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By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Three years and never worked a Monday and suddenly two weeks in a row! Stupid bosses! ... ... ... BTW: Don't kill me.
Chapter One Hundred Forty Eight: Explanation Please
The mech didn’t even have the time to transform out of his alt mode before one of his companions had already shifted and whirled around to face him, a look of pure fury on his features. “Explain,” his angered companion snapped, never once taking his optics off the disguised mech.
The disguised Cybertronion let out a long sigh as he quickly shifted out of alt form and scowled at the blue and black mech that was still glaring at him. The two stared at one another for long moments, neither one seeming to back down from the rather impromptu staring contest anytime soon. Their other companions quickly shifted out of their own alt forms and quickly took stock of the situation. Currently, it wasn’t looking good as both Thundercracker and Starscream didn’t even bother to spare a glance at either of them, so intent was their glaring.
Skywarp instantly recognized the ominous tension between his two teammates and instantly went into action to try to defuse the situation. Speaking gently, he quickly caught his husband’s arm and was trying to subtly tug his angered mate away but it seemed as if Thundercracker wasn’t about to let Starscream get away with at least some form of explanation for whatever question was on his processor. Misfire for his part, was just looking back and forth at the other two flyers before he slowly moved over and took a hold of Skywarp’s elbow, trying his best to pull the other seeker away from what was beginning to look like quite a blow up.
Thundercracker wasn’t moving however, despite Skywarp’s small pleas that he was tired and just wanted to rest. Misfire’s own tugging on the purple seeker became more frantic the longer the silence stretched but Skywarp refused to leave his mate’s side. Starscream wondered if he would be able to somehow use the other two seekers as a distraction and get away but it seemed as if he wasn’t going to be able to run from this one as he heard the sound of someone running behind him. ‘Damn nuisance,’ he growled quietly to himself as he could already hear the other ‘Cons headed towards their position.
“You’re back!” Scrapper called out as he ran towards the group’s landing site. “Did you manage to get any Energon? Were the Autobots there? What happened with the-?” Scrapper quickly broke off and gasped as he got closer and recognized the situation going on between the seekers. He skidded quickly to a halt as he saw the expressions on the other mechs, the anger on Thundercracker, the desperation on Skywarp, the confusion on Misfire and the sheer hatred on Starscream.
Scrapper wondered if he could turn tail and run back to warn his companions but the others had already caught up to the smaller, faster Constructicon and Hook was already tisking as he looked the four flyers over. “Saw some action huh?” the medic shook his head as he saw the scuff marks and dents that riddled the seekers. With a shake of his head he started heading for them, stepping just out of reach from Scrappers desperate belated attempt to grab him. “All right, lets have a look at you guys,” he continued unsuspectingly as he headed for Skywarp only to suddenly be pushed slightly back by surprisingly Misfire.
The Constructicon stared at the light crimson mech in such surprise that it took him a moment before he finally realized that his own team was still standing rather far back, refusing to come any closer to their returned companions. Misfire himself looked grim, his optics never leaving the stand down between the other two flyers who were still glaring at one another. “Watch yourself,” Misfire warned softly, stunning Hook with his sudden seriousness. “This could go either way.”
“What?” Hook frowned as he looked back at the two scowling seekers. It took him a moment to realize what Misfire was warning him about and he agreed completely in the seeker’s assessment. This could either blow up or blow out depending on how Starscream reacted to Thundercracker’s apparent defiance. Hook was instantly going over what few medical supplies he had in case things went south.
The other Constructicon’s weren’t idle either in the face of what could end up a full on fire fight. Scavenger had quickly stepped in front of Scrapper while Mixmaster and Longhaul were slowly taking steps back away from the seething seekers. Runamuck and Runabout however were staring at the group before them in complete bafflement, looking just as lost as Hook himself felt. The two chargers glanced at him but Hook could only shrug in response. He glanced back at Misfire questioningly but before the mech could even open his mouth, Thundercracker was speaking once more, his voice full of anger and scorn.
