A/N: Don't own Transformers.
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This was a little difficult to write, but I think, with Blood Shifter's help, we got it down so it looks good. Hope you all like.
Starscream was easily taken care of. Optimus often wondered if the sparkling would remember anything from his Decepticon days, but he didn't press the issue in his own mind. He took grand care of the sparkling, watching him as he grew, watching his curiosities, which oftentimes lead to trouble, like now. He watched as Starscream had taken a particular interest in the humans – One in particular – after a conversation with the other two seekers.
"Sam, don't look now, but you have company," Will said as his eyes peered behind the teen. Sam knew it already, as he heard the small footsteps as he approached him. William was smirking at the fact that Sam still flinched from Starscream, so it was all the better to warn him that he was going to have his space invaded by said Seeker, "Again?" he dropped the ball he was throwing in the air and turned slowly, seeing small red optics locked right onto his. Starscream was staring at him intently. This was unnerving to Sam, as he didn't like being stared at and he only wondered what as going through that small robotic brain of his. The sparkling watched him as he moved, taking in everything about him, as if it was the first time he had seen a human. Chirp?
Sam tried his best to fend off the small seeker, but the more he tried to get him to go away, the more curious Starscream got. This was included but not limited to the sheer annoyance of having someone over your shoulder all the time.
Poke.
"Screamer, come on!" Sam said, using the nickname he had been dubbed because of his really high pitched attention getter. Sam was flustered, he pushed the small seeker away from him lightly, but Starscream stood his ground and gave a defiant growl, which earned him a small smirk from Sam, who found the growls to be more like a puppy trying to scare a Doberman.
Poke. Silly human.
Sam looked to Mikaela and Will for help, saying nothing, but his eyes begged to be helped. Mikaela giggled and Will started to laugh at Sam's expense, especially when Starscream poked him again. Sam yanked his arm from the offending poker and glared at him, "Back off, man!" he pushed Starscream's poking claw away hard.
Why is he poking me like this? Do I look like meat to him? "Stop poking me already!"
Starscream muttered something in his own tongue and stepped closer to Sam, as if challenging him. In a way, he was having fun with learning about humans, and Sam was perfect, or so he thought. He couldn't speak English to him, but he wanted to learn body language from him. It would make things easier in talking, that was for sure.
Poke.
Starscream grinned when he saw Sam go to get up and he suddenly grabbed him by the arm. Sam went to yank away, but Starscream held firm, holding Sam in a way he could look right into his eyes. Chirp? Sam reeled back from the seeker and went to pull away a second time, but Starscream wasn't releasing him, "Come on, guys, help me out here! He's got me!"
"We can clearly see that, Sam," Will chuckled.
Poke.
"Get off me you little monster!" Sam spoke louder, this time getting unwanted attention. It was Ratchet who heard him, and he moseyed his way down the corridor and stopped when he saw what was going on. A smile crossed his face, "I think he likes you, Sam," Ratchet folded his arms watching, especially to make sure neither hurt the other.
"I don't care! What is he gonna do to me?"
Poke. Sam growled.
"He's curious," Ratchet's voice was evasive, and it belied the fact that he looked like he wasn't amused. Clearly he was.
"You know what happens when aliens get curious about humans, Ratch?" Sam piped up as he watched Starscream grab a lock of hair and examine it. He released all but one hair and yanked the hair free, "They do experiments on them,"
"Oh? Where did you hear this?"
"Alien abductions, you know? Don't you ever look on the internet about human cultures?"
"Why, yes," He paused to smirk at Starscream as he got right in Sam's face, a small beam coming from one of his own optics as he examined Sam further, "What is he doing?" Sam whispered, afraid to move.
"He is a naturally curious Seeker, and it's no wonder why he became one of Cybertron's greatest scientists."
"He's not going to probe me or anything, is he?"
"It appears as though he may be going onto science again," Ratchet watched the sparkling as he poked Sam again, this time drawing a minuscule amount of blood.
"Ow! Stop it!" Sam jerked his arm away and batted at Starscream's head. Starscream on the other hand was totally engrossed in the blood on the tip of his claw. He touched the blood curiously, muttered something and lifted his claw to examine it further. Sam seemed a little freaked out about Starscream examining his blood, and glared at the CMO, "Get him away from me, Ratchet, he's gonna probe me or something, I can feel it!"
Starscream continued to mutter in his trills and sines as he continued to examine Sam, then he stopped and turned quickly, seeing the seekers enter the room. He had heard them coming, and now he wanted answers. He held up the claw that had blood on it to Thundercracker who leaned down to look, "You cut him?" he asked in the tongue the sparkling used.
"Just a sample," Starscream admitted with pride.
"What are you going to do with it?"
"I wasn't going to do anything with it," Starscream muttered, "He has this fluid like Energon?"
