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"I thought you said your suspicion wasn't bad!" Soundwave gasped. Solus sighed and pinched the bridge of her "nose". He was right, she did say that. She didn't want it to be true, but Soundwave's life was on the line. If he was to survive this war then they'd better get Smokescreen that Matrix and fast. "If your brothers find out and they try to offline me what do I do?"
"I don't know!" Solus snapped. Soundwave was taken aback by her response. Solus sighed and shook her helm sadly. "I don't know. I'll do my best to defend you, I'll even be classified as a traitor if it means protecting you. My brothers don't understand the situation because they watch through a portal thing in their dimension. We'd be lucky if they're not currently watching us."
"Wait, if you were able to figure that out, wouldn't The fallen-" He was cut off as an explosion rocked the base. Everyone's fear was now a reality: the Decepticons have found a way to get to the Rescue Bots. Solus made the humans hide as everyone else ran outside to see what was going on. There was explosions and chaos everywhere.
"Déjà vu," Bulkhead muttered. Bee whirred sadly in agreement. It was exactly like how Jasper was when the cons found their first base. Solus just stared in shock, everything was falling out of hand. She knew that Megatron wasn't smart enough to be able to get here alone, so he must've had some help from someone that did. Soundwave clenched his fists in anger. Silverspark and Smokescreen looked completely mortified and angry. The Rescue Bots just looked plain scared. Solus brought out her wrist blades and narrowed her optics.
"Sorry Rescue Bots, but I'm pretty sure that your cover as mindless robots has just been blown. Since you literally just started your training remain here and protect any human nearby. Do not go picking a fight unless someone's in danger." Smokescreen ordered. Solus couldn't help but smirk, he was already becoming a leader. "The rest of us-"
"Let's kick some Decepticon aft!" Silverspark exclaimed. Solus couldn't help but facepalm and chuckle at her enthusiasm. It had been years since Silverspark had been in any real battle so she was naturally excited to get the chance to fight. The Autobots ran off to the battle while the Rescue Bots hung back. The humans came out of hiding to watch.
"So since you know who's who why don't you point out the names of the Decepticons?" Cody suggested. Jack and Miko stopped arguing and decided that it was useless. Jack had never agreed to coming out of hiding but yet again Miko dragged him into it. Jack pointed to Knockout who was battling Ratchet.
"That red one over there is Knockout, the medic. He has this…electrical staff thing that he shocks people with. One time he tried to saw me in half." Jack informed. He ignored the surprised looks and pointed to Starscream who fought Silverspark. "That's Starscream, the ex-SIC of the Decepticons. He left them once but went crawling back."
"That's Megatron himself fighting…wait Solus is fighting Megatron? ALONE?!" Miko squeaked as the pointed to Megatron and Solus. They watched them in worry for a while before Blades noticed something. He pointed off in another direction in fear.
"Uh, who's that COMING RIGHT AT US?" he asked. Jack, Miko, and Raf spun to see an unfamiliar mech running towards them discretely, unseen to the Autobots. Jack narrowed his eyes and studied his form. He had to be the biggest Cybertronian he's ever seen, even taller than Optimus or Megatron. When Jack got a good look at his optics he took a step back.
"Guys we gotta get out of here now." Jack stated. Everyone turned their attention to him in confusion. "Remember how Ravage said that the only reason he knew that Soundwave was the descendant of The Fallen because of his purple optics? Well the mech running at us have purple ones too! Megatron's aligned the Decepticons with The Fallen!"
"Oh very good, fleshling, you're very observant. It's such a shame you allied yourself with my pathetic sister." A voice erupted from behind them. Everyone turned to see The Fallen towering over them. The Rescue Bots positioned themselves so they were in between the humans and The Fallen. "Stand down and I won't harm any of you. I only come for the human Jack."
"Back off you pile of rusted scrap metal!" Miko yelled. The Fallen seemed surprised by her boldness but growled when the Rescue Bots didn't step aside. They didn't even know the fleshy yet they're so willing to protect him! It's only one fleshy! The adult humans stood in front of Jack protectively.
"We promised the Autobots to protect the children! I refuse to break a promise like that!" Heatwave growled. The Fallen snarled and grabbed the red smaller mech and threw him against the wall. Blades ran over to help him up, but he was out cold. Chase and Boulder stood their ground, but they too were soon knocked out. They were too inexperienced to fight him, or really any Decepticon.
