All Hail Lord Starscream; Ruler of the Decepticons and Emperor of Cybertron.

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Starscream leaned over the sleeping form of Skywarp and grinned at Thundercracker. "Oh the things I could do to him right now." He whispered to the blue Seeker. He stood up with his hands on his hips. He wore a troubled expression. He suddenly remembered hearing Megatron's and Soundwave's voices in the room. What did they say... "Laserbeak reports on Skywarp's and Star..." realization struck him. Had they been seen?

Thundercracker noticed a change in Starscream's expression. "What's wrong?"

"Did you and Skywarp hear any voices when you came up? Like Megatron and Soundwave?"

"No, I didn't notice anything. Warp was too busy telling me whose room was where." Thundercracker was concerned by Starscream's question. He hoped his comment on Skywarp would ease the tension.

Starscream scowled for a moment. "I overheard them saying that Laserbeak was reporting on Skywarp and, I think, myself."

"What? You must be paranoid." Thundercracker was concerned and confused.

"I could not hear much, they faded out like he was going into the main chamber."

"What do you think they were talking about?"

"Well think about this. Laserbeak must have arrived just before I did. I wonder if they were listening in on Skywarp and me. I might be a bit paranoid, but are you not concerned for Skywarp? What were they looking for and why are they watching him? It was not Starscream and Skywarp. They used his name first. That implies they are watching him."

Thundercracker looked perplexed. "I think you are paranoid. Just because they said his name first they must be watching him? Maybe they are watching him, but can you blame them?"

"It surely got reported that you were pushing me screaming down that hall."

Thundercracker laughed. "Yeah, that caught everyone's attention."

"I want to know why they are watching him."

"I can tell you why." Thundercracker said sarcastically.

"Why then?"

"Duh, Screamer. He beat the slag out of you." Thundercracker realized how much he sounded like Skywarp at that moment.

"Don't you think it's an invasion of privacy? I said things I thought were confident to Skywarp and myself. Now Megatron knows. This does not make me comfortable. I want to know what he knows."

"You two didn't say anything... incriminating did you?" Thundercracker wondered just what was said after he left the two Seekers alone in Skywarp's room.

"Well there were some very personal things spoken."

"Nothing that could get you in trouble I hope." The blue Seeker's expression was cautious.

"See, I don't know. Some of the things I had said could be taken the wrong way. I need to know what they know."

Thundercracker shook his head. "This is all really weird. Megatron spying on all of us? Who can you trust anymore?"

"I want to know what he knows. That means turning the table on him."

"What do you mean?" Thundercracker had a pretty good idea as to what Starscream meant but he wanted to hear it from the Air Commander's mouth.

"I want to spy on him." Starscream stated with a matter of fact tone.

"Are you insane!?!"

"No, but I think we could pull it off."

"How?" Thundercracker's statement was more of an exclamation than a question.

"I have wires and things that I have built for such purposes. We could coax Skywarp to port into the control area and simply stay there until we call him back. No one would know he is there."

"We can't do that! Besides, Warp is out cold. How would you get him in there?"

"We can do it! All we need to do is wire Skywarp, wake him and then tell him his mission. It would not take long. It would be a game to him."

"I don't know Screamer. What if we get caught? What if Warp gets caught?" He did not want Skywarp to get into any more trouble than he already was in.

Starscream chuckled and staggered a little. "Well, Thundercracker, you said you'd back me up. I would back you two up in this. I doubt we would get caught. Trust me on this." Starscream said confidently.

"I don't know. Have you been around Warp when he's drunk? He's not the most coordinated when sober." Thundercracker thought of the times that Skywarp had teleported to the wrong location and was nearly deactivated for it.

"All he simply needs to do is port and stay. He'd not have to move that much."

Thundercracker grinned at Starscream. "That's asking a lot from him."

"It would be.... fun."

"Your definition of fun scares me."

"And Skywarp likes to play scrabble. That has no challenge, no danger!"

"What is scrabble anyway?"

"I have no idea, Thundercracker. Megatron would never know he was there. Don't underestimate the brilliance of this idea. It will work. He would not expect us to send him on such a task." Starscream said soothingly.

"Anyway, if you can pull this off, I'll never doubt you again. Or at least not anymore this week. Geez, I've been around Warp too much."

"Then we are agreed?"

"I guess." Thundercracker shrugged.

"That's good." Starscream patted Thundercracker on the wing. "Let's get the stuff to hook Skywarp up with." Starscream and Thundercracker stole from the room. Starscream sent Thundercracker to collect a few things from the armoury as he pulled a few tools and wires out of his desk drawers. The two hovered over the desk soldering connections until they had a small recording device.

