Sludge

Jasper, Nevada

I walked out of the cafeteria with my food tray in my hands. I looked around to see if there was anyone that was familiar to me. "Macedonio!" I turned around to see the source of the call. It was a boy who was smaller than me who looked hispanic and wore glasses like I did. I recognized him right away: Rafael Esquivel. I walked towards where he was standing, "You must be Rafael," I remarked, " and you must be Jack." I gestured towards Jack, who was sitting right by Miko. I sat down right next to Raf and asked the question. "What's the thing you guys wanted to talk that couldn't be spoken about on the phone?" "We wanted to know why those guys wanted those braces on your wrists."Miko inquired. I looked at them, "I don't know," I answered, "All I remember is hearing Pompous Red-" "Pompous Red?" Jack asked, "Is that your name for Knock Out?" "Is that his name?" I went, "Anyways, he told that me that if it wasn't for these," I shook my wrists, showing the braces, "I would be dead." Something caught my eye. Rather somebody. Make that 2 somebodies. There was one with orange hair and another had glasses with black hair and was wearing business clothing. They were looking our direction. Why are they here?! I thought to myself as I looked at them in shock. "Hey," Miko remarked, "Are you okay?" I turned back towards them and said, "Don't say anything that's related to last night!" "Why?" Jack asked, "I know those 2." I gestured to the 2 creepy guys. "Who are they?" Raf asked, "The orange haired one is Buster and the black haired one is Hydra. They used to live with me." "What's wrong with family?" Jack asked, "They're not family!" I whispered, "They're people that I don't want hearing us right now!" "So what now then Macedonio?" I thought about this for a moment. Then my phone rang. I looked at the calling number. It was blocked. That couldn't be good. "Excuse me for a moment," I said as I headed outside to answer the phone. "Hello?" I asked, "Help me….." The voice answered. It sounded metallic and in pain. "Who is this?" I inquired, Please….. Help…..Me…." the voice groaned once more. Is this some kind of prank? I thought as I asked once more, "Can you tell me who you are?" The voice answered by saying, "I'm sending you my coordinates right now…please help me…..." The call ended and with that said, my phone started to beep like crazy. I received text messages of these supposed coordinates. I looked at them and realized that they were located in a place that was a park. Yosemite National Park. I didn't know what to do so I looked in my contacts and saw one that stood out. It said Convoy. It's worth a shot I thought to myself as I pressed the call button and waited for the person to pick it up. The person answered was the one called Ratchet, "This better be important." He remarked as I began telling telling him of the call I had received. He was quiet for a moment before saying, "We'll keep this between you and me. Meet me after school and I'll take you there." I was confused by what he said. I went along with it anyways. I went back into the lunchroom and looked to see if Hydra and Buster were still there. They weren't. I looked at the time and realized it was time to go in. I sat down in history class with that call on my mind.

I got up and looked around to see where Ratchet could be. He wouldn't want to be seen and those markings on his body would indicate that he was….. I looked up and saw an ambulance coming up. BINGO. I walked up towards the ambulance and said, "So why you and me Doc?" I sat down and buckled up as the vehicle started. He was quiet for a moment before saying, "I wanted to see what you're like." Why would he want that? "And you've made quite a first impression if I do say so myself!" "why is that important Ratchet?" "Haven't you ever heard of first impressions being very important?" He asked, "Yeah, but if you want to know someone better, you have to ask what their strengths are, weaknesses, interests, and other things like that." I remarked as we drove into the desert where no one could see us somehow travel to Yosemite National Park. "All right then," Ratchet replied, "What do you like then, Macedonio?" I thought about this for a moment before replying with, "I like playing chess, reading books, anime, manga, and…" I stopped for a moment before saying the fact that I had a crush on Miko, "..I like Miko?" Screech!" Ratchet stopped really fast and screamed ,"You Like who?!" I cringed at the comment I had just made Well, so much for making a great first impression, I thought as I heard Ratchet ramble on about what was wrong with me, "Why would you like her?!" he screamed as he started driving again. I really didn't have an answer mostly because I saw a green portal opening up and we traveled into Yosemite National Park on the other side.

