A/N: Okay guys! He's the next chapter! Sorry it's a little bit shorter than the last chapter but here it is ^_^ Hmm, I decided to update now since it's been a few weeks since my last update. I was kind of hoping for more reviews but I'm glad to see a lot of people are taking a look at it and faving/following ^w^ Thanks you guys! So yeah, he's the next chapter, have fun ;) Please read, review and follow if you like it ^_^
The moment Jack opened his eyes he knew he was in deep scrap. The cons did it; they actually got into his head. Megatron was inside. Now here he was, running through the darkness of his mind, as if running was going to help keep Megatron at bay.
Sure, it was probably pointless to run but what else could he do? He's in a cortical psych patch; there was no getting out until the patch was unplugged or worse. Jack tried not to think of the lateral too much.
Though, it was strange, Jack felt a sense of déjà vu while he ran. He hadn't done this since that dream he had after the knowledge of the Matrix made his mind into a vessel, just before he tripped and fell over that sparkling.
It'd really feel like déjà vu if he actually ran into that sparkling again—
Suddenly, Jack's train of thought left him as he lost his balance, stumbling over something and he crashed to the ground, face first. He groans as his face exploded in pain and shut his eyes as he waited for the pain to subside.
"Ouch…" Jack and a voice beside him muttered at the same time. Jack's eyes widened as he raised his head from the ground. It couldn't be…
Looking behind him, Jack confirmed his thoughts the moments his eyes came across the very same sparkling he had tripped over, twice now.
"You!" Jack cried out, quickly embracing the Cybertronian child. Feeling oddly relieved and overjoyed to see him again.
The sparkling gave a small squeak at the sudden embrace and didn't seem to know what to do. Jack took that as his cue to loosen his grip and he looked over the sparkling and was relieved to see there wasn't a gaping hole in his chest. Good, that meant he wasn't dreaming or reliving that memory.
"You okay? I'm sorry I tripped over you again…" Jack sighed softly, setting the sparkling gently on the ground, looking over him again to make sure he hadn't hurt him in any way.
"I'm okay…" The sparkling replied softly, looking down at his feet before looking back up to meet his eyes with curious optics. "Why were you running again?"
"Oh, I was trying to run from someone in here…" Jack sighed, moving to stand, offering the sparkling a hand to help him. "He's not supposed to be in here and I'm pretty sure he's looking for me. So, why make it easy for him?"
"Who's coming?" The sparkling asked curiously.
"His name is Megatron…let's just say he's not a nice guy." Jack sighed softly before looking around, trying to come up with some sort of plan.
He perked up a bit when he noticed something different around him. The first few times he was here it was pitch black besides the place with the field of stars. Now there seemed to be veins of lights scattered all over the ground.
How hadn't he noticed them while he was running?
"What is this?" Jack wondered out loud, looking at the veins of light, distinguishing at least two types of veins; blue and gold.
"They showed up before you came." The sparkling replied, looking at the nearest vein which happened to be intertwining blue and gold veins.
"Really?" Jack asked, looking down at the silver sparkling. "Any idea why?"
The sparkling just shook his head before perking up a bit, his optics widening a bit in confusion and concern. "What happened to you?"
"Huh?" Jack replied before unconsciously reaching for his arm. He winced at the raw sensation he felt as his fingers brushed along his arm. Road burns from the crash, Jack thought immediately while inspecting his arms but how would he still feel it if he was in his mind?
"An accident…" Jack replied softly, thinking back when Arcee's tire blew out from the stray shot and he was thrown off of Arcee.
"And your face?" The sparkling asked, pointing to his cheek. Jack reached up and was surprised to feel something warm and sticky on his face. When he looked back at his hand, the tips were covered in blood.
"That wasn't an accident." Jack sighed, taking the sleeve of his shirt to wipe the blood off his face. He winced a bit, the contact aggravating the cut on his face. After that he worked slowly, doing his best to clean off the rest with minimum pain. Things were going from weird to weirder.
"Are you okay?" The sparkling asked when he was finished and Jack gave him a reassuring smile.
"I'm fine, don't worry about it." Jack replied, at least he hoped he would be alright before taking another look around.
"Okay, now what Jack?" Jack muttered softly to himself. For the most part they seemed alone but it would be best if they kept moving. Megatron could appear at any moment and staying in one place made Jack feel uneasy.
Seeing as he didn't know where he was, Jack began walking forward, motioning for the sparkling to follow as he walked alongside a blue vein of light.
"Where are we going?" The sparkling asked as he ran to catch up to Jack.
"Not sure really…" Jack sighed as he continued to walk forward. "I'm just trying to find somewhere safe."
"Do you want to go to see the stars?" The sparkling asked, looking up at Jack curiously. Jack stared at the sparkling for a moment before remember what the sparkling was talking about. It was the place with the orbs he found while he carried him after they first met, in the first dream.
"Uh, sure I guess." Jack replied, seeing as he didn't have any better ideas. It might be better going somewhere he's familiar with. "Lead the way."
The sparkling gave a quick nod before turning and walking forward, definitely looking like he knew where he was going. Jack followed him at an easy pace with shorten strides, walking just beside the silver sparkling as they walked through the darkness.
Taking a look around him Jack really began to take note of the circuit like veins all over the ground. He was mindful to watch his step while walking near the veins when he noticed the sparkling doing the same. Each vein, whether it was blue or gold, seemed alive in its own way. Light pulsed through each vein, giving off the effect they were moving with a will of their own.
Was this really his mind? Jack never expected it to ever see the inner workings of his mind, much less be walking through it with a strange sparkling.
Taking a look down at the sparkling as they walked, Jack realized he knew nothing about him. Not even his name. Yet, he trusted the little guy without question. He wasn't sure why, he just did. It just felt like he's been there since the beginning of the madness. A part of Jack also hopes he'll be with him through the end so when the chaos was over he'd finally be at peace.
Jack let out a soft sigh and shook his head as he came to a stop. Why was even thinking like this? He's been having too much time to thinking to himself…in his mind. Great, now this was getting really confusing.
"Hey, you okay?" The sparkling asked curiously, looking back at Jack when he noticed he had stopped.
Jack shook his head to snap out of his thoughts; he really needed to stop zoning out. Looking down at the sparkling, Jack offered him a smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking…"
"Oh okay…" The sparkling replied, looking away, seeming like he was going to say more until his optics brightened up a bit and he looked back at Jack. "We're almost there."
"Really?" Jack asked following the sparkling's gaze to see how much further it would be to get to the field of stars.
