Gotta go fast

Chapter 8

Knock Out had returned back to the Nemesis after leaving Luna on the roof of her home. He had returned only to be scowled by Starscream for disappearing when he was needed most due to the autobots however in the medic's mind it was their fault for getting the autobots attention in the first place. He didn't care though. He had had enough, he wanted to see Luna. Since he was forced to leave her in the care of Bumblebee he was sure he would never see her again, she would be carted off to their base and be in autobot protection to which they would prevent him from seeing her.

The thought of it infuriated him that he would hurt Luna. His spark literally ached at the thought that he would do such a thing. But after hearing that she had experienced something that she never should have he had made a vow to protect her. He would not allow anything or anyone to harm her. Even when he verbally said it she made it perfectly clear that the promise he made could never be kept. His thoughts pondered the entire time he worked until he was finished which didn't take too long considering he was quite skilled in his work. When there was no more drones that needed attention or scratches on his paint job that needed buffer out Knock Out went straight to his berth. Since the day he was forced to leave Luna he hadn't had much recharge time but he saw no reason as to why he wouldn't be able to now. A smirk grew on his faceplates knowing that very soon he was going to have some fun with those humans with Luna by his side.

The next day Knockout was back to his usual routine; stock up his energon supply, tidy the med bay and tend to any check-ups the drones had if there wasn't any other tasks to complete. He paced himself down the hall with a data pad in his right hand when Breakdown appeared in front of him. "Megatron's got a mission for us" his voice was quite low and heavy it had been like that since Mech dissected him. He had refused to let Knock Out take a look and see what he could do, as far as he was concerned it was his fault and he should have to live with it.

The red mech sighed "What now?" his reply was a shrug of the shoulders from Breakdown before they both made their way to the bridge. Knock out disposed of his data pad to a passing by drone before walking through the doors that shut immediately behind them with a loud metallic thud. He observed Megatron at the far end waiting for him with Soundwave stood to the left of him and many other drones stood in an orderly fashion waiting to be sent out into the field. Breakdown stood by the troops while Knock Out approached the war lord and kneeled before him, his bowed down.

"Knock Out you go with Breakdown and retrieve a data cylinder that had been detected by Soundwave" Megatrons hand gestured to his silent communications officer, his visor lit up with the schematics and location of the prized object "Bring it back so that we may uncover what mystery it withholds and if any bot gets in the way terminate them" the gladiators voice was quiet as he spoke but that didn't mean that it was soft or comforting in fact it was quite the opposite. It still had a pitch that gave it growling tone and it was always intimidating to listen to. "As you wish my lord" Knock Out replied as he stood and lead the way for Breakdown and small fleet of decpticons to the bridge room. Soundwave had remotely inputting the coordinates for them and all that was required was the drone on duty to flick the switch.

Immediately as they walked through they were met with autobots, his optics narrowed on the cylinder that was his objective but he knew that they would have to fight to get it. Breakdown wasted no time in advancing on the bots with the drones following his lead. Knock Out's attention was then taken away from the data cylinder as he engaged Optimus in hand to hand combat. The prime seemed a bit distracted as he spoke into his comm link but he still upheld the fight.

Before long a ground bridge opened and the missing autobot appeared and joined the fight. Bulkhead jumped straight on to one of the drones and began punching. Pieces of shrapnel flew all over the place as the bridge closed. Knock Out knew that he could never win in a fight against Optimus Prime but that didn't mean he wouldn't try at least. He swung his left foot at the Prime's head but he easily blocked it with his right arm and used the other to swing at the medic but he evaded but stepping backwards away from the prime though that only allowed for him to punch again and actually hit him this time. Knock Out managed to keep his ground as he switched places with the autobot leader and began hitting him back. Small sparks appeared and quickly dissipated due to the force of metal on metal.