Trailfire meets Starscream by PaintStroke203 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

In my sequel to Transformers: Prime: The New Beginning, Knockout and Arcee’s twin sons were playing with Breakdown when they were suddenly surrounded by one of Starscream’s followers. Breakdown tries to defend his surrogate sons from one of the Decepticons that are not sided with the Autobots before Trailfire ends up getting kidnapped by Steeljaw whom you may remember from Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) which is ironic because my fanfic takes place in an Alternate Universe where that show doesn’t exist after the events of Transformers: Prime: Predacons Rising.

After Steeljaw gets away with Trailfire as hostage through via space bridge, Breakdown takes Rotorcharge back to Iacon where they report that Trailfire’s been kidnapped by Steeljaw and most of the Decepticons who have chosen to follow Starscream after his coronation was thwarted by Megatron and his son, Orion Eclipse, near the final act of The New Beginning. Meanwhile, Steeljaw and the rest of Starscream's followers have arrived aboard their warship known as The Darksyde (which you Beast Wars fans all know) before they bring their prisoner forward to their lord and master, Starscream. Trailfire is frightened and he's afraid of what his captors are planning to do to with him and Starscream could see that he bears a striking resemblance to his father, Knockout, as well as his mother, Arcee.

"Child, what is your name?" Starscream asked the frightened sparkling.

"I...." Trailfire slowly began.

"Speak up!" Starscream commanded as he raised his voice.

"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, my dad says so." Trailfire said.

"I can assure you that I'm no stranger because I actually know your father very well. He and I were friends once." Starscream told Trailfire.

"You know my father, Knockout?" Trailfire asked full of surprise.

"Why yes, little one. Now, I know that you are very scared and confused, but I did hire my troops to bring me a sparkling so that I might adopt him, groom him and raise him to be my heir. But it seems that my followers have collected the wrong child, haven't they Steeljaw?!" Starscream glares at the wolf-like Decepticon.

"Please! I just want to go home! I want my mom and my dads and my brother!" Trailfire begged.

"Quiet, you little brat! You will be used as bait to lure the Autobots here so that when we strike at them, it'll be a surprise." Starscream said.

"My lord, where should we put the young sparkling?" Steeljaw asked.

"Oh, I dunno. Lock him up behind a prison cell and keep an eye on him until his parents come to save him." Starscream replied while acting like he doesn't even care or give a frag.

"NO! I don't wanna be locked away in a cell! Let me go!" Trailfire yelled before screaming and kicking at Steeljaw.

"Send a message to the Autobots and tell them to come here if they wish to rescue one of their sparklings." Starscream ordered his followers.

"Yes, sir." A Decepticon soldier said.