Galvatron had commissioned for a new warship before his sudden fate at the hands of Starscream. The ship was almost completely dark violet, with neon red painted at the front while neon blue was added to the back. This new ship, named the Dominion, was intended for another attack on Cybertron, but due to a high demand from Galvatron to make it gigantic enough to accommodate all Decepticons, it was abandoned after the former leader expressed disappointment in the size of it.

Now, however, Starscream decided to use it as his own base. Even though it cannot accommodate all decepticons, it is capable of housing enough.

Judith was dragged down the lit halls of the Dominion by Rumble and Frenzy, the two then opening a door that had Starscream sitting cross legged and leaning against his arm in the Dominion's throne, Soundwave standing by Starscream's side while his followers stood before the smug seeker. "Ah, there you are!" Starscream cheered upon the arrival of the human, much to everyone's surprise. Even Rumble and Frenzy looked at each other in confusion.

"You may release her now." Starscream commanded the cassetticons, who both let go of Judith's arms. "I'd like you all to meet our newest medic." Starscream turned to his audience as he presented her in front of a group of Decepticons. Judith could feel their glowing red stares as she quietly swallowed, but smiled politely and waved at the group, uttering a small "Hello" at them.

Judith noticed that some Decepticons were indeed missing, most prominently the Sweeps. In fact, Judith could see a variety of reactions amongst the Decepticons. Some turned their heads and crossed their arms, some with wide eyes and nervous smiles, and the rest would be blank indifference.

"I know what you all are thinking, given our indifferences towards earth and the human race." Starscream announced. "But this human is a cut above all the rest. When I had crashed on Earth, she managed to restore my injuries, even reattaching lost limbs in a quick amount of time."

The Decepticons stared at each other in disbelief before leaning in to get a closer look at Judith, only for a sudden null ray to block their path. "Keep your distance!" Starscream growled before calming his tone. "Anyway, if you are in dire need of medical attention, you can always rely on her help." The seeker's eyes glowed menacingly. "And if any harm comes to her from any of you, I'll see to it that she never finds a way to fix you once I am done with you."

A handful of Decepticons swallowed nervously while the rest stared with either wide optics and/or mouths. "Do I make myself clear?" Starscream grinned, eyes glowing once more.

"Y-yes!"

"Understood!"

"Crystal clear!"

"Of course!"

"Yes, Lord Starscream!"

"Good." The seeker straightened in his seat. "You are all dismissed." All the Decepticons departed, leaving Starscream alone with Soundwave, Frenzy, Rumble, and Judith in his hand. Starscream lowered his sights onto the human, who still had her spacesuit on.

"You can remove the helmet now." Starscream spoke in a calmer voice, Judith turning her head up to see the new leader of the Decepticons. "The ship has a safe atmosphere for you."

Though Judith seemed worried, she nodded and opened a hatch on her suit that protected a red button. She pressed it, allowing the glass helmet to instantly disappear. Judith inhaled, and let out a calm sigh.

"You see?" Starscream continued. "There's nothing to worry about."

"Um…" Judith lowered her head and rubbed her arm. "Wh-where will I be working? Where will I sleep?"

"Soundwave shall guide you along the way." Starscream explained.

"You're not coming?" Judith's brow wrinkled from her worried frown.

"I shall see you once you've become well acquainted." Starscream sat back against his throne. "We will be departing from this planet in 24 hours."

"Finally, we can get off dis borin' rock." Rumble proclaimed. "Where are we headin' first?"

"Where are we headin' fiiirst…?" the seeker grinned, Rumble letting out an annoyed sigh.

"Where are we headin' first… Lord Starscream." The cassetticon finished.

"Hmmm…" Starscream stroked his chin. "Wherever we want. We'll strive throughout the galaxy in search of Energon, and once we've collected enough, we'll return to Cybertron as an unstoppable force!"

"I think I may have a glitch in my system, but…" Rumble said to Frenzy, smiling at the fellow Cassetticon. "I kinda like that plan."

"Now I believe you were supposed to be showing our guest around the ship." Starscream reminded his subordinates, Judith staring up at the one called Soundwave, her arms shaking from his appearance alone. His mouth was completely covered by his mask and his optics were concealed by his red visors, making it difficult to see his expressions, though chances were they would just be creepier without the mask.

