"Clash of the Decepticons"
Ch. 2
Azura sat up stretching and yawned. She was fully recharged and ready to kick some Autobot skid plate and squash a few flesh creatures. All she had to do was have her morning energon cube and she would be meeting up with Motermaster for their date. Motermaster was one of the few Decepticons that weren't intimidated by her.
As she walked out the door she was passing her mirror and she caught sight of something shocking from the corner of her eye. She did a double take and nearly fainted dead on the spot. Her face was covered in black markings. There was only one person she could think of who could have done this.
"STARSCREAM!"
Starscream sat in the Decepticon resting area sipping on his morning energon cube grinning. And thus my revenge begins.
Azura walked in to the resting area and sat down, grabbing herself an energon cube. She had been able to get out the black marks on her face but she was still pretty angry about it.
She took a sip of her energon cube but it didn't taste right. She looked at it and screamed when she saw it wasn't energon but muddy water. "STARSCREAM!"
Starscream, who had been watching from the hall way was rolling on the floor laughing hysterically.
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"So, Starscream has been playing these tricks on you?" Motermaster asked, as scores of humans ran from them screaming.
"Yeah and he's been real sneaky about them. I never see it coming until it's too late!" Azura cried as she crushed a nearby human with her foot. "He must be stopped." She clenched her fist, shaking it.
Motermaster took her by the shoulders and turned her so she faced him. "If it pleases you, Motermaster will take care of him for you."
Azura chuckled. He was cute when he talked in the third person. "Thank you Motermaster." She grinned up at him and he smiled back.
Motermaster leaned down, placing his mouth over hers in a kiss and wrapping his arms around her waist. She tasted of energon and lubricant, the perfect combination to Motermaster.
The truth was Azura had many relationships and none of them lasted very long. But she felt like her relationship with Motermaster was special. The two had a lot in common. They both loved to cause destruction and chaos, they were both feared and they both hated Starscream.
"Oh my God here comes another one!" A random human cried.
"What?" Azura pulled herself away and looked up just in time to see Starscream streaking towards them in jet form. What is that slagging moron up to now?
"Hey love birds, heads up!" Starscream shouted and before Motermaster and Azura could get out of the way in time Starscream dropped a dozen of Transformer-sized water balloons filled with oil on top of them. Starscream laughed aloud flying off.
Azura gasped, looking down at her oil soaked body. "My new paint job!" She cried. "Starscream, you're going to pay!"
"I shall destroy him!" Motermaster growled, shaking off some of the oil.
Azura placed a hand on his shoulder. "No, Screamer is mine. He shall soon feel my wrath."
Motermaster turned to Azura and grinned. "Very well Mistress, just tell me if you change your mind. I'll get the other Stunticons and together as Menasaur we shall crush him like a flesh creature."
Azura smiled and kissed Motermaster on the cheek. "I appreciate that. Want to go back to the base and…" She chuckled, "Freshen up?"
Motermaster nodded eagerly. "Affirmative."
Starscream sat on a rock laughing. He had really gotten Azura and Motermaster was just the bonus! He had always wanted to get back at that loud mouth for ruining his plans to overthrow Megatron.
Just then he heard foot steps and he quickly turned around to see who it was. "Who!" He looked down and sighed. "Bumblebee… what are you doing here?" He growled, pointed his laser gun at the small Autobot.
"Don't shoot!" Bumblebee cried, raising his arms up. "I've come with a truce."
"A truce? Why would I make a truce with an Autobot? Especially one so tiny?" Starscream began to laugh again.
"Because, we both have a common enemy."
Starscream stopped and looked at him. "What enemy? Megatron?"
"No, not Megatron… Azura."
"Hmm… I'm listening Autobot."
"So, did he fall for it?" Bluestreak asked, coming out from his hiding place when Starscream was gone.
The small Autobot smiled deviously. "That jerk hates Azura so much he doesn't even suspect a thing!"
"Man, Bumblebee, this is such a great plan. You're brilliant." Bluestreak patted Bumblebee on the shoulder chuckling.
"Tell me something I don't know. By this time tomorrow I'll finally have my revenge."
"You mean we'll have our revenge, buddy."
"Oh yeah… we. Sorry." Tomorrow I'll finally get my hands on that femme and Starscream. Like killing two jets with one stone. Bumblebee chuckled softly to himself.
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"That's terrible, Azura. I don't understand why Starscream would want to play all those nasty tricks on you," Venus said as the two femmes walked down the hall together.
