Rogue; Established
The Nemesis
Megatron was overlooking the land they were flying over when his current SIC spoke, “If it pleases you, Lord Megatron,” Airachnid had said to him as she approached the Decepticon Leader, “Once Soundwave discovers a means of decoding the remainder of the Iacon database,” She said walking by his CCO who was busy decoding, barely giving a glance but lifting her servo almost to touch him.
“As we know he will,” she said with a smile, making him cautious, “I would suggest the deployment of an underutilized asset.” Airachnid had said to him as his back was still turned towards her, “And what asset would that be, Airachnid?” Megatron had asked, knowing this was his chance as she answered, “I believe that my superior tracking skills would expedite your quest to recover the remaining relics like the third.”
Airachnid kneeled to him as he turned an optic here, knowing that this was the chance that he needed to deal with her, “Noted.” he had said to her, before looking forward, Airachnid rose, “You are a gracious audience, My Lord.” she said before she walked away, nodding to Soundwave who continued to work, “Soundwave.” she said as she walked, making Soundwave turn and watch her walk away.
“Soundwave, when will one of you kill or nexus the other?” The Voice said, confused by that, “Kill her, kill them all, frag them over and rust him over!” Another started to say, making her concerned that she was hearing voices again as the door closed and Soundwave looked to Megatron, trying to remain impassive, “Remind me of her trustworthiness.” Megatron said as she was distracted by the voice.
“Traitor! Burn The Traitor! Burn the world!” The new voice said as she complied, “<I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron.>Airachnid” She responded on instinct, “Ah, now I recall,” he said, walking by when he noticed the tense body language, “Soundwave, take a rest.” he said, making her nod going to get put under by the CMO, concerned for the wrong thing.
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Dreadwing’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Megatron had activated the vid screen where he had noticed that Dreadwing was working on cleaning his weapons, there was a shrine to the Five, but right now, he needed to focus on this task now, he’d want to keep any unpredictable factors to a minimum, “Dreadwing.” He said, making the bot turn to him, putting the weapons down as he had went to attention now.
“I am at your beck and call, Lord Megatron.” he said, giving a small bow as Megatron spoke, “I wish to entrust you with a task I would normally reserve for myself.” Megatron said, though in truth he would usually leave it to The DJD, but they were indisposed, “That is, if you wish to prove yourself worthy of becoming my First Lieutenant.” He told The Seeker.
“That post belongs Airachnid.” Dreadwing said, a little confused right now, “She will be missed.” He had said, making Dreadwing nod at this, “And I suggest you bring backup.” Megatron told him, “She can be a handful, especially when cornered.” He said as they gotten ready for the assassination of The Eukarian and whatever dangers that might befall them.
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Wilderness, United States od America
Dreadwing, Airachnid and Breakdown were walking through the woods, the three of them stopping which made Airachnid push by Breakdown, a bit nervous at what was going on right now, “Am I the only one here who considers this to be overkill on Lord Megatron's part?” She had asked of Dreadwing who had the receiver for The energon spike which they were unable to track since they left the ship.
Airachnid started to walk forward now, careful as she searched around for anything out of the ordinary, “I mean, dispatching TWO of his most proficient warriors to track down one unconfirmed Energon spike.” she said to them while seeing the determined expression on Dreadwing’s faceplate as Breakdown had approached them, “Megatron knows me and Dreadwing here will get the job done.”
Airachnid turned at that with a smile, “Actually, I was referring to Dreadwing and myself.” She heckled, loving how he was so obvious compared to her usual sparring partner, he started to approach, angry, “Breakdown, remain on task.” he said, making Breakdown stop, “This must be a unified effort.” he said, making Airachnid tense at the phrasing that was setting of some bells off.
“Indeed, Breakdown.” she said with a false smile, “I know we've never seen eyes to eye, but that doesn't mean we can't patch things up.” she said with a wink and that was the last straw, “That’s it!” he shouted before charging towards her, “Don’t!” Dreadwing shouted as Airachnid backflipped away, going Half–Fateweaver and in the trees before she had fired upon the two.
Covering Breakdown’s face plate, making him tense and try to tear it off but his servo was just stuck there as he had struggled, groaning in fury as Airachnid moved to hide behind the tree trunk, hiding from Dreadwing’s blaster fire before she had climbed upwards, The Seeker charging past Breakdown as she kept moving to avoid his attacks, leaping to another trunk before swinging onto a branch and firing webs.
