Author's note. Written by me and ZabuzasGirl.
Contains Corporal punishment.
Suggestions are welcome.
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Starscream strode towards the Throne Room where he knew Megatron was. He wanted to ask permission to contact the Autobots so he could set up another meeting with Celestial. It had been far too long since they'd last seen each other and he didn't want them to grow distant. He hadn't seen her during the last battle but he was glad about that.
He didn't relish the idea of fighting her, not when he wanted to win her Spark. He shook his head at the thought.
She was such a sweet Femme, did he really deserve her? He knew how rough and gruff he was, sometime he wondered if any Femme would have him. But she was so friendly towards him and he knew she wasn't just being nice. She actually seemed to like him.
It seemed that every time they met she seemed to grow a bit closer to him.
He smiled, suddenly feeling better about himself. This always happened when he thought about her, another reason why he wanted her to be his mate. He just knew she could help deal with the darkness that he sometimes felt. So with a much lighter Spark he marched right into Throne room and to where Megatron was reclined.
Unfortunately for him the happy atmosphere surrounding him was about to disappear.
"Ah, Starscream," Megatron drawled, looking a bit too happy for Starscream's liking.
He hoped he wasn't in for session of 'why Autobots and Optimus Prime are idiots' because he'd heard it all a thousand times. But it seemed that wasn't what was making Megatron smirk.
It made him feel a bit uneasy.
"I've got an announcement to make Starscream," Megatron now said and Starscream could hear the others approaching.
"And it concerns you in a very small way."
Now Starscream was worried, he did not like the sound of that.
He hide his unease as everyone trooped into the room, even TidalWave though he hung around the largest part of the room. Megatron was smirking worse than ever and his voice sounded so smug as he spoke.
"Now, that your all here, I have some news for you."
They all looked attentively at their leader, this sounded big.
"Yesterday, I spent a little time with that delightful Femme, Celestialsun."
Starscream felt a cold sensation running down his spine.
"I hope you taught her the lesson she deserved," Thrust said pompously and Megatron laughed.
Starscream was not feeling too good about this.
"Let's just say I gave her a 'taste' of what it means to cross me," Megatron said with a sneer and Thrust looked pleased.
"But that took place several cycles ago, the incident that happened yesterday was...something else altogether."
"What was it, sir?" Cyclonus asked eagerly, hoping someone had gotten into trouble.
The sneer on Megatrons face grew a bit bigger, showing his fangs.
"I got hold of that Femme and...kissed her until she fainted in my arms," Megatron said triumphantly.
Cyclonus cackled, Demolisher and Wheeljack looked interested while Thrust giggled. But Starscream was utterly shocked and he gaped at his leader.
He couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"You kissed her?" he said in disbelief, as Megatron turned to him.
"Why yes, I did, several times in fact. And she enjoyed it thoroughly I might add."
That nearly did him in.
"You can't have," he burst out, receiving looks from his fellow Decepticons but he didn't care.
Megatron just chuckled.
"I assure you I did, Starscream. Not only did I do what I've said, but I took her back to the base too."
"S-she's here?" Starscream whispered in fear, what had his leader done to her.
He didn't know if that was true or not. If she was here he hadn't seen her around.
But knowing Megatron, he was probably keeping her in his room...
Before this sickening thought could develop, Megatron was speaking.
"No, she woke up before I did and escaped."
Megatron shrugged.
"It is no matter, she'll be back on my berth soon enough."
"What do you mean?" Starscream said, feeling rage start to swell up within him.
Megatron smirked.
"I intend to take her back Starscream, take her away from Prime and those other stupid Autobots."
A sense if dread was growing inside of him.
It was Wheeljeck who voiced the thought he was thinking.
"You're going to offer your hand to her, sir?"
"I am," Megatron said proudly. "I have decided that she is worthy enough to be my mate, not to mention she's really delicious."
"NO," Starscream cried in anguish.
All attention was turned toward him.
Starscream was nearly shaking with rage and fear as he bit out.
"You can't court her, 'I'm' courting her."
"Then I suppose we'll be competing, Starscream," Megatron said coldly but smugly.
"See who she chooses."
Starscream gritted his teeth. He wasn't going to let it end there.
"But you said you weren't interested," Starscream nearly howled.
