Chapter Two

AN: Thanks for the positive reception of this story, guys! I honestly didn't think it'd get over 100 views in less than two days… anyways. Thanks for the reviews, faves and follows. They were an honest surprise, and the best I've had so far ^.^

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"Knock Out, why not just zap her?" Breakdown said through the red car's stereo system.

Knock Out, however, just focused on the road. "She's not doing anything except breathing. I think she's broken."

Kirstin steadied her breathing, "You know that I can hear you, right?" she muttered. "And I'm not broken, it's just that you are going at a very high speed, and I figure that I'd rather not become road kill by jumping out of the vehicle. Plus, I haven't a clue where I am, and I am not leaving without my brothers."

Hmm, Knock Out thought to himself, This one is definitely smart, that's for sure. "So, do you like flying?" he asked the human femme.

She was taken by surprise. "Uh, not particularly, no. The fear of falling and going splat on the ground below is a big factor." She watched the person in the driver's seat grin at what she said, giving her an even worse feeling in the pit of her stomach.

They had spent nearly two hours on the road, when Knock Out finally began to slow down. He was debating whether or not to stun the human femme, but what he and Breakdown didn't know was that the three siblings were major Scifi fans.

After a few minutes, Knock Out and Breakdown pulled into an energon mine, where Kirstin got her first glimpse at Cybertronians. She only had a few seconds to look, because Knock Out shoved her out of his car and transformed in front of her. Breakdown did the same, except her two brothers were still out cold.

She stared up in awe as Knock Out and Breadown transformed before her, more excited than scared. "Wow… That is amazing!" she yelled, causing several of the miners to stare at her. She immediately shrank back at the unwanted attention. However, she couldn't get over the fact that there were giant sentient robots standing before her. It was probably one of the best things that she had ever experienced.

The miners went back to work, cutting at the energon sticking out of the ground. Knock Out looked around, and when he spotted the Second in Command, he picked up the femme by her shirt and dropped her in his other hand.

Kirstin watched Breakdown pick up her two unconscious brothers. "Careful," she said to him, making him look at her. She shrank back when she noticed that he only had one eye.

Breakdown smirked at the femme, "I promise."

Knock Out rolled his eyes at the two and brought the femme in his hands to Starscream, who stood about the miners, ordering them about. "Commander Starscream, we've brought the humans that Lord Megatron requested."

Starscream leaned in and observed what appeared to be a human femme in Knock Out's servo. "Interesting," he said, as Kirstin sat there, tempted to tap on his face which was a little more than two feet away from her. He then shifted his gaze to the two human mechs, which were unconscious at the time. "Lord Megatron will be pleased with these, I am sure," Starscream said before picking up the femme from Knock Out. "Bring the other two," he said, before tossing the human up in the air, transforming into a jet, and catching her in the cockpit.

When she saw what she was in, Kirstin began to panic. "We're not flying out of here, are we?"

Starscream growled at the human. "Yes, we are. Now be quiet and let me fly in peace." He flew down a tunnel and out into the open sky. Kirstin grabbed onto the seat she was in as hard as she could, and Starscream could feel it. "You're not scared, are you?"

Kirstin gave a light chuckle. "Sorta, I'm more scared of the aspect of falling than flying," she explained. "So, why do you want my brothers and I, when you could get any other human?"

"Because we've seen you three work together better than any others," he explained as he flew towards the Nemesis.

That took the human by surprise. "Better than any others? Sure, we work together alright, but we fight more often than work together."

Starscream growled; this human was slightly annoying. "Yes, better than others. Now please be quiet, fleshy, unless you'd rather I drop you off right here and now."

Kirstin gripped the seat. "No thanks," she whispered, looking out of the window. She couldn't even see the ground; they were above the clouds. She was worried about her brothers' safety before her own, but they appeared to be in ground vehicles, not one flying to the destination.

She looked ahead of them, and from behind a cloud emerged a huge airship. She stared in awe at it, wondering how something that huge could possibly hide from detection. However, before she could think about it, she was thrown into the air by Starscream, and caught when he had transformed. "Now, I suggest you keep quiet, unless you want to get hurt," Starscream threatened, ensuring that the human would stay quiet.

He hadn't needed to threaten, though; Kirstin had already planned on being as silent as possible. While this fascinated her to the extreme, one look at the talon like fingers this thing had and she could already imaging the kind of damage they could cause.

Instead, as Starscream walked into the Nemesis, Kirstin grabbed onto one of the appendages to ensure that she didn't fall down.

As Starscream walked, he had the urge to shake his servo; but a greater threat stopped him from doing so. While he was still technically recovering from his last bad encounter with Megatron, failing to deliver something that he wanted in a less than perfect condition was asking to be offlined. Yet, he still didn't fully understand why these pesky little insects were needed.

He narrowed his eyes at the human. "You can let go; you won't fall."

