Chapter 6

"Feelings and Hockey"

Starshooter once again found herself unable to recharge. How can this be? Alexis was safely at Spike's house, from the report Bumblebee gave her after he dropped them off. She only had half a shift tomorrow and it was early in the morning. Her mind wandered from though to thought, pondering about the mechs that she met today.

What about Sideswipe and Sunstreake? There was the small voice of reasoning. It wasn't the voice of reasoning but you know that little voice you have when thinking. Starshooter sighed; the beginnings of the little butterflies one experienced when going though the beginning stages of…

She dared not to say it. That word would never mix with Starshooter.

I'm going to take a walk around the Ark. To clear my head a bit.

She got up and moved towards the door. It silently slid open and Starshooter walked though.

XX

Sunstreaker was lying down on his back with his head resting on his arms that were tucked underneath his neck parts. He was thinking about a certain someone. Once in a while he watched his brother look though some papers that were on the table. He looked up at the top bunk that his brother slept on. He couldn't stop thinking about her.

About Starshooter. There he said it; he was starting to like the femme. She was spunky, funny, and attractive. Sideswipe sighed and looked over at this twin brother. He had a dreamy smile plastered on his face, just staring off into space. Sideswipe narrowed his optics at the mech and picked up a small spare screw and chucked it at his brother.

It hit his brother with 'clang' and rolled off the mech. Sunstreaker glanced up at his brother and glared at him.

"Hey, watch it! You might have damaged my paint job! I can't walk around with a messed up paint job!"

"Why? Because you want to look pretty for your beloved Starshooter?" Sideswipe made the kissy-kissy face at the yellow mech.

"Slag off!"

Sideswipe turned around and wrapped his arms around his large torso. He wiggled his back from side to side, moving both hands up and down his back.

"Oh, Sunstraker!" he said in a mock femme voice. "He laughed. "Oh, Starshooter, my love for you is unbearable. I would turn my self over to Megatron if anything happened to you!" His Sunstraker impression was awful and his twin was boiling with anger.

"Oh, Sunny! I love you too! Run away with me and become a Decepticon!"

Sunstreaker got up and growled at his brother. He stormed towards the red mech and forcefully shoved him. Sideswipe was caught off guard and was knocked to the floor. He glanced up at his glaring twin and gave him the exact same glare. He picked himself up from the dirty floor and went over to Sunstreaker.

"What was that for!?" he spat.

"For being annoying!"

"I was only joking, Sunny!"

"Well…I didn't take it as a joke!"

Sunstreaker turned his head away and sneered. "I don't like Star."

Sideswipe laughed in his face. "Yeah you do! Common, bro! I saw the way you were watching her tonight. You couldn't take your optics off her!"

Sunstreaker growled. "What ever." He turned his back to his twin.

"Where are you going?"

"Out."

XX

Just get on with the mission. Kill as many Autobots in recharge. Don't leave any alive. Stop with the useless socializing and get on with Megatron's plans.

No, I like it here. Starshooter was fighting with herself again. She wasn't crazy…its just she has two different sides to her. Before Cosmic died she was a calm, happy, peace loving femme. After the death of Cosmic she was a Decepticon, and everyone knows how 'Cons are like.

I could use some energon…I'm kinda hungry. The hallways of the Ark were silent and Starshooter avoided any passing mechs on duty. Unlike any other mechs on the ship, Starshooter was light on her feet and didn't make that irritating booming foot steps.

She turned two corners, down three identical hallways and down a flight of stairs. It was easy to get to the lounge since she went there twice a day. Finally she reached the large room. Her optics scanned the dark room but picked up nothing. Good, it's only me in here. Her first instinct was to get some energon and take a seat in front of the large screen that was located at the back of the room.

She grabbed the converter and slummed into the over sized couch. She turned the screen on. The light from the screen illuminated most of the room, and a human could have easily spotted Starshooter lying down on the couch. Starshooter was lazily surfing though the channels. Ratchet had explained that the humans had a device called a "television" they had a number of channels for different subjects. They added it to the screens systems, in case any mech was bored on the Ark and wanted to watch some "television".

