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Chapter 23
they got to the control room and found Soundwave.
"Oh primus" KO said as he checked Soundwave making sure he was okay. Soundwave just wouldn't wake up.
"It could be connected to the power-outage" Ratchet stated, "He's still breathing, just powered down, he is connected fully to the power so it is a possibility" KO added. "What caused this then?" Optimus asked turning to Ratchet.
"I have no idea" ratchet replied "I've never seen anything like this". Bee had wandered from the training room and through the halls, sticking close to the walls so she didn't trip or get lost. the lights came back on, but there were purple instead of white.
"Whoa" Bee whispered, "Trippy".
"what the hell?" Ratchet whispered.
"I believe we may have an intruder" Optimus stated, before KO could sass, he continued, "KO take Soundwave to the med bay, Ratchet look through the system, I'll get the team together" everyone spilt off to deal with their orders. half an hour later and optimus cot a com. "optimus I found the problem, it's a virus in the system" Ratchet reported.
"Who planted it?" Optimus answered.
"I don't know" Ratchet said back. Soon the team was assembled in the control room, minus KO and Soundwave of course - but Bee also wasn't there.
"uh. where's Bee?" Optimus asks.
"No one knows, she wasn't in her room" Arcee responded, "Knowing her she's off causing trouble" Smoke added.
"dammit. we need to find her" Optimus demanded. Everyone besides Ratchet went off to search the base for Bee. optimus found her in one of the halls. She was looking at the purple lights in confusion.
"we don't know why there purple" optimus said surprising Bee. She blinked a few times in surprised before looking at Optimus, "So you don't know what's going on then?" Bee questioned.
"no. but whatever is going on affected soundwave" optimus replied.
"What do you mean effected Soundwave?" She asked.
"He's out and we don't know what's wrong" optimus said.
"A virus? Soundwave mentioned something that if a virus got into the system he'd shut down" Bee remembered.
"Well that was ratchets theory. You doing OK?" Optimus asks.
"Yeah, I'm good" Bee responded.
"OK. Come on everyone's in the med bay" optimus guided her down the hall by the small of her back.
"Do we have a plan to figure things out?" She asked him as they walked.
"Not yet" optimus said.
"Damn" Bee replied. When they got to the med bay they saw that soundwave was half conscious.
"has he said anything that could help?" Bee asked as she walked over to Soundwave.
"Nope just incoherent mumbling" knockout replied.
"Damn" she cursed quietly.
"How you feeling Now?" Knockout asks softly.
"why do people keep asking? I'm good" Bee insisted quietly.
"Because you look frightened" knockout replied.
"I'm just worried, there's a virus from unknown sources and Soundwaves out cold" she admitted.
"Well... not quite out cold" knockout muttered.
"You know what I mean though" Bee pointed out.
"Yeah I know" knockout responded.
"Should we be looking through the base?" Arcee asked, "Yeah if we do have an intruder I'd personally escort him to the cells" Wheeljack said pounding his hands together.
"No... intruders...e-energon... please" soundwave managed. Ratchet and KO set to work getting Soundwave energon.
"Soundwave? Do you know what is going on?" Optimus asks gently. Soundwave tried to speak
"Maybe we should wait till he's got a bit more strength" Bee suggested placing her hand on Soundwaves shoulder, Soundwave shook his head. "Trojan virus... need... time... to... fix" soundwave told optimus "and... Knockout" he said as an afterthought.
"Hmm?" KO said as he gave the energon to Soundwave.
"He wants you" optimus chuckled and said to knockout.
"Yes, I can see that" KO said flatly " What is it Soundwave?" he asked.
"For primus sake knockout! He wants to frag you!" Ratchet hissed at him.
KO instantly became red in the face, "Thanks..." he said, he whispered something in Soundwaves ear that no one else could hear. "Alright, awkwardness aside, is there any actual danger or can we go to bed?" Bee asked.
"Go bumbles..." soundwave muttered looking at knockout still. At that everyone filed out of the med bay and went to go back to sleep. Well most tried but bee got cornered by optimus.
"Hey" Bee said.
"That's boring. Try again" optimus grinned as he said it.
"Huh?" Bee asked confused, "try what again?" she tilted her head looking up at him.
"Nothing I'm just messing with you" optimus said as he put his arm around her waist and guided her to his room.
"well you're nice" Bee said poking his side.
"Hey! You love me!" Optimus teased her as he opened the door.
"not wrong" she teased back, with a slight smirk.
"She admits it! Ha!" He says as he pulled her into his room. He turns and lock the door then pulls her into his arms.
Bee giggled at his actions, "Well, why wouldn't I admit it?" she asked.
"I don't know. I'm too cool not to love." Optimus said like he had to think about it.
"strain yourself coming up with that answer?" Bee teased.
"If I say yes, will you kiss it better?" He said with a grin.
Bee pursed her lips making it look like she was in thought, "perhaps..." she teased. He grinned and kissed her and she kissed back. Optimus pulled her onto the birth and... well... let's just say they made a lot of noise that night!
back in the new bay, soundwave was fully conscious and bugging knockout.
"Oh, will you stop?" KO whined.
"No! Not till you come closer!" Soundwave hissed. Knockout had been keeping purposely out of reach of Soundwaves feeler.
"Soundwave I know exactly what you want to do and you need to heal" KO insisted still out of range.
"Who said I wanted to do anythin'? Maybe I just wanna cuddle" soundwave says in his sweet southern drawl.
