The next month dragged by slowly for Eva as the weather got colder and she was allowed out less and less. Skydancer had remained a secret from the Autobots since they would most likely want to take her back to their base where it was probably safer, but none of them could bear the thought of her not being around. They had agreed that the Autobots would remain unaware of her until after the sparkling was born, then they would be told when Eva and both sparklings would be moved to the Autobot's base until Megatron was dead.
"Warp, what do I do? I can barely move, I've watched every movie I have here too many times to count and I'm going to go crazy from boredom long before the sparkling is born." Eva complained from where she was sitting on the couch with Skydancer sleeping against her side.
"Well I have an idea, but Starscream won't like it." Skywarp replied.
"He's the one responsible for me being stuck here and bored, I don't care what he thinks as long as I have a distraction from the fact that I look like I swallowed a giant beach ball and can barely move." Eva replied.
"You're not really quite that big, but good point. I found where Starscream hid the paint ball gun and about a dozen paint balls that were left over. We could open the window just far enough for you to get the gun through it without completely chilling the cabin and you could see how good your aim is from a distance." Skywarp told her.
"That sounds perfect." Eva said.
"I'll be right back." Skywarp said before his holoform disappeared.
A little while later he came into the cabin carrying the gun and paint balls, "Maybe I should go get some more paint balls, do you need any food or anything that I can try to use as an excuse for leaving?" he asked.
"I think I'm almost out of bread and will need more milk by tomorrow." Eva replied as she set Skydancer in her playpen.
"Perfect, nice soft bread that TC wouldn't be able to get along with the supplies he's already after. I'll tell Starscream I'm leaving to get that stuff for you and that he should stay near the cabin incase you need him. That should put him close enough for you to get some good shots, just hide the gun quick after a few shots so he can't take it away from you and hide it again." Skywarp told her.
"Okay." Eva replied as she slipped on her coat then pulled one of the kitchen chairs over to the window and loaded the gun.
She watched as Skywarp talked to Starscream for a moment then left and Starscream moved to work on the closest of another set of solar panels that would be attached to a second energon generator.
Silently cracking the window open Eva took aim and fired, splattering bright orange paint all over the back of one of Starscream's wings.
Starscream stopped what he was doing and glanced up at the snow covered branches of a tree he was standing near then went back to work.
"Just keep on believing it's just snow falling." Eva said as she quickly fired off two more shots, hitting his back with both of them.
Again he seemed to think it was just snow falling out of the tree and went back to his work. The fourth shot went a little high, hitting the top back of his head, this time he raised his hand and looked at the splatter of paint drops that had shot around his head then spun around to look at the cabin.
Eva quickly slid the gun into a cupboard and barely made it back to her seat before Starscream's holoform appeared, "What do you think you're doing?" he demanded.
"Whatever are you talking?" Eva asked innocently.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, you were shooting me with paint balls again." Starscream said.
"I'm bored, I needed something to do and I thought a little target practice might be a good idea, you never know when I might need to shoot someone." Eva replied.
"The only person you might need to be shooting at wouldn't be affected much by most human guns." he pointed out.
"Okay, fine, I was just plain bored." Eva told him.
"And you never tire of torturing me?"
"Nope, not as long as you're responsible for my suffering." Eva replied.
"So after the sparkling is born you'll stop harassing me?" Starscream asked.
"Maybe." Eva replied smiling at him until she heard a jet approaching, "Is Thundercracker back already? It hasn't been long enough for Warp to be back yet." she said.
"Stay here." Starscream told her, a seriousness in his voice that left no room for question and little doubt about who it was, then he disappeared.
Eva watched nervously as Starscream talked to Megatron, only able to hear occasional words, but not enough to be sure what was being said. After what seemed like forever Megatron looked towards the cabin and a moment later turned angrily towards Starscream, "It's part organic, you've been wasting time keeping that abomination alive while you and the other two could have been fighting with the others?" she could hear Megatron yell before he backhanded Starscream across the face hard enough to knock him to the ground, "This stupidity ends now." Megatron said before starting to head towards the cabin.
Eva was debating what to do when Starscream got up, "You're right, it's time to end this stupidity." he said as his hand transformed into a large canon and he fired it straight into Megatron's back.
Megatron let out a roar of pain and turned on Starscream, his hand being replaced by a large blade as he lunged at Starscream. He was clearly shocked when Starscream's canon was replaced by a blade and he easily blocked Megatron's attack. The blade was one of the weapon upgrades that the Autobots had given Starscream and he had quickly become skilled at fighting with it, fighting to a draw several times and even beating Optimus twice during their training.
They continued to fight for nearly fifteen minutes and seemed to be evenly matched. At least until Megatron blocked one Starscream's blows and with the gun on the other arm fired a shot at the cabin. Luckily he missed although the shot hit close enough to shatter the windows on the side of the cabin where it had hit, but it was enough to distract Starscream for a split second and Megatron used that to his advantage. He managed to knock Starscream to the ground and pinned him down with one foot while aiming his gun right at Starscream's spark.
