^^Credit to the artist of this drawing!!(also not me)^^

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"Soundwave."
Your voice is scratchy, as your audial receptors hadn't been used for a while.

Said mech drops the tool he's holding and takes a couple steps forwards. "Statement: Y/n disappeared."

Shaking your helm sadly you shuffle forwards until you stand less than half a bot length away.

"I left for training. To get revenge for Coil.. And you..." A single drop of coolant trickles down your faceplates as you look up at your old friend, and draw him into a short embrace.

Soundwave awkwardly moves his arms to wrap around you. Not used to affection anymore.

"Query: Why upset?"
You pull back as another voice clipping is heard from the slender purple mech.

"Because I havn't seen you in so long. I missed you.. and, because I don't want to do what I'm about to do.."

Before your old friend could question your choice of words, you lunge to the side and activate two ground bridges.

The ground bridges quickly combine, and suck in Soundwave who only watches you silently as he struggles against the force.
"Statement: Am sorry."
Laserbeak follows his master through the groundbridge, and you quickly close the two ground bridges.

Dropping to the ground, coolant runs down your faceplates as you realise you broke one of your two promises.

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"Are you ok?" Soundwave approached your frame after stepping out of the washracks, his violet optics looking to you worridly.

Looking up at your friend from your spot on the berth, you hesitantly shook your helm no.

"I can't stop seeing Coil's offline..over and over again..when I recharge it's all I can see, and when I look at you, I see him too.."

The mech and his minicons all moved to comfort you. Ravage, Rumble and Frenzy looking up at you from the floor, and Laserbeak flying over to perch next to you on the berth.

Soundwave himself moved to sit next to you, and he wrapped an arm around your smaller frame.
"I won't ever leave you. I'll always be here for you."

Coolant sliped down your faceplates and you nodded your helm.

"And I'll be here for you too.. I'll never betray or leave you."

"Y/n?"
A dark gray servo gently touches your shoulderplate.

"I broke my promise.. " You look up to see Sideswipe's sympathetic gaze. He kneels next to you and holds your shoulderplates.

"Look, Y/n, it's ok. He would understand." The red mech looks to Bumblebee for confirmation before smirking slightly at you.
"And Y/n, you did a good job. You saved the team."

The coolant slowly stops flowing, at Sideswipe's assurances, and you look up at Bumblebee.

"I have to go back to the pod now..don't I.." Team Bee glances at each other, before the former Prime steps forwards.

"Perhaps it's best if you wait with our human allies while we discuss the matter."

Sideswipe rises to his pedes and pulls you up with him.
"Don't worry. I'll put in a good word for ya. Miss rulebook over there probably will too." He winks before following the other bots to your old corner, that upon farther inspection, is now the living quarters of the humans.

"Y/n! It's been a while! How are you?" Russel bounces on his tiny pedes as he runs over to you.

With a sigh, you can't help but smile at the tiny organic as he looks up at you from in front of you pedes.

Kneeling down, you take a quick once over at his posture.
Straight back, shoulders back, though twitching nervously. And helm held high.

Well look at that. This little human really has grown from that little naive boy hasn't he.

"Hello Russel. Hello Denny. Yes it has been a while since I've been able to speak to you. How have you been?"

Just as he's about to speak, a crash sounds from the gate.
Optics wide, you whip around just as a massive force rams into you.

Falling back, you manage to twist to the side to avoid crushing the fragile humans.

"Go! Run!" You hiss to them as the mystery bot picks you up and flings you across the scrapyard.

"Y/n!" The Autobots are running forwards toward the mystery bot, whom you are unable to reconise. But seems vaguely familiar.

"Nightlock!" The black mech picks you up and smashes you back onto the ground.

Scrap that hurt! Wait Nightlock? Not many bots know me by that name..

Your thoughts are cut off as a large fist slams into your abdomen, and energon sputters up past your dermas as you roll away from another hit.

Sideswipe reaches the mech first, Strongarm by his side, and they work together, attacking him a ferocity you hadn't seen since Ironguard battling to defend his twin sister from Megatron.

Grimlock soon follows with Drift and the minicons, and they manage to restrain the mech.
Bumblebee and Optimus approach you, and from your position on the dusty ground, you manage to pull yourself into a sitting position.

"I don't think he likes me." Your blunt tone sparks a laugh from Bee, and you look to him in surprise.

"Sorry. You reminded me of someone else for a minute." The yellow and black mech halts his laughter, though you can still see amusement bubbling in his optics.

"Are you alright Y/n?" The Prime reaches down a servo to help you up.

"I'll be ok. But why does he hate me so much? I mean there are plenty of reasons he would, but which one?"

"You offlined my brother you dirty slagger!"

Staggering to your pedes, you look at him closer. Before everything clicks together.

"Onestrike! Hammerfist's brother right?" You force a grin onto your face and the Autobot's look to you in shock as the grin spreads across your faceplates.

"Yeah sorry about that. But hey, I had some pretty good reasons." Coil's death flashes through your processor again, and you have to grit your denta to prevent yourself from losing your cool.

With a roar, Onestrike lashes out, and manages to get past the bots holding him down.

"You didn't even make it quick!" He lunges at you again, and this time, it's Grimlock who jumps on him and holds him to the ground.
Sliding to a stop in front of you.

"He offlined the only bot that gave two slags about me, and he abused my boss's twin! Who was a dear friend of mine!" Rage flows through you, and the only thing preventing you from offlining him here and now, is the look in Sideswipe's optics as you stand over the growling mech.

Unsheathing your katana, you whip it down, and at the last second, turn the blade to its side.
Knocking the large mech into a forced stasis.

"Y/n!" Multiple shouts of your designation make you turn your helm to where the bots all stand other than Grimlock.

"Guys.. I just forced him into stasis.. I won't offline anybot anymore.." You sigh as Grimlock picks up the black mech and carries him to a stasis pod.

"Right of course. Just forgot that's all." Sideswipe lowers his helm and scratches his shoulder sheepishly.

"Do you have any idea how Onestrike found you?" Strongarm steps forwards as you wipe energon from your faceplates.

"He probably knew I was on the Alchamor. Then all he had to do was find the crash site to find the scrapyard." You shrug your shoulderplates as a few 'aahhhs" are heard.

"Y/n. We had been in the process of deciding your fate when that had happened. You have a choice." Optimus's deep voice reaches your audial fins, and your optics flick over to him.

"Well then what are my choices?" Fear and hope run rampant through your systems as Bumblebee steps forwards.

"You can join the Autobots, and make a new life. Redeem yourself." His optics flash in the dying sunlight as he speaks.
"Or you can remain a con and go back into stasis." Drift finishes Bumblebee's statement.

Oh that's just great.. because I always make the best choices...