"Yes, because I would believe you. Soundwave you are devious, and you know how to get what you want" KO replied.
"Ha-ha! Success!" He suddenly shouts.
KO had accidentally wandered too close and Soundwaves feeler had been able to get a hold of him. Soundwave dragged a struggling knockout onto the medical birth with him. "If it's any consolation, the virus is gone" soundwave says as he cuddled knockout like a teddy bear.
"well that helps a little," KO confessed.
"Mhmm" soundwave mumbles against knockouts neck, his fangs scrapping slightly.
KO turned slightly red but held Soundwave back.
Soundwave pouted and gave him his puppy dog eyes.
"What are the eyes for?" KO asked unsure.
"Your being mean" soundwave muttered and tried to pull knockout closer, tried being the appropriate word.
"No, I'm being your doctor" KO pulled back, "I would love to but you need rest".
"I had plenty of rest while I was out" soundwave says as he tried again to pull KO closer.
"Soundwave don't fight me on this" KO warned still not letting Soundwave pull him closer.
Soundwave glared at him and got up off the birth.
"No Soundwave get your aft back on that berth!" KO reprimanded.
"Go frag yourself!" Soundwave hisses "if nothin's happening, I'm going back to work" he says as he leaves the med bay.
"No, you're supposed to be off duty for a while, Ratchet said so and I'm saying so now" KO says as he walks after Soundwave.
Soundwaves feeler, which was still out mind you, looked as though it was ready to attack him, which it probably was.
But KO didn't notice, "Listen Soundwave, your health comes first and it's not like I'm rejecting you or anything!" KO insisted.
"When have I ever listened to a medic before?" Soundwave replied harshly.
"That's the problem Soundwave! You never take care of yourself and then run yourself into the ground!" KO replied just as harshly, "How about you stop hurting yourself and take care of yourself for once by listening to me?".
"How would you know? You deal with the dead knockout, that's not a medic, that's a coroner" soundwave snapped at him.
"You know why? Because on the Nemesis not many are aloud medical treatment and someone has to deal with the dead! I see when I am no longer wanted, goodnight Soundwave" KO blew up then promptly walked away from the mech back to the med bay. Soundwaves turns and storms into the control room, where bee finds him the next day.
"Heya Soundwave" Bee greeted not noticing his mood. Soundwave spared her a glance.
"Okay somethings wrong, what's up?" She asked sitting in the chair next to him.
"Nothing worth mentioning, just me being an aft" soundwave replied quietly.
"Who are you being an aft to then?" Bee asked.
"Knockout" soundwave muttered sadly.
"Why...?" she pushed.
"I was angry" he says.
"Why were you angry?" she kept pushing.
"Because I get angry when I'm bored" he replied.
"right, and you're not giving me the whole story, why?" Bee asked.
"Because" he answers.
"Welp, if you're not gonna talk to me, I'll go talk to KO" Bee threatened trying to get a response from Soundwave.
"Sure. Be my guest, he'll give you an answer" soundwave mumbles.
"Okay" Bee said a little disappointed, she was hoping for more of a reaction from him. She shrugged it off and headed to the med bay to find KO. Knockout was restocking the energon when she found him.
"Heya KO" she greeted.
"Hi bumblebee" knockout replied.
"So, what's up?" she asked, lending a hand with the energon.
"What are you planning?" He responded.
"To find out what happened between you and Soundwave, because he isn't giving me answers..." Bee admitted.
"And you expected me to?" Knockout asks with a raised eyebrow?
"I was kinda hoping" she said with an innocent smile.
"Nothing happened. Soundwave just throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way and resorts to nasty comments" knockout replied "at least he doesn't get physical with them" he said as an afterthought. Bee understood what he was saying, "So are you mad at him or just letting him blow off steam?" she asked passing KO an energon cube.
"Both" knockout replied calmly. Bee let out a breath of air, she didn't know how to help at this point.
"I won't worry about it. He did this with Megatron too" knockout assured her.
"Comforting" Bee said sarcastically.
"At least he hasn't directed one at you yet" knockout replied "this is the first time it's my fault though" he said.
"How's it your fault?" she asked curiously.
"Should have known not to say no with that Mech, considering him being in the med bay and all" knockout answered.
"What does him being in the med bay have to do with anything, sorry I'm asking so many questions but you're giving vague answers" Bee said.
"Soundwave hate the med bay with a passion, he normally has to be dead, dying or out cold to go in" knockout said with a laugh.
"Can't blame him, that's basically me, the other reason would be the wrenches of doom" Bee said laughing along.
"Got to admit they are a good idea" knockout said thoughtfully.
"Don't you dare start throwing wrenches!" Bee shouted at him, "It's bad enough Ratch does it but he has excellent aim"
"Hey! I have great aim too!" Knockout replied offended.
"Not Ratchet good" she declared.
"Good point" knockout laughed. In the control room soundwave was watching them talk.
"I make a lot of good points in between my craziness" Bee remarked with a laugh.
"Hey! There's plenty of sense in non-sense if you wish to look for it!" Knockout said.
"Exactly! oh I'm using that in the future" Bee agreed.
"It's a great quote! And mine so remember that" knockout replied.
"I'll be sure to quote you straight after I use it then" Bee remarked.
"Deal" knockout agreed.
"Awesome!" Bee chirped as she stocked the last cube of energon.