When Nova awoke, she had a killer headache, sitting up she rubbed her head and looked around. Not only that, she noticed that she was back in her human form which somehow must have reverted back when she's unconscious. As she took her chance to observe her surrounding, Nothing looked familiar, not immediately anyway. She stood and took a step but stopped when the glass prohibited her from going further, she was encompassed in a container, with the ceiling made of some kind of metal. All too quickly did she remember what had happened, "Oh Scrap,"

Rubbing her eyes some more to ward of the lingering effects of forced sleep, she took in the room. It looked sort of like Ratchet's med bay but a whole lot meaner, 'this is probably Knockout's, uh-oh. Why hasn't he killed me yet?' As if to answer her question a door slid open and Knockout came in, "Ah, I see that you're awake."

"Gee, Did it take a genius to figure that out?" She huffed crossing her arms

Knockout scowled, "If it wasn't for the sole fact that Megatron wants you alive so you can be studied, I would have terminated you when he brought you in."

"Well lucky me. I'm stuck with crazy doc. Nocks." She rolled her eyes, he wasn't allowed to kill her, at least not yet.

"At least you'll prove to be an interesting study." He smiled menacingly as he grabbed a scanner.

Nova groaned as he walked over, 'she was not anyone's lab rat!' He stopped in front of her container and lifted the scanner, "You're not going to be able to scan me."

He laughed, "How are you going to stop me?" He pressed the scan button, the machine frying a second later. He glared at the scanner, "What did you do?!"

"Like I'm going to tell you? Yer crazy, but we already knew that." Overloading any piece of technology always worked to fry it and she smiled, inwardly.

Knockout's servos formed fists, "Fleshie!  I o'ta..."

"Kill me? Go ahead, I'm sure Megatron will be very understanding."

Pure anger burned in his optics, 'she is finding every loop hole! ' He grumbled something before turning around, "Never thought I'd see the day where Megatron would be used against Decepticons..." He continued to grumble.

Nova all but ignored him, choosing to instead look around and try and find some means of escape or a way to contact the 'bots. First thing first, she had to get out of the container. While she might be able to get into the Decepticon's computer and unlock it, she had never tried infiltrating a devise that complicated yet. 'There's a first time for everything I guess, now I just need Knockout to leave...' Seeing he wasn't planning on leaving anytime soon, she just took the step it took to get to the back of the container and sat down, now it's a waiting game.

Knockout looked over his shoulder, the technorganic was being far too quiet, though he should have expected that from her...when she wasn't screaming off his audios. She was sitting in the container, her eyes closed, and remaining unbelievably still. He smirked, 'now would be a perfect time to get an in-depth scan.' He walked over and lifted another scanner, only for it to go up in sparks like the other one, "Stop doing that! How are you even doing that? How did you know I was coming over to scan you?!"

Nova just sat there, a ghost of a smile playing on her lips, staring at Knockout but not uttering a single sound. She had heard, and felt, him coming over and she sensed the energy of the scanner, it was pretty easy to put together. He growled and undid the container and pulled her out. She jumped slightly in surprise but said nothing. He dumped her on a table a brought up a scanner built into his arm, since he was a medic. Reacting on instinct she put up an energy field as the scan ran over her.

Knockout's face contorted into a scowl, 'it hadn't worked! That stupid force field kept the scan from penetrating through!' Knockout grabbed her and brought her to his faceplates, seething, when Megatron commed. "Knockout, have you gotten any information on how she works?"

Knockout's lips turned downward as he hissed, "No, she keeps blocking my scans! And since you still want her alive..."

"She is far too valuable just to dissect for study Knockout." Knockout nodded, albeit reluctantly.  

"Continue your work. If you can't seem to get anything out of her on how she operates, she will be put to other use."

"Yes My lord." Knockout acknowledged, placing her back into the container. Nova watched as Knockout head over to another table. Though it was disturbing that she had to watch Knockout hum to one side as he was making up allot of vials, of course she tried to see what he was making but, optics are still adjusting.

 "That should produce some interesting results." He then said turning around as Nova almost sneered at him, "Oh, don't give me that look, you're not alone after all." He mocked walking towards the exit, but stopped briefly as he looked me over producing a 'ye-ack' sound. "To think an organic infused to a cybertronian. Also, Light blue isn't your base color. Now if you excuse I have a few matters to attend to but when I come back, I'll attempt to make you more 'appealing', after all I will be looking at you for a while." as he left the med room.

"Why don't you just get scrapped?!" Nova said as she looked around the room. At least there is no point in stressing over these situations she end up in.

