As a fan of Foxbear's stories, I must admit I enjoyed this immensely. At the same time, I feel anyone who hasn't read 'Trickster' would be perfectly content to read this without problems (no small feat, in my opinion).
Megatron's reaction to the news is exactly as one would expect. Perhaps the most amusing thing to me was that as Megatron got angrier, Soundwave seemed more cautious around his master; even the loyal Third is scared of him, it seems.
The writing was great (personal opinion there), and strangely addictive. The characters seemed to be well and truly themselves, even Shockwave in his brief mention.
Well done on creating this great addition to one of the most original AUs of the series, and I most certainly want to keep my eye on more of your works.

Very nicely done, though it seems as much a prequel to Caro Transmutata Metallo as an epilogue to Trickster. One Foxbear Continuity/Transformers Prime fan to another. :) And feel free to check out my couple of Foxbear inspired stories.