Same as with the previous one I wrote this chapter some time before. Today I added some more and made corrections.

Soundwave's secret (Transformers)

Chapter 18

"THEY DID WHAT?!" the roar of Decepticon leader had made even the ones standing in the corridor jump with fear. That's how it started in the command room and had been for some time. Megatron with his temper at the highest level was announcing everything he though about his soldiers, their intelligence, Soundwave and, of cource, Skyquake along with Dreadwing.

"First, Soundwave appears to be a traitress-femme and now two of the best Decepticon warriors turn out to be Autobot spies!" he had roared with anger and several datapods were thrown into Starscreems, Thrusts and some other lucky 'Cons' helms or ended up being smashed into the wall.

"So, split it! All of you! That's your chance! It's Secrets revealing day! I'm talking to you Starscreem!"

"My- my Lord. I-" the seeker jerked.

"Shut up, you idiot!" the last roar came and Megatron finally stopped to get a breath, finally being a bit calmer... Such a mess and all because of a stupide femme! And these two...

Shockwave with a huge dent in his helm was standing still by the wall, waiting for the action to calm down. As Megatron turned back to the screens, Starscreem could finally give a breath out and straighten. So did the others: Thrust, Tarn, Demolisher and several Drones.

"Starscreem, call Obsidian and Stryka, I need someone to replace this #%+& twin Autobots." theit leader started, "Demolisher, make sure Soundwave's quarters are checked. Shockwave, can your machine be repaired?"

"The possibility is low, my liege..." One opticed 'Con admited.

Megatron felt like ready to lose control again but after glancing at the scientist remembered about Shockwave's damaged helm. "Agh! Please get yourself to the med bay. I need this processor of yours functuanal. Thrust!"

The seeker flinched hearing his name and straightened looking at his leader. Megatron was standing his servos crossed at his back, attention at the screens again, as he not turning to the flyer continued.

"Shockwave will assist you in restoring the mess with security and communication. I want everything perfectly functuanal again. Is that clear." the last was not a question. Thrust blinked...

"Ehm... My Lord... Assist?" He did not need assistance! He could seal without this one-opticed logic-filled 'Drone'.

"Shockwave himself would have suited perfectly for this task, however, the projects he works on are important... As for you, you would replace Soundwave, but you can't be believing in having enough skills to deal with all Soundwave's responsibilities."

Thrust narrowed his optics. He got his promotion but got offended at the same time. His skills had been questioned. But Thrust was not a fool. Being in Starscreem's shadow for a while, he was left away from others' sight. Well, now the seeker got his chance to remind others about himself. Even with Shockwave messing around.

"Dismissed." the order was heard and Decepticons started leaving.

Prime sacrificed two spies in order to return Soundwave, who had no information left. Something made WarLord sure that the Autobot leader was just tricked by Soundwave's being a femme... How athetic. On the other servo, not having files didn't mean that the traitress knew nothing. But the information she had would unlikely compensate letting out the cover of two spies, who had been working in the heart of Koan...

Still, Megatron was going to consider everything. He hadn't finished with Soundwave yet.

She could feel her engines working hardly. It was dark - her optics off lined. But she was not in recharge anymore, at least her processor was working, her chassis still in recharge mode. Soundwave was lying, trying not to be awake a bit longer... Or should she turn her optics on and open them?

She did not wish to.

She didn't remember why, but she did not want to...

But before the femme could think, her system forsed her wake up completely and Soundwave turned her optics on and opened them slightly. There was light in here. Soudwave noticed a wall. Then her optics moved a bit and saw a door. She stared at it for a while with a tired, still sleepy look...

Then, the door started opening and a figure of a young red armored bot entered her sight. FirstAid made a step only and noticed the pair of now conctiouse Soundwave's optics slightly opened and directed at him. This made his own ones widen in surprise, as he freezed where he stood, then turned arround and rushed out of the room.

FirstAid...

FirstAid.

FisrtAid?!

Him. Here. Autobot. Here. But. She. Where-

Soundwave's defense system turned on.

'Think, process, analyze- agh!'

Suddenly a feeling of her processor 'hit' her helm from inside made Soundwave's sight darken. She reached her aching helm with a servo... She... tryed to but this felt like it became havier in five times and, as she slowly moved the thin servo, her just cleared sight darkened again.

Decepticons...