 First off, the containers are strong, but the glass seems hard a bit, even she want to punch through, it was unpenetrable. Secondly, her surroundings, She hate to admit that Knockout has quite a bit of tools, some of which she know aren't medical or scientifi, except one she recognize was a buffer, much to her amusement. 'Even if he does apply more wax to his body work then Jack's Mom does with makeup.' 

Nova looked at the tools and glanced around to as far as her optics could take. 'Hmm, those vials, Energon?' She found herself squinting which somehow caused her optics to zoom in. 'No its Energon alright but its green in color.....wait a minute? Could it be Synthen? But how he get that.... I thought Ratchet destroy it.'

"No wonder he's so efficient? Well, that's a bit of Intel, I guess."

"......."

Nova was more focused on the door then anything; it was so close she could imagine just strolling out of here. Wonder if they attempted to retrieve information, of course impossible but she bet that was why she was so out of it. She's not being arrogantly confidence when it is impossible it is impossible, her mind is loosely occupying this processor without actual information to translate they wouldn't be able to get a strong enough fix on it, if any case it would be pointless for them to attempt it.

"......."

Nova sighed, "I am starting to feel the strain though, as though my mind is spinning. I wish I brought Campy with me, he could have eaten his way. If only I didn't go after Knockout in the first place, none of this ever happen."

"......"

Nova stopped for a second when she heard something, 'What is that? It's been doing that for a while now, I thought it was the ambient sounds of this ship, but no It was heavy, struggling breathing. Or basically me after a two mile run at full speed.'

"......."

Nova was aware what was beside her, that she couldn't bring herself to look to one side, but she did, and it doesn't end well. It was none other the person she didn't wish to see; Breakdowns corpse but the groaning voice is no doubt that it's Silas. Judging by his tired, pained groans, he had been through this suffering constantly, and that was such a long while ago that he went through that Groundbridge back to the Nemesis.

 "Silas? You're still alive in there." Nova said hardly. 

"What...was your f-first clue?" he said bitterly before his voice changed to a more vulnerable tone as Nova watched the dimming optics on his vessel turn desperate, "can, you...get..." he stopped as the Mech body looked to her container she's in.

"Out? No, the glass is too strong for me to break and I might cause a commotion." Nova said.

"u-uhh..." he groaned disappointingly.

"I didn't think expect you'd be alive this long."

"They forcibly keep me alive." He said struggling for breath.

"I...I would help you if i could. I can't stand the sight of yo..."Nova stopped before shaking her head, 'Is there any point? I think by how he sounds, has been through a lot and is still there. Right now, we are just two human beings, being held against our will by hostile beings of another worlds.' 

She let out a sigh and said grimly, with a touch of pity, "But. This is just...un-dignifying for a human and yes that means you, a pretty out casted member of homo-sapiens b-but still human."

His head lay back as he sighed heavily with a slight twinge of a spasm now and then, "I wait for it to end...but it doesn't."

"You used to fear demise Silas." Nova said, their conversation was very quiet and in this room, She doesn't know how  it felt as though they were both going to die.

"I've discovered something worse. But when I'm gone, you'll be subjected to twice as much." He said.

"Subjected? To what? Has he been studying you?"

He puffed something that sounded like a unstated laugh. "To start with they had been taking samples, the skin on my eyes, my very tissue...but then substances, injected through this body connected to my real body." Nova noticed his hands cupped, enough energy to still spite them.

"Substances? You mean Synthetic Energon?" She asked lifting my head up.

"...." he suddenly fell deathly silent with a slight sound of hoarse breathing.

"Silas." She said, but his head just turned onto the left side and then the right in a continuous pattern almost as though he were having a nightmare.

"....."

"Silas. Silas you have to speak." Nova said.

"....l-let me....let....me..."

"Leland Bishop! Get a hold of yourself!" She cried out in frustration, saying his real name for the first time.

"N-ne....Yes...yes that's it."  

Nova stared at him, placing both her hands on the glass, 'Primus he's delusional.'  She  wondered out loud, "Alright, so that much is true. How long have I been here?"

She noticed Silas' had lay his head to one side, fallen to fatigue of his mental and physical strain, still it does fascinate her that the fact he was the one to perform such experiments on her from the past, neither offer any kind of mercy but when it's the other way around he begs for it, pleads.

What did he expect she wonder? The pain was real. "Well that doesn't matter how long or how much time was wasted, I just need to get myself back." Nova said.

"H-ha-a-a...an-and how-how do you think..." She heard him hiss from his table.

Nova shrugged lightly, slumping the glass on her back and slowly slide on the ground, "Opportunity presents itself at any time. When exactly does Knockout come by?"

"I-I don't know, f-four, five times a day? Does it matter? Without the right environmental factors, without any tools at our expense it might as well be a 'white room'." He informed

"There's always something to use. You were in tacticians once."

"That was a long while ago...u-uh..." he said wincing.