Jack perked up a bit the moment he saw the familiar simmer of light in the darkness not too far off from where they were standing. For one reason or another it gave off the feeling of safety. Sure, Jack knew it couldn't protect him but maybe now he'll be able to think of a way to fight back. This was his mind after all, so he was going to defend it.
"We should hurry up." The sparkling added, tugging at Jack's arm, pulling him toward the field almost impatiently.
"Okay, okay, I'm coming," Jack replied, smiling down at the sparkling.
He couldn't help but think of Jaden when he was little, doing the same thing; impatiently tugging him around everywhere to play or something. Meanwhile, their older brother Joshua would be not too far behind them keeping an eye on them, telling them not to get too far; back in the good old days.
Suddenly, Jack got an idea and smiled at the sparkling.
"Hey, race ya there?" Jack asked, smirking a bit, hoping the sparkling would accept his challenge. The sparkling's optics brighten for a moment and only got brighter as he smiled.
At the count of three, the two of them were off, running toward the field of stars. Sure, Jack had given the sparkling a bit of a head start, since it was fair.
As they neared the field, the sparkling looked back at Jack, laughing when he saw he was still ahead of him. Jack looked down at the sparkling and couldn't help but laugh. For someone so small he was pretty fast.
Glancing up to see how much further the field was, something caught Jack's attention. At the far edge of the field a bot stood alone, silently watching them as they got closer. The first thing he noticed about her was long silvery hair, going almost down to her knee, flowing all around her. Then, as quickly as she was there she was gone, disappearing into thin air before Jack's eyes.
Staring where the femme once stood, Jack couldn't help but think her frame reminded him a little of Arcee's; though, the two did have their differences. From what Jack could tell before the femme had disappeared she was tall, probably taller than even Optimus but for some reason that didn't really scare him. In reality, it felt him feel more at peace than anything.
He had also noticed the femme had some sort of apron, and it definably wasn't for the kitchen, seeing that it was covered in soot and scuffs. There was also armor on over her arms and hands also wove together to look like gloves. So, to Jack it looked like she did a lot of work with her hands. It was kind of like she did a lot of metal work.
There was also an ancientness about her that reminded Jack of the old mech with the clock gears who let them fall to their 'deaths' in that dream he had with the fighting titans he now assumed could have been Primus and Unicron. Who else could those two have been?
"I win!" The sparkling suddenly chirped as he reached the star field, pulling Jack from his thoughts as he came to a stop. The sparkling grinned widely at him before running circles around Jack, giggling happily for his victory.
Jack just let out a deep sigh, both from his loss and from trying to catch his breath as he sat down. Taking another glance at where he had seen the femme, Jack briefly wondered who she and that other mech he had seen before could have been before pushing the thought aside.
"Hey, I let you have a head start," Jack countered; he didn't expect a sparkling like him to be so fast. He actually got him out of breathe. Still, Jack couldn't understand why he was out of breath to begin with. It's not like he physically ran there but he was tired nonetheless. Must have been old habits, he figured as he took a glance at the sparkling who was just bursting with energy. "Alright, fine. You win this round."
The sparkling cheered excitedly, running around him a few times before plopping down next to him to look at the stars. Jack couldn't help but laugh at that. One moment the sparkling was a fireball of energy and the next moment he just sits next to him and calmly stargazes.
Gently patting the sparkling's helm, Jack admired his energy before leaving him be and taking a look around himself. This was definably the same place he and the sparkling had gone to after they met the first time. Millions of stars loomed overhead while orbs of various colors floated lazily around them. It felt oddly comforting to be back in this part of his mind, wherever it was.
Though, he couldn't enjoy this moment, he had work to do. Taking another quick look around, Jack made sure it was clear and that Megatron wouldn't just spontaneously appear out of nowhere. When Megatron was nowhere to be seen he closed his eyes and began to concentrate. Jack needed to know where Megatron was and if that was the case he needed a map.
"What are you doing?" The sparkling asked suddenly, distracting Jack.
"Testing a theory I was thinking about on the way here." Jack replied, opening his eyes and he began to concentrate again. Now he wasn't so sure it was going to work but he had to try. He cleared his mind and began to think about the layout of his mind and who was inside.
The sparkling watched the teen curious and jumped back as a holographic map appeared in front of them. Jack was a bit surprised by the result as well, even though he had been expecting this to happen. Still, it was pretty amazing.
"I can't believe it worked." Jack muttered softly, as much in awe as the sparkling. He couldn't help but laugh at the sparkling's enthusiasm at his newfound ability as he looked over the map. He had a map, now he just had to use it.
"How did you do that?" The sparkling chirped, tugging at Jack's uninjured arm while keeping his optics on the map with wide optics.
"Uh, I just kind of thought about it and it showed up," Jack explained, rubbing the back of his head a bit sheepishly.
"What else can you do? Can you make anything? Can I do that?" The sparkling asked quickly Jack almost couldn't keep up. All while the sparkling was jumping up and down beside Jack like he was having a sugar rush.
Jack glanced down at the sparkling, pacing a hand on his shoulder to try to calm him. Though, he couldn't help but smile at the sparkling's energy. In a way he reminded him a little of Miko whenever she asked twenty questions. Though, the sparkling did have some good questions.
"We're in my mind so I can control everything and I'm pretty sure I can make anything I can think of here. Though, I'm not sure if you can make anything." Jack replied before immediately regretting saying that when the sparkling's smile faded. "But, why not give it a try anyway? Uh, try something small first." Jack suggested quickly.
"Right," The sparkling replied, the light returning to his optics as his cheery disposition came back. Cupping his hands together, the sparkling closed his eyes and just as Jack had done he began to concentrate. After a moment, the sparkling opened an optic and peeked into his cupped hands and squealed in delight.
"What did you make?" Jack asked, surprised the sparkling was actually able to make something. Now he was curious. Looking at the sparkling's hands, Jack wonder what he made.
The sparkling grinned widely and opened his hands to show him but the moment the sparkling moved his hands something flew out. The sparkling made a noise and scrambled to go after it. When Jack's eyes finally caught up with it, he was a little baffled. It wasn't what he had been expecting at all.
Flying overhead, just above the sparkling's reach was a butterfly. It was a simple blue butterfly that could fit in the palm of his hand.
"Come back here! I want to show you to Jack!" The sparkling whined as he chased the winged creature, jumping up occasionally in an attempt to reach it.
"Why'd you make a butterfly?" Jack asked, laughing when the sparkling jumped up again to try to catch the butterfly, only to miss by an inch. He thought it was cute how the little guy was chasing it around.
