Data File 01: Location Unknown
I fell, metal clanging and tree branches snapping as I plummeted through a forest canopy, to land flat on my back, my vision flickering incessantly like a bad video connection. I struggled to my feet, stumbling as my legs sent feedback to my brain that felt like my lower limbs had gained an extra joint somewhere. I lifted a hand up, and touched my face to take off the helmet I had made for my costume, blinking wearily from my fall. My hand grabbed one of the ridges I had put in the back for emergency removal, and I tugged. Instead of my helmet coming off, however, I instead jerked my head forward uselessly. I shook myself, still not fully registering the light clang and gentle scrape of metal on metal as I moved. I put both hands to either side of my head, and tried to pull my helmet off. Instead, it felt like I was pulling my own ears off. I stopped, and finally caught a glimpse of my hands as they fell to my sides. I lifted them back up, and stared.
Four, not five, slender little digits waggled back at me. I touched the tips to one another, feeling the sensation of pressure against them as if they were my own, instead of gloved like they had been. I then followed my fingers up my arms, noting the long, flat panelling that now made up my upper limbs, and the decidedly metallic sheen and perfectly-depicted Decepticon emblem on my upper arms, barely noticeable from my perspective, but still not what I had put there. Mine was never that nice. I then looked down the rest of my body, noting the sharp pointy bits making up my chest, and the fact that my legs did, in fact, have a new joint in them. I tested one out by standing on one leg and bending it around, getting used to how the new piece moved. I then looked around at the forest.
It was decidedly not a forest that I had seen anywhere near the convention center. Pasadena definitely didn't have trees like this when I was wandering around lost, that's for sure. Which meant that I was no longer in Pasadena. Which also meant that the abyssal hole that had opened underneath my feet during Botcon's second day had been real. I decided it was a good time to freak out, and allowed my body to fall to the ground, shuddered, convulsing, and rattling in fear.
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy SHIT!! Where the hell am I? What even happened?! I need to find out. Now. Shivering on the ground in a body that isn't even yours isn't how you fix a problem.
Shall I add that to the database, sir?
Who the fuck said that, and how did you get into my head?!?
I believe the designation you have assigned me is 'Laserbeak,' sir.
That didn't just happen. I did not just find out that the prop I bought from some random dude at Botcon is actually a living sentient thing. Which is currently strapped to my chest....
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, YOU'RE STRAPPED TO MY CHEST! GET OFF! GET OFF!!!
I tried to pry the thing off, but it came off on its own, flipping in the air to transform, and floating just in front of me, an identical copy of the one in the show.
Is that preferable, sir?
And yet, it was still in my head. Fortunately, that meant I didn't have to talk out loud and attract even more attention than I undoubtably already had. I took a step back.
It's... a start. Alright, then... Laserbeak. Where the hell are we?
I do not know. I was not alive before a few moments ago. I have no information beyond our abilities, and what I have collected since we appeared in this realm.
Great, I have to deal with a voice in my head, and he doesn't even know anything about my world. Great.
Your silence and stance indicate frustration. Logic determines the source to be my lack of prior information. It is possible for me to create a new data library for myself from your memories, sir.
I jabbed a spindly digit at him.
Hell no! I'm not having some brand-new UAV that I don't know anything about digging through my brain and making copies of everything! I'm not even comfortable with the thought-speak yet!
Yet you appear to have mastered it already, sir.
That's because I'm used to talking to imaginary people in my head! You are not imaginary! You could do any number of things to me!
Actually, sir, I am a fragment of your mind and personality. I am, for all intents and purposes, the physical form of one of your imaginary voices. I am under your control as much as they are, sir.
I stared for a minute. Despite how utterly creepy that sounded, it made sense. How would something become alive without something already living to grow off of?
Alright, fine, I'll accept that for the moment, but you're still not going through my memories. We'll talk about that later. Right now, I have more important things to worry about, like where the hell we landed.
Would you like me to go above the trees and find the shortest route out, sir?
Best idea you've had yet.
The little metal bird gained altitude, and the sound of his wings brushing against leaves on the way up reached my ears.
Actually, that reminds me.
I reached up to my face again, and felt around my head. Yep, no ears. No actual face, either. Just a visor. With a HUD. Oh, here comes another freak out. Yep, back on the ground, shuddering uncontrollably as I realize that I have, in fact, body-snatched Soundwave. I recovered from this one more quickly, though, as I forced myself to think about the positives.
