Chapter 13
Skywarp walked down the dark, dreary path to the cell where his trinemate now resided. He ignored the watching optics from the other captives, some newly acquired Autobots, others were Decepticons who were being punished. Skywarp stopped outside of the designated cell and teleported inside.
"Hey, I brought you some energon and movies." Skywarp said softly as he held up the box he was carrying.
Thundercracker's optics onlined from the darkness. He was sitting on the small berth, much too small for a winged Cybertronian, his back leaning against the wall. Skywarp sat next to him, placing the box on his lap.
"You alright, TC?" Skywarp asked in the same voice.
"How long has it been now?" Thundercracker inquired in a low, tired tone.
Skywarp swallowed. "Nine orbital cycles." He said in almost a whisper.
"Has he said when he will let me go?"
Skywarp slowly shook his helm. "No. He hasn't said much, really. He did mention that you are still going to finish cleaning the waste pits."
"I'm going to kill him." Thundercracker grumbled, his optics narrowing.
"You aren't feeling claustrophobic, are you?"
"A bit. I think my pure rage is helping to keep my processor occupied. That, and all the slag you keep bringing me."
"I brought another videogame."
Thundercracker smiled faintly. "I love you, 'Warp."
"Love you, too." Skywarp had his own small grin.
"Let me see that energon."
Skywarp pulled out a cube from the box and handed it to his trinemate. Thundercracker quickly downed it and handed the empty cube back to the black Seeker.
"Need anything else?"
"To get out of here." Thundercracker grunted.
"I'm trying to expedite your release."
"Thanks. Primus, this is all slag." He sighed.
"Is everything repaired?"
"Yeah, Flatline fixed me up pretty well. Wasn't too bad. You know Starscream is better at speed than hard hits. How is he looking?"
"He's doing alright. Well, as alright as he can be right now. He rarely leaves his room. Only hangs out with Dawn for a few joors and sees Megatron for… You know."
Thundercracker exhaled heavily. "This needs to end." He grumbled.
"I know. But how?"
Thundercracker was silent for a moment. "I think we should just leave. Grab Star, Dawn, and the other Seekers and just go. Megatron is going to end up deactivating Starscream before too long. I know he can't handle all of this slag. If Megatron doesn't kill him first the stress will."
"How will we leave? Megatron would catch us in the act and have the other Decepticons attack us."
"I know. I'm working on it."
The two were silent for a few astroseconds before Skywarp spoke up. "Star has removed the wing inhibitor from Dawnstar."
Thundercracker gave him an incredulous look. "Seriously? He is trusting her not to run away again?"
"She hasn't tried anything since we got her back."
"She's going to escape again. Mark my words. That little brat is just trouble. Sometimes, I feel like I should have never told Screamer to keep her." He vented a sigh. "But then I remind myself that Moonstar would have only suffered longer and might still be suffering. And we would have never gotten to see Star so happy, even if it was only for a brief time…"
Skywarp chewed on his lower lip plate. "We'll get through this, TC. Star will smile again and Dawn will stop hating him."
"You honestly believe that?" Thundercracker grunted.
Skywarp swallowed. "I want too." He said weakly.
Thundercracker eyed him for a moment before wrapping an arm around his trinemate's waist and pulling him closer. "I hope you're right, Sky. Primus, I feel as if we are taking the punishments for the sins of the entire Decepticon army."
"Star took our punishments for vorns… Maybe it's our turn to get what we missed out on."
"Don't be so pessimistic, Sky. I prefer it when you cling to even the smallest sliver of hope." Thundercracker sighed.
"I'm trying." He said so softly.
"If we ever do get away from here, or the war ends soon, I'm going to kill Starscream. Slowly. Painfully. Don't let me forget, alright?"
Skywarp gave him the smallest of smiles. "I won't, TC."
Thundercracker faintly smiled back. "I'll let you get a few hits in."
"I know you will."
Thundercracker leaned closer and kissed his trinemate on the cheekplates. "I love you, 'Warp. I'll do my best to get us out of this situation. Just be ready when the time comes."
Skywarp swallowed before slowly nodding his helm. "Wanna watch a movie?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah, sure." Thundercracker smiled faintly.
Skywarp pulled out a datapad from the box and onlined it. Soon, a movie was playing on its screen as the two trinemates cuddled close to each other, just taking a break from all the stress in their lives.
"It sounds like they're fighting in there." Octane commented.
"I thought I heard some moaning." Rampage grunted.
"That sounds like a chair is being thrown." Scavenger said.
"I'm telling you guys, I really saw them interfacing!" Blitzwing exclaimed.
"Shhhh! I'm trying to hear." Swindle said quickly as he pressed his audio receptor to the closed door where many Decepticons were gathered.
"Megatron is probably just beating the slag out of Screamer for screwing up again." Drag Strip shrugged.
"Wait, listen!" Swindle held up a servo to draw their attention.
Immediately, everyone was silent. They all listened intently, trying to hear any… discernable sounds coming from within the Conference Room. A large smile spread across Swindle's visage.
"Oh, those are moans alright." He said triumphantly.
"Told you." Blitzwing said abruptly as he placed his servos on his hips.
"Does anyone have something to amplify those sounds?" Octane questioned.
"I might have something." Swindle said almost to himself as he opened a subspace pocket and began to rummage within.
"I'm telling you, the only reason he is Second is because he got it on with Megs." Horri-Bull stated.
"I find that plausible." Brawl grunted.
"Lucky Megatron…" Wildrider grumbled.
Everyone turned and looked at him. The Stunticon glanced around before turning to Drag Strip.
"Why they looking at me?"
Drag Strip vented a sigh. "You just made a fool of yourself… again."
"How so?"
"Oh, admit it: You all want to frag a Seeker." Mixmaster pointed out.
Everyone was silent for a moment before mumbling their agreement. They might not like Starscream, but they couldn't deny he was one hot looking mech. Especially with that thin waist and those hips…
"Found it!" Swindle announced as he pulled a device from the subspace pocket and victoriously held it up.
"Get it set up! I need to know what's happening!" Octane said quickly.
"Never rush espionage." Swindle replied as he calmly set the device against the door and proceeded to mess with it.
Everyone watched him, holding in their cycled air with great anticipation. Swindle finally finished his work and soon the sounds from within were greatly increased in volume allowing everyone gathered to hear.
They weren't disappointed.
"Oh, ah, ah, ah, hah, ah, oh, ah!" Starscream's vocalizer sounded along with the obvious clanging of metal bodies against each other.
"Told you!" Blitzwing whispered just loud enough over the sounds of moans so everyone heard him.
"Shhhhh!" Multiple vocalizers shushed him at once.
