Reprobo Socius Chapter 21: Never Say Never, a transformers fanfic

Ratchet limped over to Starscream, and placed a hand on his shoulder. Wheeljack looked up at him from the desk, various papers around him, "Ratchet," he said softly, "I...I think Megatron might have won this time against Starscream," Ratchet looked at the spark monitor and saw that it was still. Starscream's optics were offline, his hands lifeless. Ratchet hung his helm, and took his hand off Starscream's shoulder. Wheeljack got up and placed a sheet over Starscream. Ratchet felt lubricant in his optics.

"I...I thought...I could save him. I can save anyone," Ratchet whispered. Wheeljack sighed and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Sometimes, we can't save everyone we want to Ratch. Sometimes, it's best to let the ones we care about go, and hope for the best with them. He'll be alright wherever he is. I hope he was forgiven for what he did," Wheeljack turned and walked out of the room. Ratchet looked at Starscream one last time and turned to walk out of the room when he heard a cough. He turned around and saw Starscream sit up.

"Impossible," Starscream looked at him.

"Pretend I'm dead. It's a way to trick Megatron," Ratchet nodded, and Starscream lid back down, "Ratchet."

"Yes Starscream?" The jet sat up, looking down at his hands, then up, "I...I think it's best I don't help you Autobots anymore," Ratchet looked over at the machine, "The reason why Megatron is attacking us one after another is because of me. I think it's best I just leave and go somewhere far away from here. I'm sorry Ratchet, but I'm not having people die bcause of me," He stood up, and walked towards the door.

"Starscream," The jet stopped, and Ratchet turned towards him. He didn't speak for a while, just gathering his thoughts as he did, "If you believe, that the only reason why Megatron is attacking us, you're wrong. He's after this necklace and we all need to protect her and the necklace. Running away is just showing Megatron you are giving up and letting him win."

"It's the only thing I can do," Starscream whispered.

"You can fight and prove him wrong."

"He's almost killed me twice Ratchet!" Starscream snapped, "What if he succeeds this time? I don't want to die, not yet. I need to redeem myself first," he made his way towards the main hangar, Ratchet limping behind him.

"No one wants to die Starscream. Sometimes, it just hits us," Ratchet said softly, rubbing his chest cavity, "I never thought I would be the one who would be dying so soon, but here I am. I don't have much time left here, I know that, but before my time is, I want to see Megatron get a taste of his own medicine, and I thought you would want to see that too," Starscream stopped, "but if you think leaving is the right thing, then I'm not going to stop you," Ratchet turned and walked back into the base. Starscream looked over his shoulder, and sighed. He transformed and took off into the sky.

Ironhide followed Optimus towards Montreal. They had decided to save the hostages, even though he knew it was a trap. There had to be a way to convince Optimus this was a bad idea, but once he had his mind made up, Optimus was a hard head and it took more than just words to change his mind. Behind, Bumblebee and Speedboost were next to him, followed by both sets of twins, and the reinforcements. He felt something was telling him to turn around and just drive, drive far away.

For once in his life, Ironhide didn't want to fight and destroy Decepticons.

Never say never(never never never)

He wanted to run and hide, like he did when he was a sparkling. He didn't use to be rough and hard with everyone, he used to be soft and generous. But, he was picked on because of this and this is what caused him to become what he was.

A killing machine that searched for Decepticons to kill and torture.

In some ways, he could be as bad as Megatron.

You see I never thought that I could walk through fire
I never thought that I could take a burn

Optimus knew him as the weapons' specialist but he wanted to be more than that. He didn't want to have to put on a rough image to impress everyone and strike fear into the hearts of the enemy.

Primus, he was sounding like Starscream.

I never had the strength to take it higher
Until I reached the point of no return

Ironhide saw the city come into view, and saw jets flying around it. He knew they were Decepticons by the way they maneuvered in the sky. The twisting patterns and the dives that made some of them almost crashed. Ironhide willed one of them to crash.

And there's just no turning back
When your heart's under attack

"Autobots, we have Decepticons up ahead, surrounding the city," Optimus' voice brought Ironhide back from his thoughts, "We need to act quickly in order to save all the hostages. We need to split up into teams."

Gonna give everything I have
It's my destiny

Ironhide's cannons came online and he turned towards the city. Bumblebee looked at him, sensing something wasn't right with the older mech but he couldn't figure it out.

"Ironhide, you and Bumblebee take the east side of the city and see if you can get close to the building where the hostages are," Ironhide nodded and he and Bumblebee transformed and drove off.

I will never say never (I will fight)
I will fight til forever (Make it right)
Whenever you knock me down
I will not stay on the ground
Pick it up, pick it up
Pick it up, pick it up (up up up...)
And never say never (Ne-never say never)
(Ne-never say never, ne-never say never)

Starscream landed on top of the mountain and looked around. He felt his spark was going to explode. All these emotions he was having never happened before. Is this what it was like to feel? He felt guilty for leaving them but what could he do? He didn't want to risk being killed again and maybe actually dying this time?

"Really Screamer? You're going to give up because you don't want to die?" Starscream spun around and saw a pair of glowing optics hiding in the shadows of a cave, "You can't let Megatron win young one," Starscream frowned.

"Do..do I know you?"

"Very well actually," The optics stepped out of the cave and Starscream stiffened.

"You."

"Listen Screamer. You can't give up. The Autobots need you right now. You are one of the only people who can stop Megatron."

I never thought that I could feel this power

"They need you and you know that. You can't just abandon them. They never abandoned you when you needed help and you shouldn't do the same. That's not the Autobot way Starscream. You're an Autobot now. You need to start acting like one and be what you need to be, not what they expect you to be."

I never thought that I could feel this free

Starscream thought about his words. He was right, "You have to go back and help them. They need help Starscream. Now."

I'm strong enough to climb the highest tower
And I'm fast enough to ruin across the sea

Starscream nodded and turned to take off, "This is your calling Starscream. To help them. Make them proud, and make your creators proud as well," Starscream looked up to the sky and took off, leaving a trail of dust behind him.

Cuz there's just no turning back
When your heart's under attack
Gonna give everything I have
Cuz this is my destiny

Sorry it's short but the battle is next chapter!