Miko's Broken Heart {See Rewrite 'Miko'}

Six: "Would you stop taunting the thing that can kill you." ✅

Miko should have known it was a stupid idea to show back up to base with an unknown Cybertronian unannounced not to mention she also should have known every 'bot and human would have a conniption over said tiny Cybertronian. Currently Miko was attempting to shield the small robotic bay from harm's way as multiple weapons were being aimed her. "Oh, c'mon guys he's tiny what is he going to do, lick you to death or something?" Miko asked, annoyance evident in her voice as she spoke

"You have no idea what that- that thing is capable of!" Bulkhead exclaimed. The poor mech looked as if was staring at a scrapper and not another Cybertronian.

"Miko does have a point. He's tiny what harm could he really do?" Raf asked from the catwalk.
"That thing is a Cybertronian spy no doubt for Soundwave." Arcee stated, cannon primed and at the ready to shoot the mechanicals bay if need be.

"Wait, if he's Soundwave's then isn't he like Laserbeak? They're both small and Laserbeak is similar to him."

Ratchet scoffed. "While they're both similar they both are very much different from each other in more ways I could list." He stated.

While the others conversed {and argued} Ratchet couldn't help but be surprised by the fact Miko had come back to base willingly on her own. He had expected himself or one of the others track her down somehow and force her to come back to base if not for them then just for common sense on safety.

At the mention of his older sibling Ratbat perked up half expecting said sibling to magically appear after all his sire would often speak just his name and he usually appeared at the meer mention of his name but upon realizing that wasn't going to happen and at this point it was just a dream, his audio receptors lowered for a moment. He looked up at the seemingly nice organic native for a moment. To him the human reminded him of a mixture of Ravage, Rumble and Frenzy seeing as she appeared serious, but he could tell there was something about her that screamed trouble. He looked at the Autobot Medic before him, his audio receptor's rising when Miko started walking towards the med-bay.

"The thangs I do for you." Ratbat heard Ratchet mutter causing him to wonder just how much of the conversation he had missed in the span of a few seconds he was lost in thought.

Miko smiled triumphantly. For once she was able to convince ratchet that she was right {with only minor help from Jack and Raf who had taken her side in the situation}. She glanced down at Ratbat who, to her at least, looked like an oversized bat which, once again to her, was amazing considering how even though they resided in the middle of nowhere and in a dry climate she hadn't had the chance to see a bay up close granted Ratbat obviously wasn't organic, but he did make up for it by just being- well- and alien. "You can't take what you said before back now." Miko declared as she hopped onto Ratchets waiting servo, steadied herself using one of Ratchet's didget's, then hopped off once she was on the medical berth. She couldn't help but smirk and quietly giggle to herself as she heard Ratchet mumble a few choice Cybertronian words in response to what she had said.

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Prediking had been captured again and how he had caused him to want to pretty much punch himself over and over for how stupid he was. Currently in dragon form the mech huffed as he once again pulled at the reinforced cybernetic chains that incase all four of his ped's.

"Look at you, locked up like the beast you are once again." Starscream stated, a smirk on his faceplate as he took in the Predicon's current predicament.

Prediking could easily transform, in fact he had half the processor to do so. He wanted so badly to rip out the seekers spark but held himself back as he knew if he did actually try to, he would most likely be electrocuted by said chains around his peds and enduring that pain after the first attempt many days ago had been painful enough to remind him that now wasn't the right time to try anything at least until he gained enough trust back to be released from the bonds not to mention also strength. "What, no snarl? No weak growl No pathetic-" right as Starscream was about to said 'roar' Prediking rose up and toward over the mech and for a moment took a swipe at him but abruptly halted when pain racked his form.

"Would you stop taunting the thing that can kill you." Knockout stated, holding a remote in one servo and a giant cube of Energon in the other. As soon as prediking retreated back knockout placed the giant Energon cube on the ground and used his ped to kick the cube over to the irritated hulking beast before the two of them causing Energon to slosh out and land on the ground. Prediking a response to that was to simply huff but look away from the cube.

"Kill me?! He could easily offline you in less than two nano-click's!" Starscream stated as pitiful comeback.

"You and I both know he wouldn't offline the servo that is nice enough feed Energon to him unlike some Cybertronian's." Knockout stated not at all missing the potential jab at the whiney seeker that annoyed ever living daylight's out of him.

Listening to the conversation, Prediking couldn't help but inwardly agree with Knockout. Don't get him wrong, he hated the mech just as much as Starscream but since his creator wasn't in sight and hadn't been fed for a while, he was in fact relying on Knockout to survive even if he didn't want to admit it. He was also using knockout as a way to listen in on Decpeticon gossip as the 'con didn't know when to shut his intake when it came to something 'spicy' going on between other Decpeticon's. Prediking's processor wondered to his claimed sparkling. From gossip he could hear outside in the hall's he knew his sparkling was alive but sadly with the Autobot's once more which irked him greatly seeing as she wasn't in his sights. He couldn't even remotely 'check on her' so to speak since the bod they shared was closed off at least on one end though who's it was unclear seeing as Prediking had never obviously actually bonded in a parental way with a sparkling. Not being able to tell where she was, was killing him and Al he wanted to do was find some way off The Nemesis but until then he would have to stay put.

He was brought out of his thoughts by the doors of shockwave's lab opening and standing there for a moment was Soundwave. Something about the way Soundwave stood made him seem even more tense then usual and that in itself was unusual as usually the mech was rather relaxed but lately, ever since the past week or so, he appeared tense.

"-And how do you propose we get the human fleshy when no doubt she will be well guarded in the Autobot base, Soundwave?" Knockout asked the silent mech.

For a moment Soundwave just stood there then after a few seconds an image of a small {in Cybertronian standards at least} mechanical bat appeared on his visor causing Knockout to sigh with irritation. "Oh great, the little fragger is back." He muttered, remembering the last time he had interacted with the small creature. Long story short, the last prank Ratbat and his siblings played on him ended up with Knockout buffing and polishing his pain job all the while the Decepticon cassettes got away with what they had.

"We could just release the beast and track it." Knockout offered pitifully in an attempt to not even have to bother with the cassette since he hated the small bat with all his spark due to a couple of pranks gone wrong on both their part's, Knockout's paint job being the main sufferer {of course this was only Knockout's opinion on the matter). "Or better yet, wait for the little bat to find us, there's alway's that option."

Soundwave shook his helm causing Knockout to sigh quit dramatically. "Fine just keep the little fragger away from me when you catch up to them."

Soundwave stood there for a moment, slightly shifting on his peds a small sign knockout had picked up as irritation from the mech. "Let me guess, Megatron wants me to rescue Ratbat and recapture the fleshy for Shockwaves new experiment."

This time a smiley face appeared on his visor prompting Knockout to sigh, throw his servo's up in the air quit dramatically then dramatically walk out, the auditable sigh being heard while past what was needed which, for the millionth time, lead soundwave to wonder what Breakdown once saw in such a 'Drama Queen' {as human's would say} of a mech.