Thundercracker nodded.
"What are they saying?" Sam eyed the seekers accusingly, then looked to Ratchet who shrugged, "Ask Skywarp or Thundercracker,"
Both seekers looked to the CMO when they heard their names, the CMO just pointed to Sam.
Sam, not only being afraid of Starscream was also terrified of the seekers. He avoided them and Soundwave at all costs, knowing what they were, he figured they could be up to no good, not trusting them one bit. They all knew it, especially Soundwave. Skywarp leaned down to see Sam face to face, "You want to know why he hurt you?"
"Yes – well no – I want to know why he's so interested in me,"
"Because he likes you. You are the first human he has examined and he's also thrilled that you were so cooperative,"
"Cooperative, huh?" Must have forgotten to tell them I didn't consent to any of this!
Skywarp nodded, "He asks that you do not fear him, he wants to be your friend,"
Sam nearly choked on his own words, "Fr-friend?" He wondered why. The seeker he remembered hated humans. He only stuck around because he had nowhere else to go. He also remembered how he was without friends. How alone he really was.
"He wishes to learn human body language so he can better communicate with you all," Skywarp stood erect as he looked to all of the humans, "He will grow much differently having so much contact with humans, you should all give him a chance to try to learn," It was almost add hearing Skywarp talk like that. He usually wasn't one to sound all morale like but he was sincere.
"Why me, though? There's like Mikaela and Will, even other humans," Sam grumbled.
"Ask him," Skywarp moved behind Thundercracker and headed out with those words. Sam could have kicked Skywarp's foot. I can't ask him, you dolt!
Well that was less than helpful. So little Starscream wants to learn human body language, huh?
Starscream watched Skywarp leave and his attention went fully to Sam again.
This time he was going to get through to the thick headed teen if it was the last thing he did, and decided to hit a whole new octave of annoying. He ended up doing something far more irritating than poking him. He copied his every move. Everyone knows there is nothing more annoying. At first it was simple. A tap of the chin, then a furrow of the brow. Then he started following him everywhere, mimicking his every move. It went on for hours sometimes, and it was driving Sam mad.
"Listen Starscream, I know you want to learn, but following me and copying me won't get you in my favor or teach you anything." Sam wasn't sure if the small seeker understood him, but decided to take a walk, and he knew that Starscream would follow him. He started talking as they walked. Starscream regarded him curiously as he spoke, "You can go around following people, Screamer, it's annoying,"
Starscream muttered something with a few chirps and clicks as he listened intently, "I don't know how you can show interest in what someone is doing, but if you are gonna annoy me like this, you might as well go hide in Prime's chest again," Starscream sulked a little. He didn't like being turned away. He snorted and gave Sam a deep look, hoping the boy would understand.
Poke.
"Poking me won't work either," Sam found a large boulder and perched on top of it. Starscream walked up on another, balancing himself perfectly, he looked almost like a bird standing there than any robot, "Why do you want to be my friend anyways?" Sam asked and Starscream smiled at him, but only replied with warbles and trills.
"Listen, it's like this," he tried to reason with the seeker as much as possible, "If there was some way you could ask, it would help."
Chirp? That was easy enough.
"Yeah, like that," Sam nodded as he looked at Starscream, "I wish you could speak English," he exhaled hard and gave Starscream a side glance, realizing the little bugger was staring again, "And would you quit staring at me!"
Starscream gave a trilled twitter and growled, making Sam lightly chuckle, "you know, you are rather cute when you do that."
Cute huh? I will show you cute! Starscream leaned over and poked him hard, his gaze fell right into Sam's, he twittered loudly, chirping with beeps and buzzes. Sam couldn't understand him, he knew, but he wanted to make sure that Sam understood that he meant business. He took a hold of Sam's arm and leapt down from the rock, pulling Sam along. Of course, Sam balked at the idea and went to pull himself free from the sparkling's grasp, but to no avail. Each time he tried, Starscream either tightened his grip or stared him down, muttering something.
Mikaela and Will watched the two sitting on the rocks. They both smirked as they watched their interactions. Starscream would poke or make a noise and Sam would come out with some flustered words and even flipped him the bird, which was a rather big mistake. Starscream copied him. Chirp? Starscream tilted his head with the same vulgar birdie and looked to Sam for an answer.
"You don't – You don't do that, Screamer! Put your hand down!" Sam reached for his clawed hand and put it down, and Starscream grinned. Oh, so that's what this means, does it? Kinda like Thundercracker and Ratchet's constant use of Frag or Slag. Hehe.
He used said claw and poked Sam with it before twittering and a few beeps and chirps came from him. He was laughing. Sam didn't realize it at first, and then he listened, and joined the sparkling in his small laugh, "You're a real pain in the ass, you know that?"