The day went by quickly, unfortunately. Neither Knockout, nor Grace, wanted to go through with Megatron's plans tonight. But sadly, neither had a choice in the matter. It was almost seven (p.m.), so Knockout was trying to go over some things with Grace, trying to figure out if there was anyway she could survive the process.
"K.O?" Grace asked, looking up from her lap, as she used his nickname. "I...I'm scared.." She admitted, her eyes shining to show she may cry.
Knockout sighed, walking over to her, picking her up in his palm. "I am too, Grace." He spoke honestly, his optics darting all around. He felt like an idiot now, growing attached, or rather befriending a human. One whom may or may not live to see morning. "If you get the chance, I need you to run." He stated. Ok, not exactly the best pep talk.
"But, you're my friend, I couldn't leave..!" Grace stated, her voice faltering.
"No, no you can't be my friend Grace, I'm a Decepticon." He replied, looking away in disappoint. Gosh, this pained even him to say this. "If you get the chance, go find the Autobots. They will take care of you far better than us." He finished.
Grace had tears rolling down her face now. She couldn't believe this was happening! "No!" She yelled, bringing her tiny hands up to Knockout's helm, getting him to look to her. "You said it yourself, you might be a Decepticon, but that doesn't mean you don't have a heart..!" She stammered out through sobs.
Knockout smiled softly, bringing a digit around to gently pat Grace's head. He was about to say something, when Starscream burst in. "Knockout." He snapped harshly. "Your orders aren't to befriend a human, they're to experiment on one.." He sneered, glaring at Grace.
"Yea, well, screw you too Screamer." Grace mumbled, holding her middle finger up at him.
Starscream scoffed, rollig his optics towards her, before he turned to face Knockout again. Knockout sighed, before placing Grace in the cage gently. (By cage, I mean the jar like thing, in pic) And thus, he followed Starscream over to where he was needed, where Megatron was waiting...
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As Grace was prepped and what not, Megatron was just 'oh so kind enough' to donate a sample of his own blood/energon for her. Using the small amount Megatron provided him, Knockout used his tools, machines and everything, hooking it up to a wire to Grace. He had an idea, and if he could pull it off right, he might could help Grace survive. Taking in
a shaky breath, he began to pump Megatron's blood/energon into the wires, and they began to go through Grace's veins and what not. Looking to the monitor, he could see her heart rate speed up increasingly, before he snapped around to face her again, as she screamed out in pain. All monitors beeping rapidly now, Grace's eyes began to glow a bright red.
Grace could feel her body shoot into imeanse pain. Everything arond her seemed to echo in and out, along with her vision darkening. Crying out, she felt herself become weak, and fall to her knees, holding her head. "NO!" She cried, grinding her teeth. "P-please?!" She screamed, unable to bear the pain much longer.
Knockout was unable to bear listening to her screams, as it pained him to do this to her. He flipped the switch down some, as to try and put her at ease, let the pain die down. Unfortunately, Megatron took notice to this. "What is the meaning of this?" He questioned, glaring at Knockout.
Gulping a moment, Knockout hesitated to answer. "Lord Megatron," He began. "She will not survive if we keep this up..!"
"And this should concern me, how?" Megatron sneered out.
Knockout was about to say something, when a sudden boom was heard from the halls. Snapping around to see what was going on, the Decepticons were met with the Autobots...
~Time Skip To After The Rescue, Because The Author Is Lazy~
Darkness. That's all Grace could see right now. Just, darkness. Was she dead? Wait, her eyelids felt heavy...Oh, they're closed. Blinking her eyes open, Grace could tell she was laying in the back seat of a car. Groaning, she rubbed her head, trying to sit up, but found herself in to much pain to do so. That's when she head it, a voice. "Hey kid, you're awake!" It cheered.
Defiantly not Knockout..
Looking around frantically, Grace could tell she was in a transformer, as there was no driver up front. "W-who are you? And where the hell are you taking me?" Grace snapped, groaning though, as lie back down.
"Easy kid, what's with the attitude?" The voice returned, chuckling a bit. "Name's Smokescreen. I'm also the one who saved you.." He added towards the end, mumbling a bit.
"S-sorry..." Okay, now she felt like a bit of a jerk. "Wait, what happened to Knockout and the other Decepticons? Where are they?" She asked, worried.
