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

12- Would They Kiss Your Cheek or Rip the Bandage Off?

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" way)

Nano-cycle = about a second

Groon = about an hour

Deca-cycle = about 3 weeks

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

They're just having some fun in this chapter.

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"You guys know Soundwave personally?!" Miko repeated her question-shout at the two bots.

Optimus and Ratchet looked at each other, exchanging a look and thinking the same thing. They weren't getting out of this. And their thoughts were confirmed when the rest approached with their own unspoken questions.

"We did. We knew Megatron, Starscream, and Shockwave as well." Optimus supplied an answer to Miko.

Bee's questioning beeps came in after Miko's shocked gasp. 

Ratchet nods, "Yes, Bee. We were friends. Sounwace was similar to how they are now. The only difference was that they were a lot more expressive then."

Mikos's mouth gaped, "Soundwave and expressive! Those are like-- complete opposites!"

Optimus almost laughed at her shock, and he let Ratchet take over, "Well, not when we were younger. They used to sneak up behind us and blast music, only to get us to jump our get our attention. They also talked a lot when prompted, they could go on for hours about different types of communications and the pros and cons of each." Ratchet let fondness slip into his tone.

"How'd they end up a Decepticon, then?" Raf asked innocently, "They were friends with you two after all."

Optimus knew more about this than Ratchet, "Well, Soundwave had--- Well, what would translate to kids, and had known Megatron much longer than we had known them. They trusted Megatron more than us, so their loyalties lay more strongly with him."

The human children nodded in understanding. The Cybertorian ones on the other hand looked surprised about this information.

Acree jumped in now, "So you mean, the spy that has attacked us and you two... is a parent!?"

Ratchet nodded. "Yes, though I haven't seen their creations for a long time. We've assumed they grew old enough to drift away from their creator--"

"What about the little drone Soundwave has?" Raf abruptly asked, "Could they be a creation of Soundwaves?"

Ratchet put his hands to his face. Sudden realization hit him hard, "Why in the All Spark did I not think about that?" He dropped his servos and looked at Optimus, "When could they have had another? I mean I had  my suspicions, but-- We've been completely disregarding their creation!"

Optimus patted Ratchet on the back, quietly assuring his friend. "I'm sure us assuming that their creation was a drone was intentional. They were always so proud of their creations, I don't think they wouldn't not talk about their own without good reason."

Arcee finally asked, "How and why does Soundwave know where our base is?" Jack perked up at the question, wondering a similar thing. 

Ratchet, and more so Optimus felt like they'd been caught 'eating from the cookie jar', as humans would say.

Optimus tried to begin, "Well--" Optimus looked at Ratchet, hoping and praying the other would take over the explanations.

Ratchet shook his head and rolled his optics. But still took the reins from the Prime "Soundwave, when we were much younger and had recently met,  gave each bot in our friend group a small tracker. And in their own words was for 'them to keep track of them just in case someone got lost', " Ratchet pulled an old hidden tracker from his around his wrist to show them. "I had turned mine off vorns ago, but Optimus," Ratchet sent a pointed glare at the said bot, "Forgot to ever turn his off. Which means Soundwave has been able to see, at the very least, his location since our different factions became official."

Arcee and Jack gave the same disappointed look at Optimus. Both of their voices overlap into a jumble of disappointment and disbelief. Bee and Bulkhead in turn did their best to hold their composer, which Miko failed at and was laughing histarically. Raf just glanced around, and eventually took the deactivated tracker from Ratchet to look at.

The questions continued the answers being provided. The group of Cybertroinans and Humans talked for hours on end about the past of two of them, eventually with the adult humans joining the talk. 

This continued until the group of human children were forced to leave, school being the main reason. The bots ended their day as well, 3 letting themselves relax and the other two quietly preparing for the arrival of another.

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