Chapter 29 Coming Back
Chapter 29 Reborn
Hey! I'm not entirely solid yet! Oblivion's form squeaked as Starscream tried to grab her.
That's why you need to concentrate more.
Oh, shut up Tidus! Notice how you didn't attempt this! The little black, grey, and mauve Seeker sparkling stuck its glossa out at thin air. How her voice was surrounding them without her oral cavity moving was a mystery.
Starscream stared at her in disbelief. Not solid? But she looked perfectly solid to him; she was wispy like a ghost or transparent at all. Her colours, despite the fact that they were dark colours, were vibrant and clear. So how was she not solid? The sparkling hummed slightly before she closed her optics and her form solidified.
"Happy now Tidus?" She asked, sticking her glossa out again, her voice now leaving her mouth as it moved.
Yah, yah. Give me a minute you mouthy little sparkling.
"Look who's talking." She giggled.
Starscream took a step closer to her. "How?" He asked.
Oblivion looked up at him and giggled. "Don't ask me how." She replied as she placed her arms behind her back and tilted her head. "Primus just said we can solidify ourselves for about a day before we have to return to the Well to recharge for a couple of months. Adults can hold theirs a little longer, but oh well!" She giggled. "He only just told us about this solidifying business so I've been waiting for the right moment to try it out."
Starscream tipped his head back and let out a defeat cry. "I knew it was too good to be true!" He sobbed.
Oblivion blinked in confusion before her optics teared up. "Aren't you happy to see me?" She asked sadly.
Megatron noted quickly that she looked a little like him, at least the way her body was molded looked like his. Her chest was wider than most newborn sparkling and a proportionally smaller waist. Already, there was development to her lower legs and on her shoulders, almost as if the metal was waiting for her to develop more before growing itself. On her hips were extra flaps of metal, much like his own; there was no doubt that she was his. And the wings on her back revealed that she was also Starscream's sparkling. One sparkling that looked more like Starscream, and one that looked more like him.
Oblivion's tears spilt down her cheeks. "You aren't happy to see me?" She asked around a sniffle.
"I don't want you to leave me!" Starscream cried as he fell down in front of her.
Oblivion hung her head. "There isn't much I can do." She replied. "If I could, I wouldn't leave again."
An electric blue and chrome Seeker sparkling appeared beside her and blinked. "You're crying? Frag your weird." He commented as he folded his arms. "I've never heard of anyone crying while like this." He added. "Not that I've really heard of a ghost crying in the first place."
Starscream ignored the other sparkling and picked up Oblivion. He held her close to his chest, cradling her while letting out quick bursts of air. Oblivion kept crying, mostly because she found the tears odd; she never cried before. Megatron walked over and stood beside Starscream. Everyone else had wisely chosen to leave when the sparkling had solidified, leaving the two parents alone. He couldn't help but feel upset; why would they solidify only to leave again? Wouldn't that hurt the ones they cared about more, knowing that they were only seeing a shadow of what they used to be? Or in this case, would have been.
"Why can't you stay?" Starscream whined.
Oblivion rubbed her head against Starscream's chest. "I wish I could." She murmured. "I really wish I could. But...I'm dead. And you have Emberstar now." She added with a smile. "You don't need me! You have her!" She chirped, obviously thinking that it was the cure to Starscream's depressed mood.
"I do need you. I love with all my spark, as do your sister and father." Starscream sobbed.
Tidus frowned. "Give...give me a minute." He chirped before he vanished, causing Megatron to jump slightly; he had forgotten that he had been there.
Megatron reached around Starscream's arm and stroked his first daughter's head. "Hello Oblivion." He murmured.
Oblivion leant into his fingers and cooed softly. "Hello Daddy." She replied softly.
"You're so beautiful." Starscream whimpered, brushing a thumb across Oblivion's black cheek. Emberstar was staring at Oblivion in awe; she had never heard much about her sister aside from the fact that she had died in the chamber. She was positive that she was some sort of miracle.
