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

14 - I Don't Owe You I Heart, And I Don't Owe You My Body

Shockwave interrupted, "However, who should take over Soundwave's work for now? After all, communications, research, and surveillance all still need to be kept up. It is only logical."

"16 'logical's,"

"We could split it up between the three of us. I could monitor communications, you could watch surveillance, Shockwave... and Starscream could take over research?"

"I like your thinking, Knockout." The nonpracticing scientist spoke up. He smiled at the thought of researching Earth's geology freely.

Knockout nodded at Starscream, "Any other ideas, Shockwave?"

"Not at the moment. It should be good enough for now." Shockwave nodded using his one servo to give an awkward thumbs up.

"It's a plan then. Operation; Safeguard Soundwave's escape is a go!" Knockout turned to leave the lab, Starscream following soon after.

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A cycle, it'd been a single cycle. The Nemesis had spiraled into a series of brawls breaking out between 'cons and them having to be sent to Knockout. A Knockout who was now swamped by patients and couldn't hold up the communications, so it was pushed off to Shockwave with many, many apologies.

The next was Starscream who had to take up 10 currently ongoing research projects. Starscream didn't mind the projects at all, but Starscream was about to lose his processor with search parties. Most of the search parties ended before starting because the bots involved would start fighting each other.

Aracnihd... even though none of them really liked her, was nowhere to be found. So that was concerning enough.

Megatron was experiencing withdrawals somewhere on the ship... All three officers could hear the faint sound of some poor Veihcon getting in the way of the tyrant. 

And then Shockwave. The scientist was holding up pretty well, having elected to stay within his lab and not focus on his own projects at the moment. So communications and surveillance were all going well.

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"Megatron's getting antsy," Starscream stated blandly.

Shockwave nodded, "Yes, and the Decepticons are in a deplorable condition."

Knockout sighed sitting down for the first time in a few cycles, "And I need a nap. Was this how Soundwave felt holding up everything on this ship?"

Starscream shrugged, "Probably, but you never know what's going through their helm." He sighed, "The reach parties are cooperating and are becoming your patients. I've stopped trying to put them together."

Shockwave looked back and forth between the two, unsure about sharing his idea, but going for it anyway, "I know it sounds illogical---"

"35."

"But we could let it fall apart? I don't think there's any saving to be done for the Decepticon cause... I believe Soundwave took the little stability we had with them."

Knockout looked at the bot, looking for anything at all that would imply he knew how to joke. "Yikes. If we do that-- where are we supposed to go? We all know the others will be at each other throats in a sparkbeat."

Starscream hummed then answered, "Maybe the Autobots. I know they wouldn't be too against our appearance with Soundwave there."

"So we disappear as well and make Megatron hold it together?" Knockout looked at Starscream, questioning what the seeker meant.

"Pretty much, he's done it before hasn't he?" The screamer asked, before answering his own question, "Actually, not really. Soundwave was helping him even in the beginning."

Shockwave interrupted the second in command's lamenting, "So, we leave and abandon the Nemesis?"

"What other plausible options do we have?" The medic sat up. "We could leave the same way Soundwave did, and send a comm out to them."

Shockwave and Starscream looked at each other, both had no better ideas. They both nodded.

"Then plan B is a go." The medic stood. "I'm still going to attend to the medbay, tell me when you have everything set up." The medic left to go deal with the new patients he already knew were there.

Shockwave turned and set to setting up the surveillance and communications to aid their disappearance. Starscream helped Shockwave for a little bit, before having to go back and babysit the other 'cons.

The three officers would get through this and join their coworker, whether or not the Decepticons survived their defection.

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