Magnus hardly remembered how he ended up in this spot. He was out on patrol when it happened. He was hit so hard that he didn't see who was responsible. Blinking his optics he noticed he was in a sterile environment and that there was a human across from him giving him a bugged eyed look. Not hearing any sounds, Magnus decided to question the guy in front of him.

"Where are we?"

The man was very frightened since every limb on his body was shaking visibly. "Don't kn-know. Was ho-home and now I'm he-here."

"Did you see anyone at all bringing me in?" The man shook his head. "Try to keep calm."

"How can I? Never thought this would happen to me." The man almost bellowed, but to his credit he whispered it out in fear of being punished.

Magnus tried to access his weapons only to find them not working along with his communications. Studying his cell, he knew there was always weaknesses, and to his surprise they had a gridded floor meant for him since the human's cell had none. He might figure out who is responsible for the mutations soon enough. He just hoped that he can avoid it along with the human across from him.

Hearing heavy footsteps coming towards the cells, he waited patiently till he was taken by surprise by the electrocution that shot through his entire body rendering him useless. Hearing the cries of the male across from him as the footsteps neared along with the laughter, Magnus with all his might tried to keep himself out of stasis, but with another shock he was knocked out.

"Ultra Magnus will be one of the stronger ones. The human for once will feel strength." Came a rough deep voice.

"Pity we can't get rid of the smell. That smell is horrific." Came another.

"Well they aren't here for long so it makes no nevermind. Our testing ground on Cylex was a success, now Earth will be next." Came the first voice. Hearing the whimpering from the human, it chuckled. "Now, now, you'll love it."

"Please let me go." Said the human.

"I think not." Came the second voice. "Time to bring them both into the lab. Magnus will be out for some time."

Cyclonus came in listening to Soundwave and Galvatron as they spoke of some project that he had been working on. The second he strolled in, Galvatron waved his hand out fully to greet him as if they hadn't seen one another for centuries. Cyclonus hated it when he did that knowing what may come next as he went to him casually.

Bowing his head, he greeted him, "Lord Galvatron."

"Cyclonus, it is a pleasure to see one of my most trusted soldiers join us." He was bellowing at him gaily in a very false way. Cyclonus hated that, but didn't ever reveal it.

"I'm glad it pleases you. Any destruction we can cause today? Been most bored as of late." It wasn't unusual for him to occasionally spout something off like that to him, though he would be swirling some energon in a cube while he mentioned his boredom.

Glancing over to Soundwave who can be viewed as both trustworthy and also not. Depending on who you want to ask. He smiled happily. "Autobot City gets boring to attack. Cybertron is still our number one goal to obtain full control back. Along with the universe. Been imbibing this morning on some high grade, so I have no clue what else to do."

Galvatron was crazy, vindictive, intelligent, manipulative, and not really one to sit in the sidelines for long. While he appeared intoxicated, Cyclonus truly wasn't fooled.

"Oh! Did you hear that one of our own has been imbibing on something entirely different? A human." Galvatron announced suddenly.

Again, Cyclonus never showed or thought what he was thinking about, but curiosity was there. "A human you say? And who is the mech?"

Elbowing Soundwave in the arm, Galvatron chortled. "See, not everyone is a prude like yourself, Soundwave. It was one of the Stunticons. They said they had to know what it was like."

Raising his optic ridge, Cyclonus went on with it. "And his opinion?"

"Interesting. Just... Interesting. What am I suppose to make of that?"

"I don't know. So is this it?"

"Still bored?" Approaching Cyclonus, Galvatron smiled at his SiC. Emotions now hidden again from him.

"Of course because if this is it I wouldn't mind imbibing myself on something since it has been awhile."

"Well the problem with imbibing with a human is it might lead to one of our own going to the Autobots side. Well you know if the human was involved with them personally. Lost a good soldier in Thundercracker that way. Though he was a different sort of mech in the first place." Placing his hand on Cyclonus's shoulder, he smirked.

"Indeed." Once again he looked over at Soundwave to see if he had anything to add, but he was a bottomless wealth of silence.

Ultra Magnus wasn't answering any of his calls. Any way to track him was gone it seemed. It was like he disappeared out of no where. Landing in the last known area where his location was marked Prowl and Hound could tell that a struggle happened. There wasn't any other energon signatures detected so it seemed it might be organic in nature on who was responsible for taking him.

"You don't suppose he was taken for an experiment, do you Prowl?" Hound wondered.

Prowl in his never ending array of logistics that he was running in his head, frowned deeply. "Let's hope not. We know he is a valuable team member with a wealth of knowledge so as far as we know the Decepticons found a way of masking their signatures. They have managed before."

"True, but I'm not comfortable because this was a hit."

Glancing at the ground again, Prowl added, "A calculated one at that, too."

"Now you understand why they wake up so damn cranky?" Asked the rough voice at the thrashing creature before himself and his companion. "The forced mutation of both species at this level is so intense that it is a wonder why they still have their own heads attached still."

"True and this one is so much larger than the others."

"Because of Magnus's size. Just imagine the strength." He was practically cooing at the possibilities of all the destruction ahead with this one.

Examining the eyes on this one was still blue with red rims around it. "He wants us to release him as soon as it is done." He informed his partner.

