Happy Easter and happy 4/20 ;) Be safe everyone and have a good holiday!

Be forewarned this chapter is very graphic due to extreme gore. This chapter is not pretty. So if you don't like it don't read it.

I don't own Transformers Prime as the show is owned by Hasbro.

Ch. 15: Battle Scars

The next time Elisa woke she felt that she was never sick. Her body didn't feel sore and her energy and spark felt steady again. She realized that she was in her Carrier's room and she was almost ready to leave when she remembered what had happened. For some reason or another Optimus Prime thought he was Orion Pax. She would have to ask Carrier how that happened. She knew who Orion was. She didn't dare tell her Carrier, but when he was gone she had dreamt about his past through his own spark memories he passed down to her through the bond. She knew Orion Pax had been a clerk back on Cybertron that had helped Carrier and she knew that he was the mech that stood by Carrier's side when he went in front of the Council.

She also knew that they had been lovers.

She didn't dare tell Carrier or anyone else about her dreams when he had been in space. She had a feeling it would upset Carrier greatly if she brought it up since he did have a sensitive past. She also realized that she had yet to meet Orion as he was certainly a different mech than Optimus. She took a deep breath and finally got out of the berth and headed for the bridge. She didn't see the red mech as she finally arrived, but she nearly growled when she saw Arachnid behind her Carrier.

"Then what use is he to our cause?" Arachnid asked curiously.

"Rest assured. Orion Pax will indeed earn his stripes." Megatron said without looking at her.

"Carrier." Elisa announced her presence loudly. Arachnid tensed at the dragon's presence as Elisa walked up to Megatron.

"Elisa, how are you feeling?" Megatron said with concern as the spider slipped away.

"I'm feeling much better Carrier." Elisa said happily.

"Good Elisa. I was beginning to worry." Megatron said sincerely.

"Carrier what exactly happened?" She asked confused.

"It's complicated." He answered as he started to pace. Elisa looked around and saw Arachnid had left the room.

"Carrier, Arachnid tried to leave the planet when you were gone." She said quickly.

"I know. Soundwave already told me." Megatron said darkly.

"You've got to get rid of her Carrier." Elisa insisted.

"Not just yet. She will pay for her treason I can assure you." He said caressing her cheek.

"What's going to happen with…Orion?" She asked cautiously.

"He's currently in isolation to adjust to his arrival. You and the others cannot refer to him as Optimus Prime. He's need to think that we are the "good guys" and you sister was none too pleased with the idea." Megatron said with a frown.

"It's in her nature." Elisa shrugged and Megatron did as well. "Can I meet him?" She asked trying hide her curiosity.

"Of course you will. I intend to keep him on this ship as long as possible." He answered.

"What do you mean?" She said confused. Megatron had to be cautious of what he said next.

"For as long as we can keep the autobots away from him."

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Orions sat on the medical berth and watched as the doctor, Knockout carved in his new insignia.

"Welcome back to the winning team."

It was a decepticon insignia.

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"You have been a captive of the autobots and locked in stasis for quite some time Orion, long enough for us to need an exodus to another world." Megatron explained.

"Exodus why?" Orion asked confused.

"Because the warlord's Ratchet's careless actions led to this." Megatron answered before he brought up the picture and made Orion gasp in pure shock.

"Cybertron." He all but cried out. He stared at the burnt out vision of his home before he gritted his denta in anger and Megatron could barely hold back his smile. "I cannot believe Ratchet capable of such horrors." He added.

"Yes, and to think the doctor of doom's mad quest for power continues. His marauders perused us to this planets orbit, we feel it's species are not ready to behold us, but we have resolved to protect this planet from the same tragedy which was dealt to our own."

"One question Megatron. Why are we called decepticons?" Orion asked.

"Another craven autobot scare tactic. The name was meant to demonize us, instead we wear it as a badge of honor for if speaking the truth is deception then we are gladly guilty." Megatron said with pride. "Now please Orion there will be plenty of time for catching up, you must rest." He said gently before he started to walk away.

