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Hello : What if Starscream had found the minicons in Cybertron back when the war first started. The minicons ( Swindle, the Star Saber minicons, and the Sky boom shield minicons) were captured to be sold to clients but Starscream had rescued them and now the minicons trust him, enough to even show Starscream their power. Swindle had created a bond with Starscream while the rest had created a friendship bond with Starscream. The friendship bond is not as strong as the bond Swindle has with Starscream but it was a bond none the less. Being bonded meant They could feel each others feelings and Starscream could understand the beeping the minions did (He understands Swindle easier because he only has a friendship bond with the rest not because they don't trust him but because Starscream can not be bonded to more that one minicon ) .

Megatron does not know about the minicons living and hiding on his ship. He does find out in the end, making that Starscream run away. Starscream and the minicons were spotted by the Autobots when the Autobots got an Energon signal (Starscream and the Minicons Energon signal).

The Autobots attacked Starscream thinking that he was hurting the mini Cybertronians, They were able to cuff Starscream's wings and hands. What they didn't expect was for the mini Cybertronians to attack them! The Starscteam saber Minicons turned in to jets and flew around the Autobots whild the Skyboom Shield Minicons transformed and drove around the Autobots to distract them while Swindle attacks them with his null rays. Swindle almost kills Optimus if Starscream didn't tell him to stop and told the minicons that the Autobots were who they have been looking for, for the past week.

The Autobots take him to their base where they question him about the so called Minicons. I basically just added the Armada minicons in the the Transformers PRIME universe. (request on Ao3)

Thanks for your request Hello ^^ ! It's an interesting way to mix two universe ^^

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Starscream usually shunned the Black Market like the Rust cosmic, but the Decepticons had some business to do with bounty hunters, although that didn't appeal to the jet.

The Market was generally not very safe for a Seeker, and especially for an Energon Seeker, but Megatron needed him so that they could talk to these mobsters, which justified his presence in this sordid place...

Starscream was camouflaged by a hooded cape, but he really couldn't wait to get out of here…! Hiding his wings was really painful, especially when he had to keep them in such an unpleasant and unusual position...

The leader of the Decepticons had of course specified to Starscream that he should not walk away from him in any way, which the Seeker had no intention of doing anyway. The ex-gladiator was the only bulwark between him and those grime-covered brigands, and there was no way a single one of them would touch him!

That was the basic plan, and he didn't quite understand how he had managed to lose his group... The jet looked around in confusion, wondering when he could have gotten distracted enough to be left behind by Megatron and the others...

Uh… Was panicking justified right now? Because he really wanted to. He began to look around in anguish, while insulting his leader of all names for having had the brilliant idea to take him with him. He didn't even want to come!

The Seeker paced the long maze of the Market, being approached every five minutes by a salesman who always took a certain pleasure in invading his personal space. He suddenly had his arm grabbed by someone and found himself face to face with a robot covered in grime.

“Hey! Wanna buy something?!"

The jet couldn't hide his disgust, and suddenly freed himself, before exclaiming:

"Don't touch me, you miserable ragamuffin!"

The flyer froze a little when he heard the huge silence that followed, and he really regretted his words… Why couldn't he shut up?! The old robot who had approached him scratched his chin, before putting on a very commercial smile, and saying:

“Excuse my brutality, my lord. Maybe I should've been more careful.

- Yeah… It's fine, goodbye… Starscream replied, fighting against his wings so that they didn't express his distrust and his stress.

- You seem like a mech with taste, you're interested in stuff?

- No…!

- You'ven't even looked! Com' on, sir, just take a look."

Starscream began to see the robots around him begin to approach, and that only made him more tense… Was he in the middle of an ambush…? Had he betrayed a Vossian accent in his anger…?

“~ Run away, quick…! ~”

The Seeker turned in surprise to the voice, and saw a minicon locked in a cage, along with others like him. There must have been at least seven of them in this tiny prison… Nobody seemed to hear the speech of the red minicon, who stared insistently at the flyer, urging him to leave.

