Myra's Story Chapter 9

Myra sat with Knockout as he scanned repeatedly for Bulkhead's signature, she yawned before laying her head on her fist.

"I don't suppose you think you will find his signature anytime soon, if the Autobots know what their bulk headed friend is carrying they would know by now and would not allow him out in the open for us to find." She said shrewdly.

Knockout sighed and continued to scan for Bulkhead.

"Well it's better to try then just sit around, besides, Megatron would not be pleased if we did nothing." He said.

He looked at her with a returning shrewd look.

"Besides, if my guess is correct that formula is likely to pose a threat to his mind, and the Autobots are too conservative to even dare allow one of their comrades to remain in danger of a possible mind wipe." He said.

Myra looked thoughtful before smirking and giving him an understanding filled reply.

"You know your enemy better than I originally had assumed, you know in order to save their comrade they would attempt to gain Decepticon attention to gain the cylinder-"

"Risking themselves as Autobot would do, allowing us an advantage."

She smirked at him.

"A pretty sound plan, just one question-"

The monitor beeped as Knockout found a matching signature and left the room, comming Breakdown as he left.

"How will you retrieve the data if Bulkhead will not be there?" she said, finishing her interrupted reply.

She sat back and waited several moments before the door opened again and Knockout returned, looking rather crest fallen with Breakdown in tow.

"Megatron does not trust Breakdown or I." he said with lament.

Myra rolled her eyes, she had no respect for somebody who wallows in grief, pitying themselves rather than being productive. He and breakdown were acting like children who did not receive their desired treat.

"Well I highly DOUBT it is the real deal, why would the Autobots allow their friend out in the open? It has to be a trick of some sort and I'm sure Megatron knows that." She said, standing as Knockout as he and Breakdown looked at her.

"And because of that I think you should continue to scan for the Autobot signature, if the rare possibility of Bulkhead venturing out into the open were to happen it would be when our heads were turned in the other direction. That coupled with the fact Megatron would take notice of your efforts if he were to return empty handed as I am sure he will."

Knockout scowled and looked at Breakdown before looking at her.

"How are you sure he will come back empty handed?" Breakdown said his mood dark.

Myra smirked and put her hands on her hips.

"It's a little thing called logic, you should use it more often." She purred.

He glared at her before he and Knockout turned to the screen and continued to scan.

Myra smirked and sat back down, watching as they worked, Breakdown's surly mood dissipated as he worked and Knockout's tenseness faded away as they became enveloped in their work.

It looks like things are working out okay she thought and lay back, watching them work for almost a half hour when Myra was startled when the screen beeped and Bulkhead's energy signal appeared on screen, in an entirely different location.

"Well well well…" Knockout mused, glancing at Myra with a look of respect filled surprise.

Myra did not show any signs of her startled state and smirked at them despite her own shock.

Knockout shook his helm and contacted Megatron.

"Lord Megatron," he said before waiting a moment for Megatron to reply.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" he asked.

He was silent for another moment before speaking again.

"Well breakdown and I may have located the bogey, fully charged," He said "just one hitch, we don't have the cylinder."

He waited as Megatron replied and he made a wicked smirk, ending his com call.

"Breakdown, it seems we just got an appointment for surgery." he sultered.

Breakdown smirked and Myra made a small smile despite not knowing what would happen next.

Myra sat in the podium of the monster truck theater as Knockout and Breakdown looked at Miko as she tried to talk to Bulkhead. Bulkhead was writing strange symbols on the wall with a paint covered mop and she frowned at the symbols and was attempting to decipher their meaning when she heard Breakdown call out.

"Boo-Hoo, I'm shedding lubricant." He said sarcastically as Miko ended a small speech of friendship.

Miko panicked and tried to get Bulkhead to follow her.

"Follow me now or these guys are gonna-…STEAL THE FORMULA!" she cried.

Smart girl Myra mused as her desperate cry gained the lumbering Autobots attention.

"My equations?" he said dumbly.

"Come on come on!" she cried, leading him out of the arena.

Myra looked at Knockout and Breakdown, looking to see how they would react.

"Not like Bulkhead to run from a fight." Breakdown said, curiously confused.

