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Super long read lol, sorry!
Recap; Elysian has been keeping very important intel from knockout on what she really does when she goes on missions, which unfortunately puts her and her family in danger, while on a mission she collected very important data that she technically "stole" from Starscreams ship which had information on brand new relics and one specific relic that can make any Cybertronian gain immense powers of Unicron and Primus, a literal force that cannot be beaten.. She completely wiped this data from the ships data base and downloaded it all on a drive. After getting away with this, Starscream was furious and sent his best bounty hunter to go after her, but what starscream didn't know is that she was knockouts mate, and together they raise a sparkling together... after finding Elysians location they go after her to reclaim the data and kill any bots who get in the way. Elysian and knockout are relaxing in their home sitting down with Aurora, when a shadow goes over them, they both turn around to see the new ship called vengeance, missiles are aimed at their home, knockout immediately reacts and grabs Elysian and Aurora and pulls them over the seats and evacuates them out of their home, after the missiles strike they are forced to the ground but thankfully knockout protected his wife and daughter from thee impact, as they run away elysian knows why their there and tells knockout to leave with aurora and that she's already contacted ratchet, she tells knockout the truth and says she needs to face starscream alone, knockout Denies this request but she insists and brings up that he's stronger and can protect Aurora, she touches knockouts face gently caressing it and kisses Aurora. Before she can run off, he grabs her and kisses her, but he doesn't realize that this is the last time he will see her, he runs off with aurora and is terrified, he holds Aurora close and continues on to the ground bridge where the bots are waiting. Starscream eventually runs into knockout and is shocked to see that knockout has a child, especially when he found out that he shares a child with the one who stole his information, he begins to taunt knockout, telling him that Elysians dead and knockout becomes furious and goes after Starcream, only to be shocked and then captured, but before they can haul him away, Arcee, Bulkhead and Ratchet come in and rescue him. hours pass and knockout wakes up, to his relief his daughter is safe.. he then finds out that Elysian is really gone.. he becomes heartbroken and blames himself... and wants revenge... but Arcee snaps him out of it and he goes to see his child and goes into stasis with her.
okay now here's the 3rd part!!
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The bots go to cybertron to see the casualties that were affected in the fight and try to find Elysians body so they can properly burry it, while knockout, ratchet,Aurora and the kids stay behind. Ratchet goes over the contents of the flash drive and discovers the legend of the relic and it turns out that its a real thing, while doing this knockout is walking around the base trying to get Aurora to sleep but she's just whimpering.
Ratchet: She still isn't going into stasis?
Knockout: No, ive tried everything!
at this point knockouts exhausted, he hasn't been able to go into stasis properly, and he's very emotional rightnow just trying to juggle all this on his own.
Miko: Have you tried singing a lullaby or something?
Jack: Can Cybertronians actually sing?
Ratchet: We can, but its not something we normally do, not like you humans do, its more of a motherly instinct when it comes to settling down little ones..
Jack: AHEM..
ratchet looks down and sees jack signaling his eyes to knockout
knockout looks at ratchet with the saddest expression on his face while bouncing aurora in his arms to help her settle down
Ratchet realizes his mistake
Ratchet:Knockout Im sorry, I was just explaining to the kids..
knockout cuts him off: its okay ratchet... no one said this was gonna be easy..... Have you heard anything about.. Elysian..
Ratchet looks down: No... But they will find her and others who are trapped in the rubble..
knockout nods: oh, okay well.. im going to my room, ill try to lay her down again..
he walks off
Raf: Is Knockout going to be okay..
Jack: Imagine becoming a single parent within a day..
Ratchet: Its hard to tell Raf, after we sent you all back with bulkhead, knockout was very distrought, it took Arcee and Bumblebee to calm him down.
Suddenly Bumblebee calls: Ratchet we need a bridge
ratchet opens the bridge up and the autobots walk through
knockout hears this and walks out of his room without aurora
he crosses his arms with a sad expression...
Knockout: Did you find her...
Arcee is stronger then most of the mechs so she tells him: No.... There were a lot of wreckers and others helping out with rescues.. they turned over every piece of rubble.. she wasn't found..
knockout looks down in despair
Arcee places her hand on knockouts shoulder: But.. we were able to collect some footage of the building, right now Ultra Magnus and Bulkhead are going through the footage as we speak..
