Chapter 23-Ray of Sunshine
"Starscream?" Megatron growled
"Yes sir?" he asked, not-so-secretly HATING the fact that Megatron was back.
"Get the sparkling," he ordered darkly
"What is the point in that?" Starscream growled as Megatron narrowed his optics "...fine," he sighed "Skywarp... let's go," he sighed and transformed as the purple and black jet followed then unleashed a round of missiles at the Autobot base.
Meanwhile...
"We gotta get Sunbeam away from this," Slipshot panicked clutching the petrified sparkling close to her chassis.
"Here, give her to me," Wheeljack smiled and Slipshot frowned "i'll keep her as safe as this mad-scientist can," he assured and she nodded then handed Sunbeam over to Wheeljack who then promptly disappeared.
"Now, let's get those assholes back shall we?" Slipshot growled as Frostbite agreed
"They scare my girl... they get fragged" Frostbite glowered and charged up his liquid nitrogen cannons
"Let's get em," Roadrip growled.
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The fight was over in a rather short time, with the Autobots victorious, Slipshot however... was not a happy chappy. Aqua had gone to check on Wheeljack and Sunbeam when she found Wheeljack in a horrible condition... and no Sunbeam.
"WHAT!?!" Slipshot screamed shocked and fearful at what her mother had told her...
"She's gone..." Aqua frowned "but we'll get her back... I swear," she growled.
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Megatron...was for once, pleased with Starscream, he had brought the small femme quite quickly and the little golden bundle didn't seem to want to put up a fight anyway, so that was a plus.
"Put her down and leave," Megatron commanded, Starscream nodded, put Sunbeam down and left.
The little femme tilted her head innocently up at Megatron with an un-readable expression on her face 'any second now... she'll scream' he smirked... but the scream never came, what did come however, completely surprised him... she got up walked over to him, admittedly stumbling a few times... then hugged his foot.
"What is your name?" he frowned
"S...su...Sun b...beam!" she giggled; he found it shocking that the newly sparked little femme was able to speak so early. He picked her up making her giggle
"How are you not afraid?" he frowned
"F...fa...family!" she chirped and hugged his finger, he was completely taken back by that statement, and wanted to know more about the little femmes creators, so he called for shockwave.
"Yes sir?" the one-opticed decepticon asked noticing the small golden form on his lap.
"I want you to check though Sunbeam's memory... her family, creators... everything she's seen since being sparked, and don't harm her," he growled the last bit making it obvious that there most definitely would be punishment for harming her.
"Umm... Lord Megatron?" he asked uncertainly
"What?" Megatron barked
"..." and shockwave pointed to Megatron's lap... where Sunbeam lay sleeping peacefully.
"...That's a new one," Megatron mumbled then picked her up and placed her in Shockwaves arms "do your job, and if she comes back injured in any way, you WILL be terminated," he warned and Shockwave nodded vigorously then walked off with a rather tired sparkling in his arms.
Starscream... was not happy, his plan, it was all falling apart because of this little sparkling! 'As soon as Megatron finds out the truth...what really happened all those millennia ago...' he thought dreadfully.
Shockwave had returned a few hours after with a hyperactive little sparkling, apparently she'd woken up filled with energy.
"What did you find?" Megatron asked as he watched Sunbeam run around in circles with amusement.
"Her creators are Slipshot and Frostbite, quite capable fighters and highly dangerous enemies, Slipshot is an assassin whereas Frostbite lives up to his name and has twin liquid nitrogen cannons on either arm. The sparklings' 'grandparents' as the humans call them... are Autobot Bumblebee... and..." he trailed off unsure of how to say it
"Tell me," Megatron growled
"Autobot Aquastreak," he finished as Megatron's optics widened
"It...It can't be..." he frowned
"You're daughter is alive Lord Megatron... and it would seem... you have a family," he spoke softly
"But... she was killed..." he gulped
"Apparently not, I have video proof," he responded and brought up a holographic video of Aqua fussing over Sunbeam
"... That's not Aqua... is it?" he frowned
"Yes, it is... it appears... you have been lied to," Shockwave explained monotonously
"Leave me Shockwave... I have some thinking to do," he sighed, Shockwave nodded
"Of course, Lord Megatron," he responded then walked out silently
"Sunbeam?" he asked and the golden optics of the little femme peered up at him curiously "what am I to you?" he asked
"Gweat-Gwanddaddy!" she giggled falling on her aft then clapping gleefully, he lowered his hands and motioned her to come to him, which she did. He picked her up and placed her on his lap
"Your mother will be here in a while... i'm sure of that, and when she comes, be a good girl and do as I say, ok?" he asked and she tilted her head in confusion
"...Why?" she asked and he swallowed all the pride he had then summoned up the word he hadn't used in centuries
"Please?" he asked and she smiled then nodded
"Oki doki," she agreed and hugged him.
