Suddenly a drabble

darklordofcutlets:

English is not my first language, blah-blah-blah.

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Optimus stops Ratchet with a frown when the medic offers to cut Soundwave open; they are Autobots, and although they are desperate, Optimus doesn’t want to condone this, an action fitting a Decepticon

“Soundwave”, he speaks quiety, “I do not wish to apply such drastic measures, but you’re leaving us no choice. Are you really that loyal to your cause?“ 

There is tired annoyance in his voice; he has never understood how could anyone be loyal to such a devastating and ruinous cause, and he has never understood Soundwave, who was most unnerving in his silent stubborness. 

Soundwave lifts his head a little, so that his blank visor faces Optimus, and there is a voice – the Autobot’s own voice, but higher and younger, filled with hope and joy Optimus has long forgotten, a little cracking because the recording is old, so old…

"Unlike you”, Orion Pax says. 

And Optimus strikes.