Oblivion blushed. "Thank you." She murmured before she looked over at her sister. She smiled. "Hi Emberstar. It's nice to finally meet you." She giggled. "You look just like...Mommy." She giggled as she nuzzled Starscream. Starscream hung his head to hide his smile as Megatron chuckled.
Tidus reappeared and grinned weakly. "Well, I have good news and bad news." He chirped.
Starscream looked up at him, picking up Emberstar to sit alongside Oblivion. Megatron smiled at his family before turning to face Tidus. "What do you mean?"
"Well...Primus said that Oblivion can come back to life..." Starscream's expression lit up in excitement. "But...someone has to go in her place." Tidus finished.
Megatron froze. "Was he specific about who had to go?" He asked.
"No...but the person has to go while she is solidified." Tidus replied as he shifted his wings slightly.
Starscream looked down at Emberstar and shook his head. "I can't give up one of my own." He sighed. Oblivion nodded angrily and hugged Emberstar tightly, glaring at Tidus like he was a monster for suggesting the idea.
Tidus nodded. "Primus knew that. He doesn't really care who goes...just as long as there is a replacement." He replied.
Megatron shook his head. "Who would give up their life so another could come back to life?" He asked.
"I say we take her murder's spark." Starscream hissed as he nuzzled Oblivion's helm.
"Perhaps," Shockwave's voice calmly stated, "you don't have to."
Megatron turned to Shockwave. "What do you mean?" He asked.
Shockwave looked him dead in the optic. "I am more than willing to take my spark so your daughter lives." He stated.
"NO!" Starscream cried, leaping to his feet and causing both sparklings to yip in shock. "You deserve life as much as they do!"
Shockwave laughed softly. "Starscream, all my sparklings are dead. If I could, I want you to have them back." He replied. "Sparklings mean a lot to their creators; I know that having only a shadow of your beloved sparkling in eating away at you."
Megatron shook his head. "And what about Lugnut?" He asked.
Shockwave snorted. "That traitor? He can go to the Pit for all I care!" Starscream frowned, stroking the sparklings' helms as he pondered this statement. Shockwave bowed low to Megatron and Starscream. "It would be an honor to allow your sparkling to come back to life. It was after all partly my fault she was killed all those weeks ago." He stated softly. "And, I can be with my sparklings again." He added.
"I want you to be happy," he began, "but you've been such an amazing communications officer. I don't know what we'd all do without you?"
Shockwave chuckled. "I've been in touch with another Decepticon. He goes by the name of Soundwave. I believe he would make an appropriate Communications Officer. Just tell him that I passed on and he is to take my place." He stated.
Starscream shook his head. "I can't." He stated, his upper lip trembling. "You deserve to live."
Shockwave shook his head. "No. I've been through enough pain in my life." He stated. "I have lost three mates, whom I loved dearly, all my sparklings, and now...I lost Megatron to you." He murmured, Megatron's optics widened in shock. "Let this be my final act of loyalty."
Starscream felt a pang of guilt in his spark. Shockwave had loved Megatron as well, but he must have known that Megatron did not return the feelings that he hid. He knew that it was difficult to be in the same proximity as the one that they loved and know that they would never return the feelings. He pitied Shockwave greatly.
Oblivion let out a yawn and rubbed her head against Starscream's chest. "I'm tired." She murmured.
Tidus frowned. "Look, you have to do it soon or else she will return to the Well. Then it may be months, even years until you get another chance. You need to decide now."
"I can't." He sighed. "Megatron, you'll know what's the best choice." He stated, looking up at his mate as he stroked Oblivion's helm almost possessively.
Megatron sighed. "Shockwave, get Lugnut. He needs to pay for what he did. And I think that losing his life to the sparkling that he killed is the best way." He stated.
Shockwave stood up from where he had been bowing. "Very well." He replied a little sadly. He turned and left the room.
Starscream hung his head sadly. Megatron sighed. "Shockwave is loyal and I wish I could fulfill his desire to see his sparklings again, but I think he still has something to live for." He stated.
