Danni's head hurt, and she groaned, body tired. Opening her eyes drowsily, she saw the same darkness, but knew she was on the move. Memories flooding back to her, her eyes opened fully. She felt her rib, and gritted her teeth in pain. Man it hurt. Carefully sitting up, she looked around. She was no longer in Shockwaves grasp, so where was she? Reaching out, she felt a wall. The other side, more wall. It was some kind of box, with when Danni looked up she could see four small holes, providing her air. At least she knew that the Decepticons wanted her to live. For now.

The movement stopped, and Danni grabbed her side in pain from the slight swing of the box as whoever carried her came to a halt.

"Are you sure this is the correct Human? I don't want any mix ups you know." The voice sounded very masculine, but Danni sighed in relief. At least it wasn't Skywarps voice.

"I am certain. Genetics match the sample." Shockwaves voice made her cringe.

Danni felt herself being handed over to whatever mech, and gulped. What if he was as bad as Skywarp? What if he was worse? Danni looked up to see a red optic peering inside the hole. She quickly crawled over to the corner, trembling as the red light shined in. "I'm not gonna hurt you." He said softly. Danni was surprised by his soft tone, she had thought Decepticons could only speak with cold, scary voices. But he actually kinda sounded pretty nice. "I only bought you 'cause I'm a lonely mech." He said with a sigh. "My good friend recently offlined." Danni watched as the optic pulled away, and she brought her knees to her chest, feeling kinda sorry for him. It wasn't easy losing someone close to you…

"But, Human, my designation is Breakdown." He said, voice sounding suddenly firm. Danni didn't answer, she simply stayed silent. Or, at least she was silent to him. She put her head on her knees, crying. She wanted Optimus. No matter how nice this mech seemed, she wanted to get away from the Decepticons. She didn't want to be here at all. She was cold, in pain, and scared. She wished she had not ripped her jeans to shorts, because wherever this place was, it was freezing.

She heard the opening of a door, and all at once, the box was set down, and one of the dark walls came down, bringing in the dim light. Her eyes adjusted to see the face of Breakdown, his hand scooped over her as he dragged her out of the box. Danni looked around, wide eyed. It was actually pretty nice, like an apartment. It had a cabinet full of energon, a large berth, and in the corner near the berth, she saw what looked like a big dog bed, two bowls next to it. Immediately, she knew it was hers.

Decepticons really did think they were meant to be pets.

"This are my quarters, and over there is your space." He said, pointing out the obvious. "I hope you'll like your new home, but if you had any ideas of escaping, I got Shockwave to have a little chip installed." Danni's eyes widened as Breakdown went on about the home. Chip? Like a tracker device or something? She reached over to touch the back of her neck, and her blood ran cold. She felt a small square, right underneath her very skin. The chip. "Actually, Megatron was your first buyer, but declined when he found I wanted you. His only request was that chip be implanted. A few things you should know though, if you try to step out the front door, you'll get shocked by 100 volts of electricity." Breakdown said as if it something you'd hear everyday.

"Wha-What?" Danni croaked. Breakdown simply chuckled, and patted her head with a digit.

"Not to worry. I can turn it on and off if I want to take you out. You won't be stuck in here." Danni was still tense, but, like he had said, at least she wouldn't be cramped in the same room each day, at least till Optimus came to save her. Danni trembled all over, though Breakdown didn't seem to notice. His optics dimmed for a second, and he grabbed Danni, walking out the door quickly. "I almost forgot! Megatron wants to see you."

Danni could barely breathe. Megatron. The word struck fear into the hearts of all, and she was about to meet him. This was worse than her greatest fears. This was the worst nightmare anyone could ever have. As they came down another corner, Breakdown stopped at a large metal door. Danni's pupils shrank, and her breathing became rapid. When the door suddenly slide open, she was ready to die of fear. There, in a large metal throne, was Megatron, just as evil as she had ever imagined him.

"Breakdown, leave the Human at the entrance." His voice made her freeze. Breakdown did as Megatron had instructed, and set her down. "Now leave. I want to have a, chat, with the Primes pet." Breakdown left slowly, leaving the two. Danni could barely stand, knees wobbly and heart pounding in her chest. "Come closer." He directed, motioning her forward with a taloned finger. Danni could do nothing else, and timidly stepped forward towards him, stopping several feet away from him. He was so big, bigger than even Optimus himself. "So, this is what Optimus has been hiding from us." Megatron mused. "Tried to keep you off the radar when Skywarp told him about our plans for you." He said, sounding slightly bored. "Started trying to block your life signal with his own. What a fool."

Danni would have made a comment on that last part, but she knew better than to sass a Decepticon, or otherwise she would end up a giant bloody pancake, either that or just a big pile of ash. "I still can't comprehend why he would want something as puny as you. I thought it would be one of his best Human warriors that he would become attached to, not one that can barely defend itself." He growled, bending over her. "Well Human, are you not going to speak?" Megatron questioned.

Danni tried to swallow her fear, but it was so large she would have chocked on it. "M-Megatron." She managed to croak, though her voice trembled and was so quiet she could barely hear it herself. The Decepticon Leader chuckled at this, sitting back down fully on his throne.

"You are right to fear me fleshling." With that, he swiped down at her with his servo, letting her slide farther away from him. Danni let out another scream of pain, and clutched her leg. But, what she touched, made her gasp. Megatron didn't laugh at her pain, nor did he even let out a single sound. All was silent, until Danni looked down at her leg, fingers numb as she looked at what there was of her leg. Blue liquid, energon, flowed slowly out of small tubes of it. Wires, tubes, ripped cybernetic skin was all underneath her flesh.

Danni touched her chest, and could hear her heart pound, but knew what it was. A Spark. Like Optimus', like Megatrons, like every Autobot and Decepticon. What was she? Who was she? Nothing made sense anymore. She was just a Human, like the others, right? Wrong. She thought, fear in her eyes, or now, optics. Her eyes widened in realization. Her mother had had gray eyes, her father had had brown eyes, but Danni had had blue eyes. It hadn't made any sense, no one in her family had blue eyes, but she had passed it as nothing. She had always felt different, out of place, but had passed that as well. But, when she had been with Optimus, she felt like she fit in, like she was in her place. And now she knew why. She had been with her own kind.

Danni watched as the Human blood mixed with the energon, and she let out small gasps for breathe. Wait, Human blood? She wasn't Human, but she wasn't Cybertronian. She was something else. A freak. She felt dizzy, and that was for two reasons. One, she just found out she wasn't Human, and two, she was losing a lot of blood, er, energon, whatever it was she had. Before she passed out, she heard Megatrons voice.

"Techno-Organic."

XXX

Optimus wished Hound was here. The Autobots were tracking down Shockwaves trail, determined to find where they had taken Danni. Though just as Prime walked, an invisible force knocked him over, letting him straggle to get back up. The Autobots looked at their leader in shock, and Optimus looked grave. Danni was in trouble, he could feel her fear. But, something else was there. There was fear, confusion, and anger. What was happening to her? What were the Decepticons doing? If they had even touched her...

"Optimus, are you alright?" Dino asked, helping Optimus fully back to his feet. Though, Optimus didn't hear him, and looked towards the horizon.

"She's out there, she's in danger." He said, looking towards the Autobots, who tilted their heads in confusion. "Something's wrong though, something's not right." Optimus shook his head, trying to get away the feeling that was gnawing at his processer. "We must find her quickly." Optimus regained his full balance, and walked faster. He had to find.