Knockout'sFanGirl221: Why would Megatron kill his own sparkmate? It'd only cause him pain! I'm glad you liked the chapter!
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Techna came out of her room and noticed the lack of humans. She shrugged it off and leaned up against the wall. She didn't see Bulkhead, Bumble Bee, Cliffjumper, or Arcee. She turned her attention to Ratchet who was busy as ever at the computer.
"Hey Ratchet, where is everybody?" Techna asked. Ratchet shrugged without looking at the femme.
"Optimus is on patrol with Cliffjumper while the others are picking up the children." Ratchet explained. "I'm sorry for their constant questioning yesterday, I swear they have way too much energy." Techna laughed.
"Nah, it's actually nice to find someone interested in my past." Techna responded. Ratchet gave her a weird look before returning to his post. Her wings twitched uncomfortably and she turned her attention back to Ratchet. "Can I go for a flight? Seekers aren't used to being inside for long periods of time." Ratchet looked a little surprised that she actually asked for permission to leave.
"Go ahead," Ratchet said. Techna smiled and transformed before flying out of the base. It felt good to finally be able to fly and get out of the base without worrying about the cons. She noticed Optimus and Cliffjumper heading back to base but she wasn't ready to go inside yet. A helicopter engine startled her and she circled around to see that it wasn't a con, as she feared, but a human was flying it. She thought nothing of it until he began shooting at her. What's with this human? That's when she realized: she still had the Decepticon insignia! She landed on the ground and transformed. The human landed on top of the base and began to exit the helicopter. Techna's optics narrowed and she ran into the base as well. She hissed as pain shot through her wings. She noticed small holes from the shots. When she made it inside the man was already yelling at Optimus.
"How did that con get in here?" Fowler demanded. Ratchet turned and noticed her wounds and ran up to her to fix them.
"Agent Fowler, you don't understand the situation she's currently in." Optimus sighed. Fowler crossed his arms.
"Is that so?" he hissed.
"Techna isn't a Decepticon. She was forced into that faction by her Creator, who happens to be Megatron. She and Starscream-" Cliffjumper started.
"Wait, Starscream? The con that attacked me?" Fowler demanded. Techna's wing twitched.
"You don't know anything about Starscream! We were both forced into the Decepticons! I was nearly offlined while trying to save him from Megatron!" Techna hissed. Fowler growled at her.
"And what the heck is a Creator in your fancy-shmancy vocabulary?" Fowler asked with narrowed eyes. Techna got a sick feeling in her tank from remembering what he did.
"It means that I'm his daughter," she said before leaving to go to her room. The bots shot Fowler an angry glare as he stared in her direction in shock. Optimus didn't glare but he was still angered. When the humans came in with their guardians they couldn't help but notice the extreme tension in the room.
"Woah, what happened?" Miko asked. Cliffjumper looked down at the humans and explained what had happened. "Dude! You attacked an Autobot! Are you crazy?"
"How was I supposed to know? She had the Decepticon insignia!" Fowler shot back. Optimus left the main hanger to look for Techna. He found her in her room reading a datapad he had lent her, knowing that she used to always read before the war. It was a shame that Megatronus wasn't able to send her to the Academy. He knocked on the door and she looked up from the datapad.
"Techna, are you alright?" he asked as he walked in. Techna sighed and nodded.
"Yeah I guess. Why does Agent Fowler yell at you?" she asked.
"Agent Fowler is our liaison. He's merely worried for his planet, as he should be." Optimus explained. Techna's wings drooped slightly.
"Creator's planning on taking over this planet." she whispered. Optimus knew that she felt guilty for what Megatron had done, and people were judging her by his actions. Techna stood slowly and offered Optimus a small smile. "Is it safe to come out or is Fowler gonna shoot me again?" She tried to lighten the mood a little with a joke.
"Come on," he said. When she came back out Arcee was finishing telling Fowler about Techna's past. Techna walked over to where the humans were standing. She frowned when Fowler took a step away from the ex-con.
"You never answered my question." Raf observed. She gave him a curious look and tilted her helm at the boy.
"What are you talking about?" she asked. Miko crossed her arms and smirked.
"Before you left last night he asked how you met you little boyfriend." Miko answered. Techna's cooling fans turned on and Fowler gave the girl a bewildered look. "She's dating Starscream." The children snickered at Techna's obvious discomfort.
"It's sort of a long story." She admitted.
**Flashback**
Techna hid behind another building as the robbers stalked by. They knew she was the daughter of the greatest gladiator and wanted to test her. A few young mechs passed by the femme, but only one of them noticed her. He paused before quickly following the other two. Techna sighed in relief and began to emerge from her hiding spot. A rough hand grabbed her and lifted her up.
