Hey, I know I said that I would upload this after I got the second chapter done. But some things came up that's taking me longer to finish it. It will be uploaded soon, either tonight or tomorrow. So until then, here's Silent Metal Ronin: the Witch's Familiar.
Prologue: Trouble with Portals
For a long time he waited in this hellish dimension, so painfully long.
Ever since his imprisonment by those wretched humans, Soundwave had done almost everything to get out of this "Shadowzone", only to meet with failure again and again. All the while he saw his master, Megatron, perish by the hands of the Autobots' scout, Bumblebee. And he was there when the Autobots revived Cybertron, an honor that should have rightfully belonged to the Decepticons.
Soundwave was also there when Megatron was revived and possessed by Unicron, the Cybertronian god of chaos. Though he was relieved when his master got regain control of his form once more, he soon felt unsure of himself when Megatron declared the Decepticons are no more. While Soundwave still believed that Megatron had his reasons for this (after all his body was possessed by Unicron and Primus knows what he did to Megatron's mind), he couldn't help but feel a part of himself furious about it. He dedicated his spark to the cause and now all that hard work resulted was in vain. But Megatron has given his final order and Soundwave, being Megatron's most loyal, obeyed it. Though now he wondered what he will do now that it is all over.
That was what really bugged him. Without the Decepticon cause being his purpose in life, what was now? He definitely wouldn't join the Autobots, not by a long shot. Maybe join Megatron in his exile. After all, he has no intention disobey his master's, or now ex-master's, command and takeover the Decepticons like Starscream would. Soundwave wondered what happened to him and Shockwave. He lost track of them during the whole Unicron event. Not that Soundwave cared; it was something he did to keep himself busy while being stranded in this shadowy dimension. Soundwave decided to clear his thoughts and focused back on escaping his imprisonment.
After finding out there was a way to pick up a signal on the other side, Soundwave began to do some calculations and formed a plan. Using the signals he would try to reconnect to the Nemesis' spacebridge controls, as they were still functional. But to get the signal strong to work he theorized that someone would have to activate it in order for him to connect and create a bridge to replicate the same instance that sent him here. While that might sound simple enough, the whole plan was a gamble. The chances of the cross-bridge event working and sending him back were slim at best. It could very backfire on him and blow up in his face, or worse.
But time was of the essence, and Soundwave was running low on energon. He was able to siphon some from Laserbeak, but that would only delay the inevitable unless he got out. So Soundwave decided the risks were acceptable, and waited for the right moment when one would activate the bridge technology. Fortunately, after watching the Autobots on his side of reality, he knew that Ratchet was scheduled to return to Earth and continue working with its government. Soundwave had been waiting patiently when right on time the Autobot medic walked into the bridge with Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead, and Jazz who was one of the recently returned Autobots.
"Are you sure you have to go back, we could use your expertise in our efforts to rebuild Cybertron." Bumblebee asked.
"Knock Out is more than a decent medic. Besides, I feel that I'm needed more back on Earth with Unit: E." the old medic replied.
"Alright then, in that case let the guys know we said hello."
"Of course, maybe you should visit them sometime; the summer season was starting before I left."
"Maybe another time Ratchet, Cybertron isn't going to rebuild itself. Ain't that right Jazz?" said Bulkhead
"Mhm, you got that right. Been nice seeing you Ratchet, hope to see you again." Jazz replied
"Same to you, glad to see you're still online. Maybe next time we could trade more stories."
Soundwave began to become impatient with the long goodbyes. The medic was finally here now, how much longer would he have to wait till someone open up the bridge!
Apparently not much longer as Arcee began to log in the coordinates and activate the bridge.
"Now." thought Soundwave as he began to connect with the bridge controls. Just as the spacebridge opened, so did another. The Autobots began to slowly move back as the two portal merged into one.
"What's going on? Where in the name of the Allspark did that second bridge come from?" Ratchet yelled.
"I don't know! Someone else is opening a bridge over here!" Arcee responded as she looked over the controls.
"But who else could be bridging on Cybertron?" Bulkhead asked.
Their question was soon answered when they saw a familiar body shape running through the combined bridges.
"Soundwave?!" Ratchet gasped
"Scrap, Arcee shut it off!" Bumblebee yelled.
"Can't, the controls are locked." Arcee responded as the others got into combat stance and armed their blasters.
However, the room shook and the portal started to become erratic. Soundwave was almost out of the portal when he felt suction coming behind him. Taking a quick glance behind himself, he saw that the bridge was collapsing, becoming a singularity. The others saw and felt it too, and began holding on for dear life. Ratchet, who was closest to the portal, was slowly being pulled in. Jazz, thinking quickly, used his grapple beam to hook onto him. But before Ratchet could give his thanks he was grabbed by Soundwave, who used all of his strength to tackle him.
The old medic tried to throw the determined Decepticon off of himself but Soundwave had a tight grip on him. Soundwave would be damned if he was going to lose newfound freedom. But the weight of the two began to take a toll on Jazz, whose grapple was on the verge shutting off.
"I don't know how long I can hold!"
