Transformers/Beast Wars 1. Chapter 1

**A/N: Ok this was originally going to be a one-shot, but I'm making it into a multi chaptered story. It's somewhat based off a dream I had recently so bear with me. XD**

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Kristina drove from work after a long day, very tired and ready to hop into the shower for a relaxing time. Once she reached her apartment she got out of her car and noticed a bouquet of flowers on her porch.

"What the hell?" she questioned, picking them up and looking at the small paper saying 'Your handsome admirer.'

The latina looked around in case the 'admirer' was still around, quickly going inside with the flowers and placing them on her kitchen table. Going to the bathroom, she slipped off her clothes and glasses then stepped in the bathtub, closing the curtain and turning on the relaxing spray of the shower head.

"That was random, but whatever, day over, weekend here." She mumbled to herself. Lathering shampoo into her short dark brown hair, she soothed her headache but stopped as she heard her cellphone go off. "Hm?"

Quickly rinsing her hair, she reached out and toweled off the water on her hand then pressed the touch screens phone icon albeit the caller id stating 'unknown'.

"Hello?" Kristina asked curiously, having to yell slightly over the hiss of the shower.

"Is this Kristina?" the voice asked.

"…yes? Who is this?"

"Oh, just a little admirer. Did you like your flowers?"

She froze. Nothing like this had ever happened to her and the fact that this stranger knew where she lived and had her number immediately set off alarms in her head. Though he had a rather soothing voice, it could just be a cover for his obvious insanity of getting her private information.

"Um, I-I think you should lose this number." She mumbled. "Bye!" she said, quickly pressing the phone icon again to hang up.

_This is getting weird._ Kristina thought to herself, feeling somewhat frightful. She was always somewhat paranoid of the male gender, being afraid of assaults and such after having lived in an area rampant with it. The 22 year old always kept to herself, went to work then straight back home. She had no friends or family in the small town of Jasper having moved there recently for a simple life. It's not like she wanted to be completely isolated, but her fear always gripped her and kept people at least an arms' length away.

She shivered a bit as her phone went off with 'unknown' again.

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Knockout pouted slightly as she didn't answer, hanging up and opting to leave her be for now.

"You'd think she'd be appreciative of my gift." He huffed slightly, stroking his chin in thought. "I thought human females liked this romance stuff."

He had become enamored with the young woman a month ago and just now started making contact. As much as he was disgusted by humans, this one stuck out to him for some odd reason. He liked the way her body curved and how short she was. Though she was considered chubby by human standards, he thought the size looked endearing on her. He always liked mechs and femmes with a bit more weight on them.

The medic opened up a new window on his computer screen, looking up more information on Earths internet about wooing human women. He didn't realize the 'facts' he was reading were rather large clichés from romance books or absolute trash advice from sites like Cosmopolitan. He didn't even realize contacting her without introduction would spook her. Not like showing himself to be a giant robot wouldn't spook her, but he thought sending gifts and such would warm her up a bit like the advice articles stated. The medic had read that secret admirers were considered 'dark, mysterious and exciting' on some pages.

Knockout sighed some. "Perhaps I need to be a bit more forward, more assertive." He mumbled, skimming through an article. He clicked out of the site and looked over a few more pages before turning in.

The medic thought hard on what his next move should be as he laid down in his berth. He had studied her patterns, she left her house, went to work then immediately went back home, always using her car to go places instead of just walking despite the size of the town. Though on weekends she would usually go to the drive-in theater, but even then she was surrounded by people so he couldn't reveal himself. It was as if she never wanted to leave herself in a vulnerable position, which left very few windows of opportunity for him to get her alone and meet her without anyone seeing.

Knockout growled slightly in frustration, he had originally thought this little crush was a total glitch in his system, but the more he tried to ignore it, the more he found he really wanted to keep trying to see or meet her. He had finally caved in and decided to explore these thoughts about her, which left him in his current situation of slight desperation in thought. He closed his optics, his systems linked to a camera he had fixed to watch her apartment so he'd know if she left or did anything out of the ordinary. It never occurred to him this was somewhat considered stalking by human standards. He opted to go offline for a recharge, hoping his dreams would cease with their insistent need to remind him of her.

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Kristina awoke with a slight gasp, having had a small nightmare about her 'secret admirer' breaking into her house. It left her shaking and scared, quickly going to the bathroom and splashing cold water on her face.

"It's ok, it was just a dream. He sounded harmless enough on the phone…maybe he won't push it." She tried to reason with herself, her gripping fear always having caused her to be afraid of venturing out much anywhere besides the store or the drive-in theater.

The young latina went to look out the window, sighing as it was early but a nice and cool morning as the sun hadn't fully risen yet, seeing people walking their dogs or going for jobs.

_Maybe this can be the day I finally buck up and take a walk in this town…I _have_ lived here for over a few months already. _Kristina thought, going and getting dressed in casual shorts and a pure purple shirt with flower designs on it. She tied her shoes on then took a deep breath as she opened the door and locked it behind her, pocketing her keys as she started walking. She held her purse to her a bit tightly as she brought it in case she passed by a food joint and got hungry.

Kristina smiled as a few folks gave her a wave as she passed them by, as if giving her silent appraisal for finally venturing out without knowing it. _This isn't so bad_. She thought with a small smile. She was finally going out without much fear and it felt good.

Knockout quickly awoke when his system sensed her door open, looking to a small remote screen in his room and seeing her walk out. This was something completely knew for her to do, taking a stroll without using her car to view the town. This could finally be Knockouts chance to get her if she were to get in just the right area. The medic quickly got up and went to leave, ignoring any current work he had to do. He wasn't going to let this opportunity slip through his fingers.

Kristina continued to stroll after having grabbed a breakfast burrito and soda, reaching a park that was occupied by young men and women doing their morning jogs before they had to go to their weekend jobs. She didn't feel too intimidated as she walked then sat on a bench, smiling as a big stray dog came trotting towards her from the smell of her food. She was always fond of animals, they didn't scare her as much as people did. Plucking some egg from her burrito, she handed it to the canine as he scarfed it into his mouth hungrily.

"I wish I could take you home with me, pup, but no dogs allowed where I live." She said as she patted his soft yet somewhat dirty head. She grinned as he yipped happily.

Knockout soon drove in near the sidewalk at the park, his sights set when he finally found her. He parked near her, waiting for her next move but trying to stay inconspicuous.

_Why are there so many humans about this early?! Don't humans laze about on weekends?_ He thought to himself huffily, keeping his patience as he was waiting.

A few minutes rolled by and Kristina started feeling as if she were being watched, she glanced behind her and noticed a sleek red car with darkened windows, quickly turning back around and sitting straight up.

_It couldn't be….no, you're just being paranoid_. Kristina scolded herself. _This is supposed to be a good day for you, you're finally out of the apartment and taking a walk like a normal person!_

The young lady soon got up after finishing her breakfast and sipped her soda as she started walking along the side walk, not noticing most of the joggers had jaunted off back to their homes, leaving her and two other people who happened to be an old couple sitting with their backs to the main area of the park where she was walking.

_This is my chance._ Knockout thought, smoothly driving up next to her.

Kristina was quickly freaked out by the action, thoughts racing as she suddenly dropped her drink and bolted back the other way in the direction of where she came from. Knockout cursed under his breath, having to do a u-turn on the road and driving after her. The latina quickly heard him coming and her heart raced as she sprinted as quickly as she could, reaching a narrow alley way and going into it. Luckily it wasn't cut off as she made it to the other side of the building and continued running.

Knockout growled, quickly reversing and going around the building after her, seeing her running down the inner cities sidewalk now. He knew he would cause a scene if he kept perusing her around here, but he knew exactly where she was headed to and drove straight for the destination.

Kristina hid into another alley way, gasping as she saw a red blur speed by and sighed in relief as she believed she had lost him. "Alright, your good day is over, time to go home." She whimpered, going back to her apartment as quickly as possible and feeling as if she were just defeated by this unknown menace.

The young latina reached her apartment, going through the small parking lot then screaming as Knockout suddenly pulled out in front of her, his door opening and seat belts lashing out. They quickly wrapped around her body and forcefully pulled her in, door shutting as he peeled out of the lot and drove away. Kristina quickly looked up and saw no one was driving, her eyes wide in confusion and shock

"What the hell is going on?!" she shrieked, trying to escape her binds. This had to be a dream, because there was no way a self-driving car had just kidnapped her.

"Just calm down! I just want to talk with you!" Knockout somewhat shouted, frustrated that he had scared her this much through his actions but knowing there was no other way he could have met her without taking her.

There was that smooth voice she had heard on the phone. "You talk?! Cars can't talk! This has to be a dream!" Kristina yelped as his speed soon caught the attention of some police officers, groaning as he heard the sirens blare.

"Scrap." The medic grumbled as he shifted his gears and sped faster than the officers could keep up with, causing another scream from his hostage. "_Please _calm down, I'm not going to hurt you!"

"Then why are you kidnapping me?! People only kidnap people to hurt them!" she nearly cried, struggling in the seat belt as the speed caused her an unexpected adrenaline rush.

"Well I'm not a human so I'm not a 'person' who would kidnap to harm you! Look, I've been watching you for over a month now and I just now took the chance to meet you face to face. Now just calm down while I get these idiots off my tailpipe!" he yelled as he bolted off through streets, giving the cops the run around before finally losing them.

A realization finally hit Kristina. "…YOU'RE my secret admirer?! A talking car!? A talking car who can call peoples private phones?!"

"I'm not just a car! Look, I-ugh, hold on and I'll show you when we get to a secluded area! But for now stop shouting and calm down." Knockout said, driving out of town and to an abandoned construction site.

Kristina had calmed down a bit by the time they reached the area, sighing in relief when he finally released her from the seat belts and opened his door. She somewhat scrambled out and took a deep breath of the fresh air then froze as she saw him transform into a giant robot. Her jaw dropped, unable to believe that this was happening.

"Ok, this really is a dream. There is no way a giant robot is my secret admirer." She mumbled to herself.

Knockout coughed a bit to clear his vocals and put a hand on his hip. "I'm Knockout, a cybertronian doctor and yes, I am indeed your 'secret admirer' as you humans call it." He gave her his charismatic smile, hoping it would calm her more.

Kristina stood there, staring up at him then turning around and rubbing her temples as she obtained another headache from the entire fiasco. "I…don't know what to say." She actually started to laugh a bit.

Knockout raised a brow ridge. "What's so funny?"

"I thought my admirer was going to be some sleezy creepy stalker guy, but it turns out to be a robot doctor! One apparently from outer space! This is a lot to take in, you know, especially after what just happened. This is movie type stuff, not reality!" she spoke, almost all of it to herself as if trying to believe what she was explaining. The evidence was right before her though, she had a giant robot who had a crush on her.

"Stalker? I wouldn't say I stalked you, simply kept surveillance and learned about you." He pouted some.

"Kept surveillance for _over a month?_" she pointed out, looking back to him.

"…ok, so I got a bit obsessed." He huffed, folding his arms and looking away with some embarrassment. "It's not my fault, I still think it's a glitch in my system but it wouldn't go away so I just had to meet you to sort it all out."

"By kidnapping me…ok, I can understand that you couldn't just waltz up to me without causing a panic amongst the people, so I'll give you a pass on the somewhat creepy stalking. And I can understand why you had to get me alone in order to show your true form, so another slight pass on the kidnapping me, but did you really have to chase me down like that? I almost had a heart attack." She spoke.

"You didn't have to run." He pointed out.

She stared at him a bit. "I don't know if you know much about humans, but when females are followed by cars, that usually follows a kidnapping and assault with possible murder. So yeah, I ran like hell because I thought you were some guy who wanted to rape and kill me."

Knockout frowned some at that. "I may be a Decepticon but even I think rape is a lowly thing. I'd never do something like that."

"I thought you said you were a cyber-thing." Kristina said. "but I'm glad robots at least have standards above things like that."

"Cybertronian, but my faction is Decepticon. Though enough about me, I wanted to get to know you." Knockout stated, kneeling to get closer to her level, smirking a bit as he noticed her blush.

"W-Why me though? I'm nothing special." She said rather shyly, looking down. "Don't robots go for other robots?"

"We usually do, but something about you caught my eye. I don't know what it was, could be a glitch, but you intrigued me." He explained.

Kristina kept her face averted from him, not knowing how to feel. She felt flattered of course that a being like this found her interesting, and it's not like she went for human guys anyway with her fear and all. Her eyes slowly glanced at his chassis and body, sight flowing along the curves of his frame and finding his colors pleasing to her artistically driven mind. Knockout noticed this and smirked to himself.

"Like what you see?" he asked somewhat cockily, grinning as another blush crossed her face.

"…yeah." She piped up a bit, shyness taking over as she looked away again, trying to hide her face. Robots in fantasy had always intrigued her with their various shapes and sizes, it always sparked her creativity in art which happened to get her excited.

"There's no need to be shy around me. You'll have to open up if I'm to get to know you." The medic said, reaching out and gently stroking her back with a digit.

She bit her lip at the surprisingly gentle contact, looking up at him and giving a sheepy smile. "I guess we could chat over a drink. How about we go to a little drive-in restaurant and talk?"

"Sounds fine to me." He smiled, transforming back to his vehicle mode and opening the passenger door for her. "After you."

Kristina giggled a bit for the first time front of him, getting in and buckling herself as he drove off smoothly back into town. He was glad to finally have her willingly and calm.


	2. Chapter 2

If Knockout were in his bot mode he'd have a smile plastered on his face plate right now, having been chatting with Kristina for the past hour as she talked about herself and in return listening about his own life while they sat parked at a burger joint. Though he wanted to get to know her, it seemed she was more intrigued in his own story and listened intently when he spoke of his battles and medical experience. It immensely boosted his already inflated ego to have such a willing listener.

"So what about your education? You said you decided to stop, why is that?" Knockout inquired after having finished another battle story.

Kristina got somewhat quiet, sipping her soda. "It got to be a bit too much for me, all the constant cramming and trying to force out creativity on bland assignments. It got to be overwhelming for my anxiety." She felt a bit ashamed admitting she was drop out.

"Why not use me for inspiration? I'm sure I could cause you to make lots of lovely art." He grinned, cameras inside him seeing her smile again.

"You're a fine subject for art, I'll admit that." Kristina giggled, relaxing again and admiring his interior. She'd also admit that he was one fine car, but felt too shy to say so. The young lady jolted upright when she suddenly heard a harsh voice in his radio system.

"**_KNOCKOUT_**, where are you?!" Starscream shrieked into the comm link.

Knockout felt sudden embarrassment that she had to hear his commanders annoying shrill. "Just out for a drive, commander Starscream, I'll be back soon."

Kristina cringed as the raspy voice growled and berated him but stayed silent.

"I thought I clearly told you that you were to ask me for permission before taking these little joy rides of yours! Return immediately or else!" the seeker shouted. "and it's LORD Starscream!"

"So sorry, _my Lord_. I'll be back immediately." Knockout drawled, cutting off his comm link. "Sorry about that, Kristina."

"It's fine, but I thought you said your leaders name was Megatron." She inquired.

"It is, but he's, well, in a bit of a vegetative state at the moment. So his second in command seems to think that he's automatic supreme overlord of the Decepticons and has been demanding we address him as such. A real pain in the aft." The medic groaned. "Guess I'll take you home now." He said reluctantly as he backed out and drove onto the road.

"The guy sounds like a nutjob." She laughed with him, finishing her drink as they got to her apartment. "Thanks for the quality time. I really enjoyed it."

"How about we catch a movie tonight? I hear a romance film is playing, I read you human females like those." Knockout suggested.

"Nah, I'm not much for chick flicks. How about that new zombie movie? I know it's a little nerdy but I love horror films." She replied.

"Really? I love those types of human films!" he responded happily, relieved to know he wouldn't have to sit through sappy human romance to please her.

"It's decided then, horror it is!" Kristina grinned, getting out of the car and patting the door gently. "Pick me up at 7:45, ok?"

"See you then." Knockout answered, reversing and driving off.

Kristina walked into her apartment, heart actually fluttering some. For the first time in a long time, she felt like she had just been with a friend.

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Knockout stood there as Starscream grumbled and shrieked at him, optics rolling when he wasn't looking then turning his glance to Megatrons' catatonic body.

"While you're out having your ridiculous human racing extravaganzas I'm stuck here trying to convince Soundwave of Megatrons much needed offlining!" Starscream yelled, obviously frustrated. "He won't listen to me unless a 'medical professional' gives their opinion, being YOU!"

Knockout stared blankly at him, obviously bored of the nagging. "I was just having a bit of fun, it gets boring here while Megatrons out of commission and there's nothing to do but fix beat up soldiers."

"Don't talk back to me, _medic_! When I order you to do something I mean it!" Starscream shouted.

Knockout sighed some. "Look, I can't give much medical advice until we can show Soundwave that we've actually worked on Megatron, and I can't do that without Breakdowns assistance."

"Well I called for both of you and he's yet to show, so tell him to hurry his scrapping aft up or else I'll send someone after him to force him over here faster!" the seeker shrilled.

"Fine fine, I'll contact him, but like I said before, he was busy examining an energon source. He'll show when he's done." The medic tried to reason.

Starscream growled as he clenched his claws, stomping around a bit in his fury. "You better hope he gets here soon, or else I'll have to end up taking out my wrath on you." He threatened.

Knockout rolled his optics again, his mind elsewhere as he was wondering how his next meeting with Kristina would go. "I'll do what I can for now, but until Breakdown gets here, there's not much I can do."

"I expect some sort of result to tell Soundwave. That blasted bot is what stands between me and my ruling of this army." Starscream huffed. "Get to work."

The medic waited until the seeker left. "Frag off." He mumbled, going to Megatron and looking over his vitals before starting a bit of buffing on his Lords chassis.

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Kristina started getting ready as 7:00 pm rolled around, wanting to make sure she looked good. She felt a blush come over her face as she prettied herself up a bit, never having tried to impress someone with her looks.

"What to wear though…oh God, am I mistaking this as a date? Aren't we just friends right now? What if I look too nice? He'll think I'm being weird…" she continued talking to herself as she looked over various combinations of clothes, choosing a nice red form fitting shirt with tiny black bedazzles forming intricate designs on it and a pair of faded blue jeans.

Now she had to decide whether or not to wear jewelry. Would she look too primped then? How much was too much? The young lady quickly pushed her worries from her mind, trying to concentrate on the task at hand. She finally decided on some simple silver hoop earrings and a silver necklace that bore a fake ruby teardrop jewel on it. She walked to the mirror and looked at herself from all angles, frowning a bit at the side when she viewed her belly.

"Well, he seems to like the way I look, weight or not. So I might as well not worry about my chub for tonight." She murmured, thinking she at least looked decent from all other sides, smiling some.

"I actually look kinda…good. Maybe bordering on flirtatious." Kristina said, quickly slapping hands to her cheeks as she realized she thought she was being flirtatious. "Oh God, don't think like that! This is JUST a friends night!"

Kristina looked to her phone for the time, seeing it was 7:40 pm already. "Oh crap, he'll be here in five minutes. No more time for preening, you idiot."

She went to her living room window and looked out just as Knockout parked by the sidewalk in front of her apartment and honked his horn. "Ooor now. He's here now. Guess it doesn't hurt to be early, it's better than being late at least." She mumbled, actually smiling at the fact that she hadn't been stood up like she was somewhat worrying about in the back of her mind.

The latina quickly spritzed some perfume on, just in case he had a sense of smell, then grabbed her purse and keys. She straightened her shirt a bit then walked out and locked her door, going to Knockout as he opened his passenger door and let her in. She blushed deeply as he actually whistled at her and none too quietly.

"Looking good." He complimented. "Love the color choices."

Kristina held a hand to her cheek a bit as she felt the heat rush to her face, giggling nervously. "Thanks, Knockout. You're looking pretty good yourself, did you buff your exterior?"

"Why thank you, I'm glad you noticed! I decided to at least make myself look presentable for the occasion of seeing you again." The medic said, driving off towards the outskirts of town where the drive-in was, his words having caused a darkening of her blush.

_He's trying to look good for me? Well, at least I'm not the only one who primped._ Kristina thought to herself, feeling more relaxed about the situation now.

She scooted into the driver's side as they got to the theater so she could pay for her ticket going back to her side and smiling as they got in the middle of the front row. She soon pulled a small bottle of soda and a baggie of chocolate from her purse, always having sneaked food into theaters.

"Best seat in the place." Kristina commented, a little giddy for the movie. "I've been waiting for this to come out for over a year now, it's been really hyped on the internet."

"Only the best for you. I'm glad you chose to view it with me, makes for a good time." Knockout replied, smiling inwardly as he could see she was relaxed and happy as the previews started.

The two enjoyed their time together watching the blood and gore commence on screen, both of their attention on the film though at times Knockouts view wandered inward towards his companion for the night. His seatbelt subtly tightened on her as if to reassure himself she was really there. He couldn't believe he was finally spending time with her, the girl his mind had been obsessing on for over a month was actually in his passenger's seat. Perhaps this wasn't a glitch after all, maybe he really did like this human. The medic chuckled as she jolted a bit at a jump scare.

"Getting spooked?" Knockout teased.

"Oh shush, it was unexpected!" Kristina laughed, munching on her chocolate as the film continued.

They finally relaxed again as the credits rolled, Kristina grinning afterwards. "That was awesome, finally a movie that wasn't full of boob shots and sex. It was nothing but story, blood and gore! My favorite!"

Knockout chuckled, glad to see her so satisfied. "Want to go for a drive? The night is still young."

"Sure." She smiled, tossing her trash into a nearby bin and letting him take her wherever the destination may be.

The two stayed quiet as music played on the radio, Knockout turning the volume down for a question. "How do you feel about street racing?"

Kristina blinked and looked to his console. "Um, I've never done it? Way too chicken and my driving skills aren't exactly racer material."

"So you're not opposed to it?"

"…Uh, I mean, I don't hate it, but it's illegal." She said, slowly starting to realize on what he was getting at.

"So you're not opposed to it. Good, because I'm itching for a speed rush." Knockout replied, smirking as he shifted gears and sped up to reach a road where other racers were waiting at the designated time slot, music turning back up.

Kristina sat up nervously at the situation, there was no escaping it and she didn't want to disappoint Knockout by chickening out. _Guess I'm in a drag race then…_

She looked up when she vaguely heard the racer next to them asking a question over the rumbling of all the cars, blinking when she suddenly heard a screeching sound as he scratched Knockouts paint with his ring.

"Hey!" Kristina yelled, trying to roll down the window to shout at him but finding it was locked. "What a douchebag!"

The latina froze as the music cut out and she heard Knockout actually growl as his engine roared in rage from the scratch.

"Big. _Mistake_." He snarled, swiftly shifting gears and speeding off when the race started.

Kristina squeaked as she pressed her back to the seat and pushed hands to the dash, a smile slowly growing on her face as she felt a rush of adrenaline when they passed by multiple cars.

"Woo! Keep going, Knockout! We're almost past that asshole!" she cheered, looking towards the opponent as they managed to reach his tail.

She yelped when the Decepticon suddenly rammed the racer from behind, thinking it was an accident due to speed. "Kn-Knockout, be careful!"

"Oh I'm fine, but_ he_ won't be." He replied flatly. "This skinjob's gonna pay for that insulting scratch."

Kristina's eyes widened a bit as she kept herself braced against the seat. _Holy shit he's gone insane._ She thought, clenching eyes shut when he pulled up next to the offender and slammed him from the side, opening eyes just as the other car slipped and sped off the side of the cliff.

"_Holy shit! _Did you just kill that guy?!" she shrieked, jaw dropped as he calmly drove towards the edge to flash his lights on the flipped car.

"He's fine. Maybe. But no one gets away with scratching my paint, especially when I'm trying to impress someone." Knockout said, not realizing his last comment. He frowned a bit as the racer started to crawl out from a broken window. "See? He's alive." _Unfortunately._

Kristina sighed in relief, trying to feel some compassion towards the victim. "Well…he was a dick for what he did, but…I don't know. Hard to feel bad for an asshole. Damn, all these years of avoiding them, I guess I've lost most of my empathy for people." She laughed a bit at herself, feeling somewhat ridiculous for her lacking emotion.

Knockout chuckled a bit darkly. "So glad I didn't scare you with that."

She looked to his console again. "Hard to scare me with something like making a jerk crash, Knockout." She teased. "He kinda had it coming, karma in the form of one very pissed off robot."

The medic grinned at her reply, backing from the cliffs edge and driving back to town. Knockout took her back to her apartment as 1:00 am rolled around, Kristina's adrenaline rush gone and exhaustion setting in. She stepped out and looked to his door as she closed it and kneeled.

"The scratch isn't too bad, I think it can be buffed out. You still look amazing." She smiled, patting his door gently.

Knockout felt some relief that she still thought so well of his appearance despite the blemish, his worry of her faltering view having driven most of his rage. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." She replied kindly, standing up again. "Thanks for the movie and the ride. Never had this much excitement before, excusing the fact that you almost killed a guy." She laughed.

"Like you said, he had it coming." He laughed with her, sighing some. "Want to see me tomorrow? We can go get, what do you humans call it, cream ice?"

"Ice cream." She giggled. "And I'd love to. Say, 3 o'clock?"

"Sounds like a plan." Knockout replied, hesitating slightly at his next move. "Perhaps I can get a winners kiss for the race?"

Kristina blushed darkly, Knockout waiting in mild limbo as she stayed silent for a moment. His mirror followed her as she slowly kneeled down again and actually kissed his scratch, the young lady giggling with a grin as his engine roared in shock. The medic could hardly believe she complied with his request.

"Sssh! Calm down, you're gonna wake the neighbors!" she whispered some, his engine quieting when she pointed out the fact.

"S-Sorry." He meekly replied, his system feeling like it was going to overheat.

"Knockout, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were blushing right now." Kristina grinned.

"Mechs don't blush." The medic pouted a bit in embarrassment but still managed a chuckle.

Kristina laughed some, patting his door as she stood up again and started walking to her apartment. "See you tomorrow, Knockout."

"Yeah, see you." He replied, waiting until she got into her apartment to make sure she was safely inside, smiling as he saw her wave from the window.

The medic honked playfully and laughed as she jumped, knowing it woke many neighbors as others windows lit up and quickly driving off into the night.


	3. Chapter 3

Knockout was bored out of his mind as he was restless that night, despite needing recharge after all the fun. Getting up, he walked out of his room and strolled down the halls. He was thinking about Kristina more than ever now, he didn't like having to leave her or not being able to even stay the night with her due to his inability to fit into her apartment. He silently cursed his size for once, walking to the med bay where Megatron was. The medic blinked when he saw Breakdown doing some buffing on their Lord.

"Breakdown? When did you get in?" Knockout asked.

His assistant looked up and smiled. "About an hour ago. Can't sleep, so I decided to check on what the business was over here. Megatrons looking pretty roughed up, huh?"

"You can say that again." The medic agreed, walking over to the computer and looking at the vitals. "Still nothing more than dream waves."

"Do you think we can actually fix him? He kind of looks past the point of being brought back." Breakdown spoke, buffing the black smudges. He looked up when Knockout didn't answer, seeing his friend staring at the screen blankly. "Knockout?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah, looks pretty broken." He mumbled, his mind off in another world.

"Something bothering you?" his friend inquired. "You're never blanked like this."

Knockout straightened up a bit. "N-No, nothing at all. Just tired." He looked away from Breakdowns direction, his friend smirking a bit.

"More street racing?" Breakdown asked.

"Heh, yeah. Crashed a skinjob for scratching my paint." The medic smirked, chuckling as his friend laughed. He hadn't exactly lied, but he wasn't sure if he could admit to his friend what was going on just yet.

"Anything else? Usually that'd be one of the first things you'd do is brag about something like that." Breakdown pushed a bit.

Knockout stayed silent for a moment. "…what if I told you I…happened to become….interested in someone?"

Breakdown blinked. "Who is it?"

"It's….complicated." The medic managed, his servos clenching a bit.

"You can tell me, Knockout. You know that." His assistant insisted, placing the buffer down to put his full attention on his friend. "Is it a mech?"

"No, female." Knockout said, getting very nervous. He hated this type of feeling, never enjoying talking things out like this.

Breakdown tried to think of all the femmes they knew, raising brow ridge. "Um, you're not talking about Airachnid are you?"

"Oh Primus no!" Knockout looked to him, face plate in disgust. "Primus forbid that she-devil ever return into our sights."

"Then who? Don't tell me you like that Autobot femme." Breakdown said incredulously.

"No, it's not her either!" Knockout growled a bit. "I'm just going to say it…. I really like a human female."

Breakdown stared at him, busting out laughing despite his friends obvious embarrassment from his reaction. "That's a good one, Knockout! But seriously, who is it?"

"I'm not joking. _I like a human_." He gritted out through his denta, a bit pissed from his laughter.

The assistant stopped laughing immediately, looking to his friend and seeing he wasn't kidding. "….you're serious?"

"Yes, and because you're my friend I'm confiding in you with this. You can't tell anyone!" Knockout hissed. "If the others find out I'll be a laughing stock."

"Of course you will, having a crush on a human is ridiculous!" Breakdown exclaimed.

"I KNOW IT'S RIDICULOUS!" Knockout finally yelled, stopping himself as he realized what he said. He hadn't felt ridiculous about the situation when he was with her, but talking to another bot about it, he felt pretty stupid for liking Kristina. She was a human after all.

"You know it wouldn't work out, right? Just think about it, a human is a weird being. They freak out at the mere sight of us and they're all…fleshy. Skinjobs are pretty weak too." Breakdown explained.

Knockout glared heatedly. "She's seen me. The real me."

Breakdown's jaw nearly dropped. "You let her see you?!"

"Yes, and for your information she actually liked what she saw. She didn't scream or run when I transformed, she was practically awestruck." Knockout huffed. "I drove her around, we went to see a human horror movie and she even went street racing with me!"

Breakdown could only stare at his friend in a dumbfounded manner. "You're completely glitched, Knockout. Are you sure your systems are ok?"

"If it was a glitch, don't you think I would have fixed it by now?! I've watched her for over a month, Breakdown! These thoughts haven't left me since!" the medic shouted. "I don't _want_ to like a human but I do! It was getting so bad I was spending hours looking through Earths internet for advice on how to get her attention or affection!"

The assistant shushed him as Knockout was getting loud. "Some bot's going to hear you!"

Knockout forced himself to calm down a bit, nearly shaking. He felt stupid for having let it slip that he was crushing on a human. Breakdown stared at him for a while before sighing.

"So you really like this human?" he asked.

"…yes, I do. And she likes me, at least I think she does. She…" Knockout got quiet. "Kissed me."

Breakdown blinked hard. "_What?_"

"Well not on the lips, but I asked her for one while in my vehicle mode and she obliged with a kiss to my scratch. I think that shows some amount of affection, don't you think?" the medic looked to his friend.

"I don't know anything about humans except for what I've seen, Knockout, and it hasn't been much." Breakdown admitted.

Knockout sighed, shoulders slumping a bit. "Just, promise you won't tell anyone. I told you because I trust you."

Breakdown smiled a bit. "I promise. And sorry for laughing, but you gotta understand why I did."

"Yeah yeah, I know, this whole situation is weird. Just don't do it again or I'll drill out your t-cog." He jokingly threatened, laughing with his friend.

"Just be careful. If the others find out, they might scrap you." Breakdown warned a bit, chuckling.

"Unfortunately you may be right. So that's why you should keep your mouth shut." Knockout said, tiredness finally hitting him. "I'm going to turn in, get some recharge in."

"Me too, this nights been…interesting to say the least." Breakdown chuckled.

"Shut up." Knockout laughed.

* * *

Kristina groaned as her phones alarm went off to ensure she'd wake by two, always having slept all day on Sundays. She pushed the icon to silence the chirpy music with a groan, forcing herself to sit up despite her brain still being in sleep mode.

"Do it for Knockout." The latina mumbled to herself, getting up and brushing her teeth lazily before getting ready. "Now, do I go more casual than yesterday or what?"

She looked through her closet, choosing a tan shirt with a multicolored splattered paint wolf design on it and jean shorts. Satisfied with that, she put on some simple stud earrings and the same silver necklace but an amethyst stone on it now.

"That's casual enough for ice cream." Kristina said with a smile, trying to fix her short hair so her curls weren't out of control.

It was only 2:30 by the time she finished getting ready, sighing as she sat on her couch waiting for the minutes to tick by. The interval felt like eternity before she finally heard a light honk outside, looking out and grinning at seeing her favorite red car. She hurried out excitedly and practically hopped in as he opened his door.

"Good afternoon." Knockout chuckled as he noticed her joy. "Excited for your treat?"

"Excited to see you." She blurted out, blushing and slapping a hand over her mouth. "I-I mean.."

"I'm happy to see you too." The medic eased her, smiling as she let out a small sigh of relief.

Knockout drove away from the complex, going to an ice cream shoppe with a drive-thru and letting her order then parking in the lot. He was so occupied with her that he didn't notice a particularly heavy built green vehicle nearby.

Miko looked out the window between her air guitar with the rock music and icecream, staring for a second. "Is that Knockout?!"

"What?!" Bulkhead exclaimed as he muted the radio, mirrors moving a bit to see the red sports car nearby. "Scrap, I'd noticed decal work anywhere. It IS him."

"What's he doing in an ice cream shoppe parking lot? Doesn't he have terrorizing to do somewhere else?" the teen asked, raising a brow as she squinted to the Decepticon.

"I don't know, but whatever he's doing it can't be good. Nothing but bad news follows Decepticons." The Autobot said flatly.

"Let's keep an eye on him, be all covert ops!" she grinned excitedly, unable to see the enemy's passenger due to his tinted windows. "The second he causes trouble, WHAM! You go in wrecker style!"

The duo watched Knockout for nearly an hour, Miko having grown insanely bored by time he finally started to reverse and drive out the lot.

"Ugh, _finally_!" She exasperated, ducking down a bit as if trying to be secretive as Bulkhead backed out and started to follow a few car lengths behind, both of them trying to be unseen.

"So you actually drilled a bot's eyes out?! That's so sick, Knockout." Kristina laughed. "You really are a mad doctor."

"I did way more than just drill his optics out, he was completely torn apart by the time I was done with him." Knockout chuckled, his defense completely down as he was busy chatting with his guest.

Kristina grinned then looked to his rear view mirror again, having noticed the car behind them making all the same turns for the past 5 minutes. "Is that guy following us?"

The medic shifted his mirrors to see behind him, growling a bit. "An Autobot." He soon shifted his gears and suddenly sped off, causing his passenger to yelp slightly.

"How do you know?!" she squeaked, bracing herself.

"Trust me, you know an Autobot when you see one." Knockout frowned, turning on a road that leads out of the town.

"Don't lose him, Bulkhead!" Miko shouted, her adrenaline spiking as she sat up and bounced a bit.

The two vehicles ended up in a chase, Bulkhead struggling to keep up with the speed demon. Kristina felt a bit worried this time, seeing an actual enemy was following them and not knowing if a battle would ensue. Knockout took them through empty roads, dust billowing up after him as he drove off the road towards some canyons.

"Uh, Knockout, what are you doing?!" the latina asked worriedly, body tense.

"Trying to keep us away from that idiot." He said, speeding through the caverns between tall cliffs as he added a second set of seat belts to her and tightened them.

Kristina didn't want to admit it, but excitement started overshadow her fear. She felt like she was in a movie for a moment before shrieking as a red and blue semi pulled out in front of them from around a corner. Knockout skidded to a halt as he spun around to control his stop, growling when he saw other Autobots drive up as well.

"Who the hell drives their semi in the middle of nowhere?!" she exclaimed before having to stare up through the window as Optimus Prime transformed to his bot mode. "…oh. Autobot, right?"

"The leader." Knockout groaned. "Along with the rest of his crew. That moron must have called for backup." He explained, engine roaring threateningly as the others transformed with their blasters ready.

Bulkhead finally reached them and let Miko out before transforming, standing ready at the other side and blocking Knockouts path to freedom. They all stood there waiting for the Decepticon to transform for battle, but minutes ticked by without a single click.

"Why isn't he transforming?" Arcee questioned, brow furrowed as she felt something was off.

"Transform and fight already, Decepticon!" Bulkhead yelled, wrecking ball ready.

Knockout stayed where he was, engine dying down a bit. "…No. I don't feel like it today." He said outwardly.

Everyone blinked, staring at the sports car.

"Huh?" Miko broke the silence, mouth open in shock. "Is this some sort of weird mind game?"

"Is it so hard to believe that I was simply relaxing away from my base?" Knockout asked, huffing when he got a unanimous 'yes' from all of them. "Whether you believe it or not, it's the truth! Now out of my way before I blast you out of the way!" he shouted, not budging as he didn't dare transform and reveal his guest.

Kristina watched the standoff, looking up with the rest as they heard a shout from above as Breakdown suddenly jumped from a cliff and slammed onto Bulkhead.

"Now who is that?!" she yelped as Knockout took his chance for the opening and sped off, avoiding the rain of laser blasts going after him.

"A really great friend." He smirked, going top speed as he zoomed by the combatants. "Let's go, Breakdown!"

"You got it!" his assistant replied, slamming the wrecker away with his sledgehammer and transforming, speeding after Knockout.

The two quickly raced through the canyons together until they finally lost the Autobots, driving into a cave to rest. Knockout cut his engine to cool down with Breakdown, opening his door.

"It's alright, Kristina, you can get out now." He assured her, releasing her seat belts as she slowly got out.

Kristina stared up as Breakdown transformed, the bot looking back at her. The two watched each other as Knockout stretched his limbs after transformation, noticing their silence. He coughed a bit to get their attention.

"Well, I suppose I should do introductions. Breakdown, this is Kristina, the human I told you about. Kristina, this is Breakdown, my friend and medical assistant."

Kristina looked back at the bulkier bot. "So you're Breakdown, huh? Knockout's told me ya'll go way back in some of his stories. Says you throw down a lot of carnage on the Autobots."

Breakdown actually smirked at her. "Yeah. And Knockout told me he has a crush on you."

Knockout would have blushed just as hard as Kristina at that moment if he had the ability to do so, the latina quickly looking down in embarrassment as the medic went and smacked Breakdown over the head.

"Do you ever know when to shut up!?" Knockout shouted. "I could offline you for that if you hadn't just saved us!"

"I thought it was obvious after you asked for that kiss last night!" Breakdown tried not to laugh as Knockout hit him again, losing his control and laughing hard.

Knockout could have died of humiliation, Kristina only able to turn away and hide her cheeks with her hands in embarrassment.

"Stop talking!" the medic shouted, punching at his assistants shoulder repeatedly.

"Ow! Ok, that's starting to hurt!" Breakdown chuckled. "Go pay attention to your little girlfrie- OK I'M DONE!" he shouted after Knockout brought out his buzzsaw, waving his hands in front of him.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Knockout yelled, retracting his saw.

Kristina suddenly felt really stupid at that moment, not daring look to Knockout. "…then what was that kiss about?"

Knockout looked down at her, staring a bit. "..I… we're friends, obviously. I mean, we _could_ date but-"

"But what?" she finally looked at him. "You asked for a kiss, does that mean something completely different to Cybertronians? Because to humans, that means you want to date if you want to kiss someone….I think I'm getting mixed signals here."

"N-No, you're not! I _want_ to date you, it's just…complicated." The medic tried to explain, faltering when she started to frown.

Kristina looked down again, putting a hand on her head. "I'm so stupid, I knew I was taking this all wrong. No one is stupid enough to think the other wants to date after one day except for me, obviously."

Breakdown looked between them. "Wait, I thought you knew her for a month."

"He WATCHED me for a month, but we only started seeing each other yesterday after he kidnapped me!" she exclaimed.

"Hey, you forgave me for that!" Knockout interjected.

"I _kind of _did, not fully! Kidnapping is still weird!" the young lady threw back. "But obviously I'm really stupid because after last night I kinda thought that maybe we might be dating but at the same time it's only been a day. Who the hell dates after one day?! What the hell was I thinking taking this that fast?!"

"Kristina wait, I really would like to date you! I'm not just saying that, but I was stupid and asked for a kiss last night. It was an energon rush, I was caught up in a moment and rushed things."

"Yeah, so was I, which is when I stupidly complied and gave you that kiss on your door! Oh my God, if someone had seen me I would have looked so stupid, kissing a car!" she grabbed her head as she turned and walked away a few steps. "I feel so embarrassed!"

Knockout tried to come up with something but fell short, servos waving a bit as he attempted to pull words from thin air. Breakdown felt bad for the medic, looking to Kristina.

"Hey, he can't date you because it could literally get him offlined." He said, both of them turning to him.

"…what?" she asked, heart feeling like it nearly stopped.

"If you two started dating and other Decepticons found out, they'd think he was malfunctioning. Our leader might even scrap him for it." Breakdown explained, ignoring Knockouts burning stare.

"…Knockout, I didn't know…I'm sorry. Is…is our friendship putting you in jeopardy too?" Kristina asked, looking at him with slight tears in her eyes.

"Kristina, please don't cry. I didn't want to tell you because it would worry you just like it is right now." He said, stealing a few glances to Breakdown. "As long as I keep being careful, we can be friends. Dating's just a really complicated matter right now."

"Ok…but no more asking for kisses. That really messes with a girl when a guy gets a kiss and things turn complicated." She said, watching as he nodded with slight relief.

"I can deal with that." Knockout replied, smiling some. "How about I take you home now?"

"Yeah…that sounds good." She answered meekly, getting in him as he transformed, Breakdown changing as well as they both drove back to town.

Kristina stared out the window for a while as they were on a half hour drive, dead silence between them for what felt like eternity. Knockout wasn't sure whether to turn on the radio or say what he wanted.

"…You know I really like you, right?" he finally asked.

"Yeah…I know…I'm sorry I was being so selfish earlier." She answered. "It's just…I've never had someone who actually liked me this much. Felt good, having an admirer despite my flaws."

"Don't apologize, Kristina. As much as I'd love to call you mine, and as much as I felt we were starting to be a couple, reality kind of has a way of rearing its ugly face. I started to realize that after I spoke with Breakdown." Knockout explained. "And I don't think you have flaws. Well, all humans have flaws I guess, but I don't see that in you. I just see you."

Kristina started to blush again. "Please don't speak so highly of me. I…I'm just not use to someone being interested in me. It sucks right now because you say you want to be with me but your situation keeps us from doing that. It really hurts to have rushed in then being pushed back." Her eyes saddened. "I should know better than to rush this type of stuff, but I don't have any experience in this field."

"But I'm the one who rushed things. I feel like I know you so well after having watched you for so long, I guess I felt like it was ok to be that fast." Knockout managed a chuckle. "Guess I'm the stupid one here."

Kristina frowned some. "Don't insult yourself like that."

"Oh, if I admit I'm stupid it's bad but when you call yourself stupid it's ok?" he pointed out.

"…alright, touché. I'm just use to putting myself in a reality check, admitting my faults and kind of putting myself down for it. I don't like it when people do the same to themselves. It's a painful thing." She admitted.

"Well I don't like it when you talk bad about yourself, so don't do it anymore." Knockout said.

"I'll try." She chuckled. "But it's hard to break a habit I've been doing for over a decade."

"I'm sure I can help you break that." He smirked.

Kristina giggled some, patting his dash a bit. "So, we're agreed that we'll take things slow from now on?"

Knockout sighed. "As much as I want it, yes, we'll take things slow."

The Decepticons finally drove in to Kristina's apartment as night time came, letting her out. She looked to them both. "Thanks for the day, it was fun. Never thought I'd be in the middle of a standoff though."

"If you're gonna hang around Knockout, you better get use to it, kid." Breakdown chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." She laughed. "It was nice to meet you, Breakdown."

"Same here." The assistant replied. "We better get going, Knockout. Starscream's probably flipping his lid since we were gone all day."

"Oh scrap." Knockout groaned, mirrors looking to Kristina. "See you tomorrow?"

"Can't. I got a job, remember? I work all week days." She reminded him.

"Scraaaaaap." He bemoaned. "I have to wait all week to see you."

The latina giggled as she could tell he probably had the biggest pout ever. "If you had the patience to wait a month before seeing me, you can wait a week for our next meet."

"Besides, we got work to do, Knockout." Breakdown reminded him. "You can hold out til then, stop being a big sparkling."

"I am not being a sparkling!" Knockout argued, revving a bit in indignation.

Both Breakdown and Kristina laughed, grinning as the medic revved more.

"Ok ok, goodnight you guys." She waved at them, walking into her apartment.

"Night." Knockout answered, waiting until she got in then speeding ahead of Breakdown.

"Oh calm down!" Breakdown called after him, trying to catch up.

"I am calm, now eat my dust!" he shouted back, burning rubber as he let the dirt in the road billow up, keeping ahead of Breakdown as they drove back to base.


	4. Chapter 4

The week passed slowly for Kristina, trying to keep her mind off of Knockout so it wouldn't be so frustrating. Her life had been dull before the mech came in, and now she was bored out of her mind from her once comfortable monotony. In the back of her mind she had to wonder if her new friend was ok considering that he was a combatant of a long war, curious of what tasks he was completing.

_Must be interesting. Better than being a sacker at a grocery store, that's for sure. _Kristina thought to herself, nearly falling asleep during her 15 minute break.

She still had a few hours to go before closing time, the entire day having driven her dead with boredom. At the very least it was Friday, so she had the end to look forward to. Walking out of the break room, she fiddled with some cans on shelves before being called to the front to sack. The latina nearly froze when she saw Miko with Raf and Jack at her counter about to be checked out.

_That's the kid from the other day…_ Her thoughts raced, wondering if Miko had seen her inside Knockout.

Taking a deep breath, she straightened herself up and walked up to the counter, sacking a few junk food items and keeping eyes averted. The few minutes that they were near each other felt more like a few hours, the latina sighing quietly when the teens finally walked out. Kristina carefully went to the window door and peeked out, seeing three Autobot vehicles waiting for them as they each climbed into their respective bot.

_At least they didn't recognize me. That could have been trouble._ She thought to herself, the situation only causing her to miss Knockout more.

* * *

The medic was having an even harder time than she was at being patient for the week, not having much to do besides buff Megatron aside from going off on missions commanded by Starscream. It took everything in his system not to make drives near her apartment when he went through town, knowing she'd be too tired to do anything with him. He also wanted to be sure to give her some space so he wouldn't be tempted to rush something again.

It wasn't helping that he was under a lot of pressure to make a case for Starscreams cause against Megatron. Even the temptation of becoming second in command wasn't enough to get his mind in full gear. Knockout finally retired to his room, groaning as he rubbed his optics and plopped on his berth. He looked up with a frown as there was a knock on his door.

"I'm busy." He said loudly.

"You and I know that's a load of slag." Breakdown replied, opening the door and walking in.

