I'm finally back! After months of writers block, finding inspiration to continue this story, and some unfortunate hiccups along the way, I'm finally back to this story! Just as a heads up, this chapter may indicate my rustiness to this story and I apologize in advance. Now this chapter would have been updated a few days sooners, but recently I got a review, along with a few others, that says my blazblue story is **** and I should delete it because it has a character that doesn't exist (*Coughs* He does *Coughs). It's nothing to worry about, its just someone hating on a character so much that they decided to go around and post the same review on stories that paint that character in a positive light or something. If you're curious, go to the Blazblue section in this website and figure out yourself. Just don't escalate the situation. It's something petty and minor and it should stay that way. Anyway on to the replies.
RisingSolstice_ I know, I actually thought that the 5th movie would be a turning point in the series. Oh, how wrong I was. And there's no trend going on. That was unintentional.
WhiteWolf815- Thank you, but I don't think I'm that good of a writer. My pacing is all over the place and actions scenes could be better. Still, thank you.
CP020- Trust, sir. Wouldn't you rather trust someone that has an actual voice, rather than simply using distorted clips of things said by other people. He'll do when he trusts the titans, and vice versa. But until then, he has a normal voice.
Guest- Oh yeah, the emotions. That would be funny.
Chapter 10
Slade was humming to himself as he watched the substance he acquired from Lockdown being pumped into the machine he got sometime ago. He watched with some satisfaction as the machine accepted the substance, unlike the fuels he used before, and began to stir. If all went as he wanted, he'd have something that Soundwave wouldn't be able to beat and a new minion to do his bidding. He had waited a good three minutes before the machine began to growl out loud. Suddenly, it's eyes glow brightly before letting out a scream of rage. It then started to struggle with the chains that held it down, still too weak to do anything.
"Now. Now." Said Slade as he looked at the machine, which caused it to look at him, monstrous teeth eager to bite into him. "There's no need for that." The machine stayed silent as it processed what he was saying. Seeing that it was calm, Slade continued. "Now that you're calm, let's get down to business." He then snapped his fingers, which caused a light to shine over three shipping containers. "Those containers carry the substance that you require to remain active." Hearing that, caused the monster to look at Slade in interest, causing him to smirk. "So, let's make a deal, you do what I say for awhile and I'll give you the rest in those shipping containers. What do you say?" The monster looked like it was contemplating before speaking.
"How long do you wish for us to serve you?" Asked the monster. Slade rose an eyebrow at how the monster referred to itself, but continued.
"Just until I gain an apprentice." Said Slade as he brought up a picture of Robin. "Him. However, I have someone that's in my way. This robot." He then showed a picture of Soundwave. Seeing the picture of Soundwave, caused the machine to yell out in anger.
"Megatron's lacky!" Yelled the machine before trying to ripe himself free. "That's your opponent!?" Slade, a bit surprised at this, spoke.
"I take it you're familiar?" Asked Slade.
"Personally? No. His faction? Yes." Said the robotic monster. "They made us like this. Tortured and used us. We want them all dead." Hearing that, made Slade smirk. This was going better than anticipated.
"Then I guess that you'll be glad to hear that I want him out of the picture." Said Slade. "If you can, will you destroy him?"
"Yes!" Said the robot. "Give us the rest of the Energon and we'll tear him limb from limb!" Satisfied, Slade nodded his head.
"Very well." Said Slade. "But first, you must listen to my plan and follow your role. Do that and you'll get what you want." The monster, though he growled at the fact that he had to do what Slade wanted, just nodded his head and listened.
Later
Soundwave was currently working on the trans-dimensional device that sent him here when he suddenly got a call from the commlink that the Titans gave him. Putting down the device, he answered the call and saw that Raven was on the line.
"What do you want?" Asked Soundwave, now accustomed to speaking with them, though he still wished to be as silent as possible.
"Slade just gave us an ultimatum." Said Raven. "Find him in time or else he'll freeze the entire city with a Chronotron detonator." Hearing that, made Soundwave pause.
"Do you have the coordinates?" Asked Soundwave, getting to the point.
"A lead." Said Raven. "We're on the situation now and we could use the backup. This situation demands it." Soundwave just nodded. This threat required all hands-on deck.
"Send me the coordinates. I'll be there." Said Soundwave. Raven just nodded before sending him the coordinates. With the coordinates in hand, Soundwave inputted the coordinates and a ground bridge was soon made that will take him there. Putting the device down, Soundwave entered the bridge and was soon at the docks. Once there, he waited for the titans to arrive, which they soon did after a few minutes. Acknowledging Soundwave, Robin opened the doors to a warehouse and began to move in.