She felt like lightning hit her optics.

The fight...

Her helm was heated.

Cables...

Her chassis was refusing to move but she forsed it.

Deleating...

'Collect yourself. Stand-agh! Wait. Don't move. Think. Process. You have to...'

She forsed her chassis to move.

'I have to...'

She went down, fell and a met the floor. Soundwave on lined her optics and saw the ground. Agh... She forsed herself to sit with the world spinning arround her. Her servo felt something hard. Wall. It was a wall. Wall was good. She could use it. Soundwave tryed to stand leaning on it but this made everything worse and she fell forward again. Another wall. She found herself in the corner now. It felt like electricity was hitting her helm, her servos and peds feeling so heavy. Agh! She closed her optics and grabbed her helm.

'Breathe. In. Out. In. Out... Cool engines. No move. You're making worse. Don't move. Let your sight get back to normal...'

A sound. Someone came.

"Oh, Soundwave..." she managed to hear a voice.

'Breave. Analyze... Don't move...'

"Soundwave..." voice came again and it was... strange... Different. Soundwave slowly turned and leaned her back to the corner, her optics slightly opened trying to focuse on a figure.

Where was she? No idea. It was a room... A lightened one... Else she could not make out. What was going on? A processor ache to say the least. She was on the floor, cornered and not being able to even stand up. No. She was not defenseless. There was always a way.

'Just use your logic. Do not be foolish! Do not panic. Ignor the fear. Hold it back. Analyze... Try, at least...' she was repeating in her processor.

"Easy." The figure knelled being watched by her. Soundwave was trying to hold her defense system back.

It wasn't the right timing.

Was it a 'Con? An Autobot? It couldn't be a 'Bot. Decepticons had been deleting her datas. The last time she was in Shockwave's lab. But it had been FirstAid she had just seen.

'Hallucinations... Shockwave, you fried my processor nicely...'

"Soundwave, it's alright..." the figure held out its servo making Soundwave press herself to the wall. The world was still spinning. She was not alright.

"Shsh... It's fine, you're safe." The servo gently touched her shoulder plate but femme almost didn't feel it. Soundwave eyed it for a second and directed her slightly closed optics back at the bot. Something was different. Whose voice had it been? It was... Soundwave's focuse became better. It was a light green armored bot, it was...

Moonracer?..

"FirstAid, help me." Another figure appeared blocking the coming light. Soundwave closed her optics as they took her by servos and started lifting her up. Agh... Her processor 'hit' her helm again. She was layed down.

FirstAid?! Moonracer?! Was she with the Allspark?! No other explanation would suit. These just couldn't be real! She had been with 'Cons. Shockwave finished his job and now...

Now... She didn't know what now but one thing she knew: there was no way of her being on the Autobot base...

"Soundwave..."

She looked up.

"Can you hear me?.."

Moonracer... Yes. This was her. The medic of Elita One's team.

'A femme this time...'

"FirstAid, bring me this cube." Now, Soundwave's sight was clearer, she could see again. Moonracer was standing near her with FirstAid at her back. Youngling nodded and stepped away, as the femme medic look at her.

'May be still online...' Soundwave thought to herself. FirstAid returned and handed a small cube to femme medic.

"Here, drink this." Moonracer lifted Soundwave and slightly pressed a small cube to her mouth. Soundwave had no idea of what it was but a cool and almost sweet liquid had already ran through her through.

Autobots... No. This was not much better than 'Cons. Better... But. Not much...

And again... How was it all possible...? And more importantly... How long has she been out?

"Soundwave?" she looked at the Autobot femme. Mooracere warmly but with a concern in her optics was looking at her. Then Soundwave moved her optics at FirstAid standing by, making Autobot slightly flinch and gave a timid look to the femme medic.

'He noticed me looking at him?..'

The visor!

Soundwave's optics brightened and she tried to roll and sit up

"Wait." She heard, as her sight darkened but she lifted her servo to her helm to check if the mask was just lifted up, but it was not. When everything cleared,"Soundwave," she noticed Moonracer again, this time she was holding her faceplate protector. Female Autobot looked at her, signed and made a step closer to Soundwave, who was eyeing her with different colored optics, and then put the visor on.

"Please, do not move, Soundwave. You're making it worse. I'll explain as much as possible, promise. But I need you to relax." Soundwave did no move eyeing the femme and then directed her visor away. Mooracer breathed out.

