Chapter 9: Can I Keep It?

The Decepticon had a little infestation problem. Not the Autobots, that would be easy to get rid of. No, we had a bigger problem, Scrapmetals. Those things are the creepiest looking things I have ever seen. They were bigger than I was, some almost as big as Starscream! I mean that is big, really big. Starscream is only a little bit smaller than Megatron who is the biggest Transformer on Cybertron. Tells you how big those things are.

"There! There goes another one!" One of the older Decepticons shouted.

A flurry of explosions followed the shout. A shriek sounded, letting everyone know that the Scrapmetal in question was no longer functioning.

I turned a corner, running right behind Starscream. He stopped and I crashed into his leg. I stood up rubbing my face, I think that my nose was leaking energon a little, but I wasn't sure. Starscream turned around and gave me a concerned look.

"Sorry about that." He said.

He bent down and wiped my face. When he pulled his hand away, she saw that there was energon on his hand. I sighed, and shook my head. Megatron was going to kill me for not being more careful. Starscream stood up and turned around, a frown crossing his face. He walked forward slowly, trying not to make a sound. I followed, my steps barely making a sound.

Starscream fired off his guns and a shriek told me that he had hit a Scrapmetal. It ran past him, half of its body damaged, right at me. My optics widened in horror as it ran at me. I pulled out my gun and tried to aim but my hand was shaking way too much. I screamed in my head before it had me pinned.

'HELP!'

"Whitesilence!" Megatron's voice cut through the hallway.

'Dad! HELP!'

The sound of a gun was all I heard before the Scrapmetal was blasted off. I went to stand up but I felt someone pick me up. I looked up and saw Megatron's infuriated face. I began to shake in fear, afraid that he was mad at me. He spun on Starscream, who was standing against the wall, his head low and shifting from foot to foot.

"Why didn't you do anything?!" He demanded.

"I…panicked. I'm sorry, Megatron." Starscream replied.

"She could have been killed!" Megatron roared.

"Sir, I didn't…." Starscream started to say.

"You didn't think! That's what!" Megatron roared angrily. "You didn't bother to make sure that she was safe before you went and shot the Scrapmetal!"

'Dad, please stop.'

"You don't care about her at all Starscream. You just want her out of the way." Megatron snarled, ignoring my plea.

"That's not true! I just panicked!" Starscream yelled back. He took a step forward. "I didn't know it was going to jump until it was too late! I didn't want to shoot incase it jumped and I hit her instead!"

"You dare to speak to me like that?" Megatron hissed.

'Dad, Starscream didn't know that it would jump on me. It happened to fast. Please, don't blame him.'

"Very well. Whitesilence is vouching for you, so I'll let you off this time." Megatron stated. "But, if this happens again, Starscream, and you will pay dearly for it." He added.

Starscream glared at him. I tried to turn around to face him, but Megatron had me pressed against his chest. A little chirping noise made me tilt my head in confusion.

"Another Scrapmetal and it's only a small one." Starscream stated.

Megatron put me on the ground and pulled out his gun. I looked at the little Scrapmetal and smiled. It was only a baby. Its armor was dark red and it looked down right cute. I moved forward quickly, stepping in front of it. It took a step back in fear and let out many angry growls. I bent down to its level and reached my hand out towards it. It stepped forward cautiously, not at all trusting me.

I pet its head gently and it let out a happy purr. I smiled and picked it up. Surprisingly it was even smaller than me. I turned towards Megatron and Starscream.

'Can I keep it?'

"What?" Megatron asked in surprise.

'Can I keep it please?'

"Silence, we are extermination them, not keeping them as pets." Megatron stated.

'I can train it not to be a pest. Please, dad?'

I forced my optics to fill with tears. Megatron never refused me when I look like I'm about to cry. Megatron groaned. I knew that I had just won.

"Fine, you can keep the Scrapmetal." Megatron stated.

I smiled and hugged the Scrapmetal to my chest.

'Thank you! I'll train it to be good, I promise!'

"You'd better. I don't need the others complaining that a Scrapmetal is tearing the place apart." Megatron stated.

Starscream smiled as Megatron turned and walked away. He lifted an optic ridge at me. His purple optics flashed with mischief.

"I can't believe you just did that." He stated.

'Well it's just too cute. I mean, just look at it!'

"Fine it's cute. I'll admit it." Starscream sighed. He looked at it and frowned. "You need to name it and find something that will make it look different from other Scrapmetals so that the other Decepticons won't shoot it." He added.

'I think I'll name is Redscream 'cause it's red and because it screamed when it saw us.'

"It chirped."

'Would you rather Redchirp? I'm not calling it that.'

"Fine, Redscream it is. Now we need to find something to put on it." Starscream stated.

'I think I have a cloth of some sort in my room. I can tie it around its little neck and pass it off as a bandanna.'

"That will look cute." Starscream laughed.

I smiled as I cradled the Scrapmetal against my chest. It chirped happily. I wondered if I could communicate with it. So I gave it a shot.

'Hey there little guy. I'm going to take good care of you ok?'

The Scrapmetal chirped happily and I knew that it heard me. I had someone to talk to at night now. I had a feeling that with Redscream in the base, things were about to get really shaken up.

Author's Note: Ok, sorry for the wait. Brain block again. Anyway, I liked the Scrapmetals from Cybertron were cool and wanted Whitesilence to have a pet, so I chose a little Scrapmetal. Trouble is on the way, you can be sure of that.