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Chapter 28!
"Millions to your hundreds" she replied coolly. Shocking some and scaring other autobots and decepticon's alike. Shadow was the only one that didn't react she already knew. Megatron had somewhat been stunned to silence.
"Are we done with this pissing contest?" She hissed out between her fangs.
"Perhaps my lord it would be wise to bring the Prime back to our base?" Dreadwing questioned trying to defuse the tension.
"Your lord Huh? I'd watch who you do and do not pay respect to" she says as her feeler shot out and wrapped around his arm. She sent electricity into his systems. He screamed in pain and went to the ground only slightly conscious.
"You should teach your officers more respect" she spat at Megatron and walked passed him. He growled lowly at her, but he dares not move against her, he merely turned to watch her as she passed. She just got break down to lead her back to base. They left, and the bots gave a sigh of relief at the fact that they didn't have to fight. All were relieved but Shadow, she was worried, but she knew that Sirena could handle herself. Sirena knew that the autobots had heard about her killing millions of their own. And she hated to bring it up in front of Shadow. Shadow understood why she brought it up though and pushed down her feelings. She was still hidden in the shadows as the Autobots had started to move out and away from hiding. on the nemesis, Sirena was observing her surroundings.
"I do apologise for earlier" Dreadwing began, "There was no disrespect held towards you, but you must know that I am loyal to Megatron alone"
"So, you are not loyal to the Decepticon cause? You know that he didn't start it right?" Sirena asks him.
"I believe in Megaton's leadership and I am aware of the fact" he replied.
"Do you know how you become a Prime?" She asks him again.
"I am not familiar with the process, I only know of the story of how Optimus became one" he answered.
"To be a Prime you traditionally had to wage war on another race. You had to win with no casualties. I did that against a race that was bigger and more advanced than our own. Megatron on the other hand picked on the smaller people and much peas advance and failed. Not one of his soldiers survived" Sirena told him
"I suppose everyone has their wins and them loses" Dreadwing said evenly, but the news did shock him.
"Five times. Dread wing. He lost five times against the same people" she said slowly. Making him understand.
"You're telling me that he is not a fit leader?" Dreadwing asked.
"I'm telling you to follow him if you must, just don't expect to survive it" she said with a sad smile. Dreadwing thought a moment. "What do you suggest?" he asked quietly. Ever since Soundwave left things could be said behind Megatrons back without him knowing, Dreadwing had often thought that the cause under Megatrons lead was becoming twisted and he didn't want to stand for it.
"What is the meaning of the cause to you now?" She asks thoughtfully.
"It has become twisted in Megatrons thirst for control of two worlds" Dreadwing began, "I joined the cause to free Cybertron from the council's unfair control - no offense - but Megatron is a tyrant who twisted that idea" he finished, there was a moment before he asked, "what is it truly supposed to mean? And what do you stand for?"
"It was supposed to mean that the people had a say. What we originally wanted was for the Council to let the people pick the topics of the Council and Court and have at least a 40% say it what happened in them" she replied as Starscream joined them. "she's right you know" he said.
"I believe she is" Dreadwing said, "So that is what you truly believe Starscream?" he asked, he now understood why he was always seen as the cowardly con.
"Sirena was my flight instructor and told me the history. We've been close ever since. She's like my older more annoying sister" Starscream said only to get a whack up the head.
"Ow" he whined, "Not taking it back though" he muttered. "So, we are all agree then? What do we do?" Dreadwing asked.
"For now? nothing. Just follow my orders instead of his and we can turn the crew" Sirena says.
"Alright" Dreadwing agreed, "But he will become quite suspicious if I start questioning him or only follow your orders - after all I am known as the most loyal here on the ship"
"Pretend you're in love" Sirena replied with a smirk then frowned "arachnid may be a problem" Sirena says.
Dreadwing raised an eyebrow at the first comment, he did not know if she was joking or not. "You're right of course - the wretch would rather continue what Megatron is doing" Starscream said, "Arachnid would never join what the cause is meant to be but there are others here who believe in the right cause" Dreadwing added.
