This story has a curious history. Shortly before I got the challenge for Missing Piece, an author on FFnet called DemonSurfer posted several plot ideas up on her profile that she was putting out for adoption along with the outlines for what she had in mind. I took one with every intention of getting it done soon. Long story, but to make it short, "soon" became well over two years due to a few things I did not foresee or consider.
I did break a little with the outline, such as POV at the start, plus I learned that there was some confusion regarding the Decepticon base name, but by and large, it is much the same idea of what she had. And with her permission, I have kept the original title she had for the story.
To avoid confusion in the 2nd part of this story, here is the code for it:
Italics, :: = Comm. call
Italics, Bold = Starscream's memory