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Starscream did scream when Megatron lashed out his first blow. He was terrified. Maybe reasoning with him wasn't far off. Frag everyone who thought he was a coward; he wasn't going to fight this.
The seeker dove for cover and nearly sobbed, calling out, "Stop this, you've contracted some sort of lunacy, my liege!"
"Ah, you see?" Megatron chuckled, optics wide with insanity, "You still see me as your ruler, your master. This is what I've done to you, Starscream. The only way to stop your suffering is to end your spark!" he struck down with his blade, rendering Starscream's hiding place little more than a pile of rubble.
Starscream yelped and dove away, still trying to run. He could fly. Fly, fly, fly as fast as he could.
If you try to fly away now, he will pursue you and hunt you down once you've tired. Stay strong and keep talking to him. Avoid getting too close in proximity. I will alert you once an escape presents itself.
Starscream whimpered and hid behind another building, "Y-you speak of change, in both your ways and this world, but look! You're still destroying it, and trying to destroy me!"
"I am releasing you from the bonds that have been beaten into you since the war began," Megatron rumbled, "Would it not be better to be free and start again? Not knowing the pains of another life?"
The blade cracked against a girder, slicing it out of the large mech's way, causing Starscream to tremble from behind his crumbling shield, "I want to know this life! It is mine! And I want to change!"
Megatron roared, slashing his blade into the wall the seeker hid behind, "But you can't! I know you, Starscream; you will be forever tormented and ripped apart by your own nature! Eaten alive by the very essence that is you! This is what I nurtured inside you from the first beating to the last! And I must fix my mistake!"
The large mech crashed through the wall, reaching to grab Starscream and pull him out, but the seeker scrambled, screaming and yelling. He didn't care what heard him, Autobot, Predacon, or other; he just wanted someone to hear him, someone to save him.
There is no one, Starscream. But I am here to make sure you get out of this alive. And you will if you remain calm. Start heading towards the large buildings. We'll go from there.
He didn't waste time thinking about it. The voice said go and he was doing it, Megatron's large form rumbling after him. What Starscream lacked in strength he made up for in his speed and he was speeding through ruined and empty streets as fast as he could.
The large mech behind him was giving quite the chase though. Soon enough he would trip or misstep and that would be Megatron's window of opportunity.
Keep talking to him. I'll keep looking.
Starscream gasped his intakes in as he ran, yelling back at the monster the best that he could, "Would it end with me, Megatron? Would the massacre of ruined mechs you created start and end with my death?"
Megatron seemed to sneer, still trying to gain on the seeker, "I've inflicted the same pain upon many others, Starscream! None as severe as your own! But who's to say Shockwave, Knockout, or even Soundwave won't become another one of you?" a red energy built up in the large mech's servo and he fired it at Starscream, missing by mere inches, "This world needs to be saved from mechs like you!"
Starscream ducked when another blast tried to hit him in the back of the helm and he felt a pit in his gut begin to form when he felt the heat of the shot on his neck. That had been too close.
Turn suddenly, he won't be able to make the same movement as you. This will help create distance.
The seeker choked back a sob and did so, suddenly turning onto another street and running as fast as he could down a narrow alley. Megatron roared at the quick turn and tried to mimic it himself, but true to the voice's word, the large mech nearly lost his footing and had to stabilize before continuing his pursuit.
Starscream wanted to intake a sigh of relief but he could still hear Megatron growling angrily behind him at the end of the alley, trying to chase him despite the alley being too small.
"Starscream!" he hollered, "Do not cower from your salvation! Embrace it! This will end all your pain!" he aimed dead center down the alley and fired, the shot heading for Starscream's back.
Down, down! On the ground!
The seeker yelped and dropped entirely, the blast just barely missing him and destroying the exit in front of him. He looked up in horror, then up at the sky, but Megatron saw it first. With as fast a leap as he could muster, the large mech was atop the two buildings creating the alley, and had fired a shot at the other end of it, blocking Starscream in.
