Shorter chapter than the first, but I did not want to drag the meet and greet on more than was necessary. I hope you all still very much enjoy.
As mentioned before, I do not own Transformers, or any of the characters. They all belong to Hasbro. I do own Stella, and this story. Thank you all.
Chapter recap
"It's just you and me." The sickening voice of her father hissed. "Thought you could get away, did you?" He asked, twisting the toe of his foot roughly against her skull. Stella was silent, sobbing softly into the cold dirt in her face. Crying out when he moved his foot, to slam in her back. The air being knocked out of her lungs as he continued the assault on her back, his goal it seemed was to attempt to crack her spine. "Do you not realize, I own you?" He questioned, "with out me you are nothing..you could be nothing." He seethed, before laughing abruptly. "Hell, without me bitch. You would not exist."
Flinching, as the familiar sound of him undoing his belt. He followed it by snapping it against itself, creating the horrifying loud clap of leather against leather. Bile began to fill her throat, as she waited for the first strike. All Stella could do in that moment, was shut her eyes.
End of Recap
Stella shivered, as she squeezed her eyes tighter. She waited, and waited for the first strike. It never came, instead something gently sprinkled upon her face. It was soft, almost like snowflakes; but they weren't cold. Opening her blue eyes slowly, she saw the grey particles dancing between the rain drops as they fell upon her. Looking over to where her father had once stood, the man was gone, in his wake was a pile of smoking ash. Sniffing the air softly, before recoiling in disgust. It smelt like leather being burnt over an open fire. Turning her face back to the clearing of trees where the red dots still remained, eyes widening as she caught sight of a robot. She took note of his red visor like eyes, looking past him guessing that the rest of the red lights were other robots.
She flinched slightly, when he began walking towards her. He paused, looking rather irritated at her reaction. Stella felt guilty seeing his expression in the moonlight, looking away for a moment. Wincing as she felt where new bruises were forming, before glancing back to him. He now standing right in front of her, a small squeak escaping her otherwise sealed lips.
"You know, I just saved you squish. You don't need to be afraid of me." He huffed, her blue eyes widened as her face began to heat up from his response to her. "Now with that said, you are alright now."
Nodding slightly, while trying to stand; forgetting about the glass in her foot. She instantly fell back down, moving her hand down to the gash in her leg. The robot seemed to stare at her injury, before his gaze shifted to the trees. "Th-th-ank y-you." Stella finally whispered, causing him to snap his attention back to her. "Thank you." Repeating softly.
Cocking his head to the side, he nodded slightly. "See that wasn't hard was it?" He asked, a smirk coming to his face.
The child was unsure, but as she kept looking into the deep glowing eyes of her savior. She felt calm around him, secure, and most of all safe. Stella was unsure if it was simply because this robot had saved her, or because she could see something in his eyes. Logically she knew she should not feel anything but grateful to him intervening, after everything she had been through she should not be as trusting; but for some reason she knew she could. "Who are you?" She asked softly, he seemed to watch her carefully.
"Don't you mean, what am I?" He asked, as he knelt down to her slightly. "The name's Rumble." He said after a moment, looking at her injury. "I'm guessing this is what kept you from getting away from the other squish, or rather the pile of ash." He muttered slightly.
"I tripped over a root." She replied softly, motioning to the offending object slightly above the ground. The robot, or Rumble looked at it. They both notices a few more large shards of glass around it.
He hummed slightly, before turning back to her. "That's some rather bad luck."
"I don't believe in luck." Stella responded simply.
Rumble grinned at that. "Neither do I, or rather any of my fellow Decepticons..." He trailed off then, looking at the girl. It was as if he was trying to gauge her reaction, but she didn't have any real reaction..least not one he was expecting.
"There are others?" Suddenly grinning, before looking back towards the trees. "Are they all over there, all the pretty red lights?" Turning back to him, which he turned to look.
He laughed then. "Yeah, that's them." Turning back to her with a goofy smirk. "You think our optics are pretty?"
"Optics?" Stella asked softly, before looking back to him. "Yeah, is that what you call your eyes?"
Nodding his head. "You got it squish." He replied, before looking back at her injury. "I can get this shard out, but it's going to hurt."
"I guarantee you, I've probably felt worse." She replied, a sudden sadness filling her heart.
He did not respond to her, he did glance in her direction; before back to the tree clearing. "Give me just one second." He muttered, before she could here a slight grinding sound, and what could be described as small beeps. Waiting patiently, not wanting to disturb him in whatever he was doing. She did noticing another figure walk out from the mass of trees, he was much much larger than Rumble. "Alright, well you are in luck squish. Megatron, wants to meet you."
"Megatron?" Turning her attention back to him, she had heard that name somewhere. Not entirely sure from where, looking back over to the other robot; before back to Rumble curiously. He followed her gaze carefully.
