"You...you CANNOT be serious!! I can't be your offspring!!" I was in utter disbelief.

"Oh but you are, my very energon flows through your veins." Megatron grinned as my 'mother' looked saddened.

"If that's the truth, then why do I look like this rather than like one of your minions?" I asked.

"Simply because you are a protoform, a Cybertronian that is able to take any shape as long as you have a certain amount of CNA in your body. You had received a dose of my very own, but you had not changed at that time. But now I see that you have developed some of my features, although I cannot explain your tail." He pointed to my armor.

My armor HAD grown out of me when I think about it. So...it must be true... I'm a Decepticon. I looked down at the floor, sighing in defeat. We heard the door open once again, I looked back up and saw Shockwave standing next to Megatron.

"Alright then, but why was my heart strong enough to power this ship?" I asked.

"An accident. A relic was mistaken for a spark due to the similarities in appearance, once it was put into you, it became one with your body and is very dangerous if removed. And over time, your heart has becone more powerful." Shockwave said.

My mother still looked saddened as she looked at me, helpless and lost.

"But for how you have behaved over the years Springlock, rebelling against your own kind, cannot go unpunished." Megatron said.

"What? You can't punish her for something she didn't even know about." My mother said firmly.

"Silence! I don't have to keep you alive, need I remind you." Megatron snapped at her.

She quickly backed down from him. Megatron grinned at me, my ears drooped in fear. He raised his hand and swiped at my face, his claws made contact with my right cheek. I clenched my jaw and hissed in pain, energon dripped from his fingertips. My energon. I felt it trickle down my cheek and drip to the floor. I looked down to see the blue glowing puddle, I was breathing heavily and slowly.

"Know this, that was nothing compared to what your punishment will be." He got in my face.

I growled in anger, "So YOU'RE going to punish me?"

He chuckled, "Of course not. I have more important things to attend to."

"More important than your own child?" I said smartly.

He frowned at me before turning and leaving the room, my mother reluctantly following behind him. It was only me and Shockwave alone in this room, very awkward... He took a few steps toward me, only to get a better look. His large red eye looked me from head to toe, examining me thoroughly. Shockwave went behind me to get a closer look at my tail.

"What I find illogical is this tail of yours. You were never given CNA from any species with this appendage, do you recall ever encountering a creature with this kind of tail?" Shockwave said.

"No. It just appeared one day." I answered without looking at him.

Shockwave came around to the front of me, touching the burn mark he gave me all those years ago. I pulled my head back to keep him from doing so, but he didn't stop.

"It was never my intention to harm you when you were young." He said with a tone of slight regret.

I say nothing as Soundwave entered the room with a few Vehicon soldiers, they held different types of torture instruments. This is going to be very painful.

~Spring's mother~

I reluctantly followed Megatron into his command center, I can't believe I allowed him to do this to the girl I've raised and cared for. He pointed to a seat for me to sit, and I sat down. He then took a seat across from me, I felt very uncomfortable.

"Amelia, is it?" He asked with a grin.

"That's right. Now that you have your child back, am I free to go?" I asked.

He shook his head, "Oh no, my dear. If I let you go home, you wouldn't be able to hear these."

He gestured his metallic hand upwards, as if indicating something to happen. Then I heard it. The shrill screams of pain coming from the room where Springlock was imprisoned. Her agonizing screams were louder than any scream I've ever heard before. I could not help but jump out of my seat and look at the door, then looking back at Megatron.

"What the hell are you doing to her?!" I almost yelled.

"This is the punishment she is given for her crimes committed against the Decepticons. Springlock deserves everything she has coming to her in there." Megatron stood up.

"She is receiving cruel and unusual punishment! Too cruel even for YOU to give." I snarled.

Megatron growled and grabbed me by the arm, "Would you like to share the same fate as your husband?"

I looked down at the floor avoiding eye contact with him.

"That's what I thought." He chuckled.

~Springlock~

I yelled in agony as one of the Vehicons stabbed my side with a large dagger, causing a waterfall of the blue blood to spill from the wound. I have never been injured or harmed this much in battle, not even close. The Vehicon pulled the dagger out of me and it was drenched with my blood. I sighed of relief as it was removed, despite the pain from the wound. I was breathing heavy from the pain, as many wounds I had received I was indeed weak and dizzy.

Soundwave lifted his hand, indicating the soldiers to stop. I was so relieved when they stepped away from me, my knees failed and I fell. The chains on my wrists connected to the ceiling kept my knees from touching the floor, I dangled from them. I looked at the floor, watching the energon drip from my wounds. Steady drops, each drop is timed differently. My vision was blurry and hazy and my eyes started to close.

"Nightmare....help me...." I said weakly.

~Nightmare~

Springlock has been missing for almost 24 hours, and I fear the worst. I fear that she had been taken back to the Decepticons. I haven't seen Lockdown for a while either, which is rather suspicious. I search the corridors vigorously for him, and still nothing. I enter Springlocks chamber and I see her mirror shattered into a million pieces with a dagger in the center. I also saw small pieces of purple glass on the floor by her desk, that glass is from her mask! I pick up the dagger and growl to myself, I will find that bounty hunter RIGHT NOW. I storm out of Springlock's chamber and rush down the corridor.

I kept walking until I finally saw the bounty hunter walking with one of his wolves.

"Lockdown, I need to speak with you right NOW." I growled.

He turned to face me, and he knows I am pissed off. Yet he doesn't seem to care.

"What is so important that you must disturb me?" Lockdown asked.

"Where is Commander Springlock?" I asked viciously.