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‘ Blast it all!’ Starscream cursed in his thought, getting his T-cogs taken away was the most dreadful state of it all. If it wasn’t for that stupid yellow scout he would have run away with the T-cogs in his servo!

It was utterly humiliating, he looked pathetic without a cog to fly or yet, fight. He couldn't go back to the nemesis, he would be turned into scrap. Despite that he’ll be beaten by megatron if he ever goes back..

Progressing his way to the harbinger, where he has taken shelter to. His whole body aches, sore from the outcome. Wheezing in pain as he takes each step forward to the harbinger. 

By the time he went inside, he could finally breathe in relief without the sight of the enemy. But, the gnawing feeling of paranoia is catching up to him, sending a shudder upon his whole body. Even his wings flutter a bit. 

‘It can’t be,’ he shook off his fear. ‘ No one knows that I'm here..’

He decided the best course of action was to rest, after all his body aches from pain. He lies down on the floor, his back pressed against the wall. As he ready himself for a recharge. 

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“Carrier?..” a soft voice called out to him, which caused him to waken. Starscream rubbed his optics and turned over to see his little one. 

“Carrier? “ The little sparkling called again half fatigue and half awake from his nap, “ What’s vos like? “ He asked. 

“What’s vos like?..hmm..oh a lot of wonderful things, “ he grinned over the memories. “ Vos has the highest tower for seekers, of course like us. We all fly all around the cities. It was beautiful back there..I remember your two uncles floating to the skies by my side..” he sighed happily. 

The sparkling’s amber optics sparkled as he tried to imagine what the city of vos was like. “ Huh, It sounds amazing.. When can I fly like them? With my wings?..” He asked his carrier. 

Starscream chuckled and printed a kiss on his helm, “ Soon, my little star. Soon you’ll rule over the sky..”

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He jolted out of sleep by noises coming from the other side. He froze still to listen to any sound. 

‘It seems to be from outside of the harbinger..’ he thought as he scowls. He groaned in pain as he took more time to bring his wrecked body out of the floor.

As he took each step that ended with a groaning of pain and wheezing. He took himself into the console room, the screen pinged of a certain location that pinpointed what the sound came from.

To his dismay and disbelief, it revealed a young seeker. She was almost shorter than him, her painted color was of similar color of crimson,white, and blue. A tricolor one at that. And a strange worn silk that’s of human’s produce of scarf but more bigger uses for cybertronian-like. Not to mention about the huge sword attached behind her back.

Her structure was of grace, even the way she walked cautiously. Swaying her hips. Starscream has never seen a seeker of his own, for so many millenia that he thought that he was the only seeker left in this pitiful planet. 

He thought of coming out of the harbinger and confronting her but thought better of her, in fact she could be a threat to him even when they don’t know each other. 

He marched out of the ship, slowly out of her zone. Before hiding and watching what she was doing in front of his shelter. She was only looking around for any signs and coming closer to examine. 

He slowly loaded his null ray, and quiet. But it was too late as he didn’t notice that his pede stepped on a stick which made it crack.

The femme seeker quickly looked over where Starscream was hiding, and took out her small gun. ‘ A energy wave gun??, scrap!’ He cursed silently and suddenly yelp out loud as the shot blasted through, and it unluckily fired a strong energy blast next to him as it haven’t did to his body.  

“ Show yourself!, “ the young femme seeker snarled as she held her gun pointed to him, threateningly. 

Starscream trembled, and obeyed her order. Stepping out of the way and revealing himself. The femme stopped still and pulled her small down a bit, and yet still wary of him. she took a glance at his frame and analyze, which have him nervous and tried his best to looked normal. 

“ Is–this your territory?, “ she asked. ‘ the irony of her to just almost fired at me and asked if that’s my zone..’ he nodded and stepped a bit closer and grinned in a way to disguise his displeasure. “ Obviously, why else would I be spying on you?, “ he purred. Walking around her as she also turns around to meet him as well. 

“ In fact..i haven’t had myself meet another seeker of my own. It's been so long..” He tried not to scowl at the memory. She raised her brow ridge and nodded, agreeing with his logical statement. “ Is it true, what they say, that there’s been a war going on?..here on earth?..” she murmured. “ Unfortunately, the Decepticon and the Autobots have been in a quite ongoing conflict for many long..” he sighed. “ Besides, what are you doing out there on this planet?” 

“ When I was young, my carrier shoved me inside the pod that could send me far– far away..back then I didn’t know what’s happening until I found out..” She uttered, expressly sad. 

Starscream’s optics widen “ Your carrier put you inside the pod while there was a war happening?, I’m sorry to say that.. But your carrier could possibly be deactivated due to the situation..” he said. And she scowled at him, snarling. “ It can’t be! I still feel his bond through my spark!..” she shrieked, causing him to wince. 

“ I didn’t mean to be overly offensive, I'm just stating the fact that it could be possible that your carrier may be into the well of the allspark!, considering that there has been a war going on and it kills dozens of all..” his words shaken her, as she looked down on the ground.

“ Say– If we helped each other, I'll give you a supply and a home and you’d do what I ask of you?..” he offered her. Her faceplate twitched into shock and disbelief. “ Really? That'll be amazing! Thank you!, “ she unexpectedly hugged him and departed from him.

He was stunned with his derma open wide and quickly he closed them. He guided her to the harbinger, not trusting himself to speak more. (And ignoring the soft longing feeling in his sparks which aches for more affection..)

She walked with him, gleefully. “ I’m stellarstorm. I haven’t asked for your designation, and I feel sorry for pulling my gun on you– jeez how rude of me! “ she rumbled. He smiled amusedly at her. “ Starscream, no you’ve got nothing to apologize for. If I were in your shoes, I would be wary..” The young femme ‘ Stellarstorm ‘ grinned with him. 

Both of the seekers went together, admitting to themself that they have made a quiet allie out of each other.. 

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“So,” she said. Looking around the inside of the ship “ This is where you lived?, it looks..well..pitiful for an environment.. Uh no offense..” 

He chuckled in amused “ That’s how I lived, always..” She looks at him in a pure expression of pity and he hates it. At that moment, he clears his throat and begins escorting her to her room. 

“That’s where you’ll rest and that’s all I can show you.” She looked around the surround of her room and nodded in approval. 

“I can make it my own space..thank you. “ In a thankful tone, she stepped into the room. Putting her small gun on the table, alongside with her huge sword that groaned loud as she left it there. 

Starscream peek over the weapon, and to the sword. “How did you come to obtain this great weapon? surely someone has given you these.” he asked. 

She smirks at him, “That sword has been given to me as a gift by someone so dear. I..erm..don’t know if he comes back..” the smiling slowly turned small frown. “Anyway. That gun I have. I made it myself..” 

He perks up at her word, his optics gleaming. “You make these?, “ 

“I mean– yes, but not entirely. I designed half of it on my behalf and had my old partner make the rest. After all, it was my own idea.“ She touched the edge of her gun. “Although, creating some pieces isn't really my thing. “ 

“Stellar, even if it wasn’t really your thing. I would love to hear some of the stuff you make!“ Stellatstorm blushed in embarrassment. “ I- Y..You think so? “ she spluttered. he nodded. 

“Of course, you see I used to be a scientist back on cybertron. And I even passed on top at the academy.” She listened to his chatter. “A scientist? Damn you must be really smart if you pass on top!,” 

He preened at her praises. Smirking to himself as his wings droop up higher than ever. 

“Indeed, by the way….you mention that your carrier put you into the pod. It must be terrifying being alone on earth and you don’t even know the human..”

She shrugged to herself. “It is..however, I was stuck on earth for many millenia..I even met a small interesting human!.. And learning all about them!..” she smiled and then frowned sadly. shoulder sagging heavily and her fluttering wing arching lower. “Some of them who’s very dear to me have gone long ago..Human lives are so short..” 

Starscream was silent, listening to her sorrowness, and placed his servo on her shoulder as a comfort. He didn’t know why he felt the urges to calm her, or maybe his damn ‘Carrier Protocol’ is spiralling on him. 

She leans closer to him for a unfamiliar feelings of comforts and yet, an unusual one. 

“What now that I have stayed with you?,” she asked while puzzled.

“Ah, I’m glad you asked..” He smirked.

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She carried dozen of energon ration and marching her way back to the harbinger.

Placing them down along with the other, she sighs, completely drained out with all of the work. “Is this really necessary, star?“

“We must need the energon ration to survive. Surely you’d know that.” He rolled his optics, exhaling.

“Whatever, you say boss..” She shrugged off. Starscream raised a brow ridge. Not liking the sound of being called a ‘boss’ by the young seeker.

“Also, on my way back to the cave. I saw a big mech with a yellow one..who are they?” She asked. Starscream’s optics widened as he grabbed both of her shoulders. “Do they see you??”

“Uh, no. I hide? I went to spy on them. Do you know them?”

“Know them?? They’re the autobots, stellarstorm!,” He shrieked, worrying over her. Her wings drop, now knocking her pede heels over the ration. 

“Oh, my bad..” He pinched his nose between his optics and didn’t scold her anymore. “Just be careful next time..”

“I can’t promise that but I’ll try for you.” She joked. He rolled his optics. The expressed of his twitched into annoyance.

“So tell me all about the Decepticons and the Autobots..I need to understand If I ever counter any of them..” 

“Hm..let me see..” He said, rubbing his chin with his servo.

“Two of the factions are fighting for different goals” 

“And that is?..” She tilted her hands, leaning over to listen. “The Decepticons in general, wanted to conquer cybertron and more power..And as for the autobots..They wanted to protect cybertron and earth as well..considering that it’s been a long war for millenia..I wonder why haven’t it ended..” He realized as he spoke about the topic. 

“Ohh… so like..good guy and bad guy?..” He nodded at her phrase. “Tell me more!” she demanded, optic gleaming.

He tells her about each person in both factions. Telling her about their leader.

“However,I was with one of the fractions.. If I tell the truth..I don’t know how you will take it..” He frowns, worrying over how he’ll tell her the truth. 

“It’s alright, I won’t judge..” She nodded. readying herself to listen for more.

He told her that he was a Decepticons. How he served under lord megatron’s side. 

Even including the fact that he has been beaten down and intimidated by him.

Telling her about everything.

It was silent, very uncomfortably silent. He was afraid to look. 

But then– “That megatron guy is a dick!” she exclaimed. He stiffed, confusion spreading through his core.

“Y-You’re not disgust?,” she frowns and shakes her head, stepping closer to him. Even hugging him like before. “I’m sorry for that, you don’t deserve it..” she murmurs. “You’re strong for getting up each time, you’re not weak nor pathetic. remember that starscream..” 

His body trembled, he choked with a broken sob. needing himself for closure. And he hugged her back very tightly. “You’re wrong..I might betray you and you’d leave like others..” 

“Even If you leave me, betray me. I’ll come back..I can stay with you. You won’t be rid of me!” she smiled. 

He chuckled and pressed closer. There's a bond that between them knows of. And she wanted to protect him. He reminds her of her carriers. Kissing her cheek and forehead. Sing a soft lullaby when she sleeps. Now he isn’t with her.

She hoped someday he’s alive and not dead.

It was another day for starscream and stellarstorm. As usual. Stellarstorm would gather energon while starscream stayed at the harbinger. She flew over to the sky in her alt mode, having a fresh air after setting these ration down back at the corrupted ship. 

She flew around, spun and went on it with a full-sprint speed. Farther away, she has loved to fly and travel for so many miles back when she flows over the ocean to land.

In the corner of her optics, was a dark blue and orange flyer mech having a combat with red, blue and white almost a similar color as her which have her tense. But there’s other two mechs in the color green guy strapped against the intermodal container, a red device was on his chest. The silver guy with a fin, even with a red and green line in his chest seems to be his buddy. 

She pondered why they’re here. 

She thought of spying on them, hovering a bit lower not to draw attention in her alt mode. Lowering herself on the top of the top loaders that lifted containers.

She keep on watching and spied on their conflict, hence the fight between the dark blue and orange flyer ‘dreadwing’ with the leader of the autobots ‘Optimus prime’

After the fight ended, the container exploded with a great sound that shook her and almost dropped in fear. She contained her balance, holding off the lifter. 

Dreadwing flew away, after being defeated by Optimus prime. 

The green and the silver one ‘Bulkhead’ and ‘Wheeljack’ went with the prime watching dreadwing going away. 

‘What a fight!’ She thought she couldn't wait to tell starscream all about the fight as she transformed into her flight mode and flew away with speed.

The only thing she didn’t notice was Optimus prime’s optics on her as he finally notices her.

Back on the harbinger, she hurried inside excitedly and ran fastly, not caring whether that stuff around was being bashed. “Star! Guess what!,” she shouted as she took her breath after running so much. Coming inside the console room. Starscream turn. 

“Calm your vent! What do you want? I am busy..” he scolded.

“I know, I know! But I saw the prime having a fight with the dark blue flyer, dreadwing!” she explained. The word throw starscream like a bombshell.

“Optimus prime with dreadwing? “ he murmurs. Servos on his chin as he ponders. “ And! And! That bulkhead guy was strapped against the container and there seems to be a device on his chest that’s like a bomb!, so wheeljack was trying to help ‘im! And then..then the bomb device was taken off, it exploded the container instead..now dreadwing left after getting his aft beaten up by prime! “ She rambled on, wing fluttering with excitement. 

“Interesting.. Did anyone see you?” he asked her.

“No, as far as I know. I hid by the lifter!” She beamed up like a sparkling.

“Very interesting, I have a feeling that you’ll encounter them again soon..”

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Stellarstorm returns to the ship, having scrap metal pieces for starscream so he can build something out of it. Unluckily he wasn’t here, she turned on her comm link.

ST: (You there, star? Where are you?)--

SS: (Out somewhere to get energon ration, unlike you I have some important thing to attend. )  She ignored the insult word..

ST: (Oh, that’s right, the ration is running out. Yes? When are you gonna be back??)

SS: (When we have enough ration. That is)

ST: (Boring!, let me come over. I’ll track you)

SS: (Very well.)--

She went over to the location to track him down, unfortunately he wasn’t there..

‘Scrap, I probably got the wrong location..where’s he?’ She looked around in the forest. Then, she heard a noise, she turned to it and went to investigate.

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‘Breakdown’s arm was stuck by the web of arachnid’s, he should have listened to what dreadwing says.. Is this how his fate ended? Is he gonna die and leave knockout all alone?--- he couldn’t afford to do that. ‘

'Arachnid smirks maliciously, stepping closer.. As she went closer, she bring herself to attack him, and then—’

‘A blast fired struck her frame as she fell. It caught her out of guard, so she turned to see.. A femme seeker..impossible!, the seeker has died and starscream is the only one alive.. 

Breakdown turn as well, he was disbelieving that there was another seeker. If he made it out, lord megatron would hear about this..and knockout as well!’

‘ The young femme huffed and flipped her small gun. She put them away, bringing out her big sword behind her back, to strike on the spider web that’s stuck on breakdown’s arm.’

‘ “Don’t thank me. It’s only a small help..” the small femme said. Waving her servos dismissively ’

‘ “I thought the seeker was dead..” he said, rubbing his arm. She grinned amusedly “ You thought wrong..“ ‘ she added, while smiling.

‘ “It’s a nice greeting but I need to go..farewell. “ she walked away leaving him behind, breakdown called out to her, stopping her “ What’s your designation? I'm Breakdown..” ‘

‘ "She turned around and smiled “ I already know who you are breakdown..I’m stellarstorm..” She bobs her head and leaves. He watched her leave and then, he was getting confused..’

‘He had forgotten about arachnid but she was gone. She has escaped, he sighed. So many things are happening in all one day. ‘ 

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“Where were you, starscream? I have been looking for you for cycles! “ she complained. shuffling after him, they have finally found each other. 

“Cease your whining! I went in to get energon. And I unfortunately met that treacherous snake, arachnid!” He sneered. Holding a little of energon. 

“Arachnid? No way, I saw her trying her attempt of killing breakdown and I stopped it!, “ He quickly turned to her. “She tried to kill him??, thank primus you have stepped up. Otherwise who knows what’ll she do..” he shuddered at the thought. 

“It’s strange, star..we keep going into an unlucky situation..” She kicked off a rock, playing with it with her feet.

“That’s why I say I have a feeling that you’ll– what are you doing?, “ he glanced, Stellarstorm kicked another rock off which had the rock flew higher and out of way, distancing. “Humans do these, they play soccer..volleyball and other sports..but those rocks are too hard to play with..” she murmurs. 

He is uncertain of what sport is. “I–ugh let’s go..” he commanded, She followed him as they both went to leave.

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“A femme seeker?, “ he asked, Servos clasping together behind his back. As his back was facing them. breakdown nodded “Yes, my lord.. She stepped in to save me from arachnid. “ Skyquake was beside him. He looked puzzled, looking between him and Megatron. 

“Interesting..and what was her designation you say?..” he asked indifferently, but with a clear fascination in his tone. “ Stellarstorm, my lord..” he bows.

He dismissed them both and now, it’s only him and soundwave. “Soundwave.“ he calls, as soundwave steps in, ready to do what he does. “I want her found, find me any file about her..”

Soundwave nodded, his visor screen twitching– each statics, going out of his way to find information the femme seeker ‘Stellarstorm’

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“What do you mean you saw a femme seeker??, there aren’t any seeker left but starscream! ” Knockout asked, confusion shown in his tone. “That’s what I thought as well until I looked over at her. She saved me from arachnid with her gun..and also her designation is stellarstorm..” he muttered. 

Knockout sighed. “These days are getting stranger and stranger..” He nodded along with his partner 

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At the cave, Stellarstorm hunted down energon, even gathering them to bring back back to the harbinger. 

Here at the save, it was very catastrophic for her, the only thing she has to calm herself down is just focusing on searching for more energon ration.

Suddenly, she heard noises that’s not her own footsteps. 

No. That footstep was heavy, and big. 

Her wings drooped down, she turned around and went to see.

She hid there until she saw the same red, blue and white. Optimus prime in the cave. 

She cursed to herself. How’s she gonna leave without him taking notice of her. She watched what he’s doing in there, he seems to be searching for energon as well and taking them. She slowly reached for her gun to blast it at him but she couldn’t afford herself to do it. No matter what. Killing someone for no reason isn’t in her nature.

Like what Irecharge did…

She stopped what she was doing and shook her helm. She shouldn’t think of the past! What’s important is bringing that energon back home and to starscream. 

She slowly backed away and went to the other section to avoid suspicion..

But it was too late, optimus transformed his servos into a blaster and pointed it at where she was hiding. 

Somehow, that guy got some sixth sense or something…

She quickly cursed, there’s no way of backing out. She pulled out her gun and slowly moved out of her hiding spot. pointing her gun at him.. 

“It’s you..You’re the one who flew away back to the place i fought with dreadwing..” He said.

She was surprised— she thought she was sneaky enough not to get caught. “I..I don’t know what you’re talking about..” She denied. 

“I can assure you, little one. I won’t harm you..I’m optimus..” he held up his hand, surrendering, even transforming his gun back into his servos. “ I already know who you are. Quit calling me little!!, “ She sneered. 

“If you come near me, I won't hesitate to shoot you where you belong!,” her servo shook while still holding the servo.

His optics softened. “Don’t be afraid..”

She fired at the wall, which broke it, making the cave shake. He backed off, She turned into her flight mode and flew away and further from him. 

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when optimus have stepped inside the base after a confrontation with the femme seeker. The atmosphere of the room was different, his team looking at him with something he cannot explain. 

What’s more confusing and concerning is that Agent Fowler glancing at him with a clear sense of wary and suspicious, and fear?...

“Is something wrong?,” He asked, clearly concerned. But, he can’t show it. 

Bulkhead spluttered, trying very hard not to look nervous. Which is obvious. “ Uh, we were..wondering..” Arcee chimed in, finishing his word. “ Where have you been?..” 

“We haven’t been able to reach you.” He said.

“I have been outside of our communication ranges..” Optimus said as he tried to pull his arm, but the team were already charged. Transforming his arm into a blaster.

“Woah!, Easy..” Meanwhile Agent Fowler protects Miko, Jack and Raf. Holding out his arm..

Optimus pulled out an energon, almost phased by the fact that they don’t seem to trust him. “ In a subterranean energon deposit. “ Bulkhead, bumble and arcee, even ratchet are still wary. 

“Come on. He’s our guy! Can’t you tell?” Said Jack. 

The tension was very tense. The team struggled to decide whether he was the imposter or not. 

After a split second, they lowered their weapon. Apologizing for the fact that they pointed their weapon at him. 

It makes Optimus even more confused, looking at Fowler for answers.  “Don’t blame them, prime. I was attacked earlier tonight out on the open highway by a big truck..” he said. “That bore a striking resemblance to you.”

While they were discussing it, Agent Fowler got a call. “What? That’s not possible! I can tell you sure as there are fifty stars as my star-spangled short it ain’t him!..” he turned over to optimus, still having his phone on. He put them away. 

“Alden military base is under attack by optimus prime..” he said.

“The truck?” Jack asks.  

“The bot’ “ 

The moment agent fowler said it, all looked at optimus. ---

While the attack happened at the military base, a groundbridge opened up and Optimus with his team came out. Weapon on ready, until the copies of optimus prime went away leaving them. 

The helicopter went to bomb them, They were nearly attacked. Optimus commanded that they were to return to base. 

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The calls with general bryce have agent fowler stressed as he tried to explain to him that optimus did in fact, not attack the base because he was with him. 

The generals were still not convinced. commanding that there’ll be order that anything and any bot are to be destroyed. 

“Are you kidding?,” Jack said. Rafael chimed in, “ B-But, they’re innocent!.”

“Optimus was framed!, “ shouted miko, clearly disbelieving. 

“Though unfortunate, the military order changed nothing.” He explained. “Our imposter clearly poses a great threat to humanity.”--

“A thirty–foot tall transforming imposter.” Agent Fowler murmured. 

“They actually did it..” Ratchet said to Optimus. “Those butchers managed to crack the code.” 

“MECH.” The way Optimus says it makes his expression look angry by the mention of MECH. 

“MECH has captured breakdown and tried to use his part for an experiment” ratchet tells the whole team. 

“I was there,” chime bulkhead. 

“And we know that, more recently they obtained starscream’s t-cogs.” Optimus thought about telling them about the femme seeker but decided not to since this is not the right time now. 

“Which they evidently install in knockout and you.” Arcee added. 

“Which in turn, scanned in appropriate vehicle form.” 

“Filled the tank with energon..” Jack cut in.

“And say hello to nemesis prime!,” Miko decides the name for the imposter optimus prime is ‘Nemesis Prime’ (She could have said Optronix prime..) 

“So, where do we start?” he asked. “MECH’s base could be anything!”

“Not necessarily,” 

“While MECH may have learned much of our biology,” Optimus said. “They haven’t necessarily absorbed our technology..without access to a groundbridge, nemesis prime rely solely on a vehicle mode for transportation.” Ratchet went on to the console screen, most likely to search for nemesis prime.

Arce stepped in “Chance, the MECH base is within driving distance of both incidents.”

“What are we waiting for? Let’s get out there to smash MECH’s little science project!,” Fowler clasped his hands together. 

“Agent Fowler, I do not think it is advisable to put yourself in harm's way of MECH’s robot again.” 

“Well I'm not sure it's advisable for bot’ to be running recon within the military out there gunnin’ for you!” He crossed his arm and huffed. 

"We will maintain vehicular cover until’ absolutely necessary.” Optimus assured.

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Stellarstorm went scouting around to Jasper, Nevada while flying her way through distance.   

Until she saw Optimus prime with his team, she quickly gear slowly so that she won’t get caught once. Again. 

‘Why do I always end up in this situation?’ she pondered, clearly fed up with meeting so many of the faction. Starscream, Breakdown, Optimus Prime and now the team?

What next? Megatron's next??

They all seem to be searching for someone in this place. One that stellar don’t know of. 

She lands on the top of the tank, spying at them. She turn on her commlink

ST: (Starscream, you there? I scouted half of Jasper and found Optimus prime and his team searching for something or someone..)

SS: (Is that so? If you’re going to spy on them again please do try to be careful next time.”)---

ST: (Yessir, boss.)-----

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The commlink ended as soon as she went on to watch them. With this yellow, black stripes scout one searching. One thing that caught her attention is the wing on the back, it made her wing twitched. 

Nevermind the wing– a familiar voice of optimus called out to bumblebee..but it didn’t seem to..sound like him.

That yellow scout one, bumblebee, turned around and was already charged. His gun is ready..

Optimus fragging prime came out, but it didn’t look like him. stellarstorm had to get a closer look at him, leaning in. 

‘The prime didn’t have a dull color on him and darker painting!..’ she thought, squinting her amber optics. 

Bumblebee lowered his weapon, thinking that he’s the real optimus prime. It has stellarstorm with a bad feeling in her core. 

As the bumblebee beeped, Optimus was confused, he immediately knew that’s not him. Already charging at him. 

She continued to watch the fight, and fought the urges to step in. seeing that the yellow scout went down..

She reached out her gun, loading them up. And pointed her gun at the imposter and then–fired. 

This caught him off, he looked at her surprise. It reminds her of arachnid, which she enjoys catching her guard off.

She got herself out of the tank and went over bumblebee as he’s still passed out. “Get closer and I’ll shoot you.” she said, optic glaring and snarling. Who would hurt a kid? Definitely that imposter. 

Before she could say anything, he already left. Disappointing her with no fight. 

She looked over the bumblebee and bring his body up, he was too heavy but she’d managed. 

Laying him over the other side, and sitting him over. She muttered to herself “You bring trouble everywhere, stellarstorm,” shaking her helm.

As she walked away, she couldn’t have herself staying here any longer to get caught. 

One thing, she didn’t know that he heard her muttering and catching up on her names.

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She continued to watch the fight between Optimus and the imposter. As the imposter was on the floor, not getting up. She counted to three.

But Optimus jumped up, clasping his hand together as if he was about to give him the most craziest blow jaws like he was in a arena fight.

It had her over the board, silently cheering which she didn’t know why. 

But, then the imposter fell down along with the floor, and she couldn’t see what happened there. 

She didn’t notice him gazing at her until they locked optics, she waved at him and he nodded. Which is a silently calm way of greeting and yet, no fight between them. very rare...she didn't even snarl at him or threatened by him. 

She transformed into her alt mode, flying away as she cannot wait to tell starscream more again. 

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Even after everything that happened, starscream decided that both of them should have a break together. And not allowing stellarstorm out of his sights. 

Starscream himself appeared to be organizing these messy stuff that he left in his dorm since he was beginning to get bored. He didn’t know what she’s doing right now, so he went over to her dorm. 

He didn’t even knock, just burst right in. 

Stellarstorm’s back and wing was facing him. As her head drooped a bit, she was sitting and seemed to  be doing something that he cannot see. 

“What are you up to?,” He blurted out, startling her as she yelped, turning around to him.

“Oh, you scared me! I am not doing much. I am just revisiting old memories..” She murmured as she held a diary that’s a decade old and a datapad beside it. 

She obviously seems sad mentioning it. Come to think of it, she always zones out when she thinks of the past. 

He was certain that if he tried to ask her, she wouldn’t say anything. So he didn’t press.

“May I see?..” He leaned in, clearly curious.

“Uh, sure..this diary is  from an old friend, a seeker.. h-his name is ah– Glideforce..” she spluttered. Opening up the diary.

He leaned more closer, and hummed “Glideforce? But his designation isn’t there. Just the name Agate..” 

“Right! So, Uh that’s his new designation is agate. But he changed it because his old one didn’t seem fitting for him. When he first came to earth with his twin spark brother because they believed that there were other planets like cybertron – skydreamer..I’ll explain later. “ she rambled.

“So– when he first came to earth, he saw that earth was a really beautiful place. So he and his brother stayed there to study and like..learned more about earth. When glideforce found crystal, rock and all tons of things. It got him really fond of it. That’s why he named himself after them. Because he loves shiny things and rock..” she sighed

Starscream keeps track of every inch of her word. “That’s interesting.” He said.

“Yeah, but huh..I thought he was more like the serious type of bot..well stern bot can have hobbies in secret..” She muttered.

“You mention his brother, can you tell me more?,” He asked, clearly interested in her past.

“Yeah yeah, so skydreamer is his twin brother. Both of them aren’t lightweight, they are heavyweight. Like dreadwing?..” 

“Heavyweight seeker? very fascinating..” He whispered.

“Do you know that skydreamer is a carrier?,” She glanced at him. Starscream turned surprised.

“A carrier!..” He squeaks.

 she nodded “His son, Flint. I know it’s a short name but glideforce decided that name for his nephew would just be flint like a rock..”

“The sire wasn’t in the picture because he wasn't ready to be a sire...afthead..I’m glad that glideforce would scrap him down if he decided to come back for flint and sky” She growls softly.

“Poor skydreamer..” Starscream shakes his head, when he thinks about this. He can remember his own past and shudder. 

“Indeed, unfortunately when skydreamer and glideforce came back to cybertron, war happened. Sky forced his brother, glideforce, to escort his son out of cybertron and back to earth so that no one knows where they’ll be going..skydreamer just..stayed there defending his homeland..vos..”

It brings starscream back to the past of vos in a scrambling smoke and ash. Building falling— falling…

Dozens of seekers dying, some getting their loved one out of the rubble. Sparkling crying, and lost. No sign of their creator. 

The scream..the agony of them who died in war.

Then—

“Starscream?..” It snapped out of his thoughts. He was thinking of the past as his wing guiver and shivering..

“Oh- apologize..I was hitted with..the memory of vos..” Her face filled with pity, she understood what he meant. And he hated that she looked at him with a sad face.

he clear his throat “proceed..” He said. 

“Uh– skydreamer did defend his home, unfortunately not anymore since he can’t stay here any longer. his home fall and He almost died. luckily..he survived..”

“On earth, he managed to find glideforce after five days of searching. And Flint wasn’t there with him..and glideforce looked..sad, almost apologizing.”

Starscream’s spark almost dropped, It can’t be?..--

“Glideforce, told him that flint and him were separate due to a heavy blizzard when they crashed onto the earth and to the other side..They searched for him everywhere, every climate, every biome. Still no sign of him…Sky decided to go through his bond and search for him there, it was..dull a bit… he knows flint is alive because he can feel him, barely..” She sighed, resting her servos on her cheeks.

“Crashing like that on earth could be a serious injury, even if you cannot pull down slowly while flying..I’m no doctor..” 

“Do they find him?,” Starscream asked. 

She looked at him sadly, as her wing drooped down low. “No.”

“Sky waited for a sign every decade.. And it’s been so long..and after a decade that’s until a certain seeker came.. He’s untrine, young, scared and confused..”

She opened the other page of glideforce’s diary. “Both of the brothers were fond of him, and know that he came to earth scared because he was stuck in the pod..like me..”

“Skydreamer on the other hand, treated him like his own.. He clearly missed his sparkling, flint. So both of the brothers decided to trines with him. Glideforce is the trine leader of the two..” she rambled, looking through the page.

“So, the unnamed seeker was with them, he is very adventurous on earth. Until he meets another bot..” Her optics turn cold.

“Cloudburst..” She hissed his name like he was unicron himself.

“Wait– cloudburst?..I heard of a cloudburst..wasn’t he a retired bounty hunter and worked with lockdown in the past, then they separated due to something I don't know what?”

She sneered. “Not retired anymore, it seems.. Erm.. he goes by Irecharge.... Both glideforce and skydreamer didn’t trust him near the young seeker. But alas..that young silly one fell in love with Irecharge, they were almost to be conjunx endura and  thinking he’d changed for the better…oh..how wrong he is.” 

“That fragger was trying to change just to fool him into getting what he wanted..Not even thinking about others, but himself.. he’s just greedy like that for power...” it remind almost of himself, hungry for power.. and stellarstorm unexpectedly marked a scratch in her desk with her claws.

Now, that almost frightens him..

“Even the brother warned him about cloudburst. He didn’t listen. He still stays with him..”

“It turned out..” Her breathing was rapid. As if in rage..

“He worked with deadplate behind their back, and butcher skydreamer!, “ She cried out. 

The name ‘deadplate’ sent a shiver down to his body. He heard of him. He was a savage that hunted only for seekers because of their fast speed– their frame and wings..he taken a liking in them..

When he had captured one, he’d tortured them for the git of fun and ripped them out of their wing for his own collection.

That mech was no savage, he was a barbarian straight out of unicron’s pit. 

“When the young seeker finds out, he confront cloudburst about deadplate. He shows his true color..that horrible thing he does to his almost conjunx..poor little one"

“I was there..when I found out that skydreamer was murdered, I went to hunt him down for revenge..Glideforce warned me not to go..gosh I was such a fool..when i was caught in there, he tortured me and.. made me watch all of his collection, so many…” She trailed off, struggling to stifle a sob, and she was shaking. 

“Wings, and the body of their in horrible shape..” Starscream choked. “And you know what’s the funny part?...Skydreamer died and then, glideforce..that last word that sky said to me was that if he cannot find his son, flint..I’ll do that for him and promise to protect him all of my life..”

“But how can I do that? When I'm too busy drowning in the past?..” She murmured..

“And you know that young seeker….” she sighs deeply again. 

“I was him..” she add

Starscream barely struggled to contain himself, as he almost fell.

“You were that young seeker?, but you are..a femme?..” she chuckled sadly.

“That femme body wasn’t mine, my old friends – ah..Scarscry.. He found my body in one piece and dragged my bodie.. I was still alive but he helped me.” she smiled, rubbing her arm.

Scarscry?– That name sound familiar to him, but starscream couldn't put his hands on where he have meet this person...

He brushed off his thought to stop being distracted for once."My old body was hidden somewhere.. I have forgotten where...however, It was the same design as the femme one, but just a different color..” 

“You see, starscream.. stellarstorm wasn’t my designation. It was a false name and false identity to hide from cloudburst and let him believe I was dead for good..i’m sorry..I was so alone when Sky and Glide died...I hope you won’t–” She was interrupted by a tight embrace. And she let out her feelings and hugged back. 

“You know…I have a sparkling of my own..” He murmured, still holding her..

She–or he looked up at him “ Really?,” and asked. Starscream nodded.

“He was just like you, adventurous, silly, sentimental, curious and the best blessing of my life. He always loved flying with me and he looks just like a mix of me and his sire..” He smiled at the remembrance of his sparkling.

“What a great child he is..what’s his name?,” He murmured softly, gleaming light in his amber optics.

“Ah, I picked the name Grace because he had mercy to spare others when others wronged him.. He stands up gracefully while others fall.. And he didn’t seem to give up no matter what…he’s my little star..” He muttered.

Stellarstorm perk up, optics widening.

“It can’t be..could you be?…” she trailed off, Starscream gaze at her curiously and confused.

“What is it?,” he asked.

“Carrier?..” she called out softly.

His face turned into a surprise expression as he realized and now struggling to speak, After a moment, he loudly blurted out. 

“Grace??..It can’t be..”

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“How can this be?,” He said with skepticism. 

“B-but, I shut off our bonds when I throw you into the pod!..I didn’t want you to know what’s happening to me..” He cried out

“You didn’t completely shut it off, after the pod. I can still feel so many feelings there..” She touched his cheeks and leaned over him, hugging him to remind herself that her carrier is right there with her.

“So much greed, pain, lust for power, and yet, sadness.. If I had known..I would have found you earlier when you first came here.” she murmured. All of the words have hit starscream’s face right in. 

Starscream couldn’t believe it, Stellarstorm is actually Grace. His sparkling. He didn’t just know, he just felt the bond and immediately figured it out. Now that he and his sparkling are reunited again, he couldn’t just let him in danger any longer. Even though she always spied for information. 

“What do we do?..” She whispered, an obviously uneasiness in his voice.

“We keep a secret that you’re my sparkling, Grace. After all no one will ever know..” It felt right to call his sparkling’s origin names when they changed their names into stellarstorm. 

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They both have decided that their own secret wouldn’t be revealed, not the autobots or even the decepticons would know. Both starscream and stellar ‘Grace’ have been doing good at hiding that secret after all. 

“Where are we going, Care?..” Stellar asked, a nervous tone in his voice. “I’ll explain once we arrive.” starscream assured. They arrived in a room that she didn’t like, the room was undeniably uncomfortable. The fact that it has pods as well. 

“Is that..” she trailed off, softly and with a clear stunned feeling within her. 

He cut off. “Yes, this is the clone room. Once I have access to it, I’d be unstoppable to overthrow megatron.. “ his sinister smile made the feeling of concern gnaw at her. 

“Are you gonna use it on yourself? Is this really helpful?..what if..” once again, cut off. “Nothing will happen to me, my little star.. I know you can be overly protective. But, I can tell you that it will be fine..” He sighed, reassured her worriedness. 

“Okay, but if something really did happen. No more cloning..please?,” She murmured, optics burned with anxiety as she glanced at him. Sometimes he hates that she always looks at him like he was made of glass.. It should be the opposite..

He could understand that they both had been separate from each other for so long. 

Now is not the time.

“Besides..are you really going back to the nemesis to kill him?, really?” 

Starscream shook his head and shushed her lip with his claws. “Why do all of that work when you can have your own clone do the job for you?,” he grinned. 

Stellar frown, not liking where this is going. 

She has witnessed him cloning himself, dozens of starscream in each. They look eerie like him. And the same. He has brought his groups of clones outside of the ship and before he did. “Remember, don’t go anywhere. Last time you did that, you encountered the enemy that they found out your identity.” he scolded and warned as he walked off.

Stellar watches him leave with the clone, and then sighed. Wing down and shoulder as well. 

“How am I supposed to know what’s happening?..” She muttered to herself, rubbing her chin with her claw. She could sneak out and hope that he didn’t notice, but however he’ll find out in no time. 

She decided to scrap it all and sneak out, and even get out of the places to hide so that her carrier didn’t know. 

Starscream seems to be commanding his clone to fly since he was the only one who can’t fly. Now it was time to strike, she quickly transformed into her alt mode and flew along with the clones of him to blend in. Hoping that he didn’t notice her. 

Now, she was finally inside the ship of the nemesis, although the other starscream was hunting around for megatron. And the other as well. 

She creeps around, not allowing herself to get caught by those drones. As she switches to the other side of the room, she unexpectedly witnesses the other starscream being killed by none other than a bulkhead. Her optics widened with fear, wing droop lower than ever as she began trembling. 

"Is this what war has become?, both sides killing and sparing no mercy to those whose enemy no matter?,” she realized, trying to calm herself down. And telling herself that that wasn’t her carrier, which is fact is his clone. No matter what, she’ll never join any team. She's neutral and she hoped starscream would not join either. 

She back away from the scene and walks freely, almost avoidable to any potential threat. Looking around the extended hall inside of the ship, she looked at the window.

It seems like the nemesis is moving quickly through the skies in nowhere, she can see why the autobots couldn’t find the location.

The nemesis moved quite a lot...

Unknowingly to her, soundwave was spying on her through the camera she has not known of. 

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Megatron turned away from each body of starscream, not caring which one is real. After all, they're all the same. And yet, he wonder if he have come..

How has he not come back?, it was clear that starscream had enough. 

He always knows that arrogant useless seeker of his will always come back to him, as once. Begging for mercy and pleasing to come back as his equal. 

The thought of starscream not coming back ever and he could possibly team up with his arch enemies might be a possibility, which makes his scowl uglier. That, in fact, was not surprising if he did manage to team up with Optimus Prime. 

He was willing to work with just anyone, but not with him..

His distraction was soon interrupted by soundwave as he walked in. 

“Ah, Soundwave. What guide you here? Did you find any other clones of Starscream's?,” He requested, head tilting over to glance at him. 

Soundwave’s visor switches to each static and then, showing an image of stellarstorm sneaking around the hall of the nemesis. 

Megatron’s expression was almost aloof, and then– his mouth shifted into a nasty smirk. As if this news pleased him “It looks like we’ll meet this fascinating seeker, Stellarstorm…” 

“Clones of starscream corrupted under my pede, and now this stellarstorm that breakdown mentions has invaded my ship..what a surprise, these days are starting to become far finer..” he continued. 

“Soundwave” he called out.

Soundwave stepped out. “Yes, my liege?” using the voice record of knockout’s. 

“Capture her for me, let's see what our friend is up to..” He ordered. “ And as for me, I have duties of my own to do..” Soundwaves bowed his head. “Affirmative.”

Now that soundwave stepped out of the throne room, it was time for a hunt. 

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Starscream was being dragged by Grace, as his own sparkling was bringing him somewhere. They’re going nowhere far from the city of Iacon that he has not known of, and it is making him nervous for some reason. Questioning his own kid where they are heading to. 

“Where are we heading off to? Grace, once your sire comes home to find us absent he’ll panic like crazy! And this is making my wings shake with uneasiness!” he complained, and yet worried.

Grace huffed. “Relax carrier! You’ll see what I found..” 

As they were near to the destination, Grace spun over to his carrier, approaching. “Close your optics carrier..” Starscream did as he was told to, letting grace drag him once again, and waited for the sign to open his optics. 

As the few minutes passed– “Now, open..”  He finally opened, gazing at what’s in front of him. His optics stunned with amazed. At the highest edge of the skies, was each line of the stars going together. 

Each of them is making a shape, blinking and flicking at each other, Almost as if they were communicating and looking at cybertron above. 

“Do you like it?,” Grace asked, nervously, fiddling with his finger. 

Starscream was too stunned to say anything, for a moment he finally spoke with passion.”Like it? Grace..I love it!, Where did you have the time to find these places where there’s no city?..”

It makes Grace nervous as he mumbled and stutter, then he clear out— “Uh, Scarscry who lived in Kaon and moved over to Iacon… he showed me these spots!, and he named all of the stars! “ He beam

“W-what..that mech who fought in the arena??..you can’t trust anybody especially if you don’t know that he could be a dangerous one..” he scolded him. 

“I know that!, besides he’s a brilliant fighter..I like him! People in Iacon call him unusual and out of the planet But not me!” he exclaimed

He continued to speak. “He’s the next level cool like Megatronus! And and.. He showed me cool stuff also..” Starscream pinch his nose between his optics and sighed. “Fine, fine, if you adore him so much. I’ll let you see him.” Before Grace started cheering, Starscream warned “ If he promises not to show you any of these weapons that aren’t for sparkling!..” 

He saluted. “Aye, carrier!. “ He joked. And starscream groaned---

He wakes up with a groan of pain, his body aches just like before when he first got his t-cog taken away. ‘Scrap!’ He thought, trying his best to get him. He remembers that he collapsed due to bearing the pain of his clone.

It looks like Grace was right after all, using the clone was a terrible plot to overthrow megatron. They have a t-cog and he doesn't! Why did he have to feel all of their agony, it was such a foolish idea. 

He painfully strolled inside of the harbinger, ignoring the pain. He paused for a moment, inside. it was too quiet.. He searched around every room for his older sparkling.

 There’s no sight of him, he panicked. Looking around, he began to think.

‘It can’t be..” He hoped that it wasn’t the case that Stellar disobeyed his order and sneaked in..could he be following his clone?

He scowled, of course he would do that. Stellar is a spy for a reason! If he was following the clone, it lead to–

 “The nemesis!, “ He panicked. He can’t go out there, and help his sparkling since he was badly hurted. The thought of his own sparkling in danger makes his spark churned in fear, and fury of those who will hurt him. 

Contacting the autobot for help is out of the question, he supposed that he have no choice. 

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“Rachet, what’s wrong? “ Optimus asks, worriedly. “Starscream contacted me for..help and no medical. Strange” rachet said, puzzled. 

“Starscream? What does he want? “ Arcee chimes in, sneering. Optimus supposed that it can’t be helped that Arceee is overcome by her own rage to starscream killing her partner. 

“He asked for help.. And he has some information that we want to hear, “ Ratchet sighed. As Bumblee beeped, also chiming in. 'How are we gonna answer him if some of us are busy fighting off Araichnid with her insecticon, even megatron. Plus, bulkhead is on the nemesis!’

“You’re right, bumblebee. Ratchet, contact us if something goes wrong when you’re with starscream..” Optimus transformed into his truck mode and drove off with arcee, and bumblebee into the groundbridge. 

Ratchet still brought his medical tool, even if Starscream says not to bring any, he’ll be damned if he lets him die out on him. 

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Starscream perked up as the ground bridge opened up, the person stepping out was ratchet.  “And here, I thought prime would be with you..” He muttered, he tried to sit up. Groaning in pain. 

He frowned at starscream. “Quit playing around.. He has other things to do than being with you.” Starscream rolled his optics. "You said you have information that’s advantageous for us..” he stepped closer, willing to help him anyway. 

“And I said no medical tools!, “ he snarled. “And letting you die on me? absolutely not!” Ratchet huffed at his stubbornness. He let him use the tool on him, fixing him on. 

As the time passed, starscream was all good, and yet some of his scar healed a bit. 

“The information..” He asked. 

“Oh, right..I have some information that you’d like to hear” he grinned.

“Arachnid got her own insecticon, I bet you already know by now..” Ratchet nodded along while listening. “And also, I have access to one of the caves that has more energon. Soundwave can’t track it. So it is impossible that soundwave or megatron would have known.” 

“I see..” He hummed.

“So that’s all?,” He asked, starscream nodded. “And what’s it you want now that you have given us the information..” 

“Ratchet.. You and I both know that If I have something to say, I would. Beside..” He trailed off, wing shivering in clear anxiety. “I found Grace..” the word that came out of his mouth froze ratchet up. It can’t be the same sparkling who he has checked over back in Iacon with starscream?

“It can’t be..” He denied, he refused to believe that Grace and starscream have once again reunited given the circumstances of the war going on.“Belive me or not, we have reunited again. he looks different than ever. And now, his foolish self followed a clone of my own and brought himself inside of the nemesis. And primus knows that I'll be panicking all over again!, “ He stated. 

“Ever since, Grace has been different now. He goes by stellarstorm..” he sighed.

The name ‘Stellarstorm’ made ratchet turn to him, glanced at him completely as if he killed his turbopuppy.

“Stellarstorm?” he pressed

“Yes?” starscream raised his brows.

“The femme who helped bumblebee when he was knocked out by nemesis prime?, “ ‘Yup, sound like him..’ Star pondered

“Yes, the femme seeker. Grace has changed his form into a femme for a reason that I cannot tell you..” he replied. 

Ratchet cursed and mumbled about welding stellar, and scolding him if he’s safely back in Starscream's clutches once they got him out of the ship. 

He wonders how active starscream's carrier protocol is, after all he seems to be in fury. A deadly one at that. He was, in fact, not surprised. Seeker carriers can be feral when their sparkling are taken away or have been lost. 

He didn’t want to interfere in this, but he supposed he had no choice since he was only helping starscream just for Grace. 

“If he was on the ship, that means the bulkhead is on it as well.. If I could go back to the base to locate his tracker. It would lead to Grace.” Ratchet hummed while thinking.

“Do what you do to find him, I don’t care. if you can track one of your autobot friends. I’ll find him on my way.” The air commander hissed. 

Before he could leave, he was stopped by Ratchet. “Wait, you’re not fully better. You can’t go out there tracking down the nemesis while you’re not yet recovered!, “ He scolded.

“Who cares?, my own sparkling is in danger and I need to rescue him!” Starscream scowls, brushing Ratchet off. 

Ratchet shakes his head, and sighs. “You’re really stubborn, I will help you find him once we are inside the base..”

At the autobots base, Starscream was getting fidgety. He could hear Ratchet’s servo clinking as he began to track down bulkhead that could lead Grace inside the nemesis.

He hoped that he was doing alright on the ship, If anyone, or megatron nor soundwave tried to touch him. He would cut off their hand with Grace’s swordblade.

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Now that’s weird..Stellarstorm doesn't know whether to be glad or terrified that the halls were still, and no vehicons on sight. 

Whatever is going on in here, it makes her nervous. No matter what she has to find a way out now that she already knows what’s happening. Not to mention that she felt like she was being watched, and there’s no one here..

She paced through the halls, searching for a way out..

Then– suddenly, a blast shot through her way. It startled her, she turned around to see a bird–like cybertronian. Laserbeak, she heard about her. She’s one of Soundwave's kids after his other one died, that's what her carrier starscream tell her. 

She cursed in silence, and dodged her attack. 

“Oh, now you wanna have a fight? Bring it on girlfriend!” she grinned, already liking where this is going. As the fight between stellarstorm and laserbeak continued, it was time for soundwave to step in helping his kid. 

“Frag..” She cursed, almost tired of fighting. And she has to proceed fighting. Until, soundwave brings his tentacles out, ready to capture her at any cost. 

She dodged again, she reached for her dagger. Aiming at the tentacles. luckily for soundwave, he quickly blocks the dagger, and throw it away out of her servos. And Before she could move, his tentacles servos electrified her. Making her scream in pain, as she passed out.

The last thing she saw was soundwave carrying her body as she blacked out —-------

Knockout was clearly interrupted by soundwave while he was treating Steve, as Steve said he lost his arm due to the fight. He turned around only to see soundwave carrying a limped femme seeker. He realized who it was.

“I take it, you capture that femme seeker breakdown mention?” He asked. 

“Capture: Affirmative..” Soundwave spokes. 

Knockout whistles while amused. “Well?, bring her here..Steve you’re good to go.” he dismissed the vehicon, as Steve glanced at Stellarstorm before he left. 

“What do I do with her? Look through her memory or something? “ He cocked his hips, as he glanced at every detail at her. She was gorgeous like starscream, yes. And yet, she looked like she was very neglected with no paint. that's no good..

The silenceness of soundwave has told him that he have to look through her memory. he plugged the tube on her, connecting it directly to the camera. As it shows her memories for them to see.

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“Sylvia what are these for on the ground?” Stellar ask her human friends who was preparing something on the grass.

Apple was helping out her wife, Slyvia as they both brought out a blanket with the color of red and white plaid. While the two little human boys played a sort of tag game. “We are having a picnic.” She answered. Stellar tilt her helm, and clearly confused. 

“What’s that? “ She questioned. Sylvia smiled at her, reaching for the basket.

“Picnic is like..when you invite your loved one or friends for relaxation and for a meal to eat outdoors. Like having fun!” 

“Huh, interesting..” She rubbed her chin at her word, already liking the picnic. Human culture is fascinating to stellar. 

Soundwave have requested knockout to go a little further to the past, to gain more information on who Stellarstorm is. 

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“Carrier, I want a energon candy..” Grace exclaimed while holding his carrier’s servo. They were at the store as starscream buyed something. 

Starscream rolled his optics. “We have energon at home.” 

“But, they taste like something straight out of low-grade!” He complained, stomping his little pede like a little brat. 

“Grace.. When you were little, you weren't like that. “ He mutters, shaking head in disappointment at his sparkling. “Ask your sire to get you one, but not so much.”

“Primus above knows that he’ll spoil you rotten so much..” he scoffed, Grace sticks his tongue out at his carrier. Which has starscream wonder why he was sparkled in the first place. 

“When is sire coming home? It's getting boring..” he sighed, already bored because they were at the store for six minutes-- no ten minutes.. “Soon, brat, He’ll come later..” starscream reassured. 

“But, he’s an archivist right? At the hall of record in Iacon? Why don’t we visit him after shopping? “ He asked.

“We shouldn’t bother your sire since he seems to be working hard..”

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That surprised soundwave, and knockout, The information soundwave is getting was very personal.

Starscream, was the femme seeker’s carrier. Stellarstorm. And stellarstorm wasn’t stellarstorm, she is Grace, and a mech at that. 

It didn’t make sense to why the second in command would keep this secret from megatron and the other. It was a possibility he kept this secret for a long time, nonetheless he could understand why he did it.

It was to keep his sparkling safe. If he was in his pede, he would have done the same for laserbeak. He has lost too many to the autobots. Rumble, frenzy, ravage, ratbat, buzzkill and slugfest..

He couldn’t afford to lose laserbeak, ever. 

“So, uh..what do we do with this information? “ Knockout’s voice interrupted his thought. He glanced back at him. “Secret: Never to be revealed to none.” As soon he said it, he leave the room. 

Though, it has knockout confused.

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Starscream and Ratchet have put on a groundbridge to the nemesis ship, While they did. They stepped inside of the ship. before Starscream walks away to search for his sparkling, ratchet stop him. 

“Wait, we should find bulkhead and then for Grace..” he mumbled. Starscream glared at him, not caring about anyone but Grace.  “Come on now, Grace should be nearby!” he whined. 

Someone came in, the ratchet already loaded his weapon. Even starscream with his null rays. 

 It was– bulkhead, he looked between them. “Is this a bad time to say what’s going on?”

“Bulkhead, you startled the scrap out of us! I’m glad to see you’re doing fine..” He checked over for any injury on bulkhead’s body.

“Why is he here? I thought I killed you?” He glared at starscream. 

“Ah, you must have seen my clone and killed one of them..” He said curtly. 

“Bulkhead, now’s not the right time..starscream is finding his.. emm partner, stellarstorm is in danger and she appears to be in the same ship with you when it happens. “ The look that ratchet gave to starscream was an understatement. Like an agreement to keep a secret. Though, it was unnoticed by bulkhead. 

The big guy didn’t question who she was, he just followed both of them to save her. Perhaps ratchet could explain when they are out of the ship. 

The three of them strolled through the halls, even fighting off the vehicons in here. But, Starscream was too desperate to get to Grace.  

They search everywhere, but no sign of him. The only place he could be in the Medbay, and knockout…

Starscream marched quickly inside the Medbay room, and noticed Grace– Stellarstorm was on the med berth, spreadly laying on it. tube attached to him, and He grimaced at the scene.

He barely noticed knockout was there, already aiming at him but ratchet and bulkhead arrived and pointed their weapon at him. Outnumbered– knockout let his weapon down and let starscream take her..

Ratchet comm in HUD to contact for anyone to open a groundbridge, surprisingly optimus already did. Coming back from the fight from arachnid and her insecticons.

“Go in before we get caught! “ Ratchet commanded.

Now, they are at the base, starscream carried his sparkling. He didn’t care about the base or anything, only his sparkling which limped to his side as he was knocked out..

“Why is he here! “ Arcee glared at him, weary and pointing her weapon at him. 

“Arcee, stand down.. He won’t do anything. He just wants his partner safe.”  Ratchet sighed, reaching for Grace. But starscream hissed and snarled at him. he step back.

He knew it was his carrier protocol acting on, but he had to convince starscream to let him do his job. “ Calm down, I won't do anything to her. Just let me fix her..” 

“How would I know you could put me in a cell and take her away from me? “ He was still paranoid, which ratchet had to take a note on.

“Starscream, nothing will come to Stellarstorm's harm. Let ratchet do his duties and I can assure you she’ll be fine.” Optimus chimes in, getting a little too close to him. It startled starscream, reminding him of the past. He backed away.

Ratchet clears his throat despite how awkward it is. “Bring her here..” he ordered. He have no choice but to give his sparkling to ratchet, so that he can fix him. 

“Why don’t we put him in the cell, so that he won’t cause any trouble? “ Arcee requested.

Ratchet scoffs, still holding Stellarstorm “That won’t be necessary, Starscream is after all loyal to no one but to himself and to his spa– partner a-as well...” Luckily the team didn’t notice.

Bumblebee beeped in response. ‘ How do we know he won’t cause any trouble if he’s only faithful to her?’ 

He smirks. “I can guarantee you that he won’t. Causes any trouble.. “ he knows, and starscream knows as well. Hence why he kept his secret and hers too.  

Arcee huffed, bumblebee nodded slightly but still weary. While bulkhead scratch his helm in confusion, wondering if it was a good time to ask any questions to what's going on so they could explain to him. 

“No matter what, if starscream's priority is stellarstorm. No harm will occurred to him and her. “ Optimus voiced his reason.

“He will stay with us, until then while she recovers. Starscream will prove his value if he’s willing to help us.” He proceeded. Starscream chime in with a “Hey! I’m right there.." but, he was ignored. 

He didn’t like how they were talking about him while he was literally right in front of them. once his sparkling recovers, they will go back to the harbinger and never come across to anyone who's on either two faction.  

'Yeah, as if ratchet will let us go.." He thought and snorted. it won't be so bad here, a bit...

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Starscream was puzzled to see everyone— on the base moving quickly and seemed to be doing something to decorate this place. 

“What is this?” He asked, Stellar was beside him watching everything and smiling. 

“Oh, this? You know what today is?,” she smirked at him. He supposed he did not know what she meant by that. “Uh.. no?” he has absolutely no idea..

She frowned and then brought out the leaves with a red bow in his servos, wiggling it. Then suddenly– she pressed a kiss on his cheek. “Merry Christmas Carrier..” She murmured softly. 

Starscream spluttered, his face was flushed in embarrassment “I–what? What’s the meaning of this??”

Stellarstorm rolled his optics and chuckled. “This is Christmas, silly! Humans celebrate the holiday with their friends and loved ones. I thought we would celebrate it together to embrace the culture of the human’s..” 

He scowled. “Who’s we? I’m not involved in this ridiculous holiday! “ he fumed, not wanting to join in their silly holiday celebration.

Stellar shrugged and went somewhere to grab some energon goodies to eat. And that only leaves starscream alone without her. ‘Great..’ he crossed his arm in displeasure, staying there forever until Stellar could come back. Which he would do. 

He can see that most of the team were having fun with the humans. Ratchet wasn’t even joining in, though stellar was bothering him to join in until he did come.. Smokescreen was telling Jack about his race back at Cybertron. Miko was drawing, meanwhile Raf was listening to Optimus. 

Though, it looks like Jack’s mother couldn’t come due to work today..And Agent Fowler was too busy with his paperwork (Poor guy)..

Arcee was talking with Stellar about some topic that starscream does not know what. Bulkhead and Wheeljack were spending too much time with each other While..Ultra Magnus, he was unaware of a leaf with a red bow hanging on to his helm and he didn’t even notice! 

Wheeljack was trying so hard to stifle his laughter while bulkhead laughed uncontrollably, the others noticed as well. Starscream understood why they laugh..

It was hilarious!

Until suddenly– they went on to him, kissing his forehead and cheek. And then walk off laughing. Magnus was in complete shock. 

Now, it was smokescreen next! then Miko, Raf and Jack hugging his pede and walking off!..

Arcee herself couldn't do that. Neither does Optimus since they respect him too much. Starscream walked up to both of them, and Optimus left. Something about getting energon until he comes back.

