Ok, jumping into the story here in a sec- 2 things
One- will get to people after the story
Two- if you guys see any typos or continuity issues in this or other chapters let me know. I will get to editing some of them soon, I just don't know when.
I don't own the Transformers. Hasbro does. *baypolsion*
It was mid afternoon when Megatron and Starscream touched down near the ware house, hurrying themselves in so that they wouldn't attract human attention and ruin their plans. Grindor, the Blackout look alike with a third of the intelligence stayed in his vehicle mode and continued to search for 'Alice' and the boy. A helicopter in the city was nothing new, so he could roam freely while searching for their prize. Needless to say, a tank was very inconspicuous and an F-22 was nothing out of the norm for a non combat zone city. So Starscream and Megatron had to stay in the warehouse until the others found the boy and brought him to them. Not that the time was going to be hard to pass…
"Starscream… you look cold (1). Come here." The tyrant beckoned with his talon. Starscream, who was a little on the cold side since his systems were still repairing the damage from the assault by the fallen, so his warmth retention cables were the only thing that was keeping him warm… and they were tucked under his helm at the moment, and therefore no help.
Megatron threw his servo around the seeker's shoulder and pulled him close. Starscream smiled and rested his head against the larger mech, letting the warmth that radiated off of the mech bring his systems back to normal as night fell. They figured out the electric systems of the warehouse in time for a very tired Grindor to come in the doors. He settled down almost immediately and the others in the area, excluding 'Alice', came in after him and mimicked his behavior. They didn't seem to notice their leaders cuddling. Megatron didn't mind, if anything he wanted to reinforce that Starscream belonged to him, and the second the fallen was usurped, he would take Starscream as his bondmate and rule the Decepticons with his beloved.
"Master…" Starscream murmured. Megatron turned to his resting second in command, nearly asleep in the crook of his arm. He looked rather peaceful, optic shutters closed, air intakes slow and steady, muscular cables relaxed and snuggled into his body perfectly. Starscream was a real beauty. Megatron could tell his master that the boy wasn't where they thought he was if it would give them more time to find a safe place for Starscream… or that he was destroyed in the mission. That might throw the fallen off his trail, and hopefully spare his seeker the pain of getting raped by that bastard again. Especially when Starscream was right here beside him, tucked in and half asleep, warm and wrapped in one of the larger blankets they brought with them from the ship. He looked so innocent and tired, like a new hatchling. Tiny in comparison to the blanket, his metal looked newer and polished, which might have been from the wash, but either way it made the seeker look absolutely beautiful. He smiled at his little seeker.
"Yes Starscream?" The seeker opened his optic shutters gently, making him look seductive and exhausted at the same time.
"Master… I was wondering what our next move was after we capture the boy?" Starscream hadn't been at many of the meetings, mostly due to injuries sustained in his time with the fallen.
"Well… the plan was for the fallen to come to Earth and you to return to the ship…" Megatron lowered his tone so that only they could hear, placing his mouth components next to Starscream's audio receptor.
"However… I sent Thundercracker and Skywarp to find a place you can stay while we work with the fallen. You have to stay safe Starscream… because…" The seeker looked at his master with wide, hopeful optics. Perhaps his dreams weren't all that far off!!! Megatron was struggling with something… what could he possibly want to say to the silver air commander?
"I… want… I want you to stay safe because… because…" Megatron's optics darted around the room, almost frightened of what the others might hear. But he realized they were all recharging.
"Because… you are a valuable member of my team, and frankly I wouldn't want anything to happen to my best air commander." Megatron finished with a cheesy smile. Starscream's spark fell through the floor. He was just an air commander to Megatron? No…no...this… wasn't fair. He… loved Megatron.
Megatron watched his second in command's facial plating change from happy to sad, then straight to depressed. Oh crap, he said the wrong thing! Fuck. What could he do now??? His seeker, who he would offline for, was sad because of him, well there were a few things he could do…
Megatron lifted his claws to the seeker's shoulders and pulled him into his chest. Starscream stopped his thought process for a second. What was Megatron thinking? Starscream let out a half relieved, half depressed sigh. Well… at least he could be in his master's arms… and this wasn't so bad.
