Alpha 'verse. Iacon. Start of the story.

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Ratchet had just gotten back from the bar in that nexus between realities, but even a rousing good poker game with his alternates hadn't helped him to feel better. The murder of his friends Bladewing and Skystriker was just too recent, and the uncertainty over the fate of their newly sparked Seeklet worried him so much that his energy wasn't sitting properly in his tank.

He sighed as he turned into an alley that was a shortcut back to his clinic, and then froze and scanned his surroundings as he thought he heard something. "Hello? Is someone there?"

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Starscream glared right back, he wasn't going to back down from his former partner.

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Skyfire shook his head. "Can't you ever think of someone other than yourself, Starscream?"

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"I am, now please tell me where my cousin is" Starscream said, worry coloring his field.

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The big ParaSeeker frowned. "If you were, you wouldn't have come here. Don't you realize that people will notice your uncharacteristic behaviour and investigate? You could have led enemies here."