Elena tried to fight against bounty hunters, while they managed to pick the mini-cons one by one and gave them a paralytic patch to freeze their bodies, so they can't escape. Elena tried hard and hard until Starscream showed up.
"You!" She growled.
"You?" Starscream surprised seeing her. Either this is way good fortune with capital 'G' or this means no good. Star Supreme, here. That explains why Optimus Prime is here.
"Why you..."Elena shouts before she gets herself free and tries to go at Starscream. Starscream and bounty hunters didn't care what she will do since she was merely a human. But they were all surprised when she transformed to her cybertronian look and give good punch at Starscream. She was about to kick him between his legs if bounty hunters wouldn't have grabbed her and pulled her away. She only managed to kick on one leg, but that didn't make him yell in a high pitch like she wished to.
"Since when you can do that?" Starscream demand to know.
"I grow up."
"Well, either way, small or big, I have already claimed what I need."
"Did you?" Elena smirked. Elena had counted the mini-cons and she had notice one is missing. Tricerashot. She is not sure how it was possible, but either way, Starscream won't succeed with his plan now without one last mini-con.
"How could you not get all of them?" Starscream asked, once realizing that one was missing.
"We took as many as were there," Shadelock said.
"If one of us is free, you will never have all the power you crave," Aerobolt said.
"Watch your tone. Or I'll use another Paralytic Patch to freeze your voice like I did your body. Transmit power to the machinery. I want whatever I can get now." Starscream ordered. This power surge must be done quickly. Now that Optimus Prime is here and Star Supreme, it will be a matter of time before they stop him. "I'll have the Dark Star Saber and the surge I'll gain by absorbing the six of you. That should be more than enough to smash anyone who ever crossed me, like Optimus Prime or Megatron."
"No!" Elena shout.
The machine started to warm up before it started affecting the mini-cons. They start to yell by pain what it was causing before their power was moved on Starscream, but for some reason, he started to yell. Elena was already having a feeling that Megatron probably made sure that progress requires seven mini-con exactly.
"Turn it off!"
Shadelock did like was told. Once the machine was down mini-cons passed down by the progress. "Without all seven mini-cons, I cannot achieve the ultimate power surge. Trying to do so nearly destroyed all of us. I need them all!" Starscream said. "And tie her up, so she won't try anything," he said meaning Elena.
Meanwhile, Autobots were still trapped with Peace, Strength, and Sweet. Luckily, bots were big enough to take most of the web, so Stars could examine it. The feedback web is like it's called "feedback". No matter what captive does the web gives it back, but the tricky thing is, it does the same thing on anyone who touches the web, without proper tools. And obviously, those cons didn't know it. And when they try, Bum.
"Looks like you have some valuable weapons on you."
"Well, you can have them over our dead bodies, you scumbags!"
"SWEET!"
"What? They say the same on TV. This isn't my first trip to Earth."
"Just what I was thinkin', Clawtrap," Thermidor said before charged to take the weapon.
"Thermidor, you fool, don't!"
But just as expected. He tried to take Optimus's Decepticon hunter, but then got zapped. And web lost its power.
"BUM," all Stars said.
"Autobots, roll out!" Optimus ordered and they all started to fight back. Stars did their best to help, but while doing so they started to have feeling something was waking inside them. Something wild, but somehow items they picked in Cybertron hold those wild instincts down. While the fight continues, the four Scavengers are able to hold their own thanks to the relics they've collected. In one point Grimlock tried to find something to use against those Scavengers until Tricerashot came.
"Just fire." Tricerashot said before transformed into the weapon before Grimlock transformed back to bot-mode picked him up "I'll help aim." Tricerashot said while the first shot hit on Thermidor. The duo proceeds to take down the Scavengers in seconds.
"Wow. I am good." Grimlock said while Strongarm went chain the Scavengers.
"You have the right to remain silent." she said.
Meanwhile, Tricerashot transformed back and looked on Optimus
"Thank you for your assistance. I thought all of you had been captured by Starscream." Optimus said.
