Knockout And Me

Chapter 33. Goodbye, Hello

Stacy's POV

I reach the cells and see Starscream first. I unlock the door and walk in. He just stared at me. "Hello Screamer." He growls,"Dont call me that. What are you doing down here anyway?" I smile,"I just wanted to say hi." He blinks,"Yea right. You've probably come to rub our defeat in our faces!" I shake my head,"Nope. But I wanted to ask you if you would like to join the Autobots." He laughs and walks up closer to me,"I'd rather die than join the Autobots!!!" "Ok. I can arrange that!" I activate my guns. He sqeals,"Nooo. No need for that." I laugh,"But you said you'd rather die than join us." He looks at the sealing,"Scrap. I did say that didn't I?" I deactivate my guns,"No need for excuses, if you dont want to join, i have other plans for you." I smile and walk out of the cell  and lock it again. I walk over to the next one and see Shockwave. I unlock the door and step inside,"Hello Shockwave." "There is no need to continue this conversation, I know what you're going to say, and the answer is no." I smile,"Well then. Are you sure?" "Absolutely." I nod and turn back around and out of the cell. I lock it, and move to the next one. It was Soundwave. I unlock it and step inside,"Hey Soundwave. I-" He cut me off, and played a recording of a man saying,"No." I sigh,"Are -" "No" "Seriously. You cons are unbelievable." "No." I stick my tongue out at him and walk out of the cell and lock it. I move to the next and look in it and see Breakdown. I sigh,"Do I even need to come in? Is your answer no too?" He looks at me and says,"No. But it's not a yes either. I just want to live a free life. Not be a part of anything or be under the control of anybot." I place my servo on the bars of the cell,"I can make that happen." His face lights up,"Really?" I smile,"Yea. Where do you want to go?" "Somewhere quiet and peaceful." "Ok. Come on." I unlock the door and he walks out. I unlock the rest and pick up the others with my telekinesis. I walk to the nearest groundbridge and stop. I turn to Breakdown,"You first. And just know, that if you ever need anything, just let me know." He smiles,"Thanks!" I open the groundbridge and he walks through. I let Starscream go and he drops down. He gets up,"Where are you sending me?" "Somewhere far far away." He crosses his arms. I activate the spacebridge. He looks at me with pleading optics but i just point toward the bridge like the ghost of Christmas yet to come. Anyway, the next con i let down is Soundwave. He lands perfectly. I roll my optics and type in another set of coordinates and enter it. The spacebridge opens up again and i turn to Soundwave,"Any last words you'd like to say to me before you enter." He gives me the finger. "Lovely. Goodbye Soundwave!" And with that he transforms and takes off through the bridge. And last but not least I let Shockwave down. He gets up and looks at me,"You are being highly unlogical." I laugh,"Shockwave, you and your logics really get on my nerves sometimes." I type in more random coordinates and enter them. The spacebridge opens back up and I smile,"Safe travels." Shockwave huffs,"You will regret this. Mark my words. Megatron will return, and when he does-" I cut him off,"I'll be ready. Goodbye." He turned and walked through the spacebridge. I turn the bridge off and walk away. I walk around for a little bit. It was unusually quiet. I look around everywhere. Then I reach Knockouts old room. I walk in and turn on the light. Everything was dusty and covered in cobwebs. I look around to see if I could find anything useful. I rummage through his desk and find nothing. I look in the file cabinet he had and found nothing. I turn to lay on his bed, but when I turn around I see. I see a note. My spark pounds. I pick it up and open it. It read:

Dear Stacy,
I know I will be dead by the time you read this. I want you to know that I love you very much. Please dont cry over me. You have other things to worry about. And besides. I'll always be with you. In here. Well, i just pointed to my spark, but you couldn't see lol. Anyway, I will always be with you. Oh, and remember the necklace. Do as it says.

Love,
Knockout

I blink back my tears. He knew about the necklace after all. I fold the note back up and place it  on his desk. I suddenly get an idea. I close my eyes and try to use our conection,"Knockout. Knockout. Please answer me. Hello? Can you hear me? KO?" I wait for a response and get nothing. I sigh. I walk out of his room and close the door behind me. I keep walking around looking for somebot. There was only one place I hadn't checked. The place where I spent 85% of my time on the Nemisis, the roof. I walk up there and walk through the door. I see Optimus staring out into the sky. I walk up next to him,"Hi." He doesn't answer, but instead he keeps looking out into the sky. I look and see nothing,"Hey. Optimus, what are you lookin at?" Still no answer. Just then I hear a roar. I look out into the sky again and see Predaking gliding through the air.  I smile and transform into predacon mode. I fly out to him. I roar, and he roars back. I get near him and fly beside him,"Hey! I did it! I defeated Megatron!" He roars,"Yes!!! Im so happy. And im happy for you because now you can forget all this ever happened and live a happy life with Knockout!" Tears started forming in my optics,"Actually Predaking, Knockout is one with the AllSpark. He sacrificed himself to save Optimus, megatrons blast hit him directly in his spark and there was nothing i could do." He lowered his head,"Im sorry. I wouldn't have said that if i knew. If there is anything, and I mean anything i can do, just let me know and I'll be there." I purr,"Thank you. That means a lot." He purrs back,"It's the least I could do." We approach the Nemisis and land. I transform back into bot mode and walk up to Optimus. He looks at me."I wasn't trying to be rude a few minutes ago, I was thinking about something and couldn't be interrupted." I laugh,"No. You're totally fine. And Optimus, there's something i need to tell you about the predicon." He raises an eyebrow,"Yes?" "Well his name is actually Predaking. And he can talk. And he can transform into a robot mode." He nods,"I know." I look at him,"You know? How?" "Books." I laugh,"Wow. Didn't really expect that." Just then Predaking nudged me with his nose and I turn around to pet him. He purrs. I laugh,"You owe me a few nose rubs!" He purrs. I laugh,"You don't have to pretend to be an animal. Optimus knows." Then he stops purring and looks at Optimus,"How did you know?" Optimus looks a Predaking,"Books." Predaking transforms,"That's reasonable." I look at Optimus,"Hey. As much as i love this ship, I really want to go back to base. So I think im going to pack up my things and head out. Is that ok?" Optimus smiles,"Of course, tell the others I'll be back when i find a place to put this ship." I smile,"Will do!" I walk over to the door,"Predaking, you're more than welcome to join me." He smiles,"Ok! I'll be there in a sec!" I smile,"Ok! I'll be in my room. Oh. And Optimus, if you dont mind, could you bring the stasis pod holding Megatron back to base, I'd feel better if i knew it was close by where no body will let him out." Optimus nods. I nod and make my way to my room.