So, it's been a while since I last updated, but that's me stating the obvious. I figured I should delve into Joey and Starscream's relationship a little bit, so here we go with another two parter. Maybe three, but I'll try to keep it down to two parts. Anyways, I'll stop rambling now so you can read. Enjoy!
Chapter 29: Joey
Part I
When Aurora woke the next morning by Optimus' side, she had never felt so blessed. The night before she witnessed how easily the Autobot leader could have been taken from her, but his affections were strong enough to make him stay. Even though he had proposed, she loved him most for the fact that he had stayed by her side and proved just how much he loved her. It was a love that couldn't fill the universe since the universe was too small. She gave a small smile as she snuggled closer to her love.
"Good morning," he whispered, kissing the top of her head with his warm lips.
"Good morning," she whispered back.
"How are you feeling?" he asked as he held her tighter in his arms. After the events that transpired last night, it was a valid question to ask.
"I feel so happy," she replied, "That's all I feel, bubbling over with happiness and love."
Optimus smiled and kissed her before saying, "I wish I could make you feel like that forever. I'm still trying to figure out how Elita found our base."
"I…think I know," Aurora admitted slowly.
"Oh?"
"A few weeks ago I sent out a transmission telling any other Autobots and Decepticons that the war was over and I said where our base was. That was why Barricade showed up, and I wouldn't doubt that's the same reason why Elita showed up."
"That only goes to show that when you made the wish for us to come to life, transformers from all over the globe must have come to life as well."
"So the secret of your existence won't stay a secret forever."
"Probably not," Optimus confessed, "Things will change if that ever happens. I don't want to lose you."
She smiled softly, "You won't."
He pulled her closer to him as he wrapped his arms around her. He didn't ever want to let her go.
"Oh yes, you're so cute."
Megatron let his optics come online as he woke up. His back was to Angelique, but he swore he heard her voice, that was what had woken him up.
"I love you so much," she said, speaking in a voice that was too low. She was baby talking him.
Megatron smiled, listening.
"You're so handsome and warm and fluffy," she continued.
"Fluffy?" Megatron mouthed. He rolled over only to see Figaro sprawled out on the bed, purring wildly as Angelique gently petted him. He frowned, "You're talking to him?"
She chuckled, "Who'd you think I was talking to?"
"Me," he said, "Until you said the word fluffy."
"If you were a human you'd be fluffy."
"Well, I'm not a human and I don't plan on being one," he said as Figaro jumped off the bed. Megatron then pulled Angelique to him.
"What's wrong with being a human?" she asked as he leaned in to kiss her.
"No human will ever be lucky enough to spend forever with you," he replied as he gently kissed her.
Angelique smiled before accepting the kiss. She didn't know if he planned on spending forever with her, they had only been together for a little over a week; it was too soon to say anything like that. But his words still were appreciated and still melted her heart just the same.
"I love you," she breathed.
Megatron grinned and deepened the kiss, suddenly remembering the first time he ever saw her naked. He remembered the surprise he felt when he pulled back the blanket after discovering her in the med bay. He remembered he was so surprised that he couldn't move to put the blanket back over her. Her body was so soft…so precious looking. His curiosity had aroused him, and now…
"Can I shower with you?" he asked quietly.
"Megatron…"
"Nothing will happen," he said, trying to reassure her.
Angelique was well aware that Megatron had wanted to see her naked for quite some time. Ever since he accidentally saw her naked body in the med bay he had tried more than once to get under her clothes. She knew he was attracted to her, there was no denying that. She just wanted him to love her for who she was, not for her body. Her heart seemed to constrict inside her chest.
"You do love me, right?" she asked quietly, but deep down inside she felt like she was going to cry.
"Why are you asking that?" he replied just as quietly, an angry and hurt look suddenly appearing in his optics.
"Because you always want me naked." She realized after she said that that it sounded stupid.
"Angelique," he remarked as he pulled her closer, "I may be leader of the Decepticons, but I'm not that shallow. I'm not asking for sex."
Angelique knew that if she let him see her naked it could lead to sex. She looked at him, trusting the look in his optics. She felt like if she never looked away from the gaze he held in his optics now that she would never have to be afraid again. She sighed heavily, knowing deep down inside that no matter what they did, it wouldn't hurt anything. A few months ago, when Megatron was still a plastic collector's piece gathering dust on her shelf, she would have given anything for this moment.
