know that he would still be in the area, but not in the building. She made it to the street, it was dark on the street which sent Bee on high alert and she searched for Soundwave but she could only see the lights from the shops still open at this hour...
When soundwave found what he wanted he exited the cafe. He was about to walk away when he spotted Bee. He walked quicker away and hoped she didn't see him, he didn't want to explain...
But he didn't have any luck as she did see him. "Soundwave! wait!" she shouted and ran after him...
Soundwave ducked down an ally and hid behind a dumpster...
Bee stopped running, she had lost him, it was so dark and he was able to slip by without her noticing. She kept walking deeper into the darkness, hoping that she would find Soundwave, but she walked right passed the alley he had ducked down...
Soundwave bolted as soon as Bee passed by. He had a job to do and she was the only one that could talk him out of it...
Bee was completely lost and for some unknown reason she didn't have a cell signal. She was starting to panic, she had figured out what Soundwave was doing, she worried for him as well as the fact that she was alone in the dark streets completely lost. She was going to turn back and find her way to the Autobots when there was a crash in the alley she was standing next to...
Soundwave could hear the crash from six streets away, he was cursing Bee for going the way he needed...
Bee looked into the alley curious as to what it was, but she didn't expect...
Optimus was worried that something had happened to Bee and soundwave so he got everyone to go find them... he was however the one to fine bee... looking down an ally "Bumblebee?" He called...
Bee yelped at her name being called, she hadn't expected anyone to be there, she was hoping the crash was an alley cat and she could just get on with her search. She shone her phones light to the entrance of the alley quickly and gave a relieved sigh when she saw that it was Optimus...
"Did you find Soundwave?" Optimus asks as he called the autobots and asked them to meet them...
"Yes and no" Bee answered, "I saw him and when he saw me he ran... Optimus, the debate is over, he's going to hand himself in" she finished, she didn't know but Bulk and Jackie were around the corner and heard it. "He was running because he knew that I could talk him out of it, I tried following him but he must have ducked into an alley, I was hoping the crash I heard in this one was him but no sign of him" Bee told Optimus, neither one of them knowing that Bulk and Jackie were listening to the conversation...
Soundwave was listening from around the corner and accidently upturned a trash can, he could feel eyes on him and looked up to see optimus and Bee. Before they could speak he bolted... again...
"what is it with you and running?!" Bee shouted, she bolted after him with Optimus on her heals. Bulk and Jackie had heard Bee's shout and saw them running away so they followed too...
Soundwave bolted around corners and somehow ran into a pole... he shook it off and keep running...
Bee was quick and put everything into her speed, focusing on corners and said poles, Optimus and bulk were not so lucky due to their bigger and bulkier frames, they ended up colliding with the pole too, but Wheeljack was gaining on Bee, he was bigger than her but small enough to match her movements and speed. Optimus spoke to Wheeljack through the comms, "Wheeljack we cannot deter Soundwave from his decision, get Bumblebee to stop, she'll only succeed in hurting herself" he ordered, Jackie sped up with his new order and got a little closer to Bee. She had heard the comm and knew that Jackie was close behind, she couldn't let Soundwave do this, she had lost Ratchet on her watch she wouldn't lose Soundwave without a fight, he was proving to be an ally and even dare she say it... a friend...
Soundwave turned a corner and smacked straight into knockout. "Whoa their soundwave, I only wanna help" knockout says when soundwave tried to get up with a concussion...
(Yay! Knockout's good! I love it!) Soundwave tried to move away though, and he failed at it. Meanwhile a few alley's back Bee was starting to lose energy but she persisted with her running, although with her energy depleting so did her speed enough for Wheeljack to catch up and since he wouldn't be able to stop her he did the first thing he could think of... he tackled her. They landed hard on the ground, but Wheeljack had tackled her so that he would land on the ground and not her. She rolled off Jackie, clutching her wrist, it hurt, she was sure that it was just shock, nothing felt out of place. She was puffing and tried to get up to keep going but Jackie pushed her down, "Not so fast kid, you did hear Optimus and you know he wants you to stop"...