Nova looked at her own position, bounded, she couldn't stand it for a long while, she felt as though her free will has been taken.

"Well, I know my place." Nova stated sarcastically. "Guinea pig what a lovely occupation. The price to pay isn't great but my contributions to the community is what makes it all worthwhile." she said to him letting her face fall. "Sorry."

"I didn't want to die here." He said quietly to himself as Nova watched the optics on the body that he occupied. Still in connection with his own thought and expressions. "I don't want to cease in existence, I wanted to leave a mark on this world. What I did, will only be set under the radar and to only be as a forgotten memory." He said.

Her eyes flared up as well as a slight intensive feel in my blood, "A forgotten memory, huh?" Nova hissed, despite his state. "People like you need to be remembered so that we remind ourselves that we need to change for the better, that's what the past teaches us which includes histories villains." She then said calmly.

"You preach at a time like this?" he mocked though there was a slight sound of humor.

"I don't know, maybe it's something you can take to the next world with." i said.

"Hmm. Well, I will say, that I appreciate that I won't die alone and with another member of my species here." He scoffed.

"You mean like the other members of your race? The Mech agents? We don't even know their identities. They trusted you, but you turn on them, you just wanted to run from your own race as fast as you could." Nova said as he looked to the ceiling. 

She sighed, "Look if it makes you any better I know how you feel, people can be frustrating and then there are others you just question there intelligence. The fact that we are supposed to be better than animals in that area, sometimes I just don't see it. But we, as a race haven't existed that long not as long as they have anyway. And yeah, we've screwed up, like really screwed up but you can't lose faith in your race. A house divided against itself cannot stand." Nova said. "Yes I'm a dork, close quoted Lincoln but that's all I got. But I bet Agent Fowler would appreciate it."

"Still naive.......just like Dr. Login." he scoffed before undergoing trauma. Nova's body tensed when he mentioned that name. Even she hated the fact that he was the one who killed her yet he just said her name of the person she cared.

"I'm naive? I know our race; we can be cruel, ruthless, just plain cold. I was raised in your organization you know. And in my opinion, you weren't a saint, I don't know what caused you to think like this, how our society works or the people themselves but there are better ways to try and change our faults." Nova sighed, "but it's a pretty delicate problem Science, Nature, the unknown, I'm thinking maybe all must exist for a better future." She stopped as she laid her head back. "But there will always be those differences, that divide us. Always. I mean look at them. Two factors, different ways of thinking."

".......and now we are starting the same thing." Silas said nodding but taking interest. " I suppose Dr. Login taught you to think like that. Unfortunately, you can't change those who think differently, only they can do that."

"Mmm..." Nova mumbled, he really did stumped her there. "It's tough but not impossible."

"You...are different from me. But, I don't think you've met your end as I have." He said as she looked deeply at him as he turned his head back, "you...and your visitor cohorts better rid them off the face of this planet." He puffed.

"'Our' planet Leland." Nova  corrected. "I know I maybe half human but we...still could leave from this."

"Here or on Earth, I have no life. To stay here and to die or to go back on solid ground, die slower and rot in federal prison designed for a robotic monstrosity?"

Nova sighed. "Well, it would be better to die on Earth rather on here."

"..." he relaxed his head as though he had just passed which worried me but he was just exhausted, "All those life's taken...and for what? Nothing. Nothing was accomplished I lost sight of what I was aiming for in the first place and turned it into just plain savagery." He said to himself looking to the ceiling as she watched him, "all I wanted, was change." His optics then looked away from her direction, "I'm...sorry about your-"

They both froze to the sound of footsteps, which passed on by as they relaxed again and Silas continued. "I know that doesn't mean anything but I thought to tell you. There are enough fools in the world as it is."

Nova just...stared at him, to think, what he was saying what she must have misheard. "You..." Nova stopped still trying to take it in before turning away from his direction. Since Silas was no longer speaking, she curled herself (in a sitting position) to sleep.

She doesn't know how long she was sleeping, she slowly woke up and noticed Knockout was busy with Silas. "Leland." Nova mumbled narrowing her eyes at him, watching what Knockout was doing. 

"Ahhhh!" Silas hollered, "nu-ah, nuah..." he continued.

That made her jolt a little, She had never seen him like this before, in a vulnerable position sure but he was absolutely terrified, scared and he knew to be rightfully so. There are worse fates then death...she tried to...she tried. Yet she knew that you just can't save everyone, sometimes they have walked the path so far you can't catch up. Nova know he murdered Dr. Login but letting him destroy himself isn't going to change that fact.

'The Synthen.....It's killing him on the inside, How many vials did Knockout injected him?!' Nova thought, feeling helpless. That's when she heard the footstep before the door open as Nova quickly pretend to sleep.

