Author's Note: Here it is, chapter 4. Thanks for all your reviews! And now, will the sexy evil mighty Megatron finally wake up? Read on and find out.

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers or any of its characters. Keira Grayson is mine.

*edited last few bits of this chapter

'Wake up' the voice had told him. And just like before, the voice said nothing more and once again, the Decepticon tyrant was left alone to ponder over her words…

And over when he started referring to the voice as a her.

Megatron sat on his throne on Kaon, or wherever he was exactly. He tightened his hold on one of the armrests, not liking how confusing his whole situation seemed. He never liked not being in control.

But he needed to stay calm if he were to analyze everything. And so Megatron did. He gathered everything he knew. From what the voice informed him, he knew there must have been some sort of incident that incapacitated him and Starscream had obviously taken advantage of it.

Then she told him to 'wake up'.

Then I haven't gone offline. This place I'm in, it's-

"-My mind." The warlord said aloud.

The grip on the armrest loosened. Megatron allowed himself to smirk, having been able to figure something out.

He now knew where he was, he knew all those Autobots he had defeated were illusions-much to his disappointment- and that he had to get up and find his traitorous second-in-command for his failed assassination attempt.

"But how am I to return to the land of the conscious?" Megatron stood up from his throne and started pacing. "Now that I'm self-aware, my body should at least show the slightest movement and someone would have noticed; which only matters if my body has even been recovered."

He kept pacing. "But that treacherous Starscream has taken the Dark Energon from my spark, the one thing I need to escape this eternal slumber."

Megatron paused. "Which means someone must plunge another Dark Energon shard into my spark themselves."

The Decepticon leader looked up. "I've solved this enigma, voice. So tell me, what happens now?"

When he didn't get a reply, instead of firing a few more rounds from his fusion cannon like he did before, he continued speaking. "All right then, if you won't answer that, then tell me, who are you and what exactly is your role in all this?"

Megatron vaguely remembered that the voice had told him her name during their first 'conversation', but then again, it hadn't mattered to him at that time.

Once again, there was only silence.

The Decepticon leader understood that patience was the game, that he could do nothing but wait. But even he had his limits.

And as another illusion of Optimus Prime talking about 'freedom being the right of all sentient beings' appeared in front of him, Megatron had an unnerving thought,

That he needed whoever was the owner of the mysterious voice.

Keira slowly got up from her bed, or berth, as Breakdown, the Decepticon who carried her there in the first place, had called it. She couldn't remember much from her encounter with the new big Decepticon since she was too exhausted that time. All she knew was that Knock Out had basically ordered her to rest up.

And, as she sat up, it was then that she realized that she was sitting down on a human-sized bed; something that should be odd when in a warship with giant robots, right?

They must have gotten it for her, then. She briefly thought of asking Knock out as to how they acquired the bed but remembered what happened with her toolkit and decided not to, fearing the answer she might be given.

Keira looked around the room and noticed that it was mostly bland, with four metal walls, purple lights on top and a giant door on one end.

As she focused on said door, it had opened and revealed Decepticon she had most recently encountered, Breakdown.

He seemed startled at first, but quickly recovered. "Good, you're awake. Saves me some time. Knock Out wants you back in the med-bay."

Keira approached the giant Decepticon. "Finally going through with the operation he's been talking about?"

"No, but something's happened. And well, you were the last one with Megatron so the doc thinks you might know a thing or two about it."

Keira tilted her head. "Why? What's happened?"

Without warning and much to Keira's surprise, Breakdown scooped her up onto his servo once more and walked out of Keira's quarters.

Breakdown took a few huge strides before answering Keira, who at that point thought she wouldn't have gotten a response from the huge mech.

"Megatron moved."

Once the med-bay doors opened, Breakdown lowered his servo to let Keira down. Said female wasted no time in approaching a certain Decepticon leader.

She held her breath, quickly scanning him for any sort of movement. She was vaguely aware of Knock Out calling her name but she was too busy with her inspection.

There

It was subtle but Keira saw it. Megatron's left servo had twitched, albeit rather briefly. Satisfied, she sighed and turned to Knock Out, who had his arms crossed and was smirking at her.

"Are you done?"

"Yes, I am." Keira nodded, smiling.

The medic scoffed and approached Keira. "Do you know why this is happening?"

She knitted her eyebrows in confusion. "No, I don't."

Knock Out rolled his optics and glanced at the monitor. "I should've guessed as much."

"But he's moving now, right? Isn't that a good thing?"

"I suppose. Even his brain wave activity increased. I called you here because twice this has happened and only when you were around."

