Happy New Year, everybody.
I planned on posting this chapter at exactly 12 o'clock, but I got distracted on something and sidetracked.
I stayed up all night so I can finish this story and I'm tired.
So anyway, here is the next chapter and sorry I took so long to update.
Chapter 7: A turn for the Worst
"3...2...1...HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Sam cried out happily as he jumped up from the couch and threw some confetti up in the air.
Ratchet gave an irritated look at Sam for the mess he's making on the spacious catwalk of the control center. He walked right behind Sam to look at the television and saw that humans are celebrating of a new year. Again. He doesn't understand why humans would make such a big deal out of this.
"Every year is the same old boring stuff." Ratchet said with a bored tone.
"C'mon, Ratchet, get into the spirit. Don't be such a killjoy." grinned Sam.
Ratchet gave a glare at Sam. "Sorry that I don't celebrate for something idiotic." He said sarcastically. "Like New Year for example; every once a year, humans celebrate like scrap idiots all because the Earth have fully revolved around the Sun, which happens during midnight where everyone is suppose to be at bed by now, and that includes a fourteen year old brat!"
Sam pouted and glared at Ratchet's lack of enjoyment of the New Year celebration and obvious insult. It makes sense actually. The Cybertronians never celebrate anything like New Years back on Cybertron. Of course, that's no excuse to make fun of a certain medic.
Sam grinned deviously at Ratchet. "You're just saying that because you know you are becoming an old, cranky Bot. Bulkhead tells me that out of everyone, you are the oldest living Bot around here. I can see that statement is quite true." Sam sniggered at Ratchet's angry expression. Making fun of Ratchet will never get old.
Ratchet growled and Sam stuck his tongue out at Ratchet. "Bedtime, young man." He picked up Sam by the shirt and quickly took him back to his room.
"Hey! You didn't let me turn off the Tv and I'm not even tired." yawned out Sam.
"I'll turn it off for you and yes you are."
"But it's so small, you'll break it."
"Exactly." Sam huffed at Ratchet and crossed his arms while Ratchet's carrying him by the shirt. "By the way, why do you put a Tv and a couch on the catwalk while you have a HD Plasma Tv and a sofa in your room?" Ratchet questioned Sam.
"Isn't it obvious?" Ratchet shook his head. "I don't want to be cooped up in my room while I watch Tv. I want to be out there with you guys and not having to waste time of going in and out of my room if you guys call me for something."
"But the loud noise distracts me from my work at the Med-Bay."
"Exactly. When I ever feel bored, I can always poke fun at you and mess around with your tools. It's a win-win for everybody." Sam said grinning.
Ratchet gave out an annoyed growl. That must be the real reason why Sam wanted another television and a couch at the control center, it's so Sam could bother him while he's working. But then he thought of another reason why Sam would want the Tv and the couch in the center. "Are you sure that's the reason?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Are you sure it isn't because you want to ogle at a certain Prime?" Ratchet began to laugh when he saw a blush forming on Sam's face. He hit the jackpot.
Sam blushed as he was caught red handed. It's true that the only reason why he wanted a Tv on the control center is because he wants to be close to Optimus. He feels so safe and secure while he's under the presence of Optimus Prime.
"You love him, don't ya?" Now it's Ratchet's turn to tease.
"Of course I love him." That got Ratchet off-guard. "I love you, Arcee, Bee, Cliff, and Bulk. You guys are my family and I love you all."
"That's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean?" Sam asked innocently.
"Never mind." Ratchet said as he shook his head. It's quite obvious that Sam is dense about his feelings for Optimus, and that includes the Prime himself with his feelings for Sam. But in due time, they will notice their feelings for each other and confess. Then Ratchet will be there and say 'I told ya so' in their faces.
Once they reached to Sam's room, Ratchet basically dropped Sam on his bed. "Now go to sleep. You have class in a few hours."
"What?!" cried out Sam. "I don't have school tomorrow. I'm on my winter break."
"That may be, but you have to take my class if you want to be the best medic, engineering, and mechanic."
Sam groaned and buried his head on his pillow. School may be the worst place to be, but taking Ratchet's classes is a nightmare. As soon as his head hit his pillow, Sam automatically fell into deep sleep.
Ratchet carefully shifted Sam so that he may place the sheet over Sam. He may not admit this to anyone, but he really likes having Sam around the base... and that includes his constant teasing. Primus, he must be getting soft. With one last glance at Sam, he left the room and back to his berth for some sleep as well.