Knockdown leaped from his sitting position on the wall and landed in the dirt, followed by Breakdown.

"I'm afraid out friend had a little too much to think." he sultered.

He then began to follow the Autobot into the parking lot.

"Lord Megatron we're good."

Myra smirked and left her place to look out towards the parking lot, watching from above as Breakdown and Knockout headed towards it to look for the hiding duo. When Knockout and Breakdown entered the parking lot they were nowhere in sight, at least to them.

"Okay then, fun and games." Knockout mused.

He and Breakdown split up to cover more ground as they searched for their quarry.

"Come out come out wherever you are." Knockout said in a singsong voice.

Myra watched as Miko attempted to use her cellphone and smirked, knowing the signal would be blocked. She was a little surprised when Knockout actually got onto his hands and knees to look before moving on, missing the human by a heartbeat. A crashing sound turned her attention to Breakdown and she rolled her eyes in annoyance as he broke the fronts of several monster trucks as he searched for Bulkhead.

"Bulkhead," he said, coming to a car similar to Bulkhead's alt mode "is that you?" he asked cheekily before breaking it.

Myra wondered if Breakdown was color blind, Bulkhead was green, but the car he was quizzing was a shade of tan. She then watched as the human foolishly ran behind Breakdown, gaining his attention as he turned and he went after her, throwing a truck aside to find her.

"Breakdown, forget the human." Knockout sultered.

"Games are only fun to play…" he said, pulling a device from one of his compartments "when you're winning." He said, following the signal on the device.

Myra felt like some of the fun had been taken out of the hunt but just watched as he followed the signal all the way to Bulkhead. He stopped when he came to the Autobot and smirked at his device.

"I think I'm warm." He purred.

At that moment Bulkhead transformed and began to paint onto Knockout's paintjob, rambling about an equation Myra decided to save for later.

"You pained my paintjob." He said, befuddled and enraged.

"PREPARE for SURGERY!" he snarled.

Myra smirked.

"What a temper you have." She smirked.

She watched as Breakdown ran up from behind him and knocked him to the ground before pinning him for Knockout to remove his helm.

"Heads," Knockout said, transforming his servo into his circular saw "you lose."

He then lowered the saw to remove his head.

"NO!"

Miko screamed out rushing forward and grabbing a piece of pipe and swung it at Knockout but missed as he raised his ped out of the way and she crashed into Bulkhead. Immediately Bulkhead made a warbling sound and red lights beamed from his optics.

"NOT AGAIN!" Breakdown called.

"Get down!" Knockout shouted shielding his optics.

Miko gasped and stumbled back.

"I did it again?"

Myra watched, fascinated as a red light beamed from Bulkheads optics, shooting into space before disappearing completely.

"Bulkhead?" Miko asked, standing by her friend's side.

Knockout scanned Bulkhead and looked at Breakdown a he spoke.

"Dead battery."

He looked back at Bulkhead and Miko with Breakdown.

"Megatron will peel our paint for losing that data." Knockout said darkly.

"So we're gonna have to peel you." Breakdown said, glaring at Miko.

Myra narrowed her eyes, though she held no care for the human she still disliked seeing a child harmed. At that moment a space bridge opened behind them and the Autobots jumped out.

"Or peel out of here." Knockout said before breaking out of the parking lot and transforming, racing away with Breakdown.

Myra watched them leave before looking at Miko and the Autobots as she cried over her fallen friend.

"Bulkhead." She sobbed.

Myra felt a twisting sensation in her chest and was forced to crouch behind the wall, gritting her teeth in the sudden pain. Though the pain was known to her she hated it had to happen at the moment, quickly she opened a small space bridge and jumped through. She landed on the edge of a berth and rolled off the side, landing in a crouch before clutching her chest again. She took deep painful breaths as the pain ebbed, she tried to pinpoint why she had the sudden bout of pain but pushed it aside automatically as she began to see the reason. She gritted her teeth and sat down, crossing her legs and she began to concentrate, clearing her mind of any emotion and anything that could impose emotion. After a few moments she began to relax, her breathing became steady and her heart stopped throbbing. She sighed and moved out of her meditation pose and stood, letting her blood flow freely and she climbed onto the berth before waiting for Knockout to come back.