"Breakdown, I'm in no mood for anything right now. You know Starscreams been breathing down my neck all day." The medic stated flatly.

"Not even in the mood to go see your little friend? Isn't it the end of the work week for humans?" his assistant asked.

"Yes, but she's still at her job and going to be very tired afterwards. She won't be able to stay awake for anything." He answered, frowning as he looked to the ceiling. "Not even for me."

Breakdown thought for a moment. "What about just driving by? Come on, you've been off your game all week, I can tell. I bet just seeing her would up your mood.

Knockout looked to his friend, wanting to argue but knowing he was right. Just setting optics on her in person really would make him feel better.

"Fine, after her job ends I'll go drive by her apartment, but that's it. I swore I would take things slow and see her on the weekends, and to humans that's only Saturday and Sunday." The medic rebutted.

"I seriously doubt she'd be mad if you saw her one night early, Knockout." Breakdown said with a smirk. "In fact, I'm willing to bet she'll be happy to see you early."

Knockout put a servo to his face plate, groaning. "Just cover for me, alright? If Starscream finds out I'm leaving again he'll wreck my finish."

Breakdown walked to his friend and patted him on the back. "Don't be so nervous, it'll be fine."

The medic nodded, getting up and walking out.

* * *

Kristina drove home, eyes drooping a bit when she parked in the apartment's lot and got out. Her eyes caught some shadows nearby, freezing as they walked into her vision and noticed there were three punk looking men stalking to her. She grasped for her keys to put them between her fingers as she made a fist, scared as her heart raced.

"Looking lonely, sweet stuff. Mind if we keep you company?" One guy asked, seeming to be the ring leader. He frowned when she stayed quiet. "I asked a question, bitch."

Kristina's voice was caught in her throat, always dreading the day this might happen to her. She bolted away from the parking lot towards her apartment, screaming as the men ran after her and one tackled her down.

"HELP!" she screeched, tears streaming down her face when a knife was put to her throat.

The men forced her up as they all laughed and surrounded her, shaking hard as she tried not to cry despite her already loose tears.

"Now, be a good girl and don't fight back. We'll treat you real goo-" the leader started, wincing as lights suddenly flashed on them from the road. He glared at the offender. "Mind your own business, asshole! Or else!"

Kristina didn't dare look as she was too terrified to think, eyes widening when she heard a loud revving engine and the screech of tires as the vehicle suddenly sped off the road and onto the grass where they were. All the men shouted as they dove out of the way, having thrown her down to avoid being hit. The latina clenched her eyes shut as she covered her head, waiting to be crushed but hearing the car make an effective turn to go after the leader. All she could hear now as the sound of a screaming man in the midst of a loud engine, flinching when she heard crunching bones.

Kristina screamed herself when she was roughly picked up again and a knife held to her throat once more by one of the lackeys, wincing as the blade was shaking and nicked her neck a couple of times. The lights soon flashed on them as the car turned around to aim at them.

"G-Get out of here or else the bitch dies!" he shakily yelled, nearly pissing his pants when the engine only roared louder at the threat.

Kristina could hardly see anything but light as a blaster came from the vehicles side and shot the man's head off, freezing as she felt blood and bits of flesh hit her head as his skull exploded from the laser blast. She stood there in shock as the man fell down behind her, hearing the last one scream and run off down the road. The latina stayed where she was as the vehicle raced off the grass and into the road, hearing yet another set of bones crush amongst screaming and engine roaring.

Her eyesight focused on the dark a bit where the leader had been ran over, eyes widening as she saw vaguely what was left of his mangled body. She quickly closed her eyes to avoid burning anymore of an image into her mind as she heard the vehicle return to the sidewalk, jolting and looking as it honked and opened its door.

"…Knockout?..." she asked quietly.

"Get in." he said, obviously still enraged but trying not to direct any of it towards her.

Kristina ran over to him as she heard police sirens coming, sitting down and keeping eyes averted as she noticed there was blood splatter on his windshield. She stayed silent as he drove away from the scene, unable to think straight as they escaped. The two remained quiet for nearly an hour as Knockout took them out of town and to a forest area where there was a river, opening the door for her.

"Go get cleaned up." He said, being calmer now.

She didn't say a word as she got out and went to the water, kneeling down then washing off her head of the blood and dead flesh, slicking hair back afterwards. Kristina wanted to clean off her shirt but was too self-conscious to remove it in front of Knockout, deciding dip her chest and shoulders in then rub off all she could. After dipping her glasses in to clean them of anymore filth, she placed them back on and looked back at the parked Decepticon, his lights dimmed to ease her sight.

"…you should wash up too…I can help you reach some tighter spots if you need." Kristina recommended quietly.

Knockout remained silent for a moment, his rage having blinded him to being worried about getting gore on his finish.

"…how bad is it?" he asked.

"….pretty bad." She admitted with a wince, hearing him groan.

"Well, there's a window cloth and a sponge in my trunk, get that and put some water on it so we can at least clean my exterior." He said, opening his trunk for her.

Kristina went there and found the large cloth and sponge, letting the sponge soak up water as he moved himself closer to the river's edge. She placed the cloth to the side as she squeezed the sponge over the windshield, letting water wash away the blood as the sponge swiped across the glass to clean off any drying blood. Kristina took great care in her work of cleaning Knockout, each trying to keep the other one calm after what just happened. It took about an hour but the visible exterior was finally cleaned off of all blood.

"Ok…now for under you." Kristina pointed out after having dried him off with the cloth, trying not to vomit at the thought that there would be more gore down there than she could handle. As much as she loved gory films, reality was completely different.

Knockout transformed and looked himself over, his exterior car parts cleaned but any visible under side was drying with gore and blood. He sat down a bit to think.

"We'll just do a spot clean, wash up visible areas and leave the ones we can't see for when I take a bath back at base." He said, looking over his shoulders and grimacing at seeing his wheels practically caked with dirt, blood and grass.

Kristina felt her stomach twist in a knot but kept her composure with all her might. "Or you can get in the water, the current will power the water to go through your crevices and I'll take care of cleaning up your tires. My small hands will be useful for getting stuff out of your wheels details."

Knockout hesitated, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm not comfortable with you touching my wheels."

She blinked as she looked up at him. "Why? I'll be careful."

"Well, they're…" the medic trailed off a bit but came back. "Sensitive."

"…ok, so I'll be_ really_ careful?" she questioned, unsure where this was going but seeing his face look away uncomfortably. "…does…does it arouse you when they're handled?"

Knockout made a face meant for blushing as he looked down, having wanted to avoid saying it. He looked to his hand on the grass when she placed hers on his gently.

"It's alright, Knockout. I don't want to do anything you're uncomfortable with, but we're really going to have to get those cleaned before you can go back. At least let me scrub off the ridges and you can power spray the caverns if you have a sprayer back at your base. I'll work as fast as I can, and if it gets to be too much feeling for you I'll stop and just let it be." The latina explained, smiling reassuringly to him. "Just trust me."

Knockout watched her a moment, sighing some and nodding as he stepped into the river and lying face down so the water powers threw his front to give a cleaning. Kristina removed her shoes and rolled up her pant legs to her knees before walking into the water and climbing onto Knockouts back, feeling him shiver some at the contact when she starts. The medic kept his optics closed and concentrated on anything but pleasure or thoughts with her, biting lip as her soft hands touched his wheels as they scraped and washed off thick muddied blood.

Kristina shook a bit herself, stomach rolling in loops when she picked out some pieces of brain matter, flashes of the killings going through her mind. She quickened her work as she started the next wheel, scraping all she could off then quickly slipping back into the river and washing her hands off a bit frantically.

"Ok, roll over so the river can wash off some residual stuff from your wheels. I think it won't be too bad if someone sees you, they might just think it's red mud now." She said, placing a hand to her mouth firmly after it's washed and shaking as she's been struggling not to puke the entire time.

Knockout did as told, rolling over and sighing softly as he could already feel that he's cleaner. He caught her shivering from the corner of his optic, turning head to look at her.

"Are you alright?" he asked, a bit concerned.

"I-I'm fine, ju…just…" she suddenly fell to her knees in the shallow part of the river, gagging then heaving out vomit into the water.

Knockout froze, not knowing what to do to help her. Kristina kept heaving for a while, having nothing in her stomach to lose but some acid and bile, quickly drinking the clean water as it swished by to sooth the burning sensations of her now aching throat. She trembled after, splashing cold water on her face and deciding to just lay in the river like he was, sighing softly as the current felt like a gentle massage.

He could tell she was completely drained, finally sitting up when he saw she was starting to cry.

"Kristina…." Knockout slowly reached down to her, stroking her cheek with a digit. "It's ok, you're alright." He gave her a reassuring smile, blinking when she reached up and hugged his servo

Kristina silently cried as she pressed her face to his cold metal fingers, hugging and gripping it to assure he was really there. Knockout was about to say something but waited as he saw she was ready to speak when she slowly sat up and wiped her tears.

"Knockout….you saved my life…" her voice cracked, slightly raspy from the acid burning her throat. She started to shake again as she tried not to break down into sobbing.

Knockout's spark was torn into a million pieces at seeing her like this, trying to control his own emotions as he gently scooped her up with both servos and lightly held her to him. He stroked her back gently as he spoke.

"Let it out. After what just happened, you have every right to." He cooed, being as gentle as possible when giving her small pats on the back as she finally broke down.

They sat there in the flowing river for over an hour, her cries mixing with currents gentle roar. Kristina stayed pressed to him as much as possible, curled up in his hold and hand on his chassis, stroking gently. She finally managed to regain control of herself and let Knockout press a few cold fingers to her face to cool her off.

"Thank you…if you hadn't been there tonight, they would have…they…" her voice trailed off, cuddling to him.

"Don't think on it too much, Kristina. There's no point in delving into those what-ifs now that they didn't even happen. You're safe now, and I promise they'll never hurt you again."

She looked up to him a bit, smiling some as he gave her a calming smile.

"Never again…." Kristina mumbled, pressing her forehead to his cool chest.

Knockout didn't dare let her go, his need to protect her immense at the moment. He slowly stood up and walked them out of the water, sitting on the grass as he watched the flowing river, petting her softly. Kristina stayed quiet, enjoying the peace as her eyes drooped a bit. The medic looked to her when he heard her yawn.

"You should sleep. I'll let you rest in my backseat if you want." He offered.

"That sounds good." She nodded, letting him put her down then transform, crawling into the back and laying down, curling up a bit.

Knockout waited as she fell asleep, slowly falling into recharge himself. As much as he wanted to stay awake to watch over her, he had his own exhaustion. The mech powered down for the night, keeping his doors locked tight and blasters ready in case any other danger were to show itself.


	5. Chapter 5

Knockout groaned a bit as he woke up before sunrise, feeling signals coming to his comm link and barely turning on his radio to hear them.

"Knockout, where are you?! I've been trying to contact you for hours!" Breakdown exclaimed in a hush tone.

"Forest…all night…killed some guys." He mumbled lazily, systems still trying to fully wake.

"You spent all night killing people?! I thought you went to see your friend!" The assistant asked in confusion.

Knockout mentally shook himself as he finally roused. "A lot happened. I'll explain everything when I get back to base….I'll be bringing Kristina."

"What do you mean you'll be bringing her? It's not safe for a human here." Breakdown whispered heatedly.

"It's not safe back at her apartment either. Like I said, I'll explain everything when I get there." Knockout answered, cutting off the link as Kristina stirred. "Feeling alright?"

"Nnnh…tired." She replied lazily, not fully realizing where she was until he started driving out of the forest, quickly sitting up. "What's going on?"

"We're leaving the forest." He responded, getting back onto a road once out.

Kristina froze a bit as she slowly remembered what happened the prior night, fighting off tears as she curled up some. Knockout saddened when his internal cameras saw.

"Are you hungry? I can take you somewhere to eat when we get back into town." He offered.

"My purse…I left it in my car. I can't get food without money." She said quietly, keeping view down to the floor board.

Knockout didn't want to take her anywhere near the complex but sighed as there was no way around it. If she was going to eat, she needed the money.

"Alright, I'll drive us by to your car but be as quick as you can." He said, taking her to the parking lot, both of them wary as there was police tape around the area but the lot.

Kristina stayed quiet as she slipped out of the medic and pushed the numbers into her cars door to unlock it as she no longer had her keys, having dropped them last night. She swiftly grabbed her purse and locked the car before getting back into Knockout, sighing some as he drove off as quickly but carefully as possible. He took her to a drive-thru, Kristina ordering a few breakfast burritos and some bottles of water then going to a nearby park. The two stayed silent as she ate one, Knockout waiting to explain what was going to happen until she finished.

"Kristina…I need to take you to base with me. It's for your protection."

The latina looked up to his console, staring a moment. "…it's not like I can go home anyway…lost keys and the police barricade." She responded, still obviously drained.

"You'll have to stay hidden though. It's not a safe ship for humans, do you understand that?" Knockout asked.

"…yeah…I can understand that." Kristina replied, chugging her water a bit.

Knockout was relieved that she didn't seem too stressed at having to bunk up at the Nemesis, driving away from the park and to where the ship was located. He let her out before transforming and picking her up, walking in as it was still relatively early and many remained in their rooms for the moment. The medic hurried to his room, locking the door behind him and sighing as he placed her down on a desk.

"Alright, I need you to stay here while I go and let Breakdown know I'm back. Just keep quiet, I'll be back shortly." He assured her, hurrying out and locking his room behind him.

Kristina sat on the desk for a moment, looking around the room and seeing hardly much bet digital pads with information here and there along with some weaponry. "So this is Knockout's room… I expected a bit more flare." She laughed softly to herself, gripping her bag of food and purse.

Knockout reached the medical bay, sighing in relief as he saw Breakdown was the only one in it.

"Anyone notice I was gone?" he asked, a bit worried.

"No, lucky for you. Where's the girl?" Breakdown questioned.

"In my room, and I made sure to lock it tight before leaving." He responded, looking to Megatrons vitals and seeing as his brain waves were still ceased since the intrusion of Arcee and Bumblebee during the week. The medic rubbed his helm a bit. "Well, not much else we can do for him. No one's home."

"Guess Starscream is going to get what he's wanted." The assistant replied, looking to his friend. "…Are you sure it was a good idea to bring her here?"

Knockout took in a breath before speaking. "She was almost killed by some humans last night. Now there's law enforcement blocking her home and no way for her to get in… She has nowhere else to go right now."

Breakdown watched his friends face sour a bit at speaking about the situation, nodding some. "So you killed them?"

"You're fragging right I did! I mangled those skinjobs up and made sure they were dead!" Knockout frowned as he looked to the floor. "I couldn't even fully comprehend anything when I saw her with a blade to her throat, all I saw was her in danger and I…I lost it."

Breakdown placed a hand on his friends shoulder. "Hey, don't feel bad about that. I lose myself in battle all the time, it's nothing terrible."

"Don't you get it, Breakdown? I never lose it, and she's so slagging important to me now that just thinking about this situation has me seeing red. It's driving me insane with how much I care!" he exclaimed, clenching servos.

"Are..you saying you're falling for her?" the assistant asked, seeing his friends frown deepen.

"I don't know. I want to push this intense feeling away, to not care so much, but I can't. I physically can't." Knockout said, sounding strained.

Breakdown was about to speak but got quiet as Starscream walked in with Soundwave, Knockout trying to calm down.

"Ah, so good to see you up so early. You can explain Megatrons predicament to Soundwave." Starscream smirked, servos behind his back as he looked rather pleased with the situation.

Knockout was in no mood for this but forced out a casual smile. "Yes, well as I'm sure you know, the Autobots infiltrated Megatrons mind with a Chrodical Phsycic Patch when they were last here. Ever since then, Megatron has shown zero brain waves, indicating that he's no longer with us."

Starscream smirked a bit more then looked to Soundwave with a forced sad expression. "You heard him, Soundwave. Our leader is no longer here. It would be a shame to keep him on life support when he's nothing but a mere shell of his original self."

Soundwave remained silent, slowly pointing to Knockout as if to order him to fix the situation.

"I'm sorry, there's not much I can do about this. We've done everything within our power to bring him back. Now that his mind seems to be gone it's practically a lost cause." Knockout explained, sounding somewhat exasperated.

The telecommunications commander stayed as he was, the others feeling annoyed at how stubborn he was being.

"Soundwave, he just said there's nothing we can do. It would be an insult to Megatrons glory to keep him like this." Starscream huffed.

The silent bot's opinion remained unchanged, turning and walking out silently. Starscream clenched his servos and glared at the door after it closed, growling.

"Slag it. If we unplug him without having swayed Soundwave, the legions will remain unfaithful to me." The seeker glared to the two medical bots. "Well?! Figure something out by the end of the day or else I'll scrap the both of you!" he shouted as he stormed out.

Knockout rolled his optics and went to press his forehead on a wall, groaning. "Slag it all. That idiot seriously thinks we can pull a mind changing fact from our tailpipes."

Breakdown looked to Megatron then patted his friends back. "Let's go get some energon, think things over."

The medic looked to him a bit incredulously but nodded, leaving the medical bay.

* * *

Kristina had fallen asleep behind a stack of data pads, jolting awake when a loud blast sounded off from the Nemesis, being the magnifying laser for the Arctic's ice. She curled up a bit, hoping Knockout would be back soon as it had been nearly half the day that he was gone. The latina stayed quiet and hidden as she heard a bustle of Eradicons run by the room, wondering what was going on.

"I wish Knockout was here…" she whispered to herself.

It would be another hour before the door opened and the medic rushed in.

"Are you alright?" he asked in a hushed town, looking around for her and sighing in relief as she peeked from behind the data pads.

"Yeah..what's happening?" she inquired. "I heard a bunch of stuff a while ago then everything kind of got quiet..."

"Well…Megatron's back." He said, rubbing the back of his helm with an unsure look on his face plate.

"…is that bad?" Kristina asked.

"It is and it isn't…it's good because Starscream can stop barking so many orders at me for a while now that he's getting the slag beaten out of him by Megatron. It's a little bad because Megatron isn't too keen on humans…" Knockout answered. "If he finds out you're here, he won't be happy."

Kristina shivered a bit at the thought of what a raging Decepticon leader could do, nodding to Knockout some.

"So I stay hidden at all times, huh?" she asked.

"Yes, you're going to be here for a while." He mentioned.

"What about my job? I need that to keep paying for my apartment and necessities…speaking of which…" Kristina looked away, obviously a bit embarrassed.

"...what?" Knockout pushed.

"Do…I mean it's an obvious 'no', but…is there a toilet I can use?" she asked meekly.

Knockout stared at her then smacked his forehead. "I forgot humans have those…needs." He groaned, going and peeking out his door for a second then going back in. "You can take care of your business outside, ok?"

"Ok, let's just hurry, I've been holding it in all day." She said with a whimper, grabbing some napkins and letting him pick her up as they snuck through the Nemesis.

Knockout was just about to reach outside then froze when he heard a dark gravelly voice.

"And just where are you going, Knockout? You've a new patient waiting for your medical skills." Megatron said, standing a ways behind the medic.

Knockout quickly opened his chest a bit and dropped Kristina in, closing as he looked to his Leader.

"Heh, I assume you gave Starscream quite a thrashing, my Lord?" he asked, a nervous chuckle in his voice.

"I did. You seem nervous, medic." The leader pointed out.

"Nervous? Why would I be nervous? Perhaps it's just been a long day, I need a little fresh air so I was going to go out for a drive." Knockout said.

"On the ice?" Megatron asked with a raised brow ridge.

"…oh, are we _still_ in that frozen wasteland? I-I thought we had already left! Well if we're still there I should go and check on Starscream, make sure he hasn't completely offlined." He said with an uneasy laugh, scooting his way around the large spiked bot then hurrying down the hall.

Megatrons crimson optics watched his medic all the way until he turned a corner, frowning deeply with a glare as he could tell Knockout was hiding something.

* * *

Kristina felt a bit claustrophobic in the dark confines of where some of Knockouts car interior was, whimpering softly as she kept her thighs tightly together.

"Knockout, I'm gonna go crazy if we don't do something about this." She said enough for him to hear.

"Sssh! You need to stay quiet, I have to go check on Starscream first then I'll sneak you out soon, I promise!" he whispered, getting into the medical bay and seeing the seeker where Megatron once was.

Starscream looked up and frowned as Knockout couldn't help but have a big smirk on.

"Wipe that off your face before I rip it off." He threatened weakly, wincing from his wounds as he was connected to many cables.

"Oh calm down, Starscream. You honestly should have seen this coming." The medic replied, strolling to the computer and typing in a few codes to give the seeker some pain relief.

"I should have seen that rust bucket suddenly coming back to life after an Autobot invasion?! Oh do tell me how I should have expected any of that, Knockout!" Starscream shrilled despite his injuries, freezing when Megatron walked in. "M-My Lord…"

"How is the patient doing?" the leader inquired mockingly.

"Still as shrilly as ever." Knockout smirked some, getting an icy glare from Starscream. "But I think he'll make a full recovery if he stops thrashing about every time he gets mad."

"How fortunate to have a positive diagnosis, Starscream." Megatron drawled, smirking as the seeker was obviously nervous of anymore attacks the leader may smite him with.

Knockout bit back a laugh, keeping cool but anxious as he knew he had to get out of this situation.

"I'll leave you to your work, doctor. Oh, and I want to speak with you after you're finished here." Megatron said, his eyes very serious when looking to the medic.

"Yes my Lord." Knockout gulped slightly, watching as the warrior finally left.

Both bots sighed in relief, Starscream looking to him.

"Why are you so relieved? I'm the one who got a beating." The seeker questioned.

Knockout straightened up a bit. "Um, well he's still as intimidating as ever. You never know what to expect from the big guy." He managed, quickly typing in more codes. "Sleep tight, Starscream."

"What's that supposed to me-uuurgh." He began to speak then slurred off as he was injected with some sedative, falling into recharge within seconds.

Knockout hurried out of the medical bay, running when there was no one in site and quickly looking out of a door to the outside, seeing they were floating near an icy cliff. He took in a deep breath then made the jump, landing hard on his pedes and slipping momentarily. After getting his footing, he moved to a small cave and brought Kristina out, effectively causing her to yelp as a cold wind hit her.

"GAH! Where are we?!" she shouted above the winds.

"It doesn't matter, just hurry so we can get back inside!" he placed her down. "Go do your business in the cave." He ordered and turned around.

Kristina didn't need to be told twice as she hurried into the cave, taking a few minutes before finally returning and looking very relieved.

"Ok, I'm done." She said with an embarrassed smile, getting picked up and put back into Knockouts compartment. "Do I really have to stay in here?"

"For now, I don't have time to take you back to my room. I have to go speak with Megatron." He said with a groan, going back and jumping onto a landing bay on the Nemesis.

Knockout quickly went into the control room where many Eradicons were working, Megatron and Soundwave at the main controls as the Leader turned to him when he entered.

"Ah, there you are. I was wondering how long it would take you to come to me." He said, voice a bit dark.

"Came as quick as I could, my Lord." Knockout replied with a slight bow as he went to his leader. "You wanted to speak with me?"

"Yes." Megatron started, eyes darkening a bit. "I've been informed that you snuck in a little pet."

Knockout froze, cursing himself when he stuttered a bit. "I-I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh really? Soundwave, show our dear medic your footage." Megatron ordered.

The silent bot looked to Knockout as his face screen lit up, showing the medic coming into the ship while holding Kristina close to him and hiding her away in his room. The clip then switched to the moment Knockout was about to leave then got stopped by Megatron, showing him putting her into his compartment.

"Open your chassis, Knockout." Megatron commanded.

"M-My Lord, please, I-" he winced as the warrior growled.

"I will not repeat myself, medic." The leader glared.

Knockouts shoulders slumped, hanging head some as he opened his chassis.

"Bring it out." He pushed.

The medics' servos were a bit shaky, reaching in and pulling Kristina out. Her eyes widened as she looked up and saw Megatron, tensing when he stepped closer to them and looked her over. She wasn't exactly looking her best as she had bloodstains all over her light colored work shirt and hair was slightly disheveled.

"I-I can explain, Lord Megatron." Knockout said somewhat quietly.

"Oh do explain, Knockout. Tell me how you thought it was perfectly acceptable to bring human onto my ship!" He practically roared, both Kristina and Knockout wincing from his voice.

Knockout opened his mouth but nothing came, struggling for words as he would start then retract a few times. His servos began to shake more, causing Kristina to glance back at him then to Megatron again. She could see he was starting to lose his patience.

"I-If I may…Lord Megatron…I don't want to impede upon your cause by distracting your doctor, but we can't really help that we've become..well, friends. I know that probably disgusts you, and maybe you even think Knockout has a malfunction right now, being nice a human and all. But I know this hasn't changed Knockout in being a Decepticon. He's still loyal to you, he spent weeks on end working to revive you. Even with Starscream pushing for unplugging you, Knockout continued to work on bringing you back. He may have seen me on the side a few times during your coma, but most of his time was spent on you and the missions he was handed. So…if anything, don't hurt Knockout because of me. You can send me back to Jasper if you think I'd be too much of a distraction, but I honestly don't think that's the case. I've seen the Autobots befriend humans, and it doesn't seem to have affected their cause. I don't think it'll harm the Decepticon way to have one human companion…but you're the Leader here. It's for you to decide." Kristina finally finished, having looked Megatron in the optics the entire time, albeit nervously.

Megatron had stayed silent through the entire speech, face stone cold as he reached out and gently grabbed her from Knockout's servos. The medic nearly lost it when his Master held his friend a bit firmly.

"What use would I have for a human amongst my ranks? Your species is quite weak." Megatron questioned, brow ridge raised some.

"I'll be honest, I don't know what I can do for you. If there's any way I can help, I would do it in a heartbeat if it meant I could stay for Knockout. I know your faction is the brutal one, that you're the most fearsome here. Most likely I'll never impress you, but if you have a mission or plan that could use a human, I'll be ready no matter what it is." She explained herself.

Megatron was about to speak but was interrupted by a distress signal from an energon mine being attacked by Autobots. His brow furrowed some but smirked slightly.

"Let's see if you can be useful, human." He said. "Come with me, Knockout." The leader ordered, having Soundwave open a space bridge that led them to the mine where a battle was going.

Knockout's anxiety went through the roof as Megatron suddenly gripped Kristina in his fist, causing her to yelp in pain and all blasting from the Autobots ceased. The Leader ordered a cease fire of his own soldiers.

"Megatron has a hostage!" Arcee exclaimed, all of them aiming at least one blaster each to the warrior.

"Leave the human out of this, Megatron." Optimus ordered, his blasters ready.

Megatron simply raised his fist some and squeezed harder, causing a pained scream from the latina as her body felt like it was close to being crushed. "Retreat or else she dies."

"Optimus… what should we do?" Bulkhead asked uneasily, none of them sure how to handle the situation.

"Release her to us and we shall go." Optimus said.

"Ah ah, she stays with me. Now, do you want to hear her bones snap or are you going to leave?" Megatron smirked smugly.

The standoff was tense, Knockout trying to keep calm as he just wanted Kristina back in his protection and it pained him to hear her scream like that. He looked to the Autobots in hopes that they would secede. After a moment of silence, Optimus finally lowered his blasters.

"Autobots, retreat." He said grimly, slowly backing away and contacting Ratchet for a ground bridge.

Megatron grinned in triumph as they left, looking to Knockout and tossing Kristina to him. The medic quickly caught her, on edge as he looked to his leader.

"I suppose she'll do, for hostage situations at least." Megatron stated. "Otherwise she is to stay out of the way."

"Understood, my Lord..." Knockout replied, looking down to his friend as they left through their own space bridge and back to the Nemesis.

The medic nudged her slightly as she remained motionless in his hold but awake, seeing her wince as her body was starting to bruise from the pressure that was exerted beforehand.

"Oh, and Knockout. If she turns out to be more trouble than she's worth, I'll kill her." Megatron warned, walking away to the control room.

Knockout nearly fell to his knees when the warrior had finally left, keeping his composure as he took her to his room and laid her down on his desk. He sat in his chair and watched over her, feeling horribly guilty as he was hunched forward and above her while she breathed a bit heavily. Kristina looked up to him as he shadowed her, smiling weakly and giving him a thumbs up.

"I'm ok." She assured him with a slightly raspy voice.

Knockout tried to smile but couldn't, feeling like he was going to have a break down.

"I…I didn't protect you." He said, voice cracking.

"It's ok. I'm fine, I promise you that I've been in far more pain than this before. All he did was squeeze me." Kristina replied, reaching for one of his servos and stroking a digit gently, arms showing large bruises already.

The medics head hung a bit as he closed his optics, shaking his head some. "He could have killed you and all I did was stand by."

"Heeeey, this is Megatron we're talking about. I'd have been too scared to do anything either." She reassured him, smiling softly.

Knockout opened his optics, looking at her. "Weren't you terrified of dying like last night?"

Kristina stayed quiet for a moment. "…honestly, I'm still kind of numb after last night. Guess it helped with this situation." She laughed tiredly, wincing slightly.

The medic sighed some. "No more talking, you need to conserve your energy and rest so you can heal up."

"But-"

"Don't argue." He said firmly, brow furrowed. "Rest."

Kristina sighed and nodded, rolling onto her side with a struggle and curling up a bit, closing her eyes. Knockout stayed there as she slept for hours, not moving an inch as he went over the events in his mind repeatedly. He didn't think he'd ever be able to forgive himself for letting her be harmed by Megatron, and he medic swore at that moment that he'd never let the leader harm her again.


	6. Chapter 6

It would be a few days before Knockout felt comfortable with leaving Kristina for more than a couple of hours, the latina finally convincing him that she'd be perfectly fine where she was as long as the door was locked. He didn't want to have her alone while she was still weak from Megatrons cruelty. Besides food runs at night, the two actually didn't spend much time together as Knockout was busy with Starscream and a few missions. Two weeks passed by as Kristina finally made a mostly full recovery but still sore with light bruising.

The latina skimmed through the internet on her laptop, the medic having taken her to the apartment's main office one night where someone had turned in her keys to the lost and found. She had finally been able to get into her old home and have a real shower along with grabbing a few of her belongings and changes of clothes. The young lady wasn't overly bored now that she had entertainment, and the Nemesis' signal for internet was extremely satisfying. She sat up a bit when one of the blogs she followed turned up with a video, the screenshot having Knockout's vehicle mode in it and labeled "Killer Driver Saves Woman."

"What the hell?" she mumbled, clicking it and covering her mouth in shock as it was a phone video of the night he had saved her from the men.

Kristina quickly clicked out of the page, freaking out a bit that someone had actually shot what happened. Her anxiety soon turned into anger, thinking of how someone could be so stupid as to video tape what was going on instead of helping.

"I fucking hate people." She frowned, willing up the courage to Google the name of the video and saw it was going viral fast, having millions of views on multiple sites.

Many people claimed it was a fake clip from an underground movie, but others linked police reports to the death of the three men and news articles. This lead to extensive arguments as to whether it was a very elaborate hoax or not. Kristina shook her head some, finally exiting out of the search and going on her blog to see calming pictures to help her mood, only to see posts about the murders popping up in her dashboard.

"God dammit." She growled, closing her laptop and placing it to the side as she folded her arms a bit, looking up as Knockout came in.

"Is something wrong?" the medic questioned when he saw her expression.

"….someone taped you killing those guys and it's gone viral. The fact that instead of trying to help or call the police, this person shot the entire thing with their fucking phone and it pisses me off. I fucking _hate_ people." Kristina seethed, Knockout having never seen her so mad.

The medic went over to her and sat down. "It's ok, Kristina."

"No, Knockout, it's not ok. It's nowhere near ok. This idiot thought that getting a good shot of a murder in action was better than lending a helping hand. And to top it all off, they go and post it on the internet like it's so amazing that I almost got killed!" she nearly shouted, glaring forward as she didn't look at him at all. "But that's humanity for you, let someone else die before you let yourself get hurt. Better yet, let's tape it for the fucking internet to see! That's a great idea!" she said as she waved her hands a bit.

Knockout stayed quiet a moment, looking away some. "So, you're mad that no one tried to help?"

"I don't know, Knockout. I don't know what pisses me off more, the not helping or the videotaping. If you didn't get there, then there would be a clip of me getting raped and murdered online like some god damn smut film." She clenched her fists despite her sore muscles. "You know what's the _really_ fucked up part? There are humans out there who would get off to that video and probably websites dedicated to viewing it like it was internet gold. People are so fucking sick, I hate it. It makes me feel sick to be a human."

Knockout listened to her rant, wondering in the back of his mind if she had really forgiven him for not stepping in when Megatron had hurt her. She seem so infuriated that no human helped her that horrid night, so what kept her from hating him for his idle standby with his own leader? He finally glanced to her when she moved to lean on his arm that was on the desk, her face pressing to his cold metal. The medic realized she had angry tears falling down her cheeks as she tried to hide them.

"Kristina…" he tried, but didn't know what to say, other hand slowly petting her back but stopping when she winced.

"…keep doing that..please." she murmured, letting him pet her despite the sore pain.

The two remained silent for a bit, Knockout waiting for her to calm down. He despised that she was in pain mentally and physically but didn't know what to do, and that made him even angrier with himself. The medic felt like hurting someone but had no one to direct his fury at, just sighing some.

"I-" he was quickly cut off when he got a message in his comm link, optics widening a bit when it was about Breakdown needing a medic.

Knockout swiftly got up and ran out of the room, not even thinking as he left the door unlocked and went to the med bay. Kristina sat there, wondering what had happened to cause him to just up and leave her like that. She waited for him to return, hours passing by then perking when the door opened, heart nearly stopping as she saw Starscream come in and look around.

The seekers optics landed on her, sneering as this was his first time to see her since she spent all her time healing in Knockouts room.

"So, you're the human that Knockout has a soft spot for? It's ridiculous that he's gone out of his way to keep you alive, even to the extent of murdering other humans." He spat, smirking as he saw her stiffen. "Oh yes, I've seen the little internet video. I almost wept for you." The commander mocked.

Kristina glared darkly at him. "Fuck off."

Starscream merely laughed. "Ah, there's that language that humans seem to be known for, but you're all bark and no bite. It was all too clear in the video that you freeze up like a scared sparkling in the pit of danger."

She clenched her fists, rage spiking. "And it's pretty clear that you're still an asshole. What's wrong, too busy worried about another ass whipping by Megatron to scheme against his throne, so you're wasting time mocking me?"

The seekers smug look quickly soured at the mention of Megatron beating him, growling darkly. "Watch yourself, human."

"Oh shove it up your tail pipe, you lanky stilettoed bitch, you started this shit! I don't give a fuck about anything right now, especially your dumb ass!" she yelled as she stood on the desk, her anger getting in the way of any fear as he quickly stomped over to her.

"I'll teach you to mouth off to me, you little vermin!" Starscream shouted as he readied his claws in the air to strike her, yelping as the sound of a saw suddenly started and his servo was slashed off. He whipped around to find Knockout, glaring angrily at the medic. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Keeping you from making a mistake that would lead to your offlining. Now get out before I cut off more than your servo." Knockout growled, saw buzzing with the threat.

"How DARE you threaten your commander?! I'll have you torn apart fo -" he started but quickly backed up as the saw was shoved near his face.

"I SAID **_GET OUT!_**" the medic shouted, making the weapon buzz louder as the seeker shrilled and ran out the door. He changed his weapon back to a servo and looked to Kristina. "Did he hurt you?"

"No, just pissed me off." Kristina huffed. "Thanks for that."

Knockout's frown stayed as he kept his view on her, causing the young lady to shrink back a bit.

"You can't lose your temper like that, you're going to get killed! What if I wasn't coming back just now? You wouldn't been a pile of sliced up flesh!" he shouted at her.

Kristina started feeling scared as he yelled, not use to his anger being directed at her.

"I'm sorry..." She said quietly.

"You're sorry? You better be and learn from your mistake! I won't always be here to protect you from other bots if you anger them, especially someone like Starscream!" Knockout yelled, fists clenched tight. "I've put myself through a lot of stress to keep you out of trouble, I don't need you causing any!"

Kristina stepped back a bit as she looked down in shame. Knockout finally stopped himself from shouting anymore, watching as she was extremely uncomfortable. He took a step to her but halted as she tensed up.

"…I'm going for a drive." He mumbled to himself, walking out and making sure to lock his door this time as he left.

Kristina fell to her knees, feeling sick to her stomach that Knockout had actually lost his temper on her. She fought off tears then jumped a bit as there was a knock, anxiety rising as she heard someone start overriding the rooms' access code and opened the door, revealing to be Breakdown. Kristina gasped a bit as she saw his right optic was replaced with a patch.

"What just happened?" he asked sternly.

"…I…I yelled at Starscream and he almost killed me for it." She managed. "Knockout got really pissed off about it."

"Well that's no surprise considering how stressed out he's been about your safety." Breakdown stated. "For you to mess that up must have drove him crazy."

She winced at that, rubbing her arms some. "I know…I just…I lost it when Starscream started antagonizing me. I was already pissed off, to have him waltz in and add salt to the wound sent me over the edge. I wasn't thinking straight."

"Obviously." The assistant sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Don't take Knockout's anger personally, though. I'm sure he's madder at Starscream than he is at you."

"…how long does he tend to stay mad at people?" she asked.

"That's the thing, Knockout is usually the cool headed one unless it's about his finish. When he gets mad, it's for a good reason and I don't know how long he's going to stay that way. But considering you're involved with his anger, I'm sure he'll cool off after a drive and get nice again. He's soft on you like that." Breakdown smirked some.

"...what about Starscream? Won't he try to get back at Knockout over this? For God's sake, he cut off the guy's hand." Kristina worried.

"Probably, but Starscream is more concentrated on taking Megatrons spot. Though if he does try anything, we'll be ready." Breakdown answered, laughing a bit at hearing of Starscreams injury and grinning as he gets a shrilling message from Starscream demanding where he's at. "Guess I'll be the one to fix his servo."

Kristina stayed quiet for a moment. "…You should go take care of that now instead of bothering to talk to me. I caused all this."

"Trust me, it's fun to see Starscream hurt. As for Knockout, just don't worry about it. I bet he'll come and apologize for yelling at you when he gets back from his drive." Breakdown explained.

"…thanks Breakdown." She smiled some.

"No problem." He replied, walking out and locking the door again.

* * *

Knockout was driving at top speed down empty roads, trying to calm down but enraged as he felt he had been pushed too far.

"I can't believe her! Yelling at Starscream as if expecting I'd come just in time again! I can't always be the hero!" he huffed to himself.

The medic went driving for hours, losing track of time and even getting covered in the terrains dirt as he was too mad to care at the moment. He shot at a mountain for a bit, blasting holes into the tough rock then shined his lights on hit when he noticed a light blue glow.

"…you've got to be kidding me." Knockout transformed and walked to this blasting target, looking closely. "Yup, that's energon. I guess this little drive wasn't a total waste of my time."

Knockout contacted Soundwave with coordinates for the energon vein and got a ground bridge. He smiled with some relief for it as he walked in and went to his room for a shower in the washroom, having finally noticed under proper lighting just how dirty he was and shuddering from it. Typing in the code, he walked in and glanced at his desk, seeing Kristina curled up under her blanket and sleeping with head buried into a pillow with back to him. The medic looked away as guilt started to seep into his mind but pushed it away, trying to keep with the mindset that he was in the right for scolding her albeit it being harsh.

Knockout quietly made his way to the washroom, turning on the shower and sighing softly as heated water sprayed over his body. He slid his servos over his frame to help wash himself off, not noticing that the sound of the spray hitting his metal woke Kristina up. The young lady looked around a bit, viewing to a closed door in the room where the sounds were coming from. She blushed some as she heard soft groaning, Knockout enjoying the warm spray a little too much. Kristina quickly laid back down when the water stopped, turning back to him and keeping eyes shut as she pretended to sleep when he came back in while drying himself with a large towel.

Knockout looked over to her again, guilt prodding his mind rudely as he frowned and went to his berth, laying down.

_You are not going to apologize. What she did was foolish and she needed to hear what I had to say about it. _The medic recited to himself, clenching denta as his conscious was contradicting what he was forcing his mind to say.

His mind flashed with the image of her backing away from him, tugging at his emotions as he never liked causing her fear. With a sudden growl he swiftly sat up and swung legs over the edge of the berth, frowning deeply as he stared at her now.

"Wake up." He said rather loudly.

Kristina jolted a bit at his voice, slowly looking over her shoulder at him and worried he would yell again. "Y-Yes?"

Knockout clenched his servos when he saw the worry in her eyes, looking away and frowning more at himself now.

"I'm…I mean, it's not like what you did wasn't wrong, but…" He growled again as his conscious prodded him more and folded his arms. "Look I'm sorry. I'm sorry for yelling."

Kristina could tell he was struggling with this, sitting up and turning to him but not pushing the apology further. "It's ok…"

Knockout looked back to her, seeing she was still somewhat sad. "What?" he asked a bit flatly, his temper still flaring a bit.

"…I just don't want you to be mad at me…" she said quietly, hanging head some.

The medic clenched his shaking fists as he started to hate himself for what he'd done. Now he was the one causing her stress and pain and he didn't like it one bit. He stood up and went to the desk, picking her up and hugging her to him silently. Kristina was stilled for a moment in shock, feeling his servos still shaking a bit as he was doing his best to stay gentle. She bit back tears and hugged him back, pressing forehead to his chassis.

"It's ok." She said softly. "I understand why you got mad and you had every right to be."

Knockout sighed, looking down at her as his frown had softened. "But I didn't have to yell."

Kristina pouted a bit at him as she pushed herself up and looked him in the optics. "Now you listen here, had the roles been reversed I would have yelled too. I was stupid to lose my temper at Starscream and I honestly deserved that tongue lashing you gave me. I not only put myself in danger but now Starscream might be out for revenge because of this. Now no more feeling bad about yelling at me, I deserved it, ok?"

Knockout blinked, actually chuckling for the first time in many hours. "You're strange, you know what? Not many would agree that it was ok to yell at them."

"And you're a crazy killer doctor, but I won't hold that against you as long as you don't hold my strangeness against me." She smirked up at him. "Just try not to yell anymore though, it really does scare me when it's directed at me. You're a big Decepticon and I'm a little human, remember the power dynamics here."

"Ha! You're the one who should remember the power dynamics next time you start to lose your temper with another bot!" Knockout laughed.

"Hey, Starscream deserves every amount of crap thrown at him and you know it!" she smirked.

They both laughed as Knockout took a seat on his berth, the medic patting her back gently.

"Ok, I suppose I can agree with that. Doesn't mean you should go talking back as if you can actually put up a fight against him." The medic pointed out.

"Yeah, but if I _did_ have the ability to fight him, I'd totally do it. He needs another serious smack down." Kristina giggled.

"That's the truest statement I've heard all night." He grinned, laying down with her now.

Kristina stretched a bit in his hold, nuzzling up to him some as she yawned. Knockout smiled softly, glad to have the situation back to normal where neither were at odds with each other.

"I think it's time for a recharge." He said, yawning and relaxing back.

"Mhmm." She agreed, hugging his thumb as she relaxed on him.

The two soon fell asleep with together, a soft smile on each of their lips.


	7. Chapter 7

Knockout was starting to get more comfortable with taking Kristina around the Nemesis with him, although it took much begging on the young lady's part. They usually spent their time in the medical bay where she'd watch him work on injured soldiers. It was a while before Knockout got another mission assigned to him, sighing when she looked at him a bit hopefully from where she sat on his shoulder.

"You can't come." He stated as he walked out of the control room.

"Come ooooon. Knockout please, I'm getting so bored here at base. There's only so much monotony one can take of fixing a few bots and surfing the web for days on end."

"Hey, I take you for drives almost nightly." Knockout pouted some.

"Yeah, to my apartment for quick showers then to late night stores to get some food. We haven't even gone street racing or to see a movie since our first day, you could at least let me go with you on a mission. I promise I won't get in the line of fire or anything, I'll stay on the sidelines or something." She pleaded.

Knockout tried to stay firm in his decision but couldn't stand her pleading eyes. "Alright, fine, I guess it couldn't hurt since we're just going after a Data Cylinder. But when I drop you off to a safe zone, _you stay there_."

Kristina grinned and nodded. "You got it. Let's just drop by the room so I can get something." She saw his brow raise. "It's for protection."

Knockout took her to his room and let her rummage through her purse, seeing her pull out a rather large taser. "What is that?"

"A Taser, used for protection in case someone comes near me." She smirked a bit as she pushed the button and a loud crackling noise came from the shock prongs. "19 million volts of electricity, it's bound to do at least something against a big metal enemy."

Knockout shook his head with a chuckle and picked her back up. "Just be careful with that, I don't want to be on the end of that jolt."

Kristina laughed, looping the safety strap on her wrist and tightening it as they went through a space bridge with Breakdown. Knockout placed her behind a rock face and walked off with his assistant in their search, the latina sitting there and fiddling with her phone as she took it out of her pocket. A bit later she heard revving engines along with laser blasts come in her direction. The latina stood up a bit as she peeked from behind the large stones and saw her allies transform and fight back.

"Damn." She watched in awe, pocketing her phone and grinning at seeing that they had the Data Cylinder.

The battle continued to get heated, Kristina watching as the cylinder was knocked away and rolled near her. She didn't realize it was aimed right at her where it stopped then saw Miko make her way across the battlefield to it. Kristina bit her lip as she knew she had to stay where she was, contemplating the pros and cons when a space bridge opened up. The teen struggled as she tried pushing the Data Cylinder into the portal, Kristina cursing under her breath and stepped out from behind the rock face as she was about to go and stop Miko.

Before the latina could jump out of the way, she was suddenly hit with a beam from the Data Cylinder, body floating slightly as the vast information flooded into her. She landed hard and motionless onto the ground when the beam finished, pupils shrunken and staring off into space.

Miko gasped when she saw this, running over to her. "Where did you come from?! Are you ok?!" she asked frantically, shaking Kristina a bit but getting no response. "Bulkhead!"

The Autobot looked when he heard his friend screaming, seeing her kneeled with another human. Knockout looked to see what Bulkhead was staring at, optics widening as he saw Kristina down. He started off towards them but got slammed away by Bulkhead as he too was on the path. The green Autobot reached them first and picked them up, hurrying into the space bridge as the others retreated as well.

The medic quickly transformed and sped to the portal, sliding to a stop when it disappeared too quickly for him to go in. Breakdown went and picked up the cylinder, having caught what had happened from the corner of his optic during the battle.

"Knockout…we have to go back to base and take this to Megatron." He said after a long silence from his friend.

"They have her, Breakdown, I can't just leave her with them!" the medic suddenly shouted.

"We can't do anything without knowing where their base is, Knockout!" Breakdown yelled back. "There's nothing we can do."

