Where's Star Saber?
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"Ugh, we searched every planet for him and nothing. No signals of Cybertronian lifeforms, no signals of Energon, nothing at all." Rodimus said as he banged his head repeatedly on the wall in frustration. They had started searching for the elusive Star Saber, but sadly had no luck of finding him so far.
"Okay, he might be hard to find and it might be near to impossible to find him, but I'm sure we could find him. Besides, we've done the impossible before." Robin said from the T-Ship. They approached another planet, this one lime green in color.
"Okay, let's go into the atmosphere and take a look in this planet." Rodimus said. In the back of the Lynx, Zatanna sat in the corner, the place she had sat in since they left Earth. As the ship tilted toward the left, she hit her head on the wall.
"Ow! Why can't I be in an actual chair? Am I not allowed to be on a nice, comfy chair because I'm not a Teen Titans?"
"No, it's not that. The reason is because if we put a small chair here, other than the fact that this ship wasn't meant to have small human-sized chairs, one of us is bound to step on it and turn you into a floor stain if you were sitting there. Especially Bulkhead, no offense big guy." Bumblebee explained. Bulkhead just shrugged, having been used to Bumblebee joke around about how he unintentionally destroys stuff. Both ships slowly flew into the planet's orbit, beginning to descend to the ground, which was still very far away from their position in the sky. Just then, two objects zoomed across, each one nearly colliding into the two ships. Robin then looked to see what they were.
"Guyhawk, shall we give them a well deserved Decepticon greeting?" Hellbat said.
"Well of course! It would be rude for us not to!" Guyhawk said. Both Decepticons flew around the T-Ship and the Lynx, firing at them with bullets and missiles.
"Titans, separate!" Robin ordered. The T-Ship then began to separate into five smaller ships, each Titan piloting one part. They all then flew towards their Decepticon attackers.
"Chest Attack!" both Decepticons shouted. They transformed into robot modes and deployed their chest animals. Hellbat and Guyhawk then transformed back into their alt modes and joined their chest animals in the fight. Rodimus flew the Lynx towards the Decepticons and fired at them, but then felt the ship rock from side to side as it got hit from more firepower.
"Hello Rodimus. I assume you're looking for Star Saber as well?" Leozack said through the comm in the Lynx. He was in his own ship, about the size of the Lynx.
"Wha- how'd you know? There's no way you could read my mind." Rodimus said.
"Ah, no, I can't. But Deathsaurus had always wanted to punish Star Saber for defeating him and his Destron army, and so he has been searching for him until he was called to Earth. We found out you were looking when we happened to see your ship." Leozack said. Rodimus then opened the door below the Lynx, and Windblade jumped out and transformed to attack the Chestforce. She grabbed Hellbat, throwing him towards Guyhawk. The Decepticon managed to somersault out of the way, making Hellbat spiral downward.
"Heeeeeelllllllllppppppp mmmmmmeeeeeee!" Hellbat said during his descent.
"Sorry, I'm kinda busy right now! Ask Leozack." Guyhawk said. He transformed into robot mode, his chest animal then flying towards him and transforming into a gun. He opened fire at Windblade, but she too out her swords and deflected the laser fire away from her. Meanwhile, the Lynx was in a tight ship battle with the Chestforce ship.
"Your puny, pathetic weapons cannot hurt the Thunder Arrow! Eventually, you will crash after I have unleashed the Thunder Arrow's full arsenal at you ship!" Leozack announced. He then nodded to Jallguar, who pressed a button that released tons of missiles toward the Lynx. Rodimus flew the lynx away, the missiles following close behind. Inside, Zatanna was struggling to stand still as the ship constantly moved around. The Lynx started to spin in circles clockwise, making the missile do so as well. The Lynx kept on spinning until the missiles hit each other, making a chain reaction of explosions. The Thunder Arrow hovered above the Lynx, dropping Drillhorn and Killbison on top.