"It'll be done as soon as we sedate him. We don't want him tearing our limbs apart, do we?" The one with the rough voice laughed mercilessly.

"No we don't." Going over to the creature, he injected him, and stepped back to watch him still flail around for a bit longer till he relaxed before falling asleep. "Done. Time to release the kraken."

Turning to his partner, the first voice sneered, "Really? You had to say that?"

"I always wanted to.

Shaking his head, they both went over to release the bonds, and placed him on a gurney to ready him for transport.

On patrol she was piloting her ship a little lower to catch anything on the surface. After hearing about Magnus disappearing even Marissa hoped it was just a regular abduction rather than any forced experiments. She didn't like hearing anyone suffering, well perhaps someone like Barricade, but he didn't deserve it. Cursing as the sky above was turning darker by the second, she saw it looked to be rain clouds hoping that wouldn't dampen the search.

"This is Captain Faireborn. Still no sign of Ultra Magnus, Decepticons or those creatures at this time. Any reports from anyone else?" She inquired.

"Negative. So far it is quiet, but we will keep you informed." Came the instant reply.

"Much appreciated. Fairborn, over and out."

Stressed, but pushing it back as sprinkles started hitting her windshield, she looked off to the side thinking she saw a dark figure lopping away. The creatures had different ways of walking that she recalled. While some walked in a normal way, others had slightly grotesque ways. Doing a scan, she found it was a normal desert creature allowing her to look forward till she was jerked forward violently hitting her yoke. Putting on her radio again, she started to speak, but was interrupted by another violent crash that yanked her ship out of the sky to toss her to the ground like it was a toddler playing with their toy.

Dazed, she unfastened her belt to pick up her gun. She heard the same gentleman asking her questions, but when she tried to speak to him it wasn't going through. Cursing she made her way a little ways in when the hull of the ship was cut into by a large clawed hand. Stunned, she was staring at the largest one of those monsters ever.

"Whoever you are, I don't want to hurt you. Stand down!" She hoped some common sense was laying in that creature as she stared into different eyes from the others she witnessed. This one had blue eyes with red rims around it.

Roaring, the creature tore apart more of the ship reaching out to her. Gritting her teeth, she shot at its claw before making a run for it. Ahead there was an out cropping of rocks where she made a dash for it cursing her luck as of late as the rain started pouring down. She heard the creature running after her from the sloshing rushed footsteps, but she couldn't worry about its apparent proximity to her when she had to duck and dive for cover.

Running between the rocks, she found areas where it was easy for her to brace for some cover, but seeing how it ripped open her ship like it was paper made her wonder how long she would last. She heard it breathing while it calmed down enough to search for her. This one already seemed more calculating. She needed to take a gander at it, so she carefully looked around the corner to see it standing, and examining around itself. The creature was very very tall making her eyes widen more as it even sniffed the air. She ducked back for cover hoping the ground will cover her scent.

Unbeknownst to her, the rock she was hiding under was being lifted up slowly as the creatures eyes took in its prey. Seeing the tiny morsel under him made his mouth pull back in almost a feral type grin. The female realized she lost her cover as she took him in. He smelled the fear. He smelled something else as he quickly reached down to grab her tiny body and yank her towards him. Nose down, he sniffed her. He didn't know the expression on her face, but he enjoyed the fear.

Why was this one sniffing her when all the others just attacked? Marissa was confused, but felt odd at how it decided how it became familiar with her. "Hello? Is there a way we can be friends?" She tried.

The creature heard her words, but continued sniffing.

"Please talk to me. I'm sure you can talk. You seem intelligent." Marissa had to stroke its ego.

The creature ran its free digit in her hair. Too intrigued right now.

Taking a chance, Marissa felt like she was trying to speak to King Kong or Mighty Joe Young as she raised her hand up to gingerly touch its own hand. She felt it stiffen under touch. She heard the growl, but she persisted. "Please. Please talk to me."

She watched its mouth opening up before closing. She continued to touch the beast to try to lull it, but still the beast kept opening its mouth before closing it again. Hearing a sound escape, she held her breath.

"Ma-Marissa." It breathed out.

As much as it sounded like Magnus's voice, she heard another mixed in. Marissa was horrified. "Ultra Magnus? Is that you?"

"He-help me. Lo-love you Ma-Marissa."

His eyes looked so forlorn making her reach both her hands up to touch his face. "Magnus, we'll help you. Please don't leave. Please." She begged.

Eyes closed, he enjoyed the touch before a feral growl escaped his lips. "NO! Ugh! Marissa run from me now!" He ordered.

Standing up quickly, she kept trying to touch him, but he let out another growl before hitting her knocking her into the ground. The creature roared at the sight of what he had done to his, Marissa. He heard vehicles approaching. As a growl escaped, he turned to regard her again. "Love you." He ran off so fast that no one had time to get him.

Finding Marissa, she was treated and released 24 hours later with a mild concussion. She was in shock the creature turned out to be Magnus of all mechs. He'll be back to normal again. This she vowed.

Admittedly I'm pretty stuck on the next chapter. I wrote about 1/3 and stopped. Thanks for the reviews and reads.