Techna stared in horror as the Decepticon scientist crept over to her. Her spark sunk and she was filled with fear. Shockwave had always tormented her and had tried to get into a berth with her for years. Every time Shockwave tried to pull something he was stopped by Megatron, Optimus, or Soundwave. Starscream was usually at the Academy when it happened so he couldn't help her. Techna shrunk back in terror as he got closer.
"W-What are you doing here?" Techna squeaked. The mech chuckled at her.
"I'm a Decepticon, why can't I be on a Decepticon ship? My room actually is on the other side of the Nemesis. When Starscream gave the spare room to the new arrival I knew it had to be you, sweetspark." Shockwave hissed. Techna resisted the urge to scream. "Now why don't we have a little fun?"
"Get away from me you creep!" Techna growled. Shockwave got closer and placed both servos on Techna's shoulders. He was going to continue his attack but he let out a yelp and spun around to see Soundwave with his servos crossed, and his tentacle that shocked Shockwave was retracting. Techna never felt so relieved to see him or anyone before. Soundwave pointed towards the door to show that Shockwave needed to leave. Shockwave muttered something and left the room. "T-Thanks Soundwave." Soundwave nodded and left. Techna curled up in a ball and started to tremble. She realized what would've happened if Soundwave didn't stop him. Someone came running into her room and she feared that it was Shockwave again. "P-Please don't hurt me." Whoever it was stopped and sighed.
"Techna, why would I hurt you?" Starscream asked. Techna's helm snapped up to see the worried mech approaching again. When he got to her he wrapped his servos around her and held her tightly. Techna started to tremble even more as he tried to comfort her. "Shh, Soundwave told me what happened. Tomorrow I'm going to talk to Shockwave." He hissed the last word. Techna leaned up against him and started crying.
"I-I can't believe he did that!" she exclaimed painfully. Starscream was thankful that the door was closed so they wouldn't get caught. He didn't really want the whole ship to know about their relationship. Techna didn't want him to leave her alone in her room. Starscream finally got her to stop freaking out long enough for her to fall asleep in his servos. Starscream moved so that he could put Techna down. He stared at her and caressed her helm before standing to leave. He couldn't stand Shockwave, remembering the rumors of how he'd rape helpless femmes and that Techna was his current target. He growled at the thought that he wanted to rape his femme. Terrify his Techna. He walked out of the room and went straight to his own.
The next morning Techna avoided everyone's looks. No one had found out but they knew something happened last night. There were whispers and rumors spreading throughout the ship which just made Techna feel worse. Whenever Starscream heard them he yelled at them to shut up. When she went to see how her creator was doing Knockout was talking to Breakdown about it.
"I saw Starscream leaving her room last night. I bet they-" Knockout started.
"Shut up! Nothing happened last night between Starscream and me! He was merely checking up on me after I was attacked! Now stop spreading rumors before I rip out your vocalizers." She growled. She was sick and tired of Knockout's snooty attitude. Knockout and Breakdown looked startled before leaving the med bay quickly. She sighed as she looked over at her near-death creator. She wondered what he would've done if he'd caught Shockwave abusing her. She chuckled at the thought of the creepy con getting beaten. The doors opened to show Starscream entering.
"Have you seen Knockout?" Starscream asked. Techna hissed slightly.
"I don't know and I don't care." She mumbled as she crossed her servos. Starscream rose an optic ridge at her. "He and Breakdown have been spreading rumors because Knockout apparently saw you leaving my room last night." Starscream scowled and shook his helm.
"He better not be out street racing again." He muttered. Techna tilted her helm and looked up street racing on the internet. Her wing twitched with irritation when she found out what it was.
"Really? He's that stupid?" Starscream chuckled at Techna's frustration. She huffed and shook her helm. "I should go make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." Starscream walked with her to where she could exit the Nemesis. They began to talk like they had before the war had ever started; it had been forever since they'd had the chance. When they made it to the exit they bade each other farewell before she transformed and flew off. Flying over a lush green forest she realized that Earth truly was a beautiful planet. When she made it to Jasper, Nevada however, she groaned at the desert. She knew the sand would get everywhere, being on a planet that had been nothing but desert before gave her that knowledge. She heard engines roaring and she saw the race Knockout was taking part in. When she got lower she recognized his alt form and…Bumble Bee? She decided to wait until after the race so she just settled on flying around the small town. It seemed so peaceful here, it reminded Techna of Cybertron's golden days. She sighed and realized that she'd never return to their once beautiful planet. She flew over the desert near the town and transformed once she was out of view. Techna leaned against a rock and sighed contently. She finally had some quiet time, not that she had a problem with Starscream. It was the other cons she couldn't particularly stand.
Optimus walked into the main silo of the base and noted that Bumble Bee was gone. He just shrugged it off and thought he was just on patrol. Ratchet was, of course, at his work station and Miko was racing Raf on the TV while Arcee and Bulkhead watched. Cliffjumper (I told you he's alive!) was in his room doing some work. An alarm went off and Ratchet let out a small gasp.
"Optimus! I've located a Decepticon not a mile away from base!" the medic exclaimed. Optimus approached the mech.