“You said he was dead!” Thundercracker shouted, his optics never leaving their supposed “leader” who now wore a look of indifference. “Just what else have you lied about?”
Starscream frowned but for whatever reasons, and much to the other Decepticon’s relief, he simply began going over the dents and scratches in his arm plating and answered with surprising apathy. “I didn’t lie,” he announced with a small lift of one shoulder as if discussing the rather horrid weather on this planet. “Like I said before as far as I knew, he was dead. Clearly,” and the red optics darkened with anger as he spoke. “He decided to live a traitor rather than die like a true Decepticon warrior.”
“Wait, what?” Scrapper pushed his larger mate aside in order to get a complete view of the stare down between the two seekers despite the fact that Scavenger was still hell bent on protecting his partner and tried to push him back again. “Who was supposed to be dead?” Scrapper continued, shrugging off Scavenger’s arm. “What traitor?”
“Indeed,” Hook drawled as he looked from the still snarling Thundercracker to the now completely uncaring Starscream. “Obviously you’re not speaking of Megatron or you wouldn’t have bothered coming back.”
This last part was directed solely at Starscream and the seeker lieutenant risked a small glared at the other mech before his attention went quickly back to the seething Thundercracker as the blue mech was speaking again. “You said that the Autobots were the one’s who killed him,” Thundercracker continued, his optics darkening as he glared at the other mech. “Why would they nearly kill him only to then accept him into their ranks?”
Hook looked over at Misfire surprised as the pieces started to fit together. “There was a ‘Con with the Autobots?” he asked the flyer as it was clear he wasn’t about to get any answers from either of the other seekers. “Who was it?”
“Barricade,” the other mech said solemnly. “It seems he’s still alive. We saw him with the Autobots when we went up to the Arctic.”
“Barricade?” Longhaul gasped stunned as he looked over at Starscream for confirmation. “How is that possible?”
Starscream just glared at the truck mimic while the others were looking at one another in surprise. “I guess Groundhog and the other’s were right.” Mixmaster stated aloud absently with a shrug as he thought about it. “He is still alive.”
“You have to admit, they certainly were convinced that he wasn’t dead,” Scavenger added, his left hand still firmly clamped on Scrapper’s shoulder much to the smaller ‘Con’s dismay.
“But what in the world is he doing with the Autobots?” Scrapper frowned, trying his best to get out from under his mates grip.
“Along with Soundwave!” Thundercracker shouted angrily, still glaring at red and white mech.
“WHAT?” every other ‘Con there shouted, staring at Starscream in complete and utter astonishment. Scavenger was so surprised that he finally released his grasp on Scrapper. Scrapper however was too stunned to move away.
“Soundwave was with them?” Scrapper asked dazedly, his logic circuit almost threatening a meltdown with the surprising information.
Runamuck frowned as he took in the information. “I’d wondered where he and his team had gone,” he muttered, his partner nodding in agreement.
“But why in the world would he be with Autobots?” Mixmaster growled angrily. “Soundwave would never betray Megatron or his cause.”
“Don’t you get it?” Starscream snapped at him, surprising the mechs with his heated disdain. “Even you can’t be that stupid.”
“Then explain that to us,” Thundercracker shouted, ignoring everyone else as he kept his focus on Starscream. “What the slag happened here on this planet that would mean both Barricade and Soundwave would join the Autobots?”
Starscream frowned at him before he finally shrugged and went back to his self-study. “No idea.”
“As the humans say, ‘bullshit’,” Thundercracker growled, his optics darkening even more. Starscream glared at him but Thundercracker wasn’t intimidated. “What else haven’t you told us?”
Starscream’s optics darkened and this time it was Hook who reached over and snagged Skywarp, using his own brute strength to pull him away from his mate and out of the line of any incoming fire. “Damn it Thunder, what does it matter?” Skywarp snapped trying to shake off Hook’s arm.