"Alright Autobrats, time for me to tear you down!" Killbison shouted violently. He then punched the hull of the Lynx, creating a deep dent on the side. Drillhorn took out his drill on his right hand and started to cut away at the dent, making a large enough rupture in the ship to allow them inside. What he wasn't expecting, however, was Bulkhead to be there to punch him off. Drillhorn stumbled off the Lynx, and started to fall. Killbison caught Bulkhead's second punch, the two trying to push each other off. Bumblebee tackled Killbison, grabbing his face. As the Autobots attempted to hold him down, Killbison deployed his chest animal, knocking the two off of him. Bumblebee was then tackled by the animal, ramming him into the side of the wall. Killbison continued to wrestle with Bulkhead until Zatanna intervened.
"Ekoms dna srorri- hey!" Zatanna exclaimed as she was grabbed by the ruthless Decepticon.
"Here's some magic words for you: SHUT UP!" Killbison shouted as he just threw her out of the ship. Bulkhead took this opportunity to punch the Decepticon off the side as well. Bumblebee pried Killbison's chest animal off him, throwing him out as well. To their dismay, both Drillhorn and Killbison were caught by Hellbat and Guyhawk, who flew back to the Thunder Arrow. Windblade flew back to the Lynx, where the Autobots saw her sad expression.
"I couldn't catch her in time. I have no idea where she is." Windblade said.
"Great, just great. This adventure got off to a good start." Rodimus said sarcastically. The T-Ship's separate segments then reattached to form the full ship, and the two ships flew down to try and find the magician.
Zatanna was unconscious. In her head, she could see herself falling toward the ground, hearing the wind blowing as she descended onto the ground until she hit it with a sickening crack. This made her jolt up from where she was laying. She expected herself to be on the cold, hard ground, but found herself on a nice, soft hammock. As she got up, she saw that she was in a nice wood house. The house was nice and roomy, with a circular ceiling. She walked out of the room to find a table with several chairs. There was a plate of what looked like sliced fruit and a note next to it. Zatanna walked up to it and read the note out loud.
"If you've already woken up, here is some fruit for you to eat." Zatanna read.
"Okay, so I'm not dead, I'm in someone's house, and I have no idea where I am. Not to mention I have no idea who brought me here." Zatanna said to herself out loud. She sat down on a chair and took a bite out of one of the fruit slices. The fruit tasted sweet, making her eat more. She was about to finish her last slice when she heard someone come in. She quickly got up, ready to confront whoever this was.
"I really hope it's not a creepy person. I already have to deal with them at fan meet and greets." she thought. She then saw the person walk into the room. A short robot, about her height, had come in. He had a visor similar to Trailbreaker's, but his was as blue as the sky. He had a darker blue helmet and his body was a mix of red, blue, and white.
"Okay, who are you, where am I, and if you did anything to me at all, what did you do?" Zatanna asked, her questions quickly coming out of her mouth.
"Oh, sorry. Okay, my name is uh, Wing Dagger. You're in a nice planet called Athenia(1). I was fishing at a nearby lake when I heard something crash in the water and I saw you in there so I rescued you. Is that explanation good enough?" the robot named Wing Dagger said.
"Yeah, I guess that's a good enough explanation. You live here by yourself?"
"Yes, and no. No, if you count the small town near my home." Wing Dagger said.
"Besides, I'm going to that town right now. Want to come?"
"Sure." Zatanna said. She then followed Wing Dagger down a path leading to the town.
"Emperor, we came as you have ordered us to continue your search for Star Saber(2), but the Autobots are here as well." Leozack ordered.
"Hm, I see. Continue the search, but do not reveal your goals to the Autobots. After you find Star Saber, notify me at once. I want to snuff his spark personally." Deathsaurus said. The transmission ended, and Leozack turned to face his troops. They were all inside the Thunder Arrow, looking around for the legendary warrior.
"Jallguar, land on that clearing. We shall then spread out and search the forest. Understood?"
"Yes sir!" The rest of the Chestforce shouted.
Wing Dagger didn't know what to do with her. He was hoping it was the right thing to help her, but now he didn't know what to do.
"So, where are you from?" Wing Dagger finally asked.
"Earth. It's a bit far from here, but not too far away I guess."
"So what do you do on Earth?"
"Well, I do magic shows from time to time, and recently I've been-" Zatanna immediately stopped herself. Could she tell him that she was fighting Decepticons? She had heard from Nautica that many alien races hated Cybertronians for starting a war, then spreading it to other planets. She even said some Cybertronians fled to get out of the war, and fear that the war might come to them.