Myra sat on the edge of another cliff and watched as Knockout and Breakdown lead the Autobots down into a trap. She shook her head at the game, knowing the second hand goal was to deplete the Autobots of energon as well, starving them. It's not like she did not enjoy the stakes, it was just that if this war were to continue as it did the Autobots would be minced meat and her fun would be over. She looked on as a small fleet of Aerial Bots flew into the chasm and fired at the walls, causing an obstacle course for the Autobots. Myra was not surprised when the 2 wheeler drove into the falling wreckage and bypassed it to follow Knockout and Breakdown. She smirked, liking this part and bridged to a better vantage point.

When she leaped out of the bridge and peered over the edge as the Autobot, Knockout, and Breakdown raced towards her vantage point. She smirked as the Aerial Bots closed in on her and shot around her, destabilizing her drive and forcing her to transform and roll to a stop. She leaned further over the edge, her eyes gleaming with glee as the Autobot was surrounded by the Aerial Bots as they landed. She had never really liked the 2 wheeler, she was emotional and had a temper but she did bring the most entertainment and tended to be the one getting into the most trouble. Because of the drama she brought Myra had enjoyed her in her game and would miss the fun she had by watching her. She watched, transfixed by the drama as the Aerial Bots closed in and as its leader aimed his plasma cannon at her helm, ready to end her. Out of the sky a space bridge appeared and out fell the Autobot medic, he plummeted down to them and crashed, causing an eruption of dust. Myra almost fell from the impact and from the shock of the medics sudden dramatic appearance, she almost grinned in glee but forced herself to stare stupidly incase Knockout saw her. She watched as the medic took down the Aerial Bots and as the femme watched in awe as he defended her. She almost admired his great agility and realized he seemed enhanced, she wondered if the need to defend was strong enough to super charge even an energon depleted bot. She smirked as Breakdown and Knockout made ready to interfere but was interrupted as the other Autobots charged in from over the wreckage, forcing them to retreat. She smirked as the Autobot defeated the Aerial Bots and made a dramatic call out, forcing her to stifle a giddy giggle before she opened a bridge and ran through.

Myra watched as Megatron berated Knockout for his incompetence at finding any energon deposits and she watched in mild amusement.

"You call yourself a SCIENTIST?! You were have supposed to have located a fresh energon source by now!" Megatron snarled.

"Apologies Lord Megatron we got a little distracted by the new Autobot who attacked us." Knockout said, trying to defend himself and Breakdown.

"Really? And what new Autobot would that be?" he said sarcastically.

A clanking sound turned his attention away from Knockout and he looked along with Knockout and Myra as Breakdown stumbled towards them only to collapse, revealing the Autobot medic behind him.

"Hoo-Ah!" the medic called out.

He almost made Myra smirk, but she was not so amused by his antics anymore and watched as Megatron scoffed as Knockout backed away in fear.

"Well uh-" Knockout started as he backed away.

"THAT is your fearsome new adversary?" Megatron said mockingly.

He laughed before continuing.

"He's Optimus Prime's medic." He sneered.

"Oh no Megatron, I am your doctor of doom." The medic said smoothly, his voice full of confidence.

He rushed forward and slammed his fist into Megtron's face, making him fly back into the wall. Myra watched with interest as the medic approached Megatron and as Megatron wiped away a miniscule amount of energon.

"All right then." He said coldly, glaring at the medic.

The medic rushed forward, swinging his fist again.

"For CYPERTRO-"

He was cut off as Megatron caught his hand and twisted it, making the medic cry out in pain.

"Ratchet is rather more spirited than I recollect." Megatron mused.

He continued to twist the medic's servo as he spoke, letting the medic gasp in pain continuously.

"Chemical enhancement, perhaps?" Knockout offered.

Megatron made a fist before swinging it at Ratchet, forcing his fist hard enough into his side for it to have to be forcibly pulled out, leaving a massive dent in his chest. The medic gasped in pain and looked at it shock before Megatron threw him aside, letting him bleed out on the ground. Myra looked at the medic emotionlessly then at knockout

"There's your laboratory sample, doctor, find out." Megatron said.

