Chapter 6 Star Seekers
"So who are the Star Seekers?" Asked Shayna.
"There a group of transformers who hate cybertronians we had to close the space bridge because of a rust pluag and ended up cutting off all the other colonies from Cybertron in order to keep it from spreading." Ratchet explained.
"And the Star Seekers think Cybertron abandon them so hate all cybertronians and want to get revenge on them." Knock Out finished for him.
"Their Leader Thundertron once fought Megatron to a stand still." Starscream add.
"And now their coming here what do we do?" Asked DeAnn. "They sound like serious business."
"They are." Said Ratchet. "But we'll be ready for them and we'll stop them."
Just then the computer beeped and Ratchet checked it. "It's a Decepticon signal." He told the others.
"We better investigate it." Starscream suggested.
"I've had enough excitement for one day." Knock Out groaned remembering his recent ordeal with Aracind.
"As your physician I'd agree." Ratchet cut in. "And you girls should probably set this one out too wouldn't want whoever the Con is to hurt one or both of you."
"Good call." Said Shayna.
"How about we go to the drive-in that's near by I hear Infinity War is playing." Knock Out offered.
"Sounds like fun." Both girls agreed. Then Pixel started beeping and making puppy dog eyes with his optics.
"Of course you can came too." Knock Out said to the minicon. Who beeped and clapped happily.
"That's a great idea you guys have fun." Ratchet told them. " I wish Miko was this easy." He thought to himself.
Knock Out went outside and transformed into his Austin Martin form and let Shayna, DeAnn and Pixel climb in then they drove off after DeAnn wished Starscream luck on checking out the signal with Ratchet.
Then Ratchet and Starscream used the ground bridge to go to the signal's location.
Upon arriving in the middle of a forest they noticed spilled energon on the ground.
"Someone's been wounded." Ratchet told Starscream after examining the energon. "And recently this energon is freshly spilled."
"We better be on guard in case the one who spilled it is still here." Starscream said looking around the area.
"It looks like there was definitely a struggle here." The seeker added as he noticed some trees that had been knocked down and where some marks had been made in the dirt as if something or someone had been dragged through it. Where more of the energon had left a trail.
Knowing someone had been injured the two mechs followed it until it stopped at a cliff. So Starscream changed into his jet mode. While Ratchet call for a ground bridge so he could bridge to the bottom of the cliff.
Starscream transformed back to his cybertronian mode once he arrived at the bottom just as Ratchet walked out of the ground bridge. Then the two of them spotted a limp form laying at the bottom of the cliff in a pool of energon.
"I don't believe it what is he doing here?" Asked Ratchet seeing the mech laying before them.
"I don't know but he need medical attention." Starscream said knowing the mech's injuries looked serous.
"Let's get him to the medbay at base I don't have the proper tools here." Ratchet told the seeker before calling for a ground bridge. "I just hope we aren't to late."
"Hold on Steeljaw we're going to get you to the medbay and patched up as good as new." Starscream told the injured Decepticon. Before the ground bridge appeared and they rushed him to the medbay.
After getting Steeljaw to the medbay Ratchet got to work right away. While Starscream called Bumblebee on the com-link and told him about the situation knowing Bee would probably want to know since he and his team had dealt with the Con before on several occasions.
"Wow not even Steeljaw deserves that." Bumblebee said over the com-link. "So how do you know Steeljaw?"
"I may have shared a cell with him for a short time after I came out of my coma." Starscream explained.
"But if you were out of your coma while he was in jail why didn't you except the same deal to go after my Team he did?" Asked Bumblebee.
"They didn't offer it to me." Starscream explained. "Something about not trusting me after all the times I betray Megatron." "But I finally got out on good behavior then planned to get revenge on all of you until Knock Out, Pixel and the girls changed my mind." "Now I just want to make up for everything I did back in the past."
"Well your off to a good start." Bumblebee told the seeker. "I hope Steeljaw makes it and decides to change for the better as well."
"Me too seeing him in that shape reminded me of the beatings I used to get from Megatron." Starscream explained. "No one deserves that yet another reason I regret being on the Decepticon side you know if Cybertron hadn't been liberated from Cyclonus and the other Decepticons when it was they were already making plans to have me executed."
"I had no idea." Bumblebee told him.
"One of the guards told me they were just waiting till there was nothing better to do and he was happy I was going to get what was coming to me and I'd even stopped fueling because it was so agonizing waiting for them to come in and say it was time to lead me to my death." "Until I was told a different Counsel had taken over and I'd be aloud to live." Starscream finished and Bumblebee could tell the seeker was fighting back coolant tears.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that Starscream that guard was a jerk to say that no one deserves that." Bumblebee said feeling bad for the former Decepticon.
