Author's note. With a big thanks to ZabuzasGirl who wrote part of this, it was a huge help.

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"Celeste, we'll have to go soon," Jetfire called up to the pink Femme who looked down at him and said.

"Alright, I'll be there in a minute."

She looked up at Starscream who looked disappointed with the news but was still smiling. He was also still holding her hand but she didn't mind. Though she was loving flying, a part of her kept thinking she was about to plummet any moment so it was good someone was holding her. However, this nervous feeling decreased with each flight she took until she was sure she'd forget all about it.

"I had a nice time," she now said to him, slightly shyly and he smiled proudly.

"Seekers always feel better in the presence of other Seekers," he explained knowingly.

"Wait until you come to Cybertron and met your fellows, it will feel like...you've just come home and that you...belong."

She looked at him curiously, wondering if he was right.

"Well, I certainly would love to visit Cybertron someday," she said truthfully. "I want to see what it looks like and maybe...meet a few Femmes."

He nodded in understanding.

"I know it must be hard being the own Femme here," he rasped as they started to sink through the clouds towards Jetfire.

"But I will protect you from any Mech who might try and take you."

"Just as long as you protect me from Thrust, I'll be happy," she said smiling, but stills serious.

He nodded, he wouldn't mind a good excuse to beat up that slime ball and he would if he dared to even look in Celestial's direction. Thankfully, that suck up was the only one to show an interest, he wasn't sure what he'd do if Megatron all of Mechs suddenly declared he was going to offer his hand.

It was be his worst possible nightmare for that to happen.

"I think you'd better go back," he now said sadly, seeing that Jetfire was starting to look a bit twitchy.

"I don't want you getting in trouble with your father."

"I'm sure he'll understand," Celeste said gently.

She let go of his hand and started to head for Jetfire but then paused. She turned around and said hesitantly.

"I hope that...whatever happens...we can at least be friends."

"I'd like that," Starscream said with a soft smile.

"Well, see you around," Celeste said a little awkwardly as she moved further away until she was back with Jetfire who placed a hand on her shoulder. Starscream stayed until she had Warped out of sight and even then, he hung in the air for a little while longer. But finally with a sigh, he too Warped away.

Megatron's POV

Megatron waited impatiently for Starscream's return, he'd watched the Seeker the entire time he'd been together with Celestial. So he'd seen when the Seeker had Warped away and could suitably become enraged for when he next saw him.

Megatron wasn't even sure why he was so annoyed with the Seeker. After all, he was trying to win this Femme's Spark, it made sense he'd want to get to know her first. Starscream was a very honourable Mech with a streak of compassion within him. So, it was in his nature to act like this towards the young Femme.

But none the less, he was angry with his Second and he fully intended to let him know that.

"Starscream!" he roared as soon as he heard the tell tale sound of the Warp Gate, meaning the Seeker had arrived.

He tapped his Throne arm impatiently as he waited for Starscream to arrive. Oh yes, he was going to give it to him and give it to him good.

"So, you've decided to join us," he said silkily as Starscream finally made it to the Throne Room.

"Sir?" Starscream questioned, falling to one knee. "I didn't realise you required me, I never received a call."

"I didn't send you one," Megatron replied icily and as Starscream looked up at him in confusion, said.

"But I have been watching you Starscream. Watching you fool around with that girl."

Starscream stared at him in shock.

"I-I only wished to talk with her," he stammered, trying to work out what he'd done that his leader was so angry about.

"Did I give you permission to do such a thing?" Megatron demanded harshly, knowing he was being utterly unfair, but not caring.

"I-I...well no," Starscream stammered.

"But I didn't think I had..."

"No, you didn't think, that much is clear," Megatron sneered and Starscream flinched at his tone.

"Please Megatron, I don't understand what I've done wrong," Starscream said quietly.

Megatron snorted and rolled his optics.

"She may be an unclaimed Femme, Starscream but she's also an Autobot. She is the enemy and I won't have you becoming confused about your role in this fight," Megatron said sternly.

"But...," Starscream said in utter confusion. "I'm trying to win her Spark sir, I have to get to know her first."

Megatron's sneer became even more pronounced.

"Get to know her, Starscream?" he said delicately. "I'll tell you how you can get to know her, you can grow a backbone and bring her back here."

As Starscream gaped at him, Megatron continued with a leer.

"You'd have plenty of time to get to know her if she was kept in your quarters."

"How dare you," Starscream snarled angrily, jumping to his feet.

"I am not some pathetic low life who just wants a quick jerk off, I want her to love me."

"Love?" Megatron sneered with a mocking laugh.

"Grow up Starscream, she will be the Carrier and Carer of your Sparklings as well as the warmer of your berth. Don't be more of a compassionate fool than you already are."

Starscream looked like he was going to explode with rage and Megatron idly wondered whether he was going to attack him. But then Starscream turned on his heel and marched off angrily.

Megatron watched him go before glancing over at Thrust.

"You may go now," he said lazily, his voice indicating he was completely unbothered by what had just happened.

"Thank you my lord," Thrust said with a bow.