"Oh, no. That's Soundwave." He laughed slightly, before looking over to the other bot. "Hey, why don't you come and say hello."
Stella watched as his visor seemed to flash slightly. "Negative."
Her eyes flew open, before a giant grin came to her face. "Woah, I like your voice." This seemed to cause a stir for the two robots that were with her, Soundwave did a lot better job of hiding it; but she did notice another flash from his visor.
Rumble however seemed rather impressed, before looking back at her injury. "Now, as I mentioned earlier..this is going to hurt." He reminded, looking her in the eye. "You got that squish."
Nodding softly, as he went back to her injury. "Stella." She suddenly said, causing him to glance at her. "My name is Stella."
"Stella." He muttered slightly, before his hand retracted to, in place were a pair of pliers. "Alright then, Stella brace yourself."
Rumble was quick with the procedure, that did not stop the pain from shooting up her leg, nor the blood that began to practically gush from the cut. He seemed to panic at this, while Stella ripped a piece of her shirt in favor of using it to apply pressure to the injury. "Thank you." She whispered softly, gritting her teeth as she could feel the warmth of her blood seeping through the material.
"Not a problem...um..." He grumbled, before moving to lift her up in his arms. She squeaked in surprise, before relaxing in the arms of her new found friend. "Just keep your juices off of me."
0.o.0
Megatron, and the rest of the Decepticons waited. They had listened to the conversation, waiting to see the creature that they had just rescued. Not really knowing what to expect, they all froze at seeing the small human youngling within the arms of the cassette. Clenching his servos into a tight fist, as anger overcame his processor. His optics scanning his men to see similar reactions. Turning his attention back to the child, only to find her looking around with wide eyes filled with wonder. A warmth spread through his spark at the sight, but he was quick to bury the feeling. A smirk appeared on his face, as he took note of how she kept looking back to Starscream and his trine.
His optics filled with amusement, once she took note of him. Eyes widening ever so slightly more, before a large grin covered her face. "Hello, flesh creature." He greeted the child, he vaguely remembered her name to be Stella. "I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons."
Her smile relaxed, but she still looked way to happy to be in their presence. "It's nice to meet you, sir." She whispered, loud enough for all to hear.
His smirk grew, before he looked around at the rest of his men. "A flesh creature with manners." He commented, earning a few chuckles in the clearing. His red gaze turned back to her for a brief moment, before he spoke once more. "From what I overheard, your designation is Stella?"
"Yes sir, Stella..Stella Rose is my full name." She replied.
Megatron nodded his head, before looking back towards where he had first noticed the human presence. "Who was the other flesh creature?" He asked, noting shame, and fear enter her small eyes. His processor filled with anger once more, as he watched the child. "It is alright child, take your time."
"He was my father." She whispered, Rumble's optics snapping to her.
The first sign of rage, flew from Astrotrain's vocal component. "How low does one have to be, to place their servos on their own creation."
"The fact the Autobots protect these creatures, its disgusting." Motormaster piped in, which everyone nodded at.
Stella's eyes narrowed, as she looked over to the Stunticon. "They don't protect anyone, but themselves."
"You had a run in with an Autobot?" Thrust asked.
She nodded, before looking down. "This wasn't my first try at escaping from my father." Megatron watched her carefully as she spoke. "The first time, the one who transforms into a police car, he gave me back to my father...told me to be a good kid for now on."
"Megatron, next time we see Prowl..I'm gonna kill him." Dragstrip piped in. "I don't give a frag about the repercussions of it either. They talk all high and mighty about protecting the creatures on this planet, yet when one actually needs help..they do nothing."
"There may be consequences from Prime, but not from me." Megatron responded simply, while looking back at the child curiously. "Do you have somewhere you can go?"
Stella looked up at him, before looking back down and shaking her head. "No sir."
"Very well, Astrotrain, Transform." He ordered, "Rumble, you are to ride with the child, and escort her to the medbay when we return to base."Turning his attention back to the girl, while assessing her for a shear moment. "I do not offer you shelter lightly child. We will discuss the matter once you have fully recovered."
Nodding her head softly, her small frame leaning against minicon. The child looked absolutely exhausted, and none in the clearing could honestly object to her. "You can rest on the way to our base." Rumble could be heard whispering softly, while looking up at his leader.
"Alright, lets return to base." Megatron gave the final order, before taking off to the sky.
What will happen next on the exciting chapter of Stella? Any ideas, if so let us pick your brains. I want to see at least three comments with at least one answer before another chapter is posted. I'm sure we can do that, what do y'all think?
1) Do you think Hook and Scrapper will keep Stella in the medbay for very long?
2)Will she and Starscream have a problem?
3) How will Ravage handle her presence?
Alright guys, this is your homework to mull over in your heads. I do hope you all have a wonderful time with your families if you celebrate tomorrow. I personally eat, but I don't celebrate the day itself if that makes any since.
Nature Faustus.