Termination; False
Penance Station, Epsilon Ariadne
Soundwave couldn’t believe it, she was before the Mentor of Megatron! It was unbelievable, Incredible! Soundwave knelt before the femme, “<It is an honor to be in your presence.>Dreadwing” She had said to Termagax, Confusion. “And it is an honor to be in yours.” she said, thinking it was a new formality, “Anyways, where’d you get Ratbat’s frame?” she had asked.
Soundwave considered how to answer so she had shown her medical report to the femme, it was damaged thanks to the damage, but there was enough of the screen to show how it had happened but not of her personal information, “Cosmic Rust infection, huh?” she had asked of the Decepticon who had nodded at that, making her give a hiss, wondering who’d be cruel enough to do that.
“Cosmic Rust?” Miko had asked the two of them, “Soundwave, does your pet not know what Cosmic Rust is?” Termagax asked, reacting to this, Soundwave went to JSL as she hoped that this would better help the communication, “<Not my pet, her species became sentient 2.4 Hekavorns ago.>” she had told the scientist, “Okay, fair, but that doesn’t explain where you got his body.” she had said.
“<I was his aide, when he had died in the Senate Massacre, I took his frame before the… incident.>” Soundwave had told her, Shock. Came from the bot, “Wait, the Senate was–?!” She had started when there was an alert from the sensors, “Frag!” The femme had shouted, confusing Miko, “You! Follow me!” She had ordered of Soundwave who followed, Miko close behind them.
“Wait! She’s like that bot Lockdown, but she taught Megatron?!” Miko had asked as they saw that a meteor shower was coming their way, “Frag!/Frag!/Frag.” The Three voices in her helm as she saw what exactly it was, “Judging by your body language, “I’m assuming that you’re thinking ‘Frag’, right?” She had asked of the bot who had nodded, “A meteor shower?” Miko had asked of the two.
“Those aren’t Meteors, they’re Rust Giants.” Termagax said as she had started up the defense system, “Junkion Nomads who explore planets, reading and taking anything they think is valuable.” she had said, “And they leave no survivors.” the scientist had said before pointing to a system, “Man it and fire on them!” Termagax ordered, “You! Spot the ones we miss and let us know!” Termagax shouted.
They had both nodded and proceeded to set up the targeting systems before they had seen that there were quite a few and seeing them, the bots had went and opened fired upon the bots that were coming their way, the bots that were hit were mostly being torn apart but some had joined with the others and were splitting up as they had went and hit the station, roaring in the silence of space.
“Activating the shield–skin.” she said, surprising the two as Termagax had electrocuted the Rust Giants that were there, the femme was smiling and was relieved when they saw that one had pulled up a chainsaw and revved it, appearing to not be affected as he had carved a hole in, “We have a breach!” Termagax shouted, activating the defense system to hit them.
The Rust Giants were flowing in now, it was only four of them but they were quite large as they had started to smash and pillage the location, reacting, Termagax looked to Soundwave, “Do you have a Flight mode?” Termagax asked, Soundwave nodded and got up before she walked out, “Are you sure about this?” Laserbeak asked, “She has no reason to lie and another bot is more useful than less.”
The bot had went and walked towards the location as she looked towards a camera, “<Seal the door behind me.>” she had said and as Soundwave walked to the same hall, there was the sound of the doors hermetically sealing behind her, “Shine!” The Rust Giant with the saw shouted, “Huh, forgot that term.” Laserbeak thought as they charged towards them.
The bots had charge and as they did as much, Soundwave dropped her servos before she had started to slide, spinning out of the way of their attacks, chainsaw, ax, ax junior and barbed claws were all moving to attack her, too big and too clumsy, they were bumping into and hitting each other while she had jabbed at them when Laserbeak had popped out and fired, drawing their attention.
