Night Side of Eden

Disclaimer: This was an idea inspired by a piece of art on Deviantart by kimbo-demonica. Well, the artwork was grim and delightfully wicked, so it brought on a new idea. Check it out if you'd like. It's called "Resurrection". This will be shorter than usual. I had no real idea where this one could go. It was just a goofy little smutfest I had and twisted with dark to it as well. I was also inspired to write this after watching the Armada series and Energon episode featuring Starscream reborn. I decided to have a little more...grim goodness in this. The Starscream in here is similar to the Energon one, but with a little touch of my own twisted imagination. So yeah...

Ahh, oh why did they have to violate such a cool Starscream? He sucks in Energon, but he was sooo awesome in Armada. Eh, this was a short and quick idea. I was going to work on a Silent Hill fic-and I still will-but I wanted to get this idea down quickly before my mind fizzled. (Yes, sick mind, I know...Heheh). Not really my best, and quick too. Well, I'll leave that to you to decide.

"Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

-Albert Einstein

By: VampireQueenAkasha

You can't escape the wrath of my heart/Beating to your funeral song (You're so alone)/All faith is lost for hell regained/And love dust in the hands of shame (Just be brave)...

-Him, Vampire Heart

Part One

Alexis barely could focus from the battle roaring outside. She still could not accept the fact Starscream was the enemy now. He had returned after his long sleep in the grave and now...Was all they had gone through for nothing? She felt anger rising up in her chest, but despair as well. It wasn't fair. It just wasn't fair that fate could turn on you like this. She reached beneath her coat and pulled out the green Mars rock around her neck. She stared at it for several sad moments.

Oh Starscream ...

"Alexis?"

Alexis looked over at the voice and spotted Rad rushing over to her. he dodged a stray shell that nearly hit him, yelping. "You have to get out of here!" he cried, "You have to run before Starscream finds you!"

Alexis looked anxiously for Grindor. No matter what, she'd go nowhere without him. The mincon had already been way ahead of her, rushing to her side. With a low whirring sound, he transformed into a bright orange scooter and Alexis climbed on.

HighWire joined at Rad's side in bicycle form and he climbed on, riding off with a loud, high - pitched yell. "Go, go, go!" Rad cried.

HighWire beeped mechanically several times, expressing his anxiousness and fear. The two minicons led their human comrades through the cold steel floors and out to safety, just as several laser shots went off within. The two looked back in horror as a massive, shadowed figure rose up out of the flaming building. Great large wings spread and beat wildly. The large form took to the skies with a loud scream of fury and frustration.

"We have to go ... NOW!" Rad shouted.

The shape passed high above them, large wings beating like that of a massive bat. They watched in amazement as it soared high into the sky and then faded into the night. They stopped long enough to watch this, their eyes wide.

"Wow, he didn't come after us this time." Rad panted, amazed. He leaned back a bit, sighing in relief. They'd have to move again, quick, but just relaxing here was fine too.

Alexis watched the form eventually vanish in the distance, her eyes filled with obvious pain and despair. Grindor sensed where she wanted to go and he turned, riding away from Rad and High Wire. Rad watched them go in confusion.

"Alexis?" he said, "Where are you going?" he asked.

Alexis smiled sadly back at him, throat tightening to force the tears back. "I just ... need to be alone, okay?" she said.

"What?" Rad cried, shocked. "But Alexis, there's a battle going on!"

"Just ... leave me alone ... alright?" Alexis said, riding off down the metallic streets. She had to use this time to think. She had to be alone for a while. She and Grindor took a spot just outside of the battle, out into the dark and empty village nearby. They had all fled from the battle.

Alexis felt so cold and numb from all of this going on around her. Why did he have to do what he did and leave? It was true. Nothing they had done prior to these events mattered. Grindor looked at her, tiny optics tilted in pity for his friend.

Suddenly, the ground around them jolted wildly and Alexis was tossed to the ground. She looked up in time to see the Autobots, Ironhide and Red Alert running into the village, firing at something. They were shouting anxiously and firing their guns. Alexis gasped with horror, watching the very thing they were shooting at.

Starscream.