"I was heading off on my own, but The others and I, we're linked psychically. I felt their terror when Starscream took them. I couldn't leave them behind." Tricerashot admitted.
"We know how that is," PeaceStar said.
"We are glad to have you with us. Can you use your psychic connection to track your comrades?" Optimus asked. Tricerashot nodded and started to lead Autobots and Stars to Starscream's warship. There still could be a chance to win this.
Starscream returns to the bridge with Elena. Elena tried to fight back, until noticed Bumblebee and her Stars. Starscream simply pushes her to them to keep an eye all of them.
"This is not a setback, Bumblebee," Starscream said while passed them while went to the command center. But the thing is Bumblebee wasn't any longer chained and Stars weren't in their cylinders if not their reflections. Seeing this, Elena smiled, while Young freed her from her chains. "Merely an inconvenience. So don't go thinking…." he said before looked in their direction, but didn't find him there. "Bumblebee?" he wondered while prepared with the dark Star saber until Bumblebee jumped behind him and tried to make him lose hold of the weapon. But Starscream merely laughs for his try.
"What was your plan if you couldn't disarm me?" he asked.
"Reinforcements," Bumblebee said, while Slipstream, Jetstorm, Fixit, and Stars charged on Starscream. They tried their best, but so far they only managed to damage the scanners, before they leave the command center.
"We need to regroup. Come on!" Bumblebee said while transformed and let Young and Fixit enter and Slipstream and Jetstorm on him. The rest were carried by Elena who "skated" by her powers.
"We need to get to the lab and the other Mini-Cons." Bumblebee informed.
"The lab is around the next turn," Fixit said.
But once they got there...
"Sweet Solus Prime!" Fixit yelped.
The bounty hunters were there with unconscious mini-cons.
"Starscream says hello. And that if you take one more step, we should blast these Mini-Cons to atoms." Shadelock said while aimed at the mini-con named Lancelon.
"NO!" Elena shouts while tried to go stop them, but Flame and Gaia stopped her.
"Easy, sis," Gaia said.
"Back off or these Mini-Cons pay," Shadelock said while prepared to aim.
"Go ahead. Do it." Bumblebee said while putting on his battle mask. Stars and others were surprised.
"Lieutenant?"
"They're bluffing. Starscream needs those Mini-Cons. Am I right?" Bumblebee remind.
"Oh, right…" Gaia said, making everyone prepare to fight.
"Girls, time to..." Elena said before they heard footsteps and to their surprised to they saw Optimus and others coming to them.
Realizing that they are outnumbered, bounty hunter opened fire.
"Take cover!"
Meanwhile, Autobots took cover as well until Optimus decides that fight must be taken to a more open area. Optimus carves a hole in the nearby wall to take the fight outside. But cons didn't show up. That's when Sideswipe decides to drop the "bomb" onto them. He, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Strongarm and their Stars go up on the ship where the lab is and make the hole right above it, allowing Grimlock to drop down and start smashing, but cons weren't there anymore.
"Let's get in there, free the Mini-Cons and find Starscream," Bumblebee suggest.
"GUYS! HELP!" Elena shouts, in this girls turned around and saw that cons had come out had everyone down.
"Stop!" Bumblebee shouts, before aims on cons making them flee and letting them get down and help others.
"Hang back, little dudes. Let the big 'bots handle this." Sideswipe said to Slipstream and Jetstorm.
"He still believes us less than capable." Slipstream said.
Meanwhile, the fight keeps on. Everyone does their best until Sideswipe gets kicked off by Insecticon before Roughedge creates a firewall with his blaster. Bumblebee fight with Shadelock and Strongarm fight with Insecticon. Peace, Strength, and Sweet tried to hold back Roughedge, while Elena and AshStar tried to look after Optimus and Drift, who were still unconscious.
"Let us prove Sideswipe wrong," Jetstorm said to Slipstream before they go help others.
