Starscream, the rightful leader of the Decepticons. A mech of science just like his current partner, Shockwave. His only ally in the team who is a Decepticon like him. There is of course Swindle, but the combaticon was more of an arms dealer than a 'Con. So this just leaves the seeker with only Shockwave. And as of right now in the makeshift lab of their base of operations, the two scientists were working on a little project.
"Will this work?" Shockwave asked as he scanned over a blueprint made by yours truly, Starscream.
"Of course it will!" Starscream said with pride in his voice. "I have done the numbers and rid of any flaws in the design! All we have to do now is to create a power source strong enough to keep it running."
"Seeing as it is quite small, we can have a simple generator with energon as a fuel source. That way it can charge with your spark. We have the materials to do so."
Before Starscream could speak, an explosion rang through the lab. Both Decepticons jumped into action as quickly as possible. Shockwave ran towards a monitor and activated it with a push of a button. The screen then displayed a live video feed of the airfield and other spots that covered their surroundings.
Smokescreen entered the lab soon after. "We're under attack!" He said as he rushed over to their side.
"Curses! The humans have found us," Starscream dreaded this day, he knew it was about to happen sooner or later. "Shockwave, activate the sentries!"
"Sentries are online," Shockwave said just a second after. "Huh!?"
If Starscream had skin, he would've paled right now. "What is wrong?"
"The sentries are not detecting any threats!"
"Impossible!" Starscream exclaimed. "Scan for any biological lifeforms! We are not looking for Cybertronians, humans are the threat to our lives!"
Shockwave wastes no time, he punches in the commands and sets the sensors to detect any signs of humans. And to his surprise, there were only six. Even Starscream was caught off guard, he expected more to come after him and everyone else. But this was good, with only six, then he could easily take the humans on.
"Humans, six in total." Shockwave would have scowled if he had a face. "But the sentries cannot engage, something must be making them ineffective."
Starscream roared in frustration. "Forget this! There's three of us, we can just eliminate the humans the old-fashioned way!" He said as he brought out his null ray.
"Easy Starscream, we want them gone, not dead." Smokescreen told him. "Non-lethal, remember."
"Fine, we do it the Autobot way." The seeker huffed.
This would be difficult, it will be easier to just do away with any human military, then their problems would be solved. But nope, the Autobots just had to have a soft spot for organic life, it sickened Starscream. Always had, always will.
Both Starscream and Smokescreen prepared themselves just by the entrance, they gave each other a nod before counting down. Three, two, and one. The two bots burst through the entrance ready for a brawl, but just as they took a step outside, a missile flew past between them and landed square on Shockwave's back. He yelped as he was propelled into his computer. Other than being covered in ash, the scientist was fine, he was a tank in more ways than his alt form.
More missiles burst into the scene, yet something was not right. Their journey towards the end was meaningless, they serve no other purpose but to create chaos and destruction. Landing on Shockwave was merely a fluke, the rest was just a series of failures one after another. Didn't make any sense if they were being attacked by Earth's military.
Their confusion would soon be cleared as Swindle barreled through the treeline in his alt mode, and a pink human teenager in the gunner's seat revealed to all that it was her who was blindly shooting rockets. And she hasn't stopped yet.
"Woo!" The cotton-headed girl cheered as she unleashed another barrage of rockets. This time they were dangerously close to Starscream and Smokescreen.
One rocket nearly hit the tip of Starscream's wing, he was just happy that it missed and instead blew up the upper part of the hangar. Swindle had a lot of explaining to do, and Starscream was very "eager" to hear his reasoning. Because of him, the sentries could not engage the humans.
"Swindle!" Starscream roared as he stomped his way towards the merchant.
The girl manning the cannon stared with wide eyes, then she adopted a sheepish look as she giggled with guilt. "Oops." She said as she sunk into the vehicle.
"Starscream!" Swindle greeted cheerfully. But before he could get another word in, Rainbow Dash leaped out of Swindle with an aura of rage that was hot enough to burn steel.
Instead of being surprised or anything Dash expected, Starscream only stared at her with a blank look, as if he had expected this to happen. But that didn't deter Dash, she was here to have a word with his lordship and God as her witness, she'll speak with this titan.
"Starscream!" Dash called out with bravado, she showed not a single ounce of fear.
"You..." He replied dejectedly. "Ugh, I am actually impressed that you came to see me despite the fact that I can crush you like the insect you are."
"Can it tin can!" Dash snarled.
"Swindle, explain to me why you would allow organics to use you like earth transportation?"
Swindle pushed the remaining humans out and transformed into his bot form to properly speak with Starscream. But it would seem that Dash was determined to put Starscream in his place.
"Hey, don't you ignore me!" Dash demanded Starscream's full attention. "You and I have unfinished business."
"Pitiful," The seeker chuckled smugly. "you cannot face me alone so you brought your little friends. I expected nothing more from a mon'keigh such as you."
"What did you call me!?"
"Mon'keigh," Shockwave started as he exited the hangar with his only hand dusting the ashes off his exterior. "a race that lived before your star system even existed, the species who wiped out the mon'keigh uses the name as an insult to those who are inferior. Like the human race."
"Now that's just uncalled for!" Applejack said, clearly offended. Well of course she was, they were being insulted by an advanced alien race which was just plain rude.
Ignoring the human girl, Starscream faced Swindle with a defeated look. "You have not yet explained to me why you brought these humans here."
"They said they were Arcee's friends, so I figured I could squeeze in some good guy points so she'll trust me more. I am a business mech, and making my customers happy is a top priority!"
"Your reason is laughable, but it is something I will accept. Smokescreen!" Starscream called for the Autobot. "I believe it would be best if you remove these humans off the premises or else I will do something I might regret. Might."
Smokescreen scowled. "I'm warning you 'Scream, don't do anything stupid."
But despite the obvious threat, Dash and her friends were unfazed. The country girl marched up towards Starscream determined to show that she means business. Shockwave watched with a curious eye, unsure why such a small creature would dare to stand against something far stronger than she is.
"What?" That was what Starscream said once Applejack stood just a few inches away. He arched his brow when the girl rested back a leg, but his face of confusion would shift into one of agony as Applejack kicked him right on his toes.
His howl of pain filled the forest, disturbing any birds around. Shockwave stared with disbelief and Smokescreen held back a laugh. Swindle on the other hand only smiled.
It was a sight that no one had ever seen before, Starscream being assaulted by a minuscule human girl. The idea would be hilarious to many, and a certain Decepticon tyrant would've relished the day Starscream suffered in the hand of Applejack. The tyrant in question would even reward her, even if she was organic.
"Why you!" Starscream lunged at Applejack only to be blocked by a large barrier. "Gah! What is this!?"
"Please dearie," Rarity sighed, she was the culprit behind the barrier that separated them and the seeker. "We are just small frail humans, and you are a very large machine. I believe it is best to just turn the other cheek, I advise it."
Starscream noticed the look in everyone's eyes, they were ready to take him on, especially Dash. But he had a trick in his sleeves, something that he is quite talented in.
"So it would be," He chuckled deeply. "Oh, poor, poor, Dash. You cannot defeat me alone, so you brought your friends to fight your battle. This only proves that you are nothing but a small rodent among wolves."
"He's trying to lure you in, don't fall for it," Twilight advised Dash, she saw through Starscream's words and knew exactly what he was planning.
"Right." Dash nodded.
Starscream scoffed. "From what I can tell, your friends are quite the humans, having powers and such. But I can tell that is where the difference begins. They have potential, but you only have your speed."
"No, I don't!" She argued.
"Dash, don't listen to him. We aren't here to fight, but to talk." Twilight reminded her.
"There are creatures quicker than you are, one day you will learn that in a very difficult way."
"Starscream," Shockwave was the one who stepped in. The seeker looked at Shockwave with surprise written all over his face.