Knockouts engine revved in his building anger, he felt so foolish for having brought her along in the first place and began blaming himself for her abduction. Breakdown called for a space bridge and looked to his friend.

"We'll have a better chance at finding her when we get back to the Nemesis, Knockout. Ok?" he tried to reassure.

Knockout transformed to bot mode and stayed silent as he looked down and saw Kristina's glasses on the ground. He gently picked them up and put them away in a compartment as his fists clenched, going to deliver the cylinder to their leader.

* * *

Ratchet watched as Bulkhead came in through the ground bridge, blinking when he saw a new human with the wrecker and Miko.

"What's going on?" the medic asked.

"She got hit with a big laser from the scroll thing! Now she's talking in tongues or something?!" Miko said worriedly as Kristina started mumbling loudly.

Ratchet squinted a bit then optics widened. "She's reciting Cybertronian Equations. The Data Cylinder's information must have downloaded into her."

"How is that possible? She's a human, you can't download stuff into humans….right?" Bulkhead asked as he looked to Miko who gave him a confused shrug in reply.

"Take her to the medical berth." Ratchet ordered, going with them as the others came and followed them.

Kristina laid there staring at the ceiling as she continued mumbling equations, looking to be in a complete trance.

"Wait, isn't that the human Megatron had as a hostage?" Arcee questioned.

The group took a second look at her, those who had been there slowly nodding in agreement.

"Guess we made a rescue then." Bulkhead said rather proudly, grinning.

"Guess so." Ratchet mumbled. "But now we have a new problem, getting that information out of her system. She's saying it too fast for me to catch it all, if only we could get it written down or download it out of her."

"I could record her talking with my computer." Raf piped up as he and the other humans had followed as well. "I can use a program to slow down her speech and we can listen to it."

"That might just work, try it out." The medic approved.

The young boy went and grabbed his computer with a headset microphone then returned, being picked up to the tall berth by Bumblebee to Kristina then yelping as she suddenly shot her arm out to him and nearly jolted him with her taser the second he got too close. The latina stared him dead in the eyes but was still in her daze, muttering off numbers and formulas as he was thoroughly creeped out.

"W-What was that about?!" the boy exclaimed, watching as she slowly laid back down and stared to the ceiling again.

"Maybe she thinks she's still with the Decepticons?" Arcee asked. "There's no telling what else they did to her, she must be traumatized."

"We need that information." Ratchet said flatly.

"I think she just needs space right now." Jack offered on his opinion, looking up to the medic. "Arcee's right, she has to be traumatized after being with them for so long. Maybe she'll calm down after a bit and be able to tell us what she knows."

Ratchet huffed a bit in his lacking patience but nodded. "Very well."

Miko kept staring at Kristina, having kept quiet some as she felt guilty for activating the cylinder and causing its information to flow into the young lady. The teen grabbed Raf's computer from him, slowly climbing up the berth and laying it near her then quickly jumping away as Kristina caught her and swiped the taser at her as it crackled.

"That was close." Miko exasperated, holding a hand to her chest. "Never been tased and never want to be."

"Let us leave her to rest for now." Optimus ordered, having everyone leave and noticed Miko straggling behind some. "She will be fine."

"Yeah…I hope so." She mumbled, finally walking out.

* * *

Megatron growled as they all discovered that the Data Cylinder had no more power, clenching his fists.

"What happened?" he glowered.

Knockout and Breakdown looked at each other uneasily from their masters' anger, the assistant choosing to speak up first.

"I think it lost all its data when it was activated." He said.

"You activated it during battle!?" Megatron roared at them.

"I-It was an accident! One of the Autobots humans activated it and…it beamed into our human…" Breakdown mumbled near the end.

Megatrons glare quickly turned to Knockout. "And just what was your human doing on the battlefield?!"

"She was just watching! I set her far away from the battle but when the cylinder got knocked away I guess it ended up near her!" Knockout gulped, holding his servos up in front of him.

"Where is she now?!" the leader demanded to know.

The two looked at each other again then spoke in unison. "With the Autobots."

Megatron nearly blasted them at hearing the situation, clenching his fists and almost punching a wall. He gritted his sharp denta and glared harshly at them.

"Get. Her. Back." The warrior commanded darkly. "**_NOW!_**"

Knockout and Breakdown both scrambled out of the room, glad to have gotten away from the raging leader. The medic looked to his friend.

"Now what? We still don't know where she is." Knockout frowned, not liking the situation any more than Megatron was.

"Is there anything we can track her down with?" Breakdown asked, trying to think of something helpful.

"…her phone. She always has her phone in her pocket, we could possibly track that!" the medic exclaimed, quickly going to a nearby computer system and typing in her phone information.

Knockout watched as the screen pulled up with a somewhat weak signal in the middle of nowhere, seeing it was traveling towards Jasper.

"Come on, Breakdown." He said, determined to get her back as they set off.

* * *

"Miko, I really don't think this is a good idea." Bulkhead worried, driving late at night with the teen.

"She needs this, Bulkhead. Just listen to her, she's obviously still traumatized." Miko said, patting Kristina's arm as she just sat there.

Kristina's rambling had slowed down to a more understandable pace but was still in a daze, having been snuck out by Miko and Bulkhead. She even calmed enough that she was no longer attacking anyone who got close yet still kept her taser strapped to her wrist.

"I know you feel guilty for activating the cylinder on her, but this doesn't mean we have to do this." The green Autobot informed, on edge as they got into town. "Ratchet would have taken care of her."

"Uh, all he was worried about was getting those math things out of her brain. The computer got hours of it, I'm sure that's enough. Now we have to help her the human way." Miko said, being stubborn in her decision.

Bulkhead sighed, going to the drive-in theater. "Why are we watching a movie though? How is this supposed to help?"

"By occupying her brain with it! If we fill her head with a movie, maybe it'll push all that cybertron info out and she'll be back to normal!" the teen explained, seeming proud of her idea as she got their tickets then ordered soda and candy for them.

"With a midnight release cartoon?" Bulkhead questioned.

"Hey, I bet she likes these kind of movies!" Miko pouted, looking to Kristina as she got quiet. "See? She's paying attention!"

Kristina stared at the screen, still mouthing equations but silent as the film started. The trio watched to movie as Knockout and Breakdown drove by, having tracked her signal there.

"Are you sure, Knockout? It's a theater, why would the Autobots bring her here?" Breakdown questioned.

"That's where the signal is showing. Now come on." The medic replied, both of them driving in separate isles and viewing at cars with their cameras, the signal not being precise as it was weak.

Bulkhead froze as his rearview mirror caught sight of them. "Uh, Mikooo."

"Sshhh, you're going to break her concentration." The teen hushed, glancing at their passenger and relieved as she was still watching the movie.

"But Miko, Decepticons." The Autobot whispered.

Miko sat up straight, looking around through the windows and freezing as Breakdown rolled by them from behind their isle.

"…let's get out of here." She said quietly, ducking down and making Kristina do the same as Bulkhead tried to drive out discreetly.

Knockout suddenly drove to the exit when he saw the signal moving again, his side ports opening to reveal his blasters and aimed at Bulkhead when the Autobot reached the path.

"Let the human out and leave." The medic ordered, charging his lasers.

Bulkhead frowned internally, his other exit blocked as Breakdown drove up. The Autobot thought for a moment then suddenly spun his wheels quickly, kicking up a dirt cloud as he drove right for Knockout and slamming into his front. The medic yelled out as the hit broke one of his front lights and dented his grill, growling angrily and shooting repeatedly.

The Autobot sped off as fast as he could, knowing he couldn't risk transforming with so many humans around. The hit and run already caused a few screams, Knockouts and Breakdowns shooting not making anything better as a chase ensued. Bulkhead cursed under his breath as the medic was quickly catching up, trying to avoid cars as they drove through the city.

Knockout pulled up next to the green bot and transformed, jumping onto his enemy and bringing out his saw as he began cutting through the car roof. Bulkhead let out a pained yell, swerving and trying to shake him off as he veered off the road and into a parking lot. The Autobot suddenly pushed his breaks, successfully forcing Knockout to flip forward off of him.

Kristina's eyes focused a bit as she saw the medic, mumbling getting louder as if trying to figure it all out.

"You two need to get out so I can transform and fight, Miko." Bulkhead said, growling a bit as Breakdown blocked the parking lots exit.

Miko quickly unbuckled herself then Kristina, opening the door and trying to pull her out.

"Come on, lady! We have to go!" the teen pleaded, yelping as Kristina suddenly turned her taser on again and tried to jolt her. "Not this again!"

Kristina murmured as she opened her own door and slowly got out on her side, continuing to stare at Knockout. Bulkhead finally transformed and readied himself for the fight.

"Get her out of here, Miko." He insisted, trying to keep his senses on both Decepticons.

"How?! She's gonna tase me if I get near her!" Miko exclaimed.

"Step away from our human, Autobot." Knockout ordered again, bringing out his energon staff and starting it up as it lit with shocking energy.

"You're not gonna hurt her anymore, Decepticon." Bulkhead glared, not knowing Knockouts anger was at indignation that the green bot accused him of harming her.

"Have it your way then." Breakdown smirked, shooting Bulkhead in the back with a shoulder blaster.

The Autobot shouted from the hit, stumbling forward a bit but regaining himself as Knockout rushed at him. The wrecker swung at him but missed as the medic jumped high and landed a harsh electrocution right into Bulkheads neck, causing the large Autobot to fall.

"Bulkhead!" Miko yelled, looking for anything she could use as a weapon and seeing an old bat near a dumpster.

The teen quickly ran to get it, turning and blinking as she saw Kristina was now on her side of the scuffling bots. The latina was slowly walking towards her, dazed eyes staring as she recited equations but had her taser ready and crackling. Miko was so confused as to what was going on, slowly raising her bat.

"H-Hey, I'm on your side." She tried to assure. "We rescued you, remember? The Decepticons held you hostage, but we got you out of there." The teen explained, chills going up her spine as she was getting creeped out by the dead stare.

Kristina kept stalking to her as if her subconscious was ordering her to help Knockout by keeping Miko away. The teen stepped back but held the old bat at ready.

"Please don't make me do this." Miko begged, not wanting to have to hit the young lady as her back pressed to a wall. "Please."

The teen watched as her offender wasn't listening, biting back tears and clenching the bat as she rushed forward and swung. Kristina had no conscious to dodge an attack, getting hit square in the head and slamming into the ground. The bat was so brittle its wood actually splintered and broke in half on impact.

Knockout caught the act happen right when Miko swung, optics wide as he suddenly jumped off of Bulkhead and ran to her. The teen quickly ran away as Knockout rushed and threatened her with his staff, seeing how distraught he look and confused by it. The medic knelt down and hesitated before rolling Kristina onto her back, seeing blood drip along her head and splinters sticking from the side of her face. He soon glared at Miko and stood, changing his servo to a drill as he stalked to her.

"I'll rip you apart for that." Knockout growled darkly, spinning his drill as she backed away.

Just as he was about to skewer her on his weapon, Knockout stopped as he heard a grunt from Kristina and looked back. He watched as her body convulsed for a moment then rise as a large beam shot from her eyes and into the sky. Everyone stopped where they were as they watched, Knockout fully turning back to her.

Bulkhead had Breakdown pinning him, suddenly slamming the Decepticon off with his wrecking ball then running over to Miko. He stood in front of her protectively as they watched the medic kneel once more and try to touch the wounded human.

"Bulkhead, I-I didn't want to hit her but she was going to attack me…" Miko said, voice a bit shaky.

The two watched in confusion as Knockout picked her up and cradled her a bit in his servos, seeing him start to shake.

Bulkhead watched with a stern look, not knowing what was going on. "Put her down, Knockout. I won't let you take her and hurt her anymore."

Knockout's anger flared as he swiftly glared at Bulkhead, aiming his drill at them. "How _dare_ you accuse me of hurting her when your wretched human hit her with a bat?! I've done nothing but try to keep her safe! Just look at what your human did!" he shouted, holding out Kristina so the Autobot could see the damage.

"What do you mean keep her safe, she was your hostage! Last I saw, Megatron was crushing the life out of her!" Bulkhead rebutted.

"Just because I can't get back at Megatron for hurting her doesn't mean I'll let either of you live after what just happened!" Knockout bellowed, drill turning into a saw and buzzing loudly.

Just when the medic was about to attack the Autobot, he froze as Kristina let out a scream. He looked to her, seeing her grabbing at her face as she woke in pain.

"NGAAAH! MY FACE! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" she shrieked, pain almost making her pass out again as she tried to touch her face.

"Don't touch, you're seriously injured!" Knockout tried to calm her, servo returning as he tried to pull down her arms

Bulkhead observed, confused but seeing the way the medic was trying to help her. "…she needs a hospital."

"I KNOW she needs a hospital, you fragging idiot!" Knockout seethed at him, returning his concentration on trying to calm his friend.

"N-No! I can't afford the hospital! J-Just take me home, I have a first-aid kit!" Kristina cried, trying not to have a complete panic attack as she felt large splinters on her face.

Miko and Bulkhead looked at each other then back at Knockout, not knowing what to do as they argued about the situation.

"I'm taking you to the hospital and that's final!" Knockout finally shouted.

"No you're FUCKING not! I don't have money to get treatment! They'll kick me out if I don't have anything to pay with!" she yelled back, clenching teeth as it hurt to speak. "You seriously think I can afford a doctor on my minimum wage salary?! You're a doctor, you fix me!"

"Maybe Ratchet can he-"

"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Knockout and Kristina shouted in unison.

Bulkhead and Miko backed away some from their shouting, getting really uncomfortable from the bickering.

"Fine, I'll treat you but I'm not promising that I can fix you, you stubborn idiot!" Knockout shouted.

"_Fine!_" she shouted back.

Knockout looked back up and glared at Bulkhead and Miko. "Don't think for a second that this is over!" he warned as he transformed and had Kristina in his passengers' seat, driving off with Breakdown.

The Autobot and teen stood there as they heard the shouting fade as the Decepticons left. Miko looked up at her friend.

"IIII don't think she's a hostage." She said.

"I don't know what to think." Bulkhead admitted, both of them dumbfounded at what they witnessed and heard.


	8. Chapter 8

Knockout and Kristina finally stopped bickering by the time they got to her apartment, the latina rushing in and going into her bathroom for the first aid kit. She froze when she noticed her face in the mirror, seeing lots of tried blood having dripped from her ear and head, her left eye swelling shut from the impact. The young lady touched her face lightly as she looked closely to the splinters, some large enough to pull out by hand while she'd need tweezers for many others.

"Fuck me." She mumbled, opting to pull out the small slivers now despite knowing that Knockout was waiting.

After 15 minutes of plucking wood from her face she flinched as the medic honked impatiently. Kristina ignored it as she was just as huffy as he was at the moment, concentrating on treating the details before moving on to the larger splinters she could pluck out with her own fingers. Half an hour passed and she rolled her eyes as her phone began to ring, answering it without looking.

"Give me a damn second, I have wood in my face!" she yelled, freezing when she heard her mother's voice. "M-Mom?!

"What do you mean you have wood in your face?! What happened?!" her mother asked frantically.

"I, uh, slipped and landed on the edge of the door. Heh, it's really old and splintery. Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Kristina apologized.

"And just who did you think I was that you'd yell at like that?" the parent questioned.

"Uh, just a friend I made over here in Jasper. Anyway, why are you calling? Did you need something?" the latina asked.

"To talk to my own daughter since she seems to forget to call her own mother, that's why!" her mother said matter-of-factly. "And why are you yelling at your friends?! You can't be yelling at people!"

Kristina bit back an annoyed groan, seeing an unknown number and knowing it was Knockout. "I know, ma. I'm sorry, I got to go, my friend is calling me now. I'll call you back later, I love you!" she said as she switched the call over to the medic. "_Give me a second._"

"You've been in there for nearly an hour, what are you doing?!" he demanded.

"Pulling wood from my face, what do you think?! You still haven't even told me how this happened!" she argued back.

"A human hit you in the face with a fragging bat, satisfied?!" he finally explained.

"Yes, thank you, now give me a second and I'll be out!" the latina said, hanging up and walking outside with the first aid kit.

"Finally." Knockout huffed, letting her in then zooming off with Breakdown. "All that time and you didn't even wash off that blood?"

"I'll do it when we get to base." She huffed back, pulling out a small mirror and gently tugging at the large splinters.

"Stop being so huffy me, it's not my fault you got attacked. If you hadn't begged to go on a mission with me you would have never been in this situation!" The medic frowned, he and his assistant driving through a ground bridge once outside of town.

"Speaking of that mission, why don't I remember a damn thing from then up to when I woke up feeling like a bear mauled half my face?" she asked, putting away her mirror and stepping out of Knockout once they were in the Nemesis.

"Because you were in a trance with Cybertronian information filling your head…which we were supposed to obtain for Megatron but it shot into the sky after you got hit." Knockout mumbled near the end as he transformed with Breakdown.

"Megatron's not gonna be happy about this." The assistant pointed out.

"_I know._" Knockout groaned, picking Kristina up and placing her on his shoulder as they walked to the control room.

Kristina ignored the stares as many of the working Eradicons noticed her face, frowning the entire time. Knockout also received some gazes at his dented up chassis and a broken front light, others more surprised that he wasn't making a complete fuss about it. Megatron looked to them as they entered, raising a brow.

"I assume there was a struggle?" the leader asked.

All three fought the urge to give him a stupid look at his comment as the situation was obvious.

"Yes sir, but we got her back. The only problem is when she was struck, the information beamed out of her." Knockout explained.

"So she's back to being a useless human, now with a broken face." Megatron mused, almost getting a glare from Kristina but she held back even as he smirked a bit. "I could have doled out some punishment for your failures, but I think this works too. With that much damage, it'll be a constant reminder for a while of your failure in this."

Kristina clenched her fists, temper flaring but knowing better than to mouth off to the leader. They were already on thin ice with the failed mission, she didn't dare make it worse despite the pain pissing her off. Her brow furrowed slightly as Megatron waved them off.

"Leave me, you look ridiculous." He said.

None of them hesitated to leave, relieved that he hadn't raged on them over losing the data but Knockout and Kristina still somewhat seething at each other.

"I think I'll leave you two to be alone." Breakdown said a bit awkwardly, going to his own room.

Knockout rolled his optics a bit and went to his wash room, placing her on the edge of a sink. "You're going to wash off before I do any xray checks." He explained while turning on the water after plugging the drain, filling it enough to where it would go up to her waist once she's in there.

Kristina sat there on the edge, expecting the medic to leave but looking to him when he didn't. "…are you gonna get out?" she asked, seeing his look. "I have to take my clothes off to do this, and I'm not about to get naked in front of you."

"Well that's just too bad, because I need to make sure you don't drown in the bath. You probably have a concussion right now and could lose consciousness at any moment." He said firmly. "Now go on, strip and get in the water."

Kristina blushed hard as she looked away "….at least turn around for this part!"

Knockout rolled his optics again but obliged, turning when he finally heard a small splash as she slid into the water, only her head showing.

"You need to dunk your head in too if you're to wash it." Knockout stated.

"I know that." She said, hesitant to push her open wounds from where the large splinters had once been into mildly hot water. With a deep breath, she dunked her head and bubbles suddenly surfaced as she let out a scream under water.

Knockout watched over her, wincing some as he couldn't imagine the pain she was in. Kristina gasped when she finally surface, cursing in Spanish under her breath as she slowly started washing off blood using her hands. She clenched her teeth as she could feel miniscule splinters still in her face that were too small to be seen, some transferring over to her hand as it slid by.

"Ffffuck." She whispered, dipping the side of her head in this time and trembling as she could feel water try to enter her ear but the swollen canal blocking it.

Knockout walked over to one of his towels, taking a corner and ripping off a small piece. "Here, this should help." He said as he held it to her, it being a perfect sized wash cloth.

Kristina blushed some, nodding. "Thank you." She took it and dipped the cloth in the water before gently scrubbing it against her bloodied ear.

They stayed in silence as she washed, both of their angers having finally dwindled down to a little spark. Knockout tore off a bigger piece of his own towel when Kristina was finally done washing, reaching into the sink and pulling the plug. The latina quickly covered herself up as the water left to reveal her body, blushing deeply but thankful that the makeshift towel was sized to cover her entire body like a cloak. Knockout couldn't help but chuckle as she looked like a towel monk, gently picking her up out of the sink and taking her to the desk.

The medic started to laugh as she stayed bundled up in her large towel and scuffled inside it a bit as she refused to let one bit of flesh be seen while she dried herself off.

"Shut up!" she said in a muffled voice, head finally popping out and hair frazzled, winning another laugh from her friend.

Kristina pouted as she reached to her toiletries bag and grabbed a big bottle of ibuprofen, downing some pills then pulling out a brush. She was careful on her damaged side as she started fixing her hair, brushing gently. Despite having the towel pressed mostly to her front, some of the cloth slid down her back, revealing a large scar under her left shoulder blade. Knockout froze for a moment then leaned down and held her still, looking at it closely as he was worried the Autobots had done something to her while in their base.

"Knockout, what are you doing?" she asked, trying to finish brushing her hair out as he kept his servos on her.

"What did they do to you?" he asked, voice on the verge of being mad again.

"Are you looking at my scars? That happened four years ago, Knockout. It's ok." She reassured him.

"_What_ happened four years ago?" he worried, looking to her as she looked over her shoulder at him.

"…I had a tumor. You know what those are, right? Dangerous growths in the human system, sometimes they get really big. Mine was bigger than my fist and apparently ready to pop like a water balloon." She explained, the story seeming to not bother her much. "One month full of three surgeries later, I spent New Years in a hospital bed then went home to finish recovery. Now here I am, four years later and all healed up physically. But mentally, eh, the situation messed me up on the winter season, that's for sure. I always get flashbacks during the winter and kind of shut myself off from everyone."

"So you were scared because you almost died?" Knockout asked, blinking as she actually laughed.

"You know, that's the really weird part, Knockout. I wasn't really scared during all of those surgeries. I wasn't scared of dying on an operating table, I wasn't scared about the possibility of cancer, it's like I said 'fuck it, if it happens it happens' and just rolled with it as if I knew I was going to come out alive." Kristina started to tear up some. "I wish I had that kind of courage in all aspects of my life…but I don't. I'm usually scared of anything, that tumor deal was the only moment I felt…in a weird way, in control. I was in control of my emotions even if I wasn't in control of the situation and the directions they turned. Now I have a lot of issues, but I try to put a smile on so it doesn't bum other people out." She sighed, tears falling softly.

Knockout stroked her arm a bit when he finally let go of her. "How about we go take care of your injuries now?"

Kristina nodded, getting dressed then grabbing the first aid kit before being taken to the med bay. Knockout took a hand held xray device from his desk and connected it to the computer, scanning her face. He watched as a picture of her skull came up on the computer screen.

"Looks like you only have minor fractures, no need for anything invasive. I suppose you got lucky that the bat broke, otherwise you would have been hit with a full solid force." The medic examined.

"'Lucky' is stretching the situation, but I guess you're right." She said. "Can I bandage myself up now?"

"Yes, do you need help?" Knockout inquired.

"Nah, I got this." The latina answered, taking out some antiseptic and a big cotton ball, pouring some liquid on it and dabbing her wounds with a hiss.

The medic waited as she sterilized herself then bandaged her head, paying attention in case he had to help her if something like this happened again. He shuddered a bit at the thought, remembering his frustration at her getting hurt once more. Knockout took in a quiet breath to calm his nerves, smiling some when she finished.

"Ready to go to bed?" he asked.

"Definitely." Kristina replied, being carried back to the medics' room and placed in her spot.

The young lady laid down, waiting as Knockout went to his berth and fell into recharge. She slowly reached her phone and dialed her moms' number.

"Hey ma, just calling you back. No, everything's fine, got all the splinters out. No ma, I don't need to go to the hospital, nothing feels broken." She spoke, trying to keep a level voice that was both quiet but unsuspicious to her mother.

Knockout stirred silently, waking a bit and hearing her speak as he glanced over. Her back was too him as she carried on the conversation.

"My friend? He's fine, I didn't yell at him if that's what you're asking…ok, so I got a bit snippy with him, but he understands…I know, I don't want to lose a friend over my temper, I'm really trying here." Kristina said, Knockout able to tell she was starting to get a little annoyed. "I promise I'll try not to lose it anymore, but you know how my emotions get. No, it's not that easy for me and you know that….Si ma…sorry… I'm not getting snippy with you, I swear."

The medic couldn't help but eavesdrop, wondering who she would be talking to so late. He quickly closed his optics when she finally said bye and hung up her phone, hearing an exasperated sigh from her as she carefully laid down. Knockout glanced over again with one optic, seeing her looking a bit down after the call.

"…Kristina?" he whispered a bit, seeing her jump a little.

"What?" she asked.

"Are you alright?" the medic wondered.

"…guess you heard all that." the latina replied. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Who was it, if you don't mind me asking?" Knockout asked.

"My mom." She noticed his confused look at the term. "She created me, I guess that's what you guys would call it."

"Aren't you happy to speak with her then?" he said curiously.

"Of course. I'm always happy to talk to her, it's just sometimes…it's difficult. She doesn't fully understand the 'mental illness' stuff with me, she usually thinks I can just buck up and be 'regular' like everyone else." Kristina explained, sighing. "Oh, and sorry for being super bitchy with you earlier...I was in a lot of pain, I get pissy when I hurt."

"It's alright." Knockout replied, smiling some as he relaxed back. "It's a lot to deal with on the scale you experienced."

"Yup." She responded, resting her head back onto the pillow and sighing. "I'm gonna sleep now. Night."

"Night." He said, closing his optics once again as they both fell asleep.

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Kristina's injuries were finally looking better after a few weeks, bruising down to some yellowing and her eye having opened back up. She was even able to hear out of her ear again.

"Finally, I can go back into stores without too much gawking." She grinned after removing her final change of bandaging and gauze, even the holes from the big splinters having closed up.

Knockout chuckled, giving her a final scan then nodding in approval at her healing. "Looking great."

Kristina smiled, disposing of her bandages then looking over to some vials of chemicals he had been working on ever since he got a sample of Synthetic Energon from Ratchet during a battle.

"So how's the energon mix going?" she asked.

"Still trying to completely stabilize it. Honestly, I wish we had gotten to you before you lost all of that information. Could have been very helpful to know the full formula." Knockout sighed, picking up a vial and swirling it a bit.

"I'm sure you'll figure it out." The latina waved a hand casually, leaning back and swinging legs over the edge of the table. "So, have you noticed Megatron acting…a little strange?"

"Who hasn't? He's been ranting about how he can see and feel Unicrons thoughts." The medic said. "That Dark Energon must be making him crazy if he thinks he can hear him."

"Who's Unicron?" she asked with a tilted head.

"Said to be a giant cybertronian who can destroy planets. He's also known as the Chaos Bringer and Dark Energon is his blood. Whatever." He chuckled, examining the SynthEn under a microscope.

"Chaos Bringer, huh? Ooooh, so spooky." Kristina said while wiggling her fingers, yelping as the entire ship suddenly shook. "What was that?!"

"Stay here." Knockout said firmly, running out the see what was going on.

The young lady waited then looked as the medic returned half an hour later.

"So you know how we were talking about Unicron?" Knockout asked with a nervous laugh.

"...He's here, isn't he?" she said.

"Worse… apparently he's your planets' core." The medic replied.

"Cybertronian Satan is _in_ Earth?!" Kristina exclaimed. "Well, I guess that makes Earth interesting for once."

"This isn't interesting, it's a disaster!" the medic explained.

"Sooo, can I see him?" she grinned a bit.

"_No_, we're not taking one step outside until this all blows over. Volcanoes are erupting with dark energon and the sky's practically raining with it!" Knockout stated. "We're staying in the Nemesis where it's safe, you should take this more seriously."

"Come ooon, let's at least watch from the control room, I bet Soundwave is surveying the whole thing." Kristina begged a bit.

"You don't need to watch anything, look through the internet on your laptop or something. Keep busy." He said.

"Knockout, if the earth is exploding with energon and evil, I highly doubt the internet is working." She answered incredulously. "If it's working, it'll be all about Armageddon."

"Then play one of your video games. I don't know, just ignore what's going on outside." Knockout insisted.

Kristina sighed, pulling out her 3DS and playing Pokemon as they waited out the situation. Knockout was relieved that she finally gave in, wanting to keep her protected from the Chaos Bringer. He knew if they went to watch that she'd want to go out and see for herself, which would put her in harms way. The medic had done everything to keep her in base while she healed, he just wasn't ready to let her out, especially with Unicron now revealed.


	9. Chapter 9

**A/N: So sorry for the lack of updates, got really busy with art commissions and such! I'll try updating this story as much as I can!**

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Kristina yawned a bit as a couple of hours had passed, looking to Knockout as she noticed him fiddling and rummaging around through his things. She could tell he was getting stressed as the Unicron situation was still panning out.

"I can't take hiding in here anymore, you stay put and I'll go see if I can find out any more information on what's going on." Knockout ordered.

"Oh come on, take me with you. We're safe here in the ship, and you know I'd like to get out of the room a little bit too. I'm a little bored with games right now." Kristina pleaded.

Knockout sighed as he shook his head some but conceded, knowing it was unfair to keep her cooped up. The medic placed her on his shoulder and walked out, being careful to keep his guard up since Airachnid was around now. As they went into the command center, the femme bot was already making a speech.

"Megatrons signal has become undetectable, which means he's either offlined or at the mercy of Unicron. Neither situation is good for us, and without him, there is no further reason we should stay." The huntress explained to the legion, looking to Soundwave. "Set course for Regulon Four."

Kristina watched as the TIC turned to Airachnid and stood without carrying out her order, seeing the spider glare angrily at him and a fight ensue as further commands were ignored. Knockout backed away slightly, bumping into Breakdown whom had come in a bit after them.

"Well this is interesting." The medic commented as the short lived battle ended with Soundwave as the victor.

The three of them walked out of the command center quickly to avoid getting any of the huntress' wrath directed at them.

"I guess that somewhat answers where Megatron is. But what are we gonna do?" Breakdown inquired.

"I'm not sure, the big M has come back from the grave once so there's nothing stopping him from coming back from this. Though we are talking a battle with Unicron, so perhaps that will end him, but one can never be too sure." Knockout mused, trying to decide whether or not they should abandon ship.

"Guess we'll just have to wait it out. But one thing confuses me, why would Megatron go fight alone? If he's fighting the equivalent of a God, why wouldn't he use his entire army to strike?" Kristina questioned.

"I heard through some rumors going around that he joined up with the Autobots to take him down." Breakdown answered, getting a few blinks from the others.

"He must be desperate if he's using them for help." The medic said. "He must know something we don't."

The three reached the med bay as Knockout was yearning for some stress relief, placing Kristina down on a table and grabbing a buffer.

"Would you please, Breakdown?" the medic asked, always knowing his friend would do a perfect job in this relieving action.

The assistant nodded and began buffing his friends back, getting into crevices he knew would relax him. Kristina watched with curiosity as Knockout closed his eyes in bliss. She blushed slightly as she could see just how much he was enjoying it but looked down to her phone as she looked over some mini games. The young lady would hate to interrupt the moment if it was helping Knockout, and it was times like this where she really wished she had enough hair to cover such a blush.

There was only the hum of the buffer for a few minutes straight and a mild groan from the medic here and there. It was nothing new to Breakdown though he slightly caught a reddened face on the small human as she played with her phone. Keeping it to himself, he went on and even buffed the hubcaps on Knockouts tires, inciting a soft groan from his friend. Kristina did her best to avoid reacting to the sounds of the medic's smooth voice making such noises, going as far as to download a random dating sim to keep her mind preoccupied on a storyline.

"Alright, I think that's good for now." Breakdown said as he turned off the buffer, chuckling as Knockout gave him a small pout. "Don't be that way, spoiled brat."

"It's just you're so good at it. I could be buffed by you for days on end." The medic chuckled, looking to Kristina and noticing her still mildly red cheeks. "Something wrong?"

"Hm?" she looked up from her phone, shrugging some. "Nothing. It's just a little hot in here." She answered with a slight side glance.

"You can't possibly be hot, it's always around 60 degrees in the Nemesis." Knockout spoke. "Now tell me why you're red."

"Uh…it's my game. Nothing special, just a sim." She tried to mildly lie again, cursing mentally to herself as she knew she'd have to explain the stupid game.

"What's a sim?" Breakdown asked.

"…simulator…. Dating simulator." Kristina admitted, blushing hard as Breakdown put a hand to his mouth trying not to laugh. "and now embarrassment."

"And just why would you be playing a dating simulator?" Knockout questioned, attempting to look at her phone but raising a brow when she quickly put it face down.

"It's a weird one, ok? It's not even a serious sim. I was just trying to occupy myself to ignore th-…." Kristina trailed off, looking down some.

"Ignore what? The buffing?" the medic questioned. "Is that something weird for humans?"

"No, buffing isn't weird. Nothing was weird, I just…got bored." She trailed off again, looking to her phone.

"Why are you lying?" Knockout frowned slightly.

"Oh my God, ok. You were _moaning_, alright? Did you not realize that?" Kristina finally answered, seeing the medic blink.

It would be his turn to blush if he even had the ability to. He was always use to letting loose and completely relaxing around Breakdown during these sessions that he hadn't realized the sounds he was making.

"Oh….well.." he rubbed the back of his helm, chuckling a bit. "Nevermind then."

"Yeah 'oh'. I didn't want to stop Breakdown, you were enjoying it so much and you've been so stressed out lately. So I tried playing a game to ignore the moaning." She explained.

"What does a dating simulator have to do with ignoring that?" Breakdown inquired.

"Storyline. They all have storylines, and I chose a random one." Kristina said as she looked back at her phone, blushing a bit again in embarrassment as she finally showed them the screen. "It's a really stupid one."

The two bots looked closely then blinked in confusion as they saw a pigeon on the screen.

"….what the Pit is this about?" Knockout asked.

"It's called 'Hatoful Boyfriend'. Everyone online was raving about how hilarious it was and it finally came out in English. If you two know anything about Japan, just saying that this was a Japanese game should be enough explanation as to why this game is confusing and why it's not that out there that Japan would make a pigeon dating sim. I downloaded it for laughs, I'm not actually into pigeons if that's what y'all are thinking." She finished, still feeling embarrassed as they tried to contain their laughs.

"Humans really are weird." Breakdown finally laughed, holding his side a bit.

"Shut uuuup!" Kristina pouted but found herself laughing too. "Ok ok, I know it's hilarious, but that's why I downloaded it. I knew it'd be funny!"

"So you're hitting on digital pigeons just to ignore me?" Knockout chuckled at her darkened blush.

"Apparently so." She said, exiting out of the game then yelping as the entire ship trembled during another volcanic eruption that causes shockwaves to go through the air from the dark energon.

"Well, there went my relaxation." Knockout said flatly.

"Just calm down, Knockout. I'm sure this will be over soon enough. Even if this planet goes down, I doubt Soundwave would keep us here forever waiting for Megatron to come back." Breakdown said.

Knockout gave him a somewhat incredulous stare knowing Soundwaves undying loyalty but sighed. "I suppose you're right."

"Of course he's right." Kristina piped up. "Just do something to keep your mind off of all this. We're safe here."

"And do what, date pixelated birds?" the medic grinned.

"…you're not gonna let me live this down, are you?" the latina laughed.

"Nope. It'll keep my mind off of things." He said with a smirk.

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The skies were still dark even as the Earth had settled down some and 3 a.m. rolled around. Breakdown had returned to his quarters a few hours earlier while Knockout and Kristina went to the medics' room for sleep. The two chatted for a little bit to keep each other preoccupied, Knockout seeming to hold back a question the whole time.

"Ok, out with it." Kristina said.

"What?"

"There's something on your mind. You've been really hesitant ever since we got back to your room." She pouted some.

Knockout looked away slightly and sighed, eyes turning back to her.

"…did my moans bother you?" he finally asked.

Kristina blinked, noticing he felt a bit uncomfortable. "…it's not that they bothered me, please don't think that. It's…." she stopped for a moment, rubbing her arm a bit. "It sounded nice."

"Oh good, I thought you were creeped out for a moment." The medic sighed in relief. "So…you liked it?"

The latina looked to him and smirked a bit. "Well I'm worried if I say more your ego will inflate so much you pop."

"Oh really? Do tell." Knockout grinned.

"Well….ok, your voice is so smooth and lovely that when you moan it was like pure bliss hit my ears and one of the other reasons I didn't stop Breakdown was because I wanted to keep hearing you moan." She said right out, laughing as his grin widened. "You're gonna pop any moment now!"

"I do so love your praise though." The medic chuckled, smirking some as he slid a digit over her back. "But honestly, it's quite unfair that you heard me moan but I've yet to hear you do so."

Kristina immediately blushed hard at that, scooting away from his finger. "N-Now don't start that! We said we were taking things slow!"

"Come on, we've known each other for a little over a month now. I'm not saying we have to dive right in, but hearing a little sound out of you would be wonderful." Knockout cooed smoothly, claw sliding along her spine again.

The young lady shivered slightly at how gentle yet spot on he was at making her tremble, shaking self a bit.

"I don't want to do something then back track again. Megatron could be back at any time and if we start doing stuff like this and he finds out he'll kill us both." Kristina explained, truly wanting to comply in this situation but worried for her friend.

"And who said he'd find out? The only other bot who knows my feelings for you is Breakdown, and he'd never tell anyone." The medic continued, lifting up the back of her shirt slightly and grinning some as she bit her lip.

"Knockout…ah!" she gasped as his cold digit slid over her scar as he lifted her shirt up to below her shoulder blades, shivering as she firmly held the front of her shirt down and Knockout quickly pulled his hand back.

"Are you alright?" he worried some.

"Yeah…scars on humans tend to be hypersensitive." The latina admitted, noticing his slight smirk as he reached back and slid his claw along where he knew her mark was under the shirt.

Knockout nearly licked his lips as a small groan finally escaped her, stroking the area for a moment then finally pulling his hand away. He watched as she shivered once more then shook herself.

"Enjoy that?" the medic teased some, smirking at his fine work.

"Yeah…"Kristina replied, placing hands on her cheeks as she tried to calm her blush.

The young lady looked up as Knockout stood and went to the door, watching as he put in a code to lock the doors, blinking some.

"Knockout?..." she watched as he looked to her and smirked, blush reheating on her face again when he sauntered back over to her.

"Perhaps we can have a little more fun? That small little mewl surely doesn't make up for all the moans I made earlier." Knockout pointed out, picking her up before she answers and sitting on his berth with her.

"I…well, I'm not opposed to it but what happens when Mega-" she started but quieted as he gently shushed her.

"He doesn't matter. We're not going to back track this time." The medic assured her, claw sliding along her side now as he laid her down on her back.

Kristina bit her lip again, biting back moans as she wasn't use to such soft and doting treatment. His voice wasn't helping out with her growing arousal either as he was suave, knowing exactly what he was doing. Her thighs shut together as his digit slid down somewhat further, blushing as he slid the tip along the crevice between her closed legs.

"Now now, be a good girl and open up. How am I supposed to entice those lovely sounds from you if you don't give me free range?" Knockout crooned, grinning as she visibly shivered and opened her legs slightly.

It was all the room he needed as he dipped his finger right in between and rubbed her, knowing where to touch from all his research. His optics fluttered slightly as she let out a soft moan and even felt her groin heat up on contact. She could feel the coolness of his metal even through her pants, inducing soft whines of pleasure as her hips bucked slightly. Knockout was being teasing in his slow actions as he wanted to draw this out, smirking as he rubbed a bit more firmly.

"Nh, Knockout." Kristina managed through hitching breaths, unable to think clearly as she closed her eyes and trembled.

"Ah ah, look at me when I'm pleasing you." He ordered, smirking as a louder whimper comes from her. "Too shy?"

"Y-Yes." She admitted, writhing a bit when he stopped rubbing. "Knockout please."

"Look at me." The medic repeated, refusing to go any further.

With another whine Kristina slowly opened her eyes and looked to him, blush hot as she feels so small compared to him. Her arousal spiked at his smooth smirk, seeing just how mischievous he was being in his actions.

"Please."

"As you wish." Knockout finally complied, returning to his ministrations and watching as she began to writhe again.

The rubbing went on for a few minutes as he listened to every sound she made, basking in the bliss of it all. Kristina's breathing had gotten heavier by then, struggling to keep quiet the more he continued teasing her then pouting as he pulled his finger away. She looked down to his hand curiously then blushed as he hooked the tip under the top of her pants and tugged.

"May I?" Knockout inquired, smirking devilishly.

"I…are you sure?" Kristina asked as she looked back up to his face.

"Would I be asking if I wasn't?" he replied, tugging again as a repeat to his inquiry.

Kristina finally nodded and lifted her hips some so he could remove her pants, shivering some as the cold air laced along her legs. The young lady clenched her fists some as he started stroking her slightly dampened red panties as he groaned a bit.

"Such a lovely color choice, but these will have to go too." Knockout spoke, smirking as he suddenly ripped them off her with ease.

Kristina blushed hard from that action, watching him toss the ruined garment to the side and go back to her. Two of his fingers spread her legs for him to get a full view of her, licking his lips.

"Not so very different from a Cybertronian's valve. I quite like the way yours looks, so wet already." Knockout commented, his middle finger sliding along her pussy and inducing a sweet moan from her. "You humans even have the sensitive little node." He spoke as the tip of his digit teased her clitoris with precision only a doctor held.

"Knockout, aah!" Kristina yelled slightly as she tried not close her eyes from him again, struggling between her shyness and his command.

"That's it, let me hear your lovely moans." Knockout continued, rubbing along her hood and around the clit.

Kristina felt her loins heat up even more as she was nearing climax, legs trembling against the digits keeping her spread. Her body begged for release but her shyness was keeping her from reaching orgasm, unsure of how he'd react. Knockout sensed her hesitation, leaning his face down close to her.

"Perhaps a taste? I know you humans enjoy that as much as we do." Knockout smirked, seeing her eyes widen slightly and her pussy visibly throb from that. "Let's see to this then."

Kristina blushed as his dark silver glossa slid along her inner thigh, the slick and cool feel sending chills over her body. Knockout smirked as he watched her for all reactions, doing the same actions to her other thigh and chuckling as he knew she wanted some attention on her pussy. The medic finally obliged as he licked over her groin, tongue easily large enough to cover the vulva along with the crevices where her thighs and pelvis met, giving a nice long stroke.

Their moans began to intertwine with each other as Kristina felt immense pleasure and Knockout enjoyed being able to please her in such a way. He could feel her throbs as she neared her finish, grinning when she finally let out a scream as she came on his tongue, watching as her back arched and body trembled. His own form shook slightly as he kept control of himself and made her ride out the orgasm, gently pulling away and licking his lips.

"You look so lovely when you overload. I could watch you for eternity." Knockout purred, very satisfied with his work.

Kristina panted softly as she watched him, smiling tiredly. "That felt amazing."

The medics ego boosted even further from hearing her speak, finger stroking along her leg gently.

"You should sleep, we've been awake all night and I kept you up even further." He spoke, sitting up.

"But what about you? Don't you need some release?" she asked, not wanting him to stay in limbo with that.

"Don't worry, we'll figure that out next time. I'll take care of myself in the shower." He said, patting her hip then getting up and going to the washroom.

Kristina relaxed and looked up to the ceiling, smiling some as the shower started and she soon heard his smooth moans.

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**A/N: Yes, Hatoful Boyfriend is a real sim. Look it up for laughs. XD**

**This is the first time I've really written smut. Usually I draw smut, but explaining it out in fanfiction form is a lot more difficult, so go easy on me please!**


	10. Chapter 10

The two slept comfortably with each other during the next few hours, both waking to a knock on the door. With a groan, Knockout got up and unlocked his door, opening and seeing Breakdown.

"Megatron's back." The assistant informed.

"Great." Knockout groaned again, rubbing his forehead then blinking when Breakdown continues and says Optimus is with him. "What?!"

"I saw it with my own eyes, Optimus Prime is here, but Megatron keeps calling him Orion Pax. Optimus looks like he doesn't really know what's going on." His friend explained. "Megatron needs you for a symbol branding on him."

Knockout sighed, looking to Kristina and giving her a slight motion as if to say he'll return soon then leaving. The latina, laid back down from her sitting position, having been trying to stay still while Breakdown had been there since she realized she was still pantsless. She stayed where she was for a bit then got back up and hopped from the berth to the close by desk, getting some panties and shorts on so she wouldn't feel so exposed anymore.

"I guess since Megatrons back, so's the internet." Kristina mumbled, opening her laptop and seeing lots of news stories on the hours of dark skies with earthquakes.

The young lady surfed the web for an hour before Knockout finally returned, noticing his small pout.

"What?" she asked.

"You redressed." The medic mentioned, getting a blank stare from her.

"Yeah, you were busy and I wasn't gonna stay half naked this whole time. It's cold." Kristina chuckled.

"Well I was thinking we could continue our fun from last night." Knockout smirked some.

"Can it wait? Since Earth is back to normal, we need to go get me some food. I ran out of my stash yesterday." She explained, giggling a bit at his pout. "I'm sorry! I'm human, I need food."

Knockout chuckled some but nodded, sneaking out with her and driving to Jasper. They ran a few errands to grocery stores and such for food then stopped near a salon.

"Why are we here?" The medic questioned.

"I need a haircut. And to be honest, this will take a couple of hours so you can go drive around if you need." Kristina mentioned.

"Hours? You hardly have hair already, what could take so long on a trim?" Knockout asked.

"You'll see." She laughs then gets out and goes inside.

Knockout mentally shrugged and drove around for a bit, though he got bored fast since there wasn't much to see in Jasper. He drove back to the salon and waited another hour before his friend finally walked out, his cameras staring at her as she now has a very short pixie cut and pure purple hair. Kristina buckled herself then looked to the rear view mirror, a little apprehensive.

"….well, does it look ok?" she asked, having been very happy with her new hair but a little wary of how he'd react.

"I quite like it, just wasn't expecting it. It's actually the color of the Decepticon insignia." Knockout chuckled.

"Really? Well that's cool." Kristina grinned, even happier with her choice now that he approved.

"Though I have to ask, why not red?" the medic teased as he drove off.

"Eh, red doesn't fit me." She replied.

"Oh I beg to differ." He smirked, chuckling as they returned to the Nemesis.

* * *

Knockout went about some duties he had to fulfill, much to his slight annoyance. All he was looking forward to was another session with Kristina, but if he didn't commit to his work Megatron would have his head. He at least had her in the same room while she fiddled with her computer when he worked, but he had to do all he could to keep his concentration on the job. The medic finished up fixing a Vehicons leg and shooed him out, sighing and taking a seat to relax.

"Isn't it time to turn in? It's nearly midnight." Kristina mentioned, scrolling through blogs.

Knockout blinked and looked to his internal clock, realizing he actually put in some overtime. "You could've mentioned it earlier."