If she did.. pass.. then why isn't her body there.
knockouts face shows some sign of hope.. but then he knows that starscream has a habit of making dead things come back to life...
Bumblebee: knockout, if she's out there, we will find her... but the last thing we need is you getting your hopes up..
Arcee: he's right knockout..if you get your hopes up, we would hate to see you get even more hurt..
knockout: I understand.. but I hope we find her.. Dead of Alive.. I want to see her
all of a sudden ultramagnus calls: Autobots, I need you here immediately..
Ratchet: im opening a groundbridge now
Ultramagnus walks through with bulkhead: ratchet, we will need you as well
knockout looks at everyone: let me know what happens
just as hes about to walk off ultramagnus grabs knockouts shoulder
UltraMagunus: Knockout we need you to come with us as well
Knockout is shocked: What about Aurora
UltraMagnus looks down at the red mech: Bulkhead will stay here with the child
Bulkhead looks up surprised that he chose him out of everyone.
Smokecreen looks at bulkhead and snickers: heh.. you have babysitting duty
Ultramagnus: Thank you Smokescreen for volunteering to help bulkhead watch aurora and the humans!
Smokescreen:wait, what!
Arcee: Should've stayed quiet
Smokescreen: why can't arcee stay? she's a femme, don't femmes have that Sparkling whisperer thing
Arcee gets offended by this stereo type: Anyone can be good with sparklings, not just femmes
UltraMagnus agrees with Arcee: I gave you an order smokescreen, Now, Autobots roll out!
Knockouts worried about ultramagnus's decision but goes up to jack
Knockout: Jack.. out of the three of you, your possibly the most mature one... make sure they don't..um.. screw up. Keep an eye on them
Jack: you got it doc
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they arrive to the base on cybertron where ultramagnus is situated at
Ultramagnus: there weren't many casualties, most of the dead was deception, while the injured consisted of autobot.
Knockout: and... elysian.. sir
Ultramagnus: ... her body was never found, even after picking up the rubble...
knockout backs up and looks down and the hope he had slowly faded away
Ultramagnus: even though her body wasn't found, that doesn't mean all hope is lost soldier.. we pulled footage and watched it..the sound from the footage may be distorted.. it was hard to understand and it was hard to see... but that's why we needed you knockout... maybe you can help make the resolution clearer...some of it may be hard to watch...
the autobots look at one another..
knockout walks up to the screen : Ill do it...
Ratchet: Are you sure you can do this
Knockout: Yes... I need to know what happened to her
Ratchet stands next to him: I will help
they all stand next to knockout
they clear up the footage and knockout hesitates clicking but continues..
they see elysian in the footage fighting against a mech..
knockout looks deeply into the screen..
his face goes from puzzled to terrified...
the mech she's fighting is bigger and bigger built with his flight mode ( tad smaller then Megatron size but still big compared to Arcee)
Ratchet: it can't be...
all the autobots look in distress as one of their own is being attacked..
she strikes him in the face with her blades causing him to collapse, she is seen jumping to get the upper hand but she's then grabbed and slammed onto the ground
knockout watches in horror as his wife is being beaten by a mech much bigger then her, he's heard saying things but its too distorted to understand him, he lightly scrapes his sharp servos against her waist and she kicks his chest hard and tries to scoot away from him, he says something to her again and she replies but its still hard to hear what their saying, she's seen holding her side moving back but he stands up and walks toward her and equips his blade, he stands over her and stabs her in the shoulder pinning her to the ground, the only thing that's audible is her screams until he removes his blade he asks her something again and she says something that causes him to make a very offended or irritated face, he then covers her mouth, she's putting her hands in his face and kicking him to push him away and he stabs her in chest and her eyes widen as she struggles to remove it
Knockouts Spark drops... he watches as her movements go limp, and her hands that were pushing him away, trying to remove the blade fall to her side and chest and her optic lights dim and power off.
