True Seekers

Based on a dream I had. The guilty parties know who they are.

I should really be working on other stories. *shakes fist at Seekers*

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"Staaaaarscream!" whined Skywarp as he hugged his creator from behind. Starscream had been sitting at the base's main computer, ,now with a purple Seeker leaned over and nuzzling him. While all of Scream's clones had the same voice, he could recognize Sky's whine, "My spaaaaark hurts."

"Ugh," the dark fuschia Seeker first replied. He was used to scaredy clone coming to him with various ailments. Because of Skywarp's personality, he would worry often about his systems. Humans had a name for it, hypochondria. Though the random requests were annoying, Starscream did it for the clone every time. Skywarp's worries made Starscream paranoid enough to check it out every time, "Fine fine, let go. I'll get the scanner."

The creator stood from his chair as Skywarp released the hug. Despite the worried look on his face he smiled a bit knowing Starscream would always help him. He followed the older Seeker into their base's makeshift medbay. Starscream did not even have to tell his clone to get on the med berth. Skywarp already knew the drill.

Starscream pulled out a triangular shaped scanner and began to scan Skywarp's chassis with it. The device gave off a normal warm buzz until it went over the center of Warp's cockpit. The device let out a loud beep. Skywarp's optics became wide as he heard that sound.

"It beeped! It's never BEEPED before!" the purple Seeker whimpered. Starscream's face contorted into an annoyed expression.

"Calm down! I'm sure it is not serious if you are still functioning. Open up to your spark chamber. Skywarp let out a whimper as his cockpit slide open, followed by the metal doors covering his spark. Starscream leaned over and scanned it again with the device. It let out another loud beep. Skywarp whined again, bringing his fingers to his mouth to bite on them. Starscream pulled Skywarp's servo away, "Stop that. Sit still or I won't get a clear reading."

Skywarp bit his lip instead and did his best not to move. He knew less he moved the quicker this would be over. The purple seeker did not like the slight smirk that came to Starscream's face.

"What, what is it?!?!" he whined while doing his best not to move.

"Well this is interesting. You're with a sparkling. Just my luck the first clone of mine to be carrying is the one with a grounder," Starscream said in his usual tone between being happy yet annoyed. Skywarp looked at him a moment as though his creator had been speaking a different language. He as at a loss of what to reply or whine out. Starscream chuckled at his clone's lack of response. He then turned the scanner's screen to Skywarp, "Do you want to see it?."

The purple Seeker still gave Starscream a bewildered look until he looked down at the device in his hands. The screen showed an inverted picture of Skywarp's spark. In the image showed the Allspark fragment deep in the center of his spark. Far behind it, right towards the back of the chamber was a tiny bump on Sky's spark. It was made of the same energy as the Seeker's spark, but pulsed at a slightly different rhythm.

Starscream's smirk changed to a light smile as he watched Skywarp's reaction. The purple seeker lightly ran a finger on the screen where the sparkling was pictured. The clone's optics soften but did not look up from the screen as he spoke, "W-w-wh-what do I need to do? Then, its supposed to hurt a little?"

"It just started growing. Its irritating you because its pressing on the back of your chamber. Once its a bit stronger it'll start moving to the front and it won't bother you for awhile," explained Starscream. Skywarp finally looked up from the scanner in his servos.

"B-bu-but what do I need to do?" Skywarp asked again. The device rattled as his hands began to shake. Being responsible for a new life was another big thing to worry about!

"Oh stop that," Starscream grunted as he held one of Skywarp's shaking wrists still. He took the device back with his other hand, "Its nothing worry about now. For now rest whenever you're spark hurts. You can still fight. Its not going to kill you. Once it moves to the front we'll take you out of combat for awhile."

"S-so no-nothing now? How can I do nothing now?! There is another life growing inside me!" Skywarp started to his normal whining again. Starscream sighed and placed his free servo on his clone's shoulder. He spoke in an uncharacteristic comforting tone.

"Just follow whatever your meta tells you. Your 'instinct' as humans say. Before the Great War Seekers were known for their great sparkling and protoform care. Better than any Domesticate bot now. If you have any questions you can always ask me," the older Seeker told his clone.

"Oh.. okay...," Skywarp said as he let his chamber and his cockpit close up., "I'm going to have to tell my bondmate too...."

"Yes," Starscream's voice had a moment of coldness, "If you have a problem with that let me know."

Skywarp just nodded as he felt a strange vibe from Starscream. The scaredy clone felt that his trine leader would protect him and his sparkling. It was a strange warm feeling. The younger Seeker then headed out of the makeshift medbay. He tugged on his trine bond with Thundercracker, "Um, is it okay to go outside and hang out with TC and the other seekers?"

"Of course it is! What did I just tell you?" grumbled Starscream as he came out of the base's medbay, "And you better tell Thundercracker about it. Not the other Seekers yet though. They still work for Megatron for the most part."

"Okay!," Skywarp nodded and then gave Starscream a quick hug, The clone then headed out the old hanger doors and flew out.

"Primus, they grow up so fast," muttered Starscream. He looked around at the disaster state the base was in. It looked like he would be stuck at the base today doing some tidying up, "or not fast enough."