Starscream unsteadily walked into the recharge chamber with the recording device in hand. He handed it to Thundercracker who followed close behind. Starscream leaned down and gently shook Skywarp. "Hey, 'Warp wake up."

"Buzz off, Frenzy." Skywarp muttered as he waved his hand as if to brush away an insect.

Starscream shook the semi unconscious Seeker again. "Warp wake up. We have a game for you. Wanna play?"

"What? Play what?" Skywarp said groggily.

"Um, its called hide and go seek. You teleport out and we hide then you find us when we call you." Starscream looked up at Thundercracker who looked puzzled, "Uh yeah, it's fun." Thundercracker tried to help Starscream sway the dazed Seeker.

"You need special equipment."

Skywarp's optics were still offline, "Special equipment? Hide and Seeker?"

"Come on Skywarp get those optics on line." Starscream slapped Skywarp gently. Skywarp's optics glowed full power. Starscream turned to Thundercracker. "Put it in his cockpit."

Thundercracker opened Skywarp's cockpit and inserted the recording device. "Here Warp, let me hook this thing to you."

"What the frag is that for?" Skywarp looked at the device his friend was wiring to him.

"So we can tell you are not cheating." Starscream explained immediately.

Thundercracker looked at Starscream somewhat relieved. He had no idea how to explain the radio they had just wired to Skywarp and was grateful Starscream had an explanation.

"How can I cheat when I don't know how to play?" Skywarp asked still groggy.

"The rules are simple. You wait until we call and you come look for us. Now go to these co-ordinates and wait until we call you. Then you come back and look for us here." Starscream repeated himself so he could be sure to get his message into the groggy Seeker's thick head.

Skywarp studied the co-ordinates. "Ok, what do I get when I find you?"

"Energon." Thundercracker grinned at Starscream.

"Whooo, here I go!" Skywarp yelled as he teleported away.

Starscream turned to Thundercracker and grinned at him. "I hope you know what you're doing." Thundercracker cautioned.

"Sure I know what I am doing. Quickly, we need to get to the computer so we can listen to him."

Skywarp teleported to the co-ordinates given to him by Starscream and Thundercracker. He found himself on a balcony. He did not recognize the room but he knew he must still be in Decepticon headquarters. He decided to nose around the room a bit before Starscream and Thundercracker called him. Skywarp heard the soft hum of computers and followed the noise. He lost his footing as he was taken off guard by a set of stairs. He tumbled down them and landed on his head. The fall combined with his drunkenness knocked him unconscious.

Megatron awoke to a loud crash that almost sounded like it was outside his recharge chamber door. He stood up immediately alert to threat. He grabbed his cannon that he had beside the recharge alcove and put it on. Warily he walked out the room and spied a darkened lump sprawled across the stairs to the mezzanine. An intruder! Megatron held his arm up ready as he ran across the room. Only when he got closer did he recognize the form as Skywarp. Megatron felt a bolt of fury shoot through him. "Why was this Seeker in here?" He wondered. He crouched down and slapped the Seeker hard at the same time shaking him. "Why are you in here Skywarp?!"

"Megatron!! Hey Starscream, I told you Megatron would come party with us!" The drunken Seeker shouted from his supine position on the stairwell. Megatron's face seemed upside down to him from his vantage which caused him to giggle madly.

Megatron looked around for Starscream. "STARSCREAM?! What is the meaning of this?!" He looked back down at Skywarp furious. "WHY are you in here?" He asked again.

"Yeah, what's goin' on? Are you playing hide and Seeker too?" The drunken Seeker was equally confused.

Megatron's optics flashed in anger as he could hear Starscream's voice over Skywarp's radio. "Get back Skywarp! Get back! Come back!! Abort!"

"Hey Screamer! Where are you?" Skywarp asked as he looked around the room. He could hear his voice but not see him. This confused Skywarp even more.

"I am going to get to the bottom of this!" Megatron said angrily.

"Skywarp please just jump back!" Pleaded Starscream over the radio.

"What? But Megs wants to play hide and Seeker too. Let's start over." Skywarp's speech was severely slurred.

"WHAT!? MEGS?" Megatron boomed angrily. He had never heard himself being referred to so casually before. With disgust he grabbed Skywarp violently by his wing and dragged him angrily through his apartment into the hall. "This has gone too far. I knew you were up to something Starscream!" He shouted as he strode purposefully dragging Skywarp behind him to the door at the end of the hall.

