Gotta go fast

Chapter 23

He was so overjoyed that he couldn't describe it when his systems picked up the activated homing beacon from Luna. Having heard that the autobots plan had failed in trying to locate the warship he had lost hope of ever finding Luna. However that hope was restored soon enough and he didn't waste time in jumping around in circles. Knock Out had immediately gone to the others and explained things, telling them he had a fix on the warships location. At which point Optimus had been bridged back by Raf and all of them prepped for a big battle.

They had bridged to the flight deck of the Nemesis and were quickly engaged in battle although a couple of vehicons were easy to take down. Prime then ordered the wreckers lead by Ultra Magnus to storm the bridge so that they could take control of the ship while Arcee, Bumblebee, Smokescreen and himself were supposed to find Ratchet and prevent the Omega Lock from firing upon Earth. He didn't question the orders and ran behind Arcee as the team split up but as he was running his processor kept running over the screams. The screams of Luna in pain. They had done it to get at him which really ticked him off.

He was sure that she was still alive, the decepticons would have kept her alive so that he suffering could continue. It disgusted Knock Out that he was once one of these barbarians.

Soon enough the four of them transformed so that they could move faster but he lingered in the back with his mind on something other than the mission at hand. He had called out to her through the channel but she could not do the same as she was in so much agony. He didn't know if he was more hurt or angry about the whole thing. Luna had put her faith and trust in him and he had let her down. He promised to keep her safe and he had failed to do so; just like she said he would just not in so many words.

They were forced to stop when Smokescreen slowed his pace and transformed "Go on without me"

Arcee, Bumblebee and Knock Out transforming as well as they saw that the rookie was breaking up the group "That isn't the mission"

He activated his phase shifter on his arm "There's something I need to do" with that he ran through the ships walls so that he could get to where ever he was going quicker. The femme huffed giving the two mechs annoyed glares but just as she was about to run off again Knock Out brought his servo up to his audio receptors and spoke through the comm link "Requesting permission to find Luna, Optimus" Arcee glared at him even more.

"Are you crazy Knock Out? We need to secure the Omega Lock before the cons use it to cyberform Earth"

Arcee was arguing against Knock Out which only gave him the idea to defy orders anyway. "With all due respect Luna was in my care and I failed to protect her; she is hurt and we do not know of her condition. Even so the decepticons may use her against us and I for one do not wish for that to happen because it will either end with the destruction of the planet or the death of Luna" his voice had gotten louder the more he spoke.

With Optimus still listening the two stopped bickering so that they could hear their leader's orders. "Proceed Knock Out" the medic nodded even though the Prime could not see him before running in the opposite direction think that the most likely place they would keep Luna would be the brig. He punched his way through a group of vehicons that were blocking his path only to run into more of the drones up head. Bringing out his energon prod he extended it and span it in his servo as he rapidly approached them. Lunging it forward he stuck it in the one of the drone's spark chambers and kicked another away from him though that would keep him down. He took back the prod and stuck it into another's sensitive wiring which forced him to abandon his weapon when two more came at him but he knew exactly how to deal with them. Knock Out's servos transformed into his saw's and he swung them around but the cons were able to evade. Instead one landed a hit on him which made him stumble backwards. He groaned in frustration.