"Mhmm. Well, we'll have to get rid of her" Sirena says "oh scrap! He's coming!" She whispered and pushed them down the hall. Dreading was startled, he had never been disloyal to someone and he hated it, but he hated the cause more. Starscream took off running so Sirena didn't need to push him more. "Go to your station" she whispered to him as Megatron walked up to them. "Thank you for the tour Dread Wing" she said and walked off with Megatron. Dreadwing left straight away. "I see you have forgiven Dreadwing" Megatron stated
"We had a talk. He told me he was frightened of me!" She says as she giggles.
"You do tend to intimidate others" Megatron stated, "Now I want to talk of any information you may have against the Autobots" he said getting to the point of what he wanted.
"They seem to have a lot of problems with each other" she informed him.
"Problems?" he asked intrigued, "What do you mean by that?"
" they seem to upset each other a lot" she explained.
"Please elaborate" Megatron asked, "Could this disruption in their troops be an advantage to us?"
"If timed right then yes. Soundwave and knockout seem to dislike smokescreen and Arcee and they fight often" Sirena replied.
"Those traitors" Megatron mumbled, "Very well thank you for the additional information Sirena" Megatron said, he was liking that the autobots downfall could happen sooner than expected.
"Of course. Could you take me to the control room?" Sirena asks. He led her to the control room then left.
"Ain't he just a sweetheart" Sirena says dryly. She was alone, so no one heard her comment.
Meanwhile in the forest behind the Autobot base.
"You let her just go?!" Soundwave bellowed at Optimus and, he will never admit this if you ask, he cowered under the glowing purple eyes filled with rage.
"Soundwave calm down" Shadow ordered coming out of her hiding spot, "She knows what she's doing, in fact did she not just save us all from a fight?"
"She's not safe! We're the same model and have the exact same fighting style! He knows my body inside and out! He knows how to take me down! She's in a lot more danger then just dying!" He hisses at them.
"Soundwave, Megatron understands the importance of having a Prime on his side, he will not harm her, for now at least" Shadow said strongly trying to get the message through to him, "Plus she has been looking for a good opportunity to get close to him and his troops, she has a plan and if things go wrong she will have Starscream's help"
"Who said anything about harming her? He wants her in his birth! He used to talk about it morons! Not you shadow, I trust you. But Starscream will get offline if he makes a wrong move" soundwave explained.
"Oh scrap... she doesn't know that" Shadow said slightly panicked.
"Like I said same model. He knows me inside and out. He also knows how to trigger a stasis" soundwave says sadly. Shadow put a hand on his shoulder as a sign of comfort, "She'll be contacting me soon, I'll warn her, she'll be even more careful" she reassured him.
"And if he gets her before then?" He asks.
"I don't want to think about that" she admitted, "But he won't" she said with a fake smile.
"I'll believe you when you don't fake that smile" he said and walked away.
"I honestly can't help it!" Shadow called after him.
"Keep trying!" He yells back. Shadow grumbled at his response and crossed her arms. She went to walk over to the clearing she had ran to earlier, if Sirena was to contact her it'd be in person at the last place they were, or she would contact the base - which Soundwave had covered. Sirena opened one of her ground bridges and stepped through to meet Shadow.
"You're okay" Shadow said relieved, the rest of the bots had gone back to base. "I have some news that you need to know" Shadow rambled quickly.
Your rambling. What's wrong" Sirena asks with a frown.
"Soundwave said something completely startling and if this mission wasn't so important id drag you back to base myself! Megatron is not as gay as we believe! He wants you in the berth! He knows your model because of Soundwave and he knows how to take you down and how to force stasis!" Shadow said quickly.
"OK. Disturbing. How does he know soundwave that well?" She asks slowly.
"I didn't ask" Shadow said, calming down now that Sirena knew.
"Ask him for me when you get back yeah?" Sirena asks hopefully.
"I will but only for you" Shadow promised, "I don't want to go back though" Shadow admitted remembering earlier.
"You need to stay with optimus and soundwave. I need you safe" she says softly. She fills shadow in about Starscream and dread wing then left through the ground bridge again.
"Bye" she said quietly as the bridge closed. She sat down where she had earlier just inside the clearing, she had to think about what she was going to say.
"You know you can say it, straight right?" Knockout said from behind her.
"I know that up here" Shadow said pointing to her helm, "but it doesn't compute to here" she pointed to her mouth.