Back in the room the two Seekers were panicking.

"Slag! We've had it." Starscream screeched as he shot a terrified looked to Thundercracker. He shook his wrists clenching and unclenching his fingers. His optics glowed bright with fear. He had not anticipated Skywarp falling down the stairs. The idea was simple: Stay put! No discovery.

Thundercracker looked to the ocean as if he could will himself to the other side of the window. He pointed a finger angrily at Starscream. "You said this plan would succeed." He circled the Air Commander several times. "Frag! What are we gonna do?!?" Thundercracker paced nervously. He could just kill Starscream for talking him into this.

"Hey, I can hear you guys but I can't see you." Skywarp shouted. The cheerful drunken voice blasted from the computer.

"We are going to find out why you were in my room and what is going on. Starscream you better have a very good excuse or else you are dead." Came Megatron's sinister voice over the speakers.

"I wasn't in your room. I was playing hide and Seeker." Skywarp justified. Starscream cringed at Skywarp's statement.

Starscream fearfully watched Thundercracker's pacing. "I NEED TO GET OUT!" Starscream screamed as he glanced fearfully from the door to the speakers that announced the Decepticon leader's ill intention. He knew he should have just let Skywarp sleep it off. His head darted around franticly as if he hoped another door would materialize so he could escape.

"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?" Said Thundercracker as he suddenly stopped his circling and reached out to shake Starscream violently. "THINK, STARSCREAM!" Starscream broke away from Thundercracker's vice-like grasp and he started to circle the blue Seeker clockwise.

"Hide?" Starscream suggested numbly to Thundercracker. He looked around; there was nowhere to hide. He started to circle the room counter clockwise changing direction every three revolutions in panic. He wished he had Skywarp's ability to teleport out of an unwanted situation.

"Where? We're doomed! There's no point in hiding." Thundercracker scanned Starscream's room. It was large but not big enough for the two of them to hide from an angry Megatron. He would rip the place apart and when he was done he'd rip them apart. Thundercracker resumed his frantic pacing.

"Primus knows. Frag we are so slagged." Starscream hung his head dejectedly realizing the hopelessness of the situation. There was only one exit and Megatron was between him and it.

"Holy Primus, I'm too young to die." Thundercracker's voice quivered. He regretted getting involved in one of Starscream's insane schemes; he knew they usually backfired.

Megatron could not help feeling slightly amused at the running commentary of the two panicked Seekers but he had to remain stern. A slight smile pulled at his mouth but then he thought about Starscream's earlier words. 'Ok then, if you insist, we are plotting to overthrow you.' and Thundercracker's comment, 'You said this plan would succeed'. Was this an assassination attempt? Skywarp would be the ideal tool for such an attempt.

"Why won't Warp shut up?" Thundercracker screamed at the world.

"You're too young?! What about me?!!" Starscream was shrill. He knew Megatron would waste no time in melting him down into useable metals. He knew he would be lucky to get out of this one alive.

"Hey Megs, heard any good jokes lately?" Inquired Skywarp brightly.

"Shut up Skywarp I am not in the mood." Megatron jerked Skywarp's wing sharply. Most Seekers hated their wings being handled. Skywarp seemed almost unconcerned by it. He was infuriated by the continued disrespectful shortening of his name.

"Whoa, just like Ravage." Skywarp began humming as he was dragged through the hall by Megatron.

Megatron reached Starscream's door and slammed it heavily with his fists. "OPEN UP!"

Thundercracker ran in circles. "Oh frag oh frag oh frag!" Starscream leaned his forehead against the wall and shook violently in fear. He looked over his wing at the door; wishing silently that Megatron would simply drop Skywarp off and leave.

"Hey, I found you! Where's my energon?" Skywarp inquired cheerfully.

"I want to know what is going on right this minute. Open this door NOW Starscream or I will shoot it down and rip you apart!" Megatron shouted loudly. He held his weapon arm at the door. "You have until the count of three.... One..."

Starscream looked at Thundercracker fearfully realizing he was going to have to open the door. One way or another Megatron would get in. Thundercracker shut off his optics and waited for Starscream to open it. Starscream palmed the door opening and slapped himself flat to the wall expecting a blast from Megatron's fusion cannon.

"Whoo hoo, PARTY!!" Skywarp exclaimed as Megatron dragged him into the room. He let Skywarp go as he whirled to face Starscream. He flung his fisted hand out and slammed Starscream across the face sending the Seeker spiraling to the ground with a scream of pain. He stepped over to the sprawled, whimpering Seeker and placed his foot on the Air Commander's cockpit pinning him to the floor.