"What? Wait for us!" Flame said while she, Young, Gaia, and Aqua followed them. While Slipstream and Jetstorm helped Bumblebee with Shadelock, girls helped Strongarm with the Insecticon
"Display some intelligence." Slipstream said, after kick Shadelock's aft.
"Surrender immediately." Jetstorm added.
But right, then Roughedge had managed to defeat Peace, Strength, and Sweet and came out from the fire and prepared to aim at Slipstream and Jetstorm.
"No!" Sideswipe yell before run into between and took the blast. Everyone remained shocked especially Flame.
Right, then, something snapped out inside her and she let out a huge roar, which didn't sound to be hers. It was the roar of the Predaking. The flame of fire started to grow on the roars effect before it started to move near her and surround her. Inside the flames, FlameStar's eyes turned pure yellow, her teeth turned to fangs and from her hair came out horns. Her usual clothes started to burn off revealing that her skin started to have scales. But that was not all.
The roar was affecting other Stars too. They tried to hold their ears from the roar, but it was too much. Including Elena and AshStar.
"Elena! The Lantern!" PeaceStar yelled through the roar.
Elena picked the lantern and noticed that it was light on. As if Predaking's fire reacted on Flame. That's when it hit her. The lantern has now connection to Flame because of her element. She couldn't get up because of the roar, So she took a good hold of the lantern and throws it at Flame. The lantern passed through the fire ring that surrounded Flame. It hit on her arm, but to her, it felt like someone hit her to head. In this, she passed out and the fire started to calm down. Meanwhile, all the stars passed out, now that roar finally stopped. Meanwhile, Autobots continued their fight against bounty hunters. Optimus and Drift had recovered and were about to help Grimlock who was fighting against Roughedge. But right then something zapped them all leaving all passed out.
It was Starscream, who didn't even care for his own team-mates. He used dark Star saber to handle Autobots. But still...
"The saber believes I'm not worthy enough to receive its full power," Starscream growled before get down and walked to the Tricerashot. "But I was able to access just enough for a low-level Dark Energon burst," he said before he takes Tricerashot and returns to the lab and begins the linking process with all seven Mini-Cons.
Fixit, Jetstorm, and Slipstream recover first.
"We are alive?" Jetstorm asked.
"The Autobots must have sustained the brunt of the blast," Fixit explained.
"But what about..?" Slipstream tried to ask before they remembered.
"Sideswipe!" All three realized and head over to Sideswipe's motionless body, believing he's sacrificed himself by way of an apology.
"He sacrificed himself for us." Slipstream said.
"Perhaps he really was trying to apologize to us before... before…" Fixit tried said but couldn't say the word.
"Sideswipe truly did value us as teammates and friends," Jetstorm said.
"It's about time you realized that," Sideswipe said while opened his optics smiling.
"Sideswipe!" Jetstorm said and helped him to get up with Slipstream.
"Um, hello" Sideswipe chuckled.
"Ah. We thought you were..." Fixit tried to say.
"Okay. It's okay." Sideswipe said. They then heard someone also waking up. It was FlameStar who also started to recover. Fixit went to help her. She didn't have any longer scales, fangs or horns. Her clothes, however, were somehow burned. Mostly her jacket has burned off and some of her pants.
"What just…" FlameStar said, while tried to recover until she remembered. "Sideswipe!"
"I'm here. I'm here" Sideswipe called her. Flame looked in his direction to find he is okay. She tried to hold herself for not to cry, but it looked more like she about to do it anyway.
"Wow, wow, wow! I'm okay. see." Sideswipe tried to calm her down.
"DON'T DO THAT EVER AGAIN! I thought you really died there." She yelled before tried to clear the tears away.
"No kidding. You actually freaked out." Slipstream said.
"But when Star Supreme hit you with this, you passed out," Fixit explained and showed the lantern. FlameStar picked it and looked at it.
"The others?" Sideswipe asked while getting up.
"Unconscious. We shall wake them."