She gave a small smirk before saying, "Maybe later."
A disappointed look went across his face as she got up and disappeared inside the cleansing room. Megatron sighed heavily, glaring at the door to the cleansing room. He listened as Angelique showered for fifteen minutes; he listened as she dried her hair for another ten minutes. For the next few minutes, there was nothing but complete silence, which peaked the Decepticon leader's curiosity. Without warning, the door to the cleansing room opened and Angelique came out wrapped in a towel, a small blush on her face. He smirked wickedly.
"I forgot my clothes…" she said shyly.
"I think you should forget them for a little while longer," he replied, willing with every ounce of his being for the towel to fall, "Come back to bed with me."
Angelique liked the way his voice sounded, suave and heavy, like a purr, but deep and demanding like thunder. She liked the way he sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for her, hoping for her, wanting her. Slowly, she walked over to him and stopped when she was directly in front of him. Megatron noticed how the towel hugged her small frame, she obviously was holding it tightly around her so that if he tried to pull it off he couldn't. He was envious of the towel since it was closer to her than he was. He looked up at her just as the towel seemed to sigh and release Angelique before gently sliding down the soft curves of her body and collecting on the floor around her ankles.
It was just like the first time he saw her naked, except this time, she was all his.
Slowly, Megatron reached out, grasping her hip. Oh, she felt much more beautiful than she looked. He pulled her down onto the bed, pinning her beneath him as his hands were finally allowed to go where only his optics could go before. He kissed her like he had never kissed her before, his hands becoming lost in the gentle curves of her synthetic flesh. He wanted to know every single part of her and he wanted to be the only one who ever did.
Angelique almost wished she had done this sooner. The way he was making her feel was irreplaceable. As his fingertips gently caressed over her body, he was heightening her senses in a way they never had been before. She felt beautiful, she felt alive, she felt wanted, she felt loved, she felt complete. He grabbed, he fondled, he caressed nearly every inch of her with not only his hands but his lips as well. She could hear his systems humming, knowing that he was highly aroused, but he was doing well to control himself. Finally though, after a few more minutes, he released her as he breathed heavily, "Go get dressed before I ask you to do more than what you want."
She did as he said and got up from the bed and went and dressed herself, Megatron watching her as she did so. He eventually couldn't take it anymore though and went to the cleansing room to relieve himself. When she finished dressing, Angelique went over to the door to the cleansing room and listened. She could hear the shower running, but above the sound of the shower she heard him grunt softly and she knew what he had done. A blush went to her face as a light, yet powerful feeling of love and flattery pulsed through her heart. She smiled as she moved away from the door and proceeded to make the bed and clean up the rest of the room.
He would not stop calling.
Joey frowned as she tried to keep her constantly vibrating phone from Starscream's knowledge. Whenever she was alone with Starscream, she would turn her phone off, just so that he wouldn't hear it vibrating. She didn't want to tell him that some members of the gang she had previously worked with, the same gang that struck a deal with Kenneth McGuire, and the gang that kidnapped Aurora and Angelique, some members had been released on bail. Their leader, Cutthroat as he liked to be called, her ex-boyfriend, was now trying to find her. Joey, however, did not want to be found.
That morning, her phone was already humming. Starscream was still sleeping so Joey thought it would be okay to turn her phone on. However, she already had several unread messages from her ex.
Baby
Come on
Jo, will you answer me?
I'm not leaving without you.
Please stop texting and calling me. I'm not going anywhere with you anymore. You already kicked me out.
Don't say that.
Did you find someone else?
Yes.
You know you can never do better than me, Jo.
I'm gonna kill him.
I'm gonna kill you too. You DON'T leave me.
Leave me alone. I'll call the cops.
You don't wanna do that. I'm gonna find you, you bitch. I'm gonna make you pay.
He called, but she didn't answer. She let it ring and he proceeded to call a couple more times. He didn't leave a voicemail. Instead he texted her again.
