Hunt; Concluded
Medical Bay, The Nemesis
Soundwave had dragged unconscious Autobot to Megatron and Knock Out, “Quick Work, Soundwave.” Knock Out said, “Seriously, why don’t we let him out more?” The CMO said, “Now let’s get the patient strapped in.” he said, going and doing as much with the assistance of some CMO’s as they had went and put him in, “Excellent work as always, Soundwave.” Megatron told her as Smokescreen came to.
Knock Out hovering over his face plate and watching him come to, “Wakey, wakey.” Knock Out said, shocking the young Autobot, “What?!” He went, already trying to escape when he noticed it was gone, making him glare at their CMO, “If you're looking for your Phase Shifter, finders keepers.” he said, showing his wrist in victory, “Enough prattling, Knock Out!” Megatron snarled, drawing attention to him.
Megatron approached as he put his face plate to Smokescreen’s, “Hand me the final Iacon relic now.” he had demanded of The Autobot, “Yeah, I can't really help you. That's the only one I was packing.” he said, apparently ignorant of the truth, “Soundwave.” he said and hearing that, she had went and approached him, her face screen slowly revealing the finally set of coordinates.
“You got the wrong guy, chief. Optimus Prime's the one who can decode the Iacon database.” Smokescreen had told them, “Ah, but you misunderstand.” Megatron said, enjoying this, “The final entry has been decoded by us! And according to our findings, it would appear I do indeed have the right guy.” he had said as the image cleared, leaving Smokescreen in shock.
“The question is, what is it that you are still packing?” Knock Out had questioned, doing a scan of his internals to find the device, “Why, hidden treasure, of course!” The Doctor had said with a sadistic grin as they had all looked at the screen, seeing what was inside and making them excited to pull it out and take the final one of The Iacon relics for themselves.
“Yet another of these identical relics?” Megatron asked, more and more curious on what was going on, “Remove it swiftly.” he had ordered, making Knock Out grin, “With pleasure.” He told them, shifting his servo into a Buzzsaw, “I do so resent a finish flashier than my own.” he told them leader, heading to Smokescreen and edging close to his chassis, terrifying the Autobot when he had stopped.
“Ha! Mad you squirm.” he told Smokescreen as he activated The Phase Shifter, passing through his own servo a few times in fascination, “Trippy.” he told Smokescreen before tapping his pedes onto the ground in curiosity, “And intuitive. Proper grounding ensures that its user won't phase through the floor.” he said, impressed with the work that was put into the device.
“I said swiftly” Megatron warned, reacting Knock Out had went and phased his servo through the chassis, making The Autobot squirm, “Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!” he had snarled towards The Doctor, but he didn’t listen as he dug in, “Mm, and got you!” he said, pulling the key out and showing it to their master who had examined the object, “Tell me the function of these relics.” Megatron said.
“Doorstops? Shavers? Bling? Beats me.” Smokescreen had said to him, making Megatron angry, “Hmm. A pity this little gadget won't allow me to just reach into his brain pan and pluck out the info.” he had said while Megatron had other ideas, “Fortunately, we possess a device that can.” Megatron had said to Knock Out and hearing that, Soundwave had went to prepare the procedure.
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Smokescreen’s Memory, Smokescreen’s Mindscape
“While I am unfamiliar with the lore of these Omega keys, Alpha Trion knew many secrets, and the ancients possessed technology that has long been lost to what we consider modern science.” Optimus had said to his assembled Autobots, all the while Megatron had approached, listening with interest towards the conversation, “Whatever their function, this much is certain.” Optimus continued.
“We cannot restore Cybertron without all four Omega keys in our possession.” He had told all of them, shocking Megatron that there was a way for them to do as much “The future of our home world depends on it.” he had said, and that was true, and Megatron would be more than happy to use The Omega Keys in question to revive what their home was once for the better.
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Medical Bay, The Nemesis
“That’s a wrap.” Knock Out said, unplugging the cable from Smokescreen, hurting him as he went and unplugged Megatron, waking their fearless leader up, “The power to remake Cybertron as I see fit.” he had said, interested in the idea as he got up, “I will pry the other two keys from Optimus Prime's lifeless fingers.” on hsi pedes and speaking now, “We must find the exact location of the Autobot base.” he ordered.
