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Oc x Soundwave

Terminology;

Organic; Cybertronian term for human or creatures of non-technological origin.

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Ch. 10; Hurry Up and Don't Complain

"You know, we really could stand to break away from the ominous motif and install some fragging lights in those hallways. My med-bay at least requires a cosmetic upgrade if Megatron expects me to keep playing doctor." Knock Out drove down a dirt road while traveling through the plain deserts of Nevada with a rather annoyed passenger in the front seat, her arms crossed and gaze shifted out the window.

"Playing? That's not very reassuring when thinking back to how you bandaged my leg." Her tone was unusually sour and tainted with a crass sarcasm, different from their usual playful banter. The sudden change in mood caused the mech to arch a brow in response as she sat, somewhat hidden, behind the limo tint of his windows.

"That shouldn't be credited. Human biology isn't one of my more...favored subjects."

"Is everything an excuse with you?" She snapped while placing a hand at her stomach with a groan. Elise had never felt so pitiful in her life, but the lack of regular pads (not some sheet of excess cloth), ibuprofen, and comfy clothing made her cramps worsen with each passing hour. Her cycle had always been abnormal and skipped every month or so, but as much as she expected the occurrence...it still beckoned her to slap the shit out of Knock Out's dashboard to shut him up.

"My, my, someone's in a foul mood. Let's try and maintain some self-control, shall we?" She could hear the smirk over his mouth plates even when avoiding his obnoxious gaze. It aggravated her to no end, and maybe deciding to stay beside Soundwave was the better of the two ideas. But the thought of KO bringing her shitty gas station foods and poor health supplies made her even more ill than she already was.

"Can you go faster? I want food."

"That's always your excuse. 'Food'." He mocked her previous comment with a cheeky smile, as if victorious in verbally bashing her.

"Yea, and you're a sad excuse for a doctor. Now hurry up." Her snippy tone made the Medic chuckle out of dry humor. This was nothing at all like the human he'd come to somewhat understand. And although Knock Out would never bother to study her little tantrums, he'd recalled reading something concerning mood swings within human females every month or so. Of course the mech wasn't sure what happened during these 'PMS cycles'...but he seemed to leave it as such rather than go into extreme detail. Again, human biology would never be his strong suit.

"Let's not jump to vague insults. I get enough of those from Megatron."

He was taking her attitude so...calmly! He didn't retort with a stupid 'human' comment or something rude and arrogant as he usually would...it made her question whether or not this was the real Knock Out...and if she'd finally lost her mind throughout the past two and a half months aboard the Nemesis. It wouldn't surprise her if she had...the lack of human interaction and socialization in general was somewhat nerve-wrecking, but having both the Medic and Soundwave around did help calm her mind...yet she worried so much for a human among robotic aliens.

"Tch..." The Medic gave an invisible smirk before tightening the two crossed straps of her seat belt against her chest.

"Seriously?"

"Don't complain."

"Fucking...whatever."

"Hurry up." His blatant tone made her eyes roll with a sigh while she rummaged in the back to grab her empty black duffel, swinging it over her shoulder as she stepped out of the car. She slammed his door harshly; scowling even at the small success of making the Con sputter a groan of irritation.

"Just stay here. And don't talk. People aren't necessarily capable of computing the sight of talking cars."

"I'll talk when I want!" KO watched the girl as she walked into the lone gas station located in literally the middle of nowhere. Somewhere outside of Austin, he believed, in the dead center of the pathetic near-lifeless state.

The appalling state of her mood was increasing with each passing minute. For once he was appreciative that she'd left him alone. He'd never seen the organic so quiet and rude in the entire time of her known-existence. It was odd…seeing something that was usually so kind and heartfelt act so crude and pompous…similar to Starscream on his good days. Perhaps the lack of human necessities was what caused her to be so…different. Alarming, almost. She was hostile…like some kind of manner-less Cybertronian femme.

Either way it made no difference to him…he was used to poor treatment. When working under Decepticon rule insults and beatings were expected…it was just the way it was, especially now with Breakdown gone. The Medic had to admit…his human was correct in her assumption of 'missing' his former comrade. It was one less person to talk to, share gossip or talk scrap…it was one less person to give alt makeovers to, use as a buffer, or punching bag. He did feel himself impaired when the thought came up, but…it was something that was required to be forced aside. He wouldn't think too much on it. He would just reminisce on the good memories while his processors still functioned correctly.

Elise held her breath at the sight of the young man at the counter; he being about twenty or so and, appearance wise, sexy as hell. He consisted of blonde shaggy hair and large brown eyes that glared at the screen of his cell phone as he leant against the white counter of the checkout. There was an air of disinterest about him, mainly concerning his shitty job in the middle of a shitty desert on a scorching hot shitty day. She smiled sheepishly as he glanced up at the sound of the door opening and closing with a solid 'thud'. He smiled back in the most languid of ways before putting his cell back into the pocket of his red polo.

