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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 3, 2015 19:47:43 GMT
A trio of Vee-Twos spot the Head of Communications and swooped in, gathering him up carefully.
"Commander Kick-Start. Commander Soundwave has been located. He is..." the one speaking evaluated his injuries rapidly, "Extremely badly injured. He is still active but requires immediate treat-"
"Well then, bring him back to the Nemesis right now," Kick-Start interrupts, "The Bridge I'm sending will bring you into the Med-Bay."
Another Ground Bridge opens near the Vee-Twos, but then it fails.
"Commander, it won't stay open! It's being jammed!"
"Then fly him back!"
"We can't! Not in this mode!"
"Fine... then I'll get a Vee-two to fly me out!"
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 10:40:15 GMT
It takes much longer than Kick-Start would have liked to fly to the site of Bishop Isle's messy crash, one of her Vee-Twos carrying her all the way.
She only partially stifles the cry of horror at Soundwave's injuries. His armour is wrecked from being hit with rubble, and his visor is cracked almost in half and he's covered in his own Energon, which is leaking from behind his faceplate too. He looks like he's just been hit by an island, which is about right.
And Ground Bridges from this area keep jamming up, so she can't even get him back to the Med-Bay straight away.
She rushes over and kneels beside him, wiping some of the Energon off his face.
"Don't try to get up right now, Soundwave. You'll damage yourself further with the strain. Do you know who I am?" she points to herself.
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 16:57:24 GMT
He tries to speak, but it just comes out a static filled mess. His cracked faceplate falls to the ground, his hattered visor falling to pieces alongside it. "You are...Kick-Start."
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 17:07:30 GMT
"Yes, that's right..."
Although he would probably be able to tell that without me actually telling him... but what the frag...
She pulls out her welder.
"Okay Soundwave, it looks like you've taken the blast pretty bad, but your face-plate's absorbed a lot of the damage. Follow my fingers..." she holds up two fingers and moves them to the right, then the left, before pretty much climbing on top of him and pulling out her welder, "Just gonna patch up the bad leaks for now..." she makes a start, "How many fingers am I holding up?" she asks, holding up three fingers.
Never seen his actual face before...
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 17:13:19 GMT
"Optical relays damaged. Cannot determine." Soundwave replied before his arms gave out and he collapsed again.
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 17:21:36 GMT
"Don't try to get up like that, Soundwave; you'll damage your arms more," Kick-Start almost pleads, sealing up the cuts on his chassis, "You need an Energon transfusion as it is... stupid Ground-Bridges..."
She pulls out a small light and shines it in his optics, turning his head gently from side to side, "I'm looking into your optics right now. How much can you see?"
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 18:37:33 GMT
"Rough shapes, light. No details...
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 19:08:45 GMT
"Then you might need your optics realigning... Or more..." Kick-Start continues to weld Soundwave. She can't operate here. She's got more Vee-Twos on the way. It's not going to be easy to get Soundwave back to the Nemesis in his present condition.
"Thanks for coming to defend me," she tells him, "The little Magnus would have ripped me apart. I'm not exactly battle-ready."
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 19:19:09 GMT
"His interruption disrupted our progress. Current situation: Would not be occurring."
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 19:31:49 GMT
"Yes. You're... quite badly hurt," Kick-Start looks up. There's a small rescue ship arriving; it will land nearby and then Soundwave can be loaded, "I think Backbeat's message has been sent - he's not exactly holding back Although his classifications for 'ruthless' use more exclamation marks than Megatron did..."
She welds up another cut on Soundwave's chassis, then wipes some of the Energon off his face.
"I'll give you a full diagnostic back in the Med-Bay. I'm just glad you..."
I'm glad you're still functional at all, she adds in her head.
"Glad," she finishes.
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 20:00:48 GMT
"My diagnostic systems are offline, I cannot determine the extent of necessary repairs."
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 20:23:25 GMT
"Nothing you can't recover from," Kick-Start insists, "Let me worry about the repairs, Soundwave." The ship lands, and a few Vee-Twos hurry out. Kick-Start calls them over. "Be careful with the Commander. He's worth more than it cost to make the lot of you."
"Yes Ma'am."
The Vee-Twos carefully put Soundwave into a stretcher, and she walks besides the stretcher quickly, scanning the extensive damage to Soundwave's armour, "Your armour took a lot of damage. You're going to need major repairs. I can send for upgrades to the latest kind if you like? Or I can remold the old version. And your Deck parts... are in vulnerable places. I'll check them too."
They get into the ship.
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 21:34:26 GMT
"Upgrades are unnecessary."
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 22:20:05 GMT
"Okay, whatever you want."
Kick-Start hesitates, then says what's on her mind as they enter the ship.
Well, some of what's on her mind.
"Nevermore said you were probably dead. But I knew you wouldn't be. I sent all my spare Vee-Twos to find you. You're too important to give up on."
If Soundwave wanted to listen in, he could hear all the subliminal thoughts - the vast relief, the unspoken concern, and a thousand other emotions that say Soundwave is so much more than just a colleague and Commander to Kick-Start. And that she doesn't tell him to remove the Emotion Inhibition Chip because she doesn't want him to hurt.
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 22:33:11 GMT
"I am not that important to the Decepticons."
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Post by Kick-Start on Aug 4, 2015 22:39:56 GMT
"Well... You're important to me."
Kick-Start looks away from Soundwave, her cheeks hot. The rescue ship takes off and heads back to the Nemesis. Next stop, the Med-Bay.
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Post by Soundwave on Aug 4, 2015 22:47:10 GMT
"I know."
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