It was just another day in the scrap yard when Bumblebee got a call from Optimus Prime.

"What is it Optimus?" Asked Bumblebee.

"There is trouble at the hospital on Cybertron patients have been dying at an alarming rate and the Counsel will not look into it and we suspect one of the medics may be responsible." Optimus explained.

"So you think one of the medics is killing patients?" Bumblebee said in shock. "Which one?"

"That we do not know and can not jump to conclusions with out proof but it could be anyone of them." Optimus told him. "So I want you and Ratchet to go find out who is doing this."

"We won't let you down." Bumblebee replied and saw the rest of the team listening in. "Strongarm your in charge till I get back."

"I won't let you down Sir." Strongarm answered him. But Sideswipe didn't look happy.

"Ratchet will have a ship ready and waiting for you." Optimus said to Bumblebee.

"I'll ground bridge to the location and meet him there then we'll go straight to Cybertron." Bumblebee told him then the two said goodbye and the call ended. And Bumblebee went through the ground bridge where he found Ratchet waiting for him and they boarded the ship and went to Cybertron.
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After arriving on Cybertron they went to the hospital to see what they were dealing with and to meet all the staff and figure out which of them were killing patients.

The hospital was a good sized building it had twelve stories and several rooms and hallways on each one. And several medics were working there.

The first two they met were Red Alert and First Aid who both Ratchet and Bumblebee knew from the war and were good friends of theirs so these two could be counted out. And the two Autobots happily showed Bumblebee and Ratchet around.

First they introduced them to the Psychiatrist Rung and some other medics named Ambulong and Flatline. Then they all heard yelling coming from one of the hallways.

"You slacker how dare you leave the hospital when you have a job to do!" They heard someone yelling at the top of their voice box.

"But you see the thing is.." Another voice started to say but was cut off by the other still yelling at them.

"Your a sorry excuse for a Doctor and I'll have your medical license for this!" Said the angry voice.

"Actually he just punched out you see his shift just ended so he's going home for the day." They heard Rung tell the bot who had been yelling.

"Oh OK but be here bright and early tomorrow or I'll make you regret it!" Screamed the other bot who they saw storm off.

"Wait a second." Said Bumblebee who suddenly recognized the bot who had just been yelled at. "Knock Out I was wondering what happened to you after the war."

"Oh hi Bumblebee, Ratchet I got a job working here at the hospital I want to make up for all the time I spent as a Con." Knock Out explained.

"So what was all that about just now?" Asked Bumblebee. "That other bot seemed kind of harsh."

"That was Pharma he hates Decepticons with a passion and since Knock Out used to be a Con he's super hard on him all the time and can get down right verbally abusive with him sometimes." Red Alert explained. "Even though we've all told Pharma Knock Out's changed for the better."

"There just no pleasing that mech." Knock Out told them. "And I thought Megatron and Starscream were scary." He added before transforming and driving home.

"That's not right Pharma can't treat Knock Out badly because of what faction he used to be on in a war that's ended a faction that he walked out on no less." Said Bumblebee. "Talk about a jerk."

"But he's also one of the best medics we have." First Aid explained.

"That's no excuse to judge others and be mean though." Huffed Ratchet.
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Later after Red Alert and First Aid finished showing them around First Aid agreed to let Bumblebee and Ratchet stay at his place while they were on Cybertron. And they were currently there talking to him and Red Alert explaining to them about their mission and asking them if they knew anything about what was happening to the patients who were dying.

But neither of them knew what or who was causing the deaths because everyone had been working with each of the patients so there was no way to tell right away. So they decided to get some recharge and investigate more in the morning because it was getting late.
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Meanwhile Knock Out had gotten home only to realize he'd forgotten his buffer at the hospital because he liked to buff himself during his breaks and went back to get it not wanting Pharma to come across it and find another thing to chew him out about.

Knock Out got to the hospital and walked down the hallway trying to remember where he'd left it. And also hoping not to run in to Pharma. But that hope was quickly dashed when he heard the mech in question coming down the hallway.

