Chapter 38: Fugitives

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Nemesis No POV

Shockwave: Lord Megatron.

Megatron: Shockwave! This is quite an unexpected turn. <turns to Starscream> I thought you'd perished on Cybertron.

Starscream: yes... as did we all.

Shockwave: reports of my demise were greatly... premature. A pair of Autobots infiltrated my facility on Cybertron, sabotaging my space bridge. I gave chase but failed to accurately calculate the outcome. I awoke in the rubble, blinded. It soon became clear that I was marooned on our dead planet with no means of communication. In time, I repaired my wounds and resumed my experiments. The solitude enabled me to make tremendous advances in my research. Until one day, my instruments detected a massive surge of unidentifiable energy. I traveled to investigate its origin at the edge of the Sea of Rust. Where I encountered your salvage team, the giant construct and the smoldering wreckage of the Omega Lock. This was not the search party I had anticipated so long ago. Leaving one unanswered question... <looks at Starscream> why was I left for scrap? Abandoned? Why?

Starscream: the-the explosion it- it collapsed the power core chamber. The last thing anyone witnessed was you charging into the Space Bridge portal. No one saw you come back out.

Shockwave: I find your reply to be... logical.

Starscream:<sighs>

SoundStorm: if you were on Cybertron this entire then it makes me wonder why Barricade and Slipstream didn't actually encounter you the entire time.

Shockwave: a logical assumption. However, who are you?

SoundStorm: I am SoundStorm, second in command of the Decepticons.

Shockwave: Starscream is no longer the second in command?

SoundStorm; after a period of going rogue. As for that construct, I am it's creator. It's name is Master Mold and the troops by the door are called Sentinels. My creations.

Shockwave: your designs are most... impressive.

Starscream: Shockwave, you will be pleased to know that I avenged your seeming demise by personally terminating the Autobot CliffJumper. <laughs>

Knockout: careful, Starscream, you may dislocate a landing gear patting yourself on the back. Oh by the way, SoundStorm, I have the CNA samples you wanted to me collect.

SoundStorm:<grabs the vials> good.

Starscream: what do you need those for?

SoundStorm; a special experiment using the protoforms found in the Harbinger and what you told me about your clones.

Shockwave: intriguing.

Megatron: you are making it hard to establish a new chain of command, SoundStorm.

SoundStorm: what you mean by that my lord?

Megatron: I was going to leave you in military operations while having Shockwave be in charge of all Scientific Endeavors but seeing how you are a scientist yourself.

SoundStorm: you could still have him be a first lieutenant on the Scientific Endeavors. After all, I need assistance in my project as his genetics knowledge could help me perfect the project I'm working on.

Megatron; very well, SoundStorm. Shockwave and yourself will be both first lieutenants.

Starscream: so does that mean they both answer to you directly?

Megatron: affirmative.

They all started walking out as SoundWave and SoundStorm took their Minicons with them.

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