Alright, not much to say here but that you might be getting some insight to the bigger picture in this chapter. With that on with the story!

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As her tears continued to roll down her cheekplates at finally being reunited with her long lost lover Light felt like everything was right with the world again and couldn't be happier. Though as she continued to look Knock Out over, being able to see his handsome features after so long, she noticed that his once sterling blue optics were now glowing an entrancing shade of crimson that she couldn't tear away from. Starting to cry himself at how overjoyed he was that his sweetspark was back with him Knock Out nodded and he confirmed to her while stroking her faceplate a bit, "Yes, yes my love, it's me. It's really me. Trust me, you're not dreaming. We're finally together again after being separated for so long...no thanks to my selfishness..."
Completely thrown by that Light tried her best to lean up and wondered, "Selfishness? Knock Out, what do you mean by that? Why are you blaming yourself for something like that?"
Quickly helping her to sit up as she was trying to lean up Knock Out felt a rush of guilt course through him over all that had happened and found himself unable to answer her at first. Trying to find a way to explain what had happened he looked away a bit while he mumbled out, "Light, I...well, I...it's sort of hard to explain what all had happened...and..."
Getting more and more confused as to what he was trying to say Light unconsciously adjusted herself to get more comfortable, and as she moved her left stabilizing servo she accidentally put a bit of pressure on her injury that sent a jolt of pain through her entire frame. Gasping as it did she let out an agonized cry that made her grip onto Knock Out's chassis while she seethed in her pain. Remembering why she was brought in here in the first place when she let out her cry of pain the mech quickly sprung into action to deal with the situation. Laying her back down he said to her, "Light, I need you to turn over so that I can get better access to that blaster wound and ease your pain as much as I can." Making sure that she was able to he went and grabbed his tools, mentally cursing himself for forgetting that she had that wound in the first place.
Nodding in understanding of what her lover asked her to do Light slowly but surely turned over onto her stomach, continuing to whimper as the pain spiked a few times as she moved. Getting things set up next to the berth as quickly as he could Knock Out grabbed a syringe and filled it with a dose of medicine, then turning to look at Light he laid a servo against her helm and soothed, "Shh, it's going to be okay, love. I've got a medicine here with a numbing agent that should help soothe your pain while I get you fixed up."
Nodding in agreement to that Light tried to remain as still as possible for him so that he wouldn't have any issues giving her the medicine. Softly smiling at that Knock Out stroked her helm a few times to comfort her then pulled his servo away and turned his attention to the wound, placing the servo very softly on her stabilizing servo and gently injected the medicine around the wound in key places to numb it so she wouldn't have to feel what he had to fix. Once he had given her enough he waited for a few moments to let it kick in, at the same time gently rubbing the side of the wound while resting his other servo on her back strut to comfort her. Feeling the needle as it went into each spot Light winced in pain a bit at each stick while trying to be as still as possible so that she wouldn't make Knock Out screw himself up. When she felt that he was done she let out a soft moan in relief when she felt him massage her stabilizing servo and place his other servo on her back strut, calming down and getting relaxed. As the few moments had passed Knock Out rubbed her back strut with his thumb he asked, "Are you doing okay, love? Do you still feel any pain?"
Leaning her helm up a bit and nodding Light answered, "Yeah, I'm doing a lot better now. I can't feel the pain anymore and the feeling in my stabilizing servo is becoming less and less so it has to be working at this point."
Letting out a hearty chuckle at that Knock Out smirked and mused, "That's pretty much how it's supposed to work, sweetspark. But at least you're not in pain anymore which is all that matters." Then leaning down and giving her a loving kiss on her cheekplate he explained, "Alright, I'm going to get to work repairing that nasty thing so just try to be as still as you can. It shouldn't take me too long but if you get uncomfortable just let me know." Getting a confirming nod from her he turned, picked up his tools, and began to patch the slight hole made by the shot, still mentally cursing at the two Vehicles for doing this to her.

