Chapter 21: Autobot Down
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B.E.A.T.N: Great work on this chapter. The lemons in this were top notch, it was cool to see the fight at Mt. Fuji, and I like the inclusion of some more Autobots from the cartoons and movies. Great work overall. Until next time, have a great day/night and stay safe.
ThermalsniperN7: Thanks. We decided variety would do us some good.
Dragon Emperor0: Yeah. Plus those versions are a bit better than the ones from the Prime continuity books. So I used them.
Church2550: Have to use guest since I can't sign in on this phone. Anyways, Skids, Mudflap, Brains, Wheelie AND Ironhide from the Bayverse?! You mad lads!
ThermalsniperN7: We obviously did something right.
Dragon Emperor0: Seems that way.
-Jasper, Nevada-
It was a few days after Tiberius and Miko had gotten back from Japan, and the rocker girl came to the Autobot outpost absolutely furious. Why was this? Because after everything she went through and everything that happened to her—the second she got back to the states—her host parents had the audacity to kick her out.
"Those idiotic, worthless jackasses!" She grumbled angrily as she folded her arms, utterly pissed off. Tiberius wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to try and calm her down.
"Don't worry. You can stay with me and my parents." He told her. This made her look at him and smiled as she hugged him tightly.
"I knew I could count on you." She smiled. "I really have the best boyfriend." She added.
"Yes you do." The green eyed Bioformer smiled as he hugged her back. It was at this moment Mathias walked up to them.
"What's going on here?" He asked, smirking slightly as his son hugged his fiance close. Yes, he and his wife knew their son was engaged to Miko, and both of them were delighted when the news reached them.
"Miko's host parents kicked her out, so I offered her a place with us." Tiberius replied.
"Oh, well I have no problems with that." Serena stated as she joined the group.
"You can stay with us as long as you need." Mathias nodded before he became thoughtful. "You know, Miko, have you considered the idea of becoming a full United States citizen?" He asked. The idea made the female Bioformer blink.
"Uh, no I hadn't." She replied before thinking for a moment. "Maybe I should do that after, say, graduation?" She mused.
"Might wanna get an early start, just in case." The blond Bioformer stated.
"And I can help you get started." Serena nodded as Bulkhead came walking up to them.
"Sorry to interrupt, guys." He said. "Hey Tibs, mind coming with me to scout a stray Energon signature?" The bot asked.
"Sure. Let's go." The boy nodded as he transformed into Creator. Ratchet then powered up the Ground Bridge and sent the two through to an area in Russia that had long since been abandoned.
"Well, this place looks like a dump." The child of Primus said as he looked around the abandoned area with an energon tracer in hand. "I mean, seriously. No pool, no stereo, and there's weirdos everywhere you look." He added.
"Except the weirdos are all probably hiding to the point the place has poor property care." Bulkhead chuckled.
"Tell me about it." Creator nodded. "... Okay Bulkhead, why'd you ask me to come with you specifically?" He asked.
"Yeah. There's something I gotta get outta the way." The wrecker sighed. "Ever since Miko became a Bioformer, I just feel, I dunno… unneeded. Replaced." He admitted, causing Tiberius to pause.
"... It's because I'm filling in as her guardian in a sense, isn't it?" He guessed as he turned to his friend, who nodded silently in reply. "Bulkhead, I'm not trying to replace you. I care about Miko a lot, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that I'd try and do everything in my power to protect her." He said as he placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, but… I feel kinda left out, almost." Bulkhead sighed as his shoulders sagged.
"Bulk, you're always gonna be important to Miko. I mean, come on, she's been telling me that she's wanted to get you to train her into an honorary Wrecker for weeks now." The gold plated cybertronian told him.
"Wait, really?" Bulkhead got out in surprise.
"Yep. There's always a way to be involved with someone you care about." Creator nodded. Bulkhead smiled as he patted the Bioformer on the back.
"Thanks, Tibs." He said. However, the bromance moment was ruined when the green-colored wrecker was blindsided by Breakdown, who happened to be in the area.
"Son of a—!" The Bioformer snapped as he jumped back, chest cannon at the ready.
"Bulkhead, Creator, heh. What're the odds that we'd all be out here in the middle of nowhere, scouting energon signatures!" The brute laughed.
"Yeah, well, I would've liked to go today without looking at your ugly mug, Breakdown. Believe me." Creator jeered as his cannon charged up.
