Terrible Susie

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I didn’t write this fanfic to fit into any specific area of the canon storyline. It’s just a random fanfic I wrote for the fun of it because the plot wouldn’t leave my mind. I’ve tried fitting it into the canon storyline, but there’s really nowhere it can go. So just consider this a fun fic similar to the TFA bonus shorts. =P

Transformers Animated and all related characters © Hasbro

Fanfic and plot © by me (please do not take, use, or edit without my permission)

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Starscream peered down at the Autobots below him from the top of a nearby building. A sly smile creased his lips as he basked in the pleasure of knowing he would soon destroy them. He could almost taste it. Normally he could care less what the Autobots did. As long as they tried putting an end to Megatron he was perfectly content to leave them alone, but this time they had succeeded in getting on his last nerve. It was their own fault that they had picked a fight with him.

Unable to hold in his excitement any longer, Starscream sprang from the building's edge and took a dive towards Optimus Prime and the rest of his group. He could see Optimus getting closer and closer as he tore through the air at breathtaking speed. He readied his null rays. It was almost too easy. The fact that Optimus was just standing there added to the easiness of it. For an Autobot leader, he was sure dumb.

Starscream was moments away from having sweet victory. Then there was the bright flash of light that nearly blinded him and threw him off course. He staggered in mid-air, desperate to stay hovering.

"What the—!?!" He shrieked, shielding his optics. The light lasted for a few seconds then it was gone. Starscream looked around him for the source of the light. He caught sight of a red, green, and brown Autobot wearing a pair of yellow glasses and packing some sort of weird looking gun. Not thinking much of it, Starscream gazed down below him and saw Optimus smiling. Bumblebee and Bulkhead rolled with laughter beside him. What was so funny? Grumbling, he flew downward and landed a few feet in front of the Autobot clan. Immediately he noticed that something didn't seem right. The Autobots looked bigger than he remembered.

Or…

Starscream looked down at himself and gasped.

"W-what have you done to me?!?!?" He said as he looked at his tiny form. He stopped short. "Was that my voice?!?"

Bumblebee laughed harder. Starscream winced at the deafening booming the young Autobot’s voice made around him and quickly covered his audios. He peeked open his optics and looked at himself again and then turned to look up at the Autobots, still too shocked to think about attacking. Optimus and Perceptor gazed down at Starscream in amusement.

"Looks like that shrink gun works well, Perceptor." said Optimus, crossing his arms over his chest. "I would say Starscream is close to being—what?—sixteen or seventeen inches tall? Give or take."

Perceptor smiled and nodded, adjusting his glasses and shifting the weight of his gun. "It still needs perfecting. But I must say that I am enjoying the results so far."

With mouth gaping open, Starscream, again, turned bulging optics down at his body before allowing them to wander up at the surrounding buildings. Suddenly the world seemed way too large and tall to the seeker. The only thing that didn’t feel threatening was the nearby car that was parked next to the sidewalk. But even that seemed uncomfortably tall in a way.