The Sound Of A Thousand Screams

[5] Slip Up

Chapter 5
{The Emperor And The Prince}
Slip Up
[Back to the Past]
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Starscream grunted once he hit the ground, he opened his optics wide at his sire who was standing in the middle of the staircase.
The staircase leading towards their castle, their home.

"Don't ever come back..."
MetalWing said in his dark voice.
"Until you learn your lesson, You're not to come to Vos ever again."

Starscream scrambled back onto his knees.
"W-Wait, Sire please-I"

MetalWing slapped a servo across Starscream's faceplates.
"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"

Starscream held his dented faceplates and winced in pain.
Starscream stood back up and starting walking away until he heard a pair of very familiar voices behind him.

Starscream turned back and saw his young brothers running down the steps, followed by his cousin.
They huddled behind MetalWing and started pleading him to bring Starscream back.

"If you love him so badly, THAN JOIN HIM"

Starscream watched in horror as he saw his sire pick up Thundercracker and throw him towards the end of the staircase.
Starscream ran and caught Thundercracker before he could hit his helm against the pavement.

Starscream looked back at his sire in hate as SlipStream and Skywarp ran down to hug Starscream at his sides.

MetalWing walked back up the stairs, not even casting one glance back at them.

Now what?
Starscream was kicked out of his own home only cause he wanted all bots to be equal and he had to take care of his two younger brothers and cousin.

Starscream silently took Thundercracker and Skywarp in one arm, holding SlipStream's servo while walking towards his ship.

They had to go somewhere.
Anywhere but here.
If they stayed here in Vos, MetalWing would have them offline.

Starscream placed Skywarp and Thundercracker gently on one seat,
Making sure that they're buckled up.

Starscream looked over his shoulder at SlipStream, she already buckled herself up.

SlipStream was just a few thousand years older than the twins, poor femme...She went through a lot back then.

Starscream sighed and went back to the controls, Sitting down and flying the ship away from Vos.

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Starscream couldn't fly anywhere else, he was running low on fuel.

He had to land in Kaon.
Starscream tried finding a way to make a few Shanix but the only way he could make them was becoming a bounty hunter.

Starscream didn't like the idea but it was quick and better than becoming a pleasure drone.

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It was a normal day when Starscream entered their broken-down hut hidden behind broken ruins.

"I'm home"
Starscream called out but only heard sobbing in the other room.
Starscream walked towards the berthroom and notice that there were glass and rumble everywhere, Starscream hurried his pace.