Soundwave's life on the Nemesis

Chapter 27: Soundwave's life on the base

As soon as Bumblebee and Arcee had returned from their patrol. Taking up the rest of the day. Bumblebee took it upon himself, to show Soundwave the ropes of living with the Autobots. Taking all day, as he toured Soundwave around the base. "Bulkhead and Wheeljack are friendly and fun." Bumblebee whistled. "But Wheeljack can sometimes get out of line" Bumblebee sighed. "Ratchet, gets cranky easily. Avoid flying wrenches at all times" Soundwave laughed. *I already almost got his by a flying wrench* "Well now I'm reminding you!" Bumblebee chuckled. "Arcee, when she's in a mood. She's in a mood!" Bumblebee shivered. *Got it* Soundwave nodded. "Avoid contact with raging femmes" Bumblebee bleeped over his shoulder, as they passed by Arcee. "And Optimus if he's in a bad mood, it's easy to get him in a good mood" Bumblebee sighed. "He's pretty understanding to everyone" Bumblebee mentioned. Soundwave continued to follow his older cousin around the base. "Hey Waffles? Why do you continue to hide behind your visor?" Bumblebee questioned. *I to hide my emotions from others. So they don't think I'm weak* Soundwave replied. "Well there's no need for that here, we all have emotions" Bumblebee snorted. Soundwave was wise. He knew his cousin was trying to get him to take his mask off. *Fine fine!* Soundwave scoffed, taking his mask off. "Let youself express!" Bumblebee smiled with his optics.

"Bumblebee talked Wave into taking his mask off" Wheeljack scoffed. "Good, he needs to stop hiding, and start finding out what he is" Arcee commented. "He's taking the first step." Optimus shrugged. "Remember this is new to him, so it might take a while for him to fully gain our teams trust" Optimus mentioned. "Why he dosen't trust us?" Bulkhead raised an optic ridge. "We are new to him, he know us as the Autobots that try and stop Megatron, and get in the way" Optimus sighed. "Oh and you want him to be comfortable around us, I see" Bulkhead clued in. "Wow would it have been easier if we had spelled it out for you?" Arcee jeered, her tone heavy with sarcasm. "Well sorry I didn't understand right away!" Bulkhead growled back at the femme. Optimus just rolled his optics at the two, as the bickering began.

Daytime soon quickly graduated into night. Bumblebee was still talking nonestop. Quickly earning him the name motor mouth from Soundwave. Soundwave was exhuasted and bearly keeping up with his older cousin. Tiredly, trudging his way behind Bumblebee into the main room. Bumblebee was still, full of excitment and energy. Soundwave's energy had been depleting through the entire tour, from the excitment and the drama that had happened to him. "And the energon is right by the med bay. But you have to get it quick, or Ratchet will give you a check up!" Soundwave nodded. Bearly comprehended what Bumblebee was saying. Finally the tour ended with Optimus. "So you showed Soundwave everything?" Optimus smiled at Bumblebee. "Yep everything, I don't think I missed even a spec of dirt" Bumblebee proudly bleeped. "Did you enjoy the tour Soundwave?" Optimus looked to the exhuasted youngling. Soundwave tiredly nodded in reply. His droopy multi coloured optics, trying to stay awake. "Looks like you tired the little guy out" Bulkhead chuckled at Bumblebee. "Huh?" Bumblebee looked at Soundwave, to see his cousin was bearly awake. "Why is he so tired, it's not even late?" Bumblebee innocently beeped. "Bee, he's younger then you. He probably recharges around now" Arcee reminded. "Yeah plus the kid worked non stop for Megatron. He probably never recharged" Bulkhead mentioned. Bumblebee with out being told, led Soundwave back to his room. "Go ahead and recharge, I'll come later" Bumblebee bleeped, gesturing to his berth. Soundwave nodded. And did as he was told. Laying in the berth, Soundwave stared up at the ceiling for quite a while. Thoughts storming through his processor like a hurricane. He wanted nothing more but to be with his father. Soundwave shifted onto his side, and stared at the ground. He had to end the war somehow. With thought in his mind, Soundwave relaxed his systems for recharge.

