DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS, KEKOA OR ANY OF THE SONGS I'VE USED IN THIS STORY.
A/n: I really have to thank the composer Basil Poledouris for the Conan the Barbarian/Destroyer soundtrack it gave me a lot of ideas up to the point of the final battle including the training session between Unicron and the Deceptibots. I like to thank Lendaras for giving me some plot bunnies for a future Fanfic that I plan on writing later if it still stays in my head after TLCOC.
Anyways for those of you confused as to why the Nemesis was faster then the Unicronian Forces let me put some highlights to it.
The NEMESIS is a warship that was vastly improved over the millennium when it was first launched kind of like the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars. That was the reason it took them a few weeks to get from Cybertron to Earth. Yes a Few weeks because after finding the coordinates to Earth Starscream did not erase the charts so the ship remembered the way back in a way during the prison break.
As for the Unicronians they are gathering their forces for an all out assault the final battle to end the war and destroy the transformer race. The reason for this is because they are the creations of Primus the Transformer god of Life. That is the reason why they are taking so long. It would be a couple of months before they land in the Solar System but it give me enough time to prepare my characters.
This chapter as a warning though is Starscream talking about his past and they preparing to leave to go to Hawaii.
Anyhow this is the new installment/episode/chapter of the ….
THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 26: We are Going on Vacation
Weeks past since Starscream woke and then nearly two months and the fall weather was already changing to winter. They celebrated the birthday of the kids. That soon past into more intense studying for Alex and Kekoa. Sam, Mikaela and Miles visited on weekends or when major tests were coming up to study. Zenith and Artemis would be missing from home since they became the human's transportation.
Barricade was busy trying to crack a case of some missing children with Frenzy. Some of the others were at school with Kekoa and Alex which included the two cell phones Skeeter and Scrappy the laptop Stitch and the radio Sonic.
At the moment however the remaining kids stayed home and did house chores while studying as well both Human and Cybertronian history. The only one who clearly loves to complain because he was out of his element was Titan.
The Ichthyosaur was complaining as always and Starscream knew why. He was a creature of water and being in the middle of the desert was not something for him. The Tranquility lake was far too small for him to transform and feel comfortable. Starscream was almost tempted to take him to Hoover Dam and drop him there but that would bring him too close to the Autobots and they could easily mistaken the sparkling for something sinister.
At the moment the beast-bot is busy bugging the twins.
----DECEPTICON HEADQUARTERS-----
"What is the current position of the Unicronian army?" asked Optimus Prime as he stood next to Shockwave.
"Not even close to the system yet Prime they are still doing preparatory work from what it looks like." Shockwave replied as he stood up to his full height.
"How is the search for Starscream?" he asked casually
"We still can't find him but we did track the flight of those two strange Autobots for you," he said and typed the keys into the computer.
"From what we got they both came from Hawaii indicating that they are indeed the ones that are stationed there," Shockwave replied.
"So they are the ones," Optimus said
"Meaning?" asked Shockwave.
"I have been getting reports from the human government about a group of protected Cybertronians, Sparklings to say." Prime said
"Sparklings!" Shockwave said clearly surprised
"Yes, we thought they were only Autobot Sparklings but we were wrong. There are Decepticon sparklings among them as well and they all share the same symbol." Optimus replied back
"I've heard also Prime that the fellow known as Simmons was recently killed by what appear to be Decepticon weaponry I know you Autobots don't do this to make us look bad." Shockwave said
"No they did it also because Simmons was a threat to them," Prime answered back.
"How so?" asked Shockwave now his full attention was on Optimus Prime.
"I recently found out that these sparklings, these 'Deceptibots' are well protected by the humans and they are willing to let that secret of their origins go to the grave. But from what I've heard they killed six Unicronians as you have clearly seen with the video feed from Jetfire and Silverbolt," Optimus said.
"Yes, quite impressive they are doing something that we could not do for thousands of years," Shockwave answered back.
"Oh?" asked Optimus
"Even we Decepticons could not kill a Unicronian for they only reproduce when we tried. But these Deceptibots managed to kill off six of them easily. We can only hope to have them help us defeat this army. But we don't know the exact count as of yet," Shockwave said.
"I know that they are as elusive as an infiltrator bot," Prime said
"Indeed oh did you notice that your scout has been missing from his normal routes for quite some time?"
----WITWICKY RESIDENCE----
Winter vacation was approaching and three teens were very excited to go. Sam, Mikaela and Miles were currently at Sam's place on his computer with Mojo on the bed wagging his tail excitedly. The three teens when they were asked by Kekoa and Alex to accompany them to Hawaii felt excited and when they asked their parents they were shocked.
Judy and Ron Witwicky was more then excited to find out that their trip was going to be paid for and agreed to let Sam go and spend time with his new friends. Mikaela on the other hand had to laugh at her dad's expression when she told him about it.
He was more then happy but more with daydreaming about the babes on the beaches then anything. Shaking her head Mikaela began preparations. Miles on the other hand it took some convincing of his parents to let him go but when Marie called and asked if he could come they more then happily agreed…on the condition that Miles stayed out of trouble and take lots of pictures.
As the three sat at the computer with Mikaela on the bed giving Mojo a new collar one that isn't so girly and made Judy happy because it is fashionable. She stared at the two boys as they did some research on the internet about the island state.
"I wonder if I get to meet some hot chicks!" Miles said drooling at the pics of girls in hula skirts.
Mikaela swatted him with a pillow and Miles ducked as the second one hit Sam instead of him. Sam turned and saw Miles coming back up from avoiding Mikaela and was swatted by Sam instead.
"Hey!" was the protest.
"I rather see Mikaela in a hula skirt then watch you drool," Sam said smirking at his friend.
Miles tried to get at his friend while Mikaela was busy taking notes from her Geography and World History Class. She asked the teacher for her report if she can do one on the Hawaiian Kingdom which she shared with Alex. The teacher agreed to have them as partners and so the long vacation project was enough for both girls.
Mikaela was writing some notes but felt that she should ask Alex about it later seeing as she was the native and not her.
"Hey what about Bumblebee they said he was going to be with us?" Mikaela asked
"Well from what I was told they have a warp gate set up for him so he can come back here anytime," Sam said
"Yeah like patrol duty," said Miles teasing the Camero outside.
Blinking lights was the only response to that as a holomatter projection of Bumblebee appeared before them.
"I get to arrive there instantly while you guys have to fly hahahaha!" Bumblebee laughed as he laid back on the bed with clean shoes and gave everyone a warm mischievous smirk.
"Oh don't play dumb with us Bumblebee the only reason why you have to use the warp gate is because the Autobots would think otherwise if you don't return for a few days at a time to give your reports," Sam said smirking as the smile on his face disappeared.
"Ah Scrap!" he cursed.
"Got ya!" was the reply.
The one finger salute was all Bumblebee gave Sam as the boys laughed at him.
"Ah come one Bee, don't feel so bad about it after all you get to go offroading with the Deceptibots," Sam said as he remembered Bumblebee having to scan a not so fancy looking car to hide what he looked like.
"Besides you don't have to hide as much there since the entire state knows about the Deceptibots and if what Kekoa and Alex says is true then their base must be neat to show off," Mikaela said.
"Yeah I'll bet!" Bumblebee said.
"Hey look at this chicks tits!"
"MILES!"
---HITACHI RESIDENCE---
"Hey Alex are you done yet!" yelled Kekoa as he watched his cousin do a check up on Stitch as the computer was complaining about a headache.
"Hold up will ya!" yelled Alex as she finished cleaning out Stitch's system.
"Now what did I tell you about not updating your firewalls and Anti-Virus?" Alex said and Stitch slumped down.
"Now don't forget about it this time," Alex said and Stitch scrambled out.
Turning to her cousin Alex gave a tired smile and shook her head, "So what's up cuz?" she asked
"I am just worried that is all," Kekoa said
"About what?" Alex asked
"About Grandma meeting the other three guardians I mean she'd already met Frenzy and that mech knows the rules of the house, but what about Starscream, Barricade and Bumblebee?" he asked.
"Oh come on Kekoa you know as well as I do that if they try anything Grandma will kick their ass," she said sounding confident.
"Yeah but don't get too confident who knows Grandma would bust a blood vessel before this day is over," Kekoa said
"Don't be such a worry wart cousin they are well behaved, at least better behaved then Frenzy," Alex laughed remembering that incident with the flying disks.
Kekoa blew some of his dark bangs back before glaring at his cousin with his oriental eyes. "Don't give me that Alexandria I am just worried ok after all Grandma is very old," he said.
"Yeah I know she is old, older then grandpa but hell she was strong enough to train the kids I'd bed she wants to train the adults too?" Alex said as a joke.
"Yeah a kung fu Barricade and Bumblebee who knows they would brand themselves with our symbol," Kekoa joked back.
"Hey I wonder if Lori would brand them in their sleep?" Alex said as a joke.
"Nah if I know Lori she could do worse if she knows you," Kekoa said.
"Yep and when she and Kyouji get together…" Alex put
"WATCH OUT!" They both said in chorus.
Laughter was filled with the sounds of the two cousins walking out for a work out in the yard. They practiced a few Kata before it became an all out sparing match. Unknown to either of them they were being watched by Starscream. The seeker wanted get one last cube of energon before recharge when he stumbled upon the cousins talking. After following them to the back yard he was surprised to watch them practice the same moves he saw them doing in the training room with the kids.
