After Knockout had tended to the injured Vehicon troops he quickly made his way back into the med bay. As soon as he was inside he checked in on the human girl who was sleeping soundly underneath the berth. If he remembered correctly, this has been the same spot where Bumblebee and Arcee had infiltrated into the Nemesis to sync a cortical psychic patch with Megatron's mind. Even Starscream or Soundwave wouldn't find her here unless she made any sound or movement.
For a human, she is rather…cute…in a weird fleshy way, Knockout thought quietly to himself. Wait, what am I saying!? Something must be wrong with my processor! Organics are repulsive! He felt his fans turn on to cool himself down at his obscure thoughts. I don't even know why I rescued this organic…maybe she can be my assistant…or pet even, hah, and help me buff my finish once she's healed!
Kelsey suddenly stirred, slowly blinking her eyes as she gradually sat up from her spot.
"Mum? Dad? Is that you?" she mumbled, her voice thick with sleep.
"Guess again," Knockout chimed.
She rubbed her eyes a few times before blinking up at the red cherry mech.
"Oh, great. I'm still in this hellhole." She muttered bitterly under her breath.
"What was that?" He questioned her.
"N-nothing," she said hastily, not wanting to anger the giant alien robot that could easily end her life whenever he pleased. "When can I go back home?" she added rather quietly.
A smile tugged the corner of his lips at hearing her question. "Sorry, you aren't going back home. There's no way I could run the risk of letting you out when you know of my kind's existence."
"W-what?!" She gasped, her eyes wide with shock. "You can't just keep me here, like some kind of…some kind of pet!"
"Why not? Organics don't seem to be good for anything else," He remarked. "Other than making some fine-looking automobiles."
"Look, I am not some kind of pet for you to play with," she said firmly, standing her ground. "And I want you to take me back home. I'm dying for a shower and some food."
"Ah, right, I had forgotten that organics have rather special needs," he grumbled. "I suppose I can drive you back home so you can eat and clean up. I can't have you emitting any kind of stink aboard the Nemesis."
"How can you even smell when you don't have a nose?" Kelsey remarked.
Knockout placed his servo over his face. "We smell in other ways, trust me, Lord Megatron would be able to smell human stink a mile away," he muttered.
"But straight after you're done you're coming back with me." He added, his ruby optics glowing.
Kelsey frowned, narrowing her eyes at Knockout. "Fine, whatever, just so long as I can finally have some food, I'm starving." She said.
Knockout grinned and grasped her firmly in his servo, Kelsey letting out a surprised squeak in the process, and transformed into his vehicle mode. Kelsey was now in the front passenger seat in Knockout's interior and her face soon turned an awful shade of green.
"Please, never do that again," she said, swallowing back the bile that was rising in her throat.
"If you spill your gross organic fluids in my interior I'll have your head!" Knockout's voice emitted loudly from inside the car.
A glowing, green portal suddenly opened up before them and without another word, Knockout sped off through the ground bridge.
Kelsey closed her eyes when Knockout passed through the ground bridge and when she opened them they appeared to be back in Jasper, Nevada. She swallowed hard and felt a tight seatbelt restrict across her chest like some kind of snake.
"Safety first," Knockout's voice vibrated throughout the car.
"You don't have to have it that tight," she muttered, shifting into a more comfortable position in her seat. As Knockout continued to drive across the empty road, Kelsey thought of several ideas of how she could plan her escape. Her first idea was to call the police, but, who would believe a teenage girl that exclaimed that she had been captured by some alien robot that could transform into a car? Even if the police believed her in the slightest, Knockout could easily avoid being found out by simply remaining in his alt mode and make her look like a fool. She thought about going to her parents, but then that could run the risk of them being captured by Knockout as well and that was the last thing she wanted. No matter how she looked at it, there was no escaping the Decepticon. Her simple life on Earth seemed to be over.
"So, tell me, fleshy, where exactly is your place of residing?" Knockout suddenly said, bringing Kelsey out of her thoughts.
"Oh, just take a left turn here and then right when you come to the roundabout." She replied.