Soundwave headed towards the exit, with Frenzy, Rumble and a reluctant Judith following along. They wandered through the quiet halls as Judith eyed her surroundings, rubbing her chilled arms.

"Where have the other Decepticons gone?" The nervous woman asked.

"To their divisions." Soundwave replied, the human suppressing a shudder from his robotic voice. "It is wise to be cautious on where you go among this ship, as well as to whom you may speak to."

Soundwave stopped in front of a door and it hissed open from his presence, the Decepticon stepping inside while Judith and the Cassetticons followed suit. In this humongous room was a giant metal bed, with a small series of stairs and a higher platform that would allow Judith closer contact with any injured patients. At the edge of the room was a complete collection of fixing utensils for all extensive purposes. Judith squinted her eyes and ran over to said utensils. Her brow furrowed with curiosity, until her green orbs widened at the sight of her protocol book.

"This is all my things..." Judith blinked. "But how did he…?" She turned to Soundwave. "Do you guys have pockets or something? A hidden storage compartment?"

Soundwave turned to his cassetticons, who all just shrugged in return. "Erm…" the woman swallowed and asked the purple cassetticon. "How many of you have actually done this? Fixing others, I mean."

"Eh, Soundwave's done the most outta all of us." Rumble shrugged. "As did Starscream, come to think of it."

"I see." She gave a nervous smile. "Well, I plan on doing my best for you."

"Well, ya best did manage to save Starscream…" Rumble tilted his head. "Ya musta really impressed him if you're still alive and kickin'."

That ominous statement produced a drop of sweat to trickle down the still smiling Judith's forehead. "Oh…" she chuckled. "That's assuring."

Rumble smiled. "We're not usually accustomed to havin' fleshies around for so long, so as long as ya do a great job, you'll be fine."

"Thanks…" her eyelid lowered. "Well, um… are there any repairs I can give you right now?"

"Naw, naw." Rumble and Frenzy shook their heads with Soundwave repeating the gesture.

"Well, maybe next time when you do." Judith spoke in a more upbeat tone, but then her smile wavered upon realization. "Um, n-not that I'm insinuating anything! I-it's just that space can be quite unpredictable and a lot of bad things might happen and…" the woman stopped, noticing all the present Decepticons' blank expressions. She lowered her head and raised her shoulders. "I'll stop now."

"Shall we get a move on?" Rumble asked Soundwave in an unimpressed tone.

"Affirmative." Soundwave nodded and left the room alongside his Cassetticons and the human woman. Judith sucked in her lips and raised her head, noticing a bunch of Decepticons standing in the hall. They all shuffled out of Soundwave's way, staring down at the human accompanying him. Judith raised her gaze and saw cold, glaring optics at her, and the mousy woman swiftly lowered her head and glue her eyes to the floor. Based on the hint of red light on the floor, they were all still staring at her.

The red lights had stopped and she was alone with Soundwave and his cohorts. They stopped by a door that hissed open upon their presence. It was a mostly empty light blue room, but there was a remote bunk bed, a large shelf and some smaller doors across the way. Judith gave Soundwave a raised brow.

"This was intended to be a holding cell for human sized prisoners." Soundwave explained bluntly. "But Lord Starscream ordered for this place to be refurbished for you."

"Eheh… good to know." Judith nodded with an anxious grin before observing her surroundings. "At least it has what a human needs. A bed, some food… a shower…" her tone grew weaker. "Some clothes…"

"Ya don't sound too happy about yer new abode." Rumble crossed his arms before turning to Soundwave. "Think she might be another spoiled princess? She doesn't sound used to havin' a small room like this."

"Uh, far from it!" Judith gasped and circled with wide eyes and raised hands. "In fact I never had a room as big as this! It's just that I'm worried about other Decepticons intruding." She rubbed her arm and turned her head. "I don't feel safe in this ship full of people that terrorized my planet."

"Understood." Soundwave replied. "It is that reasoning why Starscream has ordered me to provide you security."

Soundwave opened the cassette container in his chest. Out came a black and grey cassette that immediately turned into a robotic, aggressive panther. Judith gasped at the sight of Ravage, leaning back as the growling mecha feline approached the human. She had her hand on her chest and froze still where she stood.

"I-Is he safe to pet?" Judith swallowed.

"Not if ya wanna lose a hand." Rumble chuckled.

