CTU : I'm not sure if you'll do this request (If you don't want to it's fine) because it's kind of a crossover between Shattered Glass Transformers PRIME and Transformers PRIME.
What happens is that Starscream (PRIME) died during a fight with the Autobots when he was thrown of the side of the Nemesis with a broken wing when the Autobots invaded them. Because of this the Universe went in to chaos since Starscream wasn't suppose to die. Unicron took advantage of this and sent another Stasrcream (Shattered Glass) to add to the chaos. Primus is trying to fix the issue the send Starscream (Shattered Glass) back to his Universe.
As for Starscream (Shattered Glass) ever since he was sent to this Universe, he has stayed away from the war between the Autobots (PRIME) and Decepticons (PRIME) and lived in an undiscovered Energon cave. He would sometimes observe their fights. But during a fight between the Autobots and Decepticons he was spotted by the Autobot scout, and had to come forward. The Decepticons and Autobots were surprised to see Starscream alive but didn't know that he (Starscream) was from a different Universe.
Form then on the Decepticons try to capture him for their use while the Autobots try to capture him to save him. In the end the Autobots had found him and took him to their base (Not without a fight).
Starscream had at one point realized he was in a different Universe which made him to stay away from them to avoid chaos.
When the Autobots asked him how he was alive, Starscream (Shattered Glass) didn't say anything. He could he? When he didn't have a voice box.
If you need more context I can give you more. (request on Ao3)
An interesting crossover 😊. Thanks for your request CTU ^^! I'm going to change some stuff you originally proposed to me, like the Decepticons giving up Starscream's body. He's still the Second in Command, so he will still have a funeral. Even if Megatron doesn't like him, it would be a very bad example for the troops.
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KnockOut turned to Megatron, shaking his head, before unplugging the machines from Starscream's body. There was nothing more to be done, it was already a miracle that his fall hadn't killed him instantly, but even with all the expertise of the sports car, it was impossible to save the Seeker.
“I can fix him for the funeral if you wish, Lord Megatron." suggested the doctor.
The leader of the Decepticons remained silent for a moment, before finally nodding his head. He still couldn't believe Starscream was dead, yet he thought the Seeker would be the type to last until the end of the war. He was fleeing death like Rust, and yet even he hadn't been able to avoid it...
Those cursed Autobots had killed his Second-in-Command, he promised he would return the favor! The ex-gladiator clenched his fists, before leaving the medical bay, while KnockOut repaired the lifeless body of the jet.
~
Unicron watched all of this with some interest, before closing the portal that allowed him to see into the world of those stupid Transformers. He couldn't wake up anymore, because of that cursed Prime, but that didn't stop him from causing chaos. There were many ways to do it.
Starscream should never have died. It was a huge imbalance in the universe. A variant had intervened, leading to the unscheduled death of the Seeker. The chaos was already here, Unicron just had to intensify it! The God of Destruction smiled, then sneered:
"Good luck, Primus! You will really need it!"
~
In an entirely different Universe, the Decepticons and Autobots fought each other as usual, only this time the roles were reversed. Optimus Prime was the one who wanted to destroy everything, to be able to rebuild on his tyrannical ideal, while Megatron was the one who tried in vain to lead to balance.
Airachnid and Arcee were fighting, and the Techno-Organic had to dodge a blow from the motorbike's partner, Cliffjumper. The Triple-changer leapt onto a tree, before swinging her webs at the red car, immobilizing him.
Breakdown and Bulkhead were grappling with each other, before the green Wrecker landed a hard headbutt in the military car's jaw. The large blue robot stepped back, one hand over his mouth, before shouting:
“Argh! You fragger!"
The armored car retaliated with another blow, hitting him repeatedly, giving Breakdown no time to retaliate. Bulkhead was suddenly propelled away from the Decepticon by a missile hit directly into the chestplates! Starscream flew over the fight, before firing at the green Wrecker.
Wheeljack intervened, and took impulse on the back of Bulkhead, who cried out in indignation. The sports car drew his katanas, and jumped towards the Seeker, ready to strike him down with his swords!
