ONE DAY I'LL BE GIVING THE ORDERS

YOU'RE DISGUSTING—

...

A basket containing pretty rubies and a curled spinal cord is set down before this one.

There is a lot of cursing.

And rage.

Then he looks at Skywarp, optics narrowed.

Then he looks around him.

As per always, a part of him is snarling in the back of his processor, whispering about dark, mean things that will bring absolutely no satisfaction - this is a Seeker - and, that incoming spark signature?

Starscream.

Telling his base coding to go frag itself, ignoring the way his battle protocols simmer, the hunter twirls one last time, and then stills, hovering in place. Behind him, the spiral galaxy sparkles, lending his shape grace. It is easy to allow the cloaking mechanism of his wing-shields to fall. Easier still to dip one of his wings in a greeting.

He is... large.

Large enough to easily carry decently tall mechs, but nothing about him is clumsy, or even suggests that he's a shuttle. What Starscream will see is a space cruiser, beautifully sleek and powerful. Some of his sky-blue design suggests that he's partly a jet, but there are shields at the tip of his silvery wings, a cannon mounted between huge, red thrusters.

「What...?」 It's quiet, absent minded even, and likely not even meant to be transmitted but the mech was startlingly large. Astrotrain could transform big enough for passengers, the bit idiot was a useful taxi. But this...

This was bigger than he thought.

After his circling, clearly spent on getting a good look at this very helpful and hug stranger, Starscream rolls in a spiral as he closes in. A little white and red jet pulling closer like some doomed satellite falling into a gravity well.

「You're enormous!」 There's no tact there when he settles just above the cruiser that is Devcon. 「Are you a combiner?」 His big blue friend certainly didn't look like he was made of multiple components.

He transformers, all wide triangular wings and squared edges, and wastes no time in searching for and locating latch. Despite their difference in size, there is no fear or hesitation.

「What kind of goodies? Weapons? I like weapons—」