The sparkling perked up and just shrugged a bit before running off to catch up with the butterfly and made a face when he saw it had gone off pretty far. Jack smiled at the youngling's innocence and watched him as he chase his new friend. It had been a while since he's dealt with a little kid, even if he was an alien robot kid from another planet.
Still, it was amazing how the sparkling was able to create things like him in his mind. It was strange, Jack always thought that maybe his mind was the one that created this sparkling. Considering this sparkling had the same ability as him, did that mean they were more in tune with each other than he thought? Based on what he had just seen, Jack wouldn't be surprised. Or maybe he was just looking into this too much.
Suddenly, a loud crash pulled Jack from his thoughts and he immediately looked over at the sparkling, only to see he was face first on the ground from an attempt to jump and catch the butterfly. Jack immediately got up and was by the sparkling's side in seconds.
"You okay…?" Jack asked, helping the sparkling to his feet before realizing he had nothing to call him by. It feels like he's known this sparkling all his life but he didn't even know his name. "Wow, this is awkward but I never asked your name."
"Hmm? Oh, I don't have a name." The sparkling replied, looking away before perking up when he saw the butterfly land on Jack's head.
"What do you mean you don't have a name?" Jack asked, glancing up once to see where the butterfly had perched on his head before focusing his attention back at the sparkling. It was becoming a habit for things with wings to use his head as a perch.
The sparkling just shrugged a bit, though Jack could tell his attention was still on the butterfly. Sighing softly, Jack figured that if he did create this sparkling he probably didn't have a name because he hadn't named him yet.
"Okay, we're going to have to call you something…" Jack muttered, cupping his chin as he looked over the sparkling, trying to think of ideas. "Alright, then pick a name."
"Any name?" The sparkling asked, looking at Jack a bit surprised by the sudden request.
"Yeah, it's your name you should decide what it is." Jack replied, offering the sparkling a smile to encourage him. "Make it something you like."
"I don't know..." The sparkling replied looking really stumped as his gazed lingered to the stars like they had the answer. Jack followed his gaze, realizing the sparkling was going to need help with name ideas. Staring at the stars, he suddenly realized may lie up there after all. "You like the stars, right?"
"Yeah," The sparkling replied, glancing up at Jack before looking back at the stars longingly.
"Stargazer," Jack suggested, looking back up at the sky. "How's that?"
The sparkling perked up a bit the moment he heard the name and seemed to think it over before a smile formed on his face. "I like it."
"Great, you have a name now." Jack smiled, patting Stargazer on his head before looking over at his map. Enough distractions for now, he needed to get to work.
Looking back down at the map, Jack stared down at two icons on the grid surface, one blue and silver one. The silver one was smaller than the other icon which was blue. So, of course, that had to be him and Stargazer. Meanwhile, the map showed that they were surrounded by light, which had to be the field.
"That's helpful..." Jack muttered softly, cupping his chin before scrolling through the rest of the map. If the map could pinpoint their location then it shouldn't be a problem picking up Megatron's energy signature.
Based on the map, the area they were currently in was surrounds by stars and was the only main light source. Meanwhile, everything surrounding that area was just darkness, with a few of the veins scattered around providing light.
Since Megatron wasn't in the field that meant he was somewhere in the darkness so that's where he should start looking.
Scrolling through the map, Jack scanned the entire area in the darkness. As he searched it actually surprised Jack a bit by how barren his mind was. He could already hear the jokes Miko would make if she was here. Jack was actually very grateful Miko wasn't there. He didn't even want to be there and at this rate he didn't even know if he was getting out of this alive. Sighing softly, Jack forced himself to focus again and he looked back at the map.
For a moment, Jack began to wonder if the map would even be able to detect Megatron's signature but just before he completely doubted himself he almost scrolled past a distinct purple life signature.
"Found you…" Jack muttered, looking at the purple icon on the grid. Surprisingly, Megatron was pretty far from the field. That meant he had time to plan. Jack knew he wouldn't be able to stop Megatron so he needed to figure out a way to at least stall him.
Jack tried to brainstorm a few scenarios he could do to try to defend his mind from the decepticons. The first thing that came to mind was Bumblebee. He had been through a psych patch before but instead of Megatron going into his mind, Bumblebee had gone into Megatron's mind.
Sure, it wasn't the same situation but during the patch Jack remembered Megatron had manifested copies of the bots to battle on several occasions. Now that they were in his mind that meant Jack could do the same. The map was proof enough of that.
"Worth a shot…" Jack muttered softly before closing his eyes and clearing his mind of everything but one thing. If he was going to create one of the bots with his mind he should start with someone simple and work his way up. Arcee immediately came to mind and Jack focused on how she looked from memory.
While Jack concentrated, Stargazer watched him curiously. Jack had been quiet for a long time, probably thinking of what to do next. Considering how Jack was concentrating, Stargazer also figured he was making something else. Then, as if sensing the change, the butterfly flew from Jack's head. Stargazer followed the butterfly with his optics before noticing something off.
One of the floating orbs in the sky began to slowly descend down in front of them. This particular orb burned like a flame in a blue light with hints of rose flickering within it. Then, without warning the orb began to take shape, growing into a bot that towered over them.
Fear suddenly crept into Stargazer's spark and he tugged at Jack's arm, forgetting to mind his injury. "Uh, Jack? Is that Megatron?"
Jack's eyes flew open, nearly having a heart attack when he heard the fear in Stargazer's voice. For a moment believing that the map had been wrong and that Megatron had appeared out of thin air. Jack immediately relaxed and let out a laugh the moment he recognized his guardian standing before them. He honestly hadn't felt more relieved to see Arcee in his life.
"No, that's Arcee." Jack replied smiling up at the Arcee replica, looking down at Stargazer before looking back up at Arcee, noticing something off. "She's going to help us, along with some help."
"Oh okay..." Stargazer replied, looking back up at the femme in front of them. Though, as he stared at her, he couldn't help but feel she reminded him of someone.
Looking back at Jack, Stargazer was a bit surprised to see him concentrating again. He immediately looked up at the sky and perked when he saw a yellow and green orb descend down to them. Then, just like before, the orbs manifested into two bots.
Jack opened his eyes and smiles at the three standing before them. Even though they weren't real he still felt a lot safer seeing them there. "Alright, go distract Megatron."
The three autobots simply nodded before transforming and taking off into the darkness.
Stargazer was a bit surprised to see them go and looked up at Jack. "You're only sending them?"