Starshooter was confused by this new device. The channels climbed higher and higher, each channel had about one second to shine until the femme changed it. Two channels ago something caught Starshooter's eye. She went back and starred at the screen blankly.

"And here's the pitch." A human with a black and white uniform hand his hand behind his back, gripping a small ball. A number of feet ahead of him where three humans. One human stood in front of a stooping one. The human with a different uniform held a long piece of wood. His feet shifted and slid, circling the stick above his head. The human on the hill whipped the ball towards the three other male humans. The human swung the stick and came into contact with the small speeding ball.

Starshooter sipped her energon and kept her eyes glued to the screen. She didn't even notice a mech take a seat next to her feet.

The ball was rerouted out into the field. Three men of the black and white uniform were sprinting towards the ball. But it was out of reach because it landed in the crowd of cheering humans.

"IT'S A HOME RUN!" screamed the voice from the screen. Starshooter sipped her energon.

"Weird, isn't it?"

Starshooter jumped and almost spilled the contents of the container all over her metal figure. Her eyes darted beside her and saw the yellow twin mech. Sideswipe? No…that is the red one. Sun…Sunny?

"Sunstreaker?" The yellow mech chuckled and nodded his head. Disgusting, came the second voice. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Can't I take a night stroll without being questioned?" The weird feelings inside her chest fluttered its wings. Starshooter slid her legs off the couch so she was sitting up. Sunstreaker eyed the energon in her hands and tilted his head to the side. He eyed her face and met her blue optics. She turned her head to look at the weird human social event.

Just claw out his optics, jeeze. Make him stop! The other half of Starshooter frowned. There's nothing wrong with staring. As long as he doesn't touch me.

"So can I ask why you're in here alone? Other then watch this human game."

Starshooter eyed him. "You know what it's called?"

Sunstreaker scratched his helm plate. "I heard Spike talked about it before. I think it's called…" he stopped, searching deep into his memory banks. "Hockey."

Starshooter looked back at the screen and repeated the foreign word, tasting the syllables. Sunstreaker scooted closer to Starshooter and she sipped her energon. Her engine purred, some systems within her chest shifted functions and heard herself give off a small 'beep'.

"So that red mech you're always with is your bother?"

"Yup. My twin bro."

"You two don't look twins to me." He snorted and crossed his arms around his chest. "We don't have to look the same to be brothers." Starshooter smirked at him and turned her body towards him. Her hand placed the can of energon on the floor cross her legs and slowly leaned in towards him.

"So you both are twins, yeah I get it." She flashed him a playful little smile. He gave her a questioning look that seemed to give off the impression of him thinking, 'go on, I'm waiting.' She swiftly jumped off the couch and picked up the can of energon. She shot back the pink liquid and strutted towards the mech. She placed her right hand on his shoulder and leaned in towards his left ear panel.

"Which one of you is the bad brother? There is always an evil twin." Starshooter hissed in his audio panel. Using her free hand, she traced a line from the opposite side of his jaw, under his mouth, and down his neck. Sunstreaker shuddered with pleasure and Starshooter smirked.

I still got it.

Playing with feelings was one of Starshooter's best skills when she "was" a Decepticon. The last time she played with a mech's emotion…Thundercracker was obsessed with Starshooter for over three human months and would never leave her alone. Maybe I shouldn't do it this time. Starshooter sighed and gently pushed against the back piece of the couch. She stood straight and Sunstreaker looked back at her. She smiled down at him.

"See yah later, Sunny."

XX

It was the afternoon of the next day, and Starshooter was all finished with her half shift with Mirage, Gears and some other bots. Alexis was beside her, laying on her stomach and ripping up blades of grass. They both were spending time together for once. Each enjoyed each other's company. Music was playing in the back ground. Alexis had barrowed Spike's radio and placed the channel on a rock station. Starshooter had her index finger placed in the small pond, moving her finger in patterns. Alexis was ranting on about the past week, how she felt about Spike, and her feelings towards transformers. This was paradise to her and she didn't want to go back home.

The Autobots only encountered the Decepticons three times out of the week and nothing weird had happened with Starshooter and her former co-workers. Star didn't run into Sunstreaker. So far, this has been a really great day for Starshooter.