You're gonna talk to me, Jo. You're gonna come with me. You BELONG to me. If I can't find you, I'll get those new friends of yours, Aurora and Angelique. I'll kill them. I'll KILL ALL OF THEM until I get you…
"You sure are popular," Starscream's tired voice suddenly said as he rolled over to face her, "Who are you talking to?"
Joey was so shocked that he was awake that she jumped at the sound of his voice and dropped her phone into the folds of the covers, causing the Decepticon second in command to lightly laugh at her. Joey panicked as he picked up her phone and stared at it for a moment, acting like he was going to go through her messages. To her relief, he didn't, and as he handed the phone back to her she said, "It's just an old friend that I haven't talked to in a while."
"Really?" he asked with a skeptical look on his face.
"Trust me, if I were in any kind of danger I'd let you know," she said.
"Right…"
Joey smiled and gave him a light punch, but it ended up hurting her hand more than it hurt him. He laughed at her as he pulled her close to him, "When are you going to learn that my metal body is so much stronger than your flesh one?"
"Funny, I've never heard you complain about my body before."
Starscream smirked, "It would be better if I could actually have sex with you."
"Ouch, that hurts."
He shrugged, "I'm going back to sleep."
"I think I'm going to go shopping with Angelique or Aurora today."
"Buy something sexy."
"What's the point, you can't have sex with me anyway."
"…Touché."
Joey just smiled as she stepped into the shower.
Angelique couldn't help but feel sexy as she felt Megatron's optics on her as he worked from his office doing paperwork. She also couldn't help a small smile when there was a knock on the door and the Decepticon leader groaned, obviously disappointed that he couldn't stare at her anymore. She went over and answered the door only to reveal Joey standing there.
"Hey stranger," Angelique said, "Come in."
Joey stepped inside and plopped herself down on the couch. "What brings you here?" Angelique asked as she came over.
"I want to go shopping. Is there any malls around here?"
"There's one about 45 minutes away—
"Cool, want to come with? It's a bummer having to shop alone."
"Um, how would we get there?"
"Ask your love machine if he'll take us."
"Her love machine isn't a chauffeur," Megatron called back, having heard Joey from his office.
"We could go to one of those sex shops," Joey said with a smile on her face, "Maybe we could get you a cute outfit. Something black with purple trim. Since Transformers are becoming more popular, we could probably find one with Megatron's face on it or something. Too bad we can't get to the mall though, poor ol' Megs doesn't know what he's missing."
"Joey!" Angelique hissed, but Joey had played her cards right.
"Alright…" Megatron relented, "I'll take you."
And so they went. Angelique sat in the driver's seat while Joey sat in the front passenger's seat. Since she wasn't shy, Joey immediately began fooling around with the radio trying to find something worth listening to. She sighed impatiently before saying, "Don't they have any death metal stations up here?"
Angelique looked at her, "You listen to death metal? How are you able to still hear?"
"What do you listen to, Lady GaGa?"
"There's nothing wrong with Lady GaGa."
"Girl, have you seen Lady GaGa? There is everything wrong with her. Do you listen to country?"
"No."
"What do you listen to?"
"Just about everything, but mostly rock," Angelique answered as she tuned the radio to a rock station, "Can we compromise on bands like Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, and Hail the Villain?"
"I guess," Joey replied, relenting.
Megatron sighed heavily before saying, "On the way back…the radio is off."
"We'll see," Joey said.
When they arrived at the mall, Megatron dropped Angelique and Joey off before he went and parked. They said they would back in a couple hours before they disappeared inside the mall. Once inside, Joey immediately grabbed Angelique by the arm and steered her to the food court where they sat at a table. The younger girl look confused as she said, "I thought we came here to shop."
"I need to tell you something serious first," she said, "I couldn't tell you back at the base because there are too many people that could overhear."
"Okay," Angelique replied, "I'm listening."
Joey glanced around before saying, "Kenneth McGuire and two other gang members are out of jail on bail."
She suddenly felt sick. "What?" she whispered loudly, "They were allowed to post bail?"
"Apparently, look I don't know where they are and I don't know if they are talking, but James, he was in charge of the gang, he's looking for me. He's threatened to kill me; he's threatened to kill you and Aurora unless he gets his hands on me."
"Aren't you scared?"
