Sorry nother short chapter, but its still good, and i know my editing is scrap but hey, just read review and enjoy. Thx~Nova
Sunstreaker:
Sunstreaker paced the floor anxiously waiting for the other to come through the groundbridge. "Sunstreakeh' you gonna blow a fuse pacin' there." Jazz said watching the young mech worriedly. Sunstreaker did not answer but simply sat down frustrated the others had not returned. Then he heard a familiar sound behind him. He turned as Optimus came trudging through the groundbridge.
"Did you get them?" He asked hopefully. Optimus shook his head.
"We watched as the Nemesis glided away." Optimus rumbled in his usually strong now defeated voice.
"They're gone?!" Kris asked worriedly.
"Yes, Sunstreaker, I am so sorry." Optimus said looking down. Sunstreaker just hissed and kicked over the closest object in pure anger, much to Ratchet's anger who muttered, that he needed the item Sunstreaker kicked in frustration. Sunstreaker ignored this.
"I should have been there." He said dully.
"She told me that's what teams do, there supposed to be there for each other. And I wasn't." Sunstreaker growled bitterly.
"Do not blame yourself, Sunstreaker." Optimus advised.
"No Optimus, it's my fault. I should have been more responsible. But clearly I wasn't ready for a new responsibility. At least not one as big as Jade." He vented angrily. Then with those words he stomped of towards the other side of base.
Sideswipe:
Sideswipe sat miserably in one corner of the base. He could feel sudden bursts of anger and sadness coming from his spark link with Sunny. He had tried to talk to him but had been forcefully shoved out by the madness in Sunny's spark. So he sat quietly and guilty waiting for his twin to calm down. Sideswipe knew it was his fault. But deep down he also knew in a way this action of his was going to lead to a series of events that weren't going to be necessarily bad. He wasn't sure how he knew this because he had no actual idea. It was more just a human thing called superstition. He was pretty sure anyways. He could just feel that in a way he made the right choice. But the others also had to take action, the Energon mines would be empty of Decepticons now. There was a chance that they never left, however Sideswipe knew that the wisest decision would be to use the girls' abilities rather than wasting time and resources mining Energon which they already had. And Sideswipe knew Megatron may have been an evil war lord but make no mistake, he was still in the war, he knew how to manage his resources. Sideswipe finally made a decision, he needed to talk to Optimus about it. He got up and found him sulking in the main room.
"Optimus, I need to talk to you," He said walking slowly up to him.
"Yes Sideswipe what is it." Optimus said not looking up.
"It's about why the girls wanted to do this." Sideswipe replied anxiously. Optimus finally looked up.
"Why?" He asked looking sad yet curious. Sideswipe quickly explained the idea while he had Optimus's attention. Optimus nodded slowly understanding.
"We must begin immediately. But I fear your brothers anger will cloud his judgment. It may be best if we invite him along later, when we have thoroughly established a routine and when the shock of losing the girls wears off on him." Optimus announced.
"I'll go tell the others, shall I sir." Sideswipe asked.
"Yes thank you Sideswipe. Oh and your decision may not have been the smartest, but if we rescue the girls, I do believe I understand your reasons." Optimus told him and then nodded Sideswipe off.
Girl Twins:
Jade and Icel shivered in the cold dark warship as they waited for Knockout to return and bring them in to meet Lord Megatron. He already told them about the Energon powers they already knew they had, they didn't say so of course but found acting surprised rather hard. Especially in the presence of Decepticons. They had pulled together a pretty believable act when pretending to be meeting giant alien robots but Knockout was clearly suspicious. They were both just glad they could tell when he was lying to them. Like when he told them Optimus was the war lord and Megatron the peace fighter. Jade and Icel sometimes wondered how long the Decepticons expected them to believe that. But despite the lies Jade was impressed with the idea they had come up with for their name, Decepticons. It was certainly creative, and had she not known the real story she would have believed it. That part was worry some, they would trick anyone so easily, so quickly. She was beginning to see why there were so many Decepticons. Icel and Jade heard the familiar sound of the Nemesis's door springing open and looked up. Knockout came out. He looked rather blue in the faceplates which Jade had perceived as a form of blushing or quite possibly paling. Either way Knockout looked worried.
"Lord Megatron, wishes to speak with you both alone." He informed them. Icel nodded and Jade followed suit. They stood quietly and pretended to nervously edge around Knockout and into the room. Before the sealing door slammed behind them they heard Knockout vent a sigh of dread and anxiety. The room was by far larger and much colder than they imagined. Heck the whole warship was freezing. Megatron stood high at the front of the ship. The girls cautiously approached.
"Ah, humans. May I be one of the first to, welcome you aboard." He rasped in a voice that grinded knifes upon rocks.
"You already were informed of your reason being here and ours I presume, from our medic. Knockout." He assumed. Jade and Icel nodded simultaneously wanting nothing more than to be out of the war lord's presence.
