Transformers Fanfiction, Chapter 1.
OCs: Bloodwasp/Sidetrack, Red Baron, Black Widow, Night Slider
Enjoi~
"Barricade," Megatron's mechanical voiced echoed through the hollow room. "Bring me your apprentice. You are to infiltrate the Autobots' base and eliminate any remaining enemy forces," He shifted slightly in his throne, but enough to seem menacing. "Be sure none survive." Barricade looked up from his kneel.
"It will be done, my Lord." Barricade answered, and Megatron smiled evilly. Barricade stood and took a final bow to his master. He turned and collapsed on himself, the tires of the Mustang Saleen form he now portrayed screeching across the metal ground.
Bloodwasp stood still, her eyes closed. Well aware of her surroundings, the only sounds that existed in this part of Cybertron were the quiet hum of her glowing Energon Staff and the movement of her gears, with the rare but occasional wind. The sand shifted behind her, and in an instant, the glowing Staff swung around the graceful yet deadly body of its wielder and into the squealing form of a small insect-like creature that had mistakenly wandered into Bloodwasp's training ground. Her heavy metal feet stood inches from the insect as she looked upon it. As she retrieved her Staff, the distant sound of an engine and revving gears grew nearer. Bloodwasp turned her head, just enough to see Barricade come to a dusty halt behind. The Mustang's door released, and Frenzy leaped out impatiently, running to Bloodwasp and tugging lightly on her hands, all the while making clicking and growling noises that only Barricade could translate.
"Master Barricade." She turned to a slight bow.
"Lord Megatron has given us a mission," He spoke with authority, as was the norm for a master to his apprentice. "I wouldn't keep him waiting." With a stern nod, Bloodwasp jumped backwards and into a handspring, folding from her feet up into a blood-red and black Mustang Saleen, very similar to her master. She skidded out beside Barricade, and kept a steady, fast speed down the sandy road.
"Lord Megatron has given us orders to infiltrate Autobot HQ," His gears shifted. "Any remaining forces are to be eliminated immediately."
Bloodwasp slowed her speed and let out a quiet, worried gasp. Bumblebee! And Jazz! She thought to herself. Her mind wandered.
"Um, Master?" She sped up slightly to catch up to Barricade. "Wouldn't it be better if we captured them? Alive, I mean? Then we can-"
"Are you defying Lord Megatron, Bloodwasp?" Barricade's voice snapped, causing Bloodwasp to swerve for a split second.
"No, Master! I just-"
Again, Barricade interrupted, his voice booming in chastisement.
"Just what, Bloodwasp? The Autobots are our enemy! How many times must I remind you how they betrayed you? How Optimus Prime left you to rust?"
"Yes, Master…" Bloodwasp answered.
Optimus Prime. How the name fell violently off her tongue. How she longed for the blood of the Autobot leader upon her hands. How she despised the memory of him. The memory of his voice, and the last words she heard from him: "There's nothing we can do for her now." She became enraged at the very thought of it. Optimus Prime gave up on her. Optimus Prime left her for dead. Optimus Prime would've had her deactivated. Optimus… Optimus… How the name tasted like stagnant oil on her teeth. And yet, Bumblebee and Jazz never gave up on her. She remembered them crying her name: "Sidetrack! Sidetrack!" And oh, how the sound of her former name forced tears to her eyes.
The rhythm of helicopter blades snapped her out of her flashback. The huge Black Hawk helicopter hovered overhead for a moment before transforming into the menacing Decepticon that stood before them.
"Blackout. Status report." Barricade stood from his Saleen form to almost match Blackout's towering height. Bloodwasp followed suit.
"The Autobots have escaped Cybertron," Blackout seemed extremely furious. "It seems they're headed to Earth."
"What?" Barricade snapped. "Have you informed Lord Megatron?"
"No," Blackout replied, still annoyed but struggling to hold himself together. "I was about to inform Starscream."
Barricade only let out an almost inaudible, under-his-breath growl and transformed again, speeding off behind them. Bloodwasp turned to Blackout and bowed, breathing a quick "master" before taking off in pursuit of Barricade.
Barricade was nowhere to be seen. Yet Bloodwasp drove on, in hopes she would find him. Before long, the ear-splitting echo of an F-22 Raptor jet blew across the sky. Bloodwasp screeched to a halt and transformed, wincing as Starscream came into view. At first the jet flew by at supersonic speed, but it came to an almost halt only a few hundred yards away. The jet transformed, and Starscream hovered very quickly over to where Bloodwasp stood. She bowed.
"Master Starscrea-"
She was again cut off, Starscream's voice raspy and mechanical as always.
"Quiet, you! Barricade is searching for you. Don't you know better than to wander off by now, you foolish little girl?" Bloodwasp flinched. She seemed to forget how much she disliked Starscream.
"Yes, Master. My apologies." She continued to bow.
"Your apologies, ha! Just go to Barricade, he's waiting for you, as is Lord Megatron, and you'd best not keep him waiting." As quickly as he appeared, Starscream was gone in an explosion of sound.
Megatron's lair was ripe with the scent of metal and molten Energon. Standing before the Decepticon leader, Bloodwasp knelt down as she was taught and addressed him.
"My Lord."
"Ah, Barricade's apprentice," He purred. "Where is your Master, girl?"
"He did not report to you?" She inquired, her voice fading. She still forgot how difficult it was to remember all the rules of being a Decepticon, one of which being to never question Megatron. Luckily, he didn't seem to notice.
"I sent Barricade to fetch you and eliminate the Autobots," His cold, metal claws scraped against his throne. "Where is he?"
"My Lord, the Autobots have escaped to Earth." Bloodwasp looked down, aware of what anger was about to come.
"What?" Megatron boomed, even more furious than Bloodwasp had expected. At the sound of the fury, Starscream flew in, landing beside Megatron with the question as to why he was upset. Megatron, now standing from his throne, grabbed Starscream by the throat and held him up with no difficulty. His voice in a growl now, he looked back to Bloodwasp, Starscream still struggling and choking beneath his fingers.
"Go with the others to Earth. Kill the Autobots. And, little girl, do not betray me," He looked to the struggling Starscream. "And you, worthless worm,"- he paused to grip the throat harder-"will go with them. And so help you if you fail, Starscream…"
Choking, Starscream managed a hoarse, "Yes, my Lord" before being released and flying out of the throne room. Bloodwasp bowed and folded on herself, skidding out into the darkness of a gloomy Cybertron.