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And while the Autobots were quickly heading towards the con base divided up in their three different divisions, Hook was given the task of looking at the femme who had finally been caught. Skywarp and Thundercracker had informed the con medic that Megatron was demanding to know if the femme was online or offline. "I need time to make a thorough check" Hook stated once he received the femme.
"Fine, but make sure you report all your findings to Megatron as soon as possible, as he is demanding to know" Thundercracker stated. Hook nodded and shooed the seekers out, for he wouldn't be able to be thorough with them constantly asking questions as they watched. And only once the seekers left did Hook start his examination.
"Alright, femme, let's see what secrets you hide" Hook said aloud to himself. Aquaformer was still out cold, locked in temporary stasis lock but still very much online. Hook made sure that he caused a bit of damage here and there as he examined her as she had even bested him a few times and he felt like he was returning the favor.
And once he determined that she was in fact still online, he decided to see if there was any reason that Megatron would want to take her out of stasis lock at this time. He scanned and he scanned, and on his final scan, he found the developing sparklings. Hook smirked an evil smirk. He would recommend that this femme be kept just enough online so that the sparklings could grow just a bit more before Hook could remove them and give them to Megatron to do with as Megatron pleased.
And it was just after that discovery that Megatron commed the medic for a report. "Report, blast you, I want report" Megatron demanded on the comm.
"Yes, my lord" Hook replied, "this foul Autobot you sent me is still online…."
"WHY IS SHE STILL ONLINE? WHY DID YOU NOT TERMINATE HER?" Megatron demanded to know, absolutely livid to hear that Hook had failed to offline the femme once he found her still online.
"She is with sparklings, sir. I figured if we kept her in stasis lock a bit longer, I could remove the sparklings and then you could raise them however you wished" Hook stated, hoping his idea wouldn't get him offlined, as with Megatron's temperament one never knew if they were safe or in trouble.
Megatron had to think, as he wasn't sure he really wanted sparklings, but then he realized whose sparklings these were – Optimus' sparklings. Megatron smiled evilly at that. If he left the blasted femme just barely online for a little bit longer, he would be able to take Optimus' sparklings and corrupt them. That seemed almost too good. If he waited just a little longer, he could destroy everything about his foe, or so he thought. "Fine, but make sure she remains no threat to me" Megatron answered. Hook acknowledged and did as asked, placing the femme in a secure area and only giving enough energon to keep the sparklings going.
Meanwhile, the aerial bots were approaching the con base, and they knew their mission – lure out all the aerial Decepticons and make them do battle. It didn't take long before Skyfire, Powerglide and the aerial bots soon found themselves in battle with the seekers and the coneheads of the cons. And only once the battle began did Powerglide alert Optimus to start the grounder distraction battle and the grounders who would try and save Aquaformer. Optimus could only hope that his troops would be able to save Aquaformer, for Optimus knew if Aquaformer went, so did he. He was bound and determined that this time, this battle, Megatron would meet his maker.