"I want to know why I should not slag you right here and now Starscream." He held his cannon less than a meter from the Air Commander. He could see the panic and fear in Starscream's optics as the Seeker futilely pushed at Megatron's foot with his hands.

"Stop that!" Thundercracker felt that Starscream had suffered enough injuries for one day. Megatron's assault infuriated him.

"It was a joke sir!" Whined Starscream as he held the back of his hand to his mouth. He could taste energon and knew he had taken another wound, hopefully minor.

"It's not his fault! We were playing a joke on Skywarp and it went wrong." Thundercracker pleaded.

"Yes, because of all the jokes he played on us." Starscream added fearfully.

"This is a joke? I don't get it." Skywarp said drunkenly.

Megatron looked over at Thundercracker but he still held the cannon barely a meter from the Air Commander's face when he spoke. "This is a joke? What was he doing in my room then?" Megatron gestured to Skywarp.

"Am I involved in this joke?" Starscream said for a second, dazed as his head suddenly became very dizzy.

Thundercracker shot an angry glance at Starscream. "This was all your idea!" He shouted as he pointed his finger at the pinned Air Commander.

Starscream held his hand to his violently throbbing head. "You said you'd back me."

"Yeah, if you tell the truth!" Thundercracker had a feeling Starscream would try to weasel out of this.

"WELL?" He gestured angrily with the weapon. He wanted an explanation, not pathetic excuses. There had to be a reason that the Seekers would invade his privacy. It could not be a joke.

Starscream had no choice he had to spill his beans. "Megs please... put the gun down I will confess..." He remembered Megatron suggesting to confess before he begged. Now was a time to try that tactic. He did not realise he had shortened his leader's name.

"MEGS?" Now Starscream was shortening his name. He had a sudden urge to fire at the Seeker instead he gave the Air Commander an angry glare; he decided to allow him to talk first. He lowered the weapon and took his foot off the Seeker's chest. Starscream sat upright, shaking.

Skywarp had passed out again during the commotion.

"Oh frag." Thundercracker looked at the floor. He knew all three of them were doomed.

"And how will I know if you are telling the truth?" He looked at Starscream with clear mistrust.

"Thundercracker, you will back me won't you?" He implored. The Air Commander needed reassurance. He did not want to go into these dangerous waters alone. It would be his word against theirs. They could confirm what he said or deny it. If they denied it he was certain he would be slagged.

"Just tell the truth Screamer. We can't get into any more trouble." Thundercracker consoled hoping the gentle tone of his voice would convince Starscream to tell the truth.

Starscream did not agree with that statement. He could tell the truth and he would still get into more trouble. He attempted to stand but he crumpled into a drunken-frightened mess. "It was—It was my idea. We—we used Skywarp to spy on you..." He stammered in fear.

"SPY?! Why?" Megatron thrust the cannon back into Starscream's face.

"We wanted to know why you were spying on Warp." Thundercracker interjected.

"Yes." Starscream squeaked.

"What? Who's spying on me? I'll turn 'em into..." Skywarp was slowly coming back to consciousness.

"Please Megatron it was a big mistake. We are sorry!" Starscream inched backwards from his leader's weapon and wrath.

Megatron glanced over at Thundercracker and Skywarp.

"It was supposed to be a joke." Responded Thundercracker hovering over the awakening Skywarp.

"How would you know if I have been spying or not?" Inquired Megatron who seethed with fury.

Starscream looked up at Megatron in fear his mouth hung open. Too afraid he was unable to say anything else at this point.

"ANSWER ME!" The Decepticon leader boomed loudly.

"Starscream heard Soundwave reporting to you earlier. Sorry Screamer." Thundercracker felt remorseful for telling on Starscream but it was the only good explanation.

"Yes." Starscream agreed finally being able to get a word out.

"When he was coming back here to his quarters he said he'd heard Soundwave say Laserbeak had spied on Warp and Screamer." Thundercracker continued as Starscream nodded in agreement. "No wonder your army is falling apart. You spy on your own soldiers? How can I trust you now? How can they trust you?" He gestured to Skywarp and Starscream.

"I wanted to know why we were being spied on. What you heard. I said some very private things." Starscream said sharply.

Skywarp began to sober. "What is everybody yelling about? Man, my head hurts."

"Keep your voice down my head is hurting too." Starscream muttered to Skywarp. His head had not stopped ringing since Megatron had slammed him in the face.