"We better deal with that first," Sideswipe said when they spotlight. Right then Starscream, now fully fused with the seven Weaponizers, levitates out of the nearby ship. "I should've stayed unconscious," Sideswipe said.
"Starscream must have forced an ultimate power surge from the Mini-Cons and absorbed them," Fixit explained.
"Oh no..." FlameStar noted.
"I'll distract big and ugly. You get in the ship and get to his gear." Sideswipe said while running at the ship and starts to climb to get Starscream's attention.
"Sideswipe, he'll vaporize you," Fixit said.
"Now who's not believing in a teammate?" Sideswipe said.
"I'll go help him." Flame said while stood up.
"But how?" Slipstream asks.
"They say the level is beyond of the Prime. They never said anything about Predacon or Star." Flame smirk before activated her watch while holding the lantern in her hand.
But once doing so, she did got first her outfit on, but then fire inside the lantern started to change it. The fire firstly removes her armor leaving her with white top, dark red skirt, and boots. She had fiery hair in a ponytail where came out two small horns from each side. On her arms came chain bracelets, which looked like she had break free and two dark red bracelets on her upper arms. Then came short black coat without sleeves with fire in it.
While Starscream noticed Sideswipe and tries to get rid of him, fire blast came behind leaving a little scratch on him. He got bit surprised. He had power surge beyond of level of Prime. What could be possibly stronger then…? He turned around and to his shock finds FlameStar floating above him with fiery dragon wings.
"Impossible..."
Flame let out a mighty roar, while fire reveals her true form of her powers, Predaking. The Predacon element inside of her has awakened and It's in its full power. The roar affected on other Stars that started to wake up slowly. After this Flame starts to attack to distract Starscream with Sideswipe.
Meanwhile, Flame and Sideswipe make themselves busy as a distraction while the three Mini-Cons head into the ship to look for something that might help.
"It appears this equipment broadcasts an energy signal within a limited range. We merely activate the equipment, and if Starscream is in range, the Mini-Cons should be extracted from his form." Fixit told them.
"We shall alert Sideswipe to bring Starscream closer," Jetstorm informed.
Meanwhile, Sideswipe and Flame tried to get Starscream from the ship, so he wouldn't notice mini-cons and whatever they'll plan. After getting a bit far from the ship. They noticed Slipstream and Jetstorm signaling to come back.
"Finally," Sideswipe said and moved just before Starscream blast him, but luckily was blocked by Flame. After this, they headed back to the ship Starscream still after them.
Once on top of the ship Sideswipe picks Slipstream and Jetstorm, so they won't get hurt. But he forgot the hole on the ship in which they all fell.
"Are you alright?" Flame asked. Sideswipe didn't have time to answer when he noticed Starscream right above them.
"I have the strength to destroy a Prime, Autobot. Do you really dream you can hide from me?" Starscream asked.
"True. for a Prime yes, but not for me. And soon none of us." Flame said.
"Do it!" Sideswipe shout. In this Fixit activated the machine to transmit the signal and pull Starscream down. In this, one mini-con got out, Aerobolt. Flame pick the mini-con away from Starscream's reach until he had enough power to fly away from the ship.
"Hit him again, Fixit! Pop the other Minis out of him!" Sideswipe told him. Fixit prepared the machine again, but Starscream had recovered enough strength to fly also away from the range.
Meanwhile, other Stars had been trying to wake others. Elena helped Optimus to get up when Aerobolt landed near them.
"Optimus Prime, will you accept the power surge I can provide?"
"Aerobolt, the last time we attempted it…"
"You subconsciously held back. You were wary of my motives. But we are all in danger, and you know now that we are on the same side." Aerobolt explained.
"True. Very well. I will accept." Optimus said.
Elena looked down thinking what Aerobolt had said. Held back. Wary. She has been that too. Ever since the Decepticon island.
"I'll come with you." She said to them.
"Elena, Starscream..."
"Has power against Prime, but I'm Star Supreme. I had enough of staying behind like some damsel in distress. I want to protect others and save mini-cons."