Keira paused, taking the information in. When she was done, she slowly nodded and spoke again. "So you think I have something to do with all this?"

Knock Out smirked. "Oh well done! Give yourself a prize for figuring it out."

Used to his sarcasm, Keira simply waited for him to add whatever serious information he was going to say next.

"Tough crowd. Anyways, yes, fleshling, I had Breakdown bring you here because I thought you might know why this is happening. But, much to my disappointment, you don't, so I've done nothing but waste my time. You're dismissed."

Keira's eyes widened. By the time she found her voice, Breakdown had taken his place as Megatron's new buffer.

He's not even doing it right.

"You want me to leave?" she asked, finally focusing on her teacher.

The medic pointed to his monitor. "My dear, if you can't tell, I have this new information with me and I still need to examine it. I mean, in a way, Megatron has responded to your very presence, the question is why?"

Keira could tell Knock Out meant 'why you?'

Honestly, she wanted to know herself.

"I guess I can understand that. But don't you need me around for other things? Maybe I can help buff again."

Knock Out waved her off. "Don't bother, Breakdown's already on it and I don't want to be responsible for what happens if you get in his way. For sanitary purposes, you understand."

Again, she ignored his humor. "Then I'll be going back to my room- er, quarters."

"That wouldn't be the worst thing for you to do right now, yes."

Remembering her way back from the route Breakdown took, she made her way to the door to leave.

But she paused just as the doors swooshed open. She turned back to her teacher. "Wait, what about the operation you were talking about?"

To her surprise, when Knock Out spoke, it didn't have that sarcastic tone she was used to. Instead, it was serious, dull, and seemed practiced even. She couldn't see his facial expression though since he was busy going through his tools on one of the tables.

"We might not have to operate anymore." Then his usual tone came back. "So, get out and I'll send for you when I need you again. I've ordered one of the Vehicons to look for some human food for you, it should be in your quarters by now."

She hadn't thought about food since she got on the Nemesis; now that someone had brought the topic of food up, she felt her stomach grumble.

Keira nodded, though she knew Knock Out didn't see it, and walked out of the med-bay, turned right and-

Walked straight into another one of those bright green vortexes that brought her to the Nemesis in the first place.

For a moment, her heart skipped a beat, fearing wherever she would be brought to. Once inside, she kept walking, and much to her surprise, she was back in her quarters on the Nemesis; she could tell as she saw the human-sized bed off to one side and the metal walls. She sighed out of relief. Knock Out and Breakdown probably thought she wouldn't be able to find her way back on her own.

But as she scanned the room even more, she realized she wasn't alone. By the door, Soundwave was there, staring at her, or at least, she assumed he did.

Not knowing what to do, she smiled and awkwardly waved at the silent Decepticon. "Hey, were you the one that brought me here?"

He nodded.

"I see."

Silence.

"…may I ask why?" Keira asked.

Soundwave lowered his helm a bit. Then Keira watched as his visor flickered to show a video of two other Decepticons she knew, Knock Out and Starscream.

Knock Out had just entered the command center where Starscream was the only other occupant. The self-proclaimed new leader of the Decepticons turned when he heard the door open.

"Ah, Knock Out. I had hoped to catch you out of the med-bay." the seeker said.

Knock Out scoffed. "You mean catch me without the flesh creature"

Starscream waved him off. "Let's not make any false presumptions. Now then, what can you tell me about our master's condition?"

"Actually, though the big guy has shown no signs of movement other than cycling air, brain wave activity is higher than before."

The seeker did his best to hide a scowl. "Meaning?"

The medic shrugged. "Not sure yet, I'll have to examine it a little more. All I know is that it started once I brought the fleshling aboard. Who knows? Megatron might awaken in a few more Earth days."

Starscream leaned closer to the other Decepticon."Keep your voice down! Soundwave sees and hears everything. We must withhold this information from him if I am to keep my position as leader of the Decepticons."

Knock Out smirked. "A position that requires a second-in-command?"

Starscream mimicked the expression. "One must be willing to earn said post."

"I'll see what I can do, or rather not do, Lord Starscream."

As Soundwave ended the video, Keira looked down, processing what she was just shown.

Knock Out's attitude makes sense now.

She looked up at the Communications Officer and spoke. "Does anyone else know about this?"

Soundwave shook his head.

"So I'm the only one you've shown that video too?"

The Decepticon nodded.

Keira tilted her head in confusion, and not for the first time did she wonder, "Why me?"

