Mi-chan: Hey guys! Here's the new chapter for Con's Eyeview~! Hope you like it :) !
Chapter Two:
Deceit
Four Weeks have come and gone, and now, Clover and Miu had become quite comfortable on the Decepticon Ship, the Nemesis. They were always well fed, and given everything they could ever need to survive, just as Starscream had promised. They were instructed to keep their jobs however, to not arouse suspicion and to make sure they had plenty of cash should something happen, and Starscream be unable to supply them with the sustenance they needed.
The fluffy, furrball-like creature that Clover and Miu decided to adopt, was now designated as "Squish". The name for the creature was decided one day when Starscream had found out about the creature, telling the girls that it was a parasite from another planet that had a nasty habit of eating certain materials, and told the two he wanted to "squish the vermin". Miu didn't want the furrball to be killed or destroyed, so she used her "pathetic puppy-dog eyes" against Starscream. The Seeker couldn't take the pathetic look plastered on her face, and just gave up arguing with her, letting them keep the so called "vermin".
Miu was now half-dozing in her bed, curled up to Squish comfortably. She was going to get up from her doze, but she decided to wait a bit longer due to being so comfortable.
Clover currently relaxed against the large window sill in their room, having woken up just a little while ago. She yawned slightly.
"Gonna need to wake Miu up soon, we need to go pick up some more food, we're runnin' low..." Clover thought, before shrugging and glancing at a comfortable Miu "Meh, let 'er sleep, we've got time... no rush~."
Before long, Miu shifted in her bed, yawning before she sat up. She was careful not to jostle Squish too much. She swung her legs out of the bed gently and stood up, stretching widely. Her wings spread out to their full ten foot span.
She looked over at Clover and smiled, fluttering up to the sill "Morning Clover~."
Clover looked toward Miu and chuckled at her friend's messed-up hair "Mornin' Miu. Now that you're awake, we need to go pick up some food today, we're running low." she smirked and chuckled slightly "But before we go, I suggest you fix your hair, it's a MESS."
Squish had woken up during the start of their conversation, yawning slightly and stretching before he looked up at the window sill, seeing the two girls there. He felt a bit jealous and somewhat left out, making large eyes that glittered in want "Errrr..." he whined.
Miu brought her hands up to her hair that stuck out every which way, now understanding what Clover meant by her hair being such a mess.
She giggled slightly "Yeah, good call..." she said before hopping off of the window sill, fluttering gently to the ground before heading to their washroom to fix herself up before they left. She quickly petted Squish on the way there.
"Morning Squish~" She said before entering the washroom and shutting the door.
Squish waggled his tail slightly and made a happy facial expression when she petted him. He soon followed her to the washroom, and squeezed himself under the very small crack under the door. He had that gift, squeezing into the littlest of cracks and crevices...
Miu giggled when she watched Squish squeeze himself into the washroom "Nice Squish..." she commented fondly as she fixed up her hair, not bothering with a shower, but instead washing her face to wake herself up.
Squish had made his way onto the counter and watched as Miu got ready. When she was finished with her hair and washing her face, he hopped onto her shoulder and nuzzled her gently with his own unique purr. Miu chuckled softly at this, and pet Squish in return.
Squish watched as Miu get ready in the kitchen area now, Miu grabbing her leg pack that held all the essentials since it was easier to fly with than backpacks or anything like that.
"Ready to go, Clove." Miu stated as she stood up, Squish still on her shoulder.
Clover looked up as she strapped her own pack to her thigh "Good." she noticed Squish on Miu's shoulder "Squish can't come with us, remember? We're going into human society..."
Squish looked at the two with a whimper before jumping into Miu's purse that was on a nearby countertop, and hiding in it. His head poked out of it ever so slightly with large pleading adorable eyes. He hated being away from Miu.
Miu looked at Squish with a sigh "I'm sorry Squish... But Clover's right. We can't risk it." she picked up Squish gently and moved him onto her bed "We won't be gone long, okay?" she picked up her purse and closed it "We'll be back in no time at all..."
Squish's eyes fell onto the bed in sadness, curling his tail up next to him with a whimper.
Clover shook her head "Sorry Squish, but we can't risk it. We'll be back soon." she said grabbing Miu by the shoulders in the process, and guiding her friend out of the room, away from the sad-eyed fluffball.
Squish growled slightly, looking to Clover with an annoyed look in his eyes as she left with Miu. Soon after, he decided to take a nap.