"How ya doin' today?" His accent…dear lord. Elise would have groaned in absolute agony over her current appearance had he not been staring at his one customer with expectancy of a purchase. She was wearing her gray fitted tank top that had been stashed in her pink duffel; revealing the small ugly pudge that adorned her lower stomach. Her hair was a tangled mess, but luckily clean and washed thanks to the consistent bowl of water she was supplied with on the ship. Even so, she probably appeared to be sleep deprived along with unmanaged. The embarrassment of a lifetime.

"I-um…g-good, yourself?" She again smiled while setting her bag on the counter then walking further into the food area. She grabbed almost ten bags of dried fruits in one grasp, making her way back up and setting them on the counter before walking back to retrieve more.

"This a party or somthin'?" She nearly let out a small laugh at the smirk he sent her while taking hold of two display boxes full of energy and granola bars; also placing them beside the pile of bags on the counter. Usually, on her period, she would have ignored any man cute or not, but the fact that she was communicating with a human male who obviously found her attractive pushed away the sense of annoyance to all men in general.

"No, road trip."

"In that?" The cashier pointed a thumb to the ruby red sports car parked out front; the engine still going even as she dawdled inside, and even from such a far distance she could sense that Knock Out was pissed.

"It's a-…unique road trip." Her shoulders shrugged as she released her hug-hold from around seven large bottles of water, watching as he scanned the packages of food while still eying her. "Y-…You wouldn't happen to sell 'feminine' products?" The brunette managed a sheepish smile for the second time while asking as if embarrassed. He simply pointed to the back of the store by the unused slot machines; the area being somewhat dusty and dark due to the inactive lights above. A chocolate eye winked at her amusingly, following the curved lengths of her legs as she quickly sauntered towards the back necessities area.

"Thanks…" Elise grabbed six bottles of the medium sized shampoos, her hand gliding over random products and grasping anything she'd need. Nail file, toothbrush, paste, hair bands, soap, lotion…God she felt like she was moving into another apartment. In fact, she'd done this same exact routine when moving into her brother's after he'd left…except at Target. Which was obviously much 'classier'.

"Excuse me?" She turned to find him already staring, not really blaming the guy since there wasn't much else to do. "Do you have another toothbrush in the back? I need two…sorry."

"Sure. Be ri' back, we might have another." He clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth with a grin before leaving through the swinging doors. She scrambled; throwing random shit into her duffel until filled and grabbing the few plastic bags he had nicely set beside it. Who knew she would end up some gas-station thief? She shook off the thought before running through the doorway as quickly as possible, wincing as the bell rang at the force used to shove the glass open.

"Hurry and go!" Elise opened the back door of KO as he flung open the front; grunting at the heavy load of her large black bag and at least five other bags that were lifted onto his back seat. Elise jumped in the front and shut the door in a single swift movement, listening to his tires kick up a gross amount of dust as they drive off.

"What took you so long?" His tone was more aggravated than before; earning her attention out of impatience as he hit 85 down the dirt road.

"I wasn't going to pay almost a hundred bucks at a damn gas station. I don't even think the credit card I brought is still valid…or even paid off. Plus, that guy was hella cute-" Elise jolted as the seat belts wrapped around her almost viciously. He found it almost frustrating at how cheap she was even when money no longer held much value to her organic form. Humans still managed to amaze him even after spending about two Orbital cycles around her every single day.

"Uhh…ow?"

"Don't complain."

"Why would you need a GPS system?" Her tone was a bit…nicer…now that she'd eaten, but the question still irked him nonetheless. He could only imagine the crumbs of that granola bar left all over his interior due to her reckless 'eating' habit. Apparently it was 'necessary' for her 'survival'.

"Aww Knock Out gets lost!" She patted his dash with a cutesy smile and a sarcastic tone meant to mock him. She could feel the car itself warm up rapidly, the sound of cooling fans snapping on at his sudden bolt of antagonism. Elise covered her mouth with one hand in hopes of holding back a loud laugh she'd originally intended to let go, but when her Medic was in such a bad mood…the action would have been severely unwise. He acted worse than she had…and it wasn't exactly the best time of the month.

"It came with the mode!" The defensive tone of his voice made him even angrier. This little human managed to make him look like a fool to himself, which would usually require punishment had she not been Soundwave's little prize. He could easily just crush her, and tell Soundwave she'd run away. There was a decent plan! Or perhaps keep her without telling that spy…what? No. His processors must have been zoned out drastically to even joke about something so asinine. He could barely tolerate the organic much less keep her for himself.