"You lot are drunk, paranoid." Megatron straightened. He looked over the three Seekers. There was a bond between Skywarp and Thundercracker but it appeared Starscream was also starting to figure into this. He had his reasons for separating them; they were a dangerous triad.

"Yeah, so what's your point?" Skywarp said with a grin not realizing what was going on.

Megatron shot a glare at Skywarp misinterpreting the Seeker's inquiry. "You call yourselves Decepticons? I should have you all slagged for this. This is disgusting." He was at a loss as to what he should say or do. The situation was beyond bearable. There should be action taken. He looked at the three wondering who would volunteer to be used as an example.

"Like you've never gotten trashed?" Skywarp angrily interjected.

Megatron was shocked at Skywarp's tone. He had not expected the dark Seeker to address him in this manner. "Skywarp! If you don't turn your vocalisers off, I will turn them off for you!" Skywarp glared at Megatron, his optics narrowed. Megatron felt a blast of nervousness shoot through him. Skywarp was acting more like Starscream than like the loyal soldier he knew. Had Starscream somehow managed to set the other two against him? Megatron moved his arm to train his weapon on Skywarp. He did not want to use Skywarp as an example again. "I will not tolerate this insubordination! You are drunk, Skywarp, don't do anything you might not live to regret!" He warned.

Skywarp's optics glowed bright with fear...and then with rage.

"Skywarp... Don't. Remember what I said...." Starscream wanted to warn Skywarp. To remind him that he was important to the team alive. Megatron had that murderous glint in his optics. Starscream had seen it many times. He knew what the end result would be; someone was going to get shot.

Skywarp ignored Starscream's caution. "Shut up, Screamer. What did I do? I faced the end of that cannon once today, I can do it again if that's what it takes to get you to understand! What did I do this time?" Skywarp had grown tired of Megatron's ways. The Decepticon leader was well known for persecuting his troops for things that were out of their control. Skywarp honestly had no idea what he had done to ire the large mech.

Starscream stood up and started to move between Skywarp and Megatron. Not a move he really wanted to make. He felt as if he should try to protect Skywarp; he was, after all, unaware of his earlier actions. "I put him up to this. If you need to take it out on someone then go ahead, slag me." The Air Commander tried to put on a brave face as he locked optics with Megatron. "He knew nothing of our intention. I talked Thundercracker into this." Starscream could see his leader's optics twinkle with fury. He fearfully braced himself for what he now expected.

Ah, thought Megatron as he upped the cannon's setting, the scapegoat he wanted in the first place. He did not waste time in reorienting his cannon back onto Starscream and fired. The Seeker staggered back with a screech as fragments of his wing scattered across the room. He looked for a second at his wing; more than half of it was missing. Starscream whimpered as he sank to his knees quivering in pain. Megatron lowered his weapon satisfied. A certain smugness played around his mouth and optics.

Skywarp and Thundercracker ran to Starscream. "Is this how you settle matters? Is that the only thing you know how to do? If you keep shooting your troops, you won't have anyone left to lead!" Skywarp angrily shouted at Megatron.

"Screamer, are you ok?" Thundercracker immediately began working on Starscream's destroyed wing attempting to stop the flow of energon.

"I'll be fine, I think. It's just the wing." Starscream said trying to sound strong as he huddled near the floor; he was dizzy with pain.

Skywarp turned and faced Megatron. "What is your problem?"

Megatron sneered at the triad. He had not forgotten Starscream's earlier threat. "I have it from a reliable source that he might be conspiring against me."

"Well, not this time. This was all just a bad joke gone terribly wrong." Thundercracker shouted as he continued to repair Starscream's wing. Starscream was slightly dazed.

"Well next time my shot won't be so off. If I find out you are conspiring then you've had it, Starscream. I trust then this was just drunken idiocy." Megatron turned and stormed angrily away leaving the three Seekers together.

"What the frag just happened?" Skywarp was genuinely confused.

"If you missed the action Skywarp, I just got my wing shot off." Starscream chuckled painfully, ending with a sharp gasp as Thundercracker started to cauterize the damage using the tools that the Seeker had on his desk.

"Um, I saw that part, but what got Megatron so pissed off?"

Thundercracker continued to attend to Starscream's wounds. Starscream reached for an energon cube and drank deeply in an attempt to calm his nerves and numb his pain. "I wanted to find out why Megatron was spying on us earlier."

Thundercracker looked at Starscream and waited to see if he would tell Skywarp what had just occurred.

