The Lights We Burn (tfp Knockout/Breakdown X mech!reader)[DISCONTINUED]

16: Old Wounds

The amount of stress Airachnid's presence put on me was almost unbearable. She would constantly belittle me whenever my sire wasn't around and then play the victim whenever I stood up to her. It was a constant battle of restraint from me.

But then she really crossed the line when she decided to flirt with Breakdown and Knockout.

"Two handsome mechs in one place? What did a girl do to deserve this?" She cooed to them as they patched up one of her injuries she had received while out in the field. I stiffened at her words while I was working on something, my grip on my tools tightening as the anger began to sizzle in me.

"Oh please, Airachnid," Knockout said with a roll of his optics. "Don't tell us something we already know."

"But it's true," she said. "I bet any bot would love to give you two a good hard frag if given the opportunity."

'Keep your cool Y/D.' I thought to myself. 'She's just baiting you. Don't give in.'

"Perhaps I can be the third you've been looking for?" I could hear the smug smirk in her voice, and I slammed the tool into the workstation and stormed out before I lost it on her.

Vehicons were quick to get out of my way as I headed to my quarters, my mind boiling with violent and homicidal thoughts.

I wanted to kill her. I wanted to tear her apart and break her down into tiny little pieces. I wanted to rip out her inner workings and strangle her with them.

"Stupid stupid STUPID!" I growled to myself as the anger boiled over, leading to something that only happened once before a long time ago.

My spark began to race, and the anger was quickly replaced by agony from my chassis, a scream of pain leaving my intake as I buckled to my knees. I gripped at my chassis and vented hard, the pain I felt growing so much that tears fell from my optics.

"Not.... again...." I vented heavily, the pain clawing in my chassis and spreading to the rest of my frame. I let out a deafening shriek like someone had ripped my insides out.

-with Knockout and Breakdown-

"Airachnid, what in Primus did you just say?" Knockout growled at the femme.

"Oh, nothing, I just wanted to see Y/D squirm." She said nonchalantly as she stood from the medical berth. "It was quite entertaining." The pair watched as she strode out and into the halls, Breakdown glaring at the doorway where she once was.

"Stupid bug." He muttered.

"Why would she even suggest such a thing?" Knockout questioned. "And why did Y/D react so -." Knockout was quickly cut off by the sound of my scream, the pair immediately rushing out of the med bay.

"It came from down there." Breakdown said as he pointed towards the hall that led to my quarters.

"Lord Megatron," Knockout called over the comms. "There's a situation in hallway 27-c. Breakdown and i are going to investigate."

Another scream reached their audials, this one far more pained than the last. They rushed to the sound and saw me curled up in a tight ball with struggling vents.

"Y/D!" Knockout said as the pair knelt down by my side.

"It hurts." I whimpered, followed by a silent scream of pain.

"What hurts Y/D?" Breakdown asked.

"M-my spark... i-i-i... s-system... failure."

"Get him to the med bay Breakdown. Quickly. I'll inform Megatron." Knockout said. Breakdown quickly scooped me up bridal style shouting for everyone to make way.

"What's all that noise?" Starscream hissed as several vehicons were pushed aside by the ex Wrecker.

"Prince Y/D went into system failure." One of the vehicons said. "Knockout just reported it in."

"What?! How?!" Starscream snapped as he grabbed the vehicon. "ANSWER ME!"

"I-i don't know, sir!"

"Oh come now, Starscream." Airachnid sneered as she approached the group. "Don't tell me you are actually worried about Y/D?"

"It's my job to be concerned!" Starscream snarled.

"But didn't you try to kill him?" The vehicon asked.

"Irrelevant, go back to your post. Now!" Starscream shoved the vehicon to the side and quickly made his way to the medical bay, Megatron and Soundwave beating him to it.

The trio saw me in stasis hooked up to spark support similar to how Megatron was, the readings on the monitors for my spark jumping around irradicaly.

"Knockout, what's his status?" Megatron barked at the medic.

"Working on it!" Knockout said in a panic, my vitals dropping like a sack of hammers. "Dammit Dammit DAMMIT! BREAKDOWN! THE DEFIBRILLATOR! NOW!" Breakdown grabbed the electro-pads and placed them on my chassis.

"Everyone clear!" Breakdown ordered as a shock was delivered to my chassis. "Knockout, increase the shock!" The medic complied and increased the power, Breakdown delivering another but stronger shock. Again, there was no response. "AGAIN!" Knockout cranked up the power to max, the shock that was delivered, causing the lights to flicker somewhat.

The air was thick with tension until the sound they all wanted to hear came through.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Oh, thank Primus." Knockout sighed with relief. "He's back in normal rhythm."

"What happened?" Megatron growled.

"System failure. According to this, it was triggered by extreme emotional distress."

"What triggered it?" Starscream asked.

"Airachnid." Breakdown said. "Least i think so."

"What did that venomous spider do this time?" Starscream groveled.

"She was... being a bit too friendly with us." Knockout said.

"Why would th-"

"That's enough, Starscream." Megatron interrupted. "Will he recover?"

"With time and rest, he will. But I suggest keeping Airachnid away from him as much as possible." Megatron nodded, and he, Soundwave, and Starscream all left the medical bay. Knockout and Breakdown looked over to my stasis locked frame as my chassis slowly rose and fell.

"Do you think what the vehicons said are true?" Breakdown asked.

"What? That Y/D has a crush on us?" Knockout asked.

"Yeah. I mean, i suspected it for a while, but... the way he got so angry when Airachnid was flirting with us? That only confirmed it."

"You like him a lot too, huh?" Knockout said.

"I love him just as much as I love you."

"I do too. Maybe when he recovers, we can discuss it with him." Knockout said. "But let's just hope he makes it out of stasis first."