Prime Blood Red Star Chapter 7

The meetings between the human and Decepticon lovers alternated between 'Bot-flight time and human-lover's time. Almost always at night. The base wouldn't miss her, she prayed. He could tell Megatron he was on night maneuvers and infiltrate human sleeping bases, he lied. Megatron is wary of his disappearances. Gigi is worried about Alexis secret lover, pretty sure it is Star, but no idea it's Starscream.

As Alexis his headed out to the roof one night for her jet pack, she has to stop suddenly, there were voices on her rooftop launch pad. She instantly recognized one voice: Sideswipe. The other was female. A femme? Last time on Cybertron none of the femmes had been around, something about a mission they were all on. Later it was heard that some of the male pilots has made a few crass plans, and rather than send the pilots home in body bags, it was decided to send the femmes on a much needed R&R. Much to Sideswipe's disappointment. The male pilots paid for it heavily with extra shuttle cleaning duty and a much needed detail for Skyfire.

So here now was her first chance to see one of the Autobot femmes. Carefully she poked her head around the corner, and was instantly shocked. Sideswipe's back was to her, but one the femme's hand is under the armored panels of his aft. On the ground at his feet was an armored panel, looking very rounded like a human bust. Looking up, Alexis saw the femme sitting on the low wall with her other fingers curled around the back of his helm guiding his head buried in her chest. Her own head was tipped down watching what he was doing. "Oh dear Lord, Swipe! How do I let you do this to me? Ah! Not so hard!"

His head pulls back a smidge, "Just as sensitive as your human skin." She giggles with him. And he dips back in until she lets out a sharp retort again.

"Do that again and I'll bite your-!"

His voice purrs a threat, "You wouldn't because then you won't get-"

She yanks his head back and barks softly, "Company."

Sideswipe doesn't move, "Streaker I swear!-"

The femme giggles, "It's not your brother again. Human this time."

Alexis tries to turn away, but an incoming Autobot dagger blocks her path. Alexis turns back slowly and sees Sideswipe's body blocking the femme replacing her chest piece. He scowls looking at her, "Alexis? What are you doing here?"

Alexis is still a bit stunned by what she saw and heard. The femme taps Swipe on the helm (letting him know she was decent) and he steps towards Alexis. The stunning silver femme slips down and to his side. "I asked you a question, Lieutenant," he steps up the tone.

"Sketching?" Alexis tries again, weakly. This time she holds up the pad and pencil.

Swipe narrows his gaze, "Not this you don't."

The femme runs a hand down his aft again, "Oh, I don't know, I might like a nude of you."

He turns his head ever so slightly in a warning scowl to his mate. Alexis wonders if she got off the hook and turns to the door. The foot coming closer blocking her path, tells her she didn't.

"Streaker and I have already warned you." Swipe thumbs his fist to the femme at his side. "We brought reinforcements this time."

Alexis looks up to the stunning femme. There was no wonder Sideswipe had his hands all over her. More than that, this was his wife. The silver femme lowers herself to one knee and comes eye to eye with Alexis. She knows that look. It switches from Swipe's lover to security-warrior and then concerned mother. She puts a hand out, "Glad to meet you Lieutenant Alexis Paxton. I'm Casey."

Alexis narrows her gaze, "And how are you an reinforcement?"

Casey smirks up to Swipe. He spreads his palms letting her know, say whatever will help the situation. So Casey turns back to her, "Ex-NSA." Then she looks back up to Swipe, "And been to hell and back for love." At this she clasps his left hand kissing the banded mark sweetly. He gives it an extra squeeze and her a soft look.

Alexis can't help but look between them wanting to know their story so much. Could they even understand what she was going through right now? Could she tell them?

Just then, Starscream goes streaking over the base. Casey instantly touches her com, "Blaster! What the hell is he doing here?"

Sideswipe pulls away from his wife and dashes down stairs. Casey scoops up Alexis with one hand and the dagger with the other. Without a word, listening for the report from Blaster, Casey follows her mate down the stairs. No, they wouldn't understand, Alexis sighs.Casey drops Alexis in the barracks bars the door continuing to listen for incoming reports. No rendezvous for Alexis and Star tonight.

Within a week, the Autobots were at the Notora System. A very strange planet filled with green and purple plants. All the creatures were red and blue reptilians. From what Alexis gathered, there should be more than enough to keep the Insecticons interested. What would cause them to bail out so quickly?