"So this is how you treat your wares...?" the jet fumed, pointing at the little robots.

He couldn't help but feel sorry for these little beings, even though it really wasn't the time.

"Oh! Interested in this item?! smiled the Merchant, completely changing the subject.

- I did not say that…

- ~ Run! ~” repeated the red minicon insistently.

The jet noticed that he was getting more and more surrounded, and decided to cut the conversation short. He started to walk away without saying a word, when he was blocked by a large robot that got in his way. Starscream frowned, and had to refrain from raising his wings in his anger.

"Get out of my way!" the Seeker got angry.

The big robot shoved him roughly in response, sending the jet into the mud! The flyer dodged a sword thrust from another brigand, and retaliated by kicking him directly in the head, sending him into a wall! Time froze a bit, before everyone around him drew their weapons!

“… Oh…” Starscream stammered.

He dodged the shots, and jumped towards the Merchant, before sending him out of the counter to hide behind! He fired a missile at his attackers, and was suddenly grabbed by the Merchant! The robot caressed his arms with his filthy hands, and grabbed his waist. He smiled, before exclaiming:

“A Vossian is worth a lot! Very expensive!! Many love having their services! These are usually the ones that give the most pleasure!"

Starscream couldn't contain his wings, which flew up in rage and disgust! He brutally pushed this waste away and grabbed the first thing that came to hand, before smashing the object with force on the helmet of this disgusting pervert! The Merchant crashed head first, then the Seeker turned and fired at anyone who got too close for his liking.

He heard a small beep, and noted with shock that the blunt object he had used to crush the head of this pervert was the cage of the minicons. Two of them were rubbing their backs in pain, and the jet quickly took cover under the counter, before saying:

"Oh, scrap…! I'm sorry… !"

Part of the counter was blown up by a cannon shot, and the red minicon who had spoken to him earlier exclaimed:

“~ Free us! ~”

The flyer nodded, understanding that the little robots wanted to be free. He noticed a hole in a wall, big enough for them to pass through, and opened the cage.

“I think you can escape that way, just make sure you don't get caught." Starscream declared, pointing to their escape route.

All the minicons turned to him, and the Seeker gave a confused look when they looked at him with a hint of grief. The jet insisted with a wave of the hand, then exclaimed:

"Come on! What are you waiting for?!"

The shots continued to fly above them, and the flyer knew perfectly well that the counter was not going to last long…! It was then that he heard the loading of a cannon, and saw his enemies being propelled backwards by a large lilac explosion!

Starscream jumped up, and raised his wings, expecting this attacker to be a new opponent, who didn't want competitors. The Seeker unsheathed his blasters, and came out of hiding, before pointing his weapons at this enemy, ready to fire! The jet stopped quickly, when he saw who he had in front of him, and was surprised:

“Lord Megatron?!"

The latter approached angrily towards him, then exclaimed:

"What don't you understand about 'don't walk away from me'?!"

Starscream lowered his head in shame, knowing perfectly well that he had done scrap… The leader of the Decepticons had been very clear, and yet the Seeker had managed to get lost… The ex-gladiator finally calmed down, and sighed strongly, before asking:

"Are you hurt?

- No…" the jet replied simply, frowning, without looking at his leader.

He knew he had been wrong, but that didn't mean he had appreciated that Megatron yelled at him like to a Sparkling… The ex-gladiator noticed the mud on his Commander, then asked:

"You fell?

- I have been pushed.

- …

- And that pervert touched me!"

Starscream pointed an accusing finger with a look filled with disgust at the Merchant who had had the audacity to approach him, and Megatron motioned for the Vehicons to take care of his case, before motioning for the Seeker to follow him.

"He's not likely to do that now." the leader of the Decepticons declared, while screams could be heard in the distance.

After the long day, Starscream sighed in relief when he was finally able to lie down on his charging table. The Seeker rested his arms over his optics, shielding them from the light of his lamp.

