Street Racer Darling |:| Knockout X reader

A Game of Chance

~Knockouts POV~

         "YOU GAVE HER WORKING PARTS?!"

Soundwave backed away, for the first time showing fear of me, and I don't blame him. I'm furious! I didn't even care that we were in the main control room, but Megatron was too busy somewhere else.

         "Do you know what this might do to her? SHE'S NOT FULL CYBERTRONIAN SOUNDWAVE!"

         "~I~ Know~"

         "Well if you knew why did you even give the CHANCE of her being SPARKED!?"

He was silent, something I did not want to hear right now. I wanted an answer of WHY he would risk her health so recklessly like this. His visor flickered, and a video began... Breakdown...

         "Come on, we both know they're going to tie the knot," he explained with a grin, "We'll make a one in a hundred chance of it."

         "Statement: Unwise." came the monotonous computer made voice from Soundwave.

         "Trust me, they'll thank us later!"

     So it was Breakdown's idea.

         "And you went along with it?!"

He gave a slight nod... and I let my anger take hold as I pushed him off balance, making him fall to the floor. I took my saw blades out, and brought them dangerously close to his visor.

         "Do you know, what this could do to her? How long her mind will have to stay in that body?"

         "KNOCKOUT!"

A horrid scream... an energon freezing cry... Wildstryke.

         "Knockout please... it's not his fault..." she pleaded, but I did not turn to look at her expression, her wavering voice was enough to warn me that she was scared. For Soundwave, and herself.

Retracting my saw blades, I stepped away from the TIC, allowing him to get up.

         "I'm sorry." A faceless apology...

With that he left.

     I felt a servo to my shoulder, but I was far too afraid of the look on Wildstryke's faceplate to turn to her. She wrapped her arms around me, like a scared sparkling... there's the possibility of there soon being one... But what price will it come with?

         "Do you not want the Sparkling?" she asked softly.

         "I just don't want you to be hurt." I avoided the question. Of course I wanted the Sparkling. To raise one with her would be a dream come true, but to raise one without her would be torture. A nightmare.

         "Knockout I'll be fine," I felt a servo on my cheekplate, and she made me look to her, "Trust me. I'm only shocked."

         "Megatron can't know."

         "And he won't. I'm neutral, there's one other place I can go."

         "There's two who would oppose."

         "Well they can deal, and I'm sure Arcee will understand the weight of a Sparkling, especially in the middle of a war."

I sighed, and held her close, not wanting to let her go. Two lives... I have two lives to cherish... too protect... but I'm selfish, and I want to keep them near me. Why did I choose the path of Decepticon? Would this have been easier if I had chosen to be an Autobot? Would I have even met (Y/N) as an Autobot? Now that I think of it, probably not... and I can't imagine my life without her.