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"You little traitor! You just had to help the enemy didn't you!?" Hissed the Deception leader as he threw the already damaged second in command against the wall.
The latter couldn't help but curl himself in an useless attempt to protect himself. Starscream knew this was going to happen when he let Skyfire go in their last battle against the autobots. He had him right where he needed, they were at his mercy but he couldn't bring himself to even damage the said bot. So he let them go, told him to run and not to come back or he wouldn't be so merciful. He had hoped that maybe... Just maybe, no one was there to witness it.
Another kick to his cockpit served yet, as another reminder, that things could never go his way. Of course Soundwave had to be there to witness it all. Of course he had to tell their ever so "glorious" leader, Lord Megatron, about it.
"A traitor helping another traitor," Megatron picked up the silver seeker by it's throat, "I should have known better than to have trusted your judgement when we first found them. Maybe if we kept him offline you wouldn't have to be dealing with this." Starscream tried to claw at the grasp of the larger mech. Their ventilation struggled as his wires felt to be cut off from the force of the grasp.
Without warning he was bashed against the floor. Energon leaking more so than it previously was. His helm was dented as Starscream struggled to stay conscious. His leader let him go before stepping on the weakened seeker. They placed their foot directly on smaller bot's back, making them cry in pain. Starscream pathetically begged for Lord Megatron to stop. He felt how his strut started to dent and his wings flapped painfully, trying to lift up the crushing pressure on him.
Megatron growled, "I've been lenient before, but make no mistake Starscream, I will no longer be lenient to traitors no more!" He lift his pede off the other. The little seeker shakily struggled to lift himself. He clenches his jaw as an attempt to not let out anymore whimpers.
"Shockwave, you may take him now"
Starscream's spark raced, "Lord Megatron! Please there's no need for this!" He, painfully, forced himself to kneel on the floor as he continued, "I promise to not make the same mistake! Im still of use for the cause! Please Megatron!"
Megatron looked at the seeker unamused as Shockwave stepped towards them. Starscream's wings shook as he tried to crawl away from the incoming bot. "There's no need of this lord Megatron!" the jet exclaimed, "please don't let me be another Shockwave experiment! I'm still of use! I'm still of use Megatron!"
The purple bot came up to the trembling seeker. "NO!" the latter screeched as they attempted to escape. The jet, with it's remaining strength, tried to jump out of Shockwave's reach. It was futile as he was roughly grabbed by its wings, being slammed down to cold floor. Starscream continue trying to escape, desperately clawing the floor as he was dragged.
He screeched throughout the entire time that he was dragged to Shockwave's lab. He begged and screamed no's, being heard through the hallways. His screechy high pitch voice becoming worse as it started to slightly glitch as well. Any bot that was near that heard it, did not do anything to help the Seeker, but instead turned away, not wanting to face any similar fate.
Soon enough they arrived at the lab. Shockwave was able to strap the screeching Seeker onto the medical table. Starscream struggled against his restraints, as he continued to plea with a more glitchy voice.
"what shall we do Lord Megatron" the purple bot asked as they faced their leader.
Megatron, who followed the two when Shockwave dragged Starscream, looked up as he thought for a bit. His processors running through different ideas that can help teach his traitorous second in commamd a lesson. Soon an idea came.
"why don't you...." Megatron slided a clawed digit on the side of the trembling Seeker's optic, "do something with this"
Starscream looked up at the larger mech with disbelief. "You're not planning on leaving me blind!" he said worriedly, "I am more useful with both optics Lord Megatron! For combat and spotting the enemies and possible energon deposits! Please I am still of use!"
Their leader ignored their comments as Shockwave finished preparing his tools. They looked to Megatron, to which he was met with a short nod for them to proceed. Shockwave approached the seeker, tool in hand as the other stared in fear. Well this should be fun.