Ratchet seemed more than a bit baffled, but no one could fathom a guess as to why. Riptide was talking to Arcee quite happily and Arcee in turn was focusing on her physiotherapy.
The environment was calm and friendly, one that none of them had experienced in such a long time.
"Do you think we'll have anymore trouble from MECH?" Raff asked and Miko scoffed at him.
"Don't be stupid! If they were going to do something, they'd have done it by now" Miko told him casually and Raf smiled shyly.
"I don't know…" Raf muttered persistent and Optimus came over and smiled kindly at the two of them.
"I believe Miko is right, I doubt we will be hearing from Silas or MECH for a very, very long time" Optimus assured them and Miko grinned broadly.
"See!" She exclaimed proudly, as it was very rarely someone agreed with Miko and this meant that she was right.
Miko liked being right, and she especially liked making others feel better so to see Raf grin like he did. No longer fearful, and completely confident.
"Also, I believe we shall be gaining a few new friends soon enough" Optimus told them gently and everyone looked over at him.
"More bots? Cool!" Miko cried out and Raf nodded enthusiastically at her at the news.
"Do you really think so Optimus?" Arcee asked quizzically and Optimus nodded.
"Although I am not sure exactly when, I am confident we shall grow in number" Optimus told them and Ratchet frowned.
Ratchet wasn't entirely sure everyone would take to the 'new recruits' as Optimus was putting it. Ratchet knew that Riptide would be less than happy at seeing Rosestorm again, and nobody really liked Soundwave.
Ratchet doubted that even Megatron liked Soundwave and Soundwave was his second in command for Primus sake!
"This…will not end well" He muttered lightly to himself, and turned back to his screens, he frowned at several bleeping figures on the screen.
"Optimus, we have a problem"
Rosestorm wasn't entirely sure why she was running, but she knew that neither Knockout or Arachnid were going to help her.
Soundwave…where are you?!
Rosestorm had a comm. but she didn't know how it worked, she just knew it was there. She'd heard things, every now and then. Silent, mischievous messages from Soundwave when he was teaching her. Mischievous messages that made her blush and her cooling fans go into overdrive.
Now there was nothing in her ear, just static and the sound of Arachnid and Knockout yelling at her from a distance.
Come on Primes! Why are you silent when I need you?
She was growing tired, she hadn't had any energon and she needed some. She was panting, and her legs felt like they were burning like they had done when she was human. But she enjoyed that burning sensation, it reminded her of when she used to race, and the burning just made her want to run faster.
The sound of voices were growing distant, and now Rosestorm focused on warping. She could warp back to the ship, and if she wished hard enough she would warp straight back to Soundwave.
Soundwave. Take me to Soundwave.
However, nothing happened. She was still in the desolate desert that was Jasper and she was still running.
Was she too tired? Or was something else wrong? It wasn't Silas, his body had crumbled to dust a long time ago, so what…what was keeping her here?!
A green spacebridge opened up in front of her and she almost tripped skidding to a halt in front of it.
Friend or foe?
Her question was answered, when Riptide and Bumblebee stepped from the spacebridge, holding out their blasters menacingly.
"I suggest you duck" Riptide snarled at her, and she did as she was told.
She wasn't going to disobey the two guys holding the guns, not when she was suddenly so powerless. So lonely and helpless.
Bumblebee clicked at her, and she frowned in recognition of the clicks.
"Come on! Quick!" He called to her, and she crept forwards slowly, carefully.
Bumblebee held out a hand, and reluctantly she took it and allowed them to lead her through the space bridge.
I just know I'm going to regret this.
"Would you repeat that?" Megatron asked in a snarl, and Knockout shifted from foot to foot, whilst Arachnid looked calm.
Soundwave was standing stiffly by the door, his hands unconsciously clenched by his sides.
"I said, the Autobot's have kidnapped Rosestorm. We found her, and tried to rescue her but they were relentless" She informed Megatron, who seemed to be growing on this current idea of hers, although he daren't show it.
"We don't know if she was taken alive, or dead" Arachnid added for affect, and Megatron nodded.
"The autobots will pay for taking Rosestorm, I can assure you of that" Megatron hissed, sparing a glance at Soundwave when he said it.
Soundwave left in silence, he was silent all the way back to his room, and when he got there the first thing he did was bolt the door and switch on the automated soundproofing.
Then he screamed. It was a raw powerful sound, but nobody heard it.
Rosestorm twitched. Something dangerous whispered into her ear. And then all was silent once more.
Soundwave…
Haha. I'm mean.
I have a drama exam tomorrow, please wish me luck. I'm kind of panicking cause my group doesn't like rehearsing, they much prefer making me stress and yell.
Thelegofan, He isn't coming back. If you think he is, re-read this chapter.
Dragonlord1337, He was suffering, he isn't doing much of anything anymore.
Girl Supersonicboy, Well, now the autobots have to look out for Soundwave. Can you imagine being hunted by Soundwave? Primus have mercy.
Blackshadow32, You alright there?
Read and Review guys!
Tulip Out.
