An Evening on the Nemesis
Chapter 1: Soundwave
A/N the inspiration for this little one shot was a picture on one of the Transformers face book pages of Ravage pouncing on something aboard the Ark. I could not help but wonder what would happen if he went all "catty" Should the muse return I may do other one shots of the other cons. I don't own the Transformers
The evening fell quiet aboard the Nemesis as what the humans dubbed the "graveyard shift" began. Most of the officers were off duty but Soundwave, as communications officer, preferred this shift if the only assignment was monitor duty. It was easier to focus without certain traitorous officer's whiney vocalizer constantly going off about how he should be in charge. After all these millennia, Soundwave still could not understand why Megatron allowed it to continue.
He shook his helm and focused once again on the warship's systems and the surrounding area. The perimeter was still clear of Autobots as he expected it to be. He continued his search for potential energy sources Megatron had not yet considered. This planet was primitive but full of possibilities.
Several more breems passed when Soundwave's concentration was broken by the soft hum of Lazerbeak's systems as he returned from scouting and perched on the console above him. At his pedes Rumble and Frenzy were arguing about something. They were constantly competing and Soundwave ex-vented. 'Those two would make recharging a competitive sport,' he thought. He considered scolding them but the two twin cassettes never listened anyway. Out of sheer habit he made a suggestion. "Competition: illogical. Cooperation here and in battle: beneficial. Suggestion: learn it." They paused for a klick in acknowledgement but after a few astroseconds returned to their heated discussion. 'Frenzy and Rumble: stubborn', he said too softly for the cassettes to hear him.
He was just about to summon them back to their deck when Ravage shook himself out of recharge suddenly. His back was arched and his joints stiff. His ears were drawn back as if he heard something the others could not. "Ravage-," Soundwave began but was cut off as the cat leapt at something still unseen and began running a full speed around the control room and took off down the corridor. He returned only nanoclicks later still running at the same speed. He then stopped, looked at Soundwave for a moment and simply scratched his head and curled back up and purred as if nothing happened. "Ravage: Status?" Soundwave asked a little concerned. He had seen his cassette do strange things but there was always a reason, usually alerting him to something the sensors previously missed or some form of malfunction. Ravage jumped up into the lap of the only other Decepticon, or Cybertronian for that matter, whom Ravage liked or tolerated and purred. Soundwave scanned him quickly for obvious malfunction and smiled behind his battle mask as he realized nothing was physically wrong. He was still confused about his unexpected behavior, however, until Rumble's laugh broke the silence. "Soundwave, we really need to return to Cybertron. It appears Ravage has adapted to this planet and to the ways of the organic cats. I have noticed them while we were out. I have no clue why they do it. It looks really stupid though."
A low hiss and growl came from Soundwave's lap. He then pounced on Rumble catching him off guard and knocking him to the ground. Soundwave watched them wrestle for a moment before deciding enough was enough and interrupting the battle. "Rumble, Ravage: enough! Lazerbeak, Frenzy, Rumble and Ravage: Return" he called as they transformed and returned to their deck. Soundwave walked back to the Nemesis's computer and pulled up images that had been captured of the organic cat's behavior. He simply laughed. Yes. They definitely needed to get energy and return home before they lost the essence of who they were. Soundwave went back to scanning for energy sources. The night and shift finished without any other incident. Starscream's voice cut through the warship alerting everyone of shift change. It would no doubt be an interesting day.