"That makes two of us!" Bulkhead growled as he charged in with the gold plated Bioformer giving him cover fire.
Breakdown was actually hard pressed to fight his rival and defend himself from Creator's cannon fire. As he exchanged blows with Bulkhead, he dodged every shot he could, but some still hit him as the fight continued.
"Hey Bulkhead, you remember that combo move that me and Octavia pulled out on Lugnut and Blitzwing?" Creator asked as the two squared up against their Decepticon assailant.
"Yeah, the Boogie Woogie, right?" The wrecker questioned as he formed his mace hand.
"Yep. Get ready." He nodded as he put on the Mask of Light and charged with his ally, clapping his hands to swap them, getting Breakdown confused before he clapped again and swapped his position with the Decepticon, allowing Bulkhead to slam his mace into the con's face.
"AGH! What the?!" The hammer using transformer got out before they swapped places again and took a fist to the face from Creator, causing him to stagger back. "Agh! You are really starting to grind my gears!" He growled.
"Tell it to a shrink." Creator said as he clapped again to avoid a hammer strike, and swap places with Breakdown, causing him to become off balance enough for the bot to jump and spin kick him towards Bulkhead, who slammed him towards a wall.
"Not doin' so well on your own, are you?!" Bulkhead jeered.
"And you guys seem a little short handed." The con said, getting up, seemingly uphased. "Where's that human pet of yours? Oh wait, didn't she die?" He said with a chuckle. Though his chuckling stopped when he noticed Creator and Bulkhead chuckling with him, which confused him greatly. "Uh, am I missing something?" He asked, finding it very out of character for these two to laugh about a dead comrade of theirs.
Oh how wrong he was…
"I guess he didn't get the memo." Creator remarked with a grin.
"Guess not." Bulkhead grinned.
"Oh I get it, you guys must've saved her, huh?" The lunk head said as he put two and two together. "Well then, I guess I'll have to pay her a visit, won't I? Maybe finish the job." He added as he clashed his hammers together in a threatening manner.
"Good luck getting through the two of us!" Creator growled as he deployed his blades.
"Come at me!" Breakdown yelled as they charged at each other again, and he spun in and circle and nailed both Autobot's in the head, sending Bulkhead crashing into the building he had hit several minutes ago, and Creator being sent crashing head first into the building perpendicular to it.
This made him fall unconscious and return to human form. Back with Bulkhead and Breakdown, the (probably) unofficial Decepticon raised his hammer for the final blow.
"As much as I'll miss our little reunions, Bulkhead, Hammer time." He said as he readied his final blow, but was unable to when an electro magnetic missile hit him in the chest and shocked him unconscious.
Bulkhead, in his dazed state, looked up and saw some helicopters flying overhead. He didn't get to see much more since he fell unconscious shortly later.
As the flying vehicles landed, Cylas from MECH stepped out of one of them and looked at the scene before him.
"The site of Soviet Russia's Cold War nuclear test fallout, how poetic that the next step of technological warfare should take place on such a hallowed site." The man said as one of his men approached him.
"Sir, we only have the resources to transport one." He reported. Silas thought for a moment before making a decision.
"Take the victor." He said before he noticed the unconscious Tiberius a short distance away. "Do we have enough room for him at the base?" He asked, pointing to the downed Bioformer. The same man looked at the hybrid before nodding.
"In that state, he should be able to fit in the medical room." He replied.
"Perfect, take him as well." The leader of MECH stated as his men quietly grabbed the boy and restrained him before putting him in another helicopter.
(Later)
"Marco… Marco!" Miko's voice called through Bulkhead's comms. "MARCO!" She yelled.
"Ugh… Miko?" The wrecker groaned as he came to.
"Wrong! You're supposed to say Polo!" The girl buzzed. "And where's Tiberius? I tried calling him but I'm not getting a response. Is he okay?" She then asked, concerned for her lover.
The wrecker quickly sat up and looked around. "Creator? Tiberius. Hey Tibs! Where are you?" He called as he looked around, but couldn't see him or Breakdown. "Uh oh…" He said as he called back in. "Uh, Miko? Tell Ratchet I need a Ground Bridge." The bot said.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile on the Nemesis. Blitzwing, Lugnut and Madame Ruin were busy arguing with each other while Starscream was speaking with Megatron.
