Alexis slowly awoke from the deep recharge/comatose state she had been in. Her emerald optics flickered online, slowly adjusting to the darkness around her. And she became frightened, as she felt like the darkness was enveloping her, swallowing her whole. The darkness reminded her of the brig in which she was held captive, tied up so that she would not cause any trouble. Her vocal processors were still rebooting or she would have let out a terrified scream. Unsure of her surroundings and scared, she sent a shaky pulse across her sparkbond, as she wanted her sparkmate to comfort her.
Starscream, who was recharging in the chair next to his sparkmate's berth, felt the shaky spark pulse deep within his spark, and onlined instantly. He looked over to see that Alexis was slowly coming online, but he could sense that there was fear in her emerald optics. Starscream immediately but gently grabbed his sparkmate's hand, trying to soothe the panicking femme. But he could tell it was not helping much. She still sent pulses that she was scared. Starscream tried sending loving pulses to her, but alexis was too afraid to accept them.
Starscream was shocked, but then he realized something. It was completely dark, and Starscream realized that she was afraid because she thought that she was in the brig again because of the dark. Starscream quickly left her side only momentarily so he could turn on the lights. After returning from turning the lights on, he quickly went back by his sparkmate's side, sending her loving pulses and trying his best to comfort her.
The lights seemed to scare Alexis more, as she had no idea where she was. Starscream tried all he could to calm her down, but she was still afraid. And so while Starscream tried to calm Alexis down, he sent a comm. to Red Alert that Alexis was online, but was "freaking out." Red Alert came quickly in order to sedate Alexis before she could harm herself or others. Starscream, saddened and angered, still stayed by his sparkmate's side, wanting to offer her comfort, but not sure exactly how. And so Starscream watched over his sparkmate as she once again fell again into recharge, though it was not as deep as when she was in her comatose state.
Starscream watched as peace finally overcame his sparkmate's soft faceplate. Starscream had done his best to clean off the places where energon tears had stained it, but a few places still remained as Starscream was unable to get to them due to repairs. While hoping that Alexis recovered, he had no idea that Alexis had found herself deep within her memories, her processors using it in an attempt to purge her system of the unwanted memories.
Alexis, in her dream world, found herself as a human. She remembered that while she got all the guys attention, it was not what she was looking for. And though she could charm the pants off any of them, she did not as she was saving herself for someone special. And then she remembered that special day, the day she met Starscream. She had just arrived at the Autobot base a little late, as she had to help her mother with something before she was allowed to go. She was in a hurry to get to the meeting, and so she rode her minicon Grindor to the Autobot base, since her mother would not let her take the car.
And then Alexis could see when she entered the Autobot base and stopped short as she saw a handsome transformer cross her path. Something about him just struck a chord in her heart. She knew not who this bot was, but all she knew was that she wanted to try to capture his spark. She had been worried that he had not seen her and might step on her, but he suddenly stopped before he could hurt her. She looked up at this handsome transformer, and could feel her heart skip a few beats, as well as her palms sweat and her mouth dry out.
Then, when this unknown transformer spoke to her, she felt like she was on cloud nine as his voice echoed through her mind. She could tell that she had caught his attention, but she was unsure of that was good or bad. When he offered to bring her into the meeting, she wanted to take him up on his offer, but only if he told her what his designation was. He told her that his name was Starscream. After hearing his name, it did not even register on Alexis that this bot that she wanted so bad was a former Decepticon. She just knew by the look in his optics that she could trust him. And so after the introductions, Alexis graciously accepted the offer, and felt safe as Starscream firmly yet gently grabbed her. She normally did not accept rides from the transformers just around the base, but something was different when it came to this bot.
When she arrived at the meeting, she saw the looks of shock on everyone's faces, as both her transformer friends and human friends were shocked to see her not only riding into the meeting on a transformer, but the ex-Decepticon no less, but no one questioned her as they had learned long ago that it was not a good idea to question her. She felt safe as she sat on Starscream's shoulder during the meeting, occasionally feeling the slightly warm metal beneath her with her hand, not realizing that she was stirring Starscream's systems up. After the meeting she asked to rejoin her friends, and felt sad as the metal beneath her disappeared when she was softly placed upon the ground. She knew she had to go think, as her mind was going crazy as she wanted this bot more than anything but the trouble was she was human and he was transformer – how can we get together, she had thought, we are two different species yet I feel that I belong with that jet, and I don't care that he was a Decepticon, he will be my soulmate though I am not sure how.
Flash forward, and she remembered him taking her to Cybertron, despite the fact that the war was still going on. They had found the special tunnel, something that had calling her was found deep within. Starscream could not enter, but that was because this entity had called out to her, seeing her anguish and sensing her true heart. This old artifact wanted to grant her wish as it knew that her wish would also be an end to this ridiculous war. And so she had entered the cave, alone and scared but knew in her heart that Starscream was still there with her. She looked at the lackluster cube that sent out a comforting blue light. She could not understand what the cube had inscribed upon it, but she somehow knew this was the answer to her wish. And so she touched the cube and felt a surge of energy, energy of a kind that she had never felt before, take over her body in a bright flash. She was not exactly sure what had happened until she looked down at herself and realized that she was no longer human, but was a transformer. She stumbled out of the cave, and found Starscream, standing there, with an obviously worried look in his optics. Worried, until he saw her, and then Alexis saw the obvious change in his optics that went from concerned to warm. She had seen that look in so many guys eyes that she knew that he was falling for her. In that instant, she felt her spark jump and flutter as she knew his was doing the same. She realized then, that they were going to be "soulmates" or sparkmates for eternity.
Meanwhile, back in the med bay, Starscream watched as a look of peace overcame his beloved sparkmate. Even though she was in recharge, he could see the beautiful smile on her face. She obviously must have been thinking of something special, thought Screamer, as he gently rubbed her smaller hand in his, hoping that she would soon return to him.
Suddenly, Alexis's emerald optics came back online, not scared this time, but at peace. Starscream was there to watch as his sparkmate came back to him. Alexis was not able to fully sit up yet, as there were some parts that still needed to be repaired, but she lifted her arms up and placed them around Starscream, giving her sparkmate a giant but weak hug. Starscream was leaking tears of joy as his sparkmate was finally coming around. He was careful though, as she was still repairing her body and was not up to full strength yet. But the look in her optics told Starscream volumes, she knew that she was safe and that her sparkmate was there for her. Starscream wanted to ask her about the change, but she shushed him as she leaned up to give him a kiss. Starscream was in heaven. He knew that his sparkmate was going to make it. Now all he had to wait for was her body to fix itself, however, seeing that no one was in their section of the med bay, Starscream decided that it would be a good time to show Alexis how much he loved her. And so before anyone came along, Starscream and alexis interfaced for the first time in the med bay. The spark merging and overload felt out of this world to both bots as they were finally able to connect in the most intimate of ways. Afterward, both fell into recharge on the berth, Starscream surrounding his smaller sparkmate.
Starscream could not wait until Alexis would finally be able to leave the med bay, but Starscream had no clue when that would be.
Meanwhile, Alexis thought just before falling into recharge– how am I the answer to ending this war?