Broken Circuit |{Reader x TFP Soundwave}|

~Ｍｙｓｔｅｒｉｏｕｓ Ｔｈｉｎｇ ｐｔ． １~

'Wait. . . there is no way I am "in love". I've known him for like, not that many solar cycles. I-I can't be falling that hard? It's stupid. . . but that would pretty much explain EVERYTHING that I have been experiencing lately. Ok wow, what am I supposed to do now? Do I just like. . .suppress this feeling? Do I come out about it? No, absolutely not! This HAS to be a personal secret, I can't believe I have a. . . uhh what's it called? Crunch? CRUSH. Yeah, I can't believe I have a crush on another bot. This isn't high school you know, it's wartime. This is most definitely NO place for romance of ANY sort. But then again, I-' that was the last thing you thought before succumbing to deep recharge. You knew that if you didn't use your circuit, you would have spent the whole night rambling on and on about this newfound realization.

The next morning you woke up feeling anew. You did your daily routine: fixing your face, doing a few stretches, getting your energon rations, and heading to the daily morning briefing. Everything was going according to plan, until you went to get your energon. You were casually waiting in line, until in the corner of your optic you saw Soundwave start to head your way! Everything from last night came flooding back, and before you knew it you were a bit of a panicky mess.

'Oh, Primus what if he comes over here? What do I say? Hello? Good morning? What's up? Gah, why am I overthinking this so much? Just do whatever feels natural.' You mentally prepped yourself a bit. But it was a futile effort because in the end he turned around and walked the other way. You were a bit embarrassed that you freaked out for nothing, but at least no bot knew what happened to you.

'Well, if this is gonna happen every time I get a glimpse of him, then today is going to be one long day. . .'

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The morning briefing gave you a bit of a shock. To your surprise, you along with a few others were being sent out on a mission to retrieve a certain artifact. This was the first time you were hearing about this idea. But it turned out that for the past few days everybot has been discussing this over, you just weren't paying good enough attention.

"With this artifact in our grasp, we can gain the upper hand over the Autobots. ____, whatever you do you MUST ensure that the artifact returns back to this base. In NO circumstance should the Autobots be able to get their hold on it. That goes as well for any of the vehicons accompanying ____ on this task. Do I make myself clear?" Megatron really knew how to capture the attention of anybot he was in a room with, because you have never listened to something so closely in your creation.

"Yes, lord Megatron!" You were without a doubt scared for this mission. What if you failed? What if you get captured? What on Cybertron are you even looking for in the first place?

"Good. Be prepared to depart within the next hour. The earlier you start looking for it, the earlier it can be safe within our grasp. And the earlier we could defeat the treacherous Autobots once and for all," Megatron spoke with a sly grin.

You had an hour to get ready, learn more about this mysterious artifact, learn more about the game plan, and prepare yourself for the foreseeable future. How nice, if only you paid a little more attention, you wouldn't be in this situation.

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Before you knew it, you were out and about on the hunt for this artifact. You learned a bit more about it by asking the other vehicons in your group questions, but altogether all of you guys didn't have a lot of information on it. It puzzled you a bit about why they would send you, a terrible fighter/soldier, out on such an important mission with only a few vehicons as backup? Did they trust you too much, or was everybot else busy?

This location was definitely a bit different from the other places you've seen. It had a lot of bright green trees like most of the other places, but it had this little stream filled with this clear looking liquid. You believe that the living organisms call it "water", but you could be wrong. Surrounding the water was this weird material. It was brown and the same color as dirt, but when you stepped on it, it made a sloshing sound and was really soft. It startled you to say the least. There was a bunch of organic life on the ground. "Grass" was what it was called, and it came in all shapes and sizes. In the tress, you heard noises like chirping of sorts. You even were able to see a small avian species fly overhelm (or a "bird" as some say).

"Alright, what direction was the signal coming from?" you asked the vehicon holding the tracking device. He started walking in a direction, and you followed.

"This is where the signal is coming from," the vehicon spoke.

The device led you to a giant rock wall, which meant that either the tracking device was faulty, or this item was located inside the stone. Like how bots mined for Energon, you would have to mine for a mysterious item.

"Say, do any of you bots have a drill perchance?"

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