"For now, I need to see how long they can distract Megatron before I send more." Jack explained, looking back down at his map, following Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee when they went out of sight. "Now we just have to wait and watch."
"YoU cAnNot wiN." A distorted, raspy voice suddenly said beside Jack's ear, surprising the teen. Jack jumped back, nearly jolting out of his skin as he looked behind him, only to be surprised to find nothing was there.
"Uh, did you say something, Star?" Jack asked, looking down at the sparkling who was still playing with the butterfly, hoping the voice he heard was just a prank concocted by the sparkling.
"Uh no?" Stargazer replied, looking up at Jack, a little confused by his question.
Jack perked up a bit, looking around a bit frantically, trying to find out where the voice came from. He know he heard it, he wasn't crazy. Still, it unsettled him even more, knowing Stargazer had nothing to do with the voice. So, where did it come from?
Looking around, something caught his eye when he looked out into the darkness. He wasn't exactly sure what it was from where he sat so he got up. Walking to the edge of the star field, Jack tried to get a better look.
Stargazer watched him a bit curious, wondering what Jack was up to when he got up to follow his friend.
"What's wrong?" Stargazer asked, tugging at Jack's arm gently when he noticed he was staring at the dark sky above them. There's was a strange discoloration in this part of the sky, was that what Jack was staring at?
Jack said nothing for a moment, trying to figure out what he was seeing in the sky. Through the darkness, he could see something. It was flat, a little dull and smooth. He stared at it a little longer before it hit him. Metal, he was looking at metal, but it looked far away.
Taking another look, Jack also noticed dark blotches on the metal and tried to figure out what it was. Then, out of nowhere, Jack remembered the last thing he saw before he going under the patch; a wall in the med bay covered in equipment. Was he looking at the med bay then? If so, how was it even possible he was seeing through the patch?
Jack was just about to brush it off that it was nerves, his mind must have been on overload, just manifesting things that weren't there. Then, all doubts were gone when he heard the voices. It wasn't the voice from before but he could hear them. They were muffled and distant and Jack tried harder to make out who they were. Jack's heart skipped a beat the moment he made out Knock Out's voice and Megatron's voice.
Stepping back, Jack knew things had gone from bad to worse. His patch had holes, meaning it was very unstable. He remembered hearing from the bots what unstable patches could do. Memory loss, drastic personality change, fry a cerebral cortex...Jack didn't even want to think about what that could do to him.
Retreating back to the only safety he knew, Jack sat down in what appeared to be the center of the field. Stargazer followed closely behind him, concerned and confused by Jack's sudden demeanor.
Hugging his legs to his chest, Jack just sat there for a moment, his thoughts reeling. Everything has been so messed up since the accident a month ago and now his world was just completely upside down.
Thinking over his options, Jack knew he couldn't get out of the patch on his own, except the patch was weak. So, maybe that meant he still had a chance. Then again, even if he tried he didn't know if he could cause irreversible harm to himself.
The best chance he had was for the bots to come to his aid. Ratchet was a brilliant medic, he's sure he can get him out of this okay.
Though, as Jack sat there his thoughts lingered to dark places. If the bots didn't show up in time he wasn't sure how he was going to get out of there alive.
"Jack, is everything alright?" Stargazer asked, tugging gently as Jack's arm to get the teen's attention.
"Yeah, everything's fine, Star…" Jack replied, in a weak attempt to lie but he knew Stargazer could see right through him. Luckily, Stargazer didn't push Jack for answers and just sat beside him. It was almost like Stargazer was saying that he was here for him and that made Jack feel a little better.
Sighing softly, Jack gently patted the sparkling on the head and looked back up at the sky. While he sat there, Jack couldn't shake the feeling they were being watched.
Sideways watched the human boy with mild interest. He wasn't entirely sure why Megatron was interested in the boy and he assumed his men didn't know either by their uneasiness.
Still, Sideways couldn't help but sense a great power working within him. He's felt it ever since the human had activated the blade of time in the valley. He could see the power lurk beneath the boy's silvery eyes; the storm brewing beneath its glassy surface.
Suddenly, a small noise escaped Jack's lips, pulling Sideways from his thoughts. Sideways noted the bleeding on Jack's face had slowed but the boy's crimson life blood was staining the helmet. Sideways briefly wondered if the life blood would short circuit the wiring but pushed the thought aside when he realizes it wasn't any of concern.
Still, despite this possible setback, the patch was weak. Whatever Megatron was planning, he didn't have long before the burden on the boy's mind would be too much for him to bear.
Though, it was strange, Sideways didn't understand why it was taking so long for Megatron to make any progress in the patch, let alone reach Knock Out through the communicator. Looking over at the monitor, Sideways perked up a bit when the screen activated to reveal a darkened landscape, with scattered circuit like veins on the ground.
"Finally," Knock Out let out a sigh in relief, "Lord Megatron, are you alright? Almost thought the patch was a complete failure when I couldn't get a connection up. Though, it looks like things should be fine now."
"Knock Out, where is the boy?" Megatron asked, taking a look around the patch, making sure that he wasn't mistaken but Jack was nowhere in sight.
"Uh, good question, my lord..." Knock Out replied, typing in a few codes to try to pinpoint Jack's location. Though, he quickly learned the scan wouldn't be much help. "He doesn't appear in the general area and I think those veins on the ground are scrambling the scanners...Let me try something else..."
Megatron let out an aggravated sigh, his patience wearing thin. Looking around, he noticed the glowing veins on the ground Knock Out had been referring to. It was strange; nothing was supposed to manifest within the patch unless they were retrieving a memory.
"The boy's mind shouldn't be this active..." Megatron muttered, taking a closer look at the vein. The vein itself looked alive with energy. "Knock Out, what are they?"
"Another good question." Knock Out replied, looking at the veins from Megatron's point of view on the monitor. "Based on some quick scans these veins contain a vast amount of energy and power. It's like nothing I've ever seen before."
Megatron remained silent for a moment, taking that knowledge in. He honestly doesn't know that much about humans. Still, he felt it in his spark the energy veins weren't normal to a human brain. Kneeling down beside a vein, Megatron reached down to touch one.
"Uh, I'm not sure if that's such a good—" Knock Out tried to explain before Megatron touched the closest vein to him. For a moment nothing happened until the vein started to glow.
Suddenly, the darkness bled away around him. Light from the vein overwhelmed his sensors temporarily and it took him moments for his vision to readjust. When his optics finally readjusted it wasn't what Megatron was expecting at all.
