Sith and Deceptcons part 2 of 7

LONG LONG AGO......IN A GLAIXY FAR  FAR AWAY........................

*In a field far away from Starscream, a friendly face begins to wake up*

Ratchet: "Where...where am I, I remember...Arce running after me... and shooting? Ridiculous!"

Everything is shaking as Ratchet finds himself rattling around in the hull of a Jawa transport, surrounded by droids in various states of disrepair*"BAAAAAA, monstrous!"

Megatron wakes up no more than ten feet away from Ratchet. his head hurts and he looks at the poor Droids that were surrounding them.* Uh, were am I? Oh, my head.

Ratchet:"Megatron!"* He tries to deploy weapons, but something burns on his chest*"Ahh, ooh, What some sort of slave device, I can’t get it off, and all these ....robots... thank the maker. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO MEGATRON!"

Jawas gather on a balcony above both of them, ready to restrain them if needed. Ratchet calms down when he sees Megatron in chains... and a restraining bolt in the middle of his forehead

Megatron:"Stop yelling!! where are we? Why am I tied down? WHY DOES MY HEAD HURT SO BAD??!!" He tries to move but cant

Ratchet: "Don't look now but I think we are both being sold for spare parts, hehe hee, and your head hurts because there is a slave device in the middle of you forehead.... these guys don't trust you, and neither do I. Something backfire Megatron? You capture us and sell us to some other species... BUTS THATS NOT GOOD ENOUGH IS IT BOYS?" The Jawa flee the balcony. "Ha Ha HA! they want to melt you down too Megatron! Well, Is that it or is there something else you old war lord.?"

Megatron: "Oh stop it!! I am WAY better than you will ever be!! Now get us out of here!!" He searches with his eyes and sees droid body parts everywhere and creepy looking droids roaming about
Ratchet: "So you haven't a clue how we got here? this isn't some backfired plot of yours?"

Megatron: "No, I do not know how we got here. No this is not a plot of mine" He looks around and sees a door open and close

Ratchet: "What are you looking at" He also sees the door. "It could be a trap, but neither one of us are going anywhere with these slave devices on"

Megatron: "Oh we are!" With such an incredible amount of strength he busts all the binders that are holding him down

The Jawa immediately begin to panic, even as Megatron finishes freeing himself, ratchet hits the floor in pain from the restraining bolt

One Jawa continues to point the wand at Megatron, even as some of the others jump out of the crawler. One of them begins firing an energy weapon at Megatron, trying to stop him

Megatron reaches down and kills all of the jawas with his hand. "Let us go!"

Ratchet: "You shouldn't have done that ….. and why would I go with you anywhere?" He was trying to find a reason himself, beyond he was the only one he knew for miles

Megatron walks out the door and along a walkway."Wow, this reminds me of Cybertron, but home was never this alive... amazing, well that at least proves we are not on earth, they don't have flight capabilities like that" he said pointing at a line of transports

Ratchet picks up one of the wands that control the restraining bolts and puts it away for later, Ratchet walks down the gantry keeping a "safe" distance from Megatron

Megatron sees lots of species. "I wonder how these beings came to be so diverse?"

Ratchet shrugs "Installer travel? There are millions of species in the universe, but I have never seen such a mix of intelligences before, incest, mammal... I don't even know what to call that?" He points at a green one. "Amphibian if I had to guess"

Megatron: "Yep, I wonder how many planets there are"

Ratchet: "Well based on the flight patterns, I bet .... why, deciding what to concur first? Or haven't you noticed we are here on our own... guests you might say and you just killed a bunch of their citizens..." He looks down on some droids. "And I don't think they like our kind" he adds watching someone drop kick a protocol droid

Megatron: "Oops!! I guess I shall have to look out where I am going" He starts walking way more carefully. "I had a vision that Starscream was on this planet. Just do not know where he is"

Ratchet: "Starscream great! that's all we need! Between the two of you this world will be in ruins by sundown! Or do you intend on staying? I am going back to earth as soon as I find out how"

Megatron: "We do not wish to destroy this planet. I just need to find starscream. that is all"

Ratchet: "And then what? will you return to the earth, no questions asked? If we can find a way back?"

Megatron loses his temper. "I DO NOT KNOW!!!!!! STOP ASKING DUMB UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! He storms off

Ratchet follows at a safe distance. "If you haven't noticed, you’re not in charge here, there is still that thing on your forehead, and if we keep crashing through everywhere the citizens are bound to blast us.... we need help.... or at least a map or a guide!I mean look at them they're scattering as if we were monsters or something!"