The Decepticons inched their helms a little closer as the pained moans continued until finally they heard both their leaders growling through their climax and all the sounds that accompanied spark bonding. Then, the loud exhales of them panting sounded for a bit before they heard them talking.
"I hate you." Starscream's disembodied voice managed between pants.
"Are you going to say that during every session?" Megatron's vocalizer grunted.
"Stop it! You don't need to touch me there!"
"I'm not doing anything."
"You were. Ack!" The Seeker exclaimed after the sound of him being backhanded across the faceplates.
"Turn around."
"Get off of me first."
"You have plenty of room."
"Wings, dumbaft. Ack! Hitting me is not going to make me move any faster! Ack!"
"Turn around." Megatron's vocalizer sounded very vexed.
"Stop it. I'm trying to-" There was a very loud clang followed by a pained grunt from Megatron. "Oh, did I just kick you where you do all your thinking these orbital cycles? Oh, my, what a bad, bad Seeker I am. Bad, Starscream." Starscream's very obviously feigned shock vocalizer sounded. "Oh, don't give me that look. You didn't want 'boring,' remember? Ack!"
The sounds of a scuffle then resonated from within. Clanging of thrown chairs, toppling furniture, peds scraping against the floor, and then thruster heels activating all joined in on the strange chorus.
"Starscream, get down!" Megatron's enraged voice roared.
"Why don't you come up here?" Starscream's almost erotic vocalizer purred.
There was some loud stomping before Starscream spoke again. "Don't you dare throw that at me!"
BANG!
"Missed!"
CLANG! WHAM! CRASH!
"For someone who used to transform into a gun you have terrible aim."
"Hold still!"
"NO!"
BANG! SMASH!
"AHHHH!"
There was the sounds of a struggle, more furniture being knocked over, than the clang of someone being slammed against a table. There was silence for a moment before the clanking of metal bodies ramming into each other followed by Starscream's moans reached the eavesdroppers' audio receptors.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, oh, hah, ah, ah, I, ah, hope, ah, ah, oh, that you, hah, ah, have your spike, ah, ah, cut off in battle. Hah, ah, ah, ah, and soon."
"I thought I said that I didn't want to hear you blabbering while interfacing."
"Boring…"
"Starscream." Megatron warned.
There some more sounds of twisting metal and then the obvious sounds of kissing. Very, deep, passionate kissing. All the listening in mechs' optics widened.
"Wow, they are certainly having a time in there." Drag Strip commented.
"With all that ruckus they are making I wonder how they were able to hide their… relationship for so long." Vortex said.
They continued listening in for another klik when they were startled by the vocalizer of someone just behind them.
"What are you doing here?" Shockwave demanded as the surprised optics all turned to him. "You have posts to be at."
Swindle immediately subspaced his device and took a couple of steps away from the door. The hallway was now silent except for Shockwave's vocalizer.
"Why are you all just standing there? Out of my way." He shoved past them to approach the door.
"Um, Shockwave, Megatron is in there." Wildrider said slowly.
"Of course he is, you imbecile. There is a meeting in two breems."
"No, Shockwave, what he means is-" Swindle started, but Shockwave interjected.
"Silence! I have work to attend to, as do you all."
He palmed open the door and took several steps in before stopping. Everyone crowded in the doorway behind him, trying to get a glimpse.
Starscream was leaning over the table, his digits tearing into its surface as Megatron was in the midst of thrusting into his Second. Starscream was gasping out pained moans, his helm lowered in complete submission to the warlord. Megatron was gripping the Air Commander by his red waist, keeping him in place.
Starscream slowly looked up, forcing a sly smirk when he saw Shockwave, but not noticing the peeping optics from within the doorway.
"Waiting for your turn, Shockwave? I imagine you are-ah, quite jealous since you-ah, ah, only ever wish to be topped by Megatron." The Seeker said with that smooth, honeyed vocalizer of his. "Please, don't cry-ah too much that you aren't in-ah my position. I'm sure if you make a-ah strong enough case to our-ah wonderful leader you will soon find yourself beneath him. Ah, he certainly doesn't seem able to keep it-ah between his legs. EEEEEGGGRRRRAHHH!" He screamed when Megatron gripped his wing and sadistically twisted and bent it so that it was almost completely folded over.
"Shut up, Starscream." Megatron growled as he grabbed Starscream's nape and forcefully slammed the Seeker into the table.
Starscream turned his helm so that Shockwave couldn't see as he fought back coolant tears, Megatron's thrusting only increasing in ferocity with his building rage.
Shockwave silently watched for a couple of astroseconds before speaking. "Apologies, Mighty Megatron. I did not mean to disturb you."
Megatron only spared him a quick, angry glare before resuming his concentration on his suffering Second. Shockwave quickly backed out of the room and shut the door. He didn't even look at the other Decepticons before pivoting on a heel and swiftly walking away. The others watched him go.
"So, you got it?" Drag Strip inquired as he leaned closer to Swindle.
Swindle smiled as he held up Reflector in his camera mode. "Oh, yes, I have it all."
Several Orbital Cycles Later:
Dawnstar walked briskly through the hallways of the Control Building towards her destination. Those who had been stationed on the Nemesis and thus knew her since she had been a sparkling all smiled and greeted her, while those who had only ever seen her as an adult flashed lustful optics and watched her aft. The black and red Seeker palmed open the door and trotted over to Soundwave.
"Hey, 'Wave!" She called just before she wrapped her arms around his neck from behind in a hug.
Soundwave didn't react. This wasn't the first time she had hugged him. "Hey." He intoned as he continued working.
"So, do you know where my sire is? I haven't seen him all orbital cycle."
"Starscream requested that you remain oblivious to his current location. Reasons: For your safety."
"Slag that. Where's my dad?"
"Soundwave: Not permitted to disclose Seeker Starscream's current whereabouts."
Dawnstar's arms tightened their grip around his neck. "Soundwave, please tell be."
"Negative."
"Dammit, come on! How am I supposed to trust him ever again if he keeps shutting me out?!"
"Request: Do not shout in Soundwave's audio receptor."
"Ugh! Fine, I'll find him myself." She groused as she removed her arms from the Communications Officer's neck and stomped away.
"Not advisable." Soundwave said just before the door hissed shut behind the femme.
Dawnstar shoved past mechs in the hallways, making her way to her sire's office. She palmed open the door and entered. Empty. Her wings flicked in irritation before she walked out. She kept looking around the base, asking mechs if they had seen him until one finally pointed her in the direction of the prison.
She was confused at first, but then again he might be visiting Thundercracker since he was still locked away. She transformed and flew to it. Upon arrival, she brushed past the guards and soon stopped before the blue Seeker's cell.
