Alternates; Scheming
The Nemesis
Soundwave had started to type away, finding a new coordinate to decode thanks to WDA, when Megatron laughed, Happiness. Pride. Coming from The Decepticon, “You should have seen Optimus Prime's face when his precious Star Saber shattered like glass and, with it his dreams of an Autobot victory.” he had said towards her wanting Soundwave to be there personally, but her recordings were good enough.
“Granted, Optimus will be more determined than ever to discover the locations of the remaining Iacon entries before we can.” he had said, and speaking of said relics, Soundwave had decoded another for them, “Ah, very good./AH, VERY GOOD.” Megatron and Trypticon said in unison, making her both happy and disgusted at the statement he had given.
“I see you have decoded the next set of coordinates.” he had said as she had went back to work on decoding the rest, “Way to step things up, Soundwave.” Knock Out said as he had approached them, “I do hope this Iacon relic is something less sacred and more profane, like an electro-disruptor cannon.” he had told them, “We could use one of those.” he told them, back from torturing Silas.
“Indeed, Knock Out.” Megatron said, the two of them interested in weaponry, “DO THESE FOOLS NOT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE KEYS?!” Trypticon had asked in disgust and anger towards them, Soundwave chose to ignore The Titans as Megatron went to comms, “Dreadwing, report to the bridge immediately.” Megatron had said, making Knock Out react to the command.
“Please, lord Megatron, allow me the honor of retrieving this relic for you.” Sounding a little desperate as he said it, “I'm surprised you would risk your finish so soon after your accident.” Megatron mockingly said as he had turned towards Knock Out, making him wince in anger and shame, “Nonetheless, I remain unconvinced that you are the best choice for the task since you failed to secure the phase shifter.”
Knock Out had smiled at that, “I lacked the proper tools.” he had told Knock Out had said to him, “But since Soundwave's currently occupied, I can't imagine he'll mind if I borrow this,” he said, revealing her personal weapon that had been taken by her when she was a captive of The Institute, “So that I might better secure your prize and heap some hurt on the Autobots.” he said to him with a smile.
“How DARE he?!” Laserbeak said, “It’s just a tool, besides, I have the systems downloaded into my CNA.” It didn’t matter, honestly it was just a memento at this point, but one that she still enjoyed to use, “Soundwave,” Megatron said, “Open a fridge.” he said and she was fine in doing that for him, opening it up so that Knock Out could succeed or fail at his leisure.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Soundwave was in her quarters, her tendrils given to WDA to use while she had looked over her messages, not really understanding the rules of these other personalities, but they weren’t causing a problem just yet for her, as she was looking over the data that was available, Soundwave saw that there was a message, “Soundwave this is Tinker, you should be alright now to start testing it.”
Hearing that, Soundwave took a vent, locking her door and about to speak, opening her exhaust when there was an alert, “Knock Out to Soundwave, open up a bridge, I’m coming in with the relic.” Hearing this, Soundwave had complied, opening up the bridge for him as she had walked to the Bridge, “Soundwave–?” “I can test it later.” She told him, curious on what he had retrieved.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Megatron had looked at the identical key he was given, “It appears identical to the one taken from me by Optimus Prime.” Curious about the design as he plucked it from Knock Out’s servos, “Ah. Perhaps it is a decoy the Autobots allowed you to seize as a means of sabotage.” he had told The Velocitronian, “Unlikely, my liege.” Knock Out responded to him.
“They battled too desperately for it.” Knock Out said, making Megatron curious, “Then pieces of a larger puzzle, perhaps.” he had said as Soundwave made herself known at the helm, making him see another set of coordinates, “Excellent, Soundwave.” he had told her, “With any luck, these new coordinates will shed some light on the subject.” he said, with Soundwave curious too.
“What is it?” She had thought, "THE OMEGA KEYS./The Omega Keys.” The Two Titans said, unhelpful, “Soundwave’s on fire.” Knock Out said, “And so am I.” he told them with a smile before going to leave when Megatron spoke, “Keep your vanity in check, doctor.” he said, Shock. Coming from The Doctor, “Haven't I proven myself?!” he had asked of Megatron hurt.
But Megatron was not done as he approached, “Your scientific expertise remains of greater use to me,” he said, raising the key in question, “Analyzing our latest acquisition.” he said, curious at why it was so important, “I must know what this relic is and what it can do.” making Soundwave at the potential danger that was there if they had lost these keys that were hidden.
