If you read far enough to the music box scene and interested to know what the song sound like.

Here is who it by... Kawabe Chieko- Lilium (Music Box Version)

Chapter 2

Those Tainted Chances

"I don't get it, Screamer…why are we here?" recalled a violet seeker, who sat close at the mountain edge.

His cousin, a brilliant strategist that lusts for more of power, smirk a smile as he looked out to the peaceful scene of the earth's landscape and where the Autobot Base took stand, beautifully in the sight.

"Your memories must be short-circuit cousin because were here of what Thrust wants." Skywarp angrily looked away from his ambition cousin of his.

"So what, it better then not knowing my own sparkling times…" He responded sarcastically and sadly enough Starscream took pity of his younger cousin. Back of looking out, Starscream founded a familiar white flyer being tackled by a yellow mech. "What if they seen us? Shouldn't we be going?" Starscream carefully stare at his cousin with concern but that was the whole point, they were supposed to be bait.

"No, Thrust orders us to stay till he comes."

"Who? Prime?" Skywarp asked rashly.

Starscream chuckled as he shook no. Skywarp was state confuse as he could never tell what his cousin could be thinking.

"Someone that means more to us, especially when we were sparklings…" Starscream explained as Skywarp huffed aside.

"You have to explain more then that Screamer because I don't even remember about my sparkling times." He repeated his excuse as Starscream slightly nodded.

"Yes…of course."

Starscream memory files…searching…founded…processing…completed.

The white flyer was hesitating as he saw the other flyer's hand, his violet colored armor shined nicely towards the dark bluely day of Cybertron. Finally the courage of the white sparking accepted his hand, and was pulled to stand before his height.

"I'm Skywarp, what's yours?"

While the red seeker watches, he grew jealously of his cousin, making friends with the white flyer that has the same violet insignia on their wings or chest. But seeing the white flyer smile made him a little uneasy as he was helped by Skywarp.

"Fly with us!" Skywarp requested as he used his small boosters to lift himself to the air. The white flyer nodded as he followed the violet seeker.

They twirled and spin in thy air, happily making flying moments with each other, as while Starscream watches with disgust. Suddenly his hands were grasped by the two flyers.

"Hey!" He yelped as he was forced to come to thy air with them.

Feet off the ground, Skywarp and the white flyer succeed of getting Starscream to join with them. Starscream soon decided to show them off who's a real aerial mech in thy sky. He impressed them with some expert flying exercise that he was taught by his own mother. For once, the red seeker never seen anyone smile like that before, where the white flyer had did slowly his mind was opened of their sweet relationship begin.

Time has pasted quickly as their fun together was the greatest time for young Starscream ever had and for hopes they will stay together to make more sweetness memories. But there a question that strike Starscream curiously, he never knew the white flyer's name, he didn't even asked him yet, Skywarp knew but that was when Starscream's jealously blocked his own hearings.

Secretive, Starscream never noticed till he was pounced on, by that one.

"Hey!" He cried childish as he thought he was thy only one being teased at.

"Got yea, Starscream!" he heard the white flyer said.

He felt embarrassed, as he heard Skywarp laugh from a distance, and the one he was just thinking about, had his arms around him. Blushing, he realized he was to close of comfort. His lips were already to close to his, and his pounding feeling wasn't helping at all. Soon another pair of arms wrapped him playfully; luckily this distracted his feelings for the white mech.

"We have yea now, Screamer!" Skywarp cried happily.

Starscream felt he was loved. With no one, he was no one too…but with someone like his cousin and this white flyer, he was that someone special too, to special as a genius and that his amusing mentor was eyeing them every moment.

"Hey it uncle Thrust!" cried Skywarp as he realized a gray and green seeker stand beside their mentor. Starscream and the white flyer followed him and all had landed to the ground and Skywarp happily came into his 'uncle's' arms.

Starscream and the white flyer waited as Skywarp was greeted by a gift by his uncle, Thrust spoke but none of other sparklings heard as Skywarp nodded. A gift was revealed to the white flyer only as Starscream standby watched the moment between the two.

"Music box…?" The white flyer questioned the gift as Skywarp nodded it is.

A long cube, dark brownish metallic box was represented to the white flyer, as the father of the flyer came by for him. The white flyer's eyes followed towards his old mech face.

"Daddy…?" He recalled as his old mech came down to his side.

"You can open it if you want…" The white flyer nodded as he opened it, a musical tune played peacefully, and with a nice blessed sound.

Starscream files…inserting music…Lilium Music Box…music already had in file…care to replaced the old file?

Starscream soon remembered about the melody of the tune, his mother always sang this musical in his sleep, for a lullaby…it was actually kinda sad moment to him, as he knew his mother was no longer here and his mentor realized his shivering. His strong firm hand was placed upon the seeker's shoulder making him, ease out the feeling into a calming one.