"So tell me…Elise…how is it battling for the role of favorite pet against Laserbeak?" Hazel eyes went wide in disbelief of his arrogant question. How dare he? She was no pet, and although Laserbeak had no specific means of communication…neither was he.

"Keep talking and let's see what happens to your pain job while recharging." Her lip quirked slightly; the action just barely earning KO's attention as she leant back into the driver's seat and tapped her finger against his steering wheel.

"Then we'll see where exactly Soundwave finds your disposed and lifeless carcass."

"…" Elise shut her mouth. The thought of being dead frightening her slightly, especially at the hands of Knock Out. She'd seen that damn saw that came out of his hand or the drill that transformed from the opposing. In all honesty…the Medic was one of the last people you would want to mess with, yet she continuously did. Annoying him was fun…it reminded her of when she'd argue with her brother or co-worker. The memories made her chest heavy; forcing her to glance through the tint of the window to look at the scenery of the desert. Green-brown eyes narrowed with curiosity, watching through the rear-view mirrors at an upcoming car. It was sleek with a blue paint job; its engine literally roaring beside KO just as it drove off in a rush. He followed close behind it, speeding up with a smirk she could sense rather than see.

"What-….what the hell are you doing?"

"…Racing."

"Street racing? With humans? Isn't that…dangerous?"

"Don't complain."

"You're so dead when we get back..."

~End Chapter Ten

Yes, she finally suffered the irregular feminine and gross stage we all go thought each month. God sometimes I wish I were a guy.

Anyway...I gave an attempt at a funny chapter! Wow, I know that's a first and partly a miserable failure, but still! lol. Anyway, apparently I've been 'depressed' and 'morbid' and 'negative' lately. So whatever...I'm trying to perk up the mood.

I'm just glad I've made it into the double digits with this chapter. I didn't realize how long this fic would turn out to be, nor how popular! Love you all!

Also, Anne asked for a songlist. For those of you on FF who don't know; A songlist is a list of songs (duh) for each character or pairing within the fic it's posted. I personally think it's a great way to hear different music from different places! c: I only see these things like every year or so...but I'll be happy to make one since I'm frequently asked in other fics but choose to ignore such -_-. I personally just listen to my Iphone play mt library until I find decent shit that makes sense. So, here it goes.

Songlist;

Elise - Faint ~ Linkin Park

Soundwave -Fly On The Wall ~ T.A.T.U.

Soundwave x Elise - Satellite ~ Rise Against

Knock Out - Sexy Back ~ Justin Timberlake (we all know its true.)

REVIEW REPLIES;

vampireyautja - I'm hoping so, haha. I love writing out Starscream's character, so I'm hoping he'll eventually fall into the fic somehow. Like I said before, I have none of this planned out. It just all conjures up in my mind as I start writing. Damn plot bunnies. cx I'll try to incorporate him if possible for you! c:

Gelly619 - It is so reassuring to hear that, haha. You don't even know! I was so afraid that I'll end up swaying the personality of Soundwave with all this fluff going around, lol. And as I said to Vampireyautja, I'll try my best to incorporate the Auotobots for you. c: Looks like this fic is going to be waaaayyyyy longer than I ever imagined! I appreciate your support and review! I'll update as soon as finals are over!

Autobot-Bre - Thank you again! cx I don't know how else to express my gratitude to you! Haha!

shadow-dog18 - Thank so much! I'm glad everyone enjoyed my lemony chapter, lol. I attempted to put in emotion without having Soundwave actually react with unnecessary emotions. I feel that his loyalty will go beyond just Megatron, and I find him a character with a loyal personality rather than it just being a one-time thing. c: Still, glad you enjoyed! I'll try my best to update!

Copyright-Prime - Yes, Knock Out is still realizing that he's actually jealous. It hasn't clicked...but I assure you it will, haha. Especially with my next chapter taking place within episode 14 Triage. There's that little bit of bitterness between him and Soundwave without Elise being involved at all...so add our little fleshling to the picture, and you get some kind of destructive mess that ruins everything. Maybe. Hope I didn't leave you wondering! :o I hate cliffhangers as much as the next guy...so I try to not encourage them. c:

HypersonicSeeker - I finally know what his alt mode is! XO I looked on wiki and it gave me that specific answer, then I looked on a fan site and it gave me a totally different answer! :/ so I got annoyed and just left it as unnamed. I did have a feeling it was unmanned, but I just kept it simple or else this chapter wouldn't have happened lol. Anyway, thanks again! Hope that false detail didnt ruin the fic for you! o: And I'm glad you were able to enjoy the fic even with that minor flaw! Thanks again! cx

Leonixon - Thanks! I always love new reviewers! You have my unwavering love as does everyone else! I'll update once finals are finished after Memorial day! c:

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