Chapter 6: Bullies aren't nice
How dare he, she fumed inside her room. The walls seemed even darker than they were, closer even. It seemed that the room just wanted to cave in on her; burying her in a mass of metal. She couldn't believe the seeker had done what he did. She remembered the way her skin crawled when she heard his pedes click across the floor. The way her energon raced in adrenaline and even though she wouldn't admit it, fear took hold of her as well. She strained her audios to hear what he was doing only to catch her off guard when he walked in her room. Jumping up from the berth she stood in a fighting stance as instinct kicked in. Snorting, he threw a purple glowing cube at her and started to walk out before he stopped. Wrapping his hand around the door he looked over his shoulder.
"Pathetic femme you are. It surprised me your father didn't kill you the instant you were sparked. But, he is weak. How could he have killed his sparkling?" He sneered amused. "Makes me wonder why he chose to kill your creator, instead of you? You're useless." Pain seared through her spark as she heard his venom filled words. She knew that he knew it would hurt her, and yet he still said the one thing that could crumple her to the floor in pain. Walking out, she noticed the smirk on his face as the door slid shut behind him.
Her spark pulsed with the thought of her mother. It was unfair, she thought. The only memories she ever had of her mother gone, erased from her CPU. How many times she had tried putting a face to the stranger she was raised by. The faceless femme in so many of her thoughts, yet she knew not of her appearance. Hate seared its way in her as she remembered why she couldn't remember anything of her mother. The pain when that mech had pushed his way into her thoughts only to extract and delete anything that had to do with her mother. Her pleading cries echoing through out her head. She tried, primus knows how much she tried to push him out and get away. But, what could a small youngling do against a grown mech? She had felt too weak so pathetic so- so useless after that. It was one of the main things that pushed her forward to please her father in everything; she was never going to be that pathetic, crying and useless youngling. No, that youngling had died and from the ashes raised a stronger femme. Shadowblur tried remembering that last time when she cried, and she just drew a blank; she herself didn't even know.
Thundercracker had walked in that instant, yanking her from her inner dwellings. The same purple glowing cube in his hand. Looking over to where she threw the energon cube Starscream had given her, her stomach flipped and she felt like purging. Following her gaze, he saw the cube, nodding in comprehension. The plates around his hip shifted to reveal his sub-space pocket. Setting the cube in the pocket, it closed as smoothly as it had opened. He stood there seeming awkward until she put him out of misery.
"Do you need something?" she asked never meeting his gaze. Her eyes just stared at the cube on the floor; a disconnected look on her face.
"Lord Megatron had ordered me to fit you a new alt-mode."
Still she didn't look at him almost as if she was hearing but not listening.
"My alt-mode is fine." She sighed.
"It's a cybertronian model. It wouldn't blend in with the vehicles the humans have."
"It wouldn't matter if I did change it. I doubt I'm leaving this pit forsaken ship, am I?"
Her question was answered with a silence that said everything that it need to.
"I'm right and we both know that. Just leave." Her voice was tinted with a hint of exasperation
"Just come. If you do this will be the only time you'll get to leave. You'll be, in a sense, free."
"You think being baby sat is being free? Your version of freedom is far from mine, seeker."
Thundercracker growled. She had made the word seeker sound as if it were a sin to speak of, a curse, and a low name. He puffed his chest and walked towards her, a seeker was proud and he would show her the price of mocking him with a name he valued. She didn't move and he briefly wondered if she was drugged. Taking bigger steps, he walked towards her noticing she didn't as much as flinch. Finally, she looked at him a broken look in her eyes; in all honesty it scared him. How is a femme, so determined and trouble-some, so broken in a matter of days? Bending down, he kneeled beside her, just looked at her, before he acted. Grabbing her wrist, he hauled her up not listening to the cries of anger that exploded from her mouth. Walking out, he pulled her in tow down the halls of the Nemesis; he paid no attention to the looks they got from the other decepticon soldiers.
He smelt the heavy scent of pine trees and wood before he got to the entrance. The smell numbed his insides reminding him of flying. Not feeling anything but the air on his wings, the sun on his back, the light feeling he felt as he flew on. Pulling her forward, he noticed she had slackened her struggles as the scent slapped her scenes. Her curiosity swelled and took complete control of her as she peered her head around his broad wing and shoulder, trying to find the object of the unfamiliar scent. A small smile crept around the edges of his lip components. He pulled her closer to the entrance of the hidden ship and she followed without any hint of a problem. The lights to the ship ceased as they walked through the hologram of the rock wall and into the pitch black. Both their lights turned on, illuminating the cave with a light blue light which splashed against the walls like paint exploding everywhere. Already familiar with this, he walked forward feeling the top of the cave with the servo not clamped around the wrist of the femme. Scraggly rock scratched the surface of his servo until a warm metal touched his fingertips. Feeling some more, he felt a circular rod and wrapped his hand around it like a snake choking its prey. Twisting it to the side the metal groaned in complaint but still complied with his wishes.