Seeing this, they had turned and went to fire when Soundwave had seen something, “Soundwave! Hit the release!” Termagax had shouted, reacting to this, her tendrils had shot out and pulled them in, making the bots look at her before the section had started to glow, “Great! Now Run!” Termagax said, reacting to this, Soundwave transformed and flew out of there with Laserbeak close behind.
Just as she did, the Rust Giants had shouted out in anger when all of a sudden there was a flash and like that, the bots were all vaporized, Soundwave could no longer sense them which made the bot relieved, “Not surprising that Penance had tools like that.” Laserbeak had sent to her as the two of them had went and flown back to Penance Station so that they can find a way out.
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Miko was with Termagax and was cautious with Megatron’s… mom? “So, you’re Megatron’s mentor?” she asked, recalling what Bulkhead had told her about the process, “Yes.” Termagax simply said as she had opened a airlock for the Cybertornian, “So you taught him how to be a ‘Con?” The human asked, “A con artist?” Termagax asked, “No, a Decpeticon.” Miko had asked, making the scientist pause.
“What’s a Decepticon?” Termagax had asked, hearing that, Miko was surprised, “What rock have you been under?” she asked the bot, making her turn to the human, “Obviously THIS rock.” Termagax said, ding a sweeping motion to the station, “I’ve been stuck here for 5.4 Hekavorns!” she said before converting it to human, “Four and a half million years.” she told Miko as Soundwave returned.
“<Do we have any more enemies?>” Soundwave asked her, but instead, Termagax had a question, “What’s a Decepticon?” Termagax asked her, making Soundwave pause before speaking, “<We are the deceived, the disenfranchised, those that stood up to Cybertron for equality and continue to fight for our Cybertron.>” she said while Miko had scoffed at the action.
“You guys destroyed Cybertron! And didn’t Megatron wake up Unicron?” she had asked, “I’m sorry, Unicron is found?!” Termagax had asked in shock and surprise, Soundwave had nodded at that, “<We were unaware that The Spark Chamber of Unicron was the core of Planet Earth.>” Soundwave had said, Termagax though was still shocked by Unicron and that their home was dead.
“How did our planet die?” Termagax asked of Soundwave, she was hesitant before answering, “<There was an overdose of Dark Energon but our Energon supply was diminishing even before that after the Mega–Refinery was destroyed.>” she said, “What happened to it?” Termagamx asked, “<Scorponok had destroyed it, wanting the strong to fight to the death for it.>” she said to the pair.
“Dude, that’s messed up.” Miko said, “At least the human agrees with that.” Laserbeak said when there was a alert, “Someone else is coming in!” Termagax said, checking the cameras and saw it was supplies, “Frag yeah!” Termagax said before transforming and heading as fast as she could to some ACTUAL energon instead of the slag that she’s been eating for Hekavorns.
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The three of them had arrived at the location and as they had went and looked over the supplies, Termagax had picked up some organic material, “What is this?” she asked as Miko took the Hamburger, “Yes!” She had went, munching down and enjoying the food as Soundwave saw that there was some tech here as well as a message, “Hey there Soundwave, this is Lockdown.” The Bounty Hunter said.
“Lockdown?” Termagax said, surprised to hear from him, “So you and one of the Earth Organics got stuck on Penance, huh?” The bot said, “Sadly they scrapped the exit when the occupation ended,” He said, making Termagax snort, “I could have told you that.” she said, “Anyways, here’s most of the tech you need that I could get my servos on, when you get back, you mind giving me a headcount?”
That confused them, “A headcount?” Miko asked, “For the victims.” Termagax said, showing an image of every one she found and their designations as well, “So, what do we have?” Termagax asked as they had started to make an inventory, “This is great! We can use this to–!”she started before seeing a picture, making Termagax pick it up and was looking nostalgic at the sight.
