Starscream goes flying into the nearest building with a squawk, shattering glass and crumbling the stone wall there on impact. It takes a few seconds for him to get back up, shaking his head and reversing what little bit of the transformation process he'd managed to get through. He rubs at his chin to find he's leaking a bit of energon from down there. His eyes narrow dangerously, recalling Megatron's instructions. That counted as striking first, right?

Game on, then. If Arcee was the only autobot on the scene so far, the forge could wait.

He springs back to his feet and fires off several shots in her direction, aiming straight to kill.