Since the Autobots were there, so were the 'Cons. The Autobots managed to push them off to the pink moon. Along with Rad and Gigi, Alexis gets permission with Sunstreaker and Casey to go exploring. When Casey seems to have her back turned, and the humans looked to be asleep, Casey sneaks out.

She was quite surprised to see a grey mini con waiting for her at the edge of the camp. With a finger to his lips, he chucks the red disk out and touches a control on his hand. Alexis steps on and becomes Red Star. The grey mini con, jumps to her pod/cockpit as she transforms. With a few beeps and squeal, Alexis somehow understands where he is leading her. She makes it nearly and hour from the camp and is concerned by seeing Starscream sitting on a rock in the middle of a pool of pure hot oil. The mini con gives her an comforting tone, but Alexis still doesn't understand. She lands and proto-forms at the edge. The mini con also leaps to his feet setting the disk down.

Starscream turns to the mini con and smiles slightly, "Thank you, Swindle. You can go." Swindle shakes his head adamantly. Starscream says it again, "Go." Swindle crosses his arms and stomps his foot. Starscream smiles brightly, "You brought the help I needed and I am grateful. Now go. I don't need you anymore tonight." Swindle cocks his head in disbelief. Starscream tries to rise but instantly stops in pain and sits back down. He drops his head, "Fine whatever. Don't say I didn't warn you. I tried to save you when Shockwave pins you down and probes your processor as to what I've been up to." Swindle makes the point, he would already would have known. Starscream shake his head giving up the argument.

Instead he holds his hand out to Alexis, "Come to me." It wasn't an order from his command. It was a plea from his spark. She takes his hand and finds the hot oil very comforting and soothing as her foot steps in. His hand draws her to stand before him, but he doesn't look up to her. No he pulls her tightly and buries his face in her belly. Alexis runs her hands over his jets and down his back. Then she feels it. And looks at the sticky Energon on her hands. "You're bleeding."

"I don't care." His voice whispers nuzzling her exposed belly under-armor. Alexis turns to Swindle, he's worried.

"Star, talk to me?" She tries softly.

Now he looks up to her and smiles, "That's what I really want." He tries to lift his right arm to her face, but stops with a hiss.

She kneels down and cups his face, "Star, what is going on? You can't keep this to yourself. Prime doesn't understand your motives. The Autobots can't tell if they should kill you or trust you."

With a painful smile, "Yeah, well not much different than back home." Swindle chirps at him, "Well, I didn't ask you either!" Starscream snaps to his partner. Swindle turns his back and sits in a huff, but doesn't abandon his partner.

Alexis now can see the wound leaking from the front of his chassis as well. Carefully, with his instructions, she removes his front shoulder panels and sees the hole. A big one on his right side of his pectoral (in human terms). Alexis slides around to the back and quickly removes both his sword-wings tossing them to the bank beside Swindle. Then she removes the back panels. In no time, Starscream is stripped to his waist in only his under-armor of white slick flexible metal bleeding Energon from his wound that goes straight through. Alexis can tell he was hit in the back and it came out the front.

"What can I do for you? Should I take you to Red Alert?"

He takes her hand, "I got lucky. I have both you and this rare pool of oil. But I can't get the oil into the wound."

Alexis scoops up the oil in her hands and lets it run down his back seeping into the wound. His body sighs and moans of release escape his vocorder. Alexis helps him slip off the rock and further into the pool. Then she reaches up and carefully removes his helm. This one she sets carefully beside Swindle and gives him and order, "If they call, lie." Swindle just nods. She looks over and sees his bare scalp of deep slick black and curly designs tip down, optic closed. She whispers to Swindle, "What can I do?" Swindle gives her a weak smile that says it all: be here for him.

Then she turns back to Starscream. Still he can't lift the right arm high enough, but with the left he sloshes the oil into the wound from the front hissing out a string of obscenities. Kneeling at his side, Alexis lifts the oil to the back and helps pour it in. He now growls and is beginning to list. Alexis stops, but he grasps her hand, "No, keep going."