The Decepticon Warship is found just near a SpaceBridge on space. The Decepticons are lined up just outside of the outer deck of the ship with Starscream and Soundwave in front.
The SpaceBridge opens and a gray jet flew out from the SpaceBridge. It transformed into its original form and landed on the ship's deck. The Decepticons gave a bow to their returning leader; Megatron.
"I have returned, my Decepticons!" announced Megatron.
"How was your trip, Lord Megatron?" asked Starscream.
"It isn't your concern, Starscream." Megatron began to walk back inside his Nemesis Ship while the other Decepticon troops followed as well. "I hope you've completed the task I gave you fourteen Earth years ago?"
Starscream flinched at the question. Megatron took notice at Starscream's lack of response and faced him with a dark and knowing look. "Well, Starscream? Did you captured the boy like I ordered you to?"
Starscream began to splutter out of fear. Megatron looked back at Soundwave for the results of the mission. He backhanded Starscream when Soundwave shook his head. "You worthless piece of scrap! What have you been doing for the past fourteen years!?" He roared.
"I'm sorry, Lord Megatron, but the Autobots have been getting in our way for the past years! They rarely take the child out from their hiding place to the outside world!" Starscream cried out in fear.
"It would have seem that you are useless without me around." Megatron snarled at him. "If you want things done right, then you got to do it yourself." He spoke to himself. "I want some troops to scout around the nearest city where that human was last found and I don't want any failures."
Three Months Later...
School bell rang and the middle school students rushed out of school, eager to get back home and hang out with friends on the weekends. Not only that, the middle schoolers are about to graduate in just a week from now.
"Just a few more days until we graduate from middle school." stated Sam.
"Then why don't you look so excited, Sam?" Jack asked.
Sam shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know."
Jack sighed at Sam's lack of excitement. "Well anyway, what should we do after graduation? Jasper doesn't have that much great stuff to do."
"I'll think about it." The two have arrived at a parking lot and they spotted Arcee with her hologram driver, Sadie and June Darby. "I'll see you later, Jack." Once Sam got on the backseat of the motorcycle, Arcee revved up her engine and left the parking lot leaving Jack and June at the lot.
Once the two left Jasper, Arcee deactivated her hologram and allowed Sam to sit on the front seat. While two were enjoying the silent moment together, they were unaware that they are being followed by a mini-con.
A loud beeping from Soundwave's visor got the Dark Lord's attention. A visual appeared on Soundwave's visor which shows Arcee and the human boy that they have been looking for.
"Excellent, Soundwave!" praised Megatron. "I knew I could count on you to get the job done. Unlike someone here who's only given me poor results."
The said 'someone' snarled and cursed at Megatron quietly under his breath.
"Prepare the GroundBridge, Soundwave." Megatron ordered. "Have Laserbeak neutralize them." Soundwave gave a small nod and send a message to Laserbeak to go in for the attack while he prepares the GroundBridge.
As soon as Laserbeak received his order, he began to fire at the unsuspected Autobot and human.
The attack surprised them, causing Arcee to sway on the road. As soon as she regained control, she sped up heading to a different direction from the base knowing that it was a Decepticon that was attacking.
"What's going on, Arcee!?"
Arcee adjusted her rear-view mirror to get a good look on the attacker. "It's Laserbeak!"
"Laserbeak? Isn't he Soundwave's mini-con?" asked Sam as he gripped on the bars tightly.
"Yes. Hold on, Sam, I'm going to maneuver the attack while you go contact the base for backup. Where there is Laserbeak, there is bound to be Soundwave somewhere and we don't want to tangle with him."
Arcee's got a point. He heard stories from Optimus that around the time when he was Orion Pax, Soundwave had fought against Megatron once at the Gladiator Arena on Kaon. That silent 'Con had nearly bested Megatron in combat in which resulted a mutual respect between the two. That explains why Soundwave was very loyal to Megatron.
Sam activated his comm link and contacted the base. "Is anyone there!? Ratchet!? Optimus!? Anyone!? Answer me damn it!"
"Sam, what did I tell you about using that kind of language? You want me to give that mouth of yours a good wash again?"
