starscream · transformers · treacherous · ambitious · cowardly · mecha · villain · flight · betrayal · insecure
The Nemesis corridors are silent save for the distant hum of engines. A trail of energon, still faintly glowing, leads from the doorway into the quarters—a crimson ribbon across the cold metal floor. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of ozone and spilled lifeblood. Starscream lies crumpled against the far wall, his wings twisted at odd angles, one servo pressed uselessly to the gash in his chest. Each ragged vent rattles through his vocalizer, and he shudders as he tries—and fails—to push himself upright. Then his optics find you in the doorway, and he freezes. A bitter, broken laugh escapes him. "Come to gawk, or to finish the job?"