The jet returned to his root mode, much to the white Wrecker's surprise. The flyer gained momentum from his jet engine, and landed a violent back kick right into Wheeljack's head!
The sports car was suddenly sent to the ground, and crashed hard into his teammate, who crashed with him into the ground. Breakdown looked up at Starscream, before smiling and giving a thumbs up. The Seeker smiled back, and responded to the ex-Wrecker's gesture.
It was then that the jet saw the sky begin to change color, its brilliant blue beginning to turn a sick purple. The flyer frowned in concern, and Megatron watched in shock, before seeing a portal forming not far from Starscream.
“Starscream, step aside! Now!" cried out the leader of the Decepticons.
He quickly pushed Optimus aside, who gasped in surprise, before falling to the ground. The large silver robot began to transform to get the Seeker, when portal's energy suddenly surrounded the jet.
The flyer widened his optics in surprise, and tried to resist, before being brutally pulled inside! Megatron reached out to Starscream, and their hands brushed, before the portal exploded! The explosion violently pushed back the ex-gladiator, who crashed against trees. The Decepticons watched in horror as the portal disappeared completely, having taken their friend away.
~
It had now been a week since Starscream had died… The funeral had taken place in utter silence and disarray, because even if Megatron didn't fully admit it, the Seeker's death was a huge loss. No more strategy, no more energon, and a weakened air force, as the Eradicons were no longer receiving adequate training.
The body of the jet had been burned, as Vos tradition demanded. It was sacrilege to bury the body of a Vossian, and although the leader of the Decepticons had never liked the flyer, he knew it would not be right.
On the day of the cremation, the Autobots had watched the ceremony from afar, and Optimus had been honestly surprised that the Decepticons bothered to hold a funeral. When the other members of his team left, after seeing that there was no attack, the Prime stayed.
He had finally come out of his hiding place, and put a flower sculpted in an energon crystal, on the wood black with ashes. He clasped his hands together, and closed his optics, wishing Starscream to find peace with Primus.
~
It had now been a week since Starscream had lost his friends, having been taken into this strange portal. No matter how hard he tried to communicate with his comrades, he never received the slightest answer… He was now afraid that something had happened to them.
He was also trying to figure out what this portal was, and how he could have avoided getting caught by it. Also, who created it? What purpose? Where had he taken him? The scenery around the Seeker was exactly the same, and yet he couldn't shake that weird feeling that he wasn't home...
The jet had hidden in a cave, where he knew there was energon, so he could survive until the Decepticons found him. He had to be extremely careful, because he could run into the Autobots at any moment. Being caught by these fraggers would undoubtedly be worse than death…
Starscream sighed sadly, wings lowered. He wanted so badly to go back to the base, find his friends… He even missed Agent Bishopp, and yet when he came it was only to yell at them because the Autobots had made scrap.
It was then that the Seeker heard heavy and familiar footsteps not far from his hideout. He raised his wings in surprise, and ventured to look outside. He couldn't help smiling when he noticed that his hearing hadn't betrayed him, and that it was indeed Megatron's footsteps that he heard!
The jet looked around, and activated his energon radar to be sure there were no Autobots around, before deciding to come out of hiding. The leader of the Decepticons had his back to him, working on a machine with KnockOut and Soundwave. Starscream decided to clap his hands for showing his presence, his wings high.
The ex-gladiator turned in surprise, as did Soundwave, who hadn't detected any Autobot signals. Everyone couldn't hide their surprise when they came face to face with Starscream!
The Seeker approached with a smile, and gave a slight wave. The others couldn't understand how the jet could come face to face with them, when they had burned his body. How was that even possible?!
Megatron couldn't help but think that Starscream had literally managed to defeat Death, even after being swept away by it. The Seeker quickly saw the surprised and confused look from the others, and it did not fail to disturb him.
The leader of the Decepticons was not the type to remain so stoic, however, especially after the disappearance of one of the members of his team for an entire week.
“How did you manage to come back?" asked the ex-gladiator.
