Warning: This chapter has blood and gore. Don't read it if your stomach can't handle it or if it just triggers you.

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I woke up. Surrounded my darkness. I lifted my head but hit something hard, just inches above me. My hands moved over the texture. Wood. I was surrounded by wooden planks. I soon started to realize that  I was mostly somewhere buried alive. I kicked against the wood, feeling the sand coming in a little. I screamed but it was helpless. I felt tears running down my face. Next to me, I felt something. A prepaid telephone. With the weak light coming from it as I pressed on the numbers, I managed to have a better look around. I am buried alive. My heart rate sped up instantly. It means limited air...

I forced myself to stay calm and searched through the phone. Just one number. I called the number. 'Awake?' It was the soldier the caught me. 'What have you done!' I sneered. 'Spare your breath, hun... otherwise you die quicker,' he cooed. 'Let me out of here!'
'It really depends on how fast Sunstreaker is.' I felt tears wiggling down my face. 'Why?' I whispered. 'Why not? Isn't it a fun game?' He asked. I closed my eyes for a moment. 'Why don't you call him?' He asked. I disconnected the call and dialed Sunny's number. 'Sunstreaker?'

'Why do you call with an annoyance anonymous number? Where are you?' He asked. He sounded genuinely concerned. 'I don't know... that soldier you saw while we were calling is the one who caught me. He buried me alive... I don't know how long I have been here but... if I am running out of air—' I cut myself off. 'It's gonna be okay... don't worry. I will help you.'

'Do you remember anything? Were you knocked out?'

A silence fell as I realized to who that voice belonged. 'Dreadraid?' He hummed. 'Don't bomb me with questions and spare your breath... talk to me, have you seen anything?' He asked. 'No, he caught me in the corridor and knocked me out. He left this phone with me to call him... it's a game. He's challenging you, Sunny.'

'Okay, don't worry. We will get to him... give me his number. If we call him and picks up, Dreadraid can trace his phone,' he said. 'If you kill him you will never know where I am.'

'I know... just calm down, okay?'

'Alright...' I mumbled. 'I love you,' Sunstreaker murmured. 'I love you too,' I muttered. I will call you back, okay? You need to spare the battery and your breath. Try to breath as slow as possible and don't panic. The more you panic, the more you breath,' Sunny stated. 'I won't...' I muttered. I gave them the phone number before I disconnected the phone call.

((Sunstreaker's P.O.V))
'You two are together?' Dreadraid asked. 'Yeah,' I sulked and got up. 'Aside from our rivalry...' he started. I sighed and turned around. 'I am sorry for what our father did to you,' he began. 'Dreadraid, don't! You have done awful things to me too... don't try to make things right, you don't mean what you say. I have only one brother,' I stated. 'Sideswipe... he's my little brother too,' he stated. 'He's scared of you... he doesn't see you as a brother,' I growled. 'Of course, he's always been the soft one, isn't he?'

I slammed him against a tree. 'Leave Sideswipe out of this. I swear, I will kill you,' I snapped. 'Why haven't you done that already, Sunstreaker?' He asked and pushed me aside. 'Piss off! I have better things to do than wasting my time here with you! She doesn't have much longer,' I snarled.
'Call that human,' he growled. I sat down on my hood. 'Try to keep him up as long as possible as so I can track his location,' he grumbled. I rolled my eyes and dialed his number. 'He will know it's me.'

'Jeez, little brother...' he snitched my phone out of my hands. 'Make sure to track him in time because... I will beat you up if you don't,' he snapped and threw me aside. I snorted. I didn't see him as my brother. I am used to Sideswipe's sweet and loving nature. He makes me whole and I love him. It's so hard for me to believe that this evil creature is my older brother. I was the first born, I should be the older brother. Not him.

I glanced at him. 'Ready?' He snapped. I gave a small nod and watched with crossed arms. 'Hello?' The soldier asked. 'To who am I speaking?' Dreadraid asked. 'Griffin Smith,' he replied. 'Sorry, who are you?' He asked. He looked at me and I nonchalantly shrugged. 'Raid,' he replied. He could come up with so much and he came up with that name? In my opinion too obvious. 'Why are you calling me?' He asked. 'I have a few questions, do you mind if I ask them?' Dreadraid asked. 'Depends on what you're going to ask,' the soldier said.