It was then that the jet heard a familiar little beep, and quickly sat down on his bunk. He turned his head towards the sound, and couldn't contain a gasp of surprise when he found himself facing the minicons who were at the Black Market.

"Oh?! But what are you doing here?! How did you get in?!

- ~ We wanted to be with you! ~” replied the red minicon.

The others nodded vigorously, and the flyer knelt down to be level with them, unable to hide his concern. He looked at the door several times, fearing that someone would open it and discover the little beings…!

"No… ! You can't stay…!

- ~ Why? ~

- Because it's too dangerous…! If Shockwave finds out about you...!

- ~ It's dangerous everywhere. And then, we have nowhere to go… ~

- …

- ~ Instead of talking about the obvious, let's introduce ourselves! I'm Swindle, and you? ~”

The minicon had cut the discussion short, and Starscream had to admit that little Swindle was the stubborn type. He knew it wasn't safe for them here, but he also knew it wasn't better outside...

The Seeker thought about how he could always hide them in his room, away from prying eyes. Besides, those minicons weren't giving him any looks of disdain or contempt, it was kind of nice. Maybe it wasn't so bad to keep these little robots after all.

“My name is Starscream." smiled the jet.

Time passed, and the minicons never left Starscream. They very often wanted to accompany him out of his room, but the Seeker knew that it was far too dangerous for them. He didn't want them to suffer the same fate as Soundwave's minicons, being sent to the battlefield.

The jet knew Megatron, and he knew that these minicons would be used as weapons, especially with the powers they possessed. It had taken a while for the small group to show him their powers, but the flyer understood why, he was sure that was the primary reason that had brought them as wares to the Black Market.

Swindle had a special power called Null Rays, which allowed him to disable any form of electronic device, including robots. In addition to being a destructive ray in itself, it also had irreversible damage to the affected machines.

Starscream had learned this the hard way when he injured himself repairing a machine, and the minicon mistook it for an attack on the Seeker, and simply destroyed the device, rendering it useless.

Dirt Boss, Downshift, and Mirage were different from Swindle, as they needed to combine for their power to work. Their ability was to create an indestructible shield even more powerful than the Force Field Generator. The only time the minicons used it was during an inside attack.

A mole had planted bombs all over the Nemesis, which caused a lot of damage, as well as many deaths. And, Starscream knew that if the minicons hadn't been there for him, he would surely be one with the All-Spark by now.

Of course, the fact that the Seeker emerged unscathed from this attack had led to many suspicions about him, which had caused him a lot of problems. He was watched even more often by Soundwave, who was always looking for the culprit, and the jet was the number one suspect, obviously.

Swindle was able to get out of the chamber, mostly due to his power, which allowed him to turn off the cameras when needed. He was quick to find the mole, and quickly informed Starscream.

The red minicon was the only one the Seeker could fully understand, as he was the one he bonded with the first time they met. That didn't mean he wasn't attached to the other little robots, but the bond was only possible between a single Transformer and a single minicon. Kind of like Soundwave and Laserbeak.

Of course, when the jet found out who the mole was, he had only one thing on his mind, and that was to confront them! Because of this fragger he lived a daily hell, filled with this obvious suspicion and distrust from others, especially Megatron.

Starscream confronted the robot, and things didn't quite go as he had planned. Even if he hadn't planned much at the beginning, due to his impulsiveness… Jetstorm, Runway and Sonar were the ones who intervened, guided by Swindle who called them for help.

The Seeker then had in hand a simply devastating weapon, which got the better of his enemy in one shot! The truth was soon revealed afterwards, and of course no one thought it right to apologize to the jet for these terrible accusations against him. Apparently he didn't deserve it...

Starscream didn't care, he had ended up getting used to it… He was later tempted to annihilate all his ingrates with his new power, but quickly resigned himself. He couldn't do that to the minicons… Not after all the trust they had placed in him… He didn't feel like betraying them, because it meant losing the only friends he had.