Slowly she does. He leans his head against her and lets her carefully bring the oil up from the front and the back of the wound. She can see it is taking time, but the oil is healing. "I have an idea." Settling herself behind him, she puts her arms under his pits, "Lay back, love, I'll keep your head up." Slowly he does as she says and now his head lays in her lap letting the oil soak into the wound from the front and the back. He takes one of her hands and lays it over his spark. She can feel a slight part in the light under-armor against her palm, but it doesn't feel like a wound. Star doesn't let her palm move.

"Talk to me, love." Alexis tries again. "Why don't you come join us?"

"Please Alexis, I don't want to talk about that."

Her other hand strokes his brow, "What are you doing here?"

"I got shot by those creeps." He lifts his optics and smirks, "Not you creeps, the real creeps." She can't help but smirk to that one. He closes his eyes again. "They're increasing their arsenal. Tell Prime, the weapons are poisoned." Rather than argue why Prime should heed her, she just continues to listen to the Seeker Commander in her arms. "These guys are up to something. Something about Unicron, which obviously makes Megatron curious. He's like Ravage with an Insecticons, just won't let go. He won't listen to me. And now he won't listen to Soundwave, that really has me worried."

Alexis looks to Swindle, "What about Leader One?"

Swindle answers in his own way. The look on Starscream's face is so sweet in response, "Thank you, I think." Alexis taps her lover's head to translate. "He said Megatron isn't smart enough to listen to his partner, unlike me." Alexis smiles and winks to Swindle. Starscream takes a deep breath. "I miss you."

"I miss you too. Sideswipe has stuck his wife to baby-sit me. Seems like people are worried where I run off to at night."

"Come home with me," he dares her.

"No, you come home with me," she challenges him back.

His head turns aside bitterly, "Don't ask me that again, Alexis."

Her voice nearly chokes, "What are we going to do?" He just shakes his head. "Starscream, please. You have to help me understand." He doesn't answer her. She straighten his head and his optics pop open, "Fine! Do you have a mate?" He shakes his head adamantly. "Then who the hell is Slipstream?" He chuckles then starts laughing. Her hand slaps his fresh wound. His gaze narrows sharply. "Girlfriend?"

"Primus NO!" He yanks away from her, but finds his head swirling and has to grab it with both hands. "Swindle, get her back before they confine her to the bring."

Alexis clamps both hands to the sides of his head forcing him to look at her green optics, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what is going on! If the humans, Decepticons and Autobots are being played by the Morgans then we need to team up and fight them off."

"I KNOW THAT!" He barks in her face grasping her wrists.

She sneers, "Then tell Prime."

He leans in, "I did."

"Tell Megatron."

"I did." He takes her hand and puts it on the deep scars across his torso. "And paid for it." With that, he shoves her hands away.

"What is going on?"

"I'm try to find out why the Morgans want Unicron."

"Who can I ask on the Autobot side?"

Swallowing hard, he is pondering his words carefully. "Tell Skyfire. Tell him to check out this pool. I'll leave him a piece of the weapon I pulled out of my shoulder for him to examine. He can take that to Prime for evidence." With that he crawls away from her and back to the shore. His wounds have not completely healed, but at least they have stopped leaking and a very thin piece of metal-skin has come over the wound. He reaches for the heavy armor, still having a few catches with the arm. Alexis knows he will leave with or with out the heavy armor, and decides to help him. Carefully she gets the back panels back on. She takes his swords and waits until he is fully erect before handing him one. He slips it in, but she holds the other behind her back, baiting him.

"You didn't drag me all the way over here just for me to heal your wounds and take off with out me getting something."

He leans in and reaches both hands behind her back. Now her hands are pinned behind her back with his sword and his hands griping her wrist firmly. "Give me the sword," he orders. Knowing he has to leave quickly or regret his next set of words harboring on the tip of his tongue.

"Give me…" she begins but the impish smile spreads across his face.

"Yes?" he eggs her on meanly.

"You know I love you, right?" she tries to sound cocky. His smile drops quickly.

"Then you are a fool," he chides her sharply, takes the sword and turns his back on her setting it into place. He turns to Swindle, "Come." Swindle says something back to him. Starscream whips his head back around to his partner with a glower. Then he looks over to Alexis.

She's still shocked, "You lying piece of slag. You bastard!"

