So did I Annoy you with the ending to the last chapter? Good! That was my goal! Thanks for the reviews so far!
glompmeXD: Okay you think it's Starscream I'm talking about. Okay. Yeah, I see your point in a way. Still curious as to how you came up with that though? The femme is someone to answer that question. ( I know I'm mean but hey!)
grimmlock47: Thank you for both your reviews! And YES!! I made you confused!!
recyclablefoxx: Thank you very much! I plan to make it more intriguing!
A week and nothing interesting, well nothing out of the ordinary, has happened. In his boredom Starscream had returned to his own lab, hidden in the back of his quarters. The Combaticons and the Stunticons had had a row in the rec room. The place had been thrashed and both gestiats had been thrown in the brig after a good "talking to" from their great leader.
It was funny watching Motormaster and Onslaught go at each other. Swindle was the only one who didn't take part, partially because he was filming the whole thing using Reflector, probably so he could sell it, until Reflector rebelled and separated. Viewfinder, Spectro and Spyglass then chased Swindle around the Nemesis. They did quite a bit of damage to the Combatacon which didn't really surprise anyone. Swindle had always been a coward! Starscream didn't get to see the damage for himself however because Hook had had to secure the Medbay.
Now the cleaning operation was in place so Starscream had snook away to his lab to work on a new bomb that he came up with. Twelve test tubes were lined in front of him. Some bubbled while others fizzed and formed a froth on the surface. Beside them was a retort stand supporting a dripping funnel that hovered over a beaker containing a rock that was highly reactive to certain liquids. Starscream had called it Consrite after discovering it on an unpopulated planet, a planet he had found with Skyfire. He sat back in his specially modified chair, just to listen to the sounds in his lab. They were a comfort, an escape.
Sighing, he straightened. He picked up the test tube marked 'formula six' and brought it over the dripping funnel and poured it in. Picking up all the equipment, he placed it in a metal box with reinforced walls. Unlike the Autobot Wheeljack, he did not like to blow himself up! Closing the box, he plonked himself in front of his computer.
" Access Code: ThunderWarp." he said while he spied an energon cube that he had abandoned in his concentration.
The screen flickered then accepted the code and Starscream reached for the cube and took a sip. Pressing a few buttons here and there a visual of inside the containment box popped up and Starscream reached for two control sticks. Two robotic arms folded out from the walls of the box. Slowly the Seeker opened the dripping funnel to allow one small drop of the liquid to descend on the rock. It started to smoke and fizz before there was a red flash. The box shook but stayed in one piece but the internal camera was knocked out. That was to be expected.
Starscream smirked as he stretched his wings and took a good gulp of his energon cube. Success! now all he had to do was work out how to turn it into a bomb that could be transported safely and then detonated. He was about to get up to search for some form of metal when he heard the doors to his quarters open.
" Starscream!"
Great! He thought to himself " Yes my Leader?" He replied with as much emphasis on the words as possible.
" Come here now!"
Primus! He's in a bad mood! " Yes, of course!" He snarled before exiting his lab and strolling over to Megatron who stood at the door. " What do you want?"
Megatron growled " Watch your attitude Starscream or you will end up on the scrap heap! Where have you been all morning?"
" In my lab, working on a new weapon."
Megatron narrowed his optics. Starscream couldn't help but smirk. Megatron was so paranoid!
" And?" He hissed
" And I have successfully found the right ingredients. Now all I need is the correct metal to use as the shell."
" How will it be used?"
" I intend to use them myself so I was going to design it so that my fliers could use them and drop them on the Autobots from above." Megatron narrowed his optics further.
" Well hurry up about it! Have it ready for tomorrow, we are going to attack the Ark while stealing energon from some pathetic human power plant." Megatron glared at his second who took it as an invitation to rile him up, if only a bit.
" Well that is the best you have come up with so far but I, knowing you so well Mighty Megatron, know that there are most likely mistakes. It would do no harm to allow me to look over the battle strategy." Starscream folded his arms over his chassies, his favourite smug expression decorating his faceplate.
Megatron snarled and a familiar sound of a charging plasma cannon filled Starscream's audios. " Starscream, you are incompetent, clumsy, idiotic and self serving! What makes you think you can come up with successful battle plans? Let the mechs with functioning processors do the tasks that are too hard for your limited processor!"
Starscream pondered for a moment. This could easily go two ways and each way landing him in the Medbay. He could end up attacking Megatron . . . . and as much as he wished to deny it, he would be slaughtered. Or he runs and gets shot in the back by Megatron. As he considered his options Megatron suddenly turned on his heel with a grunt and stormed from the Seeker's quarters leaving a very stunned Starscream in his wake.
