Starscream's the One and Only

Written by: NovaBlastTF

Edited by: Fliara48

Chapter 2: Part 1, Security Breach

Megatron stared suspiciously at Starscream from his perch on the throne. Starscream, his second in command, was just sitting at the security monitor, typing in codes, and watching the monitors just as his shift required. Normally Megatron would pay no attention to this; he had better things to do like stare at nothing. But this time he knew that Starscream was up to something. When the seeker entered he said nothing… no sneer… no sarcastic remark… no angry look for having to do such tedious work. He just gave Megatron a nod and sat down… He was planning something, he had to be. Megatron growled at this. The last thing he needed was another one of Starscream's plays for his position, and the Decepticon leader was determined to end it before it even began.

"STARSCREAM!" Starscream then jumped… literally jumped into the air… why was he so jittery?

"Ye-yes, Commander?" Starscream stared at Megatron with wide optics, and his wings were practically vibrating.

Commander? Since when did Starscream start calling him that? ..."What are you planning now?" Megatron growled. Starscream was definitely up to something.

"W-what do you mean, Commander? I-I 'm working on security!"

Why was the seeker stuttering? "Please Starscream, I see through your ploy. What are you scheming?"

"But-but-but Commander! I am working on the security of the Nemesis as per your command!"

"Starscream…," snarled Megatron, powering up his fusion cannon.

Before he could fire, the door slid open, drawing his attention to Soundwave and his cassetticons, who had chosen that moment to walk in.

"SECURITY BREACH!"

Megatron could only stare—he would forever remember those next strange moments—as Starscream (from clear across the other side of the room) shot through the air with the aid of his thrusters, and tackled Soundwave to the floor.

"…What do you think you are DOING?"

"Commander! He did not seek permission to enter the control room! Code rule 2-4-1 states that all entrance to the control room must be requested and confirmed by the mech who is on the security monitor at the time. He did not! I did not allow any request! HE COULD BE AN AUTOBOT SPY!"

Megatron could only stare at the seeker who had Soundwave pinned. Starscream said what?

"Query: who else could this mech be? Command: Get off."

"You could be the Autobot cassette player BLASTER! And you all could be HIS cassetticons! Sneaking in disguised as your rival, Soundwave, to steal information from our database! I'M ON TO YOU, AUTOBOT!"

"STARSCREAM! Get off Soundwave, right now!" Megatron roared, finally snapping out of his shock. "It's obviously him!"

Narrowing his optics, Starscream snapped out a scanner from his subspace, and placed it over Soundwave's upper chest. Where did he get that? Wondered the blue mech.

"So you are. Next time follow the protocol! Those Autobots are treacherous and sneaky!"

Soundwave slowly rose as Starscream finally let him up not without one last suspicious look. He'd known for ages that all seekers were crazy, but Starscream reigned king in that area. If Starscream's processors didn't work so fast, making telepathy useless, then he would be able to read the seeker's mind and know his plans… then again Soundwave was glad he couldn't.

"I think Screamer has finally lost it, boss," muttered Frenzy, and Rumble gestured in agreement. Starscream only twitched and scanned him as well, then all the other cassetticons.

They were all wary of Starscream now; he was up to something.

"Soundwave, report." Megatron sat down on his throne and pinched the bridge of his nose; he could sense his processors heating up.

"Report: Ravage has just come back from the Autobot base-".

"SECURITY BREACH!"

The cassetticon twins jumped and launched out of the way when Starscream suddenly dived for Ravage, picking the panther up and gripping her tightly. Soundwave and Megatron could only stare.

"Straight from the Autobot base? Have you lost all logic functions? Code rule 7-38-2 dash B states that after every spying and invading mission, the mech/femme has to go to the medbay directly afterwards to be scanned and assessed by the trained medic! Ravage could be carrying a bug or listening chip! The Autobots could be listening to all this right now, or even WATCHING! Oh Primus, they saw the schematics of our ship! They could be invading as we speak! Ravage must be cleansed, or else we will lose even more vital information! Or what if it's a controlling chip? They could be using Ravage to do this dirty and perverse work! DON'T WORRY RAVAGE, I WILL SAVE YOU!"

Starscream continued to screech about security and saving Ravage as he ran down the hall towards the medbay, holding a paralyzed Ravage in his servos.

Silence echoed throughout the throne room as the occupants tried to gather their scattered CPUs.

"…Security…Breach?"

"Code rule wha?"

"…Did he just kidnap Ravage?"

Megatron groaned; his logic center just crashed.

Hook could only stare and clutch Ravage as Starscream terrorized his other gestalt members. All he was doing was working on a component for the space bridge when Starscream burst through the medbay doors and shoved a bewildered Ravage into his servos. Now the red seeker was shouting something about Autobot spying, and Ravage's safety and innocence, before staring at Hook like he was Primus with all the answers.

"…Starscream… Do I need to have a look at your CPU? Cause it sounds like Megatron scrambled them something-" Hook started when he finally deciphered Starscream's ranting. He looked down at Ravage only to see the panther staring back in confusion.

"SECURITY BREACH!"

Starscream rushed over and tackled Mixmaster, hanging off his back with his servos around the constructicon's neck.

