REDEMPTION OF THE ALL-SPARK

Here's chapter 3! It's surprisingly short, but at the same time very gripping, especially at the end. When you have finished, be so kind as to leave me with a lovely review, or two, or possibly three!

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"Brandon, you imbecile!" Megatron censured the young man, when he contacted him a short time later, via the comm link, and found out what had happened between him, Melly, and Blurr. "You just had to go and stick your nose in where it didn't belong, did you? You nearly spoiled everything!" Brandon, who'd recovered from his ordeal by that time, scowled at the reprimand. It was already bad enough that Decepticons took him hostage, forced him against his will on a suicide mission, and that Melly was involved with a crazy blue bot, on top of everything else.

"Give me a break, man," he shot back at Megatron. He wouldn't have dared spoken this way to the Decepticon lord if he were right in front of him, but the distance between them made him feel bolder. "Can I help feeling this way, if my girl throws me away for some dude who's really nothing more than two tons of scrap metal, who just tried to kill me?"

Megatron gave a growl of frustration.

"I told you before, Brandon—your focus is on the All-Spark! How many times must we go through this? The girl and your past relationship are of no importance!"

"That's easy for you to say," Brandon answered sourly. "You just don't understand. None of you guys can possibly understand what it's like, to go through something like this."

On the other side, Megatron forced himself to be calm. Blasting Brandon for his stupidity would get them nowhere. As he had just said, the All-Spark was the more pressing matter. "Listen, boy," Megatron said, when he was sure he could keep his voice cool and steady, "I might be willing to make a slight alteration in our little bargain."

"What do you mean by that?" said Brandon skeptically.

"Give me the All-Spark, and in exchange, I'll give you the girl."

"Seriously?" Brandon hardly dared believe his ears.

"Of course. Once you've completed your first task, Melly will be yours." Sensing Brandon's apprehension about Blurr and the other Autobots, Megatron added, "And don't worry about the Autobots. We'll take care of them ourselves. We have some unfinished business with those miserable, low-life dregs, anyhow."

"Do you mean it?"

"Since when do I say things I don't mean, boy?"

Of course, Brandon hadn't even known Megatron personally for very long, so he wasn't sure whether to take his word for it.

"So, do we have a deal?"

After thinking about it for one more minute, Brandon conceded. "Okay," the young man said, "you talked me into it, bud. I think I may know a way to pin down this Spark thingamabob."

"And, Brandon?" said Megatron, just before they disconnected.

"Yeah?"

"This is your last chance."