"Remember team." Said Robin as they all went in. "Slade is going down today." He said with such conviction and hate, that made Soundwave question his mental health. Before he could elaborate on the matter, a large group of Slade's drones emerged from the warehouse, surrounding the group.
"AHH!" Yelled Beast Boy. "It's a trap!" While he panicked at this, everyone got ready for a fight. Gritting his teeth, Robin brought out his staff and charged.
"Titans Go!" Yelled Robin before smashing a Slade bot's head with his staff. The others soon began their assault on the bots. Starfire and Cyborg did their best to keep them at bay with either their star bolts or sonic cannon while also punching or kicking the Slade bots that got too close. Raven just telekinetically grabbed a few bots before slamming them into another group of bots, smashing them into pieces. Beast Boy, meanwhile, teamed up with Soundwave and the two tore bots left and right. Beast boy had just finished a trio of bots when suddenly Soundwave grabbed him and pointed at the ceiling before pointing a group of Slade bots firing at Raven and Cyborg. Nodding his head in understanding, Beast Boy got ready as Soundwave threw him to the air. Once he was high enough, he transformed into a hippopotamus and was falling toward them. Unfortunately, Robin just then ran up and tackled a bot as well as throwing a few bird-a-rangs the rest, taking the rest out. This caused Beast Boy to just slam on already destroyed bots. After transforming back, he was a bit disturbed to see Robin taking out all the Slade bots on his own, even taking out ones that the others would have destroyed. He, and the rest of the Titans, sweat dropped at seeing this. Soundwave just stayed silent as he watched this, even as Robin continuously beaten down on an already destroyed bot. A few minutes passed before Starfire stopped Robin.
"Robin, its time to stop." Said Starfire, touching his shoulder, making him stop. "We already won." Though he calmed down at Starfire's touch, he just turned around and glared at everyone.
"Slade still has the denotator and the trigger. Is that a victory?" Scolded Robin before getting out of there. Everyone just looked at each other before following him. As they walked together, Beast Boy looked at Soundwave.
"Good call, back there, man." Said Beast Boy with a smile. "Even though it got ruined." Soundwave just looked at Beast Boy before pointing at Robin. Seeing this, Beast Boy just sighed.
"He's been acting on edge ever since Slade surfaced again." Said Beast Boy as he rubbed his head. "He's getting a bit too obsessed with capturing him." Soundwave just nodded his head in understanding. Obsession wasn't a good thing. It led to mistakes. Fatal mistakes. He was about to reply back when they all saw Robin run off in pursuit of a dock worker. Worried for him, everyone ran after him and saw him man-handling the dock worker.
"This symbol!? Do you work for the man that uses it!?" Yelled Robin as he held Slade's symbol. The man mumbled that he didn't know anything about it. Unsatisfied, Robin was about to hit the man when Raven moved Robin out of the way and to an opposite wall. With Robin restrained, Cyborg motioned for the dock worker to run away, which he did.
"You said that you can handle this!" Said Raven with a glare. Robin just gritted his teeth as Raven let him go.
"We're wasting time." Said Robin before walking away. Having enough of this, Beast Bot yelled out at Robin.
"Just because we're tracking down Slade, doesn't mean that you have to act like him!" Yelled out Beast boy. This caused Robin to stop and turned back at Beast boy, giving him with a death glare.
"Don't ever compare me to him! He's trying to destroy the city! I'm trying to save it!" Yelled Robin, getting in Beast Boy's face. Annoyed by this, Soundwave got in between the two, casting his emotionless visor at Robin.
"You're acting irrationally." Said Soundwave, his deep voice filled with logic. "He's merely comparing you're attitude to the situation to what we know of Slade. And he's right." Robin just gritted his teeth and glared at Soundwave. "From what we know of Slade, he's the type of person willing to do whatever it takes to achieve success. Your current actions reflect his own." Soundwave then looked down at Robin. "As a result, he is correct. You're acting as if your like Slade." That would have tipped Robin off and made him punch Soundwave, but just around the time, Starfire sneezed, creating a massive explosion, which shocked and surprised everyone.
"Sorry." Said Starfire, embarrassed. "I'm allergic to metallic chromium. There must be a source of it nearby." She then sneezed again, prompting everyone to take cover. Once that was done, Cyborg went up to her and hummed in thought.
