Later Bumblebee went to the hospital to vist with Ratchet and Knock Out and see how Megatron was doing but there hadn't been any change in the old warlord's condition.

Just then Shockwave was brought in by some Vehicons who found him. The Cyclops was completely unresponsive Ratchet and Knock Out got to work on him.

"His processor has been wiped clean." Knock Out said after coming out from the operating room that he and Ratchet were working in.

"What happened?" Asked Bumblebee.

"The Vehicons said he was hooked up the the Patch when they found him and given what me and Ratchet have to work with it was the result of a mind rip and given the fact that there were claw marks on his shoulder plates I think it was Starscream's clone's doing." Knock Out replied.

"He's always hated Shockwave so it probably carried over to his clone and unfortunately the possessor damage may be irreversible but we'll do everything we can for him." Knock Out added.

"You and Ratchet are both great medics so he's in good hands." Bumblebee said with a smile that Knock Out returned.

Surprisingly Bumblebee and the Austin Martin had become good friends after the war. And sometime Knock Out would race with him and Smokescreen.

Bumblebee knew that Knock Out didn't particularly care for Shockwave but the red medic was still doing everything in his power to help Ratchet fix him. Which showed just how far he had come since the war.

Bumblebee said goodbye to the cherry colored mech and went to where he saw Smokescreen who had just finished talking on his com-link with Starscream who he had called to try to convince him to help them stop his clone again.

But the seeker still refused. Then Arcee called Starscream and went to a broom closet for privacy while Bumblebee and Smokescreen stood with the Vehicons outside all wondering what was going on. When they heard what sounded like yelling.

Then Arcee stormed out of the broom closet after deactivating her com-link. And they all looked at her.

"Don't ask!" She hissed before stomping out the door. Then Starscream kept just hanging up on all of them after that.

"Don't know what just happened but I'm pretty sure they just ticked each other off." Smokescreen commented.

All the Vehicons just kept looking at each other. Then Pharma showed up and got into an argument with Knock Out after he tried to kick the Vehicons out of the hospital just for having been Decepticons to spite the fact that some of them were there as patients.

The two mechs argued for several minutes then Pharma punch Knock Out in the faceplates actually knocking him to the floor then screamed at him that a Decepticon like him didn't belong in Iacon's hospital.

"You may have everyone else fooled but I know none of you Decepticons can change!" Pharma practically roared at him. "You should have been scrapped not welcomed as an Autobot your kind has no place on Cybertron!"

"That's enough!" Said Ratchet who had just come out from the operating room where he was fixing Shockwave in time to see and hear what went down. "Go!"

"You aloud trash like him to work at this hospital and let Vehicons in here Decepticons shouldn't be fixed they should be driven out of Iacon and off Cybertron!" Pharma bellowed.

"I said go!" Ratchet shouted having had enough of him. "And if I catch you laying a servo on him or anyone else I will personally see to it that your medical license is revoked."

Then Pharma stormed down the hallway with both his servos balled into fists. And Ratchet and Bumblebee helped Knock Out back to his feet.

"Are you OK?" Ratchet asked him.

"Yeah but he sure packs a punch." Knock Out said rubbing part of his faceplate. "My poor finish."

Knock Out now had a small cut on his cheek and a scratch on one of his legs that was the cybertronian equivalent of a skinned knee. But other then that was OK.

"What was his problem?" Asked Smokescreen referring to Pharma.

"Pharma hates all Decepticons with a passion and won't even give them a chance to try to change." Ratchet explained as he helped Knock Out fix his cheek and knee strut.

"That's not the first time he's tried to chase away or refuse service to patients." Knock Out added.

"He a great medic but not a very good bot." Ratchet told them. "We can't fire him without a reason too but its safe to say no one else at the hospital likes him."

"It was nice of you to stand up for the Vehicons like that." Bumblebee told Knock Out.

"Well their friends of mine from during the war they were good buddies with Breakdown and I treated some of them in the past." Knock Out explained. "And no one deserves that."

"Don't let any of the things Pharma said just now get to you." Smokescreen said to the red medic. "You and the other cons who are changing for the better do belong here and can be and are accepted here."

