A/N: WOW. Over 200 reviews? Ah! You guys are making me so happy. :) This has been my favorite story to write so far and all of your feedback has just been amazing. :) Thank you!

Galem: Jeff's mom was never dead. She simply abandoned him when he was six. His Dad is the one who was dead. :) Sorry for that confusion.

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CHAPTER 38
Truth

"I'm gonna ask you one more time." Sideswipe slammed his fist on the table in front of a nearly petrified Waspinator "What do you piece of slag's want with Jeff?" He questioned.

Waspinator knew better than to talk, he knew better than to give the plan away. But the look on Sideswipe's face nearly made him just blabber it all out, his optics filling further and further with fear. He could see the second-in-command, Prowl, himself outside watching them through a window, which wasn't helping matters. "If you're not gonna talk, I'll get HIM in here." Sideswipe pointed at Prowl "And you do not want that. You took his kid, and he's liable to rip your head off at this point." He then added "Literally."

"Waspinator scared."

Sideswipe leaned forward, his optics narrowing. "You should be scared. Because every bot on this base cares about that boy you took." Sideswipe replied as coldly was he could "If anything happens to him, you and your buddies are going to wish you were never sparked." He carefully took out a blade, and slammed it into the table "Prowl and I particularly fond of him. I love that boy like he was my little brother." He then added "Making me half tempted to torture you for the information." He noted.

"No! No torture Waspinator!"

"THEN TALK!"

Waspinator could tell how serious Sideswipe was, between the narrowed optics, and the pure rage in his voice. "Mother... Fleshy's MOTHER." Waspinator finally spouted out "Sector Seven... Experiments. May Devilin make us what they are. Make Waspinator this." Waspinator shook his head "Waspinator Decepticon once. Not organic, now organic." He shook his head "Mistress wants May Devilin to make cure, change us back. Jeffrey Devlin assurance, only way May Devlin co-operate."

Experiments? Sector Seven? It was all coming together now, and Sideswipe didn't like it one bit. If Jeff's mother had turned Waspinator and those he was working for into mutants they had a grudge, a huge one. And Primus only knew what they would do to Jeff if she didn't do what she was told. "Where did your mistress take them?" Sideswipe questioned coldly, Waspinator simply cowered "Where ARE THEY!?"

Waspinator didn't say a word, at which point, Prowl in the other room had had enough. He threw open the door, nearly shoving Sideswipe aside, and grabbed Waspinator's scruff bar, throwing him up against the wall. "You see this?" He took out a large blaster placing it against Waspinator's jaw "This will blow your fragging head off your shoulders before you can say "oops" in five seconds unless you talk." He noted "Now where is my son?" He stated as aggressively as he could.

"Prowl..."

Prowl fired up his gun, his optics glaring daggers into the Predacon's soul. "Alright! Alright! Waspinator tell! Waspinator tell!" Waspinator screeched, his voice filled with fear "Take him FAR away. Cave outside Chicago, ONLY cave outside Chicago." He choked out "Please, no hurt Waspinator!"

Prowl lowered his gun before throwing the Predacon against the wall, his optics still filled with anger. "If you're lying to me, the last thing you'll ever see is the barrel end of my gun." Prowl threatened, turning to Sideswipe "Go call up that pit-spawned brother of yours, Arcee, and anyone else we can. We have no idea what we're in for in there." He explained "And get that piece of slag to the brig." He added.

Prowl stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut. The mech looked angry beyond words, not that Optimus, who was watching from a small distance, could blame him at this point. The Prime knew that Prowl was hurting, Jeff had been hurt, and now, abducted because he let him go. If it had been Optimus in that position he may have been calmer, but beating himself up inside. "Prowl." Optimus spoke quietly, Prowl turned his head slowly "It'll be alright, old friend. We will get Jeff back." He noted.

"I know we will." Prowl replied bluntly "Even if I have to tear every Decepticon in that cave apart piece-by-piece."

Somehow, Optimus didn't doubt a single word that had just come out of Prowl's mouth.

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Jeff sat in a corner of the cave, watching his captors quietly. He'd already been told by them what had happened, why this was happening, and a part of him couldn't believe it. The fact his mother had seemingly tortured members of a species in order to make them into... Whatever in the world they now were. To say the least, Jeff was not speaking to the woman who stood nearby, looking over notes. "Jeffrey..." She began to speak.