Megatron laughed loudly, "Do not worry, Starscream, I do not intend to let you linger. This is my mercy. I am releasing you from your endless suffering and protecting this world from future tyrants…"
Starscream was so scared, he just started screaming, hollering up at the mech as his optics filled with tears, "Nothing you do will stop someone else from trying to rule as you did! Your ways of protecting this world will bring it right back to the oppression you inflicted on me and everyone else under your command! You know no peace!" he cried out when a shot just barely hit his leg, then dove to avoid another.
Megatron kept firing down at the trapped seeker, each time getting closer and closer. Starscream wanted to fire back, he truly did. But Ratchet had disabled his weapons. Transforming was one thing, but his missiles and blasters were unavailable to him.
He started crying freely when he saw how little space he had to avoid more of the blaster fire. Megatron wouldn't have to aim very carefully soon enough.
Starscream, I have a plan. It will go smoothly if you listen to me and do exactly as I tell you, all right? I will not let him harm you.
The seeker only nodded at the voice in his head, ready for anything as long as it helped him escape.
Your missiles cannot be shot, but the tips are still set to make the missile explode should they come into contact with a target.
Starscream's optics widened. This was true. This was very true.
He grappled with one of the missiles on his arm, the firing mechanism refusing to release because of Ratchet's handiwork.
Pull! Rip it off, we have little time!
The seeker roared in pain as he tore the missile from his arm, base and all, then dove carefully to avoid another one of Megatron's shots.
Throw it up at Megatron's peds, then transform and fly as fast as you can, this will be your only chance to escape dying here!
Starscream did as he was told, throwing the missile as hard as he could above him and at his attacker's peds. The blast threw Megatron back and dusted debris into his optics, his pained shouts calming Starscream if only for a moment. The seeker then transformed and flew out as fast as he could, leaving the screaming Megatron behind him.
Or so he thought.
Megatron wiped his optics free of the dirt and glared up after him, transforming as well, "I will not let you escape this!" he roared, giving chase.
Starscream flew as fast as he could, right into the city, as low as he could, performing the fastest turns that he was able, "What do I do, what do I do?!"
Remain calm, I have a plan. But it will require you to land and lure Megatron to you.
The seeker wailed, "I don't like this plan!" but he flew to a large building anyway, landing outside and going in.
And Megatron was still searching. He knew Starscream was a coward, but wouldn't he feel better not having to live with that? All those sparks had been freed, and yet this tormented soul was still left to linger. Megatron was not ready to live with that.
He spotted him. Those wings were the giveaway, from as high up as he was. Megatron growled to himself and descended, transforming in front of the seeker.
"Done hiding?" he snarled.
Starscream gulped, trembling, "Y-yes… It's clear to me you're not going to stop this quest of yours until I am dead, regardless if I want to or not," he slowly backed up, into the building; the other missile was held firmly against his back, having just been ripped clean from his other arm, "But should you strike me down now, might I ask it be a private event? If I am to die, I would wish only this."
Megatron rolled his shoulders, following him into the building, "Very well, Starscream. Seeing as this will be your last request, I shall honor it," his sword sprung forth from his arm, "And I will also honor what I said before; I shall not allow you to linger."
The seeker nodded, watching Megatron stand in the center of the room, "Yes, yes, how nice of you, ahem, but I have a confession to make," he pulled out the missile, "I'm not ready."
Before Megatron could react or understand what Starscream's plan was, the seeker jumped back and threw the missile forward, transforming and flying upside down out the other opened end of the building. Behind him, he could hear Megatron shouting as the missile tip came into contact with the floor and exploded, showers of glass escalating up the building and the flimsy remains of the support beams on the bottom floor giving way, collapsing and crushing Megatron inside.
Starscream flew straight up, screaming into the sky, both engine and voice, crying happily, "That was the closest he's ever come to actually trying to end me! And I stopped him, you told me how to stop him!"
I may have told you how to, but you were the one who actually did it.
And the seeker continued to fly, back tracking where he had come from, elated with himself.
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I wanna be elated, too. Bring me two missiles and a building...