Redemption

Always There

The next day everyone was relieved to learn Starscream was awake and ok.

Arcee was the first one in to see him she apologized for the fight they had and explained about the synthetic energon and they made up. And Starscream thanked her for saving him on Shatter and Drop Kick's ship because DeAnn had told him about it after Knock Out told her.
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While those two were talking Knock Out had gone down to the brig to bring their prisoner his energon rashion but saw he wasn't in his cell. And just when he was about to sound the alarm he felt a blaster being pressed against his back.

"How did you get out?" Knock Out asked.

"I was able to override the locking mechanism on the cell." Brimstone explained as he continued to hold the blaster to Knock Out's spark chamber. "Now come along quietly or I'll kill you."

Knock Out had no choice but to do what the Star Seeker said. Knowing if he resisted right now he'd be killed. So was forced down the hallway trying desperately to think of a way out of his predicament.

When he noticed where Brimstone was going. He was heading right for the part of the base where the humans were. As soon as Knock Out realized this he started fighting Brimstone taking him by surprise and managed to make him drop the blaster which got kicked across the floor.

But unfortunately Brimstone was stronger then Knock Out and continued to have the upper hand as the two struggled. The Star Seeker now had the red sports car pinned down on the floor beating the scrap out of him.

Knock Out's optics were rolling to the back of his helm because Brimstone had the red medic dazed. When they suddenly head footsteps.

"Hey that's a different human then the one I chased last night." Brimstone hissed. "I'm gonna rip her apart!"

"No Shayna run!" Knock Out yelped as he saw who it was. Then Brimstone started after her but Knock Out who was still on the floor grabbed his legs as he grabbed his blaster that he ended up shooting part of the ceiling that caved in near where Shayna was running.

Luckily she was fine but it did end up blocking her path. There was now rubble keeping her from getting to safety. She would have to run the way Brimstone was currently coming from if she wanted to escape and didn't know how to get pass him.

Poor Knock Out had now been reduced to a crawl but was still fighting Brimstone desperate to protect his charge. And getting beaten up badly for his trouble. Then Brimstone started toward Shayna again Knock Out was down and trying desperately to get up and stop him but his body wouldn't obey all he could do was scream.

"No leave her alone!" "Don't hurt her!" "Please don't hurt her!" Knock Out begged as coolant tears were building in his optics. "No kill me instead!"

"No I think I'll let you watch as I crush her." Brimstone mocked. Knock Out still couldn't move but never in his life had he wanted so much to rip someone's spark out.

"No please don't!" Knock Out continued to plead.

Then all Knock Out could do was watch helplessly as Brimstone went after his charge who was trapped at a dead end.

Shayna saw Brimstone coming her way and she grabbed a rock and took a defensive stance she was hoping to hit him in the optic with it to distract him long enough to make a break for it and get help.

"Oh your actually going to try to fight back how cute." Brimstone mocked her. While Knock Out just kept screaming at him to leave her alone. Never had the cherry coloured transformer felt so helpless. He'd lost his best friend Breakdown during the war and now he was about to lose his human friend only this time was worse because Brimstone had made it perfectly clear we was going to force him to watch.

Brimstone started to reach for Shayna and in a panic she tossed the rock at him. It bounced off his helm then he fell over dead.

"What?!" Cried Shayna in complete shock not expecting what happened and was taken aback.

"Huh?!" Moaned an equally shocked Knock Out.

Then Wheeljack came from down the hallway and pulled one of his swords out of Brimstone's back that he'd thrown and had hit the Star Seeker right in the spark chamber with.

"Oh." "Yeah that makes a lot more sense." Said Shayna realizing what actually happened. "I was wondering how a little rock could kill a transformer."

"I was walking to the weapons locker when I saw Knock Out on the floor and Brimstone going after you and thought I'd better help." Wheeljack explained.

"Well thanks you stepped in just in time." Knock Out thanked him.

"Yeah thanks for the save." Shayna added. "Knock Out are you ok?" She then asked.

"Yeah I'm just glad your alright." He told her then tried to stand only to slump back down.

"Better get to the medbay." Shayna told her guardian. Then Wheeljack help Knock Out walk to the medbay.
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Later at the medbay Ratchet said Knock Out was going to be fine after a bit of rest. Much to everyone's relief. And after Knock Out and Shayna explained what went down they agreed to fix the locking mechanisms so they wouldn't be so easy to override.

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you from Brimstone earlier." Knock Out apologized to his charge. "I was totally useless back there maybe Wheeljack should be your guardian."

"Knock Out you were just out matched it happens to everyone and Wheeljack just showed up at the right time." Shayna told him.

"It's just I was so afraid I was gonna lose you back there." He said sadly.

"See that's what makes you perfect to be my guardian." She reassured him. "I saw how hard you were trying back there and I'm grateful for that." "And don't worry I'm not going anywhere."

"I'm glad partner." He told her with a little smile that she returned.

The team decided to take it easy and just relax knowing they had to stop the Star Seekers but after what they just went through decided they should give everyone time to recharge and would use it to think of a plan to stop the Star Seekers knowing Earth and Cybertron would neither one be safe as long as they were still a threat.

To Be Continued.

This was just a filler chapter the next one will have more action. And I'll try to have it up soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback. And we're almost to the climax now. I hope this chapter turned out ok it was a nightmare to come up with.