Anne: Randomest pairing I ever came up with haha. Glad you liked it :)
Autobot Shadowstalker: Amen bro, amen.
I'M BACK GUYS! AND I'M PASSING MY STUPID STATISTICS CLASS! :D
A couple days later everything had settled down and the Decepticons grew quiet. Solus was on edge, worried about when they would attack again. The people of Griffin Rock were hesitant to accept the Rescue Bots and Autobots for what they really were, but even they calmed down. The Rescue Bots continued their training with the Autobots and were progressing pretty well. After a while the adults decided to teach the Bots how to play Poker while the others were on tour of the island. The bots were using their holoforms and Solus decided to mess with them.
"Scrap…" she muttered under her breath just loud enough for everyone to hear. Everyone smirked, believing that she had a terrible hand. Her icy blue eyes watched as the game continued. When it came to the end of the game it was only her and Sideswipe left. She twirled a poker chip between her fingers and glared at the red twin. Sideswipe laid down his cards, a pretty good hand she had to admit. "Well Sides, I gotta admit you have a pretty good hand, it's hard to top that."
"Sorry Solus, maybe next time you'll have more luck." Sideswipe laughed as he reached for the pile of chips. Solus smirked and blocked his arm with her own. She laid down her own cards and everyone stared in shock. She had a Royal Flush, the best hand possible. Solus scooted all of her newly gained chips over to herself and tossed in her cards to be shuffled into the deck. Sideswipe was now fuming with anger. "You cheated! There is no way a femme could beat me!"
"Careful Sides, I know a hundred ways to ensure that you'll never be able to have kids with a single poker chip." Solus threatened as she continued to twirl the chip in her hand. Sideswipe's face paled and he said nothing as everyone around him laughed. After a few more hands they picked everything up and the Bots transformed out of their alt forms to stretch.
"I still cannot believe that Sparky and Solus ended up with all the chips." Bulkhead grumbled. The two femmes smirked and looked at each other. No one could defeat them, they were too good. At one point Sunstreaker blamed it on the fact that they were both Primes but he was initially ignored as the femmes began to walk away, but Silverspark turned with a mischievous glint in her optics.
"Never doubt the power of a femme, especially when there's two." Silverspark teased as they left the room. Soundwave smiled and shook his helm. That's my femme, he thought to himself. The twins continued to grumble about something or another as the humans returned. Miko was completely freaking out about the technology they had here. When they found out about how Silverspark and Solus had kicked everyone's afts and Solus' threat to Sideswipe they started laughing. Soundwave rolled his optics and left the room to look for Solus. He was suddenly stopped by Nexus standing right in his path with a dark look.
"I know about the darkness in your spark that Solus found, and I know exactly what you are, Soundwave. You're the descendant of Megatronus Prime, it's obvious by your optics. I swear if you ever try to betray or hurt Solus in any way, I will personally send you to the Pits myself. Got it?" he growled. Soundwave was slightly taken back by the mech's anger, but he understood why he'd be so protective over Solus. She is his sister after all and she was already offlined once.
"I do have darkness in my spark and it is because I am a descendant of The Fallen. But if you think I'd ever hurt Solus like he did then you don't know anything about me. I will never hurt her or treat her like an ordinary femme. I love her and I'm not about to screw it up." Soundwave shot back. He wasn't about to let Nexus intimidate him.
"Okay you're clear, you can court my sister." Nexus said with a smirk before starting to walk away, leaving Soundwave standing there in confusion. Solus walked up and smacked the back of Nexus' helm with a scowl. She heard him threaten Soundwave and she didn't like how he was testing him to see if he could court her. "Ow! What the frag is wrong with you Solus?"
"Stop messing with Soundwave." Solus stated. Nexus stuck his glossa out at her childishly and she stuck hers out too. Soundwave covered his mouth with a servo and held back a snicker. They were such younglings yet they were supposed to be the example of a "Prime". Solus turned to him with a raised optic ridge. "What's so funny 'Wave?"
"Nothing…" Soundwave mumbled, but he knew he wasn't gonna get out of it. Solus and Nexus smirked at each other before tackling Soundwave to the ground. He somehow ended up on his stomach with Solus sitting on his back. Nexus was standing nearby laughing his aft off at Soundwave's misfortune. Soundwave groaned and shook his helm. "Please get off of me, Solus."
"Hmmm nah." Solus hummed. Nexus smirked and leaned against the wall to see what was going to happen. Soundwave suddenly spun, rolling Solus off of him and he had his knee pressed against her chassis. Nexus' smirk faltered and turned into a genuine smile. He decided to leave the room (and make sure no one entered) so they could have some privacy. "Come on Soundwave, Nexus is in the room. Let me up."
"Actually he just left, we're alone Solus." Soundwave mused as they stood up. Solus looked around and nearly facepalmed. How did she miss Nexus leaving? He must be quieter than he let on. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Soundwave randomly kissed her. Across the room stood a silent, invisible figure smiling warmly at the sight in front of him. As a joke he started to play romantic music for the couple on his radio. Solus and Soundwave jumped and tried to find the source. Solus groaned when Mirage materialized out of nowhere. "Did he just…?"
"What? Scared that you found somebot that's a better spy than you Soundwave?" Mirage jested. He didn't trust Soundwave that well yet even though he knew that he'd never hurt Solus. He always felt protective over her, she was like a little sister to him. Mirage rolled his optics at the glare he received from Solus and Soundwave for interrupting them. "I can turn invisible, skill I was born with."
"One that you like to scare the slag out of me with instead of using it against the cons," Solus grumbled in annoyance. Mirage chuckled as Soundwave rose an optic ridge. Solus wasn't as childish with Mirage as she was with Nexus but she seemed more relaxed around them. "But at least I'm not the one who screamed when we were trapped in a base full of scraplet and the lights went out."
"I SCREAM ONE TIME! You're never gonna let me live that down, are you?" Mirage huffed. Solus snickered and shook her helm. Soundwave visibly shuddered at the thought of scraplets. He's seen many friends and teammates eaten alive by those vermin. Pretty much any Cybertronian has that's lived on Cybertron. They were even around before the war. "Why the frag were scraplets even created?"
"Ask Alchemist, he was the one who help create Cybertronians. I mainly helped with structures and weapons. Besides, they were more helpful than you think in the battle against Unicron, it's just afterwards that they became little demons." Solus snapped. Mirage rose his servos in defeat with a chuckle. Soundwave rolled his optics and left the two friends to argue.
Later that night everyone was sound asleep in bed except for Cody who was just finishing up something in the command center. He heard light pedesteps and turned, expecting to see an Autobot or Rescue Bot. But what he saw instead made him scream at the top of his lungs for someone to help him. A silver clawed servo grabbed him roughly with and evil smirk.
Solus jumped when the scream echoed throughout the base. It took her a second to register what was going on before she realized that someone was in trouble. And that someone had to be a human. She ran into the command center with the other Autobots, humans, and Rescue bots to see Starscream standing in the middle of the room with Cody in his grasp. Silverspark let out a low warning growl at the sight of her longtime enemy.
"So Starscream, it's not bad enough that you attack helpless younglings, now you're attacking human ones too?" she spat. Starscream rolled his optics at the pathetic Prime before him. He could care less about what he thought of her. He had questions that needed answered, and he wasn't about to lose his chance. The Autobots prepared their weapons and the Rescue Bots made sure that the other humans were out of the Decepticons' reach.
"I came here for answers and I expect to get them. Take another step closer and your dear Cody will be nothing more than a pile of goop on the floor. Got it?" Starscream snarled. Everyone froze, not daring to move a muscle as Cody struggled. Kade tried to take a step closer but Starscream stayed true to his word and squeezed Cody ever so slightly. The young boy gasped as breathing became harder. Everyone put away their weapons hesitantly to not anger the con anymore.
"Release him and we won't harm you. We'll give you answers if we think they should be answered, but don't drag the humans into this conflict." Smokescreen persisted. Starscream loosened his grip slightly so that he wasn't hurting Cody, but he still refused to free him. Optimus had to admit, he was slightly surprised when Solus had pulled him aside the day he returned and asked him to step down as leader for Smokescreen. Knowing that she knew what was best, he agreed after hearing the reason.
"You really think I'm scared of you? You're just a pathetic femme that grew up in a war and somehow became a Prime, Silverspark. I'm not scared of you either, Smokescreen. I've heard a great deal about you from Megatron." Starscream taunted. Silverspark flinched when he berated her. She always doubted herself on whether she deserved the title of Prime or not so his words wounded her deeply. "My questions are mainly pointed at Solus."
"I refuse to answer until I know that Cody will not be harmed. I give you my oath that if you release him now, I will answer any questions you may have so long as it does not aide the Decepticons or harms the Autobots." Solus growled. She stuck out a servo for him to shake, to seal the oath she promised. When Starscream hesitantly shook it her optics flashed white, making the oath final. He threw Cody to Heatwave, who dove to catch his human friend. "Now what is this all about? Why would Megatron send you here in the middle of the night alone?"
"I came on my own terms, Megatron doesn't even know I've left the Nemesis. This is more of a…personal level than what goes on between the Autobots and Decepticons. When you were in captivity Knockout visited you to tell you of Megatron's plans with Soundwave. He wanted Soundwave to forget his past and anything that might make him switch sides back to the Autobots, what he failed to notice is that I was right behind him." Starscream began. Solus narrowed her optics at the memory.
"You heard our little 'chat' about how he's done that before. I assume you also heard me announce that it was you whose memories he tampered with." Solus continued. Everyone but Optimus, Mirage, and the twins was confused and wondered what they were talking about. Ravage, however, knew exactly where this was going. "What do you want to know?"
"The truth, I want to know what Megatron took from me and who my supposed family is. You said yourself he made me forget that I had a family." Starscream reminded. Everyone's helm snapped towards the femme Prime. Her cool optics showed no emotion whatsoever as she planned her next move. She sent a quick comm. link to her brothers explaining what they needed to do. Their sharp gazes told her that she had some explaining to do but they agreed to help. "Well, don't I get an explanation?"
"You know, Starscream, there's a lot of things yet to be explained. I'm not so sure you want to know everything. But since you probably won't let us go back to bed until I give you an explanation…Nexus! Ravage! Hold him down!" Solus ordered. The two mechs rushed forward and slammed Starscream against the wall. Everyone let out a small gasp as Solus walked up to the struggling con. "I won't go back on my word, I gave the unbreakable oath. You want to know who you are? Fine, I'll show you."
"Solus are you sure…" Smokescreen trailed off at the burning glare from Solus. The femme turned back to Starscream and held his helm firmly. She narrowed the space between them until they were mere centimeters apart. It became awkward for Starscream but he had no time before Solus' optics glowed a bright white. Memories he never knew he had came back to him like a movie. When the light died down Starscream collapsed, but didn't fall to the ground because he was still being held by the two Primes.
"Now, I believe I have some things to explain to everyone. Silverspark, in short, Starscream is your older brother but he forgot about his family because Megatron had Knockout brainwash him. Before you get angry that Alpha Trion never told you it was because I'm the only other Thirteen member that knew it." Solus explained as she turned back to the group. Silverspark's optics were wide and she was filled with anger and doubt.
"You mean to tell me that Starscream, the fragger who attacked me as a youngling and just recently Cody, is my OLDER BROTHER? You can't be serious Solus! I refuse to believe that I'm related to that con!" Silverspark spat. Everyone heard groaning as Starscream woke up. His red optics were filled with fear and realization. He attacked his baby sister, the one that he swore he'd protect after he found out about her birth. Silverspark turned to leave with a growl. "Burn in the Pits Starscream."
"Silverspark please wait. It wasn't my choice to join the Decepticons, I was ambushed and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a med bay with no memories and Megatron began feeding me what I now know as lies." Starscream pleaded. Silverspark stopped in her tracks, trying to sort out her feelings on the matter. What if he was just trying to get on her good side? "Creator never told any of the Thirteen about me being his son because he had the same fear as Solus."
"He told me so I could keep an optic on him, but after the war began I lost track of him. Before I knew it I was fighting Starscream and he didn't remember me as his own aunt. There's a reason you're still alive today Silverspark. Starscream could feel a sort of familiarity about you when he attacked you." Solus continued. Silverspark turned to see that Nexus and Ravage were no longer holding him back. She sighed and walked up to her lost brother.
"I don't trust you, and don't expect me to do so until you really do prove yourself trustworthy. I will, however, forgive you. If only for the fact that you are my brother." Silverspark stated as she held out a servo for him to shake. She was surprised when Starscream suddenly pulled her into a hug. He was relieved to know that she forgave him. Solus smirked and began to leave the room.
"I believed I fulfilled my oath, goodnight everyone." Solus called over her shoulder as she left.
Okay a few things here so bear with me...
1. I wrote a poem based on Solus and it's called "Do You Hear Me?" Please read it :)
2. Yes I made Starscream Silverspark's brother...again. Sorry.
3. I auditioned for my school's musical today and I'm really nervous so fingers crossed!
REVIEWS ARE WELCOMED! :)