Little did they know that no more than 10 meters away was soundwave and knockout...
"Soundwave you have to stop moving!" Knockout said and helped him lie flat, knockout checked him for the concussion and said he didn't have one. "Look. I know you have no reason to trust me soundwave but I really want to help. Well... Me and Starscream frag the rest of them" knockout says "Starscream will give us Intel but that's all he can do at the moment" soundwave nodded knowing he can trust knockout.
Bee broke down, her energy depleted. She wasn't crying, but she could start at any moment, she was losing Soundwave and she couldn't stop it, she wanted Ratchet back but she also wanted Soundwave to join the autobots. She was still holding her wrist and Jackie saw it. "I'm sorry kid, didn't mean to hurt ya, let me look" he knelt down and looked at her wrist. "We have to find him, please Jackie" Bee said quietly...
Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead reached them at the same time soundwave and knockout came around the corner. They froze seeing the autobots...
Arcee helped Bee stand up, she wasn't hurt, besides her wrist but she was exhausted. The bots didn't notice the cons as they were facing the other way and were worrying about Bee. But that didn't help the ex-cons luck as Ultra Magnus and Smokescreen came around the same corner Soundwave and Knockout had, they stood behind the cons as they watched the small huddle of bots...
"Hey! You found them!" Ultra Magnus shouts...
"What?" Bulk asked as they all turned around, Soundwave and Knockout were freaked that Magnus and Smoke had snuck up on them. Bee found the look on Soundwaves face to be hilarious and gave out a tired chuckle. "Okay now you got backup or something Soundwave?" Jackie sassed, it was obvious that he didn't trust Soundwave but he saw how Bee reacted and decided that for now he was harmless enough...
Soundwave shrugged and went to check on Bee...
"I'm good" she muttered, although it was obvious she wasn't. Arcee handed Bee to Soundwave as the rest of the autobots went off to question Knockout who was standing very awkwardly amongst the once enemy...
Soundwave just raised an eyebrow at her statement and gestured to her wrist...
"It's nothing" she insisted, she would've walked away from him and brushed him off but she needed him for support, she would admit to being tired but not to her wrist...
Soundwave just shook his head at her stubbornness...
She smiled innocently up at him, then she gestured to Knockout, "What's his story?" she asked watching KO carefully, if he was going to pull anything, not that he would, he would move quickly...
Soundwave shrugged and pointed to his vocalizer, why did everyone keep forgetting he broke it?...
"Damn I forgot..." Bee trailed off, she would have to get her answers from listening in on the others conversation with KO. "What are you doing here Knockout?" Arcee asked, "Yeah aren't you working with Megatron to get Soundwave?" Smoke added "Bee told us of the attack you made on them with Breakdown" Bulk threw in, poor KO was bombarded with questions, he waited for them to stop so that he could answer and eventually Optimus got them to be quiet and gestured for KO to talk...
"Let's just say Starscream and I put our heads together and came up with a solution to our problems. Starscream will give me Intel and pass it on to you. And who can work under someone who beats the frag outta you all the time?" KO replied...
Bee had enough strength replenished that she didn't need support now, she made her way to the group and asked, "So you and Starscream are defecting?"...
"I don't like that term but yes I suppose so" KO says.
Bee nodded, "So you got an idea on how to get Ratchet back?" Bee asked, she was taking over the majority of the questing, they needed to get Ratchet and Bee was thinking that KO knew how to do it without giving up Soundwave...
"No idea to be honest, but! I do know we're he is" KO replied as he observed soundwave follow Bee around and help her with things...
"Alright that's a start!" Bee said obviously relieved that they were getting somewhere. "Knockout, are you able to give us his location and any other information we will need for a plan to rescue him?" Optimus questioned...
"Maybe... I put it on an encryption drive so someone will need to fix that" he says looking at soundwave...
Soundwave shrugged in response, he could probably decode it. "Then let's go get our medic back" Bulk shouted in excitement, Bee smiled at the sight as Arcee rolled her eyes...
'Primus help us all' Soundwave and knockout thought...
Back at Autobot base...
Soundwave was chasing KO all over the base for a comment on him being gay...