“What’s that?” Miko asked, seeing the three bots, it was Termagax, Lockdown and a flyer with a yellow faceplate, “That’s us, the founders of The Rise, me, Lockdown and Nomi before he was a Prime.” she had said, “<Nominus Prime?>” she asked as the human went and found a holo–map, “Yep, he was the little dreamer,” she said, “He wanted to make Cybertron better, even if The Senate didn’t.” she said.
At that, Miko opened the holo–map, revealing so many stars and planets! “Woah!” Miko went as Termagax took it and scanned the location before she had marked it, “That’s our location.” She told the two, Soundwave took it and marked the location for Termagax, “<We are here.>” she had said, “That is far,” Termagax said, “Even if we can jimmy a Transwarp pad.” she told them.
“Why? The pad brought us here.” Miko said, “Yes, but that was linked and registered, bouncing from encoded Quintesson satellites, we don’t–” she started when Soundwave marked somewhere much closer, “<We can go here instead, it’s a trade hub I have the code for.>” she had told them, “How do you know?” Termagax asked, “<My clone, my brother, Soundblaster, mans the station and he’s neutral.” she said.
“You have a clone?” Miko asked, “What’s a clone?” Termagax asked them, “Seriously?” Miko asked, “You have a copy of yourself? Also, how do you not know what a clone is?” Miko had asked, Termagax snapped her digits at that, “Oh! You mean budding.” she told them, hearing that, the two of them cocked heir helm and head, “What’s budding?” Miko asked for the two.
“Seriously?” Termagax said, “I know that there hasn’t been enough energy to do it since the Occupation but–” she started to say when there was another alert, making them look to see that there was a vessel approaching, “Great, what now?!” she went, making them see that it was a war ship coming their way, “<Star Seekers!> Starscream” She had went, “Star Seekers?” Miko asked.
“Pirates!” Termagax said, “They call themselves the scions of Megazarak.” she had told the pair of them, “<Who’s Megazarak?>/Who’s Megazarak?” the two asked, making Termagax laugh, “Oh! If he was still alive he’d be FURIOUS at that!” Termagax said, making the CCO do a quick dive and seeing that the bot in question was a Pirate King that had a fleet of Star Seekers, slain by Nominus Prime and Scourge of Eukaris.
“They’ve been trying to get in for Decavorns now!” she had said and went to process the defense system again when a holo was emitted to their room, “Termagax! We are here to–!” The bot started before seeing the two, “Ah, you found some scraps now, eh?!” He had said, glaring at the two, “Hey!” Miko had shouted out, wanting to hurt the bot, “Stow it Sabrewing.” She told the bot.
The Star Seeker just chuckled at that as Soundwave had sent out a signal, trying to figure out what they could do when she had seen that there were quite a few, including Rust Giants, “So, the Rust Giants were a vanguard, clever.” She thought to the Beast–Type as they found the schematics, seeing them, she had liked what she saw, “So what, you’re here to fail again?” Termagax asked Sabrewing.
“We know that your running out of supplies,” Sabrewing said, “We can just walk in if we want.” He said as vessels had removed from the main ship, “Yeah, have fun getting slagged.” Termagax had said, shutting off the comm before looking to Soundwave, “Alright, we need to–” she started before seeing that there was the schematics of the vessel, “Wow, you’re a pretty fast intelligence officer.” she said.
“<You have to be fast during wartime.>” she said before checking the available stock, “Excellent,” Termagax had said to him before she had went to a big red button, “I’ve been wanting to use this since he had destroyed my distress capsule.” she had said before pressing it, the three of them had watched as they had seen that there was a missile on the screen, “Termagax! What did you–?!” Was the last thing he said.
The main vessel had proceeded to go up in flames, shrapnel shooting out and destroying all but three of the vessels survived, “Woah, why didn’t you use THAT?” Miko asked as they saw them approach and ready to breach the station, “Because that took me a Kilovorn to make and I needed the schematics to tear them apar–” she started as one of the vessels transformed and landed.
