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The Nemisis, 3rd POV

When Jack and Soundwave reached the training room, the seeker took Jack and placed him on the ground.

"So what's the plan?" Jack asked as the seeker went and crouched, back leaning against the wall.

"As Lord Megatron comanded. I am to use my holoform to test your natural fighting instinct."

"Oh." Jack shortly said, watching as Sondwaves optics dimmed. Then the sound of static echoed through the empty room, then a man appeared.

He was in his Mid to late twenties. He had short, blackish-blue hair, and a red see through visor over his eyes (Looks like this .com/?qh=§ion=&q=Soundwave+holoform#/d4ci4fm Just ignore the clothes). He wore a simple black, long sleeved shirt with dark purple fingerloess gloves paired with dark jeans and he had two dog tags hanging loosely around his neck. One with the 'con insignia and the other with Soundwaves name in Cybertronian.

Jack smiled incredulously, "Soundwave?"

The young man nodded, moving forward to stand about five feet away from Jack. He then shifted into a stance and lifted his hands.

Jack barely dodged in time as Soundwave shot forward, throwing a punch.

"Woah! H-hey!" Jack continued to dodge, nearly getting hit twice.

"May I suggest fighting back, perhaps?"

"Wow, was that actual sarcasm? From you?" Jack asked, laughing before darting away from another attack.

"Jack. You must be serious if I am to assess your ability to fight. I highly doubt you would act this way if your friends or family were in danger."

Something clicked in Jacks mind. Soundwave was right, what if his opponent was after his mom? Or Arcee?

The sound of clicking and whirring came, and Jack yelled in shock and fear as metal suddenly shifted over him. When the black glass closed in front of his face, Jack felt a surge of adrenaline and moved forward with amazing speed.

Soundwave barely dodged in time as a metal clad fist flew at him. But then a kick caught him in the side, tossing him a few feet away.

'His instincts are remarkable...' Soundwave thought to himself, 'But he's holding back. I can see the anger he has beneath the surface.'

Soundwave dodged another attack.

'It has been built up over the years, pent up. If I can get him to release it...'

Soundwave moved forward, kicking and cliping Jacks shoulder.

Soundwave could see it, the rage beneath the surface, how it ached to be released. The seeker knew how terrrible it was to have to hold everything in, to not release it and relish in it's power.

Jack managed to punch Soundwave, sending the seekers holoform skiding back a few feet.

"Why are you holding all your anger inside?" Soundwave finally asked. Jack was startled, dropping his defence, Soundwave doing the same.

"W-what do you mean?"

"You are holding in your anger and pain. Why are you not releasing it?" Soundwave clarrified. Jack's brow furrowed and the glass slid back to show his face, the bottom of the helm still along his jaw and chin.

"I'm not angry or sad..."

"That is because you reined it inside of yourself."

Recognition lit Jack's eyes. Then it was replaced with sadness, and slight furry.

"I have to be responisble, if I let out my anger or showed when I was scared or sad, I would have been a burden."

"A burden to who?"

Jack turned around, going to glare out the window.

"To everyone, my mom, to the Autobots, to Miko and Raf."

Jack then turned back around.

"I have to be the strong one, I always have. Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to have the experiances of other kids. But after dad died..." Jack closed his eyes, head down, ashamed.

"I never got that chance."

Soundwave's head tilted.

"All human sparklings have these experiences?"

"No, some of them don't, just like me."

"You hid your emotions to not be a burden on your creator?"

Jack gave a humorless laugh.

"Yeah, I guess. Now I just...I can't let them go. No matter how much I want to, or no matter how hard I try."

"Could I be of assistance?"

"How-?"

Jack was cut off as Soundwave moved forward and tapped the metal collar around the teens neck.

Soundwave could see the flash of anger pass through the boys eyes as the two blue ords darted down to look at the ebony metal.

Jack remembered how he'd been kidnaped, how no matter how much he wanted to see his mom and friends again he couldn't, how he'd been torn away from them.

Jack lashed out, Soundwave barely dodged but was caught by a flurry of fierce attacks.

The raven haired teen was strong, no doubt about it.

A kick, a swing, then dash to Soundwaves unprotected back. That was the pattern Jack would use before switching into a flurry of attacks that ranged from kicks to punches.

Finally, Soundwave stopped the match between them, seeing how tired Jack was. Jack dismissed his armor, and, picking up the hair tie that had come off in his transition, he tied his hair back again.

"You did well, Jack."

"Thanks." Jack said, nodding at the seeker (Who had dismissed the holoform).

"Do you feel better, now that you released you emotions?" Soundwave asked, allowing Jack to climb up his leg and chasis to his shoulder.

"...Yeah...I actually do." Jack replied, sitting down on the seekers shoulder plate.

"Do you think you could take me back to Megatron's room? I'm tired."

Soundwave nodded.

Later, Jack's POV

I grumbled under my breath as I dug through the various items on Megatrons desk area.

I'd thrown a piece of metal at the wall in anger when I'd made a mistake, and it had landed in a pile of things on Megatrons desk.

I immediately forgot what I was searching for when I found a datapad at the bottom of the pile. I pushed everything off it before eagerly reading it.

But then my face fell, and shock as well as fear twisted at my stomach.

It was plans.

Plans on installing a controll on my metal collar that would control me, make me do anything I was told.

I felt rage and anger fill me, and I slammed my fist on the datapad, making it break. I didn't care about controling m new strength any more. I cared more about finding Megatron.

And when I did, he'd be in for a world of trouble.