"Hey, Uncle TC." She said softly.
"Dawn? What are you doing here?" He grunted from the darkness, the only light coming from a datapad that he was reading and the glow of his optics.
"Have you seen dad?"
His optics narrowed. "I have, but I don't think you should bother him right now. He shouldn't take long. Just go back to the house and I'll let him know you are looking for him."
"Why are you still trying to keep secrets from me!? You guys want me to trust you and yet you don't trust me!" She exclaimed exasperatedly.
"Dawn, it's for your own good. Some things are just better left unknown."
"Oh, like how I was an accident?"
"Don't you dare start that again." He said dangerously.
"This is ridiculous." She snapped as she crossed her arms. "I need to talk to my sire. I am trying to learn to trust him again, TC. You think I want to be fighting with him all the time?! He was my best friend for my entire life and I want to go back to that. I miss being able to trust him. Please, where's my dad?"
Thundercracker vented a sigh as he looked down. "Dawn, he's just doing something that you wouldn't be able to handle. Something that wartime sometimes forces us to do." He explained gently.
She swallowed. "Is he killing?" She said in almost a whisper.
Thundercracker looked up at her. "Dawnstar, go get a guard and ask them to get your sire. Just, don't go looking for him. Stay here with me until he arrives, okay?"
"So he is in here." She said a little firmer.
"Yes, he is, but he cannot be disturbed. Just call a guard and have him get Starscream."
"I'm fully capable of navigating the prison." Was her curt reply before walking off.
"Dawnstar!" Thundercracker leaped to his peds and ran to the energon bars. "Dawnstar! Don't go that way! Dawn, get back over here!" He called after her, but she ignored him.
The young Seeker walked by all the cells filled with Empties, a few Autobots, and misbehaving Decepticons. The various colored optics all watched her, catcalls and whistles coming from some. She swallowed when vulgar comments reached her audio receptor.
She soon passed the cells and proceeded deeper into the building. She stopped and raised her wings when she heard a familiar vocalizer. She quickly followed it through the hallways until she stopped at an ajar door. She peeped inside, swallowing at what she saw.
"I'm getting tired of asking the same questions, Autobot." Starscream grunted as he lightly tapped the end of the metal rod that he held against the palm of his other servo. "Answer me and I promise a quick end awaits you."
Dawnstar moved her helm, trying to see who the Autobot strapped to the chair was, but her sire's wing blocked the view. Her optics widened in horror when she heard that voice.
"As I stated before, lout, I possess no information that would benefit you." Mirage replied coolly.
Dawnstar started to tremble when her sire moved and she could finally see the abused frame of the mech she had recharged with and even befriended. He was dented all over from being kicked and beaten, tears scattered over his chassis with energon leaking from them, and part of his face had been carved away, energon oozing from his olfactory sensor and mouth. He was black at parts where they had burnt him, and at some places his plates were so torn that his inner wires were visible.
Starscream lowered his helm so that his visage was in Mirage's, so close that their olfactory sensors were almost touching. "I'm not known for my patience, Mirage." He said in almost a whisper, his words venomous as they flowed smoothly from his lip plates. He then smirked that infamous sly, sexy smirk of his. "I have heard that your little 'friends' already distrust you. Falsely accusing you for betraying them. Why would you ever defend those who obviously dislike you?" His honeyed words were mellifluous, almost trusting and believable. "You don't deserve them. They have only ever wronged you." He eyed Mirage for a few astroseconds before continuing. "Why do you insist on protecting them when they will only eventually throw you away and label you as 'traitor?'"
Mirage spat a mouthful of energon onto Starscream's faceplates as his answer. Starscream didn't move, didn't respond. He calmly straightened himself out, unsubspaced a cloth, wiped his face clean, then viciously struck his metal rod across Mirage's cheekplate's eliciting a pained gasp from the spy.
Dawnstar covered her mouth to keep from screaming, her optics wide with horror.
"Increase by ten and shock him." Starscream ordered Vortex who stood by the controls for the electric seat.
"Yes, sir."
The Combaticon turned the necessary dial and then pressed the button to send thousands of bolts through the wires and into the Autobot. Mirage cried out as he was painfully electrocuted, his servos clenching and optics offlined. Starscream and Vortex just watched as if it was a normal scene like drinking energon. Dawnstar couldn't take anymore of it.
"Mirage!" She cried as she forced the door open and bolted in.
"Dawnstar! What are you doing here?!" Starscream shrieked as he spun around to see his daughter rushing in.
The femme shoved a confused Vortex aside and quickly shut off the torture device. Mirage's frame instantly slumped, his cries now replaced by heavy pants. Dawnstar ran to him and began to swiftly remove the wires from his frame, coolant pooling in her optics.
"Oh, Mirage, I'm sorry. Are you okay? I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said quickly as she worked.
"Dawnstar?" Mirage asked weakly as he looked up at her.
Starscream grabbed her by the arm and forcefully yanked her off and away from the Autobot.
"Let go of me! Dad, stop it!" She screamed as she struggled and kicked at him.
"Vortex, continue with the interrogation." Starscream snapped before dragging his creation out of the torture chamber.
"No! Mirage! Let go of me!"
Starscream ignored her, taking her further away before slamming her back against a wall and pinning her there.
"Ow! Daddy, please!" She cried, coolant leaking from her static filled optics, her frame trembling.
"WHAT THE SLAG ARE YOU DOING HERE!? "He shouted in her faceplates. "WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FREE HIM?! HE'S OUR ENEMY!"
"Daddy, please, don't yell at me." She whimpered as she tried to free herself from his much too tight grip around her wrists.
"ANSWER ME! WHY WERE YOU TRYING TO FREE HIM?! DAWNSTAR! THIS IS SERIOUS! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"
"You're scaring me! Please! Daddy, you're hurting me! I'm sorry! Daddy…!" She barely managed out from between loud, terrified sobs.
His wings lowered as he began to calm down. He released her and she fell to the floor, covering her faceplates as she cried. He vented a sigh as he rubbed his temples.
"Dawn," He said softly as he crouched beside her. "I apologize. I let my emotions take control of me. I shouldn't have yelled at you or pinned you against a wall. That was stupid of me. Sweetie, princess, I'm so, so sorry for that."
"I thought-I thought you were going to hit me." She said between sobs as she finally looked up at him.
"I would never hit you." He said firmly. "I love you, Dawn. I was wrong to have done that to you. Words cannot even begin to describe how sorry I am for treating you like that."
She wiped some of her coolant tears away. "Daddy, why are you hurting him?"
