The day went past fast, Soundwave wrestled with Bumblebee for half of the day. Bumblebee winning all the matches. Bumblebee and Smokescreen then showed him the places they like to visit when they want to go for a drive. They weren't as amusing to Soundwave, as Bumblebee thought. Soundwave didn't remember being introduced to white and blue mech. It was probably because the young mech was always entertaining the human childeren. Whom Soundwave was kept away from, the last thing the Autobots needed was the children bugging Soundwave. Bumblebee tried to play tag with him in the canyon, which Soundwave was not in the mood for. And instead watched Bumblebee run around him. Soundwave knew Bumblebee was trying his best to keep his mind off of Megatron. But Soundwave was to obstinate, having his mind completely focused on loosing the relationship he was building with his father.
"Soundwave?" A baritone voice finally shook him out of his thoughts. *Yes Megatr... Optimus!?* Soundwave quickly corrected himself. "Come here a moment, I wash to speak with you" Optimus waved the drone over. Soundwave obeyed, and calmly approached the Prime. *Yes sir?* Soundwave greeted, looking up at the prime with depressed optics. Optimus sighed and placed a servo on Soundwave's back. "Come we will speak in my quarters" Optimus escorted his nephew to his room. "You may sit if you would like" Optimus gestured to beside him on his berth. Soundwave hesitantly sat beside the Prime. Keeping his gaze fixed to the floor. "Soundwave are you enjoying your time here so far?" Optimus opened with a question. *Yes sir* Soundwave nodded. "Bumblebee chatting you up?" Optimus smiled. *Yes sir!* Soundwave sighed with a smile. "You know Bumblebee's overjoyed to have his cousin here with us" Optimus informed the youngling. "As I am to have my nephew" Soundwave gave a quick smile, quickly turning it into a depressed frown. "You miss him don't you?" Optimus sighed, noticing the mood change in his nephew. *Yes sir, I really do badly* Soundwave admitted. "You were just starting to build a good relationship with him?" Optimus questioned. *Yes sir, we were trying* Soundwave nodded, looking at the Prime. "Soundwave you do not have to call me sir" Optimus told the youngling. *Oh sorry sir* Soundwave apologized. "I have a friend who would just love you, he is all about being called sir" Optimus chuckled. Soundwave nodded, he wasn't to focused on joking at the moment. *What am I supposed to call you then?* Soundwave questioned. "You tell me" Optimus smiled. Soundwave sighed and threw his gaze once again to the ground.
The room went silent. The awkward silence lingering on for quite a few moments, before Soundwave broke the silence for once. *Um... Uncle?* Soundwave called. "Yes youngling?" Optimus answered in a soft tone. *Do you miss him to?* Soundwave asked with his innocent multi coloured optics. "Yes youngling I badly do" Optimus nodded yes. "I miss having my brother. But things happen" Optimus sigh. "And he had the choice to get over himslef, That the fact that high counsel denied him" Optimus growled. "He had a choice to either continue to help rid of the cast system, or wage war because he wanted the power to rule" Optimus hissed. Soundwave could feel the Prime was greatly disappointed in his fathers choices. And wondered weather he should be disappionted and angry as well? "Never mind that though, yes I miss him" Optimus repeated his answer to the youngling. "Once we figure out how you can stop the war, hopefully we can make peace between brothers and father and son" Optimus smiled at Soundwave, who nodded with a smile.