"Lord Megatron, It seems that Breakdown has failed to report in." The seeker stated.
"The reason being…?" The warlord inquired.
"According to the incalculably accurate survalince of Soundwave, Breakdown, after being ambushed and rendered incapacitated by both the Autobot Bulkhead and Creator, was taken away by humans." Starscream explained.
"Your point?" The former gladiator of Kaon pressed further.
"I believe it would be wise to organize a rescue effort." The Sky Commander explained. Megatron contemplated his response before answering.
"No. We will leave him to whatever fate awaits him." He declared, much to Starscream's shock.
"Wh-What? But, Breakdown is one of our most loyal of soldiers." The jet con said. "My liege, please consider this: If word of such a decision got out, it could very well invite dissension among the ranks." He continued, his shifty red eyes moving from one side to another.
"If Breakdown was weak enough to allow himself to be taken by the humans, then he has no place here." Megatron said firmly. Sure, he knew that two Autobots would be sharing that fate, but he didn't care about that right now.
Starscream seemed like he was about to protest, but decided to not say anything and walked away, he could use this decision to his advantage.
Off to the side, the Decepticons who had been arguing earlier heard their leader's words, and now seemed… Conflicted.
"He's… Abandoning Breakdown?" Madame Ruin gasped.
"I… don't like the sound of that." Blitzwing's blue face admitted.
"And by humans no less! My friend and lab assistant, possibly being smoldered by those fleshies! This is an outrage!" Knockout growled.
"Silence! Do not question our leader, if Breakdown was too weak to not allow himself to be captured than he has no right to call himself a Decepticon!" Lugnut snapped at them.
And behind a hall corner, Soundwave was listening to what they were saying. "Dissension among the ranks." The con parroted the words of Starscream as he walked away silently.
(Elsewhere)
-Autobot Outpost Omega-1-
Ratchet was busy welding Bulkhead up as he gave the others his report. "And then when I came to, both of them were gone." The wrecker stated. "I heard a chopper, I thought it was Fowler." He added.
"It wasn't." The agent said as he walked up to the rail from his position. "But I think I know who it was." He added.
"Who was it, then?" Sierra asked.
"Intel gathered suggests MECH activity in the area where our missing Bioformer went dark." He replied. This information made Miko freeze.
'MECH activity… Tiberius missing… Those sons of bitches!' She thought as anger flowed through her mind. She clenched her hands into fists as her anger at the organization grew along with high amounts of worry for her fiance.
"Uh Oh…" Jack said as he brought the other's attention to the rocker girl's angered state.
"Miko, I know you're angry, but just calm down and-" Sierra tried to say to placate her friend before she was cut off.
"Calm down? Calm down?!" Miko snapped with a glare. "Those bastards at MECH have my boyfriend more than likely on a dissection table and you want me to CALM DOWN?!" She yelled, her hair seemingly floating up as she almost went super saiyan.
It was then that Optimus approached her. "We will rescue him before that happens, Miko. That I promise." He told her.
"You better, Optimus." Mathias states.
"That's our boy they have, after all." Serena added.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile in an unknown base, Cylas walked into a medical room as Tiberius began to come to, strapped down to a cold metal examination table with a spotlight right above him and medical utensils used for dissection on either side. And Breakdown was right below them.
"Where the hell am I?" The boy groaned as he looked around. He tried to transform, but his head ached and prevented him from doing so. He had a concussion.
"Ah I see you're awake." Cylas stated. "Haven't been waiting too long I hope." He continued.
"Tsk. Look shitbag, it takes a lot more than that to keep me down. I took a fuck ton of tranquilizers back at the high school I transferred out of." The blonde snorted as he puffed his chest out. "Also, I've been strapped nipple first to a car battery so—Ah! Oh okay so that's how it is." He added before groaning as the light was pointed in his face.
"Talk, alien scum! Where's the rest of you?!" An interrogator questioned.
"And What makes you think he'd tell you?" Breakdown called from below. Cylas made the man step aside as he approached the boy.
"Such interesting physiology, how exactly did you manage this, as a living machine?" He questioned.
"Okay first, ew, not gay here so back off." The Bioformer said as he made the light bounce off him to make the man back up. "Second, I'm gonna have to stop you right there, bitch. First of all, we just woke up from a veeery nasty shock. And I'm still feeling fucking whoozy, so I'm gonna request you get us something to drink before we get into this. I mean everyone gets drinks in shitty movies for scenes like this, am I right? I want something iced bitch. Breakdown?" He called to the con.