His wings flicked. "He's our enemy. He has valuable information that will help us defeat the Autobots and we must obtain that information. We are simply trying to get him to acquiesce it."
"Why do you have to hurt him, though?"
"There's no other way to get him to tell us."
"Please, daddy, please don't hurt him." She begged. "He was nice to me when I was with the Autobots. He-" She swallowed. "He became a friend."
Starscream's optics narrowed. "The Autobots are our enemies, Dawnstar. They are not your friends."
"But, daddy, he was-"
"No, Dawnstar. He was trying to manipulate you and take you away from me. Away from your family. You cannot trust the Autobots. Ever."
"No, no you're wrong. He and the others were kind to me. They-they never tried to hurt me."
"Dawnstar, you cannot trust them. Look at me. Dawn, princess, some things are far more complicated than you realize. That Autobot doesn't care for you. None of them do. Only your uncles and I are the ones you should trust. Sweetie, please, don't cry."
"You're hurting him! Why do you have to do that? Why can't you have Soundwave read his processor or something?"
"Not everyone's thoughts are so easy to read. He has been trained to block out Soundwave. No, we must resort to other methods." He tried to gently explain.
"So you torture him!?"
He vented a tired sigh. "Dawnstar, there are some 'bots who simply must be treated in less than 'civil' ways."
"No, you're hurting him. He doesn't deserve to be hurt."
"Dawnstar, I-Dawnstar!" He shouted when she leaped to her peds and bolted away.
He chased after her, their thruster heels clanking loudly as they ran. Thundercracker looked up when the two Seekers passed by his cell. His optics narrowed.
"I told him not to trust her." He mumbled to himself as he returned his optics to his datapad. "But does anyone listen to me? Nope!"
Dawnstar rushed out of the building, transformed, and flew away. Starscream followed after her, thankful he had refueled earlier. The two Seekers reached Mach 3 in astroseconds, soon out of the safe skies of the base. Dawnstar twisted and rolled through the towers of the ruined city, trying to lose her sire so that she could be alone. She just couldn't deal with him right now.
Starscream stayed right behind her, desperate to not lose her again. His creation shot through the open side of a tower and out the other side, him just behind her. She dove downward, pulling up at the last astrosecond to fly feet above the ground. Starscream easily performed the maneuver, being the one who had taught it to her.
Dawnstar continued trying to lose him for several breems, unsuccessful until she managed to gain some distance from him. She then dove into a building, transformed, and hid behind a wall. He flew in and passed her, having not seen her transform. He soared out the other end, then started to circle around, searching for her. She wasted no time and found the stairs. Quickly and silently, she ran down them just as she heard her sire reenter the structure. She hid in a small room and listened to the sound of his thruster heels clacking on the floor above her.
"Dawnstar, please. Don't run away from me." He called to her, his vocalizer worried. "Princess, I'm sorry I scared you. I'm sorry that things are so unfair." He paused. "Why don't we go back to the house and talk things through?"
She held her intakes as she heard him moving objects around. After a bit he stopped.
"I'm sorry, Moonstar. I just wasn't meant to be a sire." His vocalizer was quiet now.
Dawnstar swallowed. The distinct sound of a transformation echoed through the building followed by the roar of Seeker engines. Dawnstar listened as it quickly died out and everything was quiet.
The femme cautiously stepped out of the room and proceeded to approach a window. She could see him flying away, soon disappearing in the distance. She climbed out of the window, transformed, and flew in the opposite direction.
It was nighttime as Dawnstar walked the lonely streets of the once heavily populated city of Kaon. The clipping of her thruster heels was the only sound that greeted her audio receptors.
She had been wandering for joors now, only seeing a few Empties every now and then. she was nervous about what she had seen. Why did Mirage have to be tortured? Why did the Autobots have to be their enemies? They had been so nice to her.
She was mad at her sire, which made her mad at herself. She wanted to trust him again, to be friends with him again, but he kept doing such horrible things. Why couldn't everything go back to the way it used to be? When they were friends and Moonstar was still around? Why did they always take a step back when it seemed as if they were moving forward?
She wiped the coolant tears that were leaking down her cheekplates. It just wasn't fair! Nothing was fair these orbital cycles. She felt as if she would never be able to trust her sire again.
"Hey there, gorgeous." A large mech grinned lustfully at her.
"Slag off. I'm not in the mood." She snapped as he wings raised threateningly.
"Ooh, feisty one, ain't she?" Another mech chuckled as he stood next to the first.
"I like them a little wild." A third one replied.
Dawnstar turned and started to walk down another street. The mechs followed her.
"Hey, where you going, hot thang?!"
"Oh, look at dat aft!"
"Hubba hubba!"
Her optics narrowed, but she kept walking. Her wings flicked in warning as three other mechs joined in with the rest.
"Hot damn!"
"Come here, Sexy!"
"Bow-chicka-wow-wow!"
She flicked a rude Vosian hand gesture over her wing as she continued on her way, paying no heed to their almost approving "ohs."
"Aw, don't be like that." The first mech said as he grabbed her by the wing and forcefully pulled her closer.
"Let go of me!" She bellowed as she spun around and punched at him.
"You sure this is a Seeker and not a turbofox?" Another one joked.
The others chuckled. Dawnstar's optics only narrowed to thin slits.
"Release me, or I will have my sire send the entire Decepticon army after your sorry skid plates." She said firmly, hiding her fear.
"Oh, now she's threatening us!" The one that held her mockingly called out causing the others to laugh.
She kicked his shin guard, but he didn't seem to have felt that.
"Enough of this. Let's just get it on!" One exclaimed.
"Yeah!"
"I want a turn with that aft!"
"I go first! "The one that held her yelled.
Dawnstar started to struggle harder when he grabbed her wrists and forced her to turn around.
"Let go of me! Ah! Stop it! Release me at once!" She screamed as she kept kicking.
The mech positioned himself behind her, one servo gripping her waist while the other held a wing. Another mech grabbed her wrists and kept her from being able to fight back. She refused to stop fighting and kept trying to escape. The large mech released her wing to grab at her codpiece, trying to force it away. Dawnstar stomped on his ped, screamed, and tried everything to free herself.
He grasped her codpiece and painfully tore it away causing her to shriek in agony. She tried to keep her legs together, but the other mechs gathered around and forced them apart. She was beginning to panic, desperate to be free when she heard the large mech's codpiece slide away. She screamed when he forcefully entered her and began to brutally thrust into her. She was bawling, coolant leaking from her optics as she yelped from his every thrust.
The mech holding her wrists leaned in and captured her lip plates in a kiss, forcing his glossa inside her mouth. She jerked her helm away, but he grabbed her neck with one servo while the other still held her wrists.
