Seeker twin-bond
Cassetticon twin-bond
::G1!Soundwave's sign language::

"Sounders! Can Rumble come back now!?"

Soundwave put his helm in his servo as he refused to glance down at the Cassetticon gripping onto his leg. This had been going on for about 12 kliks now and the other Decepticons were starting to dread the annoyance themselves. The Seeker Trine had even threatened the Cassetticon that they'd pull out his tape if he didn't shut up…
But Frenzy kept complaining, and it seemed he wouldn't stop until Rumble was back with them…

"Aha, make it stop!" Skywarp cringed, putting his servos over his audials. Thundercracker sat beside him, clenching and unclenching his servos in frustration. Starscream sat quietly opposite them, grinning meekly every time he felt a shudder run down his back-strut, causing his wing to twitch freakishly.

"I'm gonna threaten him again…" said Seeker warned, shooting a glance at Soundwave. Megatron shot a sideways glance at the tactician; a digit to his mouthplates as he waited for the cassette-player to respond and do something with his wailing Cassetticon, muttering a warning under his vocal processor. Soundwave vented heavily and got up, setting his servos on the table-top as he stared down at Frenzy; said Cassetticon silencing himself and looking up at his creator with dimmed optics.

"Please?" he asked softly. Soundwave said nothing and pointed towards the door.

::Leave, and I'll talk to you in a klik:: he signed in frustration. Frenzy didn't move, even if he had read Soundwave's servo movements quite clearly.

"Oh Primus…" Starscream groaned, putting his helm in his servos. Skyquake sat at attention beside the Trine leader, looking amused with the scene as it played out. It was obvious these Cassetticons were younglings, and by the looks of it, a pain in the aft from time to time too…

"I can't see how you put up with him…" said Seeker murmured to the Air Commander. Starscream miserably lifted his helm.

"Oh, you don't know the half of it… You should see him and Rumble when they're together…"

"Dumb slaggers…" Skywarp muttered, over-hearing their conversation and blocking out Frenzy's complaints to the cassette-player. "When you least expect it, they go all 'jet judo' on you…"

"Like those Autobrats weren't enough; they picked up something from them…" Starscream continued, pausing when they heard a soft thud. Soundwave was standing over Frenzy; his visor glinting redder than before. Without a second glance, the tri-colour Seeker stood up from his place, walked over and set his servos on Soundwave's shoulder-struts before turning him away from the youngling.

"You've done enough…"

Frenzy rubbed his cheek and ran out of the room after they'd left him, dreading the tears that threatened to escape his optics. Soundwave had never hit him before; he'd never dare hurt any of them! But… why had he done it now? In front of all of them?
Frenzy only wanted to know why Rumble couldn't come home…
He ran out and scrambled into Soundwave's quarters, hastily making sure the door slid shut behind him. As he struggled to climb up onto the cassette-player's berth, the Cassetticon gave up and slid to the floor, lubricant running down his cheeks. He didn't understand; what was the point of this twin-swap anyway?

"Frag it…" the youngling cursed, crawling under the berth and lying down on his side. "F-Frag it all!"

Offlining his optics, Frenzy wrapped his arms around himself, hoping again to contact his brother through their bond, but Rumble didn't seem to be answering. All Frenzy wanted then was to offline to the Pits… he only wanted his brother to come home…

*some time later* (peeps are getting OOC now; who cares? It happens…)

Frenzy was in a deep recharge when Soundwave found him later that solarcycle; the tactician careful as he lifted the Cassetticon out from under the berth and lay his helm on his lap. Soundwave gently rubbed a digit over the mark he'd left on Frenzy's cheek. He hadn't meant to hurt the youngling, and he had silently hoped the other Decepticons hadn't heard what he'd done, but because of that, they'd sent Skyquake back early; the Seeker more than happy to leave their 'crazy boxy world', then being blasted in the back-side from Megatron because of the comment. Rumble was busying himself with Laserbeak and Ravage; the two beast-Cassetticons happy that their other brother had returned.

"Sounders?"

Soundwave turned his helm at the familiar nickname, dimmed optics meeting the surface of the Cassetticon's visor.

"… Frenzy okay?"

A vent escaped the tactician's system; Soundwave carefully placing the recharging Cassetticon onto his berth as he got up.

::Frenzy will be fine; I just didn't mean to hurt him:: he signed; expression distraught as he dropped his servos to his side. Rumble tilted his helm from side to side before leaving Ravage and Laserbeak and wandering over to the cassette-player; Soundwave not hesitating to pull the youngling up onto his lap.

"I know ya didn't… Bro was only worryin' 'bout me…" Rumble admitted, pausing for a split klik. He knew Decepticons weren't ones to worry, but… something told him he had to… "Like… I'm worryin' for him now…"

::I was too:: the cassette-player admitted; his servos smoothly spelling out the signs. ::Trine kept threatening to pull out his tape again.::

"Ugh, let's not have a repeat of that…" Rumble groaned; the Cassetticon sitting up against Soundwave's middle with a heavy vent. "… Hey, what are we to ya anyway?"

Soundwave looked down at him in confusion and concern.

::My younglings?::

"No, I mean really, Sounders; we're only your Cassettes," the youngling admitted, not looking up. "Don't… Don't we have Carriers or somethin' like that?"

The cassette-player hesitated to sign what was on his processor. All their cycles the Cassetticons had been raised in thinking he was their sire; that's what he felt like to them, but Megatron had told him only to be a protector; a guardian. He'd lose them one day anyway…

::I think that's another story:: Soundwave finally noted, gently pushing the Cassetticon off him and beside his recharging brother. ::Maybe once I get over this solarcycle, I'll tell you::

"'Kay…" Rumble muttered, managing a forced smile as he felt his systems softly powering down. "… 'Night Sounders…"

::Goodnight… my youngling…::

*sticks out tongue* Urgh, sappy sappiness is sappy… what am I doing with myself? *grabs starscream's nullray and holds it to the side of my head* Gyah…

I have ideas to twin-swap again between Autobot and Decepticon... The set-up will be something like; Sunny & Frenzy, Sides & Rumble, Fire & Dreadwing and Storm & Skyquake... yikes, this is gonna confuzzle my brain...

Meh, anyway… Hope you guys enjoyed this sappiness… and the rest of the story…

Tell me what you think, R & R… or I'll shoot myself with Star's nullray… *still holding said-weapon to my head* Go…