''Penance'' is a ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' fanfic by [=SilverRayan=]. it can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8932925/1/Penance here]].

Swindle feels terribly guilty for betraying his brothers. He overhears them grumbling about how much their youngest has cost them. When a discussion about ways he could make up the debt comes up Swindle takes to spark the idea to sell the only thing he has left: his body. And at this point he will do anything to earn forgiveness. However, he doesn't know that his brothers weren't serious about making him a sexbot. And he can't hide what he's doing forever...

VERY important note: The link is to the censored version of the story ONLY.
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!!This fic contains examples of:
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Upon learning that Swindle isn't selling his body for credits anymore, Motormaster tries to take what he wants by ''force''.]]
%%* TheAtoner: Swindle.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The other Combaticons are worried about Swindle throughout the whole story, and [[spoiler: when Motormaster tries to rape him, Onslaught very nearly ''murders'' the Stunticon in retaliation.]]
%%* GroinAttack: Swindle tries one on [[spoiler: Motormaster]]. It's not successful.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It's never outright stated, but it's clear that [[spoiler: Swindle's brothers are ''horrified'' by what their conversation caused]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Swindle's change in behavior is what tips the other Combaticons off to the fact that something's wrong.
* OutOfContextEavesdropping: What kicks off the whole plot - Swindle doesn't hang around long enough to hear Onslaught scold the others for their suggestion.
%%* ShowerOfAngst: Swindle takes several.
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