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Little Harmonex, Soundwave’s Mindscape
Soundwave had looked over the data that was there, seeing everything that was there before she had gotten a notice from one of her personalities, Luxuria was there, looking excited as she had stroked– “Is that Trypticon?!” she asked, looking at the reptilian Titan who grumbled, appearing to not want to answer her, “Oh he turned into a real docile thing once I got my claws in him.” she had mocked.
Hearing that, Trypticon rose to snarl when Luxuria gave him a swat, “Hush now, Mommy and Mommy are talking.” Luxuria said, as if he were a child, “And speaking of Mommy, Trochia.” Luxuria had said, giving a sad expression, “She knows now?” the other her had asked, “Why do you care?” Soundwave asked, “The others do not.” she said in irritation, glaring at the other her, the one that seemed happier than any of her combined at the least.
“They don’t care because they are reflections of what you are or how you’re perceived,” Luxuria had told her, “I am everything you could have been, no outside influences, no Functionism, just you out and free to do whatever you want.” she had said, “Which means I know and I care about what goes in out there for you.” she had told Soundwave, making her glare at her other half.
“Fine then, what did you want to talk about?” she had asked, “Well… I was thinking that first off, we can have a walk through memory lane while Warship Drone Alpha gets to decoding, that’s what he’s here for anyways.” she had told Soundwave, tossing Trypticon off of her and opening a door that was glowing with a brilliant light now, “Come along.” she had told her and curious, Soundwave followed.
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Memories, Soudnwave’s Mindscape
To say it was insane would be putting it lightly, there was a entire music library there now, “While you’ve been in the waking world, doing your thing,” Luxuria had told her, “I’ve been figuring out how this place works.” she had told her, making Soundwave curious as Luxuria selected one, “Now this one should be a blast from the past.” she had said with a smile, playing the memory.
The scenery had all changed, where they were once in a music library, she had found herself in the old hideout that her and the original members of The Pack had been in, her hitting a bucket like a drum and smiling as they had listened to the tune that she was trying to make, “Look at you, so happy, so free.” Luxuria had said, “You could have become one of the greatest musicians of your time.” Luxuria said to her.
“Musicians needed money, they need a sponsor and someone to hold their leash,” Soundwave said, “I would have been nothing more than a pretty bird in a gilded cage if I did that.” she had told Luxuria, “But you don’t know because you didn’t try! You were already planning to go to The JAAT.” Luxuria had told her, the tone changing and so did the scenery to show when she had walked those steps.
“Yes, and there I learned power, there I learned how to use mine and the power of others.” she had told Luxuria, “To become a spymaster, a manipulator until you were shipped to Luna 2.” she told Soundwave, “To escape those like Proteus for a little while, before we got ready for Caminus.” she had told Luxuria, “But you never went, you’ve never been to Caminus.” Luxuria had told her.
“Because I had to survive, and becoming a servant of Ratbat would have allowed me to acquire the funds to do so.” she had told Luxuria, “Really? And what about Megatron?” Luxuria had asked, “What about him?” Soundwave had asked, “Are you joking?” Luxuria had asked, “You turned into his lapdog! Following his commands! Murdering your fellow bots and for what? A destroyed home?” she asked.
“For an equal Cybertron.” Soundwave had asked, changing the tune to show the visions she saw in his mind, getting the hang of this world, “To make everyone happy.” she said, making Luxuria scoff, “And THIS made you happy?” she had questioned, changing the tune to reveal Soundwave murdering bots with her bare servos, being tortured by Breakdown, The Institute, fighting and losing to Orion Pax.
She saw herself getting bullet holes, limbs severed, scarred and nearly melted until The Cosmic Rust had hit her, making Soundwave scream in pain as she had nearly died, making both look away as a new tune played, this one was from Junkion, “I didn’t–?” “Me either.” The two said, looking as it had shown Soundwave sitting besides Airachnid as they had one of their very small breaks.
“You know I wanted to kill you when Waspinator told me about you.” Airachnid told Soundwave, “You seemed like a threat,” she said, “But then I wanted to see if I could use you.” Airachnid told her, “And what did you come up with?” Soundwave had asked, “That you are a loyal bot that loves a few, and would have yourself torn to pieces so that they can be happy,” Airachnid said.
