Author's note. The aftermath of the kids punishment and the arrival of Scavenger. How will this go? Find out in this chapter.
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After Optimus had called him, Scavenger had decided to wait until the nest day before he went to the Decepticon base. He knew personally that Megatron always needed time to cool off when he was enraged. so settling down in his cave, he slowly allowed himself to slip into recharge, wondering what state those human children were in.
Megatron woke and looked over at the brats and frowned at them. He sat up and went straight to his private bath, not caring at the moment if they were hungry or still hurting from their punishment.
Carlos groaned softly as he woke, his backside still burning. He hadn't had a good night and he knew his friends hadn't either. He lifted his head and saw that they were still sleeping though their faces were twisted in pain. He looked over at Megatron's berth and saw that the Decepticon leader wasn't that moment, his stomach gave a loud rumble and he moaned, he hadn't eaten or had a drink he ages. But he knew it was unlikely they were going to get anything.
Megatron finished up in the washroom and came out He looked at the kids and saw one was awake now, staring at him. Megatron snorted at him and left the room. But after a few minutes came back with a cube filled half way with cold water. He opened the cage and put the cube in with the kids and then left. True he wasn't going to feed them for a while but he was going to at least offer them liquid.
Carlos gasped softly, he didn't think they were going to get anything. But his throat was so he quickly dragged himself to the cube and started sucking from it. Presently, Rad woke up and blearily looked over at Carlos with dark ringed eyes."Carlos?" he croaked but his friend shushed him."Don't speak man, have some water first."Rad nodded and came over, leaving Alexis on her own as he started to sip from the cube as well. It did litle to elevate the raging hunger he felt but it did soothe his throat.
Alexis woke from the weird sounds and looked up to see what the guys were doing. She gasped but didn't say anything when she saw water. Alexis got up and went over to get a drink too.
She whimpered slightly as the movement caused pain to shoot through her but she ignored it as she settled down for a long drink. Eventually, they all finished and gingerly lay back down on their fronts. Finally Carlos spoke."How long you reckon he's going to be mad at us?""Who knows," Rad said tiredly as Alexis rubbed her stomach unhappily."I'm so hungry," she said softly.
Megatron walked through the base, passing his men but none of them dared to speak with him.
"Nothing we can do about that," Rad said softly as they snuggled up to each other.
"We just got to wait until he cools off.""Megatron?" Starscream's voice broke through the silence of the quiet corridors. Megatron snarled and turned to Starscream."What?"Starscream didn't even flinch from the tone in Megatron's voice."You have a call. A Mech by the name of Scavenager," Starscream smirked at this and went to talk with the mech.
Scavenger smiled thinly as Megatron finally answered. The Mech on the other end had sounded highly suspicious but he knew that is the old bot did know Megatron, he'd better let his leader know."Megatron," Scavenger greeted without emotion.
"Ah Scavenger so good to see you," Megatron said.
"Likewise," Scavenger said with a predators grin before going straight to the point."I've been thinking that now might be a good time for me to join you."
Megatron nodded."Agreed, do you still need out coordinates?" Megatron asked.
Scavenger nodded, it never hurt to make sure they were the same. A moment later Megatron had patched them through and the old Mech was on his Megatron sat there, waiting, Starscream causally approached."Sir, what's happening?"
Megatron smirked."We're getting some help."The Warp gate started to fire up."And here he comes now."
A breem later, Scavenger stepped out of the Warp Gate. He smirked at Starscream and Demolisher who were eying him suspiciously Cyclonus was off doing something else in another part of the base. But Scavenger ignored the two and went over to Megatron who was now standing."Nice place you got here," Scavenger said offhandedly.
Megatron chuckled and nodded to him."Welcome Scavenger."
"Thank you Megatron," Scavenger said smoothly before Demolisher bit out."What's he doing here?"Scavenger turned to him and said simply."To help you in your fight against the Autobots.""What makes you think we need help?" Starscream raised an optic brow."How about that last battle I witnessed."
