Instead of the Autobot's location base, Decepticon's base was discovered and of course Lord Megatron was very angry at Starscream. Because he let our informations leak to the Autobots, now they all have known about the map. It will be soon that they find out Megatron's plan. This would be only trouble of Starscream if one of entrance guardians didn't tell to Megatron that we had a betrayer. Then it was trouble of all when he managed to convince high-ranked Decepticons to discuss about this problem.

"Master, my Lord, I had reported the attack of an Autobot to the data processing center and confirmed definitely that there had been a reply, but then... It... It sounds as if someone was in that room and cut off our communicating system after that, so others couldn't know about things were going on. Besides, that one left the conputer screen on while he or she could shut down it. If it was shut down already, we all know Autobots need code to turn it on again, but they don't have that code, they can't do it themselves. I doubt that the computer could be still online in order to let our enemies see our plan?  So... So... I..."

<And I doubt that why such an intelligent Con like you still do the guard job, you badass> Forbidden mumbled inside her thought.

"Stop prevaricating and speak directly to me!" Megatron lost his patience and scolded. He was being in a bad mood.

"I meant we have a betrayal here and we must find out who it is."

Forbidden couldn't believe in what she had thought. She wished that Con would lay down docilely in the medbay after the fight with Autobot, but no, he didn't, and now he was wandering and talking silly things that would be her disadvantage in pleasure.

She caught Starscream's stare which immediately made she know very clear that he knew. Yes, without doubt.

He knew.

He knew.

He knew.

He knew what happened.

He knew it was her!

<How could he? Is he going to tell Megatron?> Thoughts made her tremble with fear, she tried to ignore a shiver was running through her metallic spine, but it wasn't time to be anxious or afraid. If she didn't do anything, she might be killed by her own respectable Lord. Her only obstacle now was Starscream as well as that entrance guardian. Forbidden grinned behind her black metal visor-mask. Her lovely risky game has begun and who has more informations will be the winner.

"You have got any ideas, soldier? If not then shut up and get out of here!" Megatron walked closer to the guardian step by step making him paced back, "I'm Boomer, master," finally he collected all his courage to stand up, straightened his metal body, face to face with Megatron. His act quite impressive. Boomer continued his speech, "whoever was in the data processing center at the right time was the one we are looking for."

"The main point is 'when?' What was your 'right time' you are referring to?" Forbidden leaned against the rough and cold wall, but it couldn't be colder than her gaze as she spoke. She quietly changed her vision from Boomer to Starscream then Megatron. There wasn't any unusualness.

Boomer noticed Forbidden Child and was speechless with alarm. He heard about her as a legend of whom enjoys eating other Transformers, crashing them in a very great excitement, the cruel one. Thinking about that, he felt creepy. However, only few low-ranking Decepticons believe in that legend and only high-ranking Decepticons know the truth.

"I... I don't know exactly... I was focused on an Autobot, but... we can check the data history of main computer, the time of my report and the time of communicating system was cut," Boomer said.

She did the things she must do, of course she had deleted today's data history which could reveal her betrayal movements and also be the last evidence to against her. Forbidden softly used her forefinger to stroke her visor-mask chin, said gently, "Very well, then check it."

Following her order, Boomer paced toward the main computer screen, typed fast to access history file. It wasn't empty there, but nothing that someone has been expected. Half of the Decepticons in this room were surprised not including the Lord, Starscream as well as Soundwave and obviously Forbidden Child too, who could predict that would certainly happen.

"Now what, Boomer?" She held back her smile, gave a confusion through her gaze and her tone.

"This is waste of my time." Megatron said in a gruff voice then turned around intending to leave. Forbidden quite satisfied with it until an office worker called "Wait, my Lord!" Megatron stopped his heavy steps, glanced at that con. "If we estimate the time, I could say certainly who we must suspect." Forbidden could recognize him. He definitely the one who sat next to her in the data processing center. Never before has she hated him so much like this.

"Well, say the name," Megatron commanded.

It was good so far... Forbidden tried to compose herself.

"By all my respect, Lord Megatron, it is Forbidden Child." He pointed at her.

