Piper was getting kind of cuddly there with Bart. It looked like another one of the human's "hugs", which made Scourge feel irrationally jealous. Why did a good guy get hugs too? What had he done to deserve it?

"I think we had the same problem with Starscream. The one here's from right before I was created, so he's got no idea who I am or why I want to torture him until his vocalizer shorts."

Scourge grinned, remembering that fleeting moment of glory he'd earned for attacking the traitor on his own and the outraged squawks he'd made as Scourge clawed up his legs. "It's actually kind of funny seeing him get so confused. He still thinks he's leader of the Decepticons."

He hadn't seen Starscream around recently, as it happened. Maybe he'd been eaten by a monster or brainwashed into submission by the institution--Scourge found either option a fitting end as long as Starscream didn't come back and haunt him again.