"Megatron I will do my part to stop Ratchet's unspeakable crimes of aggression. This I vow with all my spark." Orion said firmly. Megatron couldn't stop grinning this time as he walked towards the door.

"However there is someone I would like you to meet." Megatron announced before he opened the door and Elisa stepped inside. She walked up to him and gave him a polite smile which he gratefully returned. "This is my youngest daughter Elisa. Her elder twin, Phoenix is currently occupied." Megatron said proudly.

"Pleased to meet you Elisa." Orion said respectfully as he help out his servo.

"Like wise Orion." Elisa said and shook his servo.

"Elisa would you please give Orion a tour of the ship. I have some things to discuss with Soundwave." Megatron asked her. She only nodded before she guided Orion out of the bridge. He wondered if it was right to let her get close to Orion. He wasn't going to tell her or Phoenix of his ultimate plans and he could only hope Elisa would understand in due time.

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"It seems we have successfully achieved control of Orion's spark. Now to put his mind to work." Megatron said darkly. "Have you sanitized the data core?" He asked Soundwave who only nodded yes. "Excellent our new archivist will require unlimited access to our files it would be counterproductive for him to stumble upon any sensitive information."

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Elisa jumped out of the berth when an alarm sounded on the ship. She got into the hallway and saw some troops running down the opposite way so she went and followed them. She heard a roar and she knew that the dragons were here. She hurried down the hallway only to get tackled by someone. She looked up and saw a bright red dragon staring at her with a big grin on his face.

"Why hello there." He said with a smirk and Elisa whacked him right off of her with one hit with her claws. "Hey no scratches!" Slider protested. She rolled her eyes before she knocked him over with her tail. She had no time to react when another dragon grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her into the wall. She looked up to see a dark blue dragon staring at her.

"Keep your claws off him." Glider said with a dirty grin.

"Whatever." Elisa said rolling her eyes yet again. Glider growled and charged at Elisa, so she leaped into the air and slammed both of her feet right into Glider's chest. He hit the ground hard on his back and was gasping for air as Elisa ran from them to try and get closer to the action. She skidded to a stop when a red heatray flashed through the air and she knew it wasn't Phoenix. Magma growled and stalked forward as troops kept firing at him, but he looked in Elisa's direction and growled at her. She started to walk back as he walked forward. She didn't waste another second and bolted as Magma charged right after her.

"Carrier!" Elisa screamed out as she kept running, but she didn't get a response. She dove into the closest room and hid in the shadows for the longest time. Finally the door opened and Magma fired her heatray right at her. She dodged it and tried to run out the door, but Magma was blocking it. With one swipe of his fire claws Elisa was sent flying across the room and hit the wall hard. She cried out as she barely missed his claws from landing on her neck. She scrambled out of the way, but hissed back when fire claws grazed her thigh. She fired a quick shot at him before she started to run again.

"Carrier!" She screamed out again, but still no luck as she tried to run. She grunted when Magma pounced on her and they took a tumble before he pinned her to the ground. "Get off!" She snapped before she tried to fire at him. He snapped her mouth shut and she squealed in pain as she accidentally burned herself. She coughed blood when Magma let go of her mouth.

"I figured you wouldn't go down without a fight…just like your carrier did." Magma teased.

"What did you do to him?" Elisa snapped, still trying to squirm out of his grip.

"Oh I just had my way him. You didn't think he'd lay down with a dragon willingly did you?" Magma said baring his fangs.

"Get off!" She shouted as she swiped her fire claws at him. She hit his shoulder but he bit right at her hand and yanked at her arm, pulling her tightly to her side and yanking her shoulder out of it's socket making her scream in pain. Magma pounced on her again and she tried to kick him off of her. She kicked him hard in the stomach and fired her heat ray at his chests. He jumped back at the sudden hits so Elisa scrambled to crawl away from him, but snarled when fire claws dug into her leg.

"Magma!"

Both dragons stopped and looked up to see Megatron pointing his cannon right at Magma's head. "Let her go." He ordered glaring right back at Magma. The dragon only chuckled and dug his claws deeper into Elisa's leg.