The voice that she ignored for many years now has a firm voice inside of the spy and the Decepticon second voice is now being pushed back into the depths of her head. She was enjoying herself again just like the golden days of Cybertron.

"-And then yesterday, me and Spike had a drinking contest. Not with booze or anything. We finished two cases of pop! Two! We were so hyper. We kept on laughing our asses off. I even forgot about what we were laughing at anyways. Sparkplug, his dad, is pretty cool too. He isn't like my dad. My dad is all up tight most of the times-"

"Wow! You talk more then Bluestreak!" Alexis had shut up. She looked up at Starshooter who was grinning over at her. Alexis felt around for something in the grass, picked it up and whipped it towards Starshooter. Starshooter's hand shot up and plucked it from the air and crushed it between her fingers.

"Don't try that Hockey move on me!"

"Hockey?" Alexis asked standing and brushed away pieces of grass blades.

"Yeah. I saw it yesterday in the lounge. One of the humans threw a small ball at the other and the human with the stick hit it. He got an uh…Home run?" Alexis blinked and started to laugh.

"That's not hockey!" Alexis cried, "It's baseball!" Alexis giggled and her left arm was strapped around her torso. All at the same time she was pointing a 'dunce' finger with her right arm. Star sneered and walked over to Alexis. She grabbed the material at the back of Alexis's shirt and lifted her off the ground.

"Hey! Put me down!" Star lifted her up to eye level and gave her a cheeky grin. Alexis was lifted and placed on a tree branch above Starshooter's head.

"Let me down! Or I'll…Uh…"

"You'll what? Tell Prime?"

"Exactly!"

"I don't think so little human female." Starshooter turned her back towards the teenager. Alexis looked down at the ground. It was way too far to risk free falling.

What am I going to do? I don't want to fall and break my legs! I think they don't have free health care like back in Canada.

Speaking to Canada…I should try to get Bumblebee take me and Spike into town for some McFlurrys.

I'd love that.

Her body overtook her mind (like always) and she sprinted towards the femme. She flung herself towards the transformer and bashed into her back. Starshooter yelped in surprise. She was sent forward with force and tripped over a rock that was sticking out of the grass. Alexis's fingers tried to grip the metal parts that were on Star's back but she was slipping. She let go of the femme and fell to the ground with a soft 'thud'. She was lucky enough to witness Starshooter do a pathetic belly flop into the water.

There was a loud explosion of water and some crashed on land. Alexis didn't mind getting her body half soaked. It was worth seeing Starshooter doing a stumpy belly flop. She started snickering which translated into giggles. The giggles morphed into laughs then into hysterical laughter. Alexis was rolling around laughing holding her sides. Tears sprung to her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. Her laughed doubled when Starshooter surfaced and shot her a death glare.

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" Starshooter screamed at her. The teenager tried to reply, but her laugher had taken hostage of her body. Starshooter frowned but then she remembered…

"Oh no!" Starshooter yelled. She started to tread water but then she began to panic. "Alexis!" Her head went under the water then poked out. "Alexis! I can't swim!" Starshooter tried to make it look like she was "drowning". Alexis looked over at the femme and her eyes widened. Oh no! She's drowning and it's all my fault!

"Star!" She darted over towards the splashing Autobot. She nearly stumbled but made it towards the edge of the pond. "Star!"

There was no sign of the Mini Cooper. Bubbles emerged from deep within the pond. (Well, it was probably a pond to Starshooter but it as large as a lake to Alexis.) Alexis looked around for help then back down towards the water. "Star?..."

A hand shot out of the water, grabbed the young human's arm and forcefully pulled Alexis in. Alexis met lake warm water and was pulled down a couple of feet. She heard laughter though the water particles and swam up towards the surface. Alexis took in a big gaping breath and Starshooter joined her at the surface. This time Starshooter's laughter was heard though out the area.

"That's not funny!" Alexis said and glared at the femme. Starshooter winked at her.

"Yeah it was."

"No it wasn't"

"Okay! Okay! Sheesh! Don't die on me." Neither of the females said anything during the moment of silence.

Both of their laughter finally broke the silence.

But high above the lake, a bird circled above. It was mechanical and was recording the whole thing from a birds eye view. There was a Decepticon symbol on the mech and it was heading towards Decepticon base.