"Nooo! Not ze happy jacket! Anyzing but ze happy jacket!"
Random Blitzwing cackled manically as Starscream blasted his 'happy jacket' into oblivion...
"Be quiet Blitzwing! Do you want those Autobots to hear us?!"
"But zat jacket made me hug myself!"
"Shut up!"
Alarms went off; Starscream grimaced as he remembered the mission Megatron had given him...

"You wanted me Lord Megatron?"
"Ah, yes Starscream. As my most...trusted...soldier, you are to lead a rescue mission to liberate Blitzwing from an Autobot camp..."
"Why, what's the son-of-a-glitch done now?"
"He had the urge to attack a task force, consisting of Sentinel and Optimus Prime..."
"Don't tell me, he got his aft kicked..."
"Precisely..."
"And I have to go and get the crosswired freak?"
"Correct..."

He found himself, along with Blitzwing, in front of Sentinel Prime...
"So! A Decepticon who's willing to risk his aft for another of his kind, different..."
Starscream rolled his eyes, glaring at Icy Blitzwing...
"Vot?"
"Oh, I don't know. Sometimes you're worse than Lugnut..."
To his surprise, Icy didn't become Hothead, instead leaning across to whisper something...
"It might not look like it, but zis iz part of a plan..."
"What, getting yourself and me captured? Some plan..."
"Patience, it iz a new type of transformation zat Megatron vill be interested in..."
Starscream paused...
"Go on..."
"Do you recall zoze Earthlings and zere planet?"
"How could I forget...?"
"Vell, ze Autobots have decided zat zey vant to learn more..."
"And that ties with us how?"
"Just imagine Starscream, an army of beings zey can't hurt because of zere reputation..."
Starscream imagined this as best his processor could, getting surprising results...
"Sneaky..."
" Danke, ve'll be heading past ze lab on ze vay to ze holding cells..."

The Autobots liked to keep their corridors well lit, to avoid unnecessary encounters with mass changing Decepticons like certain factions of the Decepticon Army. As they were escorted down the corridor an Autobot by the name of Longarm Prime took lead...
"State objective soldier."
"We're taking these two Decepticreeps to the holding cells sir..."
Longarm dismissed this coolly...
"I shall take command of these, take a break..."
"Thank you sir!"
Starscream watched the two Autobots head down the corridor...
"Lucky punks..."
Longarm led them to the cells, and past them...
"Say Autobot, is your GPS scrambled? Ze cells are behind us..."
"I am aware of that, Blitzwing, but I want answers..."
To their surprise the Autobot insignia switched to a Decepticon, the hands swapped for claws and the face disappeared apart from a single red eye...
"Who are you?"
"My name is Shockwave, I am the Decepticon Reconnaissance Officer under service of Megatron."
"A turncoat?"
"Unlike you Starscream, no, what are you doing here anyway?"
"I believe zat zere is a device zat ze Autobots use to dispatch humanoid forms of zemselves for reconnaissance, if ve can capture it ve could deal a few knockout blows to zere forces..."
Icy Blitzwing span to Random-mode...
"Zat, or strawberry jam!"
Shockwave rubbed his chin in thought (an almost impossible feat for one without such a device), before agreeing...
"Very well, I shall assist in getting you in and out, but I cannot help you when you are within Earths atmosphere..."
"And why's that?"
"Ze atmosphere is heavily magnetic; communication is almost impossible vizout satellite boosting..."
Silence, then...
"But we'll be fine, right?"
"The machine is still in testing, it's risky and unsafe..."
Starscream turned to Blitzwing, his trademark smirk on his face...
"You're going first..."

The gate was more impressive than Starscream had considered, it looked like something out of a human television show he had 'accidentally' picked up while being bored. Hothead Blitzwing turned to Shockwave...
"Hurry up, zoze accursed Autobots could enter at any time!"
The gate powered up, a blinding light poured from its centre that illuminated the room...
"There, now hurry before my cover is compromised..."
"Danke Shockvave, be ready for our return!"
Random jumped into the vortex, screaming...randomly...
"Ahahaha! BONZAI!"
Starscream shook his head, jumping through after the cackling triple-changer. Shockwave returned to Longarm Prime, shut down the gate whilst shaking his head and left the room.