"Is she just going to sit there and do nothing?" Ratchet the autobot medic asked in his usual grump toned voice. Looking over at a girl with long dark black hair pale skin sitting in the dark corner. Her clothes were plain. No excitement was on them. Basic blue jeans and a grey shirt. She had a cut on her neck showing. She could not speak. If she tried, gurgled words would come out. No one could understand her.
"Give her time ratchet." Optimus the leader of the autobots stood next to the medic. "Shes new. She doesn't know any one yet… What I've learned… about human females… Silence is a girl's loudest cry…" He looked and glanced at the girl. He slowly walked over to her and touched her shoulder. "Are you alright?" He asked concerned,
She didn't respond right away. A few moments passed and she nodded.
"Are you sure?" Optimus asked,
She nodded again.
"Alright..." Optimus rubbed her head with his finger then stood up.
She look at him then tugged on his leg armor,
Optimus looked down, "Yes?" he asked not knowing if she could respond,
She looked down then raised her arms into the air and said something gurgled, "U…Up.."
He could only smile and pick her up then sit her on his shoulder, "Better?"
She nodded, "Mhm,"
"Ratchet. Has he awoken or spoken yet?" Optimus looked at ratchet,
"Not a word." Ratchet grumped,
The girl looked at the mech decepticon known as sound wave.
Optimus noticed her curious glance. "You are to stay away from him. You must heed my warning. Grace."
She nodded slowly then looked down closing her eyes.
~Soon the light of day turned into the dark dread of night. Grace woke up and ran out of the humans quarters without a sound. Everyone was asleep in recharge. She snuck into the main hanger and walked up to the faceless mech.
Sound waves face lit up and his head looked in her direction. She looked at him and waved. Sound wave moved his index finger signaling to the human girl it was safe to venture forward. Grace climbed up the armor and sat next to his head starting and struggling to talk. Sound waves visor lit up with a picture of a sad face. She nodded and looked down. "I…cant….talk…well…. Silence… is… best…" She managed to get through her throat. Sound wave nodded once. He recorded her voice and respoke it clearly. "It is best…"
She smiled and nodded, "You… understand….me"
Sound wave nodded once again then his dark voice came through. "Silence is always best. If you were to come with me. I can help you get your voice back."
Graces eyes opened wide. She heard his dark voice and it rattled her bones, sending goose bumps along her arms. She was about to nod until she heard several footsteps of one of the autobots. Sound waves visor was blank. She started to panic and she jumped to the floor and rolled to the shadowed corner. Voices shouted outside. It was ratchet and optimus. "Sound wave is no ordinary cybertronian! I suggest we open him up. And see for ourselves."
Optimus looked at ratchet with an expression showing he agreed. She watched her eyes twinkling in the darkness from the lights on their chests creating long shadows. She creped along in the shadow up to the single support holding up the metal slab which had sound wave on it. The sound of ratchets arm transforming into his surgeons blade rang through her ears. She quickly clambered up the shaft and ran onto sound waves shoulder. She screamed as loud as she could. "….no….!" But it only came out in a gurgled rasp. Optimus frowned. Graces face became the slide for 2 streams of tears running down her face. He watched the child. "Grace. Step down…. Please…."
She shook her head and wedged herself into sound waves armor. "….no….!" His eyes widened at the sudden screech made by sound wave. Laser beak swooped down breaking the glass and shot the bounds keeping sound wave restrained. Laser beak swooped and landed on sound waves chest. Sound waves voice came through again. "Sound wave superior. Autobots…. Inferior." Grace tried to get out of the wedge she was in. Sound wave picked her up and flew through the doors. And off to megatrons war ship.
Ratchets gaze widened. "Oh..no…."
