Hello and welcome to this chapter. I am really feeling for this story and I hope you who are reading it feel for it as well, and if not then I hope it will in the near future chapters. In case if you will start to wonder when the main romance of this story will begin then I'll say that it will blossom at an even and slow pace. But it will be good though, I promise!
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"Check it out!" she heard one of the bots whisper with a non hidden smirk.
Mentora was frozen in place. For where she stood, walked countless cons. They all seemed to have the same appearance as each other. Almost clone-like. They were not sleek like the two first ones but where equally as terrifying. They all starred intensely at her and continued to loudly question each other who she was and where she came from.
Mentora felt her sparkling shift to properly look around and she backed slowly, all the while trying to control her hyperventilation. This caused the mother's hearing audios to pass of the sound of an other bridge that had opened right behind her. Having her full concentration on the multitude of enemies she continued to back, until she felt her frame hit a large being's chest. She whirled around and was met with a reflection of herself from the faceless bot. She gasped and took a few quick steps back to properly have both of the two first discovered cons within her sight.
"Welcome to our humble ship, femme." The same con to ever speak grinned as he spread his arms out.
"Commander, starscream." A vehicon spoke up. "Who is this femme and why is she on our ship?" Starscream exhaled.
"That is Lord Starscream, you imbecile. And I shall properly explain to you all in a while. But in the meantime, Soundwave!" Said mech turned his gaze to the second in command. "Take them to the brig." Soundwave starred at his master's second in command before turning his hidden gaze towards the mother femme-bot. She apparently knew what the brig was seeming as how her form froze in place.
Mentora starred at the con. Was she, an ex teacher who lost her spark-mate and recently got a sparkling, live for the rest of her life as a prisoner in a decepticon brig? It was mainly this she and Shadowstep had hoped to avoid. To escape from the whole war and live a whole new life that would be safe and sound. But here she was, with her little one in her arms, stuck on the enemy's ship with no place to go.
::Come, femme.::
Mentora nearly jumped at the sudden comm. (Not a voice comm, but a readable one) She looked around. Who had sent it?
::Come, femme.::
Repeated, Mentora finally looked up at the silent con who caught her gaze in his screen before turning around and proceeded to walk down the hall with big silent strides. She wondered if it was him who had sent it to her. If so, then how had he managed to so quickly hack himself into her comm system without her noticing?
"Take them to the brig." Starscream's voice was repeated through Soundwave's speakers to emphasize the confused thoughts of the femme bot. Her simple emotions were not hidden from him. He could easily make his way into her low-quality security system and see what was going on.
Finally getting her gears working, Mentora slowly followed. No matter how badly she wished to turn the other way and run as fast as her legs could take her, she knew very well that such an action would be utterly useless in the territory she currently found herself in. The smartest thing she could do at the moment for her beloved sparkling's sake, would be to take the enemy's orders, no matter how much it made her spark twist.
All the while Mentora followed the quiet faceless bot, she looked down at her own stabilizing servos for each careful and silent step they took. Bassdrop was not realizing the danger he and his mother were in and suited himself by happily looking around at his unusual surroundings. He hadn't seen any other bot besides his mama. And they all seemed pretty interesting to him.
The sparkling's optics glanced up at the giant bot walking before them. His large blue optics dilated and his helm tilted. He liked that bot. He was not really sure why, but he seemed very cool.
Soundwave walked silently as he always did. For every step he took he came closer and closer to the brig of choice which to him seemed the most appropriate for the femme and sparkling. The more simple and less threatening one they had being that he was well aware of how the parents feelings affected the sparkling. The less negative thoughts and feelings they had, the more the sparkling would grow and remain healthy.
Setting in the code for the brig/chamber with his long talons for digits, the doors whooshed open and he stood aside for the femme-bot to step in. She was still slightly behind and not paying attention. Lifting her helm she walked faster but stopped just as she was about to stand beside the communications officer. She looked hesitantly back and forth from the brig and the giant slim bot. His screen said nothing but she knew he was silently ordering her to get in.
As the femme bot slowly stepped in with obvious hesitation, Soundwave inspected her. She was short, just like any other femme-bot. A few inches taller than autobot Arcee however and he could tell that she had had no upgrades for the war at all, being that her form was excruciatingly slim and delicate looking. He assumed that was probably due to her carrying the sparkling.