"Knockout! I have had it!" Starscream hollered entering the room.

"Oh-Starscream-please-come on in." he said drolly sarcastic.

"The things I have to sacrifice for living one day on this dried-up planet, my dignity, my pride, my rank..."

"Uh...why me?" Knockout mumbled, "at least when Breakdown was around, I could pass on my own problems dealing with...er, a similar problem."

"Oh, will my torment never end?" he started off again not really listening to Knockout, "first, I had to vie for Megatrons favor against that traitorous harpy Arachnid. Now, I must contend with Shockwave and his incorrigible beast."

Nova peeped one eye and thought, 'Really, does he always talk about himself?'

"Look on the Bright side Starscream. At least one of them is currently on ice locked up tight in the vaults of our Warship." Knockout said.

'Arachnid is in here too huh I guess they must have brought her in.'

Starscream sighed heavily, "how I would love to stuff Shockwave and his mangy abomination right in that stasis pod beside her. The only reason Project Predacon is currently in full swing is because I supervised the excavation of his dozens of Predacon bones." He said. Silas made a deathly groan, "will you please keep your lab rat quiet while I'm airing my grievances." Starscream complained.

"Starscream." Silas pained, "help, m-eee." He pleaded. Nova felt bad that she had to watch Silas suffered in his restraint, leaving at the mercy of a Decepticon.

Starscream chuckled to himself, "my, my, my, whatever have you been inflicting upon poor Silas."

"Ha! Well anything that merits the need for a living Petri dish." He said injecting another vial of Synthetic Energon into Breakdown/Silas' systems.

Nova looked to one side watching the bodies yellow optics turn an oozing green again, it almost felt like watching little kids torment the wildlife. "Despite your justified lack of regard for his human side. It doesn't trouble you to watch what remains of your former partner endure your scientific endeavors?" Starscream asked.

"Not really." Knockout said flatly, "Besides Silas once had poor Breakdown at his lab table; I think my former partner would be pleased to be apart."

Silas who struggled against his shackles, enduring the pain but couldn't as the body went into stasis. "What just happened?" Starscream asked.

"You re-call all that Synthetic energon I recovered from the Autobots? Well, I've been reproducing the formula to test its vile abilities as an alternative energy source. However, the compounds remains erratic and there have been side effects in both subjects." Knockout said.

"Such as?" Starscream said as his questions was answered as Silas awoke from his table letting out an inhuman sound of rage."Starscream! I hope you replaced your T-cog because I'm going to tear it out all over again and feed it to Knockout!" He cried.

"Sheer unbridled aggression." Knockout told Starscream.

"Such power and fury." Starscream noted triumphantly, "Megatron has long desired a beast machined super solder and we now possess the means of delivering one to him."

"Nuergh don't get too hopeful about it." Knockout stated.

Starscream turned to Nova who was in the container, as she quickly shut her eyes, making sure they think she's asleep. "You do plan on performing similar procedures on this thing, don't you?" Starscream asked.

"Even If I want to.....But every time I try to scan her, she managed to short circuit them. Not to mention shielding herself. When I plan to inject her with the Sythen while sleeping, that energy field just kept preventing me. I don't know how she kept doing that in her sleep" Knockout complained. Nova was confused as she said to herself, 'I didn't activate my barrier.....Could it be my power had a mind of its own? I guess I'm grateful that I don't want to end up being a test subject.'

The two then fell silent looking over the two. "Shall we inform Megatron of this?" Knockout said.

"We? Who are you...O-oh yes, of course we." Starscream awkwardly laughed as Knockout tutted.

Nova lifted my head to them as the two walked towards the entrance, 'Now they're gone, I need to find a way out of here.' She then turned to Knockouts med table in front were more vials of Synthetic Energon being manufactured. 'To think Knockout was able to replicate more.'

Nova looked around the container, punching the glass which it's still hardened. She huffed in frustration, the only way out was up but the cover was too heavy. 'Ugh.... How am I supposed to open the cover?' Nova wondered. While she was thinking, she turned to Silas beside her.

"Neurghhhh! Ah, ahhh!" Silas continued to succumb to the full effects of it, like an illness you have to fight it but she guess Silas being in his weakest state, he hasn't exactly have the strength to withstand it. Nova shook her head as she focus in finding a way without causing a ruckus then a thought came to her. She stared at her hand then at the cover. 'I hope I don't tire myself, please let it work.'

Nova closing her eyes, focusing her powers as her hair was glowing brightly, as she raised her left hand and made a circular motion with her index finger. The blue highlight appeared on the container as the cover began to unravel itself. She kept doing it until the cover was removed and was placed beside her. As her hair stopped glowing, Nova slumped on the glass in exhaustion. She felt her strength drained after doing that. "Phew, I never thought my powers might come in handy." Nova said before transformed into her robot mode as she stretched her wings and flew out of the container. As she flew, she transformed into her Titan Mode before landing on the ground, her wings pulled back into her body. 

