(Decepticon Warship) Third Persons POV

"Once Dread-wing has dealt with Airachnid, I'll have try find out what was in that pod. If it was another relic, we must have it" Megatron tells Sound-wave.

"What if it isn't a relic?" Sound-wave asks using multiple recordings.

"We'll have it either way, if the autobots wants it. We want it, though if it was a weapon they would of used it by now. So it must be a relic or something else" Megatron tells him. "Did you get a scan of it?" he asks me.

"No, Lord Megatron" Sound-wave tells him.

"Well then I want you to watch the autobots closely whenever we encounter them. See if they mention anything" Megatron tells him. Sound-wave nods his head and gets back to decoding the Iacon database.

Misty-blue's POV

I'm sitting on Sire's shoulder, I'm still grounded. We're monitoring frequencies when the monitor goes off beeping. "What is it?" Bulkhead asks as he joins us.

"A high-frequency signal with an embedded message" Sire states.

"Again?" Bulkhead asks.

"Again?" I ask confused. This had happened before? Must of been before I came online.

"Star-scream" Sire tells us.

"Who or what is Star-scream?" I ask Bulkhead curious.

"Decepticon rogue" he tells me.

"I have obtained information of extreme interest to you. Bring medical kit" Sire reads out loud. He groans. "Bulkhead you and I are going to see what Star-scream has to offer. Misty-blue remain here and man the bridge" he tells me.

"Yes sire" I say flying over to the controls. I punch in the coordinates and Bulkhead went first. He said it was all clear and Sire went through with his medical kit. I listen in.

"It would appear that, like myself, Airachnid has gone rogue" a strange mech voice states. He must be Star-scram. Honestly thought he was a femme, with 'star' being in his name. Guess I was wrong.

"What's it to us?" Sire asks him.

"She is planning to retaliate against Meg... Eh... mankind" Star-scream states. "I can provide you with her current location" he adds.

"I don't believe you" Sire tells him.

"Why wouldn't you? I directed you to the location of the decepticon space bridge so you could rescue Orion Pax, didn't I?" Star-scream asks. Orion Pax, that was Optimus' old name before her was a Prime.

"Yeah, but then you helped M.E.C.H. steal Bumblebee's T-cog" Bulkhead retorts.

"So? He got it back, didn't he?" Star-scream asks. "I admit... aligning myself with those vile humans was a colossal error in judgment, but I am alone. I do what I must to survive" he states. "But I have paid the price. I am now the one missing his T-cog" he adds.

"You're grounded?" Bulkhead asks him.

"Thus of little, if any, threat to you" Star-scream tells them. "But Airachnid and her Insecticon intend to..." he starts to say. What's an insecticon?

"An Insecticon?! Here? How?" Sire and Bulkhead demand. So whatever an insecticon is, it's obviously bad.

"Well, I would have asked, but I was too busy squeezing through a narrow crevice, trying to keep the vermin from chewing my leg off" Star-scream retorts. "While Airachnid watched" he states. Sire and Bulkhead return. Sire looks up the coordinates Star-scream has provided. While I watch with the others.

"The coordinates Star-scream provided are within an abandoned decepticon mine" Sire states.

"Hold on. You just fixed him up and sent him on his way?" Arcee asks. Bee whines in agreement with her.

"What were we supposed to do? Take him back here?" Bulkhead asks her.

"Out of the question, he could see or hear Misty-blue" Sire states.

"I'd stay in our room" I assure him.

"Not that I wouldn't jump at any chance to put Airachnid down, but she isn't the only one who's robbed me of a partner" Arcee states.

"You weren't there, Arcee. Star-scream was weak, defenseless" Bulkhead tells her.

"And learning of the Insecticon could prove highly tactical. Star-scream's Intel has proved credible in the past" Sire reminds her.

"Sure, when he wasn't busy stabbing us in the back" she retorts. Optimus appears and I go sit on his shoulder.

"Without the resources we possessed on Cybertron. We lack ready means of capturing and imprisoning our enemies" he states. "Nonetheless, I do not condone the termination of any defenseless life-form" he finishes. So we open a ground bridge to the location Star-scream had given. Optimus went through with Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee. Sire closes the portal behind them.

"Sire, what is an insecticon?" I ask him curious.

"Denizens of the under levels of Cybertron.  Insecticons live in destructive swarms. The ravenous and aggressive Insecticons can digest 95% of known matter, reshaping their findings into enormous subterranean hives. Their hive mind represents a deadly and invaluable resource for those willing to find a way to tame them.

Insecticons have the unique ability to clone themselves, but each successive clone is inferior to its progenitor, leading to increasingly bestial creatures. Some types are capable of assuming bipedal robot form, and a further few seem to be fully intelligent individuals. Since most of their number are basically animals, Insecticons respond best to displays of power, and their swarms are normally dominated by the smartest and strongest among them. Decepticons used them as sentries on Cybertron. Sort of like Earths guard dogs" he explains. "But take forms similar to the Earth horned beetle" he adds.

"Sounds scary" I tell him.

"Don't worry, you won't ever have to meet one" he assures me. The others return alive and no seriously damaged. Airachnid got away, but the insecticon is dead. I was then sent to bed.