Well, I managed to upload this before I go back to school Monday. It's really long, it took me forever to write it. I hope you guys enjoy it, this story will be ending soon.
Chapter 21: Never Let Me Go
It wasn't the sound of the sea that woke her up the next morning, no; it was the rhythm of her lover's spark that woke Alexis from her sound slumber into the rays of a world that was at peace with itself. She allowed her optics to come on and she stared into the pigments of the rising sun, a smile on her face. It was dawn, but it was the dawn of so many things. The dawn of her new life, the dawn of her and Starscream's new life, the dawn of a new day, and the dawn of new days yet to come. She was at peace with herself for the first time in a long time, and it was Starscream who had brought that peace back to her. For the first time in a long time she wasn't scared, she wasn't afraid of the start of a new day, she had never felt so complete.
Looking up at her love, she saw he was still asleep. The way the rising sunlight reflected and dripped down his armor made him look like he was some sort of heavenly god. Alexis stroked his inner thigh as she relaxed against him. She felt him stir suddenly and his grasp on her tightened momentarily before he relaxed it and gazed down at her.
She smiled at him, "Good morning Starscream."
He returned the soft smile. "Morning love," he replied gently kissing the top of her head. He pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly against him. He tilted her face to his and captured her lips in a sweet, delicate kiss.
"Did you sleep okay?" he asked as he rubbed a hand up and down her back.
"Just fine," she replied, "What about you?"
"The same," he answered as he checked the time on his internal clock. He saw that it was just about 6:30 in the morning and he sighed, "Alexis, do we have to go back to Jungle Planet?"
"Yes, I would like to know what Red Alert has found out about those gemstones."
"Oh, I forgot about that. Alright, if we leave now, we should get back to Jungle Planet before anybody realizes we've gone missing."
"Five more minutes," Alexis breathed as she caught Starscream's lips in a breathless kiss.
Starscream accepted the kiss eagerly and allowed it to drag on for a while before they broke the kiss together. Neither of them really wanted to leave, but their moment had expired. After a bit of reluctance, Alexis climbed to her feet and Starscream followed suit. He stretched before opening a dimension gate back to the Autobot's makeshift base. Starscream took Alexis' hand and together they walked through the flaming gate, back to Jungle Planet.
"When are we going to back to Earth?" Lori asked impatiently as she waltzed into the commander center.
Landmine looked down at her, "We'll be heading back soon kiddo, just as soon as Starscream and Alexis get in here."
"There's no telling what they're doing," Lori grumbled, "I mean, you get a couple of adults that have the hots for each in a room alone together—
"Inappropriate," Optimus' voice suddenly called.
"How did you hear me?" questioned the girl a bit dumbfounded.
A couple of the Autobots chuckled just as the doors to the command center hissed open and Starscream and Alexis walked through. Lori whistled, "The new look suits you Alexis."
Alexis' cheeks reddened a little, "Oh…I forgot I was in this form." She bent down and held her hand out to Lori.
The teenage girl climbed on and said, "Well, now that we're both in this together, I say we learn how to transform together when we get back to Earth. We can escape from all these guys for a little while. And we can do it in privacy, that way if we transform into an awkward position…we can help each other out."
Alexis nodded and looked to Optimus, "Sorry we're late."
"It's quite alright," he replied in a friendly tone and then he looked to Vector Prime, "Is the spacebridge ready?"
"Yes Optimus," Vector Prime answered.
Optimus nodded, "Alright, Autobots, let's move out."
Vector Prime opened the spacebridge and Leobreaker shot a skeptical look to Starscream. "Optimus, what about him?" Leobreaker asked gesturing to the former Decepticon second in command, "We're not going to let him back into our base are we?"
"Yeah," Hotshot piped up, "Remember how he betrayed us the last time we let him into our base?"
"That was twenty years ago," Alexis said, "And the circumstances are different now than they were back then. I'll keep him in line."
"He's the same person he was twenty years ago," Hotshot persisted.
Alexis growled. She handed Lori to Starscream before she seized Hotshot by the throat—surprising everybody—and said with her voice raised, "No he isn't you punk. Just what has he done since he's come here again that makes him so untrustworthy?"
Starscream placed a hand on Alexis' shoulder and pulled her away from the startled Autobot. Optimus was silent for a moment before he said, "Starscream is coming with us too. If anyone else has a problem with it, they can answer to me."
Nobody complained anymore and Alexis smiled. "Thank you Optimus," she remarked as the Autobots began filing through the space gate that led to the spacebridge.
He nodded. Alexis looked to Starscream and asked, "How would you like to give me a ride back to Earth?"
"Alright," he answered as he set Lori down so that she could go with Override.
