Hey all. Here's my latest chapter of Camille meets the Transformers. It got kinda long, so I've decided to make it a two-parter…just this once. Enjoy!
Brotherly Love
One night, Bumblebee, Tracks, Sam and Camille took a drive on the lonely and desolate highways near the base, looking for something to do. Camille, who was riding along with Tracks was deeply immersed in an interesting conversation with Sam over Bumblebee's comlink.
"So the main reason why guys don't call girls to go on a second date until a few days later, is so they don't appear overeager?"
"Yup." He stated flatly.
"Hmmm...That is interesting. And another reason could be that they don't want the girl to think that they're 'whipped' right? Because once the girl knows he'll do anything for her at the drop of a hat, then they sometimes take advantage of that. Am I right?"
"Absolutely." Was Sam's reply.
She was about to go on with the conversation when a brief flash in the sky suddenly distracted her.
"What the--? Hold on, Sam."
"What is it?" He asked.
She didn't answer. When she focused and pinpointed the object that was responsible for the flash, she noticed it looked somewhat like a shooting star. When it slammed into the nearby desert landscape a couple of miles away, her eyes opened wide with excitement.
"Whoa! Awesome! Hey Tracks, did you see that? Did you see that shooting star?"
"Nope, sorry. I guess I missed it. Is that what that flash was?"
"Yup! Can we go and check out where it landed?"
"Uhhh...not tonight Camille."
"Awww! Come on Tracks! Where's you're sense of adventure?" She whined as she playfully smacked his steering wheel.
Tracks then scanned the area with his radar found nobody on the road for miles, so he figured it would be fine. "Oh, alright."
"Yesss!" She cheered triumphantly. "Sam! Guess what? We're going space rock hunting!"
"Serious? Awesome! You hear that Bee? Follow Tracks and full speed ahead!"
The blue Corvette with the flames on its hood then pulls ahead and takes the lead, and the yellow Camaro follows. Once the Autobots and their curious counterparts arrived at the crash site, they follow the faint trail of smoke that the cosmic object was emitting.
Once there, Camille fearlessly leaps into the crater. She uses her foot to unearth the slightly buried object nestled in the center of it, and unexpectedly uncovers a piece of Cybertonian history in the form of an ancient data log.
Camille stared down at the strange looking metal object. "Cool. What is it?"
Tracks and Bumblebee transformed into robot mode and gazed into the crater at the familiar-looking object.
"It's a Decepticon data log." Tracks answers in a serious tone.
"What?! You mean it's from Cybertron? What's it doing here?" She questioned.
"Well, usually when one of our record bunkers are attacked, crucial information is jettisoned as a precaution should it prove useful to the enemy. Then we activate a homing beacon to locate it once the coast is clear. It's quite possible that a Decepticon bunker was discovered and destroyed millions of years ago, and this data log might possibly have been floating adrift in space since that time!"
"Wow. Can we open it?" Camille asked hopefully.
Sam chimed in. "Yeah, I mean, what if it has information that could prove useful to Optimus and the Autobots?
"Well…Alright." Tracks says as he reluctantly activates the footage.
According to the ancient log, the recorded information was in regards to Starscream of all people! It was revealed that he once had a clone brother named Sunstorm. And according to the date, he had barely enrolled in the science academy, so that meant he must have been very young at the time of the recording. They appeared to be like any normal pair of siblings, but because of Sunstorm's insatiable lust for mayhem and destruction, and his inability to control his aggression, they had to be separated and Sunstorm was exiled from Cybertron and was forever imprisoned, by order of the Council of Elders.
Camille, being the only female there instantly feels remorse for Starscream and his unfortunate separation with his brother.
Sam and the Autobots on the other hand, could of cared less.
"You know what? This information isn't gonna be of any use to Optimus." Bumblebee stated.
'Come on guys, let's get outta here."
The three boys got up and started to walk away from the crater, but Camille stood behind and continued to watch. Very unexpectedly, the coordinates of Sunstorm's intergalactic jail were briefly shown at the end of the video, and when the others were out of eyeshot, Camille quickly memorized the location. Tracks stopped and turned around to see Camille still standing there. When he went back to get her, the last holographic image of the recording then disappeared from view.
"Ready to go, kiddo?" He asked.
"Oh…y-yeah." She stammered.
"You know we'd better destroy this so no other Decepticons will find it. You know, just to be on the safe side."
He crushes the capsule under his foot and reaches down to pick up Camille with his right hand. With his palm facing up, she slowly climbs into his hand.
Once they had all returned to the base, Camille jumped in her bed and was just about to turn in for the night when the footage from the data pod again invaded her thoughts. Remorse filled her heart once more. She felt that it was unfair that Starscream didn't know of his brother's fate, and desperately wanted to tell him of it. But how would she go about doing that? Just walk up to the Decepticon base and ask for an audience with him? THAT wasn't gonna happen! Plus, she didn't even know where it was or how to get there!
After pondering other possibilities, she finally had an idea. She snuck out of the base and took with her an old Decepticon tracking beacon that she happened to notice lying around Wheeljack's workshop. She activated it, in hopes of it sending out a signal to bring a Decepticon to her, and just her luck, happened to find one!
Buzzsaw, Soundwave's loyal minion, who just happened to be spying on the Autobot base nearby, instantly picked up the distress signal. When he located the person who carried it, he fired a couple of rounds at her that missed, but succeeded in cornering her against a rock precipice. But before he launched another shot, she put her hands up and shouted.
"Don't shoot! I activated the Decepticon tracking device on purpose! I want you to take me to Starscream. I have some personal matters I wish to discuss with him."
Buzzsaw at first was uncertain, but decided the human wouldn't pose any kind of threat to the Decepticon Second-In-Command so he agreed to take her to him. The metal condor then latched its metal feet around her biceps lifted her up and took off for the night sky.
Once she was dumped off at Starscream's quarters, the evil seeker laughed and became amused at her sudden presence.
"You humans are definitely strange creatures! Why would you willingly bring yourself before me after I tried to kill you before? You know your frail body would be no match for my mighty Cybertronian frame when I crush you with my hand! Tell me, why do you wish for death so badly?" She ignored his threats and told him straight out the reason for her intrusion.
"I require transportation to a nearby derelict moon, and would like you to be my wings."
His red optics thinned with suspicion. "And why would I be inclined to do such a thing for an inferior species?"
She stood up straight at stared back at him defiantly and replied.
"Because as payment, I can tell you where your brother was imprisoned."
Starscream fell silent, but only for a moment.
"How do you know about that?" He snapped icily.
"From a Decepticon data log that crashed-landed here a couple of hours ago. I memorized the location before the capsule was destroyed."
He was reluctant to comply at first, but the fate of his brother outweighed any other possible situation at the moment, as he was desperate to find him.
He swallowed his pride and disgustingly replied, "Fine."
The two then departed from Earth in search of the planet she wished to go.