"You said..."
"I changed my mind," Megatron said but with a slight growl this time.
"And I would advise you to back down Starscream. You're no match for me."
Starscream was beginning to shake.
"Prime won't let you near her," he finally bit out with a hiss.
"He hates you."
Megatron raised an optic brow.
"You think I care what he thinks? That won't stop me."
"She'll never have you, she hates you," Starscream snarled as Megatron shrugged.
"Perhaps but I didn't notice her trying to get away when I had her in my arms."
Megatron now sneered.
"Face it, Starscream, against me, no Femme can resist, especially young ones,"
That did it.
"You fragger," Starscream yelled pulling out his wing sword and taking up an aggressive stance.
"What are you doing you fool?" Thrust hissed as Cyclonus snickered.
"What did you do to her, she's just a Femling," Starscream roared at his leader.
"I did nothing to her," Megatron said, sounding both bored and annoyed.
"I just had her in my arms while she was sleeping, nothing more happened."
"It had better not have," Starscream growled.
There was a dangerous glint in his optics as he said this. It did not go unnoticed.
"It's none of your concern, Starscream," Megatron growled dangerously.
The other Decepticons tensed at this, they were sure this was going to end in a fight between the two.
"It is my concern as 'I' am the one courting her," Starscream spat. "You can't force her to be yours, Megatron."
The atmosphere surrounding them was getting quit tense.
"I shall do as I please, Starscream," Megatron growled softly. "And you cannot stop me."
Starscream snarled and before anyone could stop him he lunged at Megatron.
But Megatron had been expecting this and caught Starscream's wrists. Briefly, they strained against one another before Megatron hissed.
"Little fool."
And with a kick, sent Starscream flying backwards. But the Seeker wasn't down, he recovered and brought his sword into an attack position. Megatron snarled and went for him, swiping at the slighter Mech. Starscream dodged him and tried slashing at his leader but missed.
The other Decepticons were staying well out of range.
The two circled one another, both looking furious. Megatron was big and strong but he was capable of being clever when he fought. Starscream was staying out of his reach but soon he'd need to attack or be attacked. Suddenly, the young Seeker lunged and Megatron grunted as a gash appeared on his arm.
But Starscream's short victory was cut short when a punch sent him sprawling.
He landed with a crash against the wall behind him.
"Argh," Starscream cried out, feeling his wing crumple beneath him.
But he didn't have time to dwell on this, Megatron was coming for him. Starscream quickly leapt to his feet and backed away.
He needed to put some distance between them. He needed the advantage if nothing else. He started heading for the window that opened out onto the moon. If he made it, at least he could use the open space to his advantage. Megatron was advancing on him fast. He needed to think quickly.
"You know what you said about her enjoying it?" Starscream said with a sneer of his own.
"Yes," Megatron growled, coming closer and closer.
"Then I'm confused mighty Megatron. Why did she escape as soon as you were asleep? Surely if she enjoyed it so much, she'd still be clinging to you. Instead, she couldn't wait to get away from a greasy, lugnut like you.
"Why you...," Megatron roared and charged at him.
Starscream nimbly turned and run outside, Megatron hot on his heels. He started to laugh, knowing that would enrage the large Mech even more.
"Face it, who would want an old piece of scrap like you, Megatron?" he taunted.
This was a mistake.
Megatron's optics blazed with rage and in another moment had pounced on the younger Mech. They both crashed to the ground with Starscream on the bottom, who cried out with pain. He tried to get up but he was pinned down. He needed to think of a way out.
But before he could, a hand grabbed him around the throat and pinned him to the dusty plain of the moon. He gasped and spluttered, trying to claw the hand gripping him but Megatron wasn't having any of it.
"Not so tough now, are you Starscream?" Megatron growled maliciously.
"No one speaks to me like that, you little brat, no one."
Making another attempt to break free Starscream powered up his thrusters. Megatron grunted as the sudden forced made him tip off of Starscream and the Seeker managed to scramble away. But then a hand caught his foot and he crashed to the ground.
He turned to find that Megatron had grabbed him before he could get too far.
"Not so fast," Megatron snarled, dragging him backwards, despite Starscream's attempts to get away.
"You're not going anywhere until I've taught you some obedience."