“Great, Astro–Classes.” Termagax said as she picked up a cannon before tossing a pistol to Soundwave who grabbed and looked at it, the ring of barrels spinning as the three of them had headed over, “Wait, what about me?” Miko asked, hearing that, Termagax opened her cockpit, “Hop in.” she had said and Miko proceeded to do as much as the three of them headed to face them.
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As they approached the cargo bay, converted into a meditation center by Termagax, the bots there had started to look around and started to smash the ceremonial objects there, “Great, it’s Rocketrunner!” she hissed, “<What now?>” she asked of the bot as they had started to aim at the enemy, “Okay, so what’s our play?” Miko said, making Termagax get an idea.
“How do you feel about a distraction?” She asked the human, making her smile, “What do you need?” she asked, meanwhile, Soundwave had seen the powerlines there as Termagax had kicked her out, “Alright, “Just pull those switches.” she said before turning to Soundwave, “Do you have thermal?” she asked and Soundwave had nodded as Rocketrunner had shouted out, “Termagax! I know you can hear me!” he said.
“You helped kill Megazarak! You destabilized his fleet and let the Prime and that mongrel kill him!” he had shouted as Miko had went and scurried in, going to pull the lever that was there, “I will mount your spark on my trophy wall–!” he had started before there was all of a sudden darkness, “What the–?” he started before the two of them moved in, Soundwave firing a array of shots into them while Termagax fired.
Her spray of shots with the shells from Termagax made some tense shots, “Hey! Watch it!” Miko shouted as the bots had returned fire, making the two of them hide from the attacks which was when there was a noise from the Astro–Class, “I will burn out your optics and make you my glitch!” Rocketrunner had shouted as he lobbed a grenade towards the pair of them.
The two of them went in as a explosion of crystalline metal as they had seen that the emergency lights go on, making them visible and making Soundwave react, shooting her tendrils out and attaching to two of the Star Seekers helms, frying their processors as Rocketrunner had cut one off with a hatchet before stepping on the other, making Soundwave grunt in pain as she had faced off with him.
She had fired upon him while sharpening her digits, making the bot cover his face plate before he threw the hatchet at her, burying it in her shoulder joint for her blaster servo while she had went and stabbed where the Spark Chamber was, making him snarl in pain before he helmbutted her, making Soundwave fall to the ground as he stood over her, making him look down to her.
Smugness. Came from him, “You’re a tough little bot, aren’t you?” he asked with a grin as Soundwave started to laugh, as she did as much, energon started to spill out of the hole, “What’s so funny?” Rocketrunner asked, “Laserbeak…” “On it!” He went and ejected, trilling up and firing, making him back away in pain into the barrel of Termagax’s cannon, “So glad this is finally over.” she said before pulling the trigger.
His helm was blown off, spraying energon, making the bot stumble there and look like he was about to attack one last time before Soundwave had rolled to the side and let the Astro–Class fall dead by her, making her relieved as she got up, “That was… woah.” Miko went, seeing the wound that Soundwave got, “Your servo.” Termagax went, examining the damage, “It’s fine.” She said.
“Shame it’s the same servo I lost on Junkion, but it’s not damaged.” She had told her, “Well alright, now, I’m going to pull it out on three… one… two…” Termagax started before pulling the hatchet out, making Soundwave hiss in pain while Termagax had examined it, right before she gave a lick, “Dude! That’s just gross!” Miko said as Termagax shook her helm, “Who cares, let’s get to work.” she told them.
Leaving the bodies there, Soundwave had started to wipe the spilled energon away from her left optic, “That’s some nice ink.” she said, seeing it and surprised that someone that was supposed to be the silent eyes and ears of the Decepticons would have a tattoo, “<Thanks.>” she had simply said, starting to play some of the Rock Music that she had absorbed, making the two nod their helm and head as they joined her.