"Tell me what is going on and maybe I can help" he says.
"Do you know who I really am?" Shadow asked, "Because somehow Bee figured it out"
"I know what soundwave knows so... ya" he says "hiya Queenie"
"How did you and Soundwave find out?" Shadow complained, "At least you're taking it better then I thought you would. Is Optimus mad that I won't tell him the whole story?" she asked.
"A. Telepathic boyfriend b. Don't expect me to bow and c. Little angry maybe" knockout answered.
"Don't want you to ever bow please" Shadow said laughing a little. "And if he's mad because he doesn't know some of it imagine the other reactions where they know none of it! I've known some of them since sparkling hood and others we've been close since the start of the war and I let them believe that I was dead" Shadow said.
"He'll come around. Back to topic what did you need help saying to the others. Or was it just that?" He asks.
"You know just need to tell them I'm not a stranger - I'm not dead! That I am the princess, and that I am currently being hunted by Megatron, Lockdown and Ransack - for reasons I don't really want to know" Shadow rambled, but it felt good to say it to someone, but she knew that KO wouldn't react like the others.
"And you need help saying this why? You said it just fine then!" He said with a laugh.
"because I don't know you as much, but the others they've been family for a long time, and I've betrayed them!" Shadow said, "I'll hurt them"
"How did you betray them if you kept it to yourself for their safety?" Knockout asks softly.
"Because I lied to them!" Shadow said, "And it's just awkward - I really don't like being royalty" Shadow complained.
"Well if it helps you can smack them if they bow" knockout said helpfully.
"True point - no fragging bowing!" Shadow said laughing at him.
"Come on. I believe you have a question you need to ask soundwave for Sirena as well, no?" He asks.
"Were you here the entire time that Sirena was here?" Shadow asked standing up.
"Yep pretty much" he replied happily. Shadow rolled her eyes as she walked towards the base. She was going to talk to Soundwave for Sirena and then she was going to lock herself in her room. Knockout anded her a sandwich on the way. "You need to eat" he stated.
"Can I throw it at you instead?" Shadow asked.
"No or I shove it in your mouth" knockout replied. Shadow sneered before eating it. She threw the rubbish at KO before slipping in the back way of the base to make it to Soundwave before anyone could see her.
"Gee thanks!" he yells after her.
"Your welcome" She shouted back. She made it to the control room where Soundwave sat at the computer - no one else was in the room, "Soundwave, Sirena contacted me"
He screamed eat the interruption. He wasn't expecting it.
"Sorry" Shadow chirped, "I didn't mean to frighten you. I warned Sirena and she's going to be more cautious." she reassured him.
"Cool. Was that all you wanted" he asks her.
"Um not quite - Sirena wants to know how you know about Megatron knowing your model and force stasis" Shadow asked carefully. Soundwave froze up and went stiff. He really didn't want to explain that to anyone.
"If you don't want to say anything I'll tell Sirena to frag off" Shadow said seeing how the subject made Soundwave uncomfortable. He sighed "look. Our model never came with a downloadable manual. Everything other people know about us is through trial and error. Megatron decided to poke and prod at my wiring to see if I went into stasis. He was a lot more hands on with finding out my working though" Soundwave partly explained.
"Right, thanks I'll tell Sirena" Shadow said putting her hand on his shoulder and giving an actual smile. "Now if you'll excuse I'm going to hide so I can think through what I'm going to say" Shadow said as she turned to the doors.
"Want me to say it for you?" He asks with a grin.
"If you really want but can ya wait till I barricade myself in my room? I really don't want to SEE Optimus mad" she said/asked.
"Sure" he said and pushed he outta the control room. She got to her room and locked the door, she wasn't sure if Soundwave was being serious or not, but she'd find out soon enough. Soundwave announced it over the speaker's half an hour
back on the nemesis, Sirena was thinking over what Shadow had said. Luckily Megatron had no plans to move for a while. Sirena went in search of Starscream but got lost along the way. Dreadwing found her wandering the halls and asked, "Is it usual for you to get lost?"
"Pretty much" she said with a nod. "Can you take me to Starscream?" She asks.
"I believe he is hiding from Megatron, so he might be in the med bay" Dreadwing replied and gestured for her follow as he walked.