"Thank you." Knock Out replied. He was glad to have friends who would stand up for him.

Then Knock Out got an idea.
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Later Knock Out decide he would call Starscream and see if he could convince him to help them stop his clone.

His plan was to apologize to the seeker and welcome him to join them. Maybe that's all the seeker needed was to feel like he was being welcomed and assured that he wasn't just being used to stop his clone. But welcomed back into Cybertron's society.

And he and Starscream hadn't exactly parted on the best of terms so he was going to try to make up with him and see if they could be friends again maybe that was all Starscream needed a friend.

So Knock Out put a digit on his com-link and called the seeker.
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Starscream had just finished a cube of energon when his com-link beeped.

"Will those Autobots never give up?" He groaned.

Then he saw that it was Knock Out and decided not to answer still mad at him for turning on him to join the Autobots.

"Hope you fall in sandpaper." Starscream mumbled as he got a datapad planning to read for a bit.
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Knock Out tired to get through to the seeker for several minutes before finally giving up. Apparently Starscream was just going to ghost him.

Then he heard something down the hallway since he was currently working the night shift after most of the Autobots had gone home he thought it might be another patient who needed something.

So he went to see how he could help. But he noticed a trail of energon going down the hallway. So he followed it.

And found Pharma laying on the floor and that he was where the energon had come from. Then Knock Out's medical training kicked in and he rush over to him to see how he could help.

But saw that it was too late Pharma had gone offline and Knock Out could it had happened just seconds before he found him.

He quickly put a digit on his com-link to call Ratchet and report what he just found but for some reason only got static.

Then Knock Out thought he heard pedsteps and turned to see no one there.

But in the next instant Battlescream ran out and grabbed Knock Out from behind wrapping his arm around him in a bear hug like manner.

Knock Out's optics widened in pain as he felt something sharp in both sides of his midscetion. Then Battlescream roughly yanked his claws out of Knock Out's midsection before letting the mech he just stabbed fall to the floor.

Knock Out could tell he was losing energon rapidly and Starscream's clone was still standing over him. He tried to get up but couldn't move all he couldn't do was weakly try to swipe at Battlescream who stomped his servos.

"Your Starscream's clone?" Knock Out choked out weakly.

"Don't ever mention him to me!" Battlescream hissed in the red mech's audio receptors. "My name is Battlescream and I'm going to make everyone who's wronged me pay." "I'm not sure which memories are mine and which are his anymore."

Then Battlescream stood over Knock Out and looked him straight in the optics before he started stomping on him then kneeled beside him and was about to stab his claws into his spark chamber when suddenly Battlescream cried out in pain before grabbing his midscetion and running off.

Ratchet and Smokescreen who had both come to check on Knock Out got there just in time to see Battlescream take off and were about to go after him when they spotted Knock Out badly injured and bleeding just laying there on the floor next to Pharma's body.

Ratchet wasted no time and got to work trying to save Knock Out when he saw Pharma was already beyond help.

While Smokescreen started to go after Battlescream but saw he had already escaped and was more concerned about Knock Out anyway.

The red medic had gone into emergency stasis lock after losing a dangerous amount of energon and the beating he just took. Ratchet started attempting to patch up the damage hoping he would be able to save Knock Out.
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Meanwhile Bumblebee had been driving when he got a call from Smokescreen who told him what just happened and that Knock Out was hurt and possibly dying.

Bumblebee was near Vos so he drove to where Starscream was staying planning to chew him out. For not helping them stop his clone and tell him that Knock Out might have just been killed by him.

But when Bumblebee knocked on the door he got no answer. "He's not even answering the door now!" Bumblebee thought angrily. But then realized something might be wrong.

So he blasted the door down and saw Starscream laying on the floor in a pool of energon.

Bumblebee rush over to him and saw that the seeker was still alive but badly in need of medical attention. So Bumblebee called for an emergency ground bridge and paramedics.

Hoping the seeker would pull through.

To Be Continued.

Another cliffhanger for you guys hope this chapter turned out OK. I'll try to update soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback.