hello my wonderful followers from Fanfiction.
Yup, another update! But i have a few warnings.
1) this chptr will finally show you who Starshadow's Sire is and I bet some of you are going to be shocked at who it is.
2) around the end of the chptr it gets a little bit 'M' rated so if you are faint of heart do not read the area where this XXXX is marked. But if you have the spark for it go ahead.
and 3) summer just started for me so that also means that I will be leaving sometime soon for my cabin for my Momma knows when. and sadly, there is no internet up there for me to update my stories. :(
If another chptr comes up, it is either I haven't left yet or I have found someway to update.
Okay, I've blabbed enough of your time.
ON WITH THE STORY! but be prepaired...
No One's P.O.V:
No one could make a correct guess at how long it had been since Autumn had ran off into the washroom but considering that most of team Prime had gone into recharge, one could say it was really late.
The few remaining were Optimus, Jack, Ratchet, and Starscream who were waiting up to talk to Autumn. The only reason Jack was still up was because Optimus had asked him to stay, he thought Autumn might be a little more comfortable if there was a human in the room.
"Don't you think Autumn's been gone a little long? Maybe we should go check on her?" Jack suggested to Ratchet who was still at work on the computers trying to pinpoint the Nemesis or any form of Starshadow's signal. "She has been gone for long, yes Jack, but she did just loose someone close to her. Even if she's human… partly human, she'll need time to calm herself down." Ratchet stated as he looked over at Starscream and Optimus.
The seeker and Prime were over off to the side just waiting quietly. Starscream was sitting down on the floor with his arms wrapped around his legs and his helm resting down on them. Optimus stood over the seeker, just to keep an optic on him.
As Ratchet continued to watch the two he acknowledge the fact that Starscream was rubbing his servos on his upper arms. Normally the medic would ignore this but the way the seeker dug his digits into his metal covering, it made Ratchet wonder if there was something else wrong.
Walking over to the two, Ratchet bent down to where he was at optic level with Starscream, who paid little attention to him coming over. "Starscream, what is wrong with your arms?" Ratchet asked and this finally brought the seeker's attention to the medic. "It's nothing. Probably a few crossed wires from early."
Ratchet's medical training kicked in and as he scanned over the seeker's arms his processor started to worry that it was more than just crossed wires. "The scans show it's not that. To be honest, there is nothing wrong; you shouldn't be feeling anything." Hearing this Optimus looked down at the seeker with a puzzling look.
"What other explanation would cause this Ratchet?" Optimus asked but he never got an answer as Starscream suddenly jumped up and stared at the halls with a worried look. As the two Autobots turned to see what had caused the seeker to jump, they saw a familiar human girl who looked like she been through hell… which wasn't too far off.
Autumn's hair hung over he face like a curtain; only allowing small amounts of her now shocking blue eyes through, her clothes had been changed and replaced with a pair of sweat pants and a gray long sleeved shirt; she found these in a locker most likely, and she walked so slowly that if possible a snail could win a race against her.
"Autumn… my dear are you alright?" Starscream asked but Autumn didn't answer as she walked up the steps to the couch where Jack sat. scooting over a bit, Jack allowed Autumn to have most of the couch but as she sat down Jack saw an odd purple colored stain forming on her sleeves.
"What's that?" Jack asked while pointing to a stain but was only batted away by Autumn's weak hands. "It's… it's nothing." Autumn's voice was so quiet and weak that the Autobots had to strain their hearing receptors. "That's a lie."
Everyone turned to Starscream who slowly walked over to the human area, "If it was truly nothing you would have told us what it is. Now what is it really?" As Starscream reached out his servo for Autumn, the now dubbed Techno-organic jumped up and backed away from him. "It's N-nothing! Please, just l-leave me be."
Starscream and the others took in how Autumn's words were starting to come out in slurs and how the purple stains on her arms were growing. Activating his holoform, Starscream rushed over to Autumn and wrapped his hands around her to hold her still.
"NO! L-let go of me! This is y-your entire fault! You hear me Starscream; this is all your fault…" As Autumn's shouts slowly died, everyone watched as she went slack in Starscream's hold and was about to fall to the floor if it weren't for the seeker's quick reaction.
Pulling her close to his chest, Starscream brought Autumn over to the couch and placed her down. "What's wrong with her?" Jack asked as he got up from the couch to give Starscream's holoform a place to sit down. "I have a guess… I just hope it's wrong."
Taking a hard tug at Autumn's sleeves, Starscream pulled them off completely to show the deep cuts that, by the looks of it, were bandaged poorly. The look on the seeker's holoform and real body showed nothing but disappointment and sadness. "Oh Autumn, I thought we were over this long ago."
"She… she cut herself." Ratchet said aloud, looking completely shocked at how the girl's body liquid was draining out of her and how it was purple and not red. "I knew this would be hard on her but I never thought she would take it to this level." Starscream said as he applied pressure to the cuts.
"Optimus, I need the smallest amount of energon you have." Starscream ordered, not even looking at the Prime in any form. "What do you plan on doing with it? Make her drink it?!" Ratchet shouted out but when Optimus raised his servo, the medic went silent. Going off to find the required energon, Optimus watched as the seeker tried to keep the oddly purple liquid inside Autumn's body.
"By Primus, she cut herself deep. Boy, get over here and help me keep pressure on her wounds." Starscream spoke out to Jack who nodded and pressed down on one arm. "I have a name you know. It's Jack." Starscream ignored the teen as he only watched Autumn's face as it began to turn an ash color.
"Here Starscream." Optimus returned with a energon cube that was about the size of a human small box. "Thank you." Taking the energon in his holoform's hands, Starscream's real body dug through his sub space until he came out with a small bag.
Handing it off to his holoform, Starscream began to dig through it for something. "Here it is." Starscream shouted out as he pulled a needle from the bag. Quickly sticking the needle into the cube, Starscream pulled out a full dose of the energon. "Wait! You're not going to-" but Jack never got to finish as Starscream injected the needle into Autumn's arm and pushed the energon into her body.
"Are you mad! That energon will kill her!" Ratchet shouted out but he went silent when he watched Autumn's wounds begin to glow a bright blue. "By Primus." Optimus said as they watched the cuts heal over, only leaving a thick scar in its place.
"The energon doesn't heal her completely. Just the small things like cuts and stuff like that." Starscream stated as he whipped away the purple liquid from Autumn's arms. "It also refuels what she lost when she uses her abilities."
"So her abilities are not as powerful as we thought. Even she has her limits." Ratchet spoke out. As the Autobots watched the two closely, they started to wonder something. Starscream had been feeling a pain in his arms and Autumn had cuts in the same place.
"Starscream," Optimus called out for the seeker but Starscream didn't look up sat him in any form, he only continued to watch the passed out human girl. "You said that she has a spark. Does that mean you two…" the room went oddly quiet as team Autobot waited for answer.
"…You think correctly Optimus." Starscream said as he ran his fingers through Autumn's hair. "What? With a human?! Even if she has a spark, this is beyond wrong!" Ratchet shouted out, about ready to smack the seeker on his helm if Optimus wasn't in his way. "Uh, Optimus was right about what?" Jack asked a little confused.
"Starscream has spark bonded to Autumn. They now share each other's spark and are forever bonded to each other." Optimus said in a tone that showed he was not pleased by this news but he knew there was nothing he could do about it. "They are now able to speak to each other, feel the other's pain, and everything else spark bonded beings can do."
Jack looked at Autumn and Starscream in a confused manner, trying to wrap his fingers around this news. "Think of it as a much deeper marriage in your human terms." Starscream stated as he placed Autumn's head on his lap and combed his fingers through her hair.
"I will never understand you seekers and your bonding. Trines were complicating enough, now this!" Ratchet shouted out as he walked down the hall towards his room. "Jack I think it is best if you head to Arcee's room. It is late and you will need your sleep." Optimus said and Jack didn't think twice on taking that offer as he rushed down the steps and down the hall.
