Arcee felt hands cover her optics, and smiled, "Starscream," she said, and removed the hands. She looked over her shoulder, and he smiled at her. Arcee moved over on the ledge so he could sit next to her. Starscream placed an arm around her, and pulled her close.
"Twins," he said softly, as their fingers interlocked, "I can't believe it."
"Well believe it," she said, resting her helm against his shoulder.
"Do you have names picked out?"
"Fireflight and Blaze. One is a Seeker," Starscream smiled again.
"I can teach him or her how to fly," he said, "I've always wanted to do that," Arcee sighed.
She was so happy to have Starscream back with her. When the twins came, they would be a family.
Jack looked over from the table, and smiled. Raf chuckled as he finished off his science homework, "What?" Jack asked, turning to the young boy.
"It's nice to see Arcee happy again," Raf said, as he closed his book up. Miko was in detention again, so it was just the two of them. Jack nodded, and looked down at his math homework.
"Ugh, math can wait," he said, pushing the book away. He got up and stretched. Jack frowned, and squinted, "There's a bug on the wall," Raf walked over and tried to pull it off the wall.
"It won't move!" Starscream heard this, and got up. He walked over to the wall, and knelt down, looking at the bug. His optics went wide.
"That's not a bug, it's a microchip," he said, and pried it off the wall with his long fingers, "This is how Megatron knew you were pregnant Arcee," Arcee was shocked, and so was Jack and Raf. Starscream squished it between his fingers, and tossed it on the ground, "This is how he knew I was alive. If that hadn't been there, I could have been here a lot earlier."
"It's no one's fault. We didn't know it was there," Jack said. Optimus walked into the room, and nodded at Starscream. He walked over to Ratchet, and placed a hand on his old friend's shoulder.
"How are things Ratchet?"
"It seems the Decepticons have been set back a bit, thanks to Starscream," he said, looking at the screen, "There's been no activity since we rescued him. You must have sabotaged that machine good," Ratchet turned to Starscream, "I still can't get over the fact that you are a scientist. It seems unlikely," Starscream chuckled.
"Trust me, Megatron had the same reaction you did when we first met," he said, and sat back down next to Arcee. Ratchet smiled and turned back to the screen.
"Hang on," he muttered, and leaned closer, "We got energon spikes!" Optimus also looked at the screen.
"I thought you said that they were behind!" Jack said, alarmed. Starscream's optics went wide.
"I forgot, that while I was in my cell, I doodled schematics for the time machine," Arcee turned to him, "They must have found them."
"And with you being a scientist, the schematics will be correct and they'll get ahead of schedule," Ratchet said, his optics never leaving the screen.
"Arcee, you're ground bridge operator," Optimus said, walking past the femme.
"I want to come with you," she said, standing up.
"It's too dangerous," Optimus said, as Ratchet, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Starscream joined him by the bridge. Arcee walked over to the controls, and looked to them. Optimus nodded, and she switched it on. Jack and Raf leaned over the rail, watching. Starscream walked over to Arcee and kissed her gently.
"I'll be back, I promise," he whispered. She placed her forehead against his.
"You better," she whispered back, and watched them go through the ground bridge.
Megatron watched as the drones put the time machine in place. He smiled, and heard Knock Out and Breakdown pull up behind him, "Thanks to our Seeker friend, we are a day ahead of schedule," he said, turning to them, "Knock Out I am pleased with this machine, and soon the Decepticons will rule the world once again."
A few feet away, the ground bridge appeared and Optimus, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet and Starscream walked out. Optimus held up his hand, and leaned around the cliff face. He spotted the time machine being set up in the middle of the canyon, "How are we going to do this boss?" Bulkhead asked, as the others walked over to him. Optimus looked at the drones, and saw Megatron watching from above.
"We need to get in and sabotage the machine somehow," he said, "but only one of us should do that. The rest need to distract Megatron and the others."
"I'll sabotage the machine," Starscream offered, stepping forward, "It's my fault they're ahead schedule so I should be the one to fix this," Optimus looked at him, and nodded.
"Ratchet, you're with me," he said, and the groups split up. Starscream turned to face the center of the canyon, and slowly began walking towards it.
Bumblebee snuck up behind a drone, and punched him in the back of the helm while Bulkhead choked another one. They silently took out the drones one by one as Optimus and Ratchet made their way towards where Megatron was.
Megatron turned around, "Optimus," he hissed, as the two Autobots climbed onto the cliff, "Fancy meeting you here," he growled, and Knock Out and Breakdown turned towards them, their weapons out, "Too bad this will be the last time I see you alive!" he snarled, and Knock Out and Breakdown ran towards him.
Starscream made his way over to the time machine, and knelt down in front of it. He pulled off the front panel, and quickly began changing the destination. He looked up, and saw Bulkhead and Bumblebee heading up to where Optimus was. He grabbed a wire, and sliced it in half, causing the machine to begin its shutdown process.
Knock Out dodged Optimus' blow, and fell down on the ground, getting a face full of dirt, "My finish!" he snarled, and looked up. He spotted Starscream by the time machine, and chuckled. Getting up, Knock Out jumped down and ran over to where the Seeker was.
Starscream heard the footsteps and turned around, avoiding the energon prod. He dodged the prod again, and punched Knock Out in the stomach, sending the 'con backwards. Starscream aimed his missile at him and fired. Knock Out slammed into the side of the cliff, and slumped to the ground, unconscious. Starscream turned back to the machine.
Megatron looked past Optimus, and saw the Seeker at the machine. He growled, and transformed, flying down towards him, "Optimus! He's going for Starscream!" Ratchet yelled, as he took off after Megatron. He jumped onto Megatron's back, and forced him to the ground.
Starscream bent down by the time machine as he tried to cut off its power source. Megatron threw Ratchet as he fired his cannon at Starscream, "STARSCREAM!" Ratchet yelled as he ran towards him, trying to beat the blast from the cannon. Starscream looked up as the blast flew past him and hit the power source.
There was a flash of light, and Starscream and Ratchet felt themselves being hurled through the air, and then...
It was silent.
Optimus uncovered his optics, and looked down towards the time machine. He saw Megatron sprawled out on the ground, unconscious. Bulkhead slowly walked over to the time machine, and saw the power source was fried, "What... what happened?"
"The blast from Megatron's cannon hit the power source," Optimus said, sliding down the cliff, Bumblebee behind him. They joined their friend by the machine, "and it fried it."
"Where's Starscream and Ratchet?" Bulkhead asked, turning to Optimus. Optimus bent down in front of the main panel, and looked at the destination that was inputted.
"Starscream and Ratchet were transported back in time."