The base was filled with the lively chatter of the bots spending time with their charges. Bulkhead was listening to Miko play her solo, Arcee was out doing some spins with Jack, and Bumblebee was playing video games with Raf. Soundwave sat at her place on the boxes. She watched Laserbeak join in with Bumblebee and Raf. She was now in a match against Raf. Ratchet commed Optimus Prime.
"Optimus, we need to talk,"
"What is that matter old friend?"
"Outside," The two silently slipped outside unnoticed by all but one. She silently watched them silently slip out. She mentally shook her head. They thought they were so sneaky. She quickly scanned the surrounding areas for cameras and found one not far from where Optimus Prime and his medic was standing. She quickly add an extension code so the camera would feed its findings straight into her visor. The feed zizzles to life.
"-an just a random song," Optimus Prime seemed to be deep in thought.
"What do you mean old friend?"
"I mean, there's more to her song choices than it seems," Ratchet explained, "They aren't just some random song that she likes, there's meaning behind it," Optimus Prime appeared to be thinking long and hard.
"I can't quite grasp what you mean,"
"The first song that she played," Ratchet started explaining, "That was a warning to us. Listen," Ratchet played a section of the song.
So watch me
Figure it out!
It's all about
What you bring to the crowd
Where your preference is loved
Mmm they're calling me over
Set your fire on me
Like what I see, you getting closer
Hey TRNDSTTR see your fire when the strobe hits you.
I-I didn't see who you came with, bet you looking for something new, whoa, oh, oh.
I feel the heat with you staring off across the room.
I dare you play your cards, boy,
You bet I'm a TRNDSTTR, too
I feel the heat
Fire when the strobe hits you.
Bet you looking for something new, whoa oh, oh.
Staring off across the room.
Bet I'm a TRNDSTTR, too.
Whoa, oh, oh
"Do you hear it?" Ratchet asked after the song finished. Optimus Prime nodded slowly.
"She still doesn't trust us," Ratchet said shaking his head, "After all that we've done for her..."
"Patience old friend," Optimus Prime said gently, "Patience. After all, she was just attacked by her own faction. We need to give her some time," Ratchet grumbled dejectedly. They walked back into the base without a word.
Soundwave cut her connection with the camera as they entered the command room. The kids were still in an intense battle of Asphalt 8 as Laserbeak knocked the cars out one by one.
"YEAH!!!!" Laserbeak said pumping the air, "I WON!!!!"
"No fair," Raf said, pouting, "You have more practice than us!"
"I don't drive," Laserbeak said, smirking, "I fly," Raf scowled at Laserbeak while Jack laughed.
"Optimus, sir," Ultra Magnus said approaching Optimus Prime, "I've noticed that Laserbeak has made herself quite at home,"
"How is that a concern?"
"Well," Ultra Magnus said, his optics flicking from side to side, "She's a Decepticon! She could be relaying information back to Megatron about the base! We could-
"Laserbeak and Soundwave has proved themselves to be no harm to the children or us," Optimus Prime said darkly, "If you remember, they were attacked by their own comrades,"
"Yes, sir," Ultra Magnus said, looking at Soundwave and Laserbeak with a dark glare. Optimus Prime shook his head gently. It was going to take a long time to convince and prove to the members of Team Prime and the ex-Cons might not be so bad as they thought they would be.
A commotion caused Ratchet, Optimus Prime, and Ultra Magnus to look over at the children. Soundwave was standing up as Miko was cheering her on.
"Come on!" she pleaded, pouting, "Dance! Show us some moves!" Soundwave stood, emotionless. Should she? She turned on a beat and rolled her arms from one side to the other. After she did that, she went back to her crate and sat down stoically.
"Aww c'mon!" Miko said disappointingly, "That's it! Shows us some more! C'mon!" Soundwave gave no reply.
"You have to do better than that to get Soundwave to dance," Laserbeak laughed ruefully, "She hasn't done that in a long time. Even I can't convince her,"
"Why not?" Miko asked, "Dancing is fun! Why would someone stop dancing?"
"That ain't my place to tell ya," Laserbeak said patting Miko's back, "Gotta get bossbot to talk by yourself," Soundwave hit Laserbeak hard mentally through the bond. Laserbeak sent a punch back.
"About time you dumb idiot," Laserbeak said through the bond, "You've been like that for way too long,"
"That's my right to change, not yours!" Soundwave shouted back, "You have no right to give away information!"
"What information! It doesn't give away anything important about you and me! They now know that we dance. Or at least I dance," Laserbeak retorted.
Soundwave huffed. That meddling femme who was also her best friend and symbiont. Really a pain in the aft at times. She mentally shook her head and went back to observing the interactions of the bots and humans on base.
"Prime!" Agent Fowler's voice rang through the speakers.
"Yes, Special Agent Fowler?"
"I've got sighting of Cons down south! Get your bots down there quick!" The speakers sizzled. Everybot looked at Optimus Prime.
"Autobots, roll out!" Optimus Prime said. Ratchet fired up the groundbridge. Wheeljack smirked at Soundwave and made his way to the groundbridge.
"Soldier," Ultra Magnus held his hand out, "Your confinement at base hasn't ended," Wheeljack's expression turned 180 degrees as Laserbeak laughed in the background.
"Karma's a glitch bish," Laserbeak said as Wheeljack walked past her to sit on a crate.
"Why you..."
"Wheeljack!" Ratchet yelled from the medbay and threw a wrench giving him a sizable dent on the helm. He turned around and glared at her as she stuck out her glossa. Soundwave smirked as she snapped a picture and added it to her memories folder.
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I'm so sorry for not updating sooner. I was just so busy with schoolwork as it is the start of the year. I think I'm steady now so I will be updating more regularly. Sorry if this chapter is kinda short, too. I promise the others will be longer. Happy reading!
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Hidden in the Dark
FanficSoundwave has been captured by the Autobots. This is a war, being captured means interrogation and worse. Will Soundwave be able to keep his secret? Will he gain new allies? And more importantly, why does he wear a visor?
