Decepticon TIC

Chapter 1

The Autobots had come out on top in this battle, a welcome relief to a series of losses that was strung behind this victory. The victory was by no means small, but it was only slightly worth the loss of life that it took to take this prison.

Optimus Prime looked around the dreary building, then at the prisoners that were limping out of the their cells to those that were being carried. He saw a carrier clutching the cold form of a sparkling in her arms, coolant leaking down her face.

"Sir!" Someone called, causing the Prime to turn. He caught sight of his Lieutenant, Jazz, running towards him at full speed. "Quickly, Optimus, you must come!" He was venting heavily.

The tall mech was immediately on alert as he looked at his Lieutenant. "What is it, Jazz?" He demanded, pedes beginning to move at a fast pace.

"It's Soundwave sir!" Jazz responded, running beside him. "We discovered him wiping the systems! Sideswipe is trying to keep him distracted, and Sunny's trying to take him down." The silver mech responded, prying open a set of doors to reveal the fight.

Optimus stopped for a moment, watching. The tall, visored mech was standing between the two, Sideswipe rollerblading around him in an attempt to get behind the Decepticon TIC. Sunny was snapping his whip, trying to trip up the bigger con.

"Soundwave!" Optimus shouted, his authoratative voice immediately ceasing the battle.

The tall con looked towards him and Optimus took a step forward. "Stand down, Soundwave." He ordered.

The tall, navy blue mech saw his chance and grabbed a hold of the whip wrapped around his wrist, pulling Sunny towards him.

The yellow Autobot stumbled forward and Soundwave reached a servo out to grab him when a flash of black appeared.

Soundwave looked up in time to see the Autobot Weapons Specialist, Ironhide, closing in on her.

The black mech had a huge hammer in his grasp and swung it towards the motionless con that silently watched the swing of the hammer.

Soundwave saw that the blow would land across her chassis, a blow that would take her down but she'd survive. But not Lazerbeak or the... Lazerbeak would willingly take the blow, but she refused to let the minicon do so.

Thinking quickly, Soundwave jumped into the air, the hammer smashing into her side and throwing her sideways. Circuits shorted out and wiring strained and snapped as she felt herself bounce twice on the floor before landing on her abdomen.

Soundwave tried to rise from where she fell, but was unable to. She just turned her visor to look up at the group of mechs that had surrounded her.

"Bring him back to Iacon." Optimus Prime ordered in his baratone voice.

Servos reached down to grab her, and Soundwave could see it was the lieutenant Jazz, and weapon's specialist, Ironhide. She weakly tried to resist them as they dragged her along behind them towards the carriers that they had arrived in, but couldn't do much.

Warnings flashed across her visor, telling of the damage the blow had done to her frame as well as several other wounds that she had received in the takeover.

Slumping towards the ground as she was dragged, Soundwave slowly lost consciousness to everything around her only to be embraced by the horrifying darkness of unconsciousness... She had used to not be afraid of darkness until he had...

Soundwave lost consciousness.