Deciding to prop herself up with her arms for a bit Light mostly kept quiet for most of the procedure she started to think and as she did she remembered that Knock Out had never answered her question. Looking over her shoulder plate a bit she reminded, "So, uh, what were trying to say before I made the pain in my stabilizing servo flare up by accident?"
Hesitating in his work for just a moment when he heard that Knock Out found himself having a hard time finding an answer again. He just had no idea how to tell her all that happened was due to the combination of his selfishness and being swayed by Megatron's fantastical convincing. Deciding to answer her question with his own he replied while resuming his work, "Well...do you happen to still doubt all those rumors about those bots who disappeared due to hearing a strange thing called the Master's song?"
"I did...until you disappeared. But even then I still thought that they were just utter nonse-," Light spoke, wondering where he was going with this until she stopped mid-sentence, getting a bad feeling about exactly where it was going. Thinking about what he had said she felt her bad feeling growing worse by the klik and looking back over her shoulder plate she slowly wondered, "Wait...are you saying that all those rumors...were true?"
Nodding in agreement Knock Out took a moment to switch out his tools then getting back to work he he explained, "I'm afraid so, which is what happened to me on that fateful lunar cycle. I was on my way home to you from the clinic when I heard it come over my audials out of the blue. When I stopped to listen to it to see what it was I was so...entranced by it I couldn't help but follow it to see where it was coming from. And when I did I was certainly in for quite the shock, for I had found myself in the lair of the Decepticons. As well as face to face with the Master himself, a mech known as Megatron. I can certainly tell you that he can convince you to do anything just by just how he, by some great feat, knows what you want most in life. And for me I...I wanted to live up to my full potential to be the best medic possible. Well, with the way he was able to convince me I couldn't help but jump at the chance to do just that. I was so enamored by the opportunity I never once thought about you and how this would affect our relationship until I was made a Decepticon, and I realized the choice I inexplicably made by accepting his offer." Finishing patching up the hole and making sure that his work was completely set he leaned her up and holding her close he apologized, "Light, I am so sorry for causing you all that pain and suffering that you must have gone through with being all alone like that. I never meant to do that to you and I hope that you can forgive me for everything that happened."
A bit surprised by him picking her up like that Light listened to the spark-felt apology he gave, almost starting to cry again, at how much he wanted her to know how bad he felt for his mistakes in the past. Placing a comforting servo on his chassis, right above his spark chamber, she eased, "Oh Knock Out, please don't apologize for this. Everything that happened was out of your control and you had no way to make it so that it was." Then looking deep into this optics she said, "And you shouldn't have to feel so selfish for wanting to pursue your goals and dreams. You've always known that I'm your biggest supporter ever since we've started being friends and I still am. So...so you made a mistake in going about accomplishing it, that's a given. And you've had to pay the price for that mistake that kept us apart. But now...now we're together again so in a way your debt's been paid so that we won't have to be apart any longer." Getting a soft smile on her dermas she added, "And...I think you should know that I never gave up looking for you when I knew that you had disappeared. Those rumors weren't going to stop me from finding my dashing racer at any cost."
His spark leaping in complete surprise at that Knock Out was in complete awe and amazement that Light did everything she could to try and find him. And to know that she still loved him throughout all that time to do that made him love her even deeper than before. Getting a soft, loving look in his optics he said to her while curling a digit underneath her chin and pulling her helm closer, "Oh darling, you have no idea how happy that makes me. To know that you never gave up on what we have between each other makes me love you even more than what I do now. So, for your efforts, I think you deserve...a proper...reward." Connecting his dermas with her he gave her a sweet and passionate kiss that showed how much he appreciated what she did.
The moment she felt his digit touch underneath her chin Light felt her insides lurch from the overbearing ache she had of missing his touch and getting the hint of what he wanted to do. Feeling her cheekplates heat up with a light blush, turning them an almost bright shade of blue, it grew deeper as he continued to tell her how much more he loved her. Then as she felt his

dermas press against hers she let out a gentle sigh from her audials and her optics fluttered closed, relishing the embrace she missed so much. To finally kiss him again after so long to her it felt like they were sharing their first kiss all over again.

