“Okay Starscream! It’s almost done!” Alexis said excitedly
as the see though transformer stood beside her.
Everyone had cleared out, being lunchtime and all. So now all that were in the
room were Alexis and Starscream and –
“I still cannot believe you didn’t tell us about him!” Rad
said indignantly.
“Do you really think you’d believe me if I did?” Alexis said
doggedly.
Starscream flew over to examine his new body on the table, ignoring Rad and
Carlos.
“Well…I guess not.” Carlos said a little sheepishly.
Alexis nodded her head and turned to the panel on her left. She typed for a
little bit and the body lit up.
“Okay, energy transfer is complete! Go for it Starscream!” Alexis
shouted and spun to face the body, hoping that everything was going to work
out.
Okay…Starscream focused on becoming one with the body, and he felt himself
start to glow a bit. He suddenly dived straight into the new body’s core.
“Whoa!” Carlos gasped as the body gave off a brilliant light.
The body’s glow began to subside. It’s finger twitched.
Soon, his hands pushed himself up into a sitting position. He flexed his fingers
and moved his upper body around. It was Starscream, the new Starscream.
He looked exactly the same as before, except now his wings had been modified
a little.
He made his left wing form a katana, but found that it was broader and more
powerful than his previous one. This was the reason for the change it seemed.
“Wow…who would have thought that you could draw Alexis?” Carlos
said.
Alexis blushed and said, “Starscream? How do you feel?”
He was examining his back when she said that, he turned and said, “You
did a really good job! I feel like my old self again!”
Just then, the door burst open and about twenty people came in. They stopped
short at the sight of Starscream – who froze.
The two groups stared at one another. And – like dominoes – they
all fainted.
All of them, even Starscream, burst out laughing. Alexis did a double take to
hear Starscream laugh. It was the first time she had hear him do so…
***
“The only bad part about this is that I can’t walk though walls
anymore.” Starscream said over the radio as He and Alexis headed home.
The golden light of a beautiful sunset shone off the chrome body of Starscream
as he followed the car below.
What was he to do now? He had his body back. He could simply go home and live
a peaceful life somewhat, but no… it didn’t feel right somehow.
Like there was something he was meant to still do here on the blue planet that
only could be done here. But what was it?!
He shook his head mentally. He had plenty of time to think about it and to go
home. It wasn’t like he was in any hurry…
They arrived at the house. Alexis got out of her car and heard the jet land
near by. She walked inside and made a beeline for the kitchen, wanting to get
something to eat. The afternoon events seemed to have made her very hungry.
Starscream entered the house with surprisingly no trouble. He looked around
and saw Alexis stuff herself. He smiled slightly. He didn’t know she had
such an appetite.
He made his way up to the bedroom he had found Alexis in the previous night.
He sat by the window and thought some more about it.
‘Why should I bother about what happens on some mud ball planet?’
He thought savagely. ‘Why should I care at all?’
The answer to that was simple. He had got his body back (with the exception
of carrying 20 or so humans to a bed, having to smash a whole wall to get out
and have people shouting at the jet while he made his escape though the hole)
with the humans help. He was in dept to them, but he shouldn’t care. If
they were stupid enough to give him a body, then it was their problem.
But wasn’t it his concern for the human Alexis that brang him here in
the first place? Hadn’t it been his soul excuse to pass though the warp
gate and head to earth was to see if she was okay? And wasn’t it her idea
and her gift to him to give him his new body?
Alexis. Every time her name was mentioned he felt something inside stir slightly
inside his spark. It wasn’t very big, so it didn’t bother him. But
now it did…
‘Why can’t I just be some normal, hateful, war-loving Decepticon
without all this crap in my head?!’ He shouted in his mind.
He wasn’t used to it.
It seemed so foreign that he wanted to punch the wall in anger, but he thought
that it might not be wise. But why? Why should he care?!
He griped his head with his fists and attempted to punch himself between his
optics, but at that moment a voice rang out though the room.
“My god…I really need to watch my eating habits…”
Starscream’s head whipped around as Alexis staggered into the room, holding
her belly.
She looked over to him and said, “Hey there! I thought you would be up
here.”
He didn’t say anything.
She took out some P.J’s and said, “I’m gonna get changed.
I’ll be back in a minute.”
Again, he didn’t answer. She walked out, thinking that he needed some
time to himself…
How could she be so nice to him after all the things he had done? What was
it that she saw in him that not even he could see?
He looked up towards the newly risen moon. Bright as it was, the light did not
reach is cold spark. But it now seemed to be warmer, but only a little. But
how, he didn’t know…
He made up his mind. He would leave tonight. May he be forever unforgiven, but
at least he could get away from all these annoying thoughts.
“I’m back!” Alexis announced as she walked into the room.
Starscream turned his head slightly. Alexis was wearing a long nightdress with
a satin dressing gown over it. She looked pretty…
Starscream blinked.
Pretty?!
“Are you okay?” Alexis said, a concerned frown appearing on her
face.
“Y-yeah…” Starscream managed to get out. “Just fine…”
“That’s good.” She said and climbed onto her bed. She knew
something was wrong, but she didn’t want to question him. If he wanted
her to know, he would tell her.
“Night.” She closed her eyes…
Starscream snapped his head up at that one word. It sounded so sad.
“Alexis?” He said, unable to conceal the shock in his words.
She did not reply.
‘You are weak…’ Megatron’s voice echoed though his head.
No he wasn’t. He didn’t care how confused he was at the moment.
He got up and walked over to the side of the bed. He sat down with his back
against the wall and looked down at the human, feigning sleep.
‘Just do it!’ His mind screamed at him. ‘What harm could it
do?’
He reached his hand down and placed it over Alexis. She put her arm over his
thumb and slept more peacefully.
He smiled. As confused as he was about how he felt about everything, he felt
some kind of alliance had formed with his mind and his spark. For some reason,
he seemed very tired himself. He shut down…
Little did he know that this night would show a small change for the robot…
***
A blaze of sunlight hit his optics the next morning. He awoke.
And he blinked.
Everything seemed 10 times larger than usual…oh my Primus!
Alexis was woken by a huge scream from the side of her bed.