The Decepticons eventually left Cybertron, in pursuit of the Autobots, and the war continued on Earth. What Starscream didn't know was that Swindle came out of his room very often to wander around the Nemesis. It wasn't long before the camera cuts were noticed by Soundwave, as the red minicon became less and less cautious.

What had to happen happened, and Swindle was caught by Megatron with the help of Soundwave. It didn't take long for the little robot to call for help, and Starscream froze when he saw the red minicon trapped in his leader's large hand.

“So the Autobots found minicons, huh! cried out the ex-gladiator angrily, tightening his grip on Swindle.

- Lord Megatron, don't kill him…! exclaimed the Seeker.

- And why this ?!"

Megatron angrily advanced towards his second-in-command, not understanding why the jet was so keen on keeping this spy alive. Swindle struggled in his grip, as the position he was in did not allow him to use his Null Rays, rendering him simply helpless.

"He has… maybe some… information…? About the Autobots…? spluttered the jet.

- Do you really think they would have given any information to a minicon?! Are you stupid?! Megatron replied.

- You're not even sure he's a spy…!

- Lord Megatron!" called out a Vehicon.

The trio looked towards the drone, and the flyer froze when he saw that he was holding Runway, the other minicons being held back by other soldiers.

“They were wandering around the ship looking for something! explained the Vehicon.

- Surely looking for their sidekick!" growled the leader of the Decepticons.

Starscream clenched his wings in anguish, as he slowly lost control of the situation. His stress didn't fail Soundwave, who tensed as he eyed him suspiciously.

"Let's get rid of these snoopers, before they send a distress signal to our enemies!" exclaimed the ex-gladiator.

The Seeker turned to the Communications Commander, but wasn't quite sure what he wanted from the spy plane. Maybe he wanted him to intervene, wanted that Soundwave stop Megatron from killing the minicons… The jet didn't even know what to do anymore, as panic took over.

The Decepticon leader's grip grew stronger on Swindle, who beeped in pain as the other minicons and the flyer looked on in bewilderment. Starscream wasn't quite sure when his body decided to react, but he barely had time to fire his missile at Megatron, as Soundwave launched his cables towards the Seeker to stop him.

The missile hit the ex-gladiator head-on, who in surprise and pain released his grip on Swindle! The red minicon quickly activated his Null Rays, and killed the Vehicons holding his friends back, before rushing towards Starscream, who was struggling against an angry Soundwave!

The Seeker clawed at the visor of the Communications Commander, who backed away and released his grip on the jet. Megatron soon got to his feet, his back smoking from the attack of his traitorous Commander, and yelled:

"You betrayed me for the last time, Starscream!"

He aimed his cannon at the flyer, and the Seeker knew he had no way to dodge…! Dirt Boss, Downshift and Mirage assembled before getting in front of the jet, and forming a shield that stopped the deadly attack of the ex-gladiator, under the shocked gaze of the Decepticons! Swindle created a breach in the ship with his power, and beeped:

“~ Quick! We must go! ~”

Starscream quickly grabbed the six minicons, before jumping into the void with Swindle, who had already left the ship. The Seeker transformed into his alternate mode, and allowed the smaller robots to enter his cockpit, before flying full speed away from the Nemesis, pursued by the Vehicons.

He wasted no time in defeating them all, with the help of Jetstorm, Runway and Sonar who together formed the destructive sword that allowed Starscream to defend himself from the mole! Megatron and Soundwave watched the short battle in shock, as the Vehicons all fell from the sky, while the Seeker flew away from the ship.

Starscream eventually lands, much later that night. The Seeker hid in a cave, and allowed the minicons out. Swindle didn't fail to notice the downcast state of the jet, which had his wings and his head down. The little red robot placed a comforting hand on the flyer's, and beeped:

"~ Are you okay…? ~"

- Honestly…? no… Starscream sighed.

