Subi: W00T! Spare chapters! Gotta love 'em... And for those of you who are very confused by these chapters/story, It might be helpful to read 'The Swords of Primus and Unicron I" (Shiori's History) first. It explains a lot, and it helps if you know what happened before hand...
Shiori: Starscream's coing home, isn't he? (looking hopeful)
Subi: Yep. And by the way, For those who ought to know, he's the Cybertron version, not G1.
Shiori: POST IT ALREADY!
Subi: Fine... I had to explain something...
2. Coming Home
"Silvershadow? Can I ask you something?" Sixshot asked, poking his head into an empty room as he looked for the mercenary. How are we supposed to find him if we want to ask him something? He thought dissappointedly as he stepped inside to make sure the room was really empty. Silvershadow had a habit of keeping to... well, the shadows. With a name like his, he had to live up to something, right? Sixshot looked around. Although the room looked empty and un-inhabited at first glance, as he looked around he realized that someone did live in this room. Then a picture on the desk in the corner caught Sixshot's gaze.
Picking up the photograph, the Decepticon seeker examined the picture. He saw that there were two transformers in the photo, one was a light green and white femmebot. The other was an Autobot, with his blue/silver arms around her shoulders, pulling her close to his red, blue and silver frame while his gold optics seemed to smile out at whomever who looked at the picture...
"YOU DARE TO INTRUDE ON MY PERSONAL SPACE?.!" Silvershadow roared from the doorway behind Sixshot. Startled, the seeker dropped the photo onto the desk and spun around. The mercenary didn't even give the 'Con a chance to defend himself. Seizing the green/white Decepticon with his clawed hands, Silvershadow lifted the mech off his feet and brought his silver face-mask inches from the other mech's face.
"Say anything about that picture to anyone... And I will personally come after you. Have I made myself clear?" He breathed, his silver-white optics burning into Sixshot's wide orange ones with a barely-contained rage. Sixshot nodded, too stunned to say anything in response.
"Then get out," the mercenary growled dangerously. Silvershadow threw him on the ground and glared down at him. Sixshot scrambled to his feet and hurried out, his question forgotten. At the rate we're going, He's going to be my end instead of preventing it, he thought to himself as he rushed down the corridor, now searching for Starscream...
It was dark when the Mrrisst warped back into visual space. The powerful battleship, edged its way back to the spaceport near Iacon City, the moonlight reflecting off of its silver-white hull. As soon as the ship was in place, the walkway slid out from the spaceport to the ship, and once again, the door under the bridge hissed open. A moment later, Starscream stepped out onto the walkway, followed by Sixshot. But instead of a group of nosy Decepticons to greet them, the walkway remained silent and empty. No one... Starscream thought to himself, as he looked around. Reminds me of home here, in the EnergonArmada Dimension, rather accurately... He turned when he heard the soft tapping that he'd come to accossiate with the the battle droids as they moved around. Sure enough, AN-51 came to the doorway, stopping on the threshold of the door. Its white armor reflected theblue walkway lights, giving it an eerie glow that didn't match the glow of it's purple visual sensors.
"Farewell: Good bye, Stars-su. You provided an interesting challenge in training," AN-51 said, looking at Starscream.
"You were a challenge too, AN. I'll miss your company and quirks," Starscream told the white droid. "Make sure you come back and keep me occupied every once and awhile."
"Answer: I will when I can, Stars-su." Starscream nodded at the droid's response.
"Alright then... Are you ready to go home you two?" Silvershadow asked as he walked out of the shadows of the hallway behind AN. The first thing Starscream noticed as he nodded to the mercenary was that Silvershadow wasn't wearing his cloak. The next thing that caught his attention was the fact that the mercenary's sword wasn't anywhere with him either.
"Are you... going home, Silvershadow?" Starscream asked hesitantly, having learned the hard way not to presume too much about what the Mercenary was going to do. Silvershadow looked into Starscream's purple optics with his own silver-gold ones.
"I am home..." He said softly before reaching his clawed hand out and taking a hold of Sixshot's wrist.
"Let's get you to someone who'll give you a place for you to stay, traitor," Silvershadow growled, and pulled Sixshot towards the Decepticon base in the city, leaving Starscream looking after them in confusion.
"Well... That was odd," Starscream said to no one in particular after they were gone. Wait a minute... If it's been eight years since I've been home, the streets and buildings have probably changed somewhat, meaning I don't know my way home!
"BLAST!" He shouted, kicking at a small rock in front of him, sending it flying. "I knew I should have asked for a data-map..." Starscream sighed. Silvershadow has other things to occupy himself... Maybe if I can find someone else who knows where my place is... Maybe Hot Shot? Let's see... Knowing how Hot Shot likes being near smaller bots and the park... If I can find my way there, maybe he can give me directions home, He thought hopefully. With that thought, he jumped into the sky, transformed into his alternate mode, and slowly flew around the skyscrapers of the city, looking for the park. After a few minutes, he found it, and dived down, transformed, and landed on his feet in the center of the park. Starscream looked around, hunting for some familiarity that would tell him where Hot Shot's diner was. It didn't take long to find the same, blue-white building that the Autobot racer had owned eight years ago- and from the looks of it, still owned. With a faint twitch of a hopeful smile, Starscream started towards the Autobot's resteraunt...
"Still busy at seven at night... Alexis is going to throw a fit if I don't get to her place before she goes to sleep..." Hot Shot muttered to himself as he flashed around his resteraunt from a booth to the counter to the kitchen and back. He heard the door jingle open, and called over his shoulder, "Be there in a minute!"
"I could wait an hour, or until you closed, Hot Shot," Came a dry voice that the Autobot hadn't heard in a long time... That sounded like- no it couldn't be... could it? Hot Shot spun around to face him.
"S-Starscream!"
"Hello, Hot Shot..." The silver-grey, red, and black seeker gave him a small smile, while his purple optics glinted at the blue-grey, red, and yellow bot. Hot Shot stared at him for a moment before shaking his head and turning back to the food on the grill.
"It's been awhile, Starscream."
"Yes, I suppose it has... Heh, so long that I don't know my way home."
"I can take you there in... an hour. I think I'm going to close early."
"That doesn't happen often."
"Not usually, but I need a break every now and then. Here ya go," he added, pushing a plate of food to a different customer. The bot nodded his thanks and took the plate to a table. "Closin' in an hour, folks!" Hot Shot called out. Slowly, in small groups and individually, other bots began to leave the resteraunt. An hour later, Starscream and Hot Shot were the only ones still there. Hot Shot quickly finished cleaning up the diner, and started to the door. Starscream followed him, and stepped out into the night and waited for Hot Shot to lock the door.
"Alright, Starscream. Let's get you home, shall we? Walk or Drive-and-fly?"
"Walk," the seeker said after a moment. Hot Shot glanced at him.
"Okay then. This way..." The younger Autobot started down the sidewalk, Starscream beside him...
Subi: Hmm... That was... interesting...
Shiori: Interesting? What was so interesting about that?
Subi: (sighs) nevermind...
Optimus Prime: Well, I liked it.
Subi: Nice to know that someone approved...
Shiori: What's that supposed to mean?
Subi: Nothing. (hehe)
Shiori: ...
Optimus Prime: Review please!... And we hope you enjoyed this chapter.