"Don't worry kid," Smokescreen reassured. "We saved you, and kick those Cons' afts!" He cheered, laughing somewhat. Instantly, Grace was filled with dread, fearing for Knockout. She now understood who Smokescreen was, an Autobot. Noddind in content, she managed to sit up okay, and decided to just stare out the window. She then realized they were out in the desert.
She was about to say something, when Smokescreen began to speak again. "So, what's your name?" He asked.
"I'm Grace...Grace Hamato.." She said shyly.
"Dude, sweet name!" Smokescreen smiled inwardly.
Grace smiled a bit at this. She was still a bit nervous, but she trusted him none the less. "Thank you.." She mumbled. "So um, Smokescreen, where exactly are you taking me?" She asked curiously.
"To Autobot base. Don't worry, there's other humans there too." He replied. Nodding in reply, Grace glanced back out the window, when she saw a couple other cars driving around. Other Autobots maybe? Just then, another voice spoke up, but it sounded as if it were from the radio. The voice seemed to be talking to Smokescreen, something about they've arrived at base already. Grace awed, as they pulled into some kind of military base out in the desert. Three more vehicles pulled in after Smokescreen. The door opening, Grace stepped out, a bit wobbily though. Smokescreen instantly transformed, holding her steady in his palm.
The three cars around Smokescreen transformed as well, one into a large military like bot, the other a cute little yellow and black one, the last a blue-ish female bot. Looking across the room, Grace could see an orang and white bot working on the computers, and a rather large blue one near him.
The largest blue one looked to Smokescreen, and then to Grace, making her feel a bit nervous. He walked over to her, before Smokescreen passed her into his own palm. Looking around nervously, Grace fidgeted a bit, before the bot spoke. "Are you the human child, that was captive by the Decepticons?" He asked. Gosh, his voice was deep! And a little bit intimidating..
"Y-yes." Grace squeaked out.
"You do not have to be afraid." He spoke. "You are among the Autobots now. You have already met Smokescreen," He announced, signaling to Smokscreen, whom gave off a hearty laugh. The female bot slapped him on the shoulder, looking as if she were annoyed. "This is Arcee," The bot continued. Arcee looked towards Grace, nodding a greeting. "Bulkhead, Ratchet;" And so, the large green bot smiled and waved, the orange and white one not even bothering to look over. "and this is Bumblebee." He spoke once more, the black and yellow scout waving happily, letting off a few beeps. "And I, am Optimus Prime." He finally finished introducing.
Grace looked around the whole place a moment, before a familar voice called her. "Grace?!" All the bots looked over, seeing Miko run over, along with Jack and Raf. Optimus set Grace down a moment, but just as he did, Miko tackled her down in a hug. "Grace, where have you been this past week, did the Cons get a hold of you, what happened?!" Miko practically screamed. Grace let out a pained yelp once she was tackled down, making Miko look at her worridely. "Whoa, what's with your eyes, girl?" She asked, helping her up.
"M-Megatron..." Grace gasped out, holding her haed in pain. Miko looked at her, suprised, as did Jack and Raf. Seeing their confused faces, Grace tried to explain as best she could. "When I...When I went outside, at school, I heard engines...I went to go check it out, and I saw these, robots..! When they kidnapped me, I came to figure out that they're called Decepticons. Megatron had Knockout combine energon into my blood stream.." She groaned, her head only hurting worse, as she was honsestly not feeling well. At hearing her short story, the Autobots were all shocked, to say the least. Ratchet actually acknoledged her, and in a flash had her in his servo.
"How did you survive such a process though?" He asked, stunned. Before she could answer, Ratchet already placed her on the table/berth, havving a scanner go over her. "Oh, by the Allspark..." Ratchet murmured, causing Optimus to come over to the two. He gave him a questioning look, and Ratchet continued. "Normally, a human's genes could not combine with our own and survive, but yet, she has..! Something tells me that Megatron's dark energon was pumped through out her blood!" He was shocked, to say the very least. "That may explain the only reason you're standing here, right now.." He told Grace.
"Knockout. He saved me, I could'ave been dead a week ago, but he saved me." Grace stated, blinking her glowing-red eyes.
All the Autobots were surprised, and a bit unbelieving. But, they stayed quiet. Miko then tried to lighten the mood, as she showed Grace around the base and introduced her to the bots a little bit better. Smokescreen basically became her gaurdian from the start, and so when it was time for her to go home, he was the one to drive her back. She didn't know it, but she sure made an impression on Bumblebee. And Raf had to hear all about it, on his own way home...These were going to be some great chapters for the characters, and they knew it too.
~TBC~