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Prologue

Location: The Nemesis, Cybertron

Time: Present

Long time he waited in this hellish dimension, a so painfully long.

Ever since his imprisonment by those wretched fleshlings, he had done almost everything to get out of this "Shadowzone", only to meet with failure again and again. All the while he saw his master, Megatron, perish by the hands of the Autobots' scout, Bumblebee. And he was there when the Autobots revived Cybertron, an honor that should have rightfully belonged to the Decepticons.

He was also there when Megatron was revived and possessed by Unicron, the cybertronian god of chaos. Though he was relieved when his master got regain control of his form once more, but felt unsure when Megatron declared the Decepticons are no more. While he still believed that Megatron had his reasons for this (after all his body was possessed by Unicron and Primus knows what he did to Megatron's mind), he couldn't help but feel a part of himself furious about it. He dedicated his spark to the cause and now all that hard work resulted was in vain. But Megatron has given his final order and Soundwave, being Megatron's most loyal, obeyed it. Though now he wondered what he will do now that it is all over.

That was what really bugged him. Without the Decepticon cause being his purpose in life, what was now? He definitely wouldn't join the Autobots, not by a long shot. Maybe join Megatron in his exile. After all, he has no intention disobey his master's, or now ex-master's, command and takeover the Decepticons like Starscream would. Soundwave wondered what happened to him and Shockwave. He lost track of them during the whole Unicron event. Not that Soundwave cared; it was something he did to keep himself busy while being stranded in this shadowy dimension. Soundwave decided to clear his thoughts and focused back on escaping his imprisonment.

After finding out there was a way to pick up a signal on the other side, Soundwave began to do some calculations and formed a plan. Using the signals he would try to reconnect to the Nemesis' space/ground bridge controls, as they were still functional. But to get the signal strong to work he theorized that someone would have to activate it in order for him to connect and create a ground bridge to replicate the same instance that sent him here. While that might sound simple enough, the whole plan was a gamble. The chances of the cross-bridge event working and sending him back were slim at best. It could very backfire on him and blow up in his face, or worse.

But time was of the essence, and he was running low on energon. He was able to siphon some from Laserbeak, but that would only delay the inevitable unless he got out. So Soundwave decided the risks were acceptable. And waited for the right moment when one would activate the bridge technology. Fortunately, after watching the Autobots on his side of reality, he knew that Ratchet was scheduled to return to Earth and continue working with its government. He had been waiting patiently when right on time the Autobot medic walked into the bridge with Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead, and one of the recently returned Autobots Jazz.

"Are you sure you have to go back, we could use your expertise in our efforts to rebuild Cybertron." Bumblebee asked.

"Knock-Out is more than a decent medic. Besides, I feel that I'm needed more back on Earth with Unit: E." the old medic replied.

"Fine, let the guys know we said hello."

"Of course, maybe you should visit them sometime; the summer season was starting before I left."

"Maybe another time Ratchet, Cybertron isn't going to rebuild itself. Ain't that right Jazz?" said Bulkhead

"Mhm, you got that right. Been nice seeing you Ratchet, hope to see you again." Jazz replied

"Same to you, glad to see you still online. Maybe next time we could trade more stories."

Soundwave began to become impatient with the long goodbyes. The medic was finally here now, how much longer would he have to wait till someone open up the bridge!

Apparently not much longer as Arcee began to log in the coordinates and activate the bridge.

"Now" thought Soundwave as he began to connect with the bridge controls. Just as the space bridge opened so did a ground bridge. The Autobots began to slowly move back as the two portal merged into one.

"What's going on? Where in the name of the Allspark did that second bridge come from?" Ratchet yelled.

"I don't know! Someone else is opening a bridge over here!" Arcee responded as she looked over the controls.

"But who else could be bridging on Cybertron?" Bulkhead asked.

Their question was soon answered when they saw a familiar body shape running through the combined bridges.

"Soundwave?!" Ratchet gasped

"Scrap, Arcee shut it off!" Bumblebee yelled.

"Can't, the controls are locked." Arcee responded as the others got into combat stance and armed their blasters.

However, the room shook and the portal started to become erratic. Soundwave was almost out of the portal when he felt suction coming behind him. Taking a quick glance behind himself, he saw that the bridge was collapsing, becoming a singularity. The others saw and felt it too, and began holding on for dear life. Ratchet, who was closest to the portal, was slowly being pulled in. Jazz, thinking quickly, used his grapple beam to hook onto him. But before Ratchet could give his thanks he was grabbed by Soundwave, who used all of his strength to tackle him.

The old medic tried to throw the determined Decepticon off of himself but Soundwave had a tight grip on him. Soundwave would be damned if he was going to lose newfound freedom. But the weight of the two began to take a toll on Jazz, whose grapple was on the verge shutting off.

"I don't know how long I can hold!"

All seemed lost, until Bumblebee noticed a familiar pole-like item sticking into the console that was next to the one he was holding onto. It was the Immobilizer, or what was left of it after Knock-Out broke it during when Starscream tried to take over the Nemesis. But he wouldn't need its function for what he had in mind. Grabbing the broken staff, Bumblebee holds it like a javelin and takes aim.

"Ratchet! Think fast!" he yells before launching it.

Ratchet notices and elbows Soundwave in the gut, making enough space for the makeshift spear to hit its target.

The world around Soundwave suddenly went still as he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down he sees a metal pole piercing his chest, missing Laserbeak but hitting his vital components. He soon lost consciousness and his grip on Ratched loosened. As he did, he was sucked into the collapsing portal. With Soundwave gone, Jazz was able to keep a hold Ratchet.

The Autobots kept holding for their lives when the portal finally caved in and vanish. Now over, they took a minute to breathe and collect their wits.

"Thanks Bumblebee, thought I was a goner there for a minute."

"No need to thank me, just be glad that actually worked" the scout replied.

"How did he get out of the Shadowzone?" Bulkhead asked.

"I think the better question is where did he get sent to?" Jazz replied as they all looked where the bridge, that Soundwave emerged and got sucked back into, was momentarily ago.