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Rule of the Trines
Chapter XI
"Whoever said nothing is impossible has never tried to slam a revolving door"
Just when everything started to look up something had to fall apart again. This time it was something that every Decepticon had thought was impossible. Megatron had ended up in the med bay courtesy of Optimus Prime. That was how Echo and Starscream were thrown back together and their already strained relationship completely imploded. That left Megatron unconscious in a berth, TC and Shimmer stealing glances at each other, Echo and Starscream arguing about something, and Claret and Skywarp standing in the background. "If they didn't argue so much I'd swear they were perfect for each other," Claret commented wryly, albeit softly. She didn't want her head ripped off if they heard.
"Oh he does like her," Skywarp said knowledgably, for once being perfectly serious. "He's just annoyed because she's the only femme he's known that isn't willing to take crap from him."
"Echo doesn't take crap from anyone," Claret said a shrug. "Despite that I think she might actually be able to like him if he'd stop being an egotistical jerk."
"And it's fairly obvious that those two are completely enamored with each other even though they've hardly talked," Skywarp added, motioning to Shimmer and Thundercracker.
"She'd completely tongue tied if he actually talked to her instead of just shooting her sideways glances. Trust me," Claret said with a slight smirk, blocking out the sounds of Starscream and Echo's argument which was quickly gaining momentum.
"So," Skywarp said and Claret knew exactly what he was thinking.
"That leaves us," she finished.
"Exactly," Skywarp agreed, sounding almost nervous.
"I think if we can get those two," Claret said, motioning to Echo and Starscream. "Together you and I can manage." Then she actually winked at Skywarp. It was true. Despite all the pranking Skywarp didn't seem to be bad at heart and his light hearted temperament was something she could appreciate. Add that with the fact that he wasn't trying to catch her attention and she came up with someone that she could actually live with. "So what's the plan?" she asked.
"We have to force them to talk. Preferably for a long period of time," Skywarp said immediately. Claret considered it and had to agree. This wasn't something that was just going to happen. They were going to have to force Starscream and Echo into a place where they had to talk. That wouldn't be easy.
"It's going to be difficult," she said aloud. "Echo isn't particularly trusting and she really doesn't think she likes Starscream at all."
"They'll help," Skywarp said, motioning again to Shimmer and Thundercracker. "At least if they ever want a chance to be together." That was when Echo finally had taken enough and stormed out, Shimmer reluctantly following her.
"We'll talk later," Claret told Skywarp and then followed her irate trine leader out of the med bay.