Dreadwing rolled to avoid the two shots of webs, firing again as he avoided another before shooting a few more shots, right before Airachnid shot him, webbing Dreadwing to the tree while his last shot made the tree drop, “Ah!” she went, falling down and hitting a branch or two before she had collapsed onto the ground, having lost a pedes, “Scrap.” She thought before there was a noise.
It was Breakdown, his servo still stuck to his face plate as he had charged forth like a madmech, finally tearing it off his face now as Airachnid had struggled to get up, looking at her pedes while Breakdown had fired from his shoulder turret, making her lep backwards to another tree then another and another as Breakdown had charged forth, furious at her now, “Ragh!” he shouted to her as he chased The Eukarian.
“Don't! Breakdown, don't be a fool. Release me.” Dreadwing had commanded of him and hearing that, Airachnid was relieved as Breakdown had charged forth leaping over the rocks and following the trail of spilled energon until he had arrived at the puddle, pausing and looking around when she had leapt pass, making him start to follow the trail until going right where she wanted him to be.
AIrachnid was on the ground in a corner, moaning in pain as her energon had leaked, looking scared as he approached, he had chuckled to her before bringing out his hammer, ready to smash the bug, Airachnid started to scramble away, looking terrified to him, “Easy prey.” Breakdown had said, raising his hammer to smash her helm in when his weapon got caught in the tripwire she set.
“Agh!” he went, struggling to free his servo but it was failing as she had gotten up, smiling towards The Velocitronian as she had went and slashed at his right servo, “Aaagh!” he had roared out in pain, “now then, why don’t we end your hunt.” Airachnid had said to him as she got ready to pick him apart and make it so that she has at least one less hunter after her.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
She was dreaming of her and The Voice in front of each other, “Why do you fall for such a simple trick?” the Voice said to her, making Soundwave confused, “What?” she had asked of him, “You stupid little thing.” The Voice told her, his frame, identical to her current one, had started to crack and grow, “You are too loyal.” The Voice said, confusing her on how that was a bad thing– “WAKE UP!”
Soundwave was startled awake, looking around in shock and confusion before recalling that she had been put under, as Soundwave got up and started to look around, feeling a disconnect between and the servers of The Nemesis, reacting, she went and started to search and found that there was a series of updates, all of them pointed towards Airachnid going rogue now, “Well that took longer than I thought.”
“Honestly, I thought she’d at least stage another coup before leaving.” Laserbeak said, and she was in agreement at that as Soundwave read through the report, Airachnid accompanied by Dreadwing and Breakdown had went for a Energon Spike when Airachnid had attempted the assassination of the two bots, Dreadwing survived after injuring her but Breakdown– Soundwave was shocked.
Breakdown, The Ex–Wrecker, Conjunx Endura to Knock Out, one of the founders of Team X and one of her friends from her Screecher period, was dead, she couldn’t even imagine what his Conjunx was feeling right now, she did a feel and was hit hard by the grief and loss, “You couldn’t even collect his body?!” Knock Out had thought and that he made her bow her helm in sadness.
She checked her closet and gave a small prayer to Mortilus to guide him on his way before she had went and headed out, ready to deal with the trouble that had come out now and worried that this was the Terracycle that she would lose not one but two of her friends instead as The Decepticon CCO had headed out from her room and towards the Bridge, almost forgetting what the Voice had said to her.
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Energon Mine B–9
Airachnid was wounded and she was pissed, Megatron and Soundwave had betrayed her! It infuriated her and as Airachnid worked to hopefully repair the damaged that she had received, The Eukarian had started to think on how she would avenge herself now, she was outnumbered with her Hives all in stasis all around the galaxy, she had Waspinator… but she didn’t need a immortal shield, she needed warriors.
She winced in pain at that before hearing a noise, it was a chittering that she hadn’t heard since Cybertron was alive, Airachnid had smiled at that as The Insecticon had approached, it was a Hardshell Drone, good, they were durable and extremely loyal to the ones they called master, “My queen.” The Scout said, kneeling towards her, “I live to serve The queens.” He said, making her glare.