Thundercracker’s optics darkened as he glared at Starscream. “I want to know what they know that would send them to work alongside our enemies,” he snarled.
“They are weak!” Starscream snapped, his own temper finally getting the better of him. “Barricade didn’t even bother to show up at the final battle when Megatron was defeated, explain that to me!” Starscream shook his head. “He was not worthy of being of our rank. He chose to cast aside being a Decepticon and join them!”
Thundercracker just continued to stare at the other mech. “And Soundwave?” he asked after a long moment.
“Was never anything without Megatron’s say-so, remember?” Starscream drawled, his temper flaring out like an extinguished candle. “A true Decepticon would never join them despite whatever has happened.”
Thundercracker shook his head, still glaring at the other seeker. “There is something more to what happened during that battle that you’re not telling us.”
Skywarp looked over at his mate puzzled as Hook glanced over at Starscream sharply to see his reaction to the accusation. Starscream’s scowl got deeper but other than that, there was no outwards reaction to the barb. Skywarp just continued looking at his mate in puzzlement. “What are you talking about?” he asked completely baffled, unsure where Thundercracker was going with his thought process.
Hook looked over at the still growling mech. “Thundercracker,” he began slowly. “What in the world are you talking about?”
“Yeah, you’ve lost us man,” Runabout told him from the sidelines, the group still refusing to get any closer to the glaring mechs.
Thundercracker spared a glance over at the group before he quickly looked back at Starscream. “Why did you have us focus our attack on Barricade and Soundwave instead of all the Autobots?” he began slowly, his gaze never wavering as he continued to stare Starscream straight on. “Better question, who in the matrix were you aiming for?”
“What?” Hook looked at him completely confused before he glanced back at Starscream. “I would only assume that it was Optimus Prime.”
“But he didn’t go after Optimus,” Skywarp said with a small frown. “In fact, he said the Autobots were to be secondary targets.”
“Secondary?” Mixmaster gasped stunned as he shot Starscream a look. “Since when are the Autobots secondary targets?”
“Since there was something up there in the Arctic that required Starscream’s complete attention,” Thundercracker drawled, shooting a quick glance at the other mechs still trying their best to understand what was truly being said. “Care to explain to the others?”
“Wait, what in the world is going on,” Scavenger demanded, reaching out and pulling Scrapper back a few more steps away from the growling mechs. “Who was Starscream focusing on?”
“The human,” Starscream snapped infuriated. “The human that stole the All Spark and shoved it into Megatron’s own spark killing him! He was up there in the Arctic with them!”
“What?” The other ‘Cons gasped, staring at Starscream in horror.
“That was how Megatron died?” Scrapper gasped leaning back until he was fully supported by Scavenger who reached out and steadied the smaller mech without thinking. “You just said that the All Spark was the tool that was used against him! You didn’t tell us that!”
Scavenger himself was looking at Starscream in shock, disbelief and just a tiny bit of skepticism. “You chose against going after the supposed ‘traitors’ and the Autobots in order to seek revenge on the Earthling who killed Megatron?”
“Indeed,” Hook mused as he looked over at their current ‘leader’. “Even I find it hard to believe that you were feeling obligated to avenge him.”
“Don’t be a fool,” Starscream snapped angrily shooting both Scavenger and Hook a glare before returning his gaze to Thundercracker. “Megatron was felled by a human. Clearly his years as their frozen pet dulled his senses.”
“Frozen pet?” Thundercracker repeated with a frown.
“Oh, didn’t I tell you?” Starscream drawled, a small smirk to his features. “He managed to fall in the frozen water of the Arctic when he first landed here on this pathetic planet and managed to short out his circuits.” The group just continued to stare at him in complete shock as he scoffed and leaned back against the quarry wall. “Stupid idiot.”
“So why in the world did you go after the human?” Misfire asked quietly.
Starscream shot the other red jet a dark look before he scowled, looking past the other ‘Cons at nothing in particular. “The All Spark,” he growled. “That human destroyed the All Spark and with it us. US!” Everyone just stared at Starscream, as the mech seemed too almost be speaking to himself now rather than his companions. “Us, who should be the rulers of not only Cybertron but the entire universe! With the All Spark’s power, we could have gotten out from under those Autobots ruling oppression and we would have been free!”
“Oh Primus, he’s lost it,” Mixmaster muttered as the seeker began pacing, turning sharply around to retrace his steps and back again.
“The human single handedly not only destroyed Megatron but our future as well,” Starscream continued. “They’re a vile race and they need to be pounded out into nothingness.”
“Definitely lost it,” Longhaul nodded.
“Don’t you understand?” Starscream bellowed as he whirled around to face the group, startling the mechs as they were suddenly in his focus. “These humans are a pestilence! They need to be eradicated before they spread their infestation to the rest of the universe!”
“Yeah, he’s lost it all right,” Hook muttered to himself under his breath. Misfire glanced over at him with a small, sad frown but Starscream was shaking his head as he whirled around and began to march away.
“You’ll see,” he said over his shoulder. “You’ll all see! These Earthlings will be the end of us all!” Hook and the others braced themselves as Starscream suddenly leapt into the air and transformed before he blasted away from them.
There was stunned silence within the quarry for some time even after the vapor trail from the red jet had long since disappeared. Skywarp quickly moved back to Thundercracker’s side as Hook followed at a slower pace. “Care to explain?” the medic asked with a small tilt of his head.
Thundercracker frowned even as he draped one arm over Skywarp’s shoulder and pulled him closer to his side. “There’s something not right with all this,” Thundercracker told the other mech with a disgruntled frown.
“Since when is anything right whenever Starscream is concerned?” Scavenger asked with a small growl as he looked off in the direction the mech had gone.
“I think something else happened,” Thundercracker continued as he looked over at the others now finally coming closer to crowd around him. “Starscream has never had any respect for Megatron. In fact, the number of times he tired to overthrow him only proves his animosity towards our once High Lord Protector.”
“Definitely no love loss there,” Runabout nodded and the others chuckled in agreement.
“No, that’s what I’m saying,” Thundercracker said, quelling the small laughter. “Starscream has always hated Megatron. The only thing that was ever stronger than that hatred was his hatred for the Autobots.”
“What are you trying to say?” Hook asked with a frown.
Thundercracker looked over at Hook, a look of pure worry on his features as his arm tightened around his partner. “He’s gotten worse.”
“Worse?” Longhaul repeated puzzled.
“Think about it,” Thundercracker told him. “Starscream has always hated the Autobots almost to the point of obsession. All he ever spoke of was of their destruction.”
“True,” Hook nodded as he thought about it. “He always was determined to see them completely demolished though why was anyone’s guess.”
Skywarp looked down as Thundercracker pulled him even closer to his body. “Exactly,” Thundercracker agreed. “That obsession isn’t easily let go of. Therefore, for him to completely ignore their presences when we engaged them up north, it just doesn’t make sense. What exactly did this human do? Just killing Megatron doesn’t explain his pure hatred for them.”
“Nor does the fact that they destroyed the All Spark,” Hook nodded, slowly understanding what Thundercracker was getting at.
“Starscream is getting worse,” Scavenger nodded.
“So what do we do about it?” Scrapper asked quietly.
There was a long silence as the ‘Cons looked at one another. It was Hook who finally sighed. “What can we do?” he asked after a moment. “For the moment, we can only keep watch on him.”
“I’ll tell you this though,” Thundercracker snarled. “If we see Barricade, we’ll get the whole story on what happened that day that Megatron died and what exactly the human did.”
