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"What do you mean you cannot find his signal?" Megatron snarled while slamming his servo against the arm of his thrown. Starscream cowered and flinched back in fear.

"L-lord Megatron! Soundwave was aided by the Autobots! It is likely he is hidden inside their base-"

"Then find their base." Megatron snapped. His helm was swirling with everything that had happened within the past few weeks. Not only did that wretched little femme cause problems and escape, but Soundwave had discovered the truth. Though the warlord would never admit it out loud, there had been a sliver of fear planted in his spark at his third-in-commands words.

I will snuff out your spark.

"My master! I retrieved your human and the Omega keys! Surely you cannot blame Soundwave's disappearance on me!" Soundwave whined. His body was bowed as he lowered onto his knees and begged, "Have mercy upon your loyal servant! Give me a chance to find Soundwave, and-"

"You have had one change too many Starscream." Megatron spat out. He stood tall and stepped forward. "Without the synthetic energon, the Omega keys have no purpose! Soundwave will be left to me, as you seem to be too insolent and weak to finish the job yourself."

Starscream choked as Megatron grasped his throat and squeezed. "I will not hesitate to extinguish your spark if you fail me again. Go and search for Soundwave! He cannot help the Autobots find the fourth Omega key! We would be at a disadvantage."

"Y-yes Lord Megatron!" Starscream scrambled to his peds once released and turned away, practically running out of the throne room. Megatron clenched his denta in anger and let out a frustrated shout.

That human child was the cause of this, he thought. Soundwave will regret turning his back on me
               
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Back at the Autobot base, Lynlee was humming quietly to herself as June carefully unwrapped the girl's ribs. It was obvious the girl was in better spirits after Optimus told her she could see Soundwave. Another week had passed, but it didn't deter her. She was going to see him soon.

She could feel it.

The rest of the Autobots had been quite alarmed when she'd asked Optimus what a sparkmate. It was obvious she should know nearly nothing about anything cybertronian other than the war, so they were more than startled. Their answer had made her more nervous than anything.

Apparently, a sparkmate was the very definition of a human's soulmate- but your hearts, or sparks (as Ratchet so generously reminded her), were literally attached to one another. You could feel their thoughts, emotions, and even pain.

She'd been too distraught to reveal to the others why she was so curious over the matter, but now Lynlee was as ready as ever to see Soundwave. The noise had gotten significantly louder over the past few days, and she wanted nothing more than a little comforting silence.

"Hey, Lynlee! You wanna play a few video games?" Miko shouted at the top of her lungs as she leaned over the railing.

"You shouldn't bother her Miko, she's healing-" Raf, the littlest one, said nervously.

"Oh, she's fine." Miko rolled her eyes. Speak for yourself. The pain was still there, though it had decreased significantly. Enough so for her to be able to walk around without Ratchet constantly being up her butt about walking around or needing to pee. It was incredible how many human appliances were in an alien facility.

"No thanks, Miko. Thank you for the offer." Lynlee smiled.

"Lame." Miko drawled out, falling dramatically against the railing. Jack rolled his eyes from where he sat on the couch.

"Not everyone wants to spend time with you, Miko."

She whipped her head around. "You've got some nerve, you know that. You hit me right here- in my heart." Miko punched the left side of her chest, and Rafael coughed.

"The heart is actually placed slightly to your right-"

"Oh shut up, nerd boy," Miko grunted before turning back to Lynlee. "Hey, Lynlee! Why don't you just come watch? It must get boring sitting in the same spot all day."

She thought about it for a moment and shrugged. What harm was there in that?

"Actually, Miko, Optimus needs to talk with Lynlee." Bulkhead, a giant green Autobot with the body literally the size of an overgrown wrecking ball, stated as he walked towards Miko.

"Aww, you always take away my fun." Miko whined.

"Miko-"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

Lynlee saw the disappointed look on the girl's face. "Maybe next time, Miko." But she was already hammering the controller and shouting at Jack, who was playing along beside her.

"Who doesn't want to hang with me now, you loser!" She cackled maniacally as she moved her arms left and right to match the turns of whatever she was controlling. Lynlee chuckled to herself before glancing back over at Bulkhead, who was staring down at her.

"Optimus wants me?"

"Yeah." He looked uncomfortable, but there was a kind smile on his face. Despite being a 'wrecker' whatever the heck that was, though she could very well guess, Bulkhead seemed to be kind and gently around her so far.

"Okay. I guess I should go then." She went to move, but his hand was placed in front of her.

"You'll get lost. Here, I'll take you to them."

Them? Lynlee let herself be lifted and within a few minutes, they were standing in front of a very large door. Bulkhead tapped something onto a scanner and suddenly it slid open. Her eyes grew wide at the sight before her.

"Soundwave!"

Optimus turned his head towards her and smiled warmly as Bulkhead placed her down. "Thank you Buklhead for retrieving her." Lynlee knew the bigger bot said something, but she was too focused on Soundwave, who was staring down at her with his visor raised.

The girl frowned once she noticed the shackled around his body, keeping him secure to the table he laid upon. It reminded her too much of the table she'd been strapped too before being shot off into Megatron's mind.

"Why is he being treated like a prisoner?" She glanced up at Optimus. "I thought you said he was cooperating."

Optimus hesitated. "Soundwave has indeed been cooperating so far."

