Transformers: All for One Flash Fictions

by SingingFlames

Flash Fan Fictions set in my All for One series. These ficlets mainly focus on the Command Trine (Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp), but other characters may pop up. No pairings. No OCs. Each ficlet is a stand alone story. I'll raise the rating if need be. UPDATED 3/12/19!

26. Quality Control

Title: Transformers: Quality Control
Universe: G1
Pairings: None
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Author's Note: This is for the Flash Fan Fiction Friday theme, "Writing." Starscream gets on his subordinates' cases when one of their incident reports fails to meet his standards. Word count: 295

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"Your reports," Starscream said, holding two datapads as he glared at his subordinates. "One," his gaze flicked to Thundercracker, "is thorough and well-documented, with every action time-stamped. Excellently done. The other," his gaze shifted to Skywarp, "is decidedly less so. How would you describe your report, Skywarp?"

"It's straight and to the point. It's concise. It's –"

"Four words."

"Yeah, that too."

Starscream looked at the report in question. "You wrote, and I quote, 'I blew stuff up.' You consider this adequate?"

"…Yes?"

Throughout the entire exchange, Thundercracker remained silent, glaring at Skywarp. At his wing mate's final answer, he clenched his jaw and shook his head.

"Very well. You're assigned double-shifts reviewing Soundwave's personal records," he continued over the teleporter's groans, "until such a time as I'm sure you've learned at least a modicum of an idea on how to compose a proper report. And," Starscream glanced between the two other Seekers, "until I say otherwise, whenever the two of you are on a mission together, Thundercracker shall compose two reports, one for each of you."

"What?!" Thundercracker spun to face the Air Commander. "You're punishing me? Why?"

"Skywarp, dismissed." Starscream waited for the teleporter to vanish before continuing. "Because there's a lesson to be learned here about letting others bully you into writing their reports for them."

Thundercracker opened his mouth, then paused. "Oh. Ah. He didn't bully me. Just annoyed me. Endlessly. I told him, over and over, I couldn't come up with anything that'd sound true to him. But he wouldn't shut up. So I finally grabbed a datapad and wrote the stupidest, most idiotic sounding report ever. I didn't think he'd use the thing."

"Never underestimate the tenacity of a moron."