The other Half
WHO: Animated!Jetstorm and OPEN
WHAT: Cassettestorm has finally been repaired enough to be back online, and is wandering around in the Hollow trying to come to terms with what happened.
WHERE: The Hollow, Zone 6
WHEN: Now-ish.
WARNINGS/NOTES: Last time on Jetlet television, an emotionally imbalanced Soundwave attempted capturing the two jet twins ( Read more... )
WHAT: Cassettestorm has finally been repaired enough to be back online, and is wandering around in the Hollow trying to come to terms with what happened.
WHERE: The Hollow, Zone 6
WHEN: Now-ish.
WARNINGS/NOTES: Last time on Jetlet television, an emotionally imbalanced Soundwave attempted capturing the two jet twins ( Read more... )
The only dilemma Soundwave recognized was the loss of his small jet's brother. The situation... was not preferable by any stretch, as it had certainly not been his plan to seperate them - An accident, brought on by the rashness of his actions.
In fact, he had yet to actually decipher the reasoning behind those actions.
True, it had been his intention to keep the two small jets safe from harm... But the process had simply not been logical, driven by some line of code that he couldn't seem to pinpoint. Even if he had wished to make them cassettes, the timing, the fact he'd allowed himself to be caught on the live feed...
It was frustrating how much more frequently his emotions got the better of him - Even that frustration itself was troubling. The programming was quite obviously slipping from his control, not that he'd ever had a firm grasp on it... and it was making him a liability.
Jetstorm had barely left the room when Soundwave's systems reset, visor flashing in the low light as he returned to awareness. He could sense the stress of the cassette, the newfound protectiveness jarring him from his recharge.
Springing to his feet, he set out after the fleeing jet - The last thing he needed was for Jetstorm to encounter one of the other, less trustworthy Decepticons... Or end up another part of Dirge's hoarde.
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But he didn't.
His stress was simple--the lack of brother, the lack of precise memories before waking up in the Hollow, the lack of his right body...it all was adding up, and propelling him onwards, hoping to find the exit.
It was a slow jog, though, because he wasn't being afraid. Not yet.
And someone was looking for him--that helped! He could tell, and it was...a...connection, not unlike Brother's, feeling like Brother's, and probably being Brother's...
So he sought it out, back-tracking along a corridor he barely remembered passing through...
And running face to foot with Soundwave.
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"Jetstorm."
He lowers himself to a knee, holding a large hand out to help steady the cassette.
"Status?"
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"...all systems are being normal..." He started to comply--
--and stopped, glancing up at Soundwave as he really, really realized where that Brother-feeling was coming from...
And instantly started backing off.
"...except that...that all systems are being wrong! You...you are to be doing something to me!" He shook his head, the fear starting to grow again.
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"Affirmative."
The emotion was gone from his voice, sounding almost as it should have for a moment.
"Jetstorm: Safe.
Security: Priority."
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Was that if Soundwave said it to be true, he believed it.
Being told he was safe--that was enough to calm his fear, to calm his worry, and to reciprocate that shared feeling for a moment.
Except that doing that, subconsciously, with a mech not brother, in a body not his, in a place not home and not really, really safe even though Soundwave said it WAS safe--caused so many conflicts in his processes that he shuddered.
"Wh...where is Jetfire?"
Suddenly, he was feeling very, very alone here.
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