Looking down, Megatron was staring at Jack; the boy that held all the answers. Though, he immediately knew it wasn't the Jack he was searching for. One thing was that the other two human children, the girl and the younger boy were standing beside him and didn't appear to show any fear of him. Nor did they seem to register they were even there.
Standing up, Megatron took a step away to take in what was around him. By the look of things, he figured he must have been in the autobot base; hence, the equipment, the autobots and functional ground bridge.
"We are autonomous robotic organism from the planet Cybertron…" A voice Megatron was all too familiar with said from behind him. Turning around, the decepticon commander was not surprised to see his arch nemesis kneeling down before the humans where he had kneeled moments ago.
"A memory…" Megatron muttered to himself quietly as he watched the memory play out. By the look of things, it appeared that he was watching what may be Jack and Optimus' first meeting. Strange, instead of having to search for Jack's memories it was all around him for him to find.
"Uh, my Liege…" Knock Out said, sounding oddly urgent, persistent to get his leader's attention. "Lord Megatron, what is that?" Knock Out asked as Megatron's optics shifted from the memory he was watching to what he was referring to.
His optics sparked in interest when he caught sight of what the medic had seen. All along the walls of the autobot base, large cyber glyphs drifted lazily about. It wasn't in a language Megatron could deceiver but he recognized it instantly.
"The language of the Primes..." Megatron gasped, looking down at the veins, still visible at his feet before kneeling to touch another vein.
Then, just like he thought, another memory appeared but that's not what was important. Shimmering in the air, Megatron could see the language of the Primes floating in the air around them.
"These veins are Jack's memories. His very being, if you will, but they seemed to be intertwined with the power of the Matrix, lost when the Key to Vector Sigma was destroyed." Megatron muttered, glancing down at the memory.
He watched silently as Jack and his two other companions stood in front of a building before meeting their autobot guardians. Each human got into their respected guardian before the group pulled out of the parking a lot and started to drive out of the town, out to the desert.
"Now that this has been confirmed it's imperative that I find Jack." Megatron added, watching the group disappear as a grin slowly began to curve on his lips. "Knock Out, monitor this memory. It may be useful to us in the future."
"Yes, my Liege." Knock Out replied before glancing to his leader through the monitor. "Does this discovery mean you won't need to find the boy? I mean, his entire mind is practically made up by these veins."
"No, I still need to find him." Megatron said harshly, glaring up at the sky as if he could see the decepticon medic.
"Er, right but how are we going to find him?" Knock Out asked, curious for an answer. "You're pretty much in the dark, no pun intended."
"The Matrix is pure knowledge. Despite it being intertwined in his mind and memories, the center of the knowledge would be in Jack himself." Megatron explained taking a look around as the memory slowly began to fade away. "Meaning, the boy would be in the area with the highest energy reading."
"That may be but everything is so scattered in his mind it's hard to pinpoint the strongest source in energy." Knock Out sighed, it was easier said than done so it seemed.
"You said the Matrix is pure energy, Lord Megatron," Sideways spoke up suddenly, earning the attention of commander and medic. "It gives the veins energy and light so why not look for the brightest light in the darkness."
Seeing as he had no other better leads, Megatron took a look around the darkness as Jack's memory had nearly faded away completely. His optics flashed a bit when they caught something far off in the distance on the horizon. The sky seemed to lighten up in a blue light, clustering together so closely it seemed to resemble a sun.
"There." Megatron replied as he started to make his way to there, avoiding the veins as he walked. He didn't need more distractions; walking through a fading memory of an autobot transforming.
"If you don't mind me asking, Lord Megatron, what is it that you are searching for exactly?" Knock Out asked as Megatron headed toward the clustered light, walking through the memory of the autobot Arcee transforming into robot mode.
"An old friend," Megatron said simply just before the memory faded completely, though he perked a bit when he noticed one thing hadn't faded away completely, or rather something it was someone.
Standing in front of him, the autobot scout, Bumblebee stood before him defiantly. His stared at him with hard optics and servos clenched. Megatron immediately knew this Bumblebee was too aware to be just a memory. Then, before Megatron could figure out how to deal with this factor, Arcee and Bulkhead appeared and transformed to stand beside Bumblebee.
"No one lets him pass."Arcee said suddenly as she activated her energon blades as the trio formed a wall between him and the clustered light.
"It seems that Jack has called in for reinforcements, my Liege." Knock Out noted as the three autobots activated their weapons and stood their ground.
A deep chuckle escaped Megatron as he watched the three autobots, admiring Jack's will to fight. Though, it was meaningless nonetheless; the manifestations couldn't harm him or even slow him down.
"A hollow gesture, Jack." Megatron hummed, taking a step toward the group, intended on merely passing through them to get to his destination.
Just as Megatron was about to pass the group, Arcee struck out at him with his blade, aiming at his abdomen. Megatron's optics widen a bit as he was thrown back a bit by the strike. Stepping back to regain his balance, Megatron pressed a servo again where the strike had connected with his armor. His optics only widen more when he saw energon on his servo.
The autobot had landed a strike and drew energon. In a normal psych patch it was impossible for the Cybertronian preforming the patch to be physically harmed by the recipient of said patch.
Suddenly, the decepticon leader began to laugh, at first softly before it became harsher. Things were certainly getting interesting now.
"Fine, if it's a fight you want it's a fight you'll get!" Megatron roared at the trio, unconsciously activating his blade and launching himself at them. If Jack wanted to fight for his mind then Megatron graciously accepts his challenge.
Meanwhile, Knock Out just stared at the monitor in stunned silence. He quickly glanced over at Megatron's dormant frame, looking over where the autobot had injured him, only to be relieved that the damage done had only been caused in the patch.
"How…How was that even possible?" Knock Out asked, looking back at the monitor in shock as he watched the battle unfold before him. "I mean, how could these manifestations' attacks land blows on him?"
"It seems Jack has more surprises in him than we thought," Sideways hummed lightly, looking down at the comatose boy before glancing up to see Megatron's progress in the battle.
Each autobot seemed to be able to land a blow but Megatron speed helped him avoid most blows. Then, there was the factor that every time a manifestation was taken out it disappeared into light, only to reform again moments later. It was quite intriguing; Sideways couldn't pry his optics away from the screen.
Though, as Megatron fought he no longer seemed to consider the veins at his feet so he triggered them time and again while he fought. To Megatron, he could see glimpses of Jack's life and as time passed he triggered even more memories that he was slowly starting to piece together the puzzle.
