II
“You have got to be insane, Knockout,” Breakdown stated as he followed the medic into the bay of their base, the Nemesis. The lithe mech smirked and let out a small ‘tch’ and gingerly carried the human he found in the wreckage.
“Aren’t we all insane?” Knockout purred and sat down at his desk. He made a makeshift bed out of linen and other soft fabric he could fine and laid the female down on it. He then looked up at his large assistant and added, “Besides, the Autobots can have their human pets, why can’t we?”
“I just don’t think it’s a good idea, boss,” Breakdown grumbled and sat on a large crate that was in the room. Knockout rolled his black and red optics and began working on a prototype bot that was small enough to tend to the human’s wounds.
“As I’ve already explained to you, I’m curious about the humans. I’ve already dissected a few and I find their anatomy fascinating,” he admitted, “I think it’s time to keep one as a pet to learn more about them. And besides Breakdown, just look at her! I think she looks like a little china doll. How could I’ve NOT taken her?”
That earned a chuckle out of the large blue mech and he shook his head. Breakdown then hopped down from the crate and said, “Fine. Well, I’m going to tend to the Eradicons with wounds since you’re busy playing with your new pet.”
“I won’t be long. I just want to get her stabilized first,” the medic explained.
*X*X*X*
What…..what’s happening?! The car flipped….we’re rolling….oh fuck there’s glass…..glass everywhere….I can’t breathe….I feel pain all over….I think my leg his broken…. October groaned and gripped her sheets so tight her knuckles turned white. She writhed in her sleep and the small bot that Knockout created to tend to her quickly approached. He ran a small diagnostic on her and found that she was only dreaming. To be on the safe side, he gave her a small dose of morphine so that she wouldn’t be in too much pain.
Jasper…..Jasper where are you? A small whimper emitted from her and Knockout had just returned to his desk. It’d been a week since he had the human female in his care and sat down to examine her carefully. She was so small compared to him. She was about the size of a Barbie doll to a human adult to the mech, but his nimble digits carefully began dressing her wounds. The bot would have to get to the areas too small for him, but he could at least tend to her broken leg.
The baby…… It was then October’s jade eyes opened for the first time. Knockout wasn’t paying attention, but the scream that came from her had startled him a bit to the point he drew back and stood quickly from his desk. October was trying frantically to sit up and move, but she couldn’t seem to get her body to cooperate with the action. The small bot came and gently put her back on the makeshift bed she was on.
“What in the FUCK is this?!” she shouted as she tried to fight off the bot. Knockout smiled and sat back down at his desk, which caused the human to draw back and try to once again get out of the bed to hide.
“Calm down…you’ve been under my care for a week,” Knockout explained in a calm tone. October placed a hand on her chest to feel her heart pounding. She was literally scared out of her mind.
“What…..what ARE you?” she managed to ask. Her eyes were very wide with shock and alarm, but she wasn’t trying to squirm away again.
“I come from a planet known as Cybertron….the humans call my kind ‘Transformers’. I think the name is rather unimaginative in my opinion, but it does basically explain what we can do,” Knockout explained, “My name is Knockout. What’s yours?”
October managed to sit up with the assistance of the smaller bot, and stared up at the giant mechanical being in wonder.
“October,” she finally answered, “Why have I been under your care for a week?”
“A fight broke out in the city….there were a few casualties and humans were scrambling for their lives. I looked down and saw you lying on the pavement. You were covered in blood, bruises, cuts and your leg was broken.”
“The baby….what happened to the baby?” October questioned. Her eyes became glazed over as the oncoming tears began to well up.
“…..What baby?” Knockout asked and furrowed his ridges a bit in confusion, “There was no baby with you.”
“I’m pregnant,” October stated and a tear fell down her cheek, “Did you not see that about me?”
“I ran a diagnostic on you when we returned to base…you must’ve miscarried because of the crash you were in,” Knockout concluded sadly. October’s look of hope faded and the tears began to fall down her cheeks. She sniffled and buried her face in her hands. Quiet sobs were all that could be heard, and Knockout actually felt sorry for her. With a single finger, he gently rubbed her back in an attempt to comfort her and said, “I’m sorry.”
She then looked up at him and asked in a shaky voice, “Where’s Jasper…the guy I was with?”
Knockout sighed heavily and looked down as he said, “I only found you. There was no one else close to you.”
October paled at the news and she just stared at the medic in shock.
“What?” she asked finally. Knockout didn’t meet her gaze and just uttered, “I’m so sorry.”
The tears returned, and this time she was inconsolable. There were no words to describe the sorrow and pain she felt for the loss of her boyfriend and their unborn child. She buried her face in her hands and wailed into them. She began to say things but Knockout didn’t catch what she was saying except for ‘we were going to get married’. It was at that time Knockout decided to give her some privacy.
