I'm not part of your machine... | Transformers Prime | Soundwave Centric

13 - She's Gonna Be a Lot Like Me, But I Don't Want to Be At All Like Me

Breem = about 10 minute

Cycle = about 12 hour

Orbital Cycle = about a month

Vorns = 83 years (more used in a" for a very long time"/"we've known them for years!" way)

Nano-cycle = about a second

Groon = about an hour

Deca-cycle = about 3 weeks

●∘◦❀◦∘●∘◦❀◦∘●∘◦❀◦∘● = perspective change

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── = the end/beginning

- - - - - - - • - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - = time break/skip

══✬✩══╡˚✧✬✧˚╞══✩✬═══ = time skip and perspective change

They're really just having fun, but also having shutdowns

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

They landed for a breather. Well-- sort of, they somewhat tumbled down instead of sticking a proper landing. Which was probably going to make them feel terrible later but that didn't matter. They were out.

They still needed to disable their tracker, which would be easy considering they were the one to set it up in the first place. Turing over their wrist, they pulled off a relatively small quietly blinking circle. They gently pressed the tracker off and chucked it out into the desert somewhere. 

A faint scurrying made them turn, a small earth creature was busy trying to climb a lone tree and was awful at accomplishing its goal. But then another of the same type joined it, quietly showing the first one how to climb the tree. The original creature followed.

And it felt pleasant to watch... Not like they were spying at all, like they had been for so, so long. It was more like they were witnessing something grow and change... like seeing Laserbeak fly for the first time by herself...

 They shook their head at themselves, they were already getting sappy and they hadn't even seen the Autobots yet. Audibly sighing, they continued their way to the Autobots... and more importantly two old friends...

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A loud banging sounded on the base's door, everyone freezing and glancing at each other.

Ratchet and Optimus were the first to act. Ratchet turned to check the computer and see who in the All Spark was banging on the outside of what looked like a giant rock. Optimus made his way to the opening and waited for Ratchet's go-ahead.

Ratchet, already having an inkling of who was out there, gave to go-ahead once he saw the slender black and purple bot awkwardly standing on the outside of the desquised sliding door.

Optimus let the door open before staring at the bot in front of him. A small part of him wasn't convinced Soundwave would actually be there, but here they were blank visor and eerily quiet running and all. They somehow looked better and worse than the last time he saw them, ragged and tired looking even without an expressive faceplate visible to see. Though, still appeared relaxed and pleased to be there. Fear still radiated clear from the bot.

Soundwave slumped at seeing Optimus and took a few steps towards Optimus before dropping their helm onto Optimus's chassis with a soft clank. A silent expression of the exhaustion and relief they felt at seeing the Prime.

Ratchet appeared beside the two, worry radiating off of the medic. Who almost immediately gently grabbed the Decepticon and led them to the makeshift medbay to seat them down and check up on their health.