While Dread was keeping him up, I managed to get his location. I gestured to Dreadraid that I found it. 'I think I dialed the wrong number,' he said and disconnected the call. 'Humans are stupid,' he scowled. 'You think?' I growled. 'Why don't you follow me instead, little brother?' Dread asked. 'Because I hate you... I am not like you.'

'We are Cybertron's most feared serial killers... and you're telling me you're not like me?' He scoffed. 'Let's use that as an advantage, okay? We are wasting time,' I snapped and hopped in. Dreadraid followed me and on the way, Optimus called me. 'Where are you, Sunstreaker? You should've been back already,' he said. 'I know... something came between it. Skylar is buried alive somewhere and we are going to find out where,' I growled.
'Who?' He asked. 'A soldier... this is my mission, Prime. I am going to do this my way. Don't come between it. Tell Sideswipe not to worry and don't come after me, he will get himself into trouble if he does,' I said before disconnecting he call.

I cut my engine and looked at the small log. 'So? What are we going to do?' I asked as I hopped out. 'We are not going to kill it obviously, but we are going to push him a little bit,' Dreadraid said as he marched over the log. 'Do you think she'll be here somewhere?' I asked. He looked around, 'mostly grass... if you see any dirt, feel free to check,' he said and walked ahead of me. 'Why do you like her so much?' I asked. 'She's my mate,' Dreadraid said. 'Excuse me?' I hissed. 'The female is mine,' he snapped. 'If you abduct her—' he cut me off. 'I will do more than kidnap her. I will cut her legs off so she will never be able to ran towards you,' he snapped. Anger rose up, but I needed to keep my calm. 'The female stays with me,' I said calmly. 'We will see about that,' he grumbled.

Dread knocked on the door and Griffin opened. Before he could ask, I slammed him against the wall. 'Do you think you could get away this easily!' I shouted. Dreadraid pushed me aside. 'Who are you?'
Dread laughed, 'I am Sunstreaker's older brother... Dreadraid,' he said. Griffin's eyes widened in fear and shock. 'Let's do this quick, shall we?' He asked. The human whimpered as we sat him down. 'Where is she?' I snapped and slammed my fist on the table while Dreadraid walked off. 'Why?' I snapped.

Dreadraid walked back with something. 'This is a friar,' he explained to me. Griffin seemed just as confused. 'Let's warm it up. I love fried body parts,' he purred. Griffin looked at me. 'Where is she?' I asked. Griffin said nothing. 'Asshole,' I scowled. 'If you kill me, you'll never find her and she dies,' he snapped. Dreadraid snorted while leaning against the wall. 'Tie him up, little brother.' I rolled my eyes but tied him up. 'I am gonna teach you something,' he added. I snorted and crossed my arms again.

Dread walked up to Griffin and sat down for a moment. 'I am curious how far you are willing to go,' he said. 'We can do this the hard way, or you tell me where she is, okay?' Griffin glared at Dread. 'Not really cooperative, huh?' He asked. 'Alright little brother... I am going to make you some food,' he said. Dread grabbed a large kitchen from the kitchen and sat down again. 'Obviously, we don't want to kill him just yet... so, it's important to hit the bone in one hit and cut it off nicely so burning it together will not give too much of a problem.'

'We don't have time for this,' I sulked. 'This guy needs to be a little bit motivated,' he said and glared at the soldier. He was shaking by now. 'Just tell us where she is,' I said. 'Griffin looked at me. 'How does it feel? To not know where a loved one is? This is how I felt when you killed my wife,' he snapped but it turned in a scream. Dread picked up the cut off hand and started to cut it in pieces. 'Burn his wound closed.'

I growled but did as he requested. The guy was panting and scared obviously. 'You're not gonna die,' I said. 'Where is she and you can end this,' I said. 'Buried,' he said. I grabbed his throat. 'Where?' I snarled. He laughed, 'you think I am going to tell you?' He asked Dreadraid hit his head. 'You're going to experience what real pain means, human...'