Knockout steps back from the monitor and collapses to his knees.. Arcee goes to comfort him and sees that he's shaking
all of a sudden the giant mech in the footage picks up elysian and throws her over his shoulder and looks at the camera that was recording their fight, knockout looks up and sees that the mech has Elysian and the mech shoots the camera.
Knockout regains his composure and stands back up with Arcee's help..
Arcee: knockout..
Knockout: who was that mech ratchet....
he looks to ratchet, and so do the others wondering the same thing too.
Ratchet: That is Thanatos.. one of the most feared Bounty Hunters... he is not autobot.. nor Decepticon... he is known to takes mementos from his hunts, like their prizes.... as well as being known as evil incarnate. He was only mentioned in story's but it was said that he died a millennia ago after being targeted by an elite squad of autobots...
Arcee: Well he attacked one of our own right in front of us so he's not dead, but why would starscream ask for his help and not deal with her himself?
Bumblebee: Because he knows she can offline him easily...
Ratchet: he knew she had the flash drive, but it still doesn't make sense why he would allow Thanatos to ( thinks about what to say so he doesn't upset knockout) Harm her when he could've gotten the location of the drive
Arcee: because she's tough to crack, nothing will make her give out vital information.
Knockouts face darkens and becomes infuriated as he clenches his fist: I don't know... But they have her... I want her back...
Arcee: we know how you feel, but you need to let us take care of it knockout.
UltraMagnus: She is correct knockout, there is also a possibility that they could do a patch to get that information out of her without having to fight against her...
Ratchet: And if she watched the contents of the drive then they can get the location of the relic that Starscream is so eager to get his hands on.
Knockout: so what do you intend we do?! let my wife's mind be invaded then possibly taken apart for spare parts!!
UltraMagnus: We will handle this knockout, your only job is staying on earth with ratchet and assisting him, as well as watching your child. Until things die down, your no longer allowed to join us on missions.
Everyone looks at Magnus
Bumblebee: With all do respect sir, we need knockout, he's a viable part of this team, he plays an important role when it comes to team prime
Knockout: Exactly, and I want to help find my wife and bring her home
UltraMagnus: I understand soldier,But I gave you an order.
Knockout is about to mouth off to Ultramagnus until ratchet stops him
Ratchet: Knockout, its for the best. think about aurora.
knockout nods: Yes sir...
Ratchet: now, there's something about the contents of the drive that you need to see Ultramagnus, but I think its best if we all go back to earth just to be safe.
Ultramagnus agrees and they all leave back to earth.
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back at base
They all walk into the base shocked
both bulkhead and smokescreen are on the floor knocked out and the kids are no where in sight
there's music blaring, paint and water all over the floor and a broken table
Ratchet: what in the world is going on in here!!
Arcee walks up to both bots and spray them down with water and they both get up
they both sit up and rub their heads and look up to see all the bots staring at them
especially knockout who's arms are crossed with a very angry expression
Knockout: where's is my daughter?!
Bumblebee: and where are jack,miko and Raf?
Bulkhead is still dazed and confused: she's with smokescreen
Bulkhead doesn't realize smokescreen is next to him
Smokescreen: I thought you had her??
they both look at eachother: Scrap
Knockout goes into protective daddy mode: YOU LOST MY DAUGHTER!!!! where's jack!
all of a sudden the kids all walk out of the hallway
Arcee: what happened in here? it looks like a train passed through!
Knockout: Jack where's my baby?????
jack looks up at knockout: she's with WheelJack
bulkhead: Jackys Here??!!
Miko: yeah, after you both knocked each other out we had to call someone and wheel jack was the only one available
Wheeljack walks in and is holding aurora who is very happy: didn't wanna wake y'all up from your little naps, plus I don't think the little lady liked you both
knockout is relieved and wheel jack walks up to him: here ya go Doc
knockout takes aurora and cradles her: she wasn't to much trouble was she??