She bit down on his glossa making him jump back and cry. The mech slapped her across the faceplates, eliciting another pained shriek from her. He grabbed her mandible tightly, his fist raised to deliver a punch to her face. She grabbed at his wrist, still crying from the horror of being thrust into by her rapist. She offlined her optics, waiting for the fist to make painful contact with her frame.
The mech about to punch her suddenly screamed in pain as a laser shot his raised fist. He fell back, grasping the stub that remained, spoke wisps rising from it.
Dawnstar looked up when the roar of a Seeker engine thundered overhead. The other mechs looked up also, the one ceasing in his thrusting.
The sound of someone transforming was quickly followed by a streak of red and white crashing into the large mech's helm and shoulder, slamming him to the ground. Dawnstar scurried away when she was finally free, falling to the ground from the pain between her legs. She looked back at the chaotic scene of the six grounders battling the new arrival.
"Daddy?" She said weakly as she watched.
Starscream aimed his null rays at the Empties as he stood on the heavily leaking mech that was twitching from his injuries. The Air Commander fired at them just before they charged. He leaped up, transformed, and took off. They watched him as he flew a distance then circled back. His strafing rounds shot all around them, striking a few as the others dodged. He transformed again and landed on another mech, slamming him into the ground to receive the same injuries as the large mech.
He fired more shots, one grounder managing to get beside him and lunge forward. Starscream caught his wrists and threw him to the ground, but this only allowed another to tackle him from behind. Starscream grabbed at the arms wrapped around his neck, trying to pry them off. The Decepticon SIC rolled onto his back, on top of the grounder, and activated his thruster heels. The mech cried out as his back plates were painfully dragged along the rough ground, tearing him apart. He finally released Starscream and the Seeker flew up. He landed back down beside the mech, summoned his sword from subspace, and stabbed the mech through the spark chamber.
Dawnstar was trembling as she watched her sire fight, the one mech who had entered her soon getting up and rushed in on the fight. She was terrified and in shock, not knowing what to do.
Starscream stabbed another mech through the helm, then spun around and took on the massive grounder. One of the other Empties rushed over and stabbed a large, sharp piece of metal into Starscream's back thigh. Starscream growled, before spinning around and decapitating the mech in one fluent motion.
Starscream twisted around and stabbed his one sword into the abdominal plates of the large grounder, causing him to bend over as he gripped his wound. Starscream shoved a cluster bomb into the grounder's mouth and down his throat. The mech jumped back, grasping at his neck just before his helm and part of his shoulders exploded.
Starscream looked up at the one-handed mech trying to crawl away. He approached, limping badly from his wound.
"Please, don't!" The grounder pleaded as he looked up at Starscream.
"Shouldn't have touched my daughter." Starscream said coldly before plunging his sword through the Empty's spark chamber.
Starscream stood panting for a moment before reaching back at the metal embedded in his limb. He yanked it out, gritting his denta as he did so, oblivious to the last surviving grounder slowly approaching him with a pistol.
Starscream's wings twitched. He spun around and grabbed the mech's wrists. The grounder was slightly stronger though, and managed to keep his weapon aimed at the Air Commander's cockpit. Starscream's wounded leg was sending piercing waves of pain through his systems as he tried to fight back his opponent.
His optics widened when a shot was fired. He looked up at the mech, who was just staring at him before energon began to ooze out of his mouth. Starscream stepped back and released the mech as he fell to the ground.
The tri colored Seeker turned around to see Dawnstar holding up her pistol, shaking uncontrollably. He vented a sigh before limping over to her.
"Dawn?" He asked softly.
"Oh, Primus, I just killed someone!" She exclaimed, before dropping her gun.
"Sweetie, look at me." He said as he painfully bent beside her.
She did so slowly, her magenta optics so wide and terrified. He quickly looked her over, assessing the damage to her frame.
"Daddy?" She said in almost a whisper.
"I'm here. No, keep your optics on me."
"You're-you're leaking." She swallowed.
"Yeah, I do that a lot. Don't look at my wounds. Keep your optics on mine. Good femme. Can you walk?"
"I-I don't know. It hurts. Primus! Daddy, they-they-"
"Shhh, shhh! Focus on me. Don't think about it. Stay calm. You're going to go into shock. Look me in the optics and only there. Okay, I need you to inhale and exhale slowly. No, slower. That's it. Just cool your systems down. Keep your optics on mine. Now, I'm going to help you up and we are going to get somewhere safe until help arrives. Alright?"
"Okay, daddy." She said so quietly.
"Take my servo. Alright, just focus on my optics, don't look down." He then proceeded to stand, ignoring the horrible pain in his leg. "Now, get up slowly. That's it."
"Ow! Daddy, it hurts!" She cried as coolant began to pour out anew.
"I know, love. I know it does. But you have to fight it."
She wrapped her arms around him when she was finally standing, crying loudly into the crook of his neck. He hugged her back, holding her close.
"It's alright, princess. I'm here now. Nothing is going to happen to you when I'm around."
"Daddy, they-"
"Shhh, don't think about it. I got you. I'm contacting Uncle 'Warp, okay? He's going to come get us."
"Okay," She whimpered softly. "Daddy, I'm feeling a bit dizzy."
"Focus on me. Your systems are going into shock. Just think about how you are safe with me. I got you."
"Okay, I'm trying, but I'm so scared. Daddy, I-"
"You're safe. Say it. Say that you're safe with me."
"I'm safe with you." She said weakly.
"That's right. Just concentrate on that fact." He then pressed two digits to the side of his helm. "Starscream to Skywarp. Do you read me? Come in, Skywarp?" He paused. "Commander Starscream to Hotlink, Nacelle, Ramjet, Contrail, and Acid Storm. Do you read me? Repeat, do you read me?"
There was a pause then, ::Contrail to Commander Starscream. Read you, but there is some interference.::
"Copy that. I am in need of an emergency evac. Sending my coordinates, now. Bring medic."
::What have you gotten yourself into this time, Stars?::
"Irrelevant. Just get your aft over here. And quickly."
::Roger that. The cavalry is coming, boss.::
"Good. Starscream out." He ended the call before turning to his daughter. "Backup will be here soon. Think you can walk to that structure?" He nodded his helm towards the nearest building.
Dawnstar lifted her helm up to see. She slowly nodded.
"I think so." She replied softly.
"Good. Focus on me and ignore the pain."
"Daddy, can you walk it with your damaged-"
"I've survived much worse. Just a paint scratch." He smiled faintly at her.
"Dad, I don't think-"
"Put your arm over my shoulder." He said as he made her do just that. "Now, I want you to take your time. Lean on me if you feel the need."
