Part of me wonders if anyone is really reading this XD Oh well! If you are I'd really appreciate comments!
I don't own Transformers or Soul Eater but Mackenzie Starkweather comes from my own noggin :)
"Well, well, well! You two receive a passing grade!" Lord Death said happily. "A few mess-ups here and there but that is only to be expected from novices." He motioned towards Kenzie, "The nurse will be here soon to attend to your wounds, but first I'd like you to know that your parents have agreed to you being here."
"But…how'd you do that?" Kenzie asked.
"A little bit of magic of course, I simply informed them of the situation and instilled in them my love of this Academy and all of the good that we are doing! We need people like you here to learn my dear and we can't have a few stubborn parents stopping us!" He chuckled. "I also have a present for you. Starscream, come here."
Starscream went up to Lord Death who wiggled his oversized fingers and clapped his hands. A purple glowing dust fell around Starscream who coughed from it getting into his intakes.
"There! From now on when it comes to you, Starscream will be as vulnerable as and human to your abuse!" He stated cheerfully, "Pain is a great teacher! It will help in rehabilitating him to have better morals, and after you are done in the nurse's office and have a good night's sleep in your dorm room I'll teach you about my famed Direct Noggin Reaper Chop!" He chopped the air to demonstrate.
"Wait…YOU DID WHAT TO ME?" Starscream blurted, "I'm as fragile as a HUMAN NOW?"
"Only to Mackenzie!" Death cheered. "If anyone else tries to hit you –besides Mackenzie and myself of course- they will only succeed in breaking their hands. You're excused now! Shoo shoo!"
Starscream and Mackenzie walked out into the hallway and towards the nurse's room, passing a girl in pigtails and a white haired boy.
"Man." Said Soul, looking at the two they had just passed. "Some new recruit, doesn't even look human."
"That's because he isn't." Replied Maka. "Lord Death brought him from another dimension because they couldn't find a partner for that new Meister in this world."
The two went into Death's office and waited for him to address them.
"Ah! There you two are! I've got something important for you two; it won't be involving soul collecting however." Said Lord Death.
"Then what does it involve if you don't mind me asking." Inquired Soul.
"You'll be going to Mackenzie's, the new Meister's, old school. Meisters and Weapons usually gather themselves in groups and not know it. They attract each other. You need to go there and find new students for the Academy." He said.
"Sounds like a piece of cake. Sure thing." Said Soul.
At that moment Deathscythe, or Spirit A.K.A Maka's father walked in.
"MY DARLING MAKA! HAVE YOU COME TO VISIT YOUR PAPA AFTER ALL THIS TIME?"
"No. Lord Death summoned us here to give us a mission. Why would I visit you anyway?"
At this Spirit burst into tears and crumpled at Lord Death's feet.
"You've seen all that I do for this girl, all of my love! And she still HATES MEEEEEE!"
Lord Death looked to Maka who nodded her permission.
"REAPER CHOP!"
Spirit collapsed and clamped his hands to the tender wound on his head.
"Why do you have to be so mean?" He asked innocently.
"You two, your mission starts immediately." Informed Death. "Run along now!"
Mackenzie winced as the nurse rolled up her shirt to reveal the welts and bruises that lined her back. Starscream looked on in interest; he wondered how humans repaired themselves, certainly not with the average laser welders.
"I'm sorry, you must be her Weapon am I right?" Asked the nurse, turning to Starscream.
Starscream nodded and continued to observe the procedure. If his afterlife depended on that girl then he would need to know how to repair her if tonight's mission would become the norm.
"So how does she look? What's the repair time? She won't be much use if she's out of commission." He stated.
"It won't take long with magic of course. She'll be ready for another mission by tomorrow morning." She explained, going to a cabinet and removing a small jar from one of the shelves. Suddenly the doors burst open and a student was rushed in on a gurney. She had large gashes across her torso and was bleeding profusely.
"Here," said the nurse, shoving the jar and some gauze into Starscream's talons, "dab this poultice on her wounds and wrap her up in your dorm. I've got a bigger problem here, now get out!"
