Megatron was steamed to find out that Soundwave was missing from the ship along with Berserk, only to return the next day covered in dirt, pollen, and…whatever was found on Earth. "Soundwave! Report!" commanded Megatron. Berserk's attention wandered as she looked casually around the command chambers as Soundwave gave a full report on where the Autobots were currently located. Megatron grumbled to find that all five Autobots were still functioning. "Since both you and the psycho-femme were out all night, I could guess that finding those Autobot rejects wasn't one of your missions for the evening" snarled Megatron to his spy. Sensing distress from her sparkmate, Berserk spoke up "If Megatron wants, I can cause…some problems for the humans before I destroy one of the Autobots." "How so, psycho?" questioned Megatron. "Before I can take on…these Autobots, I need a powerful energy source. Humans have powerplants that run their cities, which makes for sufficient energy in battles. My circuits can withstand much more energy than any normal Decepticon or Autobot without overloading. My most powerful moves involve unleashing electromagnetic shockwaves that can overload anything electrical, including Autobots. But before I can unleash these shockwaves, I need to absorb a massive amount of energy" said Berserk. "So, you can absorb massive amounts of energy without overloading from human electrical sources? And what happens to the human cities that use this electricity?" said Megatron. "For what happens to the humans, WHO CARES?" exclaimed Berserk as she began hopping up and down excitedly. Megatron smirked as he asked his last question "So, if you absorb this energy, can you convert it to energon if provided energon cubes?" "Possible, guess so" exclaimed Berserk as she began bouncing around the chamber. Perhaps this psycho wasn't as useless as he first thought…
"Ratchet! What's going on?" said Optimus in a worried, yet anxious voice. "It appears that Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee are undergoing problems back in town" said Ratchet in a concerned voice "It appears that the power went out, but it's more like it was drained that a normal power outage. And what's more, Decepticon signals are nearby the electrical plant, but they have one more signal that I've never seen before." Optimus looked on with a worried look before saying "Ratchet, open up the ground bridge and transport me there. Alert the other bots to meet me there." "Right" said Ratchet as he opened up the ground bridge to the powerplant. "I hope that you know what you're doing" said Ratchet as Optimus stepped though the portal.
Megatron smiled sinisterly as Berserk kept on absorbing the powerplant's energy and transported into energon cubes. Starscream and Soundwave were keeping a watch for Autobots, while the drones were keeping a perimeter around the plant. There was another reason why Megatron didn't want Soundwave with him; he always got jealous whenever Megatron would look at, or even touch, Berserk in a particular manner. She would make good sparklings for my lineage thought Megatron as he stared at her aft and long, slender legs. She's been very difficult whenever Megatron tried to mate with her, and so far, his efforts were futile. He definitely knew that she was bonded to Soundwave since the both of them disappeared for that one night several days ago, but if he got Soundwave out of the picture…
"Lord Megatron sir! We've detected the Autobots approaching!" said a drone to the leader. "Attack the Autobots" commanded Megatron as the drones charged towards the three oncoming bots. The drones charged towards Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee as they began their onslaught of the three bots. The Autobots put up their best at the oncoming, and the tide seemed to be in the decepticon favor until Optimus Prime showed up. Within seconds, the battle was in the Autobot favor, with Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, and Berserk remaining on the Decepticon side. "Starscream, Soundwave, Attack!" screeched Megatron as the remaining Decepticons charged at the Autobots. Starscream took on Bulkhead as Soundwave fought Arcee while Megatron fought Optimus, leaving Bumblebee to Berserk. Bumblebee approached Berserk and beeped to her. Berserk turned her head and withdrew her tentacles from the powerplant and began bouncing up and down excitedly, happily saying "Bumblebee! Bee! Bee! So good to see you again!" Bumblebee then beeped again, as Berserk said "Bumblebee only said to not tell where base was, not show. Only Soundwave guessed correct question." Bumblebee then beeped very angrily as Berserk said in a quiet voice "Berserk very sorry for breaking Autobot promise, but Berserk now on Decepticon side. Soundwave is Berserk's sparkmate now, we had…a night to remember." Bumblebee facepalmed himself when he heard that Berserk was now Soundwave's sparkmate; he couldn't get a particular image out his processor when he heard and visualized what he thought happened that night.
Just then, Soundwave went crashing through the building nearby Berserk as Arcee keeps a pede on the mech's neck. One of Berserk's tentacles knocked Arcee off of Soundwave as the femme looked at Bumblebee and said "I just care if my mate is all right, ok? I'm not really big on fighting unless it's for self-defense or to absorb power." Bumblebee just continued to stare angrily at Berserk as the fighting continued around them.
After a moment of silence, Berserk said "Ok Bumblebee. I will help you out to defeat most of the Decepticons, but just this once." Berserk hopped onto Megatron's shoulders and looked straight into his faceplate. "Get off, psycho!" bellowed Megatron as he tried to swat Berserk, but kept on hitting himself as Berserk kept on leaping out of the way. If the Autobots weren't so badly hurt, they would have thought that the scene was hilarious. Megatron kept on trying to swat Berserk, but kept on hitting himself, a building, or Starscream.