Bright sun stung their optics as the chirping of birds met their audios. Getting their optics adjusted, Thundercracker ignited his thrusters only to haul him out of the hole in the ground. Planting his feet on the either side of the hole he reached down to pull the femme up, his hands were swatted away as she crouched down getting ready to spring. Shrugging he stepped back letting sun peer into the hole. Releasing her legs she jumped out of the hole only to flip backwards and land on her feet in front of the seeker.
Indifferent of the abilities of the femme just performed he started to walk through the thick woods. Trailing behind him she remembered certain things to help her on her escape plan. Mechs are imbeciles, she thought, taking me through the main exit instead of the one they used for the prisoners. Guards always stood at the prisoner exits never at the main. They would always take prisoner through those exits to discourage escape but she knew better. A smile crept on her lips as she stared at the back of the blue seeker. How easy it would be for her to just shot him in the back and flee, it would be easy if she had her weapons online. Reaching an empty strip of tar, she looked at it in wonder. White and yellow lines adorned the black strip. Little people in a metal contraption with wheels would occasionally drive by. The little people would be too involved in their little world they built around themselves and the wheeled machines to notice they were there.
"Choose something already." The seeker prompt already bored. Hissing at him she glared in response.
"Those small things are quite ugly."
"Humans? Yea they are."
"I was referring to their machines but you have a point. Human are ugly, they seem too fragile."
"They are fragile. They have no armor and are squishy." The seeker shuddered.
"Squishy?" she asked in disgust. "Weaklings, they are. Can't they see armor is valuable to their health? I bet they don't live long."
The seeker grunted in confirmation as they stood silent, waiting for some more cars to appear. Silently they stood, waiting and watching, until they heard a purr of an engine coming their way. Intrigued the femme got her scanner ready; maybe it would be something she finally liked? A red Renault DeZir zoomed down the strip; kicking up gravel with the speed it was going at. Quickly scanning it her body started to fold down into the car that had sped away. Waiting for her body to get used to the new form she revved her engine internally, smiling when it sent tingles down her new body.
Thundercracker stood for a while waiting for her to change back into her bi-pedal form when his scanners picked up two speeding Autobot signals. Kicking her tire he urged her to get up.
"Get up." He growled, his arm transforming into a gun. Doing what was asked she stood in a shinning red as a silver Corvette and a golden Lamborghini speed by. Both of the cars braked abruptly burning tire tracks into the highway. Transforming quickly, they readied their guns pointing it at them. She desperately tried to transform her arm into her own gun, only to have the plates shift a little and go back into place. She cursed Primus to the highest degree she could think of as Thundercracker shot them. Grabbing her shoulder, he pushed her towards the way they came.
"Run." He yelled. "I'll find you later." She hated this, she felt so naked without her weapons in the middle of a battle. Walking backwards, she noticed that the golden Autobot finally noticed her and frowned.
"Sides, comm. Prowl. They have a femme." He yelled to the silver mech.
Turning around, she ran only to be chased by the golden mech. Green blurred past her like pastel colors on a painting; smearing together. Wait, her mind screamed. Why was she running back? Did she really want to go back to being caged within a room? No! Her mind hissed. Just swallow your pride and let him 'save' you, she thought. Skidding to a stop, she felt something heavy collide into her, sending them into the ground tumbling as gold blocked out the green forest. Feeling something slide around her waist, they tumbled some more as he never let her body hit the ground once. Finally they ceased their tumble as he landed on top of her, her legs wrapped around his waist. Squirming out from underneath him, she stood, trying to catch her balance. Standing as well, the golden mech started to talk into his wrist to the silver mech through a comm. Link.
"Got her Sides. When is someone going to retrieve her?" he asked. A voice burst through from his wrist.
"Prowl sent Bluestreak and Ironhide. ETA in 5 minutes." The link ended.
