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This sucked. It royally sucks out the ying yang. I couldn't believe this, I wouldn't!!
But.... it happened. The unimaginable. The worst thing that could have happened, did. Right before my eyes Ratchet had been...killed....ripped apart. I couldn't help him, I couldn't even reach him!
We had been hiding in an old ferry, I couldn't even remember where. We had been running from humans who had turned against the Autobots. And since I was a claimed Autobot, a human albeit a weird one, I was hunted as well. I used all my powers, every bit of my strength to fight and keep my friends safe, but it wasn't enough. They just kept coming. And finally when the Autobots got separated, I somehow ended up with Ratchet. Together we fought, hid and tried to survive. It wasn't enough, some new transformer was in league with the humans and we were running out of ammo, energy and places to hide.
Exhausted, we found refuge in the old ferry but not for long. I couldn't even get up a wind barrier as we became under fire by military men. Ratchet snatched me up, held me protectively to his chest as we got blasted from the ferry. We landed and he instantly transformed into his medic vehicle mode, me in the passenger seat. I tried everything to fight back but couldn't even create a spark. Ratchet said firmly, “As soon as you get the chance, run! Don't look back!”
I snapped back angrily, “I won't leave you! Ahh!” Explosions rang around us and he had to transform again as he got hit and I was thrown from him by the impact. Hitting the ground hard enough to wind me I tried desperately to get up as I saw a missile take out one of Ratchets legs, “RATCHET!”
Trying and failing to force myself to my feet as he pleaded for the men surrounding him to hold their fire. Telling them he was an Autobot and a friend. He spoke to the humans, explaining why he was running. I was forgotten where I laid as one of the men in charge said coldly, “I lost a sister in Chicago, you won't get no sympathy from me.”
I sensed something dangerous about to happen and managed to get to my feet as I screamed, “RATCHET!! LOOK OUT!!”
A huge missile that seemed to come out of nowhere slammed into him and as he fell he began to fight back. Fire laced up my arm as I thrust them out, cutting down the men in front of me who had begun to fire on Ratchet again. An explosion under my feet knocked me back and I slammed into a hunk of metal. I struggled to get up, even with the guns pressed against my face. Whimpering I pleaded, “Leave him alone! We're on your side!”
Then I saw the transformer approaching Ratchet and heard Ratchet say in surprise, “Lockdown.”
I didn't hear what this Lockdown was saying to Ratchet as I set fire to the soldiers pants around me and as they yelped I lurched to my feet and raced for Ratchet. Only to be cut down when a giant metal hand slammed into my back and I fell. Lockdown sneered, “Pathetic.”
I fought back the best I could, trying to light the bastard on fire as he lifted me off my feet. Lockdown formed a gun in his other hand and pointed it at me, “There is one way you both survive, tell me where he is hiding. Where is Optimus Prime?”
Ratchet and I looked at each other, tears streaming down my cheeks. We both knew the price of our loyalty and would pay it gladly. I shook my head, saying firmly, “Never Tin Can.”
Ratchet shook his head with me, “Never.”
I screamed and fought the best I could as Lockdown wrenched Ratchet's spark from his body. I sobbed and snarled, “Kill me then you asshole!”
Lockdown merely looked at me and said, “You are a strange one. I shall put you with my collection.”
I screamed once more before an electric shock raced through my body and I lost consciousness.
When I woke up I was suspended by cables, that pulsed with electricity from where they wrapped around my body in a metal cage and cold air was flowing on me constantly. I was so cold I couldn't feel my body. I could barely move my head as I heard something and looked up to glare at Lockdown as he inspected me. He sneered, “Killing you would be too easy. You will be my prize for the annihilation of your dear Autobots.” I spat, my anger warming me slightly, “Slag off you piece of tin!”
He merely chuckled and said coolly, “And don't try to escape, your government has been kind enough to tell me how to imprison you against your abilities.” as if to prove it he touched something outside the cage and I scream as electricity raced through the cable and zapped me.
I heard his laughter as I went limp, gasping for breath. Cursing him under my breath I heard him leave. Then I began to hear the other screams, weird sounds and cries. Looking up and around I realized with dread that I was most definitely on an alien ship. Struggling to move, to summon any of my powers and finding myself unable to, I felt myself begin to cry. It didn't look like I would be able to get out of this one on my own, and if what happened to Ratchet was any sign, it didn't look like any help would ever come.
0o0
Time passed, I had no idea how much. It felt like years as I somehow survived on no food or water. My body was frozen and unresponsive and most of the time with nothing better to do, I slept. And I dreamed of the ones I had loved and lost. Nightmares plagued my sleep with their deaths. Praying to whatever god was listening that my friends would be alright. No matter what reality was shouting in my ear. It didn't help that Lockdown would come for a visit whenever an Autobot or Decepticon was destroyed. I didn't give a rats ass about the Decepticon's but my heart broke a bit more with each Autobot. Tho I never let Lockdown see it, I yelled and cursed him fluently whenever I saw him to try and drown out what he would tell me.
I would finally be forced to shut up with a jolt of electricity and only then did that work for a few moments. When he finally left laughing I would silently mourn to myself my loss. One day I cussed, “Frackin tuss pot!” and a growl nearby nearly gave me a heart attack. It was a different kind of growl I had been hearing for a while now. It almost sounded animal like.
Trying to crane my head to see where the noise was coming from I murmured quietly, “Hello?”
The growl answered and I saw a tiny bit of movement on the other side of the room. Staring at it in confusion I finally realized it was a transformer hanging upside down in a cage like mine, but bigger. I knew I was surrounded by cages and two arches moved constantly around the cages but I never thought to look inside the cages.
I said softly, “Who are you? I'm Ariana.”
It roared in response, in an almost rumble-like call and I blinked, trying to pick through what I heard with my brain to find something I understood. It roared again and I thought I heard, “Scorn?”
It blinked and roared softly. Smiling slightly, glad for the distraction, “Nice to meet you Scorn. Come here often?”
The snort I got in response made me chuckle and I said bitterly, “Yeah, me too. Can't say I care for the hospitality.”
From then on, when I wasn't sleeping or cursing Lockdown, I would have a one sided conversation with the transformer in the cage across from me. It wasn't much, but it was something.