Well well well another chapter already! I need to stop thinking of transformers at work xD
Disclaimer: Transformers, I own not. Static, do I own. Like my utter phail yoda language?
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Skywarp and Thundercracker gaped as Starscream smiled at the large bot. Static chuckled and forced Starscream onto his stomach, the seekers protesting. " Oh don't be such a Sparkling, I'm just going to fix that wing of yours. That can't be comfortable." Starscream stilled at Static dug a finger into his wing socket, numbing the stub area. Static quietly got to work, the seekers beside him shifting nervously. Starscream broke the silence. " Its good to see you Static, I never thought you would be an Auto-bot though." Static snorted and he connected the energon lines from the severed wing to the seeker. " I wouldn't be an Auto-bot for all the credits in the universe. Bunch of useless pacifists who are lucky their still alive. No sir, I'm 100% Neutral." The trine gasped and the duo beside him stared in unrestrained awe, Starscream trying to do the same only to be forced back down. " Stop moving, your only making this go slower."
" Is it true the Neutrals single-handedly forced the remaining Decepticons from Cybertron and took the planet for themselves?" An excited Skywarp asked. Static hmm'd, reconnecting the armour plates on the wing to Starscream. " I wouldn't say all the Decepticons, but most of them, for all the good it did us. Instead of a almost completely energonless planet controlled by the enemy, we got a completely energonless planet controlled by us. No real difference." The last plate clicked into place and Static returned feeling to Starscream's joint. " There. Well, give it a go." Starscream slowly moved the wing, surprised at no pain. The seeker sat up, Static backing off to give him room in the small cell.
Static looked at the duo in the corner and motioned for the blue seeker to come forward. The medic pointed at the berth and Thundercracker sat on it. Static sighed and shoved the seeker onto his back, causing the wounded to grunt. " So Starscream, what ever happened to that partner you lost? Did you go back and find him after?" The seeker trine seemed to stiffen at Static's inquiry, Starscream more so, a dark gloom coming over the cell. Static took no notice and started on the gaping hole in Thundercracker side, courtesy of Ironhide. There was a awkward pause as Thundercracker and Skywarp kept stealing glances at the gloomy Starscream in his corner. " No….. I never found the system again…" was the quiet reply, surprising the other seekers in the room.
Static twisted a wire into place in Thundercracker's Cockpit, making the seeker hiss. " That's a shame, I heard he was a very good scientist. I'm sure the science department was very disappointed." Skywarp growled from his corner. " What kind of response is that from a seeker?! Our bond with him almost cause Screamer to go insane when Skyfire disappeared and your worried about scientific matters?! Having graduated the seeker academy, you should know what a trine bond does to Mechs." Static actually paused, the purple jet's words cutting deeper then the medic wanted them to. Thundercracker looked up at the still medic questioningly, twitchy with the large hands still inside his Cockpit.
" No I don't. I don't have a trine." The seekers actually physically flinched back from the larger Mech, gapping. Static quickly closed up his patient and backed away, letting the stunned seeker up. Starscream was the first to say something. " How in primus did you pass your final exam? Your supposed to follow the trine bond back to Cybertron." Static in-taked and expelled, rubbing his eye ridge, a processor ache coming on. " The instructor let me take the test because my twin was currently on Cybertron during the testing. I followed that bond instead." The seekers was, once again, stunned. Meeting a triple-changer twin was impossible nowadays.
Skywarp spoke up, " So wait, you've never bonded with a trine? How have you stayed sane?! The absence over time can cause glitches, the need for a trine over-riding basic functions if left to long." Static sat and sighed, the seekers eagerly crowding him. " The twin bond dulls it a bit, the bond staving back the erg since im am, technically, bonded to someone." Static waved over the purple jet, pointing obviously at the dented wing and cracked optic. Skywarp sat in front of the medic as Static inspected the broken component. " Why don't you have a trine? I thought for sure that helicopter and other triple changer was your trine." Thundercracker stated, the three Mechs that had brought down his trine worked incredible together for not being bonded. " No, Bladestorm and Blitzwing is not my trine. Blitzwing himself is technically a trine and Bladestorm wasn't trained as a seeker because his alt is a helicopter. As such, he doesn't have a trine erg like I do." Static pulled a laser from subspace and flicked it on, repairing the fine cracking in Skywarp's optic.
