In Between S2-> S3(Megatron X OC X Optimus)

Thirst (1) Double The Pain

Today I was in Shockwave's lab. I was stressed and couldn't sleep. He was showing me his work. Once he was done presenting, he asks if I was okay. He had heard about what Wheeljack did. He asked to see the injury and I said it was okay. He sits me on table and holds my frame back a bit, admiring the scar. Shocks trails his gaze up the mark and to my side "I thought he only stabbed you." He states. I comment "He did."

The Scientist runs his digit along a longer scar that was located on my side "Then which autobot is this from?" I look down at it and remember. "I-it's nothing...." I stutter. Shockwave looks up to me and then stands tall "You did that to yourself..." I was speechless. He keeps the same tone of voice but I could tell he was getting furious. "What was the logic behind that? Even the illogical thought of such thing?" He begins to raise his voice "Why in all of Cybertron would you run a knife along your side!?" He leaves me and goes to com Megatron. "Lord Megatron, I need to tell you something that ShiverTooth—" "SHOCKWAVE NO!!! PLEASE!!!!" I run over and stop the com. I look to him and he connects our gazes.

"Don't tell him what I did....." I beg. Shockwave drops his arms, continuing to look at me "Then tell me why you chose to harm yourself." I look down. There was no escaping this. I go on about it and all he does is point to the ground behind me. "Sit." He says firmly. I was confused on why he wanted me to sit on the ground. I do so and he pushes me down onto my back with his hand "Shockwave! What are you- he kneels down and gets ontop of me. He grabs my hands and cuffs them over my head then takes a rod and digs it into the ground under my wrists. I was stuck there. The scientist then grabs a scalpel from his table. I whimper under him while he uses his gun arm to hold my side plates still and firm. He then runs the blade down my side, tracing the scar. I close my eyes and begin crying.

I then feel small pecks at my side and look down to see him fixing the wound properly even though he cut it open once again. "Suicidal injuries, especially this bad, scar if they aren't treated properly when they occur. This seems very old without any medical attention from the day it happened to the present time. You're highly lucky no one noticed. But also unlucky...." He finishes up and cleans my blood off me, then running his servo along the scar. It stung as his servo traced it but it felt nice at the same time. He then sits back and pulls me up, removing the cuffs and rod. My legs wrap around him and I push into his chassis as he laid back a bit. "Don't scar yourself again, do you understand me?" I nod and he continues "Tell me if you're hurting. I will help. Do not take the pain out on yourself. It only hurts the people around you...."

I calm down a bit and I then say "I'm gonna go.... I need to go back to the warship...." He nods and I call Soundwave for a groundbridge. He opens one and I go through. I start walking through the hallway to get to the bridge, on the way, I come across Starscream. Oh boy..... "What do you want?" He asks me, clearly annoyed with my presence. I try to walk by him "Nothing. I'm just walking—" he grabs the back of my armor and throws me to the ground. "WHAT THE FRAG IS YOUR—!!??" I yell before he kicks me. I stand up and try to stop his attacks as he begins clawing at me. He reopened several of my wounds and created a variety of new ones. Metal tearing sounds filled the area. He then throws me into a walk, letting me slide down it. I stop moving and he walks away. Once he was gone, I stand up and try to walk. I noticed the area around me was littered with energon stains. It looked like someone exploded and their energon went everywhere.... None of it was on the ceiling.... It was just on the floor and the walls. I walk to the nearest room that had a mirror and look into it to see my entire body covered in scars, from my ankles to my head, to even my wingtips. I just brush off the pain and stand strong.