8 – Rallying point
"You can't be serious!" Alexis cried.
"You bet I am." He said, nodding.
"Look, even by the off chance that that star is Unicron and it's heading here Iand/I you get your body back, how can you even beat him?! He's 100 times bigger than you! And he's killed you once before! He will kill you just as easily again!" She yelled in desperation.
"I'm stronger than before." He said, surprised at his own words.
"What?" Alexis questioned.
Starscream did not answer at once. Instead, he got out his stone and said, "Make me normal again."
For a moment, neither Alexis nor Starscream thought it had worked. But the rock started to glow …
Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light erupted from the rock. It engulfed the former transformers body and sent a fiery light rocketing upwards. Once the glow faded, the transformer stood in all his glory in the exact spot the human had been. It had worked.
Starscream looked himself over and sighed in relief, "Well, glad I sorted that problem out."
Alexis looked at the floor. She liked him both ways … how could she ever find peace with herself? It left her as confused as Starscream.
She looked up when she heard Starscream walk outside and she ran to the door. He was playing with his radio and Alexis asked what he was doing.
"I'm going to get help from a few of … Iour/I old friends." He stated matter of factly.
"You don't mean … are you really?!" Alexis exclaimed, clasping her hands in front of her that meant she was very happy.
Starscream looked at her and said, "If you mean the Autobots and Decepticons, then yes."
"WOOHOO!" She yelled, punching her fist into the air, her childish ways seeming to come back to her.
Starscream stared at her for a bit then went back to his radio, muttering something about 'Crazy humans'.
"Oh I've got to tell Rad and Carlos!" Alexis said and ran in to get her phone, only to be stopped by two grey fingers plucking her off the ground by her shirt.
"Oh no you don't." Starscream said, holding her up to optic level.
"Why not?" Alexis pouted, falling limp with disappointment in his fingertips.
"Because, " He said, indicating to his radio, "I don't think Optimus will be all calm to see an apparently dead transformer alive and on earth, all alone. Especially a former Decepticon."
"Erm yeah, I see your point." Alexis said sheepishly as she was placed on his shoulder.
"Okay, here we go…" Starscream pressed the button on his arm and a holographic screen projection appeared.
"Welcome to – HOLY SLAG!" Demolisher reeled backwards from the screen as he stared in shock at Starscream, "How?" He added weakly.
For an answer, Alexis waved from atop of Starscream's shoulder and said, "Hey their Demolisher!"
"Alexis?" More transformers they recognized appeared on the screen and more Alexis did not. One in particular looked a lot like Starscream's powered up mode.
"Whoa!" He said, stumbling back a little and said, "Hey their little bro!"
"Little bro?" Alexis said in surprise, looking over at Starscream who said happily, "Hi TC!"
"I … I thought you died Screamer!" Demolisher said with murmurs of assent from the other transformers on the screen.
"Lets just say I had a little help from a friend of mine." Starscream said and pointed to his shoulder.
Alexis blushed and tried not to look too proud of herself when the transformers gave her impressed or curios looks.
"The … the Ihumans/I brought you back?" Demolisher said in utter surprise.
"Sort of. But that's not the reason I called," Starscream said, suddenly serious.
"Then why?" Demolisher enquired.
"Unicron." Starscream said, "He lives."
"NO WAY!" was the response from many of the bots on the screen and a lot of muttering followed.
"See for yourself." Starscream replied and turned his transparent screen to the sky, where the bright star was visible even at day.
"And what I ask," Starscream said when he turned the screen back to himself. "is that we bring some reinforcements here to fight him with, because I am pretty sure that he wants to destroy Earth."
"But why should we defend such a planet?" Demolisher inquired.
"Because they saved us." Starscream stated.
It was true. If it weren't for the humans, the Minicons would have stayed under the control of Unicron, leading to the destruction of Cybertron. Because the humans had changed their outlook on freedom, they had helped the Transformers instead of Unicron.
"Well … I guess that we can send some bots over…" Demolisher said slowly.
"Oh get out of the way!" Thundercracker pushed Demolisher aside and grinned at the screen. "Consider us there, little bro!"
"Okay. Where are you going to arrive?"
"Set up a warp gate at your place. Catch ya!"
And the screen went blank.
Starscream made the screen disappear and shook his head at the sky.
"TC never changed after all this time!"
