Awhile later when Starscream hadn't come back Sideswipe went to look for him wondering where the seeker might have gone and what was keeping him.

Still in his seeker disguise Sideswipe went to look for Starscream feeling worried about him. Upon getting to the hallway he was greeted by the Vehicons who told him they found signs of a struggle near the emergency exit and said no one could find Starscream.

And Sideswipe knew right away from the attempts that Starscream had been having on his life that the seeker had been taken against his will and was in danger.

Starscream had let Sideswipe stay in Vos after he was framed and snuck him back to see Knock Out and had helped him a lot in the past few days. Now he had to find the seeker and make sure he was OK.

He went and told the Autobots what happened and that he suspected Starscream had been kidnapped.

They all went to investigate and told Sideswipe who they thought was Silver Snake to go to Vos and inform them to look for Starscream as well.

Sideswipe went outside and activated his com-link and called Rattrap and explained the situation. And Rattrap agreed to let the others in Vos know so they'd all be looking for Starscream. And Sideswipe would continue to look around Iacon.
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Later Sideswipe came back to the hospital and saw Strongarm who had brought Bumblebee to the hospital in Iacon because he was now fully recovered for the most part but still didn't remember anything.

And she was trying to jog his memory knowing Sideswipe was depending on Bumblebee to help prove his innocence. Optimus had gotten there and was glad Bumblebee was alright and trying to help restore his memory as well.

Suddenly Ratchet ran over to them looking worried.

"What wrong Ratchet?" Asked Strongarm.

"Knock Out's missing it appears he was taken from his room by someone." Ratchet explained.

"Wait wasn't he that nice bot who came to visit me in the hospital in Kaon?" Asked Bumblebee who still didn't remember anything. "Hope you find him and that he's OK."

"No." Sideswipe thought. First Starscream was kidnapped now Knock Out he had to find out where they had both been taken and save them.

He ran into Windblade in the hallway and told her everything and she agreed to help him. And make sure his cover didn't get blown.

They went to suggest to the other Autobots to look at the feed of the security cameras to see if they caught what happened to either of them. But this would take awhile since there was a lot of footage to go through.

Sideswipe just hoped Starscream and Knock Out could wait that long. Then Sunstreaker joined them who was worried about Knock Out.

Sideswipe was glad his brother didn't recognize him while he was disguised as a seeker. Because he was still feeling hurt that he hadn't believed him and was feeling nervous about interacting with him.

And was glad when Windblade who understood got Sunstreaker to go help Arcee look for clues in the room Knock Out had been taken from. And Sideswipe thanked her with his optics.
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Meanwhile Starscream woke up in a cell and realized he was in a wearhouse somewhere. Then he noticed Knock Out laying on a berth on the other side of the room from him.

The red medic slowly regained consciousness that was a relief for Starscream but he could tell the Auston Martin was still in very bad shape.

"Starscream where are we?" Knock Out asked weakly.

"I wish I knew." Starscream told his friend. Starscream didn't like how weak Knock Out looked and sounded. He could tell he hadn't recovered yet and it had been way to soon to have moved him from the hospital.

"Don't worry I'll figure out a way to get us out of this you just rest and save your strength." Starscream said to Knock Out hoping that their captors hadn't caused Knock Out any serious damage by bringing him there.

Then he heard pedsteps and Horri-Bull appeared by the door of the cell.

"Why did you bring us here?!" Starscream asked angrily.

"Barricade's orders he wants to start a war between Vos and Iacon to give the Decepticons a chance to take back Cybertron." Horri-Bull explained. "And what better way to get the seekers to go after the Autobot then to have their leader disappear while paying Iacon a visit?"

"So I suppose you were the one who tried to kill me and shot Rattrap?" Starscream questioned him.

"Yes and it was Needlenose who pretended to be a seeker and attacked that building in Iacon." Horri-Bull added.

"Then Barricade said he wanted someone from Iacon to go missing as well. And I had beaten up Knock Out just the other day and when I learned he was still alive I decided to take him from the hospital." "And now we're gonna hold you both here for awhile the kill you only Knock Out's body will turn up in Vos and your's in Iacon." He finished.

"You were the one who did this to Knock Out!" Starscream yelled not being able to hide how mad he was. "Why?"

"For kicks." Horri-Bull answered. "Since Barricade got to kill Pharma I wanted to beat something and choose a random bot I saw driving by and it just happened to be him."

"You sadistic monster you almost killed him!" Starscream roared at him hating this mech more and more.

Then Horri-Bull opened the cell door and walked in looking it behind him. And started to approach Knock Out. Starscream could tell he was getting ready to beat or even kill him because he had seen that same look on Megatron's face countless time before he beat him and Starscream wasn't about to let Knock Out be hurt more then he already was.

"So your gonna beat up the one of us who's already injured? Talk about pathetic that shows just how weak you are!" Starscream yelled at him.

"I'll show you weak!" Horri-Bull hissed at the seeker.

"Oh I'm sure you can." Starscream shot back. "And probably plenty of stupid on the side."

Then Horri-Bull started beating Starscream having been enraged by the seeker baiting and insulting him. The reaction Starscream had hoped for.

"So let me get this straight you transform into a blue bull didn't that human character Paul Bunion have one of those?" Starscream choked out between blows. "You should have gone with a red or black color scheme you would have been far more frightening."

"So I'm guessing your original one must have been pink or something cute for you to have to make up for it by acting so much like a brute?"

"And what kind of name is Horri-Bull it horrible talk about a meaningful name." Starscream kept insulting Horri-Bull as he felt one blow hit him after another. And could feel himself fading from consciousness.

This was actually Starscream's plan to keep Horri-Bull from killing Knock Out by insulting him and getting his anger directed at him so he would get the worst of it.

After having suffered many beatings from Megatron over the years Starscream was confident he could take whatever Horri-Bull had to dish out.

Then having tired himself out Horri-Bull left Starscream laying in the corner of the cell locking the door behind him. Which was completely unnecessary since both Knock Out and Starscream were hurt and in no condition to move.

The seeker tried to pull himself off the floor only to slump back down on it. And he could see his own energon spilled all over the cell.

"Star..scream!" Knock Out manged to moan concerned about his friend. "Why.. d..did you do th..at?" He was so weak he was struggling to get his wounds out.

"He would have killed you and I'm used to it." Starscream told him.

"Starscream...thank you..and  I'm sorry I hit you with the immobilizer." Knock Out said to the seeker.

"It's OK I kind of deserved it at the time." Starscream told him.

But then Starscream became worried when there was no reply.

"Knock Out?" "Knock Out!" Starscream cried but still got no response.

To Be Continued.

Cliffhanger time. Hope this chapter turned out OK and wasn't to summaryish dialog is one of the hardest things for me to come up with. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback.