Ok, what the hell, ? Sorry if you saw the double first line...

"I can't believe they left me behind," Slingshot grumbled to himself as he flew back towards the Ark. "Again!"

He supposed he could have kept his mouth shut. But he hadn't.

"They're just jealous."

His frame gave a visible shudder of anger.

"Couldn't stand to be around me…because they know how much better I am…" He muttered it to himself. Even he was beginning to grow tired of his own boasting. He tipped his wings a bit and continued on his way, just wanting to get home and get some recharge. They had been ambushed. He had inevitably screwed up. And then he opened his mouth. It was the same thing, a different day.

They could have at least waited for him.

"Surprise!"

Something slammed him from above, from out of nowhere. His engines sputtered in response, and felt himself being shoved towards the Earth. He transformed, no small feat while being forced to fall, and pulled himself from under the chassis of Skywarp.

The purple and black seeker continued flying downwards for a bit until he realized that he no longer had the Aerialbot pinned. He looked up at Slingshot, who could only look on confused.

The seeker had appeared out of nowhere…to surprise him?

This was confusing.

Skywarp grinned up at him and then began soaring right back up at him again…and then disappeared.

Slingshot gripped his rifle a second too late. Skywarp was behind him, gripping him by his rocket, his thrusters off, so that Slingshot suddenly had to support both their weight. "What the…get off me, Decepticon!" They began a descent towards Earth. "I can't hold us up!"

Skywarp dodged as Slingshot tried to smack at him, and laughed when the Aerialbot even tried to shoot at him. He fired his thrusters, keeping them both in the air. "This is fun. You Autobots sure have a stick up the aft, you know that?"

Slingshot grumbled and ceased his efforts. "Is that all you attacked me for? To make fun of me?"

"No."

"Then what do you want?"

"Just to talk."

"Talk?!" Slingshot squirmed again. "Isn't Megatron going to be pissed that you want to talk to an Autobot?"

He could feel Skywarp shrug, and tried to look at him over his shoulder. "I teleported during battle, and…well, when I came back, they were all gone. I saw you and figured you looked bored. I think you were talking to yourself. Anyway, why'd they leave you?"

"The…well…because," Slingshot frowned. "Because they are jealous!"

"Jealous?" Skywarp peered over his shoulder at him, startling him.

"Well…yes. They're afraid of how much better I am…and it bugs them. So they left."

"Are you serious?"

Slingshot frowned. "Well, yeah!"

"That's not right."

Slingshot's frown deepened. "Are you sure there isn't something you want? I mean…I could be home by now."

"Do you think TC and Screamer could be jealous of me?"

"What?"

"I mean if they're jealous of you, and left you behind, then maybe the others are jealous of me, and that is why they left me behind."

Slingshot was about to make a comment about how he severely doubted anyone was jealous of Skywarp, but held it back. "I don't know, I don't really get to converse with you guys. I mean…Starscream's kind of a dick…"

"A duck?"

"No…nevermind. It's a human term."

"What's it mean?"

"He's a jerk. A big one. You know what a jerk is, right? You guys have been on Earth longer than I have, and you don't know human slang?"

Skywarp frowned, and Slingshot swore he could hear the gears turning in Skywarp's head. Suddenly Skywarp grinned and gave a laugh. "That's a good one."

"You get it now?"

"You guys really do think he's hot, don't you?"

"What?!"

"I mean, a dick is a human sexual servo, kinda…"

"That's not what I meant!"

"…and generally they seem well liked, at least, on the human internet…"

Slingshot squirmed. "Skywarp, I really don't want to think about humans and their…parts!"

"…and not to mention you Aerialbots went all, 'Oh Decepticons, we love you!' on us a while back," Skywarp grinned and clinged to Slingshot tighter. "It sure does explain a lot."

"You're connecting all the wrong dots, Skywarp. Let me go…!" Slingshot twisted and transformed, shooting off in midair, leaving Skywarp behind. He cursed when he heard the jet's engines coming up behind him fast. He couldn't outfly a Seeker.

But he could outmaneuver him.

He turned, and the Seeker shot past him.

And then was in front of him.

Cursing again, Slingshot bolted out of the way and transformed. "Just go home, Skywarp!" He raised his rifle. "Don't make me shoot you!"

Skywarp smirked. "I don't think you will shoot me."

Slingshot scowled and fired a weak shot. It passed by the Seeker, but not without singing his wing. The Seeker gave a yelp and looked at him incredulously. "You shot me!"

"I told you I would!"

"No, you said, 'Don't make me shoot you', not, 'I'm gonna shoot you!'"

"So what are you going to do about it?" Slingshot raised the rifle again.

Skywarp scowled and fired his own blasters.