Hi all! Sorry for the delay, I just needed to figure out where I'm going with this story and how to get there. That and the disk from my laptop wouldn't copy so I found a way around it. Smiles evilly So here is Chapter Two! Dig in and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Mera.

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Megatron sat in his quarters on Jungle Planet, optics off, thinking hard. He knew better than to reveal what he knew about Starscream's actions. Should he call his lieutenant on it now or wait until Starscream made his move? And what about Mera? She would want Starscream to pay for trying to kill her. What should he do? Standing up, Megatron began to pace. Megatron had always thought better on his feet. Now he didn't know what to do and that bugged the hell out of him. A knock on his door startled him, making him reach for the gun he always carried with him.

"Megatron? Are you in there?" Scourge called, Megatron relaxed and forced a smile on his face.

"Of course, feel free to come in. It is your planet." Though not for long if I have anything to say about it. Megatron added silently. The leader came in through the door, entering slowly and carefully, not willing to interrupt whatever the other mech was up to. Some part of Megatron appreciated the discrection of the other leader and some part of Megatron sneered at the leader's naiveity. Scourge smiled lightly. If Megatron wasn't so evil and bent on Universal Domination, he would have liked this other mech.

"I did not wish to interrupt any plans or meetings you might have been making with your lieutenant, uh, what was his name again? I know it is wrong, but I am terrible at names." he said. Megatron resisted the urge to smile.

"Starscream. My lieutenants name is Starscream. Actually, he's off world at the moment. My human agent was almost injured on the way back from a meeting beneficial to us. He went to see how the search for..." for a second, Megatron wondered to tell the leader. "For the Cyber Planet Key of Earth. He saw the explosion when my agent's vehicle went off and told me of it. Fortunately, I recieved a transmission from one of his wingmates that the agent was alive." Megatron said, half-hoping he hadn't made a mistake in revealing this information.

"You care for this human, don't you?" Scourge asked. Megatron, who had turned to a window during this little expostion, whirled and glowered at the planet leader, firmly reminding himself that killing him is not a good idea.

"You think too much." Megatron snarled, before turning back to the window. Scourge did not become leader of a whole planet by backing down when threatened.

"I think that I'm right, but you just won't admit it." Scourge continued, sitting on the bed. Megatron shook his head, the other mech had no idea what he felt when it came to Mera.

"You don't know as much as you think." Megatron said. Scourge was about to reply when the sound of the Space Bridge being opened sounded through the complex. The door opened and a familiar face appeared. A woman with a cane. Megatron raised an eyebrow, more bemused than angry.

"You should not have come here." Megatron said, Mera laughed at his reaction.

"Relax, I'm pretty good at gimping along. I'll be okay." Mera said. Megatron sighed exasperatedly and rolled his optics at the human. Thundercracker grinned at his wingmate and Scourge simply smiled lightly.

"You will need protection and I have no one to spare." Megatron tried again. Mera grinned.

"That's what I have you for." she said. Megatron, who had turned his optics off, waiting for the tantrum, snapped them back on at this comment. He glowered down at her, but she didn't bat an eyelash at him. Finally throwing his hands in the air, the feared leader of the Decepticon Army gave into the human woman who stubbornly refused to follow orders.

"About time." Mera said and looked up at Scourge, ignoring the dangerous rumblings that Megatron was generating. "I'm sorry, we haven't been fully introduced. My name is Mera Raya. I'd shake your hand, but..." Mera trailed off, leaving the obvious unstated. Scourge nodded and waved a hand.

"You are the first human we have ever had on our planet, so we have no prior knowledge of your needs. Please, let us know if there is anything you need that we can assist you with." Scourge said. After finally regaining the ability for coherent speech that didn't consist of 'Bam, bam!' along with gunfire, Megatron turned on Thundercracker and Skywarp.

"Why did you bring her here of all places!?" Megatron demanded. Skywarp looked at Thundercracker and muttered something Megatron couldn't quite here. "You address me! Not Thundercracker!" he roared, Skywarp and Thundercracker both jumped at the same time.

"Yes, sir. What I said was Mera, well... Sir, we couldn't exactly help ourselves. She started talkin' and next thing we knew, here we were and Mera was leadin' the way to your quarters. I had my computer open and I was givin her directions." Thundercracker admitted. Megatron blinked and looked down at the red head that was talking to Scourge. He didn't even detect a hint of latent power in her. Physical or mental. What gave her the power she had?

