"Klutch, you may have only one witness on the stand at a time." the judge said.
"Sorry." Klutch turned and nodded to Prowl. He went back to the others.
"So, you and alpha would kill to protect one anothah? please anwer yes or no. I shouldn't ave to remind you of thot." Klutch said.
"Yes." Omega said, looking at Klutch. "We would."
"Even if it was an Autobot threatening you?"
"Yes." Omega said again. "Even if it was an Autobot that was threatening me."
"Uh-huh. So." he turned to the judge and the crowd. "how could you call and Autobot loyal, if he is willing to kill one of his own faction, one of his friends, in ordah to protect his sistah, and I presume you believe the same way, Alpha? (yes or no)"
Alpha looked down. She didn't answer. Help me, bro...someone... She thought sent.
Alpha... Omega whispered, Answer it from your spark...what Vector Prime taught us...
Alpha looked up. "No. Because his sister is a fellow Autobot and Autobots would do anything to help one another."
So, you deny killing two mechs to protect youah brothah, oah attacking myself because you believed I was huting youah sparkling? on which of these occasion s did you lie about, then?" Klutch frowned.
"I am not lying. At all. I killed the mechs to protect my brother. I attacked you because, though you are an Autobot, you were attacking my sparkling, who is an Autobot as well." Alpha said, looking at him.
Omega blinked. He hated politics
"The point is wot you believed was hoppening, not whot was really going on. the child may hov been scared, but I doubt she was injud. And wot about when you attacked the two autobots, Sunstreaka and Sideswipe in youah attempt to escape? hmm? you would let youah brotha die befoah defending him from an autobot?"
"My daughter had dents in her neck where you grabbed her by the neck. Alpha snarled. "I would do anything for my brother. I would do anything for any of my friends."
"anything being kill an Autobot?" Klutch blinked.
"Instead of standing around heah arguing all day, why don't we see the evidence brought." He motioned to Indy.
"Now, I have written and vocal consent from all of you to use this evidence in court." he handed the judge a datapad, who nodded. He turned to the crowd. "I warn you, this is not pretty."
He clicked it on, and the bigscreen in the center field came on.
Alpha yelled as she ran from someone. The femme looked behind her and was tackled by a young Autobot. "P-Please! Get off of me!" She whimpered, "I just wanna protect my brother! That's the only reason I attacked!"
"I'm sure!" The Autobot snarled, holding his blade to her throat. "You Decepticons are all alike!"
"That's not true!" Alpha sobbed, tears running down her cheeks. "Please! Don't...you kill me and my brother dies!"
"Tough luck."
"For you!" Omega snarled and he kicked the Autobot off Alpha. He stabbed him through the chest. "Never touch my sister." The mech growled. He landed next to Alpha. "Alpha?"
"We...killed him..." Alpha sobbed, hugging her brother.
"I did, Alpha..."
"But he wouldn't have-"
"Shh..." Omega held her close.
"Now watch what's about to happen next." Klutch said. he turned to Alpha. "And I dare you to deny it." he said.
Alpha looked up and saw the Autobot staggering over to Omega.
"OMEGA!!" Alpha screeched, firing at the Autobot.
The Autobot grunted as the shot hit his spark. His optics clicked off and fell to the ground, dead.
The crowd went silent enough to hear a pin drop.
the screen clicked off. "now, am I seeing things, ah did Alpha just shoot that bot dead? becos it sure looked like it to me." he said.
Alpha whimpered.
Omega grabbed his sister's shoulders and squeezed gently. "It's okay, sis...you were only protecting me..."
"I didn't wanna go through these again, Omega...don't make me..."
"I wish I could help, sis..." Omega whispered.
Alpha looked at her friends and then looked away.
"Well, you just stood heah and told me you wouldn't fight oah kill anothah Autobot in youah brotha's defense. so which is it?"
Klutch shrugged in a questioning motion.
"I said I would do anything for my brother!" Alpha snapped.
"Easy, sis..." Omega said, squeezing gently.
But it's the forth time I've said it.
Fifth.
Whatever.
Klutch narrowed his optics. "Just trying to get a cleah ansuh. " he said.
He paused for a moment before continuing, ignoring her glare. "Okay. On to anothah subject, then."
Do you deny being romantically involved with the Decepticon tank, Hammatread?"
he glanced at the tank, who looked pointedly away.
Prime leaned forward. "I object to that. His loyalty had not been proven."
"Can you deny he used to be a decepticon?" Klutch looked at the tank.
"Hammatread?"
the tank growled. "So what if I was?"