Soundwave walked through the halls of the Nemesis, and soon enough, saw Miu and Clover walking down the hallway. He played back a certain phrase from Knockout "Hey~ Wait up Ladies!" he played back as he walked up to the girls.
Clover and Miu stopped, turning to face the mech. Clover waved slightly with a chuckle "Hey Soundwave~"
"Clover and Miu's initiation ceremony will be underway today." Soundwave played back in Starscream's voice "Be ready."
Clover's eyebrows went into her hairline in surprise "Well, okay. We'll be ready then." she stated, glancing at Miu "Thanks for telling us Soundwave."
Miu nodded "Yeah... Thanks." She was still shy around the mechs even after being around them for 4 weeks already...
Soundwave nodded, and then walked past by the girls, on his way to the command center.
Clover looked to Miu "We'll get our shopping trip over with first since Starscream didn't give a specific time, might as well..."
Miu nodded "Yeah, lets go. We can stop by somewhere and get breakfast too, I'm hungry..."
With that, the two continued on their way to the top deck of the ship. Once there on the deck, they spread their wings, and dove off the side of the ship, flying off toward Jasper for some breakfast and quick shopping.
***Much Later
Starscream had the troops lined up in the command center, awaiting the girls' return, Soundwave at his side at the front of the command center.
Clover and Miu had returned with their spoils, laughing as they flew back down into the ship, Clover picking a random leaf out of her hair. The two dropped their things off in their room before tidying themselves up a bit and then heading to the command center to tell the others that they had returned from their shopping trip.
Starscream soon saw the girls walk into the command center, and smiled at them "Ahhh, Miu, Clover... We have been waiting. I believe it's time you officially joined the fold."
Clover glanced at Miu and smiled, walking over to the center of the room "Yeah, Soundwave let us know what was goin' down."
"Please... Come." Starscream said, making a slight gesture for them to come toward him.
Miu nodded and flapped her wings, flying toward him, Clover doing the same, the two side by side one another.
Soundwave kneeled in front of the two, gently taking out a tool that held a Decepticon Insignia at the end of the tool.
"Clover. Miu." Starscream began "It has been a great privilege to have you with us. We have worked hard to earn your trust, to show you that we are your family now. And now that you are more comfortable with us, we wish for you to join us...permanently. Will you take this Insignia, and join us, your new family... in walking to a brighter, and much better future for us all?"
Miu glanced at Clover, the two smiling before nodding "Yes..." the two said in unison.
Soundwave brought the took to Miu's arm and gently but firmly branded the insignia on her arm, and then did the same with Clover. It was more or less an instant tattoo, and stung their skin for about 5 seconds before the pain subsided completely.
"Welcome, Sisters, to the Decepticon fold. Where deceit, is one of our greatest weapons." Starscream said with a slight smirk as the soldiers cheered around them.
Clover wrapped a wing around Miu with a smile "Thank you for welcoming us with such open arms."
Knockout walked up to the two "Congrats ladies." He said as Breakdown came up beside him "Now that the party's over, we need to cruise out of here."
Clover raised an eyebrow "Huh? Where we goin'?"
"Energon recon, we're running a bit low and we need to find more." Breakdown stated.
"Okay, lets go~" Clover said, flapping her wings twice in slight excitement.
"And who said you were going anywhere? I meant Breakdown and I." Knockout said, gently patting her on the head with a smirk "Maybe next time pheasant." he teased.
Clover's eyes narrowed, her feathers spiking out slightly in annoyance "That's Red-Shouldered Hawk to you." she huffed, blowing a couple of pieces of hair out of her face.
"A bird brain will be a bird brain." Knockout winked slightly before leaving with Breakdown with a slight wave to Clover and Miu.
Clover pursed her lips in annoyance "He's going to lose an optic sometime soon... and maybe wake up covered in tree sap that likes to strip paint..." she growled.
Miu snickered "Careful with that last one, he really loves his finish..."
Soundwave couldn't help but nod slightly with a mental smirk.
"Alright, back to work!" Starscream told the Decepticons, the Vehicons and Eradicons going back to their stations.
Soundwave soon picked up on a frequency and looked toward Starscream.
Starscream looked to the two girls with a slight nod "Excuse us ladies... we have a call to intercept. Feel free to the explore or fly around the ship as usual." he said before turning around and talking to Soundwave.
Clover shrugged at Starscream "Alright." she looked to Miu "You can hang out with Squish or somethin', I'll be back later. I have a LOT of tree sap to collect~" she stated, smiling evilly before heading for the top deck.