"What have you recently been doing?" Wing Dagger asked.
"Oh, sorry, yeah um, I've been recently just hanging out with my friends." Zatanna finally answered.
"That's not a complete lie, I guess." Zatanna thought to herself. They finally arrived at the town, which had tons of markets scattered all around it. Small buildings and huts also dotted the area. The two walked over to a shop selling some odd looking fish. Wing Dagger put his fish onto the table and started to talk with the man in the front. He had greenish-tan skin, and had some big muscles. Zatanna looked around, seeing all the busy people. They all seemed to be the same species.
"It's gonna cost you MORE than this to have some more." the man said in the front.
"But, this is the amount you wanted, the amount you asked for!" Wing Dagger argued. The man just shrugged, a smirk appearing on his face.
"Well, people change their minds. Now, you're gonna get me more, or no food for you." he said aloud, laughing a little as he did. When the man turned to talk to his coworker, Zatanna quickly chanted a spell, making the pile of fish immediately duplicate. The man turned around, but was shocked at how much fish was on his table. Even Wing Dagger was shocked at where all the fish came from.
"Wha-wha-"
"I think I'll take the food, thank you very much." Wing Dagger said. The man handed him an Energon cube, and Wing Dagger walked away, Zatanna following him close behind.
"So,Energon is your food?" Wing Dagger immediately pulled her aside, whispering to the magician.
"Yes, I'm Cybertronian. I may be short, but I am a Cybertronian and this is what keeps me alive." Wing Dagger said. He seemed to be saddened by this.
"I wish I could move to another planet, but then people I escaped from would hunt me down again. Cybertronians aren't very popular with people from other worlds." Wing Dagger stated.
"I don't mind Cybertronians. A couple of my friends are Cybertronian." Zatanna said.
"I'm actually currently looking for Star Saber. I guess I wasn't lying when I said I was hanging out with my friends, but I'm actually looking for Star Saber." Zatanna finally confessed.
"So, why are you trying to find him?"
"This Decepticon, Deathsaurus, is on Earth. My friends and I wanted to try to look for Star Saber for help." Zatanna said.
"Oh, okay." Wing Dagger said. They walked to another shop, this one having metallic parts displayed all over. Wing Dagger grabbed a few and walked up to the cashier, who was a teenaged girl.
"So Wing Dagger, how's your day been going? Are you still trying to find out how to answer my earlier question?" The teenaged girl asked.
"Um, no. But I do need to buy these metal parts." Wing Dagger put some money on the counter.
"Sure, you can buy them. But you have to answer my question."
"Okay…"
"Want to go out sometime?" The girl asked.
"No. I'm busy. The answer is no, now stop asking everytime I come here please." Wing Dagger said. He turned to leave, but she grabbed his hand.
"Please, just let me leave! I just wanted to buy a couple things and go…" Wing Dagger said as he was pulling away, trying to escape. Zatanna then helped, pulling Wing Dagger away.
"Oh, I see. You just don't want to admit that you're with someone else!"
"Would you shut up? He obviously wants to leave." Zatanna said. The girl was angry now. No, she was furious.
"I'm not in a relationship. This is just a friend of mine that happened to 'drop' by."
"Fine. Your friend is one stupid idiot! I hope she dies! I hope she gets shot several times and bleed to death!" Zatanna just walked away as she heard the girl throwing more insults at her, even at one point throwing an empty glass bottle at her. The two left for Wing Dagger's house, leaving the town.
"Are you okay?" Wing Dagger asked. He looked at Zatanna's head, picking shards of glass out of her hair.
"Yeah I am. Who was that?" Zatanna asked.
"Some person that's been bothering me for a while now. Don't ask why, because I have no clue." Wing Dagger continued to take small shards of glass off her hair when he heard something outside. He immediately walked toward a window to see what it was. What he saw was an orange, double barrelled anti aircraft tank. Wing Dagger took Zatanna's hand and they walked over and hid behind a cabinet. Zatanna was confused at first, but then eventually ducked behind it. Wing Dagger looked to see the tank transform into a giant robot. Three more vehicles drove in, transforming into giant robots as well.
"Hey Drillhorn, look at this little house! I want to SMASH IT!" Killbison said. Wing Dagger turned to face Zatanna, the magician facing him as well.