"Spying? What?"

"I am sorry Skywarp I used your ability to teleport to try to get the information." Starscream winced with Thundercracker's first aid.

"What? I don't remember... oh wait." Skywarp suddenly realized that his headache had more to do with the fall in Megatron's room than the energon.

"I overheard Soundwave reporting to Megatron in his quarters when I arrived. I talked Thundercracker into sending you into his quarters where I think you fell down his stairs. It's all my fault." Starscream placed an azure hand on Skywarp's purple forearm. His optics begged for forgiveness.

"We did it because we wanted to find out what Megatron overheard when you and Screamer were talking earlier." Thundercracker added.

Skywarp sat on the couch with his head in his hands. He felt something on his cheek and picked it off. As he studied the object, he realized it was a fragment of Starscream's wing. He quickly flicked it away. The fragment caused reality to sink in. Starscream had just risked his life to save Skywarp's. Starscream: who whole heartedly believed in self preservation. Skywarp lowered his head. He felt sorry for the air commander. It was his fault. Every injury Starscream had received in the past week was his fault.

"I think you're gonna be alright but Hook will need to look at that wing." Thundercracker turned his attention to the badly damaged Starscream.

Starscream looked around his room and laughed in a rather pained manner. Fragments of his wing, empty energon cubes, wires and tools lay scattered across most of the flat surfaces. "This place looks like Skywarp's room now." He observed with amusement.

Skywarp looked up and choked back a sob. "Yeah, almost feels like home." He chuckled weakly. "I'm gonna go. I'll hide out in my quarters for a few days and wait for this to blow over. Heh, if all else fails, I can set off my bombs."

"I have no intention on seeing Hook until the morning. I insist on you two staying here." Starscream pleaded. He wanted to keep the triad together.

"Don't go Warp." Thundercracker pleaded.

"I feel rotten." Said Starscream referring to physical as well as emotional feelings.

Skywarp stood up and headed for the door.

"I'd lock the door but it would not help. Stay here, Warp. Please."

Skywarp sighed heavily and looked at the floor.

"The three of us need to stick together. Together we stand, divided we fall... that sort of thing." He felt that the group needed one another's company to get through this mess.

"You're a dork." Skywarp said somewhat angrily.

"I agree. But I am almost as drunk as you were." Starscream cringed from a throb from his wing.

Skywarp grinned.

"Maybe we should split up. Why do I always get in trouble when I hang out with the two of you?" Thundercracker thought back on the time the three of them were stuck in the computer room together.

"No, let's just get drunk and you guys can watch me bleed to death from the wing." Starscream grinned slightly as Skywarp tried to hold back his laughter. He wondered if Skywarp was laughing at his joke or if the dark Seeker was using it to hide other emotions. There was a pained look on Skywarp's face.

"That's not funny. Besides, I got it cauterized." Thundercracker marveled at his work.

Starscream shrugged dejectedly. "Fine, leave if that's your wish. I'll be here if you need me." Starscream felt like a complete heel. He was annoyed with Thundercracker's seeming lack of humor.

"UGH! Why do I always go back to feeling this way?!?" Again Skywarp felt alienated and confused and once again Starscream was unsure what to say or do as Skywarp teleported out.

"Warp wait!" Thundercracker shouted as Starscream threw himself on the couch in frustration.

"I am such a fool Thundercracker. Go to Skywarp, leave me. I will get my wing looked at when I feel like moving from here."

"We need to go find him together." Thundercracker grabbed Starscream's arm and pulled him off the couch. Starscream yelped in surprise. "I'm not a bad medic ya know. I bet you could even fly right now, if it weren't for the head wound." He knew this was not true. Half of Starscream's wing was missing but he figured his lie would keep the damaged Seeker from going into shock.

"I blew it Thundercracker. He won't want to see me. I barely gained his trust and I blew it." Starscream sounded genuinely depressed. He had no real proof that he had overheard Megatron and Soundwave.

"I think we both blew it." Thundercracker consoled. "Now c'mon!"

"Ok!" Starscream snapped as he straightened up. He walked oddly due to the imbalance that his damaged wing caused him. Seekers were designed with symmetry and balance in mind. They were beautiful in mech form, slightly clumsy looking, yet they still moved nimbly. Once a Seeker took to the sky they were the rulers of elegance, grace and agility. Their fast, precise, fluid-like movements won them the name of being the deadliest form of Decepticon warriors. Starscream could feel none of this agility at the moment. He only felt awkward and uncomfortable as he unsteadily picked his way forward.

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