Miu chuckled "You and your pranks... I'll talk to you later then Clove." she said before turning and heading back to their room to hang out with Squish.
***Much Later
From the girls' room, a commotion was heard in a different hallway.
Clover was sealing pails full of tree sap when she heard the commotion, looking over at Miu with a look of 'What was that?' soon straightening and looking toward their door.
"What was that?" she asked curiously.
Miu was relaxing on the window sill with Squish in her lap "I dunno, lets go check it out."
Clover nodded, and the two girls, as well as Squish, who was now comfortably situated on Miu's shoulder, followed the noise to the scene of the commotion.
A yell was heard from an unfamiliar voice, and once the girls turned the corner, one of the Decepticon soldiers hit the unfamiliar bot in the head, knocking him out. The Decepticon soldiers then dragged the unfamiliar bot into a room and put cuffs on him, and had the bot hanging from the ceiling, electricity connecting the cuffs to each other and then to the ceiling.
Clover frowned "What the hell? Why are they treating this guy so bad?" she thought before glancing at Miu and walking over to one of the soldiers "What's going on?" she asked them.
One of the Vehicons looked to Clover and answered her question. "He's the enemy genius..." he said in a sarcastic manner before walking out of the room with the other Vehicon.
Clover rolled her eyes "Well f-k you too." she commented before turning around and looking at the supposed enemy "Jeez, he looks more harmless than Squish does... but true enough, looks can be deceiving..." she flew over to the mech "Hey, you okay?" she asked him, the mech not able to say anything since he was out cold.
She sighed "They didn't need to be so goddamn rough with him, sheesh..." flying around to the cuffs, she did some quick, but not openly noticeable adjustments to make it a little more comfortable for the mech.
Just then, a Vehicon walked in for guard duty, and saw what Clover was doing "Hey! Leave the prisoner be! He doesn't need special treatment." he said sternly.
Clover turned around and frowned "He's sentient, so no matter what he did, he doesn't deserve horrible treatment. So MEH!" she snapped.
"He's killed THOUSANDS OF US!" the Vehicon said shoving her away from him slightly "Lord Starscream won't be very happy if he ends up getting out because you loosened his shackles." he said readjusting them and tightening them up again.
"You've killed enough people too I'm sure, so F-K YOU!" she said angrily before flapping her wings rapidly in anger as she flew off, her feathers spiked out, and Miu following after with a glance at the mech.
Clover flew at top speed through the hallways and out into the open air, breathing deeply as she flew off, hands clenched angrily "I KNOW what it's like to be chained up like that. NO ONE deserves it! He killed thousands of them, but it's not the Decepticons haven't killed their fair share of people either!" she roared within her mind.
Miu flew after Clover, but when Clover reached the top deck of the ship, she had to stop, letting her be for now. She knew her friend needed some time alone to cool off. Miu then turned and headed back toward their room.
Clover soared through the sky for miles. Eventually, she slowed and came to a running stop on a cliff, sitting down and resting her wings, just letting her mind go blank.
It was around evening by the time Clover headed back to the ship. She stalked inside, heading straight for her and Miu's room.
"Hey, you okay..? You were really steaming when you left..." Miu said in concern, watching as Clover lied down on the bed across from hers, Clover's back to Miu.
"I'm fine... Just needed to clear my head..." Clover replied.
Miu watched Clover lay on her bed unmoving, watching in worry "If you say so..."
Soon enough, however, Clover sat up and faced Miu "Hey Miu... Wanna go see that Mech? See if he's doin' okay..?"
Miu nodded "Yeah, I think that would be a good idea... Ease both of our minds on he's doing." Miu said before she stood up off of her bed, Clover doing the same before the two headed out for the cell block.
It wasn't long until they reached the Mech's cell. They flew in, hovering in the air in front of the Mech with their wings flapping gently.
The Mech looked up, slightly curious at what he saw, not really saying anything. He waited for what they had to say first.
Clover sighed "Hey, are you okay? The guys were treating you really roughly..."
"Surprised that's coming from you... Seeing as you're one of 'em." the white, green, and red Mech responded, looking toward her insignia for a moment.
Clover crossed her arms over her chest "Look, we may be one of them, but we're not heartless. We know what being chained up is like."
The Mech chuckled "Seems you're hangin' with the wrong crowd."
Clover chuckled humorlessly in response "Well it was either hang with them, or risk getting back to the ATL."