"I never knew you had a brother." Alexis questioned.
"Two actually. TC is my older brother and Skywarp is my younger one." He said, turning to her.
"Are they both coming?" Alexis asked, suddenly excited.
"TC is. Dunno about 'Warp though." Starscream said thoughtfully, "Wonder what the little petro rabbit's been up to."
Alexis laughed and Starscream smiled a little. Hearing her laugh was a lot like music to his audio receptors.
He shook himself mentally.
He was going crazy.
"We – we better go." He said shakily and placed Alexis on the ground. He transformed into his jet mode and allowed Alexis to climb inside.
He took off to the Autobot base.
***
He landed and transformed, looking at the base under the observatory. He thought that the Autobots would have left no sign of their existence at the blue planet, but he was proven wrong as he walked inside.
He quickly set out to find the equipment he was looking for as Alexis looked around. She had not been here for many years, as she had no real need to. It felt … eerie to be back without the giant robots wandering around or the echoes of their footsteps …
"Got it!"
Alexis turned to see Starscream holding a strange device. It looked like a kind of electric generator but more sleek. He also had a bit of energon to power it in his grasp. He put it in his subspace and told Alexis to come along, as they were leaving. Alexis took one last look around before following the seeker outside.
The weather was getting cloudy as they flew back to Alexis' house and Alexis knew it would not be long before the big battle would begin…
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Well guys, I've finally got the next chappie up! Annoying enough, it wans't as long as I hoped, but the reviews of urgency that I get the next chap up overpowered my need to keep writing for eternity. So here we are folks!
So, I hope I'm not dragging this out any, but I want to make this story good. Something that people will look back on and say, 'Yep, I've heard of that story, and boy was it good!' or something like that. I do hope I haven't left too many people in the dark too ling and that you guys review this chap to give me some advice, or what you want to see. Part of the reason for this chapter's slowness is I was suffering from mild writers block. And I had to attend a funeral too so yeah.
Anyway, its up now so I'll have a clean feild once I got this chap out of the way. A little secret I'm giving away though ... You know how Starscream turned human? Well .................... I'll let you try and guess!
Have fun and I hope you enjoyed this chap!
Skins Thunderbomb
"You can't be serious!" Alexis cried.
"You bet I am." He said, nodding.
"Look, even by the off chance that that star is Unicron and it's heading here Iand/I you get your body back, how can you even beat him?! He's 100 times bigger than you! And he's killed you once before! He will kill you just as easily again!" She yelled in desperation.
"I'm stronger than before." He said, surprised at his own words.
"What?" Alexis questioned.
Starscream did not answer at once. Instead, he got out his stone and said, "Make me normal again."
For a moment, neither Alexis nor Starscream thought it had worked. But the rock started to glow …
Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light erupted from the rock. It engulfed the former transformers body and sent a fiery light rocketing upwards. Once the glow faded, the transformer stood in all his glory in the exact spot the human had been. It had worked.
Starscream looked himself over and sighed in relief, "Well, glad I sorted that problem out."
Alexis looked at the floor. She liked him both ways … how could she ever find peace with herself? It left her as confused as Starscream.
She looked up when she heard Starscream walk outside and she ran to the door. He was playing with his radio and Alexis asked what he was doing.
"I'm going to get help from a few of … Iour/I old friends." He stated matter of factly.
"You don't mean … are you really?!" Alexis exclaimed, clasping her hands in front of her that meant she was very happy.
Starscream looked at her and said, "If you mean the Autobots and Decepticons, then yes."
"WOOHOO!" She yelled, punching her fist into the air, her childish ways seeming to come back to her.
Starscream stared at her for a bit then went back to his radio, muttering something about 'Crazy humans'.
"Oh I've got to tell Rad and Carlos!" Alexis said and ran in to get her phone, only to be stopped by two grey fingers plucking her off the ground by her shirt.
"Oh no you don't." Starscream said, holding her up to optic level.
"Why not?" Alexis pouted, falling limp with disappointment in his fingertips.
"Because, " He said, indicating to his radio, "I don't think Optimus will be all calm to see an apparently dead transformer alive and on earth, all alone. Especially a former Decepticon."
"Erm yeah, I see your point." Alexis said sheepishly as she was placed on his shoulder.
"Okay, here we go…" Starscream pressed the button on his arm and a holographic screen projection appeared.
