Tidal Wave was huge. He towered so far above Alexis' farm and she could do nothing about it but pray he wouldn't step on her barn or house or animals. After the others got back Starscream ordered them to start building their base. Skorponok began digging under the barn and worked his way throughout the underpart of the farm.

He dug deep and wide so to have enough room for every size of transformer and deep enough to where they could not be detected by the earth's radars. The others waited for him to finish so they can place the platings and floors in the base. They got the equipment from their own ship the Nemesis which they had brought down to earth making sure no one detected it they made sure their cloaking system was still working before they brought it down. Alexis didn't really like all this building and constructing going around her, but she had no choice.

She knew something like this would happen one day. All she could do was watch the decepticons work around her and changer her once peaceful lonely farm into a secret hiding place of the decepticons. She didn't mind it too much just as long as they didn't mess with any parts or belongings of the barn and they hadn't. She was just worried others would come and find them and then . . . perhaps . . . kill them and she had gotten so used to them that they were almost like family to her . . . sort of like Mafia family, but family none-the-less.

She didn't want anything happening to them and she didn't really want them to try and take over the world again. She didn't think they would for all they talked about was destroying these so-called autobots, whatever or whoever they were. She felt so useless watching them pass by her and mind their work not even talking to her. Starscream even got like this to where he hadn't talked to her in about three days because of the work.

This only downed her moods and she felt so invisible, but she was seen. Starscream saw the way she was acting. He saw how sad she was and he knew why. He knew how much Alexis cared for him, but he just wanted to get his work done first and them he could be with her . . . it was the way of the decepticons, not the humans, and he was a decepticon.

It had almost been half a week already and soon, like on the fourth day, things became very quiet. Alexis woke one morning to find that everyone was gone and that no one was working. She could hear nothing. No noise, no sound at all.

All that she heard was the sound of her dogs barking and her cocks crowing. She then got dressed and went outside to look around and so saw that everyone was gone. How could they just up and leave, if they had, without her noticing? Had they finished?

Alexis then went in the barn to look around, but found no one. Everyone was gone. And so she leaned against the outside of the barn and cast her eyes down just sighing. They had left her . . . and without a good-bye. Even Starscream.

Tears were about to swell in Alexis' eyes, but something stopped them when she heard the sound of transforming boosters she knew all-too-well. She looked around and saw there stood next to her was Starscream.

"Starscream!" she gasped holding her heart. "I thought that you-"

"Left?" finished Starscream as he walked over to her.

Alexis found herself backing away from him as he came closer and closer to her. She didn't know why, but her body was so intimidated by him at that moment, but not her mind and it seemed like her body had a mind of it's own at that moment.

"Now why would I do that?" smiled Starscream with a strange devilish smile of his.

"I don't know, why would you?" she said almost tripping over something as she was forced inside the barn.

"I want to show you something," smiled Starscream shutting the barn doors behind him.

"Like what?" asked Alexis as she could back up no farther and tripped backwards into the hay.

Starscream then smiled and came close to Alexis pressing his chest on her body ever so gently and lightly to where she could not get up or move. Alexis wasn't exactly sure what he was going to do and wasn't exactly sure if she would like it too much.

"This," smiled Starscream as he dug his hand into the hay.

Alexis looked down and saw Starscream had pressed some sort of button or hatch down in the hay to where it opened something. Alexis jumped as things began to rise above them or they began to lower. Many lights flashed in her eyes as she found them lowering into an unknown caveren or in their new base they had just finished. When they stopped Starscream got up and let Alexis take everything in as she saw the enormous giant robot alien base.

"Do you like?" smiled Starscream glancing at the awe stricken Alexis.

Alexis then got up and stood with her own two feet on the hard metaled floors. It was so advanced and spectacular that it seemed like a dream or at least from something out of a movie. It was so strange and yet so cool to her all at once. It seemed one of the perfect places to be for a giant advanced alien robot.

"You did all this in four days?" gasped Alexis looking at Starscream.

"Actually three, We finished it last night while you were sleeping, but almost four," smiled Starscream as he was joined by the others. "As you can see we did not interrupt your farm or animals and all is as it should be . . . up there."

Alexis looked and saw how wide and high it was to hold even the tallest of transformers and so Starscream continued-

"You see it is long enough and high enough to even hold an army of decepticons and the tallest of them."

