The moons of Cybertron were shining brightly as a mech in his alt mode drove down the streets of Kaon.
His name was Octain and he was a former Decepticon who had gone neutral after the war.

Octain had picked up on a distress signal and having turned himself around had gone wanting to help out anyway he could. But nothing could have prepared him for the awful surprise that was waiting for him.

A few moments later Octain pulled over and transformed then he walked to where the signal had been coming from and found a fake beckon that had been transmitting it.

"What is this?" He asked himself as he picked it up.

"Hellow Octain." A voice called from the shadows. Then Tarn leader of the DJD stepped forward. "Did you really think you would getaway with betraying the Decepticon cause?"

"No the DJD!" Octain cried in horror as he tried to back away realizing to late that this was a trap. But unfortunately the rest of the DJD were now blocking any hope of escape.

"Your on our list." Said Kaon.

"No please let me go!" Octain pleaded.

"Sorry but you must pay for your treachery." Tarn told him. Then the DJD closed in on the triple changer and his screams could be heard for several hours as the DJD tortured then killed him.

Tarn stood over the body that was now on the ground before them.

"Another one down several more on the list to go." Kaon said checking Octain's name off the list.

"Soon all who have wronged the Decepticons will pay and Cybertron will belong to us." Tarn told the other members of the DJD. Then they all laughed evily.
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The next day on a different part of Cybertron. Bumblebee drove to Cybertron's hospital and transformed then entered the building.

He and his team had come to Cybertron to help figure out a wave of murders that had been occurring on Cybertron. And was now going to see Ratchet and Knock Out who were performing an autopsy on one of the bodies that had been found.

"So what's the story?" Asked Bumblebee as he entered the medbay.

"Well there it appears the victim was killed by some kind of sonic wepan. But the body also shows traces of acid and appears to have been crushed in places with holes in the faceplates like spikes were driven through it and several circuits were fried." Ratchet explained.

"What could have done this much damage?" Bumblebee asked feeling pity for the mech who had been killed in such a manner.

"This mech was definitely tortured to death." Ratchet said sadly.

"More like butchered." Knock Out added. "I think the DJD did this."

"Who are the DJD?" Asked Bumblebee.

"The Decepticon Justice Devision if a Decepticon tries to switch sides or otherwise betrays the Decepticon cause they put their name on a list and if your name is on the list then they hunt you down and kill you in the most brutal way possible." Knock Out explained.

"And the trouble is most Cons don't even know their name is on the list until right before the DJD comes for them and by that time it's already to late." He continued.

"Wow sounds brutal." Said Bumblebee.

"They are." Knock Out replied. "I used to have patients beg me to offline them if they thought they might be on the list."

"Wait Drift and Grimlock used to be Decepticons too so they might be in danger." Bumblebee told them.

"They'll have to be extra careful." Said Ratchet. "You too Knock Out because you also switched sides."

"Don't worry I know how to watch my back." Knock Out told them. "And I'll be extra careful."

Then Arcee came in she had gotten into a fight with an insecticon and needed repairs. Knock Out offered to do it but she said she'd wait for Ratchet.

"I don't think she likes me." Knock Out said to himself as he stepped out to the hallway.

"Well is it any wonder?" Asked Pharma who had walked by just in time to hear. "You used to be a Decepticon and once a Con always a Con."

"That's not ture Decepticons can change for the better." Knock Out told him feeling hurt that one of his team mates and one of his colleges didn't trust him.

"No they can't I mean deception and con or both in the name and personaly I don't think any of them should be near this hospital no less working on patients." Pharma said to him with a scowl. "After all the harm your kind has done to Cybertron you don't belong anywhere on it."

Knock Out didn't show it but Pharma's words cut him like an energon dagger. And he was secretly fighting back coolant tears.

"Hey you have no right to say that to him!" Smokescreen yelled at Pharma from a little ways down the hallway as he walked over to where they were.

"Yeah he's right Knock Out is our friend and he's changed since the war." Added Bulkhead who also walked over along with Wheeljack.

"We all make mistakes and he's made up for his." Said Wheeljack. "And even so you have no right to judge him because of his past because now he's one of us."

Pharma just frowned and walked away. While Knock Out stood there shocked and touched that somebots had stood up for him.

"Thanks guys." He told them as a soft smile crossed his faceplates.

"Anytime." Said Smokescreen.