Both Decepticons glared at each other, but only the smaller one backed off. "Ugh, fine." He said as he stormed off.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Dash demanded him to answer.
"Something I do better than you, mon'keigh, now if you all excuse me." In a blink of an eye, he shifted to his jet form and immediately zipped towards the sky. It wasn't long before he was just a dot in the vast blue canvas.
"Hey! Get back here!" Dash shouted after him. But to no avail, it was useless.
She honestly expected something out of this, but instead, Starscream ran away. They wasted time getting here, Dash wanted to settle the score with the seeker.
"Well," Rarity sighed. "We sure showed him."
"Ha! You're a coward, Starscream! A coward!" Dash directed her insult to the skies. "So much for the fearless Decepticon leader title!"
"Now this is just anti-climatic..." Applejack commented.
"Can you please stop trying to antagonize the jet with rockets?" Smokescreen pleaded to Dash.
Dash stared at him for a second, unsure what to actually say. She was so filled with hate for Starscream that she was not prepared to be kind. Of course, she barely knows any of the bots around them, she just knows that Smokescreen was the good guy while those who wore the purple badges were bad. Quite literally a black and white spectrum.
"Oh, uh... sure, I'll stop."
Smokescreen smiled warmly. "Oh thanks, I'm Smokescreen by the way."
"Rainbow Dash," She introduced herself. To which the rest followed her after.
"So, you're friends with Sunset Shimmer, and since you all know who and what we are... Welcome to the team!" He said joyfully. "You know, as an Autobot and member of team Prime, I have experience with human relationships!"
Music started to play from Smokescreen's speakers, a very upbeat tune filled the forest which surprised the girls.
"I can show you guys around if you like, we have been working on the base nonstop!"
"I am highly against that." Shockwave voiced his opinion.
"And big and scary over there is Shockwave, don't mind him, he's just a stick in the mud." Smokescreen said.
Shockwave stared down on Smokescreen, the Autobot knew that the 'Con was scowling at him. "The definition of 'stick in the mud' does not suit me, I accept change and see it as progress to a new age."
"Whatever you say," Smokescreen rolled his eyes. "Anyway! Let me show you guys Starscream's sleeping quarters, I bet we can find something juicy in there!"
"Count me in!" Swindle followed Smokescreen.
Twilight shrugged her shoulders. "Well, while we're here, we should learn more about these alien species."
"We got nothing better to do..." Applejack admitted.
"Oh wow!" The girls looked over to the hangar and found Pinkie inside with a look of awe. "There's a gigantic elevator here!" She informed the rest. "Is that a giant space gun!?"
"Wait!" Dash exclaimed.
Before Shockwave knew it, organic life forms were already invading their base of operations. He watched with disgust as the humans flocked towards Smokescreen who was eager to show them around. He wondered how the Decepticons even lost to these Autobots. If it weren't for the fact that he allied himself with them, Shockwave would've exterminated these creatures.
A click caught his attention and his head swiveled towards it. Most of the humans were already spreading their earth germs in the base, except for the one with glasses. She stayed behind to tinker with what looked to be a projector drone, something he and many others had used during the war. It was a larger scale version of their holograms used to fool the humans, for example: having a rider on the driver's seat and so on.
He watched with utter disappointment. She clearly had no idea what she was even doing, the tools she brought were too small for the job. Twilight needed a proper Cybertronian tool just to even open the drone. But much to his surprise, she had managed to do just that, now a panel was opened revealing the interior.
Shockwave scoffed as his eye followed her tiny little hands worked on the drone with no knowledge of its design. It was like watching a vehicon trying to work with a vending machine for the first time.
"If you wish to be incinerated, then proceed carelessly." He warned her before going back inside.
"Oh, thanks, I guess." She said shyly. She did not notice the malice in the tone of his voice. She merely saw it as concern, oh how ignorant she was to the Decepticon.
As Shockwave entered the hangar, he noticed that the monitor was blinking repeatedly. His fist tightened and a low growl escaped him.