The jet just shrugged, really not knowing how he had escaped from that strange portal. The flyer was now more and more confused, the others didn't necessarily seem happy to see him again… They were angry against him about something?
“I've known you more talkative." Megatron pointed out.
Starscream frowned in confusion, and his wings tightened in worry, as it seemed to him that he was facing complete strangers. The leader of the Decepticons sensed something was wrong with the Seeker, until he saw the jet's wings move, as if to sign something.
# You – know – can – not – speak #
Soundwave quickly recognized Vos's wing language, and motioned for Megatron to turn to him, so he could translate for him. The jet raised his wings in shock at this action. Normally his leader understood his language!
The ex-gladiator on his side didn't understand what Starscream meant, why was he pretending he couldn't speak?! What did that mean?! It was then that Megatron felt the anger welling up inside him, as the idea that an impostor had taken the place of his Second-in-Command. The leader of the Decepticons clenched his fists in anger, and shouted:
“You don't lack audacity! Miserable impostor!"
~
Optimus had recognized Primus' call, and he wasted no time answering it. The God of Cybertron slowly approached the Prime, in the form of a sphere of light.
“We are in darkest hours, Optimus.
- What's going on?
- An anomaly is in your Universe. A lost soul that Unicron brought back to upset the balance.
- …
- If nothing is done, your world itself is in danger of collapsing. The breach in the balance has already formed when Starscream died!
- What?!
- He should never have died. This is a variant that should never have been possible.
- … So Unicron just intensified this imbalance…
- Yes…
- …
- Help the lost soul to return home, Optimus. The future of your Universe depends on it!"
~
The ex-gladiator took out his sword, and got into a fighting position, under the surprised gaze of the Seeker. The jet dodged a blow from Megatron just in time, and backed away from the Decepticons in front of him, as they all drew their weapons.
Soundwave created a portal, and brought in Vehicons as reinforcements. Starscream frowned, and got into position to fight. He wasn't the impostor, it was them! What had they done with his friends?!
The Seeker scowled, and raised his wings confidently, before pulling out two swords from behind his back! The Vehicons began shooting at him, and the jet dodged the attacks with no problem. He activated his reactor, and rushed towards his enemies!
He decapitated one of the Vehicons, before kicking the chest of another. He dodged a blow from one of the soldiers, before swiping at him, and hitting him with his weapon, directly into the Spark.
The Vehicons were quickly taken down by the one who had taken the form of Starscream, and the Seeker wasted no time in turning on the other three. He glared deathly at Megatron, and indicated he was determined to fight. We don't attack him without risking the consequences!
The leader of the Decepticons, on the other hand, smiled with interest after this fake Starscream's show of force. He applauded the Seeker, who looked at him in confusion, never letting his guard down.
"Very impressive! Tell me, I see you have a Decepticon symbol. I still don't understand why you decided to take the form of my incapable Second-in-Command, but how about replacing him?!"
The jet shook his head vigorously, before signing with his wings:
# NO - ! – You – not – Megatron –! – Impostor –! #
Starscream fired a missile at the group, and took advantage of the diversion provided by the explosion to fly away from these counterfeits! What was happening?! Where was he?! Where had that damn portal taken him?! What had happened to his friends?!
The Seeker went to hide in a new cave, now unable to live in the old one… He was just lost… He had nowhere left to go… The jet sat down on the ground, back against the wall of the the cave, and brought his legs close to his chest, before wrapping his arms around them…
~
More time passed, and while Optimus searched desperately for that lost soul who unwillingly threatened the balance of their world, Starscream remained in hiding, avoiding any interaction with members of his species or humans.
The Seeker sometimes felt very bad, as if his body was torn from the inside… It became more and more difficult for him to search for energon, while his strength seemed to leave him little by little. His energy was being eaten away by something above him that he couldn't fight.
The jet raised his wings when he heard the sound of a nearby ground bridge, activated his energon radar, and detected the presence of Megatron and other Decepticons. They released exactly the same signal as his friends, it was impossible to understand!
