Optimusprims001: Okay! Time to get evil!
Starscream: OH GOD! SOMEONE SAVE ME!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Optimusprims001: (pounces on him) You're going to regret making fun of me earlier, Screamer!
Starscream: HELP! SHIORI!
Shiori: What is going ON in here?.! (comes in)
Optimusprimus001: (now sitting on top of Starscream, somehow holding him down even though she's only 5'2" and starscream is 65 ft tall) I'm bugging people! (says cheerfully)
Shiori: ... Doesn't look like it. (takes author off of Starscream)
Optimusprimus001: NOOO! PUT ME BACK! ;-; I hate you all.
Shiori: No you don't. You love us, Don't deny it.
Optimusprimus001: (glares at her) fine, I won't.
14. Droids and Dreams
"That was close," Starscream collapsed into a chair with a sigh. "I don't want to do that again, if I can manage it..."
"What about me? That droid is crazy!" Sixshot protested, already in a chair in the viewport of the Mrrisst.
"He is a persistant thing, isn't he?" Starscream commented thoughtfully.
"Mocking statement: Who wouldn't be 'persistant', considering the situation we were in?"
"Shut up, HK..." Starscream scowled, never in the mood for being made fun of.
"Irritated Request: Then have the decency to wait until I've left the room."
"Decency? When have you ever given me decency?" Sixshot snapped at him.
"Threat: If you're going to continue to jibe at me, then back it up with a blaster!"
"I'LL GIVE YOU A 'BLASTER', HK!" Starscream shouted as his patience ran out, leaping up and at the droid with an incredible speed, knocking the droid down. Starscream then ripped the plasma carbine out if its hands and stood on top of the droid as it wailed at him. "Protest: You're crushing my actuators!"
"Well, you should have thought of that before hand," he told it flatly, not particularly impressed.
"Request for Assistance: Help! Silvershadow! Someone get this seeker off me!"
"What's going on in here?" Silvershadow rumbled, coming into the room. Starscream got off of the red droid. "Nothing," he said swiftly, hiding the droid's blaster behind his back so Silvershadow couldn't see it.
"Justification: There is nothing going on, Master. Nothing to see. Please continue on and ignore any strange sounds-particularly ones of strangling- if you hear them," The droid added, picking itself up from the ground.
"Leave Starscream alone, HK. There's a reason he's here."
"Resigned acknowledgement: As you desire, Master," HK sighed before snatching back his plasma carbine from behind Starscream's back.
"Hey! Give that back!" Starscream demanded, whirling around to face the droid.
"Refusal: It does not belong to you, hence you should not have it."
"Neither of us trust you with that!"
"Retort: Well, I don't trust you with your swords," the droid snapped back.
"... That's aside from the point," Starscream muttered, his purple optics flickering irritably.
"Counter: Oh, but it's not. You are armed. And as such, I would prefer to remained armed as well."
"You are crazy..."
"Boastful Statement: I am Evil and Crazy- and proud of it."
"HK," Silvershadow called, as he left the room. The red droid stepped around Starscram and followed the mercenary. "Statement: Coming, Master..."
"I do wish you would stop calling me that."
"Statement: I cannot comply, Master. As much as I would like to."
" 'As much as you would like to?' What does that mean?"
" Answer: Well, How would you like to be the wholly-owned servant-"
"You know, this sounds very familiar..." Silvershadow noted, cutting the droid off in the middle of its explaination.
"Recollection: Well, we have had this conversation three-hundred and sixty-four times in the past week, Master."
"Lovely," Silvershadow growled sarcastically as he walked to the bridge of the battleship. Starscream shook his head in disbelief and turned to Sixshot.
"Can you imagine having the same arguement three hundred and sixtyfour times in a week?" He asked his old commander. Sixshot shook his head. "No, nor would I want to..."
"Boastful Statement: You missed again, Master!"
"Then try this on for size!"
"Protest: Ahh! That caused damage!"
"Well, I had to make up for something..."
"Remorseful commentary: You cause enough damage, Master..."
"Clearly not enough in your sorry life, NE."
"Angered Declaration: I'll GET you for that remark!"
Shling! Both were facing away from one another. Silvershadow with his spark-blade before him, kneeling on the ground facing one way- the grey droid with a red, two-handed blade at its side, facing the other.
"Hmph," the mercenary said. The grey droid behind him collapsed a moment later. Standing, Silvershadow turned and put his blade over his shoulder as he looked at the droid. "Still needs upgrades..." he decided.
"Or you need a real opponent," Starscream grinned at him from across the training room. Silvershadow glanced at him.
"Shoiri would have my spark if you don't come back in one piece."
"Shiori doesn't have to know."
"She will. That connection of yours is deeper than you know. Besides, I know how to put NE-49 back together and I don't know how to put you back together."
"Good point," Starscream said agreeably, before leaping at AN-51 with his purple blades out. The white droid dodged him easily and slashed at Starscream's chest armor with both of its own green blades. Starscream blocked the attack with his left blade before spinning around and lashing out with his right blade. Again, the droid dodged him easily.
"Grr... Though I admit this one is good," Starscream panted, jumping away from the droid again. Silvershadow took his sword, placed the tip of it's blade on the ground in front of him, and put both of his hands on top of its hilt to watch Starscream.
"Compliment: You are also good, Stars-su," AN-51 responded, keeping its green blades in a defensive position.
"It's got an interesting way of addressing people, too," Starscream noted, before attacking again. Behind him, Silvershadow laughed.
"That one likes to call me Optim-su..." Silvershadow reasurred him, giving the white droid an odd look.