“Serve only me, the other is turned by an enemy.” She had said, The Drone snarled at that, “What would you have me do? Murder The enemy?” He had asked of her, “Later,” Airachnid told him, “For now, gather Energon, I need to heal.” She had said to him, The Scout had nodded at that before he had went to go and find a Energon deposit to feed her while she found a rock to sit on.
The Eukarian waited for him to return as she had heard a mummering and a crash from someone, making her curious as she had heard the sound of her Insecticon getting angry and attacking the noisy thing, venting, she called back to them, “Ignore the prey, come to me.” She had had said to him, “Yes, my queen.” He had said, crawling out and heading to the cavern that she was in.
Seeing that Starscream was crawling out of a small hole, she couldn’t help but pull the regal mask on, showing that she had all of the power right now, “Yes, minion, approach me.” she told The Drone, “Obey me.” She had said to him, “Worship me.” Airachnid had said and he had kneeled, happy to do as much, offering a large chunk of Energon to her, “You shouldn’t have.” she said, about to take only a portion.
“What?!” Starscream shouted, drawing her attention to him, “You reject a commander but grovel at the feet of that wretch?” he said, angering both Her and The Insecticon as he had stood up and approached, “Starscream.” she said, trying to remain civil, “Don't get your turbines in a twist.” she said, recalling how Soundwave said that she always had to explain things he could find out on his own from research.
“After all, the beast and I are somewhat related.” she told him, recalling the day that she first came to Cybertron after her exile, “You might even say we are of one mind.” she said, her ability to connect to their Hive useful as The Drone turned towards him as Starscream approached, the pair of them, “Why are you here?” he asked as the two watched him, “Decepticons never return to stripped mines.” he said.
That made her chuckle silently at how he couldn’t put it together, “You are not the only rogue Decepticon in need of Energon.” She had admitted to the Seeker, pointing to her damaged pedes, still leaking but the pain was gone while Starscream thought, “Was it a run-in with the Autobots? Or did Megatron invite you on one of his field trips?” He asked, knowing how Megatron liked to deal with his inner circle that betrayed him.
“Megatron was otherwise engaged.” Airachnid had told him, leaning in with a cruel smile, “But you should see his lackey.” She told him, glad that at least one Decpeticon wouldn’t be hunting her right now while Starscream seemed to be planning, “You know, Airachnid, as fellow outcasts, we should consider putting aside our differences.” he said approaching her Drone, making him hiss.
“With this creature under your control and at our disposal, we might employ it to terminate Megatron,” He said, intriguing her on the opportunity “Allowing us to rule the Decepticons.” he had said, losing The former Auto–Hunter, “Together?” she asked, losing her smile as he spoke, “We would simply need to lure Megatron here, away from his support systems, so that we might catch him–”
“With his guard down?” Airachnid said, getting the gist of it now and thinking him foolish of telling her the entirety of his very simple plan, even Spinister could have thought something like that up, “An intriguing proposal…” she said, making him hopeful until she smashed his hopes, “If ruling Decepticons or spending any length of time with you were of the slightest interest to me.” she told him.
Making him turn to her, flustered, “Agh bu–” “Of course, you had me at ‘terminate Megatron.’ Payback would be sweet.” she said, clasping her servos together, wanting to get rid of him and this seemed like a great chance to do as much, “However you wish to spin it.” he said to her, scared, backing away now, “I would need to ensure my assassin is up to the task.” she had told him.
“Perhaps a test run is in order.” She said, “He is the enemy of me and the other.” She told The Insecticon while he looked shocked and scared, “What? I thought we were partners.” he asked, not knowing the pact she and Soundwave made, if Starscream tried to usurp the Decepticons and proved traitor again, they would kill him, “Eviscerate him.” she ordered with a smile as her soldier charged forth.
As her Insecticon had went and chased after him, she had started to make her plan on how to deal with Megatron, and if she was lucky, than maybe she could finally strike a few things off her bucket list, “Hurt Megatron. Punish Arcee.” And if she was lucky than maybe that little daydream as well, it made her smile a little wider as The Queen of The Insecticons watch as the scout dealt with the rat.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Soundwave was at a terminal right now, watching from her spot while Megatron spoke to Dreadwing, “The reason for our inability to locate Breakdown's signal is all too clear.” Megatron said as he had approached Dreadwing, “But how is it that you were unable to recover his remains?” he had demanded and Soundwave would like to know too, when she got something on her terminal.