“Poor guy! He was standing over the mistletoes for so long and still he didn’t notice! “ Stellar laugh. Arcee shook her head, and smiled “Sir Ultra magnus is many things, but it looks like oblivious is one of them.. No offense..” 

“He still didn’t notice? Oh..I feel so bad..” Starscream chime in, smirking along with them.

“It's been like..fifteen minutes..” She started.

“Who is gonna tell him? Definitely not me..” Arcee added. Stellar rubbed his chin, in thought. Starscream immediately knew what she’s about to do. “Oh, you’re not doing this…I forbidden you! “ He hissed, and unfortunately the smile of stellar tells him otherwise.

“Oh! Come on.. It won’t be so bad..besides it will be the greatest Christmas ever! You can’t stop me..Star..” She purred, she brushed past him and toward Ultra Magnus..

“Frag..” He cursed, Arcee raised her brow. “What’s she gonna do?..” she asked.

“You’ll see soon..” She thinks over his word and watches for now.

She stepped slowly over him, as he noticed her. She cocked his hip, servos on the hip as well. 

“Poor you, everyone is trying to peck you!..” She purred seductively and smirked. Magnus was trying to maintain his composure.

Though, it has Miko gasp, her eyes widen and her jaw drop. “Oh my gosh, I am soo drawing this..” she muttered, having her new idea for her art. 

“It saddened me that I wasn't the first to do this..but..this will do..” Her servo was on his shoulder, as she shifted closer. Almost to his face. It almost made him stutter, and he still kept his face stern..almost.. “T-That’s overly inappropriate behavior.. Of flirting with your commander–”

She rolled her optics at his statement. “Hush now, now..this is Christmas..and you’re the only person who’s not enjoying it..” Then– she kissed him..

Kiss him on the lip..

All of them stop for a moment, and Miko's jaw drops even harder. Raf was embarrassed to witness this. And Jack was surprised like the both of them. 

Ratchet’s processor looked like it was fried, smokescreen was chuckling and trying a way to screenshot it for blackmail..

Bulkhead didn’t know whether to interrupt but his expression said “ WHAT” and Arcee as well was shocked too..looking between Stellar and Magnus. Meanwhile, Starscream’s face looked so murderous, like he was ready to tear Ultra Magnus down for any necessary for his own sparkling. 

Then– a loud cracked glass broke into pieces on the floor. Optimus was surprised to the point that he dropped his energon glass. 

But, Stellarstorm was still kissing Magnus. Until it was enough for her that starscream stormed in and pulled him off on Magnus.. “That’s enough! “ Star hissed.

“You’re grounded for decades!, “ He screeched at his sparkling. And dragging him away from the whole crew. Now Stellarstorm shouts happily while being tugged away. “Merry Christmas to all! And tell Santa I want him as my gift!..” she giggled dreamily like a child who have their first kiss. 

“Oh, man..Stellar is getting in trouble! “ Miko started. Raf pushed off his glass on his nose, worriedly. “I hope nothing bad happens..”

“Stellar will be fine..starscream can be very protective of his partner..given that they were separate from each other...” Ratchet reassured, as his optics averted to Ultra Magnus and to the spot where starscream dragged her away. “After all, Stellar is a wild child..starscream can’t do anything to stop her if he tried..” he shrugged.

Optimus placed his servo on his second-in commander’s shoulder as he sighed. Magnus glanced at the spot that she left with starscream and sighed as well. “She kissed me..why–”

Optimus shakes his helm. “Do not worry too much, my friend. In fact..it’s Starscream you’d have to ask..” 

So, the day began. And Ultra Magnus still pondered about the kiss. And wonder if she was doing this because she likes him.. Or whether she was doing this for fun..

Really– he can’t tell..

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If there was one thing that stellar hate the most is waking up and feeling like she's been hit very hard. The light flashed her optics, making her eyes hurt so much. And unable to see due to the bright light. 

“Ah good..you’re awake.” The voice on the other side startles her. 

“Can’t you take that light off? It’s killing my optics..” she groaned, trying her best to get up. But– then a servo on her chest brings her down slowly. 

The light was a bit dim now, she can see clearly. She noticed a mech in full red and white, and quickly realized that’s ratchet. The medic who used to examine her health when she was young back at cybertron. 

His carrier, Starscream, was standing in the other corner, his wing and back was pressed against the wall as he waited. 

“Carrier?..Where are we? “ She asked, glancing around inside the unfamiliar room. “You’re in the Medbay, Grace..” Ratchet answered for her, since Starscream didn’t have time to explain. “And you've been out for two cycles.” 

Two cycles? She has been out for two days?...wait grace?..does he know-

“Grace, ratchet already knows..don’t worry he’ll keep our secret..” starscream explained, alreadying knowing her thoughts somehow. she relaxed. 

Maybe they were speaking about her, when she was out cold and somehow ratchet find out she is Grace, that mechling. still she begin to calm down.

“Oh..long time no see ratch..” she smiled tiredly, as ratchet rolled his optics and huffed in annoyance.

He was very grumpy, and she could live with that. But then a sudden pain in her helm makes her wince and groan. Ratchet, smack her helm with his tool..

“Ugh! What’s that for!-” she hissed at him, wing shooting up in warning. 

“That’s for you being foolish and trying to get inside of the nemesis..Grace you’re not a spy and soundwave could easily get you if it wasn’t for us saving you! “ He screeched at her, scolding her and also worried just like starscream. 

She looks at her carrier for help, but he never steps in to help. He obviously knew that once he tried to help her, he'd get hit as well. 

“But–” she tried.

He cut her off with another hit as she groaned. “No but!, what are you thinking? Throwing yourself into risky situations like that? Starscream was panicking all over the place when he found that you had sneaked off!” 

He sighed and didn’t hit her anymore, seeing that it's pointless. 

She rubbed her helm and frowned, she felt bad that she left her carrier while his body wasn’t doing well.. “I never meant to do that..I just want to–”

“Want what? Finish that sentence.” Starscream cut in, his tone was resentful. There was a clear anger around him as his body trembled.

“I– well..I was curious..seeing that you aren’t overly bothered about me spying on bot.. So I thought maybe I could get information for you. In case we've ever encountered any of them or get hurt by them....” 

“A-And I know old’ ratch says I'm not a spy, but it feels like the right thing to do..” 

Starscream pinch his nose between his optics and sigh, he couldn’t be angry with his sparkling anymore. After all, Grace was good at spying and yet, terrible at not getting caught. 

“I know you felt the need to do this for me, but each time you did this. It makes me worried too much.. Next time if you decide to spy..just don’t throw yourself into risk like the medic said..” He embraced Grace tightly, kissing his forehead and purring softly. 

Stellar love being in her carrier’s embrace, it was warm and nice for her, reminding her when she was once a kid again.

“I won’t throw myself in a risky situation like ratch said..” She promised.

Ratchet cleared his throat, it was awkward for him to witness a sparkling-carrier relationship.

“Alright–alright, you two break it up. I’ll check over you and then your carrier..” 

Ratchet went on his way to examine both of them, making sure they’re good to go.

Until– Optimus came inside, interrupting what ratchet was doing. Stellars noticed that starscream tense up when Optimus came. 

Wondering if they both have history together.. No matter what, if his carrier weary of optimus prime. Then she should be weary of him too, right?

“I assume that they’re both well, ratchet?” Optimus asked, his deep voice rumbled something in stellar’s spark. Getting a sense of nostalgia from somewhere.

“Stellarstorm is good to go, since soundwave’s electricity didn’t hurt her that much.”

“Starscream on the other hand..” He trailed off.

“He will have to stay in the medbay until further notice. His frame showed some old and new scar there..his spark is almost damaged, since he has lost his t-cog..” he showed his concern.

Optimus rubbed his chin, his brow was arched down, he seemed to be in thought, and stellar never see a prime does this. Starscream looked away, wincing. He couldn’t resist medical attention now that ratchet would have to look through his medical record.

“So, I can't stay with him?” Stellar blurted out, three of them glanced at her. Now noticing she was standing there.

“Well, you can stay with him. But, you can’t stay too long..” ratchet reached for his datapad. 

Stellar look at optimus, starsscream and then at ratchet. Already knowing that this is a private conversation between them.

“I’ll come later, bye star..” she pecked her carrier on the cheek and left. 

— soon as she stepped out of the medbay, she didn’t know where to go. After all, the autobot’s base is unfamiliar to her. The harbinger was, however, her home with starscream on her side. 

Being here inside of the base made her uncomfortable, even though she was not an autobot herself. 

She didn’t realize that she was somewhere in the base.

Something  small bumped into her pede, as she looked down. It was— A Little boy, with red glasses, and spiky brown hair. He glanced up at her, feeling nervous to see a new person. 

She leaned down, putting her knee on the floor, her faceplate went closer to his. Analyzing him and yet, curious about this new person. She met many humans in her lifetime, never has she met someone so small as the other human kids.   

“At ease. I won’t harm you.. What’s a little one like you doing in the autobot base?” she spoke softly to him, as if talking loudly would break him. 

He struggled to speak for a moment, until- he did. “Uh– I’m Raf, Rafael.. The autobot are my friends.. And I've been staying here longer! “ 

She smiled softly, flicking her claws at his hair gently. “Mm, raf? I’m Stellarstorm.. Pleasure to meet you.” 

The boy who was still nervous, smiled a bit. He almost felt at ease with the femme seekers, he thought that she was starscream for a moment when he bumped into her heeled pede.

As soon as she say her name, he recognized who it was. 

“Uh– may I ask?, “ He nervously said, fiddling with his fingers and looking down at the floor. She raises her eyebrow and tilts. “Of course, ask away.” Her wing twitched for a slight moment.

“I've been told that you’re one who saved my friend bumblebee, and– I wanted to thank you..for saving him from nemesis Prime.”

Stellar was taken aback when he said those words to her, it’s been years since she has been thanked for something she did. “I– no problem! I’m glad to see that your friend is doing alright. “

“Besides, is this what you called the prime’s clone? Nemesis prime?” she added. He chuckled nervously. “Ah, it was Miko's idea to call him that..” 

—Miko?, she guessed there are more humans inside the base. “Well, it suits him.” she cackled.

“Say, Raf. Do you mind showing me the whole room? I am quite lost..” she muttered, looking around the place. 

Raf perked up, and smiled. He was happy to show her inside the whole base of the room.

“Oh! Sure..follow me!”

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...There’s no way to escape from ratchet- starscream thoughts as he was hopelessly scolded by him. He has told him many times that he was fine. And by fine, he means physically alright..

“What’re you thinking?, if I knew you were denying medical attention, I would chain you on to the berth! “ Ratchet yelled. That medic was never tired of screeching at him. 

It was so awkward. Optimus was right there, standing. As if he tried to interrupt. He would get yelled at as well. “Ratchet, I don’t think screaming at starscream would be the–” He was cut off by him.

“Screaming? SCREAMING? Please, I am merely trying to make him come back to his senses. That fool is risking himself, and he’s as bad as stellar is!” he gripped his tools tight, as if he was a second away from hitting him. He decided against it.

Starscream squealed while offended. “Agh!, don’t compare me to hi–uh her! She defied my order and broke inside of the nemesis ship! And you think I wouldn't be more scared? I am! “ 

Optimus on the other hand, alreadying struggling to contain the both of them.

A loud sound on the other side of the room startled them, and Optimus and ratchet rushed into the room to see what’s going on.

Starscream follows behind them both to see what’s happening, not caring about the autobot subordinate, but only his own sparkling.

Both of their fights were ignored as soon as they went into the room.

And..they see stellarstorm being held back by bumblebee, while arcee was held back by bulkhead. The kid, Miko, Raf, and Jack didn’t know what to do. And however, Jack was begging Arcee not to fight her. 

Stellar snarled at her, struggling to move as bumblebee refrained her. 

“You take back what you say about starscream! “ she cursed, and yelled. 

“Never!, I stood by what I said!” Arcee scowl. 

Starscream didn’t care about who started the fight, all he cared about was that they were touching his sparkling. All he can see is red, but ratchet held him back, knowing that if he let him. Nothing can save them. And after all, starscream’s carrier activation was flaring wildly.  

Perhaps, he should tell him about it once the situation is settled. 

The fight was cut off, as soon as starscream hugged her, his fangs were shown as he hissed loudly at them. They all seem to back off. Arcee was crossing her arm, leaving the base to cool off.

But, ratchet on the other hand, did not back off from starscream and stellar.  Optimus sighed, he cannot control his team, since they’re all defensive.

“I’m fine, star! You don’t have to pamper me!” she pouted.

The medic stepped in. very disapproving of her. “Why in the primus name did you fight Arcee?” Optimus came with him, eager to hear her part of the story as well. 

Stellarstorm as she was pouting, her expression quickly changed to scowling one.  

“Oh, where did I begin?..” 

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When Rafael showed her everything in the room inside the base, she was fascinated.

Now, they’re in the main room, where they have computers bigger than the human. She was in awe, glazing at everything, and at every detail within. 

There are other humans like raf, both of them are older than him. She calculated. 

However, there’s another Cybertronian like her in here, the yellow scout bumblebee, the pink and blue wheel femme, she guesses that femme is Arcee.

And lastly, Bulkhead, the round green mech. 

“What an interesting room..” she murmured, she knew that her presence made them a bit weary. But, not bumblebee and raf. 

Bumblebee, came in. and now he was beeping to communicate with her. though, she couldn’t understand.

So, she looked at raf for answers. “Oh- Bumblebee says that he thank you for saving him from nemesis prime..” he smiled.

Her face was flushed in embarrassment, she waved her servos dismissively “Oh, it’s nothing..”  A loud gasp interrupted her, looking down at the human girl with her pink line in her dark hair of her two ponytails. She assumed that’s miko that raf mention. 

“Wait- you’re the femme seeker who saves bumblebees! You look like the female version of starscream! “ she squealed. 

Stellar scratches her helm and tilts. “I can see why I am mistaken for him. After all, he and I knew each other for so long until we got separated..”

Miko’s eyes sparkled with each passion as she listened to her. “How do you know each other?? Starscream is like..soo mean and he hurt my friends! “

Stellar smiled sadly. “While, I don’t excuse his action of what he did. As far I can say that war changed him. A lot..” 

“I knew him when I was a youngling. He was sweet, a bit strict and highly compassionate for his own good. He’s very intelligent..” she didn’t give them the details that he was her carrier.

Miko leaned over to listen, already awestruck. Raf as well. And mainly Jack was pretending he wasn’t interested, But he was. and bulkhead was behind Miko, also eager to hear, bumblebee as well.

Arcee scoffed indifferently, but she came to listen as well.

“My sire was always scolded by him, because he gave me too many energon goodies and that he spoiled me..starscream told him if he spoils me too much, he can only blame himself and not him..” she chuckled.