"Thank you…" respond the white sparkling, he looked up to seekers' uncle and where Thrust slightly nodded, amused of the young one expression.

The white flyer soon looked at his father who stood high, and a hand to greet his young one. Accepted to hold his hand, the white flyer and his father looked upon the seekers' elders.

"He is the key to winning this war, you know." Thrust recalled as the white flyer's father nodded.

"I know…when he ready, you can take him…"

"Watch yourself then." Said thy other mech that his armor was colored darkish blue and where he left his hand upon Starscream's shoulder.

"I will, Soundwave." He had said, he walked off by tugging on his young one's hand as while the other hand, he held the music box, and so the sparkling had no choice but to follow his old mech soon his golden eyes looked back to everyone as he smiled.

Starscream felt guilty for not speaking up to know the white flyer's name as suddenly Skywarp cried out.

"Wait!" The older mech and his son stopped as the violet seeker ran up to them.

With a surprising shock of the elders and Starscream, Skywarp slightly kissed on the cheek of the young white flyer. Starscream choked as he knew, this was one of Skywarp bad habits, for some reason every so often he kisses others on their cheeks to either pissed them off or to let them know they are loved by the young seeker's heart. Starscream felt the jealously raising but he also knows that Skywarp kisses him on the cheek too for fun. Bad habits died hard, he thought.

The white flyer was confused of what Skywarp did, as he placed his hand on his kissed cheek.

"Come back soon, okay?" Skywarp requested as the white flyer nodded.

Shyly the white flyer blushed as Skywarp smirked.

"Yeah…I'll miss you too, Skywarp." The white flyer had said as Skywarp happily nodded.

Soon the white flyer's father gently tugged on him away with a slightly shook on the head, of 'kids these days' expression. As Starscream watched the white flyer walk off, it seem painful, more painful, he doesn't even know his name till Skywarp had called.

"Bye, Jetfire!"

Starscream was take in surprise as he heard that unfamiliar name, could that be…his name? The white flyer smiled back to the violet seeker where Starscream noticed, he was looking at him too.

"Bye!"

"Watch out!" Starscream gasped as he was covered in his mentor hands and his world turn black before an explosion that was seen behind his mentor.

Mountainside view...

"Starscream…hey earth to Starscream!" Starscream was startled as he heard his cousin call. He looked at him sharply with angry glare.

"What?!" He cried as Skywarp pointed out.

Starscream scanned his direction and realized the white flyer was coming for them. Quickly it was decided that the seekers took flight while the white flyer was close to their trail. Shiftily switching his boosters speed, Jetfire managed to be separated from his team. Tension formed rapidly as Jetfire soon realized he had lost the two sneaky seekers.

"Dammit, where are they?" Jetfire briefly breathed after his rough flight against the wind.

Spinning around in every direction, Jetfire hopefully wished he has a clue where everyone is. Luckily the communication com-link from Prime had gotten his attention. Picking up the call, he heard a sound of a trigger was clicked.

"Jetfire, are you there?" Jetfire gasped as he barely dodge from a crazy shootout from a crazed up helicopter mech.

"You-hoo Jetfire, come out, come out, wherever you ar!"

Luckily enough, forestry was on his side as Jetfire concealed himself behind the trees. The only lucky shot Cyclonus ever had he gotten Jetfire was by his leg. Slowly an reddish liquid bleed at the side of his right leg dripping it trail across the ground as Jetfire whispery cried 'dammit' when he decided to run off, dealing with the helicopter mech later but for Cyclonus, he wasn't that far behind…

Was he lost? Of course not… thought Jetfire but he knew he was going the wrong way, going further away without any help from the others because he was to stubborn to come back until he finds the seekers.

"Prime…can you hear me?" Jetfire cried though his com-link helplessly as he readied his firearm in his hands and at least someone answered.

"I hear you…are you alright, Jetfire?"

"Yeah, just cool like always Prime, nothing stops me, you know. Anyway, I got Cyclonus on my trail; do want me to nuke him out?" Jetfire replied with his usual over confidently tone and he swore he heard Optimus heave a sigh.

"For once be serious, and come back to us, I believe this is just a prank for the Decepticons to play."

"Well, they're not the only ones gonna have the fun then." Jetfire recalled as Optimus sounded a little bit angry.

"No you will not, I don't want you there alone anymore it too risky besides your far from our reach."

"Prime, you don't have baby sit me anymore, I'm grown-up now and I know how to deal with this personally just give me some time and I'll be back safe and sound." Jetfire spoke comfortably.