"This is why you abandoned me. Because you... You... They're sentient beings mom!" Jeff shouted, standing up a bit "Why? What was the point of it?" He shook his head "We could have avoided this entire situation if you'd just-!"

"You don't understand Jeff. I was a different person then. You weren't even born."

Jeff shook his head a bit, turning around, and unable to really look at his mom. He hated her now even more than he did when she'd abandoned him. At least back then, he had enough naivety to not know that she had experimented on living creatures. "Between what you did to me, and what you did to them..." Jeff shook his head "I just, I cannot believe you." He stood a bit "Did you ever even care what happened to me after Chicago!" He shouted.

"What happened to Chicago?"

Jeff shook his head, looking away, May stared at her son, seeing through the hatred in his eyes. May didn't blame him, she hated herself for ever getting her son involved in something that was completely her fault. She looked at Jeff slowly, her mouth moving into a frown. "Jeff... If I were you, I'd hate me too But you have to understand... You were never supposed to get involved, never." She shook her head a bit "I'm so sorry for what happened, Jeff." She noted.

Jeff stared at his mother, looking almost ready to forgive her as he was grabbed by the arm. Tarantulas lifted him to his feet, his mouth grimacing in frustration. "You two have had enough time to catch-up. I have other plans for you, youngling." He hissed, looking towards May a moment "Don't worry, he won't be hurt, not yet, at least." He noted.

"If there's so much a hair out of place on my son's head-"

"Yeah, yeah. Threaten all you want." Jeff felt the grip tighten on his arm "You're not even the one I'm trying to piss off. So frankly, I could care less, May." he nodded towards her paperwork "Get back to work, or things will get far worse for him." He noted.

Jeff half-expected May to stand up for him, but she backed off. It was obvious she was afraid of this mech, he had no doubt about it. Tarantulas dragged him further into the cave, far into the caverns, and dropped him in a web-lined area. "What do you want from me!?" Jeff looked up "You have me to use against my Mom, what else could you possibly want?" He questioned.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Tarantulas commented "Tell me, child. How long after he heard you screaming and begging for mercy do you believe that Prowl would show up?" He questioned, bringing out a blade "Are you a good screamer?" He questioned.

"If you hurt me, Prowl will-"

With a violent swing, Tarantulas pretended to cut Jeff across his chest. Jeff screamed, collapsing to the ground, trembling a bit. Tarantulas chuckled a bit, kicking him in the side. "I didn't even cut you, you wimpy little fleshing." He placed his front foot on his back "Come on, get up, I don't want whining from your mother that I hurt you." The boy didn't move "Did you hear me?"

"Just drop dead." Jeff grumbled "Don't you get it? Even if you go back to being a Decepticon? You're all a bunch of freaks." Tarantulas grimaced at that "I mean what kind of Decepticons ARE you? You needed me to get my mom to do what you wanted her to?" He questioned "I'm not the wimp, wimps hide behind kids, wimps don't just enforce stuff." He pointed "You're a wimp!"

For a moment there was silence, and then a deep chuckle echoed from Tarantulas. He pressed his foot deeper into the thick of his back, causing Jeff to whine quietly, the large arachnid-like Decepticon only grinned wickedly. "Want to say that one more time before I crush you into bloody little chunks, fleshy?" He questioned quietly.

Jeff prepared for it, he prepared to be quietly crushed into oblivion. But it never came, Tarantulas simply lifted his foot, and dragged him across the webbed floor, his dominance over his prisoner newly enforced by the fear of death. He stuck him on the nearest wall, trapping him on the web before spinning just enough to enwrap his hands and feet to it. "W-What are you going to do with me?" Jeff choked out quietly.

"Now where would be the fun in telling?" Tarantulas teased evilly.

As Tarantulas slowly ran his claws along his cheek, Jeff could barely tremble, his body mostly pinned to the wall. He carefully placed one talon against the teen's throat, grinning wickedly. "We have entrapped your mother. Yes." Tarantulas continued "But what comes next... Oh, I'll leave you to imagine that yourself." Tears stung Jeff's eyes as his fear rose.

And then Tarantulas left, he walked away back into the darkness until it swallowed him whole. Leaving a petrified and sobbing Jeff wondering if anyone was coming for him, and if not, what his fate would be.

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A/N: Hope that this came out well. I thought and re-thought up the moment we found out Jeff's mom created the Predacons a thousand times. But I found this way to be the best. Hope you all agree with me. Reviews make my day!