“Patch in and tear apart Smokescreen's mind, if you must.” he had told their CMO, “Me?” Knock Out asked, surprised by that, “Who else?” Megatron had asked of The Velocitronian, “Do you think I would entrust you to see this key safely to the vault containing the other one?” he asked taking the artifact with him, not expecting and answer as he had done so, wondering where Soundwave was.
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Energon Mine A–3
Soundwave had walked in and looked around in confusion and a bit of fascination as she had seen that there was her Pack, all looking at her with excitement and a bit of curiosity as they had seen that their leader was there, “Soundwave!” Buzzsaw said as he and his twin who was kind of not right now his twin, “Let. Me. Go–! Oh, hey Soundwave.” Flamewar said, having escaped from shackles she was in.
“<What is going on?>” she had asked, all she got was a transmission from a MicroMaster that they were all set up in this location, nothing more, it made her curious and a bit cautious as she had went and came to this area, “Your new operative, Luxuria, had summoned us here.” Ravage said, having leapt onto and stopped Flamewar from escaping any further.
Reacting to this, She had knelt to her Protege, “<Why?>” she had asked of the young scrappy bot, “Arcee’s here and I have to find her!” Flamewar said, “<I thought your progenitors brother was male?>” she had asked, “Doesn’t matter! I have to find her!” Flamewar said, snapping her dentes to bite Ravage, making him roll his optics, “Progenitor could mean other Arcee.” Ravage said.
“Yeah! I mean I’m not the only Wheelie!” A MicroMaster had said, “There’s this Autobot Wheelie, real fragging annoying who always rhymes!” Wheelie said, irritated at the memory, “<Did you examine Cybertronian registry for any Arcee’s?>” She asked Flamewar, making her pause, “Wel, no…” she went so Soundwave picked up a tablet, “<Search and see if it’s the one you need.>” she told her.
Flamewar had nodded at that while Ravage spoke, “Where is Luxuria? The one who had summoned us?” Ravage asked and the others were curious too, taking a vent, she decided that she could trust them, “<You,>” Soundwave said towards Wheelie who realized what she wanted, “Got it, I’ll go and do a run around.” he said before transforming and heading out, “Great, now where is she?” Frenzy had asked.
Taking a vent, Soundwave got ready to reveal it, “<Here.>” she told them, tapping her helm, “Like a data engram? You killed her and put her memories in your processor?” Rumble had asked of her, “<No, as in she’s another personality that is inhabiting my processor with three others.>” she had told them, surprising the group except for Buzzsaw, “Oh, so Shattermind.” he said.
“Shattermind?” Laserbeak had asked, “It’s something that some bots working with The Combaticons got,” he explained, “It happens when there’s too much trauma so their processor starts to compartmentalize, eventually those compartments start to go funny, the more concerned on what made them they are, the moe recent they are.” Buzzsaw had said to her.
“<Then Luxuria must be the oldest, because she acts too independently.>” she had told them before there was a noise, one that made them turn to see a honking little toy truck before it transformed into Wheelie, “We gotta go! Sunstreaker’s here!” he had told them, making all but a focused Flamewar arm up and got ready to face off when Five Sunstreakers had charged in and fired.
The group had fired upon them, “They MTO’s?” Rumble asked as he had leapt onto the Yellow leader and started to hammer until the white one kicked him off, “No, they look to much like Sunstreaker!” Ravage had said, going and leaping to attack the creature in question had used a human fighting style to repel the beast and that made the others snarl as they had went to attack.
The Sunstreakers firing upon them when Soundwave had raised the Resonance Blaster, ready to attack them when they had spoken up, “Asset Soundwave, Identified,” the Black Sunstreaker said, “Soundwave, please follow us to Nevada Station.” He had said while the others had kept their weapons onto the others, “Understood,” She had said to them before seeing what they might do, “These operatives are with me.”
The Sunstreakers had nodded at that, lowering rifles as they had backed away, “Soundwave.” Ravage said, worried more for after hearing about the Shattermind that she apparently has, “<I will be fine, you can follow while the others continue with whatever my other self sent you on.>” hearing that, they had nodded towards that, watching as she had went to follow them.
