Author's Notes: Don't own Transformers, it is the property of Hasbro. This story goes with the beginning of the Episode "Mars" but only at the beginning before Alexis finds the new Mini-con signal on Mars. I have added that Alexis is short for Alexandra. This may be a little sappy, this is the first time writing Transformers fic.

Chat With Starscream

Starscream sat on a huge rock, allowing the Star Saber to disassemble and his own Mini-con, Swindle, to detach from him. He had been thinking of why he was with the Autobots in the first place. Yeah they were his survival at first but they didn't see his views on wanting to get rid of Megatron. Suddenly he heard voices from the kids and one of them was approaching him, it was the girl.

"Hey Starscream," he heard the girl say. He looked down to find her beside the Mini-cons plus her Mini-con. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Go away," he snapped.

He was about to get up and leave when Alexis used the Mini-cons to jump up onto his knee. With quick thinking from Sureshock, him and the Star Saber Mini-cons helped her up by Sureshock lifting Alexis and Runway and Sonar getting her to Starscream's knee. The Mini-cons then left, leaving Alexis and him with Rad and Carlos not far away, but not in hearing range.

"I understand how you must feel," Alexis said.

"How could you understand?" Starscream asked a little too roughly, looking away.

Alexis ignored the tone and sat down on his knee. "Before you Transformers came, I didn't like hanging around Rad and Carlos much. But when Rad stumbled upon the beaconed, I went to the mountains to find them to find out if they were ok. And they were and then we met you."

Starscream turned to look down at Alexis. "That is a total different situation then what I'm in."

"That maybe so but the end result is the same," she said. "See, I always thought of Rad as a dork but underneath it all, I wanted to be friends with him, I just wouldn't let myself do it. With you, you want Megatron dead."

"Is there anything wrong with wanting someone dead?"

"Well.no. You wanted to destroy the Autobots for centuries. But your method in wanting Megatron dead is almost suicidal. One needs a good plan to bring someone down not go into battle guns flaring. Optimus wants a foolproof plan before attempting to bring down Megatron. But he does understand, more than he lets on."

For several minutes, Starscream was silent, watching Alexis and keeping an optic out for the other two kids. "What is your name again?" he asked breaking the silence.

Alexis looked up, "Alexis," she answered. "Well my full name is Alexandra but all my friends call me Alexis."

"Alexandra, that is a pretty name," Starscream said, taking his hand and clasping it around Alexis. She jumped when his hand came around her, but soon relaxed when he was only holding her gently.

"If there is anything you want to talk about Starscream, I'm here," Alexis said.

"Alexis!" Rad called, running up to Starscream. "We have to get going. Mom is going to have a fit if we don't get back home soon. Remember about the basketball game tonight."

"Oh right, I forgot," Alexis said. "Sorry. But I have to go," she said to Starscream. With a nod, Starscream set her down on the ground beside Rad.

She jumped off his hand and started running down the hill for home, leaving Starscream alone. But he wasn't alone long. A sound of another Transformer was coming up behind him. Starscream's sensors told him it was Optimus Prime before he got to him.

"Optimus Prime," Starscream said. "What brings you out here?"

"To talk to you," Optimus said. "I seen Alexis and Rad leaving. They must be heading home to go the basketball game tonight."

"Yeah."

"I know I made you make a hard choice, the other day."

"Yeah, I was already told. Alexis said that you want to get rid of Megatron just as badly as I do but you want to have a good plan in doing it."

"That is right. I know you weren't there, but you would have heard that Smokescreen was almost killed by Megatron from the Requim Blaster. And Megatron will pay for that but there are more important things then a vendetta against Megatron and that is to protect this planet and solar system from the Decepticons."

"What is Basketball?"

"Ha, ha, ha. I was waiting for that comment," Optimus said. "In an hour be at the command center and you'll find out. The kids are going to have Lazerbeak watch the game so we can watch too. Sideswipe wants to see the game too. The rest of us have already seen what it was on Television."