Wheeljack: Nah, I told her some wrecker stories and she seemed to enjoy them
Knockout: good to hear , and what happend to you two?
he looks down at them with a puzzled look
Bulkhead and Smokescreen got up and they both were confused on what exactly happened
Miko: well, Aurora started crying and both up of them were running around to figure out what to get her until they ran into each other
Raf: which caused them both to knock over everything and they ended knocking one another out with their impact
Jack: so while me and Raf went to go settle her down, miko called WheelJack
Wheeljack: Good thing I was near by or this little lady would be crying even more,
if you ever need help with her doc just call me up.
knockout smiles at wheel jack: thank you
Arcee: Who knew you had a soft spot for sparkling WheelJack ( she says in a teasing manner)
Wheeljack smiles and rubs the back of his head : Embarrassing enough, I was a bit of a ladies man back home and some of the singles had sparkling's of their own that id tell stories to
Ratchet: now that were caught up, id like to talk to you about the contents of the drive
ratchet continues to tell them about the relic that's able to give a bot immense power of both Primus and Unicron, which would make the one wielding the relic unbeatable and unstoppable, they all agree to keep these contents safe, as well as locating Elysian
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later that night knockout dreams about elysian and the horror she went through, her screams replaying in his mind, and the last thing he did was kiss her before she ran off to meet her demise, he sees elysian in her final moments until the bounty hunter strikes her, this nightmare woke him up in a panic, he checked to see if Aurora was still in stasis and she was, he walks over to her crib and kisses her gently and walks out of the room without waking her up. He walks out of the hallway to see ratchet who is working
ratchet is learning more about the relic and sees knockouts refection in the monitor: can't sleep again?
Knockout: No....
Ratchet: its the footage that's bothering you isn't it?
Knockout holds himself tightly trying not to get emotional: yeah...
Ratchet: It was hard to watch.. and I can't say that I know what your going through..but I can offer my assistance if you need to talk...ahem... in a professional doctor confidentiality way... I don't need my medical assistant suffering mentally because it will lead to physical problems in the long run...
Knockout: I shouldn't have let go of her hand.. I shouldn't have allowed her to go off on her own... if I stopped her then she would still be here... this is my fault
Ratchet: You cannot blame yourself, she made the choice to protect you and Aurora, her sacrifice will not be in vain, and we will find her, and put a stop to starscream and Thanatos's madness
he pats knockout
Knockout: thank you ratchet... I needed that
ratchet smiles and chuckles: that's my saying kid
they both smile at one another
ratchet quickly snaps out of it: Ahem, if you need anything just let me know, but I need to research more into the relic
Knockout nods: Oh ratchet can you open the groundbrige to these coordinates? .. Im going to take a drive, Auroras asleep but can you keep an eye on her?
Ratchet: that's fine, do what you must
ratchet then opens the bridge
knockout transforms: if she cries just call me and ill come back
Ratchet nods and knockout leaves
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knockout cruises down a long winding road surrounded by trees under a clear night sky full of stars and pulls over to grab something
he turns the radio on so its not complete silence
"the song "the night we met" plays" he goes to the spot where elysian and him would lay and count stars, this was a very special place for them both. He lays down in his usual spot and looks down at his hand... elysian would always hold his hand while laying beside him. He turns the song up and tears up to the lyrics
( "I had all and then most of you
Some and now none of you
Take me back to the night we met
I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Haunted by the ghost of you
Oh, take me back to the night we met" )
listening to the song made his pain worse and he finally lets out all the emotions he held in and bursted into tears, begging Primus to bring her back to him, he looks down beside him again and a flashback of when elysian was laying beside him comes to him, its the moment when she wished she could have a sparkling of her own.. he could see her looking up and her smiling her beautiful smile
then knockout snaps out of it, his face turns soft and his remaining tears roll off his face to the ground, He realizes that he still has apart of her with him, and that's the child they brought into the world. he stands up and walks a couple of steps before he stops and looks back at their spot and then up at the stars..
Knockout: I promise I will protect our daughter.. no matter what my love, and I will avenge your death. He calls for a bridge and heads back to base.
As he leaves and the bridge closes, a crimson rose is left behind In their spot and a petal drifts off into the gentle wind~~

this was a hard story to write, but knockout is really going through it, he was emotional when he lost his parents and breakdown but this tore his spark apart, especially when he saw how Elysian died. The song that plays while he's letting it all out is " The night we met" by Lord Huron when I first heard it, it made me cry. I couldn't imagine losing the love of my life
The end of part 3

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Super long read lol, sorry!