"Got sidetracked, the internet tends to do that." The latina giggled, closing her computer and letting him pick her up. She noticed he had a bit of a hurry in his walk as they went to his room. "You ok?"

"Fine." He quipped, trying to get to his quarters in order to avoid any other bots in need or especially Megatron.

The two reached his room and Knockout immediately locked the door, earning a raised brow from his friend as he placed her down on the desk so she could put her tech away. As she was about to question him, Kristina let out a small squeak when he scooped her up and brought her back into his berth as he sat, hearing a small 'clunk' near his hips.

"What was that?" she blinked as she looked to his groin.

"My spike is pressurizing and trying to release. I've been thinking about this all day and nearly going mad." Knockout explained.

"Spike?" Kristina questioned, watching as his panel opened and his spike sprung out. "Oh, so that's a spike."

She looked over it curiously, it looked rather close to a human males genitals though it had softly lit red biolights in each crevice between silver ridges of his shaft. The tip had a rounded head like a humans though it shone in the dim lights of the room. Kristina moved over to his spike as he let her down on his thigh, hand feeling over the shaft and finding it rather warm compared to his cool metal body. She grinned slightly when it caused a soft shudder through his frame, finding that touching the biolights caused more sensations for him. Knockouts spike was as long as Kristina's height was from her head to her mid thigh, so standing allowed her free range. She reached to the crevice right under the head and rubbed a little firmly, listening to his groans as her small hands reached nerves he never felt. Before the young lady could continue, she felt a small tug on her shorts.

"C-Clothes off." Knockout said, internal fans trying to cool his aroused systems.

Kristina blushed softly, thinking on it for a moment then nodding and stripping down carefully. She felt self-conscious about her body type, but allowed him the view as he didn't seem to mind before. Knockout gently picked her up and set her down so she was straddling on the hilt where his spike and pelvis connected. Kristina shivered some as she felt the heat his spike emanated on her groin, grinding slightly as she began her ministrations upon his sensitive areas.

"Oh yeees, just like that." Knockout groaned, trembling slightly as he dug his claws into the berth some, leaning back.

Kristina grinned a bit and even licked the ridge of the head, seeing his biolights brighten in pulses as his spike pressurized more. She was even able to feel his member twitch in arousal, giving extra attention to spots where his lights shone even brighter at touching. Her thighs tightened on his shaft, adding pleasurable pressure to the bot as he tried not to buck. Kristina looked to the tip and noticed lubricant seeping out from the opening slit, reaching up and smearing it along the head, earning another pleasurable moan.

Knockout's breath hitched at times, surprised at how well she was managing for her size compared to him, back arching slightly when she stroked the slit of the lubricants opening. His spike was pulsing brightly and heating a bit more, his system close to overload as he kept his servos down to the berth.

"Almost. Nh, right there, right theeere." The medic groaned, shuddering at his building climax then gasping as overload finally hit him, yelling out in pleasure.

Kristina rubbed on extra sensitive lights and watched as his spike released a stream of lubricant onto the berth, grinning as she was happy to have helped him. She heard another panel snap open, looking down and seeing his valve dripping with its own lube. With a slight smirk, she climbed off his limped spike and took a look over this new pleasure center.

"Well this is just as beautiful as your spike." Kristina complimented, stroking over the grooved sides with its own dots of lights adorning them.

The young lady looked to the top of the valve's opening and noticed a node softly glowing. Placing a gentle hand upon it, she grinned as Knockout gasped from having his sensitive node touched, earning a somewhat firm rub upon it. Kristina listened for all sounds to know where to touch, curious of his throbbing entrance. Her free hand slid along the inner workings, surprisingly finding them almost velvety soft as they were soaked with lubricant and pulsating.

_I wonder… _Kristina thought to herself, reaching in down to her elbow and rubbing around the roof of his inner valve and finding a thick pleasure node, feeling Knockout jolt in surprise as he wasn't expecting her to actually push in.

"Ngah! Nnnnh, there. Please don't stop!" the medic begged, head tossing a bit as his spike repressurized, gripping it some as he pumped himself.

Kristina smiled and leaned to his outside node, licking softly and kissing along it then watching as it lit up brightly from arousal. Her inside hand rubbed and groped firmly to cause ecstasy for her partner, swirling hand around at times to tease then returning to direct contact. Knockout moaned loudly for her, optics closed and concentrating on the pleasure as he was quickly building another overload. Just as he was about to reach his finish, he whined as she suddenly stopped her actions, looking down to her.

"Why did you stop?"the medic pouted.

"Stop touching your spike." Kristina stated, smirking some. "I'm in control of your climax this time."

Knockout's systems heated even more at that, releasing his spike and panting some as she started working him again a few minutes later. His moans turned to soft whines again when she stopped touching his nodes and stroked the inner velvet of his valve to tease him further.

"You're just teasing now!" the medic huffed, clenching his servos some.

"And? You did it to me last night." Kristina replied, kissing his outer node quickly to cause a jolt through him.

"Nh, trust me, you'll pay for this afterward." Knockout warned, trembling when she gives a long lick to his node.

"Maybe I want just that. Getting back at me would be sexy." She teased with a giggle, stroking the outer grooves then reaching back in and massaging the inner node.

Kristina kept on with her work, drawing out the pleasure for a good 15 minutes before Knockout was desperately begging for finish. With a smirk, she pushed and rubbed firmly on the inner node while licking the outer, not stopping even as he yells out and overloads roughly. The medics spike released another stream of lubricant, this time onto his own torso and panting when she finally stopped. Kristina gave one last kiss to his node then pulled arm out and backed away some, smirking.

"Enjoy that?" she asked, watching as the bot sat up a bit shakily, noticing his slight smirk. "Got something planned for your revenge already?"

"Oh yes, and I'm sure I'll have you screaming and writhing under me soon enough." Knockout said, eyes suddenly beaming a light right in front of her and a physical holo form of himself appearing right in front of her.

Kristina blinked and looked him over, noticing his 7 foot height and towering over her short form. Before she could get a word out, Knockout quickly had her pinned down to the berth, his true form laying back down and mind in the holo now. The young lady blushed hard at his dominance and gasped as his mouth ravaged her neck, moaning at having a sweet spot bitten and sucked. Kristina tried to grasp at him but suddenly had her wrists pinned down above her with one servo, Knockouts free hand sliding down her body then stroking her pussy. She was soon blushing more as the medics lips moved to her ear.

"You're going to learn here and now that I'm the only one who gets to tease like that." Knockout whispered huskily, pushing a digit into her and rubbing her gspot firmly. "I'm in control."

Kristina's back quickly arched at the intrusion, grunting some as he soon adds a second finger and makes scissor motions in her. Knockout nibbled at her neck again then slid lips along her chest, licking a nipple curiously and grinning as she shivers. He soon pushed a third digit in and stretched her further, pumping in and out for a few minutes and slowly sliding them out and along her clit. Looking to her face, the medic smirked and began grinding his spike against her, larger than a human and heat adding to her sensations. Kristina looked down to see, blush heating as she sees his size and feels him prodding her entrance.

"Nh, Knockout I-" she began, squeaking as Knockout suddenly moved back up and kissed her firmly, her entire body trembling from it.

The con skillfully worked her mouth as he slid his glossa against her lips, prodding her more then slowly pushing his spike into her. Kristina's walls immediately throbbed and tightened at the penetration, eyes clenching shut as she's never gone this far with anyone. Knockout stopped as he met a tighter area inside her, letting her stretching muscles relax some before continuing on as he had her concentrate on the kiss. His glossa soon dipped into her mouth and slid along her own tongue, groaning deeply as he was finally completely sheathed within her.

"So hot. You feel amazing." Knockout said after breaking the kiss, licking her lips smoothly and slowly pulling his spike back then pushing in again.

Kristina's hips bucked some as he began to thrust, the con gaining a steady rhythm and watching her as he released her wrists. Knockout slid his claws along her breasts and sides as he reaches them down and grips her hips, holding them down now as he bucks faster. The medic grinned when his partner began to yelp pleasantly from having a sweet spot hit deep in her, hips smacking hers and watching as Kristina writhed cutely. Sweet moans escaped her from the pace then quickly yelled out as Knockout began slamming into her.

"Knockout! Nnnh fuck!" she yelled out, back arching and fists clenching.

Knockout grinned at her language, leaning over her as he fucked roughly then suddenly stopped a few minutes later. Smirking from her whines, he began swirling her hips, groaning as it causes new sensations for them both. The medics' mischievous grin widened as Kristina quickly wrapped her legs around his waist, reaching back and gripping her ankles before spreading her legs widely. His claws teased along her ankles as he began rough thrusts again, changing from soft to hard bucks without warning and causing her to yelp when he did.

"Dammit Knockout, stop doing that!" Kristina huffed, running a hand through her hair as she was desperate for her orgasm, having been denied every time he changed to a slow soft rhythm.

"Stop what?" Knockout asked mockingly, giving one firm thrust then returning to soft pumping.

"That damn 'barely there' thrusting! Do it harder, please!" the latina pleaded, bucking some and squeezing his spike in her.

"Harder? Oooh, you mean like this?" the medic smirked, suddenly hooking his arms under the bends of her legs then leaning over her and slamming roughly into her repeatedly.

Kristina let out a scream, throwing head back and arching hard from the waves of pleasure being forced through her body. Knockouts hips were stronger than she expected, feeling deep and harsh hits directly to her sweet spot over and over again.

"Fuck, yes Knockout, yes!" she screamed, gripping his forearms as he placed his servos beside each of her shoulders, breasts bouncing all the while.

"Scream for me! I want you to overload enough to pass out!" Knockout ordered, slamming in her harshly and kissing her again.

Kristina felt the buildup reaching its end, trembling as the con kept up his firm thrusting but stops reaching the deep spot, feeling him smirk into the kiss. Knockout grinned when she actually growled about it and felt her buck, finally obliging and slamming deep again as he moved his servos and started pinching her nipples. The Latinas body immediately stiffened from it as the action took her over the edge into orgasm, hips slamming against each other Knockout experiences his own overload. Kristina's eyes fluttered slightly as she felt his warm lubricant shoot into her, biting lip as they ride it out for a few minutes before stopping. Knockout slowly moved to sit up, looking over her as and servos gently feeling along her sides and belly.

"How lovely." He crooned, smirking with a gleam in his eye. "But you're not passed out."

Kristina blinked some then grunts as he pulls out and moves down, shuddering as he starts licking along her now over sensitive vulva.

"Shit!" she yelped, grasping at the berth and trying to close her legs, shivering as he held them firmly apart. "Knockout!"

The medic only smirked as he ravished her pussy, dipping tongue into her at times while glossa flicked at her clit teasingly at others then returning to eating her out. Kristina writhed and trembled, sight blurring some as her body was being overloaded with sensations. Knockouts claws slowly raked along her inner thighs, grinning at feeling the trembles it caused.

"Such a receptive little human." He teased, sucking on her clit firmly as glossa rubs it lightly.

"Nh, I can't. I can't handle this." Kristina managed, tossing head to the side some as she breathed hard and clawing the berth slightly.

"You can and will." Knockout stated, nibbling the hood before lapping at her clit once again.

Kristina whimpered but took it, shivering as she was struggling to reach another orgasm but feeling it build some. Knockout continued his actions, digging glossa into her and licking her gspot now, causing her to yell out again from it while his servo moved and thumb rubbed her clit swiftly and firmly.

"Fuck fuck FUCK!" Kristina screamed out, back arching roughly and eyes rolling up as she was hit with another orgasm, hearing his groans adding to the intensity of her climax.

Knockout smirked as he continued licking for nearly half an hour, her arched body finally going limp as he pulled his mouth away and looked to her face. There was nothing but pure exhausted bliss on her features, breathing hard and incoherent. With a chuckle, the holo faded away and the real Knockout opened his optics, sitting up some and smirking to her.

"Learn your lesson?" he asked, grinning when she couldn't even respond to him. "I'll take that as a yes." He answered, gently picking her up and laying her on his chest so that they could both rest.

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**A/N: Lots of smut in this one, but don't worry, every chapter won't include a romp (maybe). I like to do the storyline as much as I do the smut. XD**


	11. Chapter 11

The next couple weeks went a tad uneventfully for the medic and his human. Despite Optimus having regained his memories and returning to the Autobots, the two managed not the bump into any of the scuffle. They even avoided the rumored Starscream and his sneaking onto the ship by simply staying in the med bay and keeping up with work there. Even while Knockout was sent on missions, Kristina would stay safely in the room sifting through the internet. The latina looked up as Knockout returned from having been called to the bridge, noticing him look a little blank.

"You ok?" she asked, closing her laptop.

"…Breakdown didn't make it through his last mission." Knockout said somewhat flatly, seeming to not quite fully believe it despite being shown his friends signal no longer online.

Kristina stared at him in disbelief, slowly looking down and not knowing what to do.

"…do you think he's actually gone? I mean…" she started but didn't want to continue as they both knew directly from Breakdown that he was off to 'take care of Airachnid' with Dreadwing.

The medic took a seat next to his desk, looking a bit dazed as he didn't want to believe any of it. Kristina scooted to him and placed a hand on his that was on the table top, petting gently.

"It's ok, Knockout…really. I…I'm not going to pretend I understand the pain you're most likely experiencing right now, I wasn't as close to him as you were. You two went way back, but…"she began but stopped, tears welling up in her eyes some. "….I'm sorry."

"We should get back to the med bay for work. Megatron doesn't allow time for 'mourning'." Knockout said, placing her on his shoulder and walking to the office without another word.

Kristina didn't know what else to say, opting for staying silent so she wouldn't cause him to dwell on it more than was allowed. It was slowly hitting her that these great bots were just as mortal as she was and the war was a very real danger. Letting the medic pour into his work, she kept to herself though looked up from time to time to see him fiddling with chemicals to perfect the SynthEn. After waiting for a few hours she decided to break the silence a bit.

"Knockout…got any more stories for me? Like, maybe how you became a doctor? I'd like to hear about that." Kristina inquired.

"I'm not much for telling stories at the moment if that's alright." Knockout replied without looking at her, swirling a vial of yellow liquid and watching as it turned green.

"That's fine…" she said, smiling reassuringly as he glanced at her then returned to her computer. She knew he needed some quiet time and was willing to give as long as he needed.

After another few hours Knockout looked over to his friend and sighed, pulling out a small gun from a compartment. Kristina tilted her head slightly as he walked over and held it to her.

"Here. I wanted to give this to you earlier but after the news of Breakdown…well, I just wasn't up for much." Knockout explained, unsure if she'd even like the gift.

Kristina looked over the weapon, it being quite large for a human as she took it into her hold but only mildly struggled to do so as it was surprisingly light for its size. It was a gorgeous cybertronian blaster, eyes slightly teary she felt over some lights on it that glowed faintly, in awe from it.

"Did you…make this for me?" she asked.

"Yes. After that incident with Starscream I knew you'd need a weapon of your own to protect yourself since I can't always be with you….do you like it?" he wondered.

"Yes….Knockout it's so beautiful." Kristina answered, looking at him with a soft smile. "Thank you."

Knockout felt a twinge of joy for the first time that day, smiling some and nodding.

"Well, push the button on the side and see what happens." He mentioned.

Kristina looked at the silver button, pushing it carefully and watching as the blaster transformed and turned into a wrist band on her arm, grinning widely as it looked as if she had a completely metal forearm.

"This is so awesome! Thank you for doing this for me, Knockout, I really appreciate it." She said, hugging at his waist as he was standing next to the desk.

The medic smiled more at that, patting her head gently. "Well, I must get back to work, alright?"

Kristina nodded, letting him go then looking over every detail of her personal weapon with great curiosity.

* * *

The day went on into the next and they were back in the lab as soon as Knockout woke up. The two looked up when there was a sudden explosion sounding off then an ill feeling of descent as the Nemesis began to plummet from the sky. Kristina let out a yelp as she started to float from the fall of the ship being too fast for her small body to keep up, Knockout quickly moving and grabbing her so she wouldn't slam down as soon as the ship landed.

"Why are we falling?!" the young lady questioned, watching as some vials and beakers floated up.

"Something must have happened to the power core." Knockout replied, huddling over her as impact happened and him slamming a bit hard against a wall.

The con got up carefully to test if everything was normal again, placing her on his shoulder and walking to the command center to see if there was any news on what happened. As the two reached the bridge, conversation over the damaged core was already being spoken of. Megatron looked to Knockout, obviously in an already sour mood.

"Take some soldiers with you and gather up the Dark Energon we have in our reserves." The leader ordered.

"Um, what exactly for, my Liege?" Knockout asked.

"We're going to use it to speed up the recovery of the ship." Megatron stated flatly.

"What?! Sir you can't be serious, there's no telling what effects it could ha-" the medic tried to explain but silenced at his leaders growl, sighing and going to retrieve the demanded material.

Kristina stayed silent during the discussion, looking to Knockout as he and some Vehicons went. She could see his mind was still wandered off some, nudging him a bit and smiling softly as he glanced at her, getting a mild smirk in return. Dark Energon was finally brought to the power core, Knockout obviously worried as they got there. As much as he tried, Megatron wasn't listening to his concerns and ordered the entrance of the energon cube into the core. The group watched as bright purple light flowed through the veins, replacing all bright blue with its malicious color. Soon the entire ship is thrumming back with life and scans showing all is at 100% capacity, putting a smirk on Megatrons face.

"See doctor, there wasn't a thing to worry about." The gladiator chuckled.

The Nemesis soon took flight, getting several feet into the air as they all went to the bridge to resume duties. Just as they reached the command center, Autobot signals were detected on the ships monitors. Blasters immediately went off on the enemy and soon a ray shot out and began paralyzing Autobots.

"I didn't know the ship had a stasis beam." Knockout commented.

Megatron only smirked at seeing his enemies frozen in such a way. "Move closer so that we may retrieve the Spark Extractor."

Everyone in the bridge became confused as the ship began changing course against his orders, causing a cold glare to come upon a Vehicon. As soon as the soldier attempted an override, a pained yell emitted from him when he was electrocuted unconscious. Just as Megatron was about to bark another order the ship suddenly boomed with its own voice, everyone standing there as it spoke of being in control. Knockout looked over to some of the screens and noticed some work being done.

"It looks like it's decoding the Iacon Database." The medic mentioned.

"Soundwave, retake control of the ship!" Megatron nearly roared, watching as Soundwave began but was electrocuted into stasis lock, growling angrily.

Soon many Decepticons were scrambling to sever the connections to the mainframe but met with the same fate of stasis lock. The bridge inhabitants didn't realize that at the moment, but the Nemesis was sending stasis beams throughout the ship and paralyzing almost all cons. Megatron stormed out to of the center to the power core just as Knockout began checking the data.

"I wonder how far the ships go-GAAAH!" the medic yelled, being shocked himself.

Kristina screamed out as she was jolted as well, trembling as she slowly slipped off Knockouts shoulder and onto the keyboard, passing out from the pain.

* * *

"Are you alright? Wake up!"

Kristina groaned as she heard a voice, slowly waking then blinking repeatedly as her blurry vision saw Jack. She hurriedly tried to stand, pushing him away then yelping as she bumped into Knockouts frozen form. The latina shook her head some, rubbing her eyes then looking to him and stomach churning.

"What happened…" she managed to mumble.

"We don't know, we came here and found all of you frozen, but I guess you were just knocked out." Jack explained, keeping his distance as he let her gather her thoughts.

"What…what the hell are you doing here?!" Kristina suddenly yelled. "You can't be here!"

"Hey, we're on a mission!" Miko suddenly shouted from below, hands on her hips. "So either get out of the way or get mowed down!"

Kristina frowned when she noticed the giant drive loading the Iacon files from the database. "You're stealing information."

"Look, I don't know why you're with the Decepticons, but you don't have to be. You could join us, we're in this to save everyone, not hurt people." Jack implored.

"Do not start with me, kid. I have my reasons, now unplug that drive and get out of here." Kristina warned, noticing Fowler unconscious down with Miko and Raf. "Jesus Christ…"

"We can't leave, we have to shut down the ship before it takes down Manhattan. It's set course for there and will probably destroy it just to get to the next relic." Raf piped up. "Ratchet said if we reverse the energon flow, everything should go back to normal."

Kristina stayed silent for a moment, looking over to Knockout. "….Ok, how about a deal?"

"We don't make deals with Cons, even if they're human!" Miko frowned.

"What's the deal?" Jack interjected, wanting to avoid confrontation.

"You kids help me reverse the flow and I'll let you get away with whatever information you can get by the time this is all fixed. Trust me, there's a lot more danger in it for me than there is for you, if Megatron finds out then I'm dead." Kristina explained, looking Jack in the eyes.

"Alright, but the offer still stands that you can join us. You don't have to live in this much danger…" The teen said, climbing down with her.

The four walked down the halls of the Nemesis, being careful in case any bots were still awake. Miko kept a close eye on Kristina, moving next to her and staring.

"So really, what's with you joining the Cons?" the girl asked.

Kristina glanced at her then looked back forward, her blaster ready for any need. "That's not important."

"Uh, yeah it is. Decepticons are totally fine with killing humans and are trying to take over the world. And here you are being buddy buddy with them!" Miko huffed.

"Miko, please don't." Jack started.

"No! She's working with the guys that are against us! Something must be seriously wrong in her head!" Miko shouted.

"Aren't you the one who hit me with a bat?" Kristina asked, having a somewhat furrowed brow as she looked to the teen.

Miko blinked and started fumbling her words some, noticing the latina raise her blaster slightly in her direction. This ultimately quieted her as she moved back with her friends behind Kristina as they reached the power core's room.

"This is i-" she began but froze, all of them staring as they saw Megatron immobilized at the lever. "…_shit."_

"We gotta get up there if we're going to do this." Jack said.

"Yeah…let's just hope he's not aware of his surroundings or else he'll have all of our heads." Kristina replied, returning her blaster to band form and climbing up with them onto Megatron to get to the lever.

The four began pushing as hard as they could, struggling but barely getting a nudge out of it. Kristina thought for a moment but was interrupted as soon as they heard the ships voice again and saw the cores gripping claw come out.

"Get down NOW!" she suddenly yelled, whipping out her blaster back to gun mode and shooting at the claw.

Her accuracy left much to be desired but distracted the Nemesis enough so the kids managed to climb down and run for a hiding spot. Kristina dodged as the claw lunged for her, taking the close proximity to her advantage and shooting at a joint, successfully severing the claw from the arm. Her victory didn't last long as the arm began jabbing at her, using her blaster to block and knock it away from her at times.

_I can't keep this up forever, we need to reverse the flow right now! _Kristina thought to herself, looking in the kids' direction as Miko suddenly started shouting to get the arms attention.

She watched as the arm suddenly changed course and began knocking over stacks of energon cubes trying to get to the kids. The young lady took her chance to think on a plan, testing the blaster by holding down the trigger and seeing it started charging a larger shot.

"Only one way to find out if this will work…" Kristina mumbled to herself, aiming the barrel at Megatrons shoulder and yelping as she released the shot, flying back into the pillar of the core from the force of it.

The shot managed to be enough to break the paralyzed gladiators balance along with his shoulder, falling back and with him the lever. Kristina sighed in relief, smirking a bit as the arm tried to change the flow back but lost its sentiency. She looked over to the kids and smiled some, nodding a bit.

"Ok, time for y'all to get your drive and get out." Kristina said, motioning to the door. "I'll stay here in case Megatron wakes before you leave and tries to go after y'all."

"So you're not coming back with us?" Jack asked with a disappointed expression.

"You may not understand, but I have my reasons. Now hurry up before I blast y'all out of here myself." She jokingly threatened, watching as they left.

It was a few minutes before Megatron started to shift, Kristina watching as he suddenly grunted in pain from the large blast damage on his shoulder and paralyzed arm. The leader noticed her with her blaster, frowning deeply.

"Sir, I apologize for what I did but I had no choice. I didn't have the physical strength to move the lever myself and had to use your grip and weight to do it." She managed to say in the most respectful and eloquent tone she could muster, though honestly she was ready to bolt out of there as she was scared from his cold stare. "The Nemesis' energon flow has been reversed and it's now back to being under your command."

Megatron slowly rose, looking to his arm then back at her, smirking slightly.

"You know, I was thinking about terminating you lately." He said, smirk widening as he noticed her shift nervously. "I suppose you've earned another moment of life, but don't expect it to last unless you continue to be of worth."

"Understood…my Liege." Kristina replied, standing a bit straighter and trying not to fall as her knees felt ready to buckle.

Megatron chuckled darkly but held out his hand to her. "I suppose I should return you to Knockout."

Kristina nodded some, stepping into his palm and letting him carry her back to where the medic was. She felt nervous the entire time considering last time the young lady was in Megatrons grip, he nearly crushed her to death. The leader finally reached the control room, growling deeply as he noticed the computer screen showing information had been recently downloaded. Kristina braced herself as she saw his fingers twitch slightly as if ready to turn into a fist.

"We had an intrusion that you failed to deter." Megatron glared down at her.

"…I didn't know, I was concentrating on turning the ship back to normal, Sir." Kristina said, keeping eyes forward as she didn't have the courage to look at him.

"Well tell me, just how did you know to go to the power core and reverse the energon flow. I highly doubt you have that much knowledge on your own without help." The gladiator interrogated.

"Knockout told me." She thought quickly, gripping her blaster slightly. "Before the ship paralyzed him that is. It was right after you left."

Megatron kept his cold gaze on her for a few moments before going to Knockout as he stood and dropped her into his servos.

"I need repairing, doctor. As you can see, your pet shot me." The leader spoke, motioning to his shattered shoulder.

Knockout blinked and looked to Kristina. "Why in the Pit did you do that?!"

"I'll explain later, just fix our leader." She answered, body language obvious that she desperately wanted the attention off of her.

Knockout took the hint, putting her back on her perch of his shoulder and going to the med bay with Megatron. Kristina stayed on the desk as the medic went to work, fiddling with her blaster some as the glow was considerably lower on it now.

_Guess it's low on battery._ She thought, keeping eyes to her weapon as Megatron rose and flexed his fixed arm.

"Fine work as always, doctor." The leader commented.

"Always a pleasure being able to help you, my Lord." Knockout bowed slightly with a smirk.

Megatron looked over to Kristina when he walked to the door way and past her, smirking when she didn't dare look at him.

"Scared, human?" he asked.

"…respectfully, Sir." She replied, gaining a laugh from the gladiator.

"Good, I suggest you keep that respectful fear of me. I'd hate for you to get out of line due to comfort." Megatron said, walking out of the med bay.

As soon as the doors closed Kristina suddenly flung herself fully on her back, making a ridiculous whine. Knockout blinked and went over to her.

"Are you alright?" the medic asked.

"I never want to be that close to Megatron ever fucking again. That dude is scary as _Hell _and I don't understand how you can talk to him so calmly every time you have to interact with him." The latina answered, putting an arm over her face. "I feel sick."

Knockout just chuckled, sitting in his chair and shaking his head some.

"You're telling me you took on a giant sentient ship but being near Megatron was what made this unbearable?" the medic laughed.

"I shot his arm! I thought he was gonna kill me for that when he woke up!" Kristina pouted from his laughter. "He told me he was actually thinking about killing me recently, he was probably gonna do it today!"

Knockout's laughter quickly stopped at that, staring at her. "He what?..."

"Knockout, we gotta figure ways to keep me up with being helpful. I barely managed to earn my keep for just a little longer, lord knows when he'll get the idea to just do away with me again. Could be a while, could be tomorrow for all we know." She explained.

The medic felt sick himself now, unable to bear losing another person close to him. The thought made him cringe.

"We'll figure something out…we have to."


	12. Chapter 12

Megatron continued on course to Manhattan as it was the destination for the next relic, having the ship stay a ways from the city so as not to be spotted. Knockout walked into the command center with Kristina in tow, confused and nervous as their leader called for both of them to come.

"The next Iacon Relic is in this city. You two are going to retrieve it for me." Megatron stated, looking to them.

Knockout's jaw slightly dropped as Kristina grinned, both looking at each other and the human giving her friend a pat as he didn't know what to say.

"This'll be great." She assured him. "I'll be your back up."

"Speaking of, since you're low on 'muscle, I'm assigning an Insecticon to go with you." The leader explained, said bot walking up behind the medic.

Knockout looked back then to Megatron with a nervous laugh. "Um, of course, my Liege." He said reluctantly, leaving on the gladiators command along with a small band of miners.

The medic was not ready to take Kristina on a mission with him, and in his mind there had to be a catch as to why Megatron was ordering this. There wasn't much time for argument as they were soon heading through a ground bridge and into the city's subway systems. Knockout looked to his scanner and lead the group towards the relics signal, staying rather quiet throughout the walk. Kristina let him keep silent as she looked over her recharged blaster, lights seeming even brighter in the dim tunnels.

"We're here. Miners, begin the dig." Knockout ordered, pin pointing the spot and letting them start drilling into the wall.

Kristina winced slightly at the sound of the drills high pitched shrill, letting Knockout concentrate on overseeing the procedure. She dug her iPod out of her pocket and popped the earbuds in, tapping with the tempo when a song started so she could drown out the mining work. Kristina soon felt a stare upon her for the next few minutes, slowly looking over to where she sensed it and saw the Insecticon staring at her. The latina noticed him slightly bobbing his head and mandibles twitching with the beat of the dubstep she was listening to.

_There is no fucking way he can hear my music with all this mining. _Kristina thought, curiously changing the song to one with lots of bass drops.

She watched as the Insecticon stopped for a moment with a tilted head when she halted the music then bobbed his head a bit deeper in time as it returned, mandibles clicking some with other smaller tempos in it. Kristina tried to suppress her grin, looking forward to the operation going on as Knockout looked over his scanner. 15 minutes passed before she glanced over to the Insecticon again but found he had slipped away, looking around and noticing Arcee peeking from around the corner down the tunnel.

"Kn-Knockout, Autobots!" The young lady yelled above the drilling, ripping out her head phones and aiming her blaster.

Knockout quickly looked up, growling a bit as some miners just stood there.

"What are you waiting for?! Shoot them!" he shouted, running into the excavated cave and seeing the relic jar.

Kristina pouted slightly as he placed her down and ordered she stay there.

"I'm on this mission to help." She said.

"Just do as I say, and if you see an Autobot start shooting!" the medic huffed, whipping out his electron prod and running out into the fray.

Kristina sighed but readied her weapon, hearing the shrill battle cry of the Insecticon and a crashing sound as Bumblebee was tackled down by him. She flinched slightly when Arcee came into the cave, aiming her blaster right for the femme bot. The two wheeler frowned some but slowly stepped closer, being cautious.

"You're the human we tried to save before. Why are you helping the Decepticons now, I thought they were your captors." Arcee questioned, frown deepening when Kristina refused to answer. "Let us help you, we can get you out of your situation. You don't have to be afraid of me."

"Trust me, when you've been in the presence of a guy like Megatron for long periods of time, a small bot like you is impossible to be afraid of." Kristina finally spoke, glaring slightly as she tried to feign being trained with a blaster but knowing Arcee would have to be closer for a direct hit with her poor aim.

The Autobot continued to carefully take steps closer, not ready to let down her own blasters as she was staring down the barrel of one herself. Arcee's optics caught Kristinas eyes glance over her shoulder, the bot quickly turning the find Knockout approaching with his prod. The latina took her chance then, suddenly shooting off multiple blasts and hitting Arcee roughly in the back with only a couple. The bot flew forward from impact and landed right into the medics' weapon, shrieking out as she was electrocuted. Knockout looked at Kristina as the two wheeler fell, frowning.

"What did I tell you before I left?" the medic questioned.

"….Ok I should have mentioned this earlier, but I have terrible accuracy and yesterday was the first time I ever shot anything….ever…" Kristina said, looking down in embarrassment. "So..stuff has to be like right in front of me in order to hit."

Knockout blinked at her then smacked his forehead some, sighing. "I should have known."

"But I think I'm getting the hang of this! Just need practice." She said, looking to the jar. "So open this already and let's see what's in it."

The medic nodded, going over to the container and prying it open. He looked over the Phase Shifter and smirked some.

"I think I'll do a quick field test right now. Stay put." Knockout said, walking out much to Kristina's annoyance.

She knew he was just trying to keep her safe but this felt ridiculous. Just as she was about to follow him Arcee began to shift with a groan. The bot looked up and saw a blaster pointed at her yet again.

"Stay down." Kristina said firmly.

Arcee glared slightly, seeing her enemy freeze when she heard Knockout yell out when he was hit by the train and dragged against the wall. The two wheeler took her chance and transformed, speeding out as fast as possible. The latina quickly started shooting, cursing under her breath as she missed every time and ran out of the cave after her. Kristina looked around then heard a loud stomping, seeing the Insecticon coming towards her direction.

"Go take down the blue one, she's after the relic!" she yelled out, watching as the con immediately sprinted off down the tunnel.

Kristina looked to a miner as he was starting to get up with a slight groan, noting he had only taken on minor damage compared to his fallen comrades.

"You, transform to vehicle mode and take me to Knockouts signal." She ordered, slightly realizing just how demanding she was being but not caring as she just wanted to reach her friend.

The Vehicon stared at her as he was in disbelief that he was being ordered around by a human. Kristina growled slightly as she was in no mood for patience.

"Listen up, since I'm technically Knockouts partner when we were both assigned to this mission, I outrank you. If I have to explain that we didn't secure that relic because you refused to follow my orders, you're the one who will have to answer to Megatron!" She shouted at him.

The bot shuddered at that thought and quickly transformed, opening the passenger side door. Kristina sprinted and got in, keeping her blaster ready and window down in case she needed to make any shots. She waited anxiously as they sped through the tunnels, watching on the radio console that a screen was showing the medics signal moving fast as they drove on. The Vehicon zoomed by the body of the Insecticon a few minutes later as they made another turn, noting he was dead.

"Shit, there goes our muscle for this." Kristina murmured, looking back forward as Knockout's signal had finally stopped and was right around the next turn.

Just down their hall Kristina could see a sweeper train make a turn into the signals tunnel along with Arcee behind it.

"Kick it to your highest gear, we have to get to Knockout before they do." She commanded, letting the con use his blasters to shoot at Arcee. "If she stops to engage, speed past her. She's not our target right now."

The latina watched as Arcee slowed down a bit and transformed, grunting as she landed on the hood of the Vehicon, windows too dark to for the Autobot to see her inside. Kristina suddenly popped out from the open window, aiming and hitting her directly in the torso and off of her ride. She slipped back in just as a turn into Knockouts tunnel was made, able to see him and Bumblebee at the far end but them not noticing the oncoming sweeper.

"Reach the train and stay next to it!" Kristina ordered, moving to the drivers' side and opening the window there, aiming her blaster and waiting for a clear shot.

The two started getting dangerously close to the target bots, the con finally reaching the sweeper and keeping up with it. Kristina bit her lip slightly, stomach tightening with nerves but trying to focus on the front wheel near them. Within a few feet of Bumblebee, she finally took the shot and blasted the wheel, successfully flinging the train off the tracks from the hit and watching as it skid against a wall for a few yards. The two zoomed past Knockout, soon making a u-turn and driving up next to him. Kristina quickly got out with a quick thank you to the Vehicon then went to Knockout, noticing the cosmetic damage only on his chest from when he was hit by the train earlier.

"I thought I told you to stay put!" Knockout finally shouted once he snapped out of his stupor.

"Excuse the hell out of you, if I hadn't gotten here then you would've been mowed down by a fucking train! If you haven't noticed, Megatron expects me to do some work here too, not just stand by!" She snapped back at him.

Knockout was about to argue further but noticed Arcee drive up, both Autobots aiming their blasters. The two wheeler noticed the flipped train sweeper and froze.

"What did you do?!" she shouted, glaring harshly at them as her lasers charged angrily. "Bumblebee, Jack and Miko were in there!"

Kristina felt her heart nearly stop, looking at the sweeper as she stayed silent. Knockout was about to order a shot but Arcee suddenly began shooting with a shout, making a direct hit to the Vehicons head and an instant kill. The medic quickly grabbed Kristina and transformed, speeding down the tunnel and away from the rapid fire.

"Knockout, do you have the relic?" Kristina asked as she looked to his console.

"No, Bumblebee managed to get it from me." Knockout replied, sounding as if he was clenching is denta.

"We have to go back a-" she started but jumped a bit as he shouted a 'no' at her and seatbelts fastened her in tightly. "Knockout…."

The medic stayed silent save for calling in to Soundwave for a ground bridge, driving through the portal. He transformed as they got into the Nemesis and walked to the bridge with her, already dreading the fact that they failed the mission. His ruined chassis wasn't making his stressed mood any better. Megatron turned in their direction as he heard them come in, frowning coldly at noticing Knockout was empty handed.

"Do explain why you dare return empty handed, Knockout." The leader growled.

"We became quickly outnumbered as the Autobots managed to get the relic. I apologize, my Liege." Knockout answered.

"And just how were you outmatched when I sent an Insecticon with you?!" Megatron roared at them.

"I don't know how it happened but I found him dead on my way to Knockouts location. We had all gotten separated during the battle, Sir." Kristina answered for him, trying to stay calm as she was given a cold glare.

"T-There might be a good thing to have come out of this, my Liege. Kristina has possibly killed two of the Autobots human companions. They were in a speeding train and she shot it off the tracks. It's probably left Arcee and Bumblebee in mental shambles." Knockout tried to explain.

"Do you think I care about the deaths of the Autobots pets?!" Megatron yelled, stomping towards them and raising his hand to strike Knockout down, stopping as Kristina suddenly aimed and held down the trigger directly at him.

The latina froze as she realized her reaction, the weapon slowly charging a blast as she kept the trigger firmly down. She responded instinctually to protect Knockout, instantly realizing the mistake of aiming a weapon at warlord. Everyone in the room stood in tense silence as they waited for Megatrons reaction, all staring as the leader suddenly started laughing.

"You dare aim your blaster at me, human?" Megatron questioned, grinning wickedly at the ridiculous situation. "Do you even have the courage to take a shot while I'm conscious?"

"I…" Kristina started, not sure why she was even trying to answer when they all knew this was a foolish accident.

Knockout stood there tensely, side glancing his friend. _For the love of Primus, stop aiming at him. __**Please.**_

Kristina finally managed to will her muscles back under her command after what seemed like an eternity, slowly lowering the weapon and it soon undoing its charge as she held for too long. Everyone but Megatron was still in shock at the situation, the leader giving a smug smirk then turning away.

"Leave." He ordered, Knockout quickly doing so as he wanted out as fast as possible.

The second they got to his room the medic dropped her onto the desk and ripped the gun away from her.

"Are you out of your _fragging_ mind?! What were you thinking doing something as stupid as that!?" Knockout berated.

Kristina didn't look at him, staring down as she seemed somewhat dazed. "I…he was going to hurt you and…I'm just a little out of it right now. I was reacting, not thinking."

"You're fragging right you weren't thinking. I can't believe you right now!" The medic huffed, hand on his forehead as his mind was reeling from the whole fiasco.

Kristina closed her eyes sadly, not even bothering with arguing as she knew what she did was absolutely idiotic. She could have gotten them both killed from that but lucky for them Megatron found the situation hilarious. The young lady curled up slightly, putting her face into her palms and sighing deeply. Knockout finally looked at her again, frown faltering at seeing her like that. A twinge of guilt soon hit him as he looked away trying to will it away, but it kept building up in his processor. With a sigh, the medic sat down in his chair, leaning on his elbow as he watched her.

"I know this is all probably overwhelming for you, but you have to control your reactions. Next time Megatron probably won't think it's so funny." Knockout explained, gently placing a servo on her back.

"I know…I just…when I saw him about to hit you I couldn't stop myself." Kristina said, tears in her eyes. "I'm not trained, Knockout. I'm not trained to handle any of this, I need help. I can't be expected to be some perfect warrior who can coolly react in situations like this. I'm only 22, you're thousands of years old and so is this war. You've been in it a lot longer than generations of my lineage have existed. I just…I'm still kind of on an adrenaline rush right now from what happened and still numb from knowing I probably killed two kids. So of course I wasn't thinking, I wasn't able to…"

Knockout gently petted her back, knowing it was a lot to expect from her to handle all of this.

"I should have tried to reason with Megatron when he ordered you to go on a mission with me. None of this would have happened if I disputed the command some." The medic said.

"No, he probably would have punished you for talking back then sent us out anyway." Kristina replied. "I think he's trying to push my limits, see if I can even do anything."

"Probably. Slagging fragger probably thinks it's funny to throw you into battle." Knockout frowned, raising brow when it causes a giggle from Kristina. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, he's just a jerk. Probably is just a big joke to him, the bastard." She laughed, sighing some. "At least I can still laugh, I have a silly humor like that. I guess being able to call out Megatrons doucheyness in this makes it a bit lighter."

Knockout smirked some, patting her softly. "Suppose so."

"Hell, the guy doesn't even bother using my name!" Kristina pouted but laughed, shaking her head a bit. "But we can't expect any less from a guy like him. He was probably just trying to get me back for shooting him before."

"Well you have to admit, after everything he's put you through he kind of owed you a shot." Knockout laughed.

"Damn right he did." She grinned, laughing with him and glad the situation was finally calmed.

"Oh, I forgot to say it earlier, but thank you. If I had been hit by that train again, my finished would have been far worse than it is right now." The medic said, looking down at his scratched up chassis.

"No problem, and that's easily fixable. You still look hot even when scratched up." Kristina chuckled, smiling as he grinned at that.

"Either way I'd much rather look perfect than beatup." Knockout replied, standing as he grabs his buffer and begins working.

Kristina smiles as she's happy he's back to his primping self, relaxing on the desk and giggling as he lets out a soft moan here and there during the buffing.


	13. Chapter 13

"Apex Armor?" Kristina asked, tilting her head as Knockout explained that Dreadwing had returned with a relic.

"Yes, it covers the user in powerful armor and I read that it's practically invincible. If I can get my servos on it, I want to see if it will work on you." Knockout said. "Hopefully Megatron won't be angry about it. He _is _trying to get you to go on more missions, and since you're so fleshy and small, this armor should do the trick if it works."

"I guess it's worth a shot, but how are we going to get to it? Doesn't Megatron have a special guarded vault for that stuff?" The latina questioned.

"Of course, and since I rank higher than all the Vehicons, I can simply saunter on in and order them to allow me to take it." The medic smirked some.

"Ok, so let's get going." Kristina smiled some albeit nervously, on Knockouts shoulder as they walked out of the med bay and down the hall.

They soon reached the relic vault, Knockout holding his classic arrogance as he walked up to the Vehicon guards.

"Megatron has ordered me to inspect and test out the Apex Armor, so open the vault and let me in." Knockout ordered, smirking as there was no hesitation on either of their parts.

The medic went past them and had the doors close, looking around the holding pillars and finding the armor plate.

"Ah, there we go." He commented, taking it out of the levitation light and inspecting it. "Now, how to make it work."

Just as Knockout was looking it over he heard the doors open, about to berate the guards but yelping and dropping the armor as he realized it was Megatron coming in. The medic swiftly turned around so quickly that it flung Kristina off his shoulder, her squeaking in the fall and landing hard on the armor plate. Knockout quickly backed away from her as the armor sprang into action and covered her, entire form finished within seconds.

"Knockout, what is going on here?!" Megatron shouted.

"My Liege, w-we were simply just trying to, ah, improve Kristina's performance for battle!" Knockout blurted out as fast as he could.

Megatron glared for a moment then watched as Kristina slowly sat up, the latina looking over herself curiously. The leader strode up to them with an unexpected calmness that made both of the others scared, the human quickly scrambling to a standing position. Megatron stalked around her once, inspecting the armor and impressed with her new titan height as she nearly matched his. Kristina stayed as still as possible, eyes forward and not daring to move an inch. Knockout opened his mouth to speak but froze as Megatron stopped in front of her and suddenly spartan kicked her viciously in the torso. The young lady went flying back, slamming into a wall with a yelp and falling to the floor. The gladiator watched as he stalked to her, smirking as she started to get up but stomped on her back to force her back down.

"W-What are you doing?!" Knockout shouted slightly, eyes wide in shock.

"Testing out this relic, of course." Megatron stated, aiming his cannon and charging it for a moment before releasing a harsh blast upon her.

Kristina let out a scream at hearing the shot, thinking she was being killed but quickly realizing she was completely unharmed. She cautiously started to rise when Megatron took a few steps back from her, getting up to her knees before the leader kicked her viciously in the face and slammed her back into the wall. Kristina struggled as she grabbed at his foot trying to crush the dome protecting her head, quickly putting her hands back down.

"What's wrong, human? Don't have the nerve to fight back?" Megatron taunted, stomping her dome once.

"I didn't realize I was allowed to, my Lord." Kristina replied, unsure of what he was expecting.

"Oh do please show me what you can do. It's rather boring beating you around like a lifeless protoform." The gladiator stated.

Kristina took the challenge, grabbing onto his offending limb then kicking his supporting leg out from under him. As he was mid fall the human swung him against the wall with all her might, surprising herself at how easy it seemed with her new strength. She quickly got up and readied herself for his retaliation, grunting as he swiftly rose and rammed into her with his shoulder. Knockout watched in pure terror as the fight ensued, hoping desperately that Megatron wouldn't somehow manage to get the armor to retract off of his friend. Kristina got into a hand-to-hand lock with Megatron, the gladiator actually struggling against the armors strength as it was somewhat overpowering his own.

"Not bad, but you're still just a weak fleshling, human!" the warlord growled, pushing with all his might and managing to make her slide back slightly.

Kristina glared harshly as she struggled, clenching her teeth as she gripped his servos hard.

"I have. A fucking. NAME!" she screamed at him, suddenly lifting him high above her and slamming him down to the floor before swinging him around once and flinging him to the doors on the far side of the room.

Knockouts jaw dropped as Megatron crashed right through them from the force of the throw, in complete awe that she even possessed the ability to do that. The Vehicons peeked into the room then quickly drew their weapons, looking back as their leader slowly got up from his wreckage and rolled his shoulders some. Kristina held her fists up ready for more, thankful that though she was trembling, the armor was not. Megatron smirked slightly, standing tall and brushing off one of his arms.

"I'm surprised you managed anything, but I suppose that armor does help quite a bit." He spoke. "For once you're not being a waste of space here."

"….Thank you?" Kristina replied, side glancing in confusion as she slightly lowered her arms, tense as Megatron went to her and swiftly grabbed the collar of her armor, roughly pulling her to be within inches of his own face.

"Don't get the wrong idea though, that armor may protect you with strength and defense, but I can and will take you down if need be." Megatron glared.

Kristina slowly changed her fists to open palm and held her hands up, gulping slightly.

"C-Completely understood, Sir." She said.