Starscream and Demolisher winced from the memory of the last battle that left them pretty banged up.
Scavenger looked at them sternly before turning back to Megatron."I hate to say this but that wasn't the most organised of battles, the Autobots got away scot-free and you were left all injured."
Megatron growled at this."Yes well we fixed the problem that caused our defeat," Megatron said.
Scavenger gave him a look."What was the problem in the first place, it all looked pretty confusing from where I was.""Have you been spying on us?" Starscream demanded but both Megatron and Scavenger ignored him.
Megatron snorted and frowned."It was just a few little nosey brats that needed to mind their own business."
Scavenger raised an optic brow."Didn't realise you were having trouble with your Minicons."
Megatron frowned."It wasn't the Minicons," Megatron said with heavy looked at Starscream."Starscream go get the trouble makers and make sure they are still in their cage," Megatron ordered.
"Yes sir," Starscream said with a sigh and he headed had a look of mild confusion and interest on his face but didn't say anything, he was too wise for at Megatron's quarters."Does it still hurt?" Alexis asked Rad gently as he shifted and winched."A bit, yeah," he replied softly, wriggling as he tired to get himself comfy."Looks like he really showed us," Carlos moaned, his face in his arms. "I don't think I'll be wanting a repeat."
They all agreed on that and then gasped when Starscream suddenly showed up and picked up their cage and took them somewhere else.
"Where are you taking us?" Alexis finally managed to ask as he strode through the corridors."To Megatron," was his only answer and the rest of the journey was in silence, the kids wondering what the Decepticon tyrant wanted with them.
Starscream arrived back in the thrown room and walked over to Megatron and handed him the cage.
Scavenger stared at the cage where three young humans were huddled, staring at him with wide, pain filled eyes. It seemed Optimus was right to be concerned."Who are they?" he asked bluntly.
Megatron held up he cage to show off the brats."These are the trouble makes that made our last plan fail."
Scavenger stared at them as they stared right back. Despite whatever punishment Megatron had bestowed on them, the fighting spirit hadn't been beaten out of them as they stared unabashed. He looked back at Megatron with a raised optic brow."These three really spoiled your plan? They seem very small and helpless."The three of them looked very indignant at that but were smart enough not to say anything.
Megatron smirked and shook their cage slightly.'Don't let their size fool you, they can be very smart and do things that can be as annoying as scrap metal."
Scavenger saw the kids smirk slightly at this even though they were also grimacing from being shaken. He looked away from them and into Megatron's face."Really? Well I must admit I don't know much about kids, especially human ones,"
Megatron chuckled and set the cage down next to his throne.'Indeed, now lets get to more important matters." Megatron said.
Scavenger nodded and soon, he and Megatron were discussing training matters and other such things. The kids peeped through the bars of their cage, watching them. They were wondering where this Mech had come from, especially as it seemed Starscream and Demolisher didn't know much about occurred to them that this was the mysterious Mech Megatron had been talking about, the one they had told Optimus about. Judging by the conversation, Scavenger knew what he was talking about, which couldn't be good for their friends.
Megatron smirked at everything they talked about and leaned back to relax once they finished.'Good, now that everything is settled let find you a suitable quarters, Demolisher."Demolisher didn't have to be told and started to lead Scavenger out of the room.
The kids watched him go and wondered if they dared to ask any questions. Their hungry and still sore bottoms reminded them that now was not a good time to get on Megatron's bad side. But at the same time, if they were right they knew Megatron wouldn't be able to resist a bit of gloating."Um, is Scavenger that Mech you were talking about yesterday?" Alexis asked timidly.
Megatron looked down and grinned."Yes he is," Megatron chuckled.
"Oh," she said softly as she glanced back towards her friends. She then looked back at Megatron."Who is he?"
"Scavenger? A very loyal and trusting ally," Megatron said.