"Strange name to call you."
"Well, I can't change it now. It refuses to call me anything else," Silvershadow told him before picking his sword up and swinging around to cut through the chest armor of ZT-48. "You can't sneak up on me, ZT. You've tried that too many times."
"Statement: It was worth a try, Master."
"I wish you droids would stop calling me that!" Silvershadow snarled, driving his blade into the ground where the black droid had stood seconds earlier. ZT-48 backed away from him.
"Nervous request: May we end the training, Master?" It asked, looking rather alarmed for a droid.
"Yes... I think that's a good idea..." Silvershadow whispered, his optics widening at the deep slash that his sword made that ran a good fifteen feet away from him. ZT-48 dashed out of the room without another word. AN-51 straightened, and looked over at Silvershadow.
"Query: Stress run thirty-two?" It asked him.
"No... I need some time to myself, I think..." The mercenary sounded uncertian before pulling his blade out of the floor and started out of the room slowly. Starscream watched him go before turning back to AN-51.
"What is 'Stress run thirty-two'?" he asked.
"Answer: It is the training simulation we go through when Optim-su gets so emotional that he can only think of fighting sequences."
"Oh..." Starscream said, glancing back in the direction Silvershadow went. "Those must be hard sequences, judging by the way ZT-48 ran out."
"Musing: Yes, I suppose they are, Stars-su. HK-47 and I are the only droids that possibly remain online at the end of the run. Query: Would you like to continue training sequence?"
"I don't have anything better to do."
"Warning: Beginning battle sequence..." The droid replied, and went back to its defensive stance. Starscream flung himself back at the droid a moment later, and vaguely wondered how the droid was able to keep dodging him...
"What a day..." Starscream said as he walked into his room. Letting himself fall onto his recharge bed, he wondered what the other Autobots and Decepticons were doing. They're probably at home in Iacon City by now, possibly sitting around at a card table, playing fours, and talking about their newest adventure, he thought, exhausted from the days events. They probably aren't on the Mrrisst with a legendary mercenary and his four battledroids and a Decepticon Air Commander... Definitely not with a Decepticon Air Commander...
Starscream let out a soft sigh, and shut off his optics. I wonder what Shiori is doing, he thought tiredly...
"Starscream! Hurry up! We're waiting for you!" Shiori called.
"I'm coming, Shiori. Don't worry, I'm not leaving you again anytime soon."
"Well then, come prove it," She said, putting her hands on his hips. "Cheryl will think that you didn't want to come, and then you'll be in trouble with her and my brother for ages."
"I said that I was coming..." He called back, quickening his pace.
"Hurry up, Starscream. You're marriage is only supposed to happen once in your lifetime!"
"I'm coming! Wait for me!" he cried, running forward as she began to fade into the darkness...
"Shiori..." He whispered softly, and curled up on his side on the recharge bed, wishing he was where she was, wherever that may be...
"Starscream!"
"What?" He called, desperately trying to find where she was in the darkness. Why couldn't he see her! She sounded so close! And why did it have to be so dark? Where was she?
"Starscream!" She cried again, this time sounding in pain.
"I'm here, Shiori! Where are you! Hold on, my love!"
"Starscream! Can you hear me? Oh.. gods! It hurts! STARSCREAM!"
"Shiori! Hold on! Do you hear me, love? Hold on!"
"Starscream!"
"I'm here, Shiori! I can't see you! Shiori!"
"Starscream! Oh, thank Primus! I can hear you! Starscream!"
"I'm here! I'm here!" he cried, still trying to see her. "Whatever is wrong, love?"
"Starscream... Our daughter... What do you want her to be called?"
"Our... Our daughter?"
"Starscream, have you forgotten already? Oh Primus!... Starscream!"
"Alexis! Name her Alexis! Shiori! Don't die on me!" he finally saw her, and immediately noticed the tears on her face, and stretched out to brush one away. "Don't die on me..." He whispered again.
"I won't... Starscream... Just promise me... That you'll come home..." Was that blood on her face? Where did that come from? Why was she damaged all of a sudden?
"Yes! I promise! Shiori, hold on! SHIORI! Live, damn you, love! LIVE!" he cried as he suddenly found that she was on the ground. Why was it getting darker again? And Megatron! What was he doing there?
"I promise, Starscream... I won't die... Starscream... I'll be waiting for you..." Her voice drifted away, and Starscream faintly saw Megatron gathering Shiori into his arms with a displeased expression on his face...
"SHIORI!" He screamed, sitting up sharply in fear that Megatron had done something to her to make him loose her forever. His optics flashed on as he sat there, gasping for breath, and wondered if it had just been dream.
"Starscream?" Silvershadow's voice was outside the door. "Are you alright in there?"
"Y-Yes," He answered shakily. "J-just a bad dream..."
"... Alright... Do you want me to come in?"
"No, I'll be fine," he told the mercenary, still trying to catch his own breath. Was that dream? Or was it a vision? he wondered. 'That connection of yours is deeper than you know...' Silvershadow's voice floated hauntingly through his mind. Starscream fervently hoped it was just a dream...
Optimusprimus001: BWAhahahahahahahah! Vision... or Dream? XD The evilness of it all!
Starscream: ... I'm begginning to really dislike you for this...
Optimusprimus001: (shrugs) I can't help that.
Starscream: Why can't you just make my life easier and let me go home!
Optimusprimus001: Because, you don't have a choice in the matter.
Starscream: ...
(Note to Shockbox: As Hk says, 'I'm Evil and Crazy, and proud of it.' :P I hope you enjoyed the newest chapter. XD)