Soundwave turned to see what it was and the two looked at her, “What is it?” he demanded and so she opened up the comm to Airachnid, “Heard from Breakdown lately?” Airachnid had asked them, making Soundwave angry, “Trace the communication.” he said to her and she was more than happy to comply with his request as Airachnid continued to speak, “Megatron, truly.” She said.
“You sent simple henchmen to terminate a high–ranking officer.” She had said, almost sounding insulted as Soundwave got closer and closer to finding her, “I thought you reserved that honor for yourself.” She said, Anger. Pride. Came from their leader, “Is that a challenge?” he questioned as he stepped forward, “An invitation.” Airachnid had said to him, just as Soundwave found her.
“And since Soundwave is, no doubt, tracing this signal, you know where to find me.” She said as the communication was cut off, she sent him the coordinates and started to leave, “I’ll be back.” he told them, concerning Soundwave, Laserbeak and Dreadwing, “Allow me to accompany you.” Dreadwing had requested, making Megatron turn back to the bot, “You already had your chance.” he said before leaving.
Soundwave walked up to the side of Dreadwing who was moping, watching him as he left, “Are you not worried for our master?” Dreadwing asked of her, making Soundwave showing him an image of when Megatron was a gladiator, answering him, she had no worries for Megatron, but she also knew that Airachnid wasn’t stupid and that something was being planned for their confrontation.
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Energon Mine B–9
Megatron was flying through the sky as he had headed to kill the Eukarian, thunder crackling above him as he had went and landed, transforming and crashing through the hole above for this mine, he stepped forth and looked for his target who crawled up from a pile of rocks, “You don’t waste time.” she had said to Megatron who continued approaching, “Your stay of execution has come to an end.” he said to her.
Raising his blaster to fire upon her, when he had heard a shriek that was familiar on the battlefield as an Insecticon had landed upon him, the two of them tumbling a bit before Megatron had thrown the Insecticon off of him and to the rocks before it landed on all fours and then leaped forward back on just two, giving him a roar, ready to kill him for the one that their Hive called queen.
“I will leave you two to get acquainted.” she had told Megatron, “No mercy to him.” She said to The Scout before leaping up to a ledge to watch the fight between each other, Megatron glared at her before looking to The Scout, “Bow before Megatron, your leader.” he told the creature, but he was unaware that The Insecticons are a matriarchy, only obeying him because Soundwave told them to.
The Scout charged forth, ready to rip and tear as Megatron lifted his blaster arm, “I said, bow–” Megatron started when The Insecticon grabbed his helm, stopping his shot as the Insecticon flipped over him and then threw the Decepticon leader, making him fly before catching himself and landing in a kneeling position, that was when The Insecticon roared and tackled him, pining Megatron to the wall.
The Scout was getting ready to tear into him while Airachnid smiled, wondering if this was the day that she would finally be done with the Mech, The Insecticon roared again, stronger than Megatron who struggled to free himself before he got his blaster arm free and shot him, flinging the Beast back and making it land on all fours, making him transform into his beetle form before flying and charging.
Megatron went to fire at the creature, when AIrachnid had webbed his blaster arm, nullifying it, he glared at the femme who wanted to win before the Insecticon had tackled him, before the Insecticon had rammed into him, and then again before he had thrown Megatron skywards, flying past him as he hung in mid air for a moment, making a deep cut as he went by before turning around to attack again.
The Insecticon fired several shots from his horn into the falling Decepticon, making him slam into the ground before he transformed and landed, Megatron rose and wiped some leaked Energon away while Airachnid had chuckled at the victory she most likely had right now, The Insecticon had charged once again, lunging towards him when Megatron hit the creature and slammed him into the wall.
He had fallen down and Airachnid had tensed as she looked to The Decepticon who was looking up at her, angry, “You and your beast would do well to remember I honed my skills in the pits of Kaon!” he had said as he unsheathed his blade, recalling the battles and hard fights he had, becoming something hard to face the world that kept pushing and taking from him.