- ~ … ~

- I almost lost you all today… I couldn't protect you… I'm sorry…

- ~… I'm the one who's sorry… I wasn't careful enough… Sorry, Starscream… ~

- It's fine… "

The other minicons approached in turn, showing in turn how sorry they were, and that they didn't want it to happen like this… They had seen that they had endangered the Seeker, and that had never been their intention.

"Let's not talk about it anymore, it's in the past now…" replied the jet, before lying down.

The minicons lay down next to the flyer, who hid his distress as best he could, as he realized they had nowhere left to go...

Starscream was awakened by footsteps not far from the cave, and raised his wings in alert, as the sounds got closer! The minicons soon got up as well, and tensed when they heard voices.

"Are you sure the signal was coming from here, Doc? asked a teasing voice.

- More than sure! And don't call me "Doc"! replied another with annoyance.

- In your opinion, where does this energon signal come from? someone beeped.

- I don't know, Bumblebee, but considering the energy that this thing deploys, it must be colossal, or of an unparalleled power." replied a deep, calm voice.

The Seeker went deeper into the cave, as he easily recognized the Autobots…! He had heard Wheeljack, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Optimus, but he didn't know if there were others with them.

The jet closed his optics and activated his energon radar, but he couldn't see anything, his radar being invaded by a huge energon source next to him. He opened his eyes and looked in surprise at the minicons. It was from them that all this energy came from?! How was that possible?!

Starscream cursed quietly, realizing that it was jamming his radar too much for him to be able to detect the exact presence of the Autobots, as well as their numbers! His motion radar wasn't precise enough… The Seeker motioned the minicons to follow him, and decided to take the path opposite the voices, hoping to find an exit there. It was then that he heard someone exclaim:

"Screamer?!"

The jet raised his wings in surprise, and didn't even waste time looking at who was behind him to fire his missile! Wheeljack narrowly dodged, and was knocked to the ground by the explosion, while the flyer took the opportunity to flee.

Starscream grabbed the minicons, because even though they could transform to go faster, the path in the cave was too perilous for their little alt modes to follow without crashing.

The jet saw light and wasted no time heading towards it, before stopping when he found himself facing Optimus, Bulkhead and Ratchet, who were waiting for him at the exit. The flyer heard blasters charging behind him, and his motion radar picked up three shapes. He couldn't use his energon radar to verify who it was, but he could tell there was Wheeljack and Bumblebee.

"Drop those minicons, Starscream!" hissed a female voice.

The Seeker thus guessed Arcee's presence, but did not obey her order, keeping the small robots close to him. His disobedience only made his enemies even more tense, who were soon all pointing their guns at him!

Starscream lifted his wings and squeezed them behind his back, finding himself surrounded! He thought about defending himself with his weapons, but he quickly received a message that prevented him from going further in his idea.

"Alert! Energon Remaining: 14%!"

Wheeljack saw the Seeker's wings unfurl, and didn't hesitate to shoot him several times in the back, without risking hitting the minicons in the process. The jet screamed in pain and dropped the little robots as he fell!

Swindle beeped in panic and horror, as the flyer collapsed to the ground hissing in pain, his back smoking and his wings damaged. Energon began to flow from Starscream's wounds, and all the minicons crowded around him, not knowing what to do.

The red minicon was the first to react, clenching his fists in rage, before his power energy began to surround him! The Autobots back away, and ducked just in time when a large explosion passed over them!

Jetstorm, Runway, and Sonar transformed into their flying modes and began attacking Transformers from the air, while Dirt Boss, Downshift, and Mirage attacked from the ground, their grounder modes having enough force to knock down smaller Autobots, such as Arcee or Bumblebee. Starscream watched the whole thing in panic, having never wanted a fight to start with the Autobots…!

They were the only chance for the little minicons to have a safe place to live, clearly not being able to stay renegade with the Seeker. It was far too dangerous for them…!