Mixmaster let out a small laugh. “Perhaps he’s just angered that a human managed to do something that he’s been trying to do since the first battle at Tyger Pax.”
“Possibly,” Hook snickered.
“Now come on guys,” Scrapper frowned. “Megatron was our leader.”
“Some leader considering he was gone for more than half the war,” Runabout scoffed.
“Looking for the All Spark,” Scrapper reprimanded them. “Remember?”
“Does it matter anymore?” Skywarp suddenly snapped, shocking everyone there with his sudden angry outburst. He glared at them as he took a small step away from Thundercracker. “What does it matter now?” Skywarp continued as he pulled away from Thundercracker. “Megatron is dead now so he can’t really explain himself now, can he?”
“True,” Hook agreed somberly, all laughter gone as he turned back to the others. “So what have we decided about Starscream?”
“I didn’t know we were deciding anything,” Mixmaster frowned.
“It’s clear that time on this planet has gone to his central processor,” Thundercracker announced with a nod. “So the question is, do we keep following him or defect?”
“Oh honestly,” Skywarp huffed as he looked around at the group. “Look, following Starscream’s lead or not what does it matter? We just have to stick it out until we hear from Shockwave. Technically with Megatron dead, he’s next in charge.”
The other mechs just stared at him in complete surprise. “He’s right you know,” Hook said slowly. “Shockwave is the next true Decepticon leader now that Megatron is dead.”
“So what? We just hang out here until Shockwave finally arrives?” Runabout asked with a shake of the head. He glanced over at his partner. “Will we last that long?”
“I’m serious,” Skywarp glared at them. “This is the best place to wait until we meet up with Shockwave and his own team.”
“That’s if they’re still alive,” Scavenger drawled. “What do we do if he’s not?”
“Simple,” Hook shrugged. “Then we mutiny. We’ve lasted this long with Starscream.”
“That was before we ran into the Autobots,” Thundercracker told him. “Perhaps it is time we started working on our own.”
“And do what?” Skywarp demanded. “We’re on an alien planet we know nothing about! Who knows what these natives can do to us. Starscream, at least, knows how to avoid them!”
“And stay here with an unstable mech? A crazed, armed mech at that?” Mixmaster growled.
“We can’t just leave him to go insane!” Skywarp protested frantically.
“Exactly what do you know about it?” Thundercracker huffed as he stared down at his mate. “What do any of us really know about him?” Skywarp pressed his jaw tightly closed and glared at the blue seeker while the other mechs looked at one another surprised at this statement. What did they know about Starscream?
Hook let out a sigh as he leaned back against the quarry wall. “Okay, how about this,” he began slowly. “For now we’ll stay with Starscream. Skywarp is right in saying we know nothing about this planet. Starscream at least has been here a while. For now we’ll follow his lead.”
“What?” Thundercracker growled whirling around to stare at the Constructicon.
“Meanwhile,” Hook raised his voice to speak over the angered seeker. “Meanwhile, I’ll keep watch on him. Make sure he doesn’t deteriorate any further. If I do see anything beyond this new paranoia, I’ll say something and then we’ll decide whether or not we stay here and wait for Shockwave or try to find him ourselves.”
“What about Barricade and Soundwave?” Misfire spoke up for the first time in a while, starling Hook as he had forgotten about the forth jet mimic. “Do we get in contact with them?”
Thundercracker frowned. “They’re with the Autobots,” he growled. “Clearly they’ve made their choice.”
“But why would Soundwave leave without even telling us?” Longhaul asked curiously. “He could have at least explained why he was joining them.”
“Clearly, we don’t have the whole story,” Scrapper frowned.
“Well obviously,” Runamuck drawled.
Scavenger glared at the smaller battle charger but Scrapper shrugged. “I’m just saying.”
“Clearly there’s still a lot we know nothing about,” Hook said with a tired sigh. “And we can’t make a clear decision until we have those facts.”