"WHAT THE PIT?"

"Code rule 16-28-3 states that the chemical you are currently using is restricted! Only by filling in document 16-28-72, and submitting it to higher command would you be able to have access! You are also breaking protocol code rule 16-28-72-92 by not having the correct safety equipment! That sample has now become contaminated, and must be destroyed!" Mixmaster could only stutter as the chemicals he was using were ripped out of his servos, and thrown into the incinerator. His work, slaggit!

"STARSCREAM, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR CPU?" Mixmaster was gearing up to knock some sense into Starscream, violently, only for the seeker to grab both his servos and cradle them.

"Code rule 16-108-1 states that because you have handled a dangerous and prohibited substance without the correct safety equipment, the area of contact must be decontaminated."

Before Mixmaster could object, Starscream dipped both his servos into a cleansing fluid. Mixmaster could feel the liquid seeping into his joints and numbing all the receptors there. When he took them out to see if they were still there, Starscream wrapped both his servos up tightly in some material he found. Great. Now Mixmaster couldn't feel or move his servos. Starscream then gently pushed the constructicon down, and started to pat his wrapped up servos, not that he could feel it.

"Did Megatron hit you in the head or-" started Mixmaster, staring in horror at the ball of material that he thought contained his servos.

"SECURITY BREACH!"

Starscream ran across the room to Long Haul and Scrapper, grabbing their shoulders and forcing them to stop their work, and stop ignoring Starscream like they'd been doing when he first came in. "Code rule 58-91-64 states that all blueprints and projects must go through command first, before it can be started!" Scrapper and Long Haul could only stare as Starscream snatched up their projects, and subspaced them. "For the security of the Nemesis, I must confiscate these."

"…Starscream, you have three clicks to hand those back, or you'll find your aft welded to your head."

"And then, I will use what is left of your parts for the next space bridge."

"SECURITY BREACH!"

In an amazing show of strength, Starscream, using the force of his thrusters, tackled both Scrapper and Long Haul onto two medbay berths, before strapping them down. "You have just threatened an officer of the high Decepticon command! You are now under suspicion of being AUTOBOTS! What if this was their plan all along? Using Ravage to infect the rest of the Decepticon army, making us all slaves? And Scrapper and Long Haul will only be the first! They want Devastator! See why you have to save Ravage, Hook? YOU SEE? I'LL SAVE YOU, FELLOW DECEPTICONS!"

"…Starscream, when I get out of this-."

"Your logic chips have fried-."

Starscream then muffled their mouths with some more material, before plucking out his scanner, and slowly started scanning them.

"Starscream, you slagger, get off them!" roared Bonecrusher, finally getting out of his corner.

Starscream only looked over from his perch over Long Haul to stare at Bonecrusher with narrowed eyes, "Bonecrusher... how do you feel right now?"

Bonecrusher took one long look at Starscream, then at the other gestalt members, thought better of it, and went back to his corner. He was not getting anywhere near this, his gestalt be damned.

"I know that you sometimes feel left out, and are angry because of it, Bonecrusher. But I'm doing this for the safety of the Decepticon army, meaning you and your gestalt. And I just want you to know, I'm here for you."

Bonecrusher only retreated further into his corner. Starscream was scary when he was being all nice.

"Hook? ...is that your scanner? The one you said you needed, and would slag whoever had it?" Hook looked over at Mixmaster, who still had his servos out in front of him.

"…I don't think I want it back now… Seekers are crazy."

Ravage just bolted through the doorway to safety.

"Soundwave… What has Starscream done now?"

Starscream had been on a rampage across the Nemesis about security for nearly half the day. The list of 'attacked' Decepticons had been steadily on the rise.

"Actions: Tied the Reflector triplets together so that he knew where each one was; locked Astrotrain in the airlock for decontamination against foreign space substances; put helmets on the cone heads saying that it was a hazard to the other Decepticons; put the Insecticons in cages, saying they were too out of control in their consumption of energon and so were a danger-".

"Enough! Where is he now?"

"Location: In his quarters, with Thundercracker and Skywarp."

"That slagger has been causing chaos around the whole ship, and now he's just in his quarters? Who does he think he is?"

"Identity: Redalert, head of security of the Autobot army."

"...What?"

"Repetition: Redalert, head of security of the Autobot army."

"..." *thud*

"Recommendation: Hitting head on the walls, not advised."

"Screamer?"

"Yes, my dear Skywarp?"

"I'm sorry for calling you a drama femme."

"Apology accepted, dear Skywarp."

"Thanks Screamer, that's nice... Screamer?"

"Yes?"

"Can you unwrap us now?"

"No, Skywarp."

"What if I stop calling you 'Screamer?'"

"No, my dear, dear Skywarp. You and Thundercracker are my trine. You're very important to me. I must keep you all safe and sound from the dangers out there, even if it means having to wrap you up completely in bubble wrap till you can't move and then some. I must do it. For your safety~."

"Oh...TC, I'm scared."

"I know, Warp, I know."

Starscream couldn't keep away the smirk that consumed his faceplates as he read from his datapad. Anyone would make a better second in command than him, his perfect aft.