Megatron: "Oh please, look at how all of these beings cower. They cannot harm us. I AM in charge" He starts feeling a strange sensation

Ratchet: "Argent as always, its a pity you have no good in you... what's the matter? You look ill!"

Megatron: "I used to be good….waste of time! Do you feel any strange sensations all over you? I do"

Ratchet: "I think you’re losing it! What does it feel like? Maybe you’re going in neurological shock!"

Megatron: "GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR............it is a vibration......"

Ratchet: "What an earthquake!... I think I feel it... its...its....coming from you!"

Megatron punches Ratchet. "IT IS NOT COMING FROM ME!!!!!!!!! STOP MOCKING ME!!!!!!!!!!"

Ratchet: "Oh, you... you're floating!" Ratchet crawls backwards

Megatron: "What? How?" He looks around

Ratchet: "You're hovering... without transformation.... what kind of world is this!"

Megatron: "I can’t move!" He tries to move but cannot. He starts gagging

Ratchet: "I have an Idea but you won’t like it" He pulls out the Jawa wand and triggers restraining bolt. Megatron goes unconcious and falls down. "Telekinesis, mind over matter, amazing!"

Ratchet drags Megatron into a nearby warehouse

Sometime passes, but Megatron is still not awake

Ratchet does a complete medical scan while Megatron sleeps. He is drawn by the force to Starscream who calls to him. "Master, help me I am dying" Megatron replies "You fool, where are you?" Starscream sounds confused. "I..I do not know, help me!" Megatron sees him being electrocuted, or struck by lighting

Megatron stirs but does not wake up

Starscream: "Master the Sith Lords have me, Darth Maul and his master Sidous, help me please.... be warned master they want to kill us!"

Megatron: in his dream asks, "What are these Sith Lords?"

Starscream: "Very powerful telepaths and worshipers of a Force here, I am tying to ally with them but fear I have failed. They represent a group like ourselves, bringing destruction and chaos to their galaxy in hopes of conquest. I am their prisoner it is Sidous's home, I have a location. I am sending a GPS address, hurry master. Also, they have enemies called Jedi, they might be manipulated to bring aid and their Force brings much power...master! WE CAN ACESS IT! Levitation, energy discharge, the power of their galaxy flowing through us!

Megatron: "Sounds terrifying!"

Starscream: "Yes master, and they read minds, but it can be blocked... no they are torturing me, they live on pain! They love it, but I don't like pain... hurry master!"

Megatron wakes up screaming.

Ratchet: "You're back! For a while there I thought you were gone for good!"

Megatron: "Starscream is in danger!! we all are in danger!! these Sith are beings who are demons!!"

Ratchet: "Sith what are you talking about?" He listens as Megatron retells the story.

Megatron: "Sounds like a delusion, but it rings true... so now what? How do we defeat them and save Starscream?"

Ratchet: "Well for starters, seeing that you me and Starscream are the Only Cybertonies here on this world, and though I think I shall regret it.... you're now my patient since we have no idea what this "Force" is or how it will affect our systems. From what I saw of you it looked like nothing healthy. Further if we do recover Starscream and survive, you will need a doctor to glue whatever is left of him back together again. So... until we... or just myself... make it back to earth.... Truce. He extends his hand in friendship

Megatron:"Tthat is pretty darn good doc, deal" They shake hands

Ratchet: "I think I am already regretting this!"

Megatron walks away

Ratchet: "So, where do we start? If I might suggest a library or someone who might be able to defend us against these Sith?" He is still following Megatron but keeping his distance incase anything ...odd should happen again

Megatron: "How should I know?" He turns and walks into a building

Ratchet: "Maybe then, you should slow down a moment and think about it. we know what we want, Starscream, and we know where he is. That just leaves how to protect us from this Force, and how to get to Starscream.... or do you intend to walk the whole way... and please remember I can't fly...and in your condition I don't recommend it ether"

Megatron: "Okay, do you have anything useful to do? You lead!"

Ratchet: "Ok.....we need a way to fight the Sith, a map to get onto their fortress...we need to find allies, and without crushing them. We need help and a plan"

Megatron: "How will we get onto their fortress without them seeing? We are magnificently huge. They can see ALL"

Ratchet: "Well yes, that's why we need a plan, and they're telepaths not gods! There must be someone who opposes them and can shield us from their vision. we need information from the locals ...information we can trust"

Megatron: "Jedi?"

Ratchet: "Right ... the light worshipers?.... : Perhaps.... why not? I think the other alternative is to buy Starscream or some sort of surrender to the Sith.... I suspect that the price would be far more than either of us are prepared to pay. Yes why not the Jedi, can’t be any worse than our current predicament!"