Starscream stared at his door for ages before he made uncoherant noises of absolute confusing. Well that had certainly had not been one of the scenarios he had predicted not that he was complaining. However a feeling stirred deep within, a feeling that he would quench by giving Megatron an excuse to beat him. It swirled within his very core and he could stop the wave of disappointment that washed over him.
He cursed himself. No he would not fall for that mech! Not ever! He just couldn't . . . . .
Megatron stormed down the corridors of the Nemesis. Mechs scattered left, right and centre. Megatron for once felt confused. He had been watching Starscream through the surveillance camera Soundwave installed while doing reports on various things. One thing he had always noticed about his second, was that when he concentrated his wings would always shiver ever so slightly or twitch or sometimes even fold back and forth. He was always fascinated by it. Starscream never seemed to notice this habit of his. The other Seekers did no such thing, they did have their own little habits though. Well he wasn't so sure about Skywarp because he could never concentrate, ever! But he didn't care about the others.
After watching Starscream work for so long, his features void of sneers and smirks, Megatron just literally got up and headed straight for his second. Only when he actually entered Starscream's quarters did he realize what he had done. He had done it many times before, each ending with some sort of stand off, many ending in beatings and a trip for his second to the Medbay.
But this time he had just left! What is wrong with him? He can't be going soft! He scoffed, no he defiantly wasn't going soft, he wouldn't allow it. He reached his quarters and sat at his desk. He sat for a while before turning to his monitor that was still spying on the Air Commander's quarters. Several small squares displayed different angles. As soon as he located his second, Megatron sat bolt upright. Starscream was still standing in the same spot where Megatron had last seen him only his face was, . . . . it was, . . . . . just was not a Starscream face! Was that even possible? The Air Commander looked distraught or maybe . . . or maybe a little . . . Suddenly Megatron realized that Starscream was upset!
: Soundwave come to my quarters immediately!: Megatron literally shouted into his com. There was some form of reply but Megatron wasn't paying attention as his attention was solely focused on the Seeker.
Soundwave appeared at his door in no time and looked to his leader expectantly
" How may . . ."
" Get over here and see what you make of that!" Megatron ordered without taking his optics of the screen.
Soundwave obeyed and peered over Megatron's shoulder. Silence while both mechs studied the image. Starscream still hadn't moved, not even his optics shifted. Megatron shifted uneasily and Soundwave pulled back a bit. Suddenly Skywarp appeared out of thin air in front of Starscream. Both Megatron and Soundwave jumped but Starscream didn't even flinch! Skywarp had his mouth open about to speak, but he had seen Starscream and simply froze in the act. Cautiously he approached his Thrine Leader and began to wave a servo in front of his faceplate.
" Eh, Screamer? Are you okay?"
Starscream didn't even look at him. " Warp. I think I need to go to the Medbay." Megatron's jaw dropped at the sound that escaped Strascream's mouth components. Sounwave was unreadable as usual. Megatron regained his composure and turned to his TIC
" Did Starscream say that?" He asked in disbelief.
Soundwave didn't answer, which was an answer in itself. If Starscream had a voice such as that then why did he hide it with such an irritating screech. Megatron thought for a moment while Skywarp looked confused, his optics darting around the room. Maybe in his current,unusual state his vocal processor glitched!
" Negative; that is Starscream's real voice frequency." Soundwave seemed to have recovered and Megatron realized that his thoughts were unguarded.
They watched as Skywarp placed a servo on Starscream's shoulder and Megatron found himself getting twitchy. Starscream was his!
" Okay! Care to explain?"
Starscream moved his helm to look at his Trine mate. " Am I injured?"
Skywarp then looked worried even as the ghost of a smile shadowed his features. " Eh no. Should you be?"
Starscream nodded slowly. " Megatron was here . . . .argued . . . .then left . . "
Skywarp looked at Starscream as if he had two heads. " How much high grade did you sneak this time?"
" I only had a small amount of regular grade all day!"
" Are you sure Megsy was here? Because I mean, yeah, he hates you!"
Starscream nodded again. " I need high grade!"
" Yeah, if what your saying is true, then I want some too!"
Okay so yeah!
This was really annoying because Megatron kept getting mushy! I just it would be fun to add a bit of humour because it will get angsty!
I have a new poll up BTW but right now I can't remember what it was about . . . .
Anyway moving on!
From now on i plan to make each chapter longer then the one before it, that is my goal so you guys have more to read.
BTW There is a reason for this chapter. the bomb is a metaphor. for what I hope you can guess! Hint chapter name plays a part too! If you review please state what you think the bomb symbolizes!
Till nex time!