Alexis, using the gem, transformed back into her human form and Starscream placed her in his cockpit before he stepped into the space gate and transformed, following the spacebridge that would take them both back to Earth.
Megatron detected someone warp into the base and he went over to the monitor to see who it was. When he looked, he saw it was Blitz and he noticed that the shadowy, untrustworthy transformer had been gone a couple days. The Decepticon leader was instantly hit with a feeling that Blitz had been up to no good. He tuned his comlink to Blitz's frequency.
"Megatron to Blitz."
"This is Blitz, sir."
"Where have you been?"
Megatron noticed that Blitz hesitated before replying, "Just touring Earth some more sir."
The Decepticon leader clenched his teeth together. Lori had been down on Earth the last few days, until just yesterday. Checking the times of the warp though, Blitz had left long before she had left Jungle Planet for Earth. The blue transformer probably didn't know Lori was coming back briefly, but Megatron hated leaving Lori so unprotected.
"Why have you been gone so long?"
"I got wrapped up in my work, sir."
"What work?"
"I thought I mentioned I was a scientist."
"I want to see samples of your work then."
"…I don't have samples sir."
"Oh really?" Megatron questioned, feeling he was finally on to something.
"I'm not the kind of scientist who does experiments Megatron. I observe things and take mental notes. If it's something I like, then I study it further."
"How so?"
"I research it."
Megatron sighed heavily, this Blitz character was polished and professional and he was going to be very tough to break, unless he was telling the truth.
"How is the mission on Jungle Planet going sir?"
"We lost; the Autobots got the Cyber Key and are returning to their base on Earth…" Megatron stopped. Perhaps he shouldn't have given that much information to Blitz.
Once back at the Autobot base, Lori grabbed Alexis by the wrist as soon as she climbed out of Starscream and said, "Come on, let's go figure out how to transform."
"Hold on a second there," Red Alert suddenly spoke up coming forward, "I found out what those gems are."
"Oh," Lori exclaimed turning on heel to face the Autobot medic, "What are they?"
"Tiny fragments of Primus' spark. Apparently they scattered all over the universe, how, I'm not exactly sure."
"Wow," Lori breathed looking to her necklace, "That's really cool."
"There's probably more to the story, but I need to do more research to figure out what that is."
"I could help you," Alexis piped up.
Lori made a face, "Snore work."
Both Alexis and Red Alert chuckled and the medic replied, "I would be honored to have your help anytime."
"You got it Red," Alexis responded and the woman looked to the black-haired girl in front of her, "You ready to go figure out how to transform?"
"Yes!"
Alexis smiled at her eagerness and she looked up to Starscream who had transformed into his robot form. She said, "We'll be back in a little while."
He nodded, "Alright."
Alexis and Lori then left the base and wandered through the woods until they found a clearing in the forest that was big enough for them to learn how to transform in. Using their gems, both of them assumed their transformer forms. Once they were both in their robotic bodies, Lori looked to Alexis and asked, "Want to go first?"
"Youngest to oldest," Alexis replied with a slight smirk on her face.
"Well, aren't you nice," Lori remarked a bit sarcastically. She then sighed heavily and said, "Okay." Allowing her optics to go offline, she thought about what she transformed into, a dragon. Finally she ushered the word, "Transform." Lori felt her body fold and change its shape, and when the folding stopped, she allowed her optics to come online. She looked herself over before looking to Alexis and saying, "This is so totally awesome! I got it on the first shot."
"Alright, let me try," Alexis said and she went through the same process as Lori. She offlined her optics and sighed, concentrating on what she transformed into, a jet of some kind. When she was ready, she breathed out the same word, "Transform." Her body folded and changed its shape as well and when she felt it stop, she looked and saw she had successfully transformed into a jet. She just wasn't in the air.
"Want to try flying?"
"I think we should leave that to Starscream or Megatron to teach, that way we don't hurt ourselves."
"We could," Lori said as she started flapping her wings and suddenly started gaining altitude. "Whoo hoo!" she cried as the world started getting smaller beneath her.
"Lori, don't go so high!" Alexis called as she fired up her engines and took to the sky as well to catch up with Lori and make sure she didn't do anything she would regret.
Lori giggled as she did a couple of flips in the air as Alexis circled around her. After a few minutes Alexis finally asked, "Any idea how to land?"
"Uh, we get lower and then transform."
"Okay, let's try it."
Together they both lost altitude and when they were a reasonable distance away from the ground, both of them transformed and went to land. Lori's knees buckled when she hit the ground and she toppled onto Alexis, knocking them both to the ground. The younger femme rolled off Alexis, clutching her sides as she laughed, "That was fun."
Alexis laughed as well, "Yes it was. I'll have to get after Starscream to show me how to do some of the aerial stunts that he does."
"I will figure mine out on my own because I don't know any other flying dragons."