The communications officer could tell by her appearance that she indeed would be ranked within the very attractive femme standards. However, such things meant nothing to him.
Once Mentora was fully in the the quite comfortable looking brig, the doors behind her whooshed closed. She whirled around just in time to get one last glance of the silent bot's screen-like face before the crack finally slammed together.
Starscream smirked up as he thought of his new brilliant plan. Indeed this was brilliant, and there was simply no possible way that it would not succeed.
The vehicons murmured to each other in question of what on earth the crazy second in command/self proclaimed leader had in storage to announce now. Knockout stood to the side with his arms crossed as he patiently awaited the screechy voice of Starscream to proceed.
The distant echos of footsteps approached and everyone turned to see Soundwave enter the large control room as well. His pointy pedes took long strides on the bridge-like thing until he finally reached the second in command.
"Ah, Soundwave. I assume the femme-bot is properly set within her brig?", he smirked. Soundwave merely gave a single nod before the jet bot finally switched his attention to the whole "audience".
"My fellow decepticons. I have called you all here for a very important purpose." He paused dramatically before continuing. "Thanks to the astounding accuracy of Soundwave," He gestured at the communications officer as he deeply emphasized his name, Soundwave merely rolled his optics behind his screen at the kiss-ass attempt.
"-We have found a non upgraded neutral femme bot, hidden in a small cave along with," He paused with a large smirk, "...a sparkling." At the sound of an infant, all bots attention was full. Knockout got out of his relaxed position and had his mouth agape. "And being the superior genius I am, I came up with an idea that would crush the autobots once and for all!" Stepping around as he spoke, Starscream continued. "And that very plan revolves around the sparkling. He is probably about a week or two now, which would make it an excellent opportunity to put my plan into action. While he remains here on our glorious ship, we shall raise him and train him into the most dangerous and powerful decepticon that ever could exist!" He booms. At first everyone was quiet and whispered to each other, but then the thought started to sink in.
"Hmmm...Not bad, not bad at all, Starscream.", Knockout encouraged. "Perhaps as he grows I could make sure to upgrade him with the most advance technology, that way he will surely get more powerful."
"Excellent, Knockout!" Starscream grinned. Soundwave remained silent, processing what the second in command had just said. Indeed, sparklings were very easy to encourage and were excellent pupils. With the right training and path coordination, this plan just might work. Perhaps not the most dangerous and powerful but it could indeed develop into a great loyal con to serve Lord Megatron, whenever he comes back.
"Now that I have had this properly announced, let us pay a visit to our "guests"." Starscream grinned before walking towards the brig. Knockout and Soundwave followed.
Mentora was curled up on the cold brig berth as she desperately tried to hold her tears in. Bassdrop was sitting not so far away from her, playing with an organic rock which she had found stuck in her gears. The tiny burden had found itself to be quite useful as an entertainment tool for the sparkling.
How? How had she managed to get herself into this position? Shadowstep, Shadowstep worked so hard. He sacrificed his own dear life to keep her and their sparkling safe, yet here she was, within the enemy's very own ship! How?!
The same thoughts repeated themselves within he processor over and over again until a small confused coo interrupted the silence.
Mentora turned her gaze back down at her little sweetspark. He was looking curiously up at her depressed optics, wondering why his mama was feeling so down.
"I'm so sorry, Bassdrop." Mentora smiled miserably, and pat her son lightly on the head. He pressed further into her touch and chirped in delight. At the wonderful sound, Mentora pulled him into her arms and lovingly pressed him into her chest and nuzzled his face.
"I love you SO much, my little one. We'll figure something out." She whispered and placed a peck on his cheek.
Whoosh!
The sudden sound of the doors opening caused Mentora to lightly gasp and instinctively push herself into the corner with Bassdrop non visible to the "visitors" being the two same slick cons along with a third one. This one was smaller but bulkier in built rather than the smooth-like forms of the taller ones.
"Hello again, femme." The ever so unattractive voice spoke up from the jet bot. He stepped towards her all the while having the others following suit. He stopped in mid-step however when she let out a small growl at him.
"What was that?!" He growled back. His louder voice won over hers and she resumed her place pressed against the wall.
"Don't take anything personal, Starscream." Knockout smirked. "She is only behaving like that due to her sparkling. It's all mother instinct." Starscream grunted in response and went back to his intimidating smiling state.