She brushed herself down looking to Silas who was beyond himself anymore just a snarling animal. She wanted to leave but her subconscious told her to help him. She groaned, "Blast my conscious, making me do the wrong things for the right reason."

Instead of leaving, she went over to Silas as she tried to remove the shackles from his arm. Silas noticed her and growled at her, "W-What are you doing?"

Nova turned to him, "What do you think?! I'm getting you out of here."

Although, he still seems under the side effect of the Synthen that he wasn't able to think properly. "W-Why do you want to help me? After everything I did, yet you still help me ......"

Nova wasn't listening as she continued trying to find a way to remove the shackle. "Hah....I don't know if it is fear or mercy that prevent your action from killing me. Your as weak as Dr. LOgin." Silas sneered sadistically.

She felt her blood boiled when he said the name, even if it's the side effect Nova can't stand him insulting about her. She stopped what she was doing before looking at him in the face. "Look, I'm not doing this just for you, I'm doing this because I'm not going to let some Stupid Cons kill you. Just so you know, you and I both have unfinished business, our grudge between us will never end. Beside, If anyone is going to kill you.....Is me." Nova said with dead seriousness.

Then she heard familiar voices and thought to take her place back at the table by placing the cover back then used her light manipulation to create a double of herself in human form while Nova faded in the shadow (she turned invisible, Alright). 

Though she thought riled Silas up enough that's for sure as his greeting wasn't exactly friendly for the two Cons, "I am going to make you suffer in ways you will not believe!" Silas vowed.

"How much of this Synthen have you given him?" Starscream asked.

"Two additional doses, three at the most. But Silas' increasingly volatile nature isn't the only wrinkle." Knockout said adding another additional vial. "It appears the more 'green' stuff I administer, the faster this monstrosity formally known as Breakdown burns through his own natural Energon reserves."

'Hmm, only because he let his anger control him and has just become a wrecking ball.' Nova thought, while hiding in the shadow.

"This will not do. Megatron already possess one unruly beast with that Predacon of his. What good is another freak of nature that cannot be controlled?" Starscream said with a slight spark of thought appearing in his optics, "Wait." He said leaning a clawed finger against his chin, "I'm a fool."

"Obviously." Knockout said.

"Follow me." He said as the two departed again. Nova became visible as she came out of the shadow, "Man, I thought they never leave....wonder where they're going." Nova wondered before turning to Silas again. "Although, I'd sure like to see your failed cosmetic surgery Leland." Nova hissed.

"You just try and touch me, you sleazy brat!" he barked.

"Past the chassis and through the scum, look out Silas here I come." Nova sang placing a finger on the spot where originally the spark would be. "I want to see you for what you are now."

Nova heard an argument outside as she leap back into the shadow again, 'sure now there fast and don't waste time, Dang.'

"Dark Energon?" Knockout said as they entered the room, "Dark Energon?!" he repeated as Starscream set the cube down. Nova's optics widened when she saw the Dark Energon before her.

"You are more than a fool, Starscream! I think your neural cluster has blown a massive fuse!" Knockout said to him.

"Oh, on the contrary, dear Doctor. Adding Dark Energon to the formula should provide Lord Megatron with full control over his super soldier."

'What?! They're planning to inject the Dark Energon into Silas. Are they nuts?!' Nova said to herself, while blending in the shadow.

"Okay. True that lord Megatron seems to possess a symbiotic link to any-one or -thing infused with the dark matter, allowing him to manipulate them as if they were puppets, but......" Knockout walked around the med table before he reminded, "have you forgotten what the so-called 'Blood of – Unicron' did to our warship?"

"That was the result of a massive infusion." Starscream said. "I am suggesting a drop or two merely enough to allow our Master to command - his warrior at will."

"Even so, it's too drastic a measure to undertake without Shockwave's approval. I do, after all, report to him."

"Not on this project! Supersoldiers fall under military operations, meaning, dear Knockout, that you now report to me. Are we clear?"

Knockout was about to say something but decided not to argue as he prepared the Dark Energon then injected to Silas."Wait for it." Knockout said as Silas struggled and thrashed only to suddenly cease movement making it appear as a failure.

"Urgh humans in any form cannot be relied on." Starscream said.  'I hope they have a death wish.' Nova thought, watching them behind.

Then, Silas came back online growling and snarling as Knockout practically jumped up and down, "it's alive!"

