Chapter 4
Knockout looked over the stasis-locked autobot mech strapped to his medical berth curiously. When he admired the young mech's faceplate, he swore he looked like someone he knew. Knockout pondered on this for awhile, but just couldn't recall the faceplate. He eventually shrugged it off, and readied his saw.
The young mech was apparently a triple-changer, and one could tell by looking at his robot mode. Knockout had been assigned to studying him and finding out how he triple-changed. Knockout activated his saw, and carefully cut into the silver and red mech's chassis.
As he opened him up, he noticed something odd. The mech's spark chamber looked a bit off to him. Not wanting to risk terminating the project for the sake of curiosity, he grabbed a nearby scanner, and scanned the spark chamber. Looking at the results, Knockout retched.
There was something more than the spark in there. There appeared to be a human body curled up inside, wrapped around the mech's very spark. Knockout was disgusted.
The young mech suddenly jolted online, making Knockout jump away in surprise. His chassis closed up, and he attempted to get up, then suddenly realized he was strapped down.
"Well, look who's finally woken up."
The mech stared at the medic, with a look of worry and disbelief on his faceplate. He struggled against his restraints once again, although it was still futile.
"And what would your designation be, Autobot?"
Silence.
"Scorchstrike. Why am I here?
" "Ah yes. You see, Scorchstrike, Lord Megatron needs to know about how you triple-change."
"And why would you need that information?"
"Oh, you know, the usual. Military purposes."
Scorchstrike didn't respond. Instead, he glared harshly at the medic before him.
"So, the silent treatment, huh? Don't worry, I'll make you squeal out all of your secrets." Knockout revved up his saw. "Like why is there a human body inside your spark chamber?"
"What!?"
"Apparently, there appears to be a human body residing inside your spark chamber. I knew you Autobots absolutely love humans, but putting the organics inside you with your spark is just disgusting! Eugh!"
Scorchstrike looked up at the decepticon medic, with a disturbed and confused look on his face."
"So you don't know how it happened either, hmm? Why don't we just open it up to find out!"
"I-i-i'd prefer not, but th-thanks for the suggestion!" Scorchstrike stuttered in a panic.
Knockout sighed in slight disappointment, but continued to re-open up the young mech's chassis. Scorchstrike tried hard to close it up again, but Knockout stopped him this time. He placed his saw right beside his transformation-cog, and grinned maniacally. Scorchstrike felt a small shudder within him.
"Now let's see what's so special about you."
Jack Darby held his breath.
P.S. - in case you're confused, the human body within Scorchy isn't Jack, who is safe elsewhere in Scorchy's chassis. But it is important to Scorchy and his sibling's past.