"Me either," Alexis remarked and she transformed back into her human form, Lori following suit.
"I'm sorry to hear that sir," Blitz stated after a brief silence.
"Yeah…right, I'm heading out for a little bit. Megatron out," said the Decepticon leader as he ended the transmission and shut off the monitor. He was frustrated and couldn't stand talking to Blitz another second. Opening a dimension gate, he transformed into his jet form and headed through. He figured a short flight would help ease his mind.
Blitz was more than elated when Megatron finally stopped talking to him. And he was more than elated to find out that the Autobots were back on Earth. That meant Alexis was back and possibly Starscream, and it meant his precious Lori was back as well. He opened a dimension gate to do a brief fly over of the Autobot base. If he was lucky, Lori would be out.
"Well," Alexis said getting up, "I'm going to head back inside and see if I can give Red Alert a hand on that research."
"Okay," Lori replied, "I'm going to stay out here a little while longer."
Alexis nodded and headed back to the base.
Megatron was ready to shoot something when he detected Blitz warp out again. However, this time he decided to trace his coordinates and see where he was going. Maybe if he followed him he would figure out a few answers that he was eager to know.
Lori sighed, the only reason why she stayed behind was so she could talk to Megatron and possibly get him to come out and see her. She closed her eyes and let the sun warm her face as she spoke, "Hey Megatron, you free?"
She heard him smile as he replied, "Yes Lori. Are you back on Earth?"
"Yup, I'm just sitting outside right now, what are you up to?"
"I'm on a flight, where are you?"
"Central Rockies, Colorado, in a meadow in a forest."
Megatron was a bit alarmed as he looked up the coordinates for the Central Rockies, Colorado only to see that was the exact same area Blitz had warped to. His voice was suddenly urgent, "Lori, are you alone?"
"Yes, but I'm not too far from the Autobot base so I can run if I have to."
Megatron felt a bit better knowing that, "Okay, I'm on my way."
Blitz was suddenly ecstatic about what he suddenly spotted on his radar. It was quite a pleasant surprise and he landed and transformed into his human form just outside the clearing where he spotted Lori.
"Why are you worried?" Lori asked suddenly and a movement at the edge of the clearing suddenly caught her eye.
"I'll explain when I get there."
Lori sat up and looked to the clearing where she saw the movement only to see none other than Rad sauntering towards her with the wickedest of all looks on his face. Her face paled and she climbed to her feet, "Megatron…how far away are you?"
"A couple minutes away."
"Okay," Lori replied trying to keep her voice calm. She wouldn't let Rad know that Megatron was coming, not until it was too late. She only had to manage to hold her own until Megatron got there.
Rad stopped his advance a couple feet from her and crossed his arms, "Well, well, well Lori, long time no see."
She didn't say anything; she didn't want Megatron to reveal that he was coming.
"Lori is everything okay?" came Megatron's voice suddenly.
Rad frowned, "I see you're still talking to him. Don't tell me you have a sick affair going on with him like Alexis does with Starscream."
She still didn't say anything.
"Lori?" Megatron asked.
"Well Lori, aren't you going to answer him?" Rad asked as he extended an arm and clutched one of her shoulders.
"Let go of me you sick creep!" Lori hollered as she twisted out of his grasp.
He chuckled, "I see you've grown a backbone since the last time."
She took a cautious step back away from him.
"Lori, get out of there now!"
"I can't Megatron," she answered and Rad grinned.
Rad closed the distance between them and locked his arms around her so tightly that Lori couldn't get away from him no matter how hard she struggled. "I'm taking you with me this time," he said lowly.
"Not you again," Megatron declared angrily through the gem.
Rad chuckled darkly and he leaned forward to capture Lori's lips in a kiss. That's when Lori heard jet engines in the distance. She watched as Megatron zoomed by over the clearing and made a sharp turn in the sky before he transformed and landed in the meadow. Startled, Rad let go of Lori and she immediately ran over to Megatron. Megatron glared down at the human male with a look of utmost hate and rage upon his face. Frightened, Rad took a step back and then took off running back into the forest before Megatron could do anything to him. When Rad was out of sight, the Decepticon leader immediately turned his attention to Lori. He lifted her to his face and asked with concern written all over his face, "Are you okay?"
She nodded, "Y-Yeah, just a little shaken up."
"Let's get out of here then," he remarked.
"Let's go to my house," Lori said.
"Is it far?"
"No, but you'd have to use the gem to become a human."
Megatron smirked, "You just want to see me as a human."
She grinned, "Well…please?"
"Alright fine," Megatron said as he placed her on the ground. He took his gem out of his subspace and after sighing heavily, he breathed, "Make me human."