He yanked the sword out of Starscream's hand and dragged him even closer, using his weight to ensure the Seeker couldn't get away. The other Decepticons watched as he exposed the Seeker's aft before lifting the sword up.
"Mark my words, Starscream, you will remember this," Megatron snarled before bringing the sword down.
Starscream cried out as the hot blade was whacked across his aft. He started struggling and scrabbling, trying to get away from Megatron but his leader wasn't having any of it. Again and again the blade came down, giving the unfortunate Seeker a hard beating.
"Megatron, please, stop it," he begged, tears now forming in his optics from the pain and humilation.
Feeling somewhat bad for the seeker Demolisher decided to step in.
"Sir, don't you think that's enough?"
Megatron paused, glaring up at Demolisher with Starscream crying between his knees. But with a growl, he threw the sword away and hauled himself to his feet, leaving Starscream lying there piteously. Megatron sneered at him before giving him a kick, snarling.
"Get up you worthless piece of scrap."
Starscream whimpered, but somehow managed to stand even though it was pretty painful. Megatron looked down at him contemptuously before growling softly.
"Let this be a warning to you Starscream. Stand in my way and I will personally beat you in front of the whole Autobot army, including your beloved Femme. Do you understand?"
Starscream said nothing, he just kept his head bowed.
Megatron snarled and seized his chin in a tight grip.
"Do you understand me, Starscream?"
"Y-yes, sir," Starscream gasped out, feeling more tears fall down his face.
Megatron growled before letting go of the Seeker and shoving him away. He marched past Demolisher, not saying a word and back into the Throne Room. They could hear Thrust complimenting Megatron on his handling of the situation.
"You shouldn't have provoked him like that," Demolisher said gruffly as Starscream tried to bring himself under control.
Demolisher was helping steady himself on his feet.
"Those...vile things he was saying," Starscream said angrily, swiping at his face.
"He...he had no right...he knows...how I feel..."
"And he knows how you react," Demolisher said wisely.
Starscream was taking in deep breathes, trying to calm himself down.
"He could have anyone...how can he take her away...what have I done...," Starscream was now muttering to himself, not understanding the situation at all.
"Maybe because she's Prime's daughter," Demolisher said softly. "And...she is quite pretty Starscream. Not to mention there's no one else to challenge him, and she'll bring a good dowry."
"I don't care about that," Starscream snarled. "She's a nice girl, I want to get to know her better."
"Then you'll have to act fast, Megatron won't give up on this," Demolisher said grimly.
"And there's nothing any of us can do, it's his privilege to chose a mate for himself. But you can do something about it."
"What are you talking about," asked Starscream.
"As of now, you're still courting that Femme," Demolisher said softly. "She hasn't rejected you on any grounds and her father hasn't forbidden you to come near her. You've still got a chance to have her Starscream."
Starscream nodded very slowly, a small ember of hope now burning inside of him. Maybe all was not lost after all.
"Maybe you're right," said Starscream, softly.
Megatron was growling softly as he lounged on his Throne. That fight with Starscream had angered him greatly and he'd barely been able to vent any of it. While beating the insolent Seeker had been fun, it still didn't feel as he did before the fight. He wanted to lash out at someone and that someone surprisingly wouldn't probably be Optimus.
He had a pretty good idea of who it would be.
"I'm going to get you here, Celestial," he growled softly.
He was going to show both Starscream and Optimus that he could do that he liked and be damned about what they thought.
There only thing to worry about now was how to get her there.
Because despite his boasts he knew that the young Femme wouldn't be keen on coming anywhere near him. Not to mention Optimus and the others would be keeping a close eye on her from now on.
What he needed to do was find a way around that.
He'd have to find some way to lure her from her friends and guardians and then snatch her. Once at the base, she wouldn't be able to escape, he'd seal the Warp Gate against her. She could wander the base freely but he wouldn't allow her to leave it.
Getting her back here wasn't going to be easy.
She'd fight him with everything she had. But he was confident he could find a way, he always did. Once he had figured out a way, all he'd have to do was put it into action. But how to go about this?
Suddenly an idea appeared in his thoughts and a smirk appeared on his face when it came to mind.
They would all be watching him to make a move against the Femme but what about his men? They wouldn't be watching them as closely, they wouldn't even suspect them. The only question was, who would make the perfect kidnapper?