"I'll take some Energon, but not the normal kind." Breakdown spoke up. "I've got my own recipe. Anyway, what you'll wanna do is…" He began before going into a very long procedure about how he wanted his Energon. The whole thing actually left the owners of the base stumped.
"Enough." Cylas stated sternly, somehow completely unphased by the two's attempt to rile them up.
"Wow, I was getting massive douche chills there, Breakdown. Congrats." Tiberius called as the man above him picked up a scalpel.
"What I think you do not understand is that we intend to pull you both apart. Break you down, if you will, and use what we find to create a new generation of weaponry." The man added as he snapped his fingers and they started drilling into Breakdown.
"Ha! That's what you want? Well why didn't you say so. I can tell you how to become one of me." The blondie said as the military man fiddled with the instrument in his hand before setting it down.
"Oh? Do tell." Cylas said as his men left.
"Okay, before I start on that, here's the thing about Bioformers: our name literally means Biological Transformer and we're hybrids. We've got biomechanical characteristics in human form that can only be seen with specific scans." The boy explained. This wasn't very smart, but he was willing to do anything to keep himself from being cut open.
"Interesting, and your friend down there?" The man asked.
"He's a full blooded Cybertronian, otherwise known as an Autonomous Robotic Organism from the Planet Cybertron. They have two factions that have been at war ever since their planet was rendered uninhabitable after centuries of war and a shortage of their lifeblood: Energon, occurred." The boy replied. "They're the creations of their god Primus who's body constitutes their planet. I myself happen to be this Titan's last creation. A cybertronian messiah if you will." He added.
"Really, now?" Cylas mused, intrigued. "I'm curious, though. If this Primus character is your maker, then who is his opposite?" He inquired, seeing this as a learning experience.
"That would be his twin brother Unicron, AKA, space Satan." Tiberius replied.
"The incarnation of destruction. Very interesting." The man nodded. "And how are you capable of transforming into a human? A biologically organic being."
"That's because Bioformers also have components of Toa, Bionicles. They're cousins of Cybertronians who are their biological counterparts." Tiberius said as Cylas became very close to giving him a vasectomy. "My transformation cog, what allows me to transform, is able to transform my body into the fine organism you see before you. As long as two beings are present for the scan for the correct genetic mixing." He added, letting out a sigh of relief as the blade was removed from above his family jewels.
"I do appreciate your cooperation. I had been thinking of resorting to torture or dissection to get answers out of you." The man said.
"When you say torture do you mean physical or psychological? Because physical would seem counterproductive, I would have told you anything if it meant an end to the pain. And you'd have no idea if it was true." The boy said as the leader of MECH picked up a pair of jumper cables. "Or alternatively I would have liked it too much, and then you'd have a whole new thing to deal with." He added, a flash coming back from when Miko used a tazer on him during one of their sex romps.
"AGH!" Cylas as yelped as he dropped the jumper cables and backed away from the boy, startled. Breakdown, despite his situation, let out a laugh at the interaction above him. "I am not catering to alien kinks!" He exclaimed.
"I mean, that's what it looked like over there ya sicko." Tiberius jeered.
"Don't give them any ideas kid!" The con yelled.
"Why not? I know the shit you cons are into." He called back, making the man groan in exasperation.
"Perfect, It's like I'm dealing with two immature teenagers." He sighed.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the Autobots, they arrived at the site where the kidnapping occurred, Miko staying back with Bulkhead because Optimus deemed them both too clouded with personal feelings for the mission.
"This is the place?" Arcie asked as she looked around. Bumblebee was quick to take notice of some tracks.
[Hey, look! Those tracks could lead back to their base!] He exclaimed as he pointed at them.
"Never mind the tracks, Bumblebee. I'm picking up fresh Energon signatures coming three clicks of here north by northwest." Ratchet told them.
"Which would only happen if it was spilled." Optimus said, hoping his student was okay.
"Come on, let's go!" Arcie said as they followed the signature.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile back at the base, Bulkhead was trying to cheer Miko up, but wasn't having any luck, Sierra, Jack and Raf weren't doing so well either.
