Snow shivered. "I remember once... I'd been given an experimental drug or something...
Something for the prisoners who wouldn't talk. I couldn't stand. It was hard to cycle air and I hurt all over. I remember when I was being carried back and I saw someone... He was... I can't actually remember what he looked like. But he was the only one I saw fully."
Terra nodded. She sighed and looked up at the sky. "I remember him...experiment number 5...he was the strong one..."
Snow shrugged again. "Like I said. I was totally drugged down. I couldn't even see or process properly. I don't even know who was carrying me. The mech I saw was being escorted back. He looked like he felt sorry for me."
"He feels sorry for a lot of us...he's the strongest, so he could always take everything that they threw at him..." Terra looked down and sighed.
Snow shuffled her wings.
"How did you know him?" she asked.
"He...was kinda like a brother, I guess..." Terra sighed as she flexed her talons. "He was...he took care of us...even though I was technically the oldest, he was older in intellegence...we shared a cell with 2 until...they took him...he never came back..."
terra sighed and then looked around. "SnowFeather...do you know the way? At all?" She asked, bat ears wiggling.
"Yeah. It's just... That mech led me here. I wasn't really watching where we were going.
Snow sighed, whispered something, then followed.
Terra landed just outside the base. "Energon..."
"What?" Snow asked, catching up with her. She was starting to feel pretty tired.
"Nothing..." Terra muttered. "I just smell energon...comes with being infused with a bat...here's your base."
Without answering, Snow walked in.
Terra landed and followed. She looked around. "Wow...'tis a big place..."
"Yeah... Pretty big..." Snow looked around and wondered where to go first.
Terra flew off towards the smell of energon, almost knocking a few Autobots over as she did so.
Snow followed, at a slightly slower pace.
Terra turned around and smiled. "What's wrong?"
Snow shook her head.
"Nothing. Just a bit tired."
"alright..." The femme muttered before turning around and flying towards the rec room.
Snow sped up a little to keep up.
The bat landed and then looked around. She looked at the Autobots who were looking at her and blinked. "Er...hello?"
Snow walked in a few seconds later and smiled at the 'Bots.
After another hour or so of talking, and Driveby and Prowl discussing arguments, the group started to fall asleep.
Terra smiled as she looked around,
Alpha stayed awake, holding her sleeping daughter, as she looked at everyone else. The femme sighed.
Omega snored.
Cliffjumper came careening through the office door without ringing the chime. "Prowl! they're somewhere in the..." he spotted the group.
"Cliffjumper..." Prowl started.
but it was too late. The red minibot was off and running down the hall yelling for Klutch's troups.
Instead of chasing him, Prowl turned to the group.
"Everyone wake up!" he commanded.
Alpha was up and ready. She held her daughter close.
Kit busted into tears. "Mommy!"
"Shh, shh...don't worry, Kit, he won't hurt you..." Alpha promised. She nudged Omega and HT.
"GET UP!!"
Both mechs shot up.
Compass' wings flickered as he heard Cliffjumper. "That slaggin' bastard!" He cried, and bolted down the hall, looking for the minibot.
"CLIFFJUMPER!!"
Snow smiled again and introduced the femme.
"Hi." Terra smiled as she looked around for the source of energon.
Snow pointed helpfully to he energon despenser.
Terra smiled and flew over to it. She grabbed her some and started to drink. As she did, fangs appeared from the top of her mouth and dug into the cube.
Snow blinked and smiled at the puzzled Autobots again.
Compass chased down the hall, spotting the minibot.
"CLIFFJUMPER." He barked, trying to catch up to him.
Prowl looked at the retreating red form. "Well, you can do either one of two things. You can turn back into humans and hide out in the ventilation shaft, or"
he glanced at the closed door. "You can tell them you were discussing your terms of suurender."
"I'm not going to just sit here and let them take me away!" HT bellowed.
Prowl raised a hand. "Please. I cannot risk my position as your defense or my command, to lie for you if you decide to run." he said.
"SO YOU WOULD LET YOUR FRIENDS ROT A CELL BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB?!?!" Alpha yelled.
Kit looked at Prowl with tears in her optics and then buried her head in her mother's chest.
Omega growled as Alpha rubbed Kit's back. "Alpha's right"
Snow turned at shouting.
"Who the-" she started, just as a minibot knocked into her and toppled her over.
Terra winced. She flew over to the minibot
Cliffjumper was still yelling when Compass caught up to him. But the soldiers had allready hear him.
"They're in Prowl's office! all of them!"
two squads of six soldiers each ran down the hall, arming their rifles as they passed.
Snow meeped and tried to wriggle out from under the red minibot.
Cliffjumper picked himself up off the femme, and started to walk away. He spotted Compass coming up behind him, but ignored him as he kept walking, smirking.
Terra grabbed CJ. "Hiya!"
Snow watched with a mild interest as Terra grabbed the minibot.
"Please." Prowl held up a hand. "You will have to face him sooner or later. Whether he catches you or you come forward of your own accord. It would make a better defense if you decided to fight him on your own. I'm pretty sure we have enough evidence in your favor allready." he looked down at the angry blue femme.
Kit whimpered.
"It's okay, Kitty..." Alpha said softly, still glaring at Prowl.
Omega glared at the mech and then hugged Kit and Alpha. He sighed. "I hate to admit it-"
"Then don't!" Alpha barked.
Omega blinked, but shut up.
Jade gulped, glancing quickly between the vent and the door.
"Great, so we run like cowards or let ourselves be thrown in the brig." HT snarled.
"Peachy."
Alpha looked at Kit. She looked at the others. "We're all gonna die..." She muttered.
Omega shook his head.
The rest of Driveby's group started to protest that they, too, wanted to run.
Gunlock and Ty remained silent, however.
But Jade looked at Prowl.
"Hammertread's right. We have to stand and fight. Klutch isn't as perfect as he thinks he is. And we have a world-class arguer to defend us. What do you guys say?" she looked at the group.
"I still think we should run." Cable eeped.
"Me too." Beacon added. Everyone started talking again.
Alpha sighed. She looked at Kit. "Omega."
"Yes?"
Alpha handed Kit to Omega and then nodded.
Said mech went invisable and took Kit's hand, leading her out of the room.
"Stay safe, little brother...Kit..." Alpha whispered before turning back to the others and listening to them.
Daze attempted to sit up, and felt Ratchet push her back again. She attempted to protest. The main word being attempted.
Ratchet went over to a cupboard, mumbling.
Daze turned her head then tried to sit up again.
Ratchet walked back over to Daze, pushing her back down again. He looked at the readouts for the scans he did again.
"Daze, why did you stop taking the medication I gave you?" he asked.
"Uhhhh..." Daze started. "Umm..."