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The two bots were all working on it while Miko had watched them, “So… what’s this Sanctuary like?” she had asked of Soundwave, “Yeah, I’m curious too.” Termagax had said, “It’s a interesting place,” She had told them, “Soundblaster doesn’t care if your organic or mechanic, as long as you pay and don’t try to steal from him, you can enjoy it all.” She had said to them, making Miko interested.
“So there’s like a ton of aliens there?” Miko asked, sounding excited, Soundwave nodded at that, “Cool!” Miko went, excited at the prospect as Termagax had continued to work, “It’s incredible, even though he’s a clone of you, he struck out on his own and made his own path.” she had said, “This would be something incredible to write.” She thought, already planning a dissertation on the idea.
“I’d check Shockwave’s Thesis, ‘Same Frame, different Spark’ as well as the analysis on Insecticon reproduction.” Soundwave had said to her, Termagax was interested and nodded at that as Laserbeak went and welded a piece together, “Thank you.” she said to Laserbeak as they continued to work, “So tell me, what are you?” Termagax had asked of her, “Huh?” Miko asked.
“You’re speaking to The Beast–Type with no sort of signal present, so tell me, what are you?” She had asked, making Miko look as well at the bot, “Is Soundwave an Outlier? A Cityspeaker? Or did Galvatron miss one?” She had thought, “<I am an Outlier.>” she had simply told her, before there was a emerald beep, Excitement. Came from the bot at the sight of it working, “Yes!” Termagax and Miko shouted.
“So we can go?” Miko asked, “Yes, I just need to get something, Soundwave, please help?” Termagax asked, Soundwave nodded and followed her, when they went to a room and she took a data slug, Termagax turned, “When you return to Megatron, tell him that I am a NAIL.” she told her, surprising Soundwave, “<Why?>” she asked, “<You would be revered in our cause!>” she said.
Termagax inspired Megatron, inspired the creation of the Decepticon philosophy, but Termagax simply shook her helm, “I taught him that before one must join the march of others, they must first pave their own path.” she told Soundwave, “And my path is not one of a Decepticon.” she said, walking away, finishing up the conversation like that and leaving her there before Soundwave followed.
She knew that there was no way that she’d be able to change the mind of a bot like Termagax, not unless she had attempted to control her like Soundblaster and his microcons, “Hey! Are we good now?” Miko had asked of them, “Yes.” Termagax said, “Now then, let’s get off of this Primus forsaken Pitspace.” Termagax said, corrupting the signal that hid them and letting Soundwave make her Space–Bridge.
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Sanctuary Station
“Come on Trems!” Mohawk had said to Tremor, “I didn’t know dat Berserker was gonna do that!” Mohawk said as Tremor had started to remove the remnants of the coil cannon, Silverwater though was sending the monstrous Decepticon to Garrus–10, “Yeah yeah,” Tremor said, used to his spiel, “Let’s just get this over wi–” he started before there was a sphere of Transwarp energy before they appeared.
A damaged Soundwave with a human and Termagax who looked like she had been starving for Hekavorns collapsed, Miko holding her breath, “<It’s a Oxygen Primary Station.>” she said, before looking the two bots, “Hey Bossbot!” Mohawk said to her, “Y’all wanted ta make a grand entrance or somethin’?” he asked of her as Miko had looked around at everything there, “This is so cool!” she said.
“Finally!” Termagax said before pointing to Tremor, “You! I want fresh energon! Nothing filtered or recycled!” Termagax said, desperate for something that didn’t taste like scrap, “Soundwave?” Tremor had asked, “Give it to her, put it on my tab.” She said as the human had started to walk away, “We probably shouldn’t let her wander alone.” Laserbeak said and Soundwave agreed.
“Have your servant do it.” The Voice had told her and she nodded at that, “Mohawk, keep an optic on the human, I need her undamaged when I go back.” She had told him, making the Two Wheeler give a salute before there was a noise, “Soundwave!” her clone and brother said, making the three look to the owner of Sanctuary Station, “It’s been too long my sibling!” He said to her.