“You are insane and one of the greatest bots I’ve ever met.” AIrachnid had told her, “Now, why haven’t you tried to kill me yet to take control of The Insecticons?” Airachnid had asked of her, hearing that, Soundwave took a vent, “You are ruthless, cunning, like Starscream only you’re more competent, making you all the more dangerous.” Soundwave had told her.
“But you know loss and you care for your subordinates, even if it’s a side effect of your self preservation.” she had told Airachnid, “It’s as if you’re in my processor, and I don’t hate it.” Soundwave had told her, the two of them staring at each other when an explosion came, knocking the two to the side and into each other, staring into each others optics before leaning in and–
“Hey! Testing! Testing!” A voice said, snapping them out of the scene of their first interface, “Hey, Lux, you there?” A small and annoying voice had said, sounding like that yellow sponge that is on the natives transmissions, “I got the stuff for ya!” The voice had said, “Ignore that, how about we go to–?” “What is that?” she had demanded, “Hey Lux!!!” The voice continued as Soundwave cleared the scene.
It was a scene of a MicroMaster, a smaller blue bot that is larger than a Microcon but smaller than a minicon, used for infiltration and retrieval of certain artifacts, that is what made them useful, “Still don’t know why you need this Ore–8 stuff.” He had said, making Soundwave glare, “Ore–8? The explosive from Tsiehshi?” she had asked, furious of her while Luxuria glared, “Hey! Who is that?”
Furious, she spoke, “This is Soundwave of The Warship Nemesis.” she said, unsure how this is happening, maybe Luxuria was using a link, or there was some sort of link that she had forgotten somehow, or maybe someone was playing with her internals, or maybe this was just the two of them were occupying the stage right now and this was how it worked, she didn’t know.
“Wait, Soundwave?!” The bot said, confusing her, “I– I’m Wheelie, Sir! I didn’t know you and Lux were–?” “Negative.” Shehad said before realizing what was going on, “Can he–?” “Filter.” Luxuria had said, “So, are you on Earth right now?” she had asked, “Yes ma’am! Here in that Jasper place!” He had said, making Soundwave turn, “What are you planning?” Soundwave asked.
“Oh, don’t worry, just an… insurance policy.” Luxuria had said, hearing that, they had looked at each other, glaring at each other before Wheelie spoke up, “You got it!” He had said, and hearing that, Soundwave was about to speak up and ask what exactly Luxuria was planning before realizing that she was all alone there and making her worry that she was in less control than she thought.
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Jasper, Nevada
Wheelie couldn’t believe that HE was there, Soundwave! The freak that protected other freaks, if you weren’t up to Functionist standards, then he was in your corner, the MicroMaster had smile at the thought that he was working for one of his bots! It made Wheel do a wheelie in his alt–mode as he had approached the house, the third one that he had been assigned to deliver it to.
A fun fact about Ore–8, it made a great scrambler for Cybertronian signatures, making him grin as he had went and snuck in, planting the device into the location when the door opened, “Okay Mami! I just gotta–!” Raf had said when he saw the toy truck, making him confused until there was a knocking, “Huh,” he said, picking up the toy, “How’d you get here?” he had asked, looking it over before seeing the symbol that was there, “Decpeticon?” he asked, just as Wheelie transformed.
“Yeah, you got a problem with that?” he had snarled, making him drop the Con on his face plate, “Hey! Watch the paint job!” he had went, glaring at him as Raf had went and picked up a lamp to smash him, “Hey hey hey! I’m not a killer! I’m just trying to get back into their good graces.” he had told Raf, but he had went and tried to hit him, making Wheelie use his wheels, “Come on kid! It’s not like I’m tryna kill ya!”
He had kept circling and trying to avoid the kid as he had slammed and slammed at him as he had went and climbed upwards on his bookshelf, “Quit it, kid!” he had shouted out, hanging off the top and trying to kick him away when his grip got loose, “Woah woah woah!” Wheelie shouted before he had fallen into a trash can, reacting, Raf had covered the lid to keep him there.
“Hey, let me out! Let me out!” he said as Raf sat on the can, worried as he had went and called Miko and Jack, Fowler too as the bots were too busy right now with the keys at the moment as he had gotten worried that he was going to end up locked up or experimented on like a lab rat, the worst thing though would be if Luxuria had warned Tarn about what it was that he had been doing.