Mackenzie and Starscream staggered out of the room as the medical staff hurriedly went to work on the girl. Meister and Weapon strode down the hallway to their shared dorm room that they were assigned earlier that morning and unlocked the door. Starscream flicked on the light switch and a small lamp on the other side of the room lit up, casting a soft golden glow on their small abode. The lamp sat on a small nightstand that sat against the wall on the opposite side of the room where a nice sized window opened to the night sky. In the middle of the room was a circular blue rug with a red spiral pattern on it, and on right and left sides of the room were two medium sized beds with fluffy down comforters.
"Hmmm…" Pondered Starscream, stepping inside, "Cozy."
He walked over and set the jar and gauze on the nightstand and sat on the bed on the left side of the room.
"Are recharging stations for humans always this soft?" He asked, patting the bed.
"Usually, you'll get used to it." She said, looking into the drawers of the nightstand. "It seems some of my clothes are already here…I wonder if Lord Death did that." She moved to bend over to check the other drawers but instead cried out in pain. "M-my back…it's killing me."
"Oh, I nearly forgot about the…er…poultice." Said Starscream, standing and grabbing the medical supplies. "Sit on your bed with your back to me, I'll repair you."
Kenzie did so and lifted up the back of her shirt. Carefully, as not to scratch her, he applied the poultice with a surgical visage on his face and wrapped the gauze around her torso.
"There. You'll be fully operational when you wake. Don't move yet though, get used to your bandages first."
"O-okay…could you get me my pajamas out of one of the drawers? I'm sure they're in there somewhere." She asked.
"Your….what?" He inquired.
"Pajamas, it's what humans wear to go to sleep. Like normal day-clothes but instead comfier and made of softer and warmer materials." She explained.
Starscream nodded and went over to the nightstand and after pulling out a few pieces of clothing and showing them to her he found what she needed and brought them over to her. She stood carefully and made her way to the bathroom on her side of the room, opposite of Starscream's.
"You know…I never expected you to be so…nice." She said.
"I'm not nice." He retorted, taken aback. "I simply have no grudges against your kind like I do with the Autobots and some of the Decepticons. In fact, it should be me being surprised that you are being nice; I've destroyed plenty of public property belonging to your race. Furthermore; I am no savage, I was to be ruler of all of Cybertron. I am simply using my manners and being polite and as I am stuck here with you I'd prefer you not be angry at me and make my existence that much more miserable."
"Well still, I appreciate you being polite. Thank you." She said before closing the door and going to change.
Starscream growled to himself and sat on his bed. What? She really thought I was being nice? Did she really expect me to be a total savage and start to destroy everything I saw? Still though…I haven't acted this way in a very long time, by now I would have started to formulate some kind of plan to ascend to a higher position. But aren't I doing that already? Hunting Kishin Eggs with Mackenzie? Besides, what is it about her that makes her so agreeable?
Soon Kenzie came out dressed in her pajamas and sat her glasses onto the nightstand. She pulled the covers down and climbed into bed, turning off the light. Starscream mimicked her and did the same with his own bed. The soft bed was…strange but the way his helm sunk into the pillow and the warmth of the blanketswas very nice.
"Kenz. What is it that makes you so special as a Meister?" He asked into the darkness of the room.
"Well it's not just the Meister that is special, it's the combination of Meister and Weapon. Only a few are able to be paired because their souls have to be in synch or at least partially. It's because we have something in common that's so deep in our personalities that we're able to be partners." She said sleepily.
Starscream's optics widened in the dark, their soft glow partially illuminating his face.
"Starscream? Are you okay?" Asked Kenzie.
"Yes, I'm fine. Death said to get some sleep, you should probably do that."
"Okay….Good night Starscream…"
He lay there in silence on his bed for a long time, what on Earth could be so deeply similar between them when they were so different?
"Starscream?" Asked Mackenzie, breaking the silence one more time.
"Yes?"
"Will I just wake up tomorrow morning and find out that this was all a dream? Because I don't want you to be gone." She said a hint of worry in her voice.
"Well, if my word means anything I really don't think I'm just a dream." Said Starscream.
"You promise?"
"I…" He'd never been asked something like that before. "I promise." He said, unsure.
And just so you all know, I'm writing this as I watch the anime, I have TONS of chapters, this was originally written for my friends only but I decided to let a wider range of people see it.
So far I've got about 17,000 words or so in it..heh...DON'T ABANDON ME PLEASE! STARSCREAM WOULD BE SAD! (Okay so no he wouldn't he only misses the attention)