"You did well for telling Starscream his place, he thinks Femmes are our equals,"

He laughed nastily before heading out of the Throne room, leaving Megatron to brood.

He hadn't been very truthful with Starscream, he did think there was more to Femmes then interface and Sparklings. But something had drove him to say those, cruel, hurtful things and he was finding he wasn't very sorry he'd said them.

It was all because of that girl, she was the cause of all of this.

And he was going to find out just why she was so special.

The next day

"Are you sure you don't want any of us to accompany you, Celeste," asked Radical, a concerned expression on his face.

"Yes, I'm sure," said Celeste. "There's no need for you guys to come with me."

"But Celeste, Optimus and the others don't won't us outside of the base alone," said Racer.

"I know what they said but I won't be going far. I'll be be perfectly safe," she said, reassuring them.

All three of them were standing at the entrance of the base, standing in front of the large forest surrounding one side of the base.

"I'll be back soon," she said, smiling.

"Just...be careful, Celeste," said Radical.

Celeste flashed them another smile and started walking away, into the forest. Radical and Racer watched her as she disappeared, then looked at each other with worried glances.

Sighing they went back inside to attend to their duties. They were worried for their friend but knew that she would be able to handle herself. Little did these two know that these worries would soon be justified.

Unbeknown to the three of them, someone had been watching them in the shadows. Once the two Mechs went back inside the base the stranger started to follow the femme.

Unaware that she was being followed Celeste was enjoying her small walk through the surrounding forest. While she was walking she couldn't help but go back to the time she had with Starscream the day before.

She had had a good time yesterday and Starscream had taught her some useful techniques for whenever she was out flying and...Surprisingly she had actually enjoyed his company. Sure he was a Decepticon but he was nice in his own special way. He had made her laugh a lot and he made sure that whenever she faltered in the sky that she didn't fall.

She smiled as she remembered how he stayed close to her to make sure that she didn't injure herself. He was really gentle and caring, a big change compared to when she had first met him.

Celeste was now in a small clearing somewhere inside the forest. Suddenly she heard a branch snap behind her. The sound made her jump and turn on the spot. She searched through the trees around her, trying to find the source of the sound.

"Who's there?" she called, eyes searching through the trees. She couldn't see who it was but she could now clearly hear someone moving around through the surrounding forest.

She had a pretty good idea who the culprit or culprits might be.

She called, "Radical, Racer, I thought told you guys to stay at the base."

Celeste didn't get a response and the sounds of someone moving through the trees was now gone. All was silent.

Smiling with her hands on her hips, she said, "All right guys if you're trying to scare me it's not working. You've had your fun, now come out."

Again there was no response, only silence and she was starting to get a bit nervous. The smile on her face grew smaller.

"Radical, Racer," she called nervously.

Out of nowhere she heard a chuckle come from behind her.

"Oh, I'm not those two."

She had heard that voice so many times that she recognized it at once. She immediately froze and couldn't even move. After a few moments she forced herself and turn towards the one who had spoke to her.

As soon as she did this the Mech who had spoken came out of the shadows with a big grin on his face, his fangs showing.

"Expecting someone else," he said, slyly. There was an amused glint in his optics as he said this.

Celeste was staring wide eyed at the Mech in front of her. This was the last Mech she expected and wanted to see.

"Megatron," she whispered, shocked.

He chuckled at her shocked expression.

"Indeed, Celestial," he said in an almost friendly way.

She tensed up, figuring he was planning to capture her or something like that. Or maybe he was finally getting round to punishing her for making a fool of him. Well, she was ready for him, she wouldn't let him do anything to her.

"What do you want?" she demanded, trying to disguise the fact she was afraid of him.

He was a ruthless and a very powerful Mech and somehow now that she was a transformer, she was more aware of this fact. She was now expected to fight him, she couldn't rely on others to save her and frankly, she didn't want to. But that didn't mean it was easy to stand up to him.

But her statement only made him chuckle again.

"Why so suspicious, my dear?" he asked, very amused.

"I only want a little chat."

As she glared at him, he added.

"You didn't mind Starscream requesting the same thing."

"I trust Starscream more than I do you," she said bluntly. "And so do the others, including Optimus."

"No doubt," Megatron said unconcerned.

"But surely you'll hear me out at least?"

"If you stay where you are, I will," Celeste said firmly. "Otherwise, I'm leaving."

Megatron's optics glinted in amusement at her last statement but he didn't comment on it. Instead, he said.

"Did you enjoy yourself with Starscream yesterday?"

Celeste stiffened and narrowed her optics at him.

"I enjoyed him teaching me to fly," she said truthfully but cautiously.

"Jetfire's great but he's a Shuttle and there's subtle differences to the way he flies compared to Starscream. I'm learning a lot from both of them."

Megatron nodded as though this answer made a lot of sense. But then he asked.

"But what about his actual company? Did you enjoy that?"

"Why does he want to know?" Celeste wondered in confusion.

Was he trying to find out whether she would accept Starscream's hand or not? But she'd gotten the impression he wasn't very bothered whether she became Megatron's mate or not. Then again, maybe he was hoping she did so that he could taunt Optimus, yes that sounded like a good reason for Megatron.

