A/N Omigosh, I'm SO SORRY for not uploading! D: Sorry for the long wait, it's just this stupid writer's block...Grrrrr... WELP. It's here now! ^w^ Read! I'll upload a couple more chappies to make up for lost time...as many as I can! I also have something special planned for Smokescreen here... :D
Smokescreen: ...Uhhh...can you tell me when the story's over? ^^;
Me: NOPE! *manical laughter*
Smokescreen: You're worse than Miko...
Miko: Are you saying that I'm bad? Worse than ME? This author FREAK?
Me: WELL, let's get this over with already! Get into the story Smoke- *shoves Smokescreen into story*
A couple of the Autobots had leaned forward, interested. Waiting for the next part of the story.
"Well? Why'd you stop?" Ratchet asked. Smokescreen blinked, and grinned sheepishly.
"Sorry. It's just…nearing the end. Yeah." He breathed in and told his friends the rest.
(-Flashback- Smokescreen POV)
Metal screeched. Energon flew. I think this was getting old. But it still hurt BAD. Knockout's claws tore my metal, ripping gashes big enough to make me cry out in agony. Tearing apart old wounds, renewing fading pain. It was terrible. I tried to stop screaming, and clench my jaw, but the technique didn't work out entirely. I still ended up grunting once or twice.
Energon was spilled. Too much. This was too much…I gasped for breath as Knockout pulled apart the metal of a torso wound. I broke out in cold sweat.
I…pain…can't… I was faintly aware that Knockout was smirking at me while I repeated a soft plea over and over. "Please…no…" Then I fell unconscious.
When I woke up, I was in a small clearing. Trees, grass. A tiny trickle of a stream winding slowly through the edge of the grass. The grass around me was in a lake of energon, mostly incinerated by the chemical content of the energon. I was face down on the forest floor, limp and weak, in utter pain and humiliation. The Decepticon logo was still on me. If anyone found me, they will more than likely kill me on sight. It all passed through my head in a flash. I was out of the Nemesis. The Autobots should be able to pick up my signal now. If they came, however, there's no telling what they might do, if they saw the Decepticons' insignia painted bright red on my shoulders.
I lifted myself off the ground a bit with a grunt, imitating a push-up. But I tensed, feeling a presence next to me. I snapped my head around, and there was Knockout to meet my gaze. Oh, splendid. What now? I didn't react, but kept staring. Knockout smirked.
"Hello again, Smokescreen. I would've killed you in the ship myself, but I've had so much fun I want to do it again some other time. I'm too busy to fix you up myself, so I'll just let Ratchet do that. I also have another plan for you, which will help the Decepticons greatly. We thank you. It's still a secret now, but you'll find out soon enough." What did he mean by that? "I would stay a little longer, but if I'm right, your precious Autobot friends have already found your energy signature. They'll be coming any moment now. I'll have to run. Well, so long! Thanks!"
I watched him disappear into a ground bridge that appeared behind him. The light faded, leaving me alone, wrapped and suffocated in darkness, the tiny amount of light coming from the small Earth moon, sifting through tree branches and leaves. The pathetic quantity of light splashed across my metal and the grass around me. There was also a little more light coming from my optics and my energon.
I realized I needed to move. Now. I scrambled to my feet, and started heading in a random direction, my energon leaving a path on the grass. Still disoriented, I crashed into a couple of trees, leaving a splash of bright blue energon on their brown bark.
I finally found another clearing. This one had more light, with wider spaced branches above. The moon was more visble. The Autobots could more easily find me, and when they got here, see me. I collapsed, my optics fading. Recharging…systems shutting down.
A/N WHOOOOO! CLIFFY! Never fear, More chapters are here! Well...on their way...
I'm an idiot.
Smokescreen: NOW you realize it?
Me: *slaps*
As you can see, I'm making my author's notes more...well, something. I'm also using more of these lines. Yeah, I've used three so far. Well, can you review and tell me if you like the new style or not? Also tell me what you think of the story. *hint hint*