"Good." He smirked, shoving her away then walking out coolly. "Do try to get some training in with some of the larger Decepticons. You're going to need it, _Kristina._"

Kristina stared as he walked out, the Vehicons going with him as she and Knockout were left alone. The medic quickly went up to her and looked her over for damage.

"This is incredible, there isn't a scratch on you!" he marveled.

"I don't like him calling me by my name make him start calling me human again!" she shrieked, all her words fumbling together into a nearly incoherent sentence.

Knockout blinked some. "I thought you wanted him to refer to you by name."

"Well now I don't because he said it in a really creepy way that makes me even more terrified of him! And another thing! If I knew putting this on would mean he would try to kick my ass I would have never done it!" she yelled, whimpering ridiculously. "Take this armor off and **_hold me!_**"

"Get a grip, Kristina! You just survived a scuffle with Megatron, you should be proud!" The medic tried to calm her.

"No! That was the worst thing I've ever been through! Every time I tried to hit him, he would fucking dodge faster than should be physically possible for someone his size! How can someone possibly move that fast when they're so **_goddamn bulky?!_**" Kristina shrilled, placing a hand on her chest and trying to take deep breaths to relax herself. "Knockout please hold me."

"Oh quiet down already, you're fine. This armor is what's going to keep you alive around here." Knockout explained, thumping the armor a couple of times with his knuckles.

"I know but what if Megatron wants to use me as a punching bag from now on? I can't handle that!" Kristina whined, shoulders slumping some.

"He's got better things to do than bat you around. Now come on, with your new size you can actually help me out in the med bay." Knockout said, walking off as she reluctantly followed, her still wanting to complain more but shutting up.

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Kristina helped Knockout with fixing up injured soldiers over the next few days, trying to ignore the incessant stares she kept getting from them. The young lady sighed softly as she stretched a bit inside the armor, both of them having worked the entire day. Knockout finished searing a wound close on a Vehicon before shooing him out, looking to his friend.

"Tired?" he teased, chuckling some.

"Yeah, I'm not use to actually doing stuff all day anymore. It's been a while." She laughed, blinking when Knockout sauntered over to her and started rubbing her chest some. "What are you doing?"

"To be perfectly honest, seeing you battling it out with Megatron and overpowering him was quite the turn on. You're new size is rather interesting as well." The medic purred. "I've been dying to try you out ever since, but we've been so busy."

"I was struggling to live and you were just standing there getting off on it?" Kristina pouted some but chuckled, placing a hand on his lower back. "Though it is interesting to be the taller one this time."

"Oh I was worried for you, but when you gained the upper hand last minute, it lit up something fierce in my spark." Knockout crooned, taking her to the med berth and having her lay down before straddling her waist.

"Shouldn't we lock the door?" she questioned.

"Let there be the danger of surprise. It's exciting." The medic smirked darkly.

Kristina licked her lips some, extremely turned on by this and starting to rub his aft. She listened as her partner groaned softly, grinning when he got louder as her other hand stroked his right tire. Her fingers slid along his valves interface panel and already able to feel the heat there through the armors sensors.

"Open up for me, doctor." Kristina hummed softly, grinning as she heard an opening click and stroked his slick valve.

Knockout tilted his head back with closed optics, huffing some as he ground his hips down on her fingers and braced his servos on her shoulders. The con groaned deeply as he felt a digit push into him, shuddering as he began riding her hand slowly.

"More, add another." Knockout ordered, clenching denta slightly as she did so and stretched him further.

Kristina's eyes fluttered slightly at his sounds, groaning some herself as she pumped her fingers deeper into him as he continued riding. Her free hand slowly traveled down his back and along his torso, sweeping along his spikes panel and rubbing teasingly when she heard the audible 'thump'.

"Let it out." She said breathily, grinning as she watched his member spring out once the panel slid aside.

Knockout nearly yelled out as she wrapped her large hand around his throbbing spike, Kristina making sure not the grip him too tightly as she began pumping him. The medic shuddered above her as he panted some, bucking and grinding to her hands as his systems heated and internal fans whirred loudly trying to cool him.

"Yes! Harder, faster! I need you deeper in me!" Knockout finally shouted, throwing head back as she forced her fingers deep inside him and hit a large node in the back of his valve.

Kristina's heart raced as hitting this deep sweet spot set off his engine, the roar of it causing even more arousal.

"Do that again! Rev your engine!" she said, stroking his spike faster as the sound excited her knowing just how turned on he must be to cause that.

Knockout quickly obliged, revving as loud as he could as he slammed his hips on her hand, grunting as his node was hit every time. He soon yelled out in overload, back arching hard and lubricant spurting onto Kristina's chest and face dome. The young lady shuddered in arousal as she made him ride it out for a few long minutes then finally stopped, fingers brushing along his shaft while pulling her penetrating digits out and rubbing his outer node teasingly. She watched as her partner trembled on her, revving down to a soft purr as he enjoyed his afterglow. Knockout finally opened his optics, looking over the lubricant on her and smirking as she didn't seem to mind.

"Just look at the mess you've caused me to make. I guess I'll have to clean you up." He purred, leaning down and slowly licking off the lubricant, nonchalantly working his way up her body.

Kristina watched all the while, rubbing his erogenous areas while he cleaned her with his glossa.

"You have no idea how turned on I am right now." She said, shivering as he gave her a seductive look then glided his glossa along her dome.

"Oh I think I know just how turned on you are." Knockout hummed, laying on her and a claw sliding along her dome aimlessly. "I think I should make a 'strap on' for this armor like I see in human pornography on female dominants. Because trust me, if you had a spike, I'd be riding you for hours on end."

Kristina bit her lip and whimpered slightly. "Stop talking like that, you're driving me crazy, it's so hot."

"Mmm, then how about I get you out of this armor so I can get my claws on you and make you really scream?" he spoke huskily, grinning as she whimpered more and quickly nodded.

Knockout sat up and moved to press the necessary plating, stopping as his comm link went off ordering them both to the bridge for a mission. The medic growled but retracted his spike and closed both interface panels, climbing off of his partner.

"Duty calls." He groaned in annoyance.

"Don't worry, you'll get me next time." Kristina chuckled, walking out to the command center with him.

Knockout noticed the main screen showing a bleeping signal, blinking when being informed it's Breakdowns.

"How is that possible? I thought he was offlined." He asked.

"As did I, that's why I'm thinking it's an Autobot trap. You two are going to go scope out the area and see what's going on." Megatron ordered.

Knockout nodded, going with Kristina and a few Vehicons through a ground bridge and to the location. The medic looked through his scanners and reached a military base, finding it broken into and smoking profusely. The group got closer to the wreckage when a large form walked out of the building through the smoke, revealing Breakdown.

"Breakdown! Where have you been? I thought you were dead this entire time!" Knockout said with a smile, soon losing it as he noticed his friend wasn't acting like himself. "Breakdown?"

Kristina furrowed her brow slightly at seeing Breakdown smirk some, staying back then glaring as he began speaking. She clenched her fists at that, baring teeth slightly at realizing it wasn't Breakdown at all.

"Take me to your leader." Silas smirked, looking very sure of himself.

Knockout raised his brow slightly, frowning deeply at hearing a different voice but staying quiet for the time being.

"Bridge us back to the ship, Soundwave." The medic called in, all of them going through despite Kristina staring at Knockout in disbelief.

They all went to the command center, Megatron immediately frowning when he recognized that Breakdown was not himself.

"What is this?" he glowered.

"I am Cylas: Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis." The desecrator explained himself, having changed up his name to fit the anagram.

"A.K.A a total asshole." Kristina mumbled just barely enough so only Knockout heard her.

"This is the human who dissected Breakdown, my Liege." The doctor said coldly, bringing out his saw. "Allow me to return the favor."

Megatron held his hand up to motion for Knockout to stand down, looking back at Cylas as the hybrid offers up Damocles as a weapon for the Decepticons.

"And just what do you want in return?" The leader asked incredulously.

"A place at the table. I wish to be amongst your ranks, Lord Megatron. I can also give you the Human Factor that seems to help your enemy so much." Cylas answered.

"Oh really? Well sorry to say, but we already have a human in our ranks." Megatron stated.

"What?" the hybrid blinked, looking back when he heard a voice come from behind them.

"Yeah that'd be me, over here." Kristina waved curtly, her face showing complete hate for him.

"…you can't be serious. A young girl like that can't possibly be of any help to your army!" Cylas argued.

Kristina glared harshly and started walking towards him, huffing as Knockout quickly grabbed her arm and held her back.

"Fucking prick." She growled.

"She's a mouthy one at that. It takes far more than an attitude to be a useful soldier." Cylas taunted.

"You better get it into your fucking processor that I can kick your ass any time, any place!" Kristina suddenly yelled, fists clenched tightly.

"**_Enough!_**" Megatron shouted. "Stand down immediately."

The young lady shook slightly in rage but took a few steps back and resumed a calmer stance, eyes burning at Cylas. The hybrid sneered some but resumed his conversation with Megatron, Knockout and Kristina being allowed to leave the bridge.

"I can't fucking believe this, how can Megatron just let that…that _thing_ join us? He body snatched Breakdown!" The young lady ranted, stomping along the halls.

"Calm down, I'm sure Megatron will tire of him quickly after the use of that weapon." Knockout said flatly.

"How do you know? What if that stupid satellite actually becomes a real advantage? I can just see Cylas' stupid smug face at that happening, but using Breakdowns face, aaAAAGH IT'S SO FRUSTRATING!" Kristina screams, suddenly punching a huge dent into a wall. "I want to punch him so bad but it's Breakdowns body!"

Knockout sighed, shaking his head some. "Your anger is getting the best of you again. Calm yourself, a human weapon can't possibly be of extensive use. Your technology is far too faulty."

"…yeah..you're right." Kristina sighed, looking to him. "It's…it's just hard seeing him like this. Desecrated."

"I know, but trust me, he'll pay for what he did to Breakdown. Don't think for a second he'll get away with it." The medic said, smirking some at the thought. "Now, how about we resume where we left off earlier?"

"Knockout, is this really the time for tha-" she began but was interrupted with a 'yes' before being tugged along down the hall.

Kristina smiled some with a chuckle and followed anyway, knowing Knockout must be desperate for this in order to avoid having to think about Breakdown.

_Poor Knockout._

* * *

**A/N: I hold no shame for thinking Knockouts revving engine is hot SHUT UP  
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	14. Chapter 14

Hips smacking against each other was only part of the plethora of sounds being made in Knockouts room, his holo on top of Kristina as he bucked hard into her. The medic groaned loudly as he was on the verge of another overload, both of them having gone at it for nearly an hour. His partner wrapped her legs around him tightly, trembling as she was close to her own orgasm.

"Yes, oh yes you feel amazing." Knockout huffed, looking down at her and watching as she writhed beautifully, tweaking one of her nipples as her breasts bounced.

"Aah! Knockout!" she yelled, back arching with a scream as she hit her climax hard.

The con grunted as he came as well, revving his engine loudly and grinning as he felt her pussy tighten even more at that. Kristina trembled under him as they stopped, panting and body twitching at times from aftershocks of pleasure, licking her lips some.

"Fuck." She could only manage, nuzzling softly as he leaned down and pressed his forehead to hers, smiling when he pecked her lips.

Kristina shivered as he slowly pulled out, holo disappearing as his true form laid next to her and stroked her back gently as she rolled onto her front. Knockout smiled as he watched her relax, enjoying to sweet moment they were having before his comm link came on with an order to the bridge.

"Scrap." The con pouted, getting up with a stretch.

Kristina made a small groan but rolled around and sat up, legs feeling like jelly as she stood.

"Having trouble?" Knockout teased with a smirk, helping her onto the desk so she could clean up with a rag and dress.

"Shut up." She laughed, finishing then brushing her hair out a bit before activating the Apex Armor.

"Sure you don't need to stay behind? Even your voice is a little worn out from all those screams I got out of you." The medic taunted, smacking her ass some as they walked out.

"I will hit you so hard if you don't stop, I swear to God." Kristina tried to suppress more laughter at that as they got to the bridge, smile disappearing as Cylas was still there.

"You called for us, my Liege?" Knockout asked, completely ignoring the monstrosity before them.

"I need you to check over Cylas' weaponry before he leaves, make sure the human tampering hasn't made him faulty." Megatron explained, getting a blink from Cylas.

"Leave, Sir?" he asked.

"You're going to take out those humans whom are meddling with Soundwaves work on Damocles." The leader spoke.

"Why not send the girl to do such petty work?" Cylas argued some, quickly putting his hands up when Megatron gave him a glare for talking back.

"Because unlike you, she has no transformation abilities. I need someone to be covert on this." He growled, turning to the screens.

"So she's just muscle, how annoying it must be to have such a limited warrior." The hybrid sneered.

"I did not just hear that, I did **_not_** just hear that." Kristina mumbled to herself, looking around the room with hands on her hips as she was trying to keep her cool.

Knockout rolled his optics some but went and began looking over Cylas, trying to keep from bringing out his saw and slicing him right then and there. After giving the go ahead, the medic nodded to Megatron.

"Everything looks to be in order, my Liege." Knockout stated.

"Excellent. Go, Cylas, and do not fail me." Megatron ordered darkly, keeping optics to screens.

Cylas nodded, striding towards the door way and passing Kristina before stopping.

"You might as well prepare yourself, because after this success I highly doubt Megatron will see a need to keep a second human around. Especially one as useless as you." The hybrid smirked as he spoke only enough for her to hear, continuing on to the exit.

Kristina's fingers twitched slightly, turning around and suddenly grabbing his arm then swinging him up before slamming him down to the floor. The loud crash of metal and Cylas' yell caused Megatron to quickly turn, growling and swiftly going to the scuffle then grabbing Kristina's raised fist and lifting her off the ground before throwing her across the room. Cylas got to his knees and smirked a bit but quickly stopped as Megatron turned his dark gaze on him.

"I gave you a mission, get going." The leader said harshly, turning back to Kristina as she started to get up.

The latina squeaked as she was hoisted up by the collar of her armor and dragged to a wall, getting pinned high against it then gulping as her eyes met his blazing red optics.

"You'll get your chance for revenge soon enough, girl, but until then you follow my orders to not attack and keep your rage under control! _Do you understand?!_" Megatron roared, shaking her roughly.

"Y-Yes my Lord!" she yelped, grunting as she landed hard when he promptly dropped her.

Kristina stayed put for a moment as he walked off, slowly getting up and going to stand by Knockout.

"We really need to work on your anger management." Knockout mumbled to her, arms folded.

"That smug asshole said I was useless." She huffed quietly.

The medic shook his head some but stayed silent as they stood by while operations continued. Kristina smirked a bit when she overhead Cylas struggling with this mission half an hour in, the entire situation down falling soon after when he was forced into a battle with Bulkhead.

"See? Told you human technology was faulty." Knockout whispered to Kristina with a smirk, both of them chuckling a bit.

The two stood in the back as Cylas finally returned, looking a bit more beat up than his body already was. Megatron turned to the hybrid as he reached him, looking calmer than he should be.

"Well Cylas, I do believed you've earned your place at the table." The leader spoke, optics soon glaring. "Knockouts dissection table."

"What? I-I don't understand, Lord Megatron. Surely you were impressed by Damocles!" Cylas tried to make a case for himself.

"But it failed, and Damocles was all you had to offer." Megatron spoke nonchalantly, watching as Knockout jolted the hybrid viciously with his electron prod.

"Breakdown would be tickled." The medic smirked. "Kristina, if you would." He said, motioning to the fallen soldier.

"Of course, doctor." She replied, grabbing Cylas' leg hard enough to bend the metal roughly and dragging him out of the command center as she followed Knockout.

* * *

The hunt for Iacon Relics continued on as the days passed, Kristina being called out after an excavation had started. Curious that only she had been called, the latina was ground bridged down to the site and went straight to Megatron.

"You called for me, my Lord?" She asked respectfully.

"Use your strength to pull this relic out." He ordered curtly, seeming very riled up already as he himself tried and failed.

Kristina noticed he was on edge, not understanding how important the Star Saber was but grabbing a hold of the hilt. She gave a firm tug once to test it out before placing one of her feet on the mountain side and push hard as her arms pulled. The young lady grunted as she used all her strength enough for the metal of her armor to make straining noises but didn't budge it an inch, huffing as she stepped away.

"It's not moving at all, Sir." Kristina said somewhat nervously but keeping a calm demeanor.

"The saber must be causing the rock to be invulnerable." Megatron growled, ordering the others to break down the entire mountain until it was small enough to take.

Kristina moved out of the way and stood off to the side, staying in case she was needed further. She yawned some after many long minutes passed by, blinking as Smokescreen sped past her straight for the relic.

"Shit." she cursed under her breath, charging after him and punching him against the mountain after he failed to pull the saber out himself.

The young lady looked back to see if there were any other Autobots to fight, surprised when she saw none.

"Did you seriously just come alone and run in the middle of all these Decepticons?" She asked dumbfounded, shaking her head some as she forced him up and brought him to Megatron when ordered.

Kristina held him by the shoulders firmly, keeping him still as Megatron interrogated him for a moment but didn't get much from him. They all looked to the side as a ground bridge appeared and team Prime sprang out with lasers blazing. Wincing slightly as a few blasts hit her dome, Kristina ran right into the fray as Megatron flew off with some Eradicons after Optimus whom was after the saber. She tossed Smokescreen up a bit and grabbed his pede, swinging him like a bat and slamming Bulkhead as he ran up to fight her. The wrecker grunted but grabbed and flung the young soldier out of her grasp then punched her back with his wrecking ball. Kristina wasn't moved very far, quickly grabbing his ball and servo and both pushing against each other.

"I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to." Bulkhead grunted, using all the strength he had.

"You're pretty big, but your strength doesn't seem to quite pair up with Megatrons." She said, gripping him harshly and straining his metal as she made him go back a bit.

"Ngh, how would you know how strong bucket head is?" the wrecker challenged, shaking a bit in his struggle as he was forced back even more.

"Because he forced me into a fight, that's how. And when you've gone toe-to-toe with him, even a big guy like you doesn't seem so tough." Kristina remarked, growling and pushing roughly as she caused him to fall back.

Bumblebee and Smokescreen quickly jumped on her, trying to pry the human off their friend. Kristina tried shaking them off but soon had to make a grab for them, immediately getting punched off by Bulkhead. The latina quickly got up, lifting the two bots in the process and throwing them both at the wrecker. Arcee swiftly took her own chance and jumped onto her shoulders, using her arm blades and slicing at the dome.

"What part of 'invincible armor' does no one seem to understand?" Kristina commented, grabbing the two wheeler roughly and pounding her into the ground, her eyes catching a glimpse of Jack hiding behind a boulder. "Oh thank God, he's alive."

"You stay away from him!" Arcee shouted angrily, trying to escape her grasp.

"Just so you know, I didn't mean to almost kill him back in Manhattan. I had no idea he was in there and I was only trying to save Knockout from being ran over." She said, throwing Arcee away from her and raising her fists for another fight.

All shots ceased as Optimus landed nearby with the Star Saber in his grasp, the mountain being dropped and rolling in the groups' direction.

"Oh _shit!_" Kristina yelped, about to run but watching in shock as the Autobot leader swung the sword and released an energy, slicing the giant rock in two.

All stared in awe as he made a more dramatic slash, another energy wave shooting out and hitting the Nemesis as it was attempting to fly off. Kristina quickly ran with the other cons as a ground bridge opened for them to return to the ship, some stumbling through in their scramble. The latina went straight to the med bay and sighed in relief when she found Knockout there.

"What happened?!" the medic asked.

"The ship got hit with some sort of energy from that relic! I don't even know how he got it out whe-" she explained but stopped as she noticed an unfinished spike on the floor.

Knockout looked to where she was staring, laughing a bit in embarrassment.

"I wanted to surprise you but I guess it's out now. I started it a few days ago." He said.

"When the hell did you even have the time? I've been with you almost every waking moment through fixing soldiers and torturing Cylas." Kristina replied.

"Keyword being 'almost'." Knockout grinned. "I'm quite the skilled craftsman and also very fast at making things that I want."

"Huh…it's…big." She giggled a bit, picking it up gently and looking it over. "Huge even."

"I happen to like being full." The medic pointed out. "Nothing wrong with that."

"Of course not, just didn't realize how much of a size queen you'd be." Kristina grinned. "Finish it up, it looks pretty close to being done so maybe we can play with it tonight."

Knockout smirked, taking it and toiling for another couple of hours before looking over his work and showing it to her proudly.

"There we are. Ready for some fun?" the medic asked, giving her a hot look as he pushes the base of the spike to her groin, magnetic forces securing it onto her armor and a minor wave of energy flowing through her.

"Definitely." Kristina replied, about to get him into the med berth but being stopped.

"Wait, I need to test something out real quick. Tell me if you can feel this." He questioned, fingers stroking the shaft.

The young lady immediately shuddered, gasping lightly as she felt every sensation on it.

"Y-Yes, fuck." She managed, blushing deeply from his smirk.

"Lovely." He purred, getting her onto the med berth and moving to lay between her legs.

Kristina clenched her teeth slightly as he began gliding his glossa along the shaft, fingers twitching as his servos gripped the base and pumped some.

"Fuck, Knockout." She said breathily, hips bucking slightly.

Knockout smirked approvingly as he licked to the head, suckling on the tip as he couldn't get the girth to fit into his mouth. He used both servos to rub and stroke her spike, tips of his claws sliding along crevices and causing more bucking. Kristina let out a low groan, panting lightly as these were all new sensations for her. Her body felt tingly as energy waves caused mild electrical shocks that only felt pleasurable, legs bending at the knees some as she tried to buck more. The latina licked her lips when she looked down as Knockout began nuzzling her spike with a purr. The medic smirked and moved onto her in a 69 position, wriggling his hips slightly as his valve was exposed.

"I need some preparation before I take you in me." Knockout crooned, groaning when she started rubbing his outer node.

Kristina was happy to oblige in helping him, pressing a finger to the entrance before pushing it deep into him, thumb rubbing the outer node as she teased inner ones. The medic shuddered as he continued his work on her spike, licking all along the head and down the shaft while claws raked in the ridges. The latina trembled a bit but pushed another finger into him, stretching his valve a bit more before adding a third. Knockout grunted some from the stretch, knowing her spike would push him a bit further than that but grinding his hips on her hand to ready himself.

"Enough, pull out." He commanded breathily, turning around and straddling her hips as he ground his valve on her spike.

Kristina bit her lip as she felt his hot, wet valve, groaning as it felt amazing to her. She began feeling over his hips and torso as he grinded, hips bucking at times but whimpering as it felt like he was taking forever to get to the point.

"Knockout, nh, ride me." She pleaded, whimpering softly.

"What was that? I didn't quite hear you." The medic smirked, leaning to her a bit.

"Ride me, please **_ride me_**!" Kristina nearly shouted, bucking firmly to him.

"I suppose you deserve to feel the hot confines of my valve." Knockout teased, lifting up then prodding himself with her spike before slowly pushing her in.

Kristina tensed a bit at the new tight feeling, Knockout grunting as the stretch was almost too much to handle. She watched his hips as he lowered further and further, groaning at the feeling of being sheathed inside someone. The medic soon hilted her, sighing softly as he adjusted for a moment before starting the ride.

"Yeees, you fit perfectly inside me." Knockout purred, servos on his partners' chest as he moved his hips and clenched his valve.

Kristina bucked slightly in reaction to his squeezing, whimpering as he stopped moving.

"Keep those hips under control." The con ordered, lifting his hips high then slamming down on her spike again.

"GAH! O-Ok!" she yelped, eyes rolling up slightly from the intense pleasure.

Knockout smirked and resumed his ride as he moved up and down, valve throbbing slightly as he hit is back node on each down stroke. Claws dug against armor as his arousal rose, swirling hips to cause more sensations for his partner.

"Fuck, you're way too good at this." Kristina struggled, hands sliding along his thighs before stroking his spike panel.

Knockout chuckled as he made a hard drop on her, causing a yelp from her before finally letting his spike out and allowing her to stroke and pump him. He crooned as her large hand gripped him slightly, bucking his hips to her as valve heated up a bit more near overload. The medic closed his eyes for a moment then yelped as she suddenly flipped them around so she was on top, growling slightly at the surprise but soon yelling out in pleasure as she began thrusting deep and hard into him. Knockouts legs wrapped around her waist as she bucked, grunting and moaning all the while as his systems heated and engine revved.

"Yes yes YES!" Kristina shouted as she came, slamming into him and pumping his spike.

Knockout yelled out himself as he hit overload, claws making deep marks on the med berth as they rode out their orgasms, both breathing hard afterwards.

"I didn't say you could take control." The con pouted some.

"Oh, please, you liked it." Kristina teased, thumb stroking over the head of his spike and causing a tremble.

"Never said I didn't." Knockout smirked, groaning as she pulled out.

"We need to clean up before someone walks in for repairs." She chuckled, about to get up but being grabbed onto by her partner.

"Just a moment longer, I want to enjoy the afterglow." The medic hummed, smiling when she stayed and relaxed with him.


	15. Chapter 15

"What do you mean we're on the moon?!" Kristina shrilled.

"I just checked outside, we're in space. I think we've been up here for a while since my sensors showed the oxygen levels going down about an hour ago." Knockout explained. "I suppose Megatron needed the space bridge nearby for something. But until we get back to earth, oxygen is going to be low around the ship. You'll need to keep your armor on as it seems it's keeping you alive right now."

"Just how long are we going to be up here, I have certain needs, remember? Can't hold it in all day." Kristina pouted some.

"Well you're just going to have to, if you open that armor you'll release all your air." The medic stated, looking over a data pad.

"Great, so it's suffocation or bladder explosion. Both can kill me ya know." She sighed, leaning against a wall.

"I'm sure Megatron will return soon and we'll be back on Earth. Then you can live a long healthy human life without dying sooner than you should." Knockout waved his hand nonchalantly, swiping a digit along the data pad.

Kristina's face faltered slightly as a thought crossed her mind.

"…Knockout… how are you going to deal with it when I die?" She suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean?" Knockout blinked, looking at her with a confused expression.

"I mean, realistically speaking, humans don't live very long. We practically have the lifespan of a fly compared to you guys, and you already have thousands of years under your belt. Humans go to a little over a 100 years if they're really lucky, but usually hit 70 or 80 before they die from the old age." Kristina explained, saddening a bit more. "And considering my terrible health record, I'll probably grow another tumor or at worse obtain cancer and die off early."

"Don't talk like that, you'll live a long while, I just know it." Knockout tried to argue.

"I've had no expectations at a long life ever since my tumor. They said it wouldn't grow back, but…well, once you've grown one, it's almost inevitable that another comes up later in life. That's just a human body fact." She sighed.

"Well….what if…" Knockout raked his mind over possibilities, blinking when an idea came. "What if we do to you what Cylas did to Breakdown?"

"What?! I'm not about to desecrate someone else's body, Knockout! That's out of the question!" Kristina frowned.

"No no no, of course not! But we have a way to get to Cybertron, and there must be an abundance of abandoned protoforms there. They're basically blank slates that can be turned into a Cybertronian." Knockout explained, the idea of giving her an extended life exciting him. "If I can crack the code on how humans managed to fuse Cylas and Breakdown, I could do the same to you!"

Kristina watched him, seeing his excitement over this but unsure herself. "Couldn't that process kill me though? I don't know how those scientists managed to make a toxic substance like energon be Cylas' life force since he's human, but we don't have any way of experimenting this process. We can't just kidnap a bunch of humans and gather up protoforms to test, and even if we did do this successfully, my human body would still age inside of the protoform."

Knockout thought for a moment then grinned. "A Cortical Psychic Patch."

"A what?"

"A process that links Cybertronian minds to each other. It was developed by a Decepticon scientist and quite perfected, though…some subjects don't survive the procedure." The medic slightly trailed off but came back. "But I'm positive that if we are successful in getting you fused with a protoform, we could link you to another and transfer your mind into a new one, therefore making you completely Cybertronian save for you human mind."

Kristina stayed silent for a moment but softly smiled at him as she could see his pride at having thought of all this.

"Ok, but please, promise me you'll take your time on studying Cylas. We can't afford the disaster that could occur from rushing such a thing." She replied.

"Of course, I'll run test after test and make sure my results are perfected before doing anything on you." Knockout said, grinning.

"Alright, and I'll be happy to help any way I can with your studies." Kristina smiled, looking up and freezing as Megatron came in holding a disembodied arm.

Knockout blinked when he saw it, looking to his leaders face.

"Um, my Liege, may I ask what that is for?" the medic questioned.

"The arm of a Prime." Megatron answered. "You're going to replace my arm with this."

Kristina blinked this time, watching as Knockout led the gladiator to the medical berth casually as if this wasn't a strange request at all. She quickly snapped out of it and went to the medic in order to help with the procedure.

"My Lord, are you sure you don't want to induce stasis for this?" Knockout asked.

"Positive. I wish to witness the operation." Megatron replied.

The medic shrugged and had Kristina hold their leaders arm as he began work on detaching it. The latina kept her eyes down, not daring look at Megatron as she was always uncomfortable with being in such close proximity with him. She carefully lifted it once the appendage completely separated, placing it on a separate berth and moving the Prime arm in place. It took a few minutes for Knockout to connect all the necessary wiring but he was quick to work, nodding once he welded the proper areas.

"It's done, my Liege." The medic smiled.

Kristina moved away as Megatron sat up and flexed his new arm, standing slightly behind Knockout when their leader stood.

"Excellent work, doctor. Now to test it out with the Forge of Solus Prime." Megatron spoke, walking out and leaving them to their work.

Kristina finally relaxed and leaned to a wall, shuddering slightly.

"You know you're going to have to get use to him at some point, right?" Knockout asked, folding his arms with a chuckle.

"Shush." She pouted, looking away. "It's hard getting use to someone who's practically pure evil."

"It's fine, I myself had to get use to the big guy too." The medic said, looking to Megatrons original arm. "Suppose we should put that away in a safe place."

Kristina nodded, picking it up and following Knockout through the halls. She bit her lip slightly as she wanted to ask a question.

"Knockout…could you make something for me?" she finally asked.

"And what would that be?" the medic returned.

"I…well, it sounds meaningless, but I want an amplifier for my music player." She said with a bit of embarrassment.

"What for?" he raised his brow.

"Well, I want to try something with the Insecticons." She replied, blinking when he stopped abruptly and turned to her.

"Just what could you possibly want with those unruly beasts?" Knockout frowned.

"Calm down, I was just curious about something…" Kristina said, looking away. "When we were mining in the tunnels I was listening to my iPod to drown out the drilling. When I looked at the Insecticon with us, I noticed he could hear it despite all the noise and he seemed really interested. After that he followed my orders without hesitation."

Knockout raised his brow again, tilting his head some. "Are you trying to control them?"

"Well not for some revolt if that's what you're thinking!" she held a hand up some. "I'm just curious, besides it would be great if we're out on the field with a group of them without Megatron. They seem to have tense relations with the other soldiers and having an ally they can trust and follow seems like a good idea to me."

"Hmm…I'll see what I can do. But I don't trust those beasts near you, they could rip you apart." Knockout huffed as he continued down the hall.

"Knockout, if I survived a little battle with Megatron, I think I could handle a pouncing Insecticon." Kristina chuckled some, reaching a room with him for storing special items.

"I suppose…" the medic spoke, having her place it in a levitation light then going out. "For now, let's concentrate on our Cylas study."

"Of course." She smiled, going to the lab with him.

* * *

The partners toiled away with studies and repairs through the next days, looking up when the doors opened and Smokescreen is dragged in. Knockout smirked a bit as they locked him to a berth, standing over the soldier and taking the Phase Shifter, chuckling when he began to wake.

"Wakey, wakey." He teased, watching Smokescreen jolt in surprise and struggle to get out of his binds.

Kristina stood by as Megatron demanded the final relic, only ending up with a confused Smokescreen until he was shown his own image as the final decoded coordinate.

"Let's see what else you're packing." Knockout smirked, holding a scanner over him and seeing an Omega Key inside the soldier.

"Remove it from him." Megatron ordered.

Kristina watched as Knockout was about to slice into him but smirked and retracted the saw, using the Phase Shifter instead and pulling out the key. Megatron glared some before looking to Smokescreen and demanding its use, frowning as he was of no help. The young lady kept quiet during the interrogation, curiosity peaked when their leader ordered a Cortical Psychic Patch.

_So I'll get to see one first hand._ She thought to herself, observing with interest.

Knockout smirked as he hooked them up then began the patch, Kristina looking up to the screen and surprised to see a full view of Smokescreens memories and Megatron appearing inside them.

"Huh…I really need to stop trying to wrap my brain around Cybertronian technology. Just too advanced for me." She commented, both waiting for a bit before disconnecting their prisoner along with Megatron after gaining the needed information.

Kristina waited as the gladiator left with the key, both she and Knockout getting orders to pick at Smokescreens mind more.

"NO, stay out of my head!" the soldier pleaded, thrashing in his binds.

Knockout merely smirked, walking past him then grunting as his servo was grabbed, trying to rip away from him but pulling Smokescreen out due to the Phase Shifter affecting them both. Kristina moved in and tried to grab the prisoner, blinking when her hands went right through him. She could only watch as they grappled with each other then flew through the wall, staring as Knockouts lower half was somewhat stuck in her side of the wall.

"Um…" she thought out, getting out of the room and seeing the rest of Knockout stuck, Smokescreen making a run for it when he saw her come out. "UM?"

"Go after him!" the medic shouted.

Kristina sprinted after Smokescreen, skidding to a stop when he phased into another hall.

"I can't, he just went through the fucking wall!" she shrieked, going back to her partner and looking him over. "How the hell are we going to get you out?!"

"By retrieving that Phase Shifter, now go after him or Megatron will have our heads!" Knockout ordered.

"Ugh, fine!" Kristina huffed, running back through the halls and trying to follow where she thought he went to. _He must be going to the storage vault._

She nearly stumbled as she stopped when Megatrons rageful yell was heard through the halls.

"Oh crap." The latina groaned, following the sounds of laser shots down a different hall and soon reaching the outside, yelping as Smokescreen ran right through her to get there.

Megatron soon reached the area, Kristina quickly getting out of his way as he stormed over to the soldiers area and promptly began throwing other Vehicons off the edge the moment the Autobot jumped ship. The young lady winced some, about to leave then freezing as Megatron looked right at her.

"I expect to see you right here when I return!" he roared, transforming and going after Smokescreen himself.

Kristina stood there quaking in the armor, whimpering as she went near the edge and stayed put to wait. A few minutes passed by, stomach churning as a silver blur flew from below and hearing a loud thud as Megatron landed. She slowly turned to him, screaming as he grabbed her roughly and held her over the edge.

"How did he manage to escape?!" Megatron bellowed.

"H-He phased out of his binds when he grabbed Knockout and now Knockouts stuck in a wall!" Kristina trembled. "I tried to stop him, I swear!"

Megatron shook slightly in rage, suddenly throwing her viciously to the floor of the ship.

"If I didn't need all the soldiers I could get right now I'd terminate you here and now!" he roared, kicking her roughly. "Now get up and follow." He growled, stalking off.

Kristina scrambled up and stayed behind him, nervous as to what was going to happen. The two came upon Dreadwing when they got to where Knockout was stuck.

"Oh thank Primus you're here, I beg you my Liege, please release me from this absurdity!" the medic pleaded, struggling to move in the wall.

Megatron glared coldly and leaned in. "No, you shall be a constant reminder to those who dare fail me."

Kristina watched as he began to leave, looking to Knockout but not knowing what to do. She tried to stay with him but was quickly glared at by their leader.

"My order still stands to follow. You are not needed down here while the doctor is immobile." He scowled.

"Y-Yes, my Lord." She stuttered, giving Knockout a glance and mouthing 'sorry' before following the gladiator and his second-in-command.

The three walked to the bridge and halted when they all saw Starscream standing at the controls. She quickly stepped forward with Dreadwing, both ready to attack but being stopped by Megatron. Kristina stayed back as their leader interrogated the seeker of his proposal, rolling eyes as Starscream groveled and stated he wishes to be a Decepticon again. The gladiator stood for a moment to ponder then looked back.

"See to it that Knockout is extracted from the wall." Megatron ordered them.

"Yes Sir." Kristina replied with Dreadwing, getting a stare from Starscream as he finally took a good look at her, jolting when he shrieked.

"That human wretch is still here?!" the seeker shrilled. "You even put her in armor?!"

"She has been of far more use to me than you have been lately, Starscream. I suggest you watch your tone considering that at the moment she ranks higher than even you." Megatron stated, walking out and expecting all to follow.

Kristina smirked a bit at Starscream and stuck her tongue out before turning and trailing behind their leader with Dreadwing, smirk widening as she heard a quiet growl from him as he followed. The group reached the med bay as Dreadwing called in the removal to other Vehicons via comm link, Kristina helping them out and pulling Knockout once freed. The medic sighed loudly and stretched out as much as he could.

"Finally." He said in relief, going into the med bay and having Megatron and Starscream sit in different berths when a Cortical Psychic Patch was ordered.

Kristina took one cord and went to the seeker as Knockout took his to their leader, smirking some as she could see Starscream was nervous.

"Have fun, Starscream." She teased, plugging in the cord and watching as they both went into stasis.

Knockout went to his computer with her, both watching with Dreadwing as the events unfolded on the screen. Kristina tried to contain her laughter at all the ridiculous moments Starscream put himself through and getting berated by Megatron. The trio continued their viewing, Knockout and Kristina shifting nervously when Starscreams' mind revealed the death and reanimation of Skyquake. The latina looked back at Dreadwing when he quietly walked out of the room, shaking head a bit.

"Must be hard having a brother be put through that." She said. "Poor guy."

Knockout shrugged, ending the patch and unplugging the cords as the two bots awoke.

"Transplant the T-Cog back into Starscream. I need him to be at his full capabilities to be useful." Megatron ordered.

"Yes, my Liege." Knockout bowed some, waiting for the leader to leave before going to the seeker.

Starscream sighed in relief, raising a brow as Kristina began gathering surgery tools for Knockout.

"Don't tell me she's going to be part of the operation." He said warily.

"Of course she is, she's my assistant since Breakdown is no more." Knockout chuckled. "Scared she might dislocate one of your cables?"

"Of course I am! What does a human know of replacing a T-Cog?!" Starscream shrieked. "I'm shocked she's even lived this long to begin with, being amongst the Decepticons and all."

"And I'm shocked you survived Earths wilderness scrounging around like a rat. Now we can be disappointed in each other's continued living together." Kristina said mockingly, placing down each tool on a nearby tray.

"You're only talking so smugly against me because you're covered in that armor!" The seeker spat.

"And you're still a whiney bitch. Knockout induce stasis already, he's been awake for five minutes and already annoying the crap out of me." She huffed, smirking as Starscream sat up in indignation before passing out as Knockout put him under.

The two worked swiftly for a little over an hour, successfully replacing the T-Cog. Kristina took the tools and went to the sink to wash them, scrubbing off some energon before looking up as she heard some chatter when Dreadwing came in. She yelped and nearly dropped a hand held drill when a shot was fired, quickly going to see and watching Knockout sprint out of the room.

"God dammit." The latina mumbled, swiftly running then ramming Dreadwing from the side as he raised his sword to Starscream.

"W-What are you doing?!" The seeker questioned, shaking where he sat.

"I'm the muscle around the med bay, and if I don't step in and protect you just when Megatron allowed you back into the army it'll be my head on the line." Kristina frowned, raising fists as Dreadwing stood with his sword ready.

"Step aside, girl. This has nothing to do with you!" Dreadwing shouted.

"Look, I'd kill Starscream too if he did to my brother what he did to yours, but you have to think clearly. Megatron will destroy you if you kill one of his most skilled Decepticons, even if said con is a sleaze like Starscream." The young lady tried to reason, grunting as she protected herself from a swing of his blade.

"He will pay for his desecration of my brother even if I have to slay you to do it!" the lieutenant roared, about to strike her again but both stopping as Megatron shouted when he entered the room.

"Stand down, Dreadwing, that is an order!" the gladiator commanded.

"One that I will not follow!" he refuted, raising his sword towards his targets again.

Kristina readied herself for the next blow, eyes widening as a blast was shot and Dreadwings chest burst with a large searing hole, watching him drop dead as Megatron held the lieutenants canon blaster. She slowly looked up to their leader, shocked that he had killed his second-in-command for Starscream.

"I-I'm alive! Oh thank you, Lord Megatron!" the seeker groveled ridiculously.

"Do not **_ever_** make me regret which one of you I spared, Starscream." Megatron growled, tossing the canon over to Kristina. "And I do believe you were in desperate need of fire power."

The young lady quickly caught the weapon, nodding some. "Y-Yes, thank you my Lord."

"Dispose of the body." The gladiator ordered, striding out of the med bay.

Kristina sighed softly when he was gone, shaking head some and placing the canon down then hoisting Dreadwings corpse over her shoulder. Starscream slowly rose, twiddling his claws some.

"I suppose I should thank you as well for protecting me, even if part of it was having to insult me." The seeker said.

"Don't. Because of you a great warrior had to be killed." She spat, looking to him. "I actually respected Dreadwing for his loyalty and I hardly even knew the guy. I'll never understand why Megatron chose an idiot like you over him. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a body to take care of."

Starscream frowned as she walked away, huffing indignantly. "Fine! See if I'm ever thankful to you again!"

Kristina rolled her eyes, holding a hand up and flipping him off before she walked out of the med bay.


	16. Chapter 16

Kristina finished her duty of disposal and went to the med bay to pick up her canon. She soon walked to the bridge when Knockout called her in a comm link, blinking when she saw the medic, Soundwave and Starscream have the Autobots kids with them in tube containers.

"…what's going on?" she questioned, squinting slightly.

"Simple hostage situation, Megatron needs the leverage." Knockout smirked, tapping the glass and getting a glare from Miko.

"You're not averse to using your own species like this, are you?" Starscream sneered.

"…no." Kristina lied, knowing there was nothing she could do. "Let's get to Megatron then."

The group walked through the portal opened by Soundwave, Kristina looking around in awe at finally being on their robotic planet.

"Welcome to Cybertron." Knockout chuckled from her astonishment, all standing ready as the situation began.

The latina paid close attention, honestly relieved when she heard Megatron was going to return them for the Omega Keys. Each Autobot slowly tossed their weapons to the center of the field between the factions, each Decepticon soon trading the kids for a key one by one. Kristina shook her head some when the others weren't looking, looking on as Vehicons came through a portal and surrounded the Autobots.

"Keep guard of them." Megatron ordered the young lady, going with the others to the Omega Lock.

"Yes Sir." She answered, raising her canon blaster and keeping eyes to the Autobots.

Kristina kept her guard up even as there was a loud blast of energy, simply guessing it was something good as the enemy looked on in awe of the restoration of a large building. Though she was concentrated on watch, she overhead Megatron speak of ruling two planets, freezing some as the space bridge opened and they shot another large blast through it.

_He can't be…_ she thought to herself, gut wrenching as Optimus revealed to his comrades that the energy would cyberform earth and kill all life. _My family…_

Kristina was lost in her worrying thoughts, jolting when the Prime slammed through the surrounding Vehicons and went for his Star Saber. She shot in reaction, grunting as the cannon had more recoil than she expected and caused her to stumble back some. The young lady quickly recovered but stopped as Megatron sped past and engaged Optimus in a sword fight, watching as the Autobot slashed off the Decepticons new arm. She tensed as Optimus ran to the Omega Lock, hesitating for a moment.

_He has to stop that blast before Earth is destroyed._ Kristina thought, opting to let loose another blast in his general direction to make Megatron think she was trying to stop him.

Optimus soon reached the machine, all being flung back as his saber sliced through and caused an explosion. Kristina stood with the groan as the sonic waves of it shook her to her core even within the armor, frowning when she saw Starscream smack Knockout before ordering him to tend to Megatron. She contemplated shooting him before choosing to go with her partner to check on their leader. They soon stepped back as the gladiator began laughing at the folly of their enemy.

"They can run, but they can never again run home." Megatron sneered, eyes glowing harshly.

Kristina swallowed a bit as she knew he must have done something serious to Earth before the lock was destroyed. They all followed Megatron through the space bridge back to the Nemesis, the latina freezing when she saw the large citadel as they arrived back in Jasper.

"Holy shit." She whispered quietly, stomach churning as she thought of her family again. _I can't retaliate though…I'd be putting Knockout in danger if I did, but my family…they're in danger right now if Megatron gains rule over Earth…_

Kristina stayed lost as Megatron made his speech to his armada before sending them in for an attack on the Autobot base, quickly looking out when she heard blasts firing off. She stood by as the battle ensued, closing eyes when an explosion went off, decimating the Autobot base. The latina looked to her partner, nudging him then motioning him to go over to the side with her for a moment as Megatron went down to the site.

"Knockout…I need to see my family." Kristina pleaded.

"What are you talking about?" Knockout blinked. "We must stand by in case we're needed, if you haven't noticed there's quite a situation going on right now."

"But Megatrons going to destroy everything and…" she looked away, eyes tearing up. "I just never thought any of this would affect my family. I just thought he was after Cybertron, not the decimation of Earth."

"Kristina please tell me you're not going to attack, you'd die within moments of a true battle with him." Knockout implored.

"I know…and I'm not going to…I don't have the courage to." She spoke, closing eyes and fighting away the urge to let her tears flow.

Knockout was about to console her but noticed Megatron and a small armada flying back towards the Nemesis.

"Dry up your tears, quick. Megatron will question your loyalty if he sees you having any sympathy for Earth." The medic said hurriedly.

Kristina took in a deep breath then stood at attention as Megatron landed, keeping eyes forward as he went to Knockout.

"I need my old arm back, doctor." He stated.

"Of course, my Liege." The medic bowed some, the two of them going to the med bay while Kristina went to retrieve the limb.

The latina stayed silent while helping with the operation, glad it wasn't something that would arouse suspicion from their leader. She stood aside as he left, leaning on a wall as she could finally let her guard down, gradually sliding to the floor. Knockout looked at his friend, slowly going to her.

"Are you going to be alright?" he asked, placing a servo on her shoulder.

"…I don't know." Kristina replied, voice cracking. "I…I need to call my mom…do something."

"I'd let you do it but Soundwave is surveying all Earth communications. If he hears your voice among them he might report it to Megatron." Knockout said.

Kristina shook a bit, quickly pushing her plating and armor unforming from her, leaving her sitting on the slab of metal as she whipped her glasses off and covered her eyes. The medic saddened at that, kneeling down to her as she began to silently sob.

"Please don't cry, Kristina. I promise, as soon as we're able, I'll take you to see your family." Knockout tried to comfort.

"But what if it's too late by then?!" she suddenly shouted, nails slightly digging into her scalp as her fingers ran through her hair. "I can't bear the thought of him killing them!"

