Rescue
"Lord Megatron," Soundwave said in his usual mono-toned and emotionless voice. "Hostile activity detected. Possible Culprit: Autobot." he droned.
"Well, then what are you waiting for Soundwave? Go destroy this nuisance!"
"Command Confirmed - Rumble, Frenzy: Eject." he droned as his cassettes flew out of his chest. "Operation: Annihilation."
"Yes, sir!" Rumble and Frenzy responded in unison as they scurried outside
"Status?" Soundwave asked Rumble and Frenzy when they arrived outside.
Frenzy responded, "Yeah, I gots a visual! It's Optimus Prime!"
"And he don't look very happy, doc," Rumble announced.
"How can you tell! He don't even have a mouth!" Frenzy said.
"I CAN JUST TELL, NOW LET'S GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE WE GET OUR AFTS KICKED!"
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Frenzy began to run back in until he ran into Soundwave's leg.
"Negative. Objective: Assist in annihilation of Optimus Prime," Soundwave droned.
"Alright, alright. C'mon, Rumble."
They sped outside of their underwater base. Frenzy started shooting at Optimus. Optimus dodged as much as he could being underwater. "You're gonna take a little tumble through the rocks and rubble, 'Cause now you started trouble, and now you're gonna rumble with Rumble!" Rumble then began 'rumbling' the wet earth beneath them. Optimus fell down and was followed by rocks and was trapped underneath the rocks. He blasted out and yelled, "You'll have to do better than that!"
"Laserbeak, Ratbat, Ravage: Eject." Soundwave said as three cassettes flew out of his chest and sped to battle. Soundwave then ran back into base.
"Hey, Soundwave! You said to assist not to do it solo!" Frenzy yelled. Rumble nodded in agreement as he scurried behind a rock and continued shooting. Optimus just dodged their attacks as he made his way to Frenzy. "Oh slag," he said as Optimus kicked him. "AHHH!" he screamed as he flew backwards and tangled himself in seaweed. "Oh, fraggit! I hate bein' so slaggin' tiny!"
Laserbeak flew (as much as he could underwater) over Optimus' head only to get punched backwards and to have his flight abilities disabled. "Take that, Decepticon," he said triumphantly and ran into the Decepticon base. "Elita, where are you?"
Elita sat up when she heard her name. Suddenly Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp ran in and locked the door behind them. Starscream then shrieked, "Do NOT let Optimus take her! I will dispose of your dead carcass as I see fit if you disobey mine and Megatron's orders!"
Elita stared at him in disbelief. She didn't except him to be so - protective.
"Thundercracker, Skywarp! Go hold off Optimus, and get the constructicons to assist you. NOW," they looked at eachother and just shrugged and left. Starscream locked the door and brigaded the it and went over to Elita and stood in a defensive stance. The position he took up left Elita beyond astonished.
"Why are you being so protective?" she then asked.
Starscream hesitated for a moment but eventually responded. "My reason, and my only reason, is because Megatron will have my head if any harm comes to you. You hold valuable information!"
She scoffed. For some reason, she didn't believe him. She decided she was going to have a little fun and provoke him, or at least try.
"Come on. It was just a simple question, and I'm not going to shut up until you tell me why you're being so protective. It's not like you 'Cons to be so protective and defensive! I mean, come on!"
Starscream just stood there for a moment until he turned his head and looked into Elita's optics. She then saw the look in his eyes - it was compassion, it was worry, it was...love.
She just stared into his optics for a moment. It felt like his optics were staring into her very soul, piercing through her body. Suddenly he walked closer to her and wrapped his arms around her and put his head over her shoulder.
"Because I don't want him to take you away from me," he said increasing his embrace on her, holding her even tighter. "I've lost so much. And I swear I only injured you so heavyly back on Cybertron because I didn't want Megatron to hurt me. I DIDN'T want to do it. You most likely don't believe me, but I mean it with every part of my body." he said as tears began to fill his eyes. He then brushed his lips and against hers. She was frozen in place. She wasn't returning the embrace, but she wasn't pushing him away either.
She was dumbstruck.
He looked her dead in the optics after he removed his head from her shoulder. He then caressed her cheek and a look of sadness crossed over his face. Elita was even more dumbstruck and didn't move and didn't object. She was just utterly traumatized, and shocked. As he was still caressing her, he said, "Primus, you're beautiful."
She shifted a bit and looked up at him. She then gently touched his and which was caressing her cheek so gently...a gentleness she would have never have thought a Decepticon was capable of giving off. She stared into his eyes as he stared into hers. She thought about what she was letting happen, but she didn't want it to stop. There was a blissful silence swirling all around them.
Starscream moved closer to her and brushed his lips against hers once again and began kissing her chin and moved down slowly until he reached her neck, then he began kissing it. Suddenly, the barricaded and locked door was burst into a million pieces by Optimus Prime's foot.
"Elita!" called out Optimus.
"Optimus!" she called back.
Starscream turned around and shot Optimus in the chest. "You're not going to touch her, Prime. She's mine!" He then scooped her up in his arms and flew off.
But before he could fly entirely out of the area, Optimus had grabbed onto his legs and was now dangling off his them and flying in all directions as he held on for dear life. "Elita!" he reached his hand out to her.
"Optimus!" she reached her hand out to grab his and he pulled her out of Starscream's arms.
Starscream crashed through a wall causing Optimus to drop Elita.
"Elita!" he called out to her.
"Optimus!" she called back as she plummeted out of the sky.
Optimus let go of Starscream's leg and grabbed hold of Elita's hand and pulled her to his chest.
Starscream's spark skipped a pulse. He flew down and grabbed Elita by the waist, causing Optimus to fall ever further.
"Optimus!" she screamed after him.
"Elita!" he called to her.
"Let go of me, Decepticon!" she yelled at Starscream.
"I refuse to!" he responded in protest. "I'm not going to let you go. Not now. Not EVER."
"LET GO!" she flailed her arms and kicked him back and fell.
Starscream who was momentarily stunned from the kick was looping backwards. "Ahhhh!" he shrieked in terror and it took him a moment to realize he could fly. He ignited he thrusters and flew back to base.
"Elita, are you alright?" Optimus asked her worriedly as they continued their neverending fall through the sky.
"I'm fine! But you nor I will be much longer!" Optimus looked down. They were about to fall into a building when suddenly - out of nowhere comes a red jet and scoops em' up. It was Powerglide.
"Hey, Optimus! Congrats on ya solo rescue mission, eh?" he said as he laughed. "That was about to get messy!"
"I owe you one, old friend." Optimus said. "Now let's get you home, Elita." Optimus said as he looked at her lovingly.
"Yes. Home..." she said with a slight sadness in her voice. At least she was in Optimus' arms again. She missed him so much. But still for some unknown reason she couldn't get Starscream's words out of her head. 'I've lost so much,' those words repeated in her mind again and again. She found it so strange for a Decepticon to show any sort of emotion. She was extremely confused with Starscream's actions. She wanted to just simply think he took a sadistic liking to her and that was that. But in reality, she knew it was so much more. The compassionate optics that looked into hers told her so.