#Empurata!Prowl AU

[cy-fi-theansweris42]

So @keferon's Empurata Prowl posts are living rent-free in my mind, lol. I just had to write out the scene from this post so look out for the angst below the cut!

(Tumblr please don't kill my formatting--)

There's someone in front of him.

Prowl doesn't dare make a move, doesn't dare let the mech in front of him know he's awake and aware now. Doing so runs the risk of them putting him under again if they're an enemy, removing all possibility of escape (awake the chance is small; 25%. Unconscious— he doesn't need to run those numbers to know it's zero).

He will not lose this chance.

He waits, hoping his vision will improve enough that he can see more than the darkened silhouette moving in front of him, that his hearing will lose the staticky quality it took on the moment he regained consciousness and he might recognize a voice. It's taking every ounce of willpower he has to keep his doorwings from fluttering ever so slightly to gather data on his surroundings.

It's taking everything in him not to run away as the restraints are undone, to keep his doorwings from flaring high and wide to scream stay away, danger, threat in a way that a small buried part of him wants to scream.

(He will ignore that part. Emotions have no place in trying to plan an escape. Fear can cause one to act too soon, to lash out when they should be biding their time waiting for the moment with the highest chance of escape. Tactically, emotions lower the chance of a successful escape.)

He has to wait, he cannot lose this chance to escape over something as trivial as emotions. Not when that runs the risk of more being done to him.

He will not let them do anything else to him.

So Prowl stays as still as possible as the final restraint is removed, not daring to try and run. Not yet. They would be prepared for him to try and escape the moment he could, they would plan for it. If he waits, pretends he's not aware enough to realize he's free to move, they may slip up, may give him the chance to escape successfully.

…Or he could be missing the only opportunity he'll have, and he doesn't even know it.

He doesn't know enough. There's too many unknown variables.

Number of enemies: 1 (or more) Location: Unknown Route to exit: Unknown Status of allies: Unknown Chance of successful escape: Unable to accurately calculate (no more than 30% at best).

He wishes he could see more, see who's in front of him, who the taller mech who just came close enough for him to notice is (had he been there the entire time?). He wishes this static in his audials would go away so he could hear what was being said. He wishes he could move his doorwings freely and know if he was surrounded by enemies instead of just not knowing.

(He wishes he had his hands still, he doesn't know if he'll be good enough of a shot with this claws. He wishes he had his face still, this singular optic being a screaming sign of what was done to him and he was helpless to stop it. He wishes he knew what all they did to him, what did they do, what did they do to him—).

He can't help it. He needs to know.

His doorwings twitch, just enough to tell him the two mechs in front of him are the only others in the room. It's enough to catch the smaller one's attention. There's noise, maybe speech, and he can make out their hands coming towards him—

Their hands are coming towards his head, his neck, he thinks he sees needles, and he can't just stand there anymore.

Prowl feels his new claw dig through metal, through the glass of a visor, as the static in his audials crescendos, becomes a roar. His plating is flared, his doorwings spread high and wide, and he is shaking.

He can't stop shaking.

What did they do to him?

[kitkat-sans]

Im am undeniably getting infected by the empurata prowl apocalypse in my feed inch by inch, , , brick by brick, slowly.. .. slowly. . .

it is making me want to practice drawing prowl and jazz then draw the au.

AHRGGHARRHGARHGAGHARHGHGAG--

[beeartsy]

@keferon has infected me with empurata prowl

There is an adjusting period..

Sharp claws aren't great for holding fragile things..

[xuyaak]

same shape. new stuffing. (turn it around)

based on keferon’s empurata prowl au

[keferon]

Alright, just hear me out real quick. MechaJazz AU + EmpurataProwl AU. Now, hold onto your socks cuz I'm not done.

