1st Transmission

[heavyweaponsbot]

Where... where is this! What's going on! I will not tolerate this nonsense! There is a battle going on--

[Brief moment of stunned silence, and then, a roar that shakes the communications devices of all those listening]

Where... are... my cannons! Who touched them! Show yourself! Or I shall tear this place apart to find you! How dare you lay hands on me and my weapons! When I find you, I will not hesitate to--do not think I cannot destroy you without them! Answer me! Now!

Optimus' orders or no, when I find the responsible party, you will be reduced to your basic components before you can blink!

[Another pause, and then, quieter, but no less agitated]

Hmn. Oh, should... Autobots. Come in! Where are you! I have been taken from the field... What is Prime's status? Respond!

Comments

[heavyweaponsbot]

Then perhaps I should relieve you of them...

Enough that I want you nowhere near me, Decepticon.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

I would almost love to see you try, Autobot, if only to see how the crew dealt with your attempt.

Unsurprising, though strange. Your voice is unfamiliar to me, Autobot, so I dare not hazard a guess as to who you are.

[heavyweaponsbot]

I welcome their attempts! Perhaps then my cannons will be returned!

Ironhide. And do not forget it.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

I doubt that. I also suspect that they are much more dangerous than your average organics.

Ironhide? Your voice has certainly changed. [He pauses and hrms.] Out of curiosity... and I do so hope you'll humor me... what does Starscream turn into?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Why should I believe the word of a Decepticon! Hmn! If it means returning to my Prime, I shall take them all down!

... My voice has never been any different than it is now. [snort] A human fighter jet. What else?

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

Believe me or not, Autobot. Frankly, I am quite interested to see how the crew would handle you if you followed through.

Curious. [He's tempted to shift his modulator to use the voice of his Ironhide, but refrains. It wouldn't be conclusive enough.] Any specific model of fighter jet?

[heavyweaponsbot]

I do not do this for your interest, Decepticon.

[Just growls] He took the form of an F-22 Raptor, used by the United States armed forces.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

Of course not, but I would delight in recording data on the encounter nonetheless.

I had my suspicions. The Starscream you know is not the Starscream I knew.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Who is to say you would be allowed to view said data?

... there is only one Starscream.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

The fact that your ordeal would be recorded for posterity would likely be enough.

You are so certain of that?

[heavyweaponsbot]

How?

Yes. I am...

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

It would be a permanent record of your trouncing by humans.

Then what would have to say, if I told you that the Great War as I know it ended thousands of stellar cycles ago?

[heavyweaponsbot]

...

I would call you a lying, piece of scrap, Decepticon.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

How zealous of you, Ironhide.

Particularly since we've not met. Unless, of course, you are the Ironhide I went through Autobot Boot Camp with.

[heavyweaponsbot]

I am nothing if not set in my ways. Call it "zealotry" if you like.

[There's a twitch at that, which Shockwave probably can't see]

I have... never served with any Decepticons. [Liar] Nor will I.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

[He'd have been so very pleased to have gotten that reaction.]

Not knowingly served with them, perhaps.

[heavyweaponsbot]

No Autobot would ever betray Prime! Or the cause!

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

You are so confident when you say that. Have you forgotten that deception is in the Decepticon name?

[heavyweaponsbot]

... I will never forget that. I am not that old.

But they would never have survived this long. Do not flatter your traitorous kind.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

They would with a certain amount of intelligence and patience. Do not underestimate the resolve of Megatron's most loyal soldiers.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Then, do not underestimate Optimus'. He has soldiers. Megatron has lackies.

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

Optimus Prime is a glorified construction worker who profited through Starscream's follies. Megatron is a brilliant leader and a fine warrior who wished to free Cybertron of Autobot rule.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Optimus is the real leader! Megatron lost his sanity, and broke with our ways! He is nothing but a mad pile of scrap.

The Autobots never ruled Cybertron, we never wished to!

[shockedlogic.livejournal.com]

Megatron fights for the rights of all Cybertronians, to not be arrested and persecuted when they step pede on their native planet.

Perhaps you should ask Ultra Magnus about that; he certainly seemed to enjoy being the leader of the Autobots and Cybertron, after he broke the back of the noble Decepticon faction.

[heavyweaponsbot]

You are off your processor, Decepticon. Megatron has no noble goals, save the destruction of the Autobots, and our human allies.

... I know no Ultra Magnus. You are making these things up.