The Insecticon had gotten up, roaring towards him as he had went and charged towards the beast, both ready to kill the other, clasping servos and attempting to overpower the other now, The Insecticons strength versus his might as he released and attempted to strike, only for his Insecticon pedes to block him and again before Megatron lunged forward.
The Insecticon parried him and growled, Megatron attempted to attack when The Insecticon leaped over him, as Megatron turned, the Scout had leapt forth and Airachnid was getting agitated, “Finish him!” She shouted, unaware that The Autobots were watching them as the two had clashed, the two of them slashing and moving just far enough away from each other, neither one having an advantage at the moment.
As Megatron beat back another strike from The Insecticon before he punched his face plate when Airachnid heard the sound of a engine revving and metal transforming, she turned just as The Femme she despised tackled into her and threw Airachnid into a wall, Airachnid collected herself and glared at the femme, every time she came to take away her happiness, “You.” she snarled to Arcee who was ready to fight.
Extending her blades before charging just as Megatron and The Insecticon had continued to exchange blows, the Insecticon lunged and he backed away, The beast overextending so Megatron gave a blow, making him unsteady as he had attacked, but Megatron had just given a knee and slammed the Insecticon into the wall, making it fall and he stood up and looked towards his target for termination.
Seeing that she was missing, he turned to look before seeing that The Autobots were there, “So many surprises today.” Megatron said as The Insecticon had climbed to the roof above him, hissing as he leapt towards him, but Megatron just gave a slash towards the bot, meanwhile, AIrachnid fired webbing at her enemy getting, one shot but not enough as Arcee leapt from wall to cavern wall as Airachnid backed away.
Arcee kept avoiding her shots when she extended her blasters and fired upon The Eukarian, firing towards her when Airachnid had decided to make a hole, escaping to plan and kill her enemies another day while Arceefollowed her, determined not to lose Airachnid, while in the arena, Megatron knocked The Insecticon to the ground, grabbing his extra pedes and placing his pedes on his chassis before pulling.
The Scout was flung away, minus two pedes that still thrashed as he tossed them away and charged, blade extended before he went and slashed, cutting the helm of the Insecticon clean off and making it fly, energy still crackling from the cut off fuel lines, giving one last roar as it landed, rolling a bit before the body fell and the optics had dimmed for the final time, dead.
Megatron panting and in pain, but not done as he spread his servos out like he did after a victory in one of his matches, “Let that be a warning to anyone who dares cross a gladiator of Kaon, be they Decepticon or Autobot.” He said, more to himself than anyone else as Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Optimus landed with weapons drawn, Megatron took one step forward before his pedes gave out.
He fell, flat on his face plate, the wounds he received finally registering to him, panting as he tried to pull himself up, “It would seem that I'm unarmed and at your mercy.” he said looking up to The Prime who was fighting with himself over what they should do, “So, tell me, Optimus. Do you intend to take me alive? Or end this here and now?” he asked, curious on his answer before he aimed his blaster on his enemy.
Megatron looked up, unafraid of Optimus as glared when all of a sudden, blaster fire reigned down from above, making him look up in surprise, “The surprises never cease.” he said to himself as the wing had surrounded them, Dreadwing landing down with Gattler primed as The Autobots were now outnumbered, “Oh, scrap.” Bulkhead said at the array of blasters circling them.
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Arcee meanwhile had slid down the tunnel, her weapons ready and armed before seeing she was alone, making the femme retract them as she had crawled forwards, only to realize that her hands touched something sticky, she looked down, confused before seeing both of her servos were covered in webbing, “Scrap!” She went just as the trap had been spring and lifted her into the air in a cocoon.
The Autobot struggling as Airachnid had pulled her up, but it was in vain, Airachnid using one of her pedes to make her look down towards The Eukarian as she climbed forward, grabbing the sides of her helm with her servos as they were faceplate to face plate, “This may not be the day that I take Megatron's spike, but it is the day I remove yours, butcher.” she told Arcee.
Ready to strike when all of a sudden, a Seeker missile hit her, exploding and catching her in it, making her on the ground, wounded as she saw Starscream with his servo aimed and ready to shoot again, “How right you were, Airachnid.” the coward said while she was infuriated, as he slid down, Starscream aimed his other missile, “Payback is sweet.” he said right before firing on her.
