Author's Note: Thanks to Starfire201, I am Blueberry, and Kirake for reviewing the last chapter. I just realized that at the rate I'm going this story is going to be rather large. Oh well I guess ;). Enjoy and I own nothing but my OCs
Shades of Grey-Megatron's Displeasure
Starscream didn't bother to go see Hook before seeing Megatron. He would just end up damaged again. "What were you thinking calling a retreat?" Megatron growled, sending Starscream flying across the room. "We could have defeated the Autobots if you wouldn't have retreated like a coward."
"With the kind of reinforcements we have," Starscream snarled as he pulled himself off the floor. "There is no way we could have won."
"Retreat is a cowards way out," Megatron snarled back, flattening Starscream again. "I will call any future retreats. Is that understood?"
"In other words you will allow us to all die," Starscream snapped, trying to sit upright only to have Megatron plant a foot on his neck. Starscream choked as the massive Decepticon leader applied pressure.
"I will call the future retreats," Megatron said in a deadly calm tone. "Is that understood?" His SIC choked and nodded quickly. Megatron removed his foot and stalked out the room by the back way before Starscream could climb back to his feet.
"Paranoid glitch," Starscream muttered as his cooling vents hissed. His systems were taxed almost to their limits with today's activities and he was in need of repairs. Still one thought had began to haunt his processor. "Someone needs to get rid of Megatron," he admitted finally. He may have only been a fully upgraded mech a few vorns before the start of the war but even he knew enough to realize that Megatron was losing grip on reality. As his hydraulics groaned Starscream made his way to Hook's med bay, lost in thought. The medic said nothing as he left his apprentice, Flashfire, in charge of working on the once again injured Blackout and went to see to the SIC.
"Problems with Megatron?" a voice asked and Starscream turned his head to see Soundwave, an injured Laserbeak perched dizzily on his shoulder.
"Yes," Starscream croaked, his voice screeching slightly.
"Hold still while I look at your vocal processors," Hook snapped and Starscream obliged. "I need to get another piece from the Nemesis to fix this. It will be a couple days," the Decepticon medic said after a moment. "Other than that you're as fixed as I can make it." Starscream nodded and left. His comm signaled that someone was trying to communicate with him and he automatically opened a link.
::Starscream meet me and a few others in the abandoned shipping area in two joors:: Soundwave said.
::Will do:: Starscream replied and left with the inten of getting Shadow from an exhausted Jetfire and finding some place to recharge before meeting with Soundwave. He didn't notice the communication director's calculating optics follow him out the door.