"Welcome to – HOLY SLAG!" Demolisher reeled backwards from the screen as he stared in shock at Starscream, "How?" He added weakly.
For an answer, Alexis waved from atop of Starscream's shoulder and said, "Hey their Demolisher!"
"Alexis?" More transformers they recognized appeared on the screen and more Alexis did not. One in particular looked a lot like Starscream's powered up mode.
"Whoa!" He said, stumbling back a little and said, "Hey their little bro!"
"Little bro?" Alexis said in surprise, looking over at Starscream who said happily, "Hi TC!"
"I … I thought you died Screamer!" Demolisher said with murmurs of assent from the other transformers on the screen.
"Lets just say I had a little help from a friend of mine." Starscream said and pointed to his shoulder.
Alexis blushed and tried not to look too proud of herself when the transformers gave her impressed or curios looks.
"The … the Ihumans/I brought you back?" Demolisher said in utter surprise.
"Sort of. But that's not the reason I called," Starscream said, suddenly serious.
"Then why?" Demolisher enquired.
"Unicron." Starscream said, "He lives."
"NO WAY!" was the response from many of the bots on the screen and a lot of muttering followed.
"See for yourself." Starscream replied and turned his transparent screen to the sky, where the bright star was visible even at day.
"And what I ask," Starscream said when he turned the screen back to himself. "is that we bring some reinforcements here to fight him with, because I am pretty sure that he wants to destroy Earth."
"But why should we defend such a planet?" Demolisher inquired.
"Because they saved us." Starscream stated.
It was true. If it weren't for the humans, the Minicons would have stayed under the control of Unicron, leading to the destruction of Cybertron. Because the humans had changed their outlook on freedom, they had helped the Transformers instead of Unicron.
"Well … I guess that we can send some bots over…" Demolisher said slowly.
"Oh get out of the way!" Thundercracker pushed Demolisher aside and grinned at the screen. "Consider us there, little bro!"
"Okay. Where are you going to arrive?"
"Set up a warp gate at your place. Catch ya!"
And the screen went blank.
Starscream made the screen disappear and shook his head at the sky.
"TC never changed after all this time!"
"I never knew you had a brother." Alexis questioned.
"Two actually. TC is my older brother and Skywarp is my younger one." He said, turning to her.
"Are they both coming?" Alexis asked, suddenly excited.
"TC is. Dunno about 'Warp though." Starscream said thoughtfully, "Wonder what the little petro rabbit's been up to."
Alexis laughed and Starscream smiled a little. Hearing her laugh was a lot like music to his audio receptors.
He shook himself mentally.
He was going crazy.
"We – we better go." He said shakily and placed Alexis on the ground. He transformed into his jet mode and allowed Alexis to climb inside.
He took off to the Autobot base.
***
He landed and transformed, looking at the base under the observatory. He thought that the Autobots would have left no sign of their existence at the blue planet, but he was proven wrong as he walked inside.
He quickly set out to find the equipment he was looking for as Alexis looked around. She had not been here for many years, as she had no real need to. It felt … eerie to be back without the giant robots wandering around or the echoes of their footsteps …
"Got it!"
Alexis turned to see Starscream holding a strange device. It looked like a kind of electric generator but more sleek. He also had a bit of energon to power it in his grasp. He put it in his subspace and told Alexis to come along, as they were leaving. Alexis took one last look around before following the seeker outside.
The weather was getting cloudy as they flew back to Alexis' house and Alexis knew it would not be long before the big battle would begin…
_____________________________________________
Well guys, I've finally got the next chappie up! Annoying enough, it wans't as long as I hoped, but the reviews of urgency that I get the next chap up overpowered my need to keep writing for eternity. So here we are folks!
So, I hope I'm not dragging this out any, but I want to make this story good. Something that people will look back on and say, 'Yep, I've heard of that story, and boy was it good!' or something like that. I do hope I haven't left too many people in the dark too ling and that you guys review this chap to give me some advice, or what you want to see. Part of the reason for this chapter's slowness is I was suffering from mild writers block. And I had to attend a funeral too so yeah.
Anyway, its up now so I'll have a clean feild once I got this chap out of the way. A little secret I'm giving away though ... You know how Starscream turned human? Well .................... I'll let you try and guess!
Have fun and I hope you enjoyed this chap!
Skins Thunderbomb