"Anyways, I guess we should start with introductions. That is, unless you already know who I am which I am sure you do." He arrogantly smirked and placed a clawed servo over his chest. Mentora turned back to him and merely starred at him with a tilted helm before shaking it. At this, Knockout let out an uncontrollable snicker.
"Ugh SILNCE!" Starscream roared. Knockout stopped but his amused expression remained.
"Alright!" The second in command sighed. "I am Starscream, Leader of the decepticons an-"
"But isn't Megatron the leader?" Mentora questioned, interrupting him.
"Ugh! Fine yes he is but I am the leader when he is not present! Hence myself being second in command!" At the mention of SECOND, Starscream hissed the word out.
"I am Knockout, the medic around here and might I just say that you have a brilliant taste in color." said medic nodded approvingly at her red armor. "The silent bot here is Soundwave, he is our communications and surveillance officer and third in command. He isn't much of a talker as I guess you already have noticed." he continued. Said silent mech suppressed a sigh at the medic's unnecessary comment.
"Starscream, Knockout, Soundwave..." Mentora whispered her main captors' names as if to test them through her voice box. She looked back up only to lightly shriek when she noticed that Starscream was right in front of her, inches away from her face. He was rudely inspecting her. No respect for personal space whatsoever.
"Hmmm, now when I think about it, you're not that bad of a looker." He murmured as his optics moved up and down on her frame. Mentora was frozen in place until she noticed that his gaze had landed between her legs.
SMACK!
Starscream hopped back in slight shock as his cheek stung by the quite hard impact of the femme's right servo. She remained in her slapping position as if to warn him not to do it again.
"Why you little-!" Starscream sneered, preparing himself to give her a REAL slap. She yelped and turned back around with her sparkling, not facing them. Just as his servo was to whoosh through the air and connect with her hidden cheek, the second in command found his servo held in place during mid-movement by non other than Soundwave who was somehow giving him a stern look despite the screen. His body language said it all though.
"Oh...Right.." Starscream murmured, knowing the reasons to Soundwave stoping his actions. Also being well aware of the hidden power behind the communication officer's slim built which everyone feared right after Megatron. "We mustn't help create too many negative feelings for her or else the sparkling will have them too." He stated annoyingly. Soundwave glared at the second in command behind his screen. There was no way they would come anywhere if they would continue the very same path Starscream was momentarily taking. Something had to be done differently if this plan were to work. He knew very well that Megatron would soon return to them and apparently would find the plan most pleasing. He would do this for Lord Megatron, not Starscream or any other bot for that matter.
Static,"What's your name,?" static.
The voice itself was recorded by a human Soundwave had spied on recently due to suspicion of being in contact with the autobots. The mission however was cut short thereafter when he discovered he had nothing for them. The human male had been in his thirties and was questioning a female. Probably in hopes of future courting, making the question to the femme sound quite seductively, but he could care less. What counted was the question itself, not the tone.
Mentora looked up, green optics met a screen at a decent distance. Not too close to intimidate her too much, and not too far away. At first she thought it had been his voice but she quickly realized that it had been a recording.
"My...My name is Mentora.", she whispered.
"And the sparkling?" Starscream inquired. Mentora kept silent.
"ANSWER, FEMME!" The second in command was getting impatient. His loud voice brought Bassdrop back from his curious state and his smile turned around into a frown while his optics filled themselves with coolant. A small sad moan left his lips and Mentora was quick to catch this and gently brought him up to her face to nuzzle her cheek into his, the the while whispering sweet nothings to him. His sobs immediately vanished after that.
The mother femme-bot glared at the second in command.
"His name is, Bassdrop." She sneered
"Bassdrop, eh?...Hmmm, I could easily think of a better name..."
"Don't you dare change anything!" she hissed.
"Silence!"
"Starscream, if I may inquire something a little more prudent," Knockout, who had been watching the whole thing in silence, pushed himself of the wall and stepped forward. "I believe it would be better if we let the two rest for a while before we...Interrogate Ms Mentora here. And the sparkling could use some silence and content before we can examine him."
"Excuse me?" Mentora gapped. "What do you mean by examine?" No one answered her though, as the three decepticons trudged out of the brig and the doors slid shut once more.
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