Let's see.... I am now made of metal! Which means it's going to be much harder to get killed, that's good. I'm Soundwave, so I should be able to record and play back anything I hear, so I'm sure I can put that to good use. What else... Oh, I can't believe I almost forgot that. How do I forget, while cosplaying a Transformer, that my character can transform?! Even if it is for only a short time?!
Perhaps something to do with the shock factor, sir?
I physically jumped at the voice, still unaccustomed to having someone else answer my thoughts. I unintentionally took out the slight anger at being taken off-guard so easily on him in my response.
Do you have something to report yet?
Yes, sir. I have located a small village to your northwest. Shall I continue onward?
No, not yet. No point shocking anyone more than we really have to. Better to show up all at once, I think, so they don't start thinking there's an entire army in the trees.
Sound logic, sir.
Don't compliment me if you don't really mean it, Laserbeak.
I attempted to focus my body in an attempt to find my T-cog, which would allow me to transform, but to no avail. Apparently, I was going to need practice. Not too much trouble, though. For now, I would just have to run. Of course, a regular run would never do for a character like Soundwave. No, his design lent itself perfectly to a much more unnatural mode of locomotion: the Ninja Run. I angled my arms back and leant forward, then charged ahead at top speed, which was surprisingly fast. Apparently that extra joint in my legs was for more than just appearance.
I covered the short distance between me and Laserbeak quickly, and looked out at the town, deciding to figure out how to zoom my optics sooner, rather than later. I eventually managed to make my vision telescope, pulling the faraway buildings much closer in my sight. I scanned the town, not yet seeing anything living out and about. I zoomed back out as Laserbeak floated down to hover next to my head. I instinctively leaned away slightly, but he didn't seem to mind.
A new idea suddenly occurred to me, and I looked at the sun, gauging its current height and checking the plant life around me. The sun itself was still touching the horizon, and the flowers nearby were closed.
It's dawn. Whoever lives here, it looks like they haven't gotten up yet. It won't be long now, though. All we have to do is wait, and not be seen immediately.
A sound plan, sir.
Knock it off with that pun.
I stepped back into the shadows of the trees, and Laserbeak flew to a low branch to conserve energy. Eventually, the sound of doors being opened and closed, and the faint sound of voices calling morning greetings were carried by the breeze to my audio receptors. I returned my attention to the town, and zoomed my optics again. What I saw would have made my jaw drop, if I had one.
Moving away from the town, out into what appeared to be an orchard, were two quadrupeds, one green and one yellow. Using a spy dish to catch the sound, I could easily make out that they were talking to each other, though I didn't bother recording any of the conversation. I was too busy trying to make my brain work again. Finally, I managed to think a full sentence again.
I am in Equestria. As Soundwave. Crap.
I do not see why this is detrimental to us.
Because, while they talk about peace and harmony and whatnot, they tend to freak out at things that don't fit in. And right now, I fit in here about as well as an octopus in a bird museum. So obviously, they're going to freak out as soon as they spot me.
That would hinder any actions we attempt to take in this realm.
Yeah. So what we need is a problem to solve. Something that they normally couldn't handle on their own, or would at least have trouble with. Then I can deal with it for them, and they won't be quite so worried about me hurting them.
Wouldn't they be more terrified of you if you can defeat an enemy they have difficulty beating with ease? You would show that they would have no ability to defeat you, and therefore no defense if you were to turn on them.
I'm hoping the system shock will keep them from thinking along those lines and more in the neighborhood of 'it saved us, it must be nice.'
I still find this plan to be unstable, at best.
I didn't really care at that point. I had just picked up a sound that was most certainly not made by any pony, and I took off in the direction of the disturbance. Laserbeak swiftly followed me, and I could soon make out the source of the noise: A massive crocodilian, with what appeared to be boulders making up its back, was snapping and thrashing at the base of a tree, the water around it stained red, and pieces of what used to be clothing floating lazily down the slow-moving river. It didn't take a genius to figure out what happened here, especially with the colt hanging onto a high branch of the tree the crocodile was attacking. I decided to deal with this in-character, and did what Soundwave does: I recorded the sound of the creature thrashing, then played it back at a little more than full volume. It got the croc's attention fast enough, and I sent a mental instruction to Laserbeak to attack at every available safe opportunity. I didn't want my new companion to go offline just yet, no matter how uncomfortable he made me.
The croc surged toward me, and I hopped up onto its back, my heavy metal body bashing a dent into the rocks on its back where I landed. The creature roared impotently at me, and rolled over, just as I had hoped it would. I hopped again, this time landing on its soft belly. As I came down, I extended my legs as forcefully as possible, and heard a couple of bones break as a reward. The croc rolled over again, and I jumped off. It hissed at me, trying to intimidate me into making a mistake, but it was failing miserably. I already knew that normal crocodilians could be disabled by holding their mouth closed on land, where they can't put you underwater, and now I had a body made of far sturdier stuff. More importantly, though, I had backup.