"Sssh, quiet down, please!" the con hushed her some. "Someone might hear."

Kristina sniffled as she wiped her eyes of tears, hugging her knees. "I don't want them to die."

"I…I'll try to figure something out, alright?" Knockout said, knowing there was nothing he could actually do for them but hoping it could calm her.

"…ok.." she finally said, moving up and activating the armor once more as Knockouts comm link ordered them to the throne room of the citadel.

The partners reached Megatron, Kristina having managed to calm enough so her tired features went unnoticed.

"Go to Cybertron and collect any remaining Iacon Relics that were left from the battle." The gladiator ordered.

"Yes, my Liege." Knockout replied, going off with her and a gathered group of Vehicons and Insecticons to the desolate planet.

Kristina felt lost as she could only think of her loved ones, helping the soldiers lift up heavy rubble in order to try and occupy herself. Knockout left his partner in charge and drove away to a distant building. They managed to uncover some relics before the medic returned, Kristina raising a brow some as he had carrier trailer hooked behind him.

"What's that?" she asked, tilting her head a bit.

"Just some supplies." He replied, smirking slightly and ordering some Vehicons to bridge back to the Nemesis ahead of them and take the trailer to his lab.

Kristina shrugged some, going back to lifting before she looked up when Knockout spoke in disbelief, squinting some as she saw a figure going to them.

"Who is that?" she asked warily, whipping her cannon off her back.

"Stand down, he's a Decepticon." Knockout held a hand up to keep her back. "That's Shockwave."

Kristina watched as the tall cyclops stalked to them, returning her weapon to its place and watching him closely as Knockout called in for a space bridge. She followed behind her partner, stepping aside to let Shockwave come through. The latina observed as Megatron seemed extremely pleased, smirking slightly when Starscream stumbled through his words about believing the scientist had perished on Cyberton. She soon dazed out for a moment before coming back to reality as they all began leaving the room. As much as Kristina wanted to hole up in the med bay, she followed with Knockout and stayed with him for the remainder of their needed time.

* * *

Kristina remained bored as they simply stood by in case required, an entire day nearly passing as some Decepticons were scrambled in search for the Autobots. The latina yawned quietly as Starscream returned from a failed mission, even Megatron berating him doing nothing to bring any interest to the young lady's thoughts.

"Knockout, can we just go back to the lab already?" she whispered over to him, folding her arms in a huff.

"No, we have to stay pu-" he began, looking as a space bridge opened and Shockwave returned from Cybertron, all staring as a large beast began stomping through as well.

Kristina's arms fell to her side, slowly looking to Knockout with a soft glare. The medic glanced at her and blinked.

"What?"

"Why didn't you tell me you guys had fucking _dragons?_" she pouted.

"…what's a dragon?" he asked. "That is a Predacon."

"You still didn't tell me you guys had big flying robo-lizards." The latina huffed some, looking up and grinning widely when the beast let out a roar.

"Why would I even bring it up, they're supposed to be extinct." Knockout replied, shuddering some at the sight of it.

"It's amazing." She whispered some, suppressing all squeals she wanted to let out. "I can't believe I'm seeing such a creature with my own eyes. I'm such a nerd for big beasts."

Kristina took a small step forward without realizing it, looking down when Knockout quickly stepped in front of her.

"Don't even think about going near that beast." He frowned at her. "I'm serious."

The latina groaned some, simply looking on to the Predacon from the distance as Megatron spoke with Shockwave for a moment before releasing the animal to hunt Autobots. She pouted a bit but knew it had to do a job, folding arms again.

"Let's go back to the med bay." Knockout said, trying to get her mind away from the Predacon so she wouldn't be tempted to approach it once it returned. "I'll build that music amplifier you've wanted."

Kristina smiled at him, following to the medical room on the Nemesis and watching with interest as he began working on it. She was surprised when it only took an hour to build, listening as he taught her which button or switch did what. The latina placed her iPod in and let it play, grinning when the machine amplified it so they could hear it like a stereo.

"It's perfect." She hugged him, testing out the magnetizing on the back of it and smiling when it stuck to her armors hip. "You never cease to amaze me."

Knockout grinned as his ego soared, chuckling. "Well I am a genius after all."

"Definitely." The latina giggled, setting the amplifier down then blinking when Knockout began running a claw along her chest.

The medic swiftly pressed the correct plates and caught her as the armor fell to the floor after transforming back to its dormant state. Kristina looked to him, smirking some.

"Dear doctor, are you trying to keep me distracted?" she teased.

"Maybe, or perhaps I'm just ready to hear those lovely screams of yours again." Knockout purred.

The medic went to a med berth and placed her at the head of it, laying down on his front and claws making quick work of removing her clothes. Kristina blushed softly as he stayed in his normal form, biting lip when his cold digits began raking along her flesh. He listened to her soft gasps and moans as he began licking along her chest, two fingers pressing her breasts together so his glossa slid along her nipples simultaneously.

"Ah, aaah Knockout!" she cried, gasping when she felt a digit start to slowly push into her pussy and swirl around, the taper of his claw allowing him to put in a comfortable amount to not harm her.

Knockout crooned as he watched her writhe, digit rubbing sweet spots inside her as he nuzzled her softly, another claw teasing her clitoris and grinning when she whimpered from it. The medic could feel her throbbing and climax building, shivering some as he kissed and licked her body to further stimulate. Kristina was trembling by the time he stopped before her orgasm, whining and pouting some.

"Please, I'm so close." She begged.

"You'll simply have to wait." The medic teased, releasing his holo form onto her.

Kristina bit her lip as he got between her legs, shivering when his spike came out and slowly began grinding its heated shaft against her groin. Though this raised arousal, his actions were far too slow to bring on a finish for her. She tried to wrap her legs around him, whimpering when he simply grabbed them and pulled them up so her feet dangled over his shoulders. The latinas hands clenched some as his claws started raking her inner thighs, grunting some as he bucked firmly against her.

"I need you in me, fuck, please!" she moaned, back arching slightly from his playful digits.

"Say my name." Knockout commanded, eyes glowing slightly.

"Knockout."

"I didn't hear you." He smirked.

"_Knockout._" She said through somewhat clenched teeth.

"Come on, you can do better than that." The medic grinned, slowly leaning forward and keeping her legs pressed to him.

"GOD _DAMMIT __**KNOCKOUT!**_" the latina finally screamed, trying to buck hips so he'd push in.

"That's more like it!" Knockout laughed, slamming his spike deep into her and bucking fast from the start.

Kristina grunted from the impact, shuddering but pleasure washing over her from the deep penetration. She blushed as his servos slid down and gripped her hips, lifting them up some for an even deeper hit. Knockout basked in it all as she kept shouting his name, engines revving in his desire of her. Kristina squeaked some when he suddenly sat up and moved her legs to his hips before picking her up so she was sitting in his lap. The medic smirked mischievously as he began bucking up into her, watching as she bounced on his spike. The young lady yelled out from it, panting as she pressed her forehead to his chest and groaned as he hit a pleasurable spot dead on. She winced slightly as he became a bit overzealous in his ecstasy, shuddering when his claws dug into her but blushing hotly as the pain felt wonderful.

"Knockout, nh, I'm close." Kristina struggled, holding onto him and insides clenching him some.

"So am I." he groaned, back arching slightly as overload began to hit him.

Both soon cried out in their climaxes, Kristina biting her lip when she felt Knockouts claws slowly drag over her back, feeling hot cuts follow each digit. She clung to him as they finished, cursing softly under her breath as the cold air of the ship added a sting to her wounds. Knockout sighed softly, kissing over her shoulder as she pressed to him but optics catching a glimpse of her slowly bleeding back. He froze, seeing the red liquid on his own claws.

"…a-are you alright?" he asked, very worried now.

"Yeah, just need to get cleaned up now." She chuckled, able to feel the warm streams sliding down her skin.

"I hurt you though." The medic said. "You...you're bleeding."

Knockout watched Kristina as she slowly leaned back so she could look him in the eyes, a soft smile on her lips.

"There's a little thing on Earth called masochism. It means a person likes pain during sexual moments, even if it turns as intense as this." She explained. "Though you got a tad carried away, it felt…good. Of course it hurt, but in the heat of the moment that hot pain added to the adrenaline of pleasure."

"But are you sure you're alright?" he pushed for a truthful answer.

"Please don't feel bad, Knockout. Trust me, if I had claws like yours I probably would have ruined your finish ten times over." Kristina assured him, patting his chassis some. "Besides, I always wondered how long it would take you to really use those claws of yours, I was just too shy to right out ask for it." She smirked.

Knockout sighed in gentle relief, pressing forehead to hers for a moment before pulling out and laying her on her stomach as his true form sat up once his holo disappeared.

"Stay right here, I'm going to get your first aid kit and a rag." He said, locking the door before going to his room.

Kristina rested her head on her arms as she waited, closing eyes and saddening as all her original worries began flooding back into her mind. She soon opened them back up when she felt the ship begin to take off.

"Well crap, I wonder what happened." She mumbled, squeaking when there was a sudden banging on the med bay door, face palming when she heard Starscream screech.

"Knockout! Let me in immediately!" the seeker shrieked.

"He's not here right now!" Kristina yelled over her shoulder.

"Well why is the door locked?!" he shouted.

"I don't know now go aw-AAAH!" she started but yelped as soon as she tried to get up, plopping back onto her stomach as her cuts were now stinging more than she expected from her movements. "Shit that hurts."

Knockout soon returned, freezing when he saw Starscream and quickly opening his chassis then putting his supplies in. The medic took in a breath then strolled up to the yelling seeker.

"I am Commander again and therefore rank higher than you once more. I order you to open this door immediately, human!" he shrilled, glancing to the side when he noticed Knockout.

"Problem, Commander?" the medic asked nonchalantly.

"Your pet has holed herself up in the medical bay and is refusing to unlock the doors!" Starscream glared.

"She must have a patient then, and you must be interrupting." The doctor shrugged, starting to put in the access code as he had the angry bot scoot to the side.

"You leave her to deal with patients alone?! Just how many mishaps has that caused while I was gone?" the lieutenant shrieked.

"Well she has to learn at some point now doesn't she? She's my assistant after all, Breakdown use to handle patients alone when I'd go off on missions." Knockout said matter-of-factly, peeking in then quickly holding Starscream at arm's length so he couldn't see inside. "A patient is in and under stasis, you'll have to come by some other time, Commander. _So sorry._"

Before he could even finish, Starscream was left out of the med bay as Knockout swiftly slid in and locked the doors once more. The commander shook angrily but huffed and stormed off.

"That was close." Knockout mumbled, going to the sink as he brought out the kit and his rag, running warm water over the cloth.

"Way too close." Kristina mentioned, groaning a bit as her cuts were painful.

Knockout went to her and gently dabbed away the blood, wincing slightly when he noticed the wounds were somewhat deep as if a knife had been taken to her flesh.

"They're worse than I thought…I'm so sorry about this." He apologized, placing the first aid kit next to her. "So how do we do this? You've never really shown me how to heal the human body in instances like this."

"I'll be fine, just be a little careful to not go so deep next time." Kristina chuckled, pulling out a large cotton swab and somewhat soaking it in rubbing alcohol. "First off, dab this all over my wounds, it'll disinfect and kill bacteria."

The young lady braced herself some, wincing as it burned but taking the pain as he finally cleaned each cut. She struggled to sit up but managed, showing him gauze and big bandages and how to use medical tape to keep it over her injuries.

"We'll have to change that out daily, maybe even twice. So as soon as we can, we need to run to the store and buy more supplies for this." Kristina explained, sighing in relief to have her wounds covered as she redressed.

"I suppose that also means no interfacing for a while until those heal up enough." Knockout pouted a bit.

"Yeah, I know what it feels like to rip open a large cut. I'd like to avoid that at all costs." She laughed. "Sorry hun."

"Don't apologize, it's my own fault." He waved leisurely, sighing some. "At least we have new supplies to work with in the lab."

"You mean that trailer? What's in there anyway?" the young lady questioned.

Knockout smirked slightly as he knew she'd enjoy his find.

"Protoforms."


	17. Chapter 17

Kristina strolled through the halls for some free time away from lab research, stretching then looking to a large door that belonged to the Insecticon hive. She hummed in thought for a moment before building up the courage and opened the door, going in and looking up as the walls seemed to be moving. The young lady willed away a shiver when hissing and growls were made at her arrival, closing the door and the only lights being the eyes of the beasts.

"I've come for an experiment." She stated, holding up her amplifier and starting some music.

Kristina listened as they all suddenly got quiet and stilled, beats to the melody soon dropping low in bass and watching as their heads began to bob some with it. She smiled a bit, turning up the volume at a key moment and seeing their optic visors glow brightly at the bass. A rather large Insecticon soon flew to her and landed hard, going up and close to her.

"What is this sound?" he questioned in a guttural voice, tilting head.

"It's Earth music that's called dubstep. One of your brothers seemed to like it before and since you guys don't seem to have much entertainment around here, I thought I'd let y'all listen for a bit." She explained, letting him examine the amplifier. "What's your name?"

"I am Bombshock." He stated boldly. "You are the human girl that stays with the doctor, yes?"

"I am. My name is Kristina." The young lady replied, changing the song to 'Bass Cannon' that had ranges of high pitched sounds.

Kristina jumped a bit as the hive began screeching their battle cries with the high pitches as if singing with it, Bombshock doing the same and seeming greatly pleased with the music. She flinched slightly when many others landed and surrounded her, all wanting to be as close as possible to the sound waves. The young lady started to feel claustrophobic from the situation, Bombshock suddenly hissing loudly and causing the others to back away to give her some space.

"Heh, thanks." Kristina said, the leader staying by her side.

"The Queen must be comfortable amongst the hive." He stated, getting a stare from her.

"…um…Queen?" she asked with a blink.

"Only a Queen is able to grasp the attention of the entire hive and control them in such a way. You are doing so with your Earth music." The Insecticon explained. "Look around you, all attention is upon you."

_Oh fuck me, I knew I might gain mild control for missions but not royal status._ She thought to herself, simply giving a smile to him. "Oh, well, don't mention that around Megatron, alright? You know how he can be."

Bombshock simply gave her a tilted head at the notion, causing Kristina to put a hand to her head as she tried to think of an explanation.

"Um…Megatron is your leader, you know that, right?" she asked.

"You are our Queen though!" one voice piped up from the crowd.

"Music Queen is our Master!" another shouted, many others nodding in agreement.

"Noooo no no no, Megatron is your Master. I'm under his command, therefore so are you if I really am your Queen." Kristina explained firmly, getting more head tilts as a response. "Ok, I'll put it this way. I am setting a rule that must not be broken, you will all follow Megatrons command when ordered to do something, ok?"

Many Insecticons looked at each other in confusion, some watching Bombshock for his reply. The leader scratched his head some before looking to her again.

"We will follow Megatrons commands unless they cause you harm, Music Queen." The leader spoke.

"Ok, that makes sense. Next rule, never ever ever EVER call me Queen in front of Megatron… or Starscream. It will make them believe I will cause a retaliation against him and therefore he'll try to kill me for it." Kristina said.

"We would destroy them both before they could lay a claw upon you, Music Queen!" an Insecticon shouted zealously, the hive growling in approval at the statement.

"Alright, I wholeheartedly accept your protection. Final rule, never hurt Knockout, the doctor on this ship." She commanded, glad that this rule was easily understood as they nodded.

"He is your mate, correct?" Bombshock asked.

Kristina's face turned red at that, standing there for a moment before snapping her brain out of the shock of the question.

"HMMM?" she could only manage, quickly placing hands on her hips to have an assertive pose. "A-Another rule, the Queens mateship shall never be questioned!...Or brought up in front of the Decepticon forces!"

"Yes Queen!" they all spoke in unison, much to her relief that they were getting the hang of her orders.

"Alright, now how about some more music?" she asked, smiling as they got excited when she played more.

* * *

Kristina finally left after a few hours, her ears ringing some from all of the constant music and Insecticon screeching.

"I need some fresh air." She mumbled to herself, going to the landing bay and seeing the Predacon having returned after its arctic freeze.

The young lady frowned deeply when she saw Starscream start yelling at it to get into a kennel, quickly running to them when he hit the Predacon with his Energon Prod.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" she shrieked at the seeker, pushing him away from the beast.

"Megatron put me in command of that creature!" he shouted back, aiming his prod at her. "Stay out of it!"

"You better point that away before I smack you down for it." She glared. "And you can't just whack a big animal and expect it to follow your orders, you're just going to piss it off!"

"Oh what could you possibly know about Predacon taming?" Starscream sneered incredulously.

"I know it's an animal ten times both our sizes and you have to handle such a creature with respect. Being his size and the fact that he was made in a lab, he has to have some sort of sentient intelligence. I highly doubt that Shockwave would leave his own creation with a small brain." Kristina explained, smacking the prod away angrily as it was still in her direction.

"Fine, handle it yourself and see just how well you do. It'll only attack you like it did me!" the lieutenant spat, folding his arms.

Kristina huffed, stepping towards the Predacon but stopping once it hissed, holding up her hands some as she slowly squatted down in front of it.

"It's ok." She said in a soft voice, keeping her hands up in an open position.

"What in the AllSpark are you _doing?_" Starscream laughed, shaking his head at how ridiculous she looked.

The Predacon soon glared at the seeker but turned his attention back to the armored human before him as she made soft kissing sounds.

"Don't bother with him, if he tries to hurt you again I'll punch him in the face." Kristina spoke kindly, making a gentle 'come here' motion with her hands.

The beast watched her with its serious optics, slowly leaning head down to her and sniffing some. He blinked when she gently stroked his mandible, having not expected any gentle touches. The Predacon slowly moved further, snout touching her dome some as they clinked against each other. Kristina giggled slightly at that, rising carefully back to a standing position but making mild stops along the way if he hissed when she went too quickly.

"Now, how about you get into your kennel for a nap? I'm sure Megatron wants you rested up before you next mission." She hummed, petting behind one of his horns and getting a soft growl, watching his tail sway.

Starscream's jaw dropped as the beast wasn't burning her to a crisp by now, growling as he gripped his prod and stomped over to them.

"This is ridiculous! How can you possibly tame it when you'r-" he berated but soon made a high shriek when the Predacon roared viciously and released a blast of fire at him.

Kristina pursed her lips together as she tried not to laugh, quickly putting hands back up as the beast growled at her when he expected a retaliation.

"He's an idiot, right?" she kept her voice soft, holding hands out again. "You were completely justified in trying to burn him alive."

The beast blinked as he heard how quiet her voice stayed, surprised she wasn't angry and yelling for his attack. Kristina patted a mandible as he moved his head close to her again, watching her as she backed away some then pointed to the kennel.

"Go take a nap. You're gonna need it, sweetie." She said, walking over to it and pointing again, whistling to him. "Come on, now."

The Predacon huffed some, walking over into the kennel then looking to her again.

"That's a good boy." She said, petting his head some and earning another soft growl then rolling eyes some as she could feel Starscream glaring at them. "You can't tame a big beast like this, Starscream. You can only treat him respectfully and hope he reciprocates it."

"Please, respecting a mindless beast is the most idiotic thing I've heard. I hardly call 'letting you live' to be respect." He frowned.

"He's yet to shoot even an ember at me, yet he's already singed the top of your head." Kristina pointed out, rubbing under the Predacons chin but soon moving her hand away as he snapped at her when she touched a tendril he didn't like. "It's ok, I won't touch there again."

The beast huffed at that, suddenly pushing her down to a sitting position and plopping his head in her lap. Kristina shook her head with a laugh, petting his head gently when he growled impatiently.

"See? He's even pushing you around." Starscream mocked.

"He's a big animal, of course he's gonna try and get his way with pettings by force, you idiot." She threw back, stroking his horns some. "That's just how some animals are when they want something."

"And showing greater force should put a beast in line." He glowered, stomping over to them and pointing his prod at the Predacon. "Rise up, beast, I command you!" the seeker shouted, suddenly striking his snout.

Kristina yelped when the beast sprang up in a blur and tackled the screaming lieutenant for that, quickly getting up and keeping a distance but making quiet shooshing sounds. The beast snarled at her, glaring harshly and hissing as they stared each other down for a few tense moments. She took a small step towards him but shrieked when he sent a blast of fire at her. The latina braced her footing to the floor, staying where she was as the fire finally stopped and she was left with heat waves floating from her armor. Kristina slowly opened her eyes and looked him in his optics, carefully moving down to a squatting position again.

"It's ok." She said quietly. "I invaded your space when you were tense and I'm sorry for that."

"_Why are you apologizing?_" Starscream asked through clenched denta, stiff in fear as he was pinned under the beasts' claws.

"Animals only attack when feeling threatened or provoked. They always have a reason." Kristina explained in a calm voice, keeping eyes to the Predacons optics. "Isn't that right?"

The beast watched her with glaring eyes, all tense for a good few minutes before he finally leaned his head towards her and huffed in her face as if demanding something. The young lady obliged with a soft petting on his cheek, gaining a purr from him.

"I need you to go back for a rest, ok?" she said gently, standing again and leading him back to the kennel.

Starscream took in a deep breath when the Predacon finally released him, staying where he was for a few seconds before scrambling back onto his pedes. Kristina patted the beast for a moment then walked away despite his growling, going and standing next to the seeker before turning back to Predacon.

"Remember what I promised you earlier about him hurting you again?" she asked, suddenly punching Starscream square in the face and sending him flying several yards away. "There you go, sweetie."

The Predacon growled in approval at that, watching her expectantly as he was waiting for her to go back to him.

"Sorry buddy, but I gotta get back to work in the med bay. I'm sure Knockout's looking for me by now." Kristina apologized, turning but stopping as she saw Megatron coming out from the ship over to them.

"Master! This wretch struck me for trying to discipline the beast!" Starscream shrilled, a servo on his face as it hurt badly.

"What are you even doing out here?" Megatron glared some at Kristina. "You're a medical assistant, not a beast tamer."

"I came out for some air. I'm sorry Sir, but Starscream was handling the Predacon in the dumbest manner that could have gotten himself killed." She explained. "I know how big creatures like him work, and striking a large animal repeatedly until it snaps isn't how to do so. It's a sure fire way to cause a rampage."

"Well since you're such an expert and beasts, then I'm going to have you go with it on a mission to a fossil excavation. One of our teams has yet to report in and I want to know why." The leader ordered.

"I…y-yes Sir." The young lady replied. _Knockout will be so pissed when he finds out about this._

"You can't be serious Master, putting a human in charge of a mission?!" Starscream argued, wincing as his face stung when he spoke.

"Silence, Starscream! I have made my command!" Megatron shouted, the seeker shrinking back.

Kristina looked to the Predacon and waved him over, smiling when he went to her as two Vehicons were called in to accompany them. The group went through a ground bridge, finding Ultra Magnus' ship nearby once they got there.

"Alright, Predacon you go-AAAAH!" she shrieked as he bound past her to a cave, having sensed Autobots inside. "….ok I guess he's on his own mission then."

The Vehicons contained their laughs from it, straightening up a bit when she turned to them and began walking to the ship after bringing out her cannon for ready fire. Kristina stayed wary though the exit floor was already down and ready to accept a new passenger.

"Follow me in, have your blasters ready." She ordered, aiming her canon up into the ship as she got to the exit panel.

The trio cautiously got on and rose up into the ship, searching the entire aircraft to make sure it was empty. Kristina touched a button on a wall curiously and smirked some as it revealed hanging weapons.

"Nice." She commented, putting away her cannon and picking up a large pronged blaster. "Wonder how strong this one is."

The Vehicons looked over the weapons themselves, all three jolting when a large explosion went off outside.

"Outside now!" The latina commanded, quickly getting out with them and weapons ready.

Kristina looked around when she saw a large blasted fault in the ground, soon noticing Miko stopping in her tracks while on her way to the ship. The young lady quickly spread her arms out to her sides to stop the soldiers as they aimed their weapons at the teen.

"She's not worth the shots." She stated, all looking up when the Predacon burst from the ground and dropped a fossil between them.

Miko yelped as the beast landed right behind her, putting her arms up to shield her and bracing herself for an attack. The girl heard a screeching roar then a clang of metal, opening her eyes when she realized she wasn't getting killed after a few seconds. Kristina was struggling as she held the Predacon by its jaws, keeping it from biting the teen in half.

"NO." the latina said loud and firmly, shaking a bit as she was using all her strength against the beast. "Our mission was to check on the excavation. You've done your job, take that fossil back to Megatron. _Now._"

The Predacon glared at her with a hiss, swiftly lifting his head up to full height and pulling Kristina up with him. He began shaking his head roughly, growling angrily when she refused to let go. Miko quickly ran off and hid behind a rock as the Vehicons could only watch since they were of no match to the beast. The Predacon finally managed to slam her down into the dirt, pinning her with his large claws and roaring in her face furiously. Kristina trembled in fear but looked him in the optics, waiting for him to finish his screech before speaking.

"I-It's ok." She simply said, earning a confused stare from the beast.

Kristina gently patted one of his talons, keeping a calm air about her in order to alleviate the tense situation.

"You're just mad that I interrupted your hunt, right? That's understandable, but we have a job to do." She spoke quietly, keeping self still when Megatron blared in her comm link.

"I want a status report immediately." The leader ordered.

Kristina kept eyes to the Predacons, carefully reaching to her communicator and pressing it.

"Autobot attack, Sir. The Predacon went after them and returned with a fossil." She replied calmly, suppressing her shaky tone.

"Then return immediately." Megatron commanded, closing the link.

"You heard him, Predacon. We have to go back now. I know you at least listen to Megatron." Kristina spoke to the beast, petting his claw again.

The Predacon glared slightly but finally got off, stomping over to where he dropped the fossil and retrieving it before taking flight and leaving the area. Kristina finally let out a sigh, sitting up and calling in to Soundwave for a ground bridge She managed to stand and shake herself off a bit before going in with the others, glad to see Megatron wasn't there waiting for them. The latina quickly went into the ship, going straight for the med bay.

* * *

**A/N: Sorry, no Knockout in this one, but the story will go on as usual!**


	18. Chapter 18

"You did **_WHAT?!_**" Knockout shouted, completely angry with his partner as they walked down the halls and entered the lab.

"I'm sorryyyy." Kristina apologized in a pathetic voice as she didn't like him being mad. "I just can't stand by when a poor animal is being abused."

"It's not some helpless puppy, it's a Predacon!" the medic berated her. "You are not to go near it again, do you understand?!"

"Uh, kinda hard when Megatron paired me up with him on our last mission. He might do it again, so your little order doesn't hold much compared to his." She stated, whimpering as he glared. "_I'm sorry!_"

Knockout huffed and stomped off back to his work, welding up some broken parts on a protoform.

"Well while you were out gallivanting with that monster, I was here doing all this work myself." He frowned.

"…if it makes you feel any better, my cuts kinda ripped open when I was fighting the Predacon away from killing that girl. So…I'm in quite a bit of pain right now if that's punishment enough." Kristina tried to reason.

"How in the AllSpark is that supposed to make me feel better?!" Knockout snapped at her.

"I don't know, I don't know how to handle these angry situations with you! I'm sorry!" she whined, falling to her knees and hugging his waist pitifully.

"Stop that, get up right now." He huffed, smacking her dome when she refused. "You're being ridiculous now get up!"

"Are you still gonna be mad at me when I get up?" the young lady sniffled.

"_What do you think?_" he asked sarcastically.

"Then I'm not getting up!" Kristina wailed, pressing dome to his side and keeping arms around him.

Knockout just about slashed his claws at her but growled and went back to working on fixing the protoform. Kristina stayed where she was for at least half an hour, Cylas making a low groan as he began to wake from having passed out from a SynthEn experiment hours ago. He began to start begging for help in a strained voice.

"Get off me and go shut him up!" Knockout suddenly shouted.

Kristina squeaked and quickly got up, grabbing an energon prod and ramming it into the hybrids side. Cylas yelled out in immense pain before passing out once more, the latina sighing and putting the prod back. She was about to go back to her original position but leaned back when Knockout pushed his welding tool in her face.

"We are not repeating that situation. If you want to be helpful and make me stop being mad at you, get to work on buffing the other protoform." He glared.

"O-Ok!" she replied, quickly getting the rotary buff and working on the second blank bot._ He's scarier than Megatron right now._

The two stayed in silence as they busied themselves, Kristina sighing some as she finished buffing all appendages. She leaned against a berth but bumped a switch on her amplifier, blushing hard when "Hooked On A Feeling" began playing loudly. The latina stayed frozen as the 'ooga-chakas' went on for a moment as Knockout slowly looked at her. Kristina stood there before suddenly singing words.

"I can't stop this feeliiing." She sang, leaning towards him. "Deep insiiide of me."

"What are you doing?" Knockout asked flatly, raising a brow as she kept going and was soon behind him.

"When you hold me, in your arms so tight, you let me know, everything's all riiiight." She continued, dramatically hugging him during the verse. "IIII'm hooked on a feeling!"

"_Stop it._" He stated, grunting when she lifted him in her embrace.

"That you're in love with meeee!" the latina phrased, keeping him firmly in her hold. "I'm not gonna stop singing until you stop frowning!"

"Put me down!" he shouted, wriggling in her strong hold as she simply twirled with him with the music. "Fine! I'm not mad at you anymore!"

"You're a liaaaar!" she sang, bringing him down and dipping him as if they were dancing, hand on his lower back. "Forgive meeee!"

Knockout tried his best to keep his anger about it, pursing his lips some but the urge to laugh bubbling up inside him from the ridiculous situation. The medic finally let go a smile much to Kristina's relief, leaning up to her some to kiss her dome then freezing when Starscream came in. Knockout quickly flung his leg out then hooked it around his partners' hip, heel hitting the amplifier and successfully stopping the music.

"What's wrong?" Kristina asked.

"_Hello Commander._" The medic said rather loudly, yelping when he was suddenly dropped on his back as Kristina stood straight up.

"What were you two doing?" Starscream asked suspiciously, raising a brow to the young lady when she turned to him.

"Friends dance with friends it's an Earth thing SHUT UP STARSCREAM!" she suddenly shouted, swiftly going to the protoform and buffing it.

The seeker blinked, glancing to Knockout who simply gave him a shrug when he stood.

"Humans, right?" the medic chuckled. "Such a silly species with their dances."

"Ridiculous is more like it. What's more stupid though is that you were taking part in it, doctor." Starscream frowned to him.

"It was just a bit of fun, Starscream. No need to get your cables in a twist over it." Knockout waved off, checking over the protoform he was working on.

"And just what are those for? What use is there for protoforms on this ship?" The seeker interrogated.

"Scientific research of course, but you wouldn't know. You're a military officer." Knockout reminded, holding a servo up as he was about to be further questioned but got an order on his comm link. "Sorry, Commander. I've got my shift of Monitor Duty again. Come along, Kristina."

"Yes doctor." She said, putting the buffer away then physically picking Starscream up and walking out with him.

"What are you doing, put me down this instant!" he shrilled.

"No unauthorized personnel in the lab without supervision of a science officer. So sorry." Kristina stated, putting him down once Knockout put in the lock code and walking off with him.

Starscream frowned as they left him, clicking his claws on his arm once he folded them.

"Those two are hiding something."

* * *

"My Liege, we've located another Predacon energy signature." Knockout said proudly as the partners went outside to report to Megatron.

"Excellent. Go and retrieve it immediately, do not fail me." He ordered, scratching behind the Predacons horns as it had recently returned with its fossil.

"Well with a human tagging along, just how good are the doctors chances of success?" Starscream mocked as he sauntered over to them.

"You'd understand failure, wouldn't you Starscream? From what Kristina told me, you couldn't control the beast even once." Knockout smirked.

"That's not true! I can get the beast to heed my command any time I want, I tamed him to do so!" the seeker shrilled indignantly.

"If that's the case then why don't you approach him?" Kristina questioned.

"Fine!" he huffed, walking over to it and reaching to pat its head, shrieking when the beast snapped at him angrily.

Kristina stifled a laugh as the seeker stumbled back, blinking when she was suddenly being nudged roughly by the Predacon. Knockout frowned, about to go and pull his partner away but stopping when she started petting him without the trouble Starscream experienced.

"You're so pushy." She said to the beast.

Megatron raised a brow, frowning to Starscream. "A human has better control over this beast than my own second-in-command."

The lieutenant growled as he glared at Kristina. "She just got lucky, that's all." He said flatly. "And did you know they have protoforms in their lab?"

Megatrons brow furrowed, looking to the partners. "What for?"

The two looked at each other, silently agreeing on a plan in that moment before looking to their leader.

"We have no idea what he's talking about." They said in unison.

"What?! I just saw you two fixing them up! How dare you lie to your Master?!" Starscream yelled.

"My Liege, Starscream must have sipped some high grade or something. Why in the world would we have protoforms lying around in the lab?" Knockout questioned.

"Then you wouldn't mind if I checked your lab, correct?" the leader asked firmly.

"Not at all, Lord Megatron." The medic said smoothly, turning as they all went inside.

Starscream eyed the partners, his frown deepening. _They're way too calm, those protoforms were out in the open when we left._

Knockout unlocked the lab and strolled in, looking around some. "I see no protoforms here, do you, my Liege?"

"What?!" Starscream yelled, storming in and stuttering when he saw the wall empty where the blank bots had been. "B-But they were just there! I swear to you, Mast-"

"Enough, Starscream! False allegations are a waste of my time and I will not have it!" Megatron shouted at the lieutenant, looking to the partners. "You two go on with your mission now."

"Yes, my Liege." Knockout answered with a slight bow, all leaving the lab and locking it behind him.

Kristina smirked some as they went their separate ways, able to hear Megatron berating Starscream down the hall.

"How did you do that, Knockout?" she asked casually.

"Remote controlled closing is a wonderful thing when you need to hide experiments after one leaves." The medic chuckled.

* * *

Kristina sat in the passenger's side as they drove through the city, her plate of armor belted in the backseat. She yawned some as it was somewhat late but kept a bit alert by fiddling with her weapon band as they drove up to the museum. Knockout blared his lights at two figures in front of them, seeing it was Agent Fowler and Nurse Darby as one was holding the fossil. Kristina watched as his blasters came out and phased them unconscious, soon having them in the back of his trunk.

"Really Knockout, another hostage situation?" Kristina groaned some, plopping back into her seat after putting the box with the fossil in the backseat.

"Nothing wrong with a little leverage." The medic chuckled as he sped off, contacting base but getting no response. "That's odd."

"Communications must be down. Wonder why though." Kristina said, rolling eyes as they could hear the two captives arguing in the trunk. "Do you two mind?!"

"They bicker like an old married couple." Knockout laughed, chuckling more when they could hear them firmly state they weren't dating.

"Old people tend to bicker with each other anyway." Kristina stated, smirking a bit when a muffled 'hey!' was shouted by June.

Knockout chuckled, trying to find a communication channel that was working. "Alright is anyone up there receiving me?!"

"Maybe we're in a hot spot?" Kristina mentioned, sitting in boredom as they drove around for another half hour before he tried again.

"Knockout to base, requesting a ground bridge…_again._" He said in annoyance. "I'm not going to be driving all ni-" he started but moved his rear view mirror down when it caught a glimpse of Fowler pushing his way from a moveable seat.

Kristina squeaked in surprise when his hand shot out and grabbed the wheel, gripping the dashboard for a moment as Knockout was forced to make a sharp turn into a train station area.

"Stop that, you idiot!" she shouted at him, elbowing him hard in the cheek as he got into the front seat and slammed on the break.

Kristina grunted as she was forced forward, her seatbelt holding her firmly in place before she could get rammed against the dash but getting mild whiplash. She frowned as Fowler jumped out of Knockout, June taking the boxed fossil and running in another direction.

"Dammit!" she shouted, getting out and pulling the armor with her, activating it then going after June.

Kristina stopped when she heard Knockout yell in pain, looking back to him. "Knockout?!"

"I'm fine, just go after her!" he ordered, rubbing at his optics as he had been pepper sprayed.

The young lady turned back, looking around and cursing under her breath as June was already hiding.

"Hide and seek it is, then." Knockout spoke mischievously, both of them searching between the resting trains.

Kristina looked about carefully, peeking into open carts when she would pass one. She looked up when Knockout managed to catch Fowler a few minutes later, going over to his area.

"Last chance, she-human. Come out now or your boyfriend gets it." The medic threatened, both looking to a rail as the train moved and revealed June.

"Ok first off, NOT my boyfriend!" she frowned. "Second, put him down or you'll never see your precious talon again!" she stated, throwing down the box and breaking it to reveal it was empty.

Knockout growled and swiped her up into his free servo, Kristina looking around when June admitted it was in a train cart. A thought struck her, turning to where the moving train went.

"It's gotta be there, Knockout." The latina pointed, quickly pushing her plates to unform her armor and getting into him as he transformed while putting the hostages in his backseat.

Kristina transformed her arm band to the blaster and aimed it at their captives, keeping her sights on them while Knockout concentrated on speeding to the train.

"If you two try anything again I'll shoot." She warned.

"Why are you helping them?" June asked, struggling with her tight seatbelt keeping them tied to the seat. "I always heard about you but I could never bring myself to believe that a young girl was actually helping these monsters!"

"SHUT UP!" Kristina yelled at hearing that final word, charging her blaster. "You don't know anything!"

"Hey hey HEY! Don't shoot that off at full power inside me, are you insane?!" Knockout interjected when he heard the charging.

"Sorry, Knockout." She apologized, pressing a button to reverse the action but keeping the weapon aimed at them.

"Explain to us why then, why would you help the Decepticons?" Fowler asked calmly. "Surely you have some family, someone you care about. They, along with the entire planet, are in danger because of these guys."

Kristina faltered a bit as she aimed directly at him, starting to shake slightly as she tried to control her emotions at having her family mentioned. Knockout finally got through in communications to the Nemesis, the latina staying silent as he spoke with Megatron for a bit before carrying out his order.

"No more talking." She finally said to their captives, voice cracking a bit.

"Just ignore them, Kristina." Knockout said, shifting gears and speeding more.

"Kristina…please help us." June implored. "I don't understand why you'd help them but not your own kind."

"I said no more talking!" she yelled, aiming the blaster directly at her now.

"Hey, you point that thing away from her right now!" Fowler shouted as his protective nature spiked.

"Shut up!" Kristina shouted back, aiming it at him again.

"Just tell us what's wrong, Kristina!" June pleaded loudly. "Why are you helping them?!"

"BECAUSE I LOVE HIM!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, freezing when she realized what she just said.

There was a tense few seconds of shock before Knockout suddenly transformed when he ramped into the air, letting the hostages go but catching Kristina and the armor plate as he landed on the open top train cart. The medic quickly grabbed the talon then jumped off and transformed back to vehicle mode, going at top speed.

"I need a ground bridge right now or else the Autobots are going to get the specimen!" he nearly shouted into the comm link, speeding through the bridge once it finally opened.

Kristina reverted her weapon to an arm band, breathing a bit hard from the adrenaline of it all and shaking some.

"Straighten yourself up, we're going to Megatron." He whispered from his radio, letting her out and transforming.

Kristina got back into her armor, following Knockout to the control center and staying behind him as the medic held the talon up.

"Excellent work, you two. That's more than I can say for Starscream." Megatron growled as he looked to his SIC.

"It was the beasts' fault that communications went down, Master! I told you he whipped his tail and crashed the satellite dish!" Starscream explained, trying to take the blame off himself.

"You hit him again, didn't you?" Kristina huffed.

"You stay out of this, wretch!" the seeker shrieked at her, cowering when Megatron glared at him.

"Enough, everyone go back to their duties." The leader ordered, dismissing them with a wave of his hand after taking the fossil.

The partners bowed as they left, going down the halls in a somewhat awkward silence. Kristina tried to think as to why she admitted what she did, knowing the anxiety and adrenaline mixed into a harsh situation. They walked into the lab and Knockout pressed a button on a control, walls opening and pushing out hanging protoforms. Kristina bit her lip as she took in a breath to speak.

"Knockout, about what I said earlier….I…I'm sorry if that made you uncomfortable." She finally said.

"Did you mean it?" he asked casually while checking cables and joints on the blank bot.

"I…I think I did." She stuttered, looking away when Knockout turned to her.

"It's a yes or no." the medic stated somewhat firmly.

"…yeah…I did." The latina replied, blushing deeply and stomach tightening.

"Well good then, because I do too." He said nonchalantly, turning back and making tweaks between some armor plates of the protoform.

Kristina blinked and looked at him, staring for a moment. "You do?"

"Of course I do. I've cared about you for a long time, so I wasn't surprised when I realized my feelings became quite deep." Knockout explained.

"But…how can you say this so easily? And how long have you felt like that for me?" she questioned.

"About a month now. And I say it with ease because I knew you felt the same, I was just waiting for you to come out with it." He clarified.

"Why not be the first to say it, though?" the latina wondered, tilting head some when he let out a sigh.

"I had my own fears. I read that it can be a deal breaker for humans if one says such a thing too early in the relationship." Knockout spoke. "I've also been worried about getting too caught up in such emotions and Megatron noticing. I have a feeling Starscream already suspects we're hiding something, but I don't think he knows exactly what. Now that we lied about the protoforms he at least thinks it's just that, so that's got him off the main trail."

Kristina listened, thinking about his words and twiddling her fingers some.

"It was hard for me to say it. I've…never fallen this hard for someone. Never been able to say 'I love you' in a relationship way." She explained. "It's really hard when someone has anxiety and trust issues like I do. I rarely trust someone when they say nice things to me."

"But you trust me, right?" Knockout said over his shoulder.

"Of course I do, you're one of the few. It's just all new to me." Kristina teared up some. "Never thought I'd hear someone say it to me that wasn't family."

Knockout looked at her once more, going and placing a servo on her arm gently. "You can trust that I mean what I say. You know that."

Kristina smiled some, looking to his optics. "Yeah…I do."

"Good. Now, what was that song you were playing earlier? I really liked it." He smirked.

The young lady grinned widely, turning on her amplifier and the lab filling with music as they continued on with their scientific research.

* * *

**A/N: The answer is yes, I watched Guardians of the Galaxy and that's a big reason that song came up in this chapter. SHUSH.**


	19. Chapter 19

Kristina strolled back from the Insecticon hive after a session of loud music with them, walking into the lab and frowning when she saw Starscream as he was complaining.

"What is he doing here?" she groaned.

"I can go wherever I please on this ship, human." The seeker glared at her, looking back to Knockout. "As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted."

Kristina rolled her eyes, going and getting an injector and putting a vial of SynthEn into its holder as the seeker continued to whine about his troubles.

"This new formula's ready." She said, handing it to Knockout as she pretended Starscream wasn't there.

Cylas groaned as he begged for help, the seeker simply chuckling.

"Whatever have you been doing to poor Cylas?" he snickered.

"Painful and excruciating experiments of course." The medic said, firmly injecting into the hybrid.

"Doesn't it bother you to be basically torturing Breakdown?" Starscream wondered.

"Not really." Knockout stated. "Besides, he deserves every single painful shot for what he did to my former partner."

Cylas' eyes began to glow, starting to shake and thrash against his binds before passing out. The trio watched as he suddenly lunged forward a few seconds later and began shouting threats to Starscream.

"There are side effects to the Synthetic Energon though, sheer unbridled aggression." Knockout explained.

Kristina stood right next to the berth and observed casually, taking notes on a data pad. She used what symbols of Cybertronian she had learned in order to make simple reminders of what to change, unfazed as this was the umpteenth time she'd witnessed Cylas' adverse reaction.

"Don't think you're safe either, you bitch! I'm going to rip you out of that armor and tear you apart limb from limb!" the hybrid shouted at her.

"Oh Cylas, such a charmer." She said boredly as she kept taking notes before looking up to Knockout. "His aggression only worsened with this batch, last time he just said he'd squish me and his language wasn't so bad."

"This rage could be useful to Megatron, though." Starscream smirked. "He's been wanting a beastly super soldier, perhaps instead of an alternative energy source, we can use it to suit up our soldiers?"

"Not a bad idea, could be very useful." Knockout agreed. "Why not bring it up to Lord Megatron?"

"I think I will." The seeker chuckled, walking out with his plan to impress their leader.

Kristina raised a brow some and waited for him to be gone before speaking.

"We're doing this so we have unlimited energon to use on me for the implantation into the protoform, not for the damn military." She frowned a bit.

"Oh let Starscream go on about his idiocy, I doubt Megatron will even want to listen since he's so busy with the Predacon project." Knockout chuckled, looking over her notes. "You misspelled a few words and your grammar is terrible."

"Shut up." She laughed. "You know learning another language is hard for most humans."

"I suppose Cybertronian isn't as easy as it looks, of course I have a translator built into my system just like other bots do. You humans only have little brains where hardly a percentage of it is used from what I've read." The medic smirked.

"Keep it up and I'll let Cylas get you." Kristina chuckled, looking over the data pad as he showed her the correct spellings and a few new symbols for her.

Knockout handed the pad back to her and injected a Cylas a few more times before walking out and waiting in the hall for Starcream. Kristina stayed behind for observation, noting how long he passed out for then typing in his symptoms as he thrashed even more wildly when he awoke.

"You'll suffer for this you disgusting **_cunt!_**" Cylas roared, fighting against his binds. "I'll pull out your intestines and strangle you with them!"

"That's a new word for you. Oh Cylas, here I thought we were becoming such good friends." She said sarcastically, typing away then swiping the screen to start a new page.

Kristina hummed as he kept insulting her, clicking her tongue a bit as he let out another yell as Starscream and Knockout returned.

"Just how much of that Synthetic Energon did you administer?!" The seeker shrieked.

"Three doses." Kristina said nonchalantly, poking Cylas on the shoulder as he calmed down again despite his heavy breathing. "His provocation levels have lowered back to normal. He's also spiraling back down from his energon high faster whenever we inject more into him. He's running low on his natural reserves again."

"Hm, perhaps upping the chemical base would help." Knockout pondered.

"This won't do!" Starscream huffed. "We need him to be controllable and lasting, what am I supposed to do with yet another unruly beas-…wait."

"What now?" the medic questioned.

"Stay right here, I'll be back." Starscream ordered, sprinting out of the room.

"Great, another idiot plan from him." She huffed. "Why don't military officers realize they don't belong in in the lab? Human military does the exact same thing, it's so stupid."

Knockout shrugged, looking over Kristina's notes again and showing her how to correct the mistakes she made. Starscream soon returned with a struggled grunt, the partners blinking when he dropped a crate with purple glowing from its slits onto the table.

"Dark Energon?! Are you out of your mind?" Knockout shouted.

"On the contrary, I'm quite positive and sane about this experiment. Adding Dark Energon will give Megatron full control over these soldiers." Starscream explained smugly.

"You do remember what it did to the damn ship, right?" Kristina mentioned.

"What was a massive infusion! I'm simply thinking a drop or two would work." The seeker stated.

