"Closest thing to a father"

Summary:G1 Soundwave becomes babysitter and mentor to a girl who is not only his biggest fan, but who needs a father figure in her life....I only own said girl.

Continuity: Who Framed Rodger Rabbit-style world.

No one knew how it had happened but recently toons who had been in show business before had taken on a role of mentor to younger toons who were set on being in show business although not there yet. Soundwave was one of them; he did it only because he needed something to do besides take his Cassettes around Toontown or stay at home away from screaming fans. When he met the girl he was watching, he wasn't the least bit surprised; she was a black haired green eyed human toon named Mackenzie. She was 7 years old and often wore a t-shirt with the Decepticon logo on it, jeans and sneakers with a picture of Megatron on each shoe.

When Soundwave had asked why she was a fan of the villains, she replied "My mommy always says that toon stars aren't what they are on TV."

The former Transformers star had seen this girl's collection; she had all the Autobot and Decepticon toys from the original show that had been made into toys, except for the Combaticons, Octane and Blitzwing. "I had Astrotrain but he got broken and I had to throw him away." Mackenzie had said. "Anyway, I always make my Decepticons beat on the Autobots because the latter kind of suck."

After that first night of babysitting, Soundwave had slowly but surely gotten used to this girl always wanting him to play with her. He watched Mackenzie every weeknight while her mother went to work. It was now his fifth night on the job, and Mackenzie had gone to bed. Thus the house was extremely quiet; every house on the street was Transformer-sized as that was where most of the cast of the Generation One cartoon had retired; some of them had moved out and some human toons occupied a few of those dwellings, and had left them the size that they were.

The only thing real about what Soundwave had been on The Transformers was his telepathy; he didn't need to use it much, except for when Rumble and Frenzy had gotten into trouble and wouldn't tell him what was going on.

"Make it stop, make it stop, no!!!"

Mackenzie had screamed; Soundwave got up and ran up the stairs to her room, keeping his scanners on high alert. The only thing he found was his charge sitting up on her bed, and crying. "What happened to you?" he asked, picking her up.

"I had a nightmare and it was-" she began crying all over again. "My daddy was killed by some humans who had dip when I was four and I dreamed that it was happening to me too!!!"

Every toon, star or not, knew the dangers of this substance. Yes, it seemed crazy that not all humans would like toons but sadly enough they were out there. Whoever had invented that "dip" should have been put to death in Soundwave's opinion. He let Mackenzie hug him and sob in his arms and began thinking...

Mackenzie and her mother had never mentioned anything about this subject before and Soundwave knew better than to try and ask; yes, in the Marvel Transformers comic, he would "dig up dirt" so to speak, a lot; in real life, he wouldn't do such a thing. Of course, he should have known that thsi girl's life wasn't perfect; she needed a father figure and just maybe, she thought of him as such.

"I wish I could kill those idiots who did that!!!" Mackenzie screamed.

"Would that really make you any better than they were?" Soundwave asked.

"No."

"Go back to sleep. Your mother will be home in an hour."

The ex-Transformers star sighed; yes, she was as difficult as Rumble and Frenzy could be but Mackenzie was only 7 years old and had a lot to learn...

It was a little over a week later, on a Saturday when it was Mackenzie's birthday, and Soundwave opted to take her out of the house to get a birthday present; her mother had gotten her the toys of the Combaticons and had let her open it that morning. He had been given permission to take the 7 year old toon out as long as she was home by 6:00 p.m., in time for her birthday cake.

Soundwave found himself smiling for the first time in a long time; Mackenzie was walking faster than she was before, and Rumble and Frenzy were soon accompanying them as they wanted to get her presents too.

"Yes, you two may come with us."

"You really mean it, Soundwave?" the 7 year old human toon asked excitedly.

"Yes."

"This is going to be my best birthday ever!!!" Mackenzie screamed excitedly.

Soon enough, they had gone to the used toy store in Toontown, and the three ex-Decepticons had each gotten her one of the three triple changers (Octane, Blitzwing and Astrotrain) and then stopped by Soundwave's own home where Ravage, Ratbat, Buzzsaw and Laserbeak presented Mackenzie all the issues of the Marvel UK Transformers comic which they had received from a toon in Great Brittain's Toontown. They then went back to her home where she had the cake and opened the presents she had gotten.

Soundwave was smiling now; he knew he had not had to do this but Mackenzie had now come up and was thanking him "not just for the gifts but because you've been like another daddy, and not just for the fun stuff. Is it-" she had said, but got cut off.

"No, it's not wrong for you to think of me in that sense." he replied.

Sure, there were some nights when Mackenzie was still difficult . she wouldn't take her bath or go to bed, but all in all, for a human-style toon, she really wasn't that bad.....

Author's note: Yes, I can never see this ever happening. Yes, the next chapter will be with G1 characters then the one after that I'll try to have in another Transformers continuity.