He thought about it for a moment and then the perfect candidate came to mind.
Megatron laughed out loud, yes, Cyclonus would be just perfect for what he had in mind. The Autobots tended to forget him as he acted so crazily, always swooping everywhere cackling. Of course, Cyclonus wasn't the most reliable but Megatron had a feeling he wouldn't fail this time.
He looked for the Mech and found him standing not too far away.
"Cyclonus," he called.
"Huh?" Cyclonus said, he'd been fiddling with a piece of equipment.
"Yes, sir?"
Megatron smiled coldly.
"I have a job for you Cyclonus."
Two days later.
Celeste sighed as she sipped her morning Energon while her two friends chatted and laughed. It had been two days since the incident with Megatron and she was still feeling nervous. Nervous about the next time she meet him on the battle which was sure to be soon. Undoubtedly, he'd gloat about what happened but what if he acted weird again?
It had been very disconcerting for him to act 'nice' to her, far more than when he kissed her. And that was another thing, while she was disgusted by what had happened, a part of her had enjoyed being kissed.
The sensations she had felt were so foreign and strange to her that she couldn't help but be drawn to them.
She swallowed. Yesterday, she'd worked up enough courage to ask Optimus something that had been bothering her, something Megatron had said. You wanted to know if it was true, did she look more like a full grown Femme than a child now?
Optimus had looked at her somewhat sadly before saying that while she'd always be his little Femme, she had indeed grown.
The thought that she was physically attractive to Mechs was both terrifying and thrilling.
She didn't know what to make of it. She was excited about it but scared at the same time.
Was this normal, to feel attraction for someone you didn't even like? She'd always thought love was so much simpler but was this love. Or was it the much baser emotion of lust. She wrinkled her nose, she could not believe she'd just contemplated 'lusting' after Megatron of all Mechs.
The emotions roaming through her body were confusing to her.
It complicated things so much, feeling something towards someone you were fighting against. She shook her head, she needed to get rid of these emotions. Maybe if she gave Megatron that kick Optimus suggested...
This thought made her giggle, remembering all the things Radical and Racer had said they were going to do to him. Even after she'd made up with Optimus, she'd still been unhappy so they'd spent the rest of the evening joking with her. And it had worked, she'd ended up laughing her head off at some of their suggestions.
Truly she had some great friends.
"Hey, Celeste," Racer now said warmly, seeing her smile.
"You doing okay?"
"Yeah," she replied with a wider smile. "Just thinking about your plans for Megatron."
This made both of them grin broadly.
"Boy, we're going to make him pay for what he did," Radical said fiercely.
"Yeah, no one treats our sister like that," Racer said, just as fiercely.
"Thanks guys," Celeste said gratefully, feeling much better.
"Why do you think he wants you?" Radical now said slowly after a moment of comfortable silence.
"I mean, no offense but it just seems a bit...random."
"Yeah and didn't Optimus say Megatron has loads of concubines or something?" Racer added, his face scrunched up.
"Why does he want to add you?"
Celeste shrugged.
"I don't know," she said with a heavy sigh. "Maybe to get at Optimus or something. I doubt it's because he's in love with me."
Judging by the boys looks, they agreed with this statement. However, neither of them wanted to voice the statement that Megatron wanted her because she was a very pretty Femme. Of course, they naturally thought she was pretty just like she thought they were good looking in a sisterly way. But from what they'd heard from the Autobots, she was very attractive, especially as she was a Seeker.
They didn't want to make things worse for her so they kept their thoughts to themselves.
"Hey, maybe he'll get tired of going for you," Racer said optimistically. "I mean, he might just be having a go to annoy Optimus. It might not mean anything at all."
Celeste looked both hopeful and furious. Hopeful, because it would be better if he didn't feel anything for her but furious at the implication he had utterly used her.
As strange as it sounded, after what happened she didn't want it all to be for nothing.
She didn't want to be considered easy so she didn't want to kiss someone only for it not to mean a thing. Damn, this was so confusing. She started jiggling her leg, she was getting jittery over not being allowed outside. Optimus was worried the Decepticons would try something is she went out but it was getting to be torture, not being allowed out.
She needed some air and she needed it now.