"Starscream… there's something I've wanted to… to ask you….for a very, very long time now." Starscream looked up at the mech he called master and stared, letting his almost protoform like chirps and coos speak for him. Megatron froze, then licked his lips. No he couldn't say it. Not yet… it was too soon.
"I'll tell you when the time is right… for now, please rest." Megatron embraced the seeker and pulled his chest flush against the silver air commanders. Starscream blinked in confusion, but then smiled. These things do take time… even if they are confusing and annoying beyond all compare. The seeker lifted his servo tentatively to the tyrant's helm, allowing his talons to stroke the sharp metal that adorned his master. He relaxed and let his wings droop, showing that he was calm and collected. Megatron noticed this and allowed his servos to roam a little, running up and down the seeker's sides (2) Starscream sighed and nuzzled his facial components into his master's neck. Primus it felt so good… so warm and comforting… like a lover should feel after a nice romp through the covers. Like a bondmate should feel. Primus, Starscream wished he could stay here forever.
"I worry about you… you are so precious to- us. The Decepticon cause…" Even when trying to compliment someone, Megatron fumbled the words. Starscream just had that effect on him. He almost had it!!! But then again, Starscream was sitting right here, snuggled in his lap, cuddled together under a large, warm blanket and ready for recharge.
"Megatron! Sir! We have found a suitable warehouse!" Thundercracker's voice erupted over Megatron's COM link. Starscream startled into awareness, almost scaring the spark out of him.
"Perfect, after we have the boy, I'll send Starscream to those coordinates with an escort. I don't trust the fallen's goons to try something suspicious…" Just then, as if on cue, the Doctor came in and stared at Megatron from one of the crates over head. Megatron shut off the COM link quickly and tried to make himself look as inconspicuous as possible. The Doctor gave him a strange look, as if to a say 'what were you up to?'.
"Starscream is still recovering" Megatron began, and grabbed the covers to pull his seeker closer to him while wrapping the blankets higher around the seeker's shoulders.
"My master did want me to protect his…concubine, did he not? It would be most unfortunate if the seeker in question caught a cold (3) while he was here on Earth because his heating systems were diverging their energy to his repair systems (4). I took it upon myself to make sure he was safe. Nothing else." Megatron finished. Man he was getting good. The Doctor smiled (as much as he could) and nodded towards the pair.
"Oh stow it Megatron." The tyrant stared at the microscope. What in Primus's name was going on?
"Look, everyone but the fallen knows about you and our little Starscream here." The tiny bot motioned towards the seeker who was bundled up against the large silver tyrant.
"I half expected you to spark bond with him by this point." The tiny bot said in humor, which was strange enough coming from the medical bot. Megatron blushed and Starscream looked away, but smiled.
"You know… if the seeker in question just happened to… disappear on a certain mission" the Doctor continued "I would vouch for his sudden disappearance as an accident until a certain reigning mech was overthrown. Besides… I would never want everyone's favorite air commander to have to endure that torture again. Unfortunately, the rumors have spread through the better part of Trypticon. I'm afraid the general populace agrees that Starscream is a brave mech and that the fallen will pay for turning on a Decepticon leader." Starscream stared at the small mech, then turned his helm down to allow a few tears to trickle down his cheeks. He couldn't hold it back when a sympathetic servo from Megatron found its way to his shoulders, pulling him back into a hug. Megatron was surprised that the general populace knew about this. Most denied that the fallen existed… at least while he was around, now that he was out of his crypt, Megatron guessed they knew what was going on behind closed doors now. And what was worse, Starscream was his toy… the one thing he always prayed to Primus that would never happen was the younglingphiliac (5) wouldn't lay a servo on Starscream. Starscream was a virgin when he left, and he knew because he would always ask Thundercracker about his health, well-being and fighting abilities when he was being raised. As such, Thundercracker would normally report with Starscream's well-being portion that he seemed sad, yet never took a femme as a lover… or a mech. He would just spend his time alone in his chambers or flying with Skywarp. Occasionally he would join in a joke or two the purple flier had planned, but he wasn't much for pranks when the educational cycle began again.