What if, after Jazz returns to Earth, Prowl ends up getting captured. The folks in charge of the Mecha program realize that Prowl is something different, something insanely high tech and useful, so they start to tear him apart and modify him. Prowl never gets the chance to scan Jazz's mecha because the scientists and engineers have already made him into one! His helm is removed and replaced with one that has the video relays needed to send visual feeds to the pilot. The beautifully articulate face that Jazz so admired is gone. His servos are removed, turned into weapons to better fight the quintessons and their pet monsters. The engineers tear into Prowls chassis, rerouting cables and energon lines around Prowls spark so that a pilots seat could be installed. That's where the engineers run into a problem. Prowls spark emits radiation, it's not safe for a human to be in close proximity to this glowing ball of energy for long periods of time. So what do they do? They put it in a box. They wall off Prowls spark in thick metal lined with a material designed to prevent radiation from penetrating it. Prowls EM field goes silent. Finally, when the scientists go to integrate the neural connections between Mecha and pilot, it doesn't play nice with the tac net. Prowl crashes, and keeps crashing, until the scientists are able to create a work around. By the time they've completed the work around Prowl isn't Prowl anymore. Something inside of him is broken. He doesn't remember, doesn't understand why he's in pain. He doesn't know where he is, he doesn't know what's happening around him, to him. He flickers in and out of consciousness. He can't move and he's in terrible endless pain.

Imagine Jazz's reaction to how brutally his own people mutilated Prowl. Jazz gathers up everyone he knows he can trust, and breaks into the lab Prowls being held in. Hot Rod and Blurr are causing a distraction, while Vortex and Aid kick down the door to the Lab to let Jazz in. Jazz is mortified at what he sees, staring at what's left of Prowl on the slab in front of him. Jazz bundles up his Prowler in his Mechas arms and bolts for it. The gang makes their way to Ratchets little hidey hole in hopes that he might be able to help Prowl, but there's only so much he can do. Imagine little human Jazz looking up at his Prowl and realizing that he doesn't recognize him. His Prowler doesn't recognize him! Jazz will never be able to forgive himself for bringing Prowl to Earth. He'll never get to sleep in the palm of Prowls servos ever again. He'll never be able to make Prowls stoic face break out in that cute little grin that he loves ever again.

The angst is REAL!!!

.............FUCKING HELL ANON.

.....may I suggest you also hear me out?

How about aaaall this, but with Jazz? How about after Jazz got himself transferred into Cybertronian body..he returns to Earth at some point....and gets captured? Because when he helped Prowl to eskape he basically became a traitor in the eyes of government?

Just. You kbow. Hypothetically. How about that

[v-exian]

im OBSESSED with this au and my brain decided to make this— what if prowl was just shoved far far deep into his own processor and locked in? So he can’t control his own frame, his mind, he can only watch as this person, this imposter, controls his frame and has no thoughts of its own. He has to watch as slowly, Jazz gives up on him and leaves even when he’s screaming for Jazz to not go, to not give up on him, but it only echos in the emptiness he’s trapped in

Empurata! Prowl au by @keferon <3

[tech-obssessed-shark]

here me out: empurata! Prowl who’s found by the Decepticons. He’s taken in by them and the Autobots believe him to be dead. It isn’t until they realize that Shockwave has a new Empurata friend that the Autobots realize this appearance of a new bot might mean something.

[doshi-sukiru]

for @keferon, in return for the mental damages they did with this au.

Did I forget Prowl's wings in the first few panels? Yes. Is it almost 3am too? Also yes, so I'm forgiven-

Also this is the first time I used my glitch brush! I wasn't expecting it look so nice, but I was actually surprised when many of the glitched showed Jazz's mouth, which is ironic considering Prowl can't understand him too well in his state.

Love this little au, get some sleep Keferon, gn y'all-

[coffee-starlight-1111]

TW:ENERGON BLOOD

This au feels too emotional💔💔

Empurata prowl au belongs to @keferon !