"I would need Shockwaves approval, he's the lead in science now, remember?" Knockout reminded him, tone very incredulous to this plan.

"Not with this, super soldiers fall under Military action, so you report to ME." Starscream glared. "Understood?"

Kristina gave him a squinting look like he was an idiot, glancing to Knockout when the medic opened the crate and took some samples to make a batch.

"You can**_not_** be serious, this is a stupid idea!" she huffed.

"Sorry Kristina, but since Starscream ranks higher than us again and he demands a testing for military needs, I must heed his word." The medic stated, starting the chemical process of breaking down the dark matter into a SynthEn mix.

"Yes, why don't you go and tidy up a medical closet, _Kristina?_" Starscream mocked, waving his servo to shoo her off.

"I swear to God I will punch you by the end of today." She glared at him, going to Knockout and helping with the batch.

It took an hour to fully make the Dark SynthEn, Knockout putting the vial into his injector then giving Cylas a full dose. They all waited for a new reaction, Starscream growling when the hybrid passed out again.

"Humans, always unrelia-GAH!" he screeched as Cylas suddenly sprang to life, getting smacked away once the lab rat broke one of his bonds.

Kristina practically threw her data pad down as she got ready to defend Knockout, both the medic and seeker quickly getting behind her. All watched as Cylas took a few steps after freeing himself then fell to the floor.

"He burned through his reserves again." Knockout observed.

"Then let's withhold anymore injections, just until he calms that is." Starscream said shakily.

"Need…energon…" Cylas mumbled, slowly looking up to them and mouth suddenly deforming to that of a Terrorcons, spiked tentacle springing from his throat.

"Oh nuh-uh, this is some Alien shit." Kristina said, clenching fists up as the hybrid rose and stumbled to her.

She quickly drew back a fist and punched him hard when he shot his tentacle at her, sending him back a few steps but not fazing him.

"Do you think he's trying to suck our energon with that thing?!" Starscream shrieked.

"Looks that way." Knockout answered nervously, both shivering behind their body guard.

Cylas hissed and shot his tentacle out a few times, mandibles wriggling at the sides of his mouth.

"Oh _fuck this_." Kristina said, quickly turning around and hoisting both bots over her shoulders before sprinting out of the room.

The latina slammed through the door as she ran down the hall, Cylas speeding after them with hisses and growls.

"Nh, you two hold him off for me!" Starscream ordered, transforming and trying to blast out of her hold.

Kristina held onto him tightly, looking back as she saw she wasn't getting much distance from the Terrorcon.

"Knockout, go with him!" she yelled, letting Starscream go and throwing her partner onto him right when he blasted away.

Knockout looked back in shock, smacking the seeker on a wing. "We have to go back and help her!"

"Your pet can handle herself!" he shrieked. "She even told you to leave!"

The medic gripped onto his ride as his mind raced, knowing there wasn't much of anything he could actually do to help. Kristina kept running through the halls, glad she wasn't using her actual legs to sprint. She grabbed her new weapon off her back that she stole from Ultra Magnus' ship, taking the safety off and looking it over real quick.

"Let's see what you can do!" she said to herself, swiftly turning and shooting a large ball of electric energy at Cylas.

The hybrid yelled out as it hit his leg, falling hard and struggling to get back up as if the entire shock of energy hadn't hurt him. Kristina watched as he was limping now due to damage on the knee.

"Yes!" she cheered, quickly running down a hall and continuing to make random turns to escape him.

Kristina finally looked behind her, panting some from the adrenaline as she stopped to take a break and think over a strategy.

"You can't go back, you left your cannon in the lab and he might be lurking around there…Insecticons!" she suddenly piped, sprinting to the hive room and nearly breaking the access pad to open the door. "YOUR QUEEN NEEDS ASSISTANCE!"

A loud thrum of voices sounded off, Insecticons left and right flying down to the floor and going to her.

"What is wrong, Music Queen?!" Bombshock questioned, growling deeply in his protective mood for her.

"An experiment is loose and I need help taking him down, give me you and your ten best warriors to come with me, the rest of you search the entire ship!" Kristina ordered, running back out as the beasts let out their battle cries and scattered about the Nemesis.

* * *

"We need to sound the alarm! There's infected soldiers everywhere!" Knockout shouted, him and Starscream hiding away in a room. "The whole ship will go down if we don't!"

"Shut up, I'm trying to think!" the seeker shrieked, clicking claws along his head. "Your human should have taken care of him by now since she's wearing that armor, it's been nearly an hour!"

"She's probably smart enough to have made a run for it considering that even her punches had no effect!" the medic frowned, trying to push away the possibility that Cylas had killed her. "I'm going out there to find her!"

"NO, you're staying right here with me while we think of a plan!" Starscream demanded, scrambling up when Knockout rose and went to the door. "Fine, just don't leave me behind!"

Knockout and Starscream left cautiously, turning a corner and both yelping when they bumped into Megatron.

"Would either of you like to tell me what is going on?" he growled deeply.

"Nothing, Master! Everything is nice and quiet!" the lieutenant replied nervously, Knockout nodding in agreement to avoid their leader yelling at them.

"Really? Because the dark energon in my spark is_ pulsing_." Megatron glared at them.

"Oh alright….it was Knockouts fault! He used a fusion of Dark Energon and the synthetic mix on Cylas and now he's creating an infected army of Terrorco-" Starscream tried to explain, all looking behind Megatron as a growing shout was heard, Kristina suddenly flying through the air as she drop kicked an advancing Terrorcon.

Insecticons followed her lead with their own battle cries, all clamoring around the infected once she ran off of it and tearing the bot apart.

"Why are Insecticons out and attacking soldiers?!" Megatron demanded to know.

Kristina suddenly made a bee-line for them, sprinting right past Megatron as she ignored his demand and punching Starscream hard in the face so he slammed into the ground.

"This is all your fault you **_fucking idiot_** and if I find out that Knockout's getting all the blame for this I will have the Insecticons rip you apart just like they are all of these zombies!" she screamed at him, quickly leaving as fast as she arrived and going down the next hall with her small hoard. "Don't listen to Starscreams web of fucking **_LIES_**, he's behind all this!"

Megatron stared dumbfounded as she left without explaining anything, slowly looking back to Knockout and Starscream with a cold glare.

"_**Explain yourselves.**_"

* * *

Kristina managed to take out around 50 Terrorcons with her team, looking back as she noticed Bombshock and the others stop in their tracks.

"What's wrong?" she demanded.

"Queen Airachnid has returned." He replied huskily, holding his head some.

Kristina cursed to herself, turning on her amplifier and playing the music loudly.

"I still need you under my command, Cylas has not been found yet!" she shouted over the beats.

The team soon shook themselves off some, struggling to listen to her as Airachnids control was trying to overpower them. The sound waves of the bass hit them, finally able to pull themselves together.

"Take me to Airachnid!" Kristina commanded. "She too is a danger to this ship!"

"Yes Music Queen!" they answered in unison, all transforming into their insect modes.

Kristina quickly got on Bombshock, riding him as they flew swiftly down the halls shrieking their battle cries. She soon caught sight of Soundwave, noticing he was concentrating on what was ahead of him.

"Soundwave, we're here to help!" she shouted, raising her blaster as she could hear the sounds of other Insecticons down the other hall.

Kristina jumped off Bombshock as they got close, running up to the telecommunications officer and seeing Airachnid, glaring as the beasts were under her command.

"Let's see if they're still yours while this plays." The young lady glared, amping up the bass and music almost ear shatteringly loud.

Airachnid covered her receptors with a grunt. "Kill her and that infernal racket, my servants!" she ordered, blinking and looking back when they didn't move on her command.

The huntress stared as they simply bobbed their heads with the music, clenching her servos.

"I gave you an order!" she tried shouting but her voice was drowned out as Soundwave took a sample of the dubstep and played with the latina, music too loud to be able to hear any of her demands. "_**I'll rip you apart for that!**_"

Kristina braced herself as Airachnid made a dash in her direction, staring in surprise when the Insecticons sprang into action and hoarded around her when they saw her going for their new queen.

"Out of my way, you idiots!" she tried to control, voice still unheard and Insecticons dropping from the ceiling on top of her.

Soundwave and Kristina watched as they piled upon the spider, seeing parts of her flying about as they ripped and tore her up, Airachnids screams unable to be heard by even herself. The two turned their music off, Kristina going to the crowd as they dispersed from the wreckage to turn to her.

"Good work, hive." She smiled in relief, looking back as Soundwave began walking off as if nothing happened. "Thanks for the help, Soundwave."

Kristina shook her head with a chuckle as he didn't acknowledge her when he left, turning back to her hoard.

"Time for you guys to go back to your room."

* * *

Megatron frowned deeply as he watched Soundwaves facial screen, showing Kristina controlling the hive on security footage along with the moment against Airachnid.

"When did this control begin?" The leader growled as he looked to Knockout. "They're following her lead too fluidly for this to be the first time she has commanded them."

"I swear to you I had no idea she had control over the Insecticons, my Liege. With her being able to roam freely in the ship, I don't always know what she's doing in her free time." The medic tried to explain.

"It'd be no surprise if a traitor kept a secret even from her partner." Starscream scowled, hoping this situation would take the heat off of himself for the whole fiasco.

"Traitor?!" Knockout frowned, giving a pleading look to Megatron. "My Liege, I know she would never aspire to betray you, she doesn't have the want for it unlike a certain second-in-command." He glared some at Starscream.

"Don't you try to turn this on me, medic!" the seeker shrieked. "This human is controlling an entire hive of Insecticons and you expect our Master to simply take your word that she won't revolt against him?!"

"Because it's true! She doesn't want to lead anything, she much prefers a quiet existence over battles and ruling!" Knockout snapped at him.

"Well it's always the quiet ones, now isn't it?!" Starscream shouted back.

"SILENCE!" Megatron roared over them, glaring as they cowered where they stood and got quiet. "Order her to the bridge, Soundwave."

Kristina entered the control room a few minutes later, seeming very tired but standing at attention.

"You called for me, my Lord?" she asked respectfully.

"Are you controlling my hive of Insecticons?" Megatron demanded flatly.

Kristina stood there, looking to the side for a moment before returning eyes to his view. "Um, at times, yes."

"And why are you doing so at all?" he stalked towards her. "You wouldn't happen to be planning something, would you?"

The young lady started to take a few steps back, heart thumping in her chest. "It was an experiment, Sir."

"An experiment to do what?" he interrogated harshly, standing mere inches away once she backed up into a wall.

"T-To see how they reacted to Earth music. I never thought they'd elect me as their Queen for it, Sir." She gulped. "But it turned in the Decepticons favor during this infection, the hive destroyed all infected and even destroyed Airachnid. She was the one you had to worry about when it came to Insecticon control, not me, my Lord."

Megatron's burning optics stayed locked with her own eyes as she spoke, seeing the absolute fear she had in his presence. The leader smirked slightly at seeing this, leaning in to an uncomfortable closeness.

"Do you fear me?" the gladiator questioned.

"…y-yes, my Lord." She answered, practically unable to breathe from her gripping terror.

"Let's be sure to keep it that way, shall we?" he said huskily, finally walking away from her. "Knockout, you are to hand over all of your projects including the Synthetic Energon to Shockwave immediately."

"As you wish, my Liege." Knockout replied reluctantly.

The medic went over to his partner as they were allowed to leave while Starscream incurred a beating, Knockout looking up to her as she still seemed numb from the close contact with Megatron. He waited until they were in the safety of his room before making her look him in the optics.

"You're alright, you survived today." Knockout comforted, patting her dome some.

"He's gonna be watching us like a hawk now." Kristina mumbled a bit. "He's going to take all of our research, what do we do?"

"We'll figure something out, we always do." He tried to assure her. "Just stay calm, you've had a long day."

Kristina nodded, slowly frowning and looking a bit angry. "This is all Starscreams fault. Military personnel always think they know best when it comes to science. Not only are we losing our data, but we lost our test subject before we fully understood how they integrated a human into a Cybertronian." She spoke, slowly getting louder.

"Sssh, it's alright. Everything is going to be fine and we won't lose a thing. I promise." Knockout crooned, petting her chest some.

Kristina sighed in a feeling of defeat, shoulders slumping as she nodded a bit to appease him.

"I would let you rest now, but I need help taking all the SynthEn to Shockwave. Let's go and back up our data quickly before taking the supplies." Knockout said, tugging her arm as he led her out of the room.


	20. Chapter 20

Kristina picked up three stacked crates of SynthEn as she and Knockout stepped into the elevator leading to Shockwaves lab. The two finally landed, walking in and placing the boxes down where ordered to.

"The troops will deliver the rest of the crates at a later time, my Liege." Knockout informed.

Kristina was busy looking around with heightened curiosity at all the incubating Predacons.

_I love science so much._ She thought to herself, biting lip some to contain a squeal.

Everyone in the lab flinched when a screeching roar was heard, the Predacon soon storming into the area and growling deeply.

"Unruly beast, how dare you barge in where you don't belong?!" Starscream growled as he brought out his prod, smacking the Predacon across the snout then yelping as it roared at him and snapped.

Kristina frowned and started stomping over to them. "What the hell have I told you about beating the fucki-aaaah." She trailed off as the Predacon suddenly transformed into a large bot mode, all staring at the tall figure with eyes wide and in shock.

"Hit me again and I will bury that rod in your spark chamber." The beast threatened, glaring as he leaned over Starscream.

Kristina stared with her jaw open, the room in silence but slowly filling with the sounds of the young lady starting to hyperventilate. All jumped a bit as she suddenly let out a girlish scream before falling into a heap, completely passed out from lack of proper air. Knockout blinked, quickly going to her and kneeling down as he nudged her.

"Um… it seems she passed out from excitement…." The medic stated, feeling embarrassed.

That latina finally awoke a few minutes later, groaning as she moved her head some. "Robot dragons, robots, big." She mumbled incoherently.

"Yes yes, we're all quite aware of the Predacons transformation." Knockout raised a brow.

Kristina looked up, noticing the new bot watching her as Megatron was speaking to him. "…oh my God, he's hot." She mumbled.

Knockout blinked, frowning deeply. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Hm?" she hummed, looking to Knockouts face. "Oh hey. Everything's spinning, what's up with that?"

"Must be from your lack of oxygen. I'm sure you'll get your bearings soon enough." The medic said, brushing off her original words as confusion.

"Does the human need help?" the Predacon asked, having walked up to them after his conversation.

Knockout frowned as he looked to the beast. "No thank you, I have this fully under control." He stated curtly.

"You're a magnificently designed creature." Kristina said a little too loudly, staring up at the Predacon. "Miracle of fucking science, I must draw you, I..I need pictures for reference. I need supplies, I need to art things, I need things." She rambled, looking to her friend. "Knockout I _need_ _things_."

"OKAY, I'm taking you to a berth and you're going to rest off this obvious concussion you have." Knockout stated loudly himself, making her get up and pushing her from behind to walk back to the elevator.

"But Knockout I _need_ things! I must obtain the things! To art stuff with!" the young lady whined on their way to the elevator.

"You're embarrassing me now keep walking!" he shouted despite the stares they had already obtained from the others, managing to get her in the elevator and rising into the ship.

* * *

"_'__He's hot'_, tch, please. It was obviously her delirium, she must have thought she was seeing me." Knockout grumbled to himself as he worked on the protoforms, Kristina sleeping soundly on one of the lab berths. "She can't possibly be attracted to that beast."

The latina rolled over a bit, out of her armor as Knockout knew she'd need to be unconstricted to get a proper rest, the plate being a few feet lower on the berth. She slowly began to wake after an hour long nap, yawning softly and twisting self some for a stretch.

"Nmm-AAH!" she yelped, quickly untwisting as the action had caused her cuts to rip some. "Ow ow ow ow ow!"

"Have a nice nap?" the medic asked a bit flatly, welding a final part on the protoform.

"Yeah until I woke up." She sniffled a bit, staying on her belly to avoid any more pain. "My head hurts, did something happen?"

"Oh the Predacon stormed into Shockwaves lab, transformed, you hyperventilated then screamed like a little girl before passing out then afterwards you called it 'hot' and proceeded to speak of needing_ things_." He explained rather huffily. "Any of that ring a bell?"

"…noooo?" She said with a confused side glance. "I…don't remember much besides helping you take the crates to Shockwaves lab."

Knockout sighed and shook his head as she got back into her armor. _Suppose I can't hold it against her if she has no memory of it._

"Let's go for a walk, I need some air." Kristina mentioned, getting up and letting her partner hide the protoforms before walking out together.

Knockout raised a brow as he heard some conversing between Megatron and the newly named Predaking, groaning slightly as they rounded the corner in their direction. The medic quickly looked to his friend, making her look at him before she could catch a sight of them.

"Do. Not. Scream." He stated firmly. "And no hyperventilating."

"Why would I-aaaaah." She lost her train of thought as she stood up straight and looked to them, jaw hanging open.

"Close your mouth." Knockout hissed and elbowed her side, Kristina quickly doing so as they stood by to let them pass.

"I suddenly remember _everything._" She whispered in horror, voice getting a bit squeaky.

Megatron looked somewhat annoyed during his conversation with Predaking, looking to Kristina and giving a smirk.

"Just the human I wanted to see." The leader spoke.

The latina blinked, side glancing when Megatron wrapped an arm about her shoulders in an overly friendly manner. "UM."

"Kristina, would be so kind as to show Predaking around the Nemesis? I have a meeting to attend to with my main officers and since you're simply an assistant, you don't have to go." He explained calmly enough to make her extremely uncomfortable.

"Yes Sir." she answered quickly, completely bewildered by his sudden kindness as he patted her back.

"Good girl." Megatron stated, motioning for Knockout to follow him with the rest as they left Predaking alone with Kristina.

The young lady watched them leave then looked up at the new bot, blushing hard at his intricate design. Predaking watched her, waiting patiently for her to start.

"Are you going to begin the tour?" He asked.

"Aaaaah yeah sure yes." She said, chastising herself mentally at her stupid answer. _Get yourself together woman! Stop fawning over his accent!_

Kristina quickly turned around on her heels, walking down the hall as casually as possible but knowing she looked stiff. She spent half an hour showing him certain important rooms and restricted areas, finally reaching outside.

"And here we are at the landing bay, though I'm sure you know this area all too well." Kristina explained.

"I do indeed." He said, looking down to her. "I want to express my gratitude to you."

"For a tour? It's no big deal, the ship won't feel so big once you get used to it, I promise." She replied.

"You do not understand, I speak of before, when all considered me no more than a beast." Predaking stated. "You were practically the only one who treated me as more than just a wild animal. You gave me respect as a sentient being."

Kristina blushed slightly, looking forward to escape eye contact. "Oh, well, no problem, Predaking. I just knew you were smarter than the others gave you credit for, I could feel it. You know, in earth lore, creatures that look like your original form were called dragons. They were said to be far smarter than all other life on the planet, so I guess that's kind of where I drew my conclusion from."

"I thank you for that. The more I began to realize my own sentience, the more your respect pushed me to find out about my true self and my brethren." The Predacon stated. "Now I will not be alone, I will have fellow Predacons to soar through the skies or hunt along the ground with."

Kristina smiled some, a slight worry that rampant Predacons would be an obvious danger to humanity running through her mind.

"Predaking….would it be possible for you and your brethren to live side by side with humanity? Peacefully?" she questioned.

"I am sorry, but I do not see how as Megatron's goal is for conquering the planet. I serve him, therefore I pursue his wishes as well." The Predacon explained.

"I see. Well, he is the one who is demanding the creations of your fellow Predacons, so I don't quite blame you for following him." Kristina replied.

Predaking watched her for a moment, thinking as he observed. "Tell me, what does being 'hot' mean on this planet?"

"Huh? Like, your body is too warm." She said in confusion. "Does that mean something different on Cybertron?"

"No, but you said I was that earlier, yet my body temperature was rather cool at the moment." He replied, confused as well.

Kristina's eyes widened slightly as she realized what he was asking. "OH, ooooh no."

"Is something wrong?" The bot asked.

"Nope! Nothing! I mean, there's another definition for 'hot' here on Earth that's slang but it toootally doesn't matter." She said, trying to keep a straight face as she put her hands on her hips.

"But what does it mean if not ones temperature?" Predaking questioned.

Kristina clicked her tongue a bit as she tried to think of a different way to explain it but found none, sighing deeply.

"It means that one is attractive." She blurted out.

"…humans decide attractiveness by measuring the heat of a beings body?" he asked in bewilderment. "That is quite strange."

"Nooo! That's not it!" Kristina groaned, putting a hand to her head. "It's just a way of saying 'that one is attractive'. It has nothing to do with their temperature."

"So you find me attractive?" Predaking asked in surprise.

Kristina opened her mouth to speak, only a small squeak escaping as she couldn't think of how to reply.

"Are you alright?" he inquired.

"Yup. Totally fine." She spoke while biting her lip slightly, finally letting it go before looking to him. "I'm just gonna come out with it, I find you to be very aesthetically pleasing and attractive. Your colors are calming, your plating is beautiful and you just look really damn majestic and royal."

Predaking blinked a few times. "You truly believe that?"

"I have a very picky and artistic mind, so when I find someone to be attractive it's not for just minor reasons." She explained.

"I see…" he said, glancing up and frowning when he heard a hiss and growl directed at him, watching as three Insecticons got between him and Kristina.

"Is this creature bothering you, Music Queen?" One asked, growling at Predaking.

"Queen?" the Predacon asked in shock. "You are royalty?"

Kristina pursed her lips and made a long one note hum in her feelings of an awkward situation.

"Pretty much, but only to the Insecticon hive. Otherwise I am no more than a simple medical assistant and on-again-off-again soldier." She answered, moving her servants to the side. "Calm down you guys, he's friendly."

"Is this not the Predacon beast? Some scouts of the hive have reported that he gained the ability to transform today." The main Insecticon spoke.

"We must protect you from his wild danger." Another said.

Predaking bared his teeth some at that, about to speak but watching as Kristina got between him and the other three.

"Now you listen here, I as your Queen decree that Predaking is of no threat to me. He is friendly yet powerful and not to be treated as a dumb creature, but with the upmost respect. Is that understood?" she stated firmly.

"Yes, your Majesty!" the trio replied in unison.

"Good, now return to your duties." Kristina ordered, watching them leave then turning to Predaking. "I'm sorry about that, they're just really protective. It was honestly a total accident that I became their Queen."

"Do explain, I do not understand how one can become royalty by mistake." He questioned curiously.

"I guess I've got all the time in the world to explain until Megatron orders me back to the lab. Not a very interesting story though." She chuckled, starting from the beginning of when she first encountered one of the Insecticons.

* * *

"But my Liege, what if the beast finds out about our plan?" Knockout asked nervously, unsure how his order of destroying the Predacon clones would turn out.

"Why assume we're the ones who will do the dirty work?" Starscream smirked. "We could easily lead the Autobots into doing it for us and cause Predaking to burn with the desire of revenge on them. They could end up destroying each other in the process."

"Excellent idea." Megatron chuckled darkly. "Construct a way to do so, Starscream."

"As you command, my Master." The seeker bowed, ego through the roof at having impressed Megatron with his scheming.

The group began to leave the room as Knockout looked up to their leader.

"I must ask though, why not have my assistant here as well? We tend to work better when we're on the same pa-" he began but was quickly cut off.

"You will not speak a single word of this to your pet!" Megatron growled harshly. "I do not fully trust her now that she has control over my Insecticons. If she were to know of this and let it get to Predaking then we'd be ruined!"

"But my Liege, what makes you think she'd have an extended conversation with the brute?" Knockout asked.

"She was getting a little too comfortable with him while he was a beast, I have no doubt that he will grow his own comfort around her as well and gain each other's trust. That human is far too sympathetic to let the destruction of an ally's brethren slip by." He stated flatly. "Not a word, Knockout."

"Y-Yes, Lord Megatron." The medic stuttered some, optics full of nervous worry as he followed them out.

* * *

"And that's what Halloween is." Kristina ended yet another story, Predaking holding curious interest as they sat next to each other near the edge of the landing bay.

"So humans scare each other in frightening costumes in order to gain overly sweet treats? Quite strange." He commented with a raised brow.

"It's actually really fun to be honest. Also my favorite holiday since pumpkin spice flavored everything is everywhere." She chuckled, looking back at hearing footsteps then quickly getting up to attention. "Do you require Predaking, Lord Megatron?"

"Yes, but you may join us since you two seem to be enjoying each other's company at the moment. I insist." Megatron stated.

Kristina felt wary of his continued benevolence towards her, following them as Predaking stood and walked alongside their leader. The trio strolled through the halls but were soon confronted by a frantic Starscream.

"Lord Megatron, the Autobots have infiltrated and attacked the Predacon lab!" the seeker informed.

"What?! Impossible!" Predaking spoke in anger, clenching his servos.

"Starscream, scatter your armada immediately!" Megatron ordered.

"No, I shall confront the enemy, Lord Megatron. It is my duty to protect my brethren." The Predacon said boldly.

"Kristina will accompany you then, she is a valued warrior amongst the Decepticon ranks." The leader stated.

Kristina slowly looked at Megatron with a dumbfounded look, finally having enough of his fake kindness. "Since when the fuAAH!" she yelped as Predaking swiftly picked her up and ran down the hall to reach the ground bridge area.

Starscream smirked wickedly as he stood beside Megatron. "Do you think they'll perish in the battle?"

"One can only hope, Starscream." The gladiator chuckled darkly.

"Predaking put me down, I can run!" she pouted as she was stuffed under his arm against his side.

"Your legs are far too short and stubby to reach the bridge quickly!" he stated, finally getting to the room and a portal waiting for them.

"I…cannot argue that." She said with a defeated huff, glad when he put her down so she could enter the ground bridge with some dignity.

The two walked through and ended up the caverns near the lab, cutting off Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus.

"Who's the big guy?" the wrecker questioned, Magnus' optics squinting when he saw Predakings symbol.

"It's the Predacon!" he replied in surprise, an explosion soon going off behind them.

Predaking swiftly covered Kristina as the flames flooded through the cavern, both enduring the intense heat as the Autobots managed to take cover to the side. The beast slowly looked up when the blast subsided, eyes widening at the desolation.

"What have you done…WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" he roared at them once he set his golden optics on the enemy.

Kristina stared in awe as Predaking sped to the Autobots and slammed a punch into the ground where they were before dodging, seeing the hard floor crack and crumble under his might.

"Holy crap." She said, quickly snapping out of her stupor and running into the fray but stopping when each bot was already sent flying by Predakings fists. "Well I'm obviously useless here."

The latina stayed and watched as the Predacon beat the Autobots back and forth, dumbfounded by his agility.

"Yet another giant bulky robot with physically impossible speed. What is with Cybertronians?" she mumbled to herself, whipping out her blaster when Ultra Magnus slammed Predaking with the Forge and shooting a charged energy blast at the commander.

Magnus yelled out as it hit him square on the back, being electrocuted viciously and falling to the ground. Kristina was about to let lose another shot but was suddenly rammed by Wheeljack, both tumbling about before she was pinned against the wall by him.

"Not bad for a kid." Wheeljack said, soon struggling against her armors strength.

"Excuse you, I'm an adult." She spat back, suddenly lifting him off his feet then swinging him viciously against the wall, pinning him now.

"Ngh, I don't have time for you." He grunted, kicking her legs out from under her before moving away and bringing out his electro whip.

Kristina yelped as the whip wrapped around her swiftly and she was swung clear to the other side of the large cavern, landing hard against a wall.

"I'm gonna get a damn concussion in this thing again." She groaned, gasping when she saw a large stalactite was shot down and landed on her ally. "Predaking!"

The latina quickly got to her feet, eyes widening when the giant rock lifted and Wheeljack was rammed against a wall with it, Magnus having to dive out of the way. She stayed back so as not to get hit in the crossfire of Predakings rage, watching as he grabbed the Forge and snapped it in half.

"Damn." She whispered in awe, blinking when Predaking was suddenly rammed away by a flying Optimus Prime. "_Shit._"

Kristina ran to the battle again once she saw Optimus shooting his gatling gun and covering her ally in rubble. She charged a blast and released it at him, cursing when he dodged and grabbed his comrades before swiftly flying out of there.

"NO!" Predaking roared, sprinting after him.

Kristina followed suit, getting frustrated halfway down the cavern. "God dammit he was right, these stubby legs are no good for running fast!" she huffed to herself, finally reaching outside and hearing Predaking roar in the sky in his rage at losing his targets.

The latina sighed some as the battle was over, mentally relieved that the Predacon threat was averted for humanity but sympathetic for her ally's loss. She looked up as Predaking landed, transforming and clenching his fists tightly.

"Predaking, I'm so sorry for your loss." Kristina attempted to console, putting away her weapon.

"They will all pay dearly for the suffering of my brethren." He growled deeply.

"Yes, they will." She stated. "But we must return to the Nemesis now."

Predaking nodded solemnly, letting her call in a ground bridge and walking through with her.


	21. Chapter 21

Knockout checked around a corner before motioning Kristina over, the latina pulling along a large trailer behind her.

"We can't risk even a Vehicon seeing us, those idiots don't know how to keep a secret until their dead." The medic huffed, thankful that his friend was strong enough not to struggle in pulling the heavy weight of their wheeled cargo.

"If the stupid Autobots hadn't destroyed Shockwaves lab, we wouldn't have to be doing this covert-ops transporting. Keeping big protoforms and supplies hidden is hard enough as it is." Kristina grumbled, both finally reaching the medical bay as it was the only other proper place they had for the supplies.

The two managed to get in with no problem, Kristina pushing the trailer into a separate room within the med bay and sighing in relief.

"Just be happy I managed to finish fixing those protoforms before this whole fiasco. At least now I hear Shockwave is going to be completing the SynthEn formula, so once that happens and he makes enough batches, we'll take what we can and do the transplant swiftly." Knockout explained.

Kristina sighed some, nervous as the possibility of her transformation was actually within grasp.

"Are you alright?" he questioned.

"Yeah, just…nervous about starting over body wise. I don't know what comes with the territory of a Cybertronian body and…well…we haven't been able to visit my family one last time before all this." She answered.

"I'm sorry, Kristina. We've just been so busy with Project Predacon and with Megatron breathing down all of our necks, it's quite hard to get away for anything." The medic said, placing a servo on her arm.

"I understand." She said with a soft smile. "When I moved to Nevada, I knew being able to visit my family in Texas often would be near impossible. Just losing the complete possibility is starting to hit me."

"It'll be alright. I'm sure we can get you a hologram version of yourself so we can go visit now and then." Knockout believed.

"Yeah….if Megatron hasn't conquered and wiped everyone out by then." Kristina stated with saddened eyes.

Knockout looked away as he tried to think, looking over to one of the data pads on his desk.

"You transferred your designs for your Cybertronian form into my logs, right?" he asked.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I did." She replied, watching him as he went over and picked one up, blushing some as he looked over her designs.

"What is with you and purple?" the medic chuckled, looking through them in detail.

"I just really like it." Kristina laughed, going up behind him and looking over his shoulder.

"I also don't understand why you want to be a seeker. Why not be a lovely automobile like me?" Knockout pouted some.

"Because flying is a dream of mine. Though I've only been on an airplane twice, being above the clouds was such a mystical experience." She sighed some with a smile.

"And the tail?" he questioned, pointing at the detailed appendage on one of her drawings.

"Always wanted a tail." The latina shrugged. "It's way more common among humans than one would think."

Knockout rubbed his chin some as looked over a few more, noticing one looking a bit beastly.

"Predacon inspiration, I take it?" he said in mild annoyance.

"I know, you don't like Predaking, but go easy on the guy. He's really nice and going through a lot right now." She explained.

"Why do you defend him so much?" Knockout asked a bit flatly, swiping the screen somewhat huffily.

"Why do you hate him so much?" the latina shot back, looking at him when he turned to her.

Knockout opened his mouth for a rebuttal but stopped, closing it and huffing as he looked back at the data pad.

"Knockout?" she pushed.

"You're green in this one, though I'm not a fan of how unsaturated the color of it is." He changed the subject.

"Knockout." Kristina said firmly, furrowing her brow.

"Purple biolights everywhere on this one, Shockwave inspiration there?" the medic kept avoiding.

"Are you being fucking serious right now?!" she finally snapped.

Knockout finally looked at her, seeming a bit angry.

"I don't know, are you serious about being with me?!" he suddenly shouted at her.

Kristina blinked, expression that of surprise now. "….are you jealous?"

"Oh please, what do I have to be jealous of when it comes that to stupid beast?!" the medic spat, throwing the data pad onto his desk roughly.

Kristina stood there, tearing up slightly as she felt horrid. "Knockout if I made you feel inadequate because of my friendship with Predaking I-"

"You can't be friends with a big brute like that! I highly doubt a Predacon even understands the concept!" Knockout yelled furiously. "But if you think he's so 'hot' and amazing then go with him!"

"Oh so you can have a big friend who rubs up a buffer all over your turn-on zones without me getting jealous but I can't have an attractive friend besides you?! Breakdown was a fucking brute too you know!" she shouted out of anger, blinking and quickly backing away at realizing what she just said.

"….get out." He said with a cold glare, slamming a fist to the desk when she didn't move. "I SAID GET OUT!"

Kristina yelped and quickly ran out of the bay, trembling as she heard him lock the doors after she left. The latina started breathing hard as she felt a panic attack coming in, tears falling as she ran down the halls to find a hiding spot but bumped into Predaking.

"Is everything alright?" he asked with concern.

Kristina jumped a bit, squeezing her real arms from inside the armor and managing to wipe away her tears before returning them to their controlling spaces.

"I-I'm fine…just had an argument with Knockout." She said with a cracked voice.

Predaking frowned. "He is your friend, correct?"

"Yeah, he is. My closest."

"Then why would he cause you to feel such sorrow?" he questioned.

"He…I shouldn't talking about this, Predaking. It's between me and him." She spoke, clenching her hands some.

"Then come, Megatron has summoned me and I am positive it will be for a battle. You shall accompany me to get your mind off of your pain." Predaking stated, turning her around and making her go forward despite her reluctance.

The two reached the command center, Kristina staying a bit behind him some as Megatron turned to them.

"I only called for you, Predaking." The leader stated.

"She needs the battle to reduce her pain, my Lord. Allow her to accompany me." Predaking spoke.

"Pain?" Megatron asked with a raised brow, slowly smirking as he noticed her sad demeanor. "Trouble in paradise, Kristina?"

Kristina froze slightly, blinking away her shock and straightening up some as she looked to him. _He can't possibly know._

"You have a mission for us, correct?" Predaking interjected.

"Yes, I need your assistance as we are anticipating Autobots at our next event." Megatron explained.

"I accept any chance to do battle with the Prime again, warrior to warrior!" Predaking stated valiantly.

Kristina blinked when Megatron suddenly snapped at the Predacon and berated him for his arrogance, stepping back slightly as his rage was unexpected by her.

"Go and fight now, as a beast." Megatron ordered harshly.

"Yes, Lord Megatron." Predaking bowed, leaving with Kristina.

The latina waited until they were down another hall, looking to her friend. "I need to drop by the weapons vault real quick, the current blaster I have is low on energy and I need something with better fire power."

"Understood, but do so quickly." The Predacon allowed, going with her to the vault and waiting as she rummaged through some weapons before emerging with a large gatling gun.

The duo went to the ground bridge room, going through the portal and Kristina wincing a bit as she could already feel the sub-zero temperatures of the arctic cooling her armor.

"We must fly to the location, it is a few miles away. I will have you ride upon my back." Predaking stated, transforming and lowering self for her to get on.

Kristina blinked but quickly climbed on, holding on tightly as he swiftly took flight at an amazing speed.

"Shit!" She let out, body feeling exhilarated from riding a beast like this. _This is such a dream come true._

Predaking soon caught sight of the location, eyes glaring and letting out a screeching roar as he swing up and reared his head back before releasing a blast of flames. The Autobots scrambled to move out of the way, Optimus standing his ground and shooting at the beast. Kristina concentrated on holding onto her ride as he made agile twists and turns, too much for her to be able to aim and shoot her weapon. She braced herself as Predaking flew back into the sky and far away from the area before returning for a second assault. The beast roared as he blasted his flames at Optimus while the rest of his time ran inside of the arctic base, the latina screaming as the Prime's gatling gun was shot at them and caused Predaking to tumble and fall onto the ground. She was immediately flung off, rolling across the ice before forcing herself to get up.

"Keep fighting him, I'll go after the others!" Kristina shouted, sprinting over to the base but squeaking as she slipped on an icy patch once inside, voice echoing through the halls. "Shit!"

The latina shook herself off as she readied her new weapon, pressing her comm link as she cautiously went down the halls.

"Autobots are on the way, all Vehicons ready and open fire on sight." She ordered quietly, making a turn and freezing when the enemy was waiting for her, Arcee and Bumblebee aiming their blasters.

"Drop your weapon." Arcee demanded firmly.

"Drop yours." Kristina ordered back. "I may be outnumbered but I'm nowhere near out gunned with firepower here and your shots have no effect on my armor."

Bumblebee raised his brows slightly and beeped a few times to his comrade.

"No Bee, I've had enough trying to talk this girl out of being with the Decepticons. She's made her choice clear." The two wheeler said in disgust.

He urged on with a few more blips and looked at her pleadingly as he noticed Kristina was shivering from the cold temperature of her own armor.

"What do you mean? That armor protected her on Cybertron, why would she be affected here?" Arcee questioned, listening to his reply. "I guess temperature does matter….Kristina, that's your name, right?"

"Yeah, so what?" the latina replied in a slightly shaking voice.

"I know you have your ties, but if you keep helping the Decepticons you're going to freeze to death out here." The bot explained. "You may be in love but that's no reason to sacrifice a planet."

Kristina gripped her weapon. "Megatron will kill me if I don't. He'll kill Knockout too and then what? If I'm not there to deter anything then he'll take the planet over anyway." she said, shaking more but visible tears starting to roll down her cheeks, taking both bots by surprise.

"You've been sabotaging Megatron?" Arcee questioned.

"When I get the courage to…which isn't often." She replied quietly. "On Cybertron, I missed Optimus on purpose so he could destroy the Omega Lock and stop Earth from being Cyberformed. I even have control over the Insecticons now, though that was just a happy accident. I'm not loyal to Megatron because I respect him, I'm loyal because _I'm scared of him._"

Arcee and Bumblebee looked at each other, sympathy in their optics when they finally turned back to her.

"Then help us stop him from gaining whatever they're trying to steal here." The femme implored.

"I can't." Kristina said tearfully, slowly lowering her weapon. "But I can let you go to help your teammates. I'm sorry, I already warned the Vehicons you guys were on your way, but know that Shockwave is in there with another group of soldiers."

Bumblebee blipped and whirred a few noises in a thankful tone, turning and running down the hall. Arcee stayed for a moment as she looked to Kristina.

"Does he really mean that much to you that you're trying to protect him from Megatron?" she asked.

Kristina stood there in silence for a moment. "…yeah. He does. You don't know him like I do, but he's very kind despite his arrogant nature. He accepts me for who I am when all my life humans rejected me for it…no more of this, you have to get going."

Arcee nodded, sprinting down the halls and leaving Kristina by herself. The latina sighed and leaned against a wall, trying to think over what she was going to do.

"I hope the formula gets completed soon…or Megatron is finally destroyed, but that's just wishful thinking…" she talked to herself, sniffling as she tried to ignore her tears. "Damn him…if it wasn't for him, me and Knockout might even be on the Autobots side. I just had to fall for a Decepticon…."

Kristina gasped as she heard a loud crash from the inner area of the base. She ran as fast as she could, reaching the room and seeing Predaking beating around Autobots. She dashed up to the platform when Shockwave saw her, not wanting him to report to Megatron that she was of no help.

"Secure the material!" Kristina shouted as she started shooting but not hitting any Autobots, grunting as the gatling guns recoil sent harsh vibrations through the armor.

Predaking roared out and grabbed both the scientist and young lady in one arm, other taloned servo gripping into the particle collider as the beast took flight through the hole in the ceiling. Kristina winced as they hit the cold air again, sighing in relief when a ground bridge opened for them and he flew right in. Predaking placed his comrades down and transformed to bot mode, blinking as Kristina suddenly fell to her knees and dropped her weapon.

"What is wrong?!" he asked worriedly.

"Nhh, sudden temperature change. It's kinda messing with me, but I'll be fine, I promise." She groaned a bit, struggling as she stood.

"Do you need to go to the medical bay?" the Predacon pushed.

Kristina teared up a bit at the mention of that, sighing some and nodding. "Yeah…"

Shockwave watched as Predaking helped her up and went with her through the halls, putting his concentration on the task of the captive Autobot, Ratchet, as he left for his lab.

"His benevolence to her is most illogical." He spoke to himself as he walked away.

* * *

Kristina sighed as they reached the med bay, typing in the override code and blinking when it denied her access. She tried a second time to make sure it wasn't a mistake on her part but got denied again.

"….Knockout." Kristina said loudly, voice cracking as she pressed her dome against the door. "Please let me in, I'm sorry."

Predaking frowned slightly. "Doctor, your friend is in need of medical assistance!"

"Oh that's just great, _he's_ here!" Knockout yelled from inside the locked bay. "What possible medical help do you need, you sound fine."

The Predacon growled at that, about to bust down the door but stopping as Kristina moved a hand up to stop him.

"Predaking…I need to speak with Knockout alone, if that's alright." She said quietly, glad when he understood and left.

Kristina waited for a few minutes, listening as she could hear Knockout busying himself.

"I'm so sorry for what I said about Breakdown. I didn't mean any of it, I was speaking out of anger and frustration because I just don't understand how you can be so angry when you know you're the one who truly matters to me when it comes to loving." She tried to explain herself, mind fuzzy. "I should have never gone so low just to get back at your anger, to insult a good bot and a great friend who has passed is the lowest thing I could have ever done to you. I love you, Knockout, please know that. I may find Predaking attractive, but that doesn't mean I want him. I only want you, you matter so very much to me to the point where it hurts."

Kristina waited, having noticed that the sounds of work inside ceased in the middle of her speech.

"Knockout?"

"Give me a moment to put things away and I'll let you in." he said, his voice having obvious guilt in it.

Kristina sighed softly, sniffling with a smile but suddenly pulled back and forcefully turned around by two Vehicons. Her voice caught in her throat from shock as Starscream suddenly hit her chest plate viciously, armor unforming from her and being caught in midair. She struggled to scream as one claw covered her mouth, thrashing in his servo.

"Make a noise and Knockout will also be going to the brig." He hissed dangerously close to her, smirking as she stopped all movements. "That's better."

Starscream swiftly ran down the hall, the med bay doors finally opening by the time he was gone. Knockout blinked when he saw the Vehicons.

"Where's Kristina?" he asked.

"We have been ordered to take you to the lab so you may assist the Autobot and Shockwave with the Synthetic Energon formula." One soldier spoke.

"I was just talking to Kristina. You know, the human in a big suit of armor? Everyone on this ship knows who she is now where is she?!" Knockout demanded, optics catching sight of her amplifier on the floor.

The medic picked it up and held it to the Vehicons faces. "Where. Is. She?!"

"Shockwave is expecting you within the next few minutes, doctor. If you refuse to go, we have been ordered to report it to Lord Megatron." The other soldier stated.

Knockout glared slightly at them, straightening up a bit and magnetizing the amplifier to his hip.

"Alright, let's get to the lab then."


	22. Chapter 22

Screams echoed through the brig as the sounds of electric volts went off, Starscreams laughter following soon after they stopped. Kristina hung by her arms in chains, a lone light upon her from above as the rest of the room was quite dim. The seeker twirled his prod as he examined his handy work, Kristina's body being topless and her already cut up back now being seared and burned.

"To think that armor was the only thing standing between me and my revenge upon you. I bet you thought I would let go of how you humiliated me when we first met, right? Then you had the gall to continue talking to me so disrespectfully, even to the point of striking me on more than one occasion!" Starscream sneered, ramming the prod against her back and jolting her viciously again. "Did you really think that you'd get away with any of that?!"

Kristina screamed again, electricity running through the chains and heating them up to the point of burning her arms. She panted when he finally pulled away, eyes closed as she was exhausted from having been through this for over an hour. The latina sucked in a quick breath as Starscream began to firmly run a claw along her charred back, a small cry escaping her despite her efforts to be brave about all this.

"Poor little Kristina, Knockout isn't here to protect you anymore. By the time he suspects something you'll be good and dead, but we'll simply say you died in battle by the hands of that beast, Predaking." The seeker sighed nonchalantly, stalking around to her front where she had been sliced up by his claws multiple times. "He'll get over your passing soon enough, all of his affection for you is an obvious glitch that was simply never fixed on his part."

Kristina opened her eyes slightly to glare, unable to gather the strength to lift her head up to look him in the optics. She mumbled something, causing Starscream to lean in.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear you begging for mercy, speak up." He taunted.

"Stupid bitch." She said with a raspy voice, actually spitting blood in his face the second he was close enough.

The seeker shrieked and quickly wiped his face off, growling angrily. "You disgusting wretch!" he shouted, back handing her entire body and causing her to swing on the chains roughly.

Kristina clenched her teeth as she felt her ribs crack from that, trying to suppress any pained noises so he didn't get the pleasure of hearing them. Her head went back to hanging once as the swaying came to a stop, breathing having an obvious wheeze to it.

"I should kill you right now, but I want this to be as slow, deliberate and _painful_ as physically possible." Starscream glared with a growing smirk.

* * *

Knockout huffed as he was ordered around the lab, fetching chemicals and tools for Ratchet and Shockwave. His mind buzzed with questions as to where Kristina went, knowing something had to have happened for her to disappear a few mere moments after begging to be let in. He listened in on their science talk, going up to them with a tool and putting a hand on his hip with a slight smirk.

"To think, if we hadn't let you Autobots destroy the beasts, this cyber matter business wouldn't have been found out." He said.

"Let?" Ratchet questioned.

"Er…I'll get some of that CNA for you, doctor." The medic quickly switched over subjects, going to the shelves of yellow fluids.

The trio continued working tirelessly for a few hours, Knockout sighing in slight relief when Shockwave finally left but gave him a last order to keep a watch on Ratchet.

"Tch, can't be that hard, you don't have to remind me." He grumbled, swirling some chemicals in a vial.

Ratchet glanced over to the con medic as he found the completing part of the SynthEn formula, opting to delete it so they wouldn't be able to use it.

"So, I'm told you have a human friend." The Autobot started the small talk as he tried to think of a bigger distraction.

"What about it?" Knockout raised a brow at him glaringly.

"Do you not worry that she's in absolute danger on this ship?" Ratchet questioned.

"If you don't know, she's always wearing the Apex Armor so she's perfectly safe and capable of handling herself." He frowned. "Most of the soldiers won't even go near her."