"Isn't it obvious? He's a pathetic little mech with no life what so ever."
"Oh… how sad for him… I'm going to see how he's doing." Venus went off down towards Starscream's quarters.
Azura sighed, shaking her head. There is something wrong with that femme's programming.
When Venus got to Starscream's quarters, she straightened herself up before pressing the chime.
"Come in!" Came Starscream's voice from inside.
Venus walked in to see Starscream sitting at his desk looking over some papers. "Hello Lord Starscream," she greeted, bowing.
Starscream chuckled. Lord Starscream… I like it. "Hello, Venus. What brings you here?" Venus wasn't half bad looking, even though she was partly organic. One of the very few Decepticons that turned in to a car. Of course she wasn't originally a Decepticon. She had dated an Autobot once.
Starscream liked her because of her gullibility. Meant she was easier to controll. And looking at her now, her realized he could use her for Bumblebee and his plan.
He got up and walked over to her. "Hey hun, do you think you could do me a favor?" He asked, cupping Venus' face in his hand tenderly.
Venus felt like she was going to faint. She had never been this close to a mech before. Well, that is not since Shadow. "Y-yes, Lord Starscream. Anything for you," she chirped.
Starscream grinned. "That's a good femme."
He went over to his desk and picked up the papers from his desk and Venus finally saw what they were.
"Give these to Azura. They're very important and for her eyes only, okay?" Starscream put the papers in to an envelope and handed them to her. "Tell her it's a mission from Megatron. She and I are to go check out an area that is emitting a large amount of energy. Can you do that for me?"
"Yes, Lord Starscream, right away." Venus turned to leave but stopped. "Lord Starscream, if it isn't too much trouble. When you're not so busy… um… whould you like to go out with me sometime?"
Starscream hesitated for a moment but smirked his usual devious smirk. "Of course hun, I'll see you tonight." Starscream winked at her
Venus smiled and saying goodbye, she left.
How nice, not only will I be getting my revenge, but I'll be going out with a sexy femme. Could things get any better? Megatron keeling over would be nice.
"What! You have got to be kidding me! A mission from Megatron my ass! What does Starscream take me for, a moron? This has to be a trick." Azura paced back and forth in her quarters, Venus sitting on her recharging unit.
"But, Azura these papers are official and they've been signed by Megatron himself."
Azura took the papers up again and examined them more closely and sighed. "Perhaps… fine I'll go but you're coming with me. Just stay hidden so Starscream can't see you, okay?"
Venus nodded. "Very well, Azura." Venus turned to leave.
"Where are you going, Venus?"
"I have a date tonight," Venus replied, blushing slightly.
"Oh? With who?"
"Oh, no one in particular… I gotta go," Venus said quickly and she quickly ran out.
Starscream and Venus walked down the beach, the stars twinkling their brightest that night.
"And over there, that one is Cybertron," Starscream said, pointing to one of the many astral bodies in the sky.
"It's so close to the earth. How did it get there? I didn't even think it was in this galaxy."
"You can thank Megatron for that. He transported the planet in to this galaxy in one of his crack pot schemes, to obtain more energy."
Venus looked at the sky thoughtfully. "Interesting…" She looked at Starscream. "Starscream? Why are you playing all those mean tricks on Azura?"
"You have to ask? It's just my way of getting back at her for treating me like slag!"
"Azura just does that to get your goat. She really doesn't mean it. I really think she likes you."
"I don't think so, Venus." Starscream turned around to look at her and smiled. "Come, let us go back to the base. Perhaps we can continue this conversation over a little energon, hm?"
Venus smiled. "That would be nice."
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The next day Starscream and Azura were flying over the desert, Venus following at a distance making sure she wasn't seen.
"Over there!" Starscream shouted.
Azura looked and saw a power plant of some sort. "But that thing looks like it's been abandoned for years! Are you sure there are high readings of power emitting from it?" Azura said, suspiciously.
"Of course! The humans must not have turned it off when they left. Let's land here."
The two jets landed and Azura looked around. "I don't know, my sensors aren't picking up any —"
Just then they heard a shriek and then gun shots.
"What the —! Are we being attacked?" Azura reached for her gun but she found it was gone.
"Looking for these?" Mirage asked, reappearing with Azura's weapons.
Heheh guess it's time for me to get going. Before Starscream could take another step, he was shot from behind. He cried out in shock falling forward.
"Starscream — Ahhh!"
