Locked up and afraid, Spaceout and Starglider did not know what to do. There was no way out as far from what they see. The cages they had been put in were made from thick metal, the bars were to close together so slipping out was not an option, and even if somehow they could escape they were at least 8 meters from the ground. They were perfectly aware that they stood not even the slightest chance against these giant alien robots, they were weak and very vulnerable. It had been at least a full day if not longer since the last time they had eaten and they were just to scared to fall asleep. Much to there dislike they had been separated after Knockout and Breakdown had examined them.
Sleep deprived and starved the two had huddled up to the farthest side of there cages, to touch each other they had to laydown flat on there stomachs and stretch out there arms as far as they could. They did this when everything seemed quiet; hold each other's hands until their arms could not stand being stretched out much longer.
They never dared to make the slightest sound, let alone talk in the first few hours of their stay. But after the silence had become too much Spaceout had had the guts to whisper a small "hello" before a very moody Starscream silenced her. From that moment on they decided to try and communicate using movements. Because nether of them knew sign language, they ended up spelling out each word with their hands, this was a slow, time-consuming and frustrating process. They did not mind doing this though, they had plenty of time and it took their minds off what was happening around them. It was hard though, trying to spell out words especially when you had to turn the letters around because otherwise the other could not read what the letter was, in the end we actually acted out some of the words. But this way of communicating was also short-lived because Knockout could hear them moving around and told them to stop, so they did. Now that they were there, the world seemed to go by at an unusually slow pace. A second felt like and minute, a minute like an hour and an hour like a day. There was an unsettling tension in the air and the dark purple lights were not helping at all. Then the doors opened, both of the scared teens sot up from their former lying down positions. They watched in silence as knockout and his assistant came in. knockout had walked over to some kind of monitoring system in the back of the room while Breakdown walked up to the two cages. He was looking at the both of them, his optics were slightly narrowed as he scrutinized their small bodies, which had retreated to the back of their small cages.
"Can I take mine out?" Breakdown asked as his gaze set upon his new pet.
"Sure, as long as you keep it with you." Knockout replied, not taking his optics from the screen.
"I will, don't worry" Breakdown said as he opened the cage his pet was currently occupying. Spaceout had pressed herself up against back of her cage, she forced herself up against it with so much force it hurt. She was not willingly going to hand herself over to a gigantic alien robot that, probably, had sinister plans for her. But Breakdown just decided to pick up the cage with one servo as he kept the other one at the entrance, shook it, and Spaceout dropped out like a brick, she landed non-to gracefully. Breakdown put the cage down and cupped his little flesh pet in his warm servos as he brought it to med bay.
Starglider was now left alone with Knockout. To say that she was petrified would have been an understatement. She had also positioned herself in the back of her cage and had not moved since. She listened as Knockout typed away at the large computer he was working on. Breathing as slow and quietly as she could in the hope that maybe he would forget about her but that was a lot to wish for, he could probably hear her heart beating as far as she was concerned.