Even Tidal Wave had head room to stand up straight and tall and perhaps even fight if anyone, or anything would threaten his teammates or mission. It was a lot to comprehend but Alexis would eventually. She slowly walked around gazing down all the long hall paths and places she could wander down. Starscream saw this and so asked-

"Would you . . . like a tour Alexis?"

"Yes . . . more than anything," she smiled gazing upward at him.

And so Starscream showed Alexis the places and room and parts of their base so she would see and know everything. So she would know where to go or what to do if anything ever . . . happened to him. If he could not be there to protect her. As Starscream thought about this Alexis ran into one room and asked-

"What is this room Starscream?"

"This is the room where we would get healed if we are damaged in battle or if we are killed . . ."

Alexis shot her head back at that word and pause. The sound of his voice she didn't like what he was thinking.

"What do you mean killed?" asked Alexis.

"Don't worry Alexis. That won't happen," smiled Starscream toughing gout a lying smile for he knew that what he planned to do later on . . . it could happen.

Alexis wasn't that stupid and she knew Starscream for about three weeks or maybe even a month now and so she knew him very well. She knew when something troubled him or when he was lying . . . like now. Starscream was a very good liar, but not to the ones he loved and who loved him.

"But what would happen if you are Starscream?" asked Alexis as she came up to his leg.

Starscream looked down at her and new he just couldn't tell her what would happen if they died. He didn't want to tell her just yet. He didn't know what she would say when he told her that if they died they could never be brought back to life less someone take their spark and have a new body waiting for them afterwards. He didn't know how she would act with that kind of knowledge about them. She was very caring and he knew that she didn't want any of them hurt, but this was there way and she had to live with it and respect it.

"Things," said Starscream as he walked away from her.

"Bad things?" asked Alexis knowing that he didn't want to tell her and tried to get away from it like he did so many times.

"Perhaps," said Starscream turning his back to her.

"Starscream I'm a big girl and I can handle these things you know!" said Alexis turning to him.

Starscream then sighed and turned to her saying-

"I'll tell you later okay?"

"Okay Starscream," sighed Alexis shaking her head in understandment.

"Come on, I'll talk you home," said Starscream bending low to her and extending his hand for her to climb on him.

"Yea, okay," sighed Alexis climbing on him and Starscream taking her back out.

He went out a different way though. This time he did not exit back from the barn but he had gone into his room and up another exit that Alexis could use just incase an enemy knew about the barn. It lead right behind her house into a couple of trees. There Starscream walked around and placed Alexis back in her room.

"Thanks," said Alexis a little disappointed because Starscream didn't tell her about the life of a transformer.

"Alexis," said Starscream placing his face close to her window.

"Yes Starscream?" asked Alexis turning to him.

"I . . . uh," started Starscream looking down a bit wondering what words to use and what to say. "I hoped you like the tour and I hope to see you down there more so you can get used to it."

"You will Starscream," smiled Alexis with a warm friendly smile.

"Good . . . good," sighed Starscream moving away.

But before he left back into the base Alexis ran to her window saying-

"Hey Starscream!"

"Yes?" he asked turning to her. "What is it?"

"When you go on you missions or fight those autobots, whenever you do, can I come with you?" she asked placing her elbows on her window sill.

"Uh . . . it might be too dangerous," said Starscream thinking of the best for her.

"So are you saying they're stronger than you?" she smiled with a sly smile knowing how to get to a decepticon.

"No," scoffed Starscream. "It's just I will be the one who has to fight and so I cannot protect you if any tried to . . ."

"Didn't you say they're the good guys, well to me?" asked Alexis. "So if so I'll be perfectly safe right?"

"Well . . . I suppose," said Starscream seeing her point. "But I really want you to stay he-"

"Aw come on Starscream," she pouted. "You'll hurt my feelings."

"It's something I do often don't I?" said Starscream placing his fists on his hips and glancing upward at the shinning sun.

"Uh-huh," shook Alexis with a small smile.

Starscream couldn't help but smile at her while she gestured like this. She looked just so cute the way she moved and played around. He loved it when she did that and every time she did he was completely at her mercy and so he sighed and said-

"Very well, but we probably won't be leaving in a while so-"

"Starscream, Barricade said that all the autobots are in a city not too far from here, well if we fly, but this could be the only chance to get them all together to kill them!" said Cyclonus as he came to him.

Starscream sighed as he found he was corrected. He then turned to him and said-

"Then tell him to get ready."

"Yes sir!" saluted Cylconus leaving.

Starscream then turned to a smiling Alexis who seemed to always get her way. He then said-

"We're leaving soon."