Infection

Suprised

Knockout's POV

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!!!!" Knockout yelped and covered his audio receptors. And I used to think Megatron was loud. Starscream was still on top of him and they were still piled at Megatron's peds. Starscream yelped as well and when he covered his audio receptors he fell over and rolled a few feet away. Knockout shook his helm and shakily got to his own peds. He stayed low to the ground and he subconsciously tucked his tail underneath him as he smiled sheepishly up at his master and Starscream scrambled farther away. He glared at the terrified seeker and then turned back to the warlord looming over him.
"Knockout! What happened?!" Megatron asked less loudly. He growled at Starscream who gave him an offended look but Megatron understood.
"STARSCREAM!" Megatron shouted as he turned towards Starscream who was once again pressing himself up against a wall. The panicking seeker tried to run but was caught by the tail and lifted off the floor. Before Knockout knew it Megatron had Starscream held by the neck up against a wall. The seeker squirmed and snapped but to no avail. It looked like the warlord was going to squeeze the life out of him but he was interrupted by the bridge doors opening to two more predicon like creatures. They were hardly recognizable but Knockout was able to distinguish them as Shockwave and Soundwave. He stood up straight to get a better look and Megatron dropped Starscream in surprise. Starscream scrambled behind him and shielded himself with his massive wings. Knockout ignored him and turned his attention to the new creatures.
Shockwave came in first and, like all of them, he had four legs and a long neck and tail. He had three thin sets of horns and what looked like a saw blade at the end of his tail. Being a driver he had no wings, instead he had a set of fin-like spikes above his shoulders like Knockout.
Soundwave walked in after him. Soundwave was long and slender with the same four legged structure. He had what looked like a sonic emitter at the end of his tail and he had long, thin wings. They were smaller than Starscream's but looked like they would work just as well. Lazerbeak was still attached to Soundwave's chest and, from what Knockout could see, he looked like a snake with wings.
Shockwave was clearly not pleased with their predicament, probably finds it illogical, and Soundwave's visor had the usual unreadable expression. Soundwave must have gotten the chemical on him during his fight with the autobots and then infected Shockwave in the medical bay.
"You to huh?" Starscream said stepping out from behind him. Always trying to one up Shockwave as usual. Knockout thought as he stepped aside to let Starscream pass. If he had to choose between the two he would probably choose Starscream simply because he's not as menacing.
"Shockwave, how did this happen?" Megatron asked clearly aggravated.
"Can he understand us?" Shockwave asked Knockout.
"Not a word." He replied.
"Logical." Shockwave said simply as he and Soundwave started walking out, "Do you still have the chemical in your lab?"
"Yes, but I don't know how much is left." He said glaring at Starscream. The seeker rolled his eyes and followed leaving him and Megatron behind. He growled a little and then turned to Megatron and nodded towards the direction the others had gone. The warlord stalked after them with Knockout behind him.
When they reached the lab Shockwave let Knockout go in first because he had a better idea of where the chemical had spilled. Not wanting to infect Lord Megatron Starscream and Soundwave spread their wings to stop him from entering and he stayed out until Knockout and Shockwave were done. Knockout walked over the the lab table were he had been working and jumped up onto it. He found his tablet and the spilled container of chemical were the only things up there. Some of the liquid was still inside the container and he rolled it back and forth before he managed to pick it up and set it straight. About 1/4 of the chemical was still in it and their were a few drops on the table. He closed the container and set it and his tablet aside while Shockwave checked to floor. He peered over the edge of the table to see that Shockwave had found a few drops on the floor.
"Just keep him away from those drops and he'll be fine." Knockout called to the others who let Megatron in. The warlord walked up to the table and then followed Shockwave to a screen were he began to type a message for Megatron to read. While they did that Knockout jumped of the table as Starscream jumped on it. When he gave the seeker a quizzical look he said,
"What, we might as well get used to these forms until Shockwave finds a cure." With that Soundwave jumped up next to him and down on the other side. Knockout shrugged and hopped back up on the table and walked along it. He then jumped to the next one which had nothing on it as Soundwave began to jump on and off the work stations around the lab zig zagging his way down the lab. Knockout joined him and kept jumping from table to table. Starscream went for longer jumps and began to flap his wings to make it. Eventually he lifted of the ground entirely and Soundwave did so as well. They did end up nocking over some of the tools on the tables but they paid no mind. The seeker flew above Knockout as he jumped the tables and Soundwave hovered on the other side of the lab. It was going pretty well until Starscream flew lower and as Knockout jumped and they collided and fell to the floor in a heap again. Megatron and Shockwave turned to them, having finished their conversation, and Knockout jumped up and walked over to them with Soundwave. Starscream growled and got up to follow.
"Knockout," Megatron began, "you and Shockwave will work on finding a cure while the rest of us will find a way to use what we have left on the auto bots." All of them smirked to each other at how their master still managed to come up with a way to harm the autobots. And so their work began.