Now that Optimus and Starscream were alone, it gave the Prime privacy to speak to the seeker. "Starscream, you do understand why we are reacting to this like we are?" Optimus asked and Starscream nodded. "Yes, I do Optimus. But… I haven't felt this way for anyone before; not even my Trine mates made me feel this complete."
Optimus stayed quiet for a moment as he watched how gentle Starscream was being with Autumn. The way the seeker held the girl was like she was made of glass and if he pressed down her to hard she would crack. Optimus could see that Starscream truly cared for Autumn but with what just happened, he started to wonder if Autumn was feeling the same thing.
"Does she know you have spark bonded with her?" Optimus asked. "Possibly. I… asked her to marry me and after that we bonded." Starscream stated and this made Optimus' optics to bug out. Now not only was Starscream bonded to a human, he was planning on marrying her.
"I will understand if you do not approve Optimus, but by the pit am I going to allow you to taker her from me again." Starscream spoke to the Prime from his real body and gave him a death glare. Optimus nodded and began to walk over to the hall to head to his room.
As Starscream watched the Prime finally walk away, he reached out for Autumn and lifted her to his chest plates. "I am sorry you have to go through this my Dear." Taking a seat down in a corner, Starscream held Autumn closer and soon fell into a fitful recharge.
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As time went by, the base was still silent with sleeping bots and humans. Well, most of the humans were asleep.
Blinking her eyes open, Autumn looked around her to see that she was in a familiar hold of a gray and red seeker. Autumn couldn't decide if she should push the seeker away from her or take in his warm and caring embrace. Her mind was so twisted, that she was surprised that she wasn't breaking down in tears right now.
'why is my life so complicated' Autumn thought to herself, 'why can't we have a normal life?' "I promise you my Dear that after we get Starshadow back I will give you the life you want." Autumn shot her head up to see that Starscream was now looking down at her with pleading optics.
Autumn thought for a minute if she should speak to the seeker but after a while a few tears started to leak from her eyes. "I'm sorry Starscream." Starscream looked down at his bonded with confused optics. "what have you to be sorry about?"
"If I was stronger, I would have been able to save Starshadow and I wouldn't have done… this." Autumn pointed to arms where she saw the scars. "No, no Autumn this is not your fault. With these events I cannot blame you for anything; only myself." Autumn looked up at Starscream and saw a few tears falling from his own optics.
"how are we going to get Starshadow back? Megatron doesn't want the Autobots to come but without their help we don't have a chance against him." Autumn said as she rested her head on Starscream's chest. "I have thought up a plan. Megatron did say he only wants us… so we will go by ourselves."
Autumn looked up at her seeker in confusion and Starscream saw this. "I will leave a tracker for the Autobots to follow. When we are on the ship they can bridge onto the ship and when we have Starshadow we can escape." Once Starscream explained the plan, Autumn nodded in agreement. It sounded foolproof but she had an unnerving feeling that something would go wrong.
"Megatron didn't give us a lot of time to come for Starshadow. If we don't want anything happening to Starshadow we must leave soon." Autumn stated and Starscream nodded.
Standing up, Starscream reached into his sub space and pulled out a device that was the tracker. Taking a piece of it off, Starscream handed it to Autumn. "I want you to hold onto this. I want the Autobots to find you and Starshadow first if anything happens." Autumn nodded and placed it in her pocket. As Starscream put the tracker down on a berth, he turned to the ground bridge and typed in the co-ordinance where they had last seen Megatron.
As the ground bridge fired up, Starscream and Autumn shared looks knowing that they were doing something that was stupid but they wanted nothing to happen to their sparkling, so if it meant doing something deadly stupid… so be.
Walking through the ground bridge, Starscream placed Autumn on his shoulder where she snuggled up against his neck cables. 'I promise to bring him back' Starscream thought to himself 'and no matter what I will allow no harm to fall on them again.'
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Autumn's P.O.V:
As we came through the other end of the bridge, we came to the familiar area where I had last seen Megatron. The ground was still damp from the rain and the sky still had a gray covering in it. The whole scene was copying my emotions perfectly.
