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Carlos yawned widely as he slowly woke up. After all the excitement he and his friends had experienced earlier, he was actually quite glad he'd had this nap. He stretched and rolled onto his side, he'd been sleeping on his front, something he did when he was really tired.
"Mmm," he mumbled slightly, lazily opening his eyes to see that his two friends were still asleep and therefore, no rush to get up.
His back actually felt a bit stiff and itchy so he gave it a good scratch before relaxing again. Megatron had promised that they could play with the Minicons so he was looking forward to that. The small robots were always fun to be around and it was nice that they were the same size as the kids. Not to mention, they never treated the kids like they were kids, just as their friends.
Carlos scratched absentmindedly at his arm, imaging having a good time later. He glanced over at the view screen and sighed, it appeared to be night on the Moon. It made him wonder what the time was back on Earth, he'd completely lost track of time. This caused a wave of homesickness to wash over him, how he missed his family. He missed his messy room, he missed his mom's cooking and he even missed going to school.
The Spanish boy sighed heavily, when was he ever going to get home? Megatron didn't seem to be getting bored of them; in fact, he seemed to be getting more attached to them. He'd acted so weird earlier, asking them those questions about how they felt about him. Why would he ask something like that, what did he gain?
Carlos supposed he'd need to discuss it with Rad and Alexis, they always figured things out better as a team. It was strange, he did already have some siblings but they were really starting to feel like his brother and sister. Somehow, he couldn't imagine the three of them drifting apart; it was like they'd always be connected. Sure, you always felt that way about your friends, especially best friends but somehow...this felt different.
"One thing's for sure," Carlos muttered to himself. "I ain't never going to forget this."
And chances were, they weren't either.
"Mmm," he suddenly grumbled, his back was feeling itchy as well. It was starting to get really annoying; did he need to change his clothes? Was that even possible, Megatron seemed happy for them to wear the exact same outfit day and night.
He scratched at his elbow; there was a really irritating spot there, almost like a tick bite. Of course, it was impossible for him to have gotten a bite but it felt so itchy, he needed to check. Pulling back his sleeve, he gave it a good scratch before checking to make sure it was alright. He frowned as he saw a sliver of sliver, how had that gotten there. Maybe there had been something in the cleaning solution and he was having a bad reaction to it. His skin certainly looked a bit red around the silver streak.
"Typical," Carlos muttered as he rubbed at the mark.
But his annoyance started to turn to panic as instead of disappearing, the silver streak increased. What the hell was this, where was this silver coming from? In a mounting panic, Carlos yanked the top half of his jumpsuit down, after unzipping and yelped at the sight before his eyes.
His front was covered with streaks of silver, metallic coloured silver. They glinted in the dim light, as though his body really was a metal one with a human skin covering it. He clutched at his body; he couldn't understand what was happening. As more of it seemed to glow, Carlos suddenly yanked his top back down, his heart pounding madly.
He had no idea what to do so he did the only thing he could do.
"Guys," he half yelped, trying not to descend into full blown panic as he shook his friends. "Wake up, something loco's happening."
"Mmm, wha?" Rad mumbled as he started to wake, Alexis was still stubbornly curled up.
"Come on, you gotta wake up," Carlos said almost hysterically.
"Carlos?" Rad muttered, opening very tired eyes and squinting into his friend's worried face. "What's wrong?"
"Dude, something really weird is happening," Carlos said frantically, his face screwed up with worry.
"What's happening?" Rad questioned, waking up a bit more and sitting up while Alexis continued to doze.
"This," Carlos said, pulling up his sleeve and showing Rad the streaks of silver lining it.
Rad frowned as he examined them; he had no idea what they were.
"It's all over my body, man," Carlos said, his voice revealing his agitation.
"Hey, it's okay," Rad said soothingly. "I'm sure it's nothing to worry about..."
"Rad," Carlos said in a choked voice. "Y-you've got one on your cheek."
Rad's eyes widened and his hand flew up to cheek, rubbing away at it. He brought his hand away and he stared at the metal flecked hand he now had. He then looked up at Carlos who looked a little calmer but very serious. Rad swallowed before saying hoarsely.
"Do you think Megatron knew about this?"
"Hell yeah," Carlos exclaimed angrily. "You remember what he did with our Sparks, he must have been planning this, damn him."
Rad grimaced, after talking with Megatron he felt a little fonder towards their captor but what Carlos said made a lot of sense. Megatron had been up to something when he placed those orbs within their Sparks. The question was, just what did these silver streaks actually mean and why was Megatron doing this?
Rad now glanced at Alexis and winced, she would not be happy. He leaned over her and grimly spotted a streak just on the side of her neck, she definitely had what they had. Meaning he didn't want to wake her just yet, better that she enjoy her sleep while she could. So after gesturing to Alexis so that Carlos knew to keep his voice down, he said softly.
"What are we going to do about this?"
"What the hell can we do?" Carlos growled but in a low voice. "If Megatron's done this to us, you know he isn't going to fix it. Not if he's got some stupid scheme going anyway."
"Well, we'll need to tell him he can't do this to us," Rad said grimly. "Although it may be we'll need the Autobots help."
Carlos gave his friend a sidelong look as he said softly.
