Transformers Prime *The Decepticon Femme* Optimus Love Story

Ch. 20 Save Me

NightWave POV

Having discovered these new set coordinates of four Iacon relics hidden across the globe, Megatron quickly dispatched multiple squadrons to retrieve them before the Autobots did since they managed to download the four sets of Iacon relic locations from a console.

Everyone was given a task of locating one Iacon relic. Accompany by an Insecticon, Knockout went to the first set of coordinates at the city of New York. An Insecticon called Hardshell was dispatched to the second set of coordinate in an active volcano, and my older brother Soundwave was tasked with locating the third Iacon relic. At last, Dreadwing and I were being sent to the final and fourth set of coordinate at the Artic.

I was taken aback since, following my earlier stunt involving Halo and the human children, I couldn't believe Megatron was letting me accompany Dreadwing on this assignment. Before sending out various squadrons to get the Iacon relics, Megatron had me through an awful punishment that was still causing me pain and exhaustion.

I then saw Megatron hand Dreadwing the transmitter for the device on my body and stated, "I need you to keep a close watch on NightWave during your mission, Dreadwing. If she tries anything, I'm giving you permission to git rid of her under your best judgement" He stated. I felt my optics go wide, but I remained silent from where I was standing.

"As you wish, Lord Megatron. However, wouldn't Soundwave object to this?" I heard Dreadwing question, while gazing at Megatron, "NightWave is after all Soundwave's only younger sister." Megatron laughed and turned away from us as he moved forward.

"Well, what Soundwave doesn't know won't harm him?" Megatron said and glared at me, "I'm the one under control, not Soundwave." I lowered my helm down fearfully to meet his stare.

In no time, I was on my feet, following Dreadwing and several other Vehicons to our destination via a Groundbridge. I was being forced to defend myself using a second weapon because I wasn't allowed to use my own weapons. I got it personally crafted by Knockout, but it was taking me some time to learn how to wield it because I wasn't too familiar with it.

I walked into the freezing Artic and looked out over the frozen wasteland. No indication of human or Autobot activity could be seen in our close proximity.

"Are you doing, alright?" Dreadwing's questioning voice came from behind me. I assumed he was talking about the punishment I had to endure before coming here and whether or not it was okay for me to be moving at all. I paused, sighed, and turned to face Dreadwing.

"I guess. I can still move but not without pain" I said, "But thank you for your concern, but worrying about it won't make the pain go away anytime soon."

For the most part, I had to complete this mission on foot because I was technically not allowed to transform and use my alt-mode. I was soon left behind with a drone, while Dreadwing took the rest of Vehicons with him to explore the cold region from above. 

For some reason, Dreadwing was quite nice to me. He'd asked me whether I was doing alright ever since he came on board and even after he found out the truth about me, and I was grateful for that.

Instead of watching out for possible threats, I felt that the drone was guarding me. It made sense since I could probably simply take them out and flee, but I didn't want to die, so I wasn't going to do that. Just then, we came to a stopped when I got a call from Dreadwing.

":: Nightwave, I've capture former Commander Starscream. Meet me at the relic's coordinate::"

": On my way, Dreadwing:" I answered back and then let out a sigh.

'Starscream, you say?' I thought to myself. It's been years since I've heard that name and seen that annoying Mech. Back when I was still an actual former Decepticon, I remembered the annoying seeker's constant tantrums. I wonder if his winning has gotten worse.