"Carrier get him off!" Elisa whimpered with tears of pain in her eyes.

"Try and make me." Magma whispered menacingly. Megatron fired, but Magma took the blow with his wings covering his head. In one swift movement his fire claws went deep into her leg and pulled out the bone, shattering it instantly.

AAARRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY!

Megatron nearly purged as he fell to his knees at the terrible scream of pain Elisa let out. He gritted his denta and let out a battle cry of pure rage as he charged at Magma, but it was too late as Magma lifted Elisa off the ground and threw her right through the nearest wall.

"ELISA!"

Megatron scream out his daughter's name in pure fear as Magma scurried away into the darkness as if he knew he proved his point. Megatron stumbled as tears started to streak down his face. He was breathing hard as he slowly walked through the hole and looked down at Elisa. Smoke was coming from the large open wound on her right leg and her right shoulder was heavily bruised.

"Elisa." He called out again, barely above a whisper. She didn't make a sound or even move as Megatron just about crawled over to her to her lifeless form. "Elisa…please wake up." He begged as he gently stroked her cheek. "Elisa please…" He whimpered out.

"Carr…ier…" Elisa slowly moaned as her eyes slowly opened. Megatron let out a sigh of joy as he kissed her cheek. "It hurts." She cried out quickly.

"I know, I know little one. It's going to be alright." Megatron said trying to comfort her. "Knockout I need you to get the medical bay ready now." He ordered through the com link.

"Do you require assistance Lord Megatron?" Knockout asked.

"Just do it!" Megatron snapped before he cut off the link. He growled when he heard footsteps approaching them and he looked up to see a group of troops approaching them. "Get out." He growled and they looked at each other confused. "I said get out!" He shouted at them and they all scrambled out of his vision. Elisa whimpered at the loud noise and her body shook in pain.

"Carrier." Elisa whimpered out again. As gently as he could he pulled her into body as he slowly and carefully wrapped his arms around her under her left side. She still cried out in pain and more tears came down her face.

"I'm sorry baby. I'm sorry." Megatron whispered. He could think of nothing else but cradle her as he hummed the lullaby that he used when she was sparkling. Elisa's breathing became raspy and her body started to feel cold. He looked down and flinched when he looked at her broken leg again. Her femur bone was completely shattered beyond repair. It was laying in pieces on the floor surrounded in her blood. He gritted his denta when he realized he had to get her to the medical bay now.

"Megatron?" A quiet voice called out. He looked up to see Opti-Orion looking at him with wide optics.

"Orion help me with her." Megatron said weakly. He hurried over to him and knelt down being careful of Elisa. "Help me turn her onto her back." He said quickly. Elisa moaned and flinched when she was turned onto her back. Orion quickly moved out of the way so Megatron could kneel down and pick up Elisa on her left side. She whimpered through trembling lips and buried her head into his chestplates. "Hold on little one." Megatron said gently as he made a dash for the medical bay. By the time he got there Elisa had started screaming in pain and digging her claws into his chestplates drawing energon. Breakdown and Knockout froze when the doors opened and saw Elisa's horrible wounds. Knockout blinked three times before he got into medic mode.

"Breakdown get an energon line ready and get a sedative." Knockout ordered quickly. He pointed to the medical berth and Megatron carried Elisa over to it. Orion hurried over to the other side of her and Elisa let out a terrible scream that made even Breakdown jump. She whimpered and sobbed loudly as she was laid down onto the berth. Her claws dug into Megatron's arm and just refused to let go. She kept looking around the room as if she didn't know where she was. Her screaming brought attention to the open doors, which brought Phoenix and Soundwave. Phoenix flinched uncomfortably as her twin kept squirming in the berth.

"GET AWAY!" Elisa shouted at Orion and he jumped only out of caution. He wanted to help Elisa, but the pain was just too much for her now and she was having a breakdown.

"Elisa, Elisa, Elisa, clam down. Calm down." Megatron kept repeating and he tried to get her to look at him so she wouldn't see Knockout with the sedative. It didn't work as she tried to crawl into her Carrier's protection, but the more she moved the more pain she was in.