"You wanna try escaping again?"
"I think we might need to," Rad said quietly. "If Megatron's done something to us and he isn't going to change us back...it could be our only option."
Carlos nodded, glaring at the silver streaks on his hands. He was angry at the Decepticon leader, angrier than he'd ever been before. It was bad enough he'd been keeping them hostage for who knows how long but what right did he have to experiment with their bodies? Carlos experienced a burning desire to rebel, to show Megatron and the other Decepticons that they couldn't treat them in this careless fashion.
"Then let's do it," Carlos hissed in answer to Rad's statement. "Let's find a way out of here, he won't suspect a thing. He thinks we won't dare to try and run."
"Yeah," Rad agreed with a slight wince as he remembered the horrible spanking they'd received after trying to escape. Although oddly enough, it wasn't nearly as bad as the one they'd gotten warning the Autobots of the Decepticons plans.
"If we could just get the right key for the Warp Gate, we can use it to our area. We can then go meet the Autobots and they can take care of this."
Carlos nodded, not daring to think that there was a chance the Autobots wouldn't be able to help. They glanced at their still sleeping friend and wondered how she would react. Probably not well but it would serve Megatron right. They had already suffered quite a lot, now was the time for ending it all.
"Maybe we can talk to the Minicons?" Carlos suggested. "Their cool little dudes, I think they might help us."
"As long as we're careful," Rad agreed. "We don't want any of them getting punished."
"We won't, amigo," Carlos assured him. "We'll be clever about it; Megatron won't know anything about it."
"Right," Rad said before saying softly. "I don't want Alexis going through another bad punishment again."
Carlos glanced at her before shivering.
"Same here dude," he said seriously. "It was awful seeing her that upset. He shouldn't have given her a bare spanking, she's just a girl."
"Don't let her hear you say that," Rad said with a chuckle. "She might forget she's angry at Megatron."
Both boys grinned, Alexis definitely had a fiery temper and she was never afraid to let them know. Well, Megatron deserved absolutely everything she gave to him and more. Sighing, they both settled back, they had no idea what they were going to do. Apart from yelling at Megatron of course, that was a given.
"Think he'll still let us play with the Minicons?" Carlos now questioned.
"I think so," Rad said slowly. "If we play our cards right...he'll want to keep us happy without actually halting his scheme. So unless we make him angry, he'll still let us play with them."
"Yeah," Carlos said, suddenly feeling defeated.
"Just what is he playing at?" he then demanded. "What's he going to achieve by doing this?"
"I'm sure we'll find out," Rad said grimly. "He'll want us to know so he can laugh at our reaction."
His best friends grumbled under his breath, mulishly scratching at a streak on the back of his hand. Rad felt the need to scratch too but tried to control the urge. They didn't know what they were dealing with so he didn't want to risk anything.
Alexis suddenly mumbled and rolled onto her side, causing the boys to eye her nervously. Despite how much they wanted her to have a go at Megatron, they didn't relish her initial reaction to what was happening to their bodies. Especially as she would rightly get upset, they hated seeing their friend in such a state. But if it was going to happen, they might as well get it over with.
"Alexis," Rad said gently, giving her a little shake. "You awake?"
"Hmm, what?" she groaned, cracking open an eye to look at him.
"We need to talk, Megatron's been up to his old tricks," Rad said grimly but gently and this made her wake up a bit more.
"What do you mean?" she asked, yawning slightly.
"We've all got these," Carlos explained, offering her his hand with the silver streak. "And we think we got these because Megatron messed with our Sparks."
She frowned as she stared at Carlos's hand before looking at her own. Her eyes widened as she saw a tiny bit of silver just peeking out from her sleeve and she yanked it down to see the long streak. The boys casually covered their ears as their friend's face turned red and she shrieked with horror.
"I'm going to kill him," she snarled, jumping to her feet and looking furiously about for the Decepticon leader who was not to be found.
"Not here, Amiga," Carlos said with a heavy sigh. "But we've got a plan to deal with him, don't worry."
"What plan?" she asked, her green eyes flashing with anger and to the boy's unrest, glowing slightly. They had a nasty feeling that their eyes would soon be doing the exact same thing.
"We're going to escape," Rad said in a very low voice. "As soon as we've found out what Megatron's done to us, we're going to ask the Minicons for help and then we're getting out of here. If Megatron won't change us back to normal, then we're just going to ask the Autobots for help."
She smiled, she liked that plan but then frowned. With a sheepish look, she said.
"Do you really think we can? I...I don't want to get punished again. And I don't want him hurting you guys either."
"He won't, we'll be careful," Rad assured her. "We'll take out time and plan; maybe we can sneak off when everyone's asleep. As long as we can get to Earth, we should be safe."
"Okay," she said with a nod as the sound of footsteps could be heard. And unless she was very much mistaken, that was Megatron approaching.
"Here he comes," she said grimly as the boys nodded.
"Yeah," Carlos said grumpily. "Ready to give it to him?"
"You betcha," Rad said with a smile as they turned and waited for their master to appear.
They would give it to him and give it to him good.
Author's note. What happens when the kids confront Megatron? How does he react and how do their plans go? Find out next time, until then.