The days on Cybertron were much longer than earths days, and almost every Autobot in Iacon was working on finding out where Starscream was hiding out at, and so far nothing had shown up on their scanners and a few were losing hope on ever finding the young girl with the mark on her hand.

    Optimus Prime himself was worried the most, though he hadn’t shown any sign of worry- well, that is if you didn’t know the Prime long enough. Ratchet and Ironhide could see easily through the facade, knowing how worried the Autobot leader in fact actually was. “Optimus, you aren’t fooli-” Yet before the medic could finish, Jazz rushed in unannounced as always…

    “Yo boss bot, I got somethin’ you might like! I was scanning the outskirts of Kaon, and all of a sudden I got an encrypted Decepticon transmission. I decoded it and it’s coordinates lead to the middle the ruins of Praxus- near the crystal gardens!” The SIC told his leader, whom nodded his helm in return.

    “We’ll head towards the coordinates then, but with extreme caution and stealth- the last thing we want is for Starscream to know we’re onto him… This may be a trap sent by the seeker himself, but we don’t know that and we’ll have to take the risk this once.” The Autobot leader spoke, getting looks from his medic specialist and the weapons specialist both.

    Minutes later, a handful of trusted Autobots were heading out on the personal mission to check the coordinates out- Optimus at the front of the group, praying to Primus himself that Charlie was safe and that Starscream hadn’t hurt her yet… The thought itself made him drive faster, the others speeding forwards as well just to keep up with the Prime.

    With ease they made it to the great city’s ruins, before transforming and getting their weapons out- just in case it did end up being a trap after all. Starscream was known for his dirty tricks, especially when it meant he would get his way in something. That’s how the seeker played his games, and how he thought out his future plans.

    Slowly the Autobots approached the coordinates they had been sent, all of them prepared for any kind of trap that might be thrown at them or a seeker popping up out of nowhere and shooting them… They were even prepared for the worse, which meant finding Charlie left dead at the coordinates.

    However none of these things were there, in fact all that was left behind on top of the rubble was a data pad- it was fairly recent, which meant it was what they were here for after all. Keeping his cannon online, Optimus walked forwards carefully and grabbed the data pad- ready for it to explode or do something else harmful.

    Onlining the data pad, the screen immediately showed a video ready to be played- pressing the button, Optimus watched as it started to play… Of course, his optics widened as it started with Starscream in his holoform and standing next to Charlie, who was tied up in a human sized chair… The Autobot continued to watch, his spark beating fear for the blonde haired girl…

“Tell me, Charlotte, how long do you think you can hold out? I mean, you’re Autobot friends won’t find you anytime soon, but when they do… well of course, they won’t find you in time that is.” The seeker spoke, a deep chuckle escaping his lips as he walked around the smaller human- he was messing with her, but it wasn’t working…

“You don’t know the Autobots like I do, Screamy- that is your name, right? From what I heard, you are a screamer.. Well, every Decepticon and Autobot knew that much.” The blonde haired girl spoke, getting a scowl in return from the seekers holoform.

“Just wait until I start skinning you, then we’ll see who the one screaming is..” Starscream spoke, before leaning his head down and whispering something unintelligible in her ear- almost immediately causing a reaction from the human girl, whose eyes started to fill up with tears… What was Starscream whispering to her?

“You’re a monster!” She screamed out, moving her head forwards and biting Starscream’s hand with ease- since the seeker had been idiotic enough to move his hand so close to her face, which resulted in his letting out a high pitched noise before pulling his injured hand from her face.

“You little glitch!” He shouted, and the video ended with Starscream slapping the blonde haired girl across the face.

    To say Optimus wasn’t a happy mech, would be an understatement.. no, the Autobot leader was royally pissed, and nothing was going to change that at all. “Jazz, think you can find where this video was taken old friend?” He asked, his voice deeper than it had been before- symbolizing the Prime’s unhappiness…

    “Hang in there Charlie, I’ll be there soon..” Optimus whispered to himself, though Ironhide and Ratchet heard it loud and clear, and the Primes words were indeed a promise to both himself and to the blonde haired human girl who had stolen his spark without the Autobot leader even realizing it.

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