Transformers
Summary: A seeker's programming commands that sparklings and younglings are to be cared for and protected. So how does this programming affect the Decpticon command trine.
Paring: Starscream/Thundercracker/Skywarp and Thundercracker/Skywarp
Disclaimer: Transformers belongs to their original holders and this idea originally came from katsuko in the tf_bunny_farm.
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Several human Earth days had passed since the raid turned battle and their interface, which had become several more rather glorious interfaces, after which several of the other Decepticons and even Megatron had noticed a small change in attitude of each of the seekers that made up the command trine. Though that had been then and now the command trine would become rapid towards the groundbound Decepticons, if they happened to be nearby and heard them insult another flier or one of the command trine.
Whispers soon started after that had happened, the groundlings whispered that Starscream and his trine had contracted some kind of unknown virus while the other seekers and fliers kept their thoughts and secrets to themselves. And when any one of the groundling Decepticons would try to question and badger the three seekers, they would often find themselves suddenly teleported and left with some very surprised Autobots and a very paranoid Red Alert.
Megatron was quietly and quickly getting close to losing his temper with the command trine's behavior, because at this rate, he wouldn't have much of an army left continue the war with the Autobots.
While the warlord was busying, the command trine was locked away in Starscream's quarters, Thundercracker hadn't thought that it would be safe for them to be around Starscream's chemicals and experiments especially when the Seeker was moodier than usual.
Frag even he and Skywarp were moodier than usual. What the slag was going on with them?
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The Autobots stared in surprise as another Decepticon was rather suddenly left in their midst again by a certain purple and black teleporter. The Decepticon just stared dumbly in surprise at where the 'Con was now; Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz had been talking quietly when the Decepticon had just suddenly appeared. Optimus blinked in surprise and turned to say something to his mechs, then realized that his second in command had crashed. Again.
"Prime to Ratchet. We have a bit of a situation."
"Ratchet here. What is it now?"
Prime steeled himself for the next reaction to come from the CMO.
"Well? What is it Prime?"
Now it definitely sounded like the mech was getting annoyed now.
"Another Decepticon has appeared and Prowl crashed. Again."
"Prims frag it! Bring the slagger down here. Ratchet out."
Optimus looked at Jazz, who nodded slightly and took Prowl to the repair bay. He turned back to stare at their newest captive, who stared defiantly back.
"To the brig?"
"To the brig."
The Autobot commander directed the newest prisoner down to the brig where a not so surprised Ironhide and Hound were on shift guarding the their current prisoners.
"Prime?"
"Same as the rest of them, Ironhide."
The older mech eyed the newest prisoner addition to the growing number of Decepticons in the brig cells. There were soft groans from the other Decepticons, when they had caught sight of the Decepticon that would now be joining them.
Once Optimus was sure things were well taken care of in the brig, he returned to the command center where he found Jazz waiting for him.
"What do you think is going on over there, Jazz?"
"No idea, Prime. Must be real screwy over there since we have most of Megatron's ground forces here taking up space in our brig.."
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A few more cycles had passed and now with so few left of his forces, Megatron was beyond fritzed with the behavior of his command trine. They were all now behaving odder than usual they usually did and now he wanted to know why as it was now costing him his fragging army whenever one of his warriors was either stupid enough or feeling brave to say something to one of the Seekers and they would seek their vengeance leaving the mech or femme with the Autobot scum and their fragging Prime.
At this rate he wouldn't have an army to fight the slagging war – well there was the other seekers, though they might still be angry and swearing vengeance on him. While Megatron was in his throne thinking of the state of his army and slagged off at the seekers, Starscream and his trine mates had gone to see Hook about whata was going with them.
The Constructicon glanced warily at the three seekers as they entered the repair bay, he hadn the other Constructions were so far surviving whatever the frag was going on with the command trine. Which also evidently meant entering a fragging staring contest with a very moody Starscream.
"You want me to do what?"
The trine leader snarled and his two trine mates twitched. Hook could sense that the Constructicons gestalt bond had become still with vibrating tension.
"We want you to scan each of us and figure out what the slag is wrong with us!"
Hook turned down the gain of his audio sensors slightly so as to keep them from shorting out from the screeching of Starscream's vocalizer. Deciding that it would be for the good of his team and himself, he relented though and he was annoyed about it.
"Very well. Each of you on a table then."
The three seekers shared a wary glance with each other and as one they got on different tables. Hook ordered one of the other Constructicons, Scrapper, to give him the tools that he would need to figure out what the slag was going on with the command trine. Several breems later found Hook staring at the data of a scanner that he was holding in his hand and then back at the seekers rather dubiously.
"Well? What did you discover?" That sounded like it Starscream's "Tell me what you know before I kill you" tone.
Hook's mouth opened and closed several times before his vocalizer caught up with him. He shut his mouth with an audible click and scowled at them.
"Get out of my medical bay. Come back in another breem or two."
"But -!"
"Out!"
Three.. er two snarling seekers were moving towards the door and were part way out of the door before they and Hook realized that something was wrong. Skywarp had been snarling, but now he was grinning and a grinning Skywarp was a bad. They all heard the distinctive sound that he made when he would warp around, the other two seekers started cackling and disappeared into the corridor, it was only then that the Decepticon gestalt team realized to late that Bonecrusher had been warped away to the Autobot base. While Megatron was pissed that Skywarp had dropped one of the Constructicons off at the Autobot base, he was also nearly pleased that the seeker had managed to deposit several Autobots into their own brig, one of those mechs happened to Jazz, the Prime's third in command. While the warlord wasn't way too pissed beyond belief, he wasn't too pleased either, this was how Hook found him joors later with some information about the command trine.
"Lord Megatron. I have some information regarding the command trine."
Starscream and Thundercracker were laughing together in their quarters and still snickering softly, when Skywarp rejoined them. They both moved to grab what part of Skywarp that they could, ignoring his indignant sound, and pulled him down onto the berth to join them. They basked together in blissful silence, before Starscream made an irritable sound, sat up and his wings were stiff and straight, Skywarp and Thundercracker shared a worried look then watched as their leader grabbed a scanner and brought it with him back to the berth.
"Star?"
"Yes Warp?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm calibrating this scanner to read for anomalies in our spark energies. Hook obviously found something, but he won't tell us what and he could possibly tell Megatron."
The other two seekers nodded, but they were still slightly confused and opened their spark chambers when he asked them too. He scanned Skywarp's spark energies first, then followed up with Thundercracker's spark energies after. Once he did that, he saved the data quickly and then had Thundercracker scan his spark energy, then Starscream took it back when he was done and saved the new data before he compared the data together.
Skywarp and Thundercracker shared a still confused glance with each other when wordless surprise and bemusement came over the bond. They quickly looked at Starscream and noted his surprised expression that came over his face and the way that his wings twitched."
"That's not possible.."
TBC.
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