(please see all previous disclaimers)
As Aquaformer hoped for being rescued, Hound and the few Autobots that he had with him made their way towards the Decepticon brig. They knew they needed to be careful because they knew whether or not Aquaformer was here that Megatron would still leave the area guarded as a possible way to trap other Autobots. They carefully made their way, hoping that either they or the other small group would locate and save Aquaformer.
As Hound and his group slowly crept closer, they sensed a presence – an evil presence. Well, they had been right about one thing – the area would be guarded. And guarded it was… by Astrotrain, the arrogant triple changer. Hound and the others wanted to sigh, as they knew what this likely meant – this was the trap. But instead of just standing there, the group of four Autobots began to fight the triple changer and soon, the triple changer was supposedly "defeated."
While the triple changer was out, Hound looked into the brig. There were no bots there. She wasn't here, which meant she was in the med bay. That made each mech shake a bit, as they all knew just how cruel Hook and Megatron could be. They could only hope that the other group of four bots would be able to save her. This group wanted to help out, but before they could leave, the "defeated" bot roused and began to fight them again. Hound and his group had no choice but to fight so that they could try and leave the brig area in hopes of escaping the Con base.
Meanwhile, heading towards the Decepticon med bay, Ratchet, Mirage and a couple others were deeply concerned. If Aquaformer was in the disgusting Con med bay that could only mean a few things – a0 she was out of it, b) she might barely be online and severely injured, and c) Hook and Megatron were likely experimenting on her. The small group didn't like thinking about those things, but they knew they were likely true.
Suddenly, the group of four seemed to hit something. It wasn't visible, but they could feel it in their processors. They knew who this was – it was that no good telepath, Megatron's SIC, Soundwave. He was using psychic warfare on them and hoping it would repel the bots away.
"Stay strong" Mirage stated, not exactly sure how to fight this, but wanting to encourage the others. "We must fight on for one of our own."
"Fight fire with fire" replied Ratchet, stunning the other bots, as they weren't quite sure what he meant by that human phrase.
"Huh?" asked one of the other bots, a bit confused.
"Bring things that have nothing to do with our mission and are upsetting by nature to the front of your minds. We will overwhelm him with our thoughts" Ratchet explained and soon the other three followed suit, thinking of things that would disturb Soundwave and not alert the bot to the mission. Wave after wave of unwanted information crashed upon Soundwave's processor and soon it became too much for the bot and he crashed, leaving hook alone to guard the femme that the Autobots sought to rescue.
As soon as the psychic "wall" was down, the four Autobots knew that they had crashed Soundwave, but they also knew it was unlikely that Soundwave was alone in guarding the femme. They weren't sure who else would be in there, but they knew it would be a challenge. "Come, we must hurry, as Soundwave won't be out for long" Mirage stated and soon they reached the med bay.
At the med bay, trying to quietly sneak in, they saw Aquaformer and she was injured and out for the count. They also saw something else that disturbed them – hook was experimenting on the femme, trying to figure out her secrets. Of the four bots, Ratchet was the most upset by this not only because Aquaformer was a friend, but also because she was sparked with precious sparklings. But Ratchet realized he had the opportunity now to rescue the femme and he and the others took it.
Fortunately for Aquaformer, it didn't take long for the small group of Autobot mechs to take down hook and rescue her. Ratchet scanned the femme over and didn't like what he saw. "We have to get her back to the med bay on the double. We will alert Prime once we get her stabilized" Ratchet stated and none of the other three argued with him. And under the guise of Mirage's Illusionary ability, the four mechs left the con base with Aquaformer in tow. Ratchet could only hope that he had the skills and all the tools he needed to save the femme, or they would not only lose her and her precious sparklings, they would also lose their leader and Prime.