I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get this updated, I didn't get any more writing done in February because of a giveaway I was doing, more about that and why I haven't been posting new chapters can be found in my profile if anyone wants to know why I haven't been updating recently. Basically my life has just been really hectic lately.

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When Joy got to her cousin's house there was no one home, so she picked the lock on the door into the garage and started gathering the things Starscream had asked for.

After about half an hour of searching she had finally found everything and she left a note that said;

Sorry to have borrowed some of your tools without asking first, but something's come up that I really need them for and I couldn't wait for you or your mom to get home, will explain later.

Your cousin, Joy.

P.S. Thanks for teaching me how to pick a lock.

She taped the note to the door then headed home.

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Joy had been gone for half an hour and Starscream was getting tired of sitting around waiting, he had already cleaned out the wounds he had received in the battle and made a couple of minor repairs that he could do without the tools that Joy was getting for him. Now he was just wandering around outside of the barn with nothing to do, but think about how disgusted he was with him self for having to ask a human for help. If any of the other Decepticons ever found out he would never hear the end of it, if there were any Decepticons left on earth. He had been trying to contact the others since he had gotten into the barn, but still hadn't gotten an answer from anyone, not even Megatron, although that didn't bother him. He had been doing just fine leading the Decepticons since Megatron disappeared and if the Autobots had some how managed to kill Megatron, it would save him the trouble of finding a way to get rid of him again.

He was pulled from his thoughts as one of the horses walked up to the fence near him and neighed at him. He glared at the big black horse and couldn't help wondering why Joy cared enough for the creatures that she would risk coming back for them. He finally decided to see what he could find on the internet about the things, just to give himself something to think about other than how impatient he was getting.

After a while he looked at the horse, then deciding he really had nothing better to do he climbed over the fence and grabbing a handful of the horse's mane jumped up on to it's back. Before he could even adjust his grip on the horse's mane it reared up, dumping him flat on his back in the mud then ran off.

Starscream glared after it, "You're going to pay for that!" he yelled as he got up and stormed into the barn.



A few minutes latter he came back out with a rope and walked over towards the horse. As he came towards it the horse started to run off again, but before it could get far Starscream swung the rope up over his head then swung it at the horse, lassoing it and pulling it back towards him.

"No stupid earth creature is going to get away that easily, I will ride you whether you like it or not and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Starscream said glaring at the horse that was struggling to get away from him. It suddenly reared up on its hind legs, "Stop that! It won't do you any good; even like this I'm stronger than you are." Starscream said pulling down on the rope so the horse had all four feet on the ground.

Over the next half hour Starscream was thrown from the horse several more times, each time making him angrier and more determined that he would ride the horse. Finally the horse gave up and let him ride it. With all the information he had found on the internet Starscream quickly figured out exactly how to properly ride the horse then made it go faster until they were racing around the large paddock. "For a stupid earth creature this isn't bad, not as calming as flying, but this will do when I need a distraction until my body is fixed." Starscream thought with a slight smile.

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When Joy got home she checked the house for Starscream when she didn't find him there she headed to the barn. As she walked to the barn she nearly dropped the box of tools she was carrying when she saw him racing around the large horse paddock on her black horse. She set the box down and ran to the fence, watching him for a minute. She was amazed, he rode the horse like he had been riding for years and yet she doubted he had ever been on a horse before. Her other horse, a dark brown one with a black mane came over to the fence where Joy was standing and she climbed over the fence and onto the horse then road towards Starscream.

As she carefully rode up behind Starscream so he wouldn't notice her. She couldn't help smiling when she noticed that it looked like he had been thrown off into the mud on his back. There was mud caked into his hair and the whole back of his shirt was coated in mud. "So how many times did he throw you off before he gave up?" She asked coming up next to him and for a second she thought it looked like he had been smiling until he heard her.

"Its about time you got back, did you get lost." He demanded as he slowed his horse.

"No, my cousin wasn't home so I had to pick the lock and figure out where she kept all the tools you wanted, but I did find everything you asked for." Joy told him. "So how many times did you fall off or get thrown off?" She asked again.

"What makes you think I would fall off or allow this stupid animal to throw me off?" Starscream demanded.

"Well considering he's a wild horse that had been in captivity for three years before I got him and no one has ever been able to tame him in all that time, I just doubt that you could have gotten 

him to let you ride him with out being thrown a few times, plus your whole back is covered with mud." Joy told him.

Starscream seemed to flicker for a moment and all the mud dropped away then the holoform seemed to solidify again. "Let's go get my body fixed; I'm sick of running around looking like one of you disgusting earth creatures." He said.

"But you make such a good looking human, especially when you actually smile." Joy told him.

"I do not smile unless I'm destroying Autobots." Starscream snapped at her.

"It sure looked like you were smiling when I first rode up next to you, why can't you just admit you where enjoying your self? Is there some giant robot rule that says you can't have fun? And what are Autobots?" Joy asked.

"Shut up and get back to the barn." Starscream ordered then raced off towards the barn, enjoying the feeling of the wind in his face, not that he would ever admit it to anyone.

When they got back to the fence they both got down and climbed over.

"Where are the tools?" Starscream demanded.

"They're over there." Joy told him, pointing to the large box that was sitting about ten feet away from the barn.

"Get them and bring them to me." He ordered her then headed into the barn.

Joy glared at his back, "Such a gentleman." She said sarcastically under her breath as she walked over to get the heavy box of tools.

As Joy carried the box into the barn she hesitated for a moment when she saw Starscream's real body, knowing it was sitting in her barn was easy enough to try not to think about, but when she was actually where she could see it, the thing scared her a little.

"Stop standing there staring and bring me those tools, now!" Starscream suddenly yelled at her, back in his body, his eyes glowing red.

Joy jumped when the body suddenly came to life and dropped the box of tools.

"Pick those up, you clumsy, worthless human." Starscream ordered before his holoform reappeared next to his body.

Joy glared at him, but did as he told her.

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