Chapter 2 – News
Starblossom stood away from the others; she only had one thing on her mind her mate, Optimus Prime. She missed him terribly. Her optics drifted toward Stripes; and she shook her helm. She frowned unexpectedly as her chest plates itched dreadfully.
She wondered, could it be possible? Could she be sparked with Optimus' sparkling? She knew she had to go let Hound check her. Hound was now acting medic since Ratchet had been killed by Lockdown. She had such a feeling that she was now sparked; it was just a strong feeling she had.
"Where are you Optimus?" she whispered as Starblossom's optics still never left Stripes form.
She was worried about where exactly Optimus was in the universe; and she was apprehensive about a lot of things. Frankly her nightmares along with Stripes didn't make her feel all that great; in all honesty, they were scaring her. She would never let anyone harm Optimus, regardless of Stripes being Primus' son she loved Optimus.
She headed off to see Hound; and he glanced at her oddly.
"What's shaking, Starblossom?" Hound asked.
Silence...
"Hound, I need for you to scan me or more to the point my chest plates, could you?" she asked.
"Sure thing," Hound said as he scanned her chest plates and then glanced back at her. "Well, I'll be." Hound remarked shocked.
"I'm sparked, right?" she asked.
"You sure are, this is rare only the Allspark and Primus usually grant life it's like a rarity for one of us to actually become sparked. Congrats." Hound said with a smile as Star smiled sadly.
"Just hope Optimus makes it back alright; he's going to be a daddy." Star replied as she glanced over at Stripes once more as she got a swift odd feeling that sent chills down her circuits when she looked at Stripes.
"Star? You alright?" Hound asked.
She glanced over at Hound then; and shrugged with a smile.
"I'm good really Hound just worried about Optimus is all." Star said.
"Don't worry about the boss, he's not leader for nothing." Hound remarked. "Besides, he's gonna be a daddy like you said." Hound answered as he gave her a big smirk.
Star couldn't help but chuckle at Hound; he always knew how to make any of them laugh.
"Thanks Hound," she said as she saw Bumblebee and wanted to talk to him.
Bumblebee was her go to friend whenever she felt sad; and in a way, he felt like a little brother to her. She never had any siblings growing up mostly because she had been in an orphanage all her life. She had no memories of her childhood; which struck her as odd but she never could grasp as to why.
"Bee, could you come here a sec?" Star asked as she and Bee headed to a remote part of their new hideout. Bee sat down next to Star; and she wasn't sure how to start.
"I keep having those nightmares, Bee; but Stripes is having worse ones. He actually kills Optimus in his nightmares." Star said as Bee slowly lifted her face.
"It's just a dream, my friend." Bee replied in his newly fixed voice.
"I'm scared, Bee; Stripes is reckless he has a strong power inside of him. But..." she started to say.
"But what?" Bee asked.
"I can see and feel darkness inside of him; but I will protect Optimus from him if I have too." Star said firmly.
"I wasn't aware Optimus needed saving from anyone including me." An livid voice said as Star and Bee turned to see Stripes standing there furious with Star.