Shattered Glass
Chapter 1: Nightmares
Megatron walked through the hallways of the Decepticon base, trying to keep silent as he made his rounds. It was night and almost everyone was recharging except for him and most likely his Second-In-Command. Starscream had a habit of avoiding recharge for as long as possible until he would simply crash wherever he happened to be at the time. It was yet another thing Megatron blamed the Autobots for, along with the Seeker's fear of touch and being around too many bots. Hoping that he would find the Seeker in his own room and not in the laboratory bent over bubbling chemicals (but not daring to hold his intakes) Megatron was pleasantly surprised when he opened Starscream's door and caught sight of the red and white Seeker curled into a ball on his berth. The brief happiness evaporated, however, when he realized that the slender frame was trembling and an occasional half-sob reached his audio sensors. Megatron sighed heavily then hesitantly entered the room, the door automatically closing behind him.
The Seeker's quarters were among the biggest in the entire army; bigger even than Megatron's. But, considering the fact that he was raising three human children and seven mini-Cons, no one really minded. Fortunately, the doors to the children's quarters were closed, meaning that they hadn't been disturbed yet. Good. Starscream hated it when he worried the little ones and was more likely to accept comfort when they weren't watching. Megatron crossed the room and simply stared down at his Second for a few seconds then reached out a servo and gently touched an arm. The Seeker froze and immediately fell silent, meaning that he had turned his vocalizer off. Joy. It was going to be one of those dreams. It was bad enough when Starscream began reliving the beatings that he had received but when his processor decided to take a detour into the darker, more intimate memories then one had to be very careful when proceeding forward. Megatron continued stroking the arm gently and softly began to hum an ancient Seeker lullaby that Starscream often sang to the kids when they had nightmares or didn't want to sleep. He was pleased to see the trembling lesson and took that as his cue to sit down on the berth, moving his hand to Starscream's helm. He would have preferred to stroke the wings, knowing that the Seeker would respond faster but it would most likely be interpreted as a sexual advance and that was so not the direction Megatron intended for this to go. Their relationship was more of a father/son one than sexual. In fact Megatron highly doubted that the Seeker would ever form a relationship of that sort with anyone now. Although there were rumors about his Trinemates but Megatron was inclined to dismiss those as nothing more than gossip and he made sure that everyone knew that. The last thing Starscream needed was for rumors of that sort to filter back into his audio receptors or, worse, the delicate ears of his younglings.
Starscream chose that moment to sigh contentedly as he nuzzled Megatron's hand then fell further into recharge. The Decepticon leader smiled down at the now peaceful Seeker and pondered whether or not it was safe to remove his hand but decided against it. He wasn't willing to risk another nightmare, not after he had gone to all that trouble to calm his Second down. So he sighed and wriggled his way into a more comfortable position as he prepared to stay up and keep watch. His own recharge could wait until later, after Starscream had gotten his fill. And then, he decided, he would have to take the Autobots down once and for all. Yes, they certainly had to pay for doing this to Starscream.
"Till all are one," he whispered.
A/N: So what do you think? I decided to do a Shattered Glass version of Armada where the Decepticons are good and the Autobots are evil. I would like to state that I have never read Shattered Glass and, unless I'm extremely lucky, probably never will since it is impossible to find! Just a note; I didn't change any of the color schemes simply because I like Starscream's Armada paint best of all and those orange optics…
Please read and review! And all suggestions are welcome, thank you.