"Miko, come on. He'll be fine." Raf said, but like before, made no progress.
"I should be out there right now, tearing MECH apart!" The rock girl growled. "No one kidnaps my man and gets away with it!" She added with a hiss.
"That's exactly why Optimus had you stay behind. With how angry you are you would have made things worse." Bulkhead told her.
"Oh, and I guess that's why you decided to stay here too?" The girl snapped.
"What?" Was Bulkhead's only reply.
"You're missing out on your rematch with Breakdown. If he dies, you're never getting it." She told him.
Bulkhead seemed to contemplate this information as he let it register, right as two signatures came up on the proximity alert inside the base's tunnel.
"What the- who's in the tunnel?" Jack wondered.
"Hang on. I'll bring up the camera feed." Raf said as he got to work. However, before he could, two vehicles skid to a halt inside the base. One being a red GMC pickup truck, and the second being a busted-up old Ice Cream truck.
However, as the ice cream truck started to stop, it came apart in two and an Autobot tumbled into the wall.
"Hold on, I screwed that up." He said as he slowly got back up.
"Of course ya did!" The other remarked as he got up slowly.
"Brain freeze, totally had brain freeze." The first stated before he got punched.
"What's wrong wit chu?" He questioned as the truck transformed into Ironhide and got between the two after setting Wheelie and Brains down.
"Mudflap, Skids, calm down." He told them.
"Ironhide? Is that you?!" Bulkhead asked in surprise.
"Hmm? Bulkhead! Oh thank goodness." The bot sighed. "... Where's Optimus?" He questioned as he looked around.
"He and the others are trying to rescue one of our own." Bulkhead explained.
"Shit. Who?" Brains asked, ignoring the surprised looks from the humans and one Bioformer.
"New recruit named Creator, and I could really use your help getting him back." The wrecker told them.
"Alright. Where to?" Ironhide asked, checking his cannons.
"Let me get the ground bridge ready." Bulkhead said as they got ready.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Optimus and the others, they arrived at the spot of the signature, and found not MECH, nor any of their targets—but a single disembodied optic.
"Breakdown's optic." Ratchet noted as he connected the body part to his tracker. The screen flickered as it started to activate.
"At least it's not Creator's." Arcie muttered. The image of Breakdown's eye being drilled out became visible as Cylas used the eye to communicate with them.
"Ah, Optimus Prime. I was wondering when we would cross paths again." The man said as he stood above Tiberius, who did not look so good.
He had just told the organization the secret to making more Bioformers, and Cylas wasted no time in taking as much of the boy's precious fluids as what was necessary.
"Cylas… What have you done to my student?!" Optimus questioned, feeling a surge of anger at seeing the young Bioformer in such a state. A rare sight for the Prime, since he usually took extensive lengths to keep his emotions in check.
"Ah, so Mr. Darwin here is your student you say? How very interesting." The man responded with a smirk. "Well, your protege has been very helpful in helping us understand your biology. And how we can replicate his own. Breakdown as well has supplemented this process as you can see. Though he can't see very well anymore." He continued. "But, now our work with your 'Bioformer' is finished, so we would be willing to return him to you safely. Provided that you do not try to make the return more of a hassle than it needs to be." The man concluded.
Optimus clenched his fists. He wanted to think what Tiberius did was reckless, but knew full well that he was trying to avoid being dissected, and likely had no other choice. If Miko were here… He doubted that anyone in MECH would be spared her wrath.
"We are not afraid of you, barbarian." Ratchet retorted.
"Oh but you should. After all, we observed your last confrontation and deduced that concussions can impede young Tiberius's transformation functions." The man said. "It makes me wonder, what could ten thousand volts to the body do?" He wondered as he took the cables from before and connected them to a metal collar around the blonde's neck as the feed ended with the boy's screaming.
"... Is it wrong of me to wish Miko was here right now?" Arcie asked with an angry expression.
[Not to me…!] Bumblebee beeped angrily.
"We already almost lost one of the children to this, by the allspark, please don't let it be two!" Ratchet cursed under his breath.
Optimus meanwhile was trying his best to keep things cool in his head as he said in as Level a voice as he could manage. "Autobots, roll out." He said before he noticed a bomb being where the eye had been. "Now!" He added as they drove away and narrowly missed the explosion.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Bulkhead, the Twins, and Octavia, they were following the tire tracks MECH had left behind. Octavia in particular looked ready to commit manslaughter. They quickly hid behind a building as a car with MECH's colors drove by.