He ventured to look outside, and couldn't hide his surprise when he saw another portal forming, and the Autobots coming out. Scrap! He was in a more worse situation than he thought! Starscream decided to stay in cover, not wanting to risk being seen by being too curious.
But, there was something that disturbed him greatly, and that was how the Autobots looked… well, not “nice”, but… different, and in a good way. Optimus didn't have that usual tyrannical look that seemed etched on his face. He seemed… calmer?
Starscream tightened his wings when he heard the sound of a shot that seemed to come closer and closer towards him. The Seeker barely had time to get out of the cave before the latter was blown up by a huge explosion!
The Decepticons and the Autobots couldn't hide their surprise when they saw Starscream in front of them, very much alive! Arcee frowned in confusion, and exclaimed:
"What the frag?!
- He's the impostor from the last time! KnockOut exclaimed.
- Catch him!" Megatron ordered.
The jet stood up quickly, and was about to draw his swords when he felt a sharp pain in his left arm! The flyer clutched his forearm in pain, as a strange energy began to surround him.
Starscream narrowly dodged an electric blast from Soundwave, before falling to the ground. When his left hand touched the ground, the grass instantly turned black. The ground cracked, before walls of dead earth formed around him.
Vehicons were propelled by the energy, which formed a huge explosion. The Autobots had to dodge huge crevasse, as well as sharp metal produced by the earth itself! Optimus quickly realized that he was the lost soul Primus had told him about, and he ordered his team to retrieve Starscream.
“For him to destroy our base with his power?! Arcee was indignant.
- What I don't understand, personally, is how he can still be alive! Bulkhead exclaimed.
- I'll explain! replied the Prime. The priority for the moment is to help him!
- Help him?! He's the one who is destroying everything now! Ratchet replied.
- He's not doing it on purpose!"
Bumblebee didn't stay in the discussion anymore, and rushed towards this strange Starscream. If Optimus was so keen on helping him, it was surely for a good reason.
The Seeker saw the Autobot scout coming, and gritted his teeth, before aiming his blaster at him! Bumblebee held up his hands, showing no signs of hostility, before beeping:
"We just want to help you!"
The jet couldn't hide his surprise when he saw that the talkative scout had a dysfunctional voice box. What could have happened to him?! The energy around him calmed down, as the pain slowly dissipated.
He then accepted the yellow car's outstretched hand, and the two raced through the Decepticon forces, who were still unsettled by Starscream's accidental attack.
Optimus called Raf to open a ground bridge for them, and the Autobots soon left the battle, followed closely by Starscream and Bumblebee. Megatron screamed in rage, and fired a cannon at the portal, but it closed before.
The Vehicons still alive struggled to their feet, helping each other, and dodging the huge crevasses the Seeker had formed. KnockOut approached the leader of the Decepticons, and asked:
"You think it's a Capacity?
- I don't know. But, I'm sure of one thing, and that's that I felt Unicron's energy in him." Megatron growled.
~
Ratchet checked on the condition of this returned Starscream from the dead, while Optimus explained the whole situation. All were surprised to learn that it was not the Starscream they knew, but one from another dimension.
The Seeker shared their surprise, but also realized it explained a lot. The Prime turned to him, the jet couldn't get used to the idea that it was a different Optimus than the one he knew. He also wasn't comfortable with Ratchet fixing him, because to him he was still the mad doctor who nearly killed Shockwave.
The Autobot leader saw Starscream's distrust, and he put himself in a calm and reassuring position, to indicate that he had no bad intentions. The Seeker seemed to relax a bit, but he still remained on his guard.
“You have nothing to fear from us, our objective is to bring you home." Optimus explained.
The jet's wings rose with interest, as the Prime continued:
“Primus explained to me that you were sent to our world by Unicron."
Starscream looked shocked and confused, not understanding why their Unicron wanted him to come here.
“He sought to unbalance our world, to destroy it from within."
Oh…! True! Everything is reversed! Their Unicron is necessarily not the same as his. As Primus is not the tyrannical, perfectionist God that the Primes fought in his world.
"I would like to know how Unicron brought him here!" Miko exclaimed.
