The System
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In the pecking line of Megatron's Harem, Starscream sat at the very top. Starscream was Megatron's only Wife and the Empress of the Empire that Megatron had built.
Seekers were like the organic birds called Magpies on Earth in the fact that they hoarded glittering treasures and they often stole the nests of other seekers.
Since there were no other seekers in Megatron's Harem, Starscream settled for the next best thing.
Starscream kicked Optimus Prime out of the mech's small room, chirruping and squealing angrily in the seeker-cant of Vos. The large mech blinked in shock. He had just been bodily thrown out of his own quarters by a mech three times smaller than himself…
How did this work? Starscream sneered and closed the door to his new nest and Optimus listened to the sounds of scuffling and objects being moved. Suddenly the door opened and Starscream tossed him his clothes before slamming the door again.
"That was… Odd."
"Ya get used to it after a while." A familiar voice sighed and Optimus jumped, turning to see Ironhide smirking at him.
"Hide?"
"Yeah, Ah'm here, of all places." Ironhide sighed, helping his old friend up.
"Last time I heard from you, you were working in the energon mines."
"Seems that sometimes Megatron tires of weaker mechs, sometimes he sends Soundwave to pick up strong mechs from the mines." Ironhide grimaced, looking at Prime meaningfullly. "From what I hear that's exactly what happened to you." Optimus sighed and hung his head. "It ain't as humiliatin' as the worker bots say. If ya get into Megatron's good graces ya get status in the Harem."
"So what gives Starscream the right to throw me out of my quarters?" Optimus glared at the door to Starscream's new quarters and Ironhide chuckled.
"Ever read up on Cybertronian Harems? They're similar to Human Harems." Ironhide led Optimus to the main area where several mechs were talking, preening or doing other activities. Bumblebee was helping Perceptor learn about the system of the Harem, much like Ironhide was doing.
"Ya see, usually a Harem is run by the creator that gave birth to the Sultan, but since Megatron has no "mother" so to speak, Starscream, being Megatron's Wife and the Empress of the Empire is the next in line. After Starscream there are several others, including all the mechs in the corridor you got kicked out of."
Prime thought this over before looking at his old friend.
"What were you doing in that corridor?" Ironhide grimaced.
"Like Ah said, sometimes Megatron wants bigger mechs to break."
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