I got out and watched Ratchet transformed into his robot form and started scanning the area for anything even remotely disturbing. "Why did you bring me here?" I asked in complete confusion "It's nice to have someone around to talk to." he replied and asked, "Now, where were those coordinates again?" I showed him the address of where it was. We traveled a little bit longer before found something cylindrical and robotic. "Stand back" Ratchet commented as he got closer to the pod. He wiped off some dust that was on it. It showed a triangular face on it. It looked like the one that Knock Out and the faceless one had. "Decepticons," Ratchet whispered before a burst of fire came down at us. "Give us Macedonio Zavala now!" We looked up and saw 2 jets that looked very familiar. Why would they want me? I thought as I ran behind a tree. "Macedonio!" Ratchet screamed as he started firing at the two jets, "run for cover!" "No way!" I screamed as I ran towards Ratchet, "I can fight back as well!" I crossed my wrists and waited for the transformation. Nothing. I started to panic, "You're pathetic!" one of the jets said. It was Hydra and Buster! "Masterforce!" They screamed as they jumped out of the cockpits and turned into engines and turned into Decepticons. I realized that was the key, "Masterforce!" I screamed as I transformed into the engine boy but not the robot as I did last night, "It's useless!" A feminine voice said behind us. I turned around and saw a female robot with spider-like legs, "You don't have your body to fight with," We were trapped! "Got any last words, boy?" The spider-lady asked as she, Hydra, and Buster held us at gunpoint. I looked at the sky and saw my transector flying towards us. "Just 2: God On!" I jumped up and turned into the robot I did before. I fired my two cannons at the spider-lady. It was no use, for she wrapped me up in her silk like threads as she did with Ratchet. "Now that we've got you," Hydra said, "Why not look to see who's in the pod?" "Soundwave will guard you." The spider-lady remarked as her attention turned towards the pod. Then that's when I saw him. The one who killed my name was Soundwave. I doubt he recognized me but I didn't care for that. He was the reason why my life was a living nightmare! Anger surged through my body as I was becoming more enraged by the second. My battle mask started to crack. They had done a horrible thing. They had awoken the monster within me. "Macedonio," I turned towards Ratchet, "I need to give you something," He handed me a vial that was green and glowing, "What is it?" I asked, "Our only hope," Ratchet replied as he injected me with it. The surge was incredible: I felt a burst of energy that made me feel like I was on adrenaline. Hydra and Buster turned around and saw what was happening, "Hey!" Hydra screamed as he saw what was going on, "What are you doing?!" I growled, "I'm about to beat your sorry butt, that's what I'm doing!" My restraints started to break as I flexed my robotic muscles. Soundwave looked in our direction and shot out his tentacles which wrapped around my body. My mouth guard cracked open completely. My first sound with it was, "GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" His tentacles whirred back into his body and he stepped backwards to see what had just happened. "W-what the-?!" Buster remarked as he saw me break out of my silky prison, "What's going on?!" Spider-lady inquired as she saw me getting back up on my feet. Claws came out of my mechanical digits as I uncurled them from fists. Hydra and Buster fired at me with their guns but I simply dodged them and was so fast that they didn't see me behind them. I lifted my claws to strike only to have it grabbed by Soundwave's tentacles. I ripped them right out off my hand and struck at Hydra and Buster. The result was destroying their guns and making them unable to fight, "Retreat!" Hydra screeched as he and his brother turned into jets and flew away, "Cowards!" Spider-lady called after them. She turned towards me, "I see that you're not like the others," She smirked as she went over to the pod, "But you're still unable to win while Soundwave and I are still functional," She looked at Ratchet, who was still struggling, "I think I'll offline your friend first and then Soundwave can finish you off." No one moved for a few movements. I turned my head when a gun fired at Spider-lady. I saw a hulking mass of machinery limp out of the forest. He had a hand on his side as if to protect something on him, "Leave him alone," the giant robot groaned as he walked closer towards me. I saw that he had a red insignia on his chest. "Are you…" I asked as I looked at his wound, "an Autobot?" He nodded as he turned towards Airachnid and said, "This boy is the reason I am here. He is the one that I have envisioned in my dreams," I raised a mechanical eyebrow at him, "Are you okay?" I asked, "I'm fine," he replied as he started to transform. I realized what all that hulk was for: he transformed into a dinosaur. I looked at Soundwave and Airachnid, who were now getting ready to attack. "Kid," The Sauroposeidon robot said as he got ready to attack, "Transform," I was confused by this but I did as he said anyways. The result was the dinobot transforming into his robot form and me turning into some kind of battlepack. We fused into some kind new form. The Garuda one that was used in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2. The reaction caused the both of the decepticons to retreat right away. "We will meet again, boy" Spider-lady scowled as she turned into a black helicopter and flew off while Soundwave used the green portal to get out, "That scared them off," Ratchet commented as I cut him down from his prison, "Who are you anyway?" He asked the newcomer, "I am Sludge," the Dinobot replied, "I am a Dinobot." I looked at Ratchet who suggested that Sludge should come with us. When we came back to the Base, my battle mask had finished sealing itself and my claws went away. But the feeling in my gut didn't go away. The feeling that I haven't seen the last of those Decepticons. Or of that Spider-lady.