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The four humans had looked at the Decepticon that was snarling, trying to bite him, “What is he? Some sort of pet?” Miko had asked, making him stop and glare, “Did you just call me a fragging pet?!” he had asked, furious at the idea that he would be a pet, “I will eat off of your face and turn you into slag!” he had went, leaping towards her only for the chain on his neck stopping him.
“Wow! You’ve got a temper man,” Miko had said, “So why’re you here? Why aren’t you schmoozing up to Megatron?” Miko had asked, “You insane?” Wheelie had asked, sitting down, annoyed, “Do I look like the type that wants to get squashed?” He had asked, “Alright, then why’re you here, Con?” Fowler had asked of him, making Wheelie roll his optics, “I told your boy already, to get in good with The DSS.”
“The Decepticon Intelligence Agency?” Jack had asked, “No, The DO SLAG YOU PIECE OF SCRAP!” he had told them, very vocal and surprising them at how vulgar he is, “Why do you need to get in good with The DSS?” Miko had asked, surprised by the statement, “What? It’s the only way to get off the DJD’s list!” he had told them, snarling at the humans.
“Seriously, what makes the DJD so terrifying?” Jack had asked of the Decepticon, making Wheelie look at her, “Are y’all stupid? The DJD are the scrap!” he told them, “They’re the fragging boogeymen who torture and punish anyone that tried to go Autobot or even betray The Cons!” he had went, “I’m taking this bot to Unit: E, we can probably get some juicy info out of him.” Fowler said.
“Oh! You think just cause I got caught so easily, I’m easy pickings?!” he had snarled, just cause you think I’m weaponless and alone?” he had snarled, glaring as a little weapon had popped out from his servo like Iron Man before burning the chain, the other pressing his Decepti–Brand and making it flash, “You’re in trouble now!” he said with a laugh towards them.
That had made them confused as a motorcycle had crashed through, “What up Playa?!” Mohawk had shouted out, stopping and transforming, “This meat is causin’ trouble?” he had asked with a grin towards Wheelie, “Oh shut it! Just help me out of here.” He had said as Mohawk had went and drew a pair of pistols, aiming at the humans there, “Really? We can’t just Ice’em?” he had asked of Wheelie.
Hearing that, Fowler had went and gotten in front of them, “Nah! We gotta get with the rest of Soundwave’s cronies.” Wheelie had said, making the humans look, making Mohawk groan, “Fine!” he had went transforming as he had tossed Wheelie a pistol, The MicroMaster keeping it on them as they had went and driven away, the one thing in all of their heads though kept ringing, “Soundwave’s Cronies?”
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Energon Mine A–3
The two of them had went and driven up, “You’re here!” Buzzsaw had told the two bots as they had approached, Mohawk transforming and taking the pistol back from Wheelie, “Did you get it all?” Ravage had asked, having been called in by a new agent called Luxuria, but she gave the proper clearance for this assignment, so they had all complied and came in to help in their assignments.
The two of them went and sat down now, Wheelie going and tossing the data, “I nearly got my helm bashed in by a tiny human! But I got it.” Wheelie told The Beast–Type, hearing that, he had nodded towards the bot as there was a noise, “Buzzsaw! Give me the key!” Flamewar shouted still in her cage, none of them needing her loose on a low level world like this.
“No way in The Pit!” Buzzsaw said as he had tossed the key towards Rumble and Frenzy who were playing mini–cube, a die game with the thirteen sides each having a symbol of The Thirteen, “Got it.” Frenzy had said, the two of them called away from The Constructicons who were busy with finding a replacement for their old Cybermatter formula, “So now we wait for the bugs to work?” Rumble asked.
“Exactly, then we strike, we destroy facility and raze to ground.” he had told them, making the bots all look towards each other, all of them nodding towards each other before they had went and spoken up, “So what now?” Ratbat had asked towards the others, “Now we wait for the rest of Pack, then we will begin the process of Phase Three for The Infiltration Protocol.” Ravage said.
