Transformers Prime: A New Beginning

Chapter 42: Breakdowns & Buildups

Whether that made him feel better or not, he didn't know.

What he did want to know, however, was where he was, who he was with, and wanting to get back to the Decepticons as soon as possible.

He remembered what had happened before everything had gone black, and who had nearly sent him to the AllSpark's doorstep. He had, as he had said himself, found Airachnid intriguing, but any type of intrigue or positive feelings towards the femme had completely vanished after what she did to him. First, she wouldn't stop teasing him about the stupid eyepatch he most certainly hated, and now despised after all the teasing, and then she tried to kill him.

All he wanted now was to make her feel the same pain she made him feel, in more ways than one.

He would soon come to find that he wasn't the only one to feel that way towards her.

Michael had been right. Airachnid did seem to make enemies fast with everyone she came across, be they Autobot, Decepticon, Cybertronian, Human, or Techno-Organic.

Looking around the room again, Breakdown noticed the room's other occupants, who were looking at him, and his one remaining optic widened.

He recognized both of them instantly.

One had beaten him up and had thrown him around like a Cybertronian rag-doll.

And the other was the now-not-so-new faceplate with the strange giant key-like sword.

He pulled at the restraints, for such was instinctive when one was tied down to a berth.

"Easy." Ratchet advised. "The damage you sustained was severe, and it was extremely difficult putting you back together, so I would advise you to not try and move unless you want to break something."

Breakdown could only snort at this. He didn't need to be told what to do by the Autobot's medic. He was a medic's assistant, after all, and knew a thing or two about repairing severe damage.

But then he realized exactly what Ratchet had said, and slowly stopped struggling.

Putting him back together?

Just how far did Airachnid go?

He remembered when he used to be paranoid before his reconstruction. Overreacting at the slightest thing gone wrong, and feeling that everyone was out to get him. Part of this he attributed to his former, smaller look, for he had been smaller than the rest of the Stunticons, and their then-leader, Motormaster, hadn't been the nicest of leaders or commanders, which was why none of the team liked him, and always conflicted with either him or each other, and always fought against him, which led to disaster, especially when they were in their Combiner form, Menasor.

Thankfully, Knockout, who had been assigned as their team's medic at the time, was always there for him, and helped him keep focused and on track, though it didn't lessen the confliction among the group. After his brutal thrashing and subsequent rebuild, however, everything changed. He was no longer paranoid, and was only focused on putting dents into his foes. Especially Bulkhead, who had been the one that nearly sent him to the scrapyard, and had taken away his ability to combine with the others, even if he hated his then-leader.

Though he never showed it anymore or would admit it, a part of his paranoia had remained with him after his rebuild, though it was always overshadowed by his confidence and eagerness to smash things.

He was also somewhat soft underneath his bulky plating, for he, like Michael, considered the Vehicons as their own people instead of mere soldiers that could easily be replaced, and had often chatted with them about romance and other such topics that the others onboard the Nemesis, aside from Knockout, would usually ignore.