'Earth' as they found out the planet was called, Soundwave thought the primitive planet to be pretty. The entertainment was good. The inhabitants? Not so much of either.
Soundwave was not very impressed by the humans.
But the first song he heard by humans left quite the impression.
He was scanning though the Humans' primitive radio technology when he heard it.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted
In my brain still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams, I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash
Of a neon light that split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices
Never shared and no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written
On the subway walls and tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
He paused when it first started, and was completely still until it ended.
The communication officer downloaded it to his personal files and continued on with his work.
That very same day he discovered 'techno' and 'dubstep'.
A few human days later he discovered Doctor Who and other movies/TV shows.
It took him a while to find out about 'Slenderman' but it was well worth it.
And the vehicons thought he had no idea what they meant when they called him 'Slenderwave' and similar nicknames.
Something called 'YouTube' was discovered that same day.
But searching human entertainment was rare, since he was almost single-handedly keeping the Decepticon Cause together and keeping the crew's boredom-induced insanity at bay.
Megatron looked on with an unamused expression on his face as Soundwave, yet again, stayed up all night-cycle to get work done.
At least he wasn't at risk with boredom.
And between all of this the need to knock some sense into Soundwave grew by the second.
How is it possible for someone as intelligent and resourceful as his Third-In-Command to be so idiotic?
And Soundwave's level of this ability was astounding.
He hoped his past self would hurry up and get back to past Soundwave.
Other than the intense workload and Soundwave discovery of human entertainment, it was rather uneventful. He was glad for it.
On second thought, no he wasn't.
The colors blurred.
When the communication officer finally had a moment to himself he laid on his berth, only half on and half hanging off the side, and listening to human music.
Megatron wasn't sure if he was amused or offended by the song Soundwave was 'currently' listening to, something to the effect of 'Tin Can Hitman'.
Soundwave's small giggle was worth listening to a human song.
He was such a sentimental fool when it came to Soundwave.
He did end up smiling when his TIC feel into recharge in that position and laughed when he was rudely awaked by sliding right off the berth.
Not very gracefully and not at all his finest moment.
He stayed in a heap and the floor for a moment trying to wake up from his sleep-induced stupor and he just groaned.
When he got out of here he was going to have all sorts of blackmail on his Soundwave.
Finally.
The TIC's exhaustion seemed to have caught up with him because Soundwave just fell right back to sleep on the floor seemingly too tired to crawl back onto the bed. Or under it.
He never truly got out of the habit of sleeping under beds unless with him. Even to this day.
The colors blurred and settled once again.
Soundwave's body language clearly stated that he was annoyed.
And Megatron guessed mostly at Starscream.
Not that this was a huge surprise, Soundwave is almost in a constant state of annoyance when it comes to the SIC.
As was he. When he wasn't furious at the seeker.
Why was he even there again?
The communication officer looked just about ready to go on an angry rampage.
You never want to meet an angry Soundwave.
Occasionally he would go to vent to the warlord, and those furious and frustrated words were intense.
He almost hoped for Starscream's sake that past him comes back soon.