They had nodded at that, when there was a message from the Dreads on the comms, “Barricades coming! He got leave from Tyrest.” Ratbat had said, smiling towards the bots there before there was another noise, making them turn to see that Flamewar escaped, “I know Arcee’s here! Let me find him!” Flamewar had told them in fury, “Her.” Buzzsaw had said towards her.
“What?” Flamewar had asked of her, hearing that, looking towards the Beast–Type, “The Arcee that is here is a Femme, not a Mech.” Ravage had said towards the psychopath, “Oh, then let me find HER!” Flamewar had shouted towards them in fury before going and trying to escape again, making the others there vent in irritation, surprised that she was allowed here.
“So who is this Luxuria anyways?” Rumble had asked of them, making the other speak up, “Soundwave had verified her,” Ratbat said, “I have the paperwork too.” he had said as he had went and looked over the data that was available on the Grand Architect, working on it as Mohawk stretched, “Alright y’all, I gotta head back to Sanctuary for the next part!” he told them.
Mohawk having been given the task to figure out what The Omega Keys were while the rest of Soundwave’s crew was in charge of the operations there as they had went and started to search for Cybertronian Signatures and were surprised at the number, many many more Autobots than they were expecting to see here, especially with them all having the same signature as Sunstreaker.
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Sanctuary Station
Mohawk had come back to Sanctuary Station, “What up! What up?!” he had asked, “Now where’s Mama Megatron at?” Mohawk had asked of the others, making Tremor groan, “What do you want, Mohawk?” he had asked, “I gotta request from the main mech himself!” Mohawk had told him, making Tremor curious as he saw Mesothulas and Termagax talking about a new project.
“Hey! Termagax!” Mohawk had shouted, “Do ya know what an Omega Key is?!” he had asked and like that, every single one of The Cybertronians old enough to remember had went and shut up, looking towards the others that were there before Termagax spoke up, “How many?” She had asked of them, hearing that, the others had all looked towards him, “Last I heard, three.” he said.
“Three?” one of the old bots there had said, making Mohawk curious at that as they had all looked Mohawk with interest as Soundblaster had went and spoken up, “Oi! You know the rules–!” he had started to say towards them when there was another noise, one that had made them all look to see that there were weapons all trained on Mohawk, “Soundblaster…” Tremor had said.
“You need to run.” Tremor had said and hearing that, he had went and transformed before revving away from them, the Autobots firing upon him while The Decepticons had went and covered for him as a bot as went and picked him up, making him yelp before seeing it was Blackout, A Titanhunter, “Blackout! Bring him over here!” a voice said, making Mohawk look.
It was none other than Bludgeon, one of the most dangerous Decepticons in their faction, “Now, what did you say about The Omega Keys?” he had asked in his half destroyed exhaust, “Apparently there were these keys that–” “Not that, how many do they have?” he had asked, making Mohawk gulp in fear, “Th– Three.” he had said, scared and cautious while Bludgeon had laughed.
Meanwhile, the Autobots had all looked towards each other as well as Termagax, “Well, that’s probably gonna be a problem.” She had said before going and heading towards Soundblaster, “What is that thing?” Soundblaster asked, concerning the Artifact mentioned, “It’s the way for us to go home to a living Cybertron once more.” Termagax had answered, making things all the more interesting to them.
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Machination Jasper Office, Jasper
The vehicle had went and driven up to the office before transforming, coming to attention and saluting, “Sir.” he had said in a monotone voice, “Reporting information on Autobot Human allies and Decepticon forces.” he had said towards the human that was there, “Alright, what is it?” he had asked of them, hearing that, The Suntreaker Unit, NV–2, had reported.
“The humans had been spotted with a small Decepticon the size of a Toy Truck.” he had continued, “They appear to have captured the creature and taken him before another Decepticon of the same mass as subject Arcee had stolen the original Decepticon, their location no longer available afterwards.” he had said to the human, making him sigh, “Alright, get back out there and make sure they don’t find you.”
The Sunstreaker Clone had nodded at that as he had went and gotten ready for them to head back out, transforming and heading away from them as there was a noise, one that had made the human there sigh as he had went and reported the situation to Garrison Blackrock right about now, thinking that he might like this as they had went and gotten started on the report, wondering what he’ll think of it.
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Soundwave’s Mindscape
Soundwave was over and done with whatever Luxuria had been planning, making her angry as she had went and broken through more and more of the barriers that had been set up in her mind, barriers that she had no idea that this alternate personality had implanted into her mind, it was infuriating to say the least as she had seen that The Decepticon was waiting for her.
