"Echoshock." A masculine voice called out, he had a soft tone as he addressed the femme and a charming smile that stretched out across his handsome scarred face. Echoshock turned to look at the mech, she couldn't help but smile when her intended began to walk over. "You should come take a break with me my love, you always work so hard."

"I would if I could, I have a lot of work I need to finish." Echoshock gestured to the pile of parts she had sat down in front of her. They were parts of the opponents she'd beaten in the pits. She used them to create upgrades she would sell for a few extra credits, she made all sorts of upgrades, even some that were illegal to have.

"Work, work, work." The mech mumbled as he stepped behind her and slid his masculine arms around the femmes slim feminine waist. "You need to relax more Echo." The mech purred softly as he bent down a little to press soft kisses on Echoshocks audio receptor.

A shiver ran down Echoshock's back strut and her tanks tingled at the feeling of the kisses her intended was giving her. "I need to work on these for my clients Darkblaze." Echoshock told the mech, she was trying to be stern with him but her tone was soft, she sounded breathless.

"Oh come on, you know you want to." Darkblaze grinned triumphantly, he knew she'd give in to him. "We can go have a little fun, just for a little while."

"I guess a small break wouldn't hurt." Echoshock mumbled before turning around in the mechs arms. "Alright fine... Just a small break though." Echoshock told him as she poked his chassis in a playful manner.

Darkblaze chuckled as he scooped her up in his arms. "You got it, a small break." Darkblaze playfully gave her aft a small smack making the femme squeak in surprise. "We better hurry and make the most of it."

Echoshock giggled softly as she was carried away to Darkblaze's room. She wasn't use to this tenderness, she hadn't felt like this before. Her entire life all she had witnessed was coldness, violence and things that no sparkling ever should've been exposed to. She was not one that was in touch with her emotions very well but being around Darkblaze made her feel alive, it was like he took away her pain and he was her light.

"Here we are m'lady." Darkblaze said as he sat her down on the berth and towered over her, his optics roamed over her beautiful frame. She had bulk to her and he loved that about her, she could take the rough interface that they both loved. Darkblaze climbed onto the berth and knelt down in front of her, she looked so beautiful spread out in front of him. "You're so beautiful." Darkblaze told her, he loved seeing her blush. He loved to bend down and kiss between her lovely thick thighs, he knew she loved it when his glossa would glide over the exposed sensitive wiring.

Echoshock softly moaned when she felt Darkblaze's glossa slide up the side of her inner thigh, she shivered when his glossa slid over some of the wiring. "H-Hurry up would you." Echoshock stuttered breathlessly, she was feeling the sexual frustration since it had been a while since she'd actually been with the mech.

Darkblaze couldn't help but grin at her but nevertheless gave into her demand.

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It had been days since that little break Echoshock had taken and she was now busy tinkering away in the underground lab of the gladiatorial arena in Kaon. It was where she spent most of her days when she wasn't fighting or wasn't with Darkblaze. Echoshock was currently working an upgrade for her intended, it was one of the many illegal ones he had requested of her to create for him. She was always happy to make things for him and since she had now just finished it she decided to go and surprised him.

Echoshock picked up the upgrade and held it close as she exited the lab and headed to where Darkblaze's room was located, she felt so excited about giving him this device. She made it to his room in no time and just as she placed her servo on the door handle noises from the other of the door made her freeze in place and her energon run cold.

"Ah! Darkblaze! Oh Primus!" a feminine voice called out, she sounded like she was having the time of her life.

Echoshock swallowed hard, it was quite clear what was going on but she needed to see it to believe it. She turned the door handle and the door swung open. Her optics locked onto the two forms on the berth. There Darkblaze was sitting up with his back pressed against the headboard of the berth, a femme sat on his lap and their spark chambers were wide open with their sparks connected.

'Sparkmates'

The word echoed through Echoshock's mind as she watched them. They had been to lost in reconnecting their bond that they hadn't even noticed her.

Suddenly her processor was a rush off thoughts.

'He used you.'

'He lied to you.'

'He was with you for the upgrades.'

'He was never your intended.'

'He has a sparkmate.'

'Make them pay.'

'Make him pay.'

Echoshock stepped forward and slammed the door shut behind her, she watched as the two bots turned to look at her, they sprung apart quickly like they had been caught doing something very bad.