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Machination Jasper Office, Jasper
It was a bit of a surprise that she was able to get here and as Soundwave had went and looked at the humans that were there, glaring towards them as the human just looked, “Wow, you’re a lot creepier than these hunks of metal.” the man had said towards them, making Soundwave want to strangle the organic that was before her while he had went and started to power the screen.
“Hey there, Soundwave.” Garrison had said with a grin, “Guess who’s back?” He had said towards the femme when she saw that Sovereign was there, “Hello there, it’s good to see you, Sooundwave.” Sovereign had told her “<So you’ve returned, where is The Slate Mask?>” Soundwave had asked of him, glaring at the two of them, “Don’t worry, it’s safe and sound with Cliffjumper on Мир.”
“<Мир? I’ve never heard of Мир.>” she had told the Titan Master, “Which is why it’s safe, the biggest problem though, is that you and those bots you brought in know about our forces.” “<You mean those Sunstreaker clones you made?>” she had asked, “Like you wouldn’t?” Garrison had asked and she considered that, “<Fair enough,>” Soundwave said, “<But I want that favor now.>” she told them.
That made both cautious, “What is it?” They had asked in unison, cautious, “<There is an Elephant Reserve in Namibia, Africa, run by a child, Sullivan Weaver.>” he had said, hearing that, the two watched in caution, “And what, he’s a front for your operation?” Garrison had asked, “<No, he’s my Facsimile, and you’re going to claim him as your son.>” she had told them.
They were both surprised by that, looking at her as if she had done something insane, “You’re joking, right?” Sovereign had said, “<No, I want control, I want your company, I want your power, I want your armies.>” she had told them, making both of them look at her, then at each other, then back at her, “Done.” They said, honestly surprising her and the human that was there.
“<You would?>” she asked, already having a tactical strike and some blackmail ready for them, “On a few conditions,” Garrison said, “We have to ‘retire’, no death so you can’t murder us.” Garrison said, making the Decepticon nod, “Two, ‘Sullivan’ can have his schemes, but company interests are first and foremost.” Sovereign said, again she had nodded, “And finally, all of your blackmail you have,” He said.
“It goes to us, we’re partners now and if you want Onyx, you’ll need to trust us like we’re trusting you.” He had said and hearing that, Soundwave had went and nodded towards that, “<I’ll arrive at a location with Sullivan and the material wherever you decide.>” she had told them and hearing that, they had nodded, “We’ll see you here, and tell your Beast–Type he can join.” He said before cutting comms.
Hearing that, the Decepticon turned to Ravage, “<Come, we have to supply some things to our conspirator.>” she had told them, while The Five Sunstreaker Clones had went and driven away, appearing to have been called, “Let’s go then.” Ravage said as they had went to go and get the materials, Soundwave curious on what would be there waiting for them.
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Onyx Garage, Nikko
Garrison Blackrock and Sovereign were both waiting in the garage, Su Yueming with them as well as a Groundbridge had opened up, revealing Soundwave with Ravage which was when they had seen that Soundwave was holding a data slug and a infant, Soundwave approached the three of them, “I take it this is Sullivan?” Su Yueming had asked, making the CCO nod, “Sullivan Weaver.” She had told them.
The infant had been dropped in the waiting palms of Sovereign who had went and landed with the two of them looking over him, “The mother?” Garrison asked, “Died in childbirth, the documentation has all been set up.” She had told them, making the assembled humans and The Titan Master nod before Ravage growled, “Cybertronians.” he had said, wanting to tear them to pieces.
“No, Machinations.” Sovereign had told them, making the cars that were all there transform and rise up, Sunstreaker Clones all, Yellow, Red, White and Black and all of them stone faced, “This is your army?” She had questioned, “They’re the ones we had on hand.” he had said to her, making Soundwave interested, seeing The M’s on their Chassis and getting and an idea.
“How do you control them?” She had asked and hearing that, Su Yueming had raised her arm, making red dots underneath her arm flash, “Cybernetics, safe and easy to remove.” she had told them and hearing that, Soundwave had approached, making The Clones raise their blasters, “Sorry, impulse.” Su Yueming said, glaring at her while Soundwave had chuckled, liking that kind of personality.