"Metallic chromium? You're sure?" Asked Cyborg as he scanned her.
"Yes." Said Starfire. "It's quite common with my people."
"Intriguing." Said Cyborg. "Metallic chromium is a key component to a Chronotron detonator, which means…"
"We can track it." Said Soundwave, looking at Starfire, who sighed at hearing this.
Later
"Achoo!" Yelled out Starfire as she rubbed her nose before moving on. "It's close." Due to the rather explosive reaction Starfire was having with the Chronotron detonator, everyone was behind her to avoid it. As they walked, Robin let out a sigh.
"Guys…I want to apologize for what happened before." Said Robin, causing everyone to turn around. Before anyone could say anything, Soundwave raised his hand and pointed up ahead. He then went up and walked forward, right arm transforming into a neutron assault rifle. Seeing this, made everyone get ready for a fight. Sure enough, they soon spotted a single Slade drone handling the Chronotron detonator, both of which were on a boat.
"Get ready." Said Soundwave as he aimed his rifle. "Once I take out the bot, we need to get ready to disarm the detonator. Can you help me with that Cyborg?"
"Got it." Said Cyborg with a thumb up. Staying silent, Soundwave was about to open fire at the bot when suddenly the wall next to them broke away to reveal Cinderblock, who grabbed Robin and threw him to the hole he made. While everyone was recovering, the bot suddenly saw them and started the boat he was on, taking off. Cursing silently, Soundwave transformed into a car and sped toward the boat, leaving the titans to tend to their leader.
"Hold on Robin, we're on our way!" Yelled Cyborg as the team got ready to help Robin, who had recovered and was attacking Cinderblock.
"No time! Get the detonator. I can handle Cinderblock." Said Robin as he dodged a punch from Cinderblock. Everyone was a bit hesitant to ignore Cinderblock, but nevertheless, followed the order and followed Soundwave. Eventually, Robin defeated Cinderblock and began to interrogate him.
"Now, tell me where Slade is…" He stopped when he noticed that Cinderblock had a device that was transmitting a set of coordinates with Slade's symbol. He then smirked and picked up the device.
Later
Slade's lair
Slade was silently watching as the teen titans and Soundwave were perusing the boat that contained his fake detonator when suddenly the doors to his lair exploded, revealing Robin.
"Its time to take you in, Slade." Said Robin, glaring at the man, who stayed calm.
"Hmm…I think not." Said Slade as he turned around to face Robin. "You haven't even won yet, Robin." He then held out a detonator. "I assume you know what this is for?" Robin just stayed silent, knowing that it was the detonator for the Chronotron device. "If you want to stop me, take it." He then placed it in the middle of the room. Impulsively, Robin rushed up to get it, only for Slade to punch him and kick him back. "You honestly didn't believe it would be that easy, did you?" Robin simply snarled before bring out his bo-staff.
"Even if I don't win, my team will get that detonator and disarm it." Said Robin before charging.
"Oh, I doubt that." Thought Slade as he readied himself. "Not when I have an ace up my sleeve."
Meanwhile
Soundwave was silently racing toward the boat, which was now using two plasma projectiles against him and the rest of the titans. As he dodged the fire, he soon returned fire with his soon blasters, turning them into dust. With his only means of defense gone, the bot started to increase the speed of the boat and was about to activate the detonator when suddenly Cyborg was onboard the boat, having been tossed by Starfire to do so. He soon grabbed the boat and threw him off the boat, leaving him to disable the boat. Tapping his head in wonder, Cyborg soon shrugged his shoulders and punched the console, making the boat stop. Once it stopped, everyone got onboard and looked at Cyborg.
"Please, tell me you're not disarming that thing with that method." Said Raven while pointing at the detonator and the boat's console. Cyborg simply laughed sheepishly before going over to the detonator.
"Shouldn't be too hard." Said Cyborg as he got ready to disarm the bomb. "Just have to be extremely careful. One wrong move and this thing will freeze the whole city in place." He then activated the bomb and began to carefully work on one of the bomb's circuit boards. As he did so, Soundwave scanned the bomb. Once completed, Soundwave was immediately suspicious. The weapon, while it did have some traces of Metallic Chromium, wasn't enough to completely envelope the entire city. Heck, it didn't have enough to envelope them. Something was off. As Cyborg was cutting some wire, Soundwave began to speak.
"Something is off." Said Soundwave. "My scans indicate this thing isn't what it seems." This caused everyone to look at him.
