[TF] A Fighting Chance

Title: A Fighting Chance
Universe: Transformers
Characters: Prowl, Soundwave, Megatron, Vortex, Jazz, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Frenzy
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Author Chooses Not to Warn (Dubious Consent, Off-Screen Forced Spark Interfacing, Implied Torture)
Description: Megatron wants intel at a cost Soundwave is unwilling to pay. Enter Prowl, who is eager to remind the Decepticons they should never underestimate the power in a moment of kindness.

Prowl is in enormous pain.

Or at least he would be, if he had not dampened his sensory receptors and shunted all pain responses to a delayed queue, as Jazz had taught him. Ratchet would have a fit of epic proportions if he knew that not only could Jazz do this thing, but he had also taught it to Prowl.

It was dangerous. It put a lot of stress on his spark and on his processing capacities. Only trained medics should dampen sensory receptors because amateurs risked a serious system malfunction.

It’s not a permanent solution. It won’t work indefinitely. It’s only meant to be a temporary stopgap. The Autobots must retrieve him soon.

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