“Here.” Sovereign said, tossing a controller towards Soundwave, “They’re called Headmaster units.” she had said and hearing that, Soudnwave examined it, “You need to attach it to the nervous system.” Su Yueming had said and hearing that, Soundwave motioned for Ravage to help her remove her helm, The Beast–Type had glare towards them before going to comply.
He had disengaged all of the locks that she had installed into his armor before pulling it off, revealing her scarred face plate and the inner workings, she had went went and slid it into her bipedalism cord, feeling the link, making her look at them all, “Their minds are on a closed circuit, impossible for either of us to connect to them without one.” he had told her.
“Speak.” She had said, already giving them a phrase, “All hail, Megatron.” they had said in unison, lowering their rifles as they had knelt, making her glad as she had went and put her helmet back on, “Do they have any freewill?” She had asked them, making Su Yueming look at one, “We’re unsure.” she said, “Do the first thing that comes to mind.” She had thought, all but one of them doing nothing.
It was one of The White Sunstreakers, standing up and approaching, “What are your orders?” he had asked, making her smile underneath her face screen, “Your Designation is now Snowpiercer, you are now Machination Commander.” She had said, going and taking his M, “Understood.” he had said, “How do I act as a Commander?” he had asked, surprising them, “You have to be–?!” “What if there are no humans?”
“What?” Garrison had asked, “They need a Power Structure amongst themselves in case none of your human operative are available, or else they will fall apart,” She had told them, “A Commander amongst them will gain you an ally and better coordination.” She said, making sure none of them were able to see their conversation, “Alright then, Snowpiercer.” Sovereign said, “We will get started on your new roles.” he said.
Snowpiercer had nodded at that, starting to back away when Soundwave had went and placed the new symbol on, a Yellow Decepti–Brand, “Your symbol as Commander, until you prove yourself a Decepticon.” She said, downloading the ideology of The Decepticons into his processor, making Snowpiercer now at that before he had returned, eyeing the human, facsimile and Titan Master.
“So, your little facsimile and now you’re giving The Clones power, what else?” she had asked before going and walking away while Sullivan had went and written on a drawing board, “Now then, it’ll be a pleasure working together.” Sullivan had written, making the assembled Clones all transform and move out except for Snowpiercer who had watched, curious and reading through the data given.
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Jasper, Nevada
The two of them had walked out, “So now, you have army on Earth, outside of Megatron, and you have power waiting for you.” he had told her, “And what about you?” She had asked, “You know the answer, as long as we are Pack, I will be by your side.” He had told her, bowing his helm towards her, she had bowed her own towards him as they had went and headed towards the mine.
As they had went and headed forward, Soundwave had received an update on the Omega Keys, “Huh, so that’s what they are.” She thought, “If we are to gain victory, we MUST retrieve The Omega Keys.” The voice of Vigilem had said, hearing that, she had nodded at that, “The Omega Keys will allow us to restore Cybertron.” She had told Ravage, “Truly? We will be able to go home to a living home?” he asked,
“Yes, and all it will take is to retrieve The Keys from those who have them.” She had told him before going and contacting Thundercracker, “Soundwave? What are you–?” “<The Omega Keys.>Megatron <Will restore Cybertron!>Megatron” She had said towards the NAIL, “Seriously? We have a way to go home?” Thundercracker had asked of her, “<Yeah, buddy.>Skywarp” She told him.
There was a pause then, making them both look before there was a response, “What do you need me to do?” He had asked her, “<The location of The Autobot Base.>Starscream” She had told him, “I’ll see what I can do.” He said to her, “If we can return home, I don’t care who’s the one holding them.” He had said towards her, “<Excellent.>Megatron” She said as the comm was cut.
In response to this, they had both looked towards each other before nodding, the pair of them both thinking and planning while Ravage had been given The Coordinates and a Groundbridge, making them get ready for the plan that was getting prepared for them and the fact that they would be planning and getting things done so that they would have a Cybertron just like they had wanted.
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Thundercracker’s Home, St. Matthews Island
Thundercracker was looking through his Q–Clearance, finding anything that he could that would help him when there was a alert, making him look to see that it was Ravage coming in, “Hello, NAIL.” Ravage had said towards him, making Thundercracker give a nervous chuckle, “You’re not going to eat me are you?” he had asked of The Beast–Type.