"Sparkling." Tidus coughed.
"Excuse me?" Megatron asked coldly as he turned to the sparkling.
"Oh nothing, just another sparkling." Came the reply.
"Another?" Megatron asked in confusion.
"Who's?" Starscream asked curiously.
Tidus grinned before making a low buzzing noise. Megatron's jaw hit the floor in understanding. "Bumblebee?" He gawked.
"HAH!" Starscream laughed. "I knew it! His chest looked a little bit bigger!"
Tidus grinned. "I think he's two weeks into the development stage. Bumblebee and Blitzwing waited a little longer than you two did before you decided to produce a sparkling." He laughed.
Megatron chuckled. "Bee's hiding it pretty good. Amazing, considering his small size."
"Lord Megatron." Shockwave stated as he walked into the room, Lugnut walking just behind him.
Starscream smirked darkly at the purple Decepticon. Tidus hopped onto Megatron shoulder. "Are you sure you want him as the replacement?" He asked, blinking soft yellow optics.
"Quick question; she won't take his body will she?" Megatron asked.
Tidus wrinkled his nose. "No. Primus isn't mean like that."
"Good." Megatron stated as he started charging his cannon. "What do I have to do?"
"You shoot, I'll recite." Tidus replied.
"Shockwave, come here." Starscream ordered. He wasn't going to risk him jumping in front of the blast at the last second.
Megatron leveled his cannon with Lugnut, whose optics widened in fear.
"With your spark," Tidus stated, "another will rise. Your spark given to bring back something dearly lost." Megatron fired once and Lugnut slumped to the ground, dead, his chest plate a melted, steaming hunk of metal. "One life given so another will come back." Tidus finished. "Lugnut for Oblivion."
Starscream smiled down at the two sparklings that were curled up against him. Oblivion blinked a few times before she yawned and curled up closer against Starscream's chest.
"Did it work?" Megatron asked, lowering his fusion cannon.
Tidus stood there for a moment. He tilted his head and smiled. "Yah." He replied as a sad smile crept across his face. "Good luck with her." He added as he started to fade away.
"Thank you." Megatron stated softly.
"It's the least I can do." Tidus replied before he faded away completely. After all, I exist to keep Starscream happy.
Starscream smiled as a tear fell from his optics. Megatron wrapped his arm around Starscream's shoulder as Shockwave bowed and left the room. He felt a tear slide down his face and he watched as it fell and landed on Oblivion's cheek. The sparkling stirred and blinked her optics open. She stared up at them and started crying.
"Why are you crying?" She asked softly. "Should I be crying too?" Starscream shook his head and smiled softly. Oblivion rubbed her optics. "So then why are you crying?" She asked before she stopped and looked down at her chest, touching the plate slightly. "There...there is something in my chest that's pulsing." She said fearfully. "Is there something wrong with me?"
"You're alive." Starscream replied softly, chuckling as he kissed his sparkling's helm.
Oblivion's optics widened in shock. "Really?" She asked as she looked up at Megatron and Starscream. "Honestly?" Megatron smiled and nodded. Oblivion let out a cry of joy and hugged Emberstar close to her. "I'm alive! I'm alive!" Emberstar squealed in delight and returned the hug.
Megatron smiled before he reached down and picked Oblivion up. He threw her into the air and caught her, cradling her to his chest before he started tickling her. She squealed with laughter as she tried vainly to avoid the finger that was easily as big as her whole midsection. There was a feeling that it was all a dream, that he would wake up holding Starscream against his chest and tickling him instead of his sparkling. But the warmth that she gave off was real, as was her peals of laughter. There wasn't anything that could take her away this time, as far as he was concerned.
Author's note: I just realized that I could very easily leave you all guessing what happens in the rest of the war and stop the story. But if I did that, Shadowbreaker777 would fry my aft. So, be prepared for a very loooong story. And Oblivion is alive! And Lugnut is dead! insert evil laugh Who didn't see that one coming? Please leave a review for me before you leave, as I am addicted to them.