"That's it huh? You're only reasoning for hangin' around is because they treat ya nice? Don't be fooled kid..."
Clover closed her eyes, holding back a pained expression "They treat us A LOT better than the stupid humans that we used to stick around." she snapped "And trust us, this is SO much better than being trapped in a cell, and being experimented on for the rest of our lives!"
"Is it now?" the Mech asked rhetorically, looking off into space "I trust you know what happens if the faker finds out the location to the Autobot Base?"
Clover blinked at him blankly before a low, feral growl erupted from her throat "This is PRECISELY why we should've just stuck to the two of us. Goddamnit..." Clover looked to Miu "We're gonna have to do something...secretly." she told her before she glared at the Insignia on her arm "I really wish I could just tear this off my arm..." she snarled.
Miu sighed "We just wanted somewhere safe so bad... We pulled the wool over our own eyes..."
Wheeljack looked to them "Don't worry about me... I'll find a way out of here... And once I do, you two are comin' with me. Seems you two don't want to be here anymore than I do now..."
Clover sighed "But we're gonna need to find the other Autobots... Prevent Makeshift from being able to give Starscream the coordinates to you guys' base."
Miu looked to Wheeljack "We have free rein, we can go flying all we want and no one would be the wiser of where we'd go..."
Clover looked to Miu "So we'd be able to track down the Autobots, inform them about Makeshift, and be back, with the others none the wiser."
"Trust me on this, Bulkhead will wise up to Makeshift's tricks... You won't have to worry about a thing." Wheeljack said before he perked up slightly, hearing someone approaching the room from the hallway, gesturing to the girls that someone was coming with a slight movement of his helm.
Clover caught on to what the gesture meant and grabbed Miu, disappearing into the abyss of the shadows toward the back of the room. The two held their breathes, ready to slip out of the room if need be.
The Vehicon Soldier stood guard, looking to Wheeljack as the girls slipped out of the room before the door closed.
Clover and Miu quickly scampered back to their room, sitting on their beds, talking about what they had just heard, quietly. They mixed in some bird language just in case anyone was listening in.
Clover sighed "This is all insane... to think we -chirp chirp- fall for the -chirp- of the Cons... Hopefully we can -chirp chirp- soon..."
Soon enough however, their room door slid open, Starscream walking in with Soundwave.
"It seems nothing is ever good enough for you two..." Starscream said in a low tone, a look of betrayal, anger, and disappointment mixed in his optics.
The door closed behind him and Soundwave, a clicking sound of the locking mechanism from the door being heard.
Miu looked over at Clover "Oh no... we're trapped now..."
Clover frowned in confusion "But how could he even possibly understand bird? They may be talented, but that's not possible..."
Starscream looked to the bird girls, and then to Soundwave, nodding ever so slightly.
Soundwave replayed the footage that was caught inside Wheeljack's cell.
When the footage was over with, he looked to the girls once again "I gave you a home, food, protection. And this is the thanks I get...?"
Clover glared at him "You omitted the most important details of what Decepticons do... And I will NOT be apart of anyone being hurt or killed. Be it human, or otherwise." she told him matter-of-factly, sitting beside Miu and hugging her close with a wing wrapped around her protectively.
"What we DO, is defend and claim what is rightfully ours! And we do whatever it takes to do that... be it a few casualties here and there. We are at war." Starscream replied.
Clover laughed bitterly "There you go again, twisting the story to make it sound like YOU'RE the good guys." she scoffed "Ha! You're not fooling us, we don't see through wool anymore. We see what is true, and that is that the Decepticons are evil and will kill for no reason at all!"
Starscream chuckled "Believe what that Autobot fool has planted within your skulls... But know this..." he smirked evilly "There will be no mercy..." he said darkly before he took them within in his grasp.
Starscream took them to a cell of their own, putting them in shackles like Wheeljack's, a couple of guards walking into the room to guard them.
Starscream looked at Clover in the eyes "It'll be a long time before you get anything to eat or drink..." he turned and started to walk out "So savor your saliva..." he said in a bitter tone before completely leaving the room.
Clover glared at him as he left "F-k. You. Too." she growled before closing her eyes and bowing her head, her hands clenched into fists, her wings hanging limply from her shoulders, trying to keep the memories of the lab at bay. She was in this exact same position before she had gotten her wings...
Miu was shaking madly, trying not to cry "We're done for... We have little to no chance to get away... The chances are even less than that of escaping ATL..."
Please Review :) !