"How many?" the Prime asked.
"There's only one that I know of." Arcee and Bulkhead shared a worried look before Optimus froze.
"Optimus, are you okay?" Raf asked worriedly.
"I know that signal. It's Techna." Optimus responded. Miko scoffed and crossed her arms with a frown.
"Does it matter who it is? It's a Decepticon let's attack her!" Miko exclaimed.
"No!" all of the Autobots exclaimed together. The humans looked at them with a funny look. Arcee sighed and shook her head.
"You don't understand, Techna is…different. We had agreed not to attack her a long time ago. Bulkhead learned that the hard way." Arcee shot a glare at the green mech as she finished the last sentence. Miko and Raf shared uneasy looks before shrugging it off and returning to their game, much to everyone's relief.
Techna decided to see if she could catch Knockout and transformed back into her alt mode. Flying over the stadium again the femme caught sight of Knockout capturing a human. Anger filled her as she flew faster and found him running from Optimus (btw this is like 10 min after the Autobots had that conversation) and she decided to stop the Decepticon. She transformed and landed in Knockout's path, causing him to come to a screeching halt. She crossed her servos and ignored the approaching autobots.
"Knockout, transform immediately." She commanded. The red mech chuckled and transformed, the human boy in one of his servos.
"Ah, Techna! Here to congratulate me on-" Knockout started but Techna raised a servo.
"Not another word, Knockout. You deliberately ignored orders and pulled this stunt. Release the human immediately and report back to base." Techna hissed.
"Oh come on, where's your sense of fun?" Techna's optics narrowed.
"It died with Cybertron because of the war. Now are you just going to stand there or are you going to follow a simple order? Because honestly, if the Autobots attack you right now I'd just stand back and watch." Knockout frowned but handed the human to Techna before she called for a ground bridge. It opened and she pointed to it and glared at Knockout. The mech took the hint and walked through the bridge. Techna sighed and turned to the Autobots who were staring in shock. She approached Optimus and held out the servo which held the human hostage. "Here's the boy. I'm sorry for any trouble caused tonight." She then looked down at the black haired teen who looked even more surprised. "Are you okay?"
"Uh…I guess." Jack replied cautiously. Techna nodded and offered the bots a sad smile before walking through the ground bridge as well. On the other side Soundwave was waiting for her to make it through. She nodded to him and walked off to find Knockout. She was still pissed off at the disrespect he'd shown her, and in front of the Autobots too! Rounding the corner she found the red mech ranting on to his partner about what happened. She approached them and narrowed her eyes as Knockout made an especially rude comment.
"Uh, Knockout?" Breakdown said as soon as he spotted the femme.
"What?" Knockout muttered as he turned and saw Techna as well. He froze and muttered, "Scrap."
"Yeah, scrap is right. Show some respect once in a while why don't ya?" Techna growled before walking away. Starscream found her and walked up calmly. "Knockout is an idiot." Starscream chuckled.
"Indeed," he agreed. "I guess you caught him."
"Yeah and he was holding a human hostage. It's a good thing the bots recognized me and didn't attack. The human is safe though and you should've seen the look on Arcee's face when she saw me." They both laughed as Techna explained what happened in more detail. Everyone that passed them stared in surprise to see the SIC and Megatron's daughter laughing.
The next day at the Autobot base Jack decided it was time to learn more about this Techna. He looked over and saw Raf and Miko playing their video games. He scanned the room for an available bot. Arcee and Cliffjumper were talking while Ratchet and Bulkhead were nowhere to be found. Bee had left for patrol a few hours ago so the only one available was Optimus. He approached the Prime who was studying the screen carefully.
"Hey Optimus?" Jack said; unsure if this was a good idea or not. Optimus looked down at the raven haired teen.
"Yes, Jack?" he replied.
"I was wondering if I could know more about that Decepticon Techna. Why did she save Vince and why do you guys seem to know her?" all of the bots froze at his words. Raf and Miko noticed and paused their game as Miko turned to face them.
"Yeah, you guys seemed to not want her hurt. What gives?" she asked. Optimus shared a look with Arcee and Cliffjumper before turning back to the humans.
"I'm sorry but this is something we cannot discuss. It involves a personal piece of everyone's past here. But know this: she never wanted to be a Decepticon. She was forced into that faction, but don't tell any Decepticon about it." Optimus warned. The humans groaned and Miko pouted but nobody pushed it any further. Arcee turned to Cliffjumper again.
"I can't wait until she gets the chance to leave." She whispered. Cliffjumper nodded in agreement. Every bot in the room became uncomfortable after the discussion, no matter how short it had been. All of the humans began to get suspicious and they knew that things were being hidden from them. Miko was angry and jealous that they had a secret. Raf was sad that he couldn't know and that Techna had indeed been forced into the Decepticons. Jack was confused and hurt that Arcee wouldn't tell him. Even with their mixed feelings about the whole situation, the humans trusted that the Autobots would eventually tell them.
Or at least they hoped.
Sorry I couldn't update yesterday! Huuuuuuge family party haha.
Reviews are welcome!