9 years later
"This is insane, he's already escaped the base over fifty times, we can't constantly keep an optic on him, especialy when he can turn invisible" Ironhide complained as he and Optimus searched for a certain elusive youngling with Ratchet and Hound.
"Ok well lets not jump to conclusions, he could still be in the base, we just need to find Jazz and the twins" Optimus sighed trying to calm the situation.
"Boys!" Ratchet yelled as the entered the rec room.
"Ah we didn't do it!" Three younglings yelped diving behind the couch for saftey.
"Get out here right now, all of you!" Ironhide ordered the three younglings to come out from behind the couch.
"Yes Hide?" Sideswipe answered in a frightened tone as he Jazz and his twin stood infront of the for mechs.
"You missing someone?" Ratchet growled raising an optic ridge at the three frightened younglings.
"Uuuh... no..." Jazz and Sunstreaker shook their helms.
"Well Arcee could be anywhere in the base, I'm not going to hunt her down" Sideswipe said shrugging his shoulders.
"Mirage boys, where is Mirage!" Ratchet snapped growing impatient with the three.
"We don't know Ratch!" Jazz whimpered hidding behind Sideswipe.
"Boys tell the truth" Optimus said sternly to the mischievous younglings.
"Mirage left" Sideswipe finally admitted to the four angry mechs.
"Left, left where!?" Ironhide snapped wanting for of an answer.
"We don't know, he hardly speaks!" Sunstreaker whined as he to cowered behind his twin.
"He's out there again, he's going to get himself offlined!" Ratchet spoke angirly shaking his helm.
"What is so damn important that he has to go and risk himself!" Ironhide adedd as they rushed to the base exit, only to have the door suddenly open.
"I'm pretty sure this is yours" Jetfire said holding up a squirming youngling.
"Mirage!" Hound gasped taking the youngling from the aerial bot, Mirage quickly slipped out of Hounds grasp and stood with folded arms and pouted.
"Found him out in the field near a torn down building, he was trying to get underneath it" Jetfire explained to the four as he looked at Mirage.
"He was also surrounded by freshly killed cons and as you can see he's covered in energon, I would say he has a friend watching his back... but I just don't know what to think" Jetfire sighed finishing his explination.
"Thank you Jetfire, you may return to the skies" Optimus thanked the aerial bot before shutting the doorand turning to Mirage.
"Alright first of all, I don't care how skilled and deadly you are out there, you don't leave this base, second of all stop wrecking all the locks on the base, third of all what is out there that is so impartant to you!?" Hound gave his adopted youngling his rant, waiting for answers.
"Nothing to your concern!" Mirage snapped turning away from the four.
"Mirage everytime you go out there we find you at that building, why?" Ratchet asked actually carrying a nice tone.
"Nothing!" Mirage answered starting to get upset.
"That's right, nothing is there we searched the place up and down, even the hidden underground facility, all we found were a bunch of youngling bodies" Ironhide replied to the younglings cry.
Mirage's mood quickly switched from anger to devastated within seconds, he stood still as horrible thoughts went through his helm causing to tear up.
"What younglings... Mirage is that where you were trained?" Ratchet asked looking at the youngling that had his back to them.
Mirage gave a small nod as he cried silently, wondering if his brother was still alive.
"Mirage we had no idea, is there something you were looking for there?" Optimus asked with sympathy in his tone.
"Not anymore..." Mirage cried continuing to stare at the walls in the hall.
"Come here, was there someone in there you lost?" Optimus cooed crouching next to the youngling and giving him a hug.
"I don't know, did you find any younglings with a visor for a face?" Mirage whimpered looking at Ironhide.
"No, didn't find one like that" Ironhide shook his helm taking a calmer tone.
"Then he made it out!" Mirage cheered scaring the mechs.
"Good now who is it, so we can help you?" Optimus asked happily, glad to see a smile on the youngling for once.
"Soundwave!" Mirage announced getting looks of shock and mixed emotions.
"Soundwave... you mean that young mech, unstoppable deceticreep!?" Ironhide growled making Mirage get a confused look.
"What?" Mirage asked in confusion and sadness.
"Soundwave is the eyes and ears of the decepticons, nothing gets past him, he's a snitch" Ratchet added to Ironhides words.
"He is Megatron's most loyal and acomplished super soldier, he's besides Megatron, one of the most feared cons out there" Hound explained to the youngling who got more and more upset as they spoke of his brother being the enemy.
"And the power behind that young mech, phew if I ever locked horns with that con, there would be a good battle" Ironhide snickered totting his cannons.
"No... that dosen't sound like him..." Mirage said shaking his helm.
"Oh it's him alright, facless and scary looking that's for sure" Ironhide told the youngling.
"Oh..." Mirage turned walking away from the mechs.
"Aw Mirage, hey when your old enough to get out there you'll meet him, maybe we'll send you out as our super soldier to take him out" Ironhide called down the hallway, making Mirage run down the hall turning invisible.
"You just don't know when to stop do you!?" Ratchet hissed giving Ironhide a good smack.
"Hey... I was just kidding..." Ironhide complained rubbing his helm.
"Why is Soundwave so important to the kid anyway?" Ironhide sighed as Optimus stood up.
"I do not know old friend..." Optimus sighed looking down the hallway where the youngling dissapeared.