Klutch nodded. "I'll take that as a yes." he turned back to Alpha.
Do you deny having romantic feelings foah him?" he asked Alpha.
Alpha swallowed. She looked down. "No." She whispered, looking away. "I don't."
Omega anime fell. He stood up. "What?"
Hammetread blinked, shutting his mouth before he could let it gape too much.
Alpha looked at him. She looked away, blushing. "I guess...I've kinda..." She looked at Klutch.
"No." She whispered again.
Hammertread's shoulders shook. "aww. I didn't know you cared." he chuckled under his breath.
Klutch glanced at him.
"Alright, so in summary, we have an ex-Decpticon femme who has no quams about killing one of heah own faction in huh brotha's defense, has killed to huh record, two neutrals, three Decepticons, and one Autobot, has attacked othah autobots on at least two occasions mentioned heah, and is in love with an ex-Decepticon tank, who makes no denial of his past.
I believe that is all, youah honuh." Klutch bowed to the judge.
"Bite me, HT." Alpha hissed.
Omega facepalmed. "WE're doomed."
The Judge nodded to Klutch.
Alpha's cheeks grew red once she had turned away from HT. "Jerk."
HT grinned at her behind her back.
Alpha sighed and folded her arms. I saw that, HT! She said in his head.
And its' true, too...Compass is gonna kill me... She shook her head.
Omega facepalmed.
HT sent a smile back. I wonder if Dri is jealous yet. he thought.
The judge looked at Klutch. "Do you wish to continue, or let the defense have the floor?" he asked.
Klutch looked at Prime.
"miss Alpha, you may step back until called upon by the defense." the judge said.
"Driveby." klutch called.
Driveby stepped forward, and took an oath of the truth,yadda yadda yadda.
"So, Driveby, when yoah group was on Cybertron, yoah group intentionally raided an Autobot wahouse foah energy and weapons?" he asked.
"It was nessesary for our survival." the white car replied. "Please, yes or no." Klutch sighed.
"Yes."
Klutch turned to the judge. "And you intentionally shot three gaurds dead youaself?" he asked. Driveby looked at the ground.
"yes." Klutch nodded.
"And yet you say you want to join the Autobots?"
Driveby looked at Jade, who was standing just behind Hammertread. "We wanted to become..Allies. So no, not really."
"Oh." Klutch acted suprised. "So you don't want to become Autobots then?"
"No. We wish to remain in our own faction."
"And that would be?" Klutch prodded.
"The Kintari." Driveby replied.
The crowd made a suprised sound, and a few people started to yell and boo.
The judge pounded his gavel on the podium again. "Order!" he yelled. The crowd slowly quieted. Drivby glared at them.
"The Kintaari." Klutch repeated. "That name sounds familiar. Tell me, who is the last remaining offisah with rank in yoah group?" he asked.
Jade hid her face on HT's shoulder. "Oh no..." she thought.
"Jade." came the reply. The crowd yelled again, and Klutch smiled.
Alpha edged over to her friends, but stayed far enough away from them. She didn't want to know what they were thinking, she didn't want to know what they thought of her...she just wanted to be left alone.
Omega sighed and rubbed his sis's shoulders. "It's okay, sis..."
"No, it's not...I mean...we...we're out here, letting our secrets be exposed all because of that racist twit." Alpha muttered, "I never wanted to have to go through this, bro...we were lucky Prime didn't make us..." She glanced at her friends and sighed.
Omega rubbed her shoulders. "It's okay, sis." He whispered, glancing up. He heard Driveby and blinked.
Both twins glared at the crowd, but said nothing. They looked at Jade and blinked.
Jade eeped softly and cursed under her breath at the white car.
Terra muttered something as she woke up. "I wasn't asleep, Force...block..." She looked down and remembered that she was free. The femme sighed.
Snow looked around, sighing as she padded down a corridor, a cube of energon in her hand.
Terra sighed and leaned against the wall. She sighed again and looked down at her brother.
Snow mumbled something and absently kicked a wall, then leaned against it and took a sip of the energon.
Terra winced.
Cyberfin activated his optics slowly, and looked around, panicking slightly at the room.
"Shh, Fin, it's okay." Terra said softly, stroking his forehead. "I'm here, Fin. Don't worry."
The mech looked up, and recognised Terra. He calmed down slightly
SkyFire spotted Snow. "What's wrong?"
Terra smiled and folded her wings. "You okay, Fin?" The femme asked softly.
The femme looked up, startled.
"Wha-" she mumbled.
Cyberfin nodded. "I'm okay now..."