In two steps his hands have her face cupped and he is sucking the air from her body making her heat up quickly with his consuming kiss. He has never kissed her so passionately. It was like his mouth was making love to hers and taking her soul with him. Then more devastating when she was sure he would take her roughly again, he slows down the kiss. Her hands grip his waist tightly for stability. And then he breaks the bond of their lips and gives her a few smaller, lighter kisses turning his head in different ways, like he can't stop giving her one last kiss. Finally he has to step back. She can tell, the kiss has messed him up worst than her.

His voice cracks, "Tell Skyfire he needs to teach you the ways of the Seeker. He always was a better teacher. Tell him.. It's time to teach the next generation." With that, he touches her shoulder with the disk and drops her back to herself. He lifts her into his hand and flies of at supersonic speed, dropping her back at the Autobot base, not Casey's camp. Right beside Skyfire's personal area. With a crackling boom of the sound barrier breaking, Alexis felt her heart shutter.

Skyfire comes outside and sees Alexis, "Hey, what are you doing back here?"

Alexis stares at Skyfire in a new light. Starscream ordered her to team up with his best friend. There are few people he can count on, and he set the two he had to help him. She swallows hard, "I found something you need to see. Right now."

Skyfire looks up to where the tip an a contrail can be seen. He smiles lightly, "Let's go. This doesn't bode well, does it?" He drops down to his Seeker form. Alexis quickly jumps aboard. At first the trip is silent, then Skyfire starts, "What did he tell you?"

"He said you would know what to do with what I have to show you."

"And?"

"Skyfire, can you teach me to be a Seeker?" Skyfire doesn't answer. "What did he mean you were the better teacher?"

"I was his commander," sigh, "He was my best friend."

"What happened?"

" when the war broke out we argued. I told him it was a bad idea to team up with the Decepticons. There had to be a better way. He thought if he stayed with them long enough, maybe Prime would bump Megatron out of the way, and he could bring them all in under his leadership. Unite the fractions again. I told him Megatron was more powerful and not stupid. He needed to break away, he didn't have all the facts. Starscream was bold, and driven. As badly as Megatron. Now he is tied in place."

"Why won't he just leave?"

Skyfire shutters, "He said he won't leave the Seeker's Commanderless again. It nearly killed the corps once before, he won't let our honor and duty be betrayed again."

"Oh ouch."

Skyfire moans, "You can say that again."

After a heavy silence, she asks carefully, "Will you teach me?"

"It would be an honor, Red Star. I pray you do not get attached to him."

"Ahhhh…" Alexis cringes that he might actually know.

Skyfire chuckles, "I am not a fool, I see that look in your eyes. Much like a young flier I knew. But I fear this current commander will get himself killed and you will be left with a hole in your heart the size of this old bot."

The rest of the flight is left to Skyfire teaching her some of the honor and brazenness of the Seekers. They were a daring and highly honorable group. Reminding her very much of the Marine guards at the US Embassy. How many had to stand guard in dangerous places for boring amounts of time for the civilians and ambassadors? Some body had to do it and represent their country's strength. But when push came to shove and danger and security was needed, no one shoved the Marines or the Seekers around. They did the shoving, fighting, guarding and even at time the dying. Weather it be the High Council or the Beirut Embassy.

Feeling more honored, Alexis leads Skyfire next to the pool of oil. Sure enough, there was the weapon still with Starscream's blood on it. Curiously Skyfire looks at it, "This had to be painful and ugly." He didn't mean to but looked down to Alexis. "You saw this?" She tries to stay stoic, but he could see. Skyfire picks up some of the oil and examines it carefully. "This is incredible. This must have burned but healed quickly." Again he checks her reaction. Yep, he was right.

"All right Seeker recruit, let's head out." With that she loads up and they head back to base. Skyfire does drop a message to Casey, "Ah, Casey, I have Lieutenant Paxton for a science recovery operation."

"Excuse me? How?"

Skyfire scratches his head, "I'd rather not say. I just do. Out." Then turns to Alexis, "You owe me."

She opens her eyes wide, "Hey! I just handed over a valuable piece of a clue to intentions of the Morgans. How can you say that?"

Skyfire leans in, "Because this is just the beginning. Besides," he taps her head, "I don't want you getting your heart broken."

"Good luck with that!" Alexis mutters to herself.

But over the next few weeks, Alexis becomes Skyfire's personal assistant with the toxin and the oil. On top of that, he teaches her to weald a sword. To his surprise, she picks it up quickly and with as much grace and dignity as… a certain Seeker and his twin.

Chapter 8 is coming…..