Megatron: "Exactly, let us go to the Jedi temple. He transforms and flies to the temple

Ratchet: "Wait up!" He transforms and rolls out, following on the ground whilst talking to himself. "No telling what trouble that bad egg will get into all by himself" He rushes down back streets keeping an eye on him. "And the 'Force' That bolt on his forehead, maybe he is starting to crack.... just what I need a crazed Deceptcon leader as my only ally.He rushes past some people nearly causing a wreck. "Can't loose him. I have no idea where these Jedi are, but if their friendly, they might be our only hope!"

An hour passes and Megatron lands on the temple. "I need to speak with you. Anyone?"

Random Guard: "You'll have to be more specific droid, who are you wanting to speak too? Are you delivering something.... Never seen anything like you before" He is joined by several other guards, all with weapons at the ready. "Who are you? State your purpose and your master or we will be forced to defend the temple!"

Ratchet roles up and transforms

Random guard 2 {RG2} "What in the universe is that?"

{RG1} "Halt and identify!"

Ratchet: "Um yes... My name is Ratchet, and this is my... um friend Megatron. We are a unique form of organic life, we probably look like droids to you but I assure you we are not. We are in desperate need of Jedi assistance!"

A familiar Jedi face watches from the shadows just inside the temple. "I know why they are here Thomas, tell your men to stand down and I will speak with them!"

Megatron: "Do not worry, no harm, we need you"

Rathcet: "Oh great, that will win them over!" *face palm*

Anakin: "Why exactly are you here? Tell us now!"

Ratchet: "Here let me" and pushing Megatron out of the way he gets down in one knee. "Sir we are here to ask for help. We had a third companion, Starscream, captured by the Sith. WE NEED YOUR HELP!"

Anakin: "So that is what I felt in the force. Who is starscream? Who are you? The Sith are multiplying in number and we Jedi are shrinking in number. I will help you"

Ratchet: "We are transformers from Cybertron, organic machines. Megatron here is a Decepticon, as is Starscream. I am an Autobot! He explains some of their trip to earth

Anakin: "Well that is an odd play for the force. I will talk to my masters about it. I will save you from these Sith, I promise" He turns and goes to his masters and tells them what he knows.*

Ratchet: "We will wait here for your answer... Come Megatron... Sit I need to check on your injuries again!"

Megatron sits. "I wonder how this Jedi is going to help us. I am starting to hate this galaxy already!"

Ratchet: "Well just don't blow anything up until we get Starscream back.... I wonder if any of the others are here" He examins the bolt still in his forehead

Megatron: "Why do you always think I am going to just blow things up willy nilly!!?? it is really annoying......... stop!"

Ratchet: "Ok, Ok, it just always seems to be what you do, no style what so ever" He touches the restraining bolt. "Any of those other side affects... feeling light headed?"

Megatron: "It hurts a lot!"

Ratchet: "Well it’s stuck, and your leaking Energon slowly, but otherwise you seem normal... normal, for Megatron"

Megatron: "Can you get IT out?"

Ratchet: "I don't know" He thinks to himself. "And I don't know if I want to"

Megatron: "Gahhh!! get it out get it out!!" He starts tearing at it

Ratchet: "No wait! Don't do that! it might leave a scar!"

Megatron: "THEN GET IT OUT!!!!!!!"

Ratchet: "Ok, ok..." He breaks out the tool kit and starts repairing the bolt, trying to remove it

Megatron: "So when are the Jedi are coming back?"

Ratchet: "Well I am sure I can stop the bleeding, but there must be a key or... maybe I can just stick a screwdriver in it.. then again it might put a hole in your cranial vault!"

Megatron; "There must be a way"

Ratchet: "And how do you get them off?"

{RG2}: "Well you usually detach the head and burn out the micro filaments on the inside may be even get a new head for the droid!"

Ratchet: "But were not droids, where bio mechanic... o never mind!"

{RG1}: "You could just try randomly hitting it with a rock, they're not that reliable, that sometimes works.... I had this R2 unit once kept ramming into walls....bad motivators"

Megatron: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He gets up and runs away wildly

Ratchet: "Darn it, Guard!..... some help!"

{RG1}: "What do you want us to do about a three story tall.... whatever you are? If we open fire we could damage... um... hurt him!"

{RG3} "Anybody got a Rancor stunner?"