"Let's see how much the great Megatronus would pay to have his daughter returned to him." the mech hissed. She screamed and started kicking at him.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" a voice yelled from behind the attacker. The mech turned to see the three younglings approaching with serious looks on their faceplates. The mech who held Techna tightened his grip and laughed.
"Put her down, you've terrorized her enough." The older one commanded.
"Or what? What's a handful of younglings gonna do?" the mech hissed.
"Drop the femme, Shockwave." Orion Pax said as he walked up. The mech sneered and dropped the femme. She fell to the ground and began to regain her balance. The youngling who had first seen her hiding ran up and helped her get away from the dangerous mech. Shockwave threw a punch at Orion, causing him to fly backwards. The four younglings ran away and hid. The one aiding Techna looked down at her.
"Are you okay?" he asked. Techna nodded. "What's your name?"
"Techna, my Creator's Megatronus." Techna responded.
"The gladiator?" he asked. The femme nodded. "My name's Starscream. These are my brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp." The other mechs smiled at her and waved. Megatronus found them and snarled when he saw that Starscream still had an arm around Techna's shoulders to support her. Starscream noticed and backed away so Techna could return to her Creator. She turned back to the trine with a smile.
"Thanks guys." She said.
**End flashback**
The humans seemed fascinated by her story. Techna Jack noticed a sad glint in her optics. But as quickly as it had come, it disappeared. Miko was grinning the whole time, loving the story entirely. Raf seemed surprised by most of it but liked it anyways.
"Why do you seem upset?" Fowler asked. Techna lowered her gaze and sighed.
"Thundercracker and Skywarp were murdered not long after the war began. It crushed Starscream and it's one of the many reasons why he's so war hardened." Techna answered.
"What happened to them?" Raf asked. Techna frowned.
"They only became Decepticons because of Starscream, they didn't have any idea what they were getting themselves into. Megatron sent them into the heart of Iacon one night, while everyone was in recharge. We all knew it was a suicide mission. They were supposed to steal energon, since we were dangerously low. But that wasn't Megatron's true plan." Techna's voice was grave. It reminded the humans of how Optimus had explained the war to them. "Starscream and I were safe in Kaon at the time, not knowing the fate Thundercracker and Skywarp would be forced to endure. We were watching the live feed from a hidden camera placed on Thundercracker. A light beeping started from his chassis, then another on Skywarp. Before they could think about what was happening the bombs set on them blew. No one within 10 miles of them survived the blast. At that instant Starscream doubled over in pain. It came from the bond the trine shared being shattered. There was no mistaking their deaths." The humans looked mortified and tears had already started to form in Raf's eyes. "That day Starscream snapped and tried to offline Megatron. Starscream managed to wound him, but didn't get away without needing immediate medical assistance. That was the day Megatron realized that he never had Starscream's loyalty, nor will he ever. Megatron knew Thundercracker and Skywarp would die, but that's why he chose them. He believed they weren't valuable soldiers, but he never saw their true strength like I have. Starscream's physical wounds healed up in a few hours, but the emotional ones I fear are permanent. He'll never forgive Megatron for what he had done, that I am sure of."
"But why would he kill them off?" Arcee asked as she approached. Techna hadn't noticed that everyone was listening so it caught her off guard when she turned to see them all staring in horror. Optimus too seemed disgusted by the act.
"He knew that if the trine and I stood together we would be able to overthrow him once we had the chance. Thundercracker and Skywarp despised Megatron from day one. Ever since Megatron began beating Starscream they're hatred for him grew. They had enough to worry about since he used to come home from the Academy beaten. I had to repair him so they wouldn't hunt down the femme responsible." Techna answered. Fowler began to chuckle.
"Starscream got beaten by a girl?" he asked. Techna shot him a glare.
"The femme was Airachnid. Don't ask me how she managed to get into the Academy because I cannot even begin to guess. The day Orion Pax, my Creator, and I talked to the council he came home worse than ever. I'm surprised I didn't have to take him to Ratchet. But none of that compared to what he has to endure under the control of Megatron." Techna replied.
"Sometimes you refer to him as Megatron and other times as your Creator. Why?" Jack asked.
"Megatron is no longer my Creator. I will say that he was before the war, but now I can't stand to even look at him." Techna hissed. Optimus placed a servo on her shoulder.
"I agree that Megatron has done some terrible things in his time," Optimus admitted. "But he is still your Creator and you must realize this." Techna huffed and crossed her arms.
"Wait, if you have a Creator, shouldn't you have a mom or whatever you call it?" Fowler asked. Techna tensed up.
"I'd rather not talk about my Carrier." She retorted before leaving the room, tears rolling down her faceplate.
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