"Very well," Optimus said.
Right then Aerobolt got Autobot symbol and connect to Optimus allowing him a complete power surge. Elena looked on her arms which had the silver bracelet. After looking at it for a while, she placed her hand into a fist and closed her optics. Right then the wrist where she has her watch in human forme glowed and her own armor started to change as well. She has pink full body outfit, with light blue skirt and magenta skirt on top of it that came up to her chest. She had an orientally styled collar, pink leg armors, and light blue foot.
In this, they both fly up to get the Starscream. He, of course, charged on Optimus and Optimus at him, which causes huge light show, that caused Elena bit far from them.
"I may no longer have the power to defeat you on my own, Optimus, but I still have six Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber," Starscream said.
"And still you will not achieve your goals, Starscream," Optimus noted.
"Plus, you're a big jerk!" Elena shouts and gave a good kick at Starscream, which gets him away from Optimus, so he could fire at him.
While they kept the fight in the sky. Bounty hunters decided to leave, but Autobots led by Bumblebee stopped them and captured them.
Meanwhile, the fight kept on in the sky.
"You will pay for your crimes against me, Optimus. You, then Megatron." Starscream shout.
"OH, PLEASE! Against you? The only who is going to pay is you." Elena complained.
"Optimus Prime, Star Supreme. this is Fixit, inside Starscream's ship. Here's what you need to do…" Fixit called them.
Starscream tries to charge, but Elena managed to save some time to get them out of his reach and lead him back to the ship.
"See the great Prime flee." Starscream mocked before hitting Optimus down on the ship.
"Father! AH!" Elena yelled, but then someone grabs her by her neck. She tried to let go, but it didn't work, because it was Starscream who grabbed her.
"And you, my dear. I take you back to Cybertron and lock you up, until you RUST!" Starscream threatened. Then he floats near to Optimus who has just recover the hit. "How typical, thinking me fool enough to fall for the same scheme a second time. It will be your last mistake," he said, while prepared the dark Star saber strike at Optimus.
"NO!"
Right then, Bumblebee was flying up at them and managed to grab Starscream by his leg. Turns out Grimlock hit him so high. Luckily, it was enough to to make Starscream let go of Elena. Starscream tried to get Bumblebee to let go of him, but he stayed there. This gave chance that Starscream couldn't notice where he was and getting him close to the range of the signal.
"Fixit!" Bumblebee shout.
Fixit prepared the signal to pull Starscream and release all the weaponized mini-cons. But Starscream was still bit far to get away.
"You cannot hold me, Bumblebee. Not while I can Aah!" Right then Optimus had taken hold of Starscream another leg to add more weight to make him fall lot easily. "No! I will have my revenge." In this others jump too and took hold of him to add more weight. That included Stars as well. "I will have my victory!"
"Not today, Starscream." Bumblebee said.
"Not ever," Optimus confirmed.
"And this time, remember it!" Elena said while summoned new staff and gave a big hit on Starscream. In this, the signal was big enough to release all the mini-cons. Everyone fell down and some of them managed to grab Stars and mini-cons. Starscream falls unconscious, the Dark Star Saber dropping from his hand to the ship, and before he does too he is caught by Optimus.
"Always the noble one. Never kills." Elena said while rests her head on her father's shoulder, while he smiles back.
Right when the dawn comes, Autobots had helped to put scavengers, bounty hunters and Starscream to Optimus's ship.
"Okay, you three, I'm really sorry for the things I said," Sideswipe said to Jetstorm, Slipstream, Fixit, and Stars.
"An apology is no longer required, Sideswipe," Jetstorm said.
"Correct. You demonstrated your true feelings for us with your earlier ack-Ack-Ack-Ack-Ack-Actions?" Fixit said before he was corrected again.
"Plus, we know you sometimes do or say things before thinking. That's why is good that Flame looks after your back." YoungStar said.
"Russell said this was a way humans apologize, so Grimlock helped me pick you a bouquet of foliage."
