The story opens on a dark and cold night. A storm brewing up in the clouds, threatening a downpour. I am running for cover from the cold, being far from my forest home. I was sent out on a mission to kill an old rival. I was successful, but, my sense of direction was never good. As I run, I find an old cave, unaware it was an energon mine, that was abandoned, but not forgotten, nor was it entirely mined out. I smile as I run in, leaning against the wall to catch my breath, when, Something shining catchs my eye. Something cyan is shining in the ground, I look to find that it is a tiny shard of energon, no bigger than a teenagers fist. I pull it free from the ground, a razor sharp edge on it. Smiling evily, I return home in about two hours, as I ride out the storm. Unaware that Lazerbeak was watching me, who was surveying the area, checking for energon signatures. As I run out, a small tracking device is launched onto me, sticking to my back.
MEANWHILE, AT THAT EXACT TIME
Starscream is at the bridge, onboard the Nemesis, watching the troops work with a look of distaste. Lazerbeak reports to Soundwave, who then reports to Starscream, of me being seen in the mine, and taking the energon. "What the frag?!...That's our energon!..." Starscream shouts, frustrated. "But sir, it was just a shard!" Steve the vehicon speaks up, in an attempt to quell the anger of the seeker. "NO, Bad Steve, you should know better!...All energon belongs to us, every scrap of it...I will retrieve it myself!...Your all too incompetent to help in any way besides surveillance…" Starscream said, snarkily, with his trademarked 'High-N-Mighty' tone. Steve looks down, upset, until Vince the vehicon puts his hand on his shoulder, showing they are best friends.
"I will be back as soon as I can…Soundwave, you'r in charge until I get back….Get miners to the mine to take what we may have missed…" Starscream transforms and flies off, following the signal from the tracking device placed on me.
MEANWHILE
I have made it back to Blue's lab, in the forest, high-tech in there, as he works at his desk, working on a permanent anti-flea serum, for injection, to keep them off of us and the other guys. Me and him are friendly rivals, so, just to scare him, I bust through the door without knocking, making him jump and yelp in surprise. He turns to me, clutching his chest. "BLACK! How many times do I have to tell you to knock?!" He shouts, it looks like he's about to have a heart attack…again…I smile innocently and laugh slightly, holding out the shard to him, he looks it over curiously. "Is…Is that energon?...pure energon?..." He asks me, clearly intrigued at my find. I tell him how I found it, and he takes it from me, studying it. "Be careful…this may bring unwanted guests…Go put it with the other shards that the others found, we may have enough for an infinite power supply later…" He nods to me, as I walk outside, as I walk down the path, Starscream swoops in, transforms, and lands, a mere 50 feet from me. Me and him lock eyes for a split second, I can see, that this won't be easy, but also, maybe it won't have to be. After all, I am in the presence of the great Starscream. I just need to talk to him, get closer a bit, see what I can do. We stare one another down, as the sun starts to set. His look is that of slight surprise when he sees that I am nowhere near the city, to him, this Is the middle of nowhere. The sun slowly sets, now twilight, only one thing is left to do in this situation…But I don't think it will work…