“Wait, I thought Soundblaster was your clone?” Miko asked before remembering what Soundwave told her, “Ooh, is this one of those organics you told me about?” Soundblaster asked as he knelt down to get a good look, “I thought they’d be bigger, you’re always talking about these elephants.” Soundblaster joked, “Who tore at your servo?” He asked, worried for her.
“A dead Star Seeker,” She said, “Do you have any medics that you trust?” She asked, “No, but you do.” He said before turning on his comm, “Tinker, your number one patient is here.” Soundblaster said, “Tinker? That old Blacksmith is still around?” Termagax asked, “Right,I almost forgot about you.” Soundblaster said as his shoulder cannon primed, “Who are you?” he had asked her.
“<Termagax.>Megatron” Soundwave said, Shock. Surprise. Wonder. Came from the nearby bots who overheard, “Termagax?!” The Purple and gray and green form of Mesothulas shouted, in the nearby energon court when she said this, “It’s an honor to meet you!” The scientist said, shaking her servo as Soundwave left, leaving the bot in human in their servos while she got back to full strength.
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Sickbay, Sanctuary Station
Soundwave felt as he had repaired her damage, her new Face Screen fitting snugly in as Tinker spoke, “It’s great to see you again.” Tinker had said to her, “I saw Barricade recently, and he said something about an enquiry in the sector you’re in.” he had told her, making Soundwave make a note at that, “<Thank you.>Drift” She had said to him, as he finished up, she got up just as Tinker spoke again.
“About your voice box,” he said, making the Spymaster turn to her personal doctor, “I was able to acquire the needed material to repair it.” he said, “That’s incredible!” Laserbeak had said to her, “It’ll take a Diun to properly work if we’re lucky, but you should be able to speak without hurting yourself anymore.” Tinker said, “But it’s all up to you on how we proceed.” Tinker said to her.
“I’m going to do it.” She told Laserbeak, surprising the bot at that, “Why?” He had asked of her, “When we win, I want to sing of our accomplishments.” She told the Beast–Type before nodding, “Excellent,” Tinker said, “I’ll let you know as soon as we’re ready.” He had said as she rose up, a little excited at the thought that she would be able to speak on her own one day.
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Miko was scrolling through the photos that she had take of all of the aliens and of the other bots there, “So then, you’re returning home with Soundwave?” Termagax had asked the human, “Yeah, gotta hurry before Bulkhead starts to panic.” she had told the femme who nodded at that, “Where’re you going?” Miko asked, wondering if she would visit Megatron, “I think I’ll stay here.” Termagax told her.
“Mesothulas is introducing me to the new discoveries that were made when I was locked up by that fragger.” She said to her as a Decpeticon approached them, “What?” Termagax asked the bot, “I was told this was where The Space Bridge to Earth was being activated.” Shadow Striker said when she noticed Soundwave, “Sir!” The Velocitronian said, saluting him.
“I am back from my recovery and ready to serve on The Nemesis again!” she said, “<Where is Roulette?> Shadow Striker” She had asked the sniper, “She had taken leave to return home,” Roulette said, “I didn’t, I want to make Blackrock ay.” Shadow Striker told her and Soundwave liked it, she nodded to this as Soundblaster approached, “Alright then, Let’s get you back to Earth.” he told them.
At that, a Space Bridge was made for the first set of coordinates that Soundwave gave him, motioning for the human to go through, “Next time I see you, we’re enemies again!” Miko said and Soundwave nodded, respecting that ability to separate it before tossing a playlist to her, Miko barely able to catch it as she fell back into the Space Bridge and sending her home.
“Next stop, Megatron.” he said, as they opened the bridge, Termagax had one last thought, “Hey! If Lockdown’s still there, tell him I’m waiting here to split some engex.” she said, making the CCO nod at that before she and her sniper had left them to rejoin their fellow Decepticons, as they did as much, Soundwave wondered how they’d explain all of this to Megatron.
