Disclaimer: Transformers © Hasbro
Warnings: character angst
Summary: He never really had a choice, but he'd be damned before he let them get away with it.
Best Served Ice-Cold
He knew that his mate would never really understand, but that was okay. Maybe when this was all over, when they both returned to the Well of All-Sparks, he would be able to explain why things had turned out this way.
The seeker, hidden in the back of a group of like-framed mechs, shot a glare towards the front of the room. Megatron and his pet telepath were far too smug, far too pleased with having 'acquired' so lofty a prize as himself. They knew that if he'd been given a real choice, he would have rather died than be a Decepticon.
That was why they'd given him a choice: join us or see your mate die.
They knew everything about his mate – when he left their home to go work his shift, what time he took an energon break, what time he would return at the end of every cycle... They knew each and every astrosecond of his mate's day, and the seeker had no doubt that they would follow through on their threat.
He had made the only choice he could to keep the promise he'd made on the day of their bonding – to always keep him from harm – and reluctantly agreed to the slaggers' terms.
His collapse shortly after being inducted into the ranks had been unexpected. The pitiful excuse for a medic the 'con ranks offered could find no reason for his ailment and sent him on his way without bothering to look closer. But the seeker knew what had happened. When he returned to the quarters provided to him – complete with an armed guard in case he decided to attempt an escape – he went to the washroom and checked to be certain.
The tiny spark that had been growing next to his for nearly two orns had extinguished, leaving only a far-too-small scar as any indication it had once existed.
The Decepticons had truly taken everything away from him: his mate, his decisions, his freedom, and his sparkling.
But they hadn't taken his mind, or his cunning. It would take vorns, possibly megacycles, before he would see any results, but he would avenge the little one who would never see the world.
Starscream had all the time in the world to plan.