CHAPTER TEN

Comin' To Da Rescue!

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Meg: I just watched Where Is Thy Sting? It was teh love, man! Wasp, and the Jet-Twins, all in one episode! The next episode is hell good, too! XD

Jet-Twins: Thank you Meg! We is loving you too! But, we is loving Shooting Star even more!

Emma: 0_0

Jet-Twins: As friends, as friends!

Meg: My OCC is temperamental cause her life's in danger.

Jet-Twins: We is understanding. Everything is okie to dokie.

Emma: NO IT IS NOT-ING, I MEAN NOT-TO, I MEAN…oh, you two confuse me. And now Wasp and Ironhide are both dead… :(

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Starscream's P.O.V:

I knew that my spark mate was in danger. I had been avoiding her for some time now, but I couldn't any longer. She needed me – I didn't need her CPU-reading abilities to tell me that.

"Emma," I said. "This is Starscream, come in!"

"Screamer!" She was fairly screaming herself. "Fhantom is in pursuit of me somewhere over America! Send Prowl! Send the Jet-Twins! SEND YOURSELF!!" She suddenly screamed, as she was hit with something. "BARRICADE'S HERE TOO!!"

"EMMA!!?? WHERE ARE YOU!!??"

"NO STARSCREAM, STAY AWAY – PLEASE DON'T COME, YOU'LL GET KILLED!!" She screamed. "I-AURGH!!"

Okay, well nothing was going to stop me from coming now. I'd already locked onto her coordinates, and I was heading there now.

I didn't know what to expect when I got there – but it wasn't what I got.

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Bumblebee's P.O.V:

"AAAUUURRRGGGHHH!!!"

It was my second involuntary flight, and with the Jet-Twins it wasn't as enjoyable.

"Is you having fun yet!?" One of them called to me.

"NOOOOOOO!!"

"Maybe if we is going faster then?"

"NOOOOOO!!"

"Okay then!"

If I lived through this, I was going to ask Ratchet to rip off Jetfire's and Jetstorm's wings.

Absolutely.

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I had never moved so fast in my life, nor had I ever been in this much danger.

Both Barricade and Fhantom were attacking me, and it was all I could do not to get hit. There was one trying to kill me, and one trying to…well, you know.

Hey…wait a minute…

"Fhantom!" I shouted, dodging more of Barricade's cannon fire. "Help me – Barricade's trying to kill me!" I hoped that he believed me – because it was true.

To my surprise – and absolute horror – Fhantom smirked. "Didn't I tell you – you can't be killed! I designed you to be one hundred percent immortal, like myself!"

I stared at him in total horror. Fhantom was…completely immortal?

Wait, hang on…I was completely immortal too!?

What the hell would I do if Bee-Bee or Screamer died then!? I wouldn't be able to…

Butterfly!!

I gasped. Was that Wasp's voice I heard?

Focus on the mission, would you!?

Wasp…same as ever, even if he was offline…

A single purple energon tear leaked from my green optic. Yeah, I would focus on the mission alright…

"Right…" I whispered. Then: "Right!" I looked up, at Barricade and Fhantom. If they wanted a fight…then in the name of the All-Spark core embedded deep within my new Cybetronian body, I was gonna give em' one hell of a fight!

I spread my wings and flew straight at Barricade, who aimed a punch at me, which I dodged, and I managed to get around behind him, where Fhantom was waiting.

I flew straight at him now, and he lunged to meet my attack.

At the last instant I flew upwards, and Barricade's next attack hit Fhantom.

I didn't stop there, though.

I twirled around in mid-air, and aimed a beam of All-Spark infused energy at Barricade, which caught him squarely in the chest.

"Not bad, Emma," Fhantom smirked, as he rose up in mid-air to meet me. "I can see I designed you well…" His blood-red optics lingered over my armour for a moment, before he said: "You will learn to appreciate me."

"SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO!!!!" Shouted the one voice I most wanted to and didn't want to hear.

I looked up. "Omigosh!" I cried, as Bumblebee came flying out of nowhere, and slammed into Fhantom with the force of a nuclear-powered wrecking ball.

"We is here to help!" I heard one of the jet-twins add, and suddenly a wind funnel hit Barricade, followed by waves of fire.

As if that wasn't enough, Starscream was suddenly beside me.

He mistook my startled expression for one of fear.

"Are you okay!?" He wanted to know, his red optics intensely searching my green ones.

"Y-yes?" I stammered. I was surprised by the intensity in his voice. Oh, so he was talking to me again? It was all so confusing.

"Hey, you know…about the last few weeks…"

"Try months, Starscream…" I said acidly.

He seemed surprised. "Ems, you know I…"

"Yes?"

Starscream looked at me, and then he realised that there was no way he could deny what he'd done.

He sighed. "I'm sorry."

I blinked. I hadn't been expecting him to apologise so outright like that. "Uh…come again?"

Screamer glared at me, and a small smile tugged at my mouth. He was still the same old Screamer I knew and loved!

I really think he would've kissed me right then and there, but, you know…the battle.

It was starting to escalate, as more vampires showed up on the scene.

"Oh, where are Hornet and Moth!?" I shouted.

Of course, Screamer had no idea what I was talking about, but I guess he figured more Autobots.

"And Wasp…why'd you have to go away, huh?" I wanted to know.

Screamer rolled his optics. That much he understood.

*

Unknown P.O.V:

I knew that he was in danger.

Jeez, I'd only been on earth for a very short time now, and already that silly older brother of mine was in trouble!

And he'd called me a trouble magnet back when we were sparklings!

I really had to wonder about him sometimes.

And I wondered if he wondered about me, his dear little sister.

"Hang on Starscream," I said out loud, as I jetted across the skies in my alte form (recently scanned). "Lil' Stream Fire's comin' to da rescue!"

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Meg: I need more computer time, but Dad's being really strict. I'm not supposed to be on the computer right now. *Is sneaky* But anyway…so, the other night, I had a dream that Prowl was my spark mate.

Emma: You…wait, what!?

Meg: It was really weird. Yup, absolutely. Too weird for my liking.

Prowl: Jeez, thanks. It almost makes me glad that you decided to pair me up with Arcee now.

Arcee: Almost!?