"Now, either you give up Jack or I will squish every human here." The Fallen threatened. Everyone froze at his words, praying that Solus or one of the others would show up and make him flee. But everyone was busy with their own battle, no one knew that The Fallen was even here. When no one moved he lifted his pede in a threatening way Jack ran out from behind the group.
"No! Don't touch them! You can take me, but you have to swear not to hurt anyone else." Jack commanded. The Fallen roared in laughter, startling the humans. The only one who didn't flinch was Jack, who just glared up at the mech. The humans couldn't believe that he was actually giving himself up for this.
"You are so much like my dear sister, pathetic. Very well, I agree not to harm the Rescue Bots or humans, but I make no promises for my siblings or the other Autobots." The Fallen swore. Jack knew he wouldn't get anything better so he agreed. The humans tried to talk him out of it but The Fallen grabbed Jack and ran away and through a nearby ground bridge. The Rescue Bots woke up as the Autobots came back, looking beaten and tired. Solus immediately noticed the lack of her partner.
"Where's Jack?" she asked. They explained what happened while they were gone. Solus' optics widened in fear when she found out that it was The Fallen who'd kidnapped Jack. Ravage growled in anger, their evil brother had returned. Soundwave clenched his fists, he still couldn't believe he was related to that…that monster! "We told you to stay put! Now Jack's gone and might be dead!"
"That's not helping, Solus." Smokescreen interjected when he saw how upset June was. She had been there too when Jack was captured and she didn't like it one bit. Solus backed down but everyone could see that she was still angry with the humans for not following orders. She glanced over at the Rescue Bots who looked guilty. They had one job to do and they failed miserably. Suddenly the computer beeped, showing a video message. On the screen was a very creepy looking Megatron.
"Ah Autobots, I assume you've noticed the lack of your pet. In two minutes a ground bridge will open at your location. If you want him back alive Solus and Soundwave must come through. No one else and it has to be both of them. If not, then I will send you another message showing you exactly how he died. Your choice, Autoscum," Megatron growled before ending the feed. Solus shared a look with Soundwave, knowing that they had to follow the Decepticon's demands if they wanted to see their friend again.
"I'm not letting the Decepticons kill Jack." Solus growled. Soundwave put a servo on her shoulder and lowered his visor and nodded. The ground bridge opened and everyone watched as the two ran through. They didn't argue knowing that nothing would stop them from protecting Jack. Solus and Soundwave were on guard as they emerged on the other side. They saw Megatron and Starscream standing on the other side. "Okay we're here, now where's Jack?"
"So impatient, here's your little pest." Megatron chuckled as Starscream held out a claw. Jack was unconscious and he was bleeding from a cut on his forehead. When Starscream threw the boy towards them Solus didn't hesitate in diving to catch him. She checked to make sure he was alive and unhurt besides the cut. He was breathing. At least he's alive. When they turned to leave they saw Knockout standing in their way. "You're not going anywhere. We have much to talk about, both of you."
"Laserbeak, eject and take Jack to the Autobots." Soundwave ordered quietly. The bird-like bot ejected from his compartment in Soundwave's chassis and took Jack from Solus and flew through the ground bridge. Knockout closed the bridge with a smirk. Solus and Soundwave turned back to Megatron to hear what he had to say. "What do you want with us Megatron?"
"So it is true! Soundwave in fact does have a voice!" Starscream jested. Knockout laughed as he walked up to his leader. Soundwave narrowed his optics behind his visor. He was a joke to the Decepticons, probably always had been. Solus narrowed her optics too, but they were clearly visible to everyone else. They were about to say something when someone attacked Solus. She tried to fight back but she was thrown and knocked out momentarily. She wearily looked up to see The Fallen walking up.
"Megatronus!" Solus gasped, unable to say anything else. Soundwave ran up to help Solus but he was held back by the other Decepticons. Solus couldn't fight back, she was still exhausted from the previous battle and her wounds hadn't healed yet. She half expected Megatronus to offline her right then and there, but he merely went to stand in front of Soundwave.
"I know your secret, Soundwave. You are my descendant. And any descendant of mine will not wear a mask!" Megatronus growled. Even Solus had to flinch at the tone. Instead of following orders Soundwave shoved him hard. Even though Megatronus was much larger and stronger than him The Fallen stumbled back slightly.