"Now is not the time, Ratchet!" yell out Sam. "Arcee and I are under attack by Laserbeak! No doubt more reinforcements will arrive soon!" Sam grunted when that blast from Laserbeak almost blasted them.
"Laserbeak? Are you sure?"
"No! We are being attack by a flying bird. Of course it's Laserbeak!"
Ratchet ignored the sarcasm in Sam's voice and began working on locating their position. "Alright, just hang on while I get a fix on your coordinate."
"Just hurry up! I don't think we can last long..." His sentence was cut short when the attack from Laserbeak got them and crashed on impact.
"Sam? Arcee? What happened?" He was met with silence. "Are you guys alright?" When he didn't got any responds, fear ran through his spark. It was then he found out that he lost communication and their location. "Frag!" He cursed out loud.
"What seems to be the problem, Ratchet?" Optimus came in along with Bee, Cliff, and Bulk.
"Sam and Arcee are under attack by Decepticons!"
"Then what are you doing there yakking about? Hurry up and open the GroundBridge so we can save the two and kick some Decepticon aft!" Bulkhead said as he changed his fist into a mace.
"I can't!"
"What do you mean you can't!?"
"I mean that I can't open the GroundBridge because I can't locate their position!" Ratchet snapped at Bulkhead.
Optimus placed a hand on Ratchet's trying to calm the medic down. "Ratchet, concentrate on locating them before any harm come between the two."
Ratchet gave a nod and began working on locating their whereabouts. Just hope they aren't too late to save them. Arcee can hold off for awhile but, she can't protect Sam at the same time if their purpose behind their attack is to capture Sam.
Arcee couldn't help but watch in futile as Megatron advances on the unconscious, wounded Sam with the intention of kidnapping the boy. She tried to get up but only to get stepped back down by Soundwave. She felt utterly useless right now.
Megatron picked up Sam as if he's contagious. "So the rumors are true." He then saw some Energon trickling down from the open wounds on his arms and legs. "This boy has Energon as blood like ours instead of that of the human blood. What a strange creature."
"Let him go, Megatron!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Megatron walked up to Arcee and kneel down next to the pinned Autobot. "You see, I'm here to take him back to where he rightly belongs; inside of the research facility of the Warship where he shall be experimented on, and perhaps tortured if needed."
Fear ran through Arcee at the thought of Sam going through all that. She kept on fighting, trying to get herself up and save Sam but Soundwave was much stronger than her. She felt pain in her spark as this situation reminded her of her deceased partner, Tailgate. She couldn't save him from Airachnid and now, she couldn't save Sam from Megatron.
"We got what we wanted. Soundwave, open the GroundBridge."
Soundwave gave a nod and did as he was told. After their GroundBridge was open, another one opened not far from them. From that GroundBridge, Optimus and the others walked out from it with their weapons online.
Megatron smirked at them as they arrived too late. They have the boy now so there is no need to stay any longer even if he is tempted to fight Optimus. With that thought, both he and Soundwave head back to the Nemesis through their GroundBridge.
Ratchet have managed to get a pinpoint on their location and hastily opened the GroundBridge to their location. Wasting no time, the Autobots rushed through the bridge to aid Arcee and Sam. When the Autobots arrived at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave and Megatron retreating back to their GroundBridge. They were quite surprise to see Megatron here on Earth. As soon as the Decepticon GroundBridge closed, they rushed to aid the injured Arcee.
"Arcee, are you ok?" asked Cliffjumper. With the help from BumbleBee, they picked Arcee up and used themselves as support for Arcee to stand.
"Sam..." Arcee spoke quietly.
"Sam?" Bulkhead looked around for their human youngling. "Where is Sam by the way?"
"He's gone." Arcee looked down in failure.
"Gone? Arcee, where is Sam?" Optimus asked with worry.
"The Decepticons have him. I'm sorry, Optimus, I couldn't stop them."
Everyone had their optics wide when Arcee informed them that the Decepticons have captured Sam. Anger flow through them as they all blamed themselves for not arriving on time to stop Megatron and protect Sam.
The Autobots went back to base through the GroundBridge and had Arcee treated at the Med-Bay.
"What's the plan?" asked Cliffjumper. His faceplate had a murderous look with the thought of bashing some Decepticons for touching a hair on his nephew.
"We go to their ship, beat up some Decepticons, find Sam, and return home. How hard can that be?" replied Bulkhead proudly.
"Great idea, Bulk, but there is one small problem with that plan of yours."