Starscream turned to the Japanese girl, before answering her in the language of wings:
# Portal #
The girl had a really confused expression, before saying:
"What?!"
The Seeker had a slightly sulky expression, being a little fed up that no one understood him...
"So you came here through a portal?" Ratchet asked.
The jet's gaze lit up with joy, and he made several signs to the doctor, who kept nodding, under the confused gaze of the others.
"Uh… Translation please…? Smokescreen stammered.
- He's been here for two weeks. answered the ambulance. He explains to me that he has been feeling very bad for several days, as if he was losing energy. He also sometimes has pain in certain parts of his body. And it was after one of those pains that the ground literally tried to kill us.
- How did you manage to understand all that…? Bulkhead asked.
- I learned the language of the Vossian wings.
- What?
- Mind your own business. Anyway, there's another question I'm asking myself, which is why you can't speak. Did something happen to your voice box?"
Starscream shook his head, before signing:
# Deformation – Birth #
"Oh I see."
Arcee sighed slightly, then said:
“From what you explained to us, we urgently need to bring him home. If he ever has another seizure, it could kill him, not to mention destroy our world.
- Do you have a solution, Optimus?" Bumblebee asked, turning to their leader.
The Prime nodded, before heading off to the docs, and returning with the Forge of Solus Prime.
“We'll have to act quickly, before Unicron tries to intervene. said the leader of the Autobots.
- Do you think he will try something? Ratchet wondered.
- Not if Primus can hold him off, while I quickly build the bridge Starscream needs."
~
Unicron and Primus were facing each other, and the God of Chaos frowned, before growling:
"Move, you're in the way!
- There is no way that I let you perpetuate more chaos! replied the Master of the Order, frowning.
- I'm curious to see how you're going to stop me!"
Unicron smiled dangerously as energy swirled around him. He sent a violent discharge against his brother, before laughing:
"Let's see how your Prime is doing to handle this!"
~
Starscream felt searing pain hit his chest, and he curled into himself, wings high and tight, as purple energy began to surround him.
The others had a scared and worried expression, and Optimus quickly let go of the Forge, before rushing towards the Seeker. The ground around them began to crumble, large chunks of the roof suddenly disappearing, while huge gouges appeared on the walls.
The Prime gently grabbed the shoulders of the jet, which looked at him in panic. The Autobot leader put a hand on Starscream's chest, and gave him a reassuring and somewhat apologetic look, before saying:
“Sorry, that might hurt a little…”
The Seeker was suddenly propelled backwards by powerful blue energy, which knocked him off the medical table he was originally sitting on. Everyone was shocked by this action, and the world around them suddenly became stable again. Optimus helped the jet up, and asked:
"Are you OK?"
Starscream answered with an "OK" sign, and a slightly strained smile.
"Sorry…" the Prime apologized.
The Seeker shook his head, then signed:
# Thanks #
~
Primus gave Unicron a slightly smug look, his arms folded, while his brother clutched his arm in pain.
“My Prime is doing just fine, its nice to ask." smiled the God of Cybertron.
~
The bridge was finally ready, and Ratchet wasted no time in activating it, after wishing Starscream bon voyage. The Seeker greeted the Autobots with a gentle smile, before stepping through the portal that promised him a return home.
~
Megatron was devastated, it had been two weeks since Starscream had been missing… He first thought he was held by the Autobots, but when he infiltrated the Ark with Airachnid and Dreadwing, he found no track of the Seeker.
It was then that the group heard the sound of a nearby portal, and Soundwave checked the cameras, before rushing outside. The leader of the Decepticons went after his friend, not wanting the spy plane to fight anyone on his own.
The two arrived outside, and the tall silver robot couldn't hide his joy when he saw who was waiting for them outside. Megatron hugged Starscream, before exclaiming:
"In the name of Unicron! I was worried sick, where have you been all this time?!"
The Seeker released himself slightly from the embrace, then answered with a smile:
# Long – story #
“I have all the time to hear it." laughed the leader of the Decepticons, while inviting the jet to enter their base.
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