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"Mum... what did Megatron do to make you hate him?" Roadrip asked as they were headed to the control room
"...He murdered my mother and ordered for me to be terminated," she growled
"...Oh," he gulped
"He's a ruthless killer with no remorse for anything, during the peaceful times on Cybertron, he was nice... he would have never harmed anyone, then something happened, I don't know what it was, but he became evil, distant, he killed for pleasure... my mother and I took refuge with the Autobots, and I stayed with my uncle, Optimus... then I heard Megatron had killed my mother, I was furious. The day came when I had to leave Cybertron... my weapons systems had been shut off by Megatron from the Decepticon base, I don't know how he did it... but he did, I wasn't able to fight back. I was caught by Hook at one point and he told me he had orders from 'the boss' for me to be terminated, I ran... then I met your father. You see, Megatron wasn't always evil, nobody knows what happened...only that it changed him." She explained as he listened frowning
'Megatron... nice?' he thought doubtfully as they entered they control room.
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"Gweat-Gwanddaddy?" Sunbeam nudged Megatron as he'd fallen asleep whilst thinking
"Huh...wha?" he asked groggily
"I'm hungwy," she mumbled and he sighed then remembered how he used to do this with Aqua
Megatron to Soundwave...
Soundwave here sir, what do you need?
The sparkling is hungry...
...Why ask me?
You raised those casseticons from sparkling-hood
Understood sir, i'll be there in a few moments, Soundwave out
And Megatron cut the link
"Don't worry Sunbeam... you'll get some energon soon," he smiled and she snuggled up to his chest practically melting his evil consumed spark. Soon enough Soundwave knocked on the door "come in, Soundwave." Megatron spoke and the midnight blue decepticon walked in with a jug of light purple liquid and a bottle. He bent down and poured the liquid into the bottle then shook it quickly, turning it into a funky deep purple colour. "What is that?"Megatron questioned
"Sparkling energon," Soundwave answered monotonously
"Ah..." Megatron responded simply as Soundwave handed the bottle to Sunbeam who looked at it curiously then began sucking on the top to get the liquid out. "Have to say this, you're a natural," Megatron smirked
"Helps when you raise six sparklings all by yourself... you learn things, like all sparklings need something to entertain them," Soundwave explained then stood up "Rumble, Frenzy... eject" he spoke and the two casseticons jumped out then transformed then looked up at Soundwave awaiting instruction "play with the sparkling, keep her entertained," he instructed as Megatron smirked at Sunbeam, whom was looking at the two mini-bots curiously.
"Play?" both asked frowning
"Yes," Megatron replied
"Well ok then," Rumble grinned and Megatron placed the small femme on the floor then walked out with Soundwave
"So, what's your name?" Frenzy asked
"Sunbeam," she answered
"Can you fly with those wings?" Rumble asked and she flapped them getting a few centimetres off the ground then plopping back down again
"Yep," she answered happily
"Well then, we agreed to play and have fun... so let's play and have fun," Rumble grinned at his brother whom matched the look.
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"They're probably torturing her!" Slipshot panicked
"Don't think like that, she'll be fine, Slip." Frostbite assured her as she buried herself into his arms
"How did he even find out about Sunbeam?" Aqua growled then frowned at Michelle "you told Barricade right?" she asked
"...No... He wouldn't, there's no way on EARTH or Cybertron that he'd do that!" Michelle defended the mech she loved
"How do you know?" Ratchet asked as he worked on fixing Wheeljack
"He wouldn't, trust me!" she spoke
"Where is he?" Aqua frowned
"Ummm... he's at the school down in the bad side of town," she answered
"Why is he there?" Roadrip frowned
"I dunno..." she shrugged.
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"Now... I know what it's like to have the thrill of doing bad things," Cade smiled
"But you're a police officer, you're meant to do good," a girl spoke frowning
"Ah, but that didn't necessarily mean I was on the right," he grinned and a guy put his hand up "yeah?" he asked
"Are you the only officer with a car like that?" he asked as Cade chuckled
"There may be others but I am the only one with a cruiser like that at the station," he answered and a girl put her had up "yeah?"
"Can we see your gun?" she asked
"No," he answered smiling making the kids laugh, and then another put her hand up and he pointed to her.
"Will you shoot it?"
"No," he answered again making the kids laugh. "Now i'm serious here, I've seen a good deal of bad things happen to people... now I want something better for you lot think you can do that?" he grinned as they nodded "ok then, now, let's go outside," he smiled as the bell rang.
