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Caged animal

-Autobot base-

Your spark was filled with hate. Every inch of your body was just itching to sink your claws into those Autobots. You almost couldn't control the urge to go ballistic and break out.

You hated the cage you were in. It was cold, dark, and it smelled dusty and old. You must've paced around in circles for hours, trying to think of a way to get out.

You were yearning to be by Soundwave's side again. Oh, how you missed his gentle pets and words of encouragement. Although he wasn't much of a talker, he still proved his point whenever it was needed.

Scrap, you needed to get out of here. Your mind was starting to wander and you could feel your primal instincts beginning to claw their way out of your hard-coded processor.

You were in the middle of scratching the floor of the cage with your claws when someone entered the room you were being kept in. You immediately hissed, hiding in the back of the cage and arching your backstrut.

Your yellow optics were pinpricks as the mech approached your cage. "Autobot...." you spat, your tail waving dangerously behind you.

"Relax, I'm just giving you your daily ration of energon." The mech answered dully, a heavy sigh escaping his mouth.

"It's the medic again... grrrr..." you thought, raising your paw to strike his hand as he set down the bowl of energon. Your claws dug into the sensitive circuitry in his hand and he yelped, yanking his hand back out of your cage.

You hissed in satisfaction, lapping his energon from your claws. "Next time don't stick your hands into dark places, petty medic."

The medic, known as Ratchet, growled and held his hand. He bent down and looked you right in the optic with a harsh look. "If you can't behave, I have a stasis pod in storage just waiting to be used..." he muttered.

You definitely did not want to go into stasis again, so you kept your mouth shut. You eyed the bowl of energon and raised an eyebrow. "How am I supposed to know you didn't mess with this?" You growled, sniffing the energon curiously.

"Just drink it, for Primus' sake. I'm not willing to deal with you if you happen to get malnourished..." Ratchet growled, tending to the scratch on his hand while keeping one optic on you.

"Hmph..." You huffed, taking a few laps of energon with your glossa. It tasted alright, so you drank until your hunger was satisfied.

It wasn't until you were cleaning your paws that you started to feel weird. Your vision became swirly and blurry, like you drank too much high grade and were on the verge of passing out.

You stumbled around before collapsing in a heap on the cage floor, completely unconscious. You didn't realize that Ratchet had basically sedated you while you were busy drinking the energon. Great, now you were completely at the mercy of those annoying Autobots.

How could this get any worse?

-A few hours later-

You finally woke up, shaking your head and sitting up on your haunches. Now you were utterly confused.

The last time you remembered, you were in the Autobot base. Now you were in the middle of the forest where the Prime caught you!

"W-What? Why did they release me?!" You questioned, sort of happy but still confused. It didn't matter though, you were free and now was your chance to reunite with Soundwave.

You swiftly got to your paws and took off into the brush, your strong tracking systems leading you to Soundwave's signal.

You were completely unaware of the tracking device implanted in your chest while you were unconscious. It was tracking your every move, and you were about to lead the Autobots straight to your Decepticon comrades.