december challenge fic, part 4 of 6
Title: Where There is Despair
Universe: G1
Rating: PG
Word count: 358
Summary: shared belief can only make it stronger.
Notes: this came out exactly as i hoped, and i am most pleased with it.
He knew Jazz would come for them, but he was beginning to believe that it would not be before Bluestreak deactivated from the amount of damage the Decepticon interrogators were inflicting on him. It hurt to see the young sniper be tossed back into the cell cycle after cycle with the damage accumulating each time.
He wasn’t losing faith in Jazz, but he was afraid Bluestreak wouldn’t see his own faith validated.
The sniper was so weak now that all he could was curl into Prowl’s side after he was put back in the cell. Thundercracker was gentler with the younger mech than his trine-mates, but it wasn’t enough to calm the Bluestreak’s fears or soothe his trembling. Prowl held his protégé and whispered quietly soothing words in his audio.
Thundercracker watched the exchange until Bluestreak fell into recharge.
“Is it my turn now?” Prowl asked him once he was certain the sniper wouldn’t be disturbed.
“I have a message for you,” the Seeker replied.
“A message?” The tactician was confused; Decepticons were more known for giving their messages in person than via a currier.
“I didn’t support this plan,” Thundercracker replied. “Do you want the message or not?”
“Yes.” He didn’t know what it was, but he respected the danger Thundercracker was putting himself in enough to hear the other mech out.
“Jazz says the show is in Polyhex in five groons.” Thundercracker looked confused by the message. Prowl could tell that he was almost hoping the tactician would enlighten him.
He turned the message over in his processor, knowing he would do no such thing. Jazz may have sent Thundercracker to be his messenger, but he wouldn’t have used code if he thought the Decepticon could be trusted. Prowl compared the message to the data he had on previous prisoner situations. Almost immediately, he connected Jazz’s message to an extraction the special ops team had performed to retrieve Smokescreen and Perceptor from a Decepticon prison in Polyhex.
In five groons, Jazz and his team would be here to take them home.
After Thundercracker left, Prowl gently pulled Bluestreak out of recharge to give him the news.
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