SkyFire blinked. "You okay?"
"Good." Terra smiled. "Can ya stand or do we need to wait a bit for that?"
Snow swallowed and nodded.
Cyberfin managed to sit up, and swing his legs off the table.
SkyFire blinked. "You sure?"
Terra smiled. "Easy now, Fin. Don't hurt yourself."
Smiling, Snow nodded.
"Yeah. Who're you?"
The mech nodded and stood up, swaying slightly.
"SkyFire." The mech grinned.
Terra helped her friend stand strait. "Easy there, Fin." She smiled.
"My name's Snowfeather."
Cyberfin nodded and managed not to fall over.
SkyFire smiled. "Pleased to meet you!"
Terra smiled and held onto him. "Don't fall."
Snow nodded, then glanced around.
"I won't..." the mech nodded.
SkyFire smiled.
"Good."
Alpha sighed and shook her head.
"and you also used to be...romantically involved with the Decepticon tank...Hammertread.
(said tank grinned) Driveby frowned. "I guess you could say that"
Alpha's optic twitched. Must resist urge to...kill...him
Omega snickered.
Alpha kicked.
"Ow"
Alpha sighed and looke down. "I hate my life." She mumbled.
Klutch finished his questions with Driveby, and let her walk back to the group.
Alpha glanced at Driveby. She sighed, You okay? She asked, a little worried that the femme would yell at her.
Snow nodded in agreement and smiled.
Cyberfin looked up sharply as Ratchet came in to check on him. The medic saw his patient standing and growled.
SkyFire looked aournd, "Whatcha doing?"
Terra eeped and made Fin sit down
"Nothing really," Snow mumbled.
Ratchet growled again and walked over to check on the mech's recovery.
SF shrugged. "Okay then."
Terra eeped, but stuck by her brother
"I'm fine." Driveby glared at Klutch from her place beside the others.
"Ty Rod." klutch called. The black femme glanced at him and blinked. It wasn't very often anyone called her by her full name.
"Explain to me which faction you belong to." klutch started.
"We are Kintari." Ty replied unemotionally.
"And who do you believe holds the highest rank in youah faction"
"current or past?" the black blazer replied, still emotionless"
"wha. hey, I'm asking the quiestion heah!" Klutch replied.
"Present." he added after a second.
"Driveby is our commander"
"Really, theah's no one higher than huh?" Klutch smiled coyly. Ty continued to stare straight ahead, refusing to even look at him.
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"I'm just having a look around," Snow supplied. "I've not had the chance to yet"
"I see..." SF muttered.
Terra sighed.
Snow swallowed and stood up straight.
Ratchet finished.
"He's OK. But NO standing"
SkyFire blinked. "You okay"
Terra deadpanned. "But why? We had to go...through...eh...never mind"
"Fine"
Ratchet growled again.
"No. Standing," he repeated.
"Okay"
"Fi. Ne." Terra growled back.
Snow nodded, and leaned back again.
The medic scowled and stomped out.
SkyFire blinked.
Terra stuck out her tongue.
Snow swallowed again and shuffled her wings slightly.
Skyfire blinked. Again.
The judge stood. Driveby, Cable,Ty Rod, Retread(Cap),Beacon,Gunlock, please step forward"
they did.
"As much as Klutch has proven your misdeeds in the past, you have proven you may be a threat to the Autobots, but have shown no such actions against humanity. Therefore, it is the order of the court that you be released into the custody of the Autoobts, overseen by Prime.." he looked at Klutch when he said that. "For whatever judgement they decide for you"
He banged his gavel on the podium.
Alpha smiled at her friends and gave them a thumbs up. Prime, be nice...please... She snickered, knowing that he wouldn't hurt her friends.
"Alpha fighter, please step forward"
she did.
The judge stood.
"You have knowingly and willingly harmed other Cybertronians, and made it clear you have no adversion to killing another sentient creatures, be in in the defense of your brother, or otherwise.
How you were allowed to join the Autobots, I have no idea. But because you have shown your willingness to take another life without regret, this court has decided..." he stopped.
"Prime, please escort Omegafighter from the arena."
Omega growled. "No!" He yelled, but Prime grabbed his arms. He looked at his sister, tears in his optics.
"Don't worry, Bro." She said softly as he walked away, Prime leading him.
Alpha whimpered and looked up at the judged and then looked away, willing to take whatever she had coming.
He looked down at his notes. "I know your regret some of your past actions, but it is not enough to sway the opinion of this court." he looked up at her.
"You are to be transoprted to the prison facility overseen by Klutch, directly following this hearing." he banged his gavel.