"Enough!" Megatron's voice rang out, but it wasn't Megatron who spoke it as it came from Soundwave. Phoenix frowned as she looked at the TIC as well as the others, except Elisa before he deployed Laserbeak. Elisa's little friend landed on her chest and she looked down at him curiously for a moment. She smiled weakly as he nuzzled her with his beak and playfully flapped his wings at her to calm her down. For the first time that day Elisa let out a little rasp of a chuckle before Knockout injected her with a sedative. She let out a cry of pain before she looked over at Megatron before she fell asleep. Knockout discarded the needle quickly before he stood up on the side of the medical berth and wrapped an anesthesia mask around her nose and mouth. Laserbeak quickly retreated back into Soundwave.

"What happened?" Phoenix finally called out.

"Magma tore the bone right out of her." Megatron answered. If Knockout was human his face would have been a lot whiter than it was at the moment.

"With his fire claws." Knockout added pointing to the burns on her skin. "I'm sorry my liege, but this will take some time. I need you to leave." Knockout said calmly. Megatron only nodded as he understood the seriousness.

"Check her arm as well and check for anything broken. He threw her right through a wall." Megatron said gravely. Knockout's optics went wide and Breakdown's jaw nearly dropped when he heard that.

"I will do everything I can my liege." Knockout said quickly. "And since I know you're wondering, I don't know if she can even walk at this point in time. Megatron walked out of the medical bay with Orion following close behind him. He took a deep breath before he looked over at Soundwave.

"Find out how he got in here." Megatron ordered and Soundwave left without another sound.

"Carrier, she'll be fine, don't worry." Phoenix said calmly.

"Are you alright Phoenix?" Megatron asked quickly.

"Physially, I'm fine Carrier." She answered.

"Where were you?"

"I was fighting this dragon that called himself Skyblade." She shrugged. Megatron only grumbled as Skyblade was the seeker dragon of the ground and it reminded him of the missing seeker from the Nemesis. He wondered briefly if Starscream would have cared that Elisa got hurt. For some reason Megatron wanted to believe that he would, but at the same time he felt that he wouldn't. "Who is he?" Phoenix asked drawing him from his thoughts.

"A seeker dragon, no one important." Megatron answered before he walked back slowly to his own room. He took a few deep breaths before he just stared into the open space. His servos clenched into a fist before he let out a scream of rage and just tore everything apart. He punched the walls, he tore his berth sheets to pieces, and he ripped apart just about anything that didn't stick to the floor. By the time he was done he was breathing hard and he collapsed against the well as bitter sobs started to rack his body. Tears streamed down his face as he couldn't get Elisa's screams of pain out of his head. His intakes clenched as the sound of her leg cracking echoed loudly in his mind at well. He looked down at himself and saw all the scratches she had given him as she clutched to him in desperation. He couldn't handle it as he ran into his wash racks and purged hard. He purged until there was nothing left but dry heaves and even then those hurt his side. When his sickness was finally over he collapsed against the wall and let out a scream of pain as he clutched at his helm.

"My baby. My baby." He sobbed into the empty air. He wanted nothing more than to take the pain for Elisa. He would let Magma do the worse possible things to him if it meant sparing her this pain. He would let Magma take him again, however many times the dragon wanted, he would let Magma burn him from the inside out, and he would let Magma tear him apart limb by limb if it meant Elisa would never feel one ounce of the pain she had just been through. He felt as if he failed her. He failed to protect his little femme. He waited too long like a fool and now Elisa might never be able to walk again. He started to gasp as he was sobbing too hard, but he still didn't stop crying. "My baby…he hurt my baby!" Megatron sobbed bitterly into the air. He rolled into a ball and snarled at himself as he felt like a miserable failure. Right now he wanted nothing more than to cradle Elisa and never let her go. Eventually his sobs did finally die down and he looked into his torn up room. He brushed away the shreds of the covers and collapsed on the berth clutching at his spark as he felt nothing but pain from Elisa. He took a few deep breaths and his vision finally cleared and when it did his optics narrowed.

He would pay.

Magma would pay.