Continued from here | @shockwaveislogical
He had almost been clear of the most stressful part of his sneaking around the Nemesis. The only reason he had gone anywhere near Shockwave’s laboratory is because the ever present threat of Megatron was currently down the only other reasonable hallway in the training room. And he wasn’t about to risk himself that way.
The unexpected sound of Shockwave appeared behind him had Starscream jumping and nearly dropping every piece of dark energon. But his quick reaction caught all if it and he held onto it tight. Then he quickly turned to the larger mech behind him, glaring up at him as his wings lowered to be in a more annoyed and defensive stance. Despite the obvious threat that Shockwave posed, Starscream seemed to have learned to roll with the everchanging tides and gotten used to him.
That didn’t mean he wasn’t intimidated by Shockwave.
Slowly, the seeker’s wings came up into a neutral position again and he faked a smile. “Shockwave! Just the mech I was expecting, of course! I was obviously bringing this to you for study purposes! We still do not fully know how it affected our valiant leader!” The lie fell naturally from the very obviously treacherous flier. “I figured we could work on such research together, since it can be used to reanimate various mechs that we can then turn on our enemies, as well. And that would fall under my military leadership.”