Outside he and the teacher where walking around the yard as the kids played basketball
"So, no partner?" she asked and he smirked then whistled making Rex run over and sit down at his feet
"Here's my partner," he answered stroking the dog
"He's adorable," she smiled as Rex wagged his tail.
"CADE!" a female voice yelled and he turned around to see Michelle running over from a blue and lilac Porsche.
"Michelle? What are you doing here?" he frowned as she panted
"Sunbeam, Slip's kid... Megatron... he got her... they think it was you... who tipped him off," she panted
"Well, I've been here so, I couldn't of," he frowned "...wait... HE'S BACK?!" he yelped
"Who's back?" the teacher asked concerned
"Sorry Ma'am this is privet business," Cade responded then walked over to Aqua with Michelle.
"Slipshot's in a state now!" Aqua growled
"It wasn't me I swear!" Barricade spoke truthfully
"Then who was it?" she growled then thought for a second "when you were with the decepticons, were there any spies placed in the Autobot army?" she asked
"...There were two, one of which was found out and killed," he answered
"Who's the other one," Aqua frowned
"I was never given that information... only Starscream, Soundwave and Shockwave were allowed to know that," he sighed
"We need to get Sunbeam back... Slip's worried sick..." Michelle sighed and looked at Barricade hopefully
"Ugh, fine..." he sighed "i'll send you the coordinates and map of the Decepticon base VIA comm link, this is my debt repaid now," he narrowed his eyes
"What debt?" Michelle frowned
"We let him stay with you." Aqua smiled then looked to Barricade
"Loosing a sparkling the day it is sparked is a very stressful thing, i'll help as much as I can," Barricade smiled and Aqua nodded thankfully as the map and coordinates were sent though to her memory banks.
"Thank you Barricade, now... I need access codes," she frowned
"Of course," he nodded then sent the codes he knew over to her
"Havin an Ex-decepticon to help... really was a good idea," Aqua grinned then the passenger side door opened "come on Michelle, we gotta go get Sunbeam back," she smiled; Michelle kissed Barricade quickly then got in the Porsche. He watched Aquastreak speed off with a smile on his face as he fumbled with a small black velvet box in his pocket.
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Megatron had peeked back into the room to see Rumble and Frenzy giving Sunbeam piggy-back rides before tumbling over and laughing their heads off like loonies, and finally the three had worn themselves out, so... naturally, the three were led on his chair, Rumble and Frenzy on either side of Sunbeam who was snuggled up to Rumbles side snoozing peacefully.
Then... all peace was gone as a loud yell alerted them
"MEGATRON!!!!" it was female, and BOY did she sound pissed off. He walked into his room, picked up a whimpering Sunbeam then walked to the main hall with the two sleepy casseticons trailing behind him. There in the doorway, was a tall blue/lilac femme with blazing purple optics "WHERE IS SHE?!" she yelled angrily and Sunbeam poked her head out from behind Megatron's big arms.
"Sunbeam?!" Slipshot gasped
"MUMMY!" Sunbeam smiled
"Aqua?" Megatron asked disbelieving
"Surprised your plot to have me killed never worked?" she growled
"What plot?!" Megatron frowned then put Sunbeam on the floor "go to your mummy," he instructed and she ran to Slipshot who picked her up then checked her for any damages
"What's this?" Slip frowned looking at a dent in her back
"Yeah... all three of us have em, we fell on somethin funky," Rumble smirked sheepishly
"She's not harmed..." Slip smiled as she hugged Sunbeam close to her spark
"What do you mean 'What plot'?" Aqua growled "you ordered your officers to kill me! Just like you killed mum!" she responded nastily
"Who told you that?!" Megatron growled in anger
"Skywarp, Hook, and Starscream, almost EVERYONE!" she stressed and he walked over to her
"I never gave any order out... I was told the Autobots murdered you and your mother," he gulped
"Then what about the weapons systems?" she growled
"Weapons system?" he frowned
"My weapons were disabled, so I couldn't fight back if attacked," she spoke
"Mum?" Roadrip frowned
"One second Roadrip," Aqua frowned
"I never disabled anything..." Megatron responded
"...What is going on?" Slipshot asked
"It appears we were both lied to," Aqua gulped
"You've grown up so much," Megatron smiled "can I ask one thing?" he asked
"What?" she frowned and he looked at Roadrip and Slipshot
"... Are those my grandchildren?" he asked and she smiled then nodded
"That's Slipshot, and that's Roadrip," she spoke then frowned remembering something... then she punched Megatron in the arm... HARD!
"Ow! What was that for?" he growled
"For ripping my surrogate brother in half!" she growled then hugged him "and this is for all the hugs I missed out on," she spoke sadly as he hugged her back.
Awww, can ya just feel the family luv :D and all it took was the little bundle of joy XD
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