“Starscream must be a good caretaker even though he’s not your carrier..” Bulkhead muttered. She’s glad to know that they haven’t connected the dot..

“He is, and he has a good reason. One time I sneaked off to see an arena fight where scarscry fought the other big mech..that day..I watched with a dream longing feelings. “

“I finally met him for the first time, he always teases me saying I am too young to sneak off into an arena pit like that. He was born in kaon, and moved here in Iacon. So in Iacon. It was very and very illegal to have an arena fight there..” she added.

“Even though Starscream did not trust him. He’s a very reasonable person.. After that he began to trust him a bit and they were sort of friends.." She smiled, thinking over the memory where starscream was chasing scarscry with a dagger.

because he showed her some of the weapons and let her try it. And it ends with her almost getting hurt..

Arcee pondered, already interested. “Huh, I heard of that..”

The kid looked at Arcee, their face puzzled. 

“Arena fights were illegal in Iacon. You can get arrested for that..I heard of that scarscry..wasn’t he the one who rejected megatronus’s affair of joining the decepticons?” bulkhead chime in, bumblebee tilted his helm.

Both Arcee and Stellar nodded at him. “Yeah, he did reject his affair, since he was not interested in more fights. Since he retired that day..I have wondered why..” Arcee questioned. Stellar knows why he has retired.

Seeing that it was pointless to fight more, Scarscry quit, his frame was getting a bit weaker. And he was old as heck. Well– not that old.. 

Back at the battle with the other mech has caused his abdomen with severe damage. That word he told to her, was lingering forever in her memory core. “I cannot fight anymore. If I fight, I risk my life, and then everything I stand for. If I am called a coward..then be it. “ 

That day, when he stroked her helm, pinched her cheek. Where she was just Grace.

The little mechling who looks at the gladiators who fought for the reason he has stood for, that mechling who sneaked off and got scolded by his carrier.

Now, they both met on earth, centuries ago. Where he helped her, and had her get a new body.

She missed him so much, the way he hugged her like her sire would always do. And the spark inside his chassis warming up to her and swirling. He was like a family to her, she missed his friends who were unusual like him, but had different goals.

when her sire and carriers meet him, starscream was weary. but her sire trust him a bit for taking care of her...

She was soon interrupted by a bumblebee beeped. So Raf has to answer for her.

“Bumblebee say that you have a lot of past with people before, and ask how you have yourself become their friends, family even though you have different goals?..”

She pondered over what he had said, and looked back on her memory. “I don’t have that much of a friends, so scarscry and his friends became my friends.. He has friends who have different goals, and yet they still stay true with him..”

She didn’t add any more details, seeing that they all understood that she cannot.  Arcee crosses her arm, still weary of her. Jack already knew what she was gonna do. Though he cannot stop her since she was in too much pain over her partner dying by the hands of starscream.

“How can you still stay with him? Starscream? He killed my partner, cliffjumper..” She scowled.

Stellar glanced at her. “Like I say, I don’t excuse his actions. Have we all stopped to think that this is war? All of you autobots do the same thing, killing them as well.. You can’t just hold him at gunpoint that he has killed your partner, after all you kill as well? Am I right?” The words she spoke have Arcee trembling with a feeling of rage.

“And you’re with him, despite the fact that he’s treacherous, and a backstabbing snake..” she spited. 

“Don’t run that mouth of yours, It’d make you wish that you never say it.” She snarled, fangs showing. 

“Even if he is, have you all bothered to look at him? War changed us, well not me..but I understood their point. Me and him have been separate for so many decades, and we finally reunited. And all you can say to me is that he was treacherous?” she laughed cruelly.

“Don’t make me laugh, I already know this..which is why I still stay with him, and never leave. Too many have left him as he was broken in pieces with nobody to trust..” she scoffed.

Bumblebee and bulkhead back off a bit, but now they step in closer. They felt that there was gonna be a heated fight.

“No matter what you say, I still cannot forgive him..” Arcee snapped. “You may have known him for a long time, but he's not that mech anymore. When I heard that he was staying in our base. I don’t trust that, not even a bit.” 

“And I stand by what I say about him, I don’t understand that you stayed. Maybe you’re working with him? Maybe you kill as well? After all, we're all guilty in these wars. “ The words make stellar pauses, as she walks up to her. Luckily, bumblebee held her back. 

She cannot stand what Arcee say, ascussing her of such a terrible things, she can't help but remember that days where she was still with Irecharge..

The past was horrible for her, the only thing she can do is learn from the better and never again make a fault of her own. her friends and family died because of her..

She shaked her helm, brushing off her thought. still in rage she was."How dare you make that assumption of me when you don’t even know me. And I don’t know that he killed your partner, but do I look like I am a decepticon? No! I am not.. And after all,  I don’t even know cliffjumper!..” she spit. 

Arcee stomped up to her, bulkhead restrained her from fighting the femme seeker.

“Take that back! “ She snarled.

Stellar scoffed at her. “Never! It’s like you say..I stand by what I said..”

And so, the fight begun with just screaming and word of insulted..

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Optimus sighed as Stellar finished explaining the situation. 

Starscream was at one moment to step in, but he cannot deny that he had terminated arcee’s partner.. His wing drooped low, but he’s still protective of Stellar.

Ratchet pinch his nose between his optics. “Well, it’s no surprise that she would try to provoked stellar..” The medic went up to Optimus as they both discussed fixing this situation. The human kid walked up to stellar, apologizing for her behavior.

Stellar on the other hand, did not mind. She could understand where Arcee was coming from. Hopefully, maybe they’ll learn from each other, and understand each other better.

She could only hope. 

Optimus cleared his throat. “As for today, I apologize for her behavior despite the fact that she was still mourning..” Starscream got closer to her, wing moving up cautiously. “You’d better, I can't have Stellar getting hurt because of this..” 

Stellar in turn, glared at starcream. “Cease your hissing and frowning! They’re not harming us.. Star..”

“Yet, “ he finished for her, still squinting at Optimus wearily. 

Ratchet groaned at the back. “As also for today, I’ll prevent both of you from meeting Arcee until she’s back on her senses..”Now, both seekers nodded, understanding. 

“And as for you, stellar. Once she calmed down. You’re gonna go apologize to her.. No matter what.”  Stellar scoffed, and she didn’t blurted out any refusal. 

“In that case, starscream. I have something to tell you about your..medical attention and something that you need to be aware of..” he trailed off, a stellar look at ratchet. Already knowing what he was hinting at. Optimus was getting confused. Not understanding what’s happening.

“Yeah, star. Go with ratchet, I’ll be right there with ya’ later..’” her wing twitched. Both of them left to go to the medbay, which left optimus with her and the others. 

“What’s ratchet taking him for?” Raf asked, pushing up his red glasses to his nose.

“Nothing you should concern yourself with.. If you ask. He’ll be fine..” She shrugged.

“That was tense..are you alright, stellar?” Miko asked, worriedly.

Stellar chuckled and waved her servos dismissively “I’m fine, fine.. I don’t hold a grudge against Arcee..” But still, the three human kids are still worried, Jack wanted to apologize for that, seeing as she wasn’t fully angry. He relaxed. 

The human children went away to go with their friends, and that only left Optimus and her together. “You..have a lot of history with starscream..” He spoke up, looking at his servos.

“I do.” she nodded. “I’m sorry about him.. Starscream.. he’s like my family, he can be very protective.. Treating me like a sparkling..” 

Optimus chuckled. “I don’t blame him, when I first saw you. I felt.. a sense of protectiveness coming from somewhere.. My spark pulses a lot for you and the matrix responds as well.... I am not certain why..” he shakes his head, embarrassed that he admits. 

“I see..maybe we knew each other long ago.. And couldn’t recognize where. that explains your spark pulsing a lot.. As for the matrix..I do not know.”  She shrugged off.

“Yes, maybe..” He agreed. 

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At the base, Starscream and Stellarstorm are unfortunately not allowed to leave or go flying, it was after all, Ratchet’s order that they need to recover more. Starscream’s wings itch, and twitch a lot, it was due to the sky’s call. And he needs to fly to ease his anxiety. 

Stellar was the one who noticed, sky’s call affected her a bit but she tried her best to distract herself. She leaned over the wall, folding her arm on her chest in boredom. 

“So.” she started, the room was especially hummed with Ratchet’s working tool. The autobots left the base for a mission with Optimus, and the human kids are at school. 

Starscream has sent out the location of some energon that are found in some places that aren’t secured by soundwave, maybe that’s why the team left. 

“What did Ratch’ tell you?,” she asked, ignoring that the medic is right there, listening, but not looking at them. 

Starscream turned over, and glanced, remembering the conversation he had with the medic. He pressed talons on his chassis nervously, but clearly visible to Stellar. “My carrier protocol is flaring, wildly..”

She tilted her head. “What? Does that mean you’re getting more feral and protective about me?” 

He nodded, his derma turning into a thin line. “That too, but..that’s not all..”

“While, my programming is insisting on becoming fierce. It is when you’re now older and not sparkling anymore.” 

“I may know that you’re not little anymore, but still, my protocols insisted otherwise. And it also meant that..”

Ratchet chime in, cutting off Starscream. “What your carrier means is that his programming wants to have another one after you, so, even when you're big now and now your sire is gone. Your carrier’s spark is calling for him..”

Starscream sneered at the medic, wings shooting up in alarm.”I was supposed to tell him, and you still delivered it like that?” he hissed. Ratchet rolled his optics, shrugging as he was ignoring him, now he was focusing on his work. Great..

She glanced at both of them and tilted her head, understanding and yet, confused. “Have another one?, but.. sire is gone! How can it be that his spark is still calling for him?..” 

Both Ratchet and Starscream gaze at each other, unsure whether to tell her. “Grace, your sire is alive, not dead..Well maybe gone but he’s a new person.” The medic assured me.

The silver seeker scoffed at his phrase.”Oh, please! I refused to believe that he’s him! He didn’t remember!, he’s gone.. I saw him under the rubble when the war began..” he scowled.

“Starscream, I understand that he was dead when it happened, but believe me..the matrix chose him and shaped him into the person we knew as Optimus Prime..believe me, Optimus is Orion!” ratchet grimace.

“He may not remember that Grace is his own child, and that you’re his sparkmate..but his spark remember.” 

Starscream grimace, he turned away from Ratchet, arm crossing together while Ratchet sighed.

Stellar couldn’t process all of this. Optimus.. is Orion, her sire?

How can it be?, it didn’t even make sense..

Is this why Optimus says that his spark was pulsing a lot for him, and for why he’s so gentle toward her, and very protective of her?

It explains why her spark tugged at him, as if recognizing him. His EM Field folded around her spark like familiar warmth like before..

“Wait– wait..pause for a moment..” She blurted out, interrupting both of them.

“Ratchet, is it possible for his memories to come back a bit on his own, like.. When he dreams in his sleep or something?..” She softly asked, tone that have more weight on her. 

He hummed in thought, rubbing his chin.”Huh, I’m glad you asked.. It may be possible that he’ll have some memory of his dream, I remember that he told me some of the dreams he didn’t remember having....”

“While he remembers a little of his time as Orion, he does remember Starscream, but not the part where they’re sparkmate and they have you..”

Starscream’s wings drooped lower, as if he was sad. He’s a little convinced that Optimus is him. ”Even so, I don’t think it is the right time to tell him..considerating that there’ll be a disaster happening..”  

Both Stellar and Ratchet agreed with him, it is not the right time.

Imagine if he found out, it would interfere with the secret, and Megatron would find out and use it to his advantage.. 

And it’ll be a heavy weight to the three of them, keeping the key and the lock inside of the secret..

“So, about the programming..” she changed the topic, as the three of them discussed it together and deciding on what to do when it becomes very fierce, and hard to control. 

It is very kind of awkward that Optimus was right there talking with Ratchet, she can also notice that her carrier was also tense. 

Finding out that Optimus is her sire, Orion and also her carrier’s sparkmate..

It didn’t help that they were in the same room and he didn’t actually remember her, she felt like she wanted to cry, yelled, or tried to reach out to him to hug him, or worse make him try to remember her.

She was no better than her carrier, Starscream. His wing was shot up so heavy that it put a weight on him. He was weary and she knew–

But now the autobots are back, as well as Agent Fowler. And the human kids. Stellars clearly see some tension around the room a bit, perhaps because of the conversation between her, Starscream and Ratchet only when they were alone together. 

Bulkhead talk about bashing the inside of Megatron’s ship last time and took pride in it, and it seem like Miko was proud as well. 

She can’t help but ponder, was he in the ship when she was captured by soundwave? Now that’s a question she’s desperately wanting to ask. 

She was listening to hear what they’re saying, and all of them was..speaking about the enemy.

Wait– Insecticon?..

“Wait a minute..since when are there insecticon?” she cut in, everyone glanced at her, they quickly remembered that she wasn’t there to witness what happen. 

“Arachnid gained allies of her own, and that’s where she had her insecticons or should I say..her servant.” Starscream sneered at the thought, Arcee couldn’t blame him for that anyway. 

“I may not like spiders, but she’s the next level creepy.. Ew! “ Miko scowls in disgust, chiming in the conversation.

Starscream nodded in agreement.

The topic has changed when Arcee mention that they should hit the Deceptions right about now. 

“Megatron’s warship may be grounded, but let’s all not forget that we’re vastly outnumbered.” Ratchet added, “Especially, when he has added the insecticons hive to his rex.”

‘Things are getting more and more serious’ stellar thought as she grimaces.

“Maybe, it’s time for me to call in an air strike,” Fowler interrupted. And Optimus chime in “Or for us to consider more extreme measure, Agent Fowler”

Both Stellar and Starscream gazed at each other, not knowing what in the hell they’re talking about. Both of their bonds are sending signal toward each other like a message. 

Suddenly– a door opened up, to reveal an object, starscream tense up recognizing the object. 

“Is this..” He muttered. 

“The spark extractors.” The word for Optimus has confirmed his fears, Stellar looks to her carrier for explanation, but no word comes out of him..

She couldn’t hear what they’re talking about, since she was far away with the other, what did this mean?

For her and everyone else?

“What’s the spark extractor?” She asked.

Starscream finally spoke, pausing his distraction. “It is a device to use on a certain bot..”

“What it does is pull the spark of the bot’s..” he added, wing flutter every so often.“That sounds brutal..” she didn’t like that, not one bit.

Arcee couldn’t help, except putting her servos on the tricolor seeker’s shoulder, reassuring her. “It is the way it goes, Megatron has gone too far and now Optimus has made the decision to finally end him..”

“For good.” Bulkhead cut in, scowling while bumblebee beeped in response. 

It is the first time that Arcee was not fully hostile toward her, or her carrier. Maybe, she realized that revenge wasn’t the way to go..