Recap; Elysian has been keeping very important intel from knockout on what she really does when she goes on missions, which unfortunately puts her and her family in danger, while on a mission she collected very important data that she technically "stole" from Starscreams ship which had information on brand new relics and one specific relic that can make any Cybertronian gain immense powers of Unicron and Primus, a literal force that cannot be beaten.. She completely wiped this data from the ships data base and downloaded it all on a drive. After getting away with this, Starscream was furious and sent his best bounty hunter to go after her, but what starscream didn't know is that she was knockouts mate, and together they raise a sparkling together... after finding Elysians location they go after her to reclaim the data and kill any bots who get in the way. Elysian and knockout are relaxing in their home sitting down with Aurora, when a shadow goes over them, they both turn around to see the new ship called vengeance, missiles are aimed at their home, knockout immediately reacts and grabs Elysian and Aurora and pulls them over the seats and evacuates them out of their home, after the missiles strike they are forced to the ground but thankfully knockout protected his wife and daughter from thee impact, as they run away elysian knows why their there and tells knockout to leave with aurora and that she's already contacted ratchet, she tells knockout the truth and says she needs to face starscream alone, knockout Denies this request but she insists and brings up that he's stronger and can protect Aurora, she touches knockouts face gently caressing it and kisses Aurora. Before she can run off, he grabs her and kisses her, but he doesn't realize that this is the last time he will see her, he runs off with aurora and is terrified, he holds Aurora close and continues on to the ground bridge where the bots are waiting. Starscream eventually runs into knockout and is shocked to see that knockout has a child, especially when he found out that he shares a child with the one who stole his information, he begins to taunt knockout, telling him that Elysians dead and knockout becomes furious and goes after Starcream, only to be shocked and then captured, but before they can haul him away, Arcee, Bulkhead and Ratchet come in and rescue him. hours pass and knockout wakes up, to his relief his daughter is safe.. he then finds out that Elysian is really gone.. he becomes heartbroken and blames himself... and wants revenge... but Arcee snaps him out of it and he goes to see his child and goes into stasis with her.
okay now here's the 3rd part!!
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The bots go to cybertron to see the casualties that were affected in the fight and try to find Elysians body so they can properly burry it, while knockout, ratchet,Aurora and the kids stay behind. Ratchet goes over the contents of the flash drive and discovers the legend of the relic and it turns out that its a real thing, while doing this knockout is walking around the base trying to get Aurora to sleep but she's just whimpering.
Ratchet: She still isn't going into stasis?
Knockout: No, ive tried everything!
at this point knockouts exhausted, he hasn't been able to go into stasis properly, and he's very emotional rightnow just trying to juggle all this on his own.
Miko: Have you tried singing a lullaby or something?
Jack: Can Cybertronians actually sing?
Ratchet: We can, but its not something we normally do, not like you humans do, its more of a motherly instinct when it comes to settling down little ones..
Jack: AHEM..
ratchet looks down and sees jack signaling his eyes to knockout
knockout looks at ratchet with the saddest expression on his face while bouncing aurora in his arms to help her settle down
Ratchet realizes his mistake
Ratchet:Knockout Im sorry, I was just explaining to the kids..
knockout cuts him off: its okay ratchet... no one said this was gonna be easy..... Have you heard anything about.. Elysian..
Ratchet looks down: No... But they will find her and others who are trapped in the rubble..
knockout nods: oh, okay well.. im going to my room, ill try to lay her down again..
he walks off
Raf: Is Knockout going to be okay..
Jack: Imagine becoming a single parent within a day..
Ratchet: Its hard to tell Raf, after we sent you all back with bulkhead, knockout was very distrought, it took Arcee and Bumblebee to calm him down.
Suddenly Bumblebee calls: Ratchet we need a bridge
ratchet opens the bridge up and the autobots walk through
knockout hears this and walks out of his room without aurora
he crosses his arms with a sad expression...
Knockout: Did you find her...
Arcee is stronger then most of the mechs so she tells him: No.... There were a lot of wreckers and others helping out with rescues.. they turned over every piece of rubble.. she wasn't found..
knockout looks down in despair
Arcee places her hand on knockouts shoulder: But.. we were able to collect some footage of the building, right now Ultra Magnus and Bulkhead are going through the footage as we speak..
