Chapter 9 Past Mistakes.
Bumblebee was going to ask Steeljaw what happene to him and Starscream before Predaking attacked them. And was told by Ratchet that Steeljaw had gone to see Starscream in the med bay so that's where the yellow Autobot was heading now.
He got to the door when he heard shouting and saw Megatron leave the room then entered.
"What was the shouting about?" He asked.
"Megatron came in then Starscream just started screaming at him to get out." Steeljaw answered him.
"I don't ever want to see or hear from my old master again unless it's to aim one of my missiles at him." Said Starscream who Bumblebee could tell was mad. "All he's ever done is hurt me."
"I don't know it seemed like he was trying to save you and Steeljaw from Predaking back there." Bumblebee told the seeker.
"Megatron trying to save me that's a laugh." Said Starscream. "Because he only practically blackmailed me into joining the Decepticons, beat me and threatened to kill me on multiple occasions, had me replaced with Arachnid then Dreadwing, poked through my head with the chronic psychic patch and then abandoned me and left me at the mercy of the Predacons." "I can never forgive him for all he did to me."
"It's terrible what you had to go through Starscream but Megatron isn't to blame for all of it you brought a lot of it on yourself because you could have switched sides a number of times but didn't." Bumblebee explained.
"Like you Autobots would have had me I'm just an evil Decepticon who will stab anyone in the back to make sure I get out on top." Starscream deadpanned. "And don't forget I killed your friend Cliffjumper." "I'm sorry." Starscream whispered. But Bumblebee heard him.
"We've all killed members of the other faction it was a war and both sides suffered we all regret things we did but we can't undo the past no matter how bad we may want to all we can do is learn from it and try to do better." Bumblebee told him.
"All I do is cause harm it's all I've ever done." "The only time I've ever done anything good was to further my own gain." Starscream told them then hung his head.
"That's not true Starscream you save me right before Predaking attack us." Steeljaw said to him.
"I would kind of like to hear what happened to you two." Bumblebee asked the two con's.
"OK I'll explain everything." Exclaimed Steeljaw. "It happened like this."
(Flash back.)
After escaping the Autobot's base the Decepticons had gone to Darkmount with Starscream leading them and Steeljaw as his second in command.
Everything was going well for them until a cybertronian jet showed up and introduced himself as Cyclonus. He had revealed that he was a Decepticon who was part of the counsel of Cybertron and was working with the Quintessons who are planning to take over the universe with the help of the counsel but unbeknownst to the rest of the counsel Cyclonus had made a deal of his own with the Quintessons who are planning to double cross the rest of the counsel and give Cybertron to the Decepticons in exchange for their help. And asked the rest of the Decepticons to join him and had offered to let Starscream stay leader. But to everyone's shock the seeker had declined.
"We can't trust the Quintessons we're better off stopping them instead remember what they did to our kind in the past." Starscream had protested.
"The Quintessons want to give Cybertron to us Decepticons and since Starscream refuses the position I'll take on the role as leader." Cyclonus exclaimed. "Now Decepticons eliminate Starscream if he's not with us he's against us."
"No I agree with Starscream." Said Steeljaw. "The Quintessons will only turn on us like they do everyone if their double crossing the counsel what makes you think they won't do the same to us?"
"Destroy that one too." Cyclonus told the others.
"All hail Cyclonus." The other Decepticons chanted as they opened fire on Starscream and Steeljaw and they both were forced to dodge and duck to avoid being shot.
Then in an effort to avoid one of the blasts Steeljaw ended up tripping and falling off the side of Darkmount and Starscream changed to his jet mode and flew below Steeljaw catching him and saving his life. But only to be shot down by Cyclonus.
After they hit the ground Steeljaw got up and hadn't been hurt badly then Starscream changed back to his cybertronian mode revealing a wound on his midsection where Cyclonus shot him. Steeljaw was about to try to help the injured seeker when a wave of fire shot at them forcing them to dodge again. And when they looked to see where the fire came from it turned out to be Predaking attacking them.
Predaking had been more focused on Starscream so Steeljaw managed to sneak up on him while he was after the seeker and used his claws to scratch him in the optics but this caused the Predacon to hit Starscream with his tail knocking him hard into the side of Darkmount.
All scratching his optics did was make Predaking mad. But luckily Steeljaw was able to grabbed the now unconscious Starscream and get him into a small cave that was near by and that was when he had called Bumblebee and the Autobots for help.
(Flash back ends.)
"So that's what happened." Steeljaw finished explaining to Bumblebee.
"So now you can put us back in the brig and I promise we won't break out again." Said Starscream and Steeljaw nodded in agreement.
"That won't necessary." Interrupted Optimus Prime who had over heard their story from the hall. "You two have been punished enough." "I would like to ask the two of you to join us and help us save Cybertron from the Quintessons."
"OK but I don't know if I'm deserving of a another chance." Starscream replied with sad optics. "I can't really call myself a Decepticon anymore but I don't know if I'm capable of being an Autobot ether."
"Sure you are Starscream remember how the Dark Starsavor didn't find you worthy well maybe the reason an evil sword didn't find you worthy was because you have to much potential for good." Bumblebee told him. "I mean you saved Steeljaw when he fell off Darkmount."
"And you refused to join up with the Quintessons and we saw you save Knock Out in the med bay when Scorpinock was about to finish him on the camera we had in the med bay." "There is some good in you Starscream so why not show everyone and help us save Cybertron?" Bumblebee asked Starscream. "And you don't even have to be an Autobot if you don't want to or stay a Decepticon just be who you want to be."
"OK count me in." Said Starscream. "And me too." Steeljaw added.
"Great we can work together to stop the Quintessons and the counsel as well as the other Decepticons." Bumblebee exclaimed.
"First we better let Starscream get some rest Ratchet wants him to take it easy until tomorrow." Said Optimus which Starscream didn't object to.
Then they left so Starscream could rest but Starscream stop Steeljaw as he was about to go and told him something.
"Steeljaw do you know why I chose you as my second in command when I was leading the Decepticons back there?" The seeker asked him.
"No why?" Asked Steeljaw.
"Because I see some of myself in you." Starscream told him. "So I want you to promise me you won't go down the same path I did."
"OK I promise." Said Steeljaw before fallowing the others out.
Later Optimus approached Megatron.
"Megatron why did you fight Predaking earlier?" Asked Optimus.
"He was about to kill Starscream." Megatron replied. "I hurt him so much through out the course of the war as I did with everyone I wanted to try to make up for it even a little." "But he won't even hear me out long enough for me to begin to apologize."
"Give it time and I am sure Starscream will see you are sorry for all you did to him and everyone will see that you have changed for the better." Optimus told him.
"You never change Prime." Megatron said to him. "I want to help you stop the Quintessons."
"Alright then welcome to the team." Optimus replied.
Then the two went down opposite ends of the hall they had been speaking in. But neither of them noticed a pair of red optics watching them that had listened in.
To Be Continued.
"Another chapter finished." "So now Starscream and Steeljaw have joined the good guys as well as Megatron." "The dialog in this chapter was a nightmare to come up with hope I didn't wright anyone to out of character." "Well hope you enjoyed this chapter I'll try to have the next one up soon." "Please let me know if I missed any spelling mistakes."