Lori felt her grin stretch from ear to ear as a purple light surrounded Megatron and after a few moments, it disappeared. Lori beamed. As a human, Megatron had purple locks of hair that was somewhat long. He had two thick purple locks that protruded from his head, obviously representing his horns. He was about six-foot-five in height and had broad shoulders. His eyes were a pale blue and he had the palest skin that Lori had ever seen. His shoulders were broad and his body was muscular and lean. A stubbly, purple goatee adorned his chin.
The Decepticon leader smirked at her, "Happy now?"
"Wow Megatron you look amazing," she breathed as she leaned against him.
He was wearing baggy blue jeans with a tight black t-shirt that bore the Decepticon symbol. Megatron took Lori in his arms, "I'm glad you think so." And he kissed her lips lightly.
The kiss opened up his senses. Megatron was captivated by how much more humans could feel than transformers. Kissing was completely amazing, and he leaned forward to capture her lips in another, more powerful kiss.
When this kiss was through, Lori said, "Come on, let's sneak into my house."
"Sneak in?"
"Well, if my papa saw you he would freak out because technically I'm not allowed to date until he's gone. At least that's what he said."
Megatron grinned, "This should be interesting."
And he followed her back through the forest to her house unaware that someone else was following them as well.
Alexis was immediately snagged up in Starscream's human arms as soon as she walked into the base. He planted a kiss on her before he asked, "So, did you learn how to transform?"
"Yes," she replied with a grin on her face as she leaned against him, "I also did a little flying too."
He grinned, "I will teach you to fly better."
"I was going to ask you to."
"Where's Lori?" he asked as he started directing her down a hallway.
"She wanted to stay behind. I think she's planning on meeting with Megatron."
"Well, let's find a room and then have our own little meeting in there okay?"
Alexis shook her head, "If you insist."
"I do," he said as they continued down the hallway.
When they got to Lori's home, Lori pointed out which room was her bedroom. She explained that she would go in first and that when the coast was clear, she'd motion for him to come up. Megatron watched as she disappeared through the front door and a few minutes later she appeared in her window and motioned for him to come up. He opened a dimension gate and disappeared through it only to reappear inside her room.
He took her in his arms as he glanced around the room, his eyes fell on her bed. Without hesitating, Megatron pushed her back onto the bed and then positioned himself over her. This is how he had wanted her for a while now.
Lori looked up at him, love shining in her eyes and Megatron couldn't wait any longer. He captured her lips with his and delivered her the most passionate kiss he could muster. His tongue found its way into her mouth and she gasped as he explored her mouth with his tongue. He would've kept going, but they both needed air. They broke the kiss together and Megatron rolled onto the bed beside her, holding her tightly in his arms.
"I love you," she breathed.
"And I the same," he replied, kissing her brow, "Are you sure Rad didn't hurt you?"
"Yes," she answered and pulled something out of her pocket.
"What's that?"
"It's a chocolate bar; I grabbed it on my way up here. You can have half and I'll have half."
"Chocolate?"
"It's one of the best things you'll ever taste."
"You mean…you eat it?"
"Yeah," she said sitting up and opening the bar. She broke off a little piece as Megatron sat up next to her.
"It looks disgusting."
"Well, it's not," she remarked, "Open your mouth."
Reluctantly, Megatron followed her command and Lori placed the small piece of chocolate on his tongue. He didn't chew on it right away and he allowed the flavor to dissolve onto his tongue. His eyes lit up as he chewed it and swallowed it, "Wow, you weren't kidding."
"Would you like another piece?" she asked as she put a piece in her mouth.
"Sure," Megatron said slyly as he pressed his lips to hers. He kissed her and in the process, he stole the piece of chocolate that was in her mouth.
"Hey," Lori stated.
He just smiled smugly at her, hoping she would try and get it back. To his amusement and pleasure, she did try to get it back, and after a brief protest, he allowed her to take it back. And that was how they ate the rest of the chocolate bar, exchanging pieces from mouth to mouth until there was nothing left.
It had gotten late and both Megatron and Lori listened as her parents went to bed. After a few minutes, Lori looked to him and asked, "Do you dance?"
He blinked a couple times, "Dance? Do I look like the dancing type?"
"Come on," Lori said taking him by the hand and leading him to the balcony that was outside her room.
He waited momentarily as she ducked back inside her room and came back out with a stereo and a CD. Plugging in the stereo, she turned it on and placed the CD inside of it. He watched as she switched it to the sixth track and then let the song softly play. Megatron listened to the first couple bars of the song before he said, "Well, if I had known you meant slow dance, then yes, I can."
She blushed slightly as he walked up to her and asked, "Lori, may I have this dance?"
She gave a soft smile, "Yes."
He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and she wrapped hers around his neck, resting her head against his chest. Megatron gave a delicate smile as they gently swayed to the song.