“While I may work under him, I couldn’t care less what happens to him..” won’t ever come back to his feet..” He sneered, however, his spark betrayed him. She can sense mixed emotions all in one.

It has fear, confusion, unsure, and..a bit of loyalty?...why have he still have respect for the brute when that brute didn’t credit him is beyond to her comprehension.

She decided that on her part of later note, that Megatron is a threat to her and Starscream. 

He may be a strong mech on that, even so, if he tried to hurt him, she will digged her claws onto his optics. 

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She didn’t know why she acted that way, though it is not important right now.

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“Optimus, I am detecting a massive energy spike at the Decepticons crash site.” Ratchet finally said. 

“It appeared to be dark energon..” 

Ratchet opened up a ground bridge for their next mission, to stop Megatron and from him to consume dark energon. 

That’s surprising, dark energon? She noticed that Starscream tense up at his word.

But– there’s no way that his carrier could possibly use dark energon on himself, right? 

It would be maddening!--

Optimus came to say his usual authority word, and she had to stop yawning at his word. “Autobot transform and roll out–” 

Arcee, bulkhead and Bumblebee transformed on their way to go through the bridge, optimus was the last one to go.

Agent Fowler was about to say something, but was quickly interrupted by starscream as he also wanted to say something as well. 

“I know that we aren’t allowed to go because of ratchet’s order.” He gazed pointedly at the medic, while stellar had to stifle her giggle. “We do not appreciate being caged up like a– “ 

“Parrot bird. “ She cut in, giggling as he glared at her, and clearing his throat nervously. “Yes– like a parrot bird.. seekers do intend to get a sky’s call, which has our wings itched to fly. we’re not made for the ground, we’re made for the sky..surely you’d know that?” 

Stellar chime in again. “And we also don’t want to feel like we’re not doing anything, it just makes us feel..useless. Y’know.. We wanna join in..” she shrugged.

Ratchet snorted, and understood where they’re coming from. 

Optimus’s optics softened at the both of them, stellar tried her very best to ignore that. it made her feel very warm, but failed as her wings fluttered happily as if her sire gave her energon candy.

The autobot leader noticed the fluttering wings, but didn’t comment on it. 

He looked at Ratchet and then the both of them. “I understand that you two feel the need to participate in the mission, however you both are not yet in a full recovery..” 

“But, if you want. You have to stay by our side.” Both seekers perked up, clearly happy 

Ratchet rolled his optics.”If one of you manage to injure yourself severely, you’ll have me to answer for.” he glared.  

Starscream and Stellar nodded in understanding, not wanting to anger the medic any further. 

“So, what did he say? Transform and roll out?” She smirked at starscream.

“No, more like transform and fly out!,“ He laughed as the both of them transformed into their flight mode, flying through the ground bridge. 

'As the two seekers came out of the bridge, the team decided to noticed that they’re here, but they didn’t say anything about that.

Now that Fowler and Optimus came out as well, Starscream supposed they’d have to stay close by his side.

“Sweet lady..” Agent Fowler says while shocked by the size of the ship.

Starscream couldn’t blame him, nor Stellar, the ship was indeed massive and the last time when he went there it was like a catastrophe. Which refreshed his memory at the unpleasant circumstance. 

And obviously, soundwave could be witnessing it all. That– makes him grimace more, and he knew that Megatron knew as well, it made him pleased to know. 

Just imagine the scowling scars on the faces of Megatron's, when he saw starscream joining Optimus's side. It’ll enrage him more. Good..

The ship of megatron’s have stored out weapons that were read and to shoot.

That’s not good as they all tried to avoid the blaster, optimus have commanded that they’re have to charge. 

“Hey, uh..Remember that null ray you were gonna build for me?” Grace nervously asked

What? “Yes, what about it? I thought you said you don’t need that, considering you have your own weapon!” Both of them avoid the blast, flying and circling around, and spinning gracefully simultaneously. 

“Yeah, uhhh..I changed my mind!” He blurted out, a blast almost hit his wings as he yelped. Catching himself up. 

He snarled annoyily. “Idiot!, after this. I will ask Ratchet if he can let me borrow some of the scrap..” 

Suddenly– Arcee was down as the spark extractor was out of her reach, starscream and stellar couldn’t reach it, though they’re being distracted by blasters and saving their wings. 

“Will she be okay?” He asked worriedly. 

“She will, I hope..” Starscream assured his child. 

They couldn’t afford to be distracted, the blasters were everywhere..

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Bulkhead moved out of the side, reaching for the spark extractors as well, until the electric blaster got to him just like Arcee, he was down as well. 

Optimus was shocked as if he had never seen something like this in his entire life.

‘Primus damn..’ Stellar grimace.

Now all the others are down, maybe she could— Starscream pulled her back, not wanting her to be in danger. “What are you doing? That blaster can paralyze you!” 

And he was right, because the other team is down and they cannot move..

Optimus rushed to bulkhead, snatching the spark extractors. He jumped up in the air like Michael Jordan in his basketball battle of 2012.

Unfortunately, it got him too. 

There was no hope, but– maybe she could try to reach it?--

Then, she started to see Fowler calling for reinforcements. 

It should be alright, right?

One thing she notices is that the ship is appearing to become weird, it didn’t shoot at Starscream and Stellar. and something’s wrong and she doesn't know what. 

It almost seems to point at her and him, and then not pointing anymore as it puts away the weapon.

She feels like whatever is this ship that megatron have access to.

That it may be a cybertronian or something?…

She felt her sword inside her cockpit like a weight, her sword can switch from small to normal. Her sword pulsed under her touch, understanding her emotion through her bond. 

It brushed its EM Field onto the bond entirely(Assuring/Confused/interested)

Unknowingly to her, Starscream felt it too. He didn’t know what that was.--

The ship turned to the other direction, flying away from the other.

But, what?

It didn’t make sense for stellar, and she’s glad that Fowler was calling for backup. 

And now, with things are getting weird and weirder..

It makes her want to investigate that ship.

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Now back at the base, it was eerie to see the autobot frozen in paralysis. and she wondered if they could hear.

“It was uncanny to see them paralyze on my part.” Starscream mentioned. Miko, Raf and Jack nodded at him.

For the first time, they trust him a bit, and are still weary. 

Ratchet went up to his data, analyzing. “They’re alive,” he says. “But I’ve never encountered  this form of stasis lock..” He hummed to himself, unsure.

“The cons are crossing the Atlantic and making a beeline for North America..” Agent Fowler added. 

“Wait, we can track them.” Jack cut in.

Rafael asks.” Why aren’t they cloaked like usual?” 

“None of them make a link of sense, they have us in the cross but the cons just just took off” Fowler said. 

Miko chimes in. “They even bailed on that spark extractors thingy!” 

“Well if the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relay,” Jack says.

“Yip, yip yip! Are you suggesting that we just call Megatron and ask him what’s happening up there?” Ratchet frowned. 

“I don’t know? We should find out?” Starscream whispered softly, trying his best to be stoic.

The three of them shrug, making starscream and stellar stifle their laughter. They shouldn’t laugh because it was serious. But they both cannot help it.

Ratchet glanced at Agent Fowler, but he shrugged too.

Now ratchet look at the two seekers for answer, stellar shrugged, rolling her optics dramatically as she smirks.

Starscream shook his head amusedly.

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As ratchet tried to communicate with megatron and his location as well, trying to speak to him.

It was no use, until– “Megatron. has. been. relieved. of. his. command.” it has her spark dropped at the voice.

“Who is this?” Ratchet demanded, tension caughting up to him. 

“Who. is. This” It repeated back on him.

“Have you taken control of the Decepticons vessel?” He asked a bit nervously.

It was tense, stellar and starscream have to stop their wings fluttering while being anxious.

“I.AM.THE.VESSEL.” 

“Any.cybertronian.who.interferes.with.my.mission.will.be.neutralized.” It have shown an image of most bot that are frozen. 

And that makes her shiver.

“What mission?” ratchet asked.

“Priority. one. decrypt. Iacon. database. and. recover. decepticons. technology. “

“For what purpose?” He demanded once again.

On the other side, it was silent. And it left him hung on.

“It hung on? Rude!” Miko frowned. 

“Rude? There’s a giant spaceship flying around collecting decepticons weapons of mass destruction–” he scolded.

“A giant spaceship filled with neutralized decepticons..” Jack cut in.

“And you mean a giant spaceship that has a mind of its own and neutralizes anyone in its way of its own priority of destruction?” Both Stellar and Starscream speak in unison. 

“Point.” Fowler, agreed with all of their answers.

“This could be our only chance to slip aboard and download the ion database.”

“So, Optimus can decode it!” Raf added.

“Ingendious, I will infiltrate the decepticons warship.” 

"And me n' star could help him if he needs it!" Stellar beamed, eager to help at any time while starscream grumbled, not wanting to let her go in danger.

Jack shook his head at both of them. ” Not ingenious, you saw what it did to the deceptions!”

“Probably, Megatron too.” Rafael assumed.

“And team prime!” Miko frowned.

“But, that tub had me dead to rights! And I'm still breathing.” Fowler cut in.

“The ship may be blind to humans.” Jack said.

Ratchet nodded, knowing that refusing won’t stop them, and the plan may work.”Very well, Agent Fowler. But at the first sign of trouble. I am bridging you right back here.”

Still a worrywart, it have starscream rolled his optics. 

“Now, in order to download the database, you will need a compatible transfer drive” he took out the drive, giving it to Agent Fowler. 

The agent expressed his confusion on the object in his palm.

“He’ll also need tech support” Raf grinned.

“And record.” Miko joined in.

The base was quiet with Ratchet making sure the humans were alright in the database, Stellar rested her back into the wall, while pondering over the event.

Meanwhile starscream glared at the wall as if it had entertained him.

“How long are they gonna stay like this?” Stellar asked, averting her vision to the frozen frame of the autobot.

“I do not know for certain.” ratchet grumbled.

“So, what? They’re gonna stay forever?” Starscream muttered, switching his focus on them.

“Don’t stare at them like that, if anything. They aren’t going anywhere.” She teased.

He glared at her as she smirked. 

“Do you think they could hear us? This is looking odd..” She expressed her uneasiness. 

“It could be possible, but we don’t know for sure..” Ratchet hummed as he was still typing.

“Cool..” She uttered.

“This ship thingy.. It has a mind of its own.. Whatever causes it to have a mind of its own..well” she trailed off.

“It is now a cybertronian.”

Both of them glanced at Stellar as soon as they heard her.

“Come again?” Ratchet asked.

“We know its priority is not the spark extractors, somehow..its priority is to collect some sort of object we haven’t known of yet.”

“And ratchet, how well do you know a cybertronian who transformed into an object?” she asked him, her face stern coldly.

“How well do I know?” he scoffed.”I examine some of my patients in the past who transformed into objects or thing.” 

She brings out her sword inside her cockpit, switching it to a normal size. 

Ratchet turned flabbergasted at the sight of the sword.”W-where did you get that?” he demanded.

Stellar raised her brown, looking at her sword as it pulsed under her touch. “It belongs to him.”

“Scarscry..” Starscream added realizing, Though Ratchet know that name and he didn't know where. 

“Why do you ask?” She demanded.

“Wheeljack has one of those in his storage..” It made her perked up, glancing at him with an expressed he could put his servos on.

“That sword that wheeljack found belonged to scarscry as well, both swords are identical to each other..” Starscream answer. 

“And not just any sword, that’s a living bot..” 

Ratchet stumbled back as he heard the word, glancing at the both of them for any joke, but none came. He cursed.”How are it–they alive while caged up inside of their transformation?..”

“I don’t know for certain, but ah– Scar.. he was getting mugged up by a bot who wanted his sword to rent off money.. He tried to fight off, and he came back with one though now the sword looks scrapped a bit....” She rolls over the sword in her servos. 

“This one here in my servos is blaze.. “ She rumbled “The other one with wheeljack is his spark twin brother, Blade..” 

“Primus..” ratchet grumble surprisingly.

Perhaps, they should discuss it later when things are settled..

Ratchet would not leave that discussed alone anyway.--

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When things are settled and still tense. Ratchet spoke with Agent Fowler about a relic?

TThe relic was located in the big apple, and it has both seeker interest on the details. 

“Big apple? You mean New York?" She asked softly.

Ratchet nodded at her word, still speaking to Fowler. “What is the relic from Cybertron doing on earth?” Fowler pondered. 

And actually that’s what Starscream wanted to ask.

“The Iacon relics landed on earth eons ago, agent fowler. “ Ratchet answered his question. 

“Long before the city was built to top” 

“Which means if the ship wants this one, it may have to move some buildings out of the way.” Jack cut in.

And right now it is not looking good..

When ratchet was speaking with them more, Stellar had to look at her carrier.

“Well, this is tense..much tense.” She said, Starscream nodded in agreement. Both of them didn’t know what to know, and they could wait for Ratchet to command them.

The medic mentions Megatron using dark energon to repaired the ship that bulkhead corrupted the last time.

Starscream hummed in thought, pondering as Stellar was listening to him.

Reversing the dark energon back into its place was a smart move, but the hard part is when all of the bot finally stops freezing..

And they did.

Stellar noticed that the autobot team finally moved, they were unsure what have happen. 

They look kinda wrecked, and honestly, she sighed in relief like ratchet did as well.

“Ratchet!” Fowler called, alertly. 

Ratchet quickly opens up a ground bridge for them to safely come in, and unfortunately something happens and Ratchet has to step in to save them.

“Whatever Ratch’ did to save the human, it better be cool.” She grinned amusedly as starscream fluttered his wings. 

“He better give Megatron a good punch in the face..” He grumbled.

Now the team is back and all of them safe.

But that’s not all–

“The download of the Iacon database may have been incomplete, but we now possess four sets of coordinates decoded by the ship.” 

Optimus finally answered with his usual authority voices “Then we must act quickly for Megatron possesses the same four sets.”

“And he will not hesitate to obtain the potential doomsday device  which lie at the side of each “ he continued.

---Now, the hunt will once begin when both factions will come to obtain the relics for their own gain. And it rests in such certain places.

---And both Stellar and Starscream won’t know such a hurricane will come to be...

The winged mech walked for a mile, he didn’t know where he was and he didn’t care to know.

That– alone makes him infuriated more, he has been walking for too long.

His wings itched to feel a wind breeze through his sensitive and dented wing so he didn’t have to be sky crazy. 

His pede moved without needing to, and it ached, and heavily.

He didn’t have to walk for too long to look for them, but his determination deferred otherwise. 

He refused to believe that they died, so dead that his spark broke painfully in the bond.

They’re gone and he’s still determined. Just to make sure..

He didn’t get the chance to tell them..

And perhaps, he’s meant to be alone.

No one to replied on or talked to, he’s a young mech for primus sake! Why was it so difficult to find some bot like him?

There was no bot, only organic into his vision..