Later that night, Soundwave was recharging on Bumblebee's floor, next to his recharging cousin on the berth. Soundwave being able to think clearly while recharging, kept wondering how he could possibly end the war. So far he found absolutely no answers. Tossing and turning like crazy, until morning hit. In the morning Soundwave awoke too being jumped on by his older cousin. All of Bumblebee's wieght was crushing Soundwave's thin frame. Soundwave yelped, and lifted himself to try and push the peds off him. As Bumblebee stepped on his younger cousins sensitive stomach. He finally felt, the fain punching on his ped. "Oh Primus I'm sorry Wave!" Bumblebee gasped hopping off Soundwave. Soundwave gasped cycling his vents, as he fell back to the floor, with a servo on his abdomen. Bumblebee gave an apologetic smile. Unaware of what the drones expression was. As Soundwave had put his visor back on over night. Soundwave just laid there unmoving. "Soundwave are you ok?" Bumblebee knelt down to examine the younger bot. *Don't touch me!* Soundwave defensively held up all his fingers. Bumblebee held his servos up before he even got the chance to touch Soundwave. "Can you move?" Bumblebee bleeped in concern. *Just let me lay here for awhile* Soundwave whined, curling into a ball. "I'm getting Ratchet" Bumblebee stated, leaving the room. *No you don't need to do that!* Soundwave tried to get up, only to curl up into a tighter ball and shiver in pain. "Hey Soundy what are you doing curled up on the floor?" Smokescreen questioned playfully, as he entered the room. /Pain.../ Soundwave texted, not even looking up to acknowledge the white and blue mech. "Pain, why are you hurt?" Smokescreen asked in a confused tone. *No duh, that's why I'm curled up in a ball!* Soundwave internally rolled his optics. "You're just tired" Smokescreen scoffed, thinking the youngling was sleepy and trying to act as if he wasn't. *I'm not tired you derpy idiot, I'm in pain!* Soundwave growled to himself. "Come on Wavers lets get you up!" Smokescreen cooed, going to pick the violet youngling up. Soundwave defensively charged his frame with electricity, so if anything touched him it would send a high voltage painful shock. And Smokescreen was the first to learn that. Touching the youngling he recieved a high voltage shock of pain. "Ow, freaking Primus!" Smokescreen yelped flailing his servo in pain. *Jackass...* Soundwave snicked.
"Soundwave!" Ratchet gasped rushing past Smokescreen, with Optimus and Bumblebee. "Yeah you guys help him, I'm going to find Bulkhead..." Smokescreen grumbled, leaving the room. "Soundwave can you lay norma... OW!" Ratchet yelped in pain after touching the youngling on the floor. /Apologies, defensive systems now offline/ Soundwave apologized turning his defense system off. "That was a defense system!?" Ratchet scoffed, gently helping Soundwave out of his curled ball. /Correct. I can charge my whole frame so what ever touches me gets attacked by a high voltage shock/ Soundwave replied. "Hmm... can you sit up?" Ratchet asked examining the youngling. Soundwave sat up his whole fram trembling in pain. /Kind of!/ Soundwave trembled. "Ok lay back down" Ratchet helped Soundwave lay back down. "I'll have to do a scan" Ratchet announced, beginning his scans. "He may have ruptured an energon line" Ratchet mentioned as he finshed his scans. "I'm not that heavy!" Bumblebee whined, folding his arms. "Compared to this skiny light wieght you are!" Ratchet snapped. /Thanks?/ Soundwave didn't know weather to take the medics words, as an insult, or compliment. /I think I'm alright/ Soundwave tried to mention. "Tsk he was the one on the floor" Bumblebee pouted. "Ok Bumblebee go find Arcee" Optimus shooed Bumblebee out of the room. "I'm not heavy!" Bumblebee bleeped as he was pushed out. Optimus rolled his optics and closed the door.
"How is he?" Optimus sighed walking back over. "Nothing to serious just brusied energon lines, just going to be a little sore" Ratchet replied playfully rubbing Soundwave's helm. Soundwave gave a small giggle. "That's good" Optimus smiled at the medic and youngling.
Soundwave was enjoying his time with his Uncle and cousin. But completely felt out of place amongst the Autobots. He never got to use the computers, he didn't want to go against his fathers soldiers in battle. The other Autobots on the team didn't trust him. They made fun of him behind Optimus's back. The only ones who interacted with him, were Arcee, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Optimus. And nos that they were hunting for relics they didn't have the time for him. And Ratchet was too stuborn to let him help decode relics. Soundwave had no idea on how to stop the war. And now wanted nothing more then to be back with the Decepticons.