"Mmm. I am kind of a natural at apologizin'." Grimlock said while holding two big bushes as a bouquet.
"Aww, I know. you are." Gaia said and went to hug big Dinobot. "And I rather take flowers then a poem. No offense," she said to Sideswipe. Sideswipe didn't mind, he knows she has a point.
Meanwhile, Optimus was talking with others.
"The Dark Star Saber and the Bounty Hunters have been secured aboard my ship. And Starscream remains catatonic." Optimus explained.
"So you're ready to go back to Cybertron? Well, things must be better for you there if they gave you access to a ship." Bumblebee said.
"I was not on Cybertron when I received your call, Bumblebee. Nor have I been since the Primes restored me to this realm." Optimus said. Elena remained quiet. If her father hasn't been there then, there's a chance that things are getting ugly now that All official Stars are here.
"I don't understand," Bumblebee said, while everyone came to listen.
"The situation on Cybertron is fluid. I am working with some old friends to resolve it." Optimus explained.
"I take that's another reason why you came here too." Elena note by looking on PeaceStar, StrengthStar, and SweetStar. " And BurnStar?"
"She hid the Star Tower again," StrengthStar said. "She is with others as well."
"But then..."
"That is all I can say for now. I know that answer is not satisfactory for you, but I promise to call you if we need any help." Optimus said to Bumblebee.
"Okay..." Bumblebee said although he sounds bit confused. Elena, however, was looked down already have a feeling what is going on in Cybertron. She placed her hand on the Silver bracelet. No one didn't notice it, except SweetStar, but she remained quiet.
"Thank you for your assistance. Thank you, all of you." Aerobolt said to them.
"I would transport you, but..." Optimus said.
"That's okay. We don't want to be anywhere near Starscream." Buzzstrike said.
"As I suspected. I hope you find the peace you deserve. Farewell." Optimus said before he gets onto the ship.
"DAD!" Elena yells while engine gets ready and before the door closes. "SAY "HI" TO MOM!"
Everyone remains confused, except SweetStar who had a big smile on her face. Optimus looks bit confused but shows a smile before the door has closed ship takes off.
"I wonder if we'll ever find that peace since we don't even have a way of getting off this planet," Tricerashot said.
"After Starscream's defeat, I modified your sub-orbital craft for space travel," Fixit said and remotely summoned the ship.
"Though we intend to go where we shall never be found, it is good to know we have friends we can trust if we need them," Aerobolt said and bowed for Thank you. Elena sat down near Aerobolt and gave a little kiss to his forehead.
"I hope we meet again," Elena said. Aerobolt nodded on that before flying to the ship. Each Star gave goodbye to each mini-con. Like Aqua gave also kiss on the head to Sawtooth and Gaia gave hug to Tricerashot, before he gets to the ship waved goodbye in which Grimlock waved back. Then they left to find a place for themselves.
"What's our next assignment, sir?" Strongarm asked from Bumblebee.
"Next? So soon?"
"We're Autobots, lieutenant. We're built for action, not relaxation," she said.
"Well, there are still plenty of locations that need combing for dangerous artifacts and weapons." Bumblebee said.
"Then let's do it to it," Grimlock said while went ahead Gais on his back.
"Transmitting coordinates of the nearest site to you now," Fixit informed.
"May we travel with Sideswipe?" Slipstream asked from Drift. Drift looked at Sideswipe.
"I didn't tell them to ask," he said to him. In this Drift agreed and let them travel with Sideswipe
"We've come a long way, sir."
"Yes, we have, Strongarm. And I, for one, am glad we still have a long way to go. Fixit, we'll see you back at the Scrapyard. Autobots, let's rev up and roll out." Bumblebee said before they transformed, pick their Star partners and took off.
"Have a good mission. Call me!" Fixit said.
Elena, Peace, Strength, and Sweet stayed laugh.
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AN: There second part is done. Now I can start working on third one. Although, I also sad to hear RID will end soon. So I hope the end will be. And this of course means I can continue on other stories See ya next time.