"Follow that car." The female Bioformer ordered, trying to save her anger for when the fighting came. They did so, and saw it enter a tunnel. They brought their weapons out and went in cautiously.
"Hey, Octavia? Why are you so riled up about all this?" Skids asked the sound Bioformer.
"Creator is my sparkmate, that's why." She replied shortly.
"Oh… Well, I don't envy the idiots that took him." The buck toothed bot stated.
"Hmph. You sound just like Prowl when he lost Bluestreak." Ironhide huffed.
"Who?" Octavia asked.
"Prowl's boyfriend, he went MIA when Cybertron cut itself off during the great rust plague. Haven't heard from him since then." Bulkhead whispered. "Prowl never mentions it cuz it's a touchy subject." He added.
"I'm equally worried and furious right now, so don't blame me if I sound like someone else." The pink hybrid sighed before they reached a tunnel door. "Bulkhead?" She asked.
"Say no more." The wrecker nodded as he started bashing the door as hard as he could. "Marco!" He Yelled as they busted in and started getting shot at.
"You're supposed to say polo!" Octavia, Mudflap, and Skids yelled as they started shooting with their personal weapons, the Bioformer causing tremors with her Resonance blaster.
The tremors reached where Breakdown and Tiberius were being held. The now cycloptic con grinned weakly at it.
"Feel that, kid? Rescue's here." He called. The boy's only reply was a raspy chuckle, his throat having gone dry from the torture.
"Evacuate." Cylas said as everything was gathered up. "Retreat and initiate Omega protocols." He continued as he packed up all of the bags and vials of Energon and Tiberius's own blood. "It was a pleasure doing business with you both. Until we meet again." He concluded as the organization booked it out of the base.
"Fuck…. You…." The boy rasped as they left before he fell unconscious. It was at this point that the rescue team arrived, their forms littered with bullet scratches. Octavia rushed to her lover's side and removed him from the table and her face became worried upon seeing the state he was in.
"What… what did they do to you…?" She whispered as she held him tenderly.
"Human rats extracted a lot from us. The kid… " Breakdown said before trailing off with a sigh. "I think he had it worse than I did." He finished. Octavia stroked her beloved's head with her metal thumb as lubricant leaked from her optics.
"I'm so sorry I was so slow…" She whimpered before her expression turned angry. "Let's go…!" She growled as she turned and made her way back down the path they came.
"Uh oh. I know that look anywhere…" Skids gulped.
"Yeah. She's ready to kill." Breakdown nodded as they caught up with her. "Whoa, hold it pinky, I think you better get your friend there away from the danger, not towards it." He told her, grabbing her shoulder.
"Breakdown's right." Bulkhead nodded before realizing what he just said. "Wow, I cannot believe I just said that." He added.
"So, wait here. And hold Tiberius for me." She told them. Mudflap walked up to her and took Tiberius out of her hands.
"I got 'im. Show those idiots who's boss." He told her. The two wheeler then transformed and drove towards the cave exit at incredible speeds before launching into the air and blasting a helicopter down. Then she deployed both of her resonance blasters and then fired them down on the ground.
This caused a sound wave so loud that the MECH drivers covered their ears and crashed into anything in their path in response. The sound wave even caused a few helicopter pilots to cover their own ears and crash to the ground. Sadly, Cylas' helicopter was not one of them.
Speaking of which, the man was looking at Octavia and her rampage warily. He wasn't one to believe in luck, but he was glad he wasn't on the ground right now.
"Target her. She'll prove to be a nuisance later." He ordered. His helicopter then deployed a ray gun that fired at the sound Bioformer.
"Kid, look out!" Breakdown yelled as he tackled her out of the way of the first blast. This allowed her to ready the Mask of Sound for the next shot.
"Thanks." She told him, Mask on her face.
"Don't mention it." The con responded.
Octavia then glared at Cylas' copter, which fired another beam. This time, though, it was met by a concentrated sound wave that clashed against it. After a brief struggle, the sound wave won out and hit the flying vehicle, causing it to spiral out of control before stabilizing.
"Ngh! Blast it all!" Cylas grunted as he steadied himself.
"Sir, we can't take another hit like that, and I'm picking up five bogies closing in!" The pilot reported as five blips appeared on the radar.
