Forever Yours
Chapter 2: Two Sides
Moonracer woke to the beautiful sound of organic, cheeping birds and the pleasant warmth of her heating system. She fluttered her optics open and was greeted with a rough cave wall. She sighed in disappointment and fidgeted a bit.
Moonracer froze. She realised that it wasn't her heating system that was keeping her warm.
She looked down and there resting on her hip was a long, blue arm. She looked over her shoulder to see the sleeping faceplate of Starscream.
The femme's spark leapt within her chest. Moonracer started wiggling from the grasp of Starscream's servo. She them tiptoed round the sleeping mech and went outside.
It was a pleasant cycle outside. The Earth's sun was shining brightly. Moonracer remembered how Ariel told her about Earth. That it had an indigenous population called Humans. Apparently, they're just like cybertronians. They like to dance, sing .. wait!
Moonracer had an idea! She used her internal radio to hack into an alien frequency and ... there!
Amy MacDonald's voice quietly filled the air around her. She looked up the lyrics to the song the organic was singing and started to sing along.
".. I don't wanna see the stars, I don't wanna see the moon, don't wanna see the sun, that rises too soon, I am a spaceman flying high, I am the astronaut in the sky, don't worry I'm ok now, I am the ligghht in the dark, I am the match, I am the spark, Don't worry I'm ok now, I'm ok now..."
She trailed off as she heard movement behind her. Moonracer twirled round and saw, there leaning causally on the side of the cave, was Starscream, his expression cool but his optics, shocked.
Moonracer's faceplate blushed as red as the seeker's eyes as she looked away. An awkward silence fell over the two of them.
Starscream, however, didn't regret sneaking up on her. His spark melted when he woke to her singing. It was the most beautiful sound in the universe.
The mech continued staring at the femme for a while longer before he got an incoming message. It was from Soundwave. :Starscream, Megatron has requested for you:
:Message received: Starscream replied :I'll be there in a few breems:
"Do you have a alt form?" Starscream questioned.
"Huh?" Moonracer cocked her head.
"I'll take that as a no," he sighed.
Before Moonracer processed his answer, the mech swooped down, put one servo behind her back and another one under her legs, lifting her into a bridal carry.
She squeaked at the unexpected move and automatically put her servos round his neck. Starscream chuckled lightly before activating his jets and soaring into the sky. Moonracer buried her helm in his chest as they gained altitude.
"You won't get a good view of this planet if you don't look, my dear," Starscream smiled down at the femme buried in his chest.
Moonracer hesitantly opened her optics and her breath was taken away.
They were flying across acres of wonderful woodland. The clean air skimming her faceplate.
Moonracer loved it.
She turned back to Starscream, "Where are we going anyway?"
Starscream smiled sadly,"Home"
A couple of breems later passed before the Nemesis appeared within the clouds and Starscream landed.
He went down on one knee and carefully and put Moonracer down. She took a couple of deep breaths and smiled up at Starscream. She actually flew!
"Come along now," Starscream sighed whilst gently grabbing her cuffs,"Lord Megatron is waiting,"
"Can't you find her?" Arcee asked the medic angrily.
"Arcee, I've answered that question five times already!" Ratchet growled back.
"So you can find a cell phone and a bunch of kids in a different dimension but you can't access a simple radio link to Moonracer?"
"We don't have a signal from her like the cell phone had when Jack was trying to ring! Moonracer has acquired some internal injuries,"
"But yesterday I got a signal from her!"
"It was too faint," Ratchet pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation,"I couldn't triangulate her geographic posit-"
"GUYS! Please stop arguing!" Cliffjumper pleaded. The two Autobots fell silent.
Cliff sighed shakily, he was exhausted. He couldn't recharge knowing Moonracer may be hurt or worse, with the Decepticons.
"Please stop ... stop blaming Ratchet. Its was my fault. I didn't protect her."
The red mech felt a servo on his shoulder. He looked up to see Optimus.
"No. It was my fault. I let her fight even though she had just arrived on Earth"
The base fell into silence. Everyone had been affected by the young femme's disappearance. But being her mechmate, Cliffjumper was broken.
'For Primus' sake, please come home Moonracer,' he thought,'We need you ...
... I need you.'