This time, this place
Misused, mistakes
Too long, too late
Who was I to make you wait?
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just incase there's just one left
'Cause you know, you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
And you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore
Megatron took the words of the song to his spark, they were truer than true, and he held Lori closer to him, resting his chin on her head. This moment was theirs, there was no way either of them were going to let the other go, not yet anyway, it was way too soon.
On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all, I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know, you know, you know
Lori sighed deeply and Megatron kissed the top of her head. This was beyond anything she had ever imagined. Never had she dreamed that she would be doing this with any transformer. Never had she dreamed that she would fall this in love with a transformer. And never had she dreamed that out of all the transformers, it had been Megatron she had fallen so deeply in love with.
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
And you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
"Lori, look at me."
Lori looked up at the Decepticon leader as he gazed down at her. Both of them were caught up in the moment, they were caught up in their feelings for the other, and never did either of them want this to end.
Megatron leaned forward and captured Lori's lips in a kiss as they continued to sway to the music.
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me never and let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go
They ended the kiss just as the song itself ended. Megatron heaved a sigh and let Lori go as she turned off the stereo.
"Can I stay here tonight?" he asked bluntly.
"Okay," she replied and they walked back into the house together. Lori shut the door to the balcony after they had both walked in.
Megatron suddenly lifted her in his arms and carried her over to the bed. Pulling back the covers, he set her down before he got into the bed next to her. Lori pulled the covers back over them and Megatron wrapped his arms tightly around her. The girl snuggled into him, never feeling so complete in her life.
"Good night Lori," Megatron breathed as he kissed the top of her head.
"Good night Megatron," she replied, "I love you."
Megatron grinned as he fell asleep.
Starscream and Alexis chose a room that could accommodate their transformer size as well as their human size. In one section of the room there was a bed that could hold two humans. In another section of the room was a bed that could hold two transformers. By the time Alexis had unpacked her clothes and put them away, it had grown late and time to go to bed. Alexis didn't have time to go meet with Red Alert to see if he had found anything else out about the gems, but she figured she would the next day.
"Let's sleep in that bed," Starscream stated, gesturing towards the giant transformer bed.
"Alright," Alexis said decided not to protest.
Using their gems, both Starscream and Alexis transformed into their robotic bodies. Once their transformation was complete, Starscream took Alexis in his arms saying, "I'm going to teach you how to fly like me tomorrow."
Her optics glowed brighter, "Really? Well in that case, I want to learn the nose dives and the corkscrews and the flips and the dips and—
He grinned and silenced her with a kiss. "I know," he breathed.
"Then I'm going to race you and kick your aft," she smirked.
"You're on, but you can't beat this king of the skies."
"Well, this queen is about to hand you your crown."
Starscream chuckled and kissed her, "We'll see about that."
He then took her hand and walked with her over to the bed. They laid down together and Alexis snuggled into Starscream's arms. Starscream gently kissed the top of her head as he let his optics go offline. Alexis knew he was tired, but she wasn't that tired yet. She stared at her love's insignia before wondering aloud, "Do you think Lori ever came back to the base?"
"Megatron probably took her for the night. She'll be back in the morning; you worry about her too much."
"Well, I don't want anything to happen to her."
"You're not her mother."
Alexis smiled softly, "I guess she kind of is the daughter I never had."
"That would make me the father."
She looked up at him, "Is that a bad thing?"
"Well, look at is this way. If Lori were really our daughter, she'd be dating my former boss who is older than both you and me. I don't know if I like that."
Alexis chuckled, "Now that you put it that way it is strange."
"Did you want kids?"
"Yeah."
"Okay then, roll over we'll solve that problem," Starscream said.
"Not tonight, I'm not ready yet," Alexis replied.
"Were you ready with Rad?"
Alexis shook her head, "Absolutely not. He didn't want kids anyway."
"You and I will have children at some point then. A mech and a femme, of course the mech will be older than the femme."
"Nope, the femme is first," Alexis protested with a smug look on her face.
"Why is that?"
"Haven't you ever heard the saying ladies first?"
Starscream pursed his lips to the side, "We'll let our genetic material determine that when the time comes."
"Fine. But my gender is going to override yours."
He smirked, "Override, huh?"
"Not that Speed Planet chick."
"You're the one who said your gender is going to Override. She already is your gender."
"You're an aft-head," Alexis stated rolling over so that her back was to him, "You know very well what I meant."
"Nobody turns away from Starscream," he said in a low, playful voice as he wrapped his arms around her.
She looked at him over her shoulder, "I thought you were tired."
"I'd rather stay awake and love you than sleep."
"You're supposed to dream about me when you sleep."
"Unfortunately I can't choose what I dream about."