"Guys," she moaned. "I really need to get out."
They looked at her with concern.
"You know Optimus doesn't want you going out," Radical said gently.
"I know that but I really need some air," she said. "I have to be in the sky."
"Why don't we find Jetfire?" Racer suggested. "Surely she'd be safe with him?"
"Yeah good idea," said Racer. Celestes face brightened at the idea.
She quickly gulped down her Energon before rushing for the door, the two boys behind her. It didn't take them that long to find the tall Shuttle, he was lounging next to a computer.
"Hey, guys," he greeted as they hurried over to him.
"What's going on," he asked them.
"I need air," Celeste said urgently, her frame was now trembling.
"Right now, Jetfire, I have to get outside, I can't wait any longer."
"Whoa, slow down," Jetfire said, holding up his hands.
"Ya know, I thought this might happen, but I'll have to clear it with the boss first."
"That's fine but please hurry," said Celeste, pleading.
Jetfire activated his Comm and spoke into it for a few minutes. Just as Celeste was getting desperate, he finally switched it off and said.
"Optimus says it's okay if we go for a short flight but you two have to come too."
"Okay," the two boys agreed.
"And I think I might take Blurr or Hotshot if their about," Jetfire added thoughtfully.
"Okay, just hurry," she said.
Jetfire laughed but he did get up properly and followed her as she rushed for the exit. Though as they neared it, he called out.
"Don't take off until we're all ready, you'll be in the air soon enough,"
"Just hurry up! I'm not gonna wait much longer," she called back.
The boys hurried after her, not wanting her to shoot off without them. They were joined by Hotshot, who had answered Jetfire's call.
"Blurr's out practicing," he explained to the taller Mech.
"No worries," Jetfire said unconcernedly.
"We just need you and the boys to be on the safe side, ya know how Optimus is."
"Sure, no problem," said Hotshot.
"Thanks," Jetfire said gratefully as they emerged from the base to find Celeste hopping from one foot to another.
"Okay, Celeste," Jetfire said, standing next to her as he got his systems ready for takeoff.
"I know you're just going to shoot up by don't go too far and don't head too far away from me. We'll maybe practice a few manoeuvres while we're up there."
"Okay, I got it. Can we please just go," she said, impatiently.
As Jetfire nodded, she whooped before activating her thrusters to shoot off into the sky like a rocket. Jetfire was close behind her but being a smaller, lighter flyer, she soon out stripped him. She went higher and higher, wanting to completely shake that horrible claustrophobic feeling that had been welling up inside her.
It felt so good to be in the sky again with the air rushing past her.
"Woooooo hoooooo!" she cried, drinking in the sensations of Earth's air currents.
Oh how she'd missed this, damn those who kept her from it. She was never leaving it again, she could happily stay up here forever.
Being outside again was nice but being back in the air felt like complete freedom.
"Enjoying yourself?" Jetfire called up with a laugh as she started spinning in mid air as she continued to rise.
"I'm loving it," she whooped, now swooping through clouds.
"Good, you've really got it now," Jetfire congratulated her.
She laughed and did some back flips through the air.
Jetfire whooped before doing a few stunts of his own. Together, they made the sky their whole, gravity and other boundaries meant nothing to them. Below, the boys and Hotshot watched with grins on their faces.
"Look at them, she's gotten so good," Radical said in awe, remembering how nervous Celeste had been when first flying.
"Yeah, she's brilliant," agreed Racer.
Hotshot nodded in a agreement, a big grin on his face.
They continued watching, enjoying the display. Unfortunately, they were so absorbed that they didn't recognise the danger until it was too late. Their peaceful outing was about to come to an end.
Suddenly, a shot rang out through the air and everyone jumped in shock. A moment later, Thrust had appeared, laughing as he aimed ad Celeste and Jetfire again.
"Stupid Autobots, having a little fun were we?" he taunted as Jetfire and Celeste gaped at him.
"Well, I'm sorry to break this up."
"As am I," a voice sneered from below and the ground bots turned to see Megatron and Demolisher standing right there.
"Thrust, get that girl," Megatron barked out.
After that all hell broke loose.
"Celeste, get behind me," Jetfire yelled, bringing out his blaster and firing at Thrust who dodged.
"You're not getting your hands on out sister," Radical snarled, taking aim at Megatron with his own blaster.
