I spent the night in his cockpit and he was content to let me. I just hoped Mom didn't go into my room in the middle of the night and find me gone. Oh wait... That's right... She did! A few hours after I'd fallen asleep, Starscream stirred slightly and woke me up. He transformed and placed me on the ground, explaining that he thought he heard something lurking in the trees ahead. He was right too. There was a sudden cry of; "NOW" which was followed by a hideously chaotic struggle between Starscream and a bunch of Autobots. Then, all hell broke loose... The Decepticons arrived. Megatron hollered at Prime, Prime hollered back. Megatron fired, Prime ducked...
Prime quickly rolled in, grabbed me and retreated to the safety of the trees, followed by the rest of the Autobots. Well, much to everyone's surprise, I screamed my lungs out and held my arms out in a futile effort to grab hold of any part of Starscream in reach. He, pretty much, did the same thing, which was followed by many puzzled looks. In fact, Megatron began to question him about it right there and then. He knew he'd never approve, so kept quiet. I let out a yelp from in the trees where Prime had me safely in his grip. This made Starscream flinch and it just made Megatron more and more curious about his reactions.
It was at that point I managed to wiggle free. Thankfully, Prime was stooping low to the ground, so I was able to hit the ground running. Bumblebee tried to stop me, but I fought him off and continued towards Starscream, who scooped me up in his hands. Megatron tilted his head and frowned and asked him to 'return his daughter'. Starscream refused and held me even tighter just in case anyone should try to take me from him. All the Autobots had their weapons aimed at Starscream and Ironhide, being the gung-ho type, was about to shoot when Prime stopped him. Megatron requested yet again for him to hand me over and asked what the heck was wrong with him. But, as before, he refused... This time, blurting out his feelings in an agressive manner.
You should have seen Megatron's optics flare! He aimed his fusion cannon right at Starscream and told him he was a foolish heap of scrap and that he would never be with me. Starscream just winced and told him to go ahead and shoot him. Prime then aimed at Megatron and said he wouldn't allow that, as I was in his hands. It was at that moment, when Megatron was distracted by Prime, that Starscream chose his moment and flew off skyward, only to be met by shots from Megatron's cannon and cries of; "YOU ARE NO LONGER A DECEPTICON YOU TRAITOROUS WRETCH".
Unfortunately, one of those shots hit, I flew out his hands and he came spiraling down to the ground. Prime caught me, fired shots at Megatron, who ended up retreating, and dashed behind the trees again. But, poor Starscream hit the ground and was in a mess. I honestly thought he'd died! His optics were so dim, I could see any light at all. Prime told Ratchet to go with Ironhide to collect Starscream and take him back to their HQ. I was so worried, I had no time to protest. But, in all seriousness, where could we go? We couldn't go back to Decepticon HQ, not now and so the only option left was Autobot HQ.
It took Ratchet months to fix him, but he did. When Starscream finally 're-activated', he nearly de-activated again with shock. Shock that he was in Autobot HQ. He was, of course, naturally bitter. He didn't even thank Ratchet for fixing him. This was met by threats from Ironhide. Haha. Prime took care of us though and it was great to finally be back with my Mom. Bumblebee kept acting funny towards me though. Turned out he liked me and was a bit sore after finding out Starscream liked me. Poor guy...
From then on, its been interesting. Me and Starscream married. Ratchet could tell how we felt and, er... How can I put this... Devised a way of making it possible for us to reproduce safely. (IE: Modified 'Safe sized'... *cough* parts. If you catch my drift.) Of course, everyone Starscream's size teases him because of it now. (Typical, eh?)
Megatron ended up patching things up with Prime, so we see him around. ('Bout time!) But, he still hasn't forgiven Starscream for marrying me.
We have had 4 children now. Cobalt, the first child was a boy. Comet, a daughter. Sirius, another daughter. Astrum Star IV, our latest, we have yet to find out, but everyone seems to think its a boy. How is that even possible? Well, Starscream is, like the others, made of a special DNA based metal and has more organic parts that people realize, so come on. Put two and two together. ;P
Since the beginning, people have looked at us funny and have asked me how I feel to be married to a 40 foot metallic 'robot'. It's pretty much all they ever ask and 9 out of 10 times, they mean it in a malicious way. I usually just turn to them, smile and say that it doesn't matter who the person you love is, or what they look like. Metal, flesh, garbage. Whatever... Love is an amazing thing. It happens when you least expect it and you often find that you fall for the person you never expected to fall for. I also tell them that to make love work doesn't just depend on the two individuals in these circumstances. It depends on the people around you too. Lord knows we found that out the hard way... Don't just see us as a huge metal robot and a human being, but try seeing us as two people who love each other greatly. If people just accepted things more readily, things would be so much easier for everyone.
And, the truth is... Through a lot of perseverance, we have indeed started to become more accepted in the local communities. We can now go places without being looked at funny. Well, at least not from the locals, anyway. ;)
I guess it goes to show that even the most unbelievable things are actually possible...
