Court Marshal pt 2

Kit sat on her bed her mind replaying over and over again the conversation from earlier. Getting up she headed towards her commander's office. She needed to tell the man what she had overheard. It might either destroy or make this time that she had with Starscream. No matter what her CO (commanding officer) decided on the matter she would have to obey even if it meant leaving Starscream. However there was so much she wanted to learn from the big robot. With a soft knock on his door she waited for permission to enter.

"Enter."

She walked into the door and saluted the older man. He looked at her with questions in his eyes. She was guessing this was random of herself.

"At ease."

She nodded and relaxed her stance.

"Permission to speak sir."

"Granted. What is so important that you come here Kit."

"Sir, I overheard Starscream and another Decepticon talking this morning."

"And?"

"They keep calling me a catalyst. The Decepticon Barricade insisted that Starscream kill me but the F-18 kept refusing."

"Anything else?"

"Sir I have reason to believe their leader has made a come back."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, sir."

The older man looked at her calmly before picking up the phone. He spoke quickly into the phone before hanging it back up. "Sir I wish to still work with Starscream to learn more of this leader of theirs."

"Kit I will allow you one month with Starscream."

"And then what sir?"

"By then I'll have an answer for you."

"Yes sir."

"You are dismissed lieutenant and be careful."

"Yes sir."

She walked from the room. With swift movements she headed towards the hanger where Starscream sat. Thankfully Kit had the foresight to be wearing her flight gear. She hauled herself up the ladder.

"Starscream we need to talk and its best that we not do it on the ground."

The canopy opened as an invitation. Starscream shivered for a moment causing her to hesitate for a moment. Once she was in the canopy she noticed a black and white over the barbed wire fence. Starscream had mentioned a civilian cop car was a Decepticon.

"Starscream is that black and white a Decepticon?"

"Yes, now get in."

She nodded as she strapped herself in the cockpit. There was clearance from the flight tower and the crew dragged them out onto an open runway. With a swift jump forward both shot skyward. Kit could never get over the thrill that she got each time she was slammed back against the seat as they shot forward. It didn't take long before they were shooting skyward and jetting far from the other Decepticons.

"Now what is so important…"

"As the catalyst for your group what is my purpose to you?"

She felt a shudder run through him before the pattern retained its normal steady pace. That got his attention she was sure of it. He was silent for a moment.

"Were did you hear…"

"Answer the damned question Starscream."

He tried to do a forceful barrel roll but Kit was ready for it. Grabbing the control stick she slammed her fist against the autopilot button and forced him to get right side up. The autopilot light came back on.

"You're purpose it to revive the Decepticons that fell especially Megatron."

She sighed heavily in annoyance. That was what the world would fear most and it would cause the guys that fought five years ago to come back into the action to get rid of them but if what Starscream said was true then once they fell she'd bring them back. As that stood it would only take one bullet to put her down but from the way the other Decepticon talked it didn't matter if she fell as long as their leader was alive and kicking.

"Starscream how many Decepticons are on the planet now?"

"In total four on base and one other in another country but more are coming. There are at least six autobots on earth thus far and I'm sure others are coming as well."

Kit had this one question burning in the back of her mind ever since she realized what Starscream was. She didn't know how to ask the Decepticon and get the answer she wanted. With her hopes raised she was praying the Decepticon was dead but with her run of luck lately she was sure that he wasn't. The thing was that she had to know.

"Which of you killed my brother?"

"Brother?" Starscream asked confusion lacing his voice.

"My brother was killed by a Decepticon on the Military base in Qatar. He destroyed the entire base and left a few survivors. Those survivors as you know fought in the final battle against Megatron."

She felt Starscream shutter again knowing that the jet was hiding something. "This Decepticon is still alive isn't he?"

"The MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter killed your brother in Qatar."

"What's his name and where is he?"

"He resides on this base and is called Blackout. Barricade somehow managed to revive him from the scrap pile he became."

Lowing her head she realized that now it was a good thing that she was being reassigned in a month.

"I only have a month before I am reassigned to another post Starscream and more than likely you probably won't be able to follow."

