Authors Note: I Got A New Kitten. She's Black with a bit of silver hair. I haven't named her yet but she's so cute. Anyways…

It's Time To Shine, Let's Stay In Line,

To Read The Greatest Thing Ever,

Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Broken Ribs

The door shut behind Starscream as he walked in. I laid in his hand not moving, not able to, as I was so far into depression that it was already severing my motor skills. Starscream sat on what looked like a bed and looked down at me, I cringed. He tilted his head and brought his hand up to look at me closer. I sobbed.

"Please don't hurt me" I begged making my form shift into the tightest fetal position my body would allow, crying.

"Why would I hurt you? I am not like Megatron, you did what you did out of self defense, and that, I can respect" he said to me.

I slowly relaxed my body and looked at him, my eyes still red and puffy, tears still falling.

"Why are you leaking?" he asked pointing at me.

"I'm not leaking, I'm crying" I told him, weakly.

"What is crying?" he asked curiously.

"It's when your sad, angry, or happy, and tears come out of your eyes" I responded.

"And which of those options are you?" he asked.

"Sad and angry" I said and cried more, laying my head against his palm.

"Why?" he asked.

I was not annoyed by him asking questions, I know what it was like meeting with something new that catches your fascination, I just really did not feel like talking. But I answered anyways.

"Because of Megatron" I growled "and everything else" I mumbled.

He looked at me with sympathy in his glowing red eyes "I do not know what it is like to cry, nor do I know what you are feeling, but I can understand you being angry at Megatron for what he did to you" he said with a soft raspy voice.

I listened to him speak and I slowly stopped crying. His voice may have been raspy but sounded to me like that of something from the high choir of angels, like what you see in church murals. I felt my eyes close slightly and I tried to hug his palm, but failed. Starscream looked at me as he felt me try to cling to his palm. He picked me up gently and placed me back on his middle finger. I smiled slightly and hugged it for comfort.

Starscream was curious as to why I would want to cling to his finger, but found that it calmed me and that was what mattered, he thought at this point. I laid my head against the finger and shut my eyes tightly, images of my friends, my grandparents, and the Autobots floating in my mind. I hugged the finger tighter.

"What is wrong, human?" he asked.

"My name is not human, it's Jody" I snapped, realizing I did, I sighed "I'm sorry, I just..." I started blinking back tears "I just don't want to be here, Megatron has my Grandparents, and I'm in so much pain, my ribs feel broken" I told him.

"Megatron was lying when he was talking about him having your Grandparents, to be honest, we don't know where or who they are. Megatron just likes to put salt in wounds and make you despair, so don't worry about that, as for you not wanting to be here, I have no say in that, but I can help you with your pain" Starscream said as he stood.

I watched as he walked over to a table and sat in a metal chair. He laid me down gently onto the tables surface and I felt him trying to lift my shirt.

"No!" I exclaimed and quickly went to stop him, hurting myself in the process.

"What?" he asked.

"There will be no stripping me naked" I said holding my arms around me, feeling uncomfortable and self conscious.

"Well I can't examen you with your over armor on" he said.

"These are clothes, and they hide things, and for good reason, plus I would feel uncomfortable if you did" I said folding my arms over my chest.

"Do you want to get fixed or not?" he asked.

I sighed, he had me there.

"Fine, but there will be no poking, or any extra looking than necessary" I told him, blushing slightly.

"You are so self conscious" he said watching as I took off my shirt.

"Yes I am, and for good reason" I told him.

I took off the rest of my clothes off and laid on the table, naked. I was blushing madly, but took deep breathes to calm myself. Starscream looked at me for a moment but then commenced on trying to heal me. 'This is so Embarrassing' I thought.

-x-X-x-

"Jetfire, have you found anything?" asked Optimus into his communicator.

"Negative Optimus, sir" Jetfire said sadly as he searched the skies with alert eyes.

Optimus sighed sadly, wishing there was something he could have done to prevent all this. Optimus pulled off the road, the Mustang and Cadillac following close behind.

"What's up big Bot?" Hot Shot asked the Semi in front of him.

Optimus sighed "Jetfire has not found any trace of Jody, I'm extremely worried. This is all my fault for getting her involved in our war" Optimus growled at himself.

"Hey, don't beat yourself up, big guy" Jazz told Optimus.

"Yeah, I mean what could you have done?" asked Hot Shot.

Josh and Jaden listened from within the Cadillac and Mustang at the Autobot conversation. Jaden felt tears run down her cheeks, and the blood within her veins beginning to burn.

"What the hell did you get my, sister, into you hunk of junk!" she roared inside the Cadillac.

Everyone was silent, an awkward silence proceeding from that. Jaden opened the Cadillac door and jumped out, slamming the door behind her.

"Yo, take it easy girl" Jazz told her, a little peeved at her slamming his door.

"Fuck you, you probably got my best friend into a bunch of shit that she doesn't deserve" Josh said angrily "and because of you she's probably dead now!"

"Hey, Josh, shut up, OK? We will find Jody, your only making things worse by discouraging us. Optimus and all of us are doing the best that we can" Hot Shot snapped.

"No, you shut up, Jody was like a sister to me, she got me out of a lot of shit, she's always been there for me and wanted nothing in return. Now it's my turn to repay her by trying to find her" Jaden cried, pointing at herself with a shaky finger "because you guys can't"

If Optimus was not a leader, role model for his men, and had optics for eyes, he would have broke down in tears. He never knew that Jody was so important to these humans, he took a deep shaky breath and rolled back onto the road.

"Take Josh and Jaden to the base, make sure they are looked after and do not let them out of your sight, and protect them with your lives, do you understand?" Optimus told Jazz and Hot Shot over his communicator.

"Yes, sir" they responded.

"Come on, Jaden, get in" Jazz said opening his passenger door.

"No" she said stubbornly and turned her back on the silver Cadillac.

"Have it yo' way" Jazz said and fetched her with the seat belt like he had last time and hauled her into the seat, shutting the door behind her.

The Mustang and Cadillac rolled the opposite direction of Optimus and headed back to base with fussing passengers. Optimus sped down the highway and was thinking, while searching frantically for the missing Jody. He was so caught up in things he almost ran into a tanker truck but swerved out of the way just in time.

"Optimus, is everything alright? You seem to be distracted, you nearly ran into that truck hauling oil" Jetfire said over his com link.

"I'm fine" Optimus lied "I am just worried for Jody's safety"

"I know the feeling Optimus, we'll find her, don't worry so much, we need to stay focused" Jetfire told his leader.

"Your right" Optimus said with a slight sigh, composing himself.

"Let's go into the west quadrant of the city, I have not checked there yet" Jetfire said and turned his great plane form right.

"I'm on my way" Optimus responded and stepped on the gas, booking it down the free way into the west side of town.