"I worry about you, my boy." Jetfire choked as Optimus had spoke his last words on the com-link to him, 'my boy' seemed a little emotionally to him since Jetfire knows Optimus was the one who raised him but really he knows that he's not his real father…

-Clang-

Jetfire yelped as he was rashly punched to the face and fell against a tree onto the ground, hands of a violet seeker came to his neck, tightening it into a nicely grip. But some how, Jetfire managed to forced himself free from the seeker grasp, responding him with a clutched fist to his cheek. Bleeding leg, bruised cheek and crushed metallic lungs, Jetfire was doing well for his rank. Slowly Skywarp lifted himself with his weakly arms as he realized Jetfire stood beside him with his firearm ready.

"Where are the others?" Jetfire questioned as Skywarp was clear of who he meant by 'others'.

"Behind you…" Skywarp spoke creepily.

As like he said, Jetfire quickly turn around only to drag to the ground as someone else had gripped his leg. The wound of his bleeding leg opened widener where Jetfire cried with pain.

"Dammit!!" Looking up to his opponent who drawn him down to the ground, Demolisher evilly grinned.

"I got him!" He cried as Jetfire sharply flinched as his leg's wound was getting worst especially when Demolisher was gripping it tightly.

Not as much blood was lost but it still hurts to move the wound except Jetfire had no other choice. Swiftly grabbing his firearm near him on the ground, Jetfire rashly smashed it against Demolisher's metallic face in result he was scraping the face paint from his face. Fallen to the side, yelping with gritted teeth, Jetfire quickly came up and aimed his firearm to Demolisher.

"Enough games!"

"For you it is!" Jetfire choked as Cyclonus had returned for him, firing aimlessly at him.

Skillfully, Jetfire managed to move without a hit but four ranks against one wasn't fair at all. Jetfire realized he was back, leading against the tree with a bruise that crushed the outer surface of his golden face-plate.

"Wheeljack…" He called breathlessly as the fourth Decepticon appear before him.

"Done already? How dull…"

Wheeljack fired something but Jetfire wasn't sure if it was a bullet or laser but with no feeling of pain, he would be dead already. Optics opened as a grappling wire spun around him to the tree, three times. His legs, his waist, arms and now his neck…

-Spit-

Surprisely the wire had made Jetfire spit out blood from his own lungs while Wheeljack slowly pulls upon the wire. It tightens as the wire sharply crushed Jetfire's armor and just maybe his life.

"Damn you…damn you to…" Jetfire choked as he not longer has the vocals to speak further since the wire unstable his lungs now.

"Relax it doesn't hurt that much." Wheeljack slyly recalled as Jetfire barely could see him smile.

"That enough…Wheeljack…"

Jetfire flinched as his vision was stated blurred to see who was speaking, he knows Wheeljack was there but thy other he wasn't quite sure. Shortly he could feel his lungs breathing heavenly and his body was released from the grappling wire. Slipping down to the ground, Jetfire slowly reduced his pain.

"Thrust don't want him death, he wants him alive."

"Aw, what happened about the dead and alive thing?" cried Cyclonus as the figure sharply looked at him.

"Changes of plans, I guess."

Finally Jetfire realized that voice, it was thy only one that has such an angrily, stubbornly tone of a voice as finally his vision was beginning to clear up. Starscream, he had guessed right after all but as while looking directly into his reddish optics and smirking smile, Jetfire fell into dazed then probably to sleep. But shocking, Jetfire awaked immediately as he could feel his wings were beginning to feel torn apart. As he laid flat on the ground, his wings were merely forced down to his back, cracking it metallic surface, harshly.

"Cyclonus, what are you doing!?"

He heard Demolisher cry and he realized it was the crazed up helicopter mech was the one bending his wings painfully.

"What do you think; I'm ripping his wings so he wouldn't fly off from us." Cyclonus answered.

"That insane…" Skywarp recalled as he and Wheeljack watched with disgust, plus strongly standing their ground.

Jetfire could felt himself crying now, his wings were very important to him, it was like a part who he was…and now he is about to lose them.

"Not my wings…" Jetfire cried desperately as he was hoping for mercy already. "Please…not those…" He clutched his teeth from the inside of his mouth that was hided by his bended face-plate.

There Starscream could tell his feeling, his fear. Being a flyer that has wings meant everything to the owner that has them. As he looked at his wing spans, he would swear, he'll cry too if he was ripped apart from them. "Stop it!"

Starscream flinched as he heard, swore it wasn't him talking. Eyes were glared upon Skywarp because of his concerned cry. Sharply narrowing his red optics upon the helicopter mech. Skywarp pushed him away from Jetfire's spine. Noticing the pain had stopped, Jetfire was grateful.

"What?!" Cyclonus cried, confusedly as Skywarp harshly punched his cheek. "What the primus was that for!?"

"For being a crazed up idiot," responded Skywarp bravely.