It wasn't long before they reached Kelsey's house. Knockout pulled over into the driveway and opened his passenger door so that she could hop out.
"If I find out you've told any of your organic family members about my existence, then consider them science experiments for the Decepticon cause." Knockout said firmly.
"Understood," she answered quietly before making her way inside her house. Neither of her parents appeared to be home as there were no cars pulled up on the driveway besides Knockout. She swiftly opened the front door with the house key that she kept in her jean pocket. Racing inside, she quickly made her way into her bedroom, snagging some fresh clothes along the way, and ran into the bathroom. Stripping off her old clothes and placing her broken arm in a plastic bag, she stepped into the shower and felt the smooth sensation of warm water running down her back as she cleaned herself. Granted, washing one's hair with only one arm wasn't exactly that easy but somehow Kelsey managed. She made sure to thoroughly wash her hair as best she could as she wasn't sure when she would be given the opportunity to shower next, so she decided to make the most of it while she was there. After she had a shower, she changed into some clean clothes and quickly began to pack her bag. If she was going to be staying on an alien spaceship she needed to have at some more spare clothes, along with other necessities. She wasn't even sure if she would be properly fed aboard the Nemesis, so she took some food and bottled water as well. Once she had packed everything, she stopped by the kitchen top counter and hastily wrote a note for her parents explaining her absence. She told them that she was going away on a trip overseas and wouldn't be back for some time. The last thing she wanted was for her parents to worry about her. Before she left she quickly ate some food, eating an apple and some other fruit as fast as she could. She hated to think what Knockout would do to her if she kept him waiting for too long. Swallowing back a large lump that was forming in her throat, she hastily made her way back to where Knockout was waiting in the driveway and hopped inside with her backpack.
"About time," Knockout rumbled. "I thought I was going to rust with you taking so long."
Kelsey felt her seatbelt buckle itself as she turned her face away, staring wistfully out the car window as Knockout reversed out of the driveway. This was probably going to be the last time she saw her home for a very long time.
For a long while the drive was spent in complete silence. Kelsey wasn't exactly in the mood for talking, especially since she was basically being kept hostage by Knockout for no other reason than being his 'pet' and she had no idea if she would ever be able to see her family or friends again.
"Oh, cheer up will you," Knockout suddenly said, nearly making Kelsey jump out of her skin at his voice. "There's nothing more annoying than a gloomy organic."
"Then send me back home, if you're so sick of me," Kelsey snapped.
"Uh-uh-uh," Knockout chimed. "I can't do that I'm afraid. You know why."
Kelsey crossed her arms over her chest, her jaw was clenched as her face was pulled into a tight-lipped smile.
Honestly, if he wasn't some giant alien robot that could kill me in two seconds, I would punch him straight in the mouth, she thought.
Suddenly there was a dinging sound emitting from Knockout's radar.
"Would you look at that. There's an Energon spike up ahead." Knockout's engines roared as he accelerated.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"Nowhere special," replied Knockout. "There's an Energon surge up ahead which wouldn't hurt to investigate."
After several more minutes of driving, Knockout pulled over to what appeared to be an abandoned mine. With little warning at all, he transformed back into his robot form with Kelsey still inside him. Somehow, this resulted in her being inside his chassis in a secret compartment in Knockout's chest.
"H-Hey! Let me out of here!" Kelsey yelled, pounding with her good fist that wasn't covered in plaster inside Knockout's subspace.
"Hmm…I believe it would be best if you remained in there, little she-human," Knockout smirked. "It would save me the trouble of having to keep an optic on you."
"I don't want to be trapped inside your chest!" she cried.
"Too bad, you aren't going anywhere," he chuckled. "I suggest you make yourself comfortable."
Heaving out a rather frustrated sigh, Kelsey brought her knees closer to her chest and tried to make herself as comfortable as possible inside Knockout's chassis. There wasn't exactly a lot she could do about the situation, especially with her broken arm and weak legs that were still recovering from her fall off her bike. She decided it would be best for her to remain as quiet as possible for the time being.