"I know those guys." Zatanna commented.
"I'm about to tell you something very important, something you need to know." Wing Dagger said.
"My name is not Wing Dagger. Well, it was(3), but that's not the point. My real name is Star Saber. I'm the one you're looking for." Wing Dagger confessed. Zatanna had a smile on her face.
"Really? I thought you might have been taller…"
"Oh, don't worry about that. Just stay here." Star Saber ran off while Zatanna stayed hidden behind the cabinet. Just then, the three Chestforce members tore the roof clean off the house.
"Hey look, it's the stupid magic girl. Looks like I can kill her again!" Killbison said as he tried to stomp on her. The floor started to shake and burst open, a giant Cybertronian flying out and uppercutting Killbison. This alerted Drillhorn and Jallguar, both taking their nunchucks out.
"Well, looks like we found Star Saber." Drillhorn and Jallguar both advanced, swinging their nunchucks. Star Saber took out his long sword and blocked their attacks.
"Drillhorn, what are you doing here? What is Deathsaurus planning?" A teal jet then plunged downward, ramming Star Saber into a large tree. Two other jets flew by, transforming into Hellbat and Guyhawk. Leozack stood triumphantly over Star Saber.
"Well well Star Saber, it looks like all that time you spent hiding has deteriorated all your combat skills. At least it makes my job much easier." Leozack said. Star Saber tried to punch Leozack, but the Decepticon leapt away just in time.
"Although you are weakened, I cannot take any chances. Not this time. Chestforce, combine to form, LIOKAISER!" Leozack shouted. The Chestforce quickly combined into the fearsome gestalt, who had his giant Electromagnetic Nunchucks ready.
"Surprised to see me Star Saber? You can thank your little girlfriend over there for your gift." Liokaiser taunted as he swung his nunchucks at Star Saber, who blocked the attack with his sword. Liokaiser fired a shuriken from one end of the nunchuck, which grazed against Star Saber's shoulder. Star Saber leapt into the air and brought his sword down, but Liokaiser wrapped his nunchucks around the blade. The combiner then threw Star Saber into the remains of the house, making Zatanna run to prevent herself from being squashed. Liokaiser raised his foot and stomped on Star Saber. Star Saber managed to catch his foot, and threw the combiner to the ground. As Star Saber ran to grab his sword, Liokaiser turned his nunchucks into a long spear and stabbed Star Saber in the abdomen. He then dragged Star Saber, who was still on the other end of the spear, into a tree.
Meanwhile, Zatanna was watching the whole battle as it happened in front of her.
"What have I done? I helped recreate Liokaiser, and now Star Saber might not agree to help us. Judging by how this battle is going, he might not be able to fight Liokaiser." Zatanna thought to herself. She pulled out her Titans communicator, which Robin gave to her before they left. She quickly called the others.
Meanwhile, the other Titans and Autobots were still mourning the "death" of Zatanna. They couldn't find her anywhere. Even Raven was having trouble sensing her in the area. Just then, Robin's communicator started to ring.
"This is Robin, who is this? Zee, is that you? Guys! She's okay!" Robin said.
"Glorious! Where did she land?" Starfire asked.
"Guys, I'm fine. But I found Star Saber." Zatanna finally said.
"You WHAT!? Okay, first off, how did you of all people find him when countless of other Cybertronians couldn't find him!" Bumblebee exclaimed.
It doesn't matter who found him, we just need him to help us fight Deathsaurus." Rodimus said.
"Guys, he's fighting Liokaiser. He's holding up pretty well, but he's still losing. I'm guessing he doesn't have enough energy to fight back." Zatanna said. She seemed worried.
"Okay, we'll be right there." Rodimus said. They all ran back to their ships and flew off toward Zatanna's location.
"Are you done yet? Just give up and admit defeat. You only beat Deathsaurus by chance. Now, you have no army. No army to help you, no army to fight alongside you. Now, you will die alone, alone where no one would have a care in the world." Liokaiser said as he punched a weakened Star Saber.