<This definitely isn't my day after all> She gnashed her teeth.

"You had better know what you are saying and who you are accusing of, my dear friend." It should have been Forbidden's words but it was come out by Starscream's petty mouth not forgetting to grin.

<Is he helping me? This isn't the first time, but... in this complicate situation...> she knitted her brows in confusion. <No, I must calm down, it's no matter what side Starscream is being in>

She sighed, "I was there with you. Then you went out, I told you I would catch up later. It was few minutes that I left and walked right behind you heading to warehouse, remember? My time in there wasn't enough to do all the things what Boomer said. Please, this wasn't a joke so take it seriously." She is lying, obviously so. Yet her self-confident shook his morale. The office worker cast his eyes around preventing him from her gaze. "I was behind you, so it was easy to understand that you didn't notice me. Besides, you already know I always walk without making noise but I was in halfway with you then I changed my mind, I moved in different direction to my room. Before doing so, I had said goodbye to you, I thought you could hear that, couldn't you?" If Forbidden said she was in warehouse with him too, it could involve many other Cons. She can fool one but she can't fool all. He could also ask Forbidden about the data of Energon's stock today to test her, it would end up her life.

He seemed to confuse. It was a good sign for her.

"I... I think you did, I'm sorry."- Finally, he went with her flow, felt into her fake story.

"No problem," Forbidden inclined her head a bit while tried not to cry for celebrating her secret victory. He easily swallowed her bait. It is one of her ability. An ability to manipulate other minds not needing to hack their database. Forbidden sneaks in victim's brains, reaches the weakest and vaguest part of their memory, just let her sweet words do its job making the victims suspect themselves and believe her more than anyone. Controlling them like a puppet. That was the way she used with the office worker.

"But there is still a betrayer somewhere on this ship, we need to find out!" Boomer yelled.

"Shut up, I am the only one to have the authority to decide here." Megatron chided as he lost his temper. The whole things were like an annoying comedy to him.

"Well, if there actually has one, he must have run away far from here while we are discussing," Starscream grinned and said in twisted tone to cover for Forbidden. It made her feel very grateful of him.

She could have blamed on someone else to change the direction of suspicion but it wasn't nice to do so. Finally, she silenced and waited.

"But... but..." words stuck in Boomer's throat as he was looked askance at by Lord Megatron.

It seemed that problem was solved. Forbidden tried to hold herself not to sigh with relief, especially in front of Megatron and Soundwave.

Things settled down. Forbidden thought she successfully escaped from this challenge and won the intellectual game until Megatron called her name when everyone got out. Forbidden stood still in silence, her mind was full of fear. She hoped Megatron wouldn't see her hands were shaking.

"Turn around." He said with his coldest tone.

She slowly did what he said. Her height only reaches over Megatron's hip so that the moment she faced Megatron was the moment her foot left the ground suspending above and her little neck was grabbed tightly by his enormous right hand.

"Don't you think I let you go easily?"

Forbidden wasn't out of breath because Cybertronian don't breathe, but her voice muffled because of pain. Her dim blue optics tried to see straightly to his deadly red optics.

"You made me disappointed, Forbidden Child." The word 'disappointed' came out from Megatron's mouth was like a sharp dagger stabbing into her deepest part of her Spark. She felt cold and desperate. <Megatron has knew it was my tricks all along...> Forbidden madly scratched his hand, <is he really going to kill me?> She could hear clearly a cracking sound from her neck.

"Humph, try to stab me in the back," Megatron ironized her. "Remember, it won't be next time!" Megatron's words whizzed through his sharp teeth as he pulled her face nearer his, the distance between them was about two centimeters, so that she could see clearly his anger.

Finishing warning Forbidden, Megatron released her down. Her foot backed to the floor, but she had any strength to stand still, so that she collapsed while Megatron glacially turned his back against her and walked away.

Forbidden touched her neck. It was painful than ever before. The pure blue sky color of her optics was getting darker as if a vortex had come through to grind her whole world into pieces.

"It won't" she grabbed tightly her hands, whispered in Cybertronian language.