t.n. Since I'm the author of the original text, I think I can have my own permission whenever I want/need. ;)
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The number of synonyms one can pick when it comes to Megatron's persona, borderlines infinity. Meanness, despotism, megalomania, arrogance… processor glitches (critically errored once and Cybertron is dealing with the outcome for 4 million years already) and other, nice and totally not sociopathic thingies. Only patience eluded the 'cons leader for some reason…
… which didn't stop the Great And Mighty Terrible from calling diligence (in the form of Soundwave), ingenuity (in the form of Shockwave) and resourcefulness (in the form of—uh, no, not Starscream—humans' Google and Yandex, who, unlike his second-in-command, had their usefulness actually proved) to his aid and devising a rather thorough plan on how to kidnap that one three-time Earthball savior who is also the Allspark lorekeep vessel.
At first, Megatron decided that his sudden interest in "some squishy human bug" is merely a result of Decepticon-type depression: no Autobot was around to kick their aft, nobody to throw a punch or a fist at, and even picking on Starscream quickly become boring. So His Lordship had no other choice but to start thinking. Reason number two ended up being the wrong way of dealing with said depression—also known as "go drink yo aft off that's a great idea"—which evolved into a pretty strong energon-based hangover (and no one dared to say that maybe, just maybe, Megatron had picked his priorities wrong from the very beginning). And at the end, leader of Decepticons just had to—grudgingly—admit that a creature who managed to offline His Great And Despicable Self an entire one time, simply had him impressed. Really, really impressed.
… so maybe it was because ol' Scream had no claws in the discussion, but the—rather sensible and detailed—plan, was devised rather fast. And even Megatron, who always considered himself to be the epitome of evil, shuddered at how subtly this web of guile was weaved. If everything goes, as humans say, without a hitch, then Prime wouldn't even know what hit him!... before it's too late…
Megatron sneered, pleased.
"Good thinking, you two!" He praised his underlings. "All right, since I'm in a good mood, you can ask me of anything."
"Providing time for using one's personal space with maximum efficiency, for seven Solar cycles." Was Soundwave's immediate answer. Maybe it was merely his imagination, but Megatron thought he saw sparks of… something, blinking on Sound's visor.
"Vacation for a week." Shockwave explained. He seemed oddly pleased with the idea.
The leader raised an optic ridge, but then simply shrugged.
"Fine, glitches, you'll have your vacation. But. Only after I see the job done."
Both senior ranking Desepticons immediately straightened their postures.
"That's the spirit! So. Soundwave. You're my Comms Officer. Then do establish me a commlink…" Megatron snapped his claws. "With Cybertron…"