A/N: With much prodding from Skellingtongirl and technical difficulty on my end, I finally post another chapter of Sound from the Spark for you guys. Its short but I'm just having big writers block. Well, enough of my complaining, enjoy!
"blah" regular speech
blah is though speech
:blah: is comm speech
'blah' is bond speech
Units of time used
astrosecond:.498 sec/breem:8.3 min/cycle:2 hours/joor:6 hours/klik:1.2 min/orn:3 weeks/ vorn:83 years/solar cycle:1 day/stellar cycle:7.5 months
Disclaimer: All OC's and Transformers characters belong to Hasbro/Takara and Skellingtongirl.
"Human: communication through my telepathy."
Um okay, if that's possible.
"Designation?"
Amarantos.
"Amarantos? Are you defective?" Soundwave asked the girl.
Defective?, she thought, What does that mean?
"Nevermind. Can you vocalize out loud?"
I can't speak, I'm mute. I do know sign language, my mom taught me when I was little. She wanted me to have something for the future. She answered.
Soundwave immediately connected to the internet. On various search engines, he searched for sign language and immediately downloaded all data concerning it to his mainframe. If he was to possibly keep the human, he would need to know what she was saying when she used her hands. He pinged Ravage through the comm. link, :I am transfering the data on "sign langauge" to you.:
:Sign language?: Ravage queried.
:Mute humans: utilize it to communicate.:
:Fascinating. At least now, we can communicate with her when she uses her hands.:
"Come out so we can see you, you can now use your 'Sign Language' freely." Ravage said to Amarantos.
Soundwave could sense the fear coming from Amarantos, it was understandable. She was in fact just a mere human sparkling; from what he got out of the thoughts, her age calculated to about seven Earth years. Like a frightened animal, she slowly came out from behind Ravage. His audios picked up tiny whimpers coming from the frightened girl. Usually, he would keep any emotion void from his bland and banausic voice; however, in a reassuring tone, he remarked to the girl,"As long as you comply, you will not be harmed."
"Fleshy, you need to show him what you are capable of. Or else you not be much use to us and we will be forced to take action." Ravage stated. Amarantos' eyes widened and she immediately signed, "I'll go to the Autobots if you guys try to do anything to me."
"Blackmail: unadvisable. Solution: give Soundwave a reason to bring you back to Lord Megatron. Ravage says you are good with that instrument. Perform now."
"She likes my music?"
"Indeed. " Soundwave replied.
"Amarantos, right? Your skill with that instrument was remarkable for a fleshy. With our help, you could become something more than an Empty on a streets." Ravage told Amarantos.
"Thank you...I think. But aren't you guys are the bad guys?"
"Decepticons: fight for ideals of freedom and equality for all Cybertronians. Fleshlings: no undertanding of the complexity that ties Lord Megatron and the Decepticons in the war against the Autobots. " Soundwave replied staunchly.
"Megatron? Isn't he the weird bucket-head looking robot that's always fighting the Autobots. Whenever I pass the TV stores, I see him or the Autobots on the news. I didn't know he was your leader?" Amarantos replied. Ravage snickered at the insult to the Supreme Leader. Soundwave's visor glinted blood red as he remained unspeaking to the insult.
"If we are to take you under our wing, you need to play to Soundwave to convince him as you have done to me. He needs to see what your capable of."
"Ravage, promise me he won't kill me if he doesn't like it."
"He can't guarantee that, but if he brings you back to Lord Megatron, and if Lord Megatron doesn't like the way you play, then he won't hesitate to squash you like a bug."
"Soundwave: still present. Address me directly."
"Sorry about that."
"Play now." Soundwave commanded robustly.
"Okay." Amarantos answered. She was particularly glad that she couldn't speak at that moment, if she had a voice it would have quivered as she trembled with apprehension.