Laserbeak descended from the branches behind the beast, and zapped it with a quick laser blast. The creature roared, and spun to face the new threat, which quickly disappeared once more into the leaves. That didn't really matter, though, as I again jumped on the croc, this time landing on his head. It tried to shake me off for a moment, but I was already prepared to finish this. I called up the recording of the croc hissing, changed the pitch slightly, and placed my palm against the beast's head, near where its ear should have been. Then, I pumped the beast's own hiss of anger into its head. It went still, then slumped as blood seeped from the earhole. It was still breathing, though, so I got off of it and strode to the tree the colt had remained in during the fight. He was obviously still scared, and I knew I needed to say something, quickly. I had a flash of inspiration, and tried to speak for the first time since gaining my new body. It came out deep, gravelly, and distorted by electronic re-layering.
"Crocodile inferior, Soundwave superior."
The colt's eyes went wide in amazement, and I knew I had just gotten him out of panic mode, at least.
Yeah, I thought, now that's a catchphrase for the ages.
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Sounds tasty. fc03.deviantart.net/fs5/i/2004/345/e/c/Dancing_Soundwave_by_Johnny216.jpg
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The beginning and ending of that comment made sense, but I lost track of who's doing what near the middle.
Also, I don't play Battlefield anymore. I only ever played Battlefield 3 for about three months after it came out, so I don't know what that's all about.
I'm getting kinda tired of the LoHAV stories, but you sir, have caught my interest with 2nd best Decepticon. And I'm not disappointed; you didn't follow the cliche *+1000 years in stone evil* and he seems to not be trying to be an idiot out for lulz or destruction. Also, the writing itself is great too; congrats, you won a fav and a rare thumb.
great story start. keep writing, because this might become one of very rare jewel's of villain fics in fimfiction. hope you update soon
At some point, I see this story holding at least 20% more wubs than others within this genre.
I like the over all story but the middle seems weak like its scripted you had a great start and ending but all togeather it felt weak but ill keep an eye on this and see if you improve it
4314816 I agree I also want more of this who seconds thy motion
And now...
This novel-to-be is the 101th "going to read later" book I have on this site. An accomplishment that is without much more saying, for it means that you're either a very talented writer--or you're very lucky one.
I look forward to reading this entire work of yours.
Your little hook got me at the first sentence. Let's see you reel it in.
Interesting so far, I will hold my favorite til I see more.
For now thought you have my attention, we will see how things progress.
*slow clap* Congratulations. You have earned a favorite and upvote from me. You've also stoked my desire to get that Soundwave figure, so my wallet now has a bit of a grudge against you for now.
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The toy is honestly one of my favorites from the Prime line. It's relatively simple, but the accuracy to the show model is significantly better because of it. Plus, Laserbeak actually detaches from his chest, which makes for great play value.
YES! I've always liked Soundwave and his silent and determined personality. My favorite scene of him is when he just spat in the Autobots' face by deleting all of his data and delivering that sentence.
You got me interested. Just dont go all crossover maniac/long wait time/totally stupid with no real sense. pleasee. and if you can make Starscream appear somewhere I will be really happy.
Interesting
Is he human sized or full sized? Also he needs to meet Vinyl Scratch.
Intriguing. I'll definitely be following this one, even though I'm a rather out of the loop when it comes the current generation of Transformers. I really like this character & I hope he doesn't just start acting villainous for no reason, but will knowledge of Transformers Prime be required to enjoy this story?
I still don't know what that acronym is. "Lust Over Having A Villain?"
Other than that, welcome to Adventures - AU, where we see so many worlds, that we're a tredecuple-partisan bureaucracy!
I had an idea for this kind of thing, that I'd written up somewhere about a guy going to Equestria while wearing a mishmash of different costume pieces, and then getting curbstomped because Hasbro had decided that, for their sixth season, they were gonna have Celestia and Luna kidnapped, and then all the Element Bearers became Alicorns, thus making the entire show a boring Power Rangers for Girls type of thing.
Transformers crossover? Insta-fav!
Interesting.
Fascinating, though Soundwave when speaking to the Autobots says
Not
Otherwise, fascinating
No more please.
This is gonna be good
Dis gun be be gud.
Just a thought, but would the creature Soundwave fought be a...
rockodile?
I like the concept, and the execution isn't too hasty or rushed. Please do continue; especially when Soundwave meets a certain DJ.