Her mind exploded into hysteria. in 5 minutes she was going to be free; she wasn't going to be caged up again. She felt like grabbing the mech and kissing him. he was her ticket to get away from the decepticons. She felt like dancing, like singing, like screaming into the skies. Joy wrapped her in a momentary blanket of peace. she heard thrusters burning in the sky that ended the moment. No, they didn't sound like Thundercracker's. these were more powerful. Her spark pounded within its casing as she looked around widely in the sky for a seeker. Never in her right mind did she think to look behind her instead of in front. The roaring engine burst through the sky behind her as something swooped down and clamped around her ankle. Pulling her, she fell on her back, pain seared her back as she landed on her door wings.
Heat hit her body as she was dragged into the sky upside down. Looking up, she saw the familiar black markings that adorned Starscream's body. Anger boiled in her blood as she struggled to get away from his grasp. He only tightened his hold on her, ignoring her presence. Bringing up the leg he didn't have a hold of, she kicked his wing, making them tilt a little before he flipped them over. His back faced the ground as he threw her up in the air slightly only to catch her and positioned her so she sat on his hips.
"Vile femme, do you want to die?" he screamed. She struggled against him as he flipped back over using his arms to press her body into his. Getting a hand free, she punched him in the face only to have him drop her. Regret ran through her as she screamed. She wanted to purge her tanks when she saw the ground getting closer. The wind slipped right through her as she fell. Her body almost impacted the ground when something grabbed her ankle again and hauled her back into the cloudless sky.
"You will not struggle femme or I will let you fall." He hissed.
Her CPU swam in circles as they continued to fly. Occasionally, he would do flips to disorient her even more. It wasn't until she saw the cave that he flew upwards into the sky. Only when he was almost leaving the atmosphere of the planet did he come back, rushing down in a spiral. The feeling to purge again over took her, almost making her do it. It would be amusing to see the seeker thrown up on as it was his fault she felt so light headed. Starscream stopped his descent downwards abruptly making her vision blur out with black spots. Grabbing her waist, he set her on her feet gently. maybe he finally felt sorry for her? Using the wall for support, she glared at him only to have him smirk and grab her face in-between his hands. he pulled her towards him.
"What a joy our flight was." He sneered pushing her away, not caring that she fell to the floor. Laying on the floor, her back against the rocky wall, she watched as he flew down into the hole leading to the base. Making a face at the seeker, she gently climbed down after him. Putting her feet on the ladder first, she descended down before a hand grabbed her ankle and pulled her down. She flinched as she was brought to the hard ground, landing on her aft. A wild cackling greeted her ears as she stared into the black that surrounded her. Her back against the floor, she watched as the hole was suddenly covered, sending them into a total and consuming darkness. The only lights in the dark cave were a pair of red and another of blue. The red stared into the blue, their horrid amusement brightening up the room. He was going to end up killing her, she thought dazed. Getting her focus back, she got to her feet slowly, warily staring at the silver seeker through the darkness. Feeling her way to the entrance, she never let her gaze drop from his. Hearing the soft hum of the ship, she stepped through the hologram and into the entrance of the ship. Walking forward with only her memory guiding her, she walked down to her quarters. Her brilliant red paint glistened in the lights like blood dripping off the tip of a dagger.
Walking past Starscream's room, she sped up her pace fear crawling up her spine. She had enough of his torment for one day, she didn't want anymore. But, it wasn't enough for him today. He had followed her silently a smile that promised evil with a kiss upon his lips. He saw the way she sped up when she passed his room and that only made his day even more. Igniting his thrusters silently, he pushed himself forward, enough to grab her door wing and pulled her backwards. Yelping, she struggled away from the touch. Ramming her back against the wall, he smiled viciously down at her and caressed her wings. He knew how sensitive wings could be and hers were no different; he decided a while ago that he liked to toy with this femme. Forcing the delicious shudder she felt when he touched her wings away, she kneed his cockpit. Laughing he stepped away but not before catching her wrist and whispering in her ear.
"Let's play again soon." He purred. She felt sick, horrible, so she need to escape and now! She could only fear what he had planned to 'play' with her later.
Reaching her room, she ran into the wash rack inside of her room and finally purged. She was going to escape and she was going to do it tonight.
A/N: wow this chapter was 2, 904 words long. That is like the most I've ever typed in my life. It took me seriously two days to finish it! :D Thanks to my beta reader, Astraea Maehanla, for proofreading this and fixing my errors. Also one of you who reviewed put a lot of thinking within me and yea I guess your right. People will like my story more than they review it and I'm now okay with that. So review if you guys want or not, this story is going to be epic because I said so LOL. A 14 yr old bully who was picking on my lil' bro inspired this. Thanks bully! Also i was going to update this sooner but i ended up liking likes...it's so annoying that this always happens -_-