Chapter 11 Making Amends.

Megatron rushed Starscream to the ship for medical attention. He knew the seeker was fading fast and didn't have much time and had to get help as soon as possible.

The rest of the team had already returned to the ship and Knock Out had regained consciousness. As soon as he was in the ship Megatron rushed Starscream to the med bay and put him on the berth and Steeljaw and Knock Out followed them.

"Knock Out he needs treatment." Said Steeljaw.

"Just one question am I a medic?" Asked Knock Out who was still kind of out of it from being knocked out twice.

"Oh no Knock Out was knocked silly." Strongarm said in horror.

"Starscream's doomed." Added Sideswipe.

"Pull yourself together Starscream needs help." Yelled Megatron who hit Knock Out in the helm and the red medic put a hand on his helm.

"I just keep getting hit today." Knock Out complained. "But I think my medical training has come back to me." Then he got to work trying to save Starscream's life.

The seeker was leaking energon from his side and wings and he had scratches all over his frame and was very sick thanks to the cyber venom from when the razor snake had bitten him.

Knock Out gave him an antidote for the venom first then started treating his wounds.

The others had to wait in the main part of the ship. All of them were worried about Starscream he looked terrible when Megatron brought him in. Then Knock Out came out and everyone was silent waiting to find out what Starscream's condition was.

"Starscream is stable I patched all his injuries and took care of the cyber venom but he still won't regain consciousness and the longer he remains unconscious the slimmer the chance he'll wake up." Knock Out explained with sad optics. "I've done all I can do." But everyone could tell Knock Out wished he could do more.

Megatron just screamed in anger and punched the wall then walked outside of the ship.

Steeljaw followed him out and saw him seated on a rock near where the ship was. And could tell he was worried about Starscream.

"This wouldn't have happened if Starscream had stayed in the ship instead of going back for me." Megatron growled. "That stupid seeker." "He was never a gladiator in the pits of Kaion he didn't stand a chance."

"That stupid seeker saved your spark by giving you that opening to escape." Steeljaw pointed out.

"And possibly at the cost of his own." Said Megatron.

"I've been wondering for a while now how did you meet Starscream?" Steeljaw asked Megatron trying to change the subject.

"It was a long time ago before the war." Megatron told him.

(Flashback begins.)

Megatronus (long before he had shortened his name to Megatron.) had just finished his fights in the pits for the day and was about to turn in for some recharge in his corridors when he heard what sounded like running and saw a very panicked looking seeker who kept knocking on doors and yelling for help.

"What's going on?" Megatronus asked the seeker.

"My train mate's are being attacked by some of the gladiators." "I escaped because I can teleport but my brothers can't there are to many of them for the three of us to take on they'll kill them." Said the seeker almost in tears.

"I'll help you take me to them." Megatronus told him.

"Ok." The seeker said as he started to lead the way. But just then another seeker flew over then transformed and landed in front of them he was covered in dents and looked like he had just been through something.

"Sky Warp." He yelled to the other seeker Megatronus was with.

"Thundercracker how did you escape?" Asked Sky Warp.

"Starscream told me to fly for it he's trying to take them on by himself." Thundercracker explained. "They'll kill him."

"Not if I can help it take me there." Megatronus told them. Then the two seekers lead him to where they were attacked. And when they got there they saw about ten gladiators beating up a seeker who refused to stay down and was trying desperately to fight back to spite the fact that he was badly injured and greatly out numbered.

"I'll handle this you to go stay with my friend Soundwave he'll keep you safe." Megatronus said as he gave them both the cornets to where Soundwave lived then went down to help their brother.

The seeker was now on the ground but trying to get up because he still wasn't done fighting back his body wouldn't obey but he wouldn't stop trying to pull himself up even though he wasn't getting anywhere.

"I can't believe he's still trying to fight." Said one of the gladiators.

"This one's a real glutton for punishment let put him out of his misery." Said another as two of them grabbed Starscream by each of his arms and held him up by them.

"Let's all take turns punching him and see how many it takes to put him offline." A third one hissed.

"Knock it off!" Yelled Megatronus. "Ten against one is never a fare fight."

"Fine we'll beat you before we finish him." One of the gladiators yelled as the two who were holding Starscream let go of his arms and let him fall to the ground where he laid to weak and tired to move.

Then the gladiators turned on Megatronus only to have him beat all of them he killed six of them the other four retreated in fear.

Then he went over to the downed seeker and started carrying him to the nearest medical building.

"I could have taken them." Starscream said weakly.

"Sure you could have." Megatronus told him with a smile. "You were crazy thinking you could take them by yourself."

"Well I wasn't going to let them kill my train mates with me at lest if I fought alone I would die alone and my brothers would be safe." Starscream told him.

"Why did they attack the three of you?" Asked Megatronus.

"Sky Warp pulled what he ment as a joke and they started attacking him and Thundercracker and I kept them off him so he could get away and then I covered Thundercracker's escape." Starscream explained. "As train leader I had to make sure they were OK." "Then I knew I probably wasn't getting out of there alive so just wanted to do as much damage to those gladiators as possible."

"You don't know when to quit they might have just left you for dead if you had stayed down then you could have waited for help." Megatronus said to Starscream.

"Well I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of thinking they won." Starscream told him.

"Your stubborn I'm putting together a cause and I think you would make a good second in command." Megatronus told him then noticed Starscream had gone unconscious and they had just arrived at the hospital.

Megatronus got Starscream there just in time and the seeker was as good as new in a few days.

(Flashback ends.)

"Wow so you saved Starscream's life." Said Steeljaw.

"Yes and I've only hurt him after that." Megatron told Steeljaw "I've caused so much harm to everyone as leader of the Decepticons."

"But your making up for it now." Steeljaw tried to reassure him.

"Yes trying." "And to think my original goal was to bring peace and equality to Cybertron." Megatron told him. "Even the best intentions can bring destruction."

"I was the exact same way." Said Steeljaw.

"At lest you didn't take it as far." Megatron told Steeljaw.

Just then Sideswipe came out. "Guys Knock Out said to get you it's about Starscream."

They didn't even wait for him to finish before they both ran into the ship to find out what was happening to Starscream.

"What wrong with Starscream?" Asked Megatron.

"Nothing he's awake now and wants to see you." Knock Out explained.

Megatron went to the med bay to see Starscream and found him laying in the berth awake and looking up at the ceiling.

"Knock Out said I'm going to be fine after a few days of bed rest." Starscream told him. "And thanks for finding me, saving me and getting me here in time."

"What were you thinking when you flew out of the ship and opened fire on that monster?" Megatron asked Starscream.

"I overheard you talking to Prime back at the base I heard you say you wanted to make up for the way you treated me in the war and I wanted to save you from that thing to show you I forgive you." Starscream replied.

"Thank you." Said Megatron. "Words can't began to make up for all I did to you and the other Decepticons and the Autobots and to Cybertron."

"It's OK I did just as much harm now we can both try to make amends for it." Starscream told him. "I already apologized to Knock Out for everything I did to him." "So maybe we can all move forward and be friends?"

"Yes I'd like that." Said Megatron.

Then the two mechs realized everyone was at the door watching them. Megatron stormed out of the med bay but Strongarm saw him smile when he thought no one was looking and Starscream just rolled his optics.

Then everyone decided to rest and try to find out what the Quintessons were doing the next day to give everyone a chance to recharge.

To Be Continued.

"I hope this chapter turned out OK it was a nightmare to wright and come up with." "I'll try to have the next one up soon." Please let me know if there are any spelling mistakes I missed."