Healing Hearts

Chapter 13

Megatronus ignored his emotional programs, pushing them to the farthest corners off his processor in order to maintain his menacing exterior as he stalked through the halls of the Nemesis, looking for his only other trusted ally, Soundwave.
However, after doing this for roughly three human hours, Megatronus decided to sit and wait for something interesting to happen in his throne room, as he needed to think about the full extent of what he had to do now that he was cured of his possession as well.

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The steady, heavy footfalls of an approaching mech brought Megatronus out of his musings. Watching Knockout approach and kneel at his throne, the Decepticon Lord waved him to his pedes, waiting to hear any information the medical officer could have found.
"My Lord, as you know, the Allspark creates our energon. As you have the Allspark's power in your spark, you should be able to create energon by extension. My processor believes that by willing it so, you can infuse cubes with energon. I brought an empty cube in for testing."
Raising an opticplate in curiosity, Megatronus took the empty cube Knockout presented him with, looking at it as he pondered the possibility. "Yes, that would make sense. Thank you, Knockout."
The mech smiled brilliantly as his shoulder plates dropped lightly in relief. However, the light on his faceplate dimmed after a few moments. "Uh. My Lord, I would hate to inconvenience you, but could I- possibly- scan your spark once more? Simply to compare my earlier data, of course."
Megatronus inwardly grimaced at the medical officer's pitiful worry whenever he had to communicate with his 'leader', but outwardly, nothing on his faceplate changed. "Of course, Knockout."

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Megatronus watched the red and white mech with growing interest as his shoulder plates elevated themselves and his body scrunched inwards. His faceplate was streaked with stress while his optics narrowed in worry. He was frantically scrolling through and comparing his data when Megatronus' fuel wiring began to chill.
"...this doesn't make any sense."
Hearing those words did not ease the warning screen that popped up inside of Megatronus' processor.
"What is the problem, Knockout?"
The 'Con jumped, looking up with wild optics, as if he had forgotten Megatronus' presence in the room whilst he had been in his processor. "Oh- my- my Lord! It is nothing. I'm sure... Just a glitch in my systems... Yes- just one moment..."
Slamming his servo down on his throne, Megatronus didn't necessarily take pleasure in the second jump he scared out of his subordinate.
"What is it, Knockout?"
The mech was silent for a few moments, optics flickering up to his leader and down to his data, before he responded.
"The Allspark energy is gone, my Lord."

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Harry sighed as he looked up at the pouring sky, thinking it reflected his mood pretty spot on. Until his vision was blocked by a wet piece of paper, that is.
Sitting up with a groan, the Arcane Healer picked the paper off of his face and took a look at it, noticing a picture and large font on the front. The photo was one of a big german shepherd, and the message was of its disappearance. The family had posted a reward to be received if the dog- Nala- was found and brought back to their address.
Smiling at the pretty pup, Harry wiped his glasses clean of rainwater and stood up, looking around as he did so. There was no one out on the streets due to the bad weather, and so Harry pulled out his wand and cast one of the most basic tracking charms he knew. "Point me to Nala, the dog."
His wand spun quickly on his palm before pointing steadily SouthEast. Looking up in that direction, the wizard sighed when he noticed a large fence innocently standing there.
Casting a disillusionment charm, Harry leapt up into the sky and decided to track Nala this way, rather than run into more obstacles, as the man noticed several other buildings sitting directly in the path his wand continued to point to.

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Finding the german shepherd ended up not being a problem for the Boy-Who-Lived, but getting the dog would prove difficult, as Nala had somehow managed to land herself in a pound.
Looking through the bars of her large cage, the Arcane Healer felt a pang in his heart. Nala looked up at him with a wagging tail and panting face, uncomprehending of the fact that some family was worried sick about this big dog.
Harry sighed gently as he looked at Nala's information and saw the price tag of the runaway pup. With Harry, having a lot of money on hand wasn't exactly a priority, as he had access to Gringotts in almost every country in the world. The only problem with that- and as Harry realized it, he mentally kicked himself- was muggle currency. Most of the US currency he had on him had been spent on food with Megatronus, and now he definitely wouldn't have enough money to buy Nala back.
Nonchalantly turning an eye to spot for security, Harry noted camera positions and frequency, relieved to only see two covering each isle. It would be difficult, but not as dangerous as many of the things he had had to do in the past. Saving prisoners of war and foreign diplomats was, unfortunately, one job his spidey sense gave him a lot.