All seemed lost, until Bumblebee noticed a familiar pole-like item sticking into the console that was next to the one he was holding onto. It was the Immobilizer, or what was left of it after Knock Out broke it during when Starscream tried to take over the Nemesis. But he wouldn't need its function for what he had in mind. Grabbing the broken staff, Bumblebee holds it like a javelin and takes aim.
"Ratchet! Think fast!" he yells before launching it.
Ratchet notices and elbows Soundwave in the gut, making enough space for the makeshift spear to hit its target.
The world around Soundwave suddenly went still as he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down he sees a metal pole piercing his chest, missing Laserbeak but hitting his vital components. He soon lost consciousness and his grip on Ratched loosened. As he did, he was sucked into the collapsing portal. With Soundwave gone, Jazz was able to keep a hold Ratchet.
The Autobots kept holding for their lives when the portal finally caved in and vanish. Now over, they took a minute to breathe and collect their wits.
"Thanks Bumblebee, thought I was a goner there for a minute."
"No need to thank me, just be glad that actually worked" the scout replied.
"How did he get out of the Shadowzone?" Bulkhead asked.
"I think the better question is where did he get sent to?" Jazz replied as they all looked where the bridge, that Soundwave emerged and got sucked back into, was momentarily ago.
Location: Shinjuku Ghetto, Area 11 (formerly Japan)
Time: March 21st, 2017 a.t.b.
What started as a terrorist incident soon became a genocidal bloodbath.
It first started when a couple of terrorist, two members of a Japanese resistance group, had stolen a truck said to be containing a capsule of poison gas. They were soon pursued by the police, who were soon called off as the military intervened, sending gunships and Sutherland knightmares to apprehend the terrorists and retrieve the capsule. During the pursuit, one of the fighters launched an old Glasgow knightmare to fight them off. However, during the fight, the truck was forced off the highway and into Shinjuku's subways.
Eventually the truck got stuck and was found by one of the soldiers sent to find it. In it he found the capsule and a student civilian, who was actually a childhood friend of his. The truck crashed earlier during the pursuit into a construction zone, he was nearby when it happened and went to investigate. He fell in it when the truck began move again into the highway. Before they could converse further, the capsule opened and revealed inside it a girl tied up in a straitjacket. Before they could completely untie her, Clovis's Royal Britannian Guard arrived on the scene.
Seeing the capsule opened and its contents revealed, the Royal Guard commander ordered the soldier to exterminate the witness and bring in the girl. The soldier wouldn't follow it, as he didn't believe in shooting civilians. The commander then shot him and was about to shoot the student when the driver pressed the self-destruct button, blowing up the truck. During the blast the student, carrying the girl, ran off. The commander then reported to his superiors about what happened.
Upon hearing the update Clovis La Britannia, Third Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire and Viceroy of Area 11 (formerly Japan), ordered the destruction of the Shinjuku Ghetto and all of its inhabitants. Soon knightmares, tanks, and gunships were deployed, eliminating any Elevens (what the Japanese were called now) within the city. Soon men, women, and children were slaughtered to keep word from spreading about the girl from the capsule, a girl that was part of a secret research project overseen by the prince no less.
However during the massacre, something unexpected happened.
High in the atmosphere that no one could see, a portal opened and out of it came an unconscious Soundwave, who was now plummenting towards Shinjuku. The Decepticon soon struck the ground, creating a shock wave throughout the ghetto. Once it subsided, everyone was in confusion as to what just happened. Inside the G-1 base, Clovis and his staff were getting back on their feet and trying to collect their wits.
"What in the name of Britannia was that?!" Clovis demanded, he was still in shock from the experience.
"I don't know my lord! Men, damage report!" said General Bartley Asprius, a loyal servant of Clovis and the project leader of Clovis's "Code R Research Team".
One of the command staff checked the tactical map on the table. "Everything is still functioning. According to the map the quake caused significant damage to this quadrant of the ghetto here, taking out our units within it. Everything outside it seems to be minor and no units were lost."
"Have a unit to investigate the crash site and all other units to continue with their orders, find the girl and eliminate the ghetto's inhabitants." Bartley commanded.
"And tighten the perimeter! No doubt what just happened will attract attention here. Make sure no one gets into Shinjuku, including more troops. I don't want anymore attention being brought here until we are finished." Clovis added, sitting back on his throne.
"Yes your highness!" the staff replied as they rushed to relay orders to the troops.
The bloodshed continued as the knightmares quickly went to work to cover up the incident before the media could arrive. At the same time, the Japanese resistance led by Kaname Oghi were also getting back on their feet.
"What the hell was that?" ShinichirÅ Tamaki shouted.
"An earthquake?" Noami Inoue guessed.
"I don't think so, it looked like something fell out of the sky and impacted on the other side of the ghetto." Kallen pointed out.
"She's right, I'm getting word from the Sutherland's comms that it's exactly that and there's a crater now over there. A squad or two are being sent to investigate." Lelouch told them over the radio, none of them knowing who he was. Though known as the Ashford Academy student Lelouch Lamperouge, in actuality he was the exiled former prince Lelouch vi Britannia, who has recently gained the power of Geass and had given the rebels a train full of Sutherlands to fight back.
"If that's the case, then what hit us?" Oghi wondered as he and several others stared the smoke that was rising in the distance. Little did they know that a new arrival had come and would change the course of history of their world.