The Sound Of A Thousand Screams

18 Enemies And Companions

Chapter 18
{A List Of Victims}
Enemies And Companions
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"What...?"

Starscream huffed,
"I said-"

SlipStream grabbed Starscream's shoulder blades and pushed him away,
"He said!"
She said in a panicked voice but trying not to sound like it.
"That he'll need a few moments with his trine and maybe with the medic!"
The last part was hissed, venomously at Starscream.

"There's nothing wrong-"

"HA! YOU'RE SO OUT OF IT TODAY, STAR!HA"
SlipStream interrupted Starscream by laughing loud and obnoxiously while trying to shove him away from the two Autobots.
She pushed him away from the rest of the team, shaking his shoulder blades as if he said something insane, which wasn't one hundred percent wrong...
"What in the pit is wrong with you?!"
She growled, baring her sharp denta at him.

Starscream shrugged,
"Many things?"
He looked back at the others.
"You haven't been with me all this time to see what has changed"

"That's no excuse-!"

" 'No excuse' my aft!"
Starscream cut her off.
"You have no idea what I've been through! I had to suffer alone and I still do! You might have lost your sigma abilities but that's nothing compared to what burden I had to carry for so long!"

SlipStream stared at him for a moment, reaching out her servo to him.
"Star..."

Before she could even lay a servo on his shoulder blades, Starscream slapped it off.
"I don't need this right now..."
He muttered as he walked back to the two Autobots.
"So, Do we have a truce?"

Arcee stared at Starscream for a moment, observing his facial expression in case he was plotting something but she had found nothing, with a heavy sigh she nodded.
"Fine...But only to find Arachnid...After this, we're enemies"

Starscream gave a satisfied nod.
"Enemies and companions"

Thundercracker and Skywarp appeared next to them, kneeling down to untie the ropes.

Smokescreen stared at the two Seeker before looking back at Starscream.
"Did you always have different colored clones??"

Primus, this will be a long cycle.

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They had to travel by taking flight for safety.

That meant, Thundercracker and SlipStream had to use their alt-modes to fly, using their thrusters.

That meant, Thundercracker and SlipStream had to carry Smokescreen and Arcee in the sky.

Skywarp was flying in his alt-mode too even though he didn't need to, he said; "Just in case you drop them!"

If they didn't have this truce, they would've dropped the two 'Bots and killed them easily.

But they didn't, given Starscream's orders.

The one Thundercracker was carrying, by the forearms and letting him dangle dangerously, was Smokescreen.
SlipStream was carrying Arcee bridal style, the two exchanged designations in the middle of the flight and so did Thundercracker and Smokescreen, they both exchanged designations and hadn't spoken for a moment after.

Just for a moment.

Thundercracker's optic twitched in frustration as Smokescreen rambled on with whatever Scrap he was so interested in talking about.