Far Beyond the Stars (TFP Shockwave x Reader)

Eagle's Talons

The next couple days had passed in a blur of adrenaline and terror still wearing off from the incident.

Your nose and back were surprisingly fine, just sore now, and you were back in the terrarium Shockwave made for you. Sure you had some hydration and food now, you were healed, but you were terrified.

Any confidence you had from the beginning of your capture was gone in an instant.

You sat in your terrarium, knees drawn tightly to your chest as you looked down the floor, where your booted feet were lightly caked with dust from the incident day ago, still fresh in your mind.

Shockwave paid no mind to the distressed anxiety in your state, instead still plucking you and testing you without a second thought of just how you might be feeling. It was hard, in a place with not a drop of sympathy.

The sound of hissing indicated the approach of a bot in Shockwave's lab. Though it couldn't be Shockwave, of course, as he was in the corner of his lab working on some random chemicals.

Oh, it was the silent bot.

Soundwave, you recalled.

His footsteps were damn near silent, eerily quiet for a creature his size. As he strode in, he ignored your presence, instead striding over to Shockwave, where his visor lit up and displayed a recording.

"Retrieve me data on the fleshy's state," a gravelly voice spoke through, and you recognized it as the large gray robot from the beginning. You haven't seen him since.

Shockwave turned around, antennae flicking back a moment, before he glanced over to you. Your eyes were still drilled into the floor, hollow of any kind of true emotion as you hugged your knees to your chest.

"The human has expressed symptoms of trauma from the conflict two solar cycles ago," he began, leading Soundwave towards your crate, but you continued to ignore their presence. "And have been unresponsive "

Your eyes snapped up, meeting the bright red optic that narrowed down at you. You shakily rose to your feet, breathing heavily as you recalled the very moment he nearly killed your best friend.

"You were going to kill her," you whispered sharply, hands trembling in front of you. "You nearly killed her."

Shockwave stared on in a silent moment, head dipped. His antennae twitched, and his optic shrunk greatly till he was only looking at you, blood red optic narrowed as sharply as your own.

"Such useless flesh is not worth thinking about," he explained, stepping forward till he hovered just over the terrarium, antenna flicking again, pinning tensely back, almost looking angry. "It was not important."

You breathed shakily, biting your tongue so as to not say anything that would get you killed. Yes, you were upset, but you were smart enough to know when to stop talking.

"Rise, subject," he commanded, and you reluctantly obliged.

Stepping forward onto Shockwave's hand, you were carried from your terrarium. His hold was careful as he followed Soundwave out of the lab, and down the hall towards the main bridge. Despite the corridors looking almost exactly identical all around the ship, you managed to create some form of mental map around the ship. It might come in handy in the future.

The walk was silent, with no conversation coming from you or Shockwave, and Soundwave couldn't speak. Or at least, that's what you guessed. Perhaps he just chose not to speak, or wasn't allowed to, for whatever reason.

The bridge was much more crowded than last time. The gray robot was there, as was Knockout and Starscream. Your head dipped, and you inwardly shrunk away from the red eyed stares cast your way. The smell of oil filled your nostrils, causing it to instinctively wrinkle up at the pungent stench.