He stepped over the medic and walking away, leaving a glee filled Knockout to get a sample of the strange green energon he was leaking.

"If a chemical can do this for Optimus Prime's lap dog," he chuckled.

"Imagine what it could do for our troops."

Myra looked at the medic as he groaned.

"Optimus…I have been a fool." He moaned.

Myra watched him with a pitiless look, he looked harmless but she did not allow herself to move forward, if the medic made it here the others would arrive soon enough. She glanced at Knockout as he took a sample and decided to take a sample herself, she would wait until Knockout was not looking before she took it. Once Knockout had finished his extraction he looked at the sample and smirked at the one called Ratchet.

"Doctor to Doctor I must say your contribution to the Decepticon cause is very much appreciated." He sneered.

He was taking advantage of the medic's weakness to boast as he transformed his arm to a circular blade.

Myra stepped back and hid behind a boulder as she felt the rumbling before Knockout did, the medic had not acknowledged her, and she wished to keep it that way.

"I'll be sure to boast of your accomplishment when you're gone, which will happen in 3, 2-"

At that moment the ground shook visibly, making Knockout pause.

"Scrap." He said, not liking his prey having to remain online.

Taking advantage of Knockout's hesitance Ratchet grabbed his arm and kicked the sample and Knockout away, forcing Knockout to drop it.

Myra was impressed by the medic; he fought quite well for somebody who had just lost quite the amount of energon. She watched as he held Knockout at bay before head butting him forcing him back enough to give himself space. Knockout rushed forward and attempted to saw him but Ratchet maneuvered to the side, letting Knockout lodge his saw into the rock and picking up the energon sample.

Knockout laughed as Ratchet looked at the sample.

"What are you going to do? Drink it?" he said mockingly.

"No…I'm going to destroy it." He said before grunting with effort as he smashed it against the side of the tunnel.

Knockout managed to tug his saw out before growling at Ratchet.

"You IDIOT, now Megatron will have my head!" he snarled.

The medic fell back and lay on the ground, too weak to move. Knockout glared at him but spotted the Autobots advancing and quickly transformed and drove off. Myra almost cursed; she could not go through a space bridge without being noticed and hid behind the boulder, watching as the Autobots rushed in. She watched as they carried their comrade through a space bridge, leaving her behind, unnoticed and unharmed. Slowly she stepped from behind the boulder and looked at the remains of the sample, it was shattered, a single drop was left of it and she ignored it, going for the large puddle the medic left behind. She pulled out a sample container of her own and deposited some of the liquid into the jar; she gazed at it curiously before going through the space bridge, knowing the Autobots would be back for the natural energon in the mine.

Back on the Nemesis Myra waited for the opportune time to tell Knockout of the remaining drop of sample on the shattered remains of his container. He walked in looking desolate as he moved to his work station.

"I have news for you." She said, looking at him with a patient, knowing look.

He glared at her before cocking an optic ridge, noticing how calm she seemed.

"What news do you have? Were you able to retrieve my sample?" he asked, hopefully.

"No, I do not carry that kind of cargo, but I did notice a drop of the stuff still left on your broken container, it looks okay and I did not have the proper tools, or time to retrieve it for you." She said truthfully.

Knockout blinked in surprise and smirked turning to leave.

"I will be right back." He sultered his tone back to its normal cockiness.

Myra smirked right back, glad to have him gone before patting her pocket, where she held her own sample. She looked at the computer screens and smirked, enjoying the new odds; the Autobots should be back up to par and with that the drama. She smiled and lay back, crossing her legs as she relaxed, but a feeling deep in within her would not allow her peace of mind. She had been feeling this way for some time and had felt it the strongest when she was within the mine. She had a feeling something was going to happen, something that would alter everything and she shook her head to clear it before settling down.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, i had fun writing it and i am finally getting back into the swing of writing on a new schedule. i will try to keep up wit the pace but it will be difficult wiht college coming up. please comment, it encourages my muse and thank you for those who have continued to follow this story despite all its problems. constructive criticism is enjoyed and i would love to hear what you think would happen next, that also encourages my muse.