Not wanting to get blown away again, Airachnid had went and tunneled down just as the explosion had occurred, the heat nearly scorching her paintjob as she had headed away, The Scout was dead, becoming a voice in the Hive, but she was not done just yet, Airahcnid was not done yet, she would make them pay, Megatron, Arcee, they would both pay, and she would be one the few on top.
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They were surrounded and it was not looking good, Optimus had his blasters ready, one aimed at Megatron’s helm, the other at the seekers behind him, “Deliver Megatron to us, and I will allow you to live.” Dreadwing had told them, “Never trust a Con. Kick buckethead's bucket!” Bulkhead told Optimus and as Megatron looked at his faceplate behind the mask, Megatron knew what would happen.
Optimus would always choose the option that saved his comrades lives, and he was not disappointed as Optimus looked towards his new SIC, “Dreadwing, do I have your word?” he had asked of The Seeker, Dreadwing glared at him, a tense standoff between them on what would happen, all of them ready to kill, when all of a sudden, Dreading had holstered his Gattler.
Seeing this, Optimus had lowered his weapons as well, Dreadwing went to help Megatron up who was struggling while The Autobots had approached their Prime, “My liege.” he said while Megatron got ready for his command, “Dreadwing may have given you his word, but I did not.” he told them, pointing towards them before giving the command, “Destroy them!” he shouted and his MTO’s opened fire.
The Autobots were caught off guard and distracted while Megatron transformed and flew off, seeing this as his chance to recover and regroup as Dreadwing followed him, “You disobeyed my orders in following me here.” he had told Dreadwing before giving him the good news, “You will make a fine First Lieutenant.” he said before racing ahead, the Seeker quick to follow after him now.
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Insecticon Hive
As Airachnid had drilled downwards, further into the earth, she transformed, tired and wounded as she was, at least she was alive, “Starscream, I vow I will have your head.” she swore again on the pact as she moved, that was when Airachnid heard the noise, approaching in her half–Fateweaver mode before seeing a tunnel, curious, she had climbed downwards to find it before eventually she had arrived at the location.
It was an entire stock of Insecticon Stasis pods, she could feel Hardshell among them and knew that this was where Soundwave sent his Hive, “So, my warrior was merely a scout.” she said as they awoke one by one, the army awakening for their queen and ready to serve their masters while Airachnid was planning her next chance to kill The Leader of The Decepticons once more.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Soundwave was reeling over the new changes that had happened, their second SIC was rogue, and Dreadwing was now in command, meanwhile she was still busy with the issue of the third artifact which was being quite troublesome, it kept flickering on and off, it was irritating her immensely as she had seen it flicker again and this time she had seen that there was pattern.
Soundwave saw that there was a small frequency that popped up thirty seconds before the signal appeared, seeing this, she started to work on a way in when she had seen that there was a few messages from her usual bots, “You realize that we have to DEAL with Airachnid now.” He said to her, knowing that she was not the type to think of those she cares for as traitors, even Drift.
“We’ll deal with it when we have to face her,” She said to him, “Let’s just hope that if she has to be dealt with, we don’t leave it to The DJD.” She said and Laserbeak could agree with that, neither one of them wanting anyone that they knew to be… brutalized by them, as the two of them had finally gotten a ping on the artifact, making her get relieved at that when she noticed where it was.
Jasper, Nevada, great, “So, should we tell Megatron…?” Laserbeak asked, “Nay!” The Voice said, “We shall claim the prize and show that we are mighty and true!” The Voice said, “Don’t be ridiculous!” Lasereak said, “If we found it then that means The Autobots too!” Soundwave vented as she had gotten up, “I need to stretch my pedes.” She said to Laserbeak.
“Soundwave–!” Laserbeak went, “There’s too much depression here and I can’t be cooped up here right now.” Soundwave had said to him and as she shared the feelings from Knock Out that saturated the ship, not to mention the fact that this would be easy is she went in solitary, “Fine,” Laserbeak said, “But at least leave a note.” He told her so she complied with it.
As Soundwave had went and walked through the vessel, letting others think she was going on one of her breaks, heading out and transforming as she had flew away, none of them aware that there were two sets of optics on her right now as she had left and both of them thinking that it was a perfect chance for the bots to deal a serious blow to the Decepticon Cause as they readied to face her.