"How are you the Brainmaster of Courage when you fled after the Great War started? You are a coward, look at yourself! You are pathetic and I can't wait to see your public execution." Liokaiser mocked as he kicked Star Saber into more trees. Liokaiser walked up to the defeated Autobot, who was still trying to fight back against his more powerful foe. Liokaiser punched Star Saber across the face, then he uppercutted him in the jaw. Liokaiser was about to land another punch when he heard something. It sounded like the rustling of leaves and branches, hitting each other. Liokaiser turned to see a tree had been thrown straight at him. The tree knocked him over, making him tumble down onto the ground. He looked to see Zatanna levitating and throwing more trees at him. As the trees landed, they shattered and broke, splinters of wood coming out of the broken branches. Liokaiser, his nunchucks in hand, lunged forward and prepared to skewer the poor magician when he felt something drop onto his face.
"Hey Liokaiser, just gonna attach ome arrows to your face, then somersault off and watch the fireworks." Rodimus commented as he attached several arrows on the combiner's head. As he had said, Rodimus somersaulted off the combiner and detonated the arrows, blinding the combiner. Liokaiser stumbled around trying to look for his nunchucks when Bulkhead slammed him back onto the ground.
"I see I'm outnumbered. We shall fight another day Autobots." Liokaiser said as his separate components separated into the Chestforce, who retreated back to their ship. Rodimus and Windblade helped up the injured Star Saber while everyone else went back into the ships as they left for Earth.
"So, this is your home? It looks nice." Star Saber said. He was in his smaller, human sized mode, admiring the Titan's living room. Nautica had recently patched him up, his outer armor being repaired by her right now.
"Are you gonna stay with us? Cause if that's a yes, then that's fantastic." Rodimus said.
"Sure, i don't mind. I see my original plan of going into hiding was a bad one." Star Saber said.
"Why did you want to go into hiding?" Cyborg asked. Everyone gathered around to listen to his story.
"Well, I had just recently defeated Deathsaurus, so I was happy. Everyone was. The planet was back to being peaceful, people for the most part got along, and I was happy. But then the functionism(4), the Clampdown(5), the strict and unfair rules and regulations made me consider leaving. It wasn't until near the beginning of the War that I knew I wanted to leave. I didn't want to fight another war. I didn't want to see people die. The people I cared about, the people I talked to, the people I knew, I had seen die in the previous war. I didn't ever want to see that again. So, I left Cybertron and never returned, looking for a peaceful planet to live on for the rest of my life." Star Saber explained. He had a sad expression on his face, remembering all the casualties he witnessed.
"Well, we're glad to finally have you on our side." Rodimus said. This made Star Saber smile.
"There's a few other Autobots here as well. They're on other teams in other locations, but they are part of our group." Robin explained. Star Saber thanked them before walking away. He continued down into a hallway, until he stopped at a room. The room had a small recharge slab on the right side of the room. On the other side was a desk and a few shelves. Star Saber tidied up the room when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." Star Saber said. Zatanna walked into the room
"Nice room. Want to come with me to the living room? We're watching a movie." Zatanna asked.
"Um, sure. I guess I could set up my room later." Star Saber walked with Zatanna and the two talked as they walked to the living room to go meet the others.
(1): Athenia is a planet that was featured in Transformers: the Headmasters cartoon.
(2): See Season 1, Chapter 12: I Came, I Saw, I Conquered Part 1
(3): Wing Dagger was the original name of Wing Saber in Transformers Energon, who is a reference to Star Saber, and I used Wing Dagger as a fake name for Star Saber to use. I guess you can call this a double reference.
(4): Functionism is a belief system and social structure where a Cybertronian's role in society is defined by their alternate mode. Trucks and construction vehicles are required to engage in manual labor employment, for instance, while a proton microscope would be allowed to seek out intellectual pursuits.
(5): The Clampdown was a time in Cybertron's history when the planet was essentially put under martial law. It was put in place by the Senate, who claimed to be heightening security measures to protect the populace and weed out potential terrorists, but was in actuality a front that would allow the Senators to increase their own power and track down those who contested their rule.
Looks like the Autobots found Star Saber! But they haven't found out what Deathsaurus' plan is...
As I mentioned earlier, I try to update every week depending on which story I choose to update or whenever I have free time. Speaking of stories, I made a Young Justice/Transformers crossover story with Yeroc8! If you like both Transformers and Young justice, then go check it out!