Chapter two, this has no Soundwave action in or anything dark; but there will be in the chapters to come. (:
Ratchet flicked through a report sent to him from Bumblebee, his faceplates angled in a deep-in-thought frown. It was a report that was showing all of the Decepticon's present on Cybertron, the ones that had been spotted (and confirmed) on Earth and the ones unaccounted for.
Jack and Miko were sat a few feet from Ratchet on a heightened platform too thoroughly engulfed in their video game to see Ratchet's discomfort. But Raf did.
Ever since Megatron's death and the revival of Cybertron, the human children had kept Ratchet updated about their lives and regularly visited him to stay at the new Autobot base. It had been one and a half years since their Autobot guardians had returned home and they were all still recovering from loosing such great friends and protectors.
"Ratchet? What's wrong?" Raf asked shyly, moving as close to the edge of the railing as he could in an attempt to see what Ratchet was reading. But all he could see was a very faint outline of, what looked like, decepticons.
"Hmm- Wait, what?" he said, looking at Raf with a startled expression. Then what the boy had said sunk in, "Oh right nothing, it's just- Bumblebee has sent me something and it seems to be missing some... faces." his optics hovered on the screen again, before returning to Raf.
"Like who?" Raf asked, leaning against the railing; allowing him to see more of the screen Ratchet was seemingly glaring at. On the screen there was an image of all the decepticons ever seen on Earth and a few more, obviously ones found on Cybertron or in space, then besides them in big, red writing was either 'Deceased', 'MIA', 'Seen' or 'Unknown'.
Soundwave being the only labeled with 'unknown'.
Ratchet noticed Raf's eyes widen in shock and he walked closer to the young boy, "Is there something you know about Soundwave's whereabouts?" Ratchet asked, lowering his helm so he could look Raf directly into the eyes.
"I- um-we-" Raf stammered backing away from Ratchet.
Ratchet feared that if the TIC had somehow escaped into space he would have the power and knowledge to bring back the Decepticons and fight against the Autobots once more. The loss would probably be a lot more severe than it was before and Ratchet feared the safety of his comrades on Cybertron and in space...
"Soundwave is in the Shadowzone, dude." Miko said rather coolly, leaning back in the chair as she looked over at Ratchet dumbfounded expression. "What? I thought you knew-"
"What! Since when?" Ratchet asked frantically, optics wide with shock and horror. Being in the Shadowzone for a long time was very dangerous and, even though Soundwave was one hell of a hated Decepticon, Ratchet feared for the mech.
The medic backed away from the humans and took a deep vent, trying to contain his anger and sock before eh scared his only companions. The three looked shaken by Ratchet's raised tone and it was Jack who recovered first. "I thought you all knew he was there... Why are you so upset? We solved a problem and he can't hurt anyone-"
"Have you even considered the physiological damage that can inflict? Soundwave will be lucky if he still has sane based functions!" then the medic paced rather furiously up and down the room, lightly rubbing his nasal bridge; a habit he got from the humans.
The children looked at one another guiltily, "What are you going to do?" asked Miko, walking over to Raf and draping an arm over his shoulder. Miko knew if Soundwave was harmed Raf would take the blame for himself because he had opened the space bridge and trapped the mech, but then again Jack had been a part of it too... All Miko did was attempt to tackle him, all in all she feared he would never forgive himself if Soundwave was harmed.
Ratchet finally broke his pacing and looked at the children, shocking them with his next words; "I am going to get him back."
Dun dun duuun. TBC...