The two sharing their embrace for several precious moments Knock Out pulled away and serenely smiling he leaned in once more, gently nipped her upper derma a bit and spoke in a hushed voice, "Oh doll face, to taste your sweet dermas again is a dream come true. A dream that I've wanted make true for for a long, long time."
A soft moan escaping her audials when she felt him nip her upper derma Light smiled and said breathlessly in return, "Me too. Missing your touch so much it made me constantly ache to feel it once again."
"Well, now that we're together again, you'll never have to feel that ache ever again," Knock Out eased, nuzzling the left side of her faceplate. Seeing the scrape out of the corner of his optic and remembering that he needed to fix them he situated her so that she was sitting a bit better he told her, "And I think that the first thing to do to cure it is to fix that nasty scrape on your faceplate that you got when those despicable Vehicons made you crash to the ground."
Moving away to get the tools he needed Light got a surprised look at hearing that she reached up to find where it was and was even more surprised when her digits brushed over it. Feeling a prickle of anger go through her when she remembered what had happened when she was sent down once the shot hit her she grumbled a bit, rubbing her cheekplate at the same time, at how mad she was at those two. Watching Knock Out walk back over to her she lowered her servo while still looking disgruntled the mech gave her a sympathetic and soothed, "Don't pay them any mind, sweetspark. I chewed them out and sent them packing for what they did. I'm sure that the Master will give them a proper punishment for it."
Nodding her helm at that Light turned it so that Knock Out could start fixing the scrape, while at the same time her processor was starting to swirl with a wave of questions that cropped up from that. As he began to buff the scratches out she thought about asking him what she wanted to know but she wanted to ask him the ones that wouldn't make him feel uncomfortable. Then thinking of one she asked, "So...I hope you don't mind me asking but...what is...the Master's song, exactly?," then thinking of another that had confused her she asked, "And...what turned your optics from that amazing blue to that crimson color?"
Getting a bit hesitant again Knock Out swallowed a lump that suddenly appeared in his throat and explained, "Well, from what they told me when I arrived was that I was hearing a wavelength that only certain bots are able to hear and those bots become Decepticons. I was surprised myself when I found out but there are actually a lot of bots that do hear it." Taking a moment to let out a calming breath he answered the second question, "And it's what happened when I was...converted into a Decepticon. Believe me that was a big change for me, since I know you absolutely adored the color, and I tried to get it back but there's just no way to fix it." Checking his work to see that the scratches were smoothed out he switched tools and smoothed them out even more so that they were blended into the metal of her cheekplate. Once he was finished he brought out his own buffer and shined the spot to perfection before moving onto the rest of her frame, knowing that it would help her truly relax.
As he explained why Light patiently listened and seeing what he meant she softly nodded in understanding, feeling some of her confusion disappear but she was still confused about a few other things. However her concentration was quickly distracted when she felt the buffer shining her cheekplate she sighed in comfort at how good it felt. Then as she felt it go down the rest of her frame she soon let out moans of relaxation as her frame felt like it was melting under the buffer's touch, at the same time making Knock Out smile in satisfaction that his trick was working. Then as he moved the buffer down to her stabilizing servos he reached the spot he had fixed and just starting to go over it he heard a slight gasp of pain come from Light he stopped and asked her with concern in his optics, "Love, are you okay? What's wrong?"
Grimacing a bit Light answered, "Yeah. But I think that medicine might be starting to wear off a bit."
Realizing that it would be starting to wear off by now Knock Out got an uneasy look in his optics of what to do, knowing that giving her another dose of that kind of medicine would be out of the question since it wouldn't cure the pain. However he knew of one way that would be able to but he wasn't sure if he was ready to reveal the true price he had to pay to be what he became. But at the same time if he didn't his sweetspark would be in a lot more pain as the medicine continued to wear off. Remembering what she said about her still being his biggest supporter and how well she was taking everything he knew that his decision had been made. Figuring out what to do to set the ball rolling he set down his buffer and picked up Light's left arm in gentle grasp, taking off the armor around her forearm and slowly caressed the the soft protoform underneath.