The base was relatively quiet at the moment. There were only a few discussions going on while they all waited for Arcee to contact base. Fowler was talking to June, Keaton and Suzuki, explaining to them everything he knew that has happened regarding the reason why the cons had taken Jack. Of course, not all of it would make sense but at least they would get the truth now. Occasionally, Raf and Miko would add in details they knew since they were there.
Smokescreen listened in occasionally, his interest perking a bit when he heard them explain about when Jack almost died after being shot at by Megatron. He knew the story about Optimus losing his memory and Jack becoming the vessel for the matrix but never heard the story in this much detail. Jack's sacrificed so much for them, now they need to return the favor.
Though, that reminded Smokescreen that he hadn't been chosen to be in the rescue team. Of course, Smokescreen understood they needed to keep their numbers to a minimum to avoid detection but he couldn't help but feel he was letting Jaden down. He'd promised Jaden he'd bring his brother back alive but now that he wasn't on the mission it just felt like an empty promise.
Letting out a soft sigh, Smokescreen walked out of the command room, feeling the sudden need to be on his own. Walking into the nearest hall, Smokescreen found himself in the hall of relics. He glanced at them as he walked past, stopping to inspect a certain relic that's caught his optic since he'd arrive to base.
Being in his hall brought Smokescreen back to only the day before when Jack had given him a tour of the base and this hall had been one of the stops they'd made. It was hard to believe he had only been on earth for two days and so much has happened in all that time.
Just earlier that day Jack had even helped him pick his vehicle form. Then things just went downhill at the Valley of Fire when the kids found the relic and the cons showed up. Not to mention their near death experience that never happened but it technically did. Now that Smokescreen thought about it, he owed his life to Jack. Jack's been helpful and kind to him since the moment they've met. With all that to consider Smokescreen couldn't let Jack down, not now or ever.
"Hey, Smokescreen?" Jaden said suddenly, pulling the rookie from his thoughts.
Looking down, Smokescreen was a bit surprised to see his new partner in crime. "Hey, what's up, Jaden?"
"Arcee opened the bridge and the others are ready to head out so I came looking for you. We should see them off before they go." Jaden explained, pointing back in the direction of the command centre.
"Oh, right. Uh, give me a second I'll catch up to you." Smokescreen replied, glancing at the containment unit of the relic for a moment, his thoughts still swirling.
"Alright, but you better hurry up." Jaden replied, turning back to head back into the command room.
"Hey, Jaden?" Smokescreen called. Jaden glanced back at his partner, wondering what else he had to stay to him. "They'll bring Jack home safe."
"I know." Jaden said simply, offering Smokescreen a weak smile before running back to the command center. He only quickened his pace to make sure he wouldn't miss the others.
By the time Jaden got back to main room, nearly making a wrong turn in the halls, the autobots had already begun to walk through the ground bridge.
Jaden looked back to the hall quickly, wanting to call back to Smokescreen to hurry up to see the others off. Looking back toward the ground bridge, Jaden watched as Optimus began to walk to the glowing vortex.
"Good luck," Jaden said, out of breath as he ran up to the Prime and the team going with him. "Make sure you all come back in one piece."
"Thank you, Jaden. We'll bring Jack home, I promise you that." Optimus replied, giving Jaden a meaningful look before disappearing through the bridge.
Jaden felt a pang in his heart when he saw the Prime disappear and he felt it again as Bumblebee followed shortly after. It made Jaden feel completely helpless watching the autobots go. He wanted to do something; he needed to do something to help Jack. He was sick of waiting around and doing nothing.
"What are you waiting for?" Miko hummed softly, materializing beside Jaden almost out of nowhere.
"W-What? Jaden asked, bewildered, wondering when Miko had even snuck up on him. A light thump on his head made him look up to see Nightbeat had chosen to make a nest of his hair again. Looking back at Miko, Jaden just stared at her, wondering if he had misheard her.
"You heard me." Miko replied, as if on cue, knowing full well that Jaden wanted to follow the bots. "What are you waiting for?"
Jaden stared a Miko, not believing she had the same idea as him. Though, considering the look in her eyes, Miko looked like she was willing to act on it. He'd just met this girl and she seemed as determined as he was to get his brother back.
Sighing softly, Jaden watched as Wheeljack and Ratchet started to make their way through the bridge. The longing grew in him even more when he realized his window of opportunity was closing. It was now or never...
"This is probably the stupidest thing I've ever done and probably the last..." Jaden muttered, looking over at Miko once more before making a break for the bridge.
Miko grinned widely and broke into a sprint to follow Jaden, determined to make it through the bridge before it closed. Just like Jaden, she was sick of waiting and sitting around doing nothing. Another few more steps and they would be through the bridge unnoticed.
Though, fate had a funny way of working out because just then Smokescreen had stepped into the command room. The first thing Smokescreen saw as he looked over at the bridge was Jaden and Miko disappearing through the vortex of the ground bridge.
"Jaden! Miko!" Smokescreen called out as he transformed into vehicle mode, tires screeching as he speed across the command room, straight for the closing bridge.
The commotion hadn't gone unnoticed by the others. Looking over, Raf and Marley caught sight of Smokescreen's rear bummer disappearing through the bridge before the vortex disappeared and all was quiet again.
"Did...they just go through?" Marley asked, staring where the bridge had been only moments ago. If she heard right, Miko and Jaden had gone through the space bridge.
"I should've known Miko would pull that stunt..." Raf muttered, rubbing his eyes to try to get the tension out. Miko had pulled the stunt at least a half dozen times this time wasn't any different.
"For God's sake, Jaden!" Keaton exclaimed, staring at the closed bridge. Suzuki took a look herself at the bridge and placed a hand on her co-worker's shoulder to try to calm him. Keaton looked over at her once before quickly glancing at the bridge where his son had disappeared to. "How could have he have done these?"
"He wanted to go help Jack..." June sighed softly, rubbing her eyes to keep her tears at bay. She needed to be strong for her sons because she understood completely why Jaden had this.
June wasn't angry, just upset and scared that Jaden took such drastic measures to help save his brother. She didn't want to lose all her children. June was already worried about Jack but now that Jaden was on the decepticon ship she just prayed that both of them would come home safely.
"Bulkhead, what are you doing?! Reopen the bridge!" Fowler yelled, looking up at the green Wrecker, wondering how he could have let them slip past him. "Bring them back!"
"I didn't shut off the bridge," Bulkhead explained quickly, typing in codes to try to reactivate the bridge. "The signal for the receiver on the con's side is not responding. I can't open a bridge."