"If I know Megatron, he won't go far. He'll be waiting for us to come to him." Starscream said and if I didn't know better, I think I could see a bit of his old Decepticon self slipping through. All that anger and pain he had managed to keep locked up inside him but even he wasn't strong enough to hold it back for long.
"Let's get going then. I don't want Starshadow with that mad mech anymore." I said and Starscream nodded. As Starscream transformed around me, I soon ended up in his cockpit and we were flying off into the sky at top speeds.
For a while we just flew around just searching for Megatron's ship but it didn't take us long to find it. Hovering in the clouds was a ship that just had evil written on it. "There it is." I stated not taking my eyes away from it. "I prayed to Primus that I would never have to come back. For any reason." Starscream stated as we began to come closer to the ship.
Once we were on the top deck, Starscream transformed and held me in his servos. "Try to be quiet my Dear. I don't want them to take you as well." I nodded and tried my best to stay hidden behind his digits.
As Starscream entered the ship, I watched as the turns Starscream made all looked the same. One could get lost in these halls if they didn't know where they were going.
As Starscream made another turn, a noise came ahead of us and it was coming closer. "Scrap!" As Starscream looked around him wildly, he soon found a door and rushed into it. Closing the door behind him, Starscream and I waited quietly as the noise passed us.
"That was too close." Starscream stated and I nodded I agreement. Looking around the room, I saw how it looked to be a sleep quarters. There was a berth off to the side, a table, and attached to the ceiling was what looked to be a Cybertronian sized bird cage.
"Starscream, look." I pointed to the cage when I saw something move inside it. When Starscream turned to look at the cage, a familiar face popped between the bars. "Carrier! Sire!" Starshadow squealed as he reached his servo out for us.
"Starshadow!" Both Starscream and I shouted out as we rushed over to him. "My sweet child. Are you alright?" Starscream asked but from the dim light coming from Starshadow's optics I wouldn't bet on it. "Just really tired Carrier. Can we leave; I don't like it here." Starshadow asked as he took a hold of Starscream digit as it rubbed his little helm.
"I'm afraid youngling that no one is leaving tonight." a voice spoke out from the surrounding darkness and it sent chills up my spine. Turning our attention behind us, Starscream and I saw the one mech we didn't want to see. Megatron held an evil grin on his face as he stepped out with another Cybertronian I haven't seen before.
"I must thank you human femme. I knew you wouldn't disappoint in bringing Starscream to me." Megatron said and the other mech just stood next to him as quiet as possible. Starscream looked down at me in surprise from what Megatron had just said and I couldn't say I blame him.
"W-what is he talking about Autumn?" Starscream asked but I didn't get a chance to answer as I swept up out of his hold by a light purple tentacle. "This human femme of yours Starscream made a deal with me. If she brought me your sorry hide I would allow her to stay with the youngling on my ship." as Megatron told of his plan, I soon found myself being held by the quiet mech but this mech was different... he didn't have a face!
"Let me go you creep!" I shouted out as I banged my fists on the purple tentacle that held me tightly. "I would suggest you remain quiet femme. Soundwave can easily crush your tiny being into nothing at all." Megatron said smoothly but it didn't stop me from beating my fists. "You have yourself a resilient femme Starscream. but I can promise you this, I plan on breaking her spirits."
Starscream remained silent but he had a defensive pose on him as well as a look of pure anger. "Leave her alone Megatron!" Starscream shouted out as he charged at the larger mech with such speed that what happened next I nearly missed.
Megatron, with speeds that challenged Starscream's, grabbed my seeker's throat and held him high from the floor. Suddenly, my own throat began to feel a pressure on it and I was starting to have a hard time breathing. As I stopped my banging on Soundwave's tentacle, I placed my hands around my neck gasping for air.
"What is wrong with the femme?" Megatron asked as he tightened his grip on Starscream and my own throat seemed to close in on me.
:: Autumn ::
A voice suddenly popped in my mind and it oddly sounded a lot like Starscream.
