Sorry for the wait. You won't believe what happened today. A student in my class said he didn't have a laptop so my teacher said to feel up the person next to them's leg until they let them use theirs. All our love to sparky and R&R!
Chapter 29
"Yeah whatever" Shadow said, she couldn't think of anything else to say so she settled for sitting and pouting.
"You know that they're not mad at you right?" Soundwave asks.
"No, I didn't know but things have like probably majorly changed and scrap like that!" Shadow replied, "Whenever somebot finds out they immediately treat me like royalty is supposed to be treated, I don't want that".
"Optimus is a prime and we don't even treat him like an adult" soundwave says with a smirk.
"Honestly I do that with Sirena" Shadow replied laughing.
"No one is going to treat you differently" he said.
"At this point I realise that but I've made such a big deal about it that its awkward to calm down from" Shadow said sinking into her chair slightly.
"Just say you fell asleep or something or was worried about Sirena" he suggested.
"Well that's not wrong and they did see how I reacted earlier when Sirena didn't sleep" Shadow mused, she got up and moved the berth from the barricade back into its spot but she didn't unlock the door.
"Wanna go scare the hell outta Bulkhead with me?" Soundwave asks innocently.
"Truthfully I want to stay in here for a while... but what do you have in mind?" Shadow asked.
"He tends to scream like a femme when he hears the work scraplet" soundwave says with a smirk.
"Oh, I remember that! Wheeljack and I used to do it to him all the time when I was stationed with the wreckers" Shadow laughed remembering those times, "Let's do it" she agreed.
"Onwards to the training room!" Soundwave yells and proceeded to drag her alone way there. They burst into the room screaming about a scraplet attack. And of course, they got the reaction that they wanted from Bulkhead, he screamed like a femme and jumped up on to the platform like he saw a mouse. The others were confused for a time before they saw what the two were up to and laughed at Bulk's reaction. Suddenly bulkhead caught on to what was happening as he saw everyone laughing their afts off.
"Not again" he whined as he sat down and pouted. "Good job Shadow and Soundwave" Wheeljack said between his laughs, he missed the way that him, Bulk and Shadow would hang out, and to see this old classic prank go down was the best thing to happen. Shadow and Wheeljack fist pumped. Soundwave slipped through the doors and headed back to the control room when nobody was looking. But after Shadow was finished talking to Jackie like old times she noticed that he had left her, "little glitch" she mumbled, but she was soon distracted when Arcee asked a pouting Bulkhead, "Do you not remember that we're humans?"
"Oh yeah!" Bulkhead shouts then pouts again because that made the humiliation even worse. Shadow walked over and climbed onto the platform, she put a hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry Bulk, if it happened to anyone else it would get the same reaction. Plus, it brings a little of the old days, right?" she asked trying to cheer him up a bit.
"Your so mean to me!" He pouted at her.
"Hey it was Soundwave's idea, and honestly I was hoping to get more reactions out of the others" Shadow said shrugging.
"To be fair, it scared the pit outta me at first. You suddenly came flying in yelling that at the top of your lungs like your life depended on it" Jackie admitted.
"Yes!" Shadow said in victory, "Guess Soundwave and I are just great actors"
"Or just really annoying" Arcee complained.
"Well you're not wrong" Shadow replied pointing at Arcee.
"I can see that. At least you're not as annoying as the con" Arcee says, referring to Sirena.
"Yes, well my personality is much less intense then Sirena's" Shadow agreed.
"Less childish too" Jackie through in.
"Not wrong" Shadow said jumping down from the platform, Bulk was still pouting slightly.
"I get the feeling she never got the chance to be a real child" Jackie replied again.
"Yeah me neither but from experience I know better than to question her past unless she mentions it" Shadow said.
"what happened?" Bulk asks. Shadow shrugged at his question.
"I hit her in the face with a shovel" Sirena answered, leaning against the door with a smirk.
"I snuck up on you, honestly I shouldn't of" Shadow said casually before she realised that Sirena was here and ran over to her.
"Aw! I missed you too, Sweetheart" Sirena said as she hugged her.
"mhmm" Shadow hummed hugging her, since the news that Soundwave gave she grew more worried about the infiltration then she was before, even if Sirena knew.
"anyone know where Ratchet is? I gotta ask him something" Sirena asks not letting go of Shadow. Sirena loved affection and love, having gotten so little when she was younger.
