Saving Light

Chapter 6: The Past

Their day began productive for both Shockwave and Firestar, along side his brother as well. The con couldn't stop thinking about how he is acting towards the prime. He had no right to act like that towards his 'experiment,' it even feels wrong to call her that as Shockwave yelled in agony and stormed out of the room. Both Firestar and Soundwave look at the con's sudden outward appearance as shockwave went to his laboratory and locked the doors and went to his desk. He needed to have more control of his emotions and actions around Firestar. He is not acting in the way he should be acting, he knows exactly how he is acting and he doesn't want it to change either.

"Shockwave, you all right?" He quickly turned around, his cannon ready to shoot as Firestar only flinch with her optics but her body still kept its position. Deep down, Shockwave didn't mean an outward appearance but he got annoyed that he was trying not to think of her. But out of now where, she appears. Firestar walked closer toward the cannon until it was touching her chassis.

"Go ahead, do it." She said, as she placed her servo on it and moved it towards her face Shockwave only looked at her, before deactivating his cannon. He started walking out of his lab towards his quarters. The Prime followed him of his sudden change of mind once he entered he fell onto his knees. Firestar walked in front of him to see if he was ok. Shockwave fixed his position to lean against his bed and looked at the concerned Firestar.

"Why did you stand right in front of my cannon? I could have killed you." Said Shockwave, as his optic dimd a little of the word 'kill.'

"I've seen how bots in a trance only realize there in one until somebody snaps them out. And that is exactly what I did."

"But you didn't flinch at all."

"If you have an uncle always having his cannon at you, you'll learn fast how not to flinch in the sight of one." Explained Firestar, as she now sat next to him. Shockwave only looked at her before looking back at the ground. He brought up his hand to his optic, like a human would do for a facepalm.

"You want to know the tale of the cannon?" He said as he gave a glance at the prime femme next to him, Firestar nodded.

"I had two arms, two servos, and one optic when I was born. Soundwave was born a few months after me. My carrier was in a severe state after Soundwave came into the world. I promised her that I'll take care of my little brother, which I kept until the war started."

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"Soundwave, what is your location?" Asked Shockwave through the commlink as he ran towards another Autobot and punch his face.

"I gave the coordinates to you, come help me, brother, please." Hearing his brother in his pleading voice wasn't a good thing. Soundwave was a gladiator, but he knew when he needed a little more help. Shockwave came to the location seeing his brother being destroyed by the young Autobots. The con came like a wreaking ball, making the bots into little pieces. Until all of them remain motionless, he went to assist his brother and his poor facial condition.

"Here put this on your face." Said Shockwave, as he gave him a tinted glass to put on his face.

"Thank you." Said Soundwave with a raspy voice. Shockwave was shocked to hear how bad he was. The walls started to crumble and the ground shook.

"We better hurry, the building is about to go down." Said Soundwave as his brother helped him up. Until a wrecker shot Shockwave in the back. He turned around to see an Autobot wrecker who had white, green, with a little red. Shockwave barely had time to react to the situation before being tossed out of a window. Leaving Soundwave to his doom. Shockwave tried to stand up from that impact, but he had no feeling in his left arm at all. The building came down on Soundwave, after which Shockwave was able to get up.