When Silence Is Loudest chapter 25
Megatron found himself in Iacon again.
That was a lot to process.
And Starscream was doing a terrible job!
It was rather eye-opening to realize how much back-stabbing and plotting everyone does on his ship.
Except Soundwave.
His Soundwave.
"You're just standing there."
Megatron whipped around to find memory-Soundwave.
"I feel like I'm having a processor overload." Megatron said and then grunted one of his hands going to his head.
"You look like you need a good joke."
Megatron raised an eyebrow.
"Jokes are not your strong suit Soundwave."
"True, but I sometimes have my moments."
"Very few moments." Megatron said smiling remembering the times Soundwave tried to cheer him up with jokes. They were so bad Megatron would be laughing hysterically at the absolutely pathetic attempts of humor.
"So what you're trying to say is my jokes are as bad as Starscream's leadership?" Soundwave said with a smile in his voice.
Megatron smiled.
"Exactly."
He could feel Soundwave's pout.
They both just stood there for a moment.
"Well don't you have things to do? Go on now! See you!" Soundwave said next waving his hand. He walked into the crowds and disappeared.
Megatron stood there for a moment, shook his head fondly, and began to walk.
He didn't have to walk for long.
He found more cubes.
The warlord knelt down and his hands hovered over it for a moment.
Then he grabbed the cube.
Megatron found himself on the Warship.
The shields were down.
Soundwave felt his very sanity slipping.
He helped the vehicons repair the damaged equipment and had a bad feeling something was going on that he did not know about.
It made him feel unsettled and uncomfortable.
It was most likely Starscream's fault.
Then they wanted him in the med-bay.
"Knockout if you would be so kind is to provide your expert medical expert opinion to Soundwave. For the historical record." Starscream said as him, Knockout, and Soundwave entered the room.
"Simply put, unaided, Megatron could remain in this deathless slumber forever." Knockout said gesturing towards his vitals monitor.
"Our master would not have wanted to be seen this way, to stand idly by while he remains captive in his own body. It's not just."
Megatron saw Soundwave falter for a second. All the desperation he been feeling since the spacebridge explosion finally becoming too much. But then his resolve strengthened again.
His Soundwave was a shockingly emotional creature.
He walked up next to Starscream and pointed to the monitor.
"Brainwave activity, not evidence of conscious, but merely of an endless from which Megatron may never wake." Knockout said.
"Soundwave, we must face reality. Megatron is lost to us." Starscream said.
"The only honorable option would be to show him mercy." Knockout added curling his hand in a 'mournful' fist.
"A simple throw of the switch."
"Quick, painless, compassionate."
Soundwave didn't notice how the kept switching, how they were working together on this. He couldn't notice.
Megatron could see how torn his communication officer was. Torn, confused, and hurt. Desperate.
Of course he knows he survives but it was different seeing it from an outside perspective.
"Soundwave, do I take your silence to mean you concur with knockout's medical expertise?"
Soundwave was desperately trying to find a good reason to keep his master alive.
"Speak now, or forever hold your peace." Starscream said grabbing the cord.
"Going."
"Going."
Thank the All-Spark the TIC found the cord to the cortical psychic patch.
Starscream followed the cord to find the two-wheeler and the scout. And a Groudbridge.
And a well-placed shot to Megatron life-support.
Starscream sighed. "It was the inevitable outcome."
Soundwave full on faced the SIC and pointed to Megatron's body.
This was his excuse! Megatron might still live! He wouldn't have to break any promises.
"Ahh. Of course, it would be wrong to allow Megatron to perish by an Autobot's hand." Starscream said. "Knockout." He added.
The said mech shrugged and waved his hand as he reconnected Megatron to life support.
The colors shifted.
Soundwave knew that even though the battle was won, the war was not. And he had to find a way to save Megatron. And quickly.
And he missed things. He was sure of it.
Starscream's plan was interesting. But not enough to warrant his attention.
Whatever the Autobots was doing in his head deceased his brainwave activity.
Megatron couldn't help him. He was on his own on this one.
That feeling that he was missing something became more prominent.
And then, by some wonderful miracle, Megatron was alive and whole.
The actual Megatron smirked. He told Soundwave all about later.
The machine was destroyed. Past Megatron dragged Starscream away.
The scene shifted.
When Megatron was done with Starscream and alone Soundwave quite literally ran towards Megatron, jumped up on his upper body, very tightly hugged him.
The warlord was quite surprised by this, but still wrapped his arm around Soundwave's left leg and wrapped his other arm under his TIC's aft.
"You idiot!" Soundwave hissed, but the effect was lost due to him hugging tighter.
"I could drop you right now for showing such disrespect." Megatron laughed but it quickly became a grunt because Soundwave hit him on the side of the head.
The TIC relented and rested his forehead on the warmonger's.
"My Megatron." Soundwave stated with absolution in his voice. Like the undisputable fact it was.
"My Soundwave." Megatron said with just as much conviction.