CHAPTER NINE

I Don't Want To Be Alone

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Meg: I need…M&M's!!!! *Eats M&M's*

Starscream: Is Megatron's speech fixed yet?

Meg: *Munch munch* Eh, what? Umm, I dunno, let's check…hey Megatron! What exactly are you?

Megatron: I'm a wishy-washy washing machine!

Starscream: Oh, I am so gonna enjoy this! Hey, Mega-loser – what's your favourite past-time?

Megatron: I like eating green paper!

Starscream: Oh yeah, that's so going in the record book! *Hi-fives Meg*

Megatron: *Thinking* I will kill you all…

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That night, I lay in the big bed in my newly appointed bedroom, thinking about the events of the day. Star had taken off for a few hours around tea time, which had consisted of, like, the world's biggest feast. Mum and Dad seemed to know exactly what I liked to eat, and their cooking was just as good as Nenona and Jerome's. We'd taken a tour of the ground before tea (me on new crutches) and I'd nearly gotten lost – twice. Star hadn't said much all day, and just stuck to my side like glue. It was like having a shadow. One that I didn't mind having at the moment.

Now, I was lying in bed, and drifting slowly off to sleep, although I wished that Leveret were here, and not off with his new girlfriend, Kyo. Still, I was glad he was happy. Maybe they'd have kittens, like in Kiki's Delivery Service!

I fell asleep.

In my dream, I dreamed in line-art. Not black and white, but actual line-art. I was standing waist deep in a river, with a tumbling waterfall beside me.

Aside from that, however, I was all alone.

It was scary. The blackness and the whiteness seemed to set over me, and I found myself being enveloped in the loneliness.

I woke up sobbing.

I breathed hard, and tried to top from shaking, but I couldn't. The weight of the nightmare still pressed down on my chest, crushing it, and making me gasp.

I struggled out of bed in my new long pink nightgown, and found my crutches. I hobbled out of my room, and down the hall, to where Star's room was.

I had managed to convince him to sleep in his holoform, because I knew that Mum and Dad might freak out at his robot form.

I knocked on the door. There was no answer.

Sighing, but not wanting to go away, I pushed the door open, and swung into his room.

He wasn't in there, the moonlight shone on his empty bed.

The fear of being alone pressed all around me again, and I began to shake.

"Dear Primus…" I whispered. "I don't want to be alone…" I didn't feel right going to Mum and Dad's room – not only that, but I probably couldn't even find it, and would be left wandering the large house all night…and alone.

Before I could get too far ahead of myself, however, I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned to look in to the glowing red eyes of Starscream.

"What's wrong?" He asked me. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.

"I had a nightmare…" I whispered, still shaking, and tears still sliding down my face. I hastily wiped them away. I couldn't read the expression on Star's face. "Please…can I sleep with you tonight?"

A shocked expression flew across Star's face, and I hastily said: "Not like that!" I sighed again. "I just…don't want to be alone…not again…"

Star regarded me for a fraction of a second, but it felt like ten hours before he finally nodded, and picked me up, letting my crutches fall to the floor. Then he carried me over to the bed, and placed me in it, before lying down next to me, so that we were both lying on our sides and my back was to him. His arms wrapped around my waist – and then he began humming.

"What song is that?" I whispered, but I think I already knew.

"This one," He replied softly, and began singing, in a voice that was deeper then Bee's. "Now hush
My Little one
Don't be afraid, your daddy's right here
It's just a little dream
And now it's gone there's nothing to fear
So close your eyes, I'll sing a sweet lullaby
Lay your head close to my heart

And sleep tight
May angels hover over you
They'll spread their wings to keep you safe and warm
The starlight, the heavens high above you
Will light a path at you to find your way back home

Yes sleep tight

And now, my sleepy head, your carriage weighs
To take you off to bed
Let go tiny hands and drift away to a bright enchanted land
I promise you, your sweetest dreams will come true
Now leave this weary world behind

And sleep tight
May angels hover over you
They'll spread their wings to keep you safe and warm
The starlight, the heavens high above you
Will light a path at you to find your way back home

Yeah sleep tight

So close your eyes and wish upon the brightest star
Cause when you dream it doesn't matter where you are
Near to me or very far
I'll always be with you

And sleep tight
May angels hover over you
They'll spread their wings to keep you safe and warm
The starlight, the heavens high above you
Will light a path at you to find your way back home

And sleep tight
May angels hover over you
They'll spread their wings to keep you safe and warm

I'll keep you safe, safe and warm
I'll keep you safe…"

I closed my eyes, and truly believed every word that Starscream sang.

*

Starscream's P.O.V:

I was surprised with what Em wanted to do, but I'd heard about these human nightmares, and knew that he was truly scared. So, I complied, and even sung her to sleep, with a song that I had heard on the human radio the other day.

What was becoming of me, the great seeker Starscream, soon-to-be leader of the Decepticons?

What had I turned in to? I was not only coveting a human, but I was also comforting her, when she needed me.

What the hell was wrong with me?

I wanted her power, nothing more. If she bore me a successor, then that would be good too. But, I would settle for just getting the powers I desired from her, completing my spark and keeping her by my side, but did I necessarily have to devote myself to her like this?

I glanced down at the top of her head and, as she slept, I began to twine strands of her long brown hair through my fingers. Her hair was so soft and, on an impulse, I reached out and ran my finger across the side of her face. Her human skin was also soft, and it was a weird feeling, so different from the metal of robots.

But…she was part robot…did that make us more compatible then what I'd originally thought? What was she doing to me? How could a spark mate make me feel this way?

It was almost enough to make me forget about my one true desire, as I looked down at her fragile little body, which harboured a great power.

Then, I wrapped my arms more securely around her, and succumbed myself to sleep.

*

I smiled in my sleep. I was dreaming in that line-art again, but this time, everything was okay.

I heard a bell, and turned around, to see a man in the river, looking at me.

Tears leaked down my face in the dream, as we walked towards each other and embraced.

I couldn't see his face, but that was okay.

I felt safe, warm and loved and, most of all, I would no longer have to be alone.

***

Meg: Guess what I'm listening to?

Emma: Umm…New Divide?

Meg: No, Captain Smarty-Pants. High School Musical, from HSM 3. Good song, from a good movie…although not as good as New Divide, from THE BEST MOVIE EVER…still, this is a good song. *Hugs Troy and Gabrielle*

Emma: :D

Megatron: I want to be painted pink!

Starscream: Okay! *Grabs paint can*

Megatron: *Thinking* NO NO NO NO NO!!!!