"Mera? May I speak to you? In private." Megatron said, casting a meaningful look at Scourge and a hard look at Thundercracker and Skywarp. All three took the hint and left, leaving the large mech alone with the injured human woman. "How in the pit do you do that?" Megatron demanded. Mera looked dumbfounded.

"Do what?" she asked. Megatron sighed and sat on the bed.

"You talk Thundercracker and Skywarp into bringing you here instead of leaving you on Earth, you sooth Starscream when he's about to kill you. How do you do it?" Megatron asked, genuinely perplexed. Mera shrugged.

"How the hell should I know? I've just always been able to do it." Mera said, Megatron looked at her closely. Nothing about her said anything about power. Sure, her stance read stubborness, determination, strength and passion. But when he scanned her, her brainwaves were normal for a human, her physiology was normal. There wasn't a single thing about her that suggested power aside from sheer force of personality.

"But there is nothing about that suggests you have any power." Megatron said. Her eyes narrowed, but they stayed dark blue. "Aside from sheer personality of course." he amended after a moment. Mera laughed for a few moments. Megatron watched her and shook his head at her flightiness, how humanity had survived this long was beyond even him. "Are you quite finished?" He asked irritably. Mera sighed and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

"Look, I don't know how I do it. If I knew I would do it more often. The only time I really do it is when I really need something or when I really want to do something. Like I really wanted to come here, so I managed to talk Thundercracker and Skywarp into bringing me here. The thing with Starscream?" At this Mera shrugged again. "No idea. It just happened. I guess I just really didn't want to die." she said and rapped her cane on the ground. Megatron rested his head in his hands and sighed.

"You have a death wish, don't you?" Megatron asked resigning himself to the inevitable smart ass answer.

"No. No, I don't. There is nothing in this world, or worlds, that would ever make me want to give up fighting or give up life. I will not back down. Ever." Mera said seriously, making Megatron look up. Even after working closely for the past three months, Mera still managed to surprise him.

"Why does that sound familiar? Oh, we have something else to talk about. Specifically about Starscream." Megatron said, bracing himself for the flood of anger. Mera only crossed her arms as she regarded him.

"What about that treacherous rodent?" Mera demanded coldly.

"I need to know what his plans are before I do anything about his assassination attempt on you." Megatron said, expecting an explosion. But again, he got a surprise.

"I understand. On the way over, T.C. mentioned something about Starscreams repeated assassinantion attempts on you over the years. So what do you think his plans are aside from removing everyone's favorite human?" she asked seriously. Megatron rolled his eyes before answering.

"Favorite human... Look, I don't know what he's planning, but I get the feeling that it's going to be big. You're going to be in danger." he said and shook his head. "And I don't think it's something you'll be able to talk your way out of." Megatron said. Mera sighed and sat on the side of his bed next to him.

"I'm far more resourceful than you think. I'll be all right. My leg is feeling better already and I'll be able to walk without the cane tomorrow. It was all superficial." Mera said, Megatron glanced down at her and clear blue eyes looked up at him. "If there was no chance of me coming back alive, I would never have come. I've learned to trust my instinct and my instinct is telling me to trust you. And If I know one thing, you'll never let me down. I trust you to keep me safe. If nothing else, that's what Thundercracker and Skywarp are for." Mera grinned lightly. Megatron shook his head and looked away. Mera stood up and clicked over to the door.

"I don't know if I can keep you safe. That's the problem." Megatron called after her. Mera stopped infront of the door and looked back at him, meeting purple optics with blue eyes.

"Then let me worry about that. You concentrate on Starscream, let me worry about myself." Mera said and opened the door. Megatron turned and looked after her as she left. Megatron sighed and returned to his thoughts.

------------------The Next Morning---------------

"I see you planned for this." Scourge commented dryly as Mera ate a small meal. Mera grinned and shrugged.

"Always be prepared." Mera commented and grinned. Thundercracker rolled his eyes as he walked into the room.

"Chowing down are we?" Thundercracker asked, Mera stuck her tongue out at him. Thundercracker kept walking.

"What are your feelings towards Megatron?" Scourge asked suddenly. Mera choked on a drink of water and swallowed hastily.

"Pardon me?" she demanded. "My feelings towards Megatron are none of your slaggin' business, Scourge." Mera snarled, Scourge raised his hands in surrender and nodded. An explosion sounded outside the complex. Mera rose to her feet and followed Scourge out of the building. She would have gone farther, but Scourge gently picked her up with one hand and stuck her on a high ledge. She watched Ü¥e#ÀñC!,\l,\l\\ªG(\ì\˜\Tî\"' the transformer's eyes widened when he saw her behind Scourge. Megatron turned, saw her and groaned.

