Hidden in the Dark

Chapter 7

Life was good for the ex-Cons. They continued to renovate their new home, adding extra measures in the security. A big cave opening in the middle of a solid wall of rock was very noticeable. Soundwave, being the very resourceful person managed to salvage scrap metal here and there to make a camouflage device that, well camouflaged the entrance of the cave. Now, it looks like an ordinary part of the canyon wall.

But it still has problems, sometimes, the electricity sparks and fizzes and the whole system shuts down. That gave the ex-Cons a spark attack as it happened during the night when they were recharging. This resulted in more "night trips" to the nearby scrapyard. The camouflage system is stable, for now.

The energon they collected from the Decepticon mine was enough to sustain them for quite a long time, if they ration themselves. They couldn't risk going on another energon raid because that would raise suspicion. A lot of suspicion. Megatron was bound to know by now. A signal popped up on Soundwave's visor.

"What is it?" Laserbeak flew up to get a closer look. She was still in her bipedal mode. Since she was a mini neutral, her wings seemed too big for her body, almost like fairy wings. She used that to her advantage and spent cycles flapping her wings, trying to propel herself into the air. In the end, her efforts were not wasted. She could fly in her bipedal mode and in her alt mode.

The skill was very usefull because she isn't a very big bot. She is only up to Soundwave's knees and she might not get any taller. She hasn't in a few vorns now. She now uses her shortness to her advantage in stealth missions and fighting techniques.

"An attack it seems," a clip of Megatron's voice replied. The visor showed red spots and purple spots close together on the map.

"They're still fighting?" Soundwave nodded. Laserbeak thought for a moment before a sly smirk appeared on her face.

"Wanna crash the party?"

At the Battle Field

"Megatron!" Optimus Prime roared, "I can not allow you to continue your reign of tyranny!"

"You will never stop be Optimus!" Megatron said, signalling for Predaking to attack. Predaking roared and spew out a line of fire. Optimus Prime narrowed his eyes and charged forward.

Bumblebee, Smokescreen, and Arcee were surrounded by a group of about 20-30 vehicons. Arcee narrowed her eyes and charged forward.

"This is for Cliff!" on the other side, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, and Bulkhead were wrecking their way through the vehicon barricade.

"Take that Con!"Wheeljack yelled, slicing a vehicon with his katanas. The vehicon dropped dead.

A groundbridge appeared in the middle of the battlefield. This caused all of the action, fighting, and yelling in the battlefield to stop. Everyone just paused, looking at the groundbridge. It was like someone pressed the pause button on the battlefield.

Laserbeak flew out of the groundbridge in her alt mode. The chip chip sound accompanied her. Megatron straightened up and smirked. Laserbeak did a full circle around the groundbridge before pausing beside it. The whole battlefield seemed to held their breathe. The ground, the stones, the clouds, even the wind was silent.

Soundwave stepped out of the groundbridge and looked around silently. Her gaze fell on Megatron.

"Well well well!" Megatron said, strolling around casually, "It's good to have you back Soundwave!" Soundwave remained silent. Megatron was not taken back by this. He was quite used to the quiet ways of Soundwave,

"Where have you been?" Megatron asked, expecting at least a map or a short sound clip. Soundwave remained passive. Megatron looked at her expectantly.