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Later on Starscream walk around the ship and found his way to the center room where some Autobot where talking having fun and others where working, it looked that the Autobots had some kind of schema what they did on the ship.

"Hey Optimus" a very familiar voice come and Starscream trued and saw the yellow little Autobot greeting him with the human next to him, they both looked very happy.

"Hello .. bubblebe and spike" said Starscream, he felt ridiculous to greeting them he was not used to it.

"Remember your promise Optimus?" Spike excited with a grin, he really been looking forwardw for this ride with prime and was so happy when Optimus accepted his idea.

Swallowing, Starscream replied. "Of course Spike."

"Great," the young boy exclaimed. "can we go now Optimus?"

"Yes..that would probably be a good idea" Starscream replied, trying to sound like the Prime. Bumblebee grinned down at his friend and said. "I'll see you later."

"You aren't coming with us?" Starscream asked in slight alarm, that would mean he was all alone with the human.

"I would love to Prime, but i have work to do today" said Bumblebee before walking to a other room joining with his fellow Autbots.

"This is just great, just me and that flesh creature" Starscream though for himself very unhappy

"Ready for you day off Prime?" said Spike with a smile, today he was going to make sure Optimus could relax and have some fun.

"Yes .. yes i am" answered Starscream and tired to transform

Naturally, he was no novice to transforming but it felt distinctly weird doing it as a grounder. His body felt bulkier and even more solid, he felt like he would weep with the humiliation.

His only consolation was that no one knew this was him, his original body was still beautiful and surely the Prime would be treating it right? It needed careful tending, regular washing, polishing, waxing and buffering to keep it in mint condition.

When he eventually managed it, Spike opened his cab door and climbed in.

"You a little stiff Optimus?" he asked with a laugh.

"Ah....a little," Starscream admitted, relieved he'd managed to transform but now realizing he'd need to drive. "Uh Spike, why don't you drive?"

"Me?" Spike asked astonished.

"Yes Spike that way i .. might enjoy the ride" said Starscream to Spike who was not expecting this at all, but with a big smile he always wanted to drive a trunk.

"Alright Prime if that makes you feel better" said Spike and put on his seat belt on and pressed pedal "Lucky for you i got my driving card last week"

Starscream could now feel how his body moved and where driving off, it fleet a bit different from his original body when he moved it was just like be like the wind, but this truck mode was more like you had to force yourself to move.

"Any place you want to go fist" Spike asked.

"No...you pick the place....you are driving after all," Starscream said wryly, mentally sighing.

This made the human made a noise of pleasure, that had obviously been the right answer. As they headed off along the road the Autobots routinely used, Starscream supposed that at least he could gather information in a way that Soundwave had never been able to. Not to mention....this body WAS a lot stronger than his previous one, he might have a better chance of taking down Megatron.

"This is great," Spike said as he shifted the Autobot into a higher gear. "Let's hope Megadouche is busy today."

“Prehaps he is” answered Starscream, Megatron would never leave the base unless he needed Energon, supplies and materials.

The weather was great all warm and bright from the sun, Sprike drove more and more closer to a city and they could see other cars taking there way in to the city and out.

"Good thing it is a weekend, other way he would have a big traffic line" said Spike and Starscream didn't like the idea of wait, but the way looked clear for them to continue and soon they where more inside the city.

Starscream looked around when Spike drove, he never seen the city from this close to the ground before it was so much life around and action as people where walking their way.

"Good huh?" Spike said, feeling exceedingly cool as he drove the Autobot leader drive down the main street. Plenty of girls waved at him, he had the window rolled down and he acknowledged their waves with cheeky grins.

"It reminds me of Cybertron," Starscream said softly, unexpectedly feeling a burst of homesickness.

Previously, he'd only flown above these human cities so hadn't really paid much attention to what was happening within them. On Cybertron he'd flown above the cities too but he'd also freely walked through them, able to go into the different shops and other attractions.