As everyone else knew if Megatron ever found out about this, surely Skywarp's action of protecting an Autobot would surely be punished and Starscream knows that fairly well. But he couldn't help himself remembering about a sparkling white flyer fallen to his bottom and where he sees his violet colored sparkling cousin coming in and reaching his hand to him. As they were suppose to be together, and now Starscream feared his cousin and his fate against into Megatron's eyes. If it was him, of course, he would be severely beaten into scrap metal.

"You're the idiot Skywarp." Starscream heard from Wheeljack who whispering himself.

Slowly he catch glimpse of Jetfire who was steadily getting up to glare his optics upon Skywarp. Because of their memories were forgotten from the past, Starscream felt pitiful and disgraced for not being at their aid except now things change. In fact, he knows that Jetfire was safely taken in from the Autobots ever since their first meeting came to an end. Starscream mentor, Soundwave was killed and where Thrust had safely took them to Megatron for aid but of course there a price to pay…he even remembered he was one of those victims to forget everything about civilization, along with such thing as peace and the memories files were to be destroyed to regain knowledge of warfare and well ranked skills. That why, Skywarp lost his memories because of a machine that Megatron had created long ago to collect recruits for his army and to use them for domination of the universe and somehow Starscream was one of the lucky ones to remember some of his precious memories even though he had forgotten the name of the white sparkling…

"Jetfire!" Starscream flinched as he spun around realizing the Autobots had arrived for their fallen comrade. Jetfire's optics brightened as he saw his protector.

"Prime…" Jetfire whispery cried in pain.

The seeker felt broken in spark as the flyer cried his leader name, he doesn't know why but it just does. Surprisely a blue racecar mech showed up with no expression of fear as he walked pasted Starscream and came down to Jetfire, slightly giving him company.

"Blurr…" Jetfire recalled happily as he seen him close by. He flinched as he touched his wing spans gently, Blurr then glared upon Jetfire's faceplate tearing it off revealing his untainted features.

"Does it hurt?" Blurr asked, as Jetfire whispery recalled.

"Not much…"

"Uh…Starscream!" The seeker looked at Demolisher who was confusedly lost, and the red seeker clearly knows they are surrounded.

"The games are over, Decepticons! Now drop the weapons!" Yelled a young tone-muscled yellow racecar mech but neither of the Decepticon seemed to want to surrender and it seems they were waiting for their red seeker to speak their next move. But of course Cyclonus lost his patients in granted. As his firearm were raised against Blurr, Blurr raised his firearm back at him as while everyone else except Jetfire, Optimus and Starscream, aimed directly of a opposite team member.

"I have no primus time for this!" Cyclonus yelled angrily as shifty Hotshot frowned.

"Cool your engines, copper before I shoot yea myself!" Hotshot replied bravely.

Cyclonus flinched with pure insanity in his eyes, keeping his aim directly at Blurr who blocked his way of aiming to an injured white flyer. "Not if I shoot yea first, Auto-scrap!"

"This doesn't look well," recently spoke Scavenger. "Um…Prime what should we do then? Prime…?" As he spoke, he noticed the dazed in his leader's eyes that directly looked at the face of the red seeker. Not a sound had disturbed their moment only the sound of harsh breathing from Jetfire's crushed lungs. Optimus soon dazed his optics upon his adoptive son as while the seeker followed. It has seems, Starscream could tell that Jetfire is in a vulnerable state with his lungs were polluted of his own reddish blood that now vomited to the ground.

Seeing this, the seeker flinched. Starscream looked angry of his own self for being disgusted of letting the white flyer leaking blood. "Let's go."

For a moment the Decepticons especially Cyclonus thought he had made a mistake but it was clear as Starscream repeat himself. "Let's go."

That very tension moment, Starscream walked away and vanished before the green forestry. The confusedly Demolisher immediately obeyed his order and followed as while, Skywarp and Wheeljack redrawn their firearm away.

"But, the Autobots…" Cyclonus recalled.

No one seems to listen as Skywarp walked away with one more glare upon Jetfire who finally pasted on to recharge had vanished though the forestry where his cousin had leaded them too. Confusedly angered Cyclonus felt he was betrayed, as for once he leaded the next move and the guys just brought it and left cowardly.

"Coming Cyclonus...? You know you can't fight them yourself." Wheeljack recalled as luckily enough someone stayed and waited for the mentally ill helicopter mech. With a nice dirty angrily glare upon the Autobots, Cyclonus yelped.

"I'll be back for yea all, Auto-tins, and I'll spare no spark within yea!" Soon he disappeared into the forest with Wheeljack at his side.

"It is wise, Prime? To let them go?" Scavenger spoken as he realized Optimus came by for Jetfire, placing him in his arms. "Prime…?"

"Yes for Starscream it was…"