"We'll see about that," Megatron sneered before bringing out his cannon and firing at all of them.
The battle had begun.
Jetfire was doing his best to protect Celeste while blasting away at Thrust. It wasn't easy, the conehead Seeker was agile and he kept Warping to different places. Meanwhile, the battle down below wasn't going well, Megatron and Demolisher had a lot of fire power, meaning the boys and Hotshot were running all over the place.
It didn't help the two Decepticons on the ground kept aiming up at Celeste and Jetfire either.
Celeste was staying as close to Jetfire as possible but it was getting even more difficult with every second.
She didn't want to interfere and distract Jetfire. A part of her knew she should just get out of there but she couldn't leave her friends to fight the Decepticons. So she got out her own blaster and every time Thrust was distracted, shot at the Decepticons on the ground. She dimly noticed that Starscream and Cyclonus weren't in the fight but didn't focus on this fact.
"Optimus, where are you?" she thought desperately as Thrust tried to grab her again only to be punched by Jetfire.
"Get away from her," he snarled.
"Ooh, touchy," Thrust sneered. "She your bit on the side, Jetfire? Don't want any other Mech having her, hmmm?"
That did it.
"Why you...!" Jetfire snarled and shot forwards, grabbing Thrust around the middle and began beating the scrap out of him.
Celeste stayed well out of range in case Thrust made to grab her again.
But with all the distractions, the flashes of lasers and loud bangs, she didn't hear the danger until it was too later. The first moment she realised something was wrong was when she heard a cackle right behind her.
"Ha, ha, ha, come to daddy, little girl,"
"Wha...?" she began, half turning but then something struck her full force, causing her to tumble downwards.
She screamed as she lost her balance.
She tried to halt her descent but now blasts were being fired at her by the crazy helicopter and she couldn't concentrate. Screaming, she plunged downwards and there was no one to break her fall. She crashed heavily through some trees, whacking her head several times before falling onto the ground, a broken heap.
"Celeste," Radical yelled as he saw his sister wasn't moving.
"What the hell," shouted Racer.
"Celeste, she's not moving," Radical said urgently, trying to reach her but blocked by Demolisher.
"Damn you Cyclonus," Racer roared and he started blasting away at the sky.
"Whoa, someone's touchy," Cyclnus mocked as he dodged the oncoming fire.
No one noticed Megatron heading right for the unconscious Femme.
Hotshot had been injured by Megatron and was groaning on the ground. But as he looked up, he saw Megatron heading straight for Celeste.
"No," he cried, reaching out for her.
"Megatron, stop."
At that moment, Optimus and Sideswipe appeared, charging right into the battle. But they were already too later, Megatron was at Celeste.
"Megatron," Optimus yelled as the Decepticon bent to gently pick her up into his arms.
Turning to face Optimus, Megatron smirked with the limp form in his arms and sneered.
"Sayonara, Prime."
"No," shouted Prime.
He lunged at Megatron, reaching out to grab his daughter. He only had eyes for her. Wanting to get her before it was too late.
But with a shimmer, the sneering form of Megatron and his helpless captive disappeared from sight. Optimus reached the place where they'd been mere moments before, staring in horror. He fell to his knees, weak with shock at what had just happened.
"No," he whispered softly.
"NO!"
He'd promised to protect her.
Thrust gave the order to the rest of them. "Decepticons retreat!"
"Bye bye, Autoboobs," Cyclonus cackled as he and Thrust disappeared from sight.
Demolisher, looking surprisingly sad, also vanished into thin air, leaving the Autobots helplessly standing there.
There was silence with the only sound being loud, uncontrolled sobs. Slowly Hotshot got to his feet and went over to where his leader was kneeling on the ground. Jetfire came down from the air and joined Hotshot as he was approaching Optimus.
"Optimus," Hotshot said thickly, his wounds making it hard to speak.
"I promised to protect her," whispered Optimus, not looking at any of them.
"I swore I'd keep her safe."
"I've failed her," he said miserably.
The Autobots didn't really know what to say but Jetfire tried anyway.
"Ya didn't fail, Optimus, it was me, I should have taken better care of her," he said bitterly.
"We all should have," said Radical. He and Racer had made their way over.