It then turned into a combat simulation with them challenging each other. Starscream was amazed by the speed in which their punches and kicks connected and the blocks the pulled in the last second. It was like a dance of sorts with deadly results.
When they ended both were covered in sweat and dirt from the ground. They both bowed to each other before they walked off to do other things. As he observed this he was fascinated by how they executed themselves. He replayed what he has seen with his optics as he walked towards his room.
As he entered the base he could hear music from Sonic and Stitches room and opened the comm. link to them.
"I better not see you both awake when I get to your room" he growled in Cybertronian.
He walked further down and the music was turned off. He opened the door to find that both mechs were deep in recharge and the radio was on. Starscream carefully reached in and turned off the radio and then walked towards his room.
When he opened the door he was surprised to find Barricade in there Frenzy he assumed was in his room in recharge.
"How can I help you Barricade," Starscream asked as he shut his door.
"Nothing much I just wanted to ask you something?" he said and Starscream sat down on his recharge berth.
"Go on,"
"What do you really think of the children in this war?" at this statement Starscream's optics shot up in surprise.
"I have thought about this ever since I first met them, I was even more surprised that they were Cybertronian and not human when Marie mentioned them. When I met them and got to know them I made it my mission to protect them as much as possible from the world. But when I saw you injured on the medical berth I wanted to know how you felt about them?" Barricade's optics shown with intensity that Starscream looked down.
"I don't know," was the reply
"In what way?" asked Barricade
"I don't know what to think they are sparklings after all but they are also trained warriors even before they reach their first vorn," Starscream replied
Barricade saw his friend and sighed, "What troubles you my Lord?"
"The war, Unicron, everything, when I was in stasis I had a dream where I saw her again," Starscream replied
"Who?" Barricade replied in English this time.
"Moonshadow," he said
Barricade's optics shot up, "Moonshadow! The Autobot Princess the one that was slightly under the grand Minster before the war?"
"Yes the very same," Starscream said
"I thought she was killed? Why are you thinking about her now?" asked Barricade
"There are some things you don't know about me Barricade," Starscream said
"Like what?" was the reply
"That we were lovers," Starscream said.
"Lovers?" was the shocked reply
"We were going to be spark bonded but Megatron found out and so ordered all the Femmes to be destroyed along with natural born sparklings." Starscream said looking down sad.
"Wait? Why did he do that?" Barricade asked
"Because Moonshadow was promised to Megatron," Starscream said
"What!" Barricade said stunned.
"The Minister of the Autobots went against the wishes of the Prime to have his daughter be bonded to Megatron that was after Galvatron took over his spark. He wanted Moonshadow for himself but I knew what he really wanted. He wanted to corrupt her pure spark and use it to free his master. Unicron needed a femme sacrifice that is how I found out. I was her personal guard then before I became the second in command of the Decepticon army. We became lovers and when we both found out that she was promised to Megatron or should I say Galvatron she wanted to kill herself…" it was then that he stopped.
"But you stopped her," Barricade finished
"Yes, I stopped her and that was the night we bonded right then and there. We truly became spark-mates but something went wrong," he said
"The war," Barricade commented
"Yes, Galvatron found out and in anger ordered all Femme's and Sparklings killed mainly naturalborns. He wanted them all killed and it was then that she and the other femmes tried to escape. I tried to hold the what I assumed was my fellow Decepticons but found out later that they were Unicronians disguising themselves as Decepticons. She was able to get away for a time and I've searched for her. I've learned where the last ship where the femmes hoped would be their only chance to escape comes but I've watched as it was shot by a passing ship. I looked around the launch bay and found Moonshadow's body she was dead. I've cried for the first time that day and held her body to me. It was then that I wanted to kill myself but something overcame me something that told me to stay alive that there are others that needed me. It was then that another ambition came up…"
"The Decepticon Throne," said Barricade
"Yes, I've found that I was one of Megatron's relatives his nephew from one of his brothers. You see he and Prime were spark brothers twins almost like Radon and Rodan but from different mech creators. Their mother was a whore of a noble femme and would sleep around with many mechs. She became pregnant from sleeping with an Autobot one of the princes of the royal house and the other the son of the High Lord Protector at the time," Starscream said.
"So she too has broken the law," said Barricade
"Yes, she too has broken the law but the law at the time did not exist and there was many inter-faction sparkings. The law only came about when the war started and I for one was born when the war started. My mech and femme creators were both Decepticons yes but that same femme that sparked Megatron had another mech from the High Lord Protector's son.