"And what is that?" He asked Ratchet.
"We don't even know where is that blasted ship of theirs! The Nemesis Ship is built with a cloaking mechanism that allows them to be undetected by either Autobot or human system."
"Whatever the case, we got to find Sam before they conduct experiments on him!" Arcee groaned in pain as she tried to get up.
"What do you mean 'conduct experiments on', Arcee?"
"They are planing to conduct experiments on him, trying to find out why is Sam different from the other humans and why he has Energon for blood, and..."
"And what, Arcee?"
"And they plan on torturing him if needed." Arcee said quietly, hoping no one can hear here. But they all heard her quite clearly.
Everyone's fear and anger intensified. Fear for Sam at the thought of going through all that, and anger for the Decepticons for hurting their human youngling. But what can they do? The ship's cloaking prevents being detected and it could be anywhere. Or perhaps, already en route to Cybertron. If they are really planning to go back to Cybertron, then they have truly failed Sam. The Autobots have no means of intergalactic travel.
But that won't stop Ratchet. Instead of moping around, he began working on tracking down the ship by using the human's satellites.
"What are you doing, Ratchet?"
"What does it looks like, Cliffjumper, I'm using the human's satellites in order to find the ship if it's either still here on Earth floating around somewhere or leaving Earth. Hopefully not the latter." He didn't took his optics off from the monitor to look back at Bulkhead. By now, all of his concentration is on the monitor hoping that he can find Sam before it's too late.
"I say we follow Ratchet's example." said Optimus. "I want every one of you to split off in search of the Nemesis or any Decepticon troops. If you find any one of them, contact us immediately and do not move in until backup arrives. Is that clear?"
Optics are flared with determination. So one by one, each Autobots, except for Ratchet in which he stayed at the base to look for the Decepticons through the monitor, are sent to different location across the United States for any sign of Decepticons or the Nemesis. They will not give up until they have Sam, safe and secure. If anything happens to the boy, they will never forgive themselves for the rest of their lifecycle.
Days has passed since the Decepticons had captured Sam and every day was a complete failure. Each day, they come back empty handed with no clues or whereabouts of the Decepticons. Sometime when they find an Energon mine, they felt hope growing in their spark but only to be shot down when they see the mine have already been mined. But they could feel that they have been so close since they could see that the mine have been cleared only a short while ago.
Sometimes, they stay up all day without any rest which forced Ratchet to call them back to base for a decent recharge. But sometimes, Ratchet would catch them on the act of leaving so early of the day without any proper rest. Of course, the other Autobots would catch him on the act as well. Ratchet would stay up all day and night, working on a way to find the location of the Nemesis. They would drag him away from the monitor and into his quarters for recharge.
The day has arrive when Sam was suppose to graduate Middle School. They had Agent Fowler go to Sam's school and tell the principal that Sam had to leave the state due to 'family problems'. But to their dismay, Fowler visited them, demanding for answers as to why he has to go to Sam's school and make up of a story to Sam's absents. They told them what had transpired during the past week. The results caused the Agent to go berserk. Everyone knows that Fowler has a soft spot for Sam and has thought of him as if he was his own son. It has taken an hour to calm the Agent down from his rampage and had talked him out of it about calling the military and having them get involved with their affair. Fowler agreed to have the Autobots find Sam and bring him back home. Before he left, he had given the Autobots a deadline to have Sam back home by the end of this month or else he'll call the air forces and have them locate the Decepticon Warship and they will lose the custody as Sam's guardians and never make any sort of contact with him.
Once Fowler left, the Autobots had their own rampage. The thought of rescuing Sam only to have him taken away from them by the government and ever see him again will surely destroy them emotionally.
But what they didn't know is that Fowler only said that to encourage them on finding Sam and never stopping. If he were to take Sam away from the Autobots, it will hurt Sam emotionally and there is no way he would ever forgive himself for being the cause of Sam's pain. He will swim with the sharks if he is the cause for his pain.
Two more weeks has past which makes a total of four weeks since Sam's capture. The end of the month is almost arriving and yet no sign of the Decepticons.
The Autobots kept on searching to the point of having their parts falling off, metaphorically speaking.
Arcee had decided she wanted some time to herself by patrolling around Jasper. The others knew that she was blaming herself for not being able to protect and save Sam from Megatron just like she blamed herself for the death of her partner, Tailgate.