The winged mech stumbled on cross inside of the forest, he hated how it sounded when it got so silent.

Maybe these organic...they're afraid of him?

He didn’t want that… 

He’ll have to keep going..

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Weeks passed now that things changed direction, after the encounter of megatron’s ship, finding out about the relics has taken a toll on the team. and Ratchet was checking over the starscream's wings, making sure everything is in order. 

The medbay was deeply quiet, now that there was tension swirling around the room. As soon enough that his wings were going smoothly, he let starscream go and checked over stellar as well. 

“So.” Ratchet speaks, starting the conversation between the three of them. Now that they’re in the medbay. “We should talk about this discussion.” he frowned, not sure where to start.

Stellar nodded, while she scanned her sword with an unexplainable expression. Starscream was sitting on the table, pondering over.

“It’s a lot I know..” She sighed, putting the sword down right by the table where starscream sat.

“A lot?” Starscream repeated.”You just dumped a whole bunch of stories and didn’t even bother to explain from the beginning?” Stellar winced and rubbed her neck awkwardly. “I didn’t think about that..”

“But I suppose I’ll have to explain a little bit. not too much detail that can overwhelm you..”

Both of them nod, ready to listen in. 

“As you already know that blade and blaze is a living bot who transforms as a sword, they’re also the friend of Scar..” She explained.

“Both of them do everything together as brothers, even though they don’t have that much shanix, so it’s no wonder that they’re always by Scarscry’s side, he was like a family to them both.”

“Despite that they were by his side, he usually treated them well. And have one of his other friends be introduced by them. “

Stellar flicker her wings, folding it together as it showed that she wasn’t fully comfortable with detailing a lot. 

“I wonder if scar knew that blade was still there..” she mumbled. 

“And Wheeljack managed to find his brother.” Ratchet was lost in thought, glancing at the sword. 

“No need to frit, Grace. I can guarantee you that Ratchet will do his best to help us..even if we are not an autobot..” Starscream said at the last part, muttering. Kicking up his pede heel, as he was still sitting on the table by the sword.  

“Even, so..” She trailed off, unsure, brushing off her thoughts. “What will happen now that we recover? Now, we don’t have to stay here for so long..”

“That’s what I thought of, I can’t say what will happen. But Optimus will make that decision for the two of you..” 

“And if anything, you’re welcome to stay if you want, you help a lot for the team.” He smiled. 

Starscream smiles fondly, he never sees the silver seeker smile so genuinely. “Thank, we are not sure if we’re ready to be an autobot. However, even as a neutral, we can still help you and your team if they ever need it..” 

“And if you need me, I'll spy to get info for you!” Stellar chime in, beaming as usual. He rolled his optics at her sarcasm and chuckled softly. 

Shaking his helm. “What she meant, you should contact us, if you ever need us..” 

“Here!,” she opened her cockpit, reaching out a small object before shoving it in ratchet’s servos.

Ratchet titled his helm as he inspected the object before gazing up at her. “That’s a human telephone, grace.” 

“So? What? It’s useful..” 

“It is too small to make a call!” He groaned, carefully fiddling with the flip phone.

“Ugh! Give me that.” Starscream snarled as he snatched the human size phone, narrowing his optics on the thing. “You know what? This piece of scrap will be useful for my project..” He smirked, ideas forming in his processor. 

“That ain’t your!” She walked up to him, trying to reach for the phone. Starscream put his whole claw on her faceplate, preventing her from reaching for the object.

It was chaotic here with these two..

The sword lay in the table as ratchet poke it with his tool in every area, Stellar sneered at the way he did it. “What are you doing? Was that necessary?..”

He huffed and rolled his optics at her. “Relax, I am just testing to see if there is any way to reverse him back to his alt mode.” 

“So, there’s a way?” She asked, watching the way that the medic. “I guess we’ll find out–” he paused on what he was doing and looked around the medbay room.

“Where’s starscream?” He asked, finally noticing.

“Oh?, he said he was gonna explore around, fragger took the telephone..” She huffed angrily. 

“Careful, if your carrier heard you say that about him, he’ll slap you back where you came from.” he continued on poking on the sword, indifferently. 

“You know? I’ll go see what he’s doing..” Then, she left huffing, leaving ratchet doing his work on finding a way to reverse blaze back. 

He waves dismissively and nods. 

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By the time she arrived at the room, searching for starscream, she finally found him. In a room with the other autobot. Bumblebee speaking with raf, Optimus was busy typing whatever he does. And Arcee was talking with her partner, Jack. 

And miko was bugging starscream for a question, much to his misery. And the moment she strides into the room, the three kids bash their way to her.

Guess, they miss her.

Their mouth chattering filled with many questions about her, and dozens of pondering of where she has gone off to. 

She couldn’t keep track of their word, so it is difficult to do so. 

“I tried asking Starscream a question and he didn’t even answer me!”Miko frowns, shuffling her feet. 

Starscream folded his arm to his chest, scoffing at her. 

“He’s not comfortable with a bunch of questions, miko. He never has anyone asking him..” Stellar knew how her carrier felt, she knew he was being overwhelmed by interrogation. 

“If he didn’t mind if I decided to answer that for you..”She glanced at him for confirmation of acceptance. Though, he was still sulking over. But his bond tells him something else. 

Clearly, he would be preening over those questions.

“I’ll do it.” He answered, huffing while irrigated. 

He prepared for the question he was given by her, his wings flicked with nervousness as the other watched. 

“What’s that on your feet? A heel?” She asked, looking down at his feet.

If anything, it looks funny. A human staring down a giant cybertronian’s pede. 

Starscream scoffed. “That’s not a heels, well– kind of, but this thruster of mine was designed for the speed limit, therefore it can launch up only for alt modes of flying such as gliding in the sky or they say..walking in the sky. “  

“And on stellar’s thruster– can you come up?” he ordered. 

Starscream came up to them as starscream reached his claw to her pede and held it up, she was struggling to stand still. And she didn’t want to fall off..

“Now– do you see the difference between her and mine?”

The whole team including, miko, jack and raf, arcee, bulk, bumblebee glanced a closer look for a detail. 

“Uh– Her thruster is small..and yours is bigger than her?” Miko answered, a  bit unsure and confident in her answer.

Starscream nodded once and rubbed his chin. “Yes, but that’s not all.” 

“The difference is that–” he was interrupted by optimus, as he spoke without realizing he was talking or yet, interrupting.

“Stellarstorm’s thruster heels were smaller due to the fact that she was still developing into maturity. She may be an adult herself, but she was merely younger than older adults. In my estimate, I might have guessed that she was premature sparkling when she was born..and that’s why she looked young.” Optimus explains, still lost in his knowledge. 

“In my past years, I was usually invested in that kind of topic when I came to learn about seekers and their anatomy..and however..” 

“Adults in starscream’s age tended to have their thrusters more developed than the young adult is. When older adult seekers have their thrusters for a sizable measure, it stops developing. Hence why Stellar still developed her..” 

“Even young adults like stellar may have a developing thruster, seekerlet’s thruster was even flat under the side, because their thruster pede strut hasn't yet developed and they are not ready to fly until their programming is active when they get a little older…”

He continued to babble and then stop when he realized.

The whole room was dead, DEAD ON silent when they heard him yapping about the whole information about the seeker.. 

Starscream looked like he was melting and his wings kept fluttering that fact that Optimus cared about the history of the seeker. 

While Stellar was having a flashback as she smiled at the memory, and having her wings left up and down very quickly in happy tones, she purred through her vent, ignoring the look from the other.

….It's almost as if her sire was having little memory.

And the way he babbled about seeker? The way he mentions the fact that stellar is a premature sparkling when she was sparked back in?

That wasn’t a coincidence..

Perhaps.

And perhaps, Orion is not lost..after all..and maybe, once stellar and starscream come back to the harbinger after all those endless weeks of recovery from the autobots base..

Both of them would wait for the autobot to contact them if they needed any help for the mission..even if the other didn't trust starscream a bit..

Both seekers would be glad..

 —Both seekers came back after a long conversation with the autobot, striding inside ratchet’s medbay. 

“We’re back—” Her voice came to a halt when she saw a mech about ratchet’s size who was treated by the medic. She immediately recognized who he was.

“What the– Blaze? Is that you?” she squinted her topics, coming closer to the mech. He has a scar on his shoulder and feet..even on his chin. It was an old scar, and she could recognize it, she could remember he used to be the color of gray with a mark color of black. Now it looks even duller, he could use a new paint. 

Starscream in the back stared, mouth gaped.and ratchet huffed, putting his servos under his chin, shutting it off. “Don’t stare there dumbfounded.” 

The silver seeker sneered, glaring at the medic while the medic in question was unbother.

“Hey– stelles” Blaze spoke for a moment, greeting.

“I don’t remember you looking so old..” She blurted out, starscream choked while ratchet cough, trying to pretend he wasn’t laughing.

Blaze gives her a ‘are you serious?’ look, as he scoffed. “Me? I still look ravishing.”

“Ravishingly rotting..” She murmured softly, in turn, He glared.

Ratchet cleared his throat.”Before you ask any question, we will explain to you soon once you recover..”

“Oh–Why’s that? Are you sayin’ I can't handle this?” he retorted, the glared look of stellar make him paused. Being hostile wasn’t helping either.

“One, if we did explain to you, you would get stressed.” He rolled his optics at that.

“And two, you will make a stupid decision..” Ratchet added.

“And why would I?” Blaze asked, he didn’t know if that would make him feel better.

He was stuck in that stasis for so long that prevented him from reverting back into his alt mode. Accidents happen, so do incidents. 

He remembers when his brother was taken away, he was angry, harming others and himself. Scar tried his best to stop him.

And being separated from your spark twin would cause a strain on a spark, he didn’t know how he survive that.

In stasis without food or drink or recharge. Still he can feel his master who’s his friend, his emotion and worries over him and then– gone..

Scar wasn’t yet– dead, he didn't know what happened, but he felt a bit of faint bond. And here comes grace–stellarstorm.. He was so happy to be reunited with her once again. 

He was like a family to him and blade, even scar.

Maybe, it is better to wait for some explanation than rushing.

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Ever since after the incident with dark energon with the ship taking control..

–The nemesis ship was almost dull without starscream, even they couldn’t help but admit. 

On soundwave’s part, megatron was getting more and more riled up without the ex-second in command since dreadwing had taken on the role. 

Some drones were left badly injured or– left for dead by megatron. Fewer others have ended up in medical aid, and knockout tried his best to tend to them. And struggled. Dr

And dreadwing did still command the clone seeker, it wasn’t the same. Starscream would bark and command through respect and harshness.

Dreadwing, after all, has unwavering loyalty to Megatron.  

Things, changed since the silver seeker left, and some thought he would come back just like the warlord would scoff and say.

But.. he never once came back. And that’s why the whole room was in a bit of shambles because of this. 

And it was not good. He knew last time, the moment megatron saw starscream there with the autobot, and his hovering flight mode was above Optimus's head. It has a megatron boiled in rage, even when he saw that starscream was allying himself with the young tricolor seeker.

Soundwave didn’t tell Megatron that Stellar is the heir of the ex-second in command. 

He should have told him..

And why didn’t he?—

The war changed, it did indeed change, and it has to do with that tricolor seeker, stellarstorm that soundwave could guess.

The tricolor one who’s starscream child. 

And soundwave didn’t understand how starscream would leave for good just for his sparkling. What changed?

Starscream was predictable, arrogant, nuisance and egoistic. 

And now he was…

Different now than that starscream all would know of.

He was..unpredictable..

Last time, when he saw that starscream burst through the medbay to save his child, he was with ratchet and bulkhead. 

He was pointing his null ray at knockout, there’s no sarcasm nor any of that mocking look of his.

He was angry, so angry that he would tear him into pieces with not just his null ray.

He’ll rip knockout apart with his sharp claws, no doubt. soundwave didn’t expect that.

He should have known, and he was too busy thinking about whether it was a good plan to tell the warlord, his body trained with stress and it added another problem right off the bat.

unexpectedly, the autobot was right under his nose!

And it was the causes of that young seeker that got him to leave, and megatron was more raged than ever those days. 

He won’t even listen to reason.

And is this how starscream feels?>....

Soundwave shook that traitorous thought of his.

No matter what, he has no business worrying about somebody and their sparkling.

But…that somebody is starscream>>>....

He has to get starscream, put him in the nemesis. Make him come back to the nemesis, megatron would forgive if he begged for mercy  and have him to be second in command again and all would be normal again. 

He has a feeling that starscream won't be willing.

Then, he’ll have to go to his sparkling first.

After all, carrier are more willing to do anything for their sparkling if their little one were in danger..(His spark churn in guiltness, still it was wrong to force his way to take advantage of starscream’s carrier programming and take away his child>>....) and before, he drowned in his thought. he ignored that feeling in his spark.

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When he arrived at the medbay, knockout was surprised to see him here, he was speaking with his conjunx breakdown.

And Steve was, surprisingly, here. 

“Oh! Hey Soundwave. What brought you here?” Knockout asked, putting his servos on his hips. 

“War: no longer the same.” he reclaimed. Not even a minute in, he’s already speaking about this. “Starscream:won’t be willing to come back.” and it’s true.

Knockout rolled his eyes, scoffing. And still a clear strain of stress clawed on him and his frame “Obviously. The nemesis isn’t the same without him.” 

“Not to mention, everyday, we see Megatron having no left of patience for any bot..” Breakdown cut in.

Steve was glancing between them, confused by the topic of the conversation.

“His heir: was the cause.” His voice was cold, indifferent, and inside it wanted to crack. 

Steve was confused even more, breakdown wasn’t. He assumed that knockout would tell him. 

“If his heir was the reason that he left, why don’t we grab ‘er and say’ hey screamer we got your sparkling, come with us and she won’t be hurt or something like that?, I– listen, hurting a sparkling would be off the list right?” breakdown suggested, gesturing with his servos. 

Knockout is all bashing fun, racing and admit that he didn’t like tiny humans, they cry and whine, but he likes human culture.

There’s one thing that makes him grimace, hurting a sparkling that’s the endangered species of seekers. Or who knows.

He didn’t know just how many seekers are left, there may be neutral and other hiding away from war, he doesn't blame them.--- 

Soundwave thought the same thing and still his spark churn coldly. And he could agree that hurting a sparkling was not the best way.

“Megatron: won’t not find out.” he declared. “Our priority is: to capture Grace, heir of starscreamn who was once winglord and have him come with us willingly.”  

“If willing: He’ll be our second in command again. All will be normal again.”  

Knockout whistles while breakdown nodded, and though, Steve..

Steve would soon get an explain as for later on soundwave’s part–

—The war may change for the Autobot and the Decepticons.

Now the plan changed, for the hunt to retreat the tricolor seeker.