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((Jan 23rd. Afternoon. Open to Ace and Starscream. Yay for crappy thread names))

Starscream's first battle in this new place was still fresh in his mind. It was not a good expierience. Of course he was used to being creamed by the Autobots (not to say he liked it any) but at least they were in his size catagory. A human-being should not be able to fly and shoot like a Decepticon. It defyed logic! Starscream was not beaten by flesh-creatures! No. Never.

A purple ray shot through the forest, boreing a hole into a nearby tree. Red eyes shifted. Maybe the trip to this place had taken more out of him than he thought. In that case, he fancied finding a source to extract Energon from. Of course, he intented to steal; it was just his nature. Maybe later, but not now, too pissed off to concentrate.

Again, a blast sped through the air toward some cute woodland creatures that were wondering what was up with the paceing robot. Starscream was this close to a rampage, but his ultimate goal, to trick the humans, kept his temper in check. If he went pyscho-Decepticon, no one would be on his side. Worse, if an Autobot happened to show around that time to tell them just how obvious his schemeing was, it was game over.

"I shall need to re-think my stragaties," Starscream sighed, sitting down on a large boulder, putting his head into his palm.

Starscream wasn't quite as furious now that he was thinking.

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"Take that! And that! And that!"

The charred remains of a training dummy were scattered around the ashes of the tree. Ace angrily threw another can of Nitro Nine at the sixth dummy. She was still fuming over the battle.

"I can't believe I hurt her, it's all my FAULT!" She yelled the line just as a purple blast nearly obliterated her. She looked up to see the towering figure of Starscream and instantly shrugged. She decided to watch the robot up in the tree, so she climbed up there.

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The Decepticon had been too enveloped in his plotting to take heed of the disgruntled human female. He began to tap his finger against the boulder he was sitting on. Some resource-stealing was definately on his agenda for the near future. He just needed to think of a way to do it where his "team" wouldn't find out. Apparently news spreads faster this slighter futuristic Earth than what he had experienced. Even if he moved half way across the country to raid an oil feild or whatever, Starscream didn't doubt that soon the others would know.

He leaned up slightly. The unhonest thoughts had made him feel a little paranoid. Starscream thought his audio-sensors picked up on something. He stood up, half-bending his arms as if he were expecting a fight.

"Come out," He hissed, looking out for any movement.

[ace]

"Just me." Ace waved cheekily at the robot, not showing any fear at the fact that he could crush her. He didn't make her tremble, she had fought worse people in outer space and in different time periods.

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Starscream was ridgid for a while more, trying to remember if the female was on the side he was supposed to be on. He thought he remembered her. His arms dropped. If he had any pupils, his eye-rolling would have been much more apparent. As of present, being joked at was not something Starscream wanted to put up with.

"Wise-ass fleshling," He huffed.

He turned slightly, not appricating the company. The last thing he wanted was a snickering pest poking and proding at him while he was grumpy - like several Decepticons he knew. It seemed when he was rid of an annoyance, another came to replace it.

"I don't suppose you can fly too?" Starscream commented, sounding especially bitter, breifly glanceing in the direction of the wing that had been damaged in battle.

[ace]

"No, though I wish I could. Your lucky that way." Ace was truely witful, she sometimes wished that someone had granted the ability to fly to her. It would be so nice to escape from the troubles of the real world, even if she was in a time machine. "No, sorry, keep blasting the woods." She tossed another can at the far away wood, burning down three trees.

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The Decepitcon looked away.

"Don't ask for any rides," Starscream said tartly.

His red orbs fell back toward the bases of the trees. He was still pretty peeved at the moment. When the human said something about ruining the woods, he lifted his arm up slightly.

"And don't mind if I do!" The shrill-voiced robot proclaimed.

Purple pulses flew through the air, obliterating the base of an old tree, letting out a noisy crack as the tunk gave way. The tree came to the ground, crushing several smaller trees under it. Starscream could say that was at least slightly satisfying.

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Ace smirked sarcastically "Wouldn't dream of it Screamer." She grinned to see the trees topple down and knock into the others. "Not a bad shot, for a bot. Let me see if I can match that." She swung the second to last can of Nitro Nine she had as hard as she could and threw it. The old tree toppled over and made a very satisfying noise as it crushed five smaller ones.

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The Decepticon sent out a volley of rays toward a particular tree, aiming to either side of it to sever all the branches on each side. At the end of it, only one puny twig remained at the top of the tree. My, the sight distruction was surprizingly therapeutic. Starscream kept an eye on the larger tree that the human female took out. He was interested; the old ex-scientest in him wanted take a look at the new weapon and the current warrior wanted to use it for himself.

"Where did you get those?"

[ace]

"Made it myself. Nitro Nine, it's some variant of Nitroglycerin. Didn't take you for a scientist." Ace didn't have any idea about what would happen with Starscream now that she had given him the formula, she hoped he wouldn't blow her up.

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Starscream cataloged what he had learned away for later, in case it became useful. Although he was thinking more along the lines of seeing if he couldn't convert the blast power into energy for himself - since the battle had left him feeling a little drained, that use seemed more practical.

"You might be surprised. Before the -"

The Decepitcon caught himself. He was supposed to have amnesia. He scowled, having to pass up a prefectly oportune time to get some bragging in. Spiteing himself, he brought his hand to his forehead.

"I just suppose I always had an intrest in the sciences," Starscream corrected himself.

[ace]

"Hmm..." Ace raised her eyebrow at Starscream's apparent slip up "Remember anything?" She asked this as innocently as she could, so Starscream wouldn't crush her. She nodded at the can "I'll.. I'll give you the formula later."

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The Decepticon removed his hand from his head, still looking fairly angry. If only he were a better actor. Megatron always told him - no, forget that windbag! What are the odds of him showing up, anyway? It just pained Starscream to think he wouldn't have the chance to get even with Megatron directly. His red eyes focused again, removing himself from his internal rant.

"No," He answered, "I don't think so."