For a moment everyone stared at the door in silence. If Bulkhead couldn't open the bridge anymore that meant Miko and Jaden were trapped on the con ship and had to come back after the mission with the rescue team.
"Can you contact the bots? They might not know Miko and Jaden are there." Raf spoke up, looking up at the green Wrecker.
"No, they have a signal jammer up to deal with the cons. I won't be able to get through to them until after they shut it off." Bulkhead sighed; he was really starting to hate being completely useless right now.
"Let me try something," Raf replied, moving to sit by the monitor. "I can keep an eye out for the signal to come back but I'll see if I can try to get something through."
"Think it's gonna work?" Marley asked, moving to stand beside Raf as she watched him type away on his laptop.
"I'm not sure but it's worth a shot," Raf replied, adjusting his glasses a bit.
"Right," Marley replied, crossing her arms before looking over at the dormant ground bridge. "Well, I feel ditched."
"Join the club." Raf replied with a light smile, having his own experience in being left behind.
Bulkhead let out a deep sigh and looked over at Jack and Jaden's parents. He really screwed up, letting Miko and Jaden get past him without him noticing. Looking over the two, Bulkhead could see how distraught their parents looked and tried to think of something to say to calm them. "Look, June, Keaton, Smokescreen saw Miko and Jaden go through the bridge so without a doubt he'll keep them safe. I haven't known him for long but he's determined and dedicated so they should be fine."
"Bulkhead's right," Fowler added, looking at the June and Keaton. "You just have to have faith in the bots that they'll bring everyone home."
The moment Smokescreen passed through the bridge to the other side it was chaos. Smokescreen only had a moment to process he had entered a fire fight before crashing head on into an unsuspecting vehicon. The Vehicon went down hard, crashing to the ground, most likely killed on impact.
Suddenly, shots began to fire all around him and Smokescreen transformed and activated his cannons to fire back. Seeing he was outnumbered at the moment, Smokescreen took cover from the incoming shoots to try to regain his bearings. He looked around wildly for Jaden and Miko, occasionally catching glimpses of the others not too far down the hall.
"Smokescreen, over here!" Jaden suddenly called out and Smokescreen immediately turned to see the two couched by the space bridge controls.
Quickly making his way to them without getting shot, Smokescreen noticed that the controls were sparkling through damaged metal. It was completely useless, no doubt taken out during the battle. No way he'd be able to get Miko and Jaden back, he figured as dodged a stray shot.
Wasting no time, Smokescreen picked up the two and slipped them into his chest compartment to shield them from the fire fight.
Miko and Jaden were caught a bit off guard by being stuffed into Smokescreen's chest compartment. Still, it was better than getting shot at by the cons. The two looked at one another, not having much room to move in the small space as they felt Smokescreen dodge and crouch to avoid enemy attack. This went on for a bit, until Smokescreen ducked down behind a wall and opened his chest compartment to look at the two of them.
"Are you two insane?!" Smokescreen said, looking down at the two, his optics a bit wild from dodging blasts. "You two could have been killed! What were you thinking?!"
"I'm thinking that the battle's over and the others are getting away." Miko replied, as she peeked out of Smokescreen's chest compartment, pointing over as the last con fell and the others were heading out deep into the decepticon ship.
Smokescreen watched them for a moment before it processed through him and he let out a deep sigh.
"Uh, right," Smokescreen replied, realizing the three of them had gone unnoticed by the others during the chaos. "But this discussion isn't over."
Jaden flinched a bit, figuring he and Miko wouldn't be let off that easy. Looking over at the girl, Jaden was a bit surprised she didn't seem that concerned at all.
"Can we get out now?" Miko asked, looking up at Smokescreen as he stepped out of his hiding spot. She really didn't like being cramped into a small space with no warning.
"Not yet, it's still too danger-" Smokescreen tried to explain as he closed his chest compartment again just before a shot collided with his back, right where his door wings meet.
Letting out a pained cry, Smokescreen collapsed, the pain overwhelming him as he rolled to take cover behind a few dead vehicons. Then, Smokescreen let instinct take over as he charged his cannon, shooting at whoever had shot at him.
His shot landed a direct hit as it collided with the head of an injured vehicon, effectively knocking it offline for good.
Taking a quick look around him, Smokescreen made sure that no other vehicons on the ground would spontaneously rise up to attack him. When none did, he allowed himself to relax as his self-repair systems kicked in.
"Smokescreen! Are you okay?" Jaden's muffled voice asked from Smokescreen's closed chestplates.
"I'm fine. Are you two okay?" Smokescreen asked, opening his chestplates to look down at the two teens. Both looked a little dazed but other than that they looked fine.
"Yeah, we're okay but where did Optimus and the others go?" Miko asked, looking in the direction she had last see them go but now they were completely alone in the hall.
"Scrap..." Smokescreen muttered softly, looking around, realizing the others were long gone and had no idea they were there.
"Can't you contact them, Smokescreen?" Miko asked as Smokescreen made his way in the direction he last saw the others.
"I can't, there's a signal dampener up. I'll have to wait to get out of range but at the moment it's our only clue to where the others are." Smokescreen sighed softly, not liking the situation at all.
"Well, what choice do we have?" Jaden asked, making Smokescreen stop in his tracks.
Sighing softly, Smokescreen knew Jaden was right and looked around for somewhere to stay out of sight. He was immediately drawn to a ventilation system running along the sides of the wall and slipped inside.
Keeping an optic on the signal, Smokescreen waited for the dampeners' effects to disappear completely before trying to contact base. The moment signal returned Smokescreen immediately opened his comm. to contact base and was surprised when he was met with static.
"Are you serious?" Smokescreen asked to no one in particular, not believing fate hated him so much.
"What's wrong?" Miko asked, looking at him, confused.
"My comm. link's dead." Smokescreen sighed, running his faceplates. "Probably when I went down or when I ran into that con."
"What are we going to do?" Jaden asked, before a small chirp caught everyone's attention as Nightbeat peeked from Jaden's shoulder.
"Looks like we're not the only ones who snuck onto the ship." Miko hummed, patting the metallic bird gently on his head before realizing something. "Hey, why can't we try to contact base with Nightbeat?"
"How do we do that?" Jaden asked curiously before Nightbeat clicked softly and activated a projector through his optics.
Looking at the air in front of them, an image of Raf appeared and he seemed just as surprised as he did.
/Whoa, what just happened?/ Raf asked, adjusting his glasses, surprised to see Miko, Jaden and Smokescreen on his laptop.
"S'up." Miko said simply, greeting the younger teen.
