The devil within

Chapter 5

Optimus soon returned with another glass of energon, smacking himself in the face when he saw the shattered remains of the previous one. He raised an eyebrow at Megatron, who merely grinned and shrugged like nothing had happened. "Was that really necessary?" He sighed, handing the glass of energon to Megatron and sitting down on the bench.

"No, but I felt like doing it. I had to take my anger out on something, so why not an inanimate object?" Megatron chuckled, taking a sip of energon. He was relieved when he felt the energon going through his systems and helping to repair the damaged parts within his frame.

"I guess that's better than me." Optimus muttered, propping his head up with his arms.

Megatron finished the energon and set the glass down, his facial expression softening when he looked at Optimus. He looked so sad that he actually felt bad for him.

"No! Don't fall for his petty tricks! He's leading you into a trap, you fool!"

The voice inside his head suddenly erupted with ear piercing volume, causing him to clutch his head as it started to pound. He bent over, his sharp denta bared in a snarl as he growled lowly.

"Megatron? What's wrong?" Optimus sat up straight, tilting his head in confusion.

"Get out of my head you fraggin' glitch!" Megatron cursed, continuing to growl as his optics turned a deep shade of purple.

Optimus cowered against the wall in fear as Megatron rose from his seated position, growling louder than before. "M-Megatron...?"

Megatron was about to hit Optimus when he forcibly stopped himself, stumbling off to the side. "No! I won't allow you to do this!" He shouted, fighting against his own body.

"You WILL bend to my will... Now hit him!"

Megatron released an ear-splitting scream that hurt Optimus's audio receptors so badly that he clutched his head. He swung a fist, smashing into a wall and making a decent sized crater. Optimus dove out of the way, trying to reach the door. Megatron swung his arm again, his sharp fingers making a small gash on Optimus's side. Optimus winced as he felt energon start dripping out of the wound. He had no idea what was going on, but he wasn't staying to find out.

As he was going for the door, Megatron wrapped his arm around his neck in a chokehold.

"Yes...."

"No! Stop it!" Megatron snarled, trying to fight against it. But it was no use, he felt his arm tighten around Optimus's neck and tried again.

"Stop it right there!" Arcee opened the door and shot an electrical charge at Megatron, which overloaded his systems and caused him to pass out.

Megatron slowly fell backwards, releasing his grip on Optimus as he crashed to the floor. Optimus rubbed his neck and took a deep breath as Arcee approached him.

"You can't be spending all this time in there! You'll get hurt!" Arcee scolded, escorting Optimus out of the cell and closing the door.

Optimus frowned and quickened his pace, walking away from her. He hid his injury so she wouldn't see it. "Something happened to him and I'm going to find out what. That wasn't the Megatron we know..."

Arcee stopped in the middle of the hallway. "What?! What do you mean that wasn't the Megatron we know?"

By that time, Optimus had already reached Ratchet and was talking to him about going into Megatron's mind to see what was the problem.

"Are you serious?! Go into Megatron's mind and see what's going on?!" Ratchet exclaimed, baffled by what he was hearing.

"Yes. I believe that there is something truly wrong with him. He was screaming and his optics were purple..." Optimus replied, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Purple?! Oh Primus.... this is worse than I thought..." Ratchet gasped, his optics widening.

"What is it?"

"I fear that Unicron has invaded Megatron's mind and caused him to act more strangely."

"Are you guys fraggin' serious?! Why should we care if Megatron is possessed by Unicron?! If anything, he deserves it!" Arcee blurted out, standing with her hands on her hips next to Optimus.

Optimus turned to Arcee and looked down at her. "Arcee, I care because Megatron is my brother. He may be my greatest enemy, but I can sense that there is still good in him. He was trying to fight back when Unicron was forcing him to hurt me. He was trying not to hurt me. And to me, that seems like he's starting to change."

Arcee sighed, rubbing her forehead. "Okay, I understand this but since when has Megatron ever changed? Never! So why would he change now?"

"Because he regrets everything he's ever done to me." Optimus simply replied, turning on his heel to go check on Megatron.