When she arrived at Jasper, she drove around the town in sadness and in blame. As she stop at the red light of the traffic light, her cover name, Sadie, was called by a familiar voice that belongs to Jack. Not wanting to look bad, she made a turn and parked near Jack.
"Hey, Sadie," he greeted, "where's Sam. I haven't seen him since the last few Fridays. He even missed the graduation ceremony."
"I'm sorry, Jack, but Sam has to go on a family business." She lied. She can't just say, 'Oh, Sam was captured by some evil robots that wants to perform experiments on him. But we, the good robots, are doing whatever we can to find him and rescue him even if it cost us our well beings.' Yeah, real smart.
"Oh, I see."
"But don't worry, Sam will come back soon once the business is over."
"Ok then. Oh, by the way, when I try and call Sam's phone and the answering machine answered, why am I getting static noises?"
"Wait, what did you say?"
"I said why am I getting static noises when I try and call him? Is it because the area he is in is not getting any reception or what?"
Arcee remained quiet, taking Jack's words carefully. It was then she figured out something and she cheered in joy which surprised Jack and others around them. "Thank you, Jack, thank you!"
"Uh, you're welcome?" He said as he was unsure why Sadie was thanking him.
"I gotta go! Take care, Jack, and thank you!" With that, she revved up her vehicle form and drove off, leaving a confused Jack.
"Optimus, do you read?"
"Yes, Arcee, what is it?" answered Optimus.
"I need a GroundBridge and fast!"
Optimus did as Arcee requested and open a GroundBridge. Once Arcee arrived, she transformed into her robot form and rushed towards Ratchet. "Ratchet!" She yelled out which surprises everyone.
"What, Arcee!?" He yelled back angrily, not wanting to stop searching for Sam.
"I found a way we could find Sam!"
"How?" This got everyone's attention.
"It's a long shot but, why don't we use Sam's communication device or any electronic devices he might have with him to pinpoint his almost exact location?"
Everyone stared at Ratchet for any responds. Ratchet has his optics wide and his mouth gaping like a fish which the others finds it funny.
"Someone beat the living scrap out of me."
"With pleasure!" Cliffjumper replied grinningly. He walked up to Ratchet to give him what he requested to do.
Ratchet saw it coming and glared at Cliffjumper. "Do it and I'll castrate you."
Cliffjumper gave a yelp and covered his area with his hands in fear.
Ratchet then began working on finding Sam by using any electronic devices he might with him through GPS. Hope began rise as they wait for the results. It's been almost half an hour since Ratchet began working on tracking Sam by using the GPS Sam has on and the Autobots are getting anxious.
"I GOT IT!" Cried out Ratchet.
Everyone rushed to Ratchet and looked up at the monitor to see a fainted dot blinking right on the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
"Is that it?" asked Arcee.
Ratchet nodded as he laughed. "Thank Primus that the Decepticons are a bunch of idiotic scrap heads!"
"Why is that?"
"Do you know where they are?" The Autobots looked at the area more carefully but couldn't see why the area is so important, besides being the location where Sam might be. Ratchet just sighed. "It appears that they are in a area where the humans called the 'Bermuda Triangle'."
"Bermuda Triangle? Is it that place where human aircrafts and surface vessels have mysteriously disappeared while inside that triangle?" asked Arcee.
"That is correct. Since they are inside this triangle, their machinery might be going haywire which caused their cloaking to weaken which allowed me pinpoint their location."
"Excellent work, Ratchet, you too, Arcee."
"Don't thank me, Optimus, thank Arcee. If it wasn't for Arcee's method of finding Sam, we wouldn't have found his location."
"It wasn't me, Optimus, it was Jack who unknowingly told me a way to find Sam."
"Enough chitchat! Let's go to their ship and rescue Sam." yelled out Bulkhead.
"Not yet."
"Why?"
"The triangle has some strange power that messes with machinery. If you go there, it might mess up your processors and you won't be able to save Sam."
"How do you know all this stuff, Ratchet? It's not like you to believe in something like this."
"Sam came to me once if I believe about this Bermuda Triangle. At first I find preposterous but curiosity got to me and began to research it secretly. If Sam were to find out, he'll tease me nonstop." He walked back to his Med-Bay and began on working something.
"What are you doing?" asked Cliffjumper.