“I am not Blip.” Ravage said, repulsed at someone like that being a Decepticon, “I am here for coordinates.” He had said, making Thundercracker shiver, “Only for observation and theft, elimination will be done by others servos.” he had said, hearing that, they had both nodded and hearing that, the two of them had looked over it all, “Great, I don’t have the clearance.” he had told them and hearing that, they had looked over it all, “Nevada.” Ravage had said.
“Pardon?” Thundercracker, “Look for any locations that are in Nevada you do not have access to.” Ravage had told him while thinking about the problem with the psyches that were in the CCO’s mind, making the possibility of a compromise being possible, but there was another that had made him worried with Soundwave having a possibility of breaking down.
She had access to an army and the intelligence of The DSS, seeing this possibility, he knew that there was a likelihood that their leader may try to… limit, Soundwave, if they were t be seen as a threat, and that was something that none of them would want as the Beast–Type had started to think on how they would be able to take care of Megatron if he dares to take that step.
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Nikko, Japan
Garrison, Sovereign and Su Yueming had looked at Sullivan Weaver as he had looked back in his crib, watching them, looking back as a part of Soundwave that was imprinted onto the human facsimile, “I can’t believe that Soundwave gave THIS to you to replace you.” Su Yueming said, glaring at the creature that had glared back, “Do you have the leak prepared for him?” Garrison asked.
Su Yueming had nodded at that, disliking how they were just going through with the plan that had been forced down their throats as Sullivan glared at them, as he did so, there was a knock on the door, making the turn to see that there was the bot called Snowpiercer, watching them as The Clone had watched the four of them, making them watch the bot as Snowpiercer spoke.
“Return to the others.” Garrison said, but he hadn’t listened, seeing that, the group were on guard, “Unit NY–1, comply.’ Su Yueming had told him, making him glare, “My designation is currently, Snowpiercer, I am here for training.” he had said, making Sovereign smile, “Eh, why not?” he had asked of them, “I’ll deal with him, you two, try and figure out how we’re going to deal with Sullivan.”
They had nodded at that and the two of them had watched the pair, cautious of the Cybertronians as they left while Sullivan took the drawing board and wrote, “Don’t worry,, Soundwave isn’t linked to me constantly.” He had written and shown the two of them, surprising the humans there, “I’m just an imprint with the task they had desired completed, at least right now.” He had told them.
That had made the humans all look towards him in caution as he had written again, “As long as Soundwave doesn’t link with me, I’m my own agent to help you instead.” He had written, making them curious even more so at the Facsimile before them while he thought on the fact that he was near identical to a human and wondered what he would do when he ran Onyx.
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The Artillery, Earth’s Exosphere
Trochia had watched and she had glared at what was going on, she had heard that these Decepticons had access to The Omega Keys, and now it appeared that there was a issue, it appeared that Smokescreen was freefalling with MTO’s chasing after him, seeing this, it must mean that he had the Omega Keys, she had to help him, so The Dip had went to her Bomb Bay and fired herself.
She had shot through the sky towards them, already transforming into the Human Vehicle she had scanned and chased after them, firing at the Decepticons that were going after him, Fliers all with one Grounder screaming and falling, she kept her stealth function online as he had phased through and blasted one of them, Trochia seeing that Megatron had rammed him.
Seeing this, Trochia had went and tackled him, “What–?!” he had snarled, the two transforming and wrestling each other while the two fliers chased after Smokescreen, both snarling at each other when Megatron aimed his cannon at her chassis, “Move, you insolent pest!” he shouted towards her, knocking her back before he transformed again and pursued Smokescreen.
She had gotten off course, but she did hear three explosions and a scream right before she landed, making a crater around herself as Trochia heard the angry voice of Megatron, “Scour the wreckage!” he had demanded, “I want those keys!” he had told them while Trochia had seen that Smokescreen had walked through a stone wall, satisfying her as The Dip had went to make her own subtle escape.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Soundwave had returned only to discover that they had lost the two Omega Keys, this was upsetting, they now no longer had a way to return home, to a living Cybertron, Ravage had given her a notice that he and Thundercracker were working on finding their base, she was already planning a full on assault of their base, when there was something that made her pause.
There was a notice that someone, Starscream, had entered their vessel, she had checked her cameras and saw that the Ex–Decepticon Commander had arrived on their Warship, and he was presenting the FOUR Omega Keys to their master, seeing this, she had wanted to weep in joy at the sight that was before her on the comms as she had heard Trypticon now and he sounded excited.
