I started writing this quite a while ago and figure since I'm getting close to finishing my ROTF Starscream story that I should go ahead and start posting this, maybe if get some good reviews on it it'll keep me focused on working on it.
Starscream moaned as he sat up and looked at his surroundings, the last thing he remembered was fighting with Megatron and now it looked as if he was back on earth, in the middle of a large forest and mountains. "How the slag did I end up here?" he thought as he struggled to get to his feet, flinching slightly at the pain from his many injuries then let out a frustrated growl when he realized his left wing which he had apparently landed on was so severely damaged that he wouldn't be able to fly.
Looking around all he could see were miles and miles of thick forests and mountains. "Well at least I don't have to worry about any humans seeing me out here and the Autobots are probably too busy dealing with the black hole to be looking for me yet." he thought as he started to walk through the forest.
After a couple minutes of struggling to get through the trees Starscream altered his size until he was about the size of a human so he could walk beneath the branches. "At least I still have some of the power I absorbed from Primus, now if I could just find somewhere to rest until my injuries heal." he thought as he continued through the forest.
After a couple hours of walking he came to a small open meadow and sat down leaning against a large tree at one side. After nearly half an hour he was just about to get back up when a deer slowly walked out into the clearing and started eating. Deciding he probably needed the rest to allow his body to repair itself just as badly as he needed to find shelter, Starscream stayed there and watched the deer.
Several minutes later the deer had come within fifteen feet of where Starscream sat, mostly hidden behind a thick row of raspberry bushes. Suddenly an arrow shot through the air and straight into the deer's chest, making Starscream jump slightly as he watched the deer fall to the ground.
He watched silently as a human stepped out of the forest, barely making a sound as she walked towards the deer. Her shirt, pants and even shoes were made of animal skins, her waist length black hair was pulled back in a braid. She had a quiver of arrows hanging from her back, a hatchet and large knife hung from her belt and she carried a bow in her hand.
Kneeling next to the deer she said something in a language Starscream had never heard before then pulled the knife from her belt and quickly slit the deer's throat, killing it, then she began to cut open the deer's stomach.
Starscream grimaced slightly as she began to pull the deer's internal organs out. Once she had finished cleaning it, she pulled two long sturdy branches over next to the deer and tied the deer to them then whistled. A moment later two large dogs ran into the meadow and she tied the branches to harnesses that the dogs wore.
"Okay, lets head home." she said as she lead the dogs out of the meadow.
Starscream waited a short while before following them, hoping that there would be some type of shelter where ever the human was going or that he could at least figure out where he was.
After walking for a long time the small path the woman had been following lead to the edge of a large, crystal clear lake. About fifty yards down the beach was a small cabin with a couple small buildings, a barn, a large garden and a small airplane hanger at the edge of the lake.
Starscream watched as the woman headed towards the buildings then after untying the dogs she headed into the cabin. Starscream quietly got closer to the buildings while staying hidden in the trees then froze when the woman came back out carrying several knifes. She skinned the deer then cut up the meat and carried most of it into one of the small buildings along with a pile of wood, several minutes later smoke was slowly billowing out of the buildings chimney.
She then laid the skin over a log and began scraping the remaining bits of meat off of the back of it with a dull knife. She then opened a large metal tub, filled it with water from the lake and put the skin into it before tightly sealing the lid back on it. Then after tossing the dogs a couple pieces of meat, she took the last of it into the house with her.
Starscream waited, watching silently as the woman came out of the cabin a couple more times, going into the barn and other buildings. Once it was beginning to get dark out and didn't seem like the woman would be coming out again he silently made his way over to the airplane hanger and slipped inside. It wasn't a large hanger, just big enough for the small plane that sat in the middle and the supplies that were stacked around the edges, but he managed to find a clear space along one wall where he could sit and rest. It wasn't the most comfortable place to recharge, but it was better than being outside with his exposed and damaged wiring.
Lareina was up with the sun as usual and after getting dressed and grabbing a quick breakfast she headed out to her barn. Once she had taken care of feeding her animals and cleaning out the stalls in the barn she grabbed a large towel, soap and shampoo then headed to the lake for a quick morning bath.
Once she had gotten dressed she started to head back to the cabin until she noticed one of her 'pets' pacing outside the hanger doors. Sighing she walked over to it, "Good morning Mowhewa did you chase Ethepate in there again?" she asked as she opened the door and walked in then froze a moment later when she spotted what appeared to be a robot sitting there. As she started to back out the door Mowhewa ran in and growled at the robot causing it's eyes to light up.
The robot quickly stood up, "Get that thing away from me!" he demanded aiming some type of arm mounted gut at Lareina.
In a split second Mowhewa jumped at his arm, biting down on it and successful pulling downwards so it was no longer aimed at Lareina.
Lareina flinched slightly as Mowhewa's teethe scrapped across the metal and hoped he hadn't hurt himself.
"Make your dog let go of me this instant!" Starscream demanded as he tried to get his arm away from the creature.
Lareina hesitated a moment taking a few breaths to make sure her voice wouldn't betray how freaked out she was, "He's not a dog, he's a wolf and if I get him off of you, you have to promise not to aim any type of weapon at me or talk in any tone of voice that could be interpreted as being threatening." she told him.
"Why you stupid little human, I could kill you in a second if I wanted to! You think you can tell me what to do?" he demanded angrily.
