Goldenrod - SoundRod AU

Drifting

Soundwave stood in front of Hotrod, his glowing green optics blank and unaware. Hotrod was nearly on the brink of tears, Bumblebee desperately talking about how much he wanted the Quintessson's dead.

"—And and! We can! With my power, Soundwave's influencer self, and the ghosts!" Bumblebee chimed happily. Cheetor groaned in pain, trying to get the spear out of the side of his chassis. Starscream stuck his forked tongue out at Bee and growled gently.

Hotrod glared at him. "You're destroying Cybertron!"

"Nah, I'm not destroying anything." Bumblebee shrugged. He smiled, teeth bared.

"What would Alpha Trion say about you abusing-"

He shot into Hotrod's way, floating on his wings. His wings flapped lightly. "Never mention him." Hotrod stared at Bumblebee, realizing that his friend, his brother in arms.....was just as crazy and power hungry as Megatron.

Hotrod sighed. "Or what?! What will you do?! I'm already stuck here, you dumb cunt!"

Soundwave turned to him, his optics flickering from green to pink and blue. He smiled briefly before Bumblebee snapped his fingers and his eyes went back to green and he went stiff.

Hotrod frowned.

Bumblebee floated back a few spaces, hovering and smirking. "What a temper!"

He snarled. "Bee, everyone on Cybertron is frozen in a damned loop, you can't get them out, we've tried." Hotrod lied through his teeth, he'd seen Starscream and Soundwave do it, well, not really Soundwave.

Bumblebee scoffed, "So? I have the powers of knowledge and strength unfathomable!"

Starscream and Cheetor both rolled their eyes.

Hotrod glared, a fire bending and flickering deep in his spark. He let out a smokey breath, smoke rising from his mouth. He clenched his servo.

Soundwave was the one who reacted first, slamming Hotrod against the wall and holding him against it. Hotrod coughed, a little flame spitting out from his mouth and letting on the ground beside Soundwave.

Soundwave's green optics narrowed with hate, he pushed him harder against the wall, a grunt of pain came from Hotrod as his painting chipped.

"Deal with him, I have a Titan to exploit." Bumblebee said, grabbing Starscream by the throat and dragging him off. Starscream yelped and scratched at his hand as they dipped out of the lab.

Soundwave kept him against the wall, briefly dropping his mouth guard. His fangs glittered in the sharp red lights, oh how Hotrod wanted to feel them on his metal....erm— ahem!

Soundwave growled, punching Hotrod where the human gut would be. Hotrod gasped and doubled over in his arms. "FRAG!"

Soundwave lifted his chin to meet Hotrod's optics. Hotrod stared into his green optics, noticing one of them kept flickering from green to pink. "S-Soundwave....?"

"H-H-H-H-Hot—-r-Rod......" Soundwave responded, his voice glitching.

"Soundwave!" Hotrod cried, reaching his servo out and putting it on the side of his face plate. "I promise...I will save you....."

Soundwave flashed him a quick smile under his mask and his optics flickered again, he let out a yell of pain and his optic's became pure green again.

Hotrod clenched his servo, growling angrily. "Bumblebee!!" He screamed.

Flames erupted from his mouth and spewed over Soundwave, charring the bot. He backed up and dropped the scout. Hotrod flinched, almost kissing his footing. He raised his arms to fight. Soundwave growled and ripped his spear out of Cheetor's chest, earning a grown of pain from the poor bot, he aimed the spear tip at Hotrod.