Under Fire

An Upsetting Reveal

The next day they went out to look for the killer since everyone was now rest and fully healed. And they knew no one on Cybertron was safe till the killer was behind bars.

Starscream was looking around when a servo was suddenly clamped over his mouth and he was yanked into an alley he saw that the bot was wearing a cloak and started panicking.

Then the bot removed the cloak. And it turned out it was just Smokescreen pulling a prank on him. And Battlecry and Knock Out jumped out having both been in on it too. Those two had been becoming close friends.

Starscream pouted at first but he couldn't help laughing when he thought of how well Battlecry and Sky Warp would have gotten alone once he learned the prank had been her idea.

Then they decided to be serious and look for the killer and Pharma who was also still at large.

They split up to cover more ground. And Starscream was walking when he heard a scream and noticed Arcee being attacked by the killer but thought it was another prank.

So rushed over and attacked the killer thinking he'd get back at them by giving them a beat down.

"I'll teach you a lesson!" Starscream yelled as he punching the bot.

"Starscream what are you doing he'll kill you?!" Cried Arcee.

Starscream spotted Smokescreen run over. And figured it must be Knock Out this time since he could tell it wasn't a femme.

"No I'm gonna peal his paint!" Starscream yelled knowing that would scar Knock Out. But the bot fighting him didn't react to it.

"What's going on over here?" Asked Battlecry who walked over there with none other then Knock Out beside her.

Starscream saw this and his optics widened.

"This wasn't another prank?" He asked and everyone shook their helms. "Oh." "Ahhh!" He screamed as he shoved the bot away and took off then jumped and hid behind the others as the killer took off in another direction knowing they were out numbered.

They went after the killer but they had already escaped. Then Megatron and Optimus got there with Bumblebee and Arachnid.

"What happened?" Asked Megatron.

"We played a prank on Starscream and it got out of hand." Smokescreen explained.

"You think?!" Asked Starscream. "I just fought the killer."

"Yeah and he was actually winning until he figured out it wasn't Knock Out." Battlecry added. "And the situation was for real then he panicked."

Megatron couldn't help but chuckle after hearing what happened. And even Starscream found it funny once the shock went away.

"Sorry about that Screamer we didn't think you'd try to fight the killer." Knock Out told him.

"Apology accepted." Starscream told them. "But I do want to take down the killer to get justice for Metalhawk and Sky Fire." "Just with a little more back up."

Then they saw the killer again after hearing a bang and went to where they were leaning against a wall in the alley. And couldn't figure out why the killer wasn't moving or trying to attack them.

When Starscream went over and tapped them on the shoulder and they fell to the ground.

"Guess you caused more damage then we thought?" Said Knock Out.

Then Megatron pulled the cloak off and they saw that it was Pharma who was dead and looked and saw that he'd been shot in the spark chamber which had killed him instantly. They also spotted another bot in a cloak that ran off before they could catch them.