"Indeed it is." Nova said quietly, waiting for the obvious failures of their stupidity. She better be cautious either way. She watched the sight of Starscream being lashed to one side, making Nova move away where she was standing as Silas had broken free now what follows may be screams.

"Scrap!" Starscream exclaimed

"Well this just got more interesting." Nova noted to one side, watching the oblivious Cons watching the tired Silas or just resting give him a moment.

"Oh for the love of...now what?" Starscream said poking the husk.

"I tr-ied to tell you before. It's a side effect of the Synthen; he's burned through his natural reserves." Knockout said. "Then perhaps we should withhold any infusions for a while. Might calm Silas down a bit. Make him a tad more manageable." Starscream said, stepping to behind Knockout, no doubt to hide.

Nova had a dreaded feeling about this, whatever Starscream and Knockout did, is making her feel wary. She watched Silas' body shake before his head slowly lifted, revealing a purple eyes.

"Need, Energon..." Silas moaned. Then with a fierce roar, his lower jaw splits into monstrous mandibles and a long, bladed tongue emerges, much to Nova's horror. She had been experimented and tortured but to Silas was no different from a level of inhuman.

Silas attempts to use on Starscream before he was electrocuted by Knockout, but only for him to stumble back away from Starscream. "Do you think he is really trying to...?" Starscream dared ask.

"Suck out our Energon with that thing?" Knockout finished. "Seems that way."

He lifted his electric prod, only to have Breakdown ripped it from him and break it in half. He tossed the broken rod away and was attempted to such their energon. If it weren't for Nova's instinct before she revealed herself and blast him with her energy sphere to protect the Two Cons from the crazed zombiecon. She knows that she despised Starscream and Knockout for everything they have done but she can't stand around and rather have her dead by their crazy experiment. He staggered right back with a grunt before he let out a hissed. 

"Sheesh.....I HAD to do the wrong things for the right reason, Me and my stupid subconscious." Nova said hardly.

"What?! Your that femme from the base. How did you get in here?!" he pointed at her, Nova forgotten he didn't know her yet.

Knockout looked to the empty container that was where her double was after it disappeared. He turned to her, "Wait a minute.....your....."

He didn't get to finished and was interrupted by Silas growl. Nova stared at his awful state, the sight of seeing him inhuman making her feel pitiful. "Now who's the experiment, Silas?" Nova said coldly, narrowing her optics at Silas.

Silas looked up to Starscream and Knockout then to Nova who was standing in front. Silas growled at her, "Nooovvvaaaa......."

Nova's optics raised as he took another step, much to Starscream's and Knockout's frightened look.

He growled again which something she hasn't heard from it before, "Reeaaaappppeeerrrr!!!" 

As he lunged at them, Nova quickly created an electric shield as he was bounced right back with a grunt, he growled dangerously at her before he began hitting the shield forcefully. 

 Electric sparks come out of her shield with each hit, and her energy is draining with each hit. Somehow the Synthen must have given him unbelievable strength which was too much for her that she was having trouble keeping the shield up. With that blow, Silas finally crashes directly and it finally made her shield to dissipate, making Nova staggered back.

'Woah.....how much did Knockout just injected?!' Nova said mentally.

"Reaper....." He hissed at her before she used the force to push Silas to the wall away from the trio, making a loud sound as he fell on the ground but seeing he wasn't going to give up easily. "Here take her, take her! She's the one you want!!" Starscream hollered, pointing in her direction.

"Here's an idea, maybe we should all run.....Like now."  Nova said irritated as they ran out of the room, only to have Silas chased after them. 

"See if you can hold him off!" Starscream called.

"w-what?!" Knockout said disbelief.

He turned to Nova, "Er, hold him off!" Starscream had transformed, "Wait for me!" Knockout cried jumping onto the back of his wings as he flew off. "Bumbling Idiots." Nova said, rolling her optics before stretching her wings as she followed them safely in numbers and all that. She wanted to escape though she needed directions to the nearest exit or...she don't know if she haven't really thought on a stronger plan, something's blocking it. When she finally caught up, it was a painful sight of Starscream and Knockout bickering and panic.

"Use your head Knockout......This ship is crawling with highly trained Vehicon troopers armed for combat. The moment Silas attempts to feed they will neutralize him for us, problem solved." Starscream said.

"Uh-huh at least you have some kind of faith.....twisted that is" Nova said casually.

"of course now....." He said nodding his head relived before realizing, "wait a minute, I know you yet I don't remember the Autobots adding another. How did you get in our warship?"

"Huh....I thought your the smart one, you don't recognize after attempting to steal the Red Energon and the Omega keys" Nova said, crossing her arms, much to Starscream confusion.

Knockout said to him, "Um Starscream.....you remember the technorganic that was in the container whose with the Autobots lately." Starscream stared at Knockout for a minute before his optics widened before turning to the femme standing before him.