"No, but as long as you're making yourself look or sound like a threat to me, it would be pointless to make Mowhewa let go of you because he'd just attack you again the second he thinks you're threatening me. I think he thinks I'm his mother, so he's very protective of me, there's really nothing I can do about it." Lareina explained, silently praying that the robot wouldn't hurt Mowhewa.
"Fine, just call the thing off." Starscream said glaring at the wolf.
"Mowhewa, let go, it's alright, come here boy." Lareina said kneeling down as she called him.
Mowhewa let go and growled at Starscream one more time before running over to Lareina.
"Now, what are you doing in my hanger, who and what are you and why do you look familiar to me?" Lareina asked.
"I lead a large scale invasion of your planet, you probably saw me on the news."
"Wait a minute, an invasion?" Lareina asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I lead a massive army that filled the sky farther than any human could see, it would have been rather hard to miss." Starscream replied.
"Okay, I know I'm a little out of touch out here, but I think I would have heard about something like that during my weekly check in with the rangers." Lareina said.
"Perhaps they didn't think it was important to inform you of it, it was a short invasion, as soon as I found what I was looking for I left." Starscream replied.
"Sure, whatever you say. So who are you and what are you doing here." Lareina asked.
"My name is Starscream, I was in a battle and the next thing I knew I woke up in the forest." he replied.
"Starscream? Starscream, as in the Decepticon Starscream?" Lareina asked beginning to relax a bit more as she decided she had to be dreaming.
"Yes, how did you know that? I didn't think the humans knew that much about us." Starscream asked.
Lareina walk around him for a moment then said, "This is impossible, you're not real."
"What do you mean I'm not real?" Starscream demanded.
"I mean you're a cartoon character, the kids at the orphanage use to watch Transformers whenever they got a chance. Which one are you though, hmm, Cybertron maybe, I think that's the one you look like the most. If I remember correctly that actually might explain how you got here, although it still sounds a little too crazy." Lareina said as she finally stopped circling him.
"You're telling me you humans made cartoons about us?" Starscream asked.
"Well sort of, I mean it's not like anyone knew you really existed." Lareina replied.
"We invaded earth! How could you not know we existed? This makes no sense at all." Starscream demanded feeling more and more confused by the minute.
"Well first of all we have to make sure I'm right about which show you're from. Were you like really smart, managed to lock Megatron up and then became really powerful and got really big while your brain shrunk and you ended up being incredibly stupid and attacking your own creator?" Lareina asked.
"Don't you dare call me stupid." Starscream said angrily taking a step forward until Mowhewa started to growl at him.
"Well excuse me, I happen to think attacking your own creator is about the stupidest thing anyone could do." Lareina replied.
"Just shut up about it and get to your point!" Starscream demanded.
"Fine. Okay so you had a major epic battle with Megatron, there was a big explosion of power and then you woke up here?" Lareina asked.
"Yes." Starscream replied.
"Well on the cartoon they said it was possible you hade been blasted into another dimension and that's the closest thing to a rational explanation I can come up with. Well actually the most rationale explanation is that I'm dreaming, but let's pretend this is really happening, if so then you're now in a dimension where transformers are nothing more than cartoon characters." Lareina told him.
"This is insane." Starscream said trying to process the fact that he could be in another dimension.
"Believe me I know, but it could be worse, well for you at least." Lareina said.
"I'm stuck in another dimension, Megatron defeated me, I don't know how to get home and I'm stuck here until my wing heals, how could it possibly get any worse?" he demanded.
"You could have been from Armada or Generation one." Lareina replied.
"What difference would that make?" Starscream asked.
"Well from what I've seen Armada and Generation one have a massive fan base, I could have knocked you out and sold you to the highest biding fangirl. Lareina told him.
"Fangirl?" Starscream asked.
"Yep, there were a couple girls at the orphanage and a couple of the younger governesses who where insanely in love those versions of you. You wouldn't believe how many nights I lost sleep because of some of the girls and the one governess debating whether Generation one or Armada would be better in bed." Lareina told him.
"Better in bed?" Starscream asked.
"Yeah, as in better at having sex." Lareina clarified trying not to smile when Starscream grimaced slightly.
"That's disgusting." Starscream said.
"I know, like I said, you're lucky you don't have as many fans, although I'm sure there are some somewhere, maybe I should try selling you." Lareina said.
"You will not tell anyone I'm here, is that understood." Starscream told her.
"As long as you don't cause me any trouble, fine." Lareina replied, hoping that she wasn't making a mistake letting him stay, although she didn't really have much of a choice at the moment, she wasn't quite sure if she said he couldn't stay if he would just kill her and stay there anyways and part of her was still sure it had to be a dream.
"You can stay in here or in the barn, the barn would be warmer at night if you don't mind the smell." she told him.
"Fine." Starscream replied.
"Good. Now is there anything you need?" Lareina asked.
"Just some way to get cleaned up." Starscream said.
"There's some cleaning rags in that chest against the wall and if you're feeling up to it there's a mop and bucket in the closet that you can use to clean up where you bled all over the floor. I'll be somewhere nearby, if you need anything just holler I should hear you." she told him as she headed for the door.
"And who would I be calling for?" Starscream asked.
"Oh, my name is Lareina, Lareina Chartier." she replied before slipping out the door and heading towards the cabin.
As soon as she got inside, she shut the door and leaned back against it, "This isn't happening, this is impossible, there is no way this can be real, it has to be a dream. Or maybe I've been living out here alone for too long and I'm imagining things." She said to herself before shaking her head and going back to doing the days chores.