If she did.. pass.. then why isn't her body there.
knockouts face shows some sign of hope.. but then he knows that starscream has a habit of making dead things come back to life...
Bumblebee: knockout, if she's out there, we will find her... but the last thing we need is you getting your hopes up..
Arcee: he's right knockout..if you get your hopes up, we would hate to see you get even more hurt..
knockout: I understand.. but I hope we find her.. Dead of Alive.. I want to see her
all of a sudden ultramagnus calls: Autobots, I need you here immediately..
Ratchet: im opening a groundbridge now
Ultramagnus walks through with bulkhead: ratchet, we will need you as well
knockout looks at everyone: let me know what happens
just as hes about to walk off ultramagnus grabs knockouts shoulder
UltraMagunus: Knockout we need you to come with us as well
Knockout is shocked: What about Aurora
UltraMagnus looks down at the red mech: Bulkhead will stay here with the child
Bulkhead looks up surprised that he chose him out of everyone.
Smokecreen looks at bulkhead and snickers: heh.. you have babysitting duty
Ultramagnus: Thank you Smokescreen for volunteering to help bulkhead watch aurora and the humans!
Smokescreen:wait, what!
Arcee: Should've stayed quiet
Smokescreen: why can't arcee stay? she's a femme, don't femmes have that Sparkling whisperer thing
Arcee gets offended by this stereo type: Anyone can be good with sparklings, not just femmes
UltraMagnus agrees with Arcee: I gave you an order smokescreen, Now, Autobots roll out!
Knockouts worried about ultramagnus's decision but goes up to jack
Knockout: Jack.. out of the three of you, your possibly the most mature one... make sure they don't..um.. screw up. Keep an eye on them
Jack: you got it doc
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they arrive to the base on cybertron where ultramagnus is situated at
Ultramagnus: there weren't many casualties, most of the dead was deception, while the injured consisted of autobot.
Knockout: and... elysian.. sir
Ultramagnus: ... her body was never found, even after picking up the rubble...
knockout backs up and looks down and the hope he had slowly faded away
Ultramagnus: even though her body wasn't found, that doesn't mean all hope is lost soldier.. we pulled footage and watched it..the sound from the footage may be distorted.. it was hard to understand and it was hard to see... but that's why we needed you knockout... maybe you can help make the resolution clearer...some of it may be hard to watch...
the autobots look at one another..
knockout walks up to the screen : Ill do it...
Ratchet: Are you sure you can do this
Knockout: Yes... I need to know what happened to her
Ratchet stands next to him: I will help
they all stand next to knockout
they clear up the footage and knockout hesitates clicking but continues..
they see elysian in the footage fighting against a mech..
knockout looks deeply into the screen..
his face goes from puzzled to terrified...
the mech she's fighting is bigger and bigger built with his flight mode ( tad smaller then Megatron size but still big compared to Arcee)
Ratchet: it can't be...
all the autobots look in distress as one of their own is being attacked..
she strikes him in the face with her blades causing him to collapse, she is seen jumping to get the upper hand but she's then grabbed and slammed onto the ground
knockout watches in horror as his wife is being beaten by a mech much bigger then her, he's heard saying things but its too distorted to understand him, he lightly scrapes his sharp servos against her waist and she kicks his chest hard and tries to scoot away from him, he says something to her again and she replies but its still hard to hear what their saying, she's seen holding her side moving back but he stands up and walks toward her and equips his blade, he stands over her and stabs her in the shoulder pinning her to the ground, the only thing that's audible is her screams until he removes his blade he asks her something again and she says something that causes him to make a very offended or irritated face, he then covers her mouth, she's putting her hands in his face and kicking him to push him away and he stabs her in chest and her eyes widen as she struggles to remove it
Knockouts Spark drops... he watches as her movements go limp, and her hands that were pushing him away, trying to remove the blade fall to her side and chest and her optic lights dim and power off.
