I'm not part of your machine... | Transformers Prime | Soundwave Centric

13 - She's Gonna Be a Lot Like Me, But I Don't Want to Be At All Like Me

Ratchet smiled at the sight, similar memories popping up in his head. "Okay, I'm going to go to the main area, when you're ready you can come out. But, if you don't I'm coming to check on you." 

Soundwave played a confetti sound at Ratchet's words.

Ratchet rolled his eyes at them and took the sound as an okay to leave. Doing just that, Ratchet found Optimus talking to Arcee... An Acree who was upset... very upset.

Arcee was almost yelling, "Why are we letting them go around the base unmonitored? This could be a trick! They could be--"

Optimus sighed, "Arcee... They aren't anywhere we don't know of. They just needed a moment away from all this--"

"From what? They just got here!"

Ratchet sighed heavily, "I'm going to stop you there, Arcee." Optimus looked relieved at the intervention.

Arcee looked like she wanted to continue, "But--!"

"No. I'm going to explain to you something, okay?"

"Fine."

Ratchet took a breath in preparing for something he never wanted to talk about without Soundwave present, but also deemed necessary in this moment. "So, you know how Bee communicates differently from us? And how Raf sometimes needs to take breaks from others?"

"Yes... where are you going with this?"

"Well, Soundwave also has differing needs. They sometimes get overwhelmed easily and need a quiet and calm space to collect themselves. And because they don't speak much, they can't communicate their distress as well as we can. Make sense?"

"Yes."

"Okay, Soundwave was distressed and had the need for a quiet area. They're currently sitting in the quiet space calming down and collecting themselves. They aren't doing anything that could harm us or them."

Arcee nodded, "Oh." 

Ratchet nodded and had a feeling he would have to do a lot of explaining for Soundwave over the next few days.

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Soundwave spent the next day sitting quietly watching the bots and humans move about the room. They all, seldom Ratchet and Optimus, avoided them and Laserbeak.

That was until today apparently, when the yellow scout came up to them. Beeping out a question.

They tilted their head, silently asking for him to repeat and he did. They nodded slowly, they may regret this but-- "Soundwave: is fine now. Query: Appreciated." They responded verbally to the yellow race car, their odd way of speaking clear even through the ambient noise, and their soft-spoken voice.

Bumblebee appeared to be beaming when they spoke to him. Almost like it was a seal of approval from them... and maybe it kind of was. They looked away from the excitedly beeping bot and at the nearby Ratchet for help. Ratchet rolled his optics at Soundwave and smiled, leaving them to stew in the younger bot's enthusiasm. 

So, they started answering more questions. All ranging from how are you to how did you meet Megatron, and they were happy to tell some stories of their own. About how they happened to stumble upon Megatron in the Arena, how they became a duo from there, and then further how they were introduced to Ratchet and Optimus. They and Bee continued on this question-answer-repeat cycle for many breems, both enjoying it thoroughly.

Ratchet and Optimus enjoyed watching the two chat, banking on the fact that Bee's enthusiasm to interact with Soundwave would bleed into the others.

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