Bonus:then I gave him a coquette bow✨️

[kirax-emd-art]

You know my transformers hyperfixation really went from "watching transformers one and imagine silly stuff with my Oc in it" then "holy shit hot rod and prowl in the background omgomgomg i need to draw them" to "Okay I need to watch more tf media I'll watch earthspark" and now "OMG PROWL IN EARTHSPARK NO WAY ILL DRAW HIM" it's just gone full circle

Bonus to that one Emputara!Prowl AU that is currently killing me inside and will 100% draw something about this cause MY HEART

[sticky-side-stories]

Somehow the Empurata Prowl Steals the Matrix AU I have planned is the happier option here.

[cy-fi-theansweris42]

Me: I'm going to spend time developing some ideas I have for the Empurata Prowl AU! Keferon: [posts an angsty comic] Me, already feeling the comic bounce around my brain before hitting the Angsty Writing Corner: Aw heck--

Once again one of @keferon's posts have me writing, this time it was this post (more Prowl POV angst, I should have known, lol)

Angst below the cut!

Jazz left.

This is a thought that appears more often than Prowl would have initially anticipated as the cycles pass. Logically, he knew from the beginning that Jazz would eventually leave, of course he would. Jazz is an excellent special operations agent, one with skills that make him almost invaluable (false, there are calculations he can make to assign a value-- why doesn't he?) to the Autobot cause. To allow his skills to go to waste caring for Prowl would be inefficient, illogical.

No, Jazz is needed elsewhere, he belongs somewhere other than at Prowl's side. It was inevitable that eventually Jazz would be called away, and that eventually he would willingly go.

Jazz left.

Why does he keep thinking that?

This line of thinking has no value, no purpose. He knows that Jazz left, it is a fact.

He changes topics, the continual thought of Jazz left becoming a background process once again.

The mission Jazz left for is dangerous.

The success rate of the mission was too low, the potential benefits in no way outweighing the risks. Tactically, the mission was not worth the resources, the risk, (Jazz's life if it went wrong). Every possibility had been considered, he had run the numbers, the scenarios, everything himself. He had told Jazz it wasn't worth the risk.

And yet Jazz had left because he had been called.

(Because of him.)

(Because he did something to push Jazz away.)

(Because he--)

These lines of thinking were not worth the mental resources. Prowl moved them to the background as well.

He did not agree with the new tactician.

Prowl had seen some of his numbers, some of his suggestions. There were minor errors in his math, in his logic. They were small, almost unnoticeable. However in a war, the smallest error can lead to immense losses.

The new tactician was going to get Jazz killed.

(He was going to get Jazz killed because he pushed him away--)

(What did he do wrong--)

He needed to stop thinking about Jazz.

He didn't want to stop thinking about Jazz.

The previous statement is false, errors appearing in his vision at the incorrect logic. He didn't want. Not anymore.

He didn't want and he didn't feel and he wasn't the same anymore.

He ignored the collecting errors, they weren't important.

(Is that why Jazz left?)

(Is that what he did wrong--)

He didn't want Jazz to die.

He didn't want. He didn't feel he didn't want Jazz to die Jazz was doing to die Jazz was going to die because he did something wrong what did he do wrong hewasthewrongthingwhatwaswrongwithhim--)

ERROR: Too many background processes running, shutdown imminent.

As darkness filled his vision, it was only then that Prowl noticed the other bots surrounding him, distantly hearing someone call for Ratchet.

Then, nothing.

When Prowl awoke, there was only one thought running through his processor.

He needed to find Jazz.

[beeartsy]

Man I sure hope this au gets some fluff, they deserve it

Having said that

Every time @keferon draws I scream

[twilightfreefaller]

@keferon

What I mean when I do not control the hyperfixation.

[avaliferous]

Random quick little thing. (I’ve been so busy with midterms but a friend sent me @keferon ‘s empurata au and I have never dropped anything so fast to draw jazz/prowl angst, it’s so good so sad and holy crap I missed drawing transformers someone get me out of my midterm prison)

The proportion is weird cause Jazz is supposed to be like slouching and tired but it just looks like he’s short… I’ll fix it one day hopefully

[tech-obssessed-shark]

Short clip based on @keferon’s empurata! Prowl AU! I thought it matched well with O Superman and I had to make something-