Visor was back but one more question remaind: recordings. Shockwave had been ordered to deleat everything, but what if... And then Soundwave saw it: the file with her recordings hadn't been deleated. But why?..

"Your processor had been overworked and heated, your energy resources drained. We are taking care of that but it'll need time. However, you'll feel better soon and I'll explain you the details. For now... You must be wondering how did you get here..." Moonracer was glad to see the proof of Soundwave's attention as the lying femme slightly turned her helm at her again. "We had our bots on Decepticon base. The spies reported to us and by Optimus were ordered to bring you back..."

Autobot spies? On Koan's base?! This was... Unexpected, to say the least... Nearly impossible to believe. Autobot spies were around them all this time! And no one managed to notice?! How long were they around? And more importantly: who?

However, this explained the reasons of why her recordings were still there. Autobots must had simply retrieved her before all files were deleted.

"They saved you, Soundwave." Mooracer said with a strikt but gentle tone...She failed with a strickt part... Femme wanted Soundwave to understand things, she hoped that Soundwave would... Moonracer had to admite that there were many reasons for bringing her, but here, at least, femme medic knew that things were different. Soundwave was safer than with Decepticons.

'Can Soundwave herself understand this?' she though but then almost flinched hearing a voice.

"~...saved...~You had...~... banifits.~ "was played as blue lines appeared on the visor. Moonracer was looking at her and realized Soundwave's point of view. She knew that Autobots had saved her not just in order to help. And with regret she had to admit that Soundwave was mostly correct. However, she (Moonracer) wanted to help. She really did. And Soundwave's being a femme was making her wish stronger. Soundwave... Hiding your real self for so long... Moonracer, being herself, couldn't even imagine.

Soundwave layed straight again but saw as femme's expression changed.

"Your inner repair system warked too hard, your engines overheated. The medicine I gave you should help them to cool. You'd better move as less as possible." Moonracer explained then looked at FirstAid and nodded.

"But-"

"It's okay, FirstAid. You may go now." Youngling hasitated but said no more and left leaving femmes on their own.

There was a moment of silence. The uncomfortable one, well, mostly for Moonracer. She directed her blue optics at the the dark-armored femme again and focused on the dark visor.

"Soundwave, I can not imagine what was, is and will be going in your helm. I would be afraid, really much, if I was on your place. But I assume you, there is nothing to fear about. I-" she poused choosing what else to say...

"Sorry for your visor... How do you feel?"

No reaction.

"I must admite that you are pretending increadibly well." Autobot femme suddenly said, yet it was said with a more amused tone than Soundwave had expected ,"But you don't have to do so with me, Soundwave. You're a living, feeling being... AND there is no way I would believe in your ignoring me right now." she stated.

'Stubborn. Just like your sparkmate.' the visored femme though.

Soundwave was showing complete ignorance but she was listening to her. Moonracer was sure. Still, some kind of a reaction would be more than appreciated... Anything. And Mooracer's spark flinched with a gladness as Soundwave's helm turned to her.

"Thank you. I'll ask again, your condition?" she waited.

"~Scan.~" was the short answer.

"I have already done that. I need to know what you feel."

'My whole chassis hating me for ending up like that...' Soundwave's processor was still aching, servos and peds heaving to move, her neck cables had been repaired but not completely healed yet... She decided to let the obvious answer away. Another thing was more important...

"~What's next?~" the lines on the visor moved several ckliks later.

Moonracer signed. 'Surely not the talkative one' ran through her mind.

"...Optimus and others have some questions for you... I'm sure you do as well... But all later, you are in no condition for that... I have to leave you for a while. My come link coding has been downloaded to you. I insist on calling me if required..." Moonracer headed to the door,"I will be back soon... Have a rest for now. Please, Soundwave, do not cause any trouble. I would regret using forsce on tHe patient..." with this Autobot femme left.

Questions...

That's all?

Soundwave shut her optics. She knew this was not all. She just wanted to make it out. Back to them, to her simbiots, as other bots would call them.

But the word just had to turn upside down!

Another female bot! Yes:) I added Moonracer and I've also mentioned Strika, if you had noticed. She will appear in the next chapter.

I just like FirstAid's reaction on Soundwave's awakening! :) I saw a familiar scene in a movie and liked it.

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