“So what? You want us to go find Barricade and Soundwave and get the whole story? They’re with the Autobots! I doubt they’ll just let us waltz into their headquarters and have a nice old chat with our former teammates,” Thundercracker growled. “The slaggers.”
Hook shook his head in frustration as Skywarp whapped his mate on the arm. “Honestly,” the purple mech huffed.
“What?” Thundercracker frowned.
“Shhh!”
Everyone jumped at the sudden hiss as Misfire snagged Skywarp’s arm once again. “What is it?” Skywarp asked curiously as he looked at the now very quiet mech.
Misfire looked around the quarry as if searching for something. “Does anyone else hear that?” he asked slowly. The mechs all went quiet as they raised their audio receiver’s volume and listened. Misfire’s optics brightened as he instantly recognized the sounds. “Slag!” he yelped as he whirled around. “Hide! It’s humans!”
“Are you sure they haven’t noticed we’re gone?” a young boy no older than eleven asked his companion as they slipped through the woods.
“Of course not,” the other boy huffed as he waved his flashlight around. “They’re still singing camp songs, the bums.”
The first boy rolled his eyes as he pulled his brown cub scouts coat closer around his frame. “How much further?” he whined.
“It’s just ahead,” the other boy hissed back. “They said that no one’s been there in months! There’s bound to be some really cool equipment that we can mess around with!”
“Like what?” the boy scoffed when they were suddenly free of the trees and found themselves standing above a rather large hole.
The second boy grinned as he saw the different construction equipment scattered about. “Like that,” he replied triumphantly before he began running towards the small road that lead down into the quarry, his companion scrambling to catch up to him.
“Wow!” Eyes widened as he stared at the different machinery when they reached the bottom. “I want to drive with the big one!”
“Fine, I want the truck!” the other one laughed as he headed towards the large dump truck. His friend headed right for the large digger when the second boy called out in alarm. “Oh wow! You won’t believe this!” he shouted.
“What? What is it?” he huffed, turning away from the truck and began heading back to where his friend was standing staring at something in shock. “Wow!” he gasped as he finally saw what it was that had his friend so enraptured. “What are jets doing here?”
“Who cares?” his friend laughed. “This is so awesome!”
“Let’s take them for a spin!”
“Do we even know how to fly them?”
“Can’t be any harder than driving a car.”
The smaller boy grinned. “Right. I want the one on the left!”
Almost as soon as he spoke the blue jet that he had indicated suddenly roared to life, engines whirling as the two beside him followed suit. The two boy’s eyes widened in surprise as there was a deafening roar behind them, almost inaudible over the jet’s whirling engines. Looking behind him, the first boy was stunned to see that the assorted construction equipment had suddenly come to life, engines revving and lights on and shining right on them.
“Ricky,” he said slowly, his eyes widening in shock. “There are no drivers!”
“What?” The other boy gasped as he stared at the vehicles in surprise. “Oh shit! No wonder this place is deserted! It’s HAUNTED!”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Thundercracker winced as he watched the two humans run screaming away from their small non-existent base. After the shrieks slowly faded, he quickly shifted and looked over at the mech just shifting out of his own alt mode. “What was that about this place being secure?”
Hook could only shrug as Skywarp shook his head and headed towards the smaller dug out. “Whatever, I’m going into recharge. We can fight in the morning.”
“So wait,” Runabout suddenly spoke, stopping everyone from dispersing to wherever. “Does this mean no Energon?”
The other mechs quickly turned back to the three seekers still left, all waiting for the answer. Thundercracker just scowled. “Ask his ‘lordship’ when he returns,” he huffed as he caught Skywarp’s arm and hauled him towards the one dugout. All optics then turned to stare at the last seeker still standing in the quarry.
Misfire could only shrug. “Perhaps the Autobots would be willing to share?”
The other mechs could only stare at him in complete disbelief.
-To Be Continued
Author’s Note: O.O! -Zips away-
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