~Knocked-Out~

Nightmare

"Watchet, has Knockout weturned?" Ratchet looked down at the little prime.

"Sir, I was not aware he had left the base. Though I did  notice it was blissfully quiet."

"He had gone out to the field you sent him to pweviously."

"Huh, I'm surprised. I didn't think Knockout was all for nature."

"It has been 3 hours. I'm getting wowwied."

"Nah!" Ratchet scoffed. "If Knockout had wanted to come back, he would've commed."

"Did you not say yourself that this field was out of comm wange?"

"By Primus, you're right!" Ratchet typed away at the computer, searching for Knockout's symbol. It blimped on the screen, but is was so faint, it was hardly visible. "Optimus, his energon levels are severely low, and I can't pinpoint his location."

Optimus nodded once. "Watchet, send a gwound bwidge. I will go wetrieve him."

"Optimus, incase you have forgotten, your current...situation may not prove useful in this situation. I suggest sending one more suited for this task." Ratchet gestured over to the scout, who was busy watching Raf and Jack trash talking each other while they played a video game, while Miko cheered them on. 

"Bumblebee." Optimus called. Bumblebee looked up, and buzzed in disappointment. 

"Bumblebee, Knockout hasn't returned from his pwevious outing, and his energon levels are low. We fear he may have been attacked. We will bwidge you to his previous coordinates, go out and bwing him back." Bumblebee nodded, transformed, and drove through the portal. As he drove out into the field, he noticed dark looming clouds approaching over the distance, heard thunder as it rumbled. He had to find Knockout and fast. 

~~~~~

"Nightstreak?" Knockout asked, as a shadow loomed over him, with a glowing gold cannon pointed at his helm. He couldn't see anything but that. 

"Don't move." The shadow growled. 

"Nightstreak, you don't have to do this."

"I'm NOT Nightstreak! I am Darkshade, Decepticon Princess, and your last sight."

"No please, no!" Knockout yelled as he could feel the blaster heating up. 

"Do it, Darkshade! Do it, my apprentice, and watch as the light fades from this traitor's pathetic spark!" Megatron.

"Yes, Megatron." 

"NO..." Knockout tried to move, but was held down, down by something, something dark, evil. "NO!" The blaster was ready. 

"Goodbye, Knockout.

"NO! The blaster fired, and it all went dark.

"Nightstreak!" Knockout's optics came on rapidly and he gasped, panting heavily, and looking around. No darkness, just plants. He sighed a sigh or relief, and relaxed. It was just a spark-mare (Nightmare). He heard rustling, and looked up, as something crashed through the leaves and landed on the ground with an "OOF!" Nightstreak looked around disoriented, then jumped up, her back to Knockout. She realized she was facing the wrong way, and jumped back around, now staring straight at Knockout's confused face. 

"What's wrong?"

"N-Nothing? Why?"

"You yelled my name."

"Oh..." Knockout blushed in embarrassment. "It was just a dream."

"AWWWW!" Nightstreak squealed, having fully recovered from her breakdown a few hours earlier and her fall. "You were dreaming about me? How sweet!"

"NO! N..just...uh...enough about that! Why the Kaon were you in the tree?! You should be resting!"

"I'm fine, Knockout! Better than I've been in a long time!"

"You should still be resting! I still need to check your vitals." 

Nightstreak groaned. "Ugh, fine." She walked over to her make-shift bed, and plopped down right next to Knockout, her face turning into a pout. "Hmph!"

"Hold still, grumpy cat." Knockout joked, and scanned her body. Aside from the hunger, everything else back to the way it should be. "Are you hungry?"

"No!" She retorted like a little kid. She still refused to look at him. 

"Your vitals say otherwise."

"Well, their lying!"

"Vitals don't lie."

"I'm not hungry!"

"I highly doubt..."

"I'm not hungry, ok? So why don't you take your results, shut your mouth up, and LEAVE ME ALONE!" She yelled, then immediately covered her mouth with her servos. Knockout only started, shocked by the outburst. He could tell she was still traumatized by her transfusion. 

"Nightstreak?" She started straight into Knockouts eyes, filled with shock, sadness, and apology. "Are you ok?"

"NO..." She barely whispered. "No, no, no, no..." She started trembling as her optics filled with tears. 

"Hey, hey." Knockout said as he tried to scoot closer to her, but she just scooted away from him, starting to tremble more violently. 

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no..." Knockout held his hand out towards her. It startled her, as she jumped up, and started to back away from him. 

"Nightstreak, it's ok, I'm ok, just come here."

"No, no, no, no, no!" She whirled and started to run off. Knockout sprang up, and started after her. He wondered if he should leave her alone. 

"I hated myself, and didn't want to exist."  Nightstreak's words played over and over in Knockout's head, until they finally made sense. 

"Oh, Primus, Oh Primus, NIGHTSTREAK!!!!" He yelled and started to run faster and faster, trying his absolute hardest, trying to catch up to the fleeing femme. He noticed Nightstreak turn into a motorcycle up ahead, and start to drive faster, so he transformed into his car, and continued the chase. As they weaved through the trees, and plants, and occasional creak, Knockout was starting to gain on her. 

"Nightstreak, you can't!"

"I can, and I will, and you can't stop me!" She cried and started to speed faster. Up ahead, Knockout noticed the ground seemed to end, and meet the sky abruptly. 

The cliff. 

Nightstreak broke into the clearing and kept driving until she stopped at the very edge of the cliff, where she transformed and turned around. Knockout transformed just a few feet in front of her. 

"Nightstreak! No, you can't" Knockout stared into her pain-filled tearing optics. 

"I-I...I..." She couldn't even compose a full word. 

"Please, come back to me." Knockout said, taking a step forward. Nightstreak took a step back as her ped stood at the very edge of the crumbling cliff. 

"Please, I need you here. You don't have to feel bad, you don't have to end your own spark. I-I can't imagine a life without you, even if we've only known each other for 3 days. You, you are the only reason I can stay happy. If you were gone, I couldn't even, I-I..." Knockout trailed off, not able to complete his sentence. His own optics filled with tears. 

"I'm..I'm sorry, Knockout." She said, before turning around, and jumped.