A light headed feeling finds me before I do. I lean forward and dig my metal claws into the keyboard for support
I don't think large metal wings make bottom heavy.
"uh, Commander StarScream?"
An nervous voice asked, who said that? In the direction of the voice I find a vehicon..
"..we caught an autobot at an energon mine"
...
"CliffJumper? the autobot?"
Ah, yes CliffJumper..
Now how do I deal with this? Annoyingly I'm not given much time to ponder a decision.
The vehicons bring me CliffJumper, his various wounds leak slowly, I make my way to him and crouch down legs closed.
What an annoying Autobot..
"Long time no-StarScream?" befuddled? Bewildered perhaps? is how I would describe the expression CliffJumper is making.
"I sadly lack the time to play with you, dearest Cliff~ I must be off, to get ready for my master"
A slightly more disturbed look appears.
I rip into his spark, my claws slice through his body effortlessly..I'd consider such a fast death merciful.
..Sure SoundWave has yet to tell me we've been sent a signal by Megatron but I have either this feeling of, I've done this before or I'm losing it.
..I'm probably losing it.
before I can respond to Megatron's yet to be sent message, I should call KnockOut, that cherry red medic does have his uses.
..A lot actually.
The vehicons lack medical expertise and our only other options are me and ShockWave..eugh
-Knockout?
--
-StarScream~ to what do I owe your company?
-You hang around humans too often..
-We require your assistance.
-for what reason?
-KnockOut, it was not a question, it was a summons.
-Be here soon.
-You can't just tell me the reason?..
-StarScream?
I made the vehicons get rid of CliffJumper. It feels like I've done this before..I feel like I should keep the body..
...I'm talking to myself, yep I'm losing it.
Later SoundWave acquires the message from Megatron.
Unfortunately this means-
"StarScream" that gravely deep voice that haunts my sleep, the traitorous appendages I call wings shiver, I'll have to keep my wings in check..
"Lord Megatron~"
"I assume you've been enjoying your time as commander?"
"As much as one can enjoy commanding the Decepticons, we did find a particularly impressive energon mine while you were away"
He hums questioningly
"Are you saying you couldn't handle commanding the Decepticons?"
Of course not.
I absolutely did great.
But, they favor Megatron and if he just disappeared the morale would plummet.
Therefore-
~megatron please take back the position of commander , for I cannot handle it~
"Yes I found my beliefs that I could handle such a daunting task to be faulty, if only I had listened to you my Lord~"
Perhaps that was too much..
"I'm glad you've come to see reason, now I have something to show you" Or not.
It's dark energon.
I am disappointed that he doesn't remember that I am an energon researcher..
No he probably does..
He just ignores that in favor of my flight combat knowledge.
There is an oddly familiar dread creeping up my spine I wait outside a room I know holds the blood of Unicron.
I have to watch as my commander loses all control of himself to a god akin to the one that made us..
For what reason could Primus have for giving me this information?
I approach the door.
"Come StarScream" I very much wish not to.
I fallow the command none the less, as expected the room has a large chunk or dark energon in it.
"This is dark energon"It gives off a signal..that feels like a heartbeat.
"Rumored to be able to revive the dead"-blah blah blah, Megatron raises the shard high in the direction of his spark chamber-
"NOT YOUR SPARK! Lord Megatron you don't know what'll happen!!"
stab*
And so my master has become yet another pawn in this war.
No longer able to see reason, altho he may have lost that longer ago than now..
He nears the doorway I stay where I am, stock still, this time I am not acting, genuine fear grips my spark.
My wings lower without my consent.
When Megatron isn't in control of himself, he is..more aggressive.
After he leaves I take a breath I hadn't meant to hold, now to deal with the bomb.
"Are you ready to make the ultimate sacrifice?" Megatron's eyes glow an unnatural purple.
I find my wings betray my fear in these moments, even if only a hint.
He sighs, I take this moment to inform Megatron of another body he could use.
Much to my relief.
The Autobot is strapped down, of course it works. I take steps away from the newly reawakened Autobot.
Unicron's awakened are never very..sensible.
While Megatron brags the undead Autobot attempts to attack him, and for it's efforts it is slashed in half.
Why does it feel like the Autobots should be here? They don't even know about this mine.
I'm proven wrong when the muffled evidence of Autobots meets my audio receptors.
"StarScream! You can't let them have the energon-"..how did they find us?
Why is the two wheeled one so upset?
The dark energon~?
It does give off a peculiar signal.
The autobots approach, I bow and release the bomb with a grin, then abscond through the means of flight.
I will miss having this mine..
"StarScream, you would not believe how much time it takes for a car to get here, and all the info you gave me was I will be needed-WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"
woht?
Why is he yelling?
Ah-wait this is an alternate body to the one the red medic is familiar.
"I..felt a change was necessary." I calmly state, the medic on the other hand is simply buzzing with a need to...
See what has changed?
"I can't say I disagree, quite the new look for you commander~" This is not the time for civil fun-
wait.
"I haven't the time for that, where is your partner?" I had forgotten him and his partner for a moment, a moment that lasted three years..
"He's off dealing with a friend"
I would not consider WheelJack a friend
"Be sure to inform me when he's done dealing with your friend"