"You sure?" Asked Cyborg as he scanned the bomb. Sure enough, after doing a more thoroughly scan, he got the same result. "Hey, you're right. This thing doesn't have enough Metallic Chromium to even stop time a few inches."
"But I can still smell some Metallic Chromium in it…" Starfire was about to sneeze again when suddenly Raven enveloped her head with a bubble of her dark magic, saving them from Starfire's destructive sneeze. Though, she survived, the sneeze did frizzle her hair a bit. Waving her hand to indicate she was alright, Starfire allowed them to continue.
"So…if it doesn't do what we thought it would do, does that mean Slade was playing us?" Asked Beast Boy.
"Has to be." Said Cyborg as he placed a hand on his chin. "But for what." He then went into deep thought of what Slade would gain. Suddenly he then thought about it." It's Robin. He's after Robin!" Everyone was shocked at this, even Soundwave. He didn't think that Slade would go after Robin. He was about to comment on this, when suddenly he detected something emerging from the boat insides. Placing a shield barrier in front of them, everyone watched as a laser cannon opened fire on the shield wall, which was protecting them from the lasers. Without a 2nd thought, Soundwave opened fire on the cannon, blowing it up.
"*Whistles* Nice one, man." Said Beast Boy. "That was a close one." Soundwave simply got off the boat and motioned everyone to follow him. Nodding their heads, everyone got off and followed him.
"So, what could Slade want with Robin?" Asked Beast Boy. "What makes Robin so special to him?"
"It could be because he's the only non meta-human in the team." Said Cyborg, theorizing. "Slade may respect that and want him for himself."
"Or he knows that Robin is a vital link to the team and intends to get rid of us by getting rid of him." Said Raven. "Remember, Robin handles all of out battle tactics and resources. He's essentially the thing that's keeping us together. Without him, we won't work as a team."
"Possible." Said Soundwave. "I recall that you all lost to the Hive when they were sent after you. But when he returned, you all beat them."
"Whatever, the reason is, he's not getting Robin." Said Cyborg, causing everyone to nod. Soundwave just stayed silent as he heard this. They were so much like Autobots with their teamwork. He knew, of course, of some Decepticon teams that did similar thing, but never on this scale. Not that he knew of though. They usually were tight-knit groups that didn't interact much with the rest of the army. He did know, however, that many Decepticons teams trusted each other and knew that they could rely on their teammates. A necessary thing, of course, since many were able to combine together to form Combiners, powerful gestalts that were a fusion of Cybertronians into one powerful being. It was necessary for them to trust each other because a gestalt needs such a bond in order to function at all. He wondered which team of Decepticons would interact with the Titans the friendliest. He was about to start a list when suddenly the ground beneath them shook.
"The heck?" Said Cyborg before the entire ground gave away to reveal a monstrous, clawed hand that tried to smash them, but failed when everyone dodged the attack. The hand soon placed itself firmly on the ground before a head popped out of the ground. A head with monstrous teeth and glowing orange eyes. The head was more than enough proof to make Soundwave realize what this thing was.
"Soundwave!" Yelled the head as more of its body began to emerge from the ground. "Payback time!" Once its entire body was out of the ground, everyone gaped at the large machine, which easily over 20 meters. It was only when that it started to slam his fists at the Titans and the Decepticon, that they managed to evade and fight back.
"Hey, Soundwave! You know this guy?" Asked Beast Boy before screaming and ducking down to avoid a swipe from the monster robot.
"Yes." Said Soundwave before firing at the beast. "But I'll explain later, for now, we have to retreat."
"Much as I hate to admit it, he's got a point." Said Cyborg, both his cannon shots and Soundwave's doing nothing against the beast. "Run!" As he watched them leave, the beast roared before trying to peruse them, but was unable to because of the sewers weren't meant for something his size to go through. Roaring in anger, he was about to do something, when suddenly he was contacted by someone. After hearing what they had to say, the beast chuckled before climbing toward the surface.
Meanwhile
Slade hummed in thought as he saw the machine begin to punch his way through the sewers and to the surface, where he began wreaking havoc. Truth be told, he was disappointed that his initial plan failed, but he could still work with this. Perhaps it would be even better this way. After his fight with Robin, where he revealed his entire plan to him, the two watched as his other phase of the plan come into effect.
