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Chapter Twenty-Six: Weak Link
The best way to destroy your enemy is to attack the weakest link.
Starscream mulled over the thought, carefully creating several strategies and going through them, then casting them aside if he found any flaws. The human younglings were obviously the Autobots' soft spot, and they would certainly be easy to exterminate; if Optimus Prime hadn't assigned each one their own guardian. How clever – yet stupid – of him. His weakness was protected, but his soldiers were spread thin, unable to fulfill other missions. He needed to exploit this. He needed the Autobots exterminated. Then, and only then, could he easily collect the Energon he required for his path of conquest.
And those blasted children were the key to the downfall of those soft-sparked idiots!
"Soundwave; report!" The Seeker barked, glancing over his shoulder to see the communications expert standing silently, awaiting commands.
Immediately, the screen that served for a face plate showed a video feed, zeroing in on a Volkswagen. Ah, Laserbeak; Soundwave must have sent him to scout. The picture zoomed in, revealing that two of the children were situated within, and according to scanners, there were no Autobot signals nearby! The screen changed as an audio filed was played, the wavelengths displayed as a voice emitted from a recording.
"So, can you tell me why Agent Fowler came to me about keeping an eye on you kids, instead of your parents?" An unfamiliar voice asked, and with a prompt, Soundwave brought up files that displayed a red-headed woman along with all of her information. "He said something about you kids being magnets for trouble... Care to explain?"
"Nope!" The second voice belonged to the female child that was practically welded to Bulkhead's side at all times, "Classified stuff. Jack can give you all the details that were supposed to say in case you asked once we grab him from work. All I'm gonna say is that our usual babysitters are touring the world right now."
"The Autobots left the humans unprotected? I find this difficult to believe." A map that displayed four signals scattered across the world was brought up, and Starscream hummed his approval. "I see that the medic is nowhere to be found, but no matter; he is no warrior. Send a squad to terminate the humans and do it quickly! Before they realize their fatal error."