Chapter 13

Warped Off

Jetfire was shivering, he felt lost and was confused of what's was happening, there were so many wires attached to his back and all he could do was to breathe softly and let the energy surged throughout his body pleasurably. It felt weird as his body laid there and tingles of every pressure that the wires were giving him something. A special feeding that cause Jetfire to hunger more.

"Enjoying the pleasure, Jetfire?" A voice called out, Jetfire faced up and stared out of the darkness, inside of the smallest capsule he ever been in, he felt uncomfortable almost feeling claustrophobic. "It wouldn't be long, my boy…the time of the fullest would come and we will conquer the universe, all thanks of you." The voice was oblivious; it was Alpha Q that bastard…

Sounding concerned, Jetfire questioned him. "If that time comes, what would happen? Would you kill me afterwards?"

"Killing you is unnecessary. Besides why else I insert you to the G-unit?"

"But why, you'll only going to let the universe suck into different dimension otherwise destroy it." Jetfire explained briefly.

"Not exactly, you're just the source of threat that I need when it comes of conquering the galaxies once again."

"So that means…"

"Their planets will be threatened by a black hole, the most powerful force of the galaxies combines. Their homes, their lives, their children will die because of you or if they were lucky they would float aimlessly in space alone."

"You asshole…!" Jetfire screamed as he moved his body and his wires towards Alpha Q. He managed to reach his hand to the clear window view coffin as he lay there, helplessly.

"It quite a pleasing sight especially watching the young ones cries, crying and bleeding as they die and you get to be the cause of it. You should be honored my dear boy…"

"Damn you," Jetfire cried angrily as his insides hurt. It swirled about the thought of killing the young, his hand formed into a fist as he slammed the fist against the clear plastic seal. "I will never do such a thing." Jetfire confessed briefly as the four headed wasn't surprised.

"In time, you'll get used to enjoying the taste of murder." The Quintesson said and left the flyer in the plastic casket, Jetfire begin to whimper quietly alone.

Damn it! Optimus hissed as he accidentally slide his hand towards the laser bars of his cell, unlocking the padlock was harder then it seems to be. Pulling his numbed hand into his chest, he begins to remember his pain…

"You silly, no wonder your hand hurts the bandage is too tight. Here let me help you."

Optimus flashed back in reality, he stared at his right hand, the pain still stunned but he felt no pain as he thought of her. Her kindness, her gentleness, her spark…

*Tick*

Suddenly he glanced up to see a figure covered with a brunette colored robe and its hood shadowing its face. The sight of this stranger seemed awkward but convincing as the stranger pressed upon the padlock and unlocked the cell as the laser bars vanished before his eyes.

"Who are you?" He questioned hoping to get an answer. The figure looked away, ignoring him along with the unanswered common question. Optimus got up and moved out of the cell as the stranger looked at him nodded its head, turn away and then ran off. "What…? Wait!" Optimus called as he chased after him. Optimus managed to reach and grabbed the stranger's wrist.

"Let me…go!!" She screamed. Wait what…?

The hood fell and Optimus glanced in surprise. 'It couldn't be…' he thought, her feminine looks, her deep blue eyes and her pinkish unique helm, it had to be her. Her bluely eyes looked at him afraid.

"Elita…" He called as he began to tremble.

She had this look of disgrace before she looked away sad and deep inside she was hurt emotionally.

"Leave…you don't belong here…" Optimus fell into a surge of shock as she said such things. Pulling away from Optimus, he released her. "Please…go away…you're not welcome here…" She said in scurry words.

Optimus felt lost and confused but as she took a step to turn around, Optimus hooked her upon her shoulders and made her faced him.

"What are you talking about?" He cried losing it. "Elita it's me, Optimus. Optimus Prime, remember?" She watched his anger eyes and felt scared while she shuddered. "You're husband!"

Elita then gave him a tiny smile. "It's been a long while…that I had one…the one I used to have and loved before he left me to go to war…" She reclaimed as she sunken herself lowly. Optimus then thought the idea of guilt. "He once told me, we'll be together always…" Elita explained, hitting Optimus with the memory. "And since he left, why do you bother?" Elita recalled that shocked Optimus.

"Elita…it me…Optimus…" His grip became tighter on her shoulders as she begun to stand straighter.

"I know who you are…I just don't like to be reminded." She claimed sounded furiously in a sudden. Optimus felt afraid and scared, not to himself but about her. Her being right now was not her; he felt it deep as like a scar in his spark. "Now leave and don't you ever come back." She responded harshly as she moved away from his reach.

"No…not without you." Optimus answered as Elita just stares towards his yellowish eyes.

"I hate you…" She responded as her optics flashed. Swinging her arm in front of him, Optimus felt an invisible force that pushed him back mentally into a wall. Crashing his sensors, Optimus glazed upon her deadly figure. "I have no pity for traitors like you." She said lowly and yet angrily. As a whip of her hand, wherever she aimed, Optimus himself moved as if Elita possessed telekinetic. Whiplashing his body like a rag doll, Optimus felt helpless as she continued to rage upon him.