"Oh" Spike said, suddenly paying more attention to his friend. "You really miss it, don't you?"

"Yes I do" answered Starscream, but Cybertron is not the same as it was before the war, before the was Cybertron looked very much like earth do with all the life around instead of being now a dead planet.

"I am sorry, it mus be hard for you" said Spike, feeling himself sorry as well, he would not like to see earth end up like Cybertron and understood Optimus pain for his planet "but sooner or later your planet will be full of life again"

"Hmm" Starscream mumbled, wondering when that would be. Neither side was even close to defeating the other and while the Autobots could gather Energon much easier than the Decepticons, they couldn't use it to power Cybertron as the planet was controlled by the Decepticons. But in turn, the Decepticons couldn't because they could never gather enough Energon as the Autobots always fought them for it.

"Hey Optimus?" Spike suddenly said and Starscream went. "Yes?"

"Why do the Decepticons keep fighting?" the young boy asked. "I mean, I sort of understand how it started but at this rate, you guys are never going to get your planet going. Your just going to keep fighting and fighting and it's never going to stop."

Spike was correct about this, if Autobot and the Decepticons will not stop this war they are going to fight over there planet for ever and non of them may win to see Cybertron with life again if they don't stop this war.

"My guess is that the Decepticons was to bring cybertron back to life to be the planets saviors" said Starscream and this made spike understand what he meant, if the the planet would be safe by the Decepticons they have won the war and the Autobot would we hunted down.

"I never though of it that way before" Spike said surprised about this, but he knew Optimus had a point on it "so that is why you Fight the Decepticons, so you guys can safe your home planet before the Decepticons do it”

"I believe that is a good way of looking at it," Starscream agreed. "Would you surrender to the Decepticons?"

"No way," Spike exclaim, making Starscream almost smile.

"And would Megatron ever surrender to the Autobots?" Starscream added and got the same answer with an added scoff.

"So you see the problem," Starscream said. "Neither side will surrender so we fight on."

“Frag, I really do sound like Prime now," Starscream thought to himself, not sure how to feel about this.

"I guess.....you guys couldn't have a cease fire or something?" Spike suggested.

"I don't believe so, when it come to war you must be ready for anything" answered Starscream and that was true, both sides could have a cease fire but that could just be lie to destroy the other side.

"So it is non stop war then" said Spike

"That it is" answered Starscream and find himself sound like prime was a bit weird for him, but soon they come to the location Spike drove to.

"Oh well, least the Cons aren't anywhere near to defeating you guys?" Spike said in an upbeat tone. "So, this is downtown."

"It's.....interesting," Starscream said slowly as Spike jumped out of him, allowing him to transform which felt so good.

Quite a few people jumped and exclaimed but thankfully didn't come over to bother him. Spike grinned proudly up at him before asking.

"Could I sit on your shoulder? I can point everything out much easier."

When Starscream heard Spikes request to this on his shoulder his armor crawled a bit, but the he though the human have already been sitting inside of him on his truck mode and looked down at Spike who looked at him with those puppy dog eyes that made it harder to resist.

"A-alight, but if you fall" but before Starscream could finish Spike said "don't worry Optimus, i will hold tight on you" he said with a warm smile.

Starscream then took up Spike to his Shoulder and saw the human do as he said, he was holding into his shoulder, but that just disappointed the truck.

He started walking along the street, examining the various shops. this part of the human city looked older, it was less shiny and new looking. Spike was happily pointing out each establishment and giving a running commentary on them all.

"......was founded in 1923 because of.......

Starscream tuned most of it out, he was mulling over his situation. How could he get back into his normal body? Did he have to track that magician down and demand he return him to his rightful place?

But how to do that without arousing suspicion, the Autobots would not take kindly to finding out who he was. And if Megatron found out that his worse enemy was in a considerably weaker body....

Starscream shuddered, Megatron would tear his beautiful body to pieces and crash his Spark, with made him wonder what Optimus was doing right now?