Transformers Prime: A New Beginning

Chapter 72: Thirst

Normal Perspective:

A few weeks had passed since the Predacon bone hunt had ended, and the Autobots were given a break for a while, but while the Autobots got one, the Decepticons didn't, for Shockwave was still experimenting on Project Predacon in his off-site lab, leaving most of the 'Cons with nothing to do.

But while Shockwave was experimenting on his project, Thundercracker was experimenting on a project of his own in the lab of the Nemesis.

A project called C.Y.L.A.S.

Barricade and Skywarp, who had nothing to do, decided to watch the blue seeker from the far side of the room, not wanting to be near the cyborg that had become their lab rat.

As they did, Cyclonus entered the room, complaining about Shockwave, the Predacon, and Project Predacon as a whole, which Barricade and Skywarp found amusing.

"First I have the role of Second-in-Command be cut in half, and now the cyclops wishes to breed more of his stupid pets, and not once does Megatron even think of calling the project off and scrapping the beast! How I'd love to stuff Shockwave and his Predacon into a stasis pod." He grumbled as he paced around the room.

"Why would you want to shove something cute into a pod?" Skywarp asked, to which Cyclonus glared at him.

"Are you referring to Shockwave or his pet?" Barricade asked with a smirk, to which Skywarp simply frowned, and said nothing.

"That beast is not cute, Skywarp!" Cyclonus said in anger. "It's not even a real being! It's a pathetic clone!"

"Still living." Skywarp said.

"Yeah, not for much longer." Cyclonus muttered.

Before he could complain any further, however, he was interrupted by C.Y.L.A.S., who was restrained to a medical berth.

"Thundercracker, will you shut that mongrel up?!" The purple and silver seeker snapped.

C.Y.L.A.S then spoke up weakly as Barricade and Skywarp walked up next to the other two.

"Cyclonus... Barricade.... Skywarp.... help me..." He begged, desperately trying to escape from his restraints.

Cyclonus only chuckled.

"My my, whatever have you been inflicting upon poor C.Y.L.A.S?" He asked Thundercracker.

"Mostly just substance and tool testing." Thundercracker replied, before grabbing an injector and injecting C.Y.L.A.S with the Synth-En that Knockout had recovered from Ratchet's leaking body several months back, which had been left in the lab when he left.

The cyborg's optics then changed from their normal yellow-orange to emerald green as the substance took an instant effect on him, which somehow did not kill or harm his human half due to the substance's toxic nature, but he did start groaning and gasped out as he felt the substance course through both of his bodies.

"Are we so sure that these experiments won't end up killing him?" Barricade asked.

"Hard to say." Thundercracker admitted. "If they do, then we'll just find a replacement and dispose of this creature."

"I bet it won't if he lasted this long." Cyclonus said.

C.Y.L.A.S could only shudder until his systems suddenly shut down and he went into stasis-lock.

"You were saying, Cyclonus?" Barricade asked with a smirk, as the seeker just scowled.

"What just happened?" Skywarp asked.

"Do you remember that Synthetic Energon I found in the Medbay upon our arrival?" Thundercracker asked back.

"Yeah? Didn't we guard a Data Cylinder or something back before we joined the Decepticons?"