/Hey, Raf got through to them!/ Marley said from out of view.
/It wasn't me, I think it was Nightbeat/ Raf replied, before typing into his laptop to put the feed he was getting from Nightbeat's camera onto the main monitor.
/Miko, Jaden, you okay?/ Bulkhead asked the moment he saw the two teens through the feed.
"We're okay, Bulk." Miko replied, looking to Jaden and Smokescreen.
/Good, because what on earth were you thinking?! You two could have gotten killed!/ Bulkhead yelled, /How could you be so reckless, Miko?/
"Er...well..." Miko tried to explain but nothing really came out. She understood Bulkhead was upset but she couldn't just sit around and do nothing while the cons were hurting Jack.
/And Jaden, what could have possibly possessed you to go on board the decepticon ship?/ Keaton's voice suddenly boomed through the monitor and Jaden winced a bit.
"I just wanted to help Jack, we both did." Jaden explained, glancing to Miko as he spoke before looking back at his father and then to his mother.
June looked up at her son, appearing rather calm for the circumstances and she turned her attention to Smokescreen. /Just keep them safe, Smokescreen/
"Yes, ma'am," Smokescreen replied, sighing softly as he turned his attention to Bulkhead. "Bulkhead, we have a problem. My comm's dead and we've been separated from the others as from the look of things they don't know we're here."
/Alright, Optimus already knows what's going on. I'll send you a schematic of the con ship to help you get to the med bay. Stay out of sight and meet up with them as soon as possible/ Bulkhead explained as Nightbeat projected what appeared to be a map of the area of the ship they were in.
"Thanks, Bulkhead." Smokescreen replied before looking down at the others. "I'll keep them safe. See ya when we come back."
With that, Nightbeat deactivated the connection but kept up the map. Smokescreen studied it for a moment before feeling confident that he knew how to get to the med bay before slipping out of his hiding place.
"Which way?" Miko asked, watching as Smokescreen maneuvered through the halls, searching for something.
"Based on the map, the med bay is one floor above us." Smokescreen replied, almost missing the turn they were supposed to take. "Meaning we have to find an elevator." Smokescreen replied before taking the final turn that would lead him to the elevator before freezing and jolting back behind the wall.
"Whoa, what's wrong?" Jaden asked, surprised by Smokescreen's actions before Smokescreen motioned them to be quiet as he closed his chest compartment again.
Taking another look toward the elevator, Smokescreen could see a group of cons moving crates into the elevator. By the looks of it, it seems like they would be busy for a while.
"Scrap, we need to find another way around." Smokescreen muttered softly, taking a look at the map again.
He cringed a bit when he saw the next elevator was on the other side, meaning he would have to cross the busy area to get to it. He figured it wasn't worth the change of getting spotted before remembering he had something that could help in this situation. Reaching into his subspace, Smokescreen took out a device and slipped it over his wrist. "Good thing I brought this then. Figured it would come in handy."
"Hey, isn't that..." Miko said, recognizing the device on Smokescreen's wrist as one of the relics that's supposed to be in the hall of relics. If she wasn't mistaken it was the relic that she and Jack helped recover in New York.
"Yup, I figured I might need it." Smokescreen replied quietly as he began to head away from the cons with a light grin.
"Wait...You were going to follow the bots all along?!" Miko exclaimed quietly, immediately putting two and two together. Smokescreen obviously didn't have time to get the relic after he saw them go through the bridge so he had to have gotten it beforehand.
"Uh, I wanted to help." Smokescreen flinched at her tone before shrugging sheepishly. "I didn't want to disappoint my partner." He added, looking down at Jaden thoughtfully.
"Really?" Jaden asked feeling touched by that before his gaze fell to the device on Smokescreen's wrist. "Wait, what can this wrist watch thing do?"
"It's gonna help us, now let's see how we can get to the med bay." Smokescreen replied before activating the relic. Walking up to the nearest wall, Smokescreen phased through it like it was water.
Letting out a breath from his intake Megatron lowered his sword once he knew the threat was gone. Of course, he didn't let his guard down as he watched the three manifestations of the autobots dematerialize for the umpteenth time. Though, he knew this time for good. Instead of regenerating the three autobots morphed into spark like orbs, flew into the air and retreated.
Watching them flee, Megatron stood there for a moment, seeing they were headed to the field the stars. Without a second to waste he began to make his way to it.
"Uh, Lord Megatron? Are you alright?" Knock Out's voice echoed though the come, causing Megatron's helm to throb a bit and he let out a low snarl but said nothing further.
Continuing forward, Megatron thought about his time fighting with those three autobots. Every time he managed to cut one down another attacked while the other regenerated and the cycle just repeated over and over again.
"Uh, Lord Megatron perhaps you should rest." Knock Out added in, he didn't know what Megatron's condition was but he did see energon fly while he had fought the autobots. It was odd, Megatron shouldn't have been harmed and it was only his mind in the patch. Did that mean it was his mind being attacked? If that was the case, what did that mean for Megatron's mental health once the patch was complete?
The fight surely had taken a toll on Megatron. Based on his movement and his readings he was physically and mentally exhausted. No doubt his avatar was in bad shape and he could feel the pain. When he disconnects from the patch his body will surely feel the pain but will not receive the same damaged he had sustained.
"Lord Megatron, please. You're injured; perhaps we should shut off the patch and resume once you're fully functional…" Knock Out tried to explain, worried about his leader's well being. If Megatron's mind was weakened now there was no telling what further exposure in the patch would to him.
"No!" Megatron roared, surprising Knock Out by the volume as he jumped back in fear.
"We will not shut off the patch." Megatron hissed, looking forward as he closed in on the field of stars. He was not concerned by Knock Out's pleas or his whining.
Even though he was almost beaten to an inch of his life Megatron's never felt more alive. Still, it's not like he didn't learn anything from that battle. As a matter a fact he learned more than he could imagine, Megatron thought to himself as images hovered at the edge of his vision. He could feel it, he was so close to finding what he was searching for; he couldn't turn back now. Focusing his attention on the field, Megatron could barely make out a figure sitting in the center, staring at the stars and a sneer curled over his lips.
"I've found him."
A/N: Wasn't that exciting? :3 Hope you guys liked the new chapter. I'll try to see when I'll update next ^_^ hopefully I'll be able to post a few more chapters before college starts. Ugh XP anywhoo! I'd appreciate reviews, both good or bad, or maybe if you're confused by anything? Yeah that'll help me a lot ^_^ Thanks guys! Please read, review and follow to keep up with the story ^_^