AN: Alrighy folks! This is by far the shortest chap I've put up! I apologize for that, and the wait!
I'll try and have the next one much longer! And awesome..er!
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
Thankfully Starscream escaped too much damage as Megatron was blinded by rage. It all would have been funny if he didn't almost get slagged…
Okay. Maybe it was funny to see Soundwave being thrown across the command center. But Primus did he recover fast. Ran straight out of there after his helm smacked the wall.
Serves the fragger right.
Starscream retreated to his own quarters to check for any real damage. He hadn't counted on his trine mates being there, seeing as they were supposed to be on their shifts. Lo and behold Skywarp wasn't on duty and plopped down beside the red jet. At first all he did was stare at his trine leader, and then rested his chin on his palm as his elbow rested on the table they were sitting around.
"So…who knew Soundwave was such a freak?"
Starscream sighed. "Ugh. Skywarp, those mental images…I thought you were working?"
"Yeah. Until there was an explosion in the command center."
"You weren't in the command center."
"And how do you know that Screamer?"
"Screamer" shifted in his seat and continued nursing the scratches on his forearm. He decided to ignore his trine mate for the remainder of the day. Skywarp, of course, would have none of that.
"You were there?"
No response.
"Okay. You were there…did you join in?"
Starscream turned his body away from the purple jet.
"No? So you watched. Wonder why everyone in the room but you jumped Megatron…"
It was beyond irritating how he could guess so well. He was such a dumb mech sometimes. Most times...
Thundercracker stomped in the room and sat beside Starscream. "What did you do?"
"What did I-"
"Starscream, we know you've been up to something lately. It's no secret-"
Skywarp interjected. "Woah TC why so miffed?"
"First off, you should be at your post! Second, Megatron is on the war path, not to mention Soundwave has disappeared!"
"Who cares where that piece of scrap crawled off to! Let him—OW!"
The blue jet squeezed his injured forearm. "You have some explaining to do."
"Apparently TC cares where Soundwave went…"
The two arguing seekers turned their attention to Skywarp, then Starscream turned back to Thundercracker.
The smirking trine leader liked the change in topic, so he went with it. "Yes, apparently. Is that why you're so angry Thundercracker? I almost forgot about those rumors I've been hearing having to do with you and—owowOW!"
"Shut up. Explain what was going through your stupid processor as you turned this whole army on its head!"
"Calm down it's not that big of a deal! Megatron will simmer down once he eats one of the troops or something…"
Skywarp laughed at the sarcasm. Thundercracker sighed heavily.
"Screamer. We know you were the one that caused the explosion on Megatron. And that incident the other day."
Starscream said nothing, while Skywarp looked puzzled. "Hey TC, I didn't know about that explosion thing. What are you talking about?"
"I thought you knew about that. Megatron spontaneously blew up on the battlefield about a week ago. It was assumed that the Autobots did it."
"Huh. Nope…must have me confused with Soundwave."
There was an awkward silence for about a second.
"…Could we please get off of that? Look—just tell us what's wrong. Maybe we can help..?"
The SIC dramatically threw his arms up, and then stood. "Why does something have to be wrong? Maybe I'm in a good mood!"
"Well then why don't you just tell us what your damage is already?"
"No because nothing is wrong! This is ridiculous! I'm leaving!"
Skywarp gasped and the two of them looked at him expectantly.
"Hey Starscream, do you…like Megatron? That would explain why you don't wanna talk about it, and all these stunts you've been pulling seem weird, like you—"
Thundercracker laughed. "Yeah right, Starscream hates Megatron, and Megatron hates Starscream. No way!"
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Megatron wouldn't want Starscream in like, well never."
"And the way Starscream treats Megatron, that could be why he'd never want him. Always screeching at him about everything."
"Yeah! What a—"
"AUGH! I AM RIGHT HERE YOU IDIOTS! STOP TALKING ABOUT ME LIKE I'M NOT HERE!"
And with that, he left.
Thundercracker moved closer to Skywarp almost timidly. "So…have you uh…seen Soundwave?"
Starscream marched through the base (carefully) and silently cursed the two seekers he had just left. What did they know anyway? The SIC wasn't that awful towards Megatron! He was the SIC for Primus' sake. Not to mention he didn't always hound his leader's plans or opinions. Even if they were really stupid and he believed—no knew—he himself could come up with something so much better.
And besides, he didn't like Megatron.
Well, he liked him enough to stand him. Yes. But not like whatever they were laughing about!
Stupid glitches…
As he argued with himself on his pointless stroll through the base, Starscream came to a halt when he saw someone standing not even ten feet away. He realized it was Soundwave and smirked.
"Soundwave, I thought you'd be on the opposite side of this planet by now. Why risk roaming the base? From what I hear Megatron's on the war path."
The tape deck took a step forward. "Earlier…situation: your fault. Discussion: required."
"My fault? I wasn't the one that had our leader pinned to a table!—"
"Evidence: found."
Starscream didn't flinch. "There is no evidence! Seriously Soundwave, you should go and hide before get another beating."
Soundwave took another step. His next words seemed…exasperated? "Starscream…shut up. I know what you're trying to do. What you're trying to cover up."
The red jet stared at the mech standing in front of him with wide optics. Soundwave could talk? In an almost normal way? Soundwave continued.
"And that stunt back there was not the way to do it."
Okaaaaayy...so sorry for this. I've been all over the place lately! I hope you all enjoyed!