Optimus x Ratchet

Needed friend

Warning: gore, ptsd, and mentions of rape and gruesome torture

Ratchet's back-kit was removed but luckily he was only chained by the wrists. He could move to ace's side but that's all that the bounty hunter would allow. Ratchet had practically shook lockdown to give him medical supplies and the bounty hunter did so, a little later.

Ratchet huffed out as he put the given medical tools aside, "ace, how are you feeling?" The mech looked over and smiled a little, "thanks ratchet.. now we better get the frag out of here. I don't want to be handed over to the damn.." ace winced as he moved his arm, ratchet quickly held it down and said, "you can't move like this.." "watch me." Ace moved his arm around a little more before feeling his servo slip through the strap. Ratchet blinked before asking, "how did you-?" Ace cut in, "a little trick i learned. Plus, he didn't strap them down tightly. One of the reasons i like having small servos." Ace then grabbed the straps and ripped them away as he then grabs one of the medical tools and used it to break the rest of his straps and then destroyed ratchet's. "Ace! That's delicate equipment! We-!" "Don't need it and don't need to be careful with it because it's not ours." The speedster replied as he grunted in pain as he got off the slab and grabbed the tweezer and went over to the vents in the room. Ratchet huffed out, "through the vent..?" "Through the vent."

Ratchet sighed out and whispered angrily, "you could've just unlocked that door!" "I know him well enough to set up an alarm on the door but I haven't seen him set up a trap in the vents so-" ratchet grumbled curses as he continued to crawl behind ace, not liking the tight predicament he was in.

Ratchet and ace had escaped through a small ship lockdown had. Ratchet was looking for medical tools to fix ace more until he felt a servo on his shoulder. He jumped and turned around and vented out before shouting, "you scared me, ace!" The smaller mech raised his servo, "sorry but.. i wanted to know.. is it true..? You are optimus prime's mate?!" He raised his optic ridge before mentally facepalming, "ah, uhm.. ace.. i- okay.. optimus is not a god- i mean- yes, he has the matrix of leadership which is linked to primus in some way but- he is a normal bot just like us." Ratchet watched as ace had a stone-face until slowly becoming a panicked one. "Ace- calm down- vent, for the love of-" he watched as ace held onto his shoulders and shake him, still not saying anything before venting in deeply. "There you go.. ace, vent." The mech nodded as he continued to vent in and out deeply before calming down. He then collapsed onto the floor, ratchet tried to hold him but eventually crouched down in front of him, "ace.. i know it's hard for you to comprehend but vent.. alright..?" Ace only nodded, eerie silent, he vented and slowly continued to find medical supplies for the still-injured mech.

"Ace.. are you feeling alright..?" The medic asked as the mech slowly nodded, "I'll.. be fine.. a-anyways, do you need fixing? I know I'm no medic but i know a few basic skills." Ratchet waved a servo, "he barely hurt me, i already pounded my own dents out and my self repares are taking care." The elite guard gave a curt nod before moving to get off the medberth. "Ep, ep, ep! By doctors orders, I'm confining you to this medberth until you're better." "Ratchet, I'm-" "ep, EP!" The speedster sighed before giving a nod, "doctors' orders.." the medic smiled a little before placing a servo on his shoulder, "thank you.. please rest, you need it." The slim mech vented as he watched the mech go, most likely going to the bridge to see where we're headed. Ace closed his optics as he slid down in his berth a little, 'i guess some recharge won't hurt...'

"AAAAAAAHHHH"
He felt the synthesized energon compound course through his left leg, it felt like he was being boiled from the inside-out. He chocked out some energon as he shivered, he had no clue how much longer he could take. The scientist laughed as he pulled out the needle from ace's leg, "it seems to be working better! This new toxic energon will be the top hit on how to kill your enemies slowly and painfully." Ace only scowled as he shouted in pain again, the strange chemical shooting through his systems. He vented out as he tried to remain stoic but his pain and fear was slowly starting to show through. "I- will- ngh!- stop, y-you.." the scientist laughed and said cockily, "you can try, precious." Ace yelled again as the scientist brutally pulled his arm off, he smiled as he dangled the arm in front of the smaller mech. "I'm gonna make them believe your offline so i can finally do my experiments in peace! What number was i on..? Oh yeah! Test subject number 0197."

"AAAAAAHHH-"
Ace sat up venting heavily before looking over to the medic who busted into the medbay and frantically looked around before rushing over to the black mech. "Ace! Are you alright?!" "Y-yes I'm fine.." the white bot hummed before crossing his arms, "i know you well enough to know you are not fine." The medic then sat down next to the elite guard and asked, "what happened to you..?" Ace sighed as he looked to the wall, "I'll try to make it short and brief for the two of us.." "very well.." it was silent for a moment before ace vented in deeply and said, "when iacon fell, me and some of the remaining elite guards stood our ground against the decepticons. We fought but the cons overruled us.. they were too powerful.. our last base was discovered and destroyed and they lined us up to die. They slaughtered us one by one until seven of us were left.. including me... we were brought before the warlord and then we were brought to separate cells to be interrogated, of course i said nothing.. they then brought us all back together to force us witnessing each other get tortured then slaughtered... during that time, megatron left so he left his three top scientists in charge of our execution. Shockwave, jetfire, and toxic.. I'd say toxic is the worst out of the three.. heh.. i can tell you that by experience... he was the most sadistic mech I've ever known. As i watched my comrades offline, he kept me alive.. he.. used me as his... property... soon after he was bored he tortured me even further.. he took my arm and placed it on a autobot flag. He used me as a test subject and..." ace looked at ratchet, he could see the pain and fear in his optics. "Ratchet.. i wanted to offline.. i wanted to offline myself. He knew and forced me to stay online... I couldn't hold on anymore until.. until jetfire saved me. He betrayed the decepticons and saved me... we went as far as we could, away from any decepticon base. At first i thought i was finally loosing it until he cared for me.. or at least he tried.. heh, he became an autobot.. he became an ally and we survived together on our dead planet until.. the decepticons found us and.."

Flashback

"Ace, run."

"No, i am fighting with you!"

"You are in no condition to fight!"

The two growled at each other before a shot flew by them, they both ducked under a scrap heap nearby and continued to argue. "I'm not leaving you alone, jetfire." "I can take a few blows but you can't!" Ace opened his dermas but then shut them as more shots rang out near them. "Ace.. live for me.. live for your lost friends. I will do my best to come back and find you.." "jetfire..." the shuttle hugged him quickly and transformed, he jetted away and the cons quickly followed after him. Ace could only watch as he felt tears flow down his faceplates.

Flashback ends

Ratchet hugged the mech tightly as he heard ace silently cry into his shoulder.
"The war's over...

the war's over..."

Hahah- time to kill ace- i mean, ratchet's going to have fun- primus save me- cya in the next chap