"A little," she replied, glancing around once again, "I came here so I can talk to Verizon about getting my number changed so James can't contact me anymore."
"Does Starscream know?"
"No."
"Why haven't you told him?"
"I don't think he would care."
"Why wouldn't he care?" Angelique asked, "I mean, you guys are together aren't you?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean he cares enough to protect me from others that want to hurt me."
"You could go to the cops; they could throw him back in jail. Heck, we could get Barricade to do it."
"Think he would?" she asked.
"Megatron could make him, and I just so happen to be on good terms with Megatron."
"So, you'll tell Megatron what's going on and get it taken care of?"
"Definitely. You don't need to be harassed."
"Alright, thanks," Joey said, "You don't know what this means to me."
Angelique smiled, "Should we go shopping?"
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" came a male voice to the right of them suddenly.
Both of the girls looked over and Angelique watched as Joey's face paled when their eyes landed on two males. "James…" she breathed as he sat down next to her, the other male sitting down next to Angelique.
The younger girl swallowed hard as she watched James wrap his arm around Joey and pull her close to him. "Why Jo," he said, "How funny it is running into you here. And you brought our friend Angelique to keep Nick entertained, how thoughtful of you."
"Yeah, we just got done eating," Angelique remarked, pretending to play along, "We were going to do some shopping, but I got to run to the restroom real quick. Joey, will you come with me? We won't be gone long and you guys can go shopping with us when we get back."
James seemed to smile, "Alright. We'll walk you to the restroom."
And they got up and walked to the bathroom. Once there, James gave them a time limit of five minutes and no more. He then took their phones so that they couldn't call anyone. After that, Joey and Angelique quickly went inside. "What do we do?" Joey whispered as she paced by the sink, "If we go back out there we'll never get away."
"Think we can make a run for it?" Angelique asked, desperately wishing that she could call Megatron.
"Somehow we need to get to Megatron," she said, "Somehow we need to convince James and Nick to let us go to him."
"We could say you forgot your money in the car and since I treated you to lunch you didn't realize it until just now."
"If we're not back in a couple hours, will Megatron call you?" Joey asked.
"Yes," Angelique replied, "Would those two goons let me take the call?"
"Yes," Joey answered, "So that everything seems normal. You tell him then, you tell him and then we'll run."
Angelique nodded and after both of them took a deep breath, they left the restroom. Joey tried to show via her body language that she was not interested in James at all. He kept trying to hold her hand, wrap his arm around her; he didn't want to leave the sex shop. He wanted her to pick out something to buy to make him happy. Angelique felt sick to her stomach as Nick went to the bondage section, repeatedly eyeing her. To her relief, he didn't get anything, but he kept trying to touch her, hold her hand. At one point, she slapped his hand away, but he only chuckled and pulled back his jacket to reveal a gun he had. She tried to keep her sickness back when she saw that.
"Hey, you're getting a call," James said as he tossed Angelique's phone over to her, "Answer it, but don't you dare say what's going on."
Joey came over to her as Angelique answered the phone. "Hello?" she said in a shaky voice.
"Angelique, it's been a couple hours. Is everything okay?" To her relief, it was Megatron.
Since James didn't have her put the call on speakerphone, she replied, "No. We met up with a couple old friends of Joey's that's why it's taking so long."
Megatron realized that Angelique was being extremely careful about what she said. He realized that someone was listening to her, but from the way she had answered, nobody was listening to him. "Do they have guns?" he asked.
"Yes."
"I'm coming in."
"You don't need to come in; we'll be out in a bit."
"Come out front, right now."
"There are cops out back? Do you know who they're looking for?"
Megatron saw what she was doing. "Be careful Angelique," he whispered.
"I got to go, I love you," she said before hanging up. She then looked to James and Nick who had desperate looks on their faces.
"We're leaving," James said.
"Thank God we're parked out front," Nick remarked as they practically forced Joey and Angelique to the front of the mall.
Both Joey and Angelique saw Megatron parked out front, and when they got out the doors, Joey broke free from James' grasp before punching him and yanking Angelique free from Nick. "Come on, run!" she said as she grabbed Angelique by the arm and pulled her towards Megatron.
But her voice was masked by the sound of a gun firing. Twice.
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