" You didn't meet anyone before who would want to?" Skywarp asked as his optic came back online, Static starting on his wings. " Oh sure, I had many seekers ask me. My training as a medic is much desired in trines." The seekers looked questioningly at the medic, not comprehending the situation. " Then, why?" Static looked at thundercracker, Chuckling at the confounded expression on his face. " None of them wanted to bond with me after I told them they would have to be technically bonded with my twin as well, myself acting as a bridge between Starshatter and my trine." Skywarp looked as his trine questioningly, the standing duo shrugging. Static finished Skywarp's wing, inspecting his work before nodding and standing. Noticing the seekers still didn't fully grasp what he meant, he grinned behind his mask.
" My twin has 2 grounder forms, making him flightless." The seekers faces bled with realisation. " They didn't want to be tied with a grounder, even indirectly." Starscream stated the, now, obvious. Static nodded and subspaced his laser. " Correct. I refused to bond with a mech or femme who wouldn't accept Starshatter as well. It would be unfair to him, shatter can't help that he doesn't have a flight form." Static walked to the door of the cell and opened it, swiftly walking out and re-closing it, locking the trine inside. The Mechs inside jumped, still processing the new information. Static smirked under his mask. " Well I was supposed to interrogate you for secrets before the Autobots got to you but I think I'll just come back later. You three don't look to be processing information very well right now." Static snickered as he left, the trine barely noticing his departure, and called his twin.
Starshatter, tell Bladestorm I had an idea for our resident trine. I didn't get any information but I might just get something better. Surprise ran along the twin bond before the response came. It better be good, Bladestorm is pissed you didn't get any information.
Static grinned as he climbed the stairs from the brig. Oh its good alright. Good as in I can get him a whole new seeker trine for the Neutrals. Static could feel the astonishment from along the bond and could just imaging the gapping expression on his face.
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Bladestorm paced the floor in front of his medic, rage billowing form him. " Let me get this straight. You went down to the brig, fixed the trine's injuries, told them you didn't have a trine, didn't interrogate them at all, and then just left them to stew in the cells while the Auto-bots have a crack at them! What were you thinking? They might never spill information now!" Static remained silent, the helicopters rotor blades twitching Dangerously close to his face. " Well? Explain yourself!" Static cleared his throat, an odd human gesture he had picked up from the political human liaisons. " I know Starscream from before the war. He wasn't like this, he was very calm, silent, bent on being a top scientist and becoming as well known as a prime. I think I can reverse the transformation from Iacon Scientist to Decepticon SIC if given time, but I can't rush it or jeopardise the comradeship Starscream seems to place in me, both from being a seeker and knowing me from before war time. When a trine bond is broken are strained, it changes the viewpoint of those involved. A trine member will do anything to fix the strain, even follow false promises."
The helicopter nodded, rage subsiding as him CMO explained his thoughts. " As a official seeker Medic, I know most ways to stop or even completely reverse the continuing strain of a bond. The most obvious is to place the bond on someone else, essentially replacing the lost member. Other ways include creating a spark bond, erasing ones spark, and off lining." One could see the gears turn in Bladestorm's head, idea's and realization kicking in. " Yes, of course, I see it now. If you can get Starscream to transfer the bond to you, you get a trine, we get a new air commander, and the Decepticons lose valuable resources. Clever." Static grinned beneath his mask, his thoughts exactly.
" Very good. Continue with this Static, make sure Starscream can see the benefits of a renewed bond and just how valuable a replacement member you could be. After all, time isn't a factor, we not the ones under attack after all."
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Starshatter was strolling slowly along the brig halls, Energon rations in hand. For Static's plan to even take off from the ground, Starscream had to approve and accept Static's twin or the plan was off. Starshatter quickly approached the only occupied cell, the seekers immediately quieting at the sight of the grounder. Opening the cell, Starshatter grinned cheerfully. " Ration time! My own special blend! Go one try, try!" Starshatter had been experimenting with energon mixes but no one seemed to want to try them, possibly because Wheeljack had helped him. The seekers seemed weary but hunger won over cautiousness. Starshatter watched in glee for there reactions. It was a blank face reaction all around before the purple one's optics opened wide and gulped the cube down in one shot. " What is this stuff? It tastes great!" Starshatter was giddy, " Really? And everyone was worried it would explode the minute someone drank it, Ha!"
The trine froze then suddenly spit out their current mouthfuls. The purple one looked decidedly ill. " What did you do to us Auto-bot?!" Starshatter backed up dejected. " Nothing! I was just trying to make a new energon goodie. Why does no one trust me with these things! None of the ingredients are volatile." the trine remained tense and unconvinced. Starshatter sighed. " Well if you want I can always call my brother to flush your tanks and get you a regular ration." Starscream sneered and flicked imaginary dust off himself. " Your related to that sadistic Auto-bot medic Ratchet?"
Starshatter reared back in surprise, Static didn't tell them? " What? Oh no, no no!" Starshatter waved franticly, a large grin on his face. " I'm not even remotely related to Ratchet. I was talking about my twin Static, you've met him right? I wouldn't think he'd put your check-up off for this long, he's usually extremely dedicated to his patients." the purple one was suddenly in his face in excitement. " You're the triple changer twin?" Starshatter raised an eyebrow then nodded carefully. A grin spilt onto the trine's faces. " So you're the reason your brother can't get a trine huh? How does that make you feel? Knowing your the reason your brother is suffering a emptiness in his very spark he can't fill." Starshatter's face turned stony and the triple changer froze up, door wings almost vertical on his back. The trine slowly backed away, afraid the taunt would make him attack. A hand suddenly sprang to the tanks helm, comm. Coming to life. This called for a more direct calling. Static's voice suddenly burst into the room through the open comm. Link. " Shatter? What is wrong my brother? You never call me from your comm. Is something wrong, are you hurt?!" Starshatter smiled briefly, a small delicate twitch the seekers almost didn't pick up. " Static, I just heard a very interesting theory from our resident seeker trine, would you kindly clarify?"
A growl resounded from the comm. Static catching on. " What did you tell my brother you slagards?! If you hurt him in any way, so help me I'l-" Starshatter coughed, half to stop his twins rant, the other to stop from laughing at the Trines astounded look. " Static, do you have an empty feeling in your spark because of me?" there was a long pause, the only sound being a surprised squeak from the comm. and failed attempts to speak over the line. " What in primus gave you that idea?" Starshatter did grin this time, a very malicious grin promising revenge. " Well, one seeker called Starscream told me I was making a whole in your spark by refusing you a trine bond." the trine flinched, they didn't want that particular information reaching the Medic. There was a harsh laugh over the line, one promising swift retribution. " Starscream, I will have your spark for this! For your information, I do not have bond strain symptoms for the pure fact that I have never had a bond in the first place. All I feel is a compelling notion to make a bond but its insubstantial at best. I will kindly request you to not antagonize my brother any longer or you'll find yourself as a femme one of these days. If that's all Starshatter?" The line cut before Starshatter could answer. A humorous irritated feeling passed over the bond, Starscream would be forgiven if he accepted the twins but only just barely.
The scientist grinned and sauntered over to the cringing seeker. Starshatter tsked and wagged a finger in front of the seekers face. " You know, pissing off your medic is not a very good survival tactic in the long run. I'll be back with more prototype energon later. I would suggest looking hard and deep in your own spark Starscream, and just maybe you'll find the answer to your own hole." Tapping Starscream on the nose like a misbehaving sparkling, Starshatter quickly jumped back, dodging a swipe from the irate seeker, and left the cell laughing, door wings twitching pleasantly. As he turned the corner, Skywarp's voice drifted over to him. " I like him."
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"I like him." Static grinned as Skywarp's unintentionally heard admission guaranteed a success to stage one. If one liked his twin, the others could be quickly manipulated over the bond to feel the same. The plan was a go. Operation: Get Static a seeker trine was officially started. Part A: gain comradeship with thundercracker and Skywarp. A cackle was heard from the new seeker office in the med bay, causing the auto-bot CMO to flinch. 'I hope im not on the end of that thought.' was the general consensus of the med bay as the cackle continued.
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Me thinks the trineless seeker might be getting a little antsy for a bond no? the evilness of a triple changer twin medic can be astounding when prompted. Although I wouldn't mind to see a femme Starscream, it would make a lovely situation no? reviews please? Pretty please?