Being a little annoyed; Soundwave asked Berserk why she was attacking the Decepticons instead of attacking the Autobots. With the answer that he got, he marched up to Bumblebee and shouted at him why was he talking to his sparkmate as if they were old sparkmates or something. Bumblebee beeped back at Soundwave on how he could get Berserk on the Decepticon side. When Soundwave replied to him that she was great on sharing a berth with him, Bumblebee punched the spy in the faceplate as a fistfight erupted between the two. Berserk heard the fight erupting behind her, and glanced in the direction of Soundwave and Bumblebee, which proved to be a big mistake as Megatron got a grip on her ankle and crashed her into the earth. She looked up at a pissed-off Megatron as he snarled "Once I've offlined the Autobots, I'll interface you here" which made Berserk narrow her optics as two of her tentacles zapped Starscream and Megatron. Berserk got up and headed towards the fistfight between Bumblebee and Soundwave over her.
"What are you two fighting about?" asked Berserk as she approached the two mechs. Both of them said that they were fighting over her, but that was all she could understand as they kept on beeping and sending signals at the same. Berserk asked Bumblebee on why he was fighting over her, and he replied that Soundwave was using her for interfacing. Berserk frowned and said "Bumblebee, the reason that I'm Soundwave's sparkmate is that I love him. I love him because he's all of what I'm looking for in a mate. It's not that I don't love you, Bumblebee, but it's that I've always viewed you more of as a friend. Soundwave is more of the mate that I've always been looking for. He understands me, plus he's patient, sweet, and a great companion. But" as she cupped Bumblebee's cheek with one servo "I will always consider you one of my best friends. I'm still so sorry for telling Soundwave of where your base is, though."
She then turned her head towards Soundwave and said "Listen Soundwave, Bumblebee is one of my best friends, but nothing happened between us. He was the one that saved my life when I came to Earth many years ago, and I'm grateful for him for that." She nuzzled his chassis and whispered to him "We can have fun together back aboard the Nemesis later on tonight," which caused Bumblebee to beep something in disgust, which caused Soundwave to smirk in delight as he stroked Berserk's back. Bumblebee beeped something to Soundwave, causing Berserk's optics to widen. She looked at him and said "Bumblebee! Where did you learn those words?"
Before Bumblebee could reply, Optimus walked over to where the three were. "Berserk? What are you doing here? Weren't you a neutral?" asked Optimus to Berserk. She looked at him and said "I still am, but I'm more on the Decepticon side now since I'm Soundwave's sparkmate." Optimus gave Berserk a disappointed look as he said "Soundwave's sparkmate? I'm not mad at you that you've chosen him to be your mate" as he pointed to Soundwave "But I'm disappointed at you for utilizing the human's energy for the Decepticon's means. You're hurting the humans for absorbing their energy source, and they need it. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
Berserk was silent for a moment before speaking up "Are humans hurt because of what Berserk was doing? Berserk is sorry for what she's doing then. But Decepticons are hungry. However…" as she looked at the energon cubes "Berserk can give back most of the energy, but keep a little for Decepticons until the next lighting storm arrives." Soundwave then shouted something at Berserk before she said to him "I'm sorry Soundwave, but the Autobots are right. I absorbed too much energy from the humans, so I have to give back most of the energy. But, if the Decepticons are patient enough, I can absorb some lighting during the next lightning storm." He then transmitted to Berserk, who responded "Yes, I can absorb all types of electricity, including lighting. The reason that I didn't tell you this was because you've never asked about my absorbing powers." Soundwave then facepalmed himself as he told Berserk that she was useless as a Decepticon. "I know that, Soundwave. As I've told you before, I'm a neutral" she said as she began transmitting the energon from the cubes back into electricity.
Within a few minutes, Berserk returned most of the power to the powerplant as a few full energon cubes remained. She then turned to the Autobots and said "Since Autobots told Berserk that absorbing human's electricity is bad, Berserk won't absorb any more human electricity." Soundwave grumbled something about needing more energon for the Decepticons as his digits tapped on his arms in irritation. Berserk then looked at her sparkmate, paused for a moment, then said "If Soundwave wants Berserk to harness lightning for energon production, I can do that. I can convert lightning into energon, but no more than three bolts per storm and that's it. Berserk doesn't want an imbalance to occur if too much energy is removed." Soundwave was silent for a moment, then asked her how an imbalance can occur if she absorbs too much lightning. She told him that she's been watching the humans for years, and knows that they've been abusing their mastery of the Earth, which in turn caused the environment to revolt against them. "…so, if Berserk absorbs too much power in one storm, something very bad will happen. Berserk doesn't know what exactly, but something will occur" she said to her sparkmate.
By the time Berserk finished explaining the situation to Soundwave, the Autobots had already left the area, leaving Berserk, Soundwave, and an unconscious Starscream and Megatron in the area. With a heavy sigh, Soundwave transformed into his plane mode as Berserk transformed as well. Picking up the energon cubes and Starscream, Soundwave flew ahead for the Nemesis with Berserk carrying Megatron in tow. He couldn't believe that he had to wait for the next lightning storm for Berserk to harness the potential energy into energon cubes.