“What are you doing?” Con had asked, “Luxuria had left me here!” she had snarled, making Con glare towards something, “Not surprising, she is a traitor like Screecher.” Con had said as Con had went and shed into a mechanical serpent, hissing as he had went and dug into the ground, making her curious as she had went and fallen into the hole as well to see what he was planning.
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The Con had appeared to drop her onto a signal tower, one that looked more like a bipedalism cord than anything else, seeing this, she had approached, “These are all of our vital components.” The Con had said, watching as The Decepticon had went and approached a stairwell had went and started to slither up, in response, Soundwave followed, “How do you know all of these paths?” she had asked of him.
“We’ve been in here for Vorns,” Con had told her, “Suffice it to say, bots like Luxuria and I have been mapping the more permanent routes.” he had told her, hearing that, Soundwave had grown curious as they had climbed higher and higher before Soundwave realized that voices could be heard, “Creep.” “Why doesn’t he show his face?” “Megatron’s shadow is still terrifying.”
“Thoughts from those nearby.” The Decepticon said as he had started to walk upwards, looking like a shadowy outline of Megatron, “It’s one of the ways we learn about what’s going on.” he had said to her, making Soundwave curious on that matter as well before seeing the door to Little Harmonex was in front of them, “Okay, here we are.” he said, letting her in.
“Why are you helping me?” she had asked, seeing WDA there in front, “Because you are Soundwave, loyal to Megatron, and thus, you have my allegiance.” The Decepticon said as if it were the simple, making her more and more cautious of him as she had went and approached The Stage, going and climbing up there so that she can get back in control, wondering what’s been going on.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
WDA was typing away at the database, “You never even spied the relic?!” Megatron had snarled towards the defeated Dreadwing, “By the time I reached the location, it was gone, as were the Autobots.” Dreadwing had said, ashamed at the fact, “It would serve us well to not only decode the final Iacon entry before Optimus Prime does, but to recapture those relics currently held by the Autobots.”
WDA didn’t listen when Megatron had spoken, “Soundwave.” he had said, and like that, WDA had let her take control, as she had looked towards their leader, “Despite your primary task, I trust that you have been making progress pinpointing the location of their base.” he had said, making Soundwave nod towards that, showing the footage that laserbeak has been sending to her.
“Good.” he had told her, “Given the recent accumulation of evidence, we possess a clearer idea of where their human colleagues reside.” he had said, “And Laserbeak should soon determine whether the Autobots dwell in proximity.” Megatron stated when there was a notice from their database, making them look to see that pixels had appeared and started to create a pattern.
Curiosity. Coming from all watching it, “The coordinates are forming an image.” he had said with none of them knowing why this was not the same as the prior coordinates, “Why would the final Iacon entry be different from the others?” but no one had an answer as the image had started to clear up and become a form, “Prime's latest recruit is the final relic of Iacon?” he asked in surprise.
None of them understood this, but what they did know was that it needed to be captured, “Soundwave, have Laserbeak find him, we must recover this relic.” he had said and hearing that, Soundwave nodded, sending the message to her Pack Brother, they will recover this artifact, and they will let none stop this from victory as Laserbeak had given her a confirmation on the command.
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Jasper, Nevada
Laserbeak had found the Autobot easy enough, trailing and giving the coordinates to The Decpeticons as he had followed, firing to wound, not to kill when he had transformed, making her shoot by him, he had started to circle to go and capture Smokescreen, seeing that his opponent had a bead on him when a very comforting voice appeared in his mind.
“You picked the wrong day to mess with me, 'Con.” Smokescreen went, ready to fire, which was when Soundwave intervened, using her Resonance Blaster to knock him down and take him down, she had seen that a Ground Bridge formed, most likely the Autobots also decoded the signature, but it was too late, she had already gotten him and was opening a bridge, walking through with her quarry.
“Smokescreen.” Optimus Prime had went, seeing them just as they were leaving, “No!” Bulkhead had shouted, but it was too late, Soundwave had closed the bridge behind them, and as she did, her loyal Pack Brother flew up above, jamming comms between the humans and The Cybertronians as they had gotten ready to find out what it was that was hidden inside The young Autobot.