Barricade grunted in pain as he hit the wall. Starscream was never fully satisfied.
The seeker walked over and sneered at the small assassin before punching him in the face, blurring the smaller mech's vision.
"Pathetic."
Barricade forced himself to hold his glossa. It would only make the beating worse.
Starscream kicked him in the side one more time before stalking off to fly with his trine.
The assassin lay there for a moment, waiting for his vision to clear. When it did he stood up and walked to the med-bay, stumbling slightly as he did.
A few of his friends looked slightly concerned as he passed, but no one stopped to help him, they didn't want to appear soft in front of the other Decepticons.
He walked into the med-bay, which was empty apart from Hook. The medic sighed as he looked at Barricade.
"Starscream again?"
"Y-Yeah." He felt dizzy and fell forward, grabbing onto the side of a berth to stop himself from hitting the floor. Hook walked over and slung his arm over his shoulder.
"Why does he insist on doing this to you so often? Or at all?"
"I-It's just a p-power thing. He wants to c-control someone and make them feel p-pain." This was exactly what the black and white mech felt. Hook lifted him up onto a berth and began repairing his dented stomach armour.
"How did you get these?"
"K-Kick to the s-stomach. The o-optic, a punch in the f-face. My leg, he p-picked me up and t-threw me.
T-The others...I can't even r-remember. I try not to think about the b-beatings."
"Barricade, why don't you just tell Megatron?"
"I-It's not like he'd c-care." Hook stayed silent and started repairing his optic. Barricade winced in pain and the medic picked up a sedative.
Barricade fell under the spell of the sedative and felt no more pain.