Revenge of the Fallen 22
So… only 6 votes…. Eh, not too bad. Oh well!
Winners! SilverWolf47, Decepticon05, black dragon, Kibble Beast, Hiezen, and Zonadow!!!
(yeah I do these chronologically) Anyways, to answer Hiezen's question- (in equivalents) jailbait is generally young… and 21 is the highest cutoff. Blackout was 21.
Starscream- 19 (21 seemed too old, and I doubt they have alcohol age limits on Cybertron)
Barricade-17
Bumblebee-17
Jolt-15 (he's quiet, but sweet)
Sideswipe-20 (he seems more mature in the… 10 seconds he talked… anyways!)
Guessing that about every 50,000 years is equivalent to one human year… or something like that. Brain go kaboom and I don't want to do math.
I don't own Transformers, I'm just playing with them.
I will fix things if people tell me, it's called constructive criticism. Just making that known. Just leave a review or a private message and I'll get to it.
Thundercracker repaired the last minor injury, which had only taken about 20 minutes after Starscream stopped wiggling. Thankfully, Thundercracker, being the most aware seeker of the three, always remembered to bring a fully stocked emergency repair kit to any possible battles. Starscream was mostly repaired. He had one circuit that just wouldn't weld properly, but it was in the lower portion of the base of his wing, so it wasn't a big deal. The other circuits would compensate for any malfunction it had. Starscream was still weak from his ordeal, and both of the other seekers knew this. Skywarp held Starscream's peds down with his servos while his right ped held down Starscream's left arm and Thundercracker pinned the other arm down as they force fed him a small cube of energon.
"Fine! I'm fueled, now let me go, please!!! I have to get to Megatro-*blurb glug blurb*" Thundercracker made sure the seeker finished the whole thing, which was laced with a temporary sedative for any possible minor injuries that might have affected a fallen comrade during what remained of a battle (1). Starscream was doing his best to get back on his peds as quickly as possible, struggling against the weight of his trine mates. Megatron needed him, and he needed to stop the fallen before he violated one of the Cybertronians most basic laws.
'Never destroy another species because of our conquest, war driven or not.'
Megatron would never be respected if he allowed the fallen to do what Starscream thought he was going to do. He was going to destroy the Earth by harvesting their star (2). He was going to violate the basic laws of Cybertron! Starscream finished the cube of energon and was pulled up by Skywarp, who for once cut to the chase instead of his normal pranks.
"Where is the fallen?" Starscream asked, making sure he couldn't be raped again so soon, and that his rapist wasn't nearby to observe his next move.
"He's headed toward the battlefield. Star… maybe you should listen to him this time?" Thundercracker, always cautious, said. He didn't want to see Starscream get beat up again for disobeying orders…but he also knew Starscream's processor by spark. He'd go to Megatron and try his best to keep his love out of harm's way… even if that meant taking a cannon blast or electrowhip for him. Starscream started his engines as Thundercracker reached out his servo to stop him. Starscream turned towards the blue seeker and gave him a sad smile. Thundercracker knew that look. Resolution.
Starscream was going to go whether or not Thundercracker protested.
He did his best to give the silver air commander a brave smile in return… though he felt like he failed miserably. However, he also knew in his spark that Starscream was strong. He and Skywarp had trained him well, and Megatron had taken him on as his apprentice for many stellar cycles (3). He was a frightening force to fight, and most thought he was as strong as or stronger than Megatron by now.
"Stay safe you two." Starscream said as he took off. Thundercracker felt a ping of terror that he wouldn't see Starscream alive again… but he shook it off and motioned to Skywarp to take off in the other direction.
Starscream sped towards the pyramids in the distance and saw that the humans. He sent out a pulse to silence their communication lines. He saw his master and circled the battlefield, knowing damn well that the boy wasn't here yet. Starscream continued to circle, watching for any moments he could help out. He fired four missiles towards the helicopters that entered the battlefield a few moments before, watching as they fell to their doom. When was the first time he saw an enemy fall? Ah yes… there was a lost memory file…where had it been all these years?
High Kaon, over 4 million years ago.
Megatron leading the Decepticon forces bravely with Starscream, a simple soldier at that point, following him closely. He was young, and had just upgraded to his mature mech form. He thought he wouldn't amount to much of anything when it came to battle. His shots were sloppy and his tactics were undeveloped to say the least. His confidence was through the roof, and he boldly flew towards the anger ahead, being lead by Nightfire- current Air Commander, and Sonicstorm- current second in command for the Decepticon forces towards the impending battlefield.(4)
"Soldiers! Move ahead! The front line has been breached!" Sonicstorm ordered. He and his comrades obeyed, falling in and dive bombing the Autobot's forces. His current platoon mates were taken out by anti-aircraft missiles, but he managed to evade them and get a perfect shot on Sentinal Prime. His perfect shot gave Megatron an opening to advance, but also left him vulnerable to the Autobot's attack. He felt the pain of a blast through his wing, and transformed as he landed on the battle weary ground. He felt unfamiliar servos grab his wings and hold him down to the ground. They pulled him tightly and managed to separate his wings from his body, causing the seeker to scream in pain. He started to offline from his injures… when were they sustained? What was happening?
Then a cold, harsh voice met his audios… Megatron.
"Slaggers!!!" The tyrant bellowed as his sword sliced through an Autobot, clearing a path to Starscream. He took one look at the damaged seeker and saw his Decepticon alliance. He grabbed the unfamiliar seeker and hauled him onto his massive shoulder.
Starscream was barely conscious when he felt his back press against firm, friendly ground. Hook was attending to him and he could hear the mech that just saved him beside the medical bot.
"How is he?" The silver tyrant, who Starscream had admired, was standing next to him… asking about…someone. Probably not him… he was just a soldier. He was probably asking about a mech that he knew longer. Like Sonicstorm or Nightfire. Not the infantry level seeker that he had just pulled from the battlefield.
"His wings will have to be replaced, and his left servo was crushed, but nothing we can't fix. Other than that, everything else is superficial. Though I think he has a minor dent in his helm… so he might not be as coherent as possible currently." The medical bot finished. Megatron nodded and came two steps closer so that he was beside the berth. Hook smiled at the tyrant.
"You want to see him? I think he is out cold, but you are welcome to talk to him." Hook told the tyrant, and Megatron waved him off. The tyrant approached his new recruit, and sat down beside the berth. He placed his talons on the seeker's dog tags, taking in his name.
'Starscream'… peculiar name for a common seeker… then again…that was a name that he had fallen in love with long before. Few knew of them at that point, and Megatron planned to keep it that way. Starscream was a hatchling when he found him, so he didn't get to see his savior much. Little did the seeker know, he was going to be a huge part of Megatron's forces. In a few decades, this inexperienced seeker was going to become a formidable adversary. He would take over Sonicstorm and Nightfire's positions… and lead the Decepticons to victory under Lord Megatron's command.
"Starscream… do you remember me?" Megatron asked, knowing the seeker was awake by his light movements. Perhaps the silver seeker didn't remember him… it had been a while.
"Of course I do… you are Lord Megatron, our leader." The seeker replied, doing his best to be formal. Megatron smiled kindly (which was a miracle on its own).
"Ah… but am I anything else to you, Starscream?" Megatron asked. The tired seeker turned his helm and opened his optics, smiling.
"Of course… you haunt me. I can't stop thinking about you and it drives me insane wondering if I am losing my processor or if I am just infatuated with you."(5) Starscream replied.
"Well… I can tell you…" Megatron place a small kiss on his helm, as one would to a well behaved child. "You're not losing your processor. I want you as my next in line… Nightfire has fallen. You are the only seeker left worthy of leading my aerial forces… you are Air Commander now." And with that, Starscream blacked out. When he awoke, Megatron was gone, and Hook brought two other seekers in, severely damaged. A blue one and a purple one… Thundercracker and Skywarp… they made it! His family was safe… his trine was home… and the battle was over.
The memory file ended and Starscream brought his attention back to where it needed to be. Finding Megatron and talking sense into him.
(and end for today!)
Blooper!!! (sorry… could only think if one. I still owe you double)
Jolt and Sideswipe pulled into the Autobot's hanger. It was late and only a few guards were around to make sure they had what they needed. Jolt still had the cat in him. He called a guard over and opened his door. The cat was asleep on his seat, and the guard took him from his resting place, earning him an appreciative yet sleepy meow. Jolt transformed quickly and turned to the guard.
"Well… I know this is going to sound weird… but, can we keep it?" the blue Volt asked politely, and the guard stared at him. A Cybertronian… keeping a cat… well, at this point it wasn't unusual.
"Ask Optimus, if he says yes, then we'll get the supplies for the little guy…or…" the guard had to look. "Girl!"
Jolt looked at the cat, and smiled. The cat was tired…and so were they. Sideswipe came over to the Volt and places a servo on his shoulder.
"About that name?" Jolt gave the older mech a cheesy grin.
"Yeah! Whiskers!"
And the cat's name is Whiskers by popular vote.
Ok… let's clear up some confusion.
(1) It was put in the kit to be for anyone, not just Star. Just making it sound more realistic.
(2) Starscream wasn't in the meetings when they were briefed about the star harvester… and let's just say Megatron doesn't realize that humans and earth creatures need light from our sun. Star doesn't want that on his consciouness.
(3) Another reference to itsu-usal's drabbles- My Little Lover. Great drabbles that set my brain in motion. She's a great writer… I think I favorite all of her Star/Megs stories… meh.. too tired to look. But credit where credit is due.
(4) I don't think Star was always Air Commander. And since these are pretty common names, I didn't take these from anyone intentionally. They are just here for the sake of filling in space. Don't kill me if you have a story with these names somewhere. Heck, as far as I'm concerned you can take them and play with them. Sonicstorm was taken from Dragonforce's album, Sonic Firestorm. Nightfire was taken from an old Gundam Wing song i had on my iPod. Called Nights of Fire.
(5) This is a lost memory… Starscream forgot this for years and Hook told him he was going to be Air Commander when he woke up. So he didn't remember the little bit of affection he got from Megatron.
Ok, just a side note here- I'm pissed. But not at my father. No. This time a close friend of mine (not so much after this comment) said that the movie sucked. If it hadn't been over AIM, I would have slapped him. I was just so mad! It was great! I loved it!!! And yes, this was the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen movie. What do you guys think? Ditch him (he's wasn't that close of a friend...) or keep him, but keep defenses up?
Anyways.. I'm tired and I'm going to bed. Read, review, and…. Heck, here's a challenge. Thank you to all my reviewers!!! Cybercupakes for everyone!!!
How should Starscream encounter the fallen next? (more of a poll… but it's open. Just put it in a review.)
