MERFORMERS (MY AU)

🌊Chapter 4🌊

"Are you serious?!"

It was the next day. Evee had been called to work early for some issues that happened apparently in the lab, especially in room 37. Silas stood with crossed arms infront of her, clearly mad at the small teenage girl, who held a certain fear in her eyes, while they stood in the middle of the said room." B-But I d-did everything you asked for, s-sir." Evee surely was terrified of the man infront of her. 

"You call that clean?",Silas turned her head to the glass window of the tank, making the girl pale. The blood drops were still there, probably dry already." B-But I cleaned it!",she protested." That's enough." Silas looked at the small girl:" I gave you the job of your mother after she tried to expose us to the public and that's how you treat me back now."
Evee looked up, not knowing what to do. In the corner of her eye, she could see Optimus swimming up from the ground of the tank and looking at the scene infront of him. Evee gulped, before she looked at Silas:" You didn't treated me any better. Just like some maid that is under your control."

SLAP!!!

Evee layed seconds later on the ground, her short hair hiding slightly her cheek, that started to get red and swollen from the hard slap, it had gotten. Optimus's blood boiled in anger, seeing the small human on the ground, hurting, helpless." You better do as I say, Evee. Or you might face things in the worst of ways." Staying silent, Evee stayed on the ground, her eyes looking at the ground while her cheek started to pulse with pain slowly. 
Optimus watched, begging in his head for her to stand up and not let herself get talked down and stomped on, but he knew, Evee wasn't going to. This was too much, even for her.

"I will double your shift today. You won't be going to school, you will clean the whole building if necessary. So in that case, get your tools and...how about, start with the window from the tank over there." Some silence was in the room before Evee's soft voice can be heard. It was trembling slightly aswell:" Y-Yes sir..." Silas bend forward, grinning slightly that the girl was obeying:" Good that we understand each other." With that, he straightened himself and walked away with his headworkers, leaving Evee and Optimus alone in the room.
The Prime swam up to the glass, looking at the small girl with worry:" Are you alright?"

"*sniff* Y-Yes, don't worry." 

Evee rose to her feet slowly, grabbing her blue glasses and putted them on after wiping her tears away." You don't seem okay, dear",he mentioned, not breaking the eye contact he had on her. Evee looked slightly up, clearly ashamed meeting the leaders gaze.
"I-I told you Optimus, I-I'm fine",she sniffs again slightly before she walked to the door," I-I'll be back in a minute..." With that, she left the room. The Prime sighed as he watched her leave, before his mind recalled the short seconds of Silas slapping the poor girl. He growled under his breath. Such irresponsibility and that from an adult.
"Mad, Optimus?",came the familiar voice back. Optimus looked to a familiar figure, which happened to be Silas. The leader stayed silent, knowing that the head of MECH was only there to provoke him once again with what he had done to Evee.

"Your actions were clearly taken too far, Silas",said Optimus with a low growl in his voice." She didn't do what she was told to. It was a simple warning that she should never fail me again. And if she does, the punishment will be far serve if she should not understand it the first time."

"She is working so hard for you and you treat her like she is less then a human."

"That's because she is. She is a child and...who listens to children nowadays."

Optimus could explode with anger. Silas drove him clearly insane, mad or in any other way that made him wanr to break out of this tank and tear him apart, if necessary. If this room would be full of water, Silas wouldn't escape what would await him. But at the same time, the Prime found it better the way it was. Hurting humans, even how bad they are...that dosen't suit the Autobotpack he was leading before he got captured.
"Around 5 your next experiment will begin. I hope you enjoy it." 
With that, Silas left, almost letting the door slam into Evee's face, as she re-entered the room. Optimus noticed right away that she had been crying for serveal minutes and her cheek had swollen even more. He felt so much pitty for that girl. She didn't deserve this. All of this.

"I'm sorry, that I couldn't help you, Evee."
Optimus swam to her once she stood infront of the glass window from his tank. The small girl sniffled and looked up to him, choking a little before she started to speak:" I-It's okay Optimus. H-He would've done it anyways." The leader placed his hand on the glass, which made Evee look at it in question for a moment, before she placed her own where his hand was." Stay strong, dear. This will end soon, I promise...",said the Prime in a gentle voice, hoping to calm her at least a little bit down before she started to cry again. Evee sniffed, looking at their hands for a moment before she looked back into his bright blue eyes.

"I take you by your word, Optimus Prime..."