The Austin Martin quickly ducked into a closet to hide not wanting an ear full from the other medic.

Knock Out's plan was to wait for Pharma to leave then find where his buffer was and take his own leave. He looked through a crack in the door and saw Pharma talking to someone over his com-link but unfortunately couldn't make out what was being said because Pharma was talking in a whisper and then saw him pushing a cart full of boxes.

"Strange what's he up to?" Thought Knock Out who continued to watch now puzzled.

Then Pharma bumped one of the boxes in his cart while specking over his com-link and it spelled on the floor and revealed T-cogs. What was he doing with those?

This took Knock Out by surprise and he backed up in shock and bumped a shelf that was in the closet and caused everything on it to fall to the floor with a loud crash. Which caused Knock Out to jump out of the closet or more like fall out of it.

Knock Out quickly jumped to his feet but unfortunately now he had Pharma's full attention and didn't like the way the other medic was looking at him.

"I'm sorry I just came to get my buffer but I just remembered it's at home so I'll just be going now." Knock Out said trying to hide the panic in his voice.

"What's your hurry?" Asked Pharma.

"No hurry but I really have to go!" Knock Out half yelped.

"How long have you been in that closet?" Pharma asked the Austin Martin then he noticed Knock Out glance at the T-cogs that were on the floor. "Just as I thought." Pharma said darkly.

"Where did these T-cogs come from?" Knock Out asked nervously. "And what are you doing with them?"

"Seems my secret is out The Counsel wants a large supply of parts so I've been supplying them with just that by offlining some of my weakest patients that don't have a very big chance of pulling through sometimes if I don't have a patient on their death bed I'm forced to snuff out the spark of a healthy one always a Decepticon of course." Pharma explained in a way that gave Knock Out cold chills.

"How could you your a medic your supposed to cure your patients not kill them!" Knock Out yelled at him in disgust. "We don't get to choose who lives and dies!" "That's not your call to make!" "And why would the Counsel want so many parts?"

"Beats me I'm Just glad to be of service." Pharma replied in a tone that made Knock Out uneasy. "As long as no one finds out I'm going to keep doing it to serve my planet's Counsel and get rid of all the Decepticon thrush that's threatens Cybertron."

"Your sick!" Growled Knock Out. "The war is over sure there are plenty of bad Decepticons but some of them have given up their old ways and just want to live in peace now."

"No the Decepticons are the ones who doomed Cybertron to begin with and now that the planet is revived I'll make sure it stays that way." "The Decepticons are to dangerous to keep alive!" Pharma told Knock Out in a terrifying tone. "Oh and by the way Doctor now that you know too much I can't let you live."

As soon as Pharma said those words Knock Out turned on his peds and ran now fearing for his own life and wanting to reach Bumblebee and Ratchet knowing they'd contact Prime and the rest of the Autobots and find someway to stop this once they knew what was going on.

But right now Pharma was hot on his tailpipe. Knock Out bolted down the hall and through the exit. Then Pharma fired at him and ended up hitting him in the shoulder.

All Knock Out knew was he was running when suddenly he was hit with a plasma blast and now felt a burning pain in his shoulder and it was now leaking energon. But he somehow managed to keep running while holding a servo over his wound.

Knock Out heard Pharma coming in his jet mode and knew if he had any chance of escape he had to transform but it would be hard with his injured shoulder. But if he wanted to live through this he had to try.

It hurt like crazy but he managed to change to his alt mode while letting out a cry of pain. But Pharma's jet mode was gaining on him fast. Knock Out had been in a lot of races but could he hope to out drive a jet at night on an empty street that was near a cliff which would be like a forty foot drop if he went off it.

Knock Out started to use his com-link to call for help but was suddenly shot at with a missile and swerve to avoid it only to have his vehicle mode flip over and roll off the cliff.

