From Teens to Sparklings

Chapter 21 Memories and Plans made by snakes...

Jack stretched his wings out, letting his tail swing as he was carried around. SparkStarter had told him that the place he was in was called a 'house', and that it was where most humans lived. She also told him that the human, called "June", had named him Glaucus. He couldn't understand why, he already had a name!

Jack... wasn't too sure how he felt about June. Every time he looked at her, he felt like he was forgetting something important. It made his tummy churn with discomfort and frustration. Sure, the human was very kind to him, but what did that matter to him if he couldn't even look her in the eyes?

After a moment, June placed him on the ground. The floor was a soft, fuzzy texture, and was pleasant to walk on. She told him to wander around if he liked, and that she would be back in a moment, before shutting and locking something called a 'gate'. Jack wandered the small area for a few moments, knocking over some blocks and shaking some pillows around, before something on a dresser caught his gaze. Dragging a rather large pillow over, Jack climbed on top and picked up the object. It was a picture, of June and...

Jack froze, his optics flickering as memories flooded back to him. His mother, his friends, himself, the cave, the liquid, all the events up until him passing out. He let the photo slip out of his paws, clattering against the oak wood of the dresser. He panted hard, his mind shattered and broken. Finally, he did the only thing he could think to do.

He screamed

Starscream circled the human residence, deciding how best to go about this. On one servo, he could just light the place up, but that could get him caught. On the other servo...

He could enlist some help.

If humans were good at one thing, it was killing each other. And he had found the perfect human for the job. The male was ruthless, uncaring, selfish and cruel, just like him. When he had hacked into MECH, it had been this human who had suggested adding tight restraints to the Sparkling they had captured. After it escaped, Starscream had approached the man when he was alone, and had struck a deal. Starscream would find the missing Sparkling, and he would extract it. Then they could proceed with the plan. Smirking internally, he opened his commlink.

"Agent Dolos? I've found our little friend, and I think you might be quite familiar with the location."