"I refuse to acknowledge the fact that I'm your descendant. I know what you did to Solus. My visor will remain where it is until I'm back with the Autobots." Soundwave hissed. Solus smirked at his words. There was no way Megatronus was going to get Soundwave to sway from his ideals. She thought the Decepticons would let him be, but The Fallen had other plans. He began to laugh, making Solus shiver slightly. It was one of his cruel sadistic laughs.
"You truly are blind if you think Solus loves you! You can't even see that the Autobots are playing you! Solus messes with processors for her own benefit, and you're just one example." Megatronus taunted. Solus' optics widened at the accusation. That wasn't true! Soundwave surely must see that! "Tell me, what happened shortly after you found out her real identity?"
"She didn't want to betray the Thirteen like you did. She didn't understand that it's okay to be in love! What do you know, Fallen?" Soundwave snapped. Solus sighed in relief and tried to stand. Knockout noticed and zapped her with his energon staff. Soundwave noticed and turned to them. "Don't touch her, Knockout!"
"We're not going to offline her…yet. But you seriously believe that scrap? She has been known to lie before. Tell me, what was her reaction when she found out you were the descendant of The Fallen? What was her expression?" Megatron pressed. That's when Soundwave hesitated, the memory fresh in his processor. Solus groaned and shook her helm painfully.
"Don't listen to them, Soundwave. They're trying to mess with you and get you to rejoin them." Solus called out. Her voice was filled with static showing the damage to her vocalizers. Soundwave's spark sunk at how hurt she was. He needed to do something but…what if they were right? He thought that Solus loved him…but was she just lying to get some sort of benefit?
"Silence! Soundwave, since you apparently don't know who to believe remember what she said to you before you came back from sending Ravage to spy on them. She sounded like she really didn't love you then." Megatronus pointed out. Solus froze realizing that he was right. She had been harsh to him. Scrap they might actually win this one. Soundwave remained silent, pain ripping through him as he thought of everything that'd happened. He finally made up he processor and nodded at the mechs.
"I'll rejoin the Decepticons." He finally answered. Solus shuttered her optics as tears threatened to flow from them. She couldn't believe she was losing him again. Primus she was such an idiot! She was suddenly grabbed by Starscream and Knockout and hoisted to her pedes. She was too weak to fight back so she merely walked with them to the brig. She looked back at Soundwave with pleading optics.
"Megatronus, you will pay for what you've done. You've taken away the one thing I've loved the most. Rust in the Pits!" Solus growled loudly at her brother. Soundwave stared while she was dragged away, thinking about that middle sentence. He knew he had to carry on with his decision and be with the Decepticons and fight the Autobots.
Solus was thrown into the brig roughly after her weapons had been disabled. She stood and ran at the door and pounded on it. She screamed in frustration and sat down with her back leaning against the door. She couldn't believe what was happening. Everything was falling apart because of her! She just wanted to go home to be with what's left of her brothers and forget the war ever happened. If the Cybertronian race dies out why not make a new one since they made the current one? She groaned and held her helm in her servos. No, no she can't talk like that when Smokescreen needs her to guide him. She couldn't help but think about Soundwave. The betrayed became the traitor…it's like a duplicated line or something. She sighed heavily again. No, no it wasn't him who betrayed them, it was she who failed everyone.
"I'm sorry Soundwave. I'm sorry I didn't prove how much you mean to me. I'm…I'm sorry for just being a big glitch." Solus whispered before she began to sob. She felt lost and confused by everything going on. She began to wonder what would've happened if Megatronus had succeeded in offlining her. It probably would've saved everyone a lot of trouble and pain. She didn't hear the footsteps coming her way until a gentle servo touched her helm.
"Arcee what is the matter?" a deep voice asked. She froze in shock and looked up at the mech in front of her. Her optics widened and she thought it was just a figment of her imagination, but it couldn't have been, she felt his touch. Was it a trick from the Decepticons? It's possible, but their only Pretender was Makeshift and he was blown up after he impersonated Wheeljack.
"O-Optimus?"
*gasp* SOUNDWAVE REJOINED THE DECEPTICONS?
*gasp* OPTIMUS IS ALIVE?
*gasp* I HAVE NO MORE COOKIES?
Oh wait...I guess that has nothing to do with my story...
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