The kids looked thoughtful at this, it was difficult to get a sense about the Mech Scavenger. He seemed neither interested nor disinterested in them, and obviously knew how to handle others. They wondered where he had come from and why he was here now."Did you ask him to come?" Rad said curiously.
"Yes and no. I called for him and told him to stay on Earth for the time being and then he called to come in."
They looked at each other, what had he been doing on Earth. And then it hit them."Has he been spying on the Autobots?"Megatron smirked but didn't answer. He wasn't going to let these brats know anything. Not after their performance.
Their faces fell slightly when they saw Megatron wasn't going to tell them anything. It wasn't very surprising though, he didn't like to tell them anything at the best of times. This was a shame as they really needed something to take their minds of their hungry and soreness.
Carlos grimaced as he felt his hungry pangs grow, it really wasn't fair. It was bad enough being kept in a cage and spanked without being made to go without a meal. He could tell by his friends expression that they felt the same.
Megatron set their cage down and got up and without giving them a second glance walked out of the room.
The kids sighed again, snuggling up to each other as they tried to forget about their hunger. Hopefully if Megatron stayed in a good mood, he'd let them have something. Unfortunately it didn't look like any of his men would be allowed to feed them, and they didn't want any Minicons getting into they considered matters, their thoughts turned to the new Mech."Wonder what this Scavenger's like?" Carlos whispered softly."Dunno, we'll just have to wait and see," Rad replied just as softly as all of three of them pondered this question.
Suddenly the throne room doors opened and in came Scavenger. He looked around some and then looked at the kids and walked over to them.
The kids looked up. surprised but warily. They didn't have the measure of this Mech yet and weren't sure what he was going to do."Uh, hi," Rad greeted carefully, both he and his two friends waiting for Scavenger's response.
Scavenger didn't say anything but reached down with a closed fist and held it over their cage and opened it, dropped a few things into their cage."Here, I bet you three are hungry," Scavenger said.
They all gasped as the brownish objects dropped to the bottom of their cage, they were pieces of food. as they grabbed hold of the large nutrient bars, they stared up at him in shock and gratitude."Thank you so much," Alexis said, her eyes shining with happiness."Yeah man," Carlos said seriously before taking a huge bite of his and munching eagerly."Why you'd do this?" Rad couldn't help but ask. Megatron said we weren't allowed..."
Scavenger smirked down at them."Well I'm not Megatron and I'll tell you other wise later but not now." Scavenger said and turned and left.
they simply stared as he left but then they fell upon the food and started devouring it. They were so hungry but at first they could only gulp down barely chewed pieces but soon they slowed and ate their food properly. There was enough for all of them and soon they had eaten everything, even the crumbs so that nothing made sure of this, if Megatron found out about this, not only would they be in trouble but so would Scavenger. And after he had been so kind, they defiantly didn't want that. Now that their hungry was sated they could discuss this turn of events."I can't believe it," Alexis exclaimed, leaning against the cage wall, they were still to sore for sitting and didn't want to lie down while digesting."If Megatron had caught him...""Too right," Carlos said, nodding from his corner. "He'd have blown a circuit. That Scavenger dude's obviously not afraid of him though.""Yes but what a thing to do," Alexis said thoughtfully. "He doesn't even know us, not like Starscream and the others.""But it sounds like he does have a reason," Rad mused. "And hopefully we'll find out what that is,"
Soon after they ate they started to feel tired. Alexis suspected that their bodies had eaten for a while that they had to sleep off their food. So they all went to a corner and snuggled up to each other and fell asleep.
Scavenger smiled softly as he walked along the corridor back to his quarters. Demolisher had casually mentioned how hungry the kids looked and he had known Megaton was starving them. He couldn't reveal himself to them or free them yet but he wasn't going to allow hem to suffer needlessly. so he had taken the risk and brought them smiling faces would remain a happy image for a long time in his processor.
Author's note. What's going to happen now that Scavenger's with the Decepticons? Will the kids get into more trouble or can they stay on Megatron's good side? Find out in the next chapter, until then.