I can't even begin to tell you how great this story is. The story being told through Soundwave makes you feel so close to this mysterious Decepticon. As one who misses Megatron myself, it made me feel much closer to Soundwave. It was very different to actually have the Decepticons show such caring and loyalty. In the cartoon they seemed hard, unloyal and uncaring, except for Soundwave who had always shown utmost loyalty to his Leader. I must admit that it threw me off to have them show caring and loyalty for one-another. I liked it very much though. A few times it had me in tears and by the end, I actually was sobbing. Raksha, my greatest praise goes out to you on your wonderful writings. You brought to life some of the characters I loved so much when I was a little girl. Thank you.

A good read, and you have one of my favorite characters, Astrotrain! However, I do disagree on one aspect of your story. Cyclonus is loyal to Galvatron. Fiercely loyal. In the episode Webworld, Galvatron is about to have his mind get eaten by the planet in a last ditch effort to cure his insanity but ultimately take his life in the process. Cyclonus can only struggle against his bonds and watch in helpless horror as he cries out Galvatron's name and shuts his optics to what he's witnessing. He'd lay down his own life to protect Galvatron. Cyclonus would have been horrified at Galvatron's termination by Megatron. But other than that, It was a great story and it is good to have Megatron back as I always liked him better than Galvatron.

I really liked this story. While I have a hard time dealing with the Autobots being so cruel, I understand that they may have done something like that. It would be hard to accept someone who has done so much evil in the past. But it was harsh and made me angry at them. You know the story is good when you feel that kind of emotion! I'd think Optimus would have taken more steps toward his autobots to keep them from doing that kind of thing or harassing TC like they did. While I don't think Optimus (or the others) would just welcome TC with open arms, I do think he would be gracious and kind to him and try to make him as comfortable as possible given the situation. Optimus always was a very compassionate individual. Your comments about the TV show not being very detailed interested me. I also wish the show had gone more into depth about these characters but you have to remember, that the show was targeted toward young children and only had about 22 minutes to tell a story. I'd love to see them do another toon with G1 and have it targeted toward an older audience with more character development and darker stories. I'm not going to hold my breath for that to ever happen. All I can do is read good fan-fiction such as your story. Great job, but a little heavy on the swearing in some parts. I definately was transported into the story. I was sitting there with TC looking at Thrust's empty seat. Very sad moment. The ending was so sad as well, but very well done. I hope that you someday decide to do more stories.

A touching story.

A good fanfic. The only thing I found was that Galvatron was a bit out of character. In season 3 he was insane. He really wasn't in control of himself and he beat on all his Decepticons for the slightest reasons.

can't say enough praise for this story! absolutely wonderful. I always thought Roller was such a cute little guy and I wished they would have portrayed him more. I loved to hear his little chirps. This story brought him to life! Wonderful job!