Chapter 8.

It didn't take Starscream long to find where the Leviathan was located. To begin taking his revenge.

He saw that Rampart, Tomb, Shellshock and Rollcage where standing outside the ship and used his missiles to kill each of them before they even figured out what was doing it.

Then snuck inside the ship where he encountered Duststorm who he quickly took out with his talens.

Then Mismatch, Hotwire and Derail coming down the hallway way and he quickly shot and killed all three of them.

Then Diabla showed up and started fighting him.

"Lets see if killing you is as much fun as it was killing your friend." Diabla mocked Starscream recognizing him from when she attacked Knock Out.

"Knock Out is still alive no thanks to you but he may never walk talk or even move again!" Starscream growled as he dodged her armblades that she tried to hit the seeker with.

"Good though I was hoping I'd killed him no Decepticon who betrays the faction to the Autobots deserves to live and even as a Con I found him annoying." Diabla hissed.

And that did it the next thing she knew Starscream had stabbed her in the midsection then shot her through the spark chamber before her optics stopped glowing and Starscream pulled his claws out of her midsection letting her body fall to the floor.

"That was for Knock Out." He hissed.

"NOOO!" A voice yelled from down the hallway. It was Snowcat who had been in love with Diabla. And upon see his crush dead started attacking Starscream with a vengeance.

But Starscream managed to get a lucky hit in with his talens and stabbed Snowcat killing him instantly but noticed something disturbing the way he killed Snowcat was the same way he had killed Cliffjumper.

Starscream's optics widened in horror as he realized what he'd just done. He had just killed several bots out of rage and revenge. Like he would have as a Decepticon he didn't want to go back to being that way.

He didn't want to kill anymore but that was what he had just done he'd let his anger get the better of him and now he felt horrible.

Starscream looked at the energon on his servos as he felt coolant tears build in his optics. Then the seeker turned and started to leave only to lock optics with Conduit who used a static lance on him.

And Starscream fell to the floor unconscious. Then Conduit dragged the seeker down the hallway.


Meanwhile at the base the Autobots had all gotten up and were wondering where Starscream was.

When suddenly Nightro ran in barking and they all went to the medbay and looked to see Knock Out on the floor trying to push himself back up.

"Knock Out your awake." Said Smokescreen.

"Why is this next to you?" Asked Bumblebee who pick up Knock Out's buffer.

"I woke up while everyone was in recharge and saw my finish was a mess so I decided to fix it only for my legs to suddenly stop working and then I'm stuck on the floor." Knock Out explained. "So I sent Nightro to get help."

"You and your paint job." Arcee said rolling her optics.

Then Bumblebee and Smokescreen helped him back on the berth as Ratchet came in to see what was going on.

"Knock Out you should be resting." Ratchet scolded the cherry colored mech for over doing it.

"I'm fine Ratchet." Knock Out told him then nearly fell off the berth.

"I need to run some test to make sure." Ratchet said to the Austin Martin.

"Ok." Knock Out agreed. "Even though I'm fine."

"It's true that Doctors make the worst patients." Laughed Wheeljack who walked in just in time to hear the exchange.

"Get out." Ratchet told them feeling annoyed and running everyone out of the medbay only to have to pull push Knock Out back down because he started to go with them.

Then a few minutes later Ratchet came out to report that Knock Out was fine.

"Told you." They heard Knock Out call from inside the medbay.

"But I still want you to take it easy." Ratchet shot back.

"Will do." Knock Out answered.

Ratchet acted mad but then smiled as he went to work on something else. And the others had to laugh.

Then Bulkhead came in and showed them some footage the camera they set up outside the base caught of Starscream taking off in his jet mode.

And they all knew the seeker was going to take revenge on the Leviathan crew for what happened to Knock Out.

And and all went out to look for the seeker knowing he might be in trouble.


Meanwhile Starscream woke up strapped down on a berth.

Then the Leviathan crew Leader Switchblades walked in and looked surprised to see Starscream. Then walked back out to the hallway.

"Wait your telling me Starscream killed almost half the crew my crew?" He heard Switchblades asks someone.

"Yes he did sir." One of the crew members who Starscream recognized as Astraea answered him.

"I thought you had Megatron because this is more up his alley but your telling me his treacherous second in command single handedly took out ten members of my crew ten?!" Switchblades said in disbelief.

"Starscream killed ten members of my crew?!" "Starscream?" "The Starscream?" Switchblades added still not able to get over that fact. "It's so hard to find good help these days."

Then he went in the medbay where they had Starscream strapped down on the berth. To spite being a prisoner, not knowing what they were planning to do to him and feeling bad about the fact he had acted like a Decepticon again Starscream couldn't help smirking at the exchange he heard in the hallway.

"You made quite a mess on my ship." Switchblades told the seeker.

"Well I was returning the favor of what Diabla did to my friend she almost killed Knock Out." Starscream hissed and there was no missing the anger in his voice.

"Knock Out infiltrated our ship and for the Autobots and gave them some information about our plans." Switchblades explained.

"That why I ordered my crew to have him killed he didn't get much information but it's more about setting an example and sending a message to the Autobots not to interfere with my planes." He added.

"You monster Knock Out might never be the same again!" Starscream growled at him.

"Good maybe he and the Autobots will learn to stay out of our business." Switchblades said without an ounce of sympathy.

"And I'd advise not to care to much about them Starscream it's not becoming of a Decepticon." Switchblades told him. "And turns out you've gotten stronger since the war Megatron would be proud and I could use someone like you on my crew."

"If you join us we can rule Cybertron as equals I know how much you crave power Starscream now I'm giving you a chance to have it." Switchblades added.

But much to his surprise Starscream laughed.

"You know in a different time I would have taken you up on that offer." Starscream chuckled.

"But things have changed I've sided with the Autobots now and I'm done being a Decepticon there's no such thing as peace through tyranny I'm just sorry it took me so long to realize just how wrong my side was during the war." Starscream told him.

"And you know what Megatron wouldn't have been proud of me for killing those bots because he had a change of spark and he called of the Decepticon cause I was angry at him at the time but now I understand that he was right and did it because he saw we were in the wrong and I know that too now." Starscream finished.

"Am I on one of those hidden camera shows?" Switchblades asked Astraea who shook her helm.

Then Switchblades went over and hit Starscream hard across the faceplates.

Then told Conduit and Flatline to stay and experament on Starscream anyway they liked and to cause him as much pain as possible.

Before telling the rest of his crew to come with him to attack Iacon but singled out Contagion and Pandemic to go to the Autobot base and kill as many of them as possible.

Then sent them through a ground bridge before he and his group went through another one.

To Be Continued.

Another cliffhanger for you guys. We're getting close to the end now. And I'll try to get the next chapter up soon. In the meantime feel free to rate and review.