"Your....that technorganic!!Optimus' pet!!" Starscream said.

"Ding-Ding wake up and smell the perfume." Nova said mockingly, giving a slow applaud.

"But how was that possible?! How were you able to gain.....this form?"

"If your referring to my Titan Mode, that is a questioned that can't be answered." Nova said to him. Knockout asked, "How did you escape?"

Nova pointed her glowing optics, Knockout noted, "Devious."

"Thank you, at least I don't have to be trap in the container." Nova said before start to the corridor.

"Wait....where do you think you're going?" Starscream asked.

"Since I'm free, I'm just going to go ahead and y'know leave." Nova said, was about to leave. "Wait a minute!" Knockout yelled, grabbing her arm and pulled her back.

"What the...?" Nova said.

"Help us!" said Knockout.

"What?! Knockout have you lost it?!" Starscream asked.

"Just hear me out! We need all the help we get if we're going to beat this thing!" He explained. Nova thought about it, she was planning to leave but the thought of having Silas going rampage might not be a good idea. Who knows what kind of side effect with Dark and Synthen Energon might be if it escapes?

Nova groaned as she removed her arm from Knockout. "Alright, I'll assist.... but I'm not doing this just to clean up your mess." much to their surprised and relief.

As the trio proceeded carefully and quietly down the hallways of the warship. She was walking ahead of them with her back exposed. Though, she noticed Knockout watch her like she was his patient. "To think I didn't know she could possess this ability to transform." Knockout said.

"I agree.....I wonder what kind of secrets is she hiding." Starscream wondered out loud. "Um you do know I can hear you two." Nova stated them. While walking, she noticed the two had fallen silent but slight flicks of their head. She guessed that they were comm linking each other.

"Once we recover Silas' body we must dispose of it as quickly and as efficiently as possible. No trace of him can be allowed to remain." Starscream said.

"His..." Knockout shuddered, "infected, body."

As they carried on down the hallway weapons drawn, Nova halted her tracks which made both stop as well. She stood there silently, staring at the corner. "Why did you stop?" Starscream asked. As they followed to where she was staring......

"Wu-ah!" Starscream exclaimed.

"Dah!" Knockout added as they turned to a corner to find a Vehicon lying on the floor. Knockout rushed passed Nova as he checked him over. "Gone. Completely drained of Energon. Tell me something Starscream, when you said problem solved is this even close to what you had in mind?" Knockout said, walking beside Starscream and Nova.

"I do not appreciate your tone Knockout. This brunet catastrophe is hardly my fault." Starscream argued the two now confronting each other.

"Ok What is with you guys never taking responsibility for anything? What will you spontaneously combust or something?" Nova noted but doubtly they could hardly take notice.

"Well it certainly isn't mine!"

Nova folding her arms, shaking her head with disappointment at their argument when a throaty growl came from behind her, her optics raised as she turned to see the Vehicon slowly getting up.

"Oh. Okay......Guys?" She said, placing her arms down while the two continued to argue.

"Oh no? You're the mastermind who chose to experiment with Synthetic Energon." Starscream said.

"Um Guys..." Nova called, trying to get their attention.

"Well you're the monkey wrench who thought it was a good idea to dabble in voodoo." Knockout continued, neither one backing down until they were arguing, groaning and moaning zombies themselves.

"GUYS!!!" Nova yelled.

"What!" Both reply when they heard the growl before looking behind Nova.

"Energon..." the undead Vehicon said as his lower jaw splits into monstrous mandibles and a long, bladed tongue emerges.

"Ah!!!" the trio scream as they backed away from the undead Vehicon. "I thought you said he had no spark?" Starscream said.

"Dark Energon. It reanimates the dead." Knockout explained as Starscream started shooting at it though it didn't back down as it come getting closer. "Aim for the head!" he cried, over the shooting.

"What?! How do you know?!" Starscream questioned.

"I have seen human horror films."

"Wait....Seriously?" Nova asked as she and Starscream looked at him confusedly.

"At drive in theatres." Knockout added.

Starscream transformed his blaster back into a hand and aimed his missile at the undead Vehicon. He fired, and it struck the head of the Vehicon. Once the smoke cleared, the undead Vehicon kept walking towards them. Its head missing and long claw tongue in the air.

"Ok....that is too creepy!!" Nova exclaimed.

"Forget the head, go for the spark." Starscream said.

Nova fired her lightning shots at the Vehicon, blasting through the chest making a huge hole in its upper body as it fell lifelessly to the ground. For good this time.

"We severed its link to the Dark Energon. Human horror films, waste of time." Knockout said as they approached the lifeless Con.

Nova stared at the Vehicon for a minute before started on ahead. "C'mon, Let's move." She said to them.