Swindle fired a first shot of Null Ray against Optimus, who, being more robust, resisted the attack even though he was very unsettled. Prime lost the use of his legs for a time, and couldn't hide his surprise. He put his arms out in front of him, as the red minicon was about to fire again, when they heard:

“Swindle, stop!"

The little robot ceased his action, and turned to Starscream, before running towards him. The other minicons were quick to follow Swindle, as the Seeker barely knelt on the ground, struggling to avoid moving his wings as much as possible.

"~ They attacked you…! They are mean! ~ angrily beeped the red minicon.

- No… listen… whispered the jet. You will go with them…”

The little robots made indignant sounds, flatly refusing the flyer's speech.

“~ They are evil! ~ Swindle insisted ardently.

- They thought they were doing well… I'm an enemy for them… answered Starscream discreetly.

- ~ We are also their enemies in this case! ~

- No, listen, it's too dangerous for you to stay with me…

- ~ Why?! ~

- I'm a renegade now, Swindle… That means no place to live, no energon, no security, no doctor… You understand?

- ~ It's dangerous for you too…~”

The minicons began to cry, much to the dismay of the Seeker who had no idea how to console them. He had never been very good at it, and no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find a single solution that could calm them down.

The jet saw Optimus and Ratchet move closer to him, while the others all watched from a distance, with a hint of wariness. The flyer tightened his wings, despite his injuries, and cast a suspicious look at the pair of Autobots, who were getting too close for his liking.

Prime knelt down in front of Starscream, get on the same level as him, much to the Seeker's surprise. The jet frowned, and pulled away slightly, not trusting the closeness.

“You know I could easily rip your neck out from this distance." the flyer threatened, which resulted in tensing them all up, all but the leader of the Autobots.

Optimus was silent for a while, before asking:

"Do you intend to do this?

- Wh…?! uh... No… "

Starscream lowered his head and wings, then looked away, fists clenched. He just wanted the Autobots to take the minicons with them, and protect them, that's all! But he knew it wasn't a request he could easily make... They were suspicious and on their guard, and the slightest mistake could endanger him, but also the minicons...

"I'm not looking to fight…" the Seeker finally said, under the saddened gaze of Swindle, who kept trying to stop him in his speech.

The jet didn't know why it was so hard to make this request, when he knew perfectly well that it was best for the little robots. It was his only way to protect them, so why was it so hard?!

"I'm a renegade now… I have nowhere to go…

- You think we're going to take you on our team?! snapped Arcee vigorously.

- No…! Starscream replied, frowning.

- What are you looking for in this case? Bulkhead asked.

- I just want you to take these minicons with you…

- Why? Wheeljack wondered in wariness.

- Stop being suspicious for two seconds…! the Seeker hissed angrily, looking up at the Autobots. If I had wanted to destroy you I would have just had to ask Swindle and his friends to continue attacking you…!

- …

- What do you expect from us, Starscream? asked Optimus.

- Megatron is convinced that they are spies on your behalf, they are no longer safe with the Decepticons…

- I think a lot of explanation is needed. Ratchet said.

- I'm just asking you to take them, is it so difficult?!

- They have a phenomenal power, why not keep them? Bumblebee beeped.

- Renegade life is dangerous…! What a stupid question…!

- You don't want to join us? Optimus asked.

- Be serious for a second, Prime…!

- I'm serious.

- Optimus?! wondered the doctor.

- The minicons don't seem to want to abandon you, why force yourself to separate from them?

- They're kinda with me by default. replied the jet.

- I don't have that impression of it.

- …

- If they chose you, it's for a reason, you can be sure. Minicons do not choose by chance."

The flyer lowered his head in sorrow, before answering:

"Stop, you're only making it harder for me...

- No, I'm offering you an alternative.

- …?!

- Join us, Starscream."

Optimus stood up, and extended his hand towards the Seeker, who looked at it unsure how to react, before being encouraged by Swindle and the other minicons. Starscream grabbed the outstretched hand of this robot who was no gain in this, and stood up among this team, who would eventually accept him, and the minicons, into their family.

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