I am SO following this fic!!
Welcome to the bandwagon.
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I've been hit with inspiration the past few days, so wait times shouldn't be too long, at least for the moment. I'm probably going to go back to alternating which of my stories I update before too long, though, so once I've spewed out another few chapters for this, the wait times will increase, even if by just a little.
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You don't have to have seen Transformers Prime for this, but you'll probably miss a few jokes without doing so. If you've got Netflix, I recommend watching it there, anyway. It's easily one of the best Transformers series there is. You might want to at least see the first few episodes, just to get an idea of how this Soundwave operates.
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Human-sized. If he had been full-sized, jumping on the crocodile's back would have killed it.
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I think it's referred to in the show as a cragadile.
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Thank you. I've been wanting to do one of these for a while, but I couldn't decide on a character I felt would be sufficiently interesting for a full story.
you said it wrong
its Soundwave superior crocodilr inferior
DAMN I was planning on doing this. ah well ya beat me to it.
I take it like other TF crossovers he gonna find away to use gems as energon or something? or does he have a limitless power source?
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I'll get to it. Some of it will have to do with gems, though.
4315487 League of Humans Acting Villanous
1. YES, A GOOD TRANSFORMERS STORY
2. will he be able to access his t-cog eventually?
3. I've only heard soundwave talk one during the series, is he going to talk a lot in this story?
4316216 Ah, thanks. Not that I've ever seen more than one in any certain Equestria, meaning I'm not sure how they'd be a "league."
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1. That hits me right in the first story.
2. Yes.
3. Hell no. What kind of fool do you take me for?
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Each of them has some sort of token or item, which they can copy and send out into the multiverse so other characters can summon them. The whole thing with that started when Jimmy the Grape decided to have Solaire hand out White Sign Soapstones.
Welp, at least you, unlike 99% of the idiots writing in the "League of Sad Authors Jumping on the Bandwagon for Poor Self-Inserts and Shittily Structured Piles of Grammar and Structure" manage to step above the rest with actually decent writing for once. I don't know much about Soundwave myself, although I do know some of the Transformers stuff from the movies and a bit from long, long ago when I watched some of the cartoons.
One thing I did note is that you have a VERY high usage of "I" in your story. It's hard to write a First-Person POV and not overuse it, I'd suggest trying to be a bit more creative in your structuring to try and remove some of those uses moving forward. I didn't see anything glaring beyond that, although I probably won't be around for future chapters to see how you handle larger amounts of dialogue and everything it brings with it, or interaction with multiple parties. Sorry, but even though this is written better than 99% of the rest, I have no interest in reading one of the bandwagon stories.
Good luck.
More a fan of the orignal series, but that might be because I can actually remember those being aired for the first time. (nostalgia`s sucks at time)
But you`ve peaked my interest, atleast you went with the smart Con instead of the more popular braindead Megatron-wannabe.
Now lets see if you can hold on to this lvl of quality eh?
4316336 Alright, that's kinda neat. So they're all Pawns, eh? What a Dogma, just thinking that someone else is Dragon you around.
Extinction has read many Transformers crossovers and says He Can't wait for more of this story.
4316328 1. I haven't read said story so who knows?
2. YAY
3. good. but will he be using his "catch phrase" a lot?
4316328 yeah, i'm not a fan of multiple people/ robots/ OC's in a story, so yeah
oh yeah, is this a story where OC tries to take over Equestria, has an upcoming grudge against princesses, tries to act good but seen as a villain because of villainous look, or "fuck you im gonna do whatever the fuck i want and there's nothing you can do about it" story?
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You may be interested in either Transformers: DSET or Stolen Minds, then. DSET has some admittedly horrid writing at the beginning(which I'm planning on redoing, by the way), but both have a much larger cast of characters than this story will, so it may be worth your curiosity. Just a suggestion.
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1. I suppose that's for you to find out.
2. You're welcome.
3. His catchphrase will be one of the few things he actually 'says'. Everything else will be recordings.
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Now that, you're just going to have to discover for yourself.
Actually seems like a good idea, just needs a little more put in to every chapter, along with that you have earned a thumbs up, later you might get a favorite. Keep up the good work.
4316423 I AM GOING TO PUNCH YOUR FACE. IN THE FACE.
*cue major inception as i punch your face in the face, several times*
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I went with 'Cragodile', because they were significantly bigger than actual crocodiles
community.us.playstation.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8969i83CE71199B2FAAED/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1
Let's see where it goes.
Jesus christ how long till this stupid fad ends
What generation soundwave are we talking about?
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Prime. The one in the image.