Spike the Tenno
Chapter 2: A Friend's Return
At the Decepticon base, various Cons could be seen laying low nursing repairs; none of them wanting to attract the attention of Megatron so soon after a defeat at the hands of the Autobots.
However the underwater base is not quiet, the dark metal walls echo the screechy voice of the only Con crazy (or stupid) enough to argue with Megatron… Starscream.
Naturally, the next sound echoing along the walls is the sound of metal being pounded and the loud screams from the now begging cowardly Air Commander.
Unfortunately for Soundwave, (who is diligently at work near the communication panel searching for new energy sources), the noise is even louder for him since he is in the same room as the ruckus.
Accustom to the amusing sight, the Communication Officer devotedly continued his duty (besides he already has a recording of a previous beating and has even created a remix).
Just as Soundwave activated another search of the Northern Hemisphere, pain races through his processor; the telepathic bond that is always left open when one of his cassettes are out in the field backlashes, forcing the Decepticon to share the agony of Laserbeak's death.
He falls to the floor clutching his chest, feeling like something is ripping out his spark; Laserbeak's last moment smothering him.
The pain stops as his bond to the bird ceases, allowing him to stand and meet the optics of every single Con in the command room.
Starscream painfully smirks, his current position doing nothing to stop his satisfaction at Soundwave's pain.
Likewise every other con (like the rest of Starscream's Command Trine) has a hidden smirk on their faces as well; (in their opinion, the two faced snake has finally gotten a taste of what he deserved) except for Megatron.
"Soundwave report", Megatron orders sharply, the pain of his most loyal soldier distracting him from stomping on the annoying seeker's wings.
"Laserbeak: offline", Soundwave reported in his usual robotic monotone voice.
"Humph", Starscream sneered, a quick stomp from Megatron quickly shutting him up.
"Send in another recon of the Autobot base immediately, we need another energy location", Megatron order callously; a soldier that fails to complete his mission has no place in the Decepticon Warlord's thoughts.
"If I was leader", Starscream began; he is quickly silenced by the fusion cannon now pointing at his face.
"Affirmative, Eject Buzzsaw. Operation: Surveillance", Soundwave orders quickly for his lord; the Deception bird rocketing out of his chest, a blue twin to the late Laserbeak.
Meanwhile at the Ark…
The stranger stood with his hands up in the air and his weapons on the floor, surrounded by a sea of Autobot guns.
"Who are you and what are you doing in our base", Optimus Prime questions.
"This is going to come as a shock, but it's me… Spike", the strange warrior replies.
"You're not Spike, we just saw he get vaporized! Start talking or I'm going to shoot you full of holes", Cliffjumper snarls.
"You have only two toes and abilities that humans don't have", Prowl points out, clearly not believing him.
Before any of the bots could make a rash decision, Preceptor intervened, "Actually the idea that Spike survived is very possible; his voice patterns also matches Spike's voice perfectly"
In response, the scientist received very skeptic looks.
The genius continues unconcerned, "Previous studies of transwarp technology have shown that the absence of calibrated vector space could result in things being sent to other subspaces and theorizes that objects could be sent to random vectors."
The following blank looks made Wheeljack quickly explain, "Perceptor theorizes that instead of killing Spike, the beam could have sent him to another dimension.
Prowl nearly glitches at the idea along with the other Bots, while Bumblebee who had been standing numbly by the side, watches gleefully at the shock the others had displayed…
At first, Bee had thought his processor was glitching, but the intruder's movements and the way he carried himself seemed very familiar… just like his best friend.
Perceptor's comments just cement the rest of the conviction in Bumblebee's spark.
There is only one way to prove it…
The yellow Autobot pushes his way through the throng of Bots (ignoring various protests) as he cleares the last few feet to stand in front of Spike.
"Say one thing about me, that no one else knows", the small Bot commands.
It barely takes Spike a second to reply, "No one knows that we are the ones that pranked Prowl last week with blue glitter paint and not the twins."
"I told you that we didn't do it Prowl", Sideswipe cuts in smugly.
Spike continues unabashed by Prowl's slient glare (or Jazz's snickers), "Or that time we snuck into Cliffjumper's …"
He is quickly interrupted by Bee, "Yep that Spike alright"… Bumblebee weakly grins at Cliffjumper while the latter glares, promising a scary conversation (that he may or may not survive later)
Happy nevertheless, Bee rushes over to his friend only to be pulled short by Prime.
"Sorry Bumblebee, but Spike still has a few questions to answer", Optimus said, a curious Perceptor and Wheeljack by his side.
"It's a long story", Spike breathed staring at his hands; for a moment seeing them coated in blood.
Blood… it reminds him of his arrival in the other universe; how could he tell the Autobots that a mere second of time for them has been over a thousand years for him?