I decided to go for star and the twins for this story but i have another story in mind for sounds :) also Firefly is my oc haha cameos wooo

"Why are you doing this?" The seeker's voice was raspy and laced with exhaustion. His optics were dull but had a trace of their usual flare of curiosity. He stood a few feet away from the other mech as he typed away at one of the many terminals that dotted this hall. Starscream stared at the other's back, waiting for a response. None came.

The hall was deserted aside from the two and the dim lighting made it seem smaller than it was. The seeker's wings twitched from their place, still clenched close to his back as claustrophobia and sky hunger finally started to settle in his newly cleared mind.

He had not taken to the skies for many cycles but the anticipation and excitement at the thought of it was quickly overshadowed by uncertainty and guilt.

Could he bring himself to fly without the consent observations and comments from his trine in the back of his head? Could he betray them like that? But they had wanted him to live, 'to fly another day' had been their words… His wings clung tighter to his back.

The rhythmic tapping sound of the keys stopped and the seekers head shot up expecting an attack from the grounder. He'd let his guard down. You never let your guard down on the Nemesis, especially not in the presence of this particular mech.

Starscream tensed and braced himself to fight back to the best of his abilities, which given the close quarters, were unlikely to be of much use. His wings twitched when the other ignored him in favor of walking farther down the hall. Starscream stayed behind for a moment, just staring after the other with unease before taking up a steady trot after them.

He caught up easily but stayed a few paces out of arm's reach, just to be safe. He briefly wondered if they may be mistaken as traitors. Most mech steered clear of the decepticon SIC for that very reason but he quickly dismissed the thought. No one would ever mistake this mech for a tractor.

The seeker didn't know where they were going, he barely knew where they were, but soon found that he didn't really care one way or another. Everything looked and felt the same now. Empty, unforgiving, numb.

Like the silence.

Starscream had never been close to this mech, no one was really, but he found himself desperately wishing for conversation. Anything to fill the silence. He hated the silence. The silence let him think and he always thought of his trinemates. And with the thought of his trinemates came more cold empty silence when they didn't respond to the thought.

The tremors in this wings started again but he ignored them, focusing on the back of the other's helm. Why was he doing this? What did he get from it? What was he planning? This mech never did anything without a reason, so why was he helping Starscream? ...Was his intention even really to help the seeker? He'd said very little when he'd found him, only that it would be in the seeker's best interests to follow. What did that mean?

Starscream stopped walking, his wings twitching slightly against his back. He starred as the other with uncertainty that grew when the grounder turned to him. He felt small, vulnerable without his trine to back him.

"Where are you taking me?" his voice was level and his face neutral. He had long since learned to hide away what he was really feeling. Things like fear or love simply wouldn't do in the decepticon ranks, much less if you're the SIC of said ranks.

The mech tilted his head slightly as though the answer was obvious. He spoke in the signature monotone that felt wrongly normal to the seekers audios under the circumstances.

"Starscream: cannot stay."

Starscream could do little but stare at the other for a few klicks. What was the glorified tapedeck up to now? Starscream sank back slightly glancing up at the taller mech with suspicion. Soundwave seemed to pick up on the openly displayed distrust but didn't really know how to respond to it. He rephrased his previous statement to try and ease some of the seekers worries, whatever they may be.

"..Starscream: needs to run." It wasn't the words themselves that caught the seeker's attention so much as it was the slight hint of uncertainty the words were spoken in. The scientist in him was curious but the broken seeker in him cried out for it taking comfort in the fact that he wasn't the only one that wasn't sure what the right thing to do next was.

"...I can't run. Megatron will hunt me down. He'll see me leave on the security cameras, he'll track my signature. He'll find me. He always does." The blue mech didn't seem deterred. He pulled something small and orange from his subspace and handed it to the seeker. Starscream could only stare at it in confusion.

"A cassette?" He'd never seen this one before. And why hadn't it been with the others? and why was the tapedeck handing it to him? Soundwave nodded.

"Soundwave: already erased tapes and looped cameras leading to main exit. Cassette: Designation Firefly. She will block your signature. In deep stasis and will not wake up. " The last part seemed to cause the tapedeck pain though it was unlikely anyone would notice. He turned and started talking back the way they had come apparently deciding his job was done.

"W-wait! Why are you helping me?" The seeker ignored the stutter. If Soundwave was showing emotion, he was allowed to stutter. A little. The tapedeck paused and glanced over his shoulder at the seeker. He seemed to consider his answer carefully before deciding on,

"Skywarp and Thundercracker: Starscream's cassettes."