"That's assuring." Her nose crinkled while the robotic beast turned away from her and prowled towards the exit.

"Ravage shall act as your guard when you rest, while Rumble will do the same in your working quarters." Soundwave explained while Rumbled nodded with a smile. Until he realized what he just said and stared agape at his master.

"Hey! Why am I guardin' the fleshy?!" The purple cassetticon protested. "Can't Ravage do the same for her there too?!"

"Orders from Starscream." Soundwave replied.

"Ya can't be serious." Rumble groaned.

"Oh, but he is." Starscream intervened, catching Rumble and Judith by surprise. "Her safety is your responsibility whenever she is out and about."

"But I can't protect her from all the Decepticons out there!" The cassetticon argued. Starscream only perked up from the small 'con's outrage. "I can barely defend myself from one of em! They'll be merciless!"

"Last I checked, Rumble, Megatron and Galvatron were merciless, too." The Decepticon leader gazed down at his rubbing fingers. "And yet I've managed to terminate the both of them and came out victorious as your new leader, despite your lack of faith in my ambitions." The seeker leaned down with a creepy smile at the terrified cassetticon. "I found a way, Rumble. And I believe you can do that, too."

"I…I'll do my best… Lord Starscream." The cassetticon sighed, staring forward with a disgruntled huff. Judith's frown lowered as small Decepticon was given cruel treatment by his giant leader. "Excellent. Now then..." Starscream stood straight and turned to Soundwave. "Take your cassetticons immediately. I wish to discuss matters with the human in private."

"Understood." Soundwave nodded and glanced at Rumble and Frenzy, who both nodded and followed their master out of the room, the door hissing shut and leaving Judith alone with the now leader of the Decepticons.

Judith kept her arms behind her back and her head to the side while Starscream stood across from her in the room, bringing a fist to his mouth as he cleared his throat. "So…" Starscream started. "How do you like your room?"

"It's nice." Judith tried a smile, raising her head up to the corner of the ceiling. "It's a lot bigger than my bedroom on Earth."

"I'm quite sure of that." The seeker muttered. "And your new repair quarters? Are they of satisfaction to you?"

"Yes." Judith finally locked her green eyes with Starscream, one side of her smile bigger than the other. "They're very satisfactory. I have what I need." She side glanced to the fridge. "Even the food, water, showers, clothing, and so on."

"You're welcome to ask for anything more you need." Starscream beamed. Judith dangled down her arms and sighed.

"I'd, well… I'd like to have some privacy tonight." She requested, her grin softening down into a simple smile. "After such a big, eventful day, I just need some time to myself right now."

"Understood." Starscream gave a small nod. "I could go for a little recharge myself, now that I think about it. It's going to be a colossal journey for us all."

"Yeah…" Judith lowered her gaze down to his feet and pushed her hair back. "Oh, and… congratulations."

Starscream frowned, but tried a gentler smile. "I couldn't have done it without your help." He replied. "Out of everybody I've met in life, you're the first person that I can wholeheartedly trust."

"That's so sad." Judith frowned, returning her attention up to Starscream's face. "But then again, trust isn't something valued among the Decepticons, now is it?"

"Yes, I am aware of the meaning behind our cause's name." Starscream smirked, raising a brow. "But you'd be surprised."

"I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover?" She joked with a weak smile. "But the contents aren't really promising for me…"

"No." Starscream shook his head. "But they will for you, in good time."

Judith's smile wavered. "I…" Judith swallowed and lowered her gaze again. "Okay."

"Goodnight, my dear Judith." Starscream turned and left the human's room, allowing Judith the privacy that she had politely requested. It was completely silent within in this warm, well-lit and empty room, but Judith didn't feel like exploring the wide space of this place right now, opting to lay in her bed for now.

Judith's eyes wandered deep in thought over today. Her discovery of Starscream's true identity, her abduction by him, arriving on Planet Chaar and building up a plan to destroy Galvatron and have Starscream usurp the Decepticon leadership, and now she's on a Decepticon warship as their medic.

Judith clenched her eyes and pressed the bridge of her nose, taking deep and careful breaths. "It's okay, Judith." She said to herself. "It's… not okay now, but it'll get better. Things'll get better."

Judith turned in her bed, but even though she was tired, her eyelids couldn't close.

"They'll always get better…"