"All remaining units, disengage and retreat!" The man ordered, prompting all of his forces to run. Octavia watched this and took her mask off.
"Alright guys, let's go before more fuckers show up!" She snapped as she turned to Breakdown. "Later, Breakdown." She said before she and the others drove off.
"Next time we see each other, we're settling scores." Bulkhead said.
"Count on it." Breakdown nodded as the two parted ways, the con not wanting to fight the bot who basically just saved his worthless hide.
(Later)
Miko's eyes were watery as she looked at her bedridden fiance. Beside her were Mathias and Serena, who looked just as devastated when they saw the state of their son.
"He'll recover, won't he Ratchet?" Raf asked as the medic loaded a bag of blood, water and Energon into an IV.
"It's too soon to tell. But, I am fairly confident that Tiberius will make a full recovery once he's regained the fluids he's lost." Ratchet replied. "Believe me, this is not the first time I've seen this kind of torture happen."
"I hope he pulls through." Jack sighed, inwardly cursing out MECH for this transgression. Sierra squeezed his hand, trying to ease his nerves.
Optimus meanwhile, let out a silent and unseen sigh of relief. However his expression was also grim.
"I do not wish to place any burden on Tiberius, but I do fear what he may have revealed to Cylas during his captivity." The Prime said.
[Well given his situation, I don't think he had a choice, Optimus.] Bumblebee explained.
"I do not disagree, Bumblebee. MECH most likely would have deduced what he told them eventually. I just wish it never came to this." The bot sighed.
"All of us wish the same thing, Optimus." Serena sighed sadly as she leaned on her husband.
"Well it boils me to the core, to tell you the truth, boss." Ironhide said.
"Yeah, what he said." Skids nodded.
"Shit." Mudflap added. A few minutes later, Wheelie and Brains spoke up.
"Hey hey, lookie here guys, sleepin' beauty's wakin' up!" The toy monster truck shouted. Tiberius let out a groan as his eyes opened. When he noticed where he was, he let out a relieved sigh.
"Good to… be outta there…" He rasped.
"Oh thank god!" Miko gasped as she hugged him tightly. Tiberius smiled as he looked at the others solemnly, especially Optimus.
"I'm… sorry, Optimus... I… Let you all down." He told them, a tear going down his face.
"You had no choice. You are not at fault." His mentor replied gently. "The important thing is, you are safe, and alive." He added. The blondie nodded as he laid back, Miko still hugging him.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with Breakdown, he looked down at his hand and recalled everything that happened, and what Starscream just told him, that he had been abandoned.
It made him wonder, did he really fit in with the Decepticons?
(Elsewhere)
In an unknown location, Cylas was looking over all the data MECH recovered, and the progress that was being made in creating their own reverse engineered Energon and Bioformer Super Soldier Serum from the samples they gathered.
"So much data was yielded from this. The potential is vast." He said to himself. "It would seem that Project Chimera is very close to entering phase two." He added darkly as he looked over two other images: One of a Cybertronian ship that crash landed on the moon, and a Cybertronian tomb that stood on Mars.
It would seem that the Autobots and Decepticons just found a wild card foe…
Dragon Emperor0: Shit. Well, if Tiberius wanted to know how Miko felt back then, now he knows.
ThermalsniperN7: And if Miko wanted to know how Tiberius felt after what Madame Ruin did to her, she has a really good idea now. Both are almost like what Anakin did to the Sand People after his mother died in his arms.
Dragon Emperor0: Gah! Don't remind me! And… I'm really glad that the others don't hold anything against him. Sure he could have busted out by transforming, but MECH probably slipped him something like how they disabled Breakdown's pain receptors. Combine that with the concussion, and he had only one of two options: cooperate or die.
ThermalsniperN7: All of that put them on the receiving end of Miko's anger. Which makes me think she'll probably have some guilt over killing so many people, even if they had it coming.
Dragon Emperor0: Who knows? All I know is that Tiberius is gonna need a drink, and a lot of sex next chapter. Like a next level of 'fuck each other's brains out' kind of thing.
ThermalsniperN7: He's gonna feel pretty pent up when he's recovered… and likely hold a grudge against MECH now. It wouldn't surprise me if he had their symbol on a dart board.
Dragon Emperor0: Yeah. Anyway guys, see you next time.