When Silence Is Loudest chapter 15
Speaking with the high council ended in disaster.
Orion Pax betrayed him and became Optimus Prime.
He would never admit how much the betrayal of someone he called brother actually hurt.
"Are you going to leave too?" he asked Soundwave when he entered the room he was brooding in. He winced at his choice of words. Or just saying that period. It was obvious he didn't mean to get all soft and over-emotional.
Soundwave was silent and completely still. And then spoke.
"I will be loyal forever."
Past Megatron flinched back a little in surprise at the sound of the other gladiator's voice, since he hasn't heard it before.
The expression on his face showed he didn't quite believe him but with time there was a chance he will.
"I'd like to see you try." He said a faint smirk on his features.
"I…would say…challenge accepted…but…loyalty… is not a…challenge." Soundwave said though various recordings.
Past Megatron was silent.
Megatron smirked a little as he watch this scene. If only former him knew. If only he knew how far Soundwave's loyalty would stretch (indefinitely) and how far they will go together.
The colors blurred.
"You are different since following him." Rumble stated when Soundwave going through telecommunication systems in Iacon.
"Oh?"
"More…grounded. More focused. More Fierce. Better."
Soundwave was silent. But Megatron could tell he was giving him his undivided attention.
Rumble also seemed to understand this.
"We always knew something was missing that you needed. But we couldn't for the life of us figure it out. It's something to follow isn't it? Something to be loyal to. You need it." Rumble stated crossing his tiny arms and smirking as he shifted his weight to his left leg.
The communication officer nodded.
"Good. I'm glad that out of anyone it could've been it was him. We'll follow you anywhere boss." Rumble stated matter of factly and it sounded like both a vow and promise at the same time. There was no words that the blue-purple mech can say to show his gratitude. So he did the only thing he could think of.
In a flash of movement too fast to truly see, Soundwave was holding Rumble to his chest.
"AHHH! The Hug of Doom!" Rumble screeched playfully as he tried to mock escape. Soundwave just released his datacables and they wrapped around the small Cybertronian too.
"AHHHHHHH! Not the datacables! Not the datacables! Mercy mercy!"
"I know no mercy!" Soundwave honest to Primus giggled as Frenzy tried to liberate his brother. Ravage came out of nowhere and pinned him down and curled up on him. Laserbeak then appeared and snuggled into Frenzy's legs. The laughing was loud and slightly obnoxious. But still pleasant to watch.
The colors blurred and changed again.
Megatron told his followers that they were going to war. They seemed to agree with this 'decision'. After fighting to survive for all their lives and everything else, 'peace' was a strange foreign concept.
Words are weak without action behind them. And now they don't mean to say anymore words. Their actions stated everything anyone would need to hear. In their minds Orion Pax was all words and no action.
The mindset in Kaon was you fight for survival and what you want.
And they fully intend to fulfill that mindset that they have all grew up with.
Don't mind if they do.
It would be their genuine pleasure.
Shockwave stood at Megatron's left side while Soundwave stood at his right.
Megatron and the lower castes was going to war.
And anyone who dares to get in their way will suffer their wrath.