When we entered the base Optimus, Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee were waiting there already. Agent Fowler, Jack, Miko, and Raf were there as well. I looked and saw my grandparents there as well, Why are they here?! I thought as I walked up to them and kneeled before them, "Hey?" I said, putting my face towards them. Abuela grabbed me by one of the antennas and screamed, "Don't hey me! What were you thinking?! Going out with alien robots and keeping secrets from us! If I did half of what you did last night and today, my mother would've beat the mierda out of me!" I looked at Optimus, looking for an explanation, "Easy, Mrs. Zavala" Optimus commented as he put a hand on her and guided her away. "Sorry about that Prime," Abuela remarked as she let go and walked to where she was before. "It's just that I don't believe that mi nieto would do something like this," "¿Cómo usted y abuela averiguar?" I asked Abuelo as I got up from my feet and looked down at them. Mi abuelo canonly speak spanish, which can lead to very awkward conversations. "Seguimos a uno de tus amigos después de que los vimos recogerlos y después de que no volviste a casa," he replied as he got up and walked towards Abuela to calm her down. He looked at Sludge and said, "El es grande. ¿Te salvó a ti y al doctor?" "Si," I replied as turned to Sludge, "¿Cuál es tu nombre?" Abuelo inquired as he looked at Sludge. Sludge raised a mechanical eyebrow, "He wants to know name?" I said, "Oh," Sludge replied as he cleared his voice box and commented, "Mi nombre es Sludge" Abuela was completely shocked when he saw how Sludge had replied. "What are you saying?" Arcee asked as she listened into their conversation, "We're speaking in Spanish," I replied, once more human, "Do you think you can tell us what those thing on Macedonio's wrists are?" Miko asked Sludge, "And why the Decepticons called him a Godmaster?" Sludge looked at Miko before answering, "I will answer your questions later, but for right now I think we need to focus on next moves" We all sat down and decided to listen to Optimus and Sludge's ideas.

Nemesis

Airachnid looked at her new appearance in what would've been a mirror. She had silky blonde hair and purple eyes with age looking of 17 years old. "Are you sure this will work?" She asked as she turned towards Mega. The woman had introduced the concept of Pretenders and decided to use it on Airachnid, "Of course," She replied. "Macedonio will never expect you to be an enemy in disguise. Isn't that right…..Minerva?"

Thanks for waiting! I'm sorry that it took so long to post but here it is! So just so you know I have to include some references in the next one. Sludge looks just like his IDW Generation 1 counterpart. His Intelligence is that of a genius for a dinobot and will do anything to protect anyone he cares about. I will tell more about his origins soon but in the next chapter Airachnid will try to seduce Macedonio with her new "look", Miko will become very jealous, and Jack will discover a new ability along with a Decepticon who will defect to Autobots. See if you can guess who!

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