Code of Honour (G1)

Chapter 10 - Diversion

The Seeker Code of Honour

~Motto: Protect what is yours and respect what is ours~

1. Never offline trine member(s) without a valid reason

2. Never offline or harm kin, sparklings/younglings or bonded in our midst

3. Always respect our needs for open spaces and thirst for flight

4. Always be mindful of our winged frames; never knowingly harm them out of malice

5. Be ready to protect your peers and judge those who dare to disregard Seeker Code of Honour

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Chapter 10 - Diversion

"So you have failed your mission," Megatron started slowly in a cold, dangerous tone as he scowled down at the unfortunate Second-In-Command, "Why am I not surprised?" he drawled. A whole day had passed since Antarctica and after scouting for energon, the trine had returned empty handed and now had the daunting task of debriefing the Warlord himself.

"But- but Lord Megatron," Starscream started, "The Autobots ambushed us, we were outnumbered-!"; Thundercracker and Skywarp cringed as he was cut off by a powerful blow to the faceplates.

'Will he ever learn stay down?' Thundercracker sighed through the bond.

'TC, this is Screamer we're talking about here,' Skywarp hinted, 'He never backs down.'

"SILENCE, you worthless pile of slag!" Megatron spat, "I have said this before and I will say it again; ever since we have come out of stasis on this mudball, you have brought us nothing but failure. You are an embarrassment to the entire faction who has not only just lost us a quartex' worth of energon but has also failed to achieve a simple daily quota!" he sneered. Wiping a trickle of energon from his faceplates, Starscream clenched his servos and glared at the Warlord with ire in his optics.

"For your utter incompetence, I want you to rid the base of your stupidity and to not return until you have recovered the energon that you have lost yesterday as well as filled the quota that you should have today; and that is an order," Megatron stated firmly.

"What!? You cannot be s-" Starscream started indignantly.

"I said; that is an order," Megatron said with clear, unwavering authority in his voice; Starscream then exchanged looks with his Trine Brothers then back at the Decepticon Leader, "Now leave before I use other means to remove you," he added dangerously. The initial surprised, horrified expression soon turned back to hatred as Starscream's optics burned into his unwavering, firm glare. Then realising that he had ultimately lost this argument, Starscream let out an audible snarl before storming out of the throne room releasing curses in his wake. Thundercracker and Skywarp quickly followed their fuming Trine Leader through the corridors not caring who got in their way.

"Curse him!" Starscream snarled as he walked briskly ahead, "One day, Megatron, I swear. One day!" he growled.

'This would've gone much more smoothly if he'd just kept that fraggin' vocaliser shut,' Thundercracker commented tiredly through the bond.

'Yup, but then again that vocaliser's what he's famous for,' Skywarp hinted, earning a slight snort of amusement from Thundercracker's end.

"Thundercracker; Skywarp!" Starscream suddenly snapped, forcing them out their thoughts, "Go and re-energise yourselves. I shall meet you at the hangar in less than a joor and carry out our dear Lord Megatron's little errand," he added with a strong sense of venomous sarcasm aimed at the Decepticon Warlord.