He rolled for a long ways and hit several rocks on the way down. One of witch shattered his windshield and another popped one of his tires. Then he hit the ground hard and the impact forced him to change back to his cybertronian mode.

Pharma landed next to the downed sports car and did a diagnostic scan and found that Knock Out was unconscious and badly injured but alive. "Now to finish you." Pharma hissed at the unconscious medic as he walked over to grab a rock he was planning to drive through Knock Out's spark chamber.

But went back over to the injured transformer when he heard the sound of tires coming. Turned out First Aid's home was not to far from there and Ratchet had decide to go for a drive not being able to recharge and heard the crash. Pharma quickly pretended to examine Knock Out.

Ratchet arrived on the scene and saw Knock Out who just laid there unmoving. "What happened?" He asked now worried after seeing Knock Out in that condition.

"He was attacked." Said Pharma. "I was coming to apology for the way I've been treating him and some Stuntiacon shot at him then ran him off the road." "Thank goodness you showed up when you did!"

"We need to get him to the hospital right away!" Ratchet told him as he began tending to the wounded transformer.

Pharma was trying to think of how he could end Ratchet too to make sure Knock Out went offline. But then Bumblebee, First Aid and Red Alert showed up this was to many witnesses to deal with right now.

So he was forced to help get Knock Out to the hospital where Ratchet and Red Alert took him back for surgery.

"I want to help too." Pharma told them. "I feel bad for the way I acted with him."

"No you've been working all day you get some rest we'll handle it." Ratchet said to Pharma who agreed knowing it would look suspicious if he seemed to bent on operating on Knock Out.

But secretly felt frustrated because he wanted to make sure Knock Out didn't tell any of them what he'd learned.

A few hours later Ratchet and Red Alert came out and said that Knock Out was stable but hadn't regained consciousness yet and they were worried about him because he was in a coma that he may or may not wake up from.

"Can I see him?" Asked Pharma. "And if you don't mind can I be Knock Out's medic I really want to make up for what I said to him before."

"Yes I don't see why not." Said Red Alert. "And you can see him anytime."

"Thank you." Pharma told him as he went back to Knock Out's hospital room but no one noticed an evil smile on his faceplates.

When Pharma entered the room he found Knock Out on a medical berth hooked up to an IV that was given him an energon drip. Knock Out's optics suddenly came online.

"No!" "Someone help!" Knock Out cried after seeing Pharma in his hospital room but was so weak that it just came out as a whisper to low for anyone to hear him.

"You put up quite a fight Knock Out." Pharma mocked the former Con. "But unfortunately now I can't offline you as quickly as I wanted." "You see if you die to soon under my care then that won't reflect well on me so I'm going to keep you alive but make sure your in no condition to talk." "So I'll prescribe you some very strong tranquilizers and sedatives."

Knock Out saw Pharma pick up a syringe and start to approach him.

"I'll keep you in a coma for a few weeks maybe a month then you'll just slip away one night having lost your fight!" Pharma told him coldly.

"No!" "Please don't do this!" Knock Out begged. As he began to struggle as Pharma held him down against the berth.

"Time for your medicine." Pharma hissed as he injected Knock Out in the joint of one of his arms with a tranquilizer. "Now just relax and sleep."

"You'll never get away with this." Knock Out choked out as he slumped over the side of the berth and everything started to go dark. Then Pharma shot some sedatives into Knock Out's IV.

"That should be enough to keep you under till I give you more tomorrow and keep you in a drugged coma till you at some point die from the overdose." Pharma mocked. "And no telling how many strange dances your processor will do between now and then."

Pharma move Knock Out back to lay him on the berth in a more normal looking way so no one would get suspicious all poor Knock Out could do was glare at Pharma for a second before his optics fell shut and the drugs took affect.

"Sleep tight and don't worry Knock Out I'm going to take good care of you." Pharma said before walking out of the room and leaving the hospital. While Knock Out laid on the berth heavily drugged and unconscious. And the others completely unaware of the danger he was in.

To Be Continued.

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