Crystal Clear

Chapter 4 Simple acts make Difference

Once the Decepticons signal got into range, Hound opened his comm link and forward it to Blaster. With everything the cons have done to the poor girl.

"Blaster did you get that?" Hound questioned over the comm. "Yeah got it Hound. Sounds like cons rocked her world with the nasty number." Blaster replied. Hounded signed and commed again "maker sure Prime hears this. The Twins and I are going to check the house."

Hound approached the backwindow of the house. He only was able to put one hand onto the glass before Optimus could comm "Already got it Hound. Once you give the okay Prowl, Ironhide, Ratchet and myself will beam down."

"Copy that Prime" Hound replied as he peered into the window, for the chance anyone was still inside. When he looked over to the twins he signed, Sunstreaker and Swideswipe were already going into the house. Hound breathed in and out while wounder why Primus let Optimus pair him up with the twins.

He was snapped out of his thinking when he hear a tapping sound on the window, he looked over and saw Sunstreaker smiling at him before opening the window. It was clear as day that the twins were not up to the standers to be a scout. The green Autobot climbed into the house through the window "We were suppose to stay outside until the cost was clear."

The yellow twin shrugged and walked over to his brother "look. We know it is clear we saw they all leave. Righh Sid..." Sunstreaker said as he looked over to his brother with confusion. He and his brother are never really the pondering time normally going in guns blazing. Something got to his brother, Sunstreaker could fell it in his spark, sharing a spark has it benefits.

Swideswipe has a sorrowful look in not just his optics but his whole face while looking at the stop the girl was at, the spilt food and the cracks in the counter top rubbing him the wrong way."Why didn't we stopped them?! The odds were 3 against 4! That's the best odds we could have had! We could of saved her! She saved Bee, but we couldn't do that for her! We shouldn't of listened to you Hound!" The red twin yelled.

"Do you realized that if you didn't send Bee down here, she wouldn't get involved into the war! And Bee would still be in the Ark. So don't question my judgment!" Hound yelled back forgetting about the necklace the girl was wearing and signalling to Prime that it was safe to get down here.

Swideswipe took a step closer to the counter the girl was pinned down on to. "Did.... Did you see the fear in her face Hound? Did you look into her optics? It has been centuries possibly longer sense I have seen that much fear in someone's optics... You could tell she doesn't fight much, much less have been in a war before... We could have protected her."

Swideswipe finished with a sigh and walked over to his brother a put a hand on his shoulder "Did you see her brother?... Do you remember when we were galdiators and half of them swore themselves to Megatron and started to attack own patrons just to prove themselves loyal? I do, I remembered we protected them, one because we didn't want people to think that all galdiators turn to the Cons... And two they watched us with fear in their optics begging for help... And that was when we became Autobots."

Sunstreaker could fell all the emotions his brother was felling guilt, regret, and sorrow. This cycle has put a lot of stufd on the mechs shoulder plates.

Sideswipe let go of his brother shoulder and walked up to Hound, invading his personal space.  Hound was able to remain calm during this whole thing. He has been in the Autobot faction far longer then the twins, and they had the gall to speek to him that way. But during the years of war everyone has become an equal of somesorts and not just on the Autobots side. "You see we joined the Autobots to protect people like her, scared and afraid of what the Decepticons would do to them. You on the other hand joined because you wanted to get stationed off planet and not have to deal with the horrors of war. Or was it so you can get off on pretty little organics like the ones in Galaxy 362-3" Swideswipe had a scowl on his face once he was done yelling at Hound.

"At least it is better then being a violet brute like the gladiators are known for... All I wanted was peace, and stop people from experiencing war! I enlisted back when you two were finding the best way to get femmes in your berth! I enlisted, you both only did when you old lives got tossed out of the window." Hound yelled back. Swideswipe would on lunged at him if it weren't for his brother holding him back.

"What is going on here!" Optimus voice boomed at the three.

Swideswipe stepped back from Hound, he turned his head to the side and down making a tsk sound. Looking down he saw the bowl that fell, his eyes soften as he picked up the bowl and put it the sink. He walked out of the house after that without saying nothing, his brother followed him back to the ship.

Hounded sighed and looked at The Prime "I crossed a line with them that I shouldn't have crossed." You could easily see the guilt in his optics.

Optimus looked and Hound and said "Hound. Remember we all have our reasons why we act the way we do. It is important to understand that as a team... Now what do we know about Bee's location and health?"

Looking up at the man called Soundwave, Tabitha sighed knowing she doesn't have a lot of options left. The grip he had on her was not as rough or bone crushing as Megatrons.

Soundwave abruptly stopped in front of the mouth of a cave that has similar looking blue crystals like her necklace. "Soundwave, take the femme to the ship and keep an eye on her" Megatron ordered. "Yes Lord Megatron" Soundwave replied as he activated the teleportor.

Once teleported on the Nemesis. Soundwave lead the human girl to his station as communications officer and info gatherer. Walking door the hallways many of the Decepticons looked at the girl with either discuss, intreguement, annoyance, or in one case paranioa.

Stopping again Soundwave opened the door infront of him, it made a hissing sound as it opened. Looking into the room Tabitha could see a black robotic looking panther that was lucky sleeping, a red and yellow robotic looking condor that just stared at her as the doors opened, and two smaller looking boys one with purple blue armor and one with red and black armor that just seem to ignore her, and a pink bat that was just curled up, sleeping most likely.

Being lead into the room, Soundwave let go of the girl. Tabitha jumped when the doors close by themselves. "Sit." Soundwave said as he turned to the girl, with the look to confusion she said "wait what?" Tabitha just stood there holding herself as if she is hugging herself. The yellow condor flew down towards her, she curled down into a ball as she made a noise of surprise and fear. Now on the floor shacking and scared, the condor thing was infront of her now laughing at her.

"Buzzsaw stop" Soundwave commanded the bird as he sat down on a chair and started to do his work. Buzzsaw exvented and said "Yes Soundwave" he flew back to his perch.

Tabitha looked up from her knees "w-what are you going to do with me?" Her voice was quiet, if Soundwave didn't have advance hearing he wouldn't of hear her. "Bait for the Autobots" Soundwave replied, "Yeah I could figure out that but why ME of all people!" Tabitha replied with fiery in her voice. "There was an energon signal around you and you saved an Autobots." Soundwave turned back to he screen and started to type again.

Everything was quiet know instead to his typing, the robotic animals and two boys left the room to do their own things. After minutes of silence Tabitha spoke "I h-have a question", Soundwave nodded, signaling that he was listening "What are you?" She asked. "Cybertronian" Soundwave replied, he put his finger to his ear as he got a comm. "Okay Lord Magetron" He turned off his comm and grabbed the girl and started to lead her back outside of the ship and back to the energon mines.