"Yeah the irony is I wanted to get revenge on you guys but just a few night ago Knock Out told me your team were the ones who freed Cybertron from Cyclonus and indirectly saved me." Starscream told the yellow Autobot. "Thank you."
"Your welcome." Bumblebees replied. Then the two said goodbye and hung up.
Just then Ratchet came out and said Steeljaw was going to be fine. "He was lucky we found him when we did." The medic explained. "He resting now but when he wakes up we'll ask him what happened to him."
"Good I'm glad he's ok." Said Starscream who walked outside the base for some air and was planning to talk to Steeljaw when he woke up. He liked the wolf mech he saw a little bit of himself in him.
Starscream was walking in the woods that were around the base he liked how peaceful the area was. Just then he heard a motorcycle pull up and saw it was Arcee.
"Hey what the idea of bringing yet another Con into our base." She asked him in a scolding tone.
"He needed medical attention." Starscream told her.
"While he got it so now is he going to attack our base?" She spat at him.
"I'll take full responsibility for anything he tries to pull." Starscream offered.
"I don't think your that trust worthy either." She growled. "What is it your really after Starscream?" "Why did you just all of a sudden decide to join the team?"
"I want to make up for all I did in the past." Starscream tried to explain. "And I thought we moved past all this didn't I help you and Knock Out beat Aracind earlier?"
"She's not the only one who's robbed me of a partner." Arcee hissed at Starscream.
"I'm sorry about Cliffjumper." Starscream told her.
"You don't get to say his name!" She screamed as she tackled the seeker knocking him off his peds as she delivered one punch after another. Starscream pushed the two-wheeler off him and jumped back to his feet just in time for her to kick him right in the side of the helm.
"Arcee what's gotten into you why are you doing this?" Starscream asked as he whipped away some energon that was now leaking from the side of his helm.
"You can't be trusted in this base!" She hissed. "Your nothing but a liar and murderer!"
And she continued to attack the seeker. "I'm not doing this with you again." Starscream shot back as he continued to only block and dodged her kicks and punchs.
Until he twisted on of his knees and hit the ground heard.
"Arcee I'm not the Decepticon I used to be!" Starscream yelled at her having had enough. "I know all the stuff I did back then was wrong but sometimes as badly as we want to there are somethings we can never take back all I want now is to make amends and have a fresh start." "Isn't a second chance something everyone deserves?"
"Not you." Arcee growled at him.
"Glad to know how you really feel." Starscream groaned as he pulled himself up and limped further into the woods just wanting to be as far from the femme as possible.
Then Arcee blinked her optics a few time and rubbed her helm.
While Starscream had only walked a little ways back into the forest when he suddenly felt like he wasn't alone. Now feeling uneasy he tried to activate his com-link to call for a ground bridge but quickly realized it had been damaged when Arcee kicked him there.
Then he heard pedsteps from behind him and turned to be greeted by two Decepticons he remembered from the war named Shatter and Drop Kick.
"Starscream never thought you'd end up joining the Autobots." Said Shatter noticing his Autobot logos he'd put over his Decepticon ones.
"I've given up being a Decepticon and you guys can too if you want you know start over for the better." He tried to talk them down hoping to avoid a fight knowing with his hurt knee and as tired as he felt he wouldn't be able to win.
"We already did." She told him.
"And the Star Seekers are glad to have us." Added Drop Kick.
Starscream's optics widened as he started to make a break for it. But Shatter attacked him and he was actually doing an ok job of fending her off.
But unfortunately he forgot about Drop Kick. Who grabbed his already injured knee and flipped the seeker to the ground slamming him into it hard and causing Starscream to let out a cry of pain. Then hit the former Decepticon second in command hard across the helm rendering him unconscious.
"We'll bring him to the Star Seeker's ship and find out what he knows about the Autobots." Shatter told her partner.
"This is Starscream we're talking about one way or another he'll talk." Drop Kick replied as he started dragging the seeker by the legs as they took him with them through a ground bridge to their ship.
Arcee had just arrived in time to see them drag Starscream through the ground bridge after she rush over when she heard the seeker scream.
"No wait!" She yelled as she ran over hoping to save him. But was too late as the ground bridge had already disappeared.
"No." She thought. Starscream had been captured because he had been to weak and tired from his spat with her to fight them off. And now if they couldn't save him she'd never forgive herself. She had to find a way to save him.
To Be Continued.
Hi guys sorry I haven't updated in a while been busy and reports of my death were strongly exaggerated. XD
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