:: Autumn, do not tell Megatron of you being my mate. If he finds this out he will surely kill you ::
The voice spoke out to me and by now I knew it was Starscream speaking to me. How, I don't know but I took in the comforting tone he was giving me.
:: I Love you my Dear. Nothing will change that... forgive me ::
Suddenly the pressure on my throat disappeared and I was able to breathe again. But I felt incomplete; like part of my heart was missing. Looking up at my seeker, he had on the most pleading optics I have ever seen on him; like he was asking me to forgive him but to remain silent.
"I do not know what just happened by I plan on finding out. Soundwave, have Knock Out come and examine the human femme." Megatron ordered the silent mech who nodded and walked over to the cage where Starshadow was.
Opening a latch on the top of the cage, Soundwave tossed me in and I landed with a thud not too far from Starshadow. "Sire!" Starshadow cried out and rushed over to me. As my little seekerling held my head in his servos, you could hear Megatron growling in the background.
"A-angry Megatron? Sorry to d-disappoint but Starshadow w-will never see you like he does A-Autumn." Starscream said between gasps but it only end with Megatron gripping his neck tighter. "Silence Starscream! If I have to I will beat it into the sparkling's who his real Sires are."
Hearing this brought me to a sitting position with Starshadow clinging to my side. "What do you mean 'Sires'?" I asked and this brought Megatron to a laughing fit. "Your precious seeker has kept you in the dark hasn't he?" a new voice broke out and I turned to see that Knock Out was now in the room with us.
"Has Starscream ever told you what seeker Trines are capable of?" Knock out started out but seeing that I wasn't answering he continued. "Since there is one seeker who will always be the carrier, the other two Trine mates are able to add half of their CNA to the offspring. Allowing the sparkling to be both their creation." Knock Out explained and it was true that I didn't know this.
"Has Starscream ever told you who the youngling's real Sire is?" Megatron asked as he slammed Starscream into the berth behind him. looking down at my seekerling, I saw the scared and fearful optics that were on the brink of tears. "Apparently not." Knock Out grinned as he crossed his arm together over his chest.
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"Well, I think they deserve to know considering what we will be attempting again." Megatron stated as he traced his free servo down Starscream chest and lower chassis. "You see, as you already know, you are not Starshadow's true Sire...That title fall under me." Megatron hissed out with a devilish grin.
At hearing this I wanted to rip Megatron glossa out. From the info I had managed to get out of Starscream, this meant that Megatron had... Raped my Starscream!
"Me as well." I quickly turned my attention to the red mech that was now walking closer to Starscream. "That 'Sire' title also belong to yours truely." Knock Out smiled as he placed his servo right over Starscream's interface panel.
I was now growling at these two rotten mechs. They... they... did a double on my Starscream! How dare they do that! Using Starscream like that was far from acceptable and if I wasn't trapped in this cage I would be doing everything in my power to kick their afts to the pit and have them never come back.
"But it doesn't stop there human." Megatron said as Soundwave made his way over to Megatron and looked up at me with his faceless helm. Even if he did a mouth or optics, I could somehow tell that he was grinning up at me.
These three... they were beyond evil. They were demons in metal covering. "You... You all... You All Make Me Sick!" I shouted out as I clutched my now crying Starshadow to my chest. My sparkling had now been told the worst thing he could ever hear and I could feel the pain rolling off him.
"If you look at this from a bigger picture human you'll see that this is a very logical situation." Megatron started out as he loosened and tightened his grip on Starscream neck repeatively. "This war will go on for who knows how long and I know that eventually I will not always be here. So, I need someone to take my place after I am gone. But it must be someone who can live up to my expectations."
As Starshadow tried to bury himself in my body, I couldn't help listen to what this monster had to say. "I knew that seekers are able to have more than one Sire CNA when having sparkling so I chose Starscream as the carrier of my heir but I knew that just my CNA wouldn't be enough to keep my rein going powerfully." Megatron turned to Soundwave and then Knock Out and motioned his helm to Starscream.