"I must admit, this didn't go as planned, but I feel like this was better." Said Slade as the machine beast was ravaging the town. He then turned to Robin, who was shocked to see such a beast. "I'll give you an ultimatum, Robin, join me and I'll spare the city and your friends, who I have no doubt will try and stop him. They'll fail, of course, they never faced something like this before. Some of them may even die." He then got close to Robin. "Become my apprentice and I'll call him off." Robin just growled before attacking Slade, who grabbed the fist and pinned him to the floor while also pulling on his arm rather painfully. "You're not convince enough. *Chuckles* Very well. Let's watch this go gone for a little while longer. I feel like my pet needs the exercise." He then smiled when he saw the titans and Soundwave emerge from the sewer and attack the machine.
A few minutes ago.
"What the heck was that thing!?" Yelled Beast boy as the group emerged from the sewers. "That thing looks like it came straight out of a Japanese anime or something!?" While he was panicking, Raven looked at Soundwave.
"Do you know about that thing?" Asked Raven, recalling about how the beast called out Soundwave and that it was time for revenge. Soundwave stayed silent as he looked at the city.
"A bit." Said Soundwave. "But I don't have personal interactions with it. Only knowledge on his capabilities and history."
"Well then, start talking." Said Cyborg. "Because I got the feeling that you've been keeping things from us."
"And I will provide them." Said Soundwave. "But for now, I'll tell you about the monster." A bit annoyed at this answer, Cyborg just nodded and allowed him to speak.
"The beast is called Monstructor. He, or rather they, are like me in the way, but special." Explained Soundwave. Hearing this, made the titans listened in intently, wondering why he referred the monster as they. "They have the ability to combine each other into a more powerful being. A fusion of their power, you could say. It was a great and dangerous power for whomever possessed it."
"So…it's more than one guy, right?" Asked Beast boy. Soundwave just nodded. "Another question. If you said that you don't know those guys personally, then why did they…he…whatever, say payback."
"I suspect it had something to do with what happened to them." Said Soundwave. "You see they…" He couldn't say anymore when they all heard explosions. Turning toward the city, they saw Monstructor wreaking havoc in the city.
"No time to talk. We got a city to save." Said Cyborg before transforming his arm into a cannon.
"But what about Robin?" Asked Starfire in worry.
"Don't worry about him, Star, he can handle himself." Said Cyborg as he looked at everyone. Sighing to himself, he yelled out. "Titans go!" As the titans charged at Monstructor, Soundwave thought of how different things would become for him now that he had to explain what he is, and where he came from.
"I have a lot of work to do after this." Thought Soundwave before transforming into a car and following the Titans after Monstructor.
Meanwhile
Sometime Later
"Man, I can't believe the food in this country!" Yelled Goth girl from New Zealand as she drank a large soda while looking at her food from a fast food stand. "The drinks and food are insanely cheap."
"That's because that was a fast food place." Said her robotic compatriot as he drove them to their destination, a holographic policeman taking the wheel, making it look like there was a cop driving when there actually wasn't. "It supposed to be cheap."
"I guess." Said the girl as she ate a few fries. "So, what are you going to say to this Soundwave?"
"How he got here and if there was a way back to where I come from." Said the robot. "And why the heck is he being a hero. That isn't his style."
"Maybe he had a change of heart?" Asked the girl as she looked at the dashboard.
"…Perhaps. I doubt it though." Said the robot as he drove. He was about to speak again when the girl suddenly turned the radio on, wanting to listen in on some tunes. Unfortunately, when she did, the radio suddenly turned on to the emergency channel.
"As you could see, Chris! There's a giant robotic monster destroying Jump City. Police and the local heroes are trying to stop it, but to no avail. Casualties are low at the moment, but that may change soon as its entering deeper into Jump City." Yelled an unknown report as he surveyed the scene of Monstructor rampaging across the city. After hearing that, the girl looked at the dashboard.
"uhh…speed up?" Asked the girl.
"Speed up." Said the robot before kicking into high gear, leaving some scorch marks once he began to faster than was possible for a police cruiser.
"I hate it when you do this." Complained the girl as she recovered from the sudden acceleration and was enduring the G-forces. The robot just stayed silent as he wondered what was going on.
"Soundwave, you have a lot of explaining to do." Thought the robot as he drove to Jump City as fast as he can.
As a result of this chapter we are now going into AU territory now. Oh, what fun that will be. For those of you, who guessed the Cybertronian that Slade had was Monstructor, congrats. You get a virtual cookie. Anyway, next chapter will hopefully be up sooner than this one. I'll see you guys next time.