"Starscream… how many times did master force you to do… well, you know." Megatron asked tentatively, knowing this question would have to be asked at some point… better now while they were on the subject. Starscream tried to shy away from the tyrant, which was understandable, but unnecessary. Megatron held him in place as he tried to move away from the mech, pulling him into a frame compressing hug. Starscream continued to cry silently for a minute…
"Four times… once when I first met him… said I was unlike any other Decepticon (sniff) commander he had initiated before. (sniff) He… took me again when you were returning… but I managed to get away before he could do anything too awful. The third time… well, you saw the third time. The fourth was while you were at the 'meeting'. I…" Starscream started to cry. He couldn't hold back anymore.
"Shhh….it's ok… I know… it wasn't consensual… and you're not going back to him." Megatron whispered. Starscream calmed down and looked up at his master, tears forming in his optics and falling constantly. Megatron lifted a talon to wipe away the lubricant from the seeker's beautiful face. Starscream continued to cry for another minute, with Megatron caressing his back and helm as his saw fit with the other servo. Megatron pulled the seeker closer.
"No matter what happens, I will take care of you. You have my word." Megatron whispered to his love. Those fools of little faith would never know the feeling of being in love, and the fallen was included in this. He only knew hatred, which he was taking out on Starscream for attracting Megatron when he upgraded to a young mech. But time always did have a way of stealing that raging fire from one's energon lines.(6)
Starscream began to relax back into recharge, and he heard the Doctor talking to Megatron quietly.
"Sir… when he wakes, I can give him a full check… the fallen is becoming restless… we- I mean the citizens of Cybertron, are placing their hopes on you as the next leader. While you have been gone, he has decimated the Decepticon army and extinguished many innocent sparks. You are our only hope now." The Doctor said. Megatron readjusted the blankets around Starscream, keeping him warm and safe in his arms.
"We shall over throw this menace. He overstepped his boundaries when he touched Starscream… he will pay for what he has done to Cybertron." Megatron concluded. Starscream didn't hear anything after that as he drifted off to sleep.
Anyways, ran out of time (again) because I overslept. If this keeps happening I'm getting myself checked for Swine Flu, mostly because I feel like shit and can't take this anymore. Don't know what it is, but better to nip it in the bud than let it play out.
OK- winner!! Ruler-of-the-Shadows and Dragolover1!!! 12 cybercupakes a piece!
Oh and hum…. New challenge… just to have it available.
OK!
Which mech's are in the hanger? (here's a hint, Megatron and Starscream don't count, but as long as you put an answer- which is in the last chapter- you get cupcakes)
(1) Starscream is cold because it's about… Novemberish, and they said it was in NY, therefore it is getting chilly at night.
(2) If you try this it feels really good when you have an upset tummy. Also, running your hand from your navel to the center of your chest helps as well. And if you can't sleep or need to get as much rest as possible and don't want to waste time, raising your hands above your head like an infant helps. It stretches out your lungs and makes your body relax, allowing you to fall asleep faster.
(3) Assuming they can get colds. Just go with it. Megatron's excuses are awesome.
(4) Whenever a human (or other organic being) has a cold or virus, their body diverges more energy to the production and use of white blood cells to combat it. Therefore, same idea. He's cold because his body is diverging energy that would normally be used to heat his chassis to his repair system.
(5) It's Cybertronian pedophile. Best translation.
(6) Quoted (and translated) from Peter Cetera's Faithfully. Cute song, go check it out. I think you will like it.
No blooper tonight. Will double tomorrow. Tired. Bedtime… what little it left.