The two nodded and proceeded to hold down Starscream's arms; making him unable to move or break free. "I chose Soundwave for his Knowledge and Knock Out for his... strategics." Megatron gave Knock Out a look like he was questioning himself to why he had chosen the red mech.
"I think what Megatron means is that I just happen to be there and I offered him... my assistance." Knock Out said with a wicked grin and if the look on Starscream didn't scream worry I don't know what it was.
"But you see, since Starscream here 'disappeared' before my heir could be born and imprint on me..." Megatron gave me a devious look before turning around completely to face Starscream. "I now need a new heir to take the place of your Starshadow. And you know as well as I do that there is only one way for that to happen."
My eyes widen in shock and I wrapped my arms around Starshadow in a protect embrace. They wouldn't... not with Starshadow here. "Please! I beg you! Let Starscream go! W-we can work something out!" I screamed at the Decepticon leader but my pleads went unnoticed as Megatron climbed over Starscream and held his helm in his knife like digits.
"We already had something worked out, remember? I told you I was planing on given Starscream the punishment he deserves and I plan on dealing out that punishment." Megatron grinned down at my helpless seeker who looked up at him with pure fear.
"Autumn... look away." Starscream said plainly; with no emotion to speak of. "Just look away and try to block out the noise for Starshadow. H-he doesn't need to hear this."
I looked at my beloved seeker with fresh tears falling down my face. "Starscream." I reached out of the bars for him and I don't know how I was doing this but I sent him over my love, courage, and what little strength I had left. "I suggest you listen to Starscream femme. Lord Megatron can be a little rough and loud." Knock Out said and turned to his master who was running his servo over Starscream.
Starscream gave me one more pleading look before I turned and rested my back on the bars. As tears fell down my face like two rushing waterfalls, I listened to the sound of what must be Megatron roughly removing Starscream's interface panel.
"S-Sire, can you s-sing me a lullaby?" Starshadow asked and I nodded. It had been so long since I had sung anything for my seekerling but if it meant that it would help drown out the noise I would do it.
"I remember tears streaming down your face
when I said 'I'll never let you go'"
As I began to sing the song, I could hear Megatron laughing either at the fact that I was singing or the fact of what he was going to do to Starscream; possibly both.
"When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said 'Don't leave me here alone'
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight"
Suddenly, a loud yelp broke out through the room and it as none other then Starscream's. Megatron's voice soon increased with volume and loud clanks of metal against metal could be heard. Pressing Starshadow's helm closer to my chest, I tried to continue on with the song.
"Just close your eyes,
The sun is going down,
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now,
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound"
As the clash of metals increased in volume, I could help but sob against Starshadow's helm. This was all my fault. I brought Starscream here and for what? Just to end up a prisoner of Megatron. I couldn't even get Starshadow to safety first.
"Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire,
The war outside our door keeps raging on,
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone"
As the noise slowly died down, I thought this whole thing was over with but what Megatron said next proved me wrong. "Knock out, you may have your go with him. But make it quick, we don't have that much time." Knock Out's voice chuckled and as the sound of his metal body jumping onto the berth, I tried not to imagine how this was looking from Starscream's point of view.
"Just close your eyes,
The sun is going down,
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now,
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound"
Knock Out's time was much slower than Megatrons and from the screams Starscream I guess a lot more painful. "Primus Starscream. If you would just shut up and take it like a mech it wouldn't be so bad." Knock Out said as, from what I could hear, he jumped off the berth. "Go ahead Soundwave. Your turn to have at the screamer." Knock Out's words hit my heart... no, my spark like a bullet piercing my flesh.
"Just close your eyes,
You'll be alright,"
As the sound of the silent mech jumping onto the berth, I couldn't take it anymore. I cried out and this only caused Starshadow to do the same. As we cried our eyes/optics out, we could hear the painful shriek from our older seeker and how he was pleading to Primus for us to get out of this safely.
"Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound..."
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Now this chptr I think filled up a little for the short chptr I left you last time.
The ending went a little dark but it was the only way I could think of to help the song fit in it.
The song is owned by 'Taylor Swift' and not me.
Review please, I like reviews with nice words. they make me happy.
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