She felt her entire body shudder as her anger soon pass by into a breakdown… "I loved you and what you did was…was…" She stared with her fading eyes of optics as she slowly kneed down and cried. "Unforgiveable!" She buried her face in her arms and her powers died releasing Optimus of the invisible force. "I'm sorry…" She cried, unstable. Optimus came by with cracking gears and reached down to hug his wife.

"It my fault…I shouldn't have left you on the first place…" Optimus explained as he begins to feel her arms wrap around him. "Elita…I'm sorry…I'm really…really…am sorry…" Optimus shuddered as he felt that warmth comfort in front of him.

Elita then placed her hands upon his mask, and disabled it. "I'm glad your back…" Elita smiled as Optimus joined his lips to hers. "I missed you…" She whispered into his audio as Optimus held her tighter.

"He's probably at the next cockpit." Spoke the red seeker, Starscream as he stared deep in the empty corridor with the good reception of his orange optics that scanned throughout the darkness.

"How do you know?" Blurr questioned assuming suspicious.

"Can't you sense it…Energon…he's getting fed." Starscream recalled as he walked forward, Blurr seem deny as Skywarp joined his cousin's side. "It nice that we are at the same side again, cousin…"

"I'll kill you if you do anything wrong." Skywarp recalled and continued ahead of him.

"Crabby in the morning, I presume?" Starscream continued to speak and felt a cold breeze blew towards his face. "Uh oh, we got trouble."

Into another open space of a cockpit, they came in to the main roost of the Terrorcons. There was plenty of flying Terrorcons as they shattered around the room, staring and examining the invaders incoming.

"He's probably at next cockpit, you say." Blurr announced sarcastically at Starscream who stared at him with an angry glare and his teeth grinding together to say shut up. "Never knew Alpha Q loved his Terrorcons so much." Blurr said as he glanced at his comrades' shift quietly across the room.

After awhile they came in into a room of what it called the prison cells. This earned their hope to find Optimus and they did as Sideswipe called for his commander. "Optimus…!" He cried as he ran up to the chief. Optimus looked pleased to find his troops come in on time and beside him was Elita looking stronger now.

"Elita…?" Scavenger answered sheepishly.

"Hello Scavenger." She smiled, impressing her cheery face.

Skywarp looked up to Optimus with streak of concern marked on his face. "Do you know where Jetfire is taken too?" Optimus stared into the strict eyes of the violet seeker and realized Wheeljack and Starscream appearances.

"No I'm sorry, I don't. And…" Optimus stared onto Starscream; Skywarp followed and realized what Optimus was going to say.

"They...tagged along. I hope you don't mind, sire."

"It quite alright," Optimus replied as he laid his hand on Skywarp's shoulder, relaxing his tension feelings. Optimus glanced on to Starscream who huffed aside, a little annoyed that the commander was looking at him awkwardly. Optimus then returned his sights on Skywarp. "We will deal with it later, shall we go find Jetfire?"

Skywarp nodded as Optimus begin to organize a plan.

"Alpha Q sire, we have unwanted visitors onboard." The Quintesson looked ahead of his minion sharply as Scorponok beamed his services to his creator.

"Send in the Terrorcons and get rid of them. I want no interruptions!" The creature hissed as he returned to his computer screen. Scorponok took his leave as the Quintesson continued to set up his objective. To think, he only wanted to 'test' his new weapon out. Turning his head around, he spotted the capsule where Jetfire had laid quietly as he was resting. "Computer please proceeded." Alpha Q finally said as two large generators behind his computer started to run rapidly.

Jetfire flick his eyes opened; he felt it within the wires that were attached to him, it begins to pulse throughout his body harshly. In respond his body twitched for every pulse that went through his CPU. The processing became faster and Jetfire's metallic body became very, very numb.

Outside of the Quintesson's ship, lasers were blasted into the empty space causing a collusion creating a small black hole that begins to grow bigger. Sucking plenty of energy it can gather, the lights in the ship flickered and Skywarp realized they were too late. The Quintesson had already started his game. "No, not now…!" He cried as he raced down the hallway, Optimus followed his trail along with Starscream, Scavenger and Blurr. The others headed back to the small cruiser, noticing the lights flickered among their way. Elita replied. "It's too late…"

The Terrorcons went off from their roost and rioted throughout the ship looking for the intruders. Sooner then later, they found them and attack them immediately. Aboard to the cruiser, Elita commanded Sideswipe to move the cruiser away from the black hole that slowly had grown to a size of the Quintesson's ship for safely measures. As Sideswipe did, Wheeljack pointed out to the space. The stars were quickly dimmed as their masses were sucked out of them.