Optimus clenched his fists as rage now surged through him.
"No," he growled. "Megatron planned this well, he knew we'd have to let Celeste out sooner or later for air. He knows Seekers."
He now stood, anger pouring from him.
"I will make him pay for what he has done."
"Even if it's the last thing I do I will get Megatron back for this!"
Meanwhile, at the Decepticon base, Celeste was lying limping on berth with Megatron standing over her. Demolisher was nearby and he was saying.
"It'd be better if she was awake for this."
He indicated the Energy bath that lay a few feet away which would heal her up.
Megatron turned to Demolisher.
"And how do you suggest we do that?"
"Try rousing her first," Demolisher advised. "If that doesn't work, I can give her something."
He prayed Starscream wouldn't come in, the Seeker had been sulking for the last couple of days and had gone off in a mood this morning. Meaning, he'd missed Megatron's order concerning the battle, and Demolisher hadn't been able to reach him.
He'd deal with Starscream later but he wasn't important right now.
Megatron reached over Celeste and gently shook her. She moaned and mumbled slightly but didn't wake. So Megatron gave her another, slightly harder shake and this time she growled.
"Rad, go away, I'm sleeping."
Megatron raised an optic brow. She thought she was back home.
Well, sadly, he had to shatter that notion.
"Your little friend isn't here, Celeste," he said softly and she shot awake in an instant.
Her optics snapped open and she sat right up. This was a big mistake. As soon as she did this her chest acted up. She gasped in pain and wrapped her arms around her middle.
"Ow, ow, ow," she gasped in pain, bent double.
"Hmm, I didn't realise you were injured there," Megatron said thoughtfully as he reached for her
She flinched away from him.
"Don't touch me," she said.
He frowned before saying gruffly.
"You need an Energy bath, you were hurt quite badly."
He gestured to where it was and tried to take her again.
She tried to move away but as soon as she did her injuries acted up again.
"Ah," she cried out as Megatron growled.
"Let me take you to it," he demanded and not waiting for a response, seized her and took her into his arms.
She struggled. "Let me go," she said.
Megatron growled, stamping over to the bath and placing her inside. She curled up away from him as he reached for a switch. She gasped as a shower of shimmering light fell on her and started filling up the bath. She could feel the pain disappearing and her wounds heal up.
This caused her to gasp and then relax in the wonderful Energy bath. She let out a sigh as it was already beginning to soothe her body.
"Feel better?" Megatron asked silkily.
She nodded and let out another sigh.
"Good," Megatron said, satisfied about her condition.
"Once you're done, I'll show you your quarters."
She begun to smile but that quickly disappeared.
"Wait a minute. What," she said.
Your quarters," Megatron explained with a smile.
"You're going to be living here for the foreseeable future, my dear."
That made an impression.
"No, I won't," she said, trying to get up.
"I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter," Megatron said calmly.
"The Warp Gate is closed to you and you're too inexperienced to fly away. You're staying here and that's final."
"You can't just keep me here," she said angrily.
Megatron smiled nastily.
"Watch me," he said smugly as she stared at him in horror.
"Optimus will come for me. He won't let you do this."
This statement caused Megatron to burst out laughing.
"Prime can't do anything, he can't even reach this base," he sneered. "No, my dear, I'm afraid you're on your own here."
"He'll find a way. I know he will," she said stubbornly. Turning her head away from him.
This just made Megatron chuckled as he now offered her his hand.
"Regardless of what Prime can or can't do, you need to rest after the day you've had."
She stared at his hand. She started to reach out to put her hand in his but then hesitated.
"I'm not going to hurt you," Megatron said gently, in such a good mood that he felt inclined to be nice.
"I'll just take you to your room and you can rest there. Later, I'll bring you some Energon and you can relax with it."
For a moment she still hesitated but then after a few seconds she reached forward and placed her hand in his.
Megatron smiled, pulling her to her feet before helping her to get out. He tucked her arm into his and led her out of the Med Bay, Demolisher staring after them somewhat sadly. He knew there'd be fireworks when Starscream showed up and saw what had happened in his absence. Hopefully, he wouldn't end up beaten again.
To be continued
Author's note. How does Celeste get on now she's a prisoner? What about Starscream, what is his reaction? Find out next time, until then.