Knock Out started pulling wildly at his restraints. He knew that New Mech was planning to show him the same kind of hospitality that the old Mech did Breakdown. And he wanted no part of it.

"Don't worry we won't touch your optics." Spencer said darkly. "I'm not Silas I won't make you watch." "I'm not as merciful as my brother I'll leave the visuals to your imagination." "Why see what you can feel?" "Leave his pain receptors on I want him to feel everything we do to him."

"No!" "Please don't do this!" Knock Out pleaded in almost a whimper.

"Kill you or wipe out your kind?" Asked Spencer.

"Both." Begged Knock Out who's shoulder was still hurting and he knew it was infected from going untreated. And no telling how bad New Mech was going to mess him up. At this point his paint was the least of his worries he'd be lucky to survive this.

Spencer gave a signal and men from New Mech started drilling into parts of Knock Out as the red medic started yelling in pain.

"I'd stay and watch but I have somewhere else to be." Said Spencer who left the room.
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Meanwhile the team was coming on a rescue mission to save Knock Out and stop New Mech once and for all.

Shayna was wearing the Apax armour and helping a temporarily blind Starscream navigate or at least attempting to. While the others were locked in combat with Lockdown and an army of Cybertronian like drones New Mech had created.

Galvatron was fighting some of the drones when Starscream fired a missile at them. But was still blind as a bat and just missed hitting Galvatron.

"Starscream!" yelled a very angry sounding Galvatron.

"So sorry master I wasn't trying to kill you this time I promise." Starscream apologized.

Starscream was still blind and didn't see Galvatron chuckle.

Then Starscream decided he was useless on the ground so turned into his jet mode and since he still couldn't see he thought he was in the sky but was really hovering a few feet from the ground. And hit the Apax armour with his wing tip knocking Shayna on to her back. And the armour was so bulky she couldn't get back up.

"Oh great now I'm a turtle." Complained a very frustrated Shayna. While meanwhile Starscream was forcing everyone to duck and dodge.

"Hey Screamer!" "Straiten up and fly right!" Yelled Sideswipe.

"He's literally flying blind." Added Strongarm.

Just then Starscream's optics went back to normal.

"I can see." Starscream exclaimed. Then saw he was going to crash into a wall flying to fast to stop. "Oh scrap!"

Shayna got out of the armour and ran to where he crashed to make sure he was OK. "Are you OK?" She asked.

"Yeah." Said Starscream standing up and dusting himself off. "Remind me never to do that again."

"I'm worried I can't feel the empathy bond anymore and the last thing I felt from Knock Out's end was horror." Shayna told him.

"That's not good Cybertronians can turn off their end of any kind of bond." "If they don't want who their bonded to feeling what they are." Starscream explained. "And if you say the last thing you felt on his end was fear then Knock Out is in danger and we have to find him soon or we might not find him alive."

"Then we have to find him fast." Said Shayna. "We know New Mech's base is that building over there." "So that's where we need to go." Then Shayna picked up the Apax Armour and said she had a plan. Before getting in Starscream's jet mode. And flying to the base.
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"This place is like a fortress." Shayna told Starscream after they had been inside New Mech's base for what seemed like a long time. It was like a maze every time they took one hallway they came to another just like it.

When all of a sudden. "Ahhhh!" They heard cries of intense pain coming from one of the hallways.

"That sounds like Knock Out!" Cried Starscream. "He sounds like he's in agony!"

They ran down the hallway the cries were coming from. And then were worried when the screams stopped. And they went into a room that they knew Knock Out's screams had been coming from.

And when they got there they saw their friend laying deathly still and people from New Mech drilling into him.

Starscream couldn't take it and walked to the middle of the room causing the people who were trying to dissect Knock Out to run out of the building in fear. They were just there to take Knock Out apart and weren't ready to deal with a none restrained seeker. The former Decepticon second in command no less.

And to say Starscream looked mad would be an understatement. He look like he was ready to murder all of them. But instead he went to where Knock Out was and got the restraints off him.

"Knock Out wake up. We have to go." Said Starscream. But the red mech didn't respond. His frame was covered in cracks and he was leaking energon and one of the drills had been used very close to his spark chamber and his optics were dull.

"Starscream I think were to late." Sobbed Shayna.

"No!" "There has to be something we can do!" Cried Starscream. "I hate these drills!" The seeker yelled as he punched one and coolant tears ran down his face.

Shayna climbed up next to Knock Out's face and heard a low moaning sound like whistling.

"Starscream there's some kind of sound coming from Knock Out." Said Shayna.

Starscream moved closer to Knock Out and listened closely. Then he heard it too.

"Knock Out is still alive and crying in pain!" Starscream said in disbelief. "He's so weak right now that's the only sound he can make." "He needs medical attention fast."

Shayna called Ratchet and explained what was going on. And after hearing of Knock Out's condition he ground bridged over.

"I can't save him." Ratchet told them sadly. "But I called Sari and she and Sky Bite are on their way so she can use her key to heal Knock Out." "And I can try to keep Knock Out alive till they get here."

"That'll make Knock Out good as new." Said Shayna.

"Not if I can help it." Hissed Sentinel who had just entered from behind everyone. "For the record Spencer and New Mech already had all the knowledge about what makes us Cybertronians tick." "They didn't need to do that to Knock Out."

"I told Spencer what Knock Out did to his brother and what happened with Breakdown and how to get revenge for his brother."

"Why It was Megatron and me who killed your Dad Knock Out had nothing to do with that!" Yelled a viability angry Starscream.

"That wasn't for revenge that was just for kicks." Mocked Sentinel. "And I'll take away the pain for him now." He added readying his arm cannon.

"Your sick!" Cried Ratchet who couldn't stand to hear anymore of this.

"Don't worry Ratchet I'll handle this jerk." Said Starscream who now hated Sentinel more then he ever did Megatron even on his worst days. "You just focus on helping Knock Out."

To Be Continued.

There's a fight between Starscream and Sentinel coming up in the next chapter. And this Sentinel is Animaed's version of him. Hope your enjoying the story as far. Feel free to send feedback.