"Cool! Take me! Please!" She said like a child. He laughed at her, he found it enjoyable to have her personality on board the nemesis as the higher ups didn't bother with personalities and the drones didn't have one.
"Yes!" she said as she jumped on his back. "Mush mush! Go horsey go!" She giggled.
"This is demeaning" Dreadwing stated as he continued to walk. Soon enough they made it to the med bay.
"STARSCREAM!" She screamed to him. He screamed like a femme as he wasn't expecting anyone to come to the med bay with KO gone, plus only Megatron yelled at him and that was who he was hiding from.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME HE WANTED ME IN HIS BIRTH?!" She yelled at him as she jumped on his back. Screamer stammered to talk to the angry femme. "I didn't get a chance! Megatron came before I could talk to you about it" he insisted.
"Hmm... OK!" She said and hugged him. Starscream calmed down at the hug, he was glad that the femme wasn't angry anymore although it confused both him and Dreadwing just how quickly her mood could change.
"I miss flying" she said sadly.
"As do we but Soundwave has not been around to fix the dilemma" Starscream replied.
"It wears off I think" Sirena says still hugging Screamer.
"How long till it does wear off?" Dreadwing asked, "Yeah it's been like 6 earth months since we've been like this" Screamer complained.
"Probably another 6 earth months" she answers. Screamer made a whining noise, he hated being human.
"Eh! Screamer take me to the energon! Why do you get human food and I don't?" She pouted.
"Oh, it's not that great, honestly it's too much work get the food, anyway this way" Screamer said leading her to the energon storage room.
"Awesome!" She said and jumped on his back like with Dread Wing.
"Did anyone ever tell you that this is demeaning?" He asked curiously.
"Dread Wing did yeah" she answered sleepily. They made it to the energon storage room before Sirena could fall asleep.
"Oh! Energon! Gimme!" She said with grabby hands, still on screamers back, neither realized that Megatron was in the room. Megatron was not seen by them though. "Perhaps if you get off my back I will get you some" Starscream said.
"But I is sleepy~" she moaned.
"Oh, you truly are a sparkling, aren't you?" Starscream asked, Dreadwing was the one to get a cube for Sirena.
"Yum!" She said then drank the whole cube in less than a second.
"Okay sleep now" Starscream said as Sirena tossed the empty cube at Dreadwing, he mumbled something to Screamer that sounded like "Since when did we become sparkling sitters?"
"Since I found my baby brother again" she mumbled into screamers neck, just loud enough for the room to hear.
"What does that have to do with anything? Wait you have a brother?" Screamer asked shocked.
"You Dumbass" she hissed at him. "You might as well be my brother. Taking care of me and all" she hissed at him again.
"Yeah okay let's get you to your room" Screamer said leaving the storage room with Dreadwing behind the duo.
"I wanna stay with you!" She pouted at him.
"Yeah well I'm not gonna leave you so we're both going to your room" Screamer said quietly.
"Okie doki!" She says almost completely asleep. They made it to her room and with Dreadwing's help they laid her on her berth. Dreadwing left to attend to his duties while Screamer sat in the chair not far from Sirena. However, Sirena's feeler decided it wanted him with her and pulled him in too. he was asleep at this point and Screamer was completely uncomfortable with it, but he didn't move due to the feeler. The only thought in his mind was 'it's gonna be a long night'.
Meanwhile at the Autobot base.
The autobots where still in shock over the announcement.
And Shadow had the doors barricaded with the lock and the berth. Honestly, she knew she was over-reacting, but she didn't want to face Optimus, she knew he would be upset with her.
"That's not really gonna stop him if he wants to come in, sweetheart" said soundwave from behind her.
"Primus how the pit did you get in?" Shadow asked after screaming.
"The vents... I could have just ground bridged in too" he replied. Shadow whined, she knew it was no hope of hiding away from Optimus but honestly, she wanted to try.
"He can't use either by the way" soundwave calmed her.
"I know too big for the vents and some reason for the ground bridge but honestly I could get through this barricade, so you can see that Optimus can" Shadow whined sitting on the chair at the desk.
"Yeah, I know. But he won't" soundwave calmed again.
Just realized. Two in one day!