"Can't we fly over?"
"I would if I could. My thruster is offline thanks to some of my wires being cut by that chunk of metal. If you want to fly over-"
"No, I'll stay with you." She said quickly.
"Alright then." He smiled at her. "Let's go."
He started to walk ahead, ignoring the pulsating pain from his leg as he helped his daughter along. She was gasping and groaning from the pain between her legs which made walking or moving her legs a miserable effort. It was only made worse that she wasn't use to pain, having been treated so kindly by her creators her entire life.
They finally arrived at the building and made their way inside. Starscream set his daughter down on an old couch and made her lie across it. He sat down next to her and lovingly held her servo.
"You doing alright?" He inquired softly.
She swallowed. "I don't know. It hurts a lot. Daddy, I thought I was going to be deactivated! They just-they just grabbed me and-and-"
"Calm down. They didn't deactivate you. I destroyed them. I saved you. You're safe now. Hey, look at me." He leaned a little closer to her. "You were very brave. Not everyone is able to pull out a gun and make a successful shot like that in such situations."
"I killed someone." She said barely audible.
"You were only defending yourself. If you hadn't done that he might have managed to deactivate me and then would do the same to you. You did nothing wrong."
"I feel like… I just don't know what to feel."
"At least you're feeling something. Better that than not feeling at all."
She was quiet for a few astroseconds. "How did you find me?"
He smiled faintly. "I'm your sire. I just know these things. I felt a strong urge to go in that particular direction and then I heard you screaming."
"Sorry I ran off like that. I just… I needed to get away."
"Understandable. I sometimes need to get away as well. But, how about your room be your own place to hide out."
"Yeah, I can do that." She nodded slowly.
He leaned forward and kissed her on the brow. "I'm sorry I raised my vocalizer at you. I'm sorry that this has happened. I was just-"
"Dad, how about we talk about that later. I need to hear something positive right now."
"You're a very tough femme. Get it from me."
"I only get my stubbornness from you." She smiled.
"I think you get a few other things from me as well." He said before kissing her brow again.
"I get my good looks from mom."
He smiled a little wider. "Yes, you get it from her and me. You also-" He paused, suddenly placing a servo on his helm as his optics offlined.
"Dad, what's wrong?" She asked quickly.
"Dawn, don't scream or go anywhere. Stay right here until help arrives." He said quickly as he turned away from her, still clutching his helm.
"Why are you telling me this? Dad, you're scaring me."
"I'm fine, I just-" He inhaled deeply, his helm dizzy, vision fading, and that faintish feeling pulsating through his processor. "I'm fine. I-Help is coming, princess. Just stay put. You're sa-"
Dawnstar gasped when her sire suddenly went limp and fell to the floor. His optics offline and systems shutting down from lack of fuel. She didn't speak for what felt like an eternity to her, terrified of being alone.
"Daddy?" She asked in barely a whisper.
She tried to sit up, but that only brought more pain. She fell back down, cycling air to keep her systems cool. The black and red Seeker started to tremble. She was alone, wounded, and unable to defend herself. If her sire hadn't had shown up when he did…
He did love her. She could clearly see that. He had stepped in front of Megatron's fusion cannon to save her, and now just saved her from being deactivated from rogue Empties despite being so low on fuel. He never thought about his own wellbeing, just dove in and did what needed to be done to protect her.
But she still felt uncomfortable around him. Maybe he hadn't meant for Moonstar to get deactivated, but he still had hurt her, had raped and abused her, and had done horrible war crimes. He may not commit such atrocities against her, but it was still so shocking that it was hard not to feel like he was a threat.
She looked down at him and swallowed. She wanted to trust him again. But she wasn't so sure what to think of him now.
It was several breems later until the sound of Seeker engines roared overhead. Dawnstar smiled as she heard them land outside, that discernible clacking of thruster heels invading the outside.
"We're in here!" She called out, trying to prop herself on her elbows despite the pain.
"We're coming!" Sunstorm's vocalizer shouted.
Soon, a dozen Seekers were rushing towards them, half dropping to their knees to help the Air Commander while the others turned to the femme.
"What happened?" Nacelle demanded as he unsubspaced his medkit and went to work on Starscream's wounded thigh.
"I-I was attacked by Empties." Dawnstar said softly as Sunstorm and Slipstream began to treat her wounds. "Dad rescued me and was hurt. He fell into stasis lock shortly after getting us here."
"We need to get them to Hook." Hotlink said as he started to pick up Starscream.
"Where's Skywarp when you need him?" Contrail grumbled.
"I think he's with Thundercracker. Can't receive our calls when in the prison." Bitstream pointed out.
"I'm going to carry you, Dawn." Sunstorm said as he placed a servo on her back and his arm under her thighs. "Just look at me and not at your frame."
"Dad said the same thing. What does it look like?" Her optics were wide.
"You're fine, Dawnstar." Slipstream said abruptly. "You'll survive, you just need to stay calm."
"Come on! Let's get going!" Contrail ordered as Hotlink hoisted Starscream's limp frame up and carried him bridal style, just how Dawnstar was being carried.
"Skywarp! Thunder!" Red Wing exclaimed as he skidded to a stop before the cell door.
"What? What is it?" Thundercracker demanded from where he sat on the berth with his trinemate.
"Starscream and Dawnstar are hurt. They're in the medbay." Red Wing explained as he put in the code to unlock the door. "Starscream said you can leave your cell long enough to visit."
"Primus, what has he done this time!?" Thundercracker said exasperatedly as he and Skywarp rushed out of the cell and ran.
They transformed and flew once out of the prison, the three Seekers quickly made their way to medbay.
Starscream was lying on his front on a medberth when his trinemates ran in. They instantly were at his side, Thundercracker holding a blue servo.
"Star, what happened?" Thundercracker anxiously asked, his faceplates in Starscream's.
"Give me a moment. I'm still getting fuel in me." Starscream said slowly. He was silent for a moment before continuing. "Dawn saw me torturing that Autobot and tried to free him. I got pissed and… I scared her. She ran away and I gave chase. Ow! Hook, I need that leg!"
"Continue your tale and ignore me." Hook grunted as he repaired the gash in the Seeker's thigh.
Starscream didn't speak immediately. "I chased after her and eventually lost sight of her. I searched for cycles until…" He swallowed, his servos trembling some.
"What, sweetspark? What happened?" Thundercracker said in almost a whisper.
"I heard her screaming, TC." Starscream said just loud enough for his trinemates and Hook to hear. "I saw her being raped by some Empty grounders. They had already taken her and were beating her. I flew in, disregarding my low fuel levels. I deactivated them all, but I was still too late." He optics narrowed and servo gripped Thundercracker's tighter. "They raped my little femmling. She should have never been hurt. I failed to protect her."