"E-Echoshock." Darkblaze stuttered. "It's not what it looks like." Darkblaze stood up from the berth, he pushed the femme behind him and she peeked out from around him with a nervous expression.

"Really now?" Echoshock asked coldly, she couldn't feel a damned thing. "Because it looks to me like you were sparkmating." Echoshock told him as she stepped forward. "But that's crazy right... I mean, I'm your intended."

"Echoshock, sweetspark I swear--" Before Darkblaze could finish his sentence Echoshock had closed the distance between them and swung her fist, it collided with his face with a sickening crack and the force of the punch sent the large mech crashing to the floor.

While Darkblaze was down Echoshock stepped over him and grabbed the femme, she hadn't seen her before but the femme was wearing upgrades that Echoshock had built.

"Let go of me!" The femme hissed, she struggled to get away but Echoshock just looked at her emotionlessly, she dug her clawed digits into the femmes arm deep enough to dent in the metal and cause energon to spill out. The femme cried out in pain and tried to kick at Echoshock but Echoshock didn't even feel it, her mind was blank and she was completely numbed to everything.

Darkblaze pushed himself up from the floor and glared at Echoshock. "Let her go! You're hurting her!" He tried to step forward but was stopped by the pure darkness in Echoshock's optics.

"Good." Echoshock simply said. "You want to know how I feel Darkblaze, you want to know what it feels like to have your spark broken?" Echoshock laughed coldly. She turned the femme around so she was facing Darkblaze. "Keep your optics on her."

"Echoshock please! I'm sorry!" Darkblaze said helplessly. "I'm sorry!"

"Please! Let me go!" The femme cried out, she was frightened and Echoshock adored it, she loved the pain and the fear.

Echoshock ignored their pleas, instead she raised her servo up, she moved it to rest on the middle of the femmes back and transformed the top of her lower arm so that her blaster was rested right where the back of the femmes spark chamber would be.

"Echoshock! Let her go! I'm the one you're angry at! I'm the one that used you!" Darkblaze begged for her to stop, but his cries fell on deaf audio receptors. Before he could even blink his sparkmates spark chamber was blown out and sparks, shards of metal, and the energon of his mate bathed him. "NOOOOOO!" He screamed as searing pain tore through his chassis, the feeling of the bond being ripped away had him curling up in a ball and sobbing in a despair.

Echoshock didn't react at all, she just dropped the now dead femme and stared down at her ex lover with a blank expression.

"You're a monster!" Darkblaze told her through sobs, he looked up at her with disgust and hatred. "The only thing you were ever good for was a quick frag and your upgrades!" Darkblaze sneered at her, he began to try and sit up but was quickly kicked back down by the femme.

Echoshock moved to straddle his waist, she dodged him as he attempted to throw a punch at her, it was so weak. She knew he had given up, the loss of a bond did that to some bots. She couldn't believe she'd agreed to sparkmate with him. Not that it would've happened since he had a mate already.

"No one could ever love you." Darkblaze told her as he stopped fighting, his spark was crying out for his mates. "No one." Darkblaze told her.

"I know." Echoshock replied coldly. "Open your spark chamber."

"Go to the pit." Darkblaze spat back.

Echoshock smirked darkly then began to pry open the metal covering his chassis, he screamed out in agony as the femme did so, it was like molten lava had been poured on his chassis. Echoshock didn't stop until his spark was exposed.

"Stop! Stop it!" Darkblaze wailed out in agony, his HUD was screaming alerts at him.

Echoshock wrapped her servo around Darkblaze's spark, it was so bright and blue, she smiled at it's beauty.

"P-please no." Darkblaze couldn't fight her, he was in to much pain. "Please don't."

Echoshock once again ignored him, she didn't care about him, now she would have two new bots to strip of parts and that made her feel somewhat happy.

"You promised your spark to me once, now I'm taking what you owe me." Echoshock looked deeply into his optics, she saw his fear and it made her spark sing with joy. She tightened her grip on his spark making him cry out in pain and with one strong tug she had ripped out his spark. Echoshock watched the light fade from his optics, his facial expression was frozen mid scream as his helm lulled to the side. Echoshock just admired her work for a few minutes before she stood up cradling the dead spark in her arms.

She stepped over Darkblaze's dead frame then headed toward the door. She had work she needed to attend to, she left the room and never looked backed.