Ok, that was not really a WEEK. I've been gone far too long with this chapter in pending. I apologize for that... For those who had waited for so long… I give to you this chapter~! Thank you, readers, for waiting and never giving up on my story… :)

Chapter 30: It Starts Again

Shein felt terribly ill as she strode down the barren corridor of the Nemesis. She did not know why but this was messing with her systems for as long as she could remember. On the other hand, the ship had been awfully quiet since the Lord had left once again in a venture to some mission after she had come back from her stay with Soundwave and his cassettes.

If you ask her about where they had gone, well… she doesn't really know. When she had come home, the Lord had left with some others tagging along; these 'others' included Shockwave, Hook and her guardian. It was sad to see Barricade leave since she was looking forward on that training she was going to get for the cycles to come but it was necessary for him to go as the Lord had said.

She didn't question them any further after bidding them goodbye as she decided to continue doing her daily tasks and duties on the ship. Starscream was the one that the Lord had left to take charge over them during his absence but why? She did not know… But surely, the others were aggravated with the news as they all had complained and groaned about funny things about the seeker.

For a week now since the Lord and his companions had been out and she couldn't help notice the growing number of mechs that decided it was their time to disappear too, to who knows where since last two days ago. The disappearances started after Starscream had told her to take charge while he was gone. After that, he had flown off with his trine without even telling her where the mech was going. Skywarp was noticeably worried about her as the seeker flew backwards that time but he was hit by Thundercracker a klik later, making him turn the right way and fly off with them.

She was left to accept the responsibility knowing that she can handle it better than any other mech present. She knew that if the higher ranking officers were present, they would have been left with the job. But the question remained in her mind, what was her rank in their faction again?

The next batch that were next to go were the Constructicons and the Coneheads… Not before long, there was only a handful of mechs left with her that she would sometimes notice to be observing her from a distance or keeping her occupied with things they don't normally do. She thought about their weird behavior but shrugged it off as they evaded the topic when she asks them what was up.

And currently, if you ask her, those mechs had disappeared too… And she could practically hear those voices terribly louder than usual, making her cringe as her brain begun thumping in pain. Her head feels like it was being bulldozered by Bonecrusher too many times to count. She was also feeling feverish as she went to accomplish her duties once again. No headache was going to hinder her action in checking the supplies again, most importantly now that she had found the faction to have a rather critically low stored energon than usual. She doesn't know how or why but it was half of what was there when she last saw those cubes.

She noted to ask about it when the officers get back and to find a solution to this before they ended up with none at all. It was hard enough to distribute it and replenish the supply when the Allspark had disappeared. They had been able to mine some locations for the energon… but like fossil oil, the wells are slowly dwindling in numbers. The only good thing that had come out from the excavation was that they were able to supply her with the gems she was using to cover her living expenses and to buy some organic fuel that the bots use as alternative energon from time to time even though it taste too awful for their liking.

Shein staggered on her feet as she took a step forward. A big pain-wrecking throb made its self known that made her clutch the metal wall besides her to prevent herself from falling. Her vision had changed to normal tints before turning white, going sepia and then negative.

Her mind hurt as her urge to vomit worsened. With closed eyes, she tried to relieve the pain while sliding down the side. She shuddered in the sudden shift of temperature she was feeling. Minutes or even hours had passed with her body slumped in the same position while she writhed in pain.

She tried opening her eyes once again but her vision was far worse than before as it turned darker and darker till she was blind. 'What is happening?' She asked as she cried. Her eyes burned and her mind felt foggy… It all happened so fast that the next thing that she could do was lay there like a broken doll as her face became devoid of emotion.

Time flew fast for the paralyzed femme and soon she was found by a young mechling that had been passing by. His sheer scream of panic got the attention of the other bots that had come back from where they had been going off to. Soon, the Nemesis was in chaos, only for Shockwave to take her while Hook was requested to return immediately by the mech.

Shein felt completely lost as her eyes had snapped open the next morning. The events that happened yesterday was lost to her and that made her wonder what she had been doing the last time she was awake. She could only remember leaving Shockwave and then sleeping off the next joors on her berth but the thing is, she had not woken up the way she left herself to be.

She was puzzled that she was not in her bed but decided to ignore it once more like the other days she had been experiencing this. She was beginning to realize that she was growing more and more forgetful each day, and that she had been the least reproductive of the lot since the Lord had came back which was a bad thing because that would mean that they would deem her to be worthless and they might threw her out; something that she doesn't want to happen after her years spent with them.

Moving around her house while still feeling groggy, she went to prepare herself for the day and at least start off with her daily chores. Her body moved mechanically as if she was on autopilot; this had come from being so dramatic about her hygiene as the most important routine in the morning and evening.

Soon, she was ready to go but when she tried to open her door, she realized that she had been locked in. Fidgeting with the door knob, it didn't turn. The door didn't even budge as she slammed a chair to it and no one had come to answer her calls when she tried. She could bet that there was no sign of a mech anywhere near her house today which was a very unusual thing for her. With her situation, she huffed and went to look for other ways to get out.

After an hour later, to her surprise, every opening was blocked. The windows were glued tight to the ledge with some funny looking goo and even the small panels were inaccessible. She tried to break one of them, too but they were all replaced by some kind of indestructible material.

Groaning, she slumped on the couch and thought. When something creaked reached her ears, her eyes immediately widened and she went stumbling to get to the place she had left unmoved. If she remembered correctly, after the first fits she had, she made this hole on the wall away from any Con's sight or knowledge.

Pushing off the large book shelf quite easily, she had opened the hole once again and soon got out of the house. Her ears didn't pick up on any movement within the vicinity as she looked around her quarters. And to think that the Cons must be lazing off when the Lord was back, they were so getting a piece of her crowbar.

She roamed the hallways that led to the hangar with the feeling of unease rampaging in her heart. The vibrations she was feelings were much more rowdy and unruly than what she had became acquainted with. Even those soft whirrs and warbles made her ears bleed worst than when she hears Starscream screech.

'What is going on?' she wondered as she stood in front of the hangar door with new mech's she hadn't seen before were standing as their backs faced her.

Her voice came to a halt when she was about to ask what was happening. That look that the Lord had given her was far harsher than before and that gleam he had in his eyes told her that once she moves, she was better off dead.

Within another nanoklik, she was in her guardian's servos, being hidden and locked in without a notice of him coming from anywhere… or was she just so distracted from thinking about what could Megatron's look mean that she hadn't noticed him?

Being in her guardian's care was assuring her that she was safe and it kept her nerves grounded for the time being before the servos opened up and she was released.

"'Cade! What is going on in there? Where are the others? Why is there a large number of new mechs present so suddenly?" She asked as dread came eating her mind. She thought of possibilities but it was better if she would just stop scaring herself with them and get the whole truth as always.

But when Barricade didn't respond, she knew that something was wrong and they weren't gonna telling her what it was even if she pleaded for it. First, she was placed in lockdown. Second, there is a huge gathering of new Decepticons on the base. Third, 'Cade was acting more rigid and tense… Where are the others, too? They weren't in there even if she had just taken a glance at their pedes or heard those voices.

Those thoughts left her in a daze until the door slid open and they were greeted with a furious looking Megatron glaring at her with his fiery ruby red optics. Her throat constricted and she bit her lip. Is this the end?

I need to get my stories straight again as I can say that my writing had fallen back again with the enthusiasm in me gone.

Please Review and tell me what I lack... frag. I need advice... I don't want to accept the fact that I'm going to have to end this story with one chapter like the other. It is hard... but even harder when I can't pick up where I had left off.

For all those who would wonder what happened when Shein got a set back on her memory again... Yes, she could only remember up to the point when she had her last conversation with Shockwave... D: She lost everything that came after.

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