Soundwave got a peacful recharge for only a few hours. As Bumblebee came in later, he had to climb over the recharging drone. The sudden movement of someone next to him woke Soundwave immediately. Soundwave quickly twisted to see Bumblebee laying next to him on the wall side. "Sorry, didn't mean to wake you!" Bumblebee apologized. Soundwave waved Bumblebee off. And shifted himself so his back faced Bumblebee. Bumblebee took no offense to his cousins reaction to him. He quickly allowed himself to fall into recharge, withing moments he was in a deep recharge. Soundwave sighed and closed his optics. Closing his optics he started to drift back into recharge.

A few hours past, by it was now early in the morning and still dark outside. Soundwave's optics suddenly shot open to the sudden impact, of a kick given by the being next to him. Soundwave tiredly looked over his shoulder, to see his cousin bringing his legs back from the kick. Soundwave sighed, and went back to attempting recharge. Bumblebee then unconsciously kicked the violet drone again! Soundwave frowned and blew it off. Trying to recharge again, only resulted in another kick. Soundwave scowled, and was about to punch Bumblebee! But was kicked hard off the berth and onto the floor. Soundwave looked up at Bumblebee recharging and growled, leaving the room.

Soundwave went to the main room. Where there was a very large concrete couch. Soundwave layed himself on the couch. Attempting to get his now awake systems, to go back into a recharged state. After fifteen minutes of trying, Soundwave got up off the couch and started to wonder the main room. He glanced over to the med bay, and saw that Ratchet had his work for tomorrow out and everything. Soundwave approached the neatly organized data pads, and examined them. *Well this stuff is easy!* Soundwave scoffed reading two differen't data pads. Soundwave figured he could do Ratchet a favor, and do the work for him. *Ratchet could problably use a day off anyway* Soundwave shrugged, and went to work. The all day work only took Soundwave an hour to finish. On the last data pad Soundwave was practically recharging. He quickly finished the data pad, and collapsed on the counter. Soundwave was finally getting a peacful recharge.

In the morning Soundwave awoke surprised, to the feeling of himself being lifted up. Soundwave panicked and flailed, trying to squirm his way out of the servos holding him. "Whoa whoa whoa! Soundwave!" Ratchet laughed. Soundwave stopped flailing. And Ratchet turned him around. Soundwave gave an innocent smile to the medic andapologized. /Sorry/ "It's alright, I was theone who startled you" Ratchet snorted, placing Soundwave down. "You did all my work I see" Ratchet examined the data pads Soundwave used as pillows. /Yeah I couldn't recharge/ Soundwave sighed. "Thank you, you my work look like scrap!" Ratchet scoffed. "But thank you really" Ratchet thanked patting Soundwave's helm. "Soundwave you wake up early!" Optimus scoffed from behind the two. "He certainly does. And he finished all my work too!" Ratchet said, showing the prime his work. "Soundwave you are certainly trying to keep yourself busy. Did you get any recharge last night?" Optimus questioned. *Sort of* Soundwave shrugged as Bumblebee entered the room. "Hey Soundwave, did you recharge good last night?" Bumblebee bleeped as he approached his cousin. Soundwave replied to scouts question, with a hard punch to the shoulder. Optimus and Ratchet both raised an optic ridge. "Ow what the?!" Bumblebee whined rubbing his shoulder. *That's for kicking me last night!* Soundwave growled. Arcee walked in after the punch. "I kicked you last night?" Bumblebee tilted his helm. *Yes, right off the berth!* Soundwave hissed throwing his arms up. "Sorry I didn't know!" Bumblebee apologized. "Boy boys, I have a simple solution to this" Arcee interrupted the youngling argument. Both the younglings turned and looked at the femme. "Soundwave recharges on the floor" Arcee smirked. "Arcee" Optimus shook his helm. *I'll sleep on the floor* Soundwave shrugged. "No Soundwave..." Ratchet face palmed. "We will find a differen't arrangements" Optimus sighed.