When Silence Is Loudest chapter 20
Cybertron was literally falling apart.
Entire cities were destroyed and the planet was sick.
Optimus Prime ventured into Cybertron's center and came back…different.
You can say he truly became Prime. His frame was defiantly different.
But Prime declaring an Exodus came as a surprise.
Not that it was that easy to abandon their planet.
The Decepticons fought them for supplies and energon.
There were more and more casualties and fallen soldiers.
The battles became more and more intense.
Soundwave remembered fire. A few well-placed punches or kicks. Very few.
They planned to use a ship nicknamed Nemesis to chase them if it got that far.
They can't let the Autobots escape can't they?
The colors blurred once again.
It was one of the last battles.
An Autobot got a few lucky shots at Ravage.
The cyber-cat didn't survive the night.
Soundwave sat frozen at her medical bed as her monitor flat-lined.
He was silent and still for several moments.
The TIC then let out this spark rending scream.
The communication officer didn't cry this time but just screamed.
The medics flinched at every agonized scream. He could tell in their eyes they will never speak of this again.
Laserbeak tried to comfort in her buzzing 'speech'. He only understood enough to recognize a soothing coo.
Past Megatron looked concerned but didn't know what to do next. He tried to hide it but there are few things that one can hide from Soundwave.
He can tell by the TIC's body language that he appreciates it. No matter how awkwardly expressed that concern is.
Soundwave did find that Autobot.
By the time he was done with him he wished he was dead.
If Megatron saw his face he was sure there would be murder in his eyes.
It really shouldn't be so easy to forget that Soundwave could be just as cold-sparked and powerful as even Megatron. Especially when he was angry.
And don't even think about getting to his symbiots.
Well, now, symbiot.
No one dared to mention the loss of Ravage, or how devastated he is by the cat's loss.
The colors blurred and settled once again.
It was during a battle past Megatron had an epiphany about his feelings about Soundwave.
The communication officer was battling some Autobots, meaning more than one, and he was deadly. And, Megatron remembered that moment vividly, he was beautiful. He shocked himself with this thought.
He was also alarmed about the soft and sentimental feeling in his chest.
All Soundwave saw was an odd expression on Megatron's face.
Thank Primus.
And, what his TIC will tell him later, he has also been in love with him for a long time.
The Autobots' escape was still coming.
The colors blurred and Megatron carefully looked on when they finally settled once again.
The Autobots were in their ship (Apparently named the Ark) and were leaving.
This battle was between ships in the space around Cybertron.
But they were just able to escape the Decepticons' wrath.
Now the chase was on.
And finding energon stores. Soundwave did some extensive research about where both Autobots and Decepticons have hidden energon off planet.
Shockwave, of course, was left on the barren planet. Mostly just left to his own devices. Simple things that made a scientist happy. If said scientist could feel such emotions.
How Shockwave deleted his emotions Megatron will never know.
Soundwave was doing monitor again.
Past Megatron stared at Soundwave.
And by his body language he could tell he was uncomfortable by the careful watch on his back.
Not that anyone else could see his discomfort of course. Even memory him.