Tears of the Morning Star

A/N: You have to read the first story 'A Deceptive Heart' to understand this story. Also Don't own transformers.

Kit stood among the ruins of a city that she'd never seen before. The streets were metal along with the buildings. There were scattered corpses of bots all around her. A puddle of what she assumed was their life's blood lay around the fallen bots. As if she were a wraith she walked the streets as if she were looking for something. Her trek stopped in front of a building that had his language on it. She hadn't done well with trying to decipher what the symbols mean even though Blackout was working with her on that one. The building she stood next to erupted into flames. A huge shadowy figure emerged from the flames and roared to the skies. The scene vanished leaving her in a vast blackness. Looking around she was trying to figure out where she was but moving she figured was pointless. The sound of footfall made her smile softly. She knew who shared the same dream space as herself. She always felt safe and protected when her partner was near. Being the Catalyst allowed her to feel spark energy and she was able to differentiate between the sparks of each Decepticon and Autobot.

"Starscream."

"Kit."

She looked up at her big bot partner. His red eyes stared down at her unblinkingly.

"Where have you been Starscream?"

"Where you cannot follow me."

Worry rushed through her like a tidal wave making it hard to breath.

"Starscream."

"Over a few thousand years ago a being called Chaos rose wanting to rule our planet he was thwarted by the combined efforts of the Decepticons and the Autobots. The being Chaos was entombed and cast into the deepest recesses of space so that the dark being may forever be entrapped and never freed again."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because the time has come that you have to fight on your own Catalyst. The stars dim one by one as Chaos grows stronger in the darkness."

Her eyes widened. She knew something was wrong now. Starscream never called her that unless he was mad at her or something was seriously wrong.

"Starscream…"

"It's time to face the darkness Catalyst and bend to its will."

Her eyes narrowed. This wasn't her partner. He was the one always insisting that she fight with everything that she was and to never give up. This Starscream was telling her to give up and she didn't like it. Her Starscream wasn't in this body anymore.

"Who are you? Or should I ask who's controlling you Starscream?"

"He's coming for you Catalyst. Wake and rise to meet it. He'll find you and bend you till you break."

Starscream's eyes burned into hers making her shiver. Even if the best emotion reader looked into the Decepticon's eyes they wouldn't be able to discern his emotions. She knew him all too well. His gaze was as cold as a glacier from the southern most reaches of the planet. His gaze at first towards her was distant but never cold. Something was wrong with him and she knew that more often than not that there was something wrong with him in the waking world if he was this different in the dream realm.

"Tell me where you are Starscream."

"You will know in time Catalyst, and by then it will be too late."

Starscream's voice changed as he started laughing like a deranged lunatic. Closing her eyes she tried to block out the haunting laughing that echoed through the darkness as Starscream vanished.

Kit woke breathing heavily. Her heart was racing a mile a minute. Looking over at her husband he was still sound asleep. Getting up she moved to her daughter's room. She lay there sleeping peacefully. Kit reached down and brushed her fingers across the soft down of her dark brown hair. Danica was her only joy in life besides flying among the stars with Starscream. Silently she went back to her room and lay back down beside her husband and drifted to sleep, only to be woken an hour later by the ringing of her phone. Reaching over she hit the side button to ring silently. She was unable to go back to sleep worried about what she'd seen. Kit sighed in annoyance as her phone on her nightstand started ringing for the second time that night. Looking at her clock it read; 2:00 a.m. and she wasn't happy. Rolling over she looked at the number and frowned in confusion. Sitting up she looked at the phone screen one more time. Picking it up she answered but before she could say hello someone spoke;

'You're needed again. The Catalyst is needed. Return to the U.S.S. Jackson and reunite with your old team. Be the one that saves the world again.'

The phone went dead leaving her sitting in confusion staring at her phone. Her hand clenched around the mobile device angrily. She didn't want to fight anymore. She was tired of it. Her drive to fight was short lived in the past.

"Kit what is it?" she heard the sleepy voice of her husband.

"Damn it," she cursed heatedly. "It's started again."

Jake sat up and looked at her worriedly. Kit hurriedly got up and went to get into her camouflage uniform. He got up and tried to stop her from moving around.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Something is coming Jake I can feel it. Starscream hasn't come back in over a three months and I'm starting to worry even Thundercracker and the others haven't heard from him."

"It's Starscream…"

She glared at her husband. Sometimes Jake wouldn't understand her insistence on helping out her Decepticon brothers especially Starscream. Starscream was her first guardian and most important to her.

"Starscream is my partner. Something has happened to him I just know it."

"But do you have to go now?"

"Yes."

She shrugged his hand off and moved back to getting her gear together. Grabbing her phone she hit the number for her old base to attempt to get onto her old ship. It didn't take long for her to get in contact with her superior officer and got permission to rejoin her robot teammates. Once her small bag was packed she headed outside. Jazz and Viper was standing there looking worried.

"Jazz I'm going to need you and Viper to look after them now. I'm going to have to meet up with Thundercracker and Blackout on the ship."

"But…"

"Jazz I need you two here to protect them. If necessary take them to Sam and ask Optimus for help."

"Why you though?" Jake asked form the doorway.

"Because I'm the catalyst still, and I'm needed again."

"The enemy after the last is always stronger than the last Kit, what if…" Jake insisted.

