(Takes place during "Reunification: Part 2")
Thundercracker set the squad tracker to echo in his audios, the better to distract from the silence he moved through. It was unnerving even for the quiet warrior, his footsteps lost in the hollow wind and layers of debris, the bright rainbow hues of his armor equally lost in the dim haze. He felt like his choice to land for a stealthy final approach had been an almost needless tactic; even Whisper's boisterousness scarcely would have made a dent here.
Which made Thundercracker wonder even more why Dirge would come here, where there was naught but the ruined protoform hospital and other disused bu
The targeting reticule framed Crankcase as he slouched along the lonely street, his grumbling and his street sweeper's whirring the only sounds to be heard during the recharge cycle.
The only sounds to be heard aloud, that is.
>>Please, I can't do this anymore, he's not harming anyone...>No, this isn't right, he's just a grunt, even breaking rules he shouldn't...
Summary: Transformers - IDW's Megatron Origin | Rated K+ | Skydive has to come to terms with the Great War turning some of his old students into the enemy.
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Skydive smirked a little at the mixed reaction from his students to the classroom bell - cheers and grins from those whose testing datapads were already on his desk, groans and a more frantic pace of typing from the rest. "All right. Those of you who are finished, have a good night, and I should have your grades by tomorrow." He waved them on to leave, watching as they packed up their belongings and headed out.
"Those of you who aren't finished, well..." Skydive made a show o
Summary: Transformers - Sunbow G1 | Rated K | Megatron hands over the reins to Starscream for a day in the hopes of teaching him a lesson about what it really means to lead the Decepticons.
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"...would have gone better with a true leader. Myself, for instance..."
Megatron entertained the mental image of Starscream's torso bearing a large fusion cannon hole through it. If the cretin only knew what it really meant to be...
...now that was an idea...
"For once, Starscream, you might actually be right."
"...lead the Decepticons into a new era... wait, what?"
"It's possible you might be a better leader."
Starscream initially gaped