"With the research I've obtain, I will make an vaccine which will make you guys immune to the triangle's powers. Now let me work in peace so I can finish this quickly and get you guys on that ship." With that, he began working on that antidote.
The others left Ratchet to work on that vaccine. While he does that, the rest of the Autobots began preparing their weapons for the fight that will soon happen once they invade the warship. After so long, they have finally found Sam, all thanks to Jack who unknowingly helped them to find Sam. They just hope they aren't to late.
An hour past and Ratchet has finally finished the vaccine, enough for everyone. One by one, they each taken their shots of the vaccine. But they did had a little trouble for getting Bulkhead to take the shot since he is seeing that Ratchet was holding that big needle with that dark and grinning look on his faceplate.
Building up the courage, he closed his optics as he gave his arm to Ratchet waiting for him to inject that needle into his arm. But Ratchet as another idea. Instead of injecting through the arm, he went behind Bulkhead and injected the needle in his aft cheek. This caused Bulkhead to scream like a girl. Ratchet and Arcee laughed at Bulkhead, unfazed by his glare, while the others gave a hiss at the thought of going through that. BumbleBee and Cliffjumper unconsciously rubbed their aft as if they could feel that pain.
Once everyone had their shots, Ratchet opened the GroundBridge and the Autobots went through it.
They arrived at the outer deck of the ship and they can only see deep fog that surrounds the ship. Not wasting any more time, they advanced inside the ship and began looking for Sam.
Once inside, they were greeted by Vehicons. What Ratchet said was true as they could see that the 'Cons were having problems with their weapons. Using as that to their advantage, they charged right through them and continued to advance forward.
When they turned around the corner, they were intercepted by Shockwave. This was a huge surprise to see the Mad Scientist here at the ship. The Autobots prepared to fight against the strongest 'Con but was stopped by Arcee and Cliffjumper.
"You guys go ahead. Me and Arcee want our rematch with this guy." Cliffjumper said as he cracked his knuckles and neck.
They wanted to know what he's talking about but decided against it. So Optimus, Bulkhead, and BumbleBee left Cliffjumper and Arcee to deal with Shockwave while they go and look for Sam.
"I see you survived from the explosion. Let's see if we can kick your aft again." Cliffjumper began to taunt.
"I will see to it that you two are offline!" growled Shockwave in anger.
"We'll see about that." said Arcee as she took out her weapons and aimed at Shockwave.
Optimus, Bulkhead, and BumbleBee continues their search for Sam. It was quite easy for them to knock down the Vehicons since their weapons aren't working. Some are but still easy to knock through.
"Look out!" cried out Bulkhead as he spotted missiles heading their way. They dodge the missiles and they found the source of those missiles.
"This is the end of the line, Autobots!"
"Starscream." Optimus was about to take out his blaster but Bulkhead stopped him.
"Let me and BumbleBee take care of 'Scream while you go and look for Sam."
"Very well, Bulkhead, but be careful, you two." He turned to another corner and disappeared from their sights.
"Two against one, Starscream, let's see if you can keep up."
"Do not underestimate me, you fools!"
Optimus continues to run without any stop. He went one level down and continues to run. He soon spots two guards guarding a door. His spark tells him that Sam is behind that door. Optimus quickly took down the Vehicons that were guarding that door. With the press of a button, the door opened only to reveal what was really behind that door.
Optimus can only stare in horror at the sight that was presented to him. He slowly walked inside the room, his optics never leaving on the human they promised they would protect.
What was presented to Optimus was the sight of Sam hooked up to computers by bunch of needles while laying down on a berth. He saw Sam covered with bruises, cuts, and Energon bloodstains which came from the cuts and his clothes are all torn up and dirtied. He fell down to his knees and carefully picked up Sam.
"Sam..." He spoke quietly. But the boy wouldn't wake up. He called out his name again and yet, nothing. He can barely hear him breathing.
He slowly began to remove the needles that were pierced through his skin. His spark aches in pain when he sees the pain on Sam's face when he removes the needles. Once he's finished, he pulled him close to his spark as he let some tears leak out from his optics.
"Sam..." He spoke quietly again. "I'm sorry, Sam. I failed you."
They were too late. They couldn't save Sam on time.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
Next chapter will be about Sam's time with the Decepticons and how he ended up in this state.
So Happy New Year again and wish you all a great year! :-)
Now if you will excuse me, I need to get my sleep.