Awhile later Arcee and Ultra Magnus came to in a cell in the brig. And were relieved to see Ratchet was there with them and ok.

But Knock Out was nowhere to be seen. And Arcee and Ultra Magnus explained to Ratchet what happened. And now all three of them were worried about their friend just hoping he was alive and ok.

When Alpha Q appeared outside their cell. "You all caused quite a disturbance today." He told them.

"What have you done with Knock Out?" Asked Ultra Magnus.

"Your friend is in our medbay receiving treatment for his injuries." Alpha Q replied.

"You shouldn't have been snooping around and that unfortunate accident could have been avoided." Alpha Q added.

"Accident!" "Gnaw Shot Knock Out twice!" Yelled Ratchet. "In what twisted universe does that qualify as an accident?"

"You know how unpredictable Sharkicons can be Gnaw probably misunderstood the situation." Alpha Q told them.

"Stop pretending to be trying to help us we know your planing to invade Cybertron and Earth." Growled Arcee.

"Your trial will be tomorrow at down." Alpha Q said before leaving the brig.

"We need to find a way out of here." Said Arcee.

"I have a plan." Ratchet told them.
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Meanwhile in the medbay Knock Out painfully regained consciousness only to see that he was strapped down on a berth with Quintessionts around him.

He felt pain through his whole body. And was having trouble focusing but he just knew his systems had been fried.

He could feel some of the Quintessionts were drilling into him and he could also feel them poking wires into him and tampering with the ones that were already inside him.

And they were using needle to draw energon from him. And he was in so much pain he felt like he was fighting in the pits of Kaon.

Even in his currently weakened state and with the amount of pain that was surging through his frame as a medic Knock Out could tell they were hurting him more then they were helping him.

He had to try to ask them to stop it. They were damaging him and at this rate might end up killing him.

Knock Out started trying to move his servos and lift his helm up. And kept muttering. "No!" "Nnoo!" Not being able to bring his voice above a whisper and continued to moan, groan and whimper in agony. As he was trying to beg them to stop torturing him.

"Get him to quiet down." One of the Quintessionts said coldly.

Then Knock Out saw one of the Quintessionts leave then come back with a syringe that he filled with a sedative.

"No please don't!" Knock Out pleaded weakly. "Please don't give me that!" "Don't put me under!" "Please don't do this!"

"Don't worry this will help you relax." The Quintessionts said darkly as he used one of his tenticoles to hold Knock Out's now trembling body still while he used the other to give him the shot.

Knock Out felt the drug start taking effect and was trying desperately to stay alert and fight it not wanting to go into stasis terrified he might not wake up again.

He moved against his restraints a few times before what little strength he had left him and he became still. And could only stair at all the Quintessionts who were above him.

Knock Out just kept blinking and moving his optics as everything got more and more blurred and fuzzy before it all went dark as his optics rolled shut and the sedative took effect.
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Meanwhile a Sharkicon was walking through the hallway when he heard someone yell from the brig. Then ran into see what was going on.

"Someone help I think he's dying!" Arcee scream through the bars of the cell. "Ratchet's having a spark attack!"

"Well can't you guys take care of it I heard one of you was a medic?" Asked the Sharkicon.

"Yes him!" Arcee said pointing at Ratchet who was on the floor.

"Oh." The Sharkicon said as he opened the cell door and walked in. "The Quintessionts won't be happy if one of you die before your trial."

But the next thing the Sharkicon knew was being jumped by both Arcee and Ultra Magnus as Ratchet jumped up off the floor and punched him square in the faceplates knocking him out cold.

Then the three of them left the brig locking the Sharkicon in the cell behind them.

"Now we have to find the medbay and save Knock Out." Said Arcee.

"And the sooner the better no telling what those Quintessionts are doing to him." Add Ratchet.

Then they went down the hallway careful not to run into any Quintessionts or Sharkicons.

Until after what seem like wondering around the hallway for hours they found the medbay.

And were greeted with the sight of Knock Out laying on a berth restrained and unconscious hooked to several machines with a few Quintessionts drilling into him and poking wires and needles into him.

This caused Arcee to snap and she started attacking the Quintessionts who appeared to be dissecting Knock Out.

The Quintessionts feld as soon as they saw her coming at them.

Arcee started to chase them wanting to end them for what they did. But she went to the berth where Ratchet was working to get Knock Out unhooked from the machines and started helping him undo Knock Out's restraints.

Then Ratchet grabbed some medical tools and a first aid kit along with Knock Out's prob. While Ultra Magnus gently carried their injured friend. And Arcee kept her blasters ready to cover them if they ran into any Sharkicons.

They quickly made it outside the building and hid inside a ship unfortunately this ship had been abandoned because it was in no shape to fly. Ratchet got to work treating Knock Out hoping he could save the red mech after getting him to the ship's medbay which fortunately was still operational.

They were all worried because Knock Out was unresponsive and Ratchet could tell several of his circuits had been fried when he had been electrocuted after falling into the foutine with his energon prob.

Both wounds from where he'd been shot were showing signs of being infected. And Ratchet felt anger boil inside him when he saw that the Quintessionts so called treatment had only added to the red sports car's injuries.

Ratchet could also tell that Knock Out had been sedated and whatever it was the Quintessionts had given him they had used an unsafe dosage.

"Is he gonna be ok?" Asked Arcee.

"It's too soon to tell." Ratchet explained. "But we need to get him to a proper medical facility."

"All I can do right now is try to make sure he's comfortable and keep him stable to buy him time." Ratchet added sadly.

"There must be something we can do?" Said Ultra Magnus.

"We need to get off this planet and get him to a better equipped medbay this ship's medbay dosn' t have the proper equipment." Ratchet explained.

"Then we need to find parts to fix this ship enough to get it flying." Said Arcee. "And we need to figure out what happened to Smokescreen."

"Let's go try to find parts for this ship." Ultra Magnus told Arcee. "Ratchet you stay here and keep Knock Out functioning."

"Ok but you two be careful." Ratchet told them as he continued working to keep Knock Out alive.

"If he dies I'll make them pay." Thought Arcee feeling bad for the way she had treated the red mech and now he was hurt and possibly dying because he had tried to save her and Ultra Magnus.

Now she just hoped he would pull through so she would get a chance to thank him and make up for how she had treated him.

To Be Continued.

Well there another chapter for you. Hope your all enjoying it. I'll try to have the next chapter up soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback. Sorry this one is late I could have sworn I hit publish but was looking over my chapters and saw it listed as draft. Sorry for the inconvenience.