Bumblebee came out of hiding, his gun smoking. "A job well done Autobots. We have Starscream, Azura and," Bumblebee chuckled when Bluestreak dragged Venus' body forward. "The traitor."
"Traitor?" Mirage asked puzzled.
"Venus was once an Autobot…" Bumblebee lied. "Now, let's get these… things to the brig."
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Azura groaned, her joints feeling stiff and her back aching. She suddenly heard someone weeping and she pried her eyes open. "V-Venus? Are you okay? What —?" Azura looked around and saw where she was. She was in the Autobot brig and… it was all Starscream's fault.
She sat up but cried out when she felt a stab of pain shoot up her back. "Slag it to Hell!" She growled. She looked around again. "Venus? Where are you?"
She didn't find Venus, but she did see Starscream huddled in the corner. "Starscream, you slagging bastard!"
Starscream didn't say anything.
"Starscream say something!" Azura shouted angrily.
Just then Starscream began to mumble something softly.
"What did you say you damn traitor?" Azura sneered, crawling over to Starscream and leaning in closer to hear what he was saying.
"Hey, baby come 'ere and give me a kiss…" He was dreaming.
"What? You're sleeping!" Azura growled shaking her fist. (She does that a lot) "STARSCREAM WAKE UP!" Azura shouted, hitting him on the head.
"Ow! What the slag was that for!" Starscream cried, rubbing his head.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because we're stuck in an Autobot brig, my back hurts, AND YOUR SLEEPING!" Azura grabbed Starscream by the collar shaking him. "You slagging traitor! How could you do this to us!"
"It's not my fault! The Autobot tricked me!"
Azura threw him to the ground. "You disgust me," she growled.
"Azura, is that you?" Venus called out.
"Venus, where are you?"
"I'm in the cell next to yours. Why are the Autobots doing this?"
"Because Venus, they're our enemies… and we're their prisoners."
Venus slumped to the ground weeping. "A cell… I've been placed in a cell again. Oh this is a nightmare…"
Azura turned to Starscream, her rage shining through. "You… I should kill you. You've crossed the line this time Starscream. Do you have any idea what this is doing to poor Venus?"
"Just shut up Azura! You may scare the others, but you don't scare me!" Starscream stood up and walked over to Azura.
"Yeah, is that so, traitor? You shouldn't talk like that. It's you who got us in to this! You should be scared! But… I guess you're just too stupid!"
"THAT'S IT!" Starscream screeched and he backhanded Azura, causing her to stumble right in to the bars.
Azura cried out as the energy from the bars electrocuted her.
Starscream just watched, his expression not even wavering.
When the bars were done, Azura slumped to the floor, breathing heavily. She rolled on to her hands and knees, growling softly, "Damn you Starscream… how — how dare you strike me like that." Tears leaked from her eyes and pattered on to the cell floor.
Starscream faltered slightly. Is — is she crying?
Just then they heard footsteps approaching and Bumblebee came in to view.
"What the hell is all the commotion about!" When Bumblebee saw Azura on her hands and knees panting, a slight grin played across his face. "Well, Decepticons can do that anywhere, eh?"
Just then, Azura's hand shot through the bars, grabbing on to Bumblebee's throat. "I may not have been able to kill you the first time, but I can always finish the job!" She growled, tightening her grip.
"Now, now Azura, calm down," Bumblebee chided the femme, shaking his finger at her. "I'll just have to fix that." He took out a device and pressed a button.
All of a sudden, Azura began to scream, clutching at her head. "Stop! Please, stop!" She cried, letting go of Bumblebee and writhing on the ground in pain.
"Promise to be a good femme and I'll make the pain stop."
"Yes! Yes, I'll be a good femme! Just make the pain stop! Please!" Azura began to whimper, tears coursing down her cheeks.
Starscream's optics widened in shock and he looked at Bumblebee in disbelief. There's something not right with the pipsqueak Autobot. It's like his logic circuits are fried or… something else.
Bumblebee pressed the button again and Azura slumped to the ground unconscious. "If any of you don't want to meet the same fate as her, you had better keep you mouths shut! I'll be back with some energon cubes for you. We wouldn't want you deactivating now, would we?" Bumblebee grinned, and evil gleam in his optics.
No… no it couldn't be. Starscream thought, looking at the small Autobot. But what else could the explanation be for the Autobot's strange behaviors?
Before Bumblebee left Starscream said, "Wait! It's you, isn't it? You're not really Bumblebee in there are, you? You're —"
To be continued…