Ratchet: "Just follow us... try to get some really really big nets!" He transforms and gives pursuit

Megatron is still running and screaming. All of the other life forms are wondering why there is a huge droid running around and screaming

Ratchet is rolling along as fast as he can. "Maybe the filaments are... drat, never a large rock when you need it... I wish I had taken it off when I had the chance, but I thought it would help me control him" The words of Optus role through his head, 'No life form, even an evil one should be enslaved'

Megatron's power goes out. He falls down with a big kabang

Ratchet: "Oh no! I hope I am not too late!" He transforms and runs over, genteelly rolls him over to see the bolt has fallen off. Megatron is in a deep coma. Soon the troopers and a large ground crawler arrive. They take them to a warehouse close to the temple

Anakin arrives."Uh, what is going on?"

{RG2}: "Um General Skywalker Sir ... there was an incident with our guests!"

Ratchet: "It's all my fault, there was a device on his head ... a restraining bolt... I should have pulled it hours ago. Now there’s no telling what the damage is! There was no way to know how the device would affect his systems! I should have known better!"

Anakin: "I can help. I am a very good fixer of things. What do you say?"

Ratchet: "I could use the help but he is no ordinary machine... we are alive... organic. Do you have any Energon?"

Anakin: "Oh, I see" He runs off to get some nearby energon crystals. Moments later he is back with an armful. "Here you go"

Ratchet: "Thank you, this will do for a start! Now you're welcome to join me , and watch... that's is the quietest the old tyrant has been in years!"

Anakin: "Okay" He sits down. "What do you guys do?"

Ratchet: "What do you mean?" He unpacks his medical kit for the third time today and examins Megatron

Anakin: "I mean, what is your lifestyle like?"

Ratchet: "Hectic, mostly his fault" He points at Megatron, running here, running there ... I do things. It would be best if we could collect Starscream and were away from your galaxy, can your Force tell you how we got here? Oh I am sorry... presumptive of me, you will help us recover Starscream?"

Anakin: "Oh I see, he is evil. The force gave you guys a new home. Please listen to it"

Ratchet: "What?" He stops working for a moment. "Earth is our home now.. we...we can't just be given a home... your world is already inhabited? Is there room?"

Anakin: "There are 300 planets to choose to live on. You must listen to the force... always"

Ratchet: "I think the force might be killing Megatron here, and yes he is evil, but he does have a place in the universe. Tell me, What is it?, Why now? Couldn't it have brought us to before Cybertron was dying?"

Anakin: "The force works in ways we do not know. We just have to accept it. Now please stop whining about it"

Yoda: "Padawan Skywalker! Guests theses are respect and alleviate their fears We must!"

Anakin: "Yes, we do. I will go hunt down these Sith"

Yoda hovers in as Anakin attempts to leave. "A moment if you please Padawan, track the Sith we must to recover their comrade, but in haste we must not. I say to you Ratchet what must also be said to you Skywalker... important it is. Great change is coming. For the destruction of your world and your battle with the Decepticons, A Jedi matter has become... you Ratchet were expected... as was Starscream... but the Lord of the Deceptcons! Was not. Great power it took to bring you ...tremendous disturbance in the force... but influenced by the dark side as well I fear... tread lightly we must! Anakin! You must acquaint yourself with our new friends... droids they are not and respect given it must!"

Anakin: "Yes master I understand. I will meditate on it"

Ratchet: "So we were brought by the force?"

Yoda: "Yes my large friend, for corcant , you will live, all of you, as many can be found... but six were to come through, only four are known, and one that has been here many years... a prized Padawan is she"

Ratchet: "So there is a Cybertron in the Jedi?"

Yoda: "Yes there is another... Skywaker, show our guest around the city first and then prepare a squad of clones for an assault... on the Sith. If his patent can be unattended a while, is he?"

Anakin has a bad vision

Yoda seeing he is distressed, "What is it Padawan?"

Anakin: "The sith will take over the galaxy!"

Yoda: "So certain are you, past and future are never clear, vision clouded it is, what did you see?"

Anakin: "I saw five Sith Lords, they have Starscream. They tortured him badly. They somehow plan to take over the galaxy. I just cannot see that part yet. I will meditate on where they live"

Ratchet: "Ahem is everything alright?"

Yoda: "Yes, all in flux with your arrival it is... much to discuss. Grave, matters have become. The strength of the Autobots and Decepticons we know not"

Ratchet: "Why would they torture him, if they already have him as a prisoner....we know nothing of you galaxy...."

Yoda: "Pain, suffering.. these are the ways of the dark side, of the Sith. Through pain, unimaginable his power could become. Ratchet tour will wait. Anakin more we need and strike we will soon, free starscream we must. We may need Megatron after all"

Anakin: "I'm waiting for the answered to all of this!! I just don't know where to begin though. how's Megs doing?"

