The tale I spin before you today takes place before the great war between Autobots and Decepticons.
It was the day before Christmas, and Soundwave was out playing with his friend Bumblebee. Bumblebee was 10 years old, as was Soundwave.
"Hey twerps!" A voice shouted from behind them.
Soundwave and Bee turned around to see a black Cybertronian. He was known as Ironhide, the 11 year old school bully.
"Push off Ironhide, my parents told me not to play with you!" Soundwave shouted back.
"Oh, little baby bot still listens to his mummsy wummsy?"
"Go pick on someone your own size Ironhide!" Bumblebee shouted in answer to the insults of his friend.
"Oh like who?"
"You do realize I just called you fat right?"
"Wait, what!"
Soundwave was now getting very nervous now.
"Bee that's not going to help!" Soundwave whispered to his yellow friend.
"What! Now the two mummy's bots are telling each other little secrets, what did you say?" Ironhide asked grimly.
"Nothing!" Soundwave quickly answered. " We were just going."
"Oh no you don't!"
"Excuse me?"
"He means he wants to beat us up again Soundwave." Bumblebee answered quietly.
"Get ready baby bots, I'm comin' for 'ya!"
"Ironhide!" A voice called from the distance. "You don't hurt your friends!"
"But mom.."
"No buts mister, you're grounded!"
"But, but, but..."
"I said no buts! Sorry about that children, he's not been like himself lately."
"Not like himself?" Soundwave answered. " He's always like this!"
"Tut tut, it's not good to lie to your elders!"
And she just walked off.
"See you tomorrow Bee."
"See you Soundwave."
The next day...
"Soundwave wake up!" Soundwave's mother called.
"Uh, I don't want to go to school today!"
"It's Christmas!"
Soundwave sprung out of bed, ran downstairs and asked for his first present.
"Here you go Soundwave, it's from your dad and me."
She passed him a square box with bars at the front and holes on top.
He peered inside to see a small robotic cat.
"You got me a cat!"
"Yes, hope you like it."
"I do, I do."
He opened the cage slowly and the cat came straight out, sat on his lap and purred.
"What are you going to call him?"
His brother then walked in and the small black cat jumped on him and scratched him.
"Stop it, stop it!" His mother screamed. "He's ravaging the place!"
"That's it! I'll call him Ravage! Ravage come here boy!"
Ravage jumped off the other robot and came towards Soundwave.
"You're a good boy, aren't you?"
"Mew!"
Soundwave spent the rest of the day playing with Ravage, he even forgot to open the rest of his presents. The next month went quickly, and soon enough it was his birthday.
"Here's your present Soundwave."
He opened it and inside was a bird cage, inside the bird cage were two birds.
"I'll call them Laserbeak and Buzzsaw."
Ravage trotted down the stairs and stared at the two birds, he then started running after them.
"No Ravage! No! We do not eat family members!"
Ravage drooped his head and went to sleep on Soundwave's bed.
Soundwave was now 17 years old, and had many pets.
Ravage the cat.
Laserbeak and Buzzsaw the birds.
Frenzy the cyborg.
Slugfest the stegosaurus.
Rumble the rhino.
Ratbat the two headed bat.
Beastbox the Gorilla.
And Overkill the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Okay students, we understand that something terrible has happened recently."
"Terrible! Terrible is an understatement! This is a war! A global war!" A student screamed.
"But you all are old enough to join the army, so we have two special guests today. Optimus Prime and Megatron."
After two long speeches, everybody were chattering.
"Come on Soundwave, let's go join the Autobots!" Bee shouted over the noise.
"But, I thought we could both join the Decepticons..." Soundwave muttered sadly.
"Decepticons? They're evil!"
"Maybe you're not the friend I thought you were..."
Soundwave walked off to meet Megatron, he shoved through a crowd to get to the front.
"Excuse me, Mr. Megatron sir." He said. "My name is Soundwave, and I think I could help you."
Megatron looked down at him. "You Help me!" He laughed at the thought.
"I'm serious sir, I'd be very good at combat missions, I know martial arts and have some partners."
"Partners? I don't see any partners!"
Soundwave opened the little hatch on his chest and the 8 Minicons jumped out.
"And what do you think they could do?" Megatron asked grimly.
"Well, Ravage over there almost killed my brother. And Buzzsaw and Laserbeak can cut through solid steel walls. And Frenzy can download anything into his brain."
"Maybe you could be useful, okay, you shall be my communications officer, and a spy."
"Really thank you Mr. Megatron!"
"Call me Megatron or Mighty Megatron, but not Mr.!"
"Okay, Mighty Megatron!"
The next day Soundwave was at the Decepticon base, training for battle.
"Okay Soundwave, I think you're ready for your first assignment." Megatron said with his grim smile slapped on his face.
"Thank you sir." Soundwave answered. His voice had changed, probably to suit his job.
"You are to 'spy' on Starscream..."
New chapter coming soon.