I watched the first part of the season finale of Transformers Prime and all I can say is IT IS AWESOME! It's so intense you must go watch it!

/This means private com talk./

Past

Cybertron-Crystal City

"Starscream," The Seeker looked up from his workings, and saw Thundercracker standing before him, "Megatron's here again," Starscream rolled his optics, and stood up, stretching his joints, "He never leaves you alone does he?" Thundercracker asked.

"It's complicated," Starscream answered, as they made their way down the halls of the lad.

The buildings in Crystal City shimmered and glowed thanks to the different materials used in their construction. It was a monument on Cybertron, built with an artistic vision in mind. It also made sense why all the scientists spent most of their time inside its wall, doing research and experiments.

For Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp, this was their home.

The two Seekers stopped at the main entrance to their lab, and Starscream saw the shape of Megatron waiting outside, "No doubt he wants to try and get me to see a gladiator match," Starscream grumbled, and walked outside, leaving his trine member inside.

Megatron smiled as the Seeker approached him, "Ah my good friend Starscream," he said, placing an arm around the Seeker's shoulder, "You were out late last night," The two began walking away from the lab.

"Yes. I was doing some research outside the lab."

"Always researching, never doing anything fun," Megatron said, shaking his helm, "Which is the reason why I came here," Starscream looked over at him, and sighed.

"Megatron, I'm not..."

"It has nothing to do with the gladiator matche. It has to do with a bot who looks just like you," Megatron interrupted the Seeker before he could finish his sentence. Starscream stopped in his tracks. Megatron turned around and smiled at him, "That got your attention."

"You said he looks like me? He's probably just another Seeker," Starscream said. Megatron chuckled.

"That is where you are mistaken, my dear Starscream," Megatron said, as Soundwave appeared behind him, "He looks just like you, except older. Plus he talks the same way you do," Soundwave walked over to Starscream and showed him the image he had taken. Starscream's jaw dropped.

"But...but..." he stuttered, "This defies all laws of physics!" Megatron looked at him, arms crossed, "How does he look exactly like me?" Starscream took a step back, and placed a hand on the wall supporting himself. His mind was going a mile an orn. It did not make sense.

"We want you to find that out. Find out who he is, and why he is here," Starscream looked closely at the image.

"I've seen the bot that's with him before," he muttered. Megatron looked at him, "Do you know where he is?"

"No, we don't," Megatron said, sighing, "They're not in Kaon though. They left after the gladiator match," Soundwave nodded his helm slowly, then spoke.

"My comrade has informed me that they are in Iacon," he said in his monotone voice. Starscream looked at him, then back to Megatron.

"I guess we go to Iacon?"

"We?" Megatron asked.

"Myself, Thundercracker and Skywarp," Megatron's look hardened.

"You are to go by yourself, understood?" he snarled, pointing a claw at Starscream, "If I find out they went with you, they will pay," Starscream narrowed his optics, and grabbed Megatron's claw.

"Never. Threaten. My. Trine. Again," he spat, and let his claw go. Starscream turned on his heel, and walked back to the lab. Megatron clenched his claw into a fist as he watched Starscream walk away. Soundwave placed a hand on his shoulder.

"In time Megatron. He will understand your reasons for doing things," Soundwave said, as they transformed, and disappeared into the sky.

Starscream woke up from recharge, and saw that Ratchet was gone from their room. Orion's place was small, but it was...cozy, as the humans described it. He stood up and stretched. He walked out into the common area and saw Ratchet and Orion sitting at the table, drinking energon, "Morning Shockstorm," Orion said, smiling. He patted to a spot next to him, "I got your energon out already."

"Thank you," Starscream said, and sat down. Taking a sip from the cube, the energon refreshed him. He leaned back in his chair, "This is a nice place you have Orion," The data clerk smiled.

"It's not much, but it's home," Ratchet placed his energon cube on the table, "I have to go to work today, so feel free to explore. You can drop by later if you want," Orion said, standing up. He nodded to Ratchet, and left his quarters. Ratchet waited until he heard the soft click of the door, and turned to Starscream.

"We need to start looking for things to build a time machine," he said, finishing up his energon cube. Starscream nodded, "You remember the schematics right?" Again he nodded, "Good," Ratchet pushed back from the table, and stood up. Starscream finished his energon, and followed Ratchet outside.

They stepped onto the streets, and saw it was packed with bots. They made their way through the crowd, when Ratchet grabbed Starscream's arm, "Look," he said, pointing to a small shop. Outside, there was a big green bot looking over a cube of energon while a blue bot was speaking to the owner, "Is that..."

"Breakdown and Bulkhead? Together?" Starscream finished his sentence, just as surprised as he was. Sure enough, Bulkhead walked over to Breakdown and punched him in the arm. The two laughed, along with the owner of the store, "They were friends before the war?"

"Apparently," Ratchet said, as they continued down the street, passing the two friends. Ratchet stopped once again, and Starscream walked into him.

"Did you really have to do that?" he snapped, and turned his helm. His optics went wide.

"Is...is that you?"

Ratchet, the young Ratchet, had a femme on his arm as they strolled the streets, "You had a femme?" Starscream asked, turning to face the medic.

"I, um..." Ratchet was obviously embarrassed.

"Ratchet she's a catch! What ha..." Starscream stopped himself when he saw the look on the medic's face. He breathed in, "Let's keep walking," Ratchet began walking next to him, but he was silent. They passed younger Ratchet and the femme, and Starscream saw tears form in Ratchet's optics.

They came to an area that resembled a park that the humans went to, and they sat down on the ground, "You ok Ratchet?" Starscream asked. Ratchet took a deep breath in.

"I'm fine," he answered, "Still no sign of anything to use for a time machine?" Starscream looked around, and spotted himself. Starscream lowered his helm, and Ratchet looked at him, "What?"

"I'm over there," he said softly, and Ratchet turned to look. He saw Starscream walking towards them.

"He's coming over her," Starscream jumped up, and transformed, taking off into the air. Ratchet got up, and saw younger Starscream do the same thing, following after older Starscream, "Scrap," he muttered, and transformed, tearing off after them.

Starscream landed in an alley, and turned around. He saw Starscream land on the ground, and look at him. Neither of the Starscreams said anything as they looked at each other. Ratchet appeared at the end of the alley, and transformed. He looked at one Starscream, then the other, "Megatron sent you, didn't he?" Starscream spoke softly to his younger self, causing him to jump.

"How did you know?" the younger Starscream asked suspiciously. Starscream shrugged.

"Once you work for Megatron for a while, you learn his ways," he said.

"Starscream!" Ratchet hissed, "You're going to give us away!" Both Starscreams turned to him, "Oh...slag. I just did," The younger Starscream turned back to his older self.

"How is this possible?" he asked, taking a step towards him. He walked around his older self, taking in the scars on his armor, "How are you here?"

"It's a very long story," Ratchet said, walking towards them, "But it starts with Megatron becoming the leader of the Decepticons," Young Starscream frowned.

"Decepticons? You mean the bunch of bots that hang around with him?" Starscream chuckled.

"They become his followers. That Soundwave fellow? He becomes third-in-command," Young Starscream frowned.

"Who becomes second?" Ratchet looked over at Starscream.

/You sure you want to tell him?/

/He has the right to know./

Starscream turned to face his younger self, "You do," Young Starscream took a step back.

"I work for him?" he asked, and looked at Ratchet, "Where exactly are you from?"

"We're from the future."