Alexis rolled over and faced him, "That would be a nice thing. No more nightmares, unless you're really into horror."
He smiled, "I'm into you more than anything."
She smiled softly as she snuggled into him again. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips before breathing, "Good night love."
"Night Starscream."
It wasn't long before they both fell into a deep recharge.
It was the most excruciating run she had ever made to the Autobot command center ever. Word had reached her that Megatron was coming to the Autobot base to meet with Optimus, but she didn't know why. She was just overwhelmed with the feeling that something was terribly wrong. Megatron would not be granted permission to enter the Autobot base unless that was the case.
When Alexis burst in, Megatron was already there, speaking with Optimus and a few other Autobots. Nobody seemed to notice that she had entered and the first words that her audio receptors caught horrified her.
"Lori is missing…"
The room suddenly faded to black and Alexis found herself staring into a void of darkness. She tried to turn around to move out of it but she found she couldn't move. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a navy blue transformer approached her. Alexis couldn't help but feel he looked strangely familiar. He wore a sadistic smile on his face as he approached her.
Alexis was tempted to cry out for Starscream, but she couldn't. She knew he wasn't there and that she was stuck, uninvited and alone with the transformer in front of her. Swallowing back her fear, she called out, "Who are you?"
He chuckled lowly.
"Where's Lori?"
"Dead," he replied in an all too familiar voice, "And I'm going to kill you next."
She recognized his voice, "Rad?! How…why?! Why did you kill Lori?!" Tears streamed down her face as the news that Lori was dead sunk in.
"Because she refused me," he bellowed back, obviously irritated, "And since you refused me long ago, you're going to die too."
Alexis bit back a scream as he pulled out a blade from his subspace and sauntered over to kill her.
Alexis gasped as she jumped awake. There was a light layer of coolant on her face. Realizing that it had just been a nightmare, she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She went to sit up, but Starscream had rolled onto her part of her wing and he had accidentally pinned her to the bed with his weight. After a few failed efforts, Alexis finally managed to slide her wing out from underneath him and sit up.
The nightmare had left her with a feeling that something was not right, that something terrible was going to happen.
Alexis went to get out of the bed, but as she did so, a hand caught hers. She looked down only to meet Starscream's gaze, "Something wrong Alexis?"
"I had a bad dream," she answered softly.
Starscream sat up and wrapped his arms around her. "What happened?" he prodded gently as he softly kissed her neck.
"Rad killed Lori…and then he came after me. The thing of it is, he was a transformer, not a human."
"It was a dream Alexis, Lori is safe with Megatron—
"We don't know that for sure."
"Alexis," Starscream growled, "Calm down, nothing is wrong, let's go back to sleep."
"Could you give Megatron a call on your comlink?"
"Alexis, it's three in the morning."
She gave him a look of death and Starscream groaned, "Alright fine, but if Megatron comes after me for this, I'm blaming you."
"Thank you Starscream."
Megatron jumped when he felt something vibrate in his jean's pocket. He could hear Starscream's voice, though muffled, coming from his pocket. Confused, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a device that was similar to a cellphone and he figured it was his comlink.
"Starscream to Megatron," and then a pause, "Megatron are you there?"
Megatron grumbled as he responded, "Yes, do you realize what time it is Starscream?"
"Yes I am fully aware; it was Alexis' idea for me to call you anyway."
"Why?"
"She wants to know if you're with Lori."
"I am, and you succeeded in waking her up."
"Alexis sends her apologies…Starscream out." And the transmission ended.
"She's like another mom," Lori mumbled tiredly into Megatron's chest.
"Sorry about that," Megatron apologized, kissing the top of Lori's head.
"It's okay," she remarked as she fell back to sleep.
The Decepticon leader chuckled softly as he closed his eyes and soon fell back to sleep himself.
Feeling relieved, Alexis kissed Starscream, thanking him for calling Megatron so early in the morning and agreed to go back to bed with him. Thus, Starscream pulled her back down into the bed with him and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "No more nightmares," he breathed.
"Alright," she replied.
That feeling of dread just wouldn't go away.
Both Lori and Megatron woke up the next morning at about seven to a knock on the door. "Lori, are you up yet?"
"Yeah mama," Lori called back, "Don't come in, I'm getting dressed."
"Okay, well your papa and I are going spend the day in town shopping, did you want to come?"
"No thanks mama, I'm just going to hang around here today."
"No hanging around that Coby boy!" her father shouted suddenly.
"Papa," Lori groaned as she sat up, "I don't like him like that and I know the rules."
"No boyfriends until I'm gone hija!"
"Papa I know!"
"You can hang out with Coby if you want to Lori. Don't listen to your father, you're a level-headed girl, I trust you," spoke her mom.