But he looked so different than what she remembered so long ago. His armor had been tainted green and black and his fingers resembled black claws. His face was what she remembered, but the left side of it had a large, wicked green Energon burn, perhaps the remnants of his regeneration process. Parts of his body were covered in these odd green patches. His feet were almost the same as well, but they too resembled large talons. His jetwings looked very much like an ordinary jet's wings, but Alexis knew they could shift and bend to resemble the wings of some enormous bat. It was the power of Unicron. It could do anything.

"Alexis! You have to go, now!" Ironhide shouted, struggling to hold back Starscream's sword.

That name ...

Starscream jolted at that name. In the dark, broken remains of his mind, fragmented images appeared. Pictures of Alexis ... That girl ... Who was she? The name triggered forgotten memories, memories that should of remained that way. But they didn't.

Starscream looked back in surprise. "Alexis?" he said, his greenish optics dimming.

Unfortunately, that trip down memory lane distracted him long enough for him to receive a nasty shot to his shoulder. Starscream gave a howl of pain and snarled, drawing his sword back and retaliating with a blow of his own, ripping the blade viciously down into Ironhide's midsection. His shoulder mounted guns fired about, sending showers of laser fire right at the two Autobots. Several bits of laser scattered in every direction, destroying buildings and setting them ablaze.

Alexis and Grindor were both sent flying back from the force with loud cries of pain.

The sounds of battle faded into the back of Alexis' mind as she blacked out.

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The village was set up in flames. Ironhide and Red Alert were both lying on the ground, offline and seriously injured. Alexis, meanwhile, gave Grindor a little shake. The tiny minicon had offlined as well from the force of the blast.

"Grindor!" she cried, "Come on, wake up!"

Starscream drifted slowly down to earth, large metallic bat-like wings spread. He landed silently and Alexis paled, slowly looking back as he approached, breathing heavy. He stood there, silent and dark. Why was he just standing there?

He slowly reached out with his clawed hand and Alexis gasped softly. She looked down at her offline minicon and then back up to Starscream, eyes filled with tears and anger. She knew what he wanted, but he was not going to get it. No, he would NEVER get her minicon.

"NO!" she wailed.

With a rough gasp, Starscream's optics widened at such a sound. He recoiled his hand slightly, as if he had been burned. Alexis stared at him, whimpering in terror and pain. She wanted to reach him, to find that machine that she used to know.

"Please, Starscream, don't ... " she begged.

Starscream stood there, optics still wide and filled with confusion. His hand trembled slightly. "A ... Alex ... is ... ?" he moaned, reaching out. He struggled with his emotions and his programming, trying his hardest to remember this girl who seemed so familiar to him. It hurt to even think so hard. The lack of Energon used to recreate him had left his memory a blank slate. Her terror and disgust of him made his already scarred spark fill up with some form of despair.

Why should I be upset? I do not know this girl ... I don't ... Do I?

He was so confused and so full of pain right now. He reached out to the human girl, watching her cringe. "Alex ... is ... it's alright ... please, just listen ... I ... " he said.

Alexis jerked from him, terrified and frozen by his long absence and now, his long - ago betrayal to her. How could he suddenly vanish, come back like this, and now ask for her not to fear him? It was impossible not to at this point.

"Keep away from us!" she wailed, terror wrenching a sob from her, "Keep away!... Please ... !"

"Alexis ... " Starscream breathed, his own voice slowly fracturing at the end. He dropped his sword to the ground. Alexis stared down at it in shock, and then back up to him. Starscream stared down at his clawed hands, and then back to her. His optics slanted in sorrow and the shattered memories that had slowly started to come back to him.

"Primus ... Forgive me ... " Starscream moaned. He clenched his teeth and gripped his head, screaming an anguished and terrible metallic scream to the sky. "FORGIVE MEEE!"

Alexis watched him with tears in her eyes as he screamed again, a scream that carried all of his sorrow and pain. No tears just pain in his sobs. It was not a pleasant sound coming from him. She had never heard him cry before. But it was such an awful sound.

She watched him for a few moments more, silent and piteous for him.

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Note-And there you have it. It was just a little something I thought up of. Well, there WILL a few more chapters. Like previously indicated, it was just a little idea.