"It was nice," she finally said, honestly. "Starscream's a good Mech and he helped me a lot."

"How touching," Megatron sneered and she scowled.

How could Starscream serve someone like him, she didn't understand it at all.

"If that's all?" she said coldly, beginning to turn away from him.

This of course was a big mistake, as Scavenger had always told them, never turn your back on a Decepticon. And especially never turn your back on Megatron.

"No, it isn't," a voice said right behind her and she spun around to find that Megatron was suddenly right in front of her.

"Ahh!" she cried in shock, how had he moved so rapidly and silently?

But before she could think, let alone move, Megatron had caught her in his grasp, wrapping his arms tightly around her. Her arms were pinned to her side and she was lifted partially off the ground.

She stared up into his optics as he grinned triumphantly down at her.

"You're not leaving quite yet, my dear," he said silkily, squeezing her slightly so that she gasped out in pain.

"Ah, let me go," she gasped, terror seizing her body at the situation she was in.

"What's the rush?" Megatron asked lightly, relaxing his grip ever so slightly.

"Prime and you're little friends won't be expecting you back for a while yet, we have as much time as we need."

Celeste felt her insides freeze.

"For what?" she questioned, her calm tone a complete falsehood as to how she was really feeling.

"Hmm," he murmured, letting one of his hands slid up her back, causing her to shiver.

"How about for this?"

And before she could protest, he'd cupped the back of her head and kissed her, full on the mouth.

For a moment, she was frozen in place as his hot mouth was pressed against hers. And then she began to struggle, moaning loudly as her mouth was dominated by the much larger Mech. But he had too firm a grip on her, one arms was enough to keep her arms and body under control. The other made sure she couldn't jerk her head away.

"Mmmm, mrfth," she whimpered loudly, trying to get away as he now shoved his glossia into her mouth and started exploring it.

Her mouth was filling with his taste and an oily substance that substituted salvia. And it only got worse when his glossia started to play with hers. She continued to struggle against him but she was growing weaker and weaker while his grasp never wavered.

Eventually, she closed her optics, still moaning in protest to what was happening. Megatron triumphantly carried on what he was doing, while she waited for it to end. Sadly, he didn't let her go until he was fully satisfied.

"Mmmth...uh," she gasped, tears starting to trail down her face as Megatron smirked down at her.

"Was that your first kiss?" he asked slyly and when she didn't say anything, laughed smugly.

"How precious," he sneered, letting her go so that she stumbled back and away from him.

"W-why did you do that?" she asked tearfully, unable to control herself.

He stepped forward and touched her chin.

"Consider it your punishment," he said with a small shrug.

"We're even now."

She stared at him, hardly able to believe what he'd just said. All that for some petty revenge? And all she'd done was try to protect an innocent Minicon.

"Damn you," she whispered softly, backing away from him as he continued to look very pleased with himself.

"Damn you," she screamed before turning and blasting off into the air, anything to get away from here.

His mocking laughter followed her as she shot up high until she reached the clouds. Once she was high enough, she wrapped her arms around herself, tears now flowing down her face. She couldn't believe what had just happened, why did he have to do that?

"Oh...oh god," she gasped out, trying to swipe the tears away.

She felt so awful now, when just a mere half an hour ago, she'd been happily walking through the woods. How long had Megatron been there? Was he stalking them?

The answer to that was undoubtedly yes and she shook her head for questioning this.

What was she going to do about what had happened? Her first thought was to go straight to Optimus and tell him what had happened. But then she paused and considered this.

If she told them Megatron had caught her off guard, they'd never leave her alone. She'd be constantly watched and never allowed to go anywhere by herself. She was already treated differently because she was a girl and not only that but because she wasn't married yet.

She wanted to prove she didn't have to be married to get on in life, she wanted to be independent. Besides, Megatron was probably expecting her to run straight to Optimus and his revenge would be complete.

No, she was going to keep this to herself for now. She'd get her own back on Megatron, one way or another. And she wouldn't need to molest him in order to do it either.

She swiped away her tears, taking deep breath to calm down. By the time she got back to the base, she'd be her normal, happy self and no one would ever know what had happened. She'd go back to having fun with her friends and training and she'd never let Megatron take advantage of her like that again.

Three days later

Celeste run quickly as she could, keeping low to the ground. They were in the middle of a battle, the Minicon hadn't been found yet and that was what she was looking for. She wasn't skilled enough to be in the air and fighting so she was essentially grounded.

It didn't bother her too much, it meant she didn't have to face Starscream in battle. That would be a damn awkward thing, especially as she was sure he'd never attack her. But the same couldn't be said of her friends and she just wouldn't be able to stand back and watch him hurt them.

So far, she hadn't seen Megatron but she was sure he'd be fighting with Optimus, he always was. So it came as a bet of a shock as a voice that was chillingly familiar came out of nowhere.

"Alone again, my dear?"

She stopped dead in her tracks and turned slightly to see Megatron standing there, smiling his fanged smile right at her. And there was no other Autobots nearby to help her.

To be continued

Author's note. What happens to Celeste? Does Megatron try anything or does he just want to gloat. Find out next time, until then.