"I can't believe it." Wheeljack replied. He looked around to see Elita shudder for a moment. "Is there anyway to stop it?" She shook no, and Wheeljack gulped.

"Stupid flocks of trash buckets," Scavenger said as he droved himself along side with Optimus. "I would like to trash them right now." He proclaims. Spotting on his rear mirror were Terrorcons following behind them.

"Stay on track, Scavenger. Our first priority is rescuing Jetfire." Optimus commanded as his wheels burned down the hallways. In front of them was Blurr driving along under Starscream & Skywarp, jet mode.

The flying Terrorcons caught up and overwhelmed the rescue squad. In no other options the group transformed and defended themselves from the Terrorcons. Optimus smashed a bird aside, and came up to Skywarp.

"Go get Jetfire, Skywarp. You'll the only one who can get out of here." Optimus commanded his seeker.

"But Prime!" Skywarp begin to protest, realizing their dangerous situation.

"Just go!" Optimus cried as the Terrorcons scratched and scraped every inch of the rescue squad.

Starscream fling his saber against a terrorcon that scattered it upper wing and then fell into pieces. Starscream stared up to his cousin. "Skywarp…!" He cried as his only cousin looked at him. "Get out of here! Sky…!" The red seeker screamed as the wild metallic birds covered their sights of each other. For Skywarp, he was worried and frightened, he moved towards Starscream's position until a hand was placed on his shoulder. He turned around to see Scavenger as if his audio hearing was shot, he couldn't hear him but he could tell what was Scavenger was saying.

Go. Was the only word, he knew before looking back at Blurr who was down with birds picking on him and Optimus scattering off the Terrorcons off his back. Skywarp looked up to Scavenger who gave a small smile before he warped out of the scene.

Empty as he expected when he scanned around his surroundings, Skywarp looked onward to see a dimmed light at the end of the hallway. He went after it as he swore that Jetfire was crying from that direction. Without Megatron, he won't have come to Earth, without Starscream, he won't have to hunt down Jetfire and without Jetfire, he would never feel such feelings like compassion. With him, Skywarp was accepted into the Autobots Ranks. He learned happiness and freedom when he was with him. Lying beside him on the grass, Skywarp could have tricked him; he could have earned his trust and drawn him into a trap. He would have Megatron's honors, and respect. But why…didn't he? He couldn't have understood. Since the first day he came to earth. His first opponent, he met was Jetfire. With a glance to his light yellowish eyes burned with determination. Jetfire was first one to greet him with red symbol marked on his chest, and Skywarp with no memories of the past of his innocence sparking times. He attacked him, Jetfire had managed to even out the fight but Skywarp won anyway. In that moment, standing over him with his saber struck out to his neck, Skywarp could have killed him. He could have but didn't as he expected more of the flyer. Skywarp now realized that this is fate that twisted his life much more as he had fallen in love with a flyer named Jetfire. With him, he was lucky that Jetfire managed to bring out his memories and made Skywarp pleased to have them again.

Into the light, Skywarp glanced around the room spotting Jetfire in a capsule, crying for his name. Immediately he ran over there only to be cut off from a Quintesson. "Dare to cross my limits, seeker?" His opponent hissed. Drawing out his wing saber, Skywarp attacked the creature. With plenty of turns, and spins, Skywarp had managed to cut off a tentacle that Alpha Q screamed his head off. Attempting to slice the rest of his arms, Skywarp was prevented to do so as Alpha Q gripped hold of his wrists. "Feisty aren't yea?" Gripping tighter as Alpha Q damaged his warping ability. Skywarp looked at him angrily. "I know you; I was the one that built you. I was the one to experiment your parents to create you as a special specimen. You can warp, I know that. I create life and I want respect because of that." Skywarp pulled away but the more he stumbled, his situation became difficult as Alpha Q completely wrapped Skywarp's body. "Would that be too much to ask for? Skywarp…?" Skywarp hissed.

"Screw you especially when you have my love one in that container, suffering. I will kill you if anything happens to him!" Skywarp declared as Alpha Q just smirked.

"How will you managed that, seeker? There is no way that you…" The Quintesson flinched as he felt a sharp pain went through his shoulder blade, he was shot, blood spilling out his system. He turned around to see Blurr as a professional sniper shoot again to his other eye, blinding him completely. Releasing Skywarp, Alpha Q ran off into any direction to get away from his killers. Alpha Q was no longer a problem as Skywarp quickly went to the capsule side to see his lover's experience pain. Smashing the glass that blocked between them, he reached in and pulled his lover out of the container. Ripping of the cords behind his back, the lights begin to flicker until it became black. With transformers' eyes, they could see in the dark and what Skywarp was seeing was a horrified image of Jetfire, numbed against him.

"Jetfire…come on…wake up…" Skywarp nudged him. No respond, he opened his lover's chest panel to reveal nothing. No light from the spark was glowing, and Skywarp knew in that moment, Jetfire was dead.