"And what if I do? Are you certain your reflexes are quick enough to catch me at an unexpected moment?" Kirstin countered, still gripping onto the finger. "And I refuse to let go until I see that my brothers are safe."

"Is that all you think about?" Starscream growled slightly at her. "Have you no regard for anything else?"

Kirstin huffed. "I would, except the world is either sink or swim. It's dark and cruel, and not welcoming to new ideas, however many support it."

Starscream thought for a minute about what the human had said. All in all, he wasn't surprised, given how primitive the dominant species was. He looked ahead and realised that the bridge was just ahead. "Keep quiet," he said as he walked in.

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Travis sat in Knock Out's servo as the mech walked to the bridge where he was supposed to meet Megatron and present the humans to him. Michael was beside him, in one of Breakdown's servos. Travis looked over at his brother and saw him fidgeting. He spoke up. "Hey Michael, stay calm."

Michael looked at his brother. "Stay calm? We have no idea where Kirstin is, if she's okay or not."

"She'll be fine," the younger one reassured the older one. "If anything, she'll bore whoever has her with facts about history."

Michael smiled at this. While their sister was able to retain, and loved researching, facts about ancient history, Michael specialized in modern warfare and basically everything modern. "That's probably true."

Knock Out scowled at the two humans. The one he carried in his servo had not shut up since he had first woken up. He contained so many questions, for one so small. "Will you be quiet? You're getting to be worse than Starscream, for Pit's sake."

Michael raised an eyebrow at the foreign name, while Travis was the one who asked "Who's Starscream? Is he one of you guys? How big is he?"

Before the kid could say anything else, Knock Out covered him with his other servo. "Ah, here we are." He glanced down at his servos. "I suggest you be quiet, flesh bag."

He and Breakdown entered the bridge, and almost laughed at the SIC's expression as the human femme he carried was hanging onto one of his talons. His eyes were widened slightly with disgust, but wouldn't say anything, given the last time Megatron had reprimanded him for making a big mistake caused him to end up in Knock Out's medical bay.

Megatron stood a little farther into the large room, with Vehicons scattered around on various consoles, making sure the warship was running in perfect order. Knock Out spoke up, causing their leader to turn around. "Lord Megatron, we have the three humans you requested."

The leader of the Decepticons looked at the three humans closely, his eyes settling on the femme human. "Are you afraid?" he asked.

Kirstin looked into his ruby red optics. "Of what? Falling; yes. You guys? Not particularly. I mean, this is more amazing than anything I've ever seen."

Megatron turned his gaze to the two younger human mechs. "And you?"

Michael merely shrugged at the leader. "No," he said carelessly. Travis had a slightly cocky grin on his face, "Nope," he said, popping the 'p'.

The leader then turned to Starscream. "Ensure the human you have obtains comfortable living conditions by the end of the day, Starscream." He turned to Knock Out and Breakdown, and relayed the same instructions. "Also, Knock Out, once your human is able to sustain himself, I suggest you return to working on your little project."

Once their leader had resumed his position on the bridge, Starscream sent a glare at him before stalking out, human in hand. Knock Out and Breakdown simply shrugged, then went to speak to Soundwave for a Groundbridge to a human town with sufficient shopping centres.

The two mechs transformed into their vehicle modes, allowing their respective humans to climb in; Knock Out more reluctant that Breakdown. Once safely secured, the two drove through the Groundbridge before them, coming out somewhere in the western part of the United States.

Starscream grumbled the entire way to the flight deck, even when Kirstin had finally let go of his talon in order to try standing up in his servo. "So, do even know where to go?" she asked the SIC. Starscream remained silent and continued on his way, trying to ignore the human in his hand.

"Do you or do you not know where to go to get stuff for a human?"

The flier narrowed his optics at the annoying human he held. "I believe the place you are referring to is a shopping centre, am I correct?" he asked with venom in his voice.

Kirstin furrowed her brows slightly. "Jeez, lay off the bite, why don't you?"

"You dare talk to me like that, you little insect?"

The human in his servo looked at his arm and decided it was climbable. When she had made it up to his shoulder plating, she sat, trying not to look down. "I have a name, you know," she said with just as much venom in her voice. "And I don't like being called an insect either."

Starscreams optics widened slightly. "How did you get up there? I thought you were afraid of falling," he said in surprise.

"That may be true, but you also called me a name which I didn't like, and I don't take negative comments directed at me or my brothers very well," Kirstin explained. "So, you know where to take me, it seems… How about I give you a direction which would make our trip oh so easier."

"Fine," the flier grumbled. At least he wouldn't be flying in circles with a human femme nagging him the entire time.

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AN: Ha! I finally finished it. I do have some ideas for this story, but they come later after this whole thing. I think KO and BD are taking to the humans better than Scream is. Oh well. Ugh… so much to learn for this story if I want to educate any of them about Cybertron… Fuh…

Once again, thank you all for the positive feedback on the previous chapter.