"Thank you mama, this is why I love you more."
Her mother laughed, "We'll be home around five, see you later dear."
"And no hanging around Coby!" called her father.
When Lori heard the front door open and shut, she grumbled and began letting out a string of phrases and not so nice words in Spanish. Megatron looked at her with an eyebrow raised, "I didn't know you could speak another language."
"My father is Hispanic. That's why he calls me hija, it means daughter."
"What's girlfriend?"
Lori smiled, "Novia."
"And boyfriend?"
"Novio."
"Well novia that was a close call."
Lori laughed and kissed him. Megatron pulled her on top of him and continued kissing her. As she ran her hands down his torso, the Decepticon leader became aware of a strange pressure between his legs. He wasn't sure what it was, but it was uncomfortable. Lori noticed the look of unease in his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It feels weird right here," he said pointing to his crotch.
"Oh," she said as she blushed, "That could mean a couple of things."
"Like what?"
"Well…you might have to use the bathroom or…" she trailed off and then finally said, "Or you may be…aroused…"
Megatron smirked, "Well, it's not that because I know what that feels like."
Lori looked relieved, "Then you have to go to the bathroom."
"And that means?"
Her face flushed again, "Well, you go in the bathroom and unzip your pants…"
"Show me."
"I can't show you," she remarked, her blush increasing. She got up from the bed, located a piece of paper and a pen, and began scribbling on it. When she was finished, she handed the paper to Megatron and said, "That'll tell you everything you need to know. The bathroom is right across the hall. Knock when you get back because I'm going to change my clothes."
"Okay," the Decepticon leader replied as he got up from the bed and walked out of the room.
When he was gone, Lori shut the door and proceeded to get dressed. She had just finished tugging her shirt on when she heard on a knock on the door. Lori opened it only to find Megatron standing there. He handed the paper back to her and said, "Humans are a…strange species."
She smiled, "Hey, its normal." And she walked past him into the bathroom herself. When she came back out, she had her hygiene taken care of and her hair was brushed.
Megatron took her in his arms and kissed her saying, "You're beautiful Lori."
"Thank you," she replied, kissing him back.
There was a knock on the front door suddenly. Megatron released her and said, "Let's go see who that is."
"Alright."
They went downstairs together and made their way to the front door. When Lori opened it, Coby and Bud were standing there. "Hey Lori," Coby spoke, "We heard you guys were back and—who's that?"
Lori looked over her shoulder at Megatron and then back to Coby, "My novio."
"Novio?"
"Oh come on Coby, get with the game," said Bud, "That's Spanish for boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?! Lori, don't you think he's a little bit on the emo side?"
"What's his name?" Bud asked.
Lori leaned against the doorframe, revealing Megatron's shirt with the Decepticon insignia. Both Bud and Coby gasped and the older boy exclaimed, "Lori, look at his shirt!"
"Oh…crap. Look, you know about Alexis and Starscream, right?"
"Yeah," Bud replied, "They are in a very icky thing called love. And I'm guessing you are too. I guess the only question is which one of the Decepticons is this and why is he human?"
"Take a wild guess," Lori said.
Coby and Bud exchanged glances before Coby guessed, "Thundercracker?"
And Bud guessed, "Starscream's mom."
Lori seized Bud by the collar of his shirt, "Listen small fry, I can have him kick your sorry ass if I want to."
"Alright, alright, alright!" Bud remarked, "I'm sorry!"
Megatron chuckled, "It looks like you know how to keep him in his place."
Both Coby and Bud gasped as they took a step back, "MEGATRON?!"
Coby was the first to recover, "Lori, don't you understand who he is? Does Optimus know about this? How can you possibly trust him?"
"Yes Optimus knows," Lori replied and then added, "And he's okay with it."
Bud swallowed before extending his hand to Megatron. "N-Nice to meet you M-Mr. Megatron sir, sorry about calling you Starscream's mom."
"It's alright," Megatron replied and shook Bud's hand, "But I want this." And he took Bud's beanie hat.
"Hey!" Bud shouted as he tried to grab his hat back, "Give it back, my head feels naked now."
"Jump for it," Megatron said holding it above his head.
"Sure, insult my size now," Bud exclaimed, "If I had Jolt here he'd tackle you." He pushed his way between Megatron and Lori and then jumped on Megatron's back, reaching for his hat.
"Hey now, watch the hair," Megatron said as he felt Bud place a hand on his head and try to push himself up to his hat.
Coby looked to Lori as Megatron kept Bud busy, "We're headed to the base. I guess we'll catch up with you later?"
"Yeah," Lori said, "If you see Alexis tell her not to worry about me."
"Okay," Coby remarked, "Be careful with you know who here."
"I want my hat, give me my hat," Bud said in a playful voice, obviously he was enjoying himself.
