Rebirth
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Pain...
Undeniable, unbelievable, unbearable, Pain.
Where was he? Was he dead? No when you're dead you don't feel...do you? Could he move? Yes! He could! As he bent his fingers he began to feel the rest of his body. Did his optics work? He switched them on. They did! He sat up, and the first thing he noticed was that he was red. Wait! Wasn't he supposed to be blue? But his thoughts were interrupted. "So glad you decided to join the land of the living." came an all to familiar voice from beside him.
"You!" he seethed, his voice full of hate. He jumped to his feet and faced the minion of Unicron. Sideways just remained seated on the boulder he was on, which confused him to no end. This must be a trick he decided.
"What do want Sideways? I won't fall for your tricks anymore." his voice low and treating.
"You mean Unicron's tricks don't you?" Sideways replied calmly. "Wha?" this was starting to make his already fried CPU, meltdown. Sideways continued, "Look Starscream just give me a chance t-"
"Give me one good reason I should!" Starscream snapped, interrupting him. "Bec-" Sideways started but was once again interrupted "You betrayed both the Autobots and Decepticons to help that monster, putting the Universe in danger! So tell me why I shouldn't shoot you on the spot let alone listen to you!" Starscream ranted. "Because I didn't have a choice!" Sideways screamed exasperated. Starscream stared at him in surprise. Sighing Sideways continued, "You're a seeker so you have an advanced sensors system right?"
"Right" confirmed Starscream wondering just what he was getting at. "When you first meet me did you notice a strange energy signature?" asked Sideways. "Yes, but I thought it was just because of your unique transformation." replied Starscream now thoroughly confused.
"No" Sideways stated crossly, "it's because Unicron implanted a virus in me. He could take control of me whenever, wherever, and however long he wanted. Scan me if you want; after I was killed so was the virus." Starscream did do a scan and found only normal readings.
"I'm sorry." Starscream said softy.
Sideways stood up and shook his head, "You thought I was a part of Unicron, you just reacted like anyone would. But now that I have a lest a little of your trust ..."
"Who said you had any of my trust?" replied Starscream tartly.
"Arrgghh!" Sideways cried out, "Really Starscream you are exasperating. You just can't-." While Sideways continued to rant about how insufferable he was being, Starscream decided it would be wise to run a systems check. And he did not like what the results turned out to be.
"Humph, well you may not have my trust", Starscream interrupted "but I will agree to help you because I'm in no condition to go on alone", Starscream stated.
"Fine." agreed Sideways.
"I think first we need to find out how or why we're alive." suggested Starscream. Looking around at his surroundings for the first time, Starscream stared in awe at what he saw. They were in a clearing surrounded by structures that looked like trees, but the thing that startled him was how big they were. You could take three Tidal Waves stacked on each other and still barley be able to reach the top. And their look. It appeared as if they were made out of glass and filled with water. He watched the insides swirl about as if something were swimming in them. And every tree was a different color, green, purple, yellow, red, and that was just to name a few! "Pretty isn't it?" Sideways asked quietly. Starscream turned his head and gave him a surprised glance, but Sideways didn't notice it. He was engrossed in the beauty of the alien structures.
They had left the clearing about an hour ago and started exploring the strange world when suddenly Sideways brought up an interesting subject that was dropped earlier. "So how do you think it's possible we're alive?" he asked turning to Starscream. Not even looking at him Starscream replied, "I don't know but I have a feeling something is very wrong, I think we should try to get back to Cybertron." "I agree but how? We don't even know where we are." countered Sideways. "If my long distance sensors and warp jets worked I could get us there." Starscream said gloomily. "I'm pretty good at mechanics, I could try and fix you if you want." Sideways said carefully. Starscream looked at him suspiciously, "Once again I ask you, why should I trust you?" "Because I'm going to be riding with you and I don't want to die either!" Sideways replied. Starscream thought about this for a moment before replying, "Fine."
"Are you done yet?" "FOR THE LAST TIME NO!" screamed Sideways. It had been almost six hours since he had started working and in about the third hour Starscream had seemed to take it upon himself to drive him totally and completely out of his mind. "Are yo- " Starscream started. "Yes I'm done." Sideways confirmed. "Good then lets go." Starscream said relieved. They entered the orbit of the planet and Starscream began the countdown. 10,9 "Oh no I just remembered something!" Sideways groaned. What, what's wrong?!" shouted Starscream fearing for the worst. He knew he shouldn't have trusted Sideways to repair him. 7,6 "Ohh this is not good." Sideways continued. "WHAT'S WRONG SIDEWAYS!?!" screamed Starscream in hysterics now. 4,3"I just remembered I hate to fllllyyyy!!!!"