Many weeks past by, relics were found and some were lost. And the hunt for the omega keys begun. The hunt quickly ended as soon as it started, with the cons capturing Smokescreen who held the last key. But easily beind eluded by the Autobot, stealing all the keys back. Starscream secretly found a small supply of red energon. Trying to compete with the new arrival Dreadwing, who also wanted to murder him, to avenge his twin. Starscream then requested to bait a trap for the Autobots, Using a false attack. And hopefully gain Megatron's approval. Megatron granted the plan, unaware of the red energon being of use in the plan. Starscream put the plan into action. Going with the Eradicon soldiers to attack a millitary base. The Autobots as planed, came to the rescue via groundbridge. Starscream easily snuck past with the red energon infused in him, stealing the keys from the base. And finding Soundwave all alone in Bumblebee's room, kept away from the Autobots computers, Starscream was surprised the Autobots kept the youngling away from the comeputers, Soundwave would have easily gotten the coordinates for th relics. Starscream come to think of it Starscream hasn't even seen Soundwave out in battle, Starscream thought. Starscream was quick to blow off that thought, and quickly escaped the base with the keys. Earning praise from his master. Dreadwing got jealous or something, because we went off in a fit of rage and attempted to murder Starscream. That attempt quickly earned him his spark being blown out.
"Knockout would you stop moping around!" Starscream growled, impatiently. "Help me figure out these stupid keys!" Starscream hissed waving a key in Knockout's face. "Soundwave would have figured out how to use these already" Knockout sighed, looking at the key he held. "I highly doubt that! he'd probably be at Megatron's side fetching him energon" Starscream scoffed trying to pull apart the key he held. "He would curiously examine it with that adorable head tilt of his" Knockout ignored the seeker. "Adorable?" Starscream raised an optic ridge. "More like annoying" Starscream snorted. "I feel when he does that head tilt, he's having a moment of DUH!" Starscream mocked, tilting his helm and making his optics buldge in a funny way. "Geez maybe lord Megatron spared the wrong life, and should have left Dreadwing" Knockout scoffed swinging the key around. "How dare you say that, you!" Starscream hissed, scratching Knockout's finish with the key he held. Knockout gasped, and growled. Going to hit Starscream with his key the two keys connected. "Hmm, you think?" Starscream thought aloud, gestured his helm to the two other keys on the table next to them. "I want Soundwave back" Knockout frowned, speaking completely off topic. "Oh for primus sake, take this!" Starscream rolled his optics placing another key in Knockout's servo. Knockout sighed and connected the key to the others, and Starscream did the same. Creating a hologram of the Omega lock, on Cybertron.
After reporting to Megatron about the Omega lock, they set course for Cybertron. After Starscream left the bridge, Knockout took the moment to speak with the warlord. "My lordship, may I speak to you?" Knockout politely requested. Megatron sighed with a nod. "Yes Knockout, what is it?" Megatron sighed. "It's about Soundwave. Starscream was telling me he saw him, when he was retrieving the keys" Knockout began. "He did?" A smile appeared on the warlords face plates. "Yes my lord" Knockout nodded. "And how is he?" Megatron asked with great interest. "Starscream read that Soundwave seemed depressed, the Autobots were keeping him away from their commputers, and out of battle" Knockout replied. "Keeping him away from the computers I understand. They say they trust him but not enough to let him touch their imformtion" Megatron smirked. "Keeping him out of battles may be his choice, he probably dosen't want to seem like a traitor, plus Optimus is probably overprotective and dosen't want an even younger youngling out in battle" Megatrons scoffed. "Lord Megatron, I know I want him back here. But do you?" Knockout asked with all honesty. "Just hearing what you told me, makes me want him back even more" Megatron looked at the medic. "And that's why after we restore Cybertron. When we go to destroy the Autobots. We will retrive him" Megatron's evil grin grew.
