Being Human (Transformers Prime)

Chapter Nine | Last Moments

"I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have."

~Anna Godbersen, The Luxe

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Jack was angry. In fact, he was so much more than angry; he was livid. Just when he thought nothing could get any worse, he was proven wrong again by Megatron. He realized now why Optimus was reluctant at first to stop him, before coming to his own conclusion that the only way to make this war end was to end Megatron.

The warmonger was like the winter frost. The day before, one would think it is too warm for the winter freeze to take over, but then the next day realize their mistake. The frost came at night, and killed everything in its path while everyone was asleep.

That is just what Megatron did. He killed the Autobots.

"I won't let you get away with this!" His voice tears through his throat as he struggles against the energon bonds, grunting with rage. "I will avenge their deaths!"

"And how exactly do you propose to do that?" Megatron leers above him, clawed servo resting on the boy's metal slab. He could easily smash the boy into oblivion with one careless flick on his hand; he was rather amused at the fact that the human was convinced he could take him. Him, a seasoned gladiator no less.

"I will." There was a gleam in his eyes, a gleam Megatron was all too familiar with. "Even if it kills me!"

"Jack . . ." For once in her life Miko was warning Jack to stop. Perhaps it was the shock of nearly dying, but something about her had changed a little. Now, instead of fighting the Decepticons, she tried to avoid any conflict. But only an hour or so had passed; she would probably regain her gun-ho demeanor soon enough.

Rafael was silent. His wide eyes and shaking body suggested that he was terrified, but what exactly he was scared of was uncertain. Shockwave knew the little human better than Megatron did, he could probably decipher whatever he was fearing now.

Megatron hardly cared, he was too busy taunting Jack to even really take any notice of the other two humans.

Sharp teeth gleaming as he grins, Megatron chuckles. "I'm not sure your mother would be pleased with that, Jackson. She is very concerned about your current health status especially now that your Autobot friends are gone."

Jack's blue eyes widened a little, his anger dissolving as a lump forms in his throat. Voice coming out at a higher pitch, the warlord didn't need his sensors to know that Jack was very, very afraid.

"Y-you talked to my mom . . .?" His voice returned a little stronger, escaping his mouth as desperate. "Where is she?! You better not have layed your hands on her!"

Laughing, Megatron scrapes the tips of his claws against the metal, leaving a few scratch marks. "Wouldn't you like to know? Unfortunately, she has yet to disclose to me her current location." His red optics glitter with malice. "I could let you talk to her . . . For a certain price."

Jack grits his teeth. "And what would that be?"

The warlord leaned in close, close enough that Jack could see the small scars that littered his face, and the details composing the deep ones by his mouth and eyes.

"You willingly go through with Shockwave's experiments. You follow each instruction given to the letter." Though Jack expected there to be warm, possibly repulsive breath hitting him, there was none. It was an odd and slightly uncomfortable feeling. "Besides," Megatron was grinning even more, sharp teeth dangerously close to Jack's delicate skin and clothes. "it's not like you have a choice as to whether or not you go through with the experiment, so why not make the process all the more easier?"