The crowd started to yell. "Order!" he banged his gavel, but the crowd got louder.
"I will have order!" the judge hammered his gavel on the podium top, making dents, until they quieted.
HT growled low in his vocalizer, and narrowed his optics at the human, his mind going through all sorts of planning.
Alpha sobbed. She looked down and nodded. "Yes-Yes sir..." She said, looking up at him. "I understand."
Sis...
Take care of Kit for me. Alpha whispered.
Omega nodded.
Alpha smiled lightly. Thanks bro. She then wiped her tears away and whimpered.
"You can't!" one of Driveby's group yelled. Cap, probably.
"She's not as evil as you think she is!" Cable yelled.
"She did it against her will, and you know it!" Jade added.
The judge looked up at them, and waited till all was quiet again.
"Jade, step forward. "oh slag!" the jet thought.
Alpha whimpered and looked over at Jade. Oh please no...
"Miss Jade. " he looked over his glasses at her. "I believe we've been here before, haven't we?" the jet gulped
"y-yes, sir." she stuttered back, scared stiff quite literally.
He looked down at his notes.
"You were given a set of rules which you agreed to follow in order to retain your freedom. One of those was to never restart your old group." he looked up. "Also, you have repeatedly disobeyed direct orders from your commanding officers, and aided in the escape and attempted escape of Driveby's group, and the ex-Decepticon tank, Hammertread..."
the judge sighed.
"You have not shown any attempt to adhere to the rules set out for you, hence your probation has been revoked. You will accompany Klutch back to the facility." he hit his gave on the podium top.
Jade's jaw dropped.
"NO!" Alpha yelled. "She..." The femme trailed off and clenched her fists. She glared at the judge as her markings started to glow so faintly that only those that knew about them could notice.
"You may step back." Jade gulped as the judge glanced over his notes.
"oh no..nononono.." her wings quivered.
"Hammertread." the judge said. "Step forward, please." the tank loomed over the human, and cracked his knuckles, grinning threateningly.
Alpha put her hand on HT's shoulder. "Please don't do anything stupid, my friend." She sighed, her markings glowly slightly brighter. She lowered her voice, "Or I shall be forced to join you"
HT cocked an optic ridge at her. "I'll try not to." he rumbled back.
the judge nodded to the soldiers, who ran up and surrounded the tank, aiming their weapons at him.
"Hammertread. You have repeatedly made attempts to kill the Autobot's second in command, hav a history of mental instability, in which I mean Psychopathic tendencies. And along with your..long history as a Decepticon, I have no choice but to order you be turned over To Klutch, for whatever judgement he decides upon for you. With a strong suggestion that you be deactivated as soon as possible."
Klutch grinned.
HT snarled.
the soldiers powered up their weapons.
Jade's wings swung out to her sides, and she took a step bach, glancing at Alpha.
"If I run, don't follow me." she silently commed.
"No!" Alpha yelled, "You can't deactivate him! He's saved our lives so many times!" She said, looking at the judge. She clenched her teeth and fists and her markings glowed even brighter so now a faint glow came from under her armor. The femme had to bite her tongue to keep from yelling a spell that would create a huge ball of energy
The judge stood. "this court is adjourned." the crowd started yelling, creating a loud ruckus. Including Driveby's team yelling.
"Promise me you won't follow." Jade's face went unemotional, and she glanced at the soldiers surrounding Hammertread.
"I can't, Jade. I gotta help my friends no matter what." Alpha said, looking at the soliders. She let out a growl and flicked a TINY ball of energy at them. "Sorry, I had a rock on my finger." She shrugged. The hole in the ground looked like it had only been caused by a rock so mostly everyone shrugged it off.
Omega yelled. "You can't do this!" He growled, breaking free form Prime's grip. "They didn't do anything! Alpha wouldn't"
"Enough, Omega." Prime sighed, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Omega sobbed and looked away from his sister.
Kit ran over to Omega and whimpered. "Mommy"
Alpha glanced over to them. She blew Kit a kiss. "Don' worry, Kitten"
Megatron grinned.
Jade placed her hands behind her back, and her guns she had stowed in subspace appeared.
she glances around quickly, and yelled.
"NOW"
Driveby's group all pulled out guns and aimed them at the human soldiers.
HT grinned. Megatron tooke a step back. "No! You promised me the femme and the tank!" he growled at Klutch, who had his own rifle out.
Prowl and Jazz also had their weapons out, but were pointing them at the group.
"Don't do this guys, I don't wanna have ta shoot ya." Jazz warned.