A Chaotic Neutral

Despicable Me
Chapter Four

There are a half-dozen more qualified mechs for this job. Why they’ve given the task to Smokescreen, he’ll never know.

Wheeljack would’ve been better. Arcee. Bumblebee. Anyone with more experience, more guile, more – what’s the word Jack used? Guts. Right. More guts.

Instead, it’s Smokescreen lurking around the corner, trying to be unobtrusive, and unsure how much he’s succeeding. He’s an archive guard, not a special ops agent. And when it comes down to it, no way can he take down or disarm someone like Megatron.

‘Observe and report,’ Ultra Magnus had said.

Smokescreen sighs and leans against the wall. He is the wrong person for this job. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to do a bad job of it.

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