"Save the what ifs Jake."

"You'd turn your back on your family for the enemy?" Jake asked harshly.

"I've always sided with the enemy if you're going to look at it like that."

"Kit I didn't mean…"

"Yes, you did."

"If you leave Kit I won't take you back when it all falls apart and those Decepticons turn on you."

Kit turned her back on her family. Throwing her bag over her shoulder she looked at her husband sadly. She hadn't even gotten to say goodbye to her daughter, Danica. Something told her she wouldn't be coming back from this. Tears gathered in her eyes as she headed towards the military base close by to meet up with Blackout. Rubbing the bridge of her nose she leaned back against the wall of the hanger as she waited for the copter. So much had happened in the 3 years since the 2nd defeat of Megatron. She had finished up her tour with the air force and went back to Tranquility. She and Jake dated for over a year and a half before he asked her to marry him. Agreeing to it had been a happy moment for her. But her greatest joy was when Danica was born. Her three Decepticon brothers had come in from their intense training to witness the birth of her daughter and it was in Starscream's honor that she named her daughter. Danica meant 'morning star'. No one knew that secret except for her though. Not even with his vast knowledge of a lot of things he never said that he knew what it meant.

The rhythmic pounding of propellers made her look up. Blackout was in sight, his Decepticon logo shown against his gun metal gray sides. She rose couldn't help but smile as he transformed in mid flight and landed on the landing pad gracefully. He rose up and stood there imposingly. No matter what happened not one of her three guardians could scare her with their red eyes or their imposing forms. It still startled a lot of the base personnel to come face to face with the Decepticon and all their glory. Veterans didn't even bat an eyelash at the arrival of the copter on the base since he visits Kit between tours.

"Blackout."

"Hello, Kit."

She moved forward slinging her bag over her shoulder as she rushed to his side. He scooped her up and allowed her to wrap her arms around his neck. It confused him that she always had to do this when they met up but the Decepticons accepted it as one of her mannerisms and went with it.

"Mind telling me what on Cybertron is going on?"

"I'll explain on the way."

"I was half expecting Starscream to be here."

"You haven't seen him either?" she asked.

"What do you mean?"

"He's been missing for three months. Jake tried to convince me that it was Starscream and he'd vanish for a long time and eventually come back."

"That's not Starscream. He knew better than to leave you alone especially with the chance of other Decepticons coming to find you."

"I made him swear to watch out for my daughter."

"Does he know?" Blackout asked softly.

Blackout knew because once while Starscream was out terrorizing cocky new pilots Blackout took Kit out on a flight. She told the copter Decepticon everything. She and Jake fought more than they spoke soft words of love. Kit knew that Jake knew that they weren't going to be together much longer. A month before he vanished she made the F-22 Decepticon swear to take care of Danica if something were to happen to her.

"No, I was going to tell him three months ago, but he vanished."

Her marriage with Jake was damned near over considering Jake hated the fact that Kit seemed to put more faith in the Decepticons than the Autobots or him. Don't get her wrong she cared about Jake deeply but there were so many things that stood in the way. Even though things would have never worked out her heart had been taken a long time ago. Sighing heavily she leaned back in her seat once she was strapped in. The holographic pilot turned to look at her. She didn't even look at him.

"I don't like it at all Kit."

"I don't either Blackout."

She went silent for awhile deep in thought. "Is Thundercracker already on the ship?"

"Of course. He's terrorizing the cocky ones again. I think that's they're favorite past time."

"Of course it is. It gives them purpose and a good laugh."

The Decepticon knew she had more on her mind that what was being said but he waited for her to speak again. "Blackout do you think I should have walked away from the three of you."

"Do you really think we'd leave you alone?"

"Protecting the Catalyst."

"No," the copter protested. "We won't leave you because we're your friends. Since Megatron's death you've given us a reason to carry on."

She was quiet for a moment before speaking. Her team of the three Decepticons and two Autobots knew about her visions that came to her in her dreams.

"Blackout have you heard of a being called Chaos?"

"Where did you hear of that?"

"Starscream told me about it in my dreams. He said that 'Because the time has come that you have to fight on your own Catalyst. The stars dim one by one as Chaos grows stronger in the darkness.' I don't know what that means exactly but I know its something bad because he kept calling me the Catalyst."

The copter Decepticon made a small sound that sounded like a hum as he went quiet. She knew that he was thinking about it.

"I will have to consult Thundercracker on this Kit because I don't know what to tell you."

There was something seriously wrong here because Blackout would always answer her questions with honesty. He would clam up if something was wrong or he'd tell her he would think on it. Closing her eyes she knew that trouble was coming but she wasn't entirely sure what it was.

"Blackout has the Autobots been informed on the situation?"

"I'm sure that Jazz has informed his comrades that something's up. Defense Secretary Keller, Captain Lennox and his team are meeting us on bored the ship."

"Great just what I need and old geezer and a captain barking in my ears."

That got a chuckle out of the black copter. Staring out over the vast horizon as the stars started to come out she wondered again where her star bound partner was out there. It was like he didn't want her to find him but she was determined to find him at all costs even if it meant her life. She leaned back and tried to sleep knowing the dawn would bring a whole new set of problems and challenges.

A/N: Whew. What do ya'll think? I hope this story is as popular as my last one.