"No, Star, you didn't. You were still there. If you hadn't shown up Dawn might not be alive still. You did your best, and you still saved her in the end." Thundercracker said quietly.
"Yeah, Scream, you still saved Dawnie and she's safe now." Skywarp added.
Starscream's wings lowered. "She should never suffer. I promised Moonstar that I would protect our creation. She wasn't supposed to ever be raped or hurt. I failed to save Moonstar and now I-"
Thundercracker leaned forward and silenced Starscream with a kiss. Starscream didn't kiss back for several astroseconds, feeling filthy since he had kissed Megatron so many times.
"Stop blaming yourself for things you have no control over, Star." Thundercracker said sternly, his vocalizer only loud enough for his trineleader to hear. "It's not your fault."
"Don't kiss me. I'm filthy." He said barely louder than a whisper.
Thundercracker's optics narrowed before he once again captured his trinemate's lip plates in a loving kiss. An ebony servo grasped the back of Starscream's helm as the kiss deepened, his glossa soon entering the Air Commander's mouth.
Hook rolled his optics, trying his best to just concentrate on fixing his patient. Starscream broke the kiss, biting his lower lip plate.
"Please, don't. He touched me." Starscream whispered.
"I don't care. You're my trinemate and I love you."
Starscream was silent for a moment, swallowing before he spoke. "Love you too, Thunder." He looked up. "And you, 'Warp."
"We'll get through this, Star. I'll make sure of it." Thundercracker said before kissing his trineleader again.
It was cycles later before Hook finally released the Seekers and Thundercracker was taken back to his cell. Dawnstar held her sire's servo all the way back to their house, still shaken up about the earlier events. She even refused to recharge on her own and snuggled close to him in his berth, Skywarp against her back. It took Starscream a while to fall into recharge. He just hugged his daughter close, never wanting to release her ever again.
"Dad?" Dawnstar said when she onlined the next orbital cycle.
"Hmm?" He sleepily acknowledged, still holding her close.
"Daddy, please don't be mad, but," She swallowed. "Please, release Mirage."
His optics onlined, blood red locked on magenta as he eyed her. "Why?" He demanded.
"Because, he isn't a bad mech. Please, daddy, let him go. Don't keep him locked up. Please stop hurting him." She begged softly.
"Dawn, he is our enemy. He's not to be treated like a friend." He said gently as he stroked her helm.
"Why? What has he done to us to deserve such treatment? I thought you said you fought so that everyone would be equals. Isn't he our equal? Doesn't he deserve the same rights as us? Shouldn't we do what we can to stop this war and let him go? Daddy, he was kind to me. He never hurt me. He had the perfect opportunity to while I was with the Autobots and he didn't. He was nice to me."
Starscream just looked at her for a long, silent moment. "Princess, things are not that simple. I can't just go around releasing Autobots."
"But, you're the Second in Command. You are supposed to be able to do anything, right?"
He swallowed. "Why do you want the Autobot freed?"
"Because, it isn't right. Dad, please. Please do it… for me?"
There it was. His greatest, unknown weakness. "I'll see what I can do, princess." He finally said after a bit.
Dawnstar smiled. "Thanks, dad."
"But, I require a hug and kiss first." He said firmly with a smirk.
Dawnstar nodded her helm before kissing him on the cheekplates and then hugging him tightly. Starscream swallowed as he held her. Someone wouldn't be thankful for this…
Mirage's optics onlined when the energon bars to his cell dispersed. Starscream stood there, Skywarp to his left and Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust just behind. The noble eyed them for a long moment before speaking.
"Execution time already?" He asked as if he were discussing the weather.
"Your release, Autobot." Starscream grunted. "Get up before I change my processor."
Mirage raised an optical ridge. "I did not realize you had called the other Autobots."
"Was I not clear? Get up!"
Mirage did so calmly, and approached. He stepped out of his cell and glared at Starscream before walking forward, the Conehead Seekers taking formation around him as an escort. The Autobot spy stopped when he saw the red and black femme standing before him. She smiled sheepishly as she gave him a small wave.
"Hey, Mirage." She said softly.
"Dawnstar? Um, hey." He scratched the back of his helm as the memories of that one night with her returned to his processor. He then smiled at her. "What's up?"
Starscream stepped between them, his wings raised high in a threatening manner and optics narrowed. He placed a servo on his daughter's shoulder, keeping her behind him.
"Take him away." Starscream growled.
"Daddy, stop it!" Dawnstar snapped as she stepped out from behind him so she could see Mirage again. "Um, yeah, Mirage, this is my sire. He's sorry for treating you like that. Aren't you dad?" She gave her creator a jab with her elbow.
"Not in the slightest." He said with murderous optics to the Autobot.
"Dad! Primus, you're impossible." She stepped in front of her sire. "Uh, so, I guess this is goodbye. Bye, Mirage. Tell everyone that I say 'hi,' alright?"
"Uh, sure, I'll do that." He said as he kept looking up at Starscream who seemed to be wanting energon blood. His energon blood.
"And, again, sorry about my daddy being an aft. I'm working on him." She smiled sheepishly again. "He's not too bad once you get to know him."
"Princess, I'm beginning to lose my patience. He better leave my sights soon before I throw him back in that cell." Starscream grunted.
"Ugh, dad!" She groused before looking back at Mirage. "Bye, Mirage. Stay safe, okay?"
"Yeah, sure will." He nodded quickly before Thrust shoved him forward.
Mirage started to walk away with the Conehead trine, looking back at Dawnstar who stood holding her sire's arm as she waved farewell. Once they were gone, Dawnstar turned to her sire and punched his arm.
"Quit being such an aft!" She exclaimed.
He swallowed, his optics still looking down the hallway where the others had disappeared. Skywarp placed a servo on his trineleader's shoulder.
"Dawn, answer me this: Is he one of those Autobots that you had intercourse with." He demanded, still not looking at her.
She bit her lower lip plate. "Yes." She said softly. "But only once!"
His wings twitched as his optics flashed. Dawnstar stepped forward and hugged him.
"Thanks for freeing him, dad. Please, don't be mad at me." She said quietly.
Starscream looked down at her and vented a sigh. "I'm not mad, sweetie." He hugged her back, his wings lowering. "I promised I would release him so I will. But next time I'm deactivating him."
"Why?"
"Because, he interfaced with you."
"But, I consented to that one."
"It's a sire thing. It my job to deactivate every mech that touches you. Just how I keep you safe." He said before kissing the top of her helm.
"But, dad, how will I ever get a trine then?"
"I thought I said femmes only."