With the Space Bridge closed, Termagax had turned back towards Mesothulas who was waiting, “So then, Mesothulas, tell me about this… Hive Cloning that you’re planning.” she had said to him, “Yes, well it starts by artificially transforming a spark Mitotic.” he had started, making the assembled group worried that they may have done something that could doom their species in the future.
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Jasper, Nevada
Miko had stumbled out of the space bridge and looked around, she was home, sighing, Miko realized what she had to do now, the young girl had pulled out her phone and dialed the Wrecker, “Miko?! Are you okay?!” He had asked her, worried, “I’m fine Bulk,” MIko had said, “Me, Soundwave and Termagax were able to get out, but we had to fight pirates! And I had to flip a switch to get us the win! And we went to Sanctuary–!”
“Miko, did you say Termagax?” Ratchet had asked her, “Yeah, Megatron’s Mama, I know, apparently some jerk named Ratbat sent her there and, “Miko! Where is Termagax now?” Ratchet asked, sounding worried, “Back at Sanctuary, she wanted to do her own thing.” The human said, earning some relieved vents from the Autobots that were there, “We’re sending a bridge your way now.” The Medic said.
As it appeared, Miko looked down at the playlist that Soundwave gave her, thinking on what to do, she made sure it was off in case it had a tracker on it before heading over to the bridge that opened, happy to tell Bulk all about the adventure that she had just went on to go and tell them about her first time ever in space as it were, wondering what the others were doing.
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Lesotho, Africa
The two Decepticons had walked out, as soon as they did, Soundwave was bombarded with messages, so she went to the one that was the most insistent and responded, “Soundwave, it appears that Lockdown’s plan was successful.” Dreadwing had said, making her understand what was going on as Knock Out took over, “Ah, Soundwave, and it seems that you brought back a friend.”
Soundwave looked to Shadow Striker who spoke up, “Can you bridge us please, sir?” Shadow Striker, “Prepare for a Bridge,” He said, “I assume you don’t want Lord Megatron to know about this, so why don’t we–” He started but she simply walked through, “Yeah, that’s not going to work.” Shadow Striker said, knowing what Soundwave would do what she needed to.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
“Soundwave,” Megatron said as the CCO had kneeled before him, “Report.” he said, knowing that Soundwave was somewhere not in Namibia, not to mention hat there were some wounds the Spymaster was trying to hide, responding, she gave a message that he had never thought to hear, “<Termagax–>Megatron <–Lives!>Megatron” Soundwave had said to him, making him pause.
“What?” he had asked of the bot as she had went and showed a video that the two made, “Hello, Megatronus,” Termagax said, “If you’re watching this, it means that your comrade returned and told you I’m alive, good for Soundwave.” She had said, “I heard a bit about what you’ve been up to and I have to say, I’m impressed with your strike against Functionalism.” She said, Pride. Came from Megatron.
“However, based off of current events and my own philosophy, I’ve decided to go… NAIL, was it?” Termagax said, “Anyways, I hope that when this is over, we can work together to fix Cybertron, tah!” Termagax said before it had ended, making Megatron help her up, “And the artifact?” he said, making her look to Dreadwing, “The Bounty Hunter, Lockdown, had taken the device.” he answered.
Hearing that, Megatron had looked towards the bots there, “Dreadwing, oversee our scouts in the search for both Starscream and The Autobots.” he said, making the bot nod before going to leave, “Soundwave, you are ordered to rest and recover for now.” he had told her, hearing that, she went to do as much, “And Soundwave,” he said, making her pause, “Thank you.” he said, making her nod before walking away.
As she had went and walked away, two bots had started to plan, one of them on wiping out the command crew of The Nemesis and becoming master of The Decepticons, the other wanting to kill Megatron and leave this rotten world behind with everything that she cared for, neither one aware what the other was planning or that nothing would end up the way that they wanted.