[private to tentawave]

[airspacecommand]

Psst. Soundwave.

I've been thinking and I have come to the conclusion that you and I should talk.

Especially if you do us both the favor by encrypting this from spying eyes for me.

Comments

[Encrypted: 100%]

[inursatellites]

SOUNDWAVE: ACKNOWLEDGES.

SPEAK.

[Encrypted: 100%]

[inursatellites]

ACKNOWLEDGED. SOUNDWAVE: WILL WAIT.

[<I>Shift into Turbo - I mean Action</I>]

[airspacecommand]

[It isn't very long before Starscream arrives. Of course it was after he installed some extra precautions to his systems ... not that it would really help. But it made him feel better.

Convincing himself that this wasn't just a completely stupid idea was the hardest part.

But of course he didn't show any of that as he made his way to where Soundwave was doing his stalking or whatever he did at his station.]

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[And there's Soundwave. Standing at the very top of the radio tower, his big satellite fins extended like extra antennae. He tilts his head, very slightly, at the approaching Decepticon, before folding them back down, against his back.

Then he steps back, making space. He doesn't speak. Only watches, his head still slightly canted to one side.]

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[The Seeker approaches some more like a kid who wandered curiously into a lion's den. He never really spent that much time in the same general area as the Tryan Soundwave and he wasn't exactly certain what to expect.]

So. How do we do this?

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[Soundwave watches the approach in more silence. His fins flick against his back, but, for the most part, that's all the sound he makes.

And then, to answer the question, something slithers out of his frame.

Cables.

Lots and lots of cables.]

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[Oh what the hell is that. Oh Primus they are coming towards him.

And it takes all of Starscream's self control not to just run away. Because what the hell man.

He does take one step back out of reflex.]

... I guess I don't need to ask what you plan to do with those.

[And he'd rather not think about it either.]

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[Soundwave appears unperturbed by Starscream's unease. Maybe he's just interested. Maybe he doesn't care. Either way, he doesn't seem to notice.

The cables continue to snake their way toward the other Decepticon, slowly, menacingly.]

NEGATIVE. QUESTIONS: UNNECESSARY.

[A pause, and then he shutters his optical array -- one little light at a time.]

SUGGESTION: HOLD STILL.

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[Starscream doesn't even look at Soundwave himself, but rather stares in dread at the cables. But he does try to hold his ground despite all that.]

That's easy for you to say.

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[And the cables take this opportunity to begin to coil their way up one of Starscream's legs.]

AFFIRMATIVE.

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[Oh Primus it's touching him now. Must. Not. Try. To. Flee.]

Your humor is not really appreciated, Soundwave.

...

You're probably a monster in one of those Japanese animations, you know that right.

[Tentacles. Oh the horror.]

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[And they continue to climb up his leg, heading up his torso... towards his head. As they climb, they start to spill out smaller, white cables, which cling on like vines.

In answer, he simply tilts his head again. No, he has no idea what Starscream is talking about.]

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[There probably is no chance of escape now is there? He shifts a bit. His discomfort about this all really apparent now.]

... I feel so violated.

[And it hasn't even really started.]

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[That feeling probably isn't going to go away as Soundwave steps closer, his optics intent on the other Decepticon. As he closes the distance, the cabling begins to coil its way up to Starscream's head, a couple crossing over his face.

They're searching for a place to dig in, and access that processor.]

[Action!]

[airspacecommand]

[Okay so there might be some struggling now as the cables wrap around his head. ]

Can you at least tell me what you are doing?!

[Or warn him. Or something.]

[Action!]

[inursatellites]

[Soundwave's optical array starts glowing a little brighter. He reaches out to grip one of Starscream's shoulders -- the better to hold him in place.]

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