Starscream glared at her, "I don't take orders from you."

Nova spread her arms as she spun around to them, "Hey, Do you wanna stay here in the hollow corridors?" She stated angrily.

"Why do you think we are st..." Knockout started.

"Then, quit your bickering and hurry up! Dead or alive it makes no difference to me if your either." She said before going on ahead. The two Cons stared at each other as they hastily caught up with Nova.

"If the mutation can be paste along with a single bite, the entire crew is at risk!" said Knockout.

"Eek! Your saying, Silas could get MORE terrorcons?" Starscream asked with a shudder.

"It could happen, and the ensuing feeding frenzy could turn this entire warship into a scrapheap," Knockout added

"Nice going you two, you just created an energon sucking Zombie-Vampire Con that is going rampaging." Nova commented 

"Yes Yes....so Now can we sound the alarm?" Knockout asked irritated as they turned to the corner, they found a group of 4 Vehicons in a circle.

"You there, have you noticed any unusual activity?" Starscream said as the group of Vehicons looked at the group of three, revealing their new mouths and fangs, and tongues.

"In this.... sector." finished Starscream nervously.

The group began to walk slowly towards the Trio. "Run!!" Nova exclaimed as they ran back down the hall, turning right at the nearest corner they could find. They stopped in front of an intersection. One going left, one going right.

Nova and Starscream ran for the right corridor, and she noticed that they were one Decepticon short. "Knockout!" Nova called. Knockout immediately turned around and ran towards her and Starscream. The three of them kept running down the hall until they ran into another group of ZombieCons. They ran back and made a left turn at a corner to get away from them. As they ran, Starscream found a computer room with nobody inside. "In here." Starscream said. The three of them jumped inside the room at the last second, just before the doors closed behind them. They quickly hid behind a wall and under a large desk.

 "Knockout this situation may be a bit more dire then either of us ever imagined." Starscream said.

"Mmm, I find it rather ironic that after battling Autobots all these years, getting smack down, shot at, blown up. This is how our lights go out?" Knockout said.

"Drained of our precious fluids, if this is indeed the end, if we are to become Terrorcon chow. It has been an honor serving lord Megatron with you."

"You're no Breakdown, though I must confess I have always admired your lustrous finish." Then the awkward silence of which they didn't realized Nova was there, watching with the awkward and brief conversation between them

'Wow....I never thought I could hear it from the both of them.' Nova thought.

 "And you." Starscream announced to her.

"Huh?" 

"Well...at least we're taking you down with us."

"I hate to ask....back there Silas called you "Reaper" from what I heard from human culture is that it was short for Grim Reaper that represent death. Why is that?"

Nova stared at the Cons before let out a sigh, 'Well, If this is going to be my last.....I might as well say something to them.'  She looked up to them and answered, "Short version, I used to be an ex assassin working with Silas for 10 years. Trained me to search and kill anyone who stands in my way until I turn my back on him and became a good guy.....well girl I guess."

Both of them were silenced, surprised by my background. "So your that 'Agent Reaper' that Silas referring to.....he did say you betrayed him." Starscream said.

"That would explained your um.....fighting skills and your abilities. Though, I do like your form, the color really does look good on you." Knockout said.

"Um Gee Thanks....I guess." Nova said, rubbing her arm awkwardly. Starscream coughed then looked up at Knockout and Nova while the doctor was thinking with his servo on his chin.

"You may not be an Autobot but You're not quite bad, for a Technorganic." said Knockout.

"You're not too bad yourself. Both of you, for Decepticons." Nova replied.

There was more silence after that, then Starscream coughed again. "Well then...." said Starscream.

"We should be going." finished Knockout.

"Er, yeah." Nova said, 'Ok This was.....um awkward.'

The three of them slowly proceeded out of the room as Nova looked around before turning to them. "Let's split up..." Nova said.

"WHAT?!" Both replied.

"Hey, it would be easier to find Silas." She explained.

"Are you crazy? With these terrorcons around, they'll suck our energon if we split up." Starscream said in fear. "He's right.....beside we don't have protection like you do." Knockout said.

Nova rolled her optics and said, "Hey, both of you are going to be fine, just try not to make contact with them." as she head down to the left hallway.

"And what if they do?" Knockout asked her. She halted before turning to them, "Well, The best thing about zombiecons.......There slow moving." recalling what Mikos said from the shadow zone as she left the two cons in the hallway. 

Honestly, she thought to follow them but this wasn't going to get her anywhere. Although, she have to say being solo on the Nemesis is pretty...exciting. She was the only one in potential danger but without the concern for others, she can better concentrate and take in the feeling of suspense. "Once I find Silas, then leave this crazy nightmare.' Nova thought.