Chapter 7: Kidnapped?

The next morning, Starsong woke up and felt her sons' fear over the bond and sat up, glancing around and not seeing them. "Frenzy? Rumble?" she called through the bond.

"Mama!" She heard them cry out to her before suddenly she couldn't feel them through the bond and fear filled her as she tried calling them again, but there was no answer. She then commed Optimus, but he didn't respond. None of them did. She then pounced on Soundwave, startling him.

"Soundwave!" she cried out and he sat up in alarm.

"What's wrong, my love?" he asked.

"The boys!" she said.

He saw they were gone and fear filled him. Surely his contact hadn't come for the boys yet? He hadn't called him. Suddenly, both heard their comlinks go off and answered them. "Starsong! Open the Groundbridge!" came Ratchet's voice. "Hurry! Soundwave, we need some cover fire!"

"We on it!" said Soundwave as he and his bondmate hurried to the Command Center, the purple and green femme opening the bridge immediately.

"Bridge opened!" she called into her comlink. "Hurry!"

One by one, the Autobots came through and Starsong helped Ratchet get the others to the Medbay for treatment while Soundwave dealt with his former colleagues, making them retreat before he got a message from Megatron.

"You betrayed me, Soundwave," he said. "And you've been my most loyal, it seemed."

"Where are my boys, Megatron?" Starsong demanded.

He looked over at her. "Ah, Starsong, beautiful," he said with a smile that wasn't nice. "We could have a few boys, you know."

Soundwave snarled. "Answer her, Megatron!" he yelled. "Where are Frenzy and Rumble?!"

Megatron simply glanced at them. "Perhaps Shockwave has them," he said.

"No!" Starsong gasped in horror.

"You could see them if you join me, Starsong," said the leader of the Decepticons. "And I'll let Soundwave come back as my loyal servant. Do so, and I'll command Shockwave to release your sparklings."

He smirked at their troubled faces. "No rush," he said. "Call me back when you decide."

He signed off and Starsong burst into tears, feeling the same pain she had felt when she thought she had lost her sons and sparkmate all those years ago pierce her again. Soundwave hugged her, feeling afraid. The communication suddenly rang and a Vehicon was on there.

"Starsong. Soundwave," he called them.

They looked at him and Starsong glared at him. "We already know Megatron's demands!" she snapped. "Tell Megatron he doesn't have to rub it in that he has our sons captive!"

The Vehicon blinked. "Your sons, Starsong?" he asked. "Megatron doesn't have them."

"Yeah, right!" she shouted. "He admitted it himself that Shockwave had them!"

The Vehicon shook his head. "He lied to you to trick you," he said. "He knows of you, Starsong and knows what you and Soundwave can do together."

Her eyes widened, as did that of the Autobots'. "What we can do?" she asked. "But how does he know?"

"He managed to hack Soundwave's files after he disappeared," said the stranger. "That's how he found out about you and wants you as his queen."

Soundwave looked at the Vehicon. "Then, where are our sons?" he asked, hoping that this Vehicon, who seemed to be a traitor in disguise, would know.

"They're safe with someone you both know," said the Vehicon.

"They aren't safe with Shockwave!" Starsong protested.

The stranger didn't speak for a bit. "He is not who I was referring to," he said after a moment. "Frenzy and Rumble are with someone who would never harm a sparkling."

"Who?" asked Soundwave. "I arranged for you to take the sparklings if Megatron was going to come after them."

"WHAT?!" Starsong yelled, looking at her bondmate in disbelief.

One of Soundwave's tentacles shot out and wrapped around Starsong, one coil covering her mouth. "Where are my sons if they aren't with you?" he asked the Vehicon.

"They're safe," the Vehicon insisted. "Now you better calm Starsong down before she gives you a beating you might not be able to get up from. You remember her specialty."

Soundwave went still in shock. "Who are you, really?" he demanded.

But the mysterious Vehicon signed off and Soundwave turned to his bondmate, who was struggling to get free. "You've got one second to tell me what's going on, or I will-."

She suddenly stopped. "Wait a minute," she said. "How did he know about…that?" she asked. "Only you and I know."

"What about your family?" he asked cautiously.

Starsong shook her head. "They died years ago, long before I found out about it," she said. "No one else knew."

"Well, whatever your specialty is, that 'Con knew about it," said Arcee.

Bumblebee grew concerned. "But why would you have a Vehicon take the boys, Soundwave?" he asked.

Soundwave sighed. "I feared Megatron would find them and I didn't want them to become part of his army or part of Shockwave's experiments," he said. "Thankfully, my brother wasn't there, but still I wanted to make sure I had a plan in case Megatron discovered Frenzy and Rumble. But how he knows of Starsong's ability, I don't know. I know I never put that information where it could be found."

He now turned to Starsong. "My love, I should have told you, but I didn't think he'd come so soon for them. Now that he did, I have a feeling it's because Megatron is going to move in with something that we're unaware of," he said.

She was quiet. "Are you certain our sons are safe?" she asked him.

He hung his head as the tentacle holding her released her. "They better be," he said. "Because if they're harmed, the consequences will be dire."

Starsong felt her love's inner turmoil and hugged him, sending soothing thoughts as he did the same, apologizing that he hadn't told her before. She suddenly stiffened and looked up.

"Of course," she said. "One other does know of my ability."

"Who, my love?" asked Soundwave.

"Someone we both know," she said. "He'll keep our sons safe and bring them back to us when his work is done."

"You're sure?" he asked.

"Yes," said the purple and green femme. "Because I trust that person with my life, just as I do with you, my love."

Reassured that she forgave him and was confident, he did his best to be too. "Starsong is right," he said to the Autobots. "Right now, we need to be patient."

He then straightened. "I remember Megatron mentioning a device that could kill the sun," he said. "He's going to threaten to use it and will no doubt use it too."

"No," said Optimus, horror in his voice. "We must stop him."

"Say the word, Boss and we'll hit those 'Cons with all we got," said Bulkhead.

Ratchet spoke up. "Optimus, we need a plan first," he said wisely. "Might I suggest we find out where the 'Cons weapon is and then plan from there?"

"A wise suggestion, old friend," said Optimus with a nod. "Soundwave, we're going to need the information you have."

The once-Con nodded. "Done," he said and turned to Starsong. "I promise this will end soon."

She hugged him. "I trust you," she said and kissed him. He returned the kiss and they broke away. He gave her instructions through their bond and she nodded, heading away to follow his instructions while he and the others came up with a plan to battle the 'Cons and hopefully win the war.

Yes, I put in a reference to "Transformers: Rise Of The Fallen".

Also, looks like Starsong knows who that mystery Vehicon is. I'll reveal him soon.

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