Jasper, 3rd POV

Arcee sighed tiredly as she pulled into the driveway of the Darby household. Going around to the back of the house, she shifted and peeked into Jack's room, expecting to see the raven haired teen sleeping.

But the room was empty.

Arcee frowned, then shifted back into her alt and activated her holoform.

Sadie moved to the door, and found the back door unlocked. She felt her insides twist in slight panic as the holoform quickly moved into the house.

"Jack? Jack, where are you?" She called out, looking through the lower level first.

"Jack, Jack this isn't funny!" Arcee said, her voice slightly higher as she began to slightly tremble, her panic rising.

She ran up the stairs, then looked through the upper level desperately.

Jack was gone.

The holoform vanished while Arcee ran a scan of the area. She shifted quickly when her sensors picked up the one thing she hoped to never sense so close to Jack's home.

The traces of a 'con signal.

The Decepticon's had Jack.

The Nemisis, Jack's POV

I gave a small grunt in pain as a seeker grabbed me, and chained me to the human chains that hung from the ceiling.

My shoulders ached as I hung their, and my whole body was stiff from being stuck in one position for too long.

The door hissed open, and Megatron steped into the dimly lit room. I glared at the ground as he circled around me like a vulture, then stopped and the sound of scraping told me he picked up something.

Sudden pain flashed through me as I was shocked by a probe that sparked with energy. I forced myself to not scream in pain, refusing to give Megatron that satisfaction.

He moved to stand in front of me, using a claw under my chin to force my head up and look at him. I let a small, low growl sound from deep within my throat, and the 'con leaders face showed slight amusement.

"You are brave for a human, that I admit." He said as he slowly dragged his claw away, slightly slicing the delicate skin it dragged across. I continued to glare at him as drops of blood trickled down onto my shirt, a few dripping onto the cold floor.

"But I highly doubt you would last long, even Cybertronians can only last through twelve uses of the prod before they snap. It would be much easier for you if you simply told us what we need to know."

All was silent for a moment, then I laughed to myself. Megatron looked surprised as my laughter faded into a couple chuckles.

"Thing is Megatron, I don't do that. That's the sort of thing you'd do, I'd never put my family in danger." I said, venom dripping from my voice. Megatron's optics flared with anger.

"Very well, then the next time you and your 'family' meet, you will be in pieces!"

He pushed the prod to my side, keeping it there and allowing it to shock me for a few, long seconds. I writhed, giving a short yell of pain, but I still refused to outright scream.

When the prod moved away, I fell limp again, my breathing slightly labored. I slowly looked back up at Megatron, who was smirking, but the smirk dissapeared as I spoke.

"Like I said...Do your worst."

I gasped in pain, my body twisting as the pain coursed through my veins.

Autobot Base, 3rd POV

Everyone looked over as Arcee raced into base, concerned when they saw Jack wasn't with her.

The blue femme shifted quickly. She was trembling and looked as though she was about to break down.

"Arcee, what happend?" Optimus asked, walking over to Arcee. The femme looked up at him, and he saw the panic and sadness in her eyes.

"Th-they have him!"

Everyone moved over to her, confusion and now their own panic reflected on their faces.

"Who? M.E.C.H?" Bulk asked, but Arcee shook her head.

"N-No...Th-they h-have him...The 'cons have Jack...!"

The Nemisis, 3rd POV

Jack looked up when the door again opened.

Megatron had left an hour or so before, leaving Jack to hang from the ceiling in the human chains. Now, the one to enter was Knockout, smirking. It reminded Jack of a preening peacock (Lol, I love saying that! No offense, Knockout fans).

The red mech slowly approached the raven haired teen, picking up a metal instrument as he did. Jack glared up at Knockout as the medbot stopped before him, turning the metal instrument in his hands.

"Lord Megatron has requested that I try and wheedle some information from you, and informed me you're rather stuborn. I'm sure this will be enjoyable for me, though for you...I highly doubt it."

Jack meerly continued to glare, causing a faint frown to cross Knockout's features for a moment. But soon, the mech again smirked, then lifted the metal instrument up. He pressed the sharp metal into Jack's thigh, and the teen gasped in pain as blood began to soak the side of his jeans and his upper leg stung with a burning pain.

After a moment, K.O removed the sharp metal roughly from Jack's leg. Jack's head flew up, and he looked at the ceiling with wide eyes while his mouth opened in pain, though no sound came from his throat.

Knockout chuckled.

"Ah yes, this will certainly be fun."