Eva raced to the kitchen and grabbed the paint ball gun then ran outside, she knew she didn't stand a chance against Megatron, but she couldn't just sit there and do nothing, running away wouldn't do her any good, he'd find her and kill her one way or another and if she was going to die she was going to go down fighting.
"Before you die you should know I'm going to kill that abomination of yours and I'll do it nice and slowly so it and the human suffer." Megatron was telling Starscream.
"Hey, Megaugly." Eva yelled as she aimed the gun.
As soon as Megatron turned towards her she quickly fired the last several paint balls at his face, enough of them hitting his optics to temporarily blind him and Starscream quickly knocked him down.
"Pin him down." Eva said as she ran as quickly as she could manage towards him, stumbling slightly as she felt the sparkling make a sudden strong movement that sent pain through her whole stomach, but she ignored the pain and forced herself to keep moving.
"Get back inside." Starscream told her even as he did pin Megatron down.
"No, just trust me, I know what I'm doing." Eva replied as she reached them and dodging Megatron's thrashing hand ran right up to where Starscream was trying to keep his arms pinned down.
"Eva you've got to get out of here, I can't hold him much longer." Starscream told her.
"Don't move." she told him as she opened the vile Ratchet had given her, popped out the needle and reached it through Megatron's armor. She gasped as he tried to move and a sharp edge of armor cut into the back of her arm, but she didn't pay any attention to it as she forced the needle into the wires under the armor. A second later Megatron let out a deafening roar of agony, Eva quickly backed away as he began thrashing around even more.
"Let him go before he hurts you, he's not going anywhere." Eva told Starscream.
Starscream did as she told him and picked her up, "What was that?" Starscream asked.
"A little gift from Ratchet, he said it should kill him within a minute." Eva told him.
"I'll kill you both." Megatron yelled although he was still writhing around in too much pain to actually do anything.
"How does it feel lord Megatron to know that twice, you've been killed by a species you think are so useless and a waste of space?" Starscream asked.
Megatron glared at them, but before he could reply his optics flickered then went out.
Starscream stepped forward and aimed his canon straight at Megatron's spark chamber, "Cover you're ears." he instructed and Eva did so, then he fired two shots leaving a gaping hole where Megatron's spark had been.
"You know he was already dead." Eva said.
"I also know he's been dead before and come back, I just wanted to be sure." Starscream told her.
"Okay, good point." Eva said then flinched as the pain suddenly got worse.
"Are you alright?" Starscream asked.
"I don't know, the sparkling did something weird when I was running out here and I think my water broke." Eva replied.
"Do you think you'll be alright if I fly you to Ratchet or should I radio Skywarp and have him bring him here?" Starscream asked.
"Ratchet said he had to go back to the Autobot's main base for a couple of days, he would have to drive part way here before he'd be close enough for Warp to bring him and I'm in a lot of pain and just don't feel right, so let's just head there now, it'll be faster." Eva replied.
"Alright." Starscream said setting her down then he hesitated a moment staring at his hand.
"What's wrong." Eva asked.
"We've got to get you to Ratchet now, this isn't just from your water breaking." he said sounding terrified as he showed her his hand that was covered in blood then transformed, his holoform appeared and helped her into the cockpit.
"What about Skydancer?" Eva asked.
"I've already radioed Thundercracker to come pick her up then he and Skywarp will meet us at the Autobot base." Starscream replied then quickly transformed, his holoform appearing next to Eva to help her in.
"Will you stop that, it hurts." Starscream said a few minutes later as Eva gripped the seat on either side of her in a death grip.
"Sure, if you'll make the contractions and pain stop." Eva replied after the contraction had passed.
"Well try to give me some warning next time." Starscream told her.
"Do you think the sparkling is going to be okay?" Eva asked.
"It should be, it transformed, that's what you felt when it moved, it means it was preparing to be born." Starscream told her.
"What did it transform into?" Eva asked.
"Sort of a meteor or teardrop shape, it makes it easier to give birth to." Starscream told her.
"Okay, any idea why there's so much blood?" Eva asked.
"No, not that I can say for sure, it's probably nothing more than a minor cut from when it transformed." Starscream replied although he sounded unsure and worried.
"Starscream, if I don't survive this-"
"Don't, don't you dare give up on me, you're too strong for that. You're going to be just fine, the sparkling needs you too much, you have to be alright." Starscream told her his voice sounding as if he was struggling to not start panicking which did little to reassure Eva of her chances of surviving.
Just because I'm a review addict, if I get at least 10 reviews on this chapter I'll go ahead and post the next chapter as soon as I get that many instead of waiting until next weekend, with well over two hundred people reading this story I don't think that's too much to ask, is it?