Soundwave, who had made no movement since her arrival, simply stared down at the girl as she asked, "Can you release him?" There was obvious hesitation as Optimus frowned. Lynlee did the same.

"Please, Optimus?"

Soundwave stared at the Prime as he slowly stepped forward and released the silent mech's bindings. He stood still for a moment, glancing down at his servos before taking a quick step forward. Optimus, who had been on the wrong end of Soundwave's escape previously, raised his blaster as the mech stepped away.

But instead of heading for the door, he gently knelt down and picked Lynlee up into his servos. Lynlee couldn't hide the grin that was on her face. "You... alarmed Soundwave. I-injuries sev-severe."

"I'm fine Soundwave. Nothing a few weeks of healing couldn't fix." Lynlee looked him up and down, noticing scratches and marks that hadn't been there before. "What about you? You were hurt. Did Ratchet fix you, or did he do something weird? Were you given any weird looking medication?"

Alarm crossed her features at the thought, but Optimus chuckled at her words. "Cybertronians do not require medication, little one, so you do not need to worry."

Soundwave narrowed his optics at Optimus, noticing his words toward his human.

"S-soundwave requests... ten minutes with h-human." He spoke through his recordings.

Optimus stared at the two, noticing the way Soundwave kept one protective servo over Lynlee's head to secure her. There was really no question in his request, but Prime was not planning on saying no. He was trying to wrap his processor around Lynlee's question- about sparkmate's.

Of course, the girl had spoken to him about her dreams, including Primus, over the span of time they had begun to use sitting on top of that base, but he had been reluctant in telling the others until he was absolutely sure. Soundwave made no mention of such dreams, but there was no telling what was going inside that mech's helm.

"I will return in ten minutes. Be aware, Soundwave, my comrades are waiting for your escape this time. You will not leave this base." Soundwave wanted to roll his optics at the Prime's threat, but simply nodded his helm and watched him walk out the door.

A tight force immediately wrapped around one of his digits. Lynlee stood there, hugging him tightly with a few tears running down her face. "I-I missed you a lot Soundwave." she smiled as she hugged him, and refused to let go. "I'm not sure if you missed me, but thank you for everything you've done for me. You helped me escape from Megatron, and you even hurt him. You didn't have to do that, Soundwave. Now-"

She looked up as the tall mech slowly began to lower her to the ground. "Soundwave?" Suddenly, something was grabbing onto her this time. Lynlee's eyes widened at the sight of Soundwave's holoform standing there with is arms wrapped around her.

His movements were stiff and awkward, as if he had never given a hug before.

Lynlee buried her head into his chest and felt Soundwave's arms relax around her. "You really scared me Soundwave. I thought Megatron was going to kill you."

"He almost killed you." He said after a few moments of silence.

She looked up at him in surprise. His lips were turned down into a frown as he stared off somewhere behind her. Guilt flashed in his eyes, but it was gone quickly. "Y-you were worried about me?" Lynlee stuttered out. A warm feeling filled her entire body as Soundwave said nothing in reply but hugged her tighter against him.

A blush appeared on her face and she smiled. After a few more moments, Soundwave slowly released her before his holoform fizzled out of existence. His helm was feeling fuzzy. There was definitely a feeling there towards this human.

While at first it was just a mere urge to protect her, he felt something now that he was close to her and not under Megatron's watch. Sparkmate. Primus himself had said it. While at first he didn't want to believe it, the dreams were becoming more frequent.

Yet, he still didn't believe Primus could ever grant him a sparkmate.

"Soundwave? Are you okay?" Lynlee tapped his ped. Soundwave glanced down at the girl before nodding his head slightly. He slowly lowered himself enough so his face could be right next to her body, and scanned her from head to toe.

Optimus had been telling the truth when he'd said she was healing. Of course, there were still multiple fractures that would bruise over and heal over time. Soundwave felt the human's optics on him, and he glanced up at her.

"You look a lot different with your visor up." Lynlee tilted her head a little. Soundwave simply blinked, unable to respond to her query. Was that a good thing, or a bad thing?

"Would Lynlee...r-rather have...visor on?" Soundwave asked.

Her optics grew in size. "Oh, no! I didn't mean it in a bad way. You just seemed really scary at the beginning, with Megatron. You visor was always up, so this is a nice change."

Soundwave caught himself before he smiled. He wasn't ready for other's to look upon his own emotions so freely. Lynlee watched Soundwave stand to his full height. "Are you going to help them? The Autobots?"

Soundwave tilted his helm. "Lynlee... wants Soundwave to assist Autobots?"

She thought about it for a moment. "Yes. They helped you when you were hurt, Soundwave, and me. They want to stop Megatron." She glanced at the Decepticon symbol on his armor. "I don't think you're like them. Or Megatron. Because if you were, I would have been dead a long time ago."

He vented quietly while looking down at her. There was a glimmer of hope in her eyes. Lynlee felt his eyes on her, and he reached down to pick her up. Once she was raised closer to his face, he nodded his helm and his lips twitched slightly up. It wasn't a smile, but it was probably the most expression he'd given in eons.

"Yes. I will help the Autobots."

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There's another chapter for you! I feel like I'm on a roll, but tell me if I'm ever doing time over quality! I was so happy about writing this chapter. (Sorry for mistakes I'll fix them soon)

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