Chapter 7
"Meaning of that music"
Summary: When Soundwave plays the song "New Divide" and Lauren starts singing along, he doesn't know just how much this song means to a lot...no romance, just a bit of friendly rivalry so get your minds out of the gutter. Also I do not own "New Divide".
Continuity: My "Transformers: New Adventures" stories.
Megatron was now dead;the Autobot-Decepticon war was going to end soon, but it wasn't exactly a happy thing. For one, there were a lot of casualties, including Frenzy and Laserbeak and second it was going to be hard to forget what had happened. Soundwave knew this all too well; he was sitting in the woods, not too far away from Lanceville, although no one could see him. He had a regular electric guitar, the same one that Laserbeak had scanned when they had first come to Earth. There was no point to being sad, but why would he want to give up any of those memories? His minions had been his only family for the longest time.
Soundwave began playing the guitar and singing
I remember black skies, the lightning all around me
I remember each flash, as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard, that I get what I deserve
So give me reason, to prove me wrong, to wipe this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Unknown to the Decepticon, his human rival, Lauren Wilson happened to be walking by there. By the time he realized that, she had sung the rest of the chorus with him.
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
"What do you want?" Soundwave asked when he stopped singing.
"That's my favorite song that you were just singing. Linkin Park was my inspiration for a long time." Lauren looked down at the bundle in her arms. It was a blond haired baby boy, who was wearing red footy pajamas and currently sleeping.
"You have a child?"
"By a surrogate father." she replied. "Jetfire was a bit pissed when he found out he couldn't 'do it' with me and ..." She paused and wiped tears off of her face. "but he forgave me. He died yesterday in a battle and-Optimus just told me that last night-you don't know how it feels to not be able to forget something, do you?"
"Do you even know the meaning of that song?" Soundwave had to know.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Amid all the metaphors, it's about not being able to forget certain things that happened. Like losing a friend, parents or a loved one." Lauren said. "And I do know the rest of the song." She began singing the second verse, then part of the refrain again
There was nothing to find but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide; the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard, that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong to wipe this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
"To think that are not many songs by you humans that have as much meaning as that." was the comment made by the Decepticon.
"Well, I know my music and I know that not all of it is meaningless rap dealing with sex, drugs and violence." Lauren stated. "I'm surprised that you get the meaning behind the lyrics of 'New Divide'".
They were both singing the rest of it now
In every loss and every lie
And every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong to wipe this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Both Autobot-allied human and Decepticon were now staring into each others eyes/optics and knew that no words could describe what they were feeling right now; that they understood how the other one felt and it was very much the same. So much in fact that if it were not for the fact that they were on different sides, they could have been friends long ago.
Lauren put one hand up again Soundwave's and the latter said "You're a worthy rival, Lauren Wilson." He only called someone by their name if they had been an opponent who was extremely tough to beat when it came to musical talent; the other two who got this treatment were the Autobot Blaster and Rosanna, his own cassette.
"You finally call me by my name instead of 'meatbag'. Maybe you really do understand feelings and not just know the other person's thoughts..." was the only reply he got from her. "Let this be enough to reach the truth that lies, across this new divide..."
Across this new divide, Soundwave thought to himself again. To think that an organic creature could understand the meaning of that music...
Author's note: Yeah, I had a hard time getting this to sound good as an actual story in front of me and not just sounding good in my head. This came from an abandoned story idea that I'm probably never going to use.