Prowl and Starscream were trying to think of a way to escape from the DJD. By now Starscream was feeling a lot better and was able to stand and walk around now.

But Prowl could tell the seeker was still in a great deal of pain. And told him to take it easy. And Starscream had been glad to hear Knock Out was OK and back to being himself again.

"Is Starsiren OK?" Starscream asked Prowl he was worried about his daughter since the last time he'd seen her she'd been locked in a storage room.

"She's fine just very worried about you." Prowl explained. "And she's safe back at base with Jazz, Smokescreen and Knock Out."

"Good." Said Starscream and Prowl could hear the relief in his voice. "If I don't come out of this I want you guys to look after Starsiren your team has become like a family to her and I don't want her to have to be alone again just promise you guys will keep her safe and happy."

"We will but your coming out of this your Starsiren's Dad and she needs you in her life." Prowl told the seeker. "We just need to find a way to get out of here and bring down the DJD so they can't hurt anyone again."

"OK but how?" Asked Starscream.

"I don't know yet" said Prowl. "But I'll figure something out." Then Starscream turned to look around to help Prowl think of a way to get them both out of there and Prowl noticed the seeker's wings were ransacked. They were latterly broken and had been leaking energon but had been welded to keep him from bleeding out.

"What did they do to you Starscream?" Asked Prowl. "what happened to your wings?"

"Tarn bork them right after they brought me in here they had given me a circuit booster to keep me from fighting them and he decided to break my wings so even if I manage to escape I won't be able to fly away." Starscream explained. "And the circuit booster didn't stop me from feeling every bit of it."

"We'll have Ratchet and Knock Out look at them when we get back to base." Prowl told him.

"If we can get out of here first." Starscream said sounding hopeless.

Just then the four remaining DJD members came in.

"You came to our base and tried to free our hostage and killed Kaon I think it's time for your punishment." Tarn said to Prowl.

Prowl suddenly sprung forward and surprised the four DJD members. And was now attacking them.

"Run!" Prowl yelled to Starscream who hesitated because he didn't want to leave Prowl at the mercy of the DJD. "Go get help then you can come back for me!" He reasoned then the seeker reluctantly obeyed and took off up the stairs with Voss and Helex hot on his tail.

"Tesarus you go ahead and take your turn torturing the Autobot first ." Tarn told him. "I'm going to help the others retrieve Starscream." Then left Tesarus to torture Prowl while he went with Voss and Helex to try to chase down the seeker.
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Meanwhile Knock Out had returned to base and explained to the others where Prowl had gone. And everyone had become worried when it had gotten dark and Prowl still wasn't back yet.

Jazz had called the police force but they wouldn't be able to make it to the DJD hideout till later the next day. And there would be no telling how much damage they would do to Prowl and Starscream by then.

So Jazz, Knock Out, Smokescreen, Ratchet and Starsiren decided to storm the DJD's hideout and save their friends.

By the time they came to the DJD's hideout the sun was starting to come up and they decided Ratchet and Smokescreen would wait outside while Jazz, Knock Out, and Starsiren would go in and look for Prowl and Starscream. That way if anyone was captured they could rush in and help them.

As soon as they got inside they saw Starscream being chased by Helex who was just about to catch him. Starsiren saw her Dad being chased by one of the DJD and fired her missiles and hit Helex right in the spark chamber blasting a hole through it and killing him.

Then she ran to Starscream and they hugged each other. Then she noticed his wings and how badly they'd been damaged.

"Dad what happened to your wings?" Starsiren asked concerned.

"The DJD broke them but I'll have them fixed when we get out of here but we have to hurry they have Prowl in the basement and Voss and Tarn will be up here any minute!" Starscream explained.

"Oh I see we have gust." Hissed Tarn who had just showed up with Voss.

"Starscream you and Starsiren get out of here we'll handle these two and get Prowl!" Jazz told the two seekers.

Starscream and Starsiren were about to run out the door when Tarn used Voss who was in his rifle mode to shoot part of the celling and the ruble blocked the exit. So both seekers took off up some stairs that lead to the roof to escape from there.

While Jazz took on Tarn and Voss and Knock Out ran down stairs to the basement to get Prowl.

Jazz was holding his own against Tarn till he was slammed into the wall and knocked out then Tarn who was still holding Voss in his rifle mode started up the stairs to go after the seekers.
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Meanwhile Tesarus was torturing Prowl by beating him. The Autobot was now on the floor leaking energon and covered in dents and cracks and just barley hanging on to consciousness.

"That hurts doesn't it but you need to last a bit longer so the others can have a turn." Mocked Tesarus who picked up Prowl's servo and started to put it in the grinding pit that was in his chest.

When suddenly he was hit by a red sports car that came down the stairs and through the door that knocked him away from Prowl.

"Oh scrap I'm probably going to have to spend the next couple of weeks detailing myself after that!" Groaned Knock Out who had just rammed Tesarus with his vehicle mode then spun his tires in his face. "You stay away from him!" He hissed

But then Tesarus grabbed one of Knock Out's tires and tossed him into the wall and caused him to transform before he hit the ground. Knock Out laid there for a minute before Tesarus yanked the red medic up by the neck and held him against the wall.

"So you survived your last encounter with us this time you won't be so lucky!" Tesarus yelled at Knock Out as he pushed him up against the wall.

"Wanna bet!" Choked out the Austin Martin as he transformed his servo and drilled through Tesarus's spark chamber who fell backwards as he let go of Knock Out and his optics stopped glowing and he hit the ground dead.

"That was for capturing me before and what you just did to Prowl!" Knock Out said before running over to the police car who wasn't moving.

"Prowl!" Knock Out said as he checked on the downed Autobot and saw that he was in bad shape. Then Knock Out's medical training kicked in and he got out his med kit and got to work trying to save Prowl.

Then Jazz who had just regained consciousness came down the stairs and saw what shape Prowl was in and started helping Knock Out treat him.

"Come on Prowl you have to hang in there buddy!" Said Jazz as he helped Knock Out fix his best friend.
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Meanwhile Starscream and Starsiren got to the roof and knew Tarn and Voss wouldn't be far behind them.

"Starsiren you need to fly out of here in your jet mode." Starscream told his daughter.

"But your wings are to damaged to fly and I'm not leaving you!" Starsiren said to him. "I love you Dad and I don't wanna lose you!"

"I'll be fine sweetspark as long as I know your safe." "I love you too." Said Starscream.

Just then Tarn got to the roof still carrying Voss in his rifle mode and fired it Starsiren.

Suddenly before his daughter could process what was happening Starscream pushed her out of the way and took the blast head on. And fell off the roof of the building but fired one of his missiles as he plummeted to the ground and it hit Voss's rifle mode and made him explode in Tarn's face then Starscream closed his optics before crashing to the ground.

"No!" Yelled Starsiren as she changed to her jet mode and flew to where her Dad had landed. Then changed back and ran to his side. "No!" "Wake up Dad!" She cried as she shook him. Then broke into a sob when he didn't respond.

Then Smokescreen and Ratchet who saw what happened ran over to them and Smokescreen started trying to comfort Starsiren while Ratchet got to work trying to help Starscream.

He could tell Starscream was still alive but had several injuries because not only had he been tortured by the DJD but he had also been shot in the shoulder and gotten banged up in the fall he'd just took and his wing were still badly injured Ratchet would have to act fast to save the seeker.

"Hold on Starscream you and your daughter are together now don't you dare leave her!" Ratchet told him as he got to work desperately trying to save his life.

To Be Continued.

Gotta love cliffhangers.