When We Were Young
Chapter 19 - Animal Talk
"It's good to see you Ravage, it has been such a long time." Quoth the Cybertronian condor.
"Indeed, too long Laserbeak." The Panzer answered.
Laserbeak looked over at the deeply recharging Soundwave.
"I missed him so much, it has only been a few years, but it feels like an eternity." Laserbeak's optics dimmed slightly. "To be away from the mental connection for so long. My mind feels so empty. Even though I know why he gave me to Heavens War, and to see look at him and he doesn't know me, I just feel left out."
"It's not that he doesn't want to know you, it's just he's not allowed to remember. You know that. Don't worry one day, when the time is right, he will know you again." Ravage put a paw on Laserbeak's wing.
The condor nodded.
"How has he been doing since I've been gone?" Laserbeak looked at Ravage.
"He was very dreary at first, nobody seemed to like him." Ravage's head drooped slightly.
"What? Why?! How could anyone not like him? Sure he's not as lively as some people, but that's what's so good, he's quiet and calm." Laserbeak's eyes filled with sorrow and concern.
"I know, I think that the talents you and I value most in him, has given him the name of a blackmailer amongst the others."
"Oh, no." Laserbeak shut her optics.
Ravage raised his head and Laserbeak was surprised to feel him smiling. "However, I have not finished my story. All of this happened until he met the Megatron."
"The Megatron?"
"Yes, the Megatron defended Soundwave against the Blitzwing, when the Blitzwing falsely accused Soundwave, and the Megatron helped Soundwave get to the ship. It was at the ship Soundwave saw the memory."
Laserbeak's optics brightened slightly as Ravage continued.
"After Soundwave was under the Megatron's protection, no one has touched him since."
"That's a relief. What did Soundwave see?"
"A memory. The one from the Quintesson Court." the excitement in Ravage's voice grew.
"He remembers that?!" Laserbeak's optics widened in surprise.
"Yes."
"It won't be long, will it?"
"No, it won't be long."
Suddenly the door at the other end of the room opened. Soundwave's optics came online and he slowly sat up and unplugged himself from the recharge bed.
"Shockwave?"
The aforementioned cyclops just stood there in the doorway. Shoulders hunched and tense, fist clenched and the one optic glowing brightly.
"How dare you..." Shockwave's voice was just barely above a whisper, but it was a dangerous hiss...
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Yes, I know this is very short, but this chapter has some important stuff in it and I'm entering finals week so this is all I can manage. But don't worry, the next chapter is already in the works.
In the next episode of When We Were Young.
The time for the War Ball Championship Tournament has come.
Till Next Time.
-Vega Sailor