just another day;

[notsoloyal]

WHO: Shockwave
WHEN: Sometime after Shockwave gets hurt, and has mostly healed up.
WHERE: The rooftop of the apartment building where Wave&Bug Base is.
SUMMARY: Hanging out on a roof. Aka. Corny gets bored and starts writing something, then sleeps. And then some days later at 6:30 am running on no sleep decides to finish it. I will be surprised if

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in which we find out what happened to Perceptor. And that Teal plays too many robots.

[pedospider]

That Tarantulas was around was pure coincidence.

He was testing his newest invention - a techno-organic control device, implanted in the back of the skull of an imPorted to control them, complete with an interface to allow him remote access. The initial, controlled phases had been splendid, but it was high time he tested it in the field. So it was that he'd taken one of his new catches - a Cybertronian - out to use him.

This one had been quite a find. A re-imPort, he'd been ported out before the horror had began and only recently returned - as Tarantulas had been looking for a Cybertronian, he'd been more than happy to take this one. A shame for him - apparently, the Autobot had been willing to comply with government regulations, to maintain status-quo and not use his powers.

No matter. Shadow Ops did what it liked, and so Tarantulas did what he liked

[notsoloyal]

Shockwave jolted to his feet.

How? Where?

He wouldn't be visible from street level, but from the looks of things, that didn't seem to be much of a problem for the two before him. He hadn't recognized the Autobot. Yet.

There was silence from the Decepticon for a while, as he narrowed his eyes, glaring. He was in trouble. And he'd just been so a few weeks prior.

Idiot.

How could he have been so stupid. He was just lucky that he hadn't been inside the apartment. That its location was still hidden. For all they knew, this was just some random rooftop he decided to sit upon. Soundwave and the bugs would still be safe.

"What do you want?" he practically snarled. He had little idea who this was, all he knew was that he did not have a good feeling about it.

[pedospider]

Tarantulas considered his options. He had several, really. Shockwave was legend in his eyes, one of the greatest Decepticon scientists, even if ultimately the Decepticons were fools.

But he was also a wanted imPort on many, many counts; as was Soundwave and the decidedly lost Starscream. One who would be just as much a delight to experiment on as to work with.

Perceptor twitched again, straining at the mental bonds.

"A great many things. Right now, merely to talk. I've always been an admirer of yours... though I must say, it's not like you to be so careless. The government has had such a time getting their claws on you..."

"That said, I have considerable influence with them. I could offer you asylum and a fully stocked laboratory, all the imPorts you could ever desire to experiment on, the latest equipment, and the chance to never be bothered by them again. But I'd need something from you."

"Refuse, and, well," he chuckled. "Let's just say that I'm always in search of more test subjects."

[notsoloyal]

An admirer? He blinked, tilting his head faintly.

He had opened his mouth to question Tarantuals, but paused tensing up at mention of the government. Frag. If he was with the government, then he might know about the break in to the superjail some time back. He might know that he broke out Soundwave.

The offer itself sounded... tempting. Experiments, actually having a laboratory again, not being bothered by the government. But they'd already done their damage to him. Not to mention what they'd done to the only person he cared about these days.

He didn't trust this. At what price would it come.

"...Who are you?" He avoided commenting on his carelessness.

"And what do you want. I do not take kindly to being some test subject."