Hey, sorry it's been so long since I last updated. I didn't even realize it's been over half a year, there's just been a lot going on and I've been getting into other fandoms. But today I told myself that I'm gonna buckle down and work on a chapter, so here you go. Enjoy!

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Knockout rolls his optics as he listens to Starscream rant about Shockwave, "Did you seriously call me here to listen to you rant?"

Starscream stops and looks at him as he remembers the reason why he called him, "No! I called you here so you can explain to me exactly what you're doing. What kind of project is this that you're working on?"

They both look over to Breakdown/Cylas who is squirming on the berth he's strapped down to, "Starscream... Help me..." Cylas pleads.

Starscream chuckles, "What have you been inflicting on poor Cylas?"

"Just some Synthetic Energon," Knockout says as he holds up a container of the stuff which is ready to be injected, "I got a sample of it from the Autobots," he says as he injects it into Breakdown. They see his optics glow green for a second before he falls unconscious.

"What just happened?" Starscream asks in curiosity.

"Well, I've been reproducing the Synthetic formula to test its viability to use as an alternative energy source. However, the compound remains erratic, and there have been side effects."

"Such as?"

Cylas then starts screaming in rage, "Starscream, I hope you got your T-Cog replaced because I'm gonna tear it out all over again and feed it to Knockout!"

"Sheer, unbridled aggression," Knockout said in a calm tone.

"Such power and fury. Megatron has long desired a beast machine super-soldier, and we now possess the means of delivering one to him."

Knockout stood in the corridors waiting for Starscream to come back from talking with Megatron, he keeps running different scenarios in his processor on how he and Arcee can escape. His thoughts are interrupted by the door opening and he sees a fuming Starscream, "Did you speak with our liege about our little enterprise?"

"He was... otherwise engaged," Starscream replied as he cooled down and they headed back to the room. When the door opens they hear Cylas screaming.

"I will make you suffer in ways you will not believe!"

"Just how much of this Synthen have you given him?"

"One or two additional doses, three at the most. But Cylas's increasingly volatile nature isn't the only wrinkle," Knockout says before injecting another dose into Breakdown's body, "It appears that the more green stuff that I administer the faster this monstrosity formally known as Breakdown, burns through his own natural Energon reserves."

"This will not do! Megatron already possesses one unruly beast with that Predacon of his. What good is another freak of nature that cannot be controlled?" Starscream pauses for a second as a thought occurred to him, "Wait. I'm a fool."

Starscream leads Knockout to another room where he sets a crate of Dark Energon onto a table, "Dark Energon!? You are more than a fool Starscream! I think your neuro cluster has blown a massive fuse!"

"Oh on the contrary dear doctor, adding Dark Energon to the formula should provide Megatron with full control over his super-soldier."

"Okay, true that Lord Megatron seems to possess a symbiotic link to anyone or thing infused with the dark matter allowing him to manipulate them as if they were puppets but, have you forgotten what the so-called blood of Unicron did to our warship?"

"That was the result of a massive infusion, I'm suggesting a drop or two merely enough to allow our master to command his warrior at will."

"Even so it's too drastic a measure to take without Shockwave's approval, I do after all report to him."

"Not on this project! Super soldiers fall under military operations meaning, dear Knockout, that you now report to me. Are we clear?"

Knockout had no choice but to agree and he proceeded to inject Dark Energon into Breakdown's body, but things took a turn that they did not expect. Breakdown turned into a Terrorcon and started attacking every Vehicon he came across turning them into Terrorcons as well. Knockout and Starscream were running for their lives until they ran into Megatron, they tried to explain the situation to him, more so Starscream blaming Knockout for everything, but Megatron didn't believe them until he saw one of the Terrorcons himself. 

Knockout and Starscream were told to hunt down 'their creation' and eradicate it, "We should split up," Knockout suggests.

"Split up!? Have you gone mad!?" Starscream asks not liking the idea.

"We can cover more ground. When one of us finds him we call the other. I'll go this way," Knockout reasons before heading off in the direction that leads to med-bay.

"I didn't agree to this!" Starscream tries to argue but Knockout was already running up the corridor not listening to him so he went the other direction.

Knockout heads straight to med-bay to get Arcee, this is the perfect distraction. He walks into med-bay and finds Arcee still sitting on the berth, "Starscream unknowingly helped me make a distraction. We need to get going," he says as he grabs her servo and runs out of med-bay with her trailing behind him.

"What kind of distraction did you guys make?"

"Uh... We accidentally started a Terrorcon plague on the ship."

"What!? Have you guys lost it!?"

"It was Starscream's idea!"

"Of course it was, he's full of bad ideas!"

"Not all are bad ideas."

Knockout and Arcee come to a stop when they see Starscream blocking their path while pointing his missiles at them. He smirks at them as he continues speaking, "I have one idea that I just came up with that I know Megatron will love. But that means I can't allow you to leave this warship, Arcee." 

"Starscream! I thought you went another direction!" Knockout says looking surprised and confused.

"I did, but then I circled around to meet you because I guessed you were up to something. Now I see that you're trying to help Arcee escape. Megatron will not be pleased when he finds out."

"And exactly what idea did you come up with?"

"You'll find out as soon as we finish dealing with the issue at hand," Starscream says with a wicked grin.

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Sorry, it's a bit short, I'm getting to the part of the story where I'm starting to draw blanks on how to proceed. I started getting an idea while I was writing this chapter but I still have to work it out.