When I was online for the first time my two brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp were already born and told me the story of my lineage when I first joined the army. That is how Megatron found me when he found out who my lineage was. You see his brother was the one who was suppose to be the next High Lord Protector but he was killed by a Unicronian during a raid on one of the Energon mines. Since Megatron was the only other Mech creation to the prince he was next in line. When he became the next High Lord Protector as his nephew I automatically became one of those next in line. Thundercracker and Skywarp clearly refused the offer of their lineage and so it was I who had to take responsibility. It was a matter of family honor.
"But as I was on guard that day to the noble femme Moonshadow I could not take my optics off of her. She was the most beautiful femme I've ever laid my optics on. When she was killed that day my spark was broken and I could not think for a while. Madness overtook me and I wanted to take the throne from Galvatron out of revenge for killing Moonshadow.
"But when I was offline after being in prison for so long it felt like I was in the pit. I wanted to go to the matrix so badly and be reunited with my beloved Moonshadow. It was then that she spoke to me. She told me to seek out the Deceptibots and find her most precious gift among them. I do no know what she means by it all I saw in my stasis vision was two flying creatures. One a fiery avian or bird and the other a winged serpent. The only difference was that their shadows were like those of transformers not the creatures that they saw. I don't know what this means and with the Unicronian army approaching I have no time to find it," Starscream said sadly
Barricade was stunned by hearing Starscream's story and now even more stunned as his mouth parts moved on their own.
"I understand now," he said when something an image finally reached him.
"What?" Starscream asked feeling better that he finally gotten to tell someone about his origins.
"Why Radon looks so much like you," he said
"What?" this time Starscream was stunned.
"Rodan and Radon they are both Autobot and Decepticon but when I first met Radon I mistaken her as you and do did Frenzy. If it was not for the fact that Radon was a femme then she would have easily been your twin." Barricade said.
Starscream began to think and images of Rodan and Radon came of their game they played with him. Then realization struck…
"No…" he said
---THE NEXT DAY---
Sam, Mikaela and Miles stood ready as Bumblebee and Barricade decided to use the jump gate in the base. Both were in their alt-modes as they entered the gate with the kids stuff. Barricade had to take on the form of one of the local police cars since a Mustang like his model is almost non existent on Molokai.
Bumblebee reverted back to his old '74 Camero and transformed into his alt-mode along with Barricade. Both entered the warp gate and it closed behind them.
"So we have to fly then," Sam said
"Yep," said Goliath
"Why can't we just jump through the warp gate?" asked Miles
"Because we want to give you guys a grand tour of the islands," replied Kekoa as he walked up to them in a jumpsuit for piloting a fighter plane.
Alex walked up behind him as well in another jump suit. Marie smiled as she walked up to them dressed for a day in the hot sun. Ron and Judy Witwicky stood behind Marie to wish Sam well, Mikaela's father as well and Miles's parents were not there after all but after Miles told them that he was going on Vacation in Hawaii with some of his exchange student friends they wished him a fare well before he left.
Now Miles stood in a pair of Khaki shorts and an Aloha shirt looking like the total tourist while Sam and Mikaela both wore warm clothes while their vacation clothes were under the warm clothes. At the moment Mile's was freezing his but off.
Starscream chuckled when Zenith and Artemis were the last ones to enter the warp gate. When the gate finally shut the others looked to the fliers.
"Ready?" asked Kekoa as he walked towards Rodan who transformed into his F-15 mode. The Strike Eagle looked very off with the slight read tint to his paint which made Starscream think of flames on those wings.
Radon he noticed that when the light shines on her she shines a bluish green.
Goliath remained in his shuttle form as he no longer had to transport heavy objects. The smaller Deceptibots were loaded within Goliath as Sam, Mikaela and Miles boarded shuttle with Marie.
"Wow I always wanted to ride in a space shuttle," said Miles as he strapped himself into the seat.
"Well I may be a space shuttle but I can still carry passengers around. Hell I even carried the Prime Minister of Japan at one point," Goliath bragged
"Bullshit!" Miles said.
"Hey it was all true buddy trust me when someone screwed up they screwed up when it came to transporting a big shot who needs high security. I had to go all the way into space to escape a bunch of guys wanting to kill him," Goliath bragged.
"Goliath stop bragging already!" yelled Skeeter who was perched on one of the controls.
"Yeah everyone is set and waiting to go!" yelled Sonic as he transformed into the boombox that he is. Stitch remained in the bag that he was put in and the others were strapped in.
"Alright Goliath proceed to the launch pad," Marie said and the space shuttle began the launch sequence.
The runway had a place where Goliath can launch and it is long enough that he can reach maximum velocity for a take off if he was carrying passengers. Rodan and Radon and Starscream took the rear as they waited for the shuttle to take off.
Gaining speed Goliath was airborne in no time and soon Starscream and the Twins followed.
They were on their way to Hawaii.
And to a different playing field to meet the matriarch of the Deceptibots.
TBC