"Can't you stay out of trouble?" Megatron demanded exasperatedly, Mera grinned up at him.

"But that wouldn't give you anything to do!" Mera replied cheerily, Megatron resisted the urge to smack his forehead. This was most definitely not the time.

"Mera, please, go back inside. This is not the time or place for this." Megatron said, Mera narrowed her eyes at his tone, but understood what he meant. She started to walk back in when Overhaul called to her.

"Wait! I'll save you!" he called, Mera turned and looked at him, smirking. Megatron's eyes widened slightly at her face, her eyes were light, but there was no anger in them, her hip was cocked and she had a hand on the one that wasn't.

"What makes you think that I want saving?" Mera asked, making his and Megatron's eyebrow's go up. She sauntered back in, Megatron noticing that she wasn't limping anymore. His eyes strayed to her hips and then he turned back to Overhaul who was speechless.

"Something wrong?" Megatron asked, that seemed to snap him out of it. As they fought, Megatron focused solely on Overhaul, but when the battle was over, his thoughts snapped back to Mera. He walked back in and found her reading a book at the table, feet propped up on the table.

"What did you think you were doing?" Megatron demanded, Mera looked up and shrugged.

"Just wanted to see what was going on." she said and turned back to her book.

"Besides, the only one I have to worry about is..." Mera trailed off, looking behind Megatron. He turned and saw Starscream.

"Ah! Starscream, excellent news! Mera is alive, isn't that great!?" Megatron asked, Starscream, paler than normal, forced a smile and answered a bit weakly.

"Yeah, thats...Really good. Really, really good. I need to recharge." he said, turned on his heel and left. Megatron waited until he was out of hearing range and turned back to Mera. She was frowning and had her book closed.

"We have to do something about Starscream. I don't know about you, but I had the urge to grab your gun and start shooting." Mera said, Megatron laughed, much to Mera's dismay. "Oh, what are you laughing at?" Mera demanded. Megatron chuckled a few more minutes before finally answering.

"I would like to see you try and pick up my gun and shoot it." Megatron grinned. Mera cocked an eyebrow at him and held out her hand.

"Give it over." she said seriously. Looking at her in surprise, he pulled his gun and gently handed it over. Mera grunted and hefted it to her shoulder. "How heavy is it?" she asked.

"50 pounds." Megatron replied, mystified. Mera smirked lightly.

"That explains it. I used to heft 50 pound bags of feed and hay bales that felt like there were dead men in them." Mera said, aimed it and moved her hand by the trigger, but didn't fire. "I'd have to be outside to fire this. Don't want to bring down Scourge's nice complex." she said. Megatron took the gun back and the two exited the building. Mera knelt down on one knee and took the gun back. Settling it against her right shoulder, she lined it up to a nearby tree and with a deep breath, squeezed the trigger. Mera was knocked back by the recoil of the gun, but she was back up in a couple seconds, with the smoking gun resting opening down in the ground as the shot hit the tree and put a nice hole through it and several others before it disappated. Mera looked up at Megatron and grinned. She passed the gun back, stood up and pulled a handgun out from the bag she had slung over one shoulder. She raised her right arm, steadied it with her left and fired off three rounds. The first two missed, but the third one hit the side of the tree still there from Megatron's gun.

"Nice." was all Megatron could say. He had honestly thought that she wouldn't be able to fire it, much less stay conscious with the kickback.

"I'm even better with the shotgun!" Mera said and stumbled as her ankle started to give way. Megatron reactively caught her and she smiled gratefully up at him. Megatron nodded swiftly and helped her back up. He mumbled something and all but ran back to his room. Mera blinked and shook her head. She looked around and found her handgun and put it back after switching the safety back on. As she walked back into the complex, she missed the shape in the shadow watching them. Starscream smiled as he walked her limping back in.

"This might work to my advantage." Starscream smirked as stepped out of the shadows. Megatron was attached to this human and that would work to Starscream's advantage. Now how to work that angle? He had already tried to kill her and that plan had backfired badly. What to do? A rival for her affections? Starscream shuddered at the thought. No way. Their maybe another way, instead of seperating them, push them together, then kill one or the other. That might work, Mera would be the easier to kill, but harder to get to because of her big purple bodyguard. But if the accidents were to happen where Megatron could be there to protect her, that might be enough to push them together. "And that's when everything comes crashing down around them." Starscream murmered and went to bed humming happily.

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TBC

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