She smiled. "You're such a stubborn-aft."
"He is." Skywarp commented.
"If you ever have your own creation, you'll understand." He said softly, holding her closer.
"Ow! Please, Lord Megatron!" Starscream cried as Megatron dragged him by a wing down the hallways of the Control Building. "My lord, don't do this!"
Mechs they passed just smiled, now since most of them secretly knew what their two commanders did together. Starscream noticed and swallowed. Why were they smiling now? They didn't use to when they saw this scene.
Megatron punched in his code and threw his Second inside his office once the door opened. Starscream fell to the floor, quickly leaping to his peds and turning around to face the tyrant. His wings lowered and servos nervously clasped together.
"Megatron, I-"
Megatron punched the Seeker in the faceplates causing him to fly back and crash into the desk. Starscream wiped away the energon leaking from his lip plates as he sat on the floor.
"Releasing prisoners for no legitimate reason, again!" Megatron roared, his servos clenched into fists at his sides.
"Megatron, he had no information to-"
"Silence! Why do I feel that that brat of yours had something to do with this? I don't want to hear it!"
Megatron stomped over to a storage unit and opened a cabinet. Starscream slowly got to his peds, anxiously watching Megatron. He bit his lower lip plate when Megatron pulled out his multi tailed energon whip.
"Lean over the desk." Megatron growled as he approached the Seeker.
"Megatron, I-"
"I gave you an order, Starscream." He snapped as he power on the whip.
Starscream just eyed him for a few astroseconds before slowly turning around and leaning over the desk, his elbows resting on it. His wings lowered and servos balling into fists. He hissed when the first lash made painful contact right between his wings, followed by another, and another, and another. He offered no resistance, just stayed put as the lashes rained down on his wings, back, and aft. His hisses and gasps soon turned into yelps and cries as more and more of his plating was torn apart and the sensitive inner wires exposed for the torture.
It was almost four breems into the punishment when Megatron powered down the whip. Starscream was panting heavily, his systems overheated as energon leaked from the hundreds of whips marks over his frame. He was trembling slightly, his systems wanting to go into shock from the abuse. Starscream check his inner chronometer, surprised to see how short the punishment was. Usually Megatron goes for longer…
He let out a gasping yelp when Megatron was suddenly against his injured back, a strong arm snaking around the red waist. An ebony servo grasped the Seeker's throat right where it connected to his mandible and forced his helm up, squeezing tightly.
His codpiece slid aside, valve already preparing itself. He gasped when he was entered and the fierce thrusting commenced. It hurt so much more now since his backside looked like a giant blender had attacked it, and it hurt even more as Megatron forced him to straighten up, the ebony servo firmly holding his mandible.
"I question your loyalties, Starscream." Megatron said harshly in his Second's audio receptor. "Releasing Autobot prisoners, joining with an Autobot, even breeding with one. You've always been treacherous towards me, but I did not expect you to be an Autobot sympathizer."
Starscream's optics narrowed. He swallowed, feeling the digits on his throat and mandible tighten a little more. "I am loyal to the Decepticon cause. For now and always."
"Is that all? Nothing else?"
Starscream gasped as he was thrust into a little harder. "I am yours, Mighty Megatron. In every way."
Megatron smiled. "That's right, Starscream. You are mine."
Starscream offlined his optics, gasping through the pain. Dawnstar was safe. His trinemates were safe. His Seekers were safe. And that was all that mattered.
Next Orbital Cycle:
Thundercracker looked up when the energon bars to his cell were removed. His wings twitched with who he saw.
"Your sentence is up." Starscream grunted as he stood with crossed arms at the front of cell.
"Took long enough." Thundercracker grumbled as he stood up and approached.
"Well, if you weren't such a stubborn glitch." Starscream shrugged before pivoting on a thruster and walking away.
Thundercracker's optics narrowed. "What was it for this time?"
Starscream looked back at him. "Pardon?"
"You're covered in whip marks. Why? What did you do?" Thundercracker demanded as he approached.
Starscream just glared at him. "Sometimes there is no reason." He said softly.
"He usually just punches you for that. What did you do?"
Starscream vented a sigh. "I released an Autobot prisoner because Dawn begged me to. He didn't take to kindly upon learning that."
"And the denta marks on your neck cables?"
Starscream quickly placed a servo around his throat, his optics murderous. "Are no concern of yours."
"Skywarp says that the rumors have started up again. Some even claim to have heard you two. I believe a video is even circulating through the ranks."
Starscream's wings twitched. "I'll be sure to find Blitzwing and end him."
"Starscream, you can't keep doing this."
"I don't have a choice."
"We could leave." He said quietly. "Just grab the others and go. You shouldn't have to be going through this."
"It's not that simple, Thundercracker. I'm the Second in Command. Everyone's optics are on me. Even if we got by Soundwave, the DJD would come after me first. I rather not watch my Seekers be destroyed by Tarn and his little sorority chums."
Thundercracker swallowed. "We could seek asylum with the Autobots." He said in barely a whisper.
"No. They would execute me after getting whatever information they wanted out. And probably finish off the other Seekers as well."
"Star, they promise protection to anyone who leaves the Decepticons. Star, sweetie, you can't keep doing this. He'll only destroy you."
Starscream looked away, sighing after a bit. "Your suggestion has been noted."
"Has it been heeded?"
"I need to go." Starscream said softly as he started to walk away.
Thundercracker caught his trineleader's wrist and pulled him closer. He kissed the Air Commander on the lip plates, holding him close. Starscream kissed back, his servos grasping Thundercracker's helm and nape.
"I love you, Star. You're not alone in this." Thundercracker said softly as he rested his brow against Starscream's.
Starscream swallowed. "I know." He said barely audible. "I need to see him."
Thundercracker's optics narrowed, but he released his trinemate. Starscream just looked at him for a moment before turning and walking away.
Thundercracker watched him go. He would get them out of this place. Starscream will be free, and all of this hell will be behind them.
He just needed to find a way to do it.
So much foreshadowing as to what will happen in the third part Invictus! Yay!
So, as you can see, Dawnstar is getting a little better about treating her sire like slag. Still has conflicted feelings, but, hey, sparkling steps.
So, next chapter will have some VERY graphic stuff in it. Like, really bad. Also, the interface scenes between Megs and Star will get a little more graphic and kinkier as Megatron feels like he can get away with more and as he tires of "simple" interfacing. Just thought I'll give you guys that heads up if you have a hard time about such things. Don't worry, Invictus won't be so bad. :)
Okay, so, I will get a drawing of Moonstar and Dawnstar drawn and posted on my blog before getting the next chapter up. See the link to it on my homepage. :)