitting the smaller mech directly over is spark. The mechs body fell heavily to the floor, energon pouring out of the wound. It didn't take long for the colour to leave his frame, leaving nothing but a grey lifeless husk behind.
Megatron put his arm down, cannon whirring down before shutting off. "Soundwave. I leave you in charge whilst I go to the med bay" he said, as he turned towards the doors. "Have someone clean that up and dispose of that pile of scrap metal" he finished, leaving the command centre with barely a backward glance.
His journey to the med bay seemed longer than usual, which left him plenty of time to contemplate what he should do with their guest. His processor kept replaying that scene at the cell block. He could still remember the rage that ran wild when he first saw the femme pinned against the wall.
Earlier that day
His legs carried him faster than they ever had before. He had to get there in time. He had to stop this before it was too late. He had almost not believed what he saw, when his third in command had shown him the live feed of the femmes cell. All he remembered was he had to stop this crime from happening.
He didn't even bother to see if the door was unlocked as he slammed his weight against it, throwing it opened. The first thing he saw as he entered was the femme pinned against a wall, by one of his new recruits, her bound servos held high above her helm "No. Primus no. I beg of you… Please stop" he heard the femme sob, as he saw tears forming in her optics.
At that moment Megatron felt nothing but complete unadulterated rage, as he rushed forward. He grabbed the smaller mech by the back of his neck, pulling him away from his victim before throwing him across the cell. He turned to stand protectively in front of the femme, not allowing the other mech to get near her again.
Present
Megatron walked through the med bay doors, making a beeline straight for Hooks office. "Hook how is the femme?" he asked, as he entered the medic's office.
The green and purple medic sighed as he went through the femmes report with Starscream. "Well. Where do I start?" he asked, leaning back in his chair. "Her cod piece was ripped off with such force, it damaged her valve" he said, before flipping through the datapad in front of him. "I repaired that and replaced her cod piece" the medic said, before the seeker took over.
"We had to put her on an IV as her systems were so weak from the attack" the seeker started, with a growl. "On top of all that, the attack left extensive damage on her, already injured, wing" he finished.
Hook sighed as he rose from his chair, before approaching the silver mech. "Physically. She'll heal" the medic said.
Megatron knew there was more, so prompted the medic. "But"
Hook sighed. "But mentally. I worry about how long it will take for her to recover" the medic admitted. "It would be in her best interest to keep her out of the brig" the medic finished.
"Of course" Megatron said. "But that means she will need a guardian at all times" he stated.
"Got it covered" Starscream said, stepping forward. "I have already organised to have at least one seeker off duty at all times" he started, handing him a datapad with an organised roster. "I have already volunteered for the rest of today" he finished.
The rest of there conversation was cut short as the femme woke. "NO".
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