"Probs the med bay" Shadow said wriggling out of Sirena's hold grabbing her hand and heading towards the med bay. they entered the med bay to find not only Ratchet but Knockout, Optimus and Soundwave there as well.
"Hey Sirena's back" Shadow announced getting the mechs attention.
"Ratchet? You got an old data chip?" Sirena asks.
"I should have why?" Ratchet asked, the mechs conversation coming to a stop.
"I wanna give it to Megatron to act as a decoy" She explained.
"Fake information ploy" Ratchet mused, "I'll go find one"
"thank you! "she called after him. turned around only to get attacked by. Soundwave in a hug.
"my lungs are being crushed!" Sirena laughed.
"Don't care" Soundwave mumbled, Shadow laughed as she sat down on one of the berths.
"Come on, Brother dear, let your sister go" Sirena said slowly, trying to get him to loosen his hold.
"I don't wanna" Shadow had heard Soundwave mumble, she laughed again.
"least loosen your grip brother" she asks sternly.
"Oh fine" Soundwave pouted and sat next to Shadow on the berth.
"I love your soundwave~" she said as she sat on his lap. Ratchet came back with the chip, enough weird things happened in this med bay that the sight didn't faze him.
"Thanks Ratchet" Sirena says as she got it.
"No problem, it dates back quite a few years from the inventory so there shouldn't be anything new on there that the cons could actually use" Ratchet explained.
"Awesome! well that's my time up..." Sirena said standing up off soundwave. Shadow's posture deflated at the news.
"come on Sweetheart. It's not so back" Sirena says sadly.
"I just don't want you anywhere near him" Shadow said back quietly.
"Sometimes it can't be helped" she said wisely.
"Yeah whatever get outta here before they become suspicious" Shadow said looking like it didn't affect all that much.
"Starscream is covering for me" Sirena said with a raised eyebrow.
"Eh he can only do that for so long so get out of here" Shadow said laughing.
"what? no hug?" She pouted. Shadow rolled her eyes and stood up from the berth to give Sirena a hug.
"I'll see you soon" she said and went through her ground bridge.
"I have no doubts" Shadow said to herself then walked out of the med bay. When Sirena walked onto the bridge, Megatron immediately asked where she had been. "I was collecting something important" she replied.
"And what may that be?" Megatron snarled.
"and info chip I took from the autobot" she said as she held it up. Megatron was surprised to see that she had the chip, "Well then that could be of value"
"No Scrap, Dumbass" she hissed and walked to the info panel and plugged in the chip. Megatron growled lowly at her but never the less walked after her to see what information the chip held.
"known autobots and energon locations" Sirena supplied.
"Helpful indeed" Megatron grinned wickedly at the news.
"I know I've killed half of this list of autobot through, so this could be a little old" Sirena warned.
"It is I see a few names that I've scrapped as well" Megatron hummed.
"hopefully the energon mines are current" she replied. Megatron commed Starscream and told him to send the vechicons to the mines to find energon. Once that was done, Sirena tried to leave but was stopped by Megatron.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asked her.
"ahh... that way?" she said pointing to the door.
"I have some information I need to talk to you about" Megatron started, "It is rumoured that for the past few centuries you've been travelling with a partner"
"and who told you that?" Sirena raised an eyebrow at him.
"Sources from Decepticon's still travelling the cosmos" Megatron replied, "There has been rumours that you and your partner have been working against the decepticon's, of course I know better than to believe those rumours but I am curious, who is your partner? And, where is she?"
"She was an Autobot. She was giving me Autobot positions so I could offline them. but she made a wrong move and I had to offline her" Sirena says. Megatron hummed at the news. Something made him not believe her story but he ran with it, "So she was a prisoner of sorts to you?" He asked, "what was her name?" Sirena froze. that was the last thing she expected him to ask. "Raven. her name was Raven" she lied and hoped he didn't catch it. He didn't catch that she was lying but her answer was shifty - there wasn't an Autobot named Raven in any database.
"Why are you asking me this?" Sirena questions.
"I have to clear up the rumours I have heard" Megatron replied. Truth was, there were rumours that she was travelling with Shadow - the Princess that everyone believed dead - the exact femme he had hunted since the start of the war.