“YES!” He had said towards her, “MY TASK HAS BEEN COMPLETED I AM FREE! I AM–!!”“No.” Soundwave said, surprising him at the statement, “NO? DID YOU FORGET THAT I CAN DESTROY YOUR PROCESSOR?!” He had demanded, “And I know what I am,” She had asked, “I am a Titan Master, and you are not master here.” She had told him before getting to work.
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Soundwave’s Mindscape
Trypticon was a roaring and snarling serpent, blasting everywhere, destroying an ancient landscape trying to find and annihilate the Titan Master before she could destroy him, “WHERE ARE YOU?! SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!” The Titan had shouted out in anger and in fear as there was a rumbling that had made him snarl as Soundwave rose up as her first Mech Frame.
“I am going to enjoy this.” she had told him, powering up her shoulder cannon and firing which was when he had fired a beam from his maw, the two blasts connecting and making the two bots back away before they had snarled and charged towards each other, their servo’s gripping each other, making them glare before Trypticon had stabbed her in the gut with his tail before biting into her shoulder, making Soundwave scream.
“YOU SHALL BECOME MY HERALD! AND TOGETHER WE SHALL–!” He had started before Soundwave started to laugh at the Titan, confusing him, “WHAT IS SO FUNNY?” He had demanded of her, “We’re not in your mind, idiot,” she said as her body had melted and formed into a thumb, “We’re in MY mind.” she had told him as He realized where he was now.
Trypticon had circled on Soundwave’s palm as she had looked down in her original form, “Time for you to go to sleep.” she said, closing her servo, “NO!” he said, trying to escape, but it was too late, “NO!” he had shouted as Soundwave shut the fist, looking at it as Trypticon was put back into their stasis, getting rid of one extra voice in her processor right now.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Soundwave had woken up, glad that she had gotten rid of him, “Excellent!” Vigilem had shouted out while Soundwave had went and started to check all of their communications between each other right now as Soundwave had seen that there were some movements between The Autobots and The Decepticons, making her curious as she had started to look over their flight plans.
As she had went and saw where they were all heading, it was towards Cybertron, making the CCO stare in shock before there was a notice of her second, Banzai–Tron, contacting her, “Soundwave! Is it true?” He had asked of her, “Is what true?” She had typed in, “The Omega Keys, Cybertron coming back, is it true?” He had asked of her, “It is, we have the tools to revive our home!” She had told him.
“So Bludgeon wasn’t lying, every available Autobot and Decepticon is heading home now.” He had told Soundwave, “How did this become public knowledge?” She had asked of him, “That bot, Mohawk, asked Termagax about The Keys on Sanctuary, apparently everyone that knew about it went crazy and now everyone’s heading there to fight for control.”
Hearing that, Soundwave had felt despair once again, they were going to destroy the planet if they weren’t careful, “Talk to Prowl, ask for a ceasefire, at least until the keys are on Cybertron.” She had told Banzai–Tron, hearing that, the second spoke, “I’ll try and get that set up, but Soundwave, be careful.” He had told her, “Come on, Banzai–Tron, one way or another, we’ll have our home back.” She told him.
That had made Banzai–Tron chuckle at that, “Thanks, Soundwave, I’ll see you again, comrade, till all are one.” He had said towards her before closing the comm, “T– Till… all… all are o– o– one.” she had said, speaking for the first time, her throat a little scratchy as she smiled, “Soundwave…?” Laserbeak had asked, in response to this, she had opened a Bridge and brought him back to reattach, “Are you okay?”
Soundwave had taken a vent at that before answering, “Yes,” She had said towards him, “I’ve just got a few too many gears that are turning.” She had said towards the Beast–Type as she had went and lied back onto her berth, “I’m going to rest for a while.” She had said and hearing that, the Beast–Type gave confirmation as he had went into the vents to fly in.
Laserbeak flew through so that he would be able to see that the Seeker, Starscream was going towards the medical bay with a smug look while he had glared and wanted to terminate him with ease, but no, Soundwave was still loyal, they might need the traitor, so for now they would wait and watch, until she finally snapped, and hopefully this time it would be for the best.