"Get on with the next set of data, Y/N as soon as you head back. You are dismissed," Megatron ordered.

"Affirmative my liege," I bowed and exited the bridge. I passed by Starscream who just entered and greeted Knockout who seemed to be waiting for Screamer.

"Master I have made an important discovery-," Starscream approached Lord Megatron.

"Shockwave, what is the status of Project Predacon," but Megatron just interrupted him and focused on Shockwave on the bridge.

Starscream just scoffed and headed out back to Knockout. "Well?" Knockout asked and Starscream just huffed. They were busy having fun torturing Cylas in Breakdown's body in short.

----

"Dark Energon? You are more than a fool Starscream!" Knockout protested.

"Well with the dark energon, our master would be able to command him at will!" Starscream explained.

"Even if I were to do it, I'll have to get permission from Shockwave. After all, I report to him!" Knockout added.

"Well commanding soldiers like these are under military, so which means you report to me!" Starscream lectured.

Knockout eventually injected the dark energon. Combined with the injected synthetic energon, Cylas began experiencing uncontrollable reactions leaving Starscream and Knockout scared. The next moment, Cylas then growled and his mouth reveals a purple like glossa, he breaks free of the restraints causing Knockout and Starscream to back away.

"Energon!" He growled and stormed out of the bay and began chasing the two.

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I exited the lab and headed for the bridge to hand in another set of data. The area was quiet for a moment.

"Energon!"

I jumped and turned around to see a vehicon walking to me with zombie like motions. His glossa stuck out and it resembled terrocons.

More similar vehicons appeared causing me to scream at the top of my vocal processors. I immediately whipped out my weapon and began firing at them.

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Shockwave suddenly felt a discomfort in his spark, and he knows why.

"Soundwave, what is Y/N's current location?" Shockwave asked and Soundwave displayed footage on his visor. Shockwave backed up in shock witnessing the vehicons turned into terrocons and terrorising the ship.

"What is going on here?!" Megatron boomed.

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"You're the mastermind who began experimenting on the synth-en!" Starscream yelled.

"And you're the monkey wrench who decided to dabble in voodoo!" Knockout retorted.

"Energon!" The vehicon stood up and the two of them widened in shock.

"Ahh!" Starscream gasped and began shooting the vehicon while Knockout whipped out his saws.

"Aim for the head!" Knockout yelled.

"What how did you know?!"

"I have seen human horror films!"

Starscream just stared at Knockout with the 'what the frag' look.

"At drive in theatres!"

Starscream aimed his missile and fired at the head, knocking the vehicon out temporarily. Only for him to recover and fight back.

"Tch! Forget the head, go for the spark!" Starscream scoffed in frustration and shot right in his spark sending the vehicon on the ground.

"Human horror films, waste of time," Knockout remarked.

Not long after, the vehicon stood up again and begged for more energon.

"I thought he had no spark?!" Starscream said.

"Dark energon, it reanimates the dead!" Knockout recalled and they both ran for their lives.

"Perhaps we should unleash the predacon (*time skip predaking has been introduced*)" Knockout suggested.

"Out of the question Knockout! If that beast is infected he will be unstoppable!" Starscream objected.

"You there, have you spotted any unusual activity...in this sector?" Starscream asked several vehicons only to be chased away by infected ones.

----

I was rescued by Lord Megatron shortly after and we begun looking for answers.

We reached a hallway only to bump into Starscream and Knockout leaving them gasping.

"Will someone tell me what is going on?!" Megatron asked annoyed.

"Nothing master, all is quiet," Starscream tried.

"Too quiet," Knockout added and I cocked my optic.

"FUNNY?" Megatron remarked sarcastically.

"Well, allow me to explain. It was Knockout's fault!" Starscream pointed at KO.

"Exactly- wait what?!" Knockout whipped back.

"He infused a cocktail of synthetic energon and dark energon into Cylas who is now turning your entire crew into terrocon army!" Starscream added.

Megatron was lecturing Starscream on taking his dark energon supplies.

"Energon!"

We turned around and spotted another vehicon.

"Hey you there! What are you doing?! I order you, stand down!" Megatron growled baring his dentas.

The vehicon charged at our leader only to be met with his fusion cannon.

"We did try to tell you..." Starscream shrugged.

"Mhmm..." Knockout nodded.

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"What did you do that didn't allow Lord Megatron to control Cylas at will?" I asked Knockout and Starscream.

"The dark energon should be able to do the trick. But the synthetic energon might be interrupting it," Knockout explained.

"Soundwave, inform the entire crew to be on high alert and terminate if necessary." Megatron ordered. "As for you two, your fate remains undecided."

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I went out with Soundwave to check on the ship's progress. I spotted Dreadwing and some others taking out the infected vehicons.

All is well so far until we were met with insecticons heading in a specific direction. "Where are they going?" I asked.

"Insecticons...your queen has returned!" The familiar voice of that treacherous Arachnid echoed through the Nemesis.

"It's Arachnid!" I warned as the whole hoard of insecticons approached us.

"Soundwave!" Arachnid yelled but Soundwave remained stoned at usual. I wielded my weapons and got ready but Soundwave nudged me a little.

His visor displayed some moon and immediately Soundwave activated a groundbridge that forced all the insecticons through and out of the ship.

Everything was silent and done just like that.

"😃" Soundwave flashed an emoji from his visor causing me to giggle.

"Thanks Sounders," I giggled and we both walked back to the bridge as if nothing happened.

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"Your protocol worked. But with the reduced number of our troops, I cannot express how important it is for project predacon now. As for you Knockout, need I remind you that as the ship's medic, you report to Shockwave! Not Starscream!" Megatron lectured.

"Yes my liege," Knockout obeyed.

"To affirm that, you will hand over all your experiments to Shockwave, including the formulation of the synthetic energon!" Megatron added.

"As you wish master."

"As for you Starscream," Megatron glared at the second in command.

"Please master, allow me to explain things..." Starscream pleaded.

"No!" Megatron stormed forward. "Allow me to explain in a way you would understand!"

We just had to watch our master give Starscream another beatdown.

END