"Why do you wear this thing? It's too warm out, you'll end up—mmmm," Megatron started to say but Lori started kissing him and he stopped talking to kiss her.
"Ew!" Bud shouted as he managed to grab his hat back, "Saliva swapping! Coby, let's run before this gets worse!"
"I'm right behind you Bud," Coby exclaimed and he and Bud took off into the woods.
Megatron chuckled as he watched them run off, "That's one way to get rid of them."
"I guess so, come on let's go do something," Lori said as she started leading him to the forest. She suddenly heard someone laugh from her balcony. Lori looked up and saw none other than the human she feared the most standing there. "Rad!" she hissed as she walked up to the balcony, "What are you doing?! Get out of here!"
"Make me," he said quite simply.
Lori growled, "Alright, I will." She took her gem out and used it to transform into her transformer body.
Rad looked up at her surprised, but his surprise quickly faded, "Oh, I see you and Megatron do have something going on then."
Megatron returned to his normal body as well as Lori asked, "How did you get on my balcony?"
Rad glanced at Megatron and then looked back to Lori, "I can show you." After a brief pause he added, "Megatron, consider this my resignation."
"What?" Megatron asked.
Rad jumped off the balcony and before both Lori's and Megatron's optics, Rad transformed into none other than Blitz. Megatron growled as Blitz landed before them, "I should've known."
"Well, it's too late now," Blitz exclaimed as he pulled Lori from Megatron's grasp and into a headlock, "Now that I have what's mine, we'll be leaving."
Megatron took a step towards Blitz so he could rescue his love, but the blue transformer stopped him when he said, "Take another step towards me and she gets it."
The Decepticon leader watched horrified as Blitz opened a dimension gate and dragged Lori through before the gate closed and they both were gone. Megatron felt like collapsing to his knees…there was no way he could get her back on his own. He didn't have the resources to look for her; he didn't have time with the war.
Megatron balled his fists in anger and rage as he tuned his comlink to Starscream's frequency.
"Come on Alexis, wake up," Starscream called shaking her slightly.
"Leave me alone Starscream, I'm tired."
"Well, who's fault is it that they had a nightmare?"
Alexis glared up at him, "Do you want me to smack you?"
"Do you want to go flying?"
She sat bolt upright in the bed, "Okay, now you and I are speaking the same language."
Starscream smirked at her enthusiasm, "I want a few kisses first."
Alexis was all too happy to oblige as she leaned forward and allowed herself to fall prisoner to one of his kisses. He brought them back down onto the bed and they laid there kissing one another. After a few long moments, they ended the kiss together and Alexis sat up and said, "Let's go let Optimus know what we're doing."
"You mean what we're doing right now?"
Alexis shook her head, "You know what I mean. What we're going to do."
"Fly."
"Right, come on," she said as she dragged him out of the bed this time.
They walked hand in hand down to the command center and just as they walked inside Starscream's comlink buzzed to life with Megatron's voice, startling a couple Autobots in the room. Several pairs of scrutinizing optics fell on Starscream as he reluctantly answered, "What is it Megatron?"
"It's about time you answered, look; I need to speak with Optimus."
Alexis suddenly felt sick to her stomach and the room started to spin. Optimus cast his gaze to the former Decepticon second in command.
"What for?" Starscream asked.
"I…I lost Lori."
There were a couple gasps and Starscream continued, "What, did she runaway from you?"
"It's complicated; she was kidnapped by that human, Rad. I don't know how, but he's a transformer and he managed to get her and…we need to find her."
Starscream looked to Optimus who simply said, "Give him the coordinates of our base."
Alexis passed out on the floor.
We're appoaching the grand finale of this story. So, will Alexis' nightmare prove to be true? Will Rad kill Lori or will Megatron be able to rescue her in time? Or, will Rad get his hands on Alexis too? So many questions, so little time. The song Far Away belongs to Nickelback and not to me. Do you want a teaser for the next chapter? Alright, I'll give you not only one, but a few. Consider it a Merry belated Christmas present.
Teaser 1:
"Her," the Decepticon leader said pointing to Alexis, "She's known that creep all her life; she's going to help me find Rad."
"No," Starscream remarked angrily stepping in front of Alexis protectively, "Leave her out of this."
"She doesn't have a choice!"
Teaser 2:
Lori felt so helpless and weak. She slid down the wall until she was sitting on the floor feeling worthless and broken. "Megatron," she sobbed into the gem, her voice breaking and barely above a whisper. She was so full of pain that her voice couldn't hide it, "Megatron I need you so badly right now."
Teaser 3:
Rad chuckled lowly as he restrained Lori to the wall. "I will be back with a playmate for you my dear, I think Alexis will be most happy to see you again."
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