Starscream barrel rolled suddenly until they were upside down. She was looking at another jet below them. Confusion washed over her realizing this was the F-22 from the base. The scratch marks were still across his nose. She was completely confused on what Starscream was doing.

"Yo Babe!" she heard over the com.

This Decepticon acted like a male teenager trying to act cool but failing miserably. She had half a mind to slap him around. Those kind of boys annoyed her when she was younger and when she stepped onto her base for the first time. Now she was able to send them packing with her fists.

"Starscream who's this joker?"

"This is Thundercracker ignore him. He's just trying to piss me off."

"At least he's more friendly than you are."

Starscream rolled himself till he was right side up. Kit felt a bit dizzy from her companions antics. There would come a day when she'd get back at the F-18 for all the pain he's caused her. The smaller jet came up beside them and they were flying high together. Every move that Starscream made the other jet mirrored them.

"Careful with the catalyst Starscream!" Thundercracker snapped.

Starscream could feel the anger radiating off of Kit. He was waiting for an explosion of anger and all he got was calm but deadly words.

"Call me a catalyst one more time and we'll have to duke it out."

"You're a weak human…"

Before Kit could even say a thing to Starscream a helicopter appeared beside them. The Decepticon logo flashed on its side. It transformed and slammed its fist down on the F-22. The smaller jet transformed and the two of them proceeded to fight.

"Enough both of you!" Starscream bellowed.

They stopped in mid fight and changed back and flew beside the F-18, one on each side. Kit looked back and forth between the two. It was eerily silent and she wished for some conversation. Finally looking at where the helicopter flew she realized he was falling back in the formation. She figured that he realized she knew who he was.

Blackout was flying a greater distance away from Starscream knowing the girl knew that he had destroyed the base in Qatar and successfully killed her brother. He didn't exactly understand what exactly was going on with him but someone would almost describe what he felt as guilt. He was a Decepticon for crying out loud he shouldn't feel anything but contempt for the human race. They were weaker and more fragile then himself or any creature created by the all spark on Cybertron, but he felt the guilt all the same. He was broken from his inner chaotic thoughts by Kit's next words.

"Great instead of getting warriors I get babies," she muttered under her breath. "Starscream what are we going to do about Megatron?"

"You aren't going to do anything. You're too weak to take on Megatron."

"This coming from a turkey," she snarled.

He violently threw himself into a violent uncontrolled free fall. Kit was shaking but not in fear. Her voice however didn't quake at the threat of death looming if Starscream decided to kill her at that moment. It was like all the fear had drained from her body and all that was left was nothing but a slight raw anger.

"Go ahead Starscream prove to me that you can't be anything but a monster. Prove to the world how superior you think you are by killing a heart broken girl."

That stopped the tail spin quickly. Kits breathing was coming in ragged pants. "Give me a reason to destroy you and all of your kind."

"Yeah Starscream give her a reason, and I'll take care of her," they heard Thundercracker said with a laugh in his voice.

Starscream jetted off away from the two of them. He needed to have a few words with his pilot. The only thing that marked their passage was a trail of their jet stream. Thundercracker moved to follow them. Blackout held Thundercracker back from following them.

"Do you think it's a good idea letting him get attached to her?" Thundercracker asked seriously.

They were both in their big forms watching the jet stream vanish.

"We'll soon find out if it was a wise choice on his part," Blackout side tiredly. "We'll return to base."

"What about Barricade? He'll want us to under-mind Starscream's authority and kill her."

"It's your choice in the end Thundercracker what you choose to do is your decision. I know you and Starscream never got along even though you were apart of the Seekers group."

"Is guilt making you do this?" the little jet said seriously which contradicted his childlike nature.

"No it's her. She faces Starscream without fear even when he's tried to hurt her."

"Some would call that foolishness."

"Most would."

The two flew back towards their base and landed. It was only an hour later when Starscream and Kit returned to the base. The girl was strangely quiet as she passed the other two and headed back towards her barracks.

