Chapter 5: Capture

Perceptor felt cold in his thin jacket while the group sat in the park. He swore he'd freeze. Sadly, he did not say it out loud as Sam was already irritated with him. She did so remind him of Ironhide, making him more and more homesick. He looked at his gloved hands. They felt warm, at least more warm then the rest of him. He bent his fingers and looked over at the other three.

Samantha and Fredward were arguing. Perceptor was curious why Sam always found fault with Fredward. She would tease, mock, and embarrass the boy till he was red in the face and refused to speak. She did it most often with new people. Thought, apparently, he was not new anymore as she didn't do it as often as she once had.

Fredward tried hard to counter Samantha. Perceptor realized, the more he thought, that he was using their full name rather than the one's they prefer to go by. He corrected himself quickly, with a shake of his head. Freddie tried hard to counter Sam. He tried to argue back but she ended up coming up with better and stronger counter to his attempt. Perceptor pitted Freddie.

Carly was off on her own. He wasn't sure what she was up to. She'd left almost thirty minutes ago. Perceptor was startled that he knew that. Minutes. He was surprised by the knowledge of knowing any form of human time. Still, she'd been gone a while. Perceptor looked up from the ground he'd wondered to look at.

He noticed two teens watching him. Perceptor frowned. Decepticons, he could tell. One was Thundercracker. The other, Perceptor decided, was Skywarp. Straightened hair, purple jacket that goes to mid chest with black pockets; long sleeved blue shirt with the similar yellow oval as Thundercracker; black gloves that disappear into the black of his shirt from his elbow; and blue pants with a hint of purple (I thought I should add I mixed TC and Skywarp. So I'm really describing TC and last description was Skywarp. I'll have that fixed for later on).

They both had a twisted smiling expression. Perceptor stood, catching Sam and Freddie's attention. Perceptor felt a sudden anger. He looked down at the children. They looked at him curiously. He looked back to the Decepticons. They were gone.

"We need to move," ordered Perceptor.

"But Carly isn't back yet," Freddie replied.

"We need-"

Perceptor was cut off as Thundercracker had him in a head lock. Perceptor groaned, breathing slowing. He closed his eyes, kicking backward at Thundercracker's shin. Thundercracker yelped, releasing Perceptor. Perceptor opened his eyes, flipping around. Thundercracker was grasping his shin, hoping up and down. Perceptor kicked the other supporting leg, sending Thundercracker to the ground.

"Don't move, scientist!"

Perceptor turned around. His eyes widened, seeing Freddie and Sam in Skywarp's grasp. They, shaking, were close to him as Skywarp held a gun to Sam. Perceptor groaned. Thundercracker took this time to get back. He kicked Perceptor down and sat on top of him. Perceptor fuzzed out momentarily as Thundercracker punched Perceptor in the face various times.

"Stop messin' Cracker, lift 'em up and let's go!" ordered Skywarp.

Perceptor blinked twice, his sight coming back into focus. He was quickly, hastily lifted. Perceptor groaned, looking up. Skywarp still had Sam and Freddie. Perceptor felt a gun to his back, forcing him to move. The group trudged slowly. Perceptor felt something wet in his mouth, something that wasn't supposed to be, and dripped from his mouth.

"Let the humans go," begged Perceptor, coughing, "They have no use to you."

"Sure they do," chuckled Thundercracker from behind, "They're making you move, aren't they?"

"I thought that was the gun and your ugly mud," huffed Perceptor.

Perceptor was whirled around and punched back to the ground. Perceptor was facing the gravel, which came in handy as he coughed up whatever was in his mouth. A thick red liquid oozed from his mouth. Perceptor groaned, getting kicked onto his back. Thundercracker held to gun straight at Perceptor, ready to fire.

"No!" shouted Sam, surprisingly.

"Thundercracker!" called Skywarp.

Thundercracker looked up. Skywarp shook his head lightly. Thundercracker hissed. Instead of shooting, he placed the gun back in the protective pouch. He resolved to kick Perceptor anyway. Perceptor groaned, feeling the waves of pain come quickly and heavily. He was tugged up to a stand position. Perceptor opened his eyes, weak in doing such. The children had been pushed into a van.

"How do you know how to drive?" Perceptor stuttered, as Thundercracker was prepping to push him in also.

"Who said we knew how?" Thundercracker chuckled, pushed Perceptor in.

Perceptor turned around and was startled. He could vaguely see but what he swore he saw made his smile lightly. It was not only Carly, looking scared and startled, but it was a familiar face. Perceptor couldn't make out anything but he knew who it was.

"Prowl!" shouted Perceptor, almost falling from the truck.

"Oh shoot! Skywarp, another Autobot!" called Thundercracker, racing to pull his gun out.

"Perceptor!" Prowl called, running for the van and pulling out his blaster.

"Sam?" Carly's voice trailed, "Freddie?"

"Carly!" they called simultaneously.

Thundercracker shut the van doors, hiding the three's view of their rescuers. Perceptor could barely see as it was but his hearing was good. He heard various gun shots, near and far. There was lots of screaming. Then, the van moved with screech of wheels. Sam fell against the locked door with Freddie falling on her. She, out of instinct, pushed him away. Perceptor, out of sheer pain, couldn't hold on anymore. He fell to the floor of the van and watched as everything faded to black. The echoes of Sam and Freddie repeated in his mind. Eventually, he couldn't hear anymore. He'd past out.

A/N

I made an oops with TC and SW. Swap their descript, as I stated within the story. So…my bad.