Soundwave was flying around not even looking for Starscream. He got a message through his bond link.
:Should we really allow that mech to get his servos on Star? You read his thoughts bossbot.:
Soundwave vented silently and replied to the bond. :We have no choice Lazer. He'll kill you too if I fail. He already took away the others from us. We are lucky I put Frenzy and Rumble in Shockwave's care on Cybertron in the pods. We gave him CNA of the others but... I am unsure how much he needs to make them again.:
Lazerbeak responded. :What about Star's trinemates? Was Shockwave able to save them?:
Soundwave smiled under his mask. :He was. They are currently in stasis pods like the others. If I were to send a message to him we could let them out to find Starscream. But if that were to happen before the war ended they would be killed again by Megatron. For now we must bide our time and hope our true leader will stay safe throughout all of this.:
Lazerbeak sent a mental nod to her boss. :What do we do until then?:
Soundwave sent a mental thinking pose to her. :Protect the rest of our species from annihilation from the servos of Megatron. If push comes to shove then we shall fight. For now let us let the Autobots capture us for more information.:
:Detach?: She asks. Lazerbeak got a mental thumbs up and detached from her 'carrier'. She left to search the area as Soundwave let his signal show. It was time to set into motion the life of Cybertron once again.
Back at the Autobot base a few minutes before the signal appeared...
Optimus was in the med bay with Ratchet watching as the medic worked on the shuttle former. He turned though when he heard a small moan coming from Starscream.
Starscream's helm hurt but she opened her optics raising a servo over her helm and cradling it in her servo as she sat up. She shuttered her optics for a second before turning her body to let her pedes hang off the berth. She shivered as her blanket fell off her wings. Her body was not doing well with not being able to transform and fly. She was just glad she could do better than any other flyer. She was terrified of what would happen if she could never fly again and the thought sent phantom pains to her wings making her wince slightly.
Optimus walked over to Starscream and held out a servo for her to take should she want to stand.
Starscream's helm lifted up to look into those kind deep bright blue optics and smiled softly as she gently took his servo and stood up with his help. She tripped and fell into Optimus Prime's chassis with a squeak.
Optimus held her up as he found that Starscream's body seemed to be weaker than usual. "Are you alright Starscream?" He asked concerned for her well-being.
Starscream just stayed where she was leaning against Optimus. She couldn't feel her pedes. "I... I can't feel... my... my pedes..." She said quietly as she let a few tears fall from her optics. "I... I don't... think I can... survive birthing my... spa... sparklings." She quietly sobbed into his chassis. She needed her brothers and her mate so much it hurt.
Ratchet yelped from across the room as he got shocked by one of Skyfire's damaged parts.
Optimus gently picked up Starscream into his arms and picked up Ratchet's scanner using it on Starscream. He was relieved to find she only needed some energon. He put the scanner down and turned to Ratchet. "Ratchet? Is there a certain type of energon for Starscream to drink?"
Ratchet spoke up without looking away from working on Skyfire. "She needs to drink medical low grade. I have made several cubes just for her over on the table over there by the door." He pointed over his shoulder.
Optimus thanked him and walked to the table and grabbed two, just in case, putting them into his subspace. He walked out of the room with Starscream still in his arms. He walked to the living room where the kids were watching a movie. He sat down on the floor and unsubspaced one cube for Starscream to drink handing it to her. He watched as she drank it slowly so as not to get any upset tanks. He let her be as they watched the movie that was on.
Arcee was by the monitors while Bulkhead and Bumblebee were busy in the corner trying to build a replica tower that reached only to their knee joints so far.
Swindle was on the floor in front of the kids watching the movie with them.
Starscream finished her cube and laid tiredly in Optimus Prime's arms watching the short movie. As she watched it, it reminded her of herself. She would've cried if it weren't for the interruption that was the console going off for a nearby Decepticon.