"Well then I highly doubt I have much explaining to do, Soundwave will be in charge of showing you around and making sure you have everything you need while you stay aboard the Nemesis." Megatron explained waving his hand through the air. Jade didn't fail to notice that unlike Optimus, Megatron didn't bother to bend to their height, he stood high above them, glowering. "Wait, you mean we have to stay here on the warship like 24/7?" Icel asked nervously looking up at the silver mech. "Affirmative, that won't be, a problem will it?" He asked menacingly. "N-no, it's ju just that well, um, never mind." Icel squeaked looking down once more. "Good, very good." Megatron rasped you may go Soundwave is here to pick you up." He said turning away from them. The girls both turned to find themselves facing the Decepticon communications chief. Soundwave nodded to them and they quickly followed him out. But Jade and Icel could both feel the Decepticon leader's optics trace their every move as the left the cold dark room.
Soundwave:
Soundwave remained silent as he walked the well-known tunnels of the warship. When Megatron had asked him to show the humans around he immediately fell to his master order. He was extremely loyal to Megatron, who had let him join Decepticon ranks when he was much younger when the war had first begun. Soundwave was proud of his leader and was grateful for the fact that instead of seeing his blank screen unnatural welcomed it and deemed it useful. For this Soundwave was grateful and vowed to never leave the Decepticons and Megatron. He heard the quiet breathing and quick steps of the humans behind him as he treaded the hallways. They whispered to each other in the earth language. Soundwave audio receptors strained to pick up their whispers and he recorded each drop of sound.
"You can't." One was saying.
"Oh come on, he doesn't seem so bad, just as long as he knows we are all for Megatron, we'll be fine." Hissed the other. Soundwave didn't like the way she said that. But he knew suspicion was his go-to and so he let the matter fall from his processor. Then he heard quicker footsteps and the dark girl was next to him.
"Hello, Soundwave is it. I'm Jade by the way." She said a shy smile lighting her mouth. Soundwave looked at her but like always said nothing.
"Um, can you understand what I say?"" The dark girl asked quietly. Soundwave nodded without looking down and continued his walk. He hated talkers, he couldn't understand why someone would talk rather than just do. Just doing and not stopping to talk seemed like a much better use of time to him. But unfortunately this human seemed like a talker, not the other though she was perfectly quiet and seemed too nervous to approach. Which was all as well, Soundwave was all too use to being an intimidating figure. He could tell the other began to concentrate on the halls and leave small sticky papers with writing on forks and intersections of the warship. He almost vented in exasperation before remembering his Swear to Silence. He dared not looked back when his vocal box made a strange noise preventing the vent, and the drew the dark haired girls attention. She followed him a little closer not but still behind him as he turned another hall. He pointed towards the Energon supply room and stopped to allow the girls to peer inside before moving on. He showed them the and the 8 control rooms and finally the small area where they would let their new human recruits stay. He turned to the girls and ushered them inside, where Knockout waited. Soundwave though their commanding officer would be leaving them in the care of the ships medic, who knew the majority of human behavior. "Ah Soundwave, the girls are with you?" Echoed Knockouts voice through the hall. Soundwave gave a slight nod and then left the girls, turned and walked off. Back to patrolling the empty corridors of the Nemesis.
Icel:
Icel was deathly quiet until Soundwave left. She needed to have a talk with Jade about acting first thinking later. Which she had done for the fiftieth time that day. They were now back with Knockout and in a new room which contained of the bare essentials for humans. There were two cots, water a fridge undoubtedly with food and a few blankets strew across the floor. Icel tipped her head and marveled at the nest like look of it, but at the same time mixed with a house kind of look. "Um, did I do it right." Knockout asked coming up next to her. "Hmm, oh, yes it's fine, an interesting design I must say. Is that how Cybertronians live?" She asked wonderingly. "Oh no of course not, I thought that was how humans live!" Knockout exclaimed sounding rather embarrassed. Jade smiled dryly. "Yeah pretty close, but the blankets are a bit odd." She commented. Icel sighed. Again with the thinking second. "Well, I'm not human am I. So how was I to know!" Knockout snapped more like himself than the good yet fake personality he had mustered. Icel raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Knockout muttered something under his breath that sounded much like, "Completely unappreciative." And that was when Icel remembered that this bot like to be recognized and admired. At least now she knew how to make him less angry. "Thanks very much Knockout." She said before Jade could say something else stupid. Knockout almost smiled but regained composure. "Your welcome." He said much brighter. Jade just gaped as Icel smiled at the red bot. "Well let me know if you need anything." He said addressing more Icel than Jade. Icel nodded and waved as he walked out the door. Then she turned to her sister her anger immediately boiling over. "What were you thinking!" Icel nearly yelled. Jade shrugged and replied, "I wasn't, really." Icel glowered. "Well clearly we need to go over all the Decepticons again and review exactly what makes them angry." Icel spat dragging her sister by the arm towards the blankets. "I know, I know. Knockout likes appreciation and admiration." Jade sighed as Icel sat her down on the cots while grabbing some blankets from the floor. "Yes, that's right. And it would do us good to remember that, at least until the bot's can come and get us out." Icel said thinking sadly of Sides, whom she missed more than she realized. He probably missed her too. Icel was worried, who knew how long it would take the bots to mine all the Energon deposits on Earth. Already more than she realized. She just hoped they could do their parts with surviving the cons'.
I'm done, so proud to! Even though this chapter was so short there will be another one up real quick, stay notified. Nova out ; )