Ratchet: "Megs, the leader of the Decepticons.... I have never heard him called that before! I think he is stable but I have him on a tranquilizer giving him time to heal"

Anakin: "Good, when he awakes please tell him I will be searching for Starscream"

Ratchet: "I will reassure him of that... if he will listen"

Yoda: "Mean time plan we will, and be ready for the rescue" He hovers over with Anikin quietly. "Rescue we must but if together they are than they may have plans for Starscream we no not ...mediate and prepare, try to determine the scope of their plans ... and of Starscream, destruction, we may have to! if rescue we cannot. Be cautious if many Sith are gathered other Jedi you may need"

Anakin: "Then gather the most powerful of Jedi"

Yoda: "Perhaps two is enough, but a very special Padwan is she and of the clones your finest squad perhaps? But first" He calls to Ratchet. "Time you met the first of your kind we encountered" He turns on a hologram and a silhouette of a Jedi fighter craft can be seen, but somehow giving the impression of mediation. "Jedi blue fire. I need you. On my signal, track and come!" Meanwhile in a distant hanger, the Jedi fighter sits, strangely as if in meditation, takes off and begins the short trip their location.Jedi blue fire transforms when she gets there. She bows."Master Yoda, what is it?"

Yoda: "Ah Blue Fire" Yoda hovers up to her. "A mission I have for you. Long have we spoken of your people, now meet them you will, and rescue one you shall. This one is Ratchet... a doctor, and the other, Megatron... and the one you vision yes he is, be aware and cautious. You will take Anakin and accompany him and a small squad of troopers to rescue one called Starscream deep in the clutches of the Sith... Anakin shall guide you"

Blue fire: "As you wish my master. First let me say hello to Ratchet" She goes up to Ratchet and shakes hands with him. "How are you and Megatron doing?"

Ratchet: "Very nice to meet you" he replies shaking hands. "And a very fine Autobot you are..... Megatron is stable for now but this "Force" of yours seems to be affecting his systems adversely... I don't quite know what to do for him... Does it affect you... how do you cope and how long have you been here?"

Anakin looks on, upset at the delay.

Yoda: "Give them a moment, patience my Pawdan you will soon be off"

Blue Fire: "It is good that you two are stable. the Force is very powerful. I have been a Jedi Padawan all my life. Years and years of training to master the Force. You guys are disrupting it terribly. No help from these five Sith either. I must go" She turns to leave

Ratchet: "Just a moment, you seem very familiar! Just Blue Fire, or... what is your full name?"

Blue Fire: "Yes that is my full name. Blue Fire"

Ratchet: "Nothing else?"

She could sense in her mind that Ratchet was expecting something, but she could not tell what. "You said that you thought I looked familiar to you. why?"

Ratchet: "The wars of my people... cost many lives, some disappeared mysteriously. You remind me of the daughter of a friend, one of those who were lost early on. But if you have no memory I will not trouble you" The image of a heroic Red Autobot passed through Ratchets mind.. Blue Fire could almost see him, but definitely felt the respect and joy at the thought

Blue Fire: "Oh. I see" She smiles as she leaves

Ratchet is puzzled but continues to monitor Megatron

Ratchet: "I wonder if she knows?"

Yoda: "Ratchet, many things are seen in the force, come to terms with having no family she did long ago. Now come a time to choose and test her, to become a full Jedi... tell her later you will, now is not the time!"

Ratchet watches as Blue Fire becomes a Jedi fighter and Anakin reluctantly climes inside.

Blue Fire flies towards a very dark place

Anakin: Uses the force to shield them from anyone sight

Deep within the dungeon, a familiar figure stirs, but is somehow changed. Darth maul senses two Jedi flying towards them

Starscream calls in a raspy voice from the shadows. "You see I told you they would come" he laughs

Darth Maul: "I will kill them!" He gets up and walks out of the dungeon , He gathers all five Sith together, and they guard the entrance, "Light Sabers at the ready!"

Starscream: "Master that may not be necessary.. I feel this one and she is more than you bargain for I am ready and perhaps this is my destiny... he steps out into the light.... the one eyed Starscream... a face full of scars! "Let me deal with them, I will destroy them.... MASTER!"

Darth Maul: "Very well..... do NOT fail me or you will DIE!!!!!!!" All Sith back well off

Starscream: "I shall not fail.... Master.. not even Megatron would stand in my way" From a damaged hand a large metallic tube extends a giant twisted white and red light saber deploys...grown from Starscreams own body ... his anger and pain, made solid! He watches as the blue Jedi fighter approaches. "They are mine MASTER!"

{End of chapter 2 to be continued}