Keira could tell that Soundwave wasn't the talkative type so she didn't expect him to answer. She only wanted to let out the question that had been on her mind for a while.

Which is why when Soundwave tilted his helm to play another video, she jumped back. Once she recovered, she leaned in closer to look at whatever Soundwave was planning to show her.

And he showed her clips; clips of her on Megatron's chassis as she talked to him. He even had footage of her giggling at things she was too embarrassed to remember now. The last one Soundwave presented to her was of her yawning, then slowly lying down on the tyrant's chest. That particular footage made Keira blush.

But Soundwave didn't end the feed there like she thought he would, since that was her last encounter alone with Megatro. Instead he continued on to when Breakdown carried her out of the med-bay. That's when he zoomed in on one of Megatron's servos twitching.

Then the video ended.

Keira spoke once Soundwave lifted his helm. "You've been observing me. And you don't think I'd want anything or anyone to harm Megatron. That's why you chose to tell me?"

He nodded.

"And just like Knock Out, you think that Megatron moving has something to do with me?"

Another nod.

"Well, as embarrassed as I am that you actually know about my… conversations with your leader, you're right; I want Megatron back online as much as you do. But what can we do?"

This time, actual words came from Soundwave; but Keira was disappointed as she realized that it wasn't his voice, but one that reminded her of Starscream. "Dark Energon."

"Ok, where do we find this Dark Energon? Do we have some aboard?"

Keira heard the familiar humming of, what she remembered was called a ground bridge, behind her and knew that Soundwave had given her an answer. Keira turned around to enter, thinking that Soundwave would follow.

She thought that was the case until…

Soundwave stood up straighter, then Keira heard the already familiar voice of the Decepticon second-in-command fill the room.

"Soundwave, report to the med-bay immediately, I believe any information involving our liege's current condition is of interest to you. If I don't see you there by the time I arrive, well, let's just say when I'm waiting ever so impatiently, sometimes… accidents happen."

Once the transmission was done, Soundwave 'stared' at Keira, who in turn stared at him back.

What happened next made Keira stumble back. A part of Soundwave's torso came off and started flying. To Keira, it resembled some kind of bird. The robotic bird circled around her a few times before flying in place beside her.

Soundwave played another audio recording, this time it was of different voices, all unfamiliar to her. "Laserbeak… Lead you."

Keira nodded in understanding. "Yeah, ok. Probably not a good idea to keep Starscream waiting. But Soundwave, may I ask you one question?"

She took his silence as a yes.

"Do you know why this is happening to Megatron? And if I'm involved somehow?"

The only response she got was him leaving her quarters.

All right then

Keira turned to her guide. "Lead the way, then."

As she followed Laserbeak into the ground bridge, she spotted a brown paper bag to the side.

Must be the food Knock Out told me about.

But before she could stop to satisfy her hunger, she had already entered the ground bridge.

What she saw on the other side surprised her. She had expected something grand, a scene like some adventure movie where the hero had discovered where the ancient relic was hidden. But instead, the room she was standing in seemed like nothing more than a place for storage, with metal boxes filling most of the space. The boxes were a few inches taller than her; then again, they did belong to huge alien robots.

While she looked around, Laserbeak had perched himself – Keira was going to assume the small robot was a he- on one of the boxes, waiting for the human to approach him. And as Keira did so, she noticed that the box Laserbeak was on was different, it seemed to glow more than the others.

She addressed Soundwave's 'pet' as she started climbing the top of the crate. "Ok, move over, I'll try to open this thing."

Laserbeak followed her and started hovering by her shoulder instead.

Luckily for Keira, opening the crate was easy enough, it wasn't any different than opening a 'human' one.

Once she had gotten the top off and pushed it aside, the purple glow became brighter. Inside, Keira saw the source of the light; mysterious crystals. They seemed so mystifying that she thought she'd be hypnotized if she stared too long.

Keira reached her hand in to grab one that was small enough for her to carry. Before she touched it, she hesitated, fearing any consequences. But it didn't last long though, and soon she had one crystal in her hand, and she came out just fine.

Once she had hopped off the box, she turned to face Laserbeak, clutching the Energon close to her. "We better get back to Soun-"

"Commander Starscream" Keira paused and looked around for the voice, recognizing it as Breakdown's.

An intercom, maybe?

She heard the second-in-command's voice next. "What is it, Breakdown? And this better be important."

"Believe me, it is. We've got Autobots incoming."

Author's Note: Yes, I took forever to write the end of this chapter, hopefully it's all right. Anyways, please review and let me know what you think ;D