Transformers Galaxy Force: Thunder Storm

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Chapter 125

Fire billowed around him as he focused. Golden energy radiated from him, fueling the fire and shaping the raw material that melted and hardened in the blaze. Slowly, the area began to take shape, forming a complex, mechanical surface.

Super Starscream let his concentration wane, and the fires died. Another area of X2, completely reformatted just the way he wanted. Doing this took a great deal of power, so he would have to wait for at least a day before moving on.

Soundwave appeared on a holoscreen, "Super Starscream, Galaxy Convoy Soushireikan would like to speak with you, face to face."

"I'll come as soon as I have strength," Super Starscream said.

"Well… actually… he's demanding to come to you," Soundwave said nervously. "He, as well as Rodimus Convoy and Storm Gunner."

Super Starscream raised an optic ridge, "Storm Gunner? Never mind. Bring them." The holoscreen vanished, replaced by a Warp Gate opened by Soundwave. The group stepped through, with Rodimus carrying Thundercracker's unconscious form. "What do you want, Galaxy Convoy?" Super Starscream asked.

Galaxy Convoy held out a data disk, "This is the Treaty you had Noise Maze give me. It contains revisions that the Alliance requires you to accept before we can sign it."

"I will consider it," Super Starscream said, signaling to Soundwave to take the disk. "Is that all?"

"No," Galaxy Convoy answered. "We're willing to make an exchange. I'll remove your name from our list of enemies, if you can assist us." Galaxy Convoy signaled to Rodimus, who put Thundercracker's body down. "Thundercracker was badly damaged by Chromia, nearly killed. The mental shock has caused him to remember things in his past that have made him go insane. If you can save him, we can grant you amnesty for some of your past crimes. Not all of them, but enough to make you less of a threat."

"It seems a fair trade," Super Starscream said. "Unfortunately, the only thing I can do is erase his memory. It may help him, but it could also hurt him. He won't be able to remember a thing, not even his own name. Once I do this, he will never recover those memories."

"He'd be like a zombie," Storm Gunner whispered to herself. "Well, Soushireikan?"

Galaxy Convoy thought long and hard. While it would cure Thundercracker, would it be worth it? Could they condemn him like this? "Can you erase only his earliest memories, from before he became a Destron?"

"No," Super Starscream answered. "Its everything, or nothing. I can't be selective."

He came to a decision, "Do it. At least this way, he has a chance at being happy."

Super Starscream focused, drawing on all the power he had left. Golden light flowed across him, and he reached down, touching Thundercracker with his finger. The light flowed onto Thundercracker's body, and then faded. The glow also faded from Super Starscream as he rose, "It is done. Enjoy your stay."

"What?" Galaxy Convoy asked. "We're not staying here!"

"Well you're certainly not going home either," Noise Maze chuckled, having watched from the side. "You don't even know where you are."

Storm Gunner snarled. Noise Maze was right. She knew that when it came to astronomical navigation, star locations were indispensable. But this far away from the galaxy, they had nothing to go on. "What is the price for getting home," she growled.

"Not much," Super Starscream smiled. "Just the truth. Who are you, Storm Gunner?"

She backed up, surprised, "What do you mean?"

"I know that Rodimus Convoy and Coby Rumble are one and the same," Super Starscream explained. "So explain how he can be your sparkmate, and yet be involved with a Human named Lori Simmons."

Damnit! He backed us into a corner! Storm Gunner mentally cursed. Sighing, she changed back into a Human. "That is because what happened to him, happened to me. Coby is Rodimus, and I am both Lori and Storm Gunner," she explained.

"I see," Super Starscream muttered. "Very well, you may go." He opened a Warp Gate, revealing Planet Seibertron. "Don't try tracing it. You won't be able to."

Galaxy Convoy nodded, "Thank you." He picked up Thundercracker and took him through. Rodimus and Storm Gunner went to follow, only for the gate to close shut.

"Hey!" Storm Gunner yelled. "What's the big idea?"

"You're staying here," Super Starscream said. "Reformatting a planet takes time and power. Your power will come in handy."

"You said we could go!" Rodimus yelled.

Super Starscream shrugged, "I lied."

"Bastard!" Storm Gunner yelled, launching herself towards Super Starscream, drawing her blades. "GALE BLADE!"

"FORCE CHIP! IGNITION! VORTEX BLADE!" Super Starscream cried. His blade clashed against Storm Gunner's, forcing her back.

"RODIMUS CONVOY! SUPER MODE!" He swung his prongs forward, about to fire when a black blur struck him in the side of the head. He heard Condor screech in triumph moments before multiple blasts from Soundwave struck him in the back, knocking him down.

Storm Gunner continued to attack Super Starscream. "FORCE CHIP! IGNITION! CALIBER FLAME!" She followed up the blast of fire with a powerful sonic current, fanning the flames. "How's that? Can you take the heat?"

Super Starscream laughed as energy swirled around him, "I think the question is, can you?" The surrounding area burst into flames. Taking Storm Gunner by surprise. Condor struck her in the back of her head, causing her to loose her concentration. Super Starscream's fist followed, sending her into the scalding ground. The flames vanished as the Titan continued to laugh, "You can't win here. This is my turf, and I am in control. If you help enough, I may consider letting you go back." He turned away and left them.

"Are you all right?" Rodimus asked, crawling over to Storm Gunner.

"I'm fine," she replied. It was a lie. She was scarred, and angry. She knew Super Starscream would never let them go back now.

Soundwave landed next to them, Condor perched on his wing. "I'm afraid that's the way the cookie crumbles," the Xian said.

Rodimus rose to his feet, "Soundwave, you have ten seconds to tell me how we can get off this rock before I fry every circuit in your body."

"Super Starscream wants to study you two, to understand where you got your power, and how," Soundwave sighed. "He's challenging you."

Energy crackled at Rodimus Convoy's fingertips, "That wasn't what I said."

"If I told you how to leave, it wouldn't be a challenge, now would it?" Soundwave countered.

"I don't think so," Storm Gunner said. "Forcing the answer out of you is proving to be pretty challenging."

"Well, Soundwave?" Rodimus asked.

"Tell them," Super Starscream whispered to Soundwave over his communicator. Soundwave had left it open, so Super Starscream could listen in.

Soundwave sighed, "We've been working on a Space Bridge Generator. If you can make it work, you can go."

"Is that the only thing Super Starscream wants us to do?" Storm Gunner asked.

"Actually, yes," Soundwave admitted. "He had been hoping to get your help a long time ago. Now that he has the chance…"

Finding out the Generator's location, they transformed and flew toward it. As they flew, Storm Gunner moved close and whispered, "Rodimus, you know we're not allowed to let Super Starscream have Alliance technology. He hasn't accepted the revisions to the Treaty he sent."

"I know," Rodimus reassured her. "Who says we have to give him the technology?"

"You're going to…?"

"Don't say it out loud. If we can get the Generator to work, it will only work once."