Kit sighed heavily. There was a lot on her mind as she got dressed for the rest of the trial in a few hours. Her mind was awash with confusion on what she and Starscream had discussed after they lost Blackout and Thundercracker. He seemed concerned but covered it up with a tone of nastiness. She had talked with him long enough to realize he was trying to drive her away again. It was confusing but on other days it wasn't. The F-18 was still demanding her stay away from the other Decepticons. Of course that would be easier said than done in her mind. When Kit came out of her thoughts she rose and headed out the door. Her hat was tucked under her arm. Storm Chaser came up beside her.

"You ready for today?"

"Sorry Storm Chaser I had a wild ride today."

"What happened?"

"I met two more of them."

She said them instead of what they were as two unknown military personnel walked past them. Kit was often hesitant mentioning the robots whereabouts to anyone less they get the idea to mess with the big robots. Starscream would tolerate her antics but no one else's she was sure. He was in trial mode right now and she couldn't afford to have a daredevil screw up her efforts. She believed the idiot Decepticon was a good robot but was trying to hide it. The others she had no idea about it.

"What are their forms?"

"I'd rather not tell you that."

"Have you told anyone what they are?"

"No, our CO said that was okay that no one knew. I figured it would keep troublemakers from confronting them."

"Good idea."

"I can come up with a few of those at a time."

"That's news to me. I thought I was the one that thought up the good ideas."

Kit snorted at that comment. She smirked at him.

"Keep dreaming, I'm the one that comes up with the good ideas."

"You wish, but seriously have you considered how dangerous they can become with three…"

"Four."

"Four?"

"There are four on this base."

"Kit…"

"Don't. I trust Starscream just enough to stop the others from touching me."

"That's a lot of trust…"

"Don't even go there."

Storm Chaser shook his head as he followed her. She was walking quickly in front of him. He knew he had hit sore spot with that almost statement. Kit was a secretive person by nature and it took a lot to get her to open up, and yet she seemed to want to tell Starscream everything. He smiled at the irony. It took a bad heart to sooth a battered one or so he hoped. Maybe with Wild Card out of the way something could happen and maybe Kits hope will come to life. Maybe creatures like these Decepticons could change.

They arrived the courtroom and sat down three rows from the front. Mallard sat on ones side of Kit and Storm Chaser on the other side. Mallard ruffled Kit's hair with a smile.

"Relax Obsidian," he said softly.

"I'm good just thinking."

"About Starscream?"

She just nodded. Sometimes words failed her and the two of them seemed to understand when she wanted to talk or not. The older man dropped his arm over her shoulders in a comforting half hug. Storm Chaser ruffled her hair too in brotherly fashion.

"Do you mind?"

"Nope don't mind at all."

He ruffled her hand until she stopped him. She growled playfully at him. They stopped their playful game when the doors opened and two MPs walked in brining in Wild Card. Both of the males stilled and Kit looked up their silence. Her eyes hardened as she looked at the bane of her existence. He got a nasty look on his face before he was forced into a seat on his side of the room. The rest of the court filed in. The bailiff rose and announced the judge and jury by calling,

"All rise."

They all waited for the judge and jury to be seated.

"Has the jury come to a verdict?"

"Yes, we have your honor," one of the male jury members said.

The jury member handed the bailiff the paper and the judge looked it over for a moment. The defendants and prosecutors rose to await the sentencing.

"The jury finds the defendant guilty on all charges. You are hereby sentenced to twelve years and a dishonorable discharge. Take the defendant back to his cell."

The judge and jury left. Kit sighed softly to herself. The MPs moved Wild Card towards the exit. His steel laced eyes caught hers. They were promising vengeance as far as she was concerned. She half expected him to do something stupid as he was dragged past her. A sigh of relief passed her lips as the door shut behind the two MPs and Wild Card.

"That's done and over with," Storm Chaser said.

"It'll never be over as long as hatred rules his heart."

The two looked at her as if she had lost her mind.

"He's being put away for twelve years no one can hold onto a grudge like that for that long."

"Sure people can."

Sighing heavily she rose and left the courtroom. The two followed her concern lacing their every movement.

A/n: Sorry that took so long… Oh and I want to thank all of you. I have a 100 reviews now and I'm so excited. I've never had a story get so many. Keep reviewing peoples.