Of Drones and Logic

Tomorrow's the Day

"You truly are something else, Shockwave." A voice stated joyfully.

The Decepticon scientist in question turned from his work to face the red, white and blue scientist who gave him a warm smile, the soft blue pupils of his black optics sparkling with admiration while his jet wings flapped.

"How so?" Shockwave inquired, leaving the jet-forming scientist flabbergasted.

"'How so'? HOW SO?! You're the greatest mind Cybertron has ever seen! You've created technology that should've taken us a millennium to do so, even if we weren't currently at war with the Autobots!" The other scientist explained in reply.

"You've created the Cortical Psychic Patch, the Resonance Blaster, the Apex Armour, the Spark Extractor, by the pit, you've even constructed a blaster that could overpower Megatron's fusion cannon easily!" The scientist continued, recapping the type of weapons Shockwave had created.

"My creations are primarily for the Decepticon cause's benefit under Megatron's orders, Ultchar." Shockwave simply responded, moving away from his lab table to another part of his laboratory where a monitor sat with the jet-forming scientist, Ultchar, following after him.

"I know that, but that doesn't excuse just how impressive you truly are. And, as a fellow scientist myself, I respect you deeply for it."

"You are not the only one who respects me, Ultchar." Shockwave stated coldly without looking back as he activated the monitor and began running diagnostics and/or analyses of his projects and experiments.

This caused Ultchar to step back a bit at the scientist's tone towards him.

"I'm annoying you with the compliments, aren't I? Sorry, I tend to get a little carried away when it comes to these sorts of things." Ultchar said apologetically, slightly bowing his helm towards Shockwave.

"Look, I'll just get to the point; We have very well known each other for, what, a couple vorns now? And given how Megatron's been getting a little... How do I put this? 'Fixated' with that Autobot who became the next Prime after Zeta Prime's demise, Optimus I think his name was." Ultchar explained while Shockwave slowly turned away from his monitor to face his fellow scientist.

"I honestly don't know why Megatron became so interested in some random Autobot who suddenly became a Prime, but what I do know is that that fixation of his is starting to affect his leadership and, by extension, the Decepticon forces." Ultchar admitted as he scratched his chin.

"As a mech of logic, I trust you can see how that is not the ideal conditions for our faction to fall under. That's why I have a proposition for you." Ultchar continued as Shockwave turned to him fully.

"... Alright, I will humour you. What is it that you are willing to propose, Ultchar?"

Ultchar pauses for a moment before taking a deep breath before looking towards Shockwave with a confident smirk.

"Megatron may be a brilliant strategist and very powerful, but he is prone to ferocious fury and will execute anyone who dares try to overthrow him directly. However, with my strategic wits and cunning paired with your unmatched, scientific intelligence and logic driven processor, we could devise a plan to destroy Megatron once and for all and rule the entirety of the Decepticon Empire. Together."

And with that, Ultchar lends his servo out to Shockwave with a proud smile.

"You and me, Shockwave. Once we rule the Decepticon, we will be unstoppable."

Shockwave did not give his answer immediately, instead he slowly looked down to Ultchar's servo.

He's debating the pros and cons of his proposal, that was what Ultchar concluded which was understandable. I mean, an offer such as this must be considered carefully and it would be foolish to just accept it right there and then.