"So she hasn't gotten hurt along the way? That's hard to believe." The old bot expressed.

Knockout glared some, gripping a vial. "Of course she's gotten hurt, everyone does in war you idiot!"

"I'm told she cares about you deeply, even to the point of…love." Ratchet pushed out, the thought of a relationship with a Decepticon making him shudder slightly in disgust.

The con blinked, soon frowning as he gripped his servos some. "What does it matter to you if she does?"

"Well…if you must know, she admitted to Arcee that the only reason she's stayed in this much danger is because of you." The Autobot explained.

Knockout stood there, unsure of what to say considering he was conversing with the enemy about this.

"Where is she, by the way? Aren't you two usually partners since Breakdown is gone?" the old bot questioned.

"She may be my medical assistant but she also gets sent out on separate missions. Now perhaps you should get back to researching before you meet an unfortunate accident." The con threatened, turning back around and checking on vials again.

Ratchet stayed quiet for a moment, keeping optics to him. "Look, I don't much care for what humans do in their spare time, but isn't it a little odd to you that she isn't helping with this if she's your assistant? I doubt she knows much about Cybertronian science, but if my hunch is correct, she's been aiding you in the SynthEn formula up until now."

"Yes she has, now stop talking because I don't want to think about what she's doing right now." Knockout stated curtly.

"Why not?" Ratchet pushed.

"Because I don't know where she is!" the medic finally shouted, freezing on the spot.

Ratchet noticed the cons sudden stiff body language, knowing it was best not to continue on. He glanced at the centrifuge and a thought struck him, quickly grabbing a tool and throwing it in while it spun. Knockout jumped a bit when an explosion went off, spinning around and growling.

"Oh what now?!" he shouted.

"The formula's instability, it must have caused this!" Ratchet coughed from the smoke, waving it way from his face as it billowed from the machine and filled the room.

"Guards, get in here and put out this fire before it ruins everything!" Knockout yelled into his comm link, closing optics as the smoke reached him.

The medic froze as he heard Ratchet transform and drive off the moment the doors opened, realizing this could be his only chance to slip out as well with the smoke cover. Knockout clenched his denta slightly, transforming and speeding off down the hall. The Autobot tried to outrun him as he thought he was being chased, feeling confused when the con simply sped by and down a different hall.

_I have to get to them, they're the only way I'll be able to search the entire ship fast enough. _Knockout thought to himself, driving straight for the Insecticon hives room.

The con finally reached the area, transforming and punching the access panel before bolting in. He shuddered some as he looked around, walls moving and hissing viciously.

"Your Queen is in danger!" Knockout shouted above the beastly noises they made, receiving a loud outcry from his message. "Help me find her!"

Bombshock swiftly landed in front of him, leaning in dangerously. "What have you done, medic?"

"I didn't do anything, the last time I heard from her was on the other side of a door and moments later when I opened it she was gone!" Knockout yelled in his face, furious over being accused.

"How do we know this isn't a wild chase and she isn't merely in battle?!" a random voice growled loudly. "I could be a trap set by Megatron to separate and destroy us for serving another!"

"Because I found this in the halls!" the medic held up the amplifier.

"It is the Queens music box!"

"Her Majesty is never without it!"

Bombshock clenched his servos, lifting head up to shout. "Hive! Find the Music Queen at all costs! Leave no room unchecked!"

Knockout sighed in relief as the entire hive erupted in their screeching battle cry, running out with Bombshock and five others to search as the entire horde flushed out of the room into the halls. The medic searched with his small team for 15 minutes before hearing Predakings enraged yelling, stopping in his tracks as the Predacon slammed panicking soldiers out of his way in his search for Megatron. Knockout readied himself for a fight along with the Insecticons as Predaking stormed in their direction.

"Where is Megatron?!" the beast roared at them, in full rampage.

"I don't know, we're busy looking for Kristina! Haven't seen her anywhere, have you?" Knockout asked rudely.

"She is missing? But she was speaking with you last I saw her!" Predaking growled. "Have you and your comrades destroyed her like you did my brethren?!"

"What are y- look either help us find her or stay out of the way!" the medic shouted loudly, glaring just as harshly when he received a furious look from the beast.

"The Predacon is her Majesty's ally! He must help us in locating where she is immediately!" Bombshock proclaimed.

Knockout thought quickly, trying to calm his nerves. "You owe her this, she's the only one who ever treated you with any decency your entire existence."

Predaking clenched his denta, fists shaking as his rage was still directed at Megatron but loyalty for his friend gnawing at him.

"If we see Megatron on the way you get full access to ripping out his spark and we won't stop you. In fact, help us find Kristina and the Insecticons will keep all other soldiers away while you kick Megatrons aft!" the con stated.

The Predacon tried to clear his mind enough to think, glaring some and growling deeply. "I will search for her, but only because she deserves to be safe. If I see Megatron before finding her, he will perish!"

"Good enough now let's go!" Knockout yelled, shooting immediately as Vehicons shot at them at the sight of Predaking.

* * *

Kristina was slipping down her chains an inch with every hour that passed, the burning of the metal binding her having melted her flesh nearly down to the bone. Her mind was spinning as she couldn't think clearly anymore, blood dripping from her mouth and a big cut across her eyes. The rest of her body wasn't fairing much better, back showing bone and muscle as flesh had been seared away from the repeated electrocutions while her stomach was almost ripped to the point of spilling her insides. Starscream walked back in as he had to leave for an Autobot matter, smirking as she simply hung there.

"Don't tell me you died while I was away, Kristina." He taunted, flicking her back and grinning as she let out a cry of pain. "So kind of you to stay alive just for me. Now, I hear removing the skin from a human is quite the painful process. Shall we try it?" he spoke, placing a claw in the middle of her chest and digging in slightly before slowly slicing down.

Starscream smirked wickedly but soon looked back at the door after hearing shots being fired. He raised a brow as he fully turned to the closed entrance, freezing when he heard the screeches of Insecticons. The seeker shrieked in surprise as they suddenly blasted down the door and flew in, glaring once the dust settled.

"What are you beasts doing?! I am busy with a torturing right now, get back to your room!" Starscream commanded, flinching as they all growled at him furiously when they saw Kristina.

"Music Queen must be saved!" one shouted, charging for Starscream as the others went to free her.

The seeker yelped in fear and quickly transformed, blasting out of the room to avoid capture. The attacking beast stayed at the door, clicking his comm link.

"Doctor, we have found the Music Queen! She is terribly injured!" he spoke, getting confirmation that they were located on radar and waiting for the others arrival.

Knockout zoomed in as his vehicle mode to get there quickly, transforming and optics widening when he saw Kristina's condition as she laid in the hands of one of the Insecticons. The medic almost swiped her out of his servos but knew it would only harm her further, shaking some as Predaking came up from behind and laid his own eyes upon her. The Predacon shook with rage at the sight, letting out a roar and storming out.

"Predaking wait! I still need your help to get into the lab!" Knockout called after him.

"Then I shall clear the way for you!" Predaking shouted, bulldozing through a group of attacking Vehicons.

Knockout quickly transformed back into a vehicle and opened his passenger door. "Put her in and follow me to the lab!"

The Insecticon did so, all transforming and flying after the medic as he sped off. Knockout kept his seat belts tightly on her despite her initial cries of pain from it, shifting his gear to top speed. Kristina grunted when they made sharp turns, unable to open her eyes due to the injury but the sensations of the ride feeling vaguely familiar.

"Knockout." She only managed to whisper raspily, unable to move.

"Don't talk, you need to save your strength." The con stated, surprised to see a large group of Insecticons paving a way for him as he reached the lab, one opening the door so he could easily drive in without stopping.

Knockout turned back to bot mode and held Kristina carefully, aiming his blaster at Shockwave as he was already creating the cyber matter formula.

"Sorry, need to steal the lab for a bit." The medic stated, a few Insecticons flooding in and attacking the scientist as Knockout tapped into his comm link. "I need Insecticons protecting the medical bay immediately, do not allow the protoforms inside to become damaged whatsoever!"

Knockout gently placed Kristina down on a table, ignoring Shockwave escaping through a ground bridge. He went to the computers and searched the files as Bombshock stood by for protection, finally finding the completed data for SynthEn and having one of the large containers filling up with cyber matter formula start to empty out.

"I only need half of that giant vial to fuel two protoforms, I'll need a bit of time!" he explained.

"Why do we need these protoforms and energon?" Bombshock questioned.

"Because Kristina isn't going to survive unless we give her a new body. She absolutely needs it now if she's expected to live." Knockout stated grimly.

Insecticons continued to do battle out in the halls of the Nemesis, war having broken out completely amongst them and the Decepticon forces. Predaking held off Vehicons with ease, optics glowing furiously the moment Megatron made an appearance. The leader had his own rage boiling inside, staring down the Predacon as he unsheathed his blade.

"All this for a **_human?!_** You're all absolute fools!" Megatron roared, standing his ground as Predaking charged at him.

"You will suffer the way my brethren and the human have!" the beast roared back, slashing and punching at his target.

"You and your comrades will die along with her for your insolence if it's the last thing I do!" the gladiator shouted, striking at his opponent.

"Screaming in agony shall be your last action!" Predaking growled, slamming him away viciously with the corpse of a Vehicon and continuing the onslaught.

Knockout clicked his digits on the table anxiously as his patience was practically nonexistent at the moment, watching the fluids sluggishly rise up as the container filled.

"Come on, come ooooon." He mumbled, looking down as he heard a small groan from Kristina. "Please try to stay quiet, you need to conserve as much energy as possible."

"Forgive…me…" she wheezed, opening her eyes some but unable to see as they had been sliced when Starscream gave her face a cut.

Knockout stared at her, remembering their conversation had never finished. "Kristina…I forgive you, but please, I should be asking you to forgive me. I was a jealous idiot and let my anger get the best of me. I should have never put you through that nor let you believe you were in the wrong."

Kristina's mouth struggled to give even the slightest smile, bloody tears streaming down the sides her head. Knockout gently shushed her before she could say anymore.

"No more talking for now, you just need to concentrate on staying alive." The medic said gently, looking up and seeing the large vial filled a little more than needed. "Perfect. You three, take the vial out of here and follow me, and don't you dare drop it!" he ordered, typing in the release command for it.

Knockout soon drove out of the lab with Kristina inside, stopping for a moment. "Keep holding him off, Predaking, I need enough time to transplant her!" he shouted over the fighting, speeding off to the medical bay with the three beasts following in flight while carrying the giant container.

Predaking acknowledged his order mentally, roaring out as he punched Megatron several yards down the hall. Starscream came flying as he had retrieved the Dark Star Saber, bursting his thrusters to full speed.

"I have come to your aid, my Ma-" he began, shrieking as he was suddenly side swiped by Bombshock in insect mode, stealing the saber strapped to Starscreams top.

The seeker spun in the air a bit but soon blasted off back from the direction he came, his cowardice overtaking him. Bombshock let out a screech as he passed his brethren with the saber in his grasp, all transforming and flying with him after Knockout. The medic sped through the halls, seeing Arcee and Bumblebee coming in his direction.

"Hold your fire on the Autobots, they aren't important anymore!" Knockout shouted, zipping past them and Insecticons doing the same.

Both bots stared as they were completely ignored, looking at each other for a moment but taking whatever luck they could get and continuing on with their mission. Knockout finally reached the medical bay, all guarding Insecticons moving and allowing him and the three carriers in then closing the door behind them. The con transformed and carefully took Kristina to a berth, looking to his comrades.

"Set down the container then get the protoforms from the other room and place them on the other berths." He commanded, waiting as they swiftly did so.

Knockout went and got his tools ready, completely on edge as he set up then took in a deep breath before opening backed files in his computer system. The medic soon began opening up the first protoform, being as careful yet fast as he could in the process. His servos began to steady the more he continued, finally getting it properly opened before picking Kristina up carefully. The latina turned her face to him despite not being able to see at all, being placed on the protoforms chassis face down. Knockout started shaking a bit when he saw how mutilated her backside was, nearly losing it until she weakly grasped one of his digits. He looked to her face, seeing a soft smile on her features.

"…Kristina…I'm sorry." He said, voice trembling. "I brought you into all this."

"It's…ok…" she whispered, eyes fluttering shut as she tried to rest.

"Kristina…Kristina I need you to stay awake for this!" he told her somewhat loudly, clenching his denta some. "You're going to be going through a lot of pain as I connect your body to the protoform."

"Ok." The young lady replied calmly, surprising her friend but him knowing it was probably all she could manage.

Knockout brought out a scalpel and started cutting into the back of her head, mind wrenching as he saw she wasn't even able to make any more screams of pain. Though it eased him some that he wouldn't have to hear it, he knew she was going through more agony. He pushed forward, doing what cuts and removals he had to do before connecting her to the necessary cables from the protoform. Knockout finally placed her into the cavity of the chassis, fighting the urge to hold onto her as he let go and connected a long tube to the container of SynthEn that linked to her new body. The medic hesitated for a moment before inputting the command, the protoform sucking in energon until it was to capacity.

"Step one complete." Knockout announced to the Insecticons waiting anxiously, one going to the hall to relay the message.

The con froze in horror when he noticed SynthEn beginning to leak out of Kristina's wounds, quickly scrambling to connect the next protoform and filling it as fast as possible. He clattered his digits along the keys of the board, inputting data and beginning the activation of the protoforms. Knockout ran to get the cords for the Cortical Psychic Patch as the activation commenced, nearly fumbling the plug as he connected on her side before moving to the second protoform. He finally locked in the plug and ran to the computer, typing away to start the patch as soon as she began to shift and seeing the protoform moving with her minds commands.

"Patch commencing now!" he stated, pressing a button and the cord lighting up as it began.

Knockout looked to the screen, able to see through Kristina's mental sight as she began to wander about, noticing everything was quite dark.

"Listen to me, go for the other mind, Kristina." He spoke through a communicator.

"Knockout where am I?...I'm scared." The young lady admitted, voice obviously nervous.

Knockout watched as a light started shining in the distance. "That has to be the other protoform, go that light!"

"Knockout when a human sees a light like this that usually means they're dying. I don't want to go to it!" she whimpered.

"Please trust me, I promise you it's the other mind!" he pleaded.

Kristina started running in the dream world, breathing hard in fear as voices began echoing around her mind when images started flashing all around her. "Knockout they're gonna get me!" she cried out.

"No they're not, your memories can't hurt you, I promise! Now keep going, you're almost there!" he stressed, nearly holding his breath as he watched through her eyes.

Kristina tried to push on, her feet pounding on the ground as she sprinted with all her might. Knockout winced slightly as the light on the screen suddenly blared, turning to the protoforms and seeing the second one begin to move.

"You made it, stay right where you are!" he told her, going and disconnecting the cable so she would for sure be in there.

Knockout sighed in relief as the protoform tossed its head some, positive she had completed the transfer.

"Transfer was a success, last stage commencing." He announced to the Insecticons, connecting special cables from the berth into certain places on her body before going back to his computer and imputing a file into the system

Knockout hit the command, electricity jolting through the protoform and watching as her body began to change into its new form. Seeker wings emerged from the back while multiple plating formed along her torso and limbs. The head began developing into a true face, plates silver as her helm sprouted backwards pointing horn like designs on top. Her silver servos formed delicate claws like Knockouts, legs looking similar to his as well while thighs turned a shining grey. She had mild thruster heels on her pedes while a main thruster pushed out on her upper back. A long detailed tail grew from her lower back, slithering along the berth and tip having a large scythe like blade and blaster opening. The electricity soon died down, her plating and armor being various shades of violet and black. Knockout cautiously went up to her, placing a hand on his partners shoulder.

"Kristina?..." he asked quietly so as not to spook her.

Kristina slowly opened her eyes, looking like a sleeker version of Arcee's but optic color being a bright neon purple, similar colored biolights shining all over her body as soon as she began to see. She slowly turned her head to look at Knockout, purple lipped smile appearing smoothly on her face.

"I've told you you're a genius before, right?"


	23. Chapter 23

Kristina sat up carefully, looking at her servos curiously then feeling over her hips and thighs. Her biolights shone softly as she got off the berth, looking up at Knockout and pouting slightly when her head was only slightly above his hips.

"You let me keep my thick thunder thighs and hips but make me a pipsqueak?" she laughed.

"You didn't honestly think I'd make you bigger than me, did you?" Knockout smirked, leaning down and patting her head. "I like you being so small, it's cute."

The latina chuckled, flicking his torso before turning to the Insecticons waiting in the room with them. She smiled softly as they watched her with heightened curiosity, walking up to them and putting hands on her hips.

"How is the hive faring right now?" Kristina questioned.

"We have only lost a few, your Majesty." One answered, all of them seeming relieved at hearing her voice. "The Decepticon forces are dwindling."

"Perfect. Let's finish business then, shall we?" she said with a smirk.

The small group walked into the halls, a bigger force of Insecticons waiting out there for them and many curious of the new bot. Kristina looked around for a moment as she took in the sight of her comrades, watching as Bombshock went up to her and kneeled, presenting the Dark Star Saber.

"A Queen must have a proper weapon, your Majesty." He stated, keeping head down.

The young lady purred some and grasped the hilt firmly, lifting it as she inspected the radiant and malevolent blade. Her optics glowed slightly as she clicked into her comm link so all beasts would hear her.

"I am your Queen and I demand the end of the Decepticon forces. Help all Autobots in their battles and fight to destroy the enemy. I shall lead you into in to war where we will come out victorious, snuffing out the Decepticon power and reducing them to their knees until they are no more. Your Queen has spoken, go and fight!" she commanded valiantly, smirking as all Insecticons released a screeching battle cry from her decree.

"My my, quite the little speech." Knockout teased some. "Must be the SynthEn still having some of its old effects, you were never quite this bold for battle."

Kristina smirked as she glanced back at him, heel thrusters starting and lifting her up until she was face level with him.

"You'll see soon enough just how bold I've become, because I'm ready for all of this now more than ever." She spoke quietly to him, kissing the medic softly on the lips before floating up near the ceiling. "I need you to go to the command center and take control of the Nemesis. Think you can do that?"

"Such a task could only be carried by me, your Majesty." Knockout smirked with a slight bow.

Kristina grinned, looking upon her subjects. "You five go with Knockout to protect him. The rest of you, transform and follow me!" she ordered, body changing into a Cybertronian jet and speeding off down the halls.

Insecticons screeched and transformed, flying after her as Knockout drove in the opposite direction with his body guards. The young lady sped through the Nemesis, other hive members joining the force as they came in contact within the ship.

"Music Queen, I have been informed by a scout that Megatron is located outside at the bottom of the ship!" Bombshock reported to her.

"Good work, leave him to me." Kristina replied, thrusters widening as she boosted faster.

The horde soon reached the outer hull, swarming out in their complete drove and blasters going off frantically by Vehicons at the sight. Kristina was surprised that they were in space, seeing the reconstructed Omega Lock filled with the cyber matter formula below.

"We can't let the energy release on Earth, stop any Decepticon from getting near controls!" she ordered.

Kristina flew to the other side once she saw Megatron slamming Optimus to the ground after having shot Bumblebee down into the pool, going outside of the lock and getting a large distance before setting thrusters to full speed and blasting off directly for him. Her wings shook slightly at how rapid she was soaring, Megatron only looking to see what was coming at him for a second before she transformed and landed a flying kick to his face. The gladiator was sent viciously off of the lock, Kristina's heel thrusters stopping her momentum and backing up to land on the floor. She looked to Optimus as he got up and she noticed he was badly damaged on his hip, nodding to him some.

"Your back up has arrived in the form of a hive." She chuckled, motioning for him to see her comrades attacking Vehicons only.

"Who are you?" Optimus questioned, squinting slightly.

"The human who Megatron held hostage and forced to fight for him." Kristina replied, seeing his shocked optics from hearing that. "Science is amazing, isn't it?"

The latina quickly looked back to where her target had been flung off, hearing a growling yell as Megatron was in his jet mode and blasting at her as he rose from below. Kristina jumped out of the way to dodge each hit, slashing her saber to destroy one blast that almost made contact. She was near the edge of the glowing pool when the gladiator landed, shaking the floor under her on impact and glaring dangerously at her.

"Bet you thought you'd never hear from me again, right?" Kristina said, grinning as his optics widened and flared furiously.

"You abomination, you've been an annoyance to me for far too long. Because of you I have lost the majority of my soldiers and my Insecticons, but I will not let you have this victory!" Megatron roared, suddenly charging at her with his blade unsheathed.

Kristina's eyes flashed green for a moment, spinning out of the way as her thrusters flared on then slashing her blade at him. It merely made a rough cut in his armor, sending him slamming against a pillar. The tip of her tail rose above her head like a scorpion's stinger and let loose a flurry of blasts, gripping her saber as he swiftly rose after the onslaught and shot a charged blast at her that she jumped out of the way.

"The Dark Star Saber is of no use to the likes of you! Only a wielder whom controls Dark Energon can release its true potential!" Megatron shouted, suddenly upon her with his swift agility and upper cutting his opponent.

Kristina flew back from the power of the hit, narrowly missing a pillar and thrusters giving her back control over her movements. Her optics widened as his jet mode rammed into her torso, dropping her weapon as the latina grasped at him as he flew through the area and intended to crush her against a column.

"After I kill you, I'm going after your beloved mate." Megatron growled, aiming his blaster at her as they sped closer to a pillar.

Kristina clenched her denta then let out a yell as her arm changed into a weapon, letting loose a laser shot right into his cannon and causing a vicious explosion from the conflicting energies. The force caused Megatron to veer off course and barely miss his intended crash site, growling as he swung up into the lab above and transformed midflight. The gladiator gripped her tail roughly and threw her away from himself, Kristina flipping through the air and crashing through a giant vial.

"Music Queen!" Bombshock shouted, flying to attack Megatron with some others.

"Stand DOWN!" she suddenly screamed as she forced herself up.

Megatron sneered as he stalked to her. "You seem so sure that you can defeat me alone, yet your diminutive size and strength prove you cannot. What makes you think you stand a chance?"

"I don't know that I can win, but I do know you will die today. And I do intend to have your head by the end of all this." Kristina glared, claws ready as the armor on her tail shifted when it began charging a larger attack.

"Such ferocity coming from you, yet it means nothing when you can't back it up with raw power." Megatron stated, running to her with blade at ready.

Kristina dropped to the floor and boosted herself off the wall as he slashed at her, doing an impromptu handstand after passing between his legs and finally letting go of her blast as the tail aimed at him. Megatron yelled out in pain as his shoulder was completely destroyed, bladed arm promptly falling off from the attack. Kristina yelped as she lost her balance and fell when the ship suddenly made a rough turn, jumping up and smirking.

"Good work, Knockout." She said to herself, jetting off the floor and ramming Megatrons back, knocking him against the wall before speeding away from him.

The gladiator snarled as he pushed himself off the wall and spun around to her, running at her and swiping numerous times. His rage heightened as he couldn't catch his target, her flashing green eyes making him realize what was coursing through her.

"Synthetic Energon." Megatron spoke. "If it couldn't help the Autobot medic to defeat me, it will do far less for you!" he shouted, punching the ground and clenching his denta as she dove out of the way again.

"And yet I've already relieved you of an arm, but don't think your destruction stops there!" Kristina shouted heatedly, jetting to him and head butting his face with enough force to lift him off the ground and land hard on his back.

Megatron grunted loudly, shaking with rage as she transformed and flew away to retrieve the Dark Star Saber. The gladiator swiftly turned into his jet mode and sped after her, his larger body allowing for more thrust power. Kristina's tail whipped out from her top and shot at him, managing to land a hit to affect his boost and increasing her speed to reach the weapon first. She flipped into a transformation and landed roughly next to the saber, grabbing it from the floor and blasting off before Megatron could side swipe her away. Kristina soared through the air, optics glowing as Starscream sped for her and shot a missile in her direction. The latina smirked slightly, spinning as she grabbed it at just the right moment and redirected it back at the seeker. She laughed as his shrieks could be heard amongst an explosion, looking back and watching as Megatron continued fast through the air.

"This ends now, you _giant __**asshole!**_" Kristina shouted, veering down and thrusting the saber up just as he sped above her.

Megatron yelled out as the blade sliced through his hull from the center to back due to his velocity pushing forward, his spark having been hit and thrusters slowly flickering before fading as he flew clear out of the Omega Lock area. Kristina watched as the warlord spiraled down into Earth's atmosphere, seeing him soon start to flame from his descent. The latina landed on the floor, optics fluttering some as the battle had finally ended and she felt the effects of low energon levels.

"Guess I over did it." She mumbled, falling to her knees as she became dizzy and hearing got fuzzy.

Kristina glanced up some as Insecticons surrounded her, feeling herself being lifted as she passed out.

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"Kristinaaaa, it's your favorite bot in the entire universe. Wakey wakey." Knockout spoke, waving a servo in her face as her sight began to focus when she woke.

Kristina blinked a few times then swiftly sat up, looking around and seeing she was in the med bay.

"What happened?" she asked, rubbing her forehead.

"Energon deficiency, I was told you kept blasting at Megatron with full power. You do realize you're using energon when you use your laser weapons, right?" the medic mentioned.

"That would have been_ great_ to know beforehand." The latina grumbled some, smiling a bit as he nuzzled her cheek.

"Don't be mad, you beat Megatron despite nearly draining your reserves. Though I theorize that had the battle gone on for another five minutes, you would have passed out and Megatron would have crushed you." Knockout stated.

"Did I really need to know that?" Kristina laughed, cuddling back to him as she placed a servo on his cheek.

"Yes." He smirked. "Oh, and Optimus wants to speak with you, he said to send you over when you were feeling well enough. In my opinion we should hurry, I think they're about to release the cyber matter on Cybertron."

"We're back at Cybertron?!" she squeaked, quickly jumping off the berth. "Let's get going then!"

Knockout chuckled as he shook his head, running after her and going past the entire group of Insecticons as they made way.

"She's perfectly fine!" he informed them, laughing as they screeched in triumph.

The partners reached the command center, seeing the entire Autobot team including humans there. She smiled widely when she saw the screens showing they were indeed above Cybertron, tail swaying excitedly.

"I am glad that you survived your ordeal, Kristina. Megatron was dangerously close to victory until you came with the Insecticons." Optimus spoke, watching her as they walked up to him.

"Thank you, Optimus Prime. Though I don't know if this makes up for all the times I had to fight against you and your comrades, but I hope we can all work together for the restoration of your home." She said, looking to Knockout as he placed a servo on her shoulder.

"It's your home too. You're a Cybertronian now, remember?" the medic chuckled.

"I still think it's kind of weird." Miko mumbled, yelping as Jack smacked her arm.

"It's alright, I kinda think it's weird too." Kristina laughed, looking up as they flew over a large hole. "What is that?"

"The Well of All Sparks, it leads to Primus' core." Ratchet explained. "We're going to shoot all the cyber matter we have into it so that it will revitalize Cybertron."

"Sweet." She grinned. "Can I push the button?"

Ratchet blinked at the request, looking to Optimus whom nodded with a small smile. "I suppose."

Kristina jumped a bit in excitement, floating up to the panel and pressing the launch command as they were directly above the well. All watched as Cybertron gradually lit up, the latina in complete awe as the planet came to life while the sun slowly rose. Her smile faltered slightly as she remembered something, the Nemesis landing upon the ground.

"Optimus…you didn't happen to see Predaking anywhere near Megatron, did you? He was battling him when I was dying in my human body." Kristina explained.

"I am sorry, I did not see him with Megatron when he came out to battle me." The prime replied.

Kristina looked down with saddened optics, about to put in a call to the Insecticons to locate his body in the ship when a shadow flew over the view of the command center. She gasped when she saw it was Predaking, smiling as she flew up close to the screens.

"He's alive! Oh thank God." She sighed in relief.

"Why are you glad that the Predacon lives? He's a danger to everyone." Ultra Magnus interjected with a slight frown.

"Because he's my friend." Kristina stated firmly as she turned to him. "As unbelievable as it is, he's very kind and a great ally, so I don't want to hear any bad talk about him."

"How are we supposed to trust him when he nearly scrapped us on more than one occasion?" Bulkhead asked.

"I almost scrapped you guys a lot of times, yet you trust me." She shot back.

"I wouldn't say trust." Wheeljack mumbled, getting glances from some others. "What? I'm not so keen on 'forgive and forget.'"

"That's understandable, but whether you like me or not due to my past actions, I want to be allies now. I never thought I'd ever be a warrior, let alone serving a warlord. I can't change what I did, but I can make better choices for what's ahead." Kristina explained herself.

"And we shall accept your comradery as long as you, Knockout and the Insecticons continue to work towards peace from now on." Optimus stated.

"And Predaking?" she questioned.

"We shall have to see at a later time, I am afraid that his rage over the death of his brethren runs far too deep to ever align himself with us." The leader replied.

"Yeah….I can see that." Kristina understood somberly.

"Don't worry, Kristina. I'm sure we'll see the big brute again at some point." Knockout smirked.

Kristina smiled softly at that, looking to the entrance as the doors opened and Bombshock walking in.

"Music Queen, we searched the entire ship but could not find Starscream or Shockwave amongst the corpses." He reported.

"Oh great." She groaned. "Well, not like they can do much. They're just two bots against the Insecticons and Autobots."

"We cannot underestimate either of them, they know very well how to enlist forces if given time." Optimus informed.

"Well the second we see them, they'll be shot on sight." Kristina smirked a bit.

"If you are to align yourself with us then I insist that you do not go about your solutions in a violent manner." The leader stated with a slight frown.

"Ah…of course." She laughed a bit in embarrassment. "Guess I've been around Megatron for so long that I got a little ruthless. I'll get back to my kinder roots soon enough though."

"That is good to hear. We have final business to attend to on Earth, so we must leave for a short time." He explained.

"Alright, we'll stay here on the Nemesis and keep an eye on Cybertron until y'all get back." Kristina smiled. "We'll be sure to call if anything strange happens."

Optimus nodded, leaving through a space bridge with his team and leaving the partners with their comrades. Kristina floated over to Knockout and hugged his neck gently, nuzzling softly. The medic smiled warmly and returned the action, purring soothingly.

"I can't believe we made it through all this….it's so surreal." Kristina said, closing her optics to enjoy the moment.

"It is quite hard to take in, but it's all a reality. Cybertron will thrive again and we'll be together for the whole thing." Knockout replied, tightening his arms around her a bit as if to make sure she was actually there.

The medic blinked a bit when she moved so she was face to face with him, seeing her slight smirk.

"Me. You. Megatron's room. Right now." She stated simply.

"What for?" he raised a brow.

"I want to try out this new body, and we're gonna need a big berth for it." Kristina grinned. "We'll also swing by your room real quick to get that strap on."

Knockout slowly returned the grin, walking out with her in his arms through the halls of the Nemesis.

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**A/N: *whispers* _not the last chapter stay tuned k? k._**


	24. Chapter 24

Heavy breathing and clinking metal was all that could be heard in the warlords' room, moans sounding off here and there as sensitive spots were touched. Kristina arched as Knockout reached under her and dug into a cable cluster between armor plates, letting out a yell of ecstasy as her tail rubbed all along his back and tire struts as it stretched to its limits to reach. The medic groaned as he licked and kissed her neck, nibbling at times to make her squeal as he caught sensitive cable lines. Kristina bit her lip as she heard the all too familiar 'clunk', grinding her hips firmly against his interface panel as she was trying to will her own panel to open. She jolted a bit when Knockout stroked her groin, shivering as the sensations helped ease her body into relaxing for the release of the panel locks.

"Nh, take me." She said breathily, clenching denta slightly as he let his spike spring free once her valve was exposed.

Knockout shuddered as he ground against her outer node, feeling the heat emanating off her ready valve then finally pushing deep into her. He let out a grunt as she gripped him, shaking a bit from the tight confines of her smaller body. Kristina struggled with taking in his size but endured the stretch, claws slightly digging into his sides as she held onto him while her tail was rubbing his covered valve. She yelped then pouted when he swatted her appendage away, getting a smirk in return.

"You'll get to play with that soon enough." Knockout teased, reaching down and rubbing her clit as he started thrusting somewhat firmly, other servo on the small of her back.

Kristina grunted as he hit deep, gasping at the stronger pleasure this new body possessed when hitting the cluster of nodes in her, others being rubbed by his shafts grooves and ridges. Her digits scratched his hips some, letting out a louder moan as he scratched her back in his own ecstasy. Knockout slammed hard in her, metal banging a bit loudly as their hips smacked against each other. The medic revved his engines for her, grinning as he felt her insides shudder and throb more while her tail whipped the berth sharply as it wriggled between his thighs. Knockout soon put both servos on her hips, gripping tightly as he pulled her in for each thrust he made, purring as she squealed in absolute bliss.

"That's what I want to hear, be louder now, I need you to be heard out in the halls!" Knockout spoke, shuddering then throwing his head back as he overloaded deep inside her.

Kristina yelled out as she came, thrashing under him and servos slamming to the berth, slowly making long scratches on it as she endured his continued thrusts for a few minutes. She felt a strange urge in her chassis to split open, fighting the feeling and keeping her armor locked as she didn't understand what her body was wanting. Knockout watched her as he panted slightly, optics gleaming as he slowly pulled out then grabbed her tail and gave a firm tug back so she slid under him until her face was near his now exposed valve.

"You wanted this earlier, now you get to taste it." He spoke, purring as he pressed against her mouth. "Go on, now."

Kristina groaned softly as she began to eat him out, servos rubbing along his aft as she enjoyed pleasing him in such a way. Knockout shivered and leaned back a bit, reaching down and rubbing her valve before pushing two digits in to stroke her inner nodes teasingly. He chuckled as she whimpered and squirmed from the feeling, free servo going below and holding her head in place so she continued to concentrate on his own neglected nethers. Kristina breathed a bit heavily as she worked, digging glossa into him and firmly licking his nodes before pulling it back out and giving slow lengthy strokes along his entire valve. Knockout gently rocked his hips against her mouth, closing his optics as he enjoyed every sensation flowing through him, fans kicking on again to cool down his heating frame. He gripped one of her horns and tugged her head so her face would press harder to his valve, moaning loudly when she obliged to bury her mouth against him. Kristina bucked up as her partner added a third digit into her, her own valve throbbing and leaking as she was nearing another overload.

"Just a little more, oh, right there. Keep licking right theeere." Knockout groaned then shouted out as he shook, back arching slowly the more his overload intensified and lubricant shooting from his spike.

Kristina helped him ride out his climax, growling slightly when his digits simply hooked inside her firmly and stopped their movements just as she was on the verge of cumming. Knockout merely chuckled when she kicked her legs out a bit in frustration, the vibrations of her sound only pleasing him more until he finished. The medic finally looked down at her, seeing the latinas slightly glaring optics peek from below his groin and smirking at that.

"How cute." He teased. "I was going to push on, but I thought it'd be a much better feeling to have you overload on my spike again."

Kristina heated up some more at that, licking lips clean as he got off of her then picked her up. She looked over her shoulder to him after he turned her around, valve throbbing when he grabbed the strap on and connected it on her, shivering as she felt its electrical waves run through her. The latina groaned as he stroked her spike some, biting lip at feeling every sensation then gasping as he suddenly thrust his own member deep inside of her.

"Ah! Oh fuck." Kristina grunted, optics flashing slightly when Knockouts other servo reached up and gripped her neck.

The medic grinned as he felt her clench harder at the action, bucking firmly while pumping her spike ever so slowly. Knockout crooned in her ear suavely as he thrust deep each time, one digit stroking the tip of her member teasingly as he kissed and nibbled at her.

"This spike looks even lovelier on your small frame, such a well-endowed partner I have." He purred, groaning against her audio receptor as he bucked faster.

Kristina panted as her tail wrapped around his waist, shivering against him and closing in on her orgasm once again. Her body writhed and bucked with his, clenching denta when his claws glided along her spike teasingly then gripping her shaft to pump it at random intervals. Her wings started to twitch the more he teased as she whimpered and grasped at his mildly choking servo, enjoying the grip he had as he was in complete control in the situation.

"Knockout, I, nnh, I'm close." She gasped, tail tightening on him as she was on the brink of overload and chassis tried to open again without a command.

"Scream for me then, lovely." The medic crooned in her ear, thrusting roughly and pumping her spike rapidly.

Kristina trembled as an orgasm ripped through her frame, screaming out and thrashing a bit as she gripped his arm when her chassis sprung open against her will just as Knockouts engines revved loudly. The medic hit his own overload, panting hotly against her as he rode it out for a bit before slowing to a soft rocking. His optics widened as he noticed a light coming from her, looking over her shoulder and seeing her chest was exposing her pink spark.

"Kristina…I knew you trusted me, but I didn't realize it was this deep." Knockout spoke quietly.

"Nh, I don't know what you mean. Of course I trust you, but what's going on?" she asked breathily, body softly trembling.

"Ah…I've never talked about spark bonding with you." The medic realized, gently pulling out then laying her down after detaching the strap on and closing his own interface panels. "It's what happens when two Cybertronians trust and care for each other very deeply."

Kristina bit her lip some as she looked away. "Would have let it go earlier then, I've been keeping my chassis closed since my first orgasm because I didn't know what was happening."

"It's alright, the topic never came up so you couldn't have possibly known." Knockout chuckled.

"So…why haven't you shown me yours?" the latina asked shyly.

"Didn't want to pressure you into such an intense thing like spark bonding." The con admitted. "Would you like to try it?"

Kristina glanced up at him, unsure of what was to come but nodding slightly. "If you're ready."

Knockout smiled, allowing his chassis to open and revealing a bright red spark to her, letting his partner inspect it with curiosity.

"It's so beautiful." She whispered, bracing self some as he slowly leaned forward until they were inches apart.

"Just relax and I'll lead you thro-" Knockout started, jolting a bit when there was a pounding knock on the door by Bombshock.

"Music Queen, the Autobots have returned!" he announced.

"Thank you, Bombshock. We'll be out shortly, you may go." Kristina replied loudly, chuckling some at Knockouts pout. "We can do it some other time."

"I suppose." He grumbled, closing his chassis and sitting up. "Hopefully without any interruptions."

"Interruptions are bound to happen now, Knockout. We've got a lot more responsibilities and won't have a lot of alone time while Cybertron is being rebuilt." Kristina pointed out, managing to close her chest though struggling through it until it was sealed.

"True." Knockout sighed huffily. "Makes me almost wish we were back to just being doctor and assistant."

"Don't you like being an honorary King of Insecticons though?" she giggled teasingly as she knew he didn't like them much. "The insect kingdom on Earth never has kings, you'll be the first ever."

"Oh joy." He drawled, chuckling a bit after. "Let's get going then."

The partners went out to the command center as their new comrades space bridged into Kaon, Kristina noticing Megatrons statue on the large screens.

"Damn." She mumbled, putting hands on her hips some then looking to Bombshock as he went to her and offered the Dark Star Saber for her again. "Thank you, Bombshock."

"It is my pleasure, your Majesty." He replied, tilting head as she strapped it to her back and looking a bit ridiculous considering how large the weapon was.

"How are you even able to carry that thing?" Knockout questioned, hiding a smirk as it dragged on the floor some.

"Guess the strength of SynthEn gives me that ability." Kristina shrugged. "We'll get it cut down for me at some point since I'm bound to go on natural Energon in the future, but right now we gotta join up with the others."

The two went down to join the Autobots along with the hive, Kristina looking up to the entrance of the city and mouth hanging open slightly at the sight of Megatrons giant statue in person. Optimus noticed his team tense up a bit as the hive arrived, opting to start his speech and initiation for Bumblebee's warrior status now that they were on Cybertron. His valiant words calmed the group as they listened, all smiling once Bumblebee rose with his new rank. Kristina chuckled some when Wheeljack blew up the statue, looking up curiously when the leader interjected their celebration with needing to leave.

"I must retrieve the AllSpark if Cybertron is to regain its ability to generate new life." Optimus expounded.

Kristina blinked and glanced at Knockout as the leader continued on with his explanation to his team. "You guys don't pop out babies yourselves?"

"What?...Oh, you mean 'pregnancy.' We're not like humans in that aspect, Cybertron itself generates new lives with the use of the AllSpark." Knockout clarified.

"Ah…that's a relief." She mumbled with a quiet laugh, looking to Optimus as he turned to them after giving orders to his group.

"I will need you and the Insecticons to aid in any way necessary as your hive is large enough to divide up." He stated.

"You got it, Sir." Kristina waved in a casual salute, looking to her subjects. "You heard him, we need to work together with the Autobots if this planet is gonna get back to his original glory."

The hive members gave each other confused glances as they didn't think they'd be taking orders from any of the Autobots, some grumbling at now having to work with their former enemies in such a way. Kristina frowned some at that, eyes flashing green as she slung out her saber.

"I demand cooperation in this, hive!" she shouted firmly as her patience suddenly dropped to zero, making sure to be heard above their mumbling.

"Yes, Music Queen!" They straightened up, quite stiff that she had drawn her weapon in dominance.

Knockout glanced at her, raising a brow and tapping her shoulder. "Maybe on your next Energon fueling we stick to the natural stuff. That SynthEn seems to still drive rage up a bit and you already had a short fuse to begin with."

Kristina blinked, looking to him then back to her subjects, swiftly putting her blade away. "Ah…sorry guys."

"I would insist on Knockout's recommendation. I cannot abide with your harsh ruling if we are to be allies striving for peace." Optimus spoke up.

The latina rubbed the back of her head some, looking to him. "Yeah, I'll get on that natural Energon asap. I didn't mean to be cruel to my hive like that."

Kristina soon split up the hive into needed numbers of laborers and patrollers, having majority of Insecticons working on construction while Bombshock and a choice few remained as her and Knockouts guards. The medic opted to go with Bumblebee back to the ship to search the scanners for any Decepticon life signals while the young lady left with Ultra Magnus and Smokescreen towards the Sea of Rust on patrol. Kristina viewed the land in awe as she flew in jet form with her guards high above, staying in the sky as the Autobots began investigating an alleyway.

"I wonder if they found someone." She mumbled to herself, whipping her tail out from her top the moment when Darksteel and Skylynx bulldozed through them and began a fight.

The sky group dove down swiftly, all shooting at the new Predacons and joining the fray as many took to tackling the beasts in a combined effort. Kristina transformed and drew her blade, swinging at Skylynx as he made a dash for her after throwing an Insecticon to the side. The blow managed to catch the beast right in the optic, breaking through and causing him to thrash wildly in pain. Kristina was forced to quickly fly out of range when Skylynx released a burst of flames wildly in his fury of being injured, watching as her guards soon shot flurries of laser blasts at him to protect her but noticing they hardly did damage. She looked over to the Autobots and saw they were getting thrown around by Darksteel, clenching denta some.

"Everyone could hardly handle Predaking, these two seem just as difficult!" Kristina shouted so the others could hear, about to call in a retreat but screaming as Skylynx bit into her viciously and thrashed her about.

She was soon flung a great distance away right into a building, dropping her saber along the way and slamming hard before falling down to the steel ground. Kristina struggled to rise as she was losing energon from her injuries, looking at her shoulder and wing then grimacing as she saw they were quite mangled. The latina looked to her subjects as they dove from overhead and surrounded her as Skylynx charged to them for another attack, overhearing Smokescreen call in for a ground bridge.

"Bombshock, retrieve my weapon then follow the rest of us after Smokescreen to the portal!" Kristina ordered, letting one of the others carry her away as they all scattered in flight just as Skylynx lunged upon their location.

The beast growled as he missed his targets, blasting flames out in an attempt to damage any stragglers. Kristina winced some as her growing pain was searing through her, trying to endure it as she saw the ground bridge finally open and all of them speeding to their comrades to help the damaged Ultra Magnus through. The entire group managed to reach the portal in time to escape the Predacons, Kristina sighing in relief as they got to safety. Knockout's optics opened when he saw her injuries, quickly going over to her as the others went to see their own ally.

"What happened?!" the medic asked frantically, looking over her extensive damage.

"Predacons. Shockwave's lab must be close by the Sea of Rust since they were scrounging around that area." She said tiredly, her energon loss starting to get the better of her.

The two injured bots were rushed to the med bay, Ratchet being called in as the Autobots didn't feel comfortable with having Knockout look over their comrade. The con went right to work in fixing up her mutilated wing and arm after hooking his partner up to SynthEn transfusions and turning off her pain receptors.

"I checked our storage and found out we don't have any processed natural Energon in supply yet since it was all used in the cyber matter formula. You'll have to wait until your next refueling for the real stuff." Knockout explained as he closed up and fixed her wounds.

"I'll be fine on this for a bit. Just try to keep me in line, alright?" Kristina chuckled quietly, keeping eyes away so she wouldn't have to watch the procedure.

Knockout kept his attention on her as the Autobots took care of their own, overhearing their frustration over the new Predacons. He rolled his optics some when they brought up the possibility of finding Predaking and talking to him about it.

"You do realize he'll probably blast you all on sight, right?" Knockout stated, waving over an Insecticon as they brought in a replacement wing from the storage.

"Well what are we supposed to do?!" Smokescreen asked in frustration. "Optimus is busy with getting back the AllSpark and there are probably more than the Predacons we just saw out there!"

"You'll just have to wait for Kristina to be fixed. She's the only one that managed to befriend the big brute before Megatrons overthrowing, so he'll listen to what she has to say far sooner than he would any of you." The medic said nonchalantly, separating the old wing from her body and reattaching the new one in.

"I guess Knockout's right, we don't really have much of a choice." Bumblebee thought reluctantly.

"Of course I'm right." Knockout mumbled, patting the wing once he finished then blinking when she tried to get up. "What are you doing?"

"We gotta go now, this is a serious issue that needs to be taken care of immediately." Kristina answered, wincing some as her pain receptors were turned back on and a soreness running through her system.

"You're not going anywhere until you've rested for at least a couple of hours." Her partner frowned, pushing her back down gently.

"We don't have that kind of time, this has to be brought to Predakings attention now." She growled a bit, tail whipping about slightly.

"As your doctor I have not given you clearance to leave the medical bay, so you're not going anywhere until I say so." He said firmly, keeping her held down despite her protests.

"Come on, Knockout, we need to go right now if we're gonna stand a chance in this." Smokescreen interrupted, folding his arms in annoyance as he was ignored.

"Dammit Knockout, this is serious!" Kristina huffed at him, optics flashing green for a moment.

"_I'm_ being serious, you're staying put and that's that!" Knockout huffed right back. "And don't you lose your temper with me!"

Kristina clenched her servos then head desked on the berth, legs kicking a bit in annoyed defeat. "Fiiiine."

"That's better." The medic nodded, finally taking his hand off of her and scanning her over for any other injuries.

"Guess we're stuck in limbo until she's cleared." Arcee mumbled to the others, all of them seeming grim and frustrated at the situation.


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Transformers/Beast Wars, Adventure, Romance