What a wonderful world! [Book 2]

{16} - The truth comes out

-The next day-

"You think things are going okay?" Cascade asked, breaking the silence between him and Wildbreak that had lasted a few minutes.

Wildbreak looked up from picking at his chest armor and sighed, propping his head up on the arm of the chair he was sitting in. "I dunno, Cas'. You can never be so sure when you're dealin' with ol Megs." He replied, looking at his brother.

Cascade nodded slightly, leaning back in his chair a bit. He tapped his fingers on his knee for a moment, thinking about something. "Do you think Lord Megatron has something to do with Knockout and Breakdown forgetting you?"

Wildbreak stiffened slightly when Cascade said that, but brushed it off as nothing. He shrugged, crossing one of his legs over the other. "Not entirely sure. It does seem like something he would do, doesn't it?"

"I... I don't know.. I mean.... he's pretty mean but.. you don't think he would make someone forget their own sparkling like that, do you?" Cascade said, tilting his head slightly.

"Cas', I've been around a lot longer than you have. Not that I'm an expert or anything, but I'm almost one hundred percent sure he would do something like that. But, I have no proof of it. I can't remember anything from that far back, so it's not like I can prove that he had something to do with it. I think we should just leave it to our parents to take care of."

Cascade sighed, slumping forward slightly and staring at the floor. "Okay..." he mumbled, his mind still burning with questions.

-Meanwhile, on the observation deck-

"What information do you have on the mech you found in that pod?" Megatron rumbled, looming over Breakdown and Knockout menacingly.

Knockout glanced at Breakdown, who nodded, and gulped nervously, standing up straight and looking Megatron in the optics. "My liege, all that we discovered about him is his basic information. Nothing of utmost importance."

"Tell me what you found." Megatron pressed, narrowing his scarlet red optics at the medic. "Everything."

Knockout nodded nervously, shuffling a bit closer to Breakdown for comfort. "Y-Yes... Lord Megatron." He stammered, forcing himself to smile somewhat. He took in a deep breath and sighed, telling himself it would be alright. "His name is Wildbreak. He is a Decepticon, but his function is unknown. Most of the information like date of birth was either classified or unknown, so there wasn't much to work with."

Megatron seemed to stiffen when Knockout mentioned the name 'Wildbreak', which made Breakdown raise an optic ridge in interest. "You said his name was Wildbreak, correct?"

"Correct, my liege."

"Hm... so it seems things from the past can resurface after all."

"What do you mean, Lord Megatron?" Breakdown asked, though he had a bad feeling he knew where this was going.

"Don't you remember him?" Megatron asked, an eerily charming tone to his voice. He seemed too calm about this, and it was freaking Breakdown out. "Your firstborn sparkling? Does that ring a bell?"

Fear turned to anger and Knockout glared at Megatron, clenching his hands into fists. "Of course it does." He growled, his optics brightening with rage.