"We hard him saying those things to you and we couldn't just stand by while he talked to you that way." Wheeljack added.

"Don't let him get to you Knock Out you belong here." Bulkhead told him. "And I'm sure Arcee will come around and trust you eventually."

Knock Out thanked them again before going back to work he was happy that at least most of the Autobots accepted him.

Meanwhile Optimus had shown up and he and Bumblebee had watched the whole thing go down and both smiled at the way Smokescreen and the two wreakers had stood up for Knock Out.

Then Bulkhead went to them and explained that they were there to tell them that it was the DJD who had been killing bots because most of the victims were Autobots or former Decepticons.

"They tried to attack New Vos this morning but the seekers drove them off there are so many of them in there attacking that city is like fighting a nest of Earth hornets." Bulkhead laughed.

"We could hear the jet engines from miles away." Wheeljack explained. "Those seekers had the number advantage and forced the DJD to retreat but they swore they'd get them later. And unfortunately the DJD escaped."

"Well seekers are known to defend one another." Optimus told them.

After the war the Autobots had rebuilt Vos so all the seekers who came to the planet would have a place to live because since most of them had once been Decepticons they didn't get along with a lot of the other bots on Cybertron.

So by giving them their own city the Autobots had kept the peace. And Starscream who had turned himself around had also moved into the city because the other seekers had still accepted him as their leader and he was actually now on pretty good terms with the Autobots.

"Well at least New Vos is safe for the time being." Said Bumblebee. "Since pretty much all of the seekers used to be Cons it makes since the DJD would go after them."

"Starscream called me and said until the DJD threat is over none of the seekers are to leave New Vos for safety reasons but if we need them they'll come by ground bridge." Smokescreen explained.

"Good call." Said Bumblebee.

"Yes Starscream has come a long way since the war and is proving to be a surprisingly good leader for the seekers who actually cares about New Vos and it's people." Optimus told them.
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Meanwhile Knock Out had over heard Arcee and Ratchet talking about him.

"Arcee Knock Out has changed for the better and is trying to make up for his past." Ratchet said.

"It doesn't matter he was still a Decepticon and I don't think he can be trusted. It bad enough you gave Starscream his own city but at least I don't have to see him everytime I come to the hospital." Arcee replied. "I hate them both and wish Knock Out had never joined us."

"The Decepticons did so much harm during the war, took so many lives and now most of them are getting a free pass." Arcee continued. "I agree with Pharma they don't deserve to walk among us."

"Arcee you don't mean that." Ratchet told her.

"I'm pretty sure I do." Arcee practically growled.

Knock Out couldn't listen anymore and left the hospital as a coolant tear rolled down his cheek. He decided to go for a drive to clear his processor and didn't realize he'd dropped his energon prob outside the door.
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Knock Out drove to the outskirts of Iacon not even really paying attention to where he was going.

He felt bad about everything he'd done as a Decepticon and wanted to make up for it but Arcee and some of the other bots like Pharma just wouldn't give him a chance.

He was glad some of the Autobots had accepted him and were willing to stand up for him. But hearing things like what Pharma had said about him earlier and what Arcee had just said about him still hurt.

Suddenly Knock Out heard what sounded like crying so he stopped and transformed then spotted a light blue and teal sparkling with white and hints of red sobbing by the side of the road.

"What's wrong little one?" He asked. "I'm a medic maybe I can help you."

"My Carrier and I were looking around in one of the building in Kaon and she pushed me out of the way. But the ceiling fell on top of her." The sparkling explained between sobs and she describe the building. "She's trapped!"

"I know that building you two shouldn't have been in there it's condemned for a reason." Knock Out told her. "But don't worry I'll go help your Carrier I'll even patch her up stay here till I get back with her."

Knock Out drove off to where the building was. But he didn't see the sparkling who was really a minicon who had just been pretending to be a sparkling smirk evily as he left. Then put her digit to a com-link.

"He's coming your way." Nickel reported over the com-link glad he'd bought her trick hook line and sinker.

"He was so nice I almost feel bad for him." She thought mockingly knowing and not really caring about what his fate would be.

To Be Continued.

I know I probably shouldn't be starting another story right now since I still have writer's block on my other story Transformers Offspring but I came up with this idea and this story was just screaming write me. And I left you with a cliffhanger. I'll try to update this and my other stories soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback.