The last chapter was very long but once I started it, the words started flowing. I know that I didn't put too much action to it, but it was a rescue mission not a full blown battle. Now, let's see what happens to our couple that fell out of the transport. I hope you are enjoying the story. Please take a moment to review. I read all of them. Thanks so much, enjoy!
Starscream managed to get him and the femme down to the dense forest floor below them. His thruster had been hit by shrapnel but as long as he flared his wings and bent the ailerons downward he was able to glide them down gently to the forest. Kiki had been shivering until she felt his arms gather her to him and then she looked grateful and relieved that he had rescued her. Megatron had warned him that this particular femme was fragile but Starscream could feel his spark reaching out for her. She was not anything that he would have picked for himself. She was small and petit, nothing like the tall willowy femmes that he normally went for, but she appealed to him for some reason that he didn't understand. Was this what Thundercracker felt when he had first seen Aura? Starscream was confused and compelled to have her near him at the same time but when she had fallen from the plane he had not thought twice to what he had done to save her.
"I have already commed Aura and she knows that we are safe. She told me that Megatron had reported that you caught me." She was looking up at him as he gently landed them in a small clearing. "I think I know where we are." She said softly. She reached inside her armor and produced a small data pad. After entering some projection points she smiled and said, "We are about twenty clicks from a waterfall. If I am not mistaken we there should be a cave beyond the waterfall where we have emergency supplies and backup energon, my lord."
"Good. I can fly us there if it is very short. My thruster took a beating but as long as it is not too far and we stay low we should make it." Starscream told her.
"Can you transform at all?" She asked.
"No, my thruster is useless in jet mode, but I have enough energy to lift us off the ground for a short distance." He replied.
"Good. Here are the coordinates. I think it is about 20 clicks to the south. If you can see in this early evening then it will be a tall waterfall among a dense forest." She said in her lilting voice.
"Ready?" Starscream asked and she nodded her head. He wrapped his arms around her tiny frame and she shivered from the contact and he eased his hold for a moment before tighten it and lifting off with her. She clung to his arms but Starscream noticed the vivaciousness of her expression. She loved being in the air and her eyes glowed with her happiness. Starscream smiled at her reaction. Maybe when they were back he could take her flying. He rose up over the tree tops but stayed close to the ground should he experience any problems.
Kiki was enjoying being in the air after over a year of being grounded. Fir the first time since her captivity, she felt free again and for that she would always be grateful to this beautiful red seeker that had given her this experience. She looked up at his face plates and thought that he was beautiful but then she blushed as her thought seem to linger on what could happen between them and fear set in.
Starscream felt her sudden tension and looked down to see the concern and fear cloud her face.
"Are you okay? Do we need to land?" He asked her.
"No, I… I'm… I'm fine." She said. Starscream could barely hear her over the roar of the wind. He kept going but whatever had caused her to tense had destroyed the mood of her happiness. After a few minutes in the air, Starscream saw the waterfall that was etched into the rock. He landed near it and they walked the short distance to the falls. The roar was deafening as they walked closer to the cave. Starscream noticed that Kiki took out a flashlight and turned it on. She pointed to the direction of the cave entrance and then he followed her to it. They walked under the falls and Starscream could see an entrance that had a partial wall to obscure it from at first glance. Only someone who knew that the entrance was there would be able to see it. They quickly entered and Starscream followed her further into the cave. He noticed that there was large area within as well as puddles where the water leaked from the roof of the cave. She led him to a smaller room and there he could see extra energon lanterns and a cot with a thermal blanket, two flat sheets, and a nice fluffy pillow. She reached beyond the cot and a panel slid open to reveal several cubes of energon.
"I hope you don't mind camping out in a cave for a night or two. It's all we have but we are lucky that we landed so close, my lord." She looked up as she began to strip her outer armor off so that she could get comfortable. He noticed that she placed a pistol under the pillow as she spread out the sheet and blanket.
"Is there another cot?" Starscream asked gently. Kiki blushed and looked down.
"My partner and I usually shared the one cot or we took shifts guarding the entrance." She said softly.
"Well my scanner did not pick anyone up trailing us. I think they were more interested in the transports." Starscream said. She watched him for a moment trying to decide if she should claim the cot or just let him have it. Of the two of them her skin would be worse for wear is she should sleep on the cold, rough, floor; but it wasn't fair to make him sleep on the floor too. Her fingers shook and she fiddled with them as she waited for him to say something. She looked up suddenly when he went down on one knee in front of her.
"Kiki, I will not touch you if we share the cot. You are tired from your scare and I am tired and sore from the shrapnel that hit my thruster." He looked at her carefully, his red optics trying to convey his sincerity so that she would not panic at his nearness. "I promise you that I won't do anything without your consent. We are only going to recharge." He said very softly, gently, trying to sooth her nervous spark.
Kiki looked at him and he could see the fear and wariness in her eyes. Starscream reached up and touched her face as he said, "What did they do to you?" So softly that Kiki wasn't sure if he was saying it to himself or that she was meant to hear him. Kiki was scared of him, but she couldn't quite say it because her vocals had frozen on her and she broke out in a cold sweat. She realized that he was waiting for her to say something. She looked at him and wondered if she could trust him. She watched him as she felt his warm metallic fingers on her skin. He was only touching her face, but she shivered because he was the first mech to ever touch him since she had come home from her captivity. It had been over a year, not even Magnus would touch her or Alpha Trion, but he had dared, ever so gently, but he had touched her and it wasn't really that bad. Maybe she could trust him and so she nodded her agreement very slowly.
It had felt like a lifetime before she had finally granted her consent and Starscream held back from smiling because he was afraid that she would misinterpret it into something sinister. He leaned back on his heels as she jerked away and turned back to finish making up the cot. He watched her for a moment before reaching over her and taking two cubes from the hidden compartment.
"This is a pretty nice setup." He commented as he handed her one cube.
"This is one of Cassie's doings. She has them setup in several strategic areas. The last three camps that we liberated were within two to three hours of the falls so it made sense to set it up here. They used this spot when they rescued me." She talked very softly as she told him about the falls and Starscream could tell that tonight had opened some old memories that she was trying to forget. They sat in silence as the sipped their energon and then Kiki quietly put her empty cube back in the compartment. He did the same as she turned back the sheet and blanket and scooted to the edge of the cot to allow him the other side. He quietly slid in, careful to let his wings hang off so that he could lie on his side. His legs were touching hers and he brought one arm under her neck as the other gently went around her waist. She stiffened and started to pull away but Starscream stopped her. He could feel her rising panic and he quietly began talking soothingly to her to relax her panicked processor.
"Easy Kiki, I won't hurt you. I am just trying to make us more comfortable. That's it." He softly whispered in her ear. She whimpered as she felt him pull her tighter to him, but then relaxed after she realized that he wasn't going to do anything more. She moved her legs in agitation and he realized that one of his legs fit snuggly between hers but she had not noticed it.
"Kiki it's okay. I am not going to touch you in any way without your consent." He moved his hand to the small of her back and began to rub soothing circles into her back. Her hands went up and clung to his other arm that was under her neck. "It's okay; I am not going to hurt you." He said softly and he felt her relax and her eyes begin to close. Her breathing evened out and Starscream noticed that she had gone into recharge. He could feel the pistol that she had placed under the pillow and he smiled. His little femme came prepared.
He turned his optics off as he held her close to his chassis and he allowed her even breaths and the steady pulse of her spark to lull him into recharge.