Knockout steps back from the monitor and collapses to his knees.. Arcee goes to comfort him and sees that he's shaking
all of a sudden the giant mech in the footage picks up elysian and throws her over his shoulder and looks at the camera that was recording their fight, knockout looks up and sees that the mech has Elysian and the mech shoots the camera.
Knockout regains his composure and stands back up with Arcee's help..
Arcee: knockout..
Knockout: who was that mech ratchet....
he looks to ratchet, and so do the others wondering the same thing too.
Ratchet: That is Thanatos.. one of the most feared Bounty Hunters... he is not autobot.. nor Decepticon... he is known to takes mementos from his hunts, like their prizes.... as well as being known as evil incarnate. He was only mentioned in story's but it was said that he died a millennia ago after being targeted by an elite squad of autobots...
Arcee: Well he attacked one of our own right in front of us so he's not dead, but why would starscream ask for his help and not deal with her himself?
Bumblebee: Because he knows she can offline him easily...
Ratchet: he knew she had the flash drive, but it still doesn't make sense why he would allow Thanatos to ( thinks about what to say so he doesn't upset knockout) Harm her when he could've gotten the location of the drive
Arcee: because she's tough to crack, nothing will make her give out vital information.
Knockouts face darkens and becomes infuriated as he clenches his fist: I don't know... But they have her... I want her back...
Arcee: we know how you feel, but you need to let us take care of it knockout.
UltraMagnus: She is correct knockout, there is also a possibility that they could do a patch to get that information out of her without having to fight against her...
Ratchet: And if she watched the contents of the drive then they can get the location of the relic that Starscream is so eager to get his hands on.
Knockout: so what do you intend we do?! let my wife's mind be invaded then possibly taken apart for spare parts!!
UltraMagnus: We will handle this knockout, your only job is staying on earth with ratchet and assisting him, as well as watching your child. Until things die down, your no longer allowed to join us on missions.
Everyone looks at Magnus
Bumblebee: With all do respect sir, we need knockout, he's a viable part of this team, he plays an important role when it comes to team prime
Knockout: Exactly, and I want to help find my wife and bring her home
UltraMagnus: I understand soldier,But I gave you an order.
Knockout is about to mouth off to Ultramagnus until ratchet stops him
Ratchet: Knockout, its for the best. think about aurora.
knockout nods: Yes sir...
Ratchet: now, there's something about the contents of the drive that you need to see Ultramagnus, but I think its best if we all go back to earth just to be safe.
Ultramagnus agrees and they all leave back to earth.
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back at base
They all walk into the base shocked
both bulkhead and smokescreen are on the floor knocked out and the kids are no where in sight
there's music blaring, paint and water all over the floor and a broken table
Ratchet: what in the world is going on in here!!
Arcee walks up to both bots and spray them down with water and they both get up
they both sit up and rub their heads and look up to see all the bots staring at them
especially knockout who's arms are crossed with a very angry expression
Knockout: where's is my daughter?!
Bumblebee: and where are jack,miko and Raf?
Bulkhead is still dazed and confused: she's with smokescreen
Bulkhead doesn't realize smokescreen is next to him
Smokescreen: I thought you had her??
they both look at eachother: Scrap
Knockout goes into protective daddy mode: YOU LOST MY DAUGHTER!!!! where's jack!
all of a sudden the kids all walk out of the hallway
Arcee: what happened in here? it looks like a train passed through!
Knockout: Jack where's my baby?????
jack looks up at knockout: she's with WheelJack
bulkhead: Jackys Here??!!
Miko: yeah, after you both knocked each other out we had to call someone and wheel jack was the only one available
Wheeljack walks in and is holding aurora who is very happy: didn't wanna wake y'all up from your little naps, plus I don't think the little lady liked you both
knockout is relieved and wheel jack walks up to him: here ya go Doc
knockout takes aurora and cradles her: she wasn't to much trouble was she??
