The Sound Of Silence (MTMTE fanfic)

Chapter 12

The Lost Light——————

Months later——————

Fortress Maximus walked down the halls of the ship, towards an emptier section of the ship. He carried a cloth, two empty bowls, and a spare cube of energon. He briefly nodded to Rung before he turned away and walked into the room opposite the psychiatrists.

As soon as he entered, his optics fell on two shapes huddled together on the berth in the dark room. He walked over, knelt down, and rubbed the helm of the biggest lump. 'Hey, you two.' He said as the cyberwolf purred and lifted his helm. Skyraid feebly got to his small pedes and hopped over. He chirped and rubbed his helm against the mech's servo.

Maximus set the two bowls down by them and opened the cube before pouring the energon into them. He made sure they both started drinking while he walked over to the desk and picked up the tape deck.

He used the cloth to wipe off the thin layer of dust that had gathered on it before moving on to the small metal animals that sat there in front of the computer. While carefully cleaning them, his optics gazed over the other objects that littered the desk.

Besides the tape and the player and the small whale, cat, and bird, there were also a few random ones. On top of a leather-bound book, there was a sword that had once belonged to Drift but he'd given it away. Next to them was a photo of a bot with a little femmling in her arms. Both had big smiles on their faces as they looked at the camera. Ontop the photo rested a blue necklace with a crack that ran right through the middle. The last was an iPod attached to a long cord with earphones on the end.

Maximus set the figurine down and picked the photo up. He remembered the first time he saw this. He'd immediately seen the similarities between Radiowave and her carrier, even though she now wore a mask. He set the photo down and picked up the book next to it.

He sighed, sat down on the berth, and opened it, flipping through all the sketches it contained. Skyraid flew up to and landed on his shoulder while Remix rested his helm and paws on his leg. Max looked down at the drawing of him and Rung and stroked the wolf's helm.

It'd been a good few months since Radiowave had disappeared but he tried keeping her room in top shape. Rodimus had sent a search team down to the planet shortly after she ran away but what they returned with wasn't promising.

He remembered waiting anxiously as the doors to the outside opened and the feeling of his spark dropping as Cyclonus and Whirl came through holding her bleeding symbiotes and broken necklace. Ratchet managed to heal them quickly enough but they were extremely depressed after that being so far away from her.

It took a while for them to communicate but when they finally managed, no one was really that surprised when it was Tarn and the DJD who'd done this. They just made finding her their top priority. Their only way to know she was alive was through the wolf and falcon.

Things were looking good until a few weeks ago. They'd defeated Chief Justice Tyrest as well as Shockwave had fled to who knows where after. They had also gained more crew members including bots like Getaway and Nautica. They had also discovered Ultra Magnus to be alive and so he rejoined them.

Remix and Skyraid seemed to cheer up as the crew got a lead on the DJD but things quickly changed. They'd been sitting in the bar when the two suddenly shot a good few feet into the air like they'd been electrocuted and both started shrieking. Chromedome and Rung desperately tried to help but nothing seemed to as the animals writhed in pain on the floor.

After that, they both fell into a heavy depression. The crew tried to find out what was wrong but they seemed too despaired to say anything. It got to the point where someone had to check that they'd eaten every day, neither seeming to care about their health. He tried not to think of what caused them to be like this.