As if I don't already have enough stories I'm working on this had to pop into my head and just wouldn't leave me alone until I started writing it.
This is based on the 2007 movie, but has a few changes, I'm ignoring the last scene where Starscream leaves the planet and as I'm writing this I keep picturing Starscream looking more like he did in G1, probably because I really don't like what he looked like in the movie. I don't know if this will be important to the story yet, but that's how I'm picturing him.
Disclaimer; I don't own anything except for Joy.
Starscream hissed in pain as he tried to move and get to a place to hide. After taking out several of the human's jets, they had started shooting at him and somehow gotten a couple of lucky shots that broke through his armor and had done some serious internal damage. Realizing that if he took one more shot or made one wrong move the damage could become severe enough that he would be unable to fight he had retreated, loosing the pursuing humans in the clouds before trying to find a place to land. Finding a fairly remote area with a barn that looked big enough for him to hide in, he had headed down. As he had tried to land the jolt of landing shifted some of the loose pieces of metal that had been forced into the wound and they severed several wires that had already been damaged and that caused him to lose control of his legs. Now he was in excruciating pain and could only use his arms to move with. Luckily he had only landed about thirty feet from the large barn, although without the use of his legs it would be difficult to get even that far. He was trying to drag himself over to it while trying to leave as little evidence of his movement as possible and hoping he would be able to get inside and hide.
When he finally made it to the barn he forced the large door open and was relieved to find it empty except for a couple of horses that ran out of the barn as soon as they saw him. Luckily other than a penned off area of the barn that the horses had been in, the barn was empty and the center was open up to the ceiling so he wouldn't have to worry about being to tall to sit inside.
After getting inside he used his holoform to check his injuries then searched the barn for anything he could use to fix himself.
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Joy heard her horses neighing and looked out the window; the horses were running around and looking absolutely terrified. She was about to go out to see what had scared them when she noticed that the large barn door, that was almost impossible for her to even get unlatched looked like it was open a few inches. Assuming someone had broken into her barn for some reason; she grabbed her gun and headed outside.
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When Starscream didn't find anything useful in the barn he started to head out of the barn hoping to find something he could use at the nearby house. Just as he reached for the door it opened and he found himself staring into the barrel of a shot gun.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my barn and what did you do to my horses?" Joy demanded angrily when she saw a man with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a red shirt and black jeans standing in the barn.
"Get out of my way fleshling." Starscream said deciding she wasn't worth wasting his time on as he pushed past her.
The next thing he knew there was a sharp pain in the back of his head and he had dropped to his knees.
"Now what did you do that scared my horses and what are you doing in my barn?" Joy demanded again then stepped back in shock as the man disappeared.
"I said get out of my way human!" Starscream yelled at her, now back in his body.
Joy nearly dropped the gun when she saw a huge robot sitting at the far end of the barn with what looked like a large hole ripped into its side reveling torn wiring. "Wh- what are you?" she asked aiming the gun at the robot.
"That doesn't concern you and what are you going to do shoot me? You humans really are stupid creatures." he said.
Joy lowered the gun and said, "Okay so shooting you probably won't do any good, but you're in my barn so that gives me a right to know what you are." She told him.
"And I say if you don't get out of my way I'll crush you like the bug you are." Starscream told her.
"Well if you kill me then my mom will have the police out here within the next twenty four hours when I don't meet her for dinner and she can't get a hold of me on the phone. She worries about me a lot and freaks out if she doesn't hear from me, and from the looks of you you're hurt pretty badly. So before you decide to squish me, you should make sure you can get out of here soon." Joy told him trying to sound confident and not afraid.
A second later the man reappeared next to her and grabbed her by the arm then started dragging her with him out of the barn.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"You are going to help me find the stuff I need to fix my self and I'm going to make sure you don't tell anyone about me." He told her as they headed towards the house.
"You have to tell me at least two things first." Joy said as she pulled her arm away from him after deciding there was a good chance he would just kill her once he was fixed and could leave any ways, so she wasn't going to let him push her around or worry too much about upsetting him.
Starscream turned and glared at her, wondering if he could fix himself before anyone noticed she was missing if he just crushed her now. "What makes you think you can make me do anything?" he demanded.
"Well obviously you can't kill me and still have yourself fixed in time to avoid someone else from finding you, if you were to kill me and it would make it a lot easier on you if I cooperate with you, which I'll do if you'll at least answer two questions for me." Joy told him.
He glared at her for a moment, "Fine what do you want to know?" he finally asked angrily.
"If you are really that giant robot then how are you doing this human thing?" Joy asked.
"It's a holoform, it's a technology far beyond anything your primitive race could even begin to comprehend, we use them so we aren't noticed by humans or to do repairs that require smaller hands." He explained, "Now what's your other stupid question human?" He asked.
"Well I was going to ask if you have a name, but if it's that hard for you to answer my questions I can just call you robot with a bad attitude or grumpy, but naming a giant robot after a dwarf doesn't seem quit right." Joy said.
He glared at her for a moment his brown eyes seeming to flash red for a second, "Its Starscream, now get moving human." He said grabbing her arm and starting to drag her towards the house again.
Joy yanked her arm away again and Starscream turned to glare at her again, "My name's Joy and I'm perfectly capable of walking on my own, without you bruising my arm." She told him then started walking towards the house.
"So can I ask what you need to fix your self or will you just get upset with me for asking more questions." Joy asked when they got to the house.
"Just tell me where you keep your tools." He told her.
"They're in the garage, although I don't have a lot." She told him as she showed him where the garage was.
After searching the garage Starscream growled, "There's nothing here I can use, don't you useless humans ever have to fix anything?" he demanded.
"Nothing like you, just house hold repairs, anything else like car repairs, I just have my cousin take care of, but if you can give me some idea of what you need maybe I can see if I can go borrow it." Joy told him.
"Why should I let you leave, you would probably just run off and tell someone I'm here and never come back." Starscream said.
"Are you going to kill me once you're fixed?" Joy asked seriously.
Starscream looked at her shocked not only be the question, but by the serious tone of her voice. It was the first time she hadn't sounded completely confidant that he wouldn't kill her since he had threatened to crush her and she had told him more people would show up if he did.
"As much as I would enjoy crushing you like the insignificant bug you are, as long as you help me and stop being so annoying, I swear I won't kill you." He said deciding he unfortunately needed her help too much to kill her.
"You're not just saying that so I'll help you, are you?" she asked looking him in the eye.
He didn't answer right away as he looked into her dark brown eyes, easily sensing her fear and yet an incredible amount of courage as well, "I may be a Decepticon, but when I give someone my word I won't break it." He told her.
Deciding he was telling the truth Joy said, "Alright, make me a list of what you need and I'll go see if my cousin has it and don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone about you and I will come back."
"How do I know you really will come back?" Starscream asked.
"Because I don't make promises I don't intend to keep and for some stupid reason I trust you. Any ways if I just ran off you could hurt my horses and I would never abandon them. I will come back or you could come with me if you want to." She suggested.
"I can't go more than half a mile from my body." Starscream told her.
"Well then I guess you'll just have to trust me." She told him.
"You'd better come back or those stupid animals won't be the only thing I destroy." Starscream warned.
"Don't worry, I won't run away." She reassured him again patting his arm then pulling her hand back when he glared at her.
After a quick search of the internet to see what human tools he could use Starscream gave Joy the list and threatened her one more time before she left.
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