Wheeljack: Nah, I told her some wrecker stories and she seemed to enjoy them
Knockout: good to hear , and what happend to you two?
he looks down at them with a puzzled look
Bulkhead and Smokescreen got up and they both were confused on what exactly happened
Miko: well, Aurora started crying and both up of them were running around to figure out what to get her until they ran into each other
Raf: which caused them both to knock over everything and they ended knocking one another out with their impact
Jack: so while me and Raf went to go settle her down, miko called WheelJack
Wheeljack: Good thing I was near by or this little lady would be crying even more,
if you ever need help with her doc just call me up.
knockout smiles at wheel jack: thank you
Arcee: Who knew you had a soft spot for sparkling WheelJack ( she says in a teasing manner)
Wheeljack smiles and rubs the back of his head : Embarrassing enough, I was a bit of a ladies man back home and some of the singles had sparkling's of their own that id tell stories to
Ratchet: now that were caught up, id like to talk to you about the contents of the drive
ratchet continues to tell them about the relic that's able to give a bot immense power of both Primus and Unicron, which would make the one wielding the relic unbeatable and unstoppable, they all agree to keep these contents safe, as well as locating Elysian
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later that night knockout dreams about elysian and the horror she went through, her screams replaying in his mind, and the last thing he did was kiss her before she ran off to meet her demise, he sees elysian in her final moments until the bounty hunter strikes her, this nightmare woke him up in a panic, he checked to see if Aurora was still in stasis and she was, he walks over to her crib and kisses her gently and walks out of the room without waking her up. He walks out of the hallway to see ratchet who is working
ratchet is learning more about the relic and sees knockouts refection in the monitor: can't sleep again?
Knockout: No....
Ratchet: its the footage that's bothering you isn't it?
Knockout holds himself tightly trying not to get emotional: yeah...
Ratchet: It was hard to watch.. and I can't say that I know what your going through..but I can offer my assistance if you need to talk...ahem... in a professional doctor confidentiality way... I don't need my medical assistant suffering mentally because it will lead to physical problems in the long run...
Knockout: I shouldn't have let go of her hand.. I shouldn't have allowed her to go off on her own... if I stopped her then she would still be here... this is my fault
Ratchet: You cannot blame yourself, she made the choice to protect you and Aurora, her sacrifice will not be in vain, and we will find her, and put a stop to starscream and Thanatos's madness
he pats knockout
Knockout: thank you ratchet... I needed that
ratchet smiles and chuckles: that's my saying kid
they both smile at one another
ratchet quickly snaps out of it: Ahem, if you need anything just let me know, but I need to research more into the relic
Knockout nods: Oh ratchet can you open the groundbrige to these coordinates? .. Im going to take a drive, Auroras asleep but can you keep an eye on her?
Ratchet: that's fine, do what you must
ratchet then opens the bridge
knockout transforms: if she cries just call me and ill come back
Ratchet nods and knockout leaves
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knockout cruises down a long winding road surrounded by trees under a clear night sky full of stars and pulls over to grab something
he turns the radio on so its not complete silence
"the song "the night we met" plays" he goes to the spot where elysian and him would lay and count stars, this was a very special place for them both. He lays down in his usual spot and looks down at his hand... elysian would always hold his hand while laying beside him. He turns the song up and tears up to the lyrics
( "I had all and then most of you
Some and now none of you
Take me back to the night we met
I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Haunted by the ghost of you
Oh, take me back to the night we met" )
listening to the song made his pain worse and he finally lets out all the emotions he held in and bursted into tears, begging Primus to bring her back to him, he looks down beside him again and a flashback of when elysian was laying beside him comes to him, its the moment when she wished she could have a sparkling of her own.. he could see her looking up and her smiling her beautiful smile
then knockout snaps out of it, his face turns soft and his remaining tears roll off his face to the ground, He realizes that he still has apart of her with him, and that's the child they brought into the world. he stands up and walks a couple of steps before he stops and looks back at their spot and then up at the stars..
Knockout: I promise I will protect our daughter.. no matter what my love, and I will avenge your death. He calls for a bridge and heads back to base.
As he leaves and the bridge closes, a crimson rose is left behind In their spot and a petal drifts off into the gentle wind~~

this was a hard story to write, but knockout is really going through it, he was emotional when he lost his parents and breakdown but this tore his spark apart, especially when he saw how Elysian died. The song that plays while he's letting it all out is " The night we met" by Lord Huron when I first heard it, it made me cry. I couldn't imagine losing the love of my life
The end of part 3