"If it's the one where I'm traveling with the princess, then it's not true. She's dead" Sirena said as she crossed her arms.
"So, you have heard the rumours too?" Megatron asked.
"Of course, I have. Autobots can't keep their mouths shut when they try to bargain for their live" she said "but it was not the princess I was travelling with, no" Sirena answered.
"So, it is true then - the princess did die on that battlefield?" Megatron questioned.
"Yes. I saw it with my own eyes" Sirena lied again.
"Yes, I did hear that you were at that battle - care to tell me who extinguished the princess's life?" He asked, he never knew who was the one to 'kill' /injure/ Shadow and he had wanted to know for some time.
"Funnily enough, it was an Autobot named Mirage" Sirena says with a fake laugh.
"Now why would Mirage - a well-respected Autobot spy - turn his blade upon the princess" Megatron asked buying her story.
"Apparently he tripped" she lied through her teeth.
"I have believed the majority of your story Prime, but that is not a true answer" Megatron caught her and called her out on her lie.
"OK fair enough. He got hit and flung his arm out to catch himself but his blade went straight through her mid-section" she lied again. Megatron saw where her story was, he didn't believe her but he had had enough of the conversation and excused himself from the room leaving Sirena alone.
"Oh, thank Primus" she muttered loud enough for him to hear as he left. And it enforced his reason to not believe her. Back at the Autobots Base. Bee was bored out of her mind, she was laying on the platform in the training room throwing a ball up in the air and catching it. until Soundwave stole it off her. She looked up at him with an annoyed look on her face, "that's rude" she pouted.
"what's up sister dear" he says as he throws the ball back to her. She caught it just before it hit her, "nothing just bored" she replied shrugged and resuming her throwing of the ball.
"I can clearly see that" he said lying next to her.
"Then why'd you ask?" She asked.
"I Dunno" he answered. Bee laughed at his answer.
"How have you been?" He asks her.
"You know how I've been, dufus we've been talking to each other for weeks" Bee said shoving him a little. Almost pushing him off as he had been on the edge. "I meant today moron" he said shoving back.
"Bored that is literally the only thing I've been today" she replied, laughing.
"I know how you feel. There is nothing happening" he sighed.
"Nothing at all... the only one that really has something to do is Madelyn - she's on a mission" Bee said, "I want a mission it's so boring without one" she whined.
"Wanna go walk around the city?" He asks her.
"Yeah sure" she said as she sat up and jumped off the platform.
"Let's go before Optimus stops us" he said and opened up a ground bridge.
"Why would Optimus stop us?" Bee asked as she stepped through the ground bridge, "it's not like we're confined to base".
"He your boyfriend. He doesn't want you in danger" he replied.
"Yeah but what danger could be walking around the city bring?" she asked, there was a moment where Soundwave was going to answer but Bee held up her hand and said "Don't answer that"
"I was about to ask how dumb you where, but Aw well" soundwave said laughing.
"I caught on to what I was saying" Bee said as they walked, "where are we going? Or are we just walking?" She asked.
"I have no idea" he confessed.
"Alright, walking aimlessly it is then" Bee said as she basically bounced along the side-walk.
"I'll just follow you on then" he tells her.
"Well it's most likely that if you do that we'll get lost, only because we don't have a destination in mind" Bee said as she walked backwards to talk to him as he was lagging behind.
"If that's the case I'll just open us up a ground bridge" Soundwave replied cheerfully and laughed as she almost ran into a pole. "Turn around or you're gonna hurt yourself Bee" he tells her.
"Party pooper" Bee replied, she turned around to walk normally.
"Well I wouldn't normally say it but you're prone to accidents" he replied to her calmly.
"I'm not that bad!" Bee defended.
"wanna bet on that?" Soundwave smirks. Bee went to reply but she shut her mouth and kept walking, realising that he was right. Soundwave only giggled at her and followed. They were walking for a while but soon Bee realised, "I think we reached the outskirts of the city, and I know that because - I'm lost"
"I can see that. try going that way" Soundwave said pointing East.
"Alright" Bee shrugged and walked that way. they didn't get far however.
As this area was where the decepticon's were based.
"Oops" Soundwave muttered as he backed up with Bee.
"Yeah oops" Bee agreed. they could see the nemesis and Megatron and Sirens on the deck.
"We should head back" Bee said, but probably too late as Megatron may have seen them by now.
