If there was one thing to define both Thundercracker and Skywarp's moods at this moment, it would be "DONE."

No, seriously. Thundercracker was the most patient and calm one, but after more than a FRAGGING HOUR of listening to his little brother complain and whine nonstop, his optics were starting to glitch. And even Skywarp, who took everything in stride, was fed up with this crap.

Well, all of this had started just a few solar cycles ago. Once again, Starscream noticed a, in his own words, "massive flaw" in one of Megatron's attempts to acquire more energon, and so he had to point it out and make sure everyone around him could hear it. This led to a massive, shouting match (on both sides) with their leader(Skywarp bets there isn't a single week that goes by without this kind of shouting), which led to his younger brother(once again) proclaiming that he would be a more suitable leader for the Decepticons, which led to Megatron "reminding" him of his place (once again), which resulted in Thundercracker and Skywarp trying to save his faceplate from the Decepticon leader, only to they be punched in the faceplate and shot in the leg with a fusion cannon, resulting in all three of them being sent to the medbay(once again).

Well... TC and 'Warp can't say this is anything out of the ordinary, but even so, the blue Seeker found himself dreading what Megatron had planned as punishment for the aerial commander, because, although it was Starscream's punishment, it ALWAYS affected his trinemates (ALWAYS). Fortunately, it wasn't a big deal, mainly because Megatron had two locations of interest in mind and probably decided it was more worthy of his time than keeping an eye on potential assassination attempts on his Second-in-Command. The Decepticon Leader had assigned Starscream and his trinemates to guard the Space Bridge until the operation to seize control of the locations was completed or scrapped.

Thundercracker was calm, but alert to anything or anyone that might emerge. Skywarp was relaxed and unconcerned, not taking it too seriously and just sitting there watching something on his data request. They were okay with it and could deal with it.

Key words: they "WERE" and "COULD." Since, since they left the Decepticon base, flew the entire route, landed, and have been standing here ever since, Starscream decided THIS was the best time to be a little bitch and complain and whine nonstop for the last HOUR.

And here they are. Thundercracker and Skywarp, who were already stressed out from being punished because of their younger brother, are now even more stressed out from having to harden their younger brother's whining.

They already feel like they're going to blow a gasket.

"—and knowing our 'glorious leader,' he'll probably fail at that plan too," Starscream grumbled loudly, his arms crossed over his chassis.

Thundercracker just sighed and helmed it, turning off his optics and mentally counting to 100 (because 10 is too low), and Skywarp was already scowling in frustration and growing impatient. But obviously, Starscream, self-centered as he is, doesn't even realize this, too focused on his own complaints and problems to notice that at least one of his older brothers seems to want to strangle him.

"Guard duty," Starscream growled. "Of ALL the humiliating tasks he could have imposed on me... guard duty?!"

The young seeker's whining and complaining continued for another 45 minutes, until one of the brothers finally snapped.

Skywarp, whose fists had begun to tremble, had finally reached his breaking point. "YOU DON'T HAVE A FRAGGING 'MUTE' BUTTON?! OR I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WELD YOUR SLAGGING MOUTH TO GET A LITTLE OF DAMN SILENCE?!"

Thundercracker just glared at his brother. The purple jet was never the most patient, but at this point, his outburst was justifiable, for the first time.

“I'll talk a SLAG what I want and as much as I WANT, thank you very much!” Starscream retorted.

Oh, yeah, great. Now they will have a fight. Yay! another fight for Thundercracker to break up! A Hooray for the oldest's curse! Yay! 🙄😒