Watching what he was doing Light was quickly confused by it, more than what she was before, but at the same time the gentle approach he was using made her start to feel her frame slowly heat up while a flush started to rise in her cheekplates. As he stroked her protoform the heat continued to rise and making her spark start to beat a bit faster every klik that passed that he continued his affection. Flinching again as another small spasm of pain rippled in her injury she asked him, "Kn-Knock Out? What...what are you doing?"
Looking at her when she asked that Knock Out's optics held a strange, almost predatory, look in them and lifting her arm he pressed his dermas to the back of her wrist in a subtle embrace he sneaked his right arm around the back of her waist, pulling her close to him, then gazing into her optics he answered in a husky tone, "I'm afraid that that I can give you another dose of that medicine since it's not going to be able to cut through the pain and get rid of it. It simply won't do you any good." Pulling her even closer he continued in a hushed tone, "However, there is a way that I can take the pain away but...it means that I have to do something I wish I didn't have to do that will injure you even more."
"I...I don't understand...," Light murmured, venting at a quickened but steady pace while her optics fluttered, wanting to close in preparation for another kiss. "What...what do you mean?..."
Sensing his hunger spike a bit at seeing her reaction Knock Out answered as he raised her wrist to his dermas once more, "It means that I have to show you what we Decepticons truly are..." Brushing his dermas against her protoform he paused for just a moment then opened his mouth, his fangs already extended, and sank them into her wrist quickly drinking down the energon that leaked from the fresh wounds.
Even more confused at that Light's helm felt like it was swimming and spinning out of control then feeling his dermas brush against her protoform once more a pleasured moan escaped her audials, her arousal becoming more evident from what Knock Out was doing. Completely distracted by it the moment she felt his fangs pierce her wrist she let out a sharp cry of pain, wincing a bit a how bad it hurt. Whimpering for a few moments the feeling of her energon being sucked made the pain fade into a deep sense of pleasure that sent it rolling in waves throughout her body, turning her whimpering into deep moans that betrayed what she was feeling.
Letting out a dark chuckle at that Knock Out continued to feed, focusing his power on the wound and taking the pain away from it, soothing into the pleasure that was coursing through Light's frame. Once he was sure that all the pain had ebbed away he gently slid his fangs out from her wrist then pressed his dermas against the wounds to drink what was left of the energon that leaked from them. Giving them one more stroke of his glossa he leaned his helm up and pressed his forehelm against hers and gazing into her optics he softly asked her, "Are you feeling better now, my love?"
"Yes...yes, I am. Oh Knock Out, that was...that was...," Light gasped, trying her best to calm down as the immense level of pleasure that had been surging through her entire frame, making her sensor nodes feel like they were on fire, faded away. Catching her intake the best she could she leaned into the touch of his forehelm on hers, closing her optics for a few moments then opened them and looked into his she felt her confusion felt like it was at an all time high. Reaching up and placing her other servo on the side of his helm she asked in a slightly shocked whisper, "This is...this is what happened to you? You were turned into...this?"
Looking his optics away from hers for a few moments as they got a sorrowful look in them Knock Out looked back and merely nodded in response, starting to feel his guilt coming back to haunt him once more. Leaning into the touch of her servo on his helm he told her, "I may have been, but I had no idea that this was the true price I had to pay when the Master jumped me and made me like this. It's why we're called Decepticons; our...art of deception is how we lure either our fellow Decepticons or our prey to us." Then feeling a strange surge of courage go through him he grew a bit more serious and assured her, "Light, I swear on my spark that nobot is going to lay a servo on you while you're here

with me. No matter what I'm going to make sure that we're never separated again. I was a fool to make that mistake the first time and I'm not going to make it again."

Starting to finally understand what Knock Out had been going through the look in Light's optics softened and her spark began to swell with compassion and comfort for him. As he made his promise to keep her safe a few tears rolled down her cheekplates at the love she felt from it. Leaning her helm forward a bit more and nuzzling his face to help comfort him she soothed, "Shh, it's okay, my racer. I know that, just like before we were separated, you'll do everything you can to make sure that I'm safe from any danger or harm. Even though things are a bit different now I'm sure that you'll be able to keep your promise no matter what."
His spark skipping a beat at the touch of her faceplate against his Knock Out let out a soft groan and nuzzled her back, more thankful than ever that she still believed that he would keep his word and keep her safe and sound. Then managing to notice the tiring look that was growing in her optics he figured that the combined energon loss and everything that happened was finally sending her into stasis mode. Feeling that he could use some rest as well he gently scooped Light up into his arms and carried her to to his personal quarters in the back of the med bay, holding her close to his chassis every step of the way.
As they entered the dim red lighting in the room seemed to give everything an eerie effect, yet at the same time it gave a warm and comforting vibe to the atmosphere. Walking over to his berth Knock Out laid Light down, setting her on her right side so that her injury wouldn't trouble her. Seeing that she was settled he climbed on and relaxed behind her, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her against him. Relaxing himself into a comfortable position he nuzzled his faceplate into her neck cables and mumbled, "It's been far too long since we've been like this, my darling. Having to recharge on a cold, lonely berth without your warmth beside me was absolute torture."
"I feel the same way," Light softly agreed, melting into him while letting out a deep moan. "I spent so many lunar cycles lying awake in constant worry and agony about where you were and what might have happened. I still amaze myself at how I still managed to function on so little recharge but...but I guess that the drive I had to find you was what gave me the power to survive."
Maneuvering around so that he was able to grasp both of her servos at the same time without breaking their comfort Knock Out placed a kiss to the back of her shoulder plate and soothed, "And in the end you were rewarded by being brought back to be with each other, where we always belonged. In each other's arms forevermore."
Venting out a blissful sigh at the embrace Light softly nodded as she finally gave in to her recharge and mumbled in agreement before going into stasis, "Forevermore, my love..."
Feeling her fall into the natural rhythm of her stasis as she said that Knock Out smiled once more and getting just a bit more comfortable he soon fell into his own recharge, the first good recharge in a long, long time.


So, do you have a good clue about what's going on or are you still a bit stumped? Well, your questions will be, hopefully, answered in the next chapter so stayed tuned for when it comes out! See you all then!