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To Be like Them

Chapter 6

Starscream stood in the middle of his old recharge room/research area. He let out a small size once again feeling as small as an ant by the objects that were once meant for him. He was just pleased to be back to the closest thing that had been his home in a long while. Not that he had exactly missed Cybertron but Earth wasn't vary pleasant either. He decided his best bet was to create some makeshift furniture for his current height. After all he could barely see the top of one of his chairs never mind sitting in one.

He began collecting various pieces of scrap metal and parts hoping he would have enough to make something or at least anything. He created a respectable looking chair out of four old rods and two scraps of metal. Though the chair lacked in comfort which he soon discovered after sitting in it, it at least fit his needs. He leaned back staring at the ceiling.

He couldn't seem to get his mind to focus on any one thought since this whole ordeal began. He bit his lip assessing the current events. He was trapped in this human shell, his body is somewhere sparkless, and lastly no one not even himself seems to know how or why this is going on. His mind drifted back tot he dream he had the day before. He remembered vaguely in the dream his two wing mates were trying to talk him out of doing... something. Frustrated he let out another long sigh and closed his eyes. Starscream was never much on recalling images during his recharge cycle. Trying to cure the mental cobwebs he began focusing his mind once again one the situation.

Mentally he picked through his dream. He remembered being in a lab and staring at a screen. He recalled Skywarp and Thundercracker both being the lab with him and speaking to him then he remembered his response to them... "No buts. This is the only way I can regain my rightful place."

He suddenly bolted up from his chair causing the back of it to fall off. The dream solidified his suspicions. He did do this to himself and his two wing mates knew about it all along.

"Those lying pit spawns." He thought as he began walking to the door to confront his fellow wing mates. The door woosed open before he got to close enough to it.

"And this is Screamer's courters." Said Skywarp as he part-ways stepped in with Sam standing beside him and Thundercracker remaining behind him.

"You." blurted out Starscream without thinking.

"Me?"

"You two know about... this." he stumbled over his words. His anger was effecting his speech.

The three looked at him confusion. Looks of confusion clearly marked on their faces.

He mentally reformed his sentence trying to prevent having a break down of sorts. "You two, my dearest brothers knew about this." He said pointing to his chest. "You knew about me doing this to myself! And you didn't tell me! I sat here for Primus knows how long trying to remember what the slag happened to me and you two knew all along!"

"Screamer we-" Started Thundercracker before he was cut off.

"I asked you," He screamed pointing at the blue mech. "My most trusted "friends" if you knew and you lied!"

Thundercracker held up one finger. "Technically I didn't lie I just-" he was cut off again.

"You chose not to tell me! Both of you! You..." His sentence came to a quick end when a sharp pain went though his chest. He gasped grabbing his chest.

"Whoa! You all right man?" asked Sam running over to the doubled over ex Seeker.

"We killed him!" Cried out Skywarp as he covered his mouth and looked away in horror.

"Starscream! What's wrong with him?" asked Thundercracker.

"Starscream?" asked Sam as he placed his hands on the other man's shoulders.

Starscream was shaking, his breathing had slowed down considerably, and thin trails of tears were running down his cheeks. He felt like he wasn't functioning anymore. There was a dull roaring sound in his audio receptors which soon cleared up. The first thing he heard was Sam call out his name secondly he realized that he was being supported by the human.

"Are you okay?" Sam asked

He nodded he could hear his two wing mates voicing their own versions of concern. "I think I'm okay." he said pushing Sam away and supporting himself. His throat suddenly felt dry and his body felt shaky. He stood still for a few seconds collecting himself while the room seemed to spin around him.

"What happened?" asked Skywarp.

"I don't know." He said looking down at his still shaking hand.

Starscream thought for sure right then and there he was going to go offline but here he stood still breathing lightly much lighter than before and shaking and trembling all over. It felt his spark was failing but he was much too young for his spark to suddenly extinguish.

"Maybe you should see a medic or something." Suggested Sam as he moved away from the ex-Seeker.

"I can get-" Thundercracker was about to say when Starscream stopped him with a sharp no.

"The human has a point." Skywarp started though he hated to admit that Sam was right about something. "Your in a squishy human form you might be… you know…" he trailed off.

"I'm fine!" Starscream yelled trying to push the incident in the back of his mind. "I'll with you two treasoness imbeciles later! Right now the most important thing is I need my body back!" he screeched living up to his namesake.

"You should calm down. Maybe that's why-" Thundercracker started before Starscream cut him off again.

"I will calm down when I'm back in my own real form! Till then I will do whatever it takes to get my glorious self back!" He yelled as another pain went through his chest this time he choose to ignore it.

"So does our fearless leader have a plan?" asked Skywarp

"I need the data I saved when I did… this to myself. It should be on my computer."

"Okay." Said Skywarp as the he and Thundercracker simply looked at him.

He sighed. "I can't reach the fragging computer you glitchs!" he screamed.

"Oh, sorry Screamer." Said Skywarp as he lowered his hand down for the ex-Seeker. "Climb on I'll get you up there."

"No!" he said hatefully. "Thundercracker you will assist me."

"What the slag Screamer?" asked Skywarp sounding almost offended as he moved his hand which was replaced with Thundercracker's.

Starscream climbed on Thundercracker's hand.

"Ready?" asked Thundercracker.

"Just get me to the slagging computer."

He nodded as he lifted him up to the computer. Starscream climbed on to the computer keyboard. He decided the best method to access his computer was by jumping on each key and use his body weight to press the keys. Though this was a crude method unfitting for one such as himself he had no choice since he knew if he gave either one of his wing mates his password they would break into his computer later. Slowly he 'typed' in his password and the computer lit up with life.

"Okay." He said as he pressed on the arrow keys to access his files and pressed the enter key.

The first entirety on the screen was in bold print and he knew it was the right one.

"Operation Secession?" asked Thundercracker.

Starscream ignored him as he opened the file. Under the heading the file simply read. "I Starscream will regain the trust of the Decepticon forces by destroying the Autobot enemy. I will achieve this by placing my spark in my faux human body and gain the trust of the Autobots and their pets." He grinned to himself. How could he possibly forget a plan as simple as this. It was so simple and easy there was no way it could fail, he could feel it. All though he still had one problem he didn't know where his real body was and the file didn't even so much as offer a hint.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" asked Sam from below.

Best of all the human Sam couldn't see the file from the floor he could still continue with his plan. Better yet he could probably get the human and his Autobot friends to help him find his body. Starscream had to stop himself from smiling as he turned towards the edge of the computer. "No. I didn't find anything. I probably didn't create the file." He said as he gestured for Thundercracker to lower him back to the floor.

"Well that sucks." Said Sam.

"Indeed it does… suck as you say." He said nodding. "I believe our best course of action is to return to the Autobots' base since my fellow Decepticons are being unhelpful."

"What about Soundwave? I mean he sounded like he was serious."

"He likes the charisma to even lead his own creations I don't think we should worry about him." He turned to Skywarp. "Teleport us." He simply said.

As soon as he finished that sentence the four of them were whisked away back to the park in Tranquility that they originally had left.