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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s Note: Small note. Apparently in the novel version of the movie, Fig really did die and they even did film a scene where Will was comforting him as he lay dieing but it was cut from the final production. As I did not see it in the theater, he lives in my world.
Chapter One Hundred One: Crikey!
“Where the slag are we now?” Rollerforce growled as he looked around at the vast nothingness that surrounded them. They had stopped a little while ago when Groundhog had suddenly transformed in the middle of the road with no explanation, not that it mattered since they were completely alone. As a result, he had left both Motorhead and Rollerforce with nothing to do but stand around. In 'Force's case, standing around griping.
“We’re still in California,” Motorhead said with a shrug as he also looked out over the barren desert.
Rollerforce glanced over at the smaller mech with a dark frown. “Well duh,” he drawled. “But why the hell did we stop?” he asked turning towards the third member of their team. “What are we doing here Groundhog?”
Groundhog didn’t reply. His attention seemed to be riveted to the area around them before he looked back at the item in his hands. “Hey, Groundhog! What’s the verdict?” Motorhead called out.
Still no answer and Rollerforce growled in irritation. “YO HOG!”
Groundhog jerked at Rollerforce’s bellow and whirled around. “What the fuck 'Force?”
Rollerforce just stared at him. “What are we doing here?” he gritted out. “We should be looking for the boss.”
Groundhog frowned at him before he turned back to the desert. “I know that!” the other mech snapped at him, “but I swear that I saw something on my scanners.” He looked at the small data pad in his hand once more and hit some buttons.
Rollerforce frowned at this announcement and wandered over to his shorter teammate curiously. “What could you have possibly seen on your scanners? There’s nothing out here except these asymmetrical plants.” He toed a cactus for emphasis.
Groundhog frowned. “I could have sworn I saw a signal.”
“A signal?” Motorhead questioned as he too looked over Groundhog’s shoulder. “What type a signal?”
“A signal?” Rollerforce scoffed. “Oh great, that’s all we need; another little dinky powerhouse screwing with our equipment.”
Groundhog looked up from the data pad with a small, amused smirk on his face. “Do you see any power lines around here 'Force?” he drawled before he went back to the small item in his hands. “Besides, I highly doubt that that would be the case again.”
“What? You rig the equipment to ignore certain frequencies or something?” Rollerforce asked as he toed the small plant again.
“No, the fact that there’s a small surveillance camera to the left of that plant tells me we’re not dealing with the locals,” Groundhog said amused.
“WHAT?” Rollerforce quickly jumped back and away from the cactus.
“Where?” Motorhead asked, almost taking a small step behind his current commander, not that it did anything considering both he and Rollerforce were both a head taller than the small Jaguar.
“Don’t worry,” Groundhog chuckled. “I managed to loop a previous picture so we’re safe. However, it’s pretty sophisticated gear considering.”
“So definitely not the humans,” Rollerforce nodded as he looked down at the small lenses just barely visible under the dirt.
“You think it’s the boss?” Motorhead asked excitedly, hope radiating in his voice.
Groundhog shrugged as he knelt down beside the camera. “Only one way to find out. This camera is obviously here for a reason.”
“So if we continue pass it, we should findout what it’s protecting!” Motorhead chirped triumphantly.
“Exactly,” Groundhog nodded already walking away.
“Hey! Wait up!” Motorhead quickly jogged after the other mech.
Rollerforce glanced down at the camera one last time before he too turned after his companions, though he went at a more sedate pace. “You sure about this ‘Hog?” he called out.
“It’s the only lead we’ve gotten so far!” Groundhog called back over his shoulder. “I’m willing to take the risk!”
“What about us?” Rollerforce called back annoyed. “What if I’m not willing to take the risk? What if something happens?”
Motorhead turned to look back at the large truck but Groundhog didn’t even look up from his small pad. “Then you get to say ‘I told you so’ and gloat for the near foreseeable future.”
Motorhead sighed as Rollerforce grinned at this and quickly caught up to his companions. “What are we waiting for?” He asked as he squeezed between them and slung an arm around both their shoulders. “Let’s find the boss!”
Motorhead looked panicked as he tried to slip out from under Rollerforce’s arm while Groundhog just gave the other mech a rather frustrated glare. “What do you think we’ve been trying to do?”
“I’m just saying,” Rollerforce shrugged, releasing the other two. Motorhead quickly took two steps to the left, effectively putting some distance between himself and his teammates.
“You just like the possibility that you’ll be able to gloat if you’re right,” Groundhog muttered.
“Guilty as charge,” Rollerforce chuckled.
“Well I don’t care what this signal might be,” Motorhead finally spoke. “As long as we find the boss in the end.”
Both Rollerforce and Groundhog nodded at his statement as Groundhog went back to the small data pad. “It seems like the signal is coming over that ridge.”
“Again, what are we waiting for?” Rollerforce asked with a grin. “Let’s check it out!”
Both of his teammates shook their heads as they followed the other mech. “Do you really think it’s the boss?” Motorhead asked quietly as they walked.
Groundhog shrugged. “At this moment, who knows anymore.”
Motorhead nodded and silence descended for a while. “Do you think the boss is alive?”
Groundhog’s shoulders slouched. “Primus, I hope so.”
Both mechs were yanked out of their musing by a startled yelp and when they turned towards their third member, they were stunned to see he was no longer there and a rather large cloud of dust wafting in his place. "Rollerfroce?" Motorhead called out stunned.
"Slag," Groundhog muttered as he started jogging to Rollerforce's last known position. He had to catch himself as he went through the dust cloud and nearly suffered the same fate as Rollerforce.
Motorhead snickered as he looked down at the fuming mech in the bottom of the rather large hole. "You okay?" he chuckled.
"Do I look okay to you?" Rollerforce snarled as he started to pull himself out of the hole. "Don't just stand there, help me!"
The other two members snickered as they leaned down and gave their teammate a hand. "What do you think this is for?" Motorhead asked curiously.
"It could possibly be an anomaly in the Earth's terrain," Groundhog mused.
Rollerforce looked up from dusting himself off and just stared at the smaller mech. "You really think so?"
Groundhog shook his head. "No, it looks as if it was dug on purpose."
"Clearly there's something out here that doesn't want to be found," Rollerforce snarled.
"Then let's go find it," Groundhog told him.
"I think we just did!" Motorhead, who had wandered away slightly to look over a ridge, suddenly called out.
Rollerforce and Groundhog glanced at one another before they made their way next to Motorhead who was staring down at the small valley below. Both of them just stared at what they saw. “Tell me I’m not seeing what I think I’m seeing,” Rollerforce muttered.
Both of the other Decepticons nodded as they looked down at the small compound before them. “Is that a moat?” Motorhead asked aloud in stunned disbelief.
“Apparently,” Groundhog murmured as he looked at the multitude of different hangers.
“Do you suppose anyone’s there?” Motorhead continued curiously.
Rollerforce frowned. “Looks abandoned to me.”
Groundhog just frowned as he checked his internal systems. “I’m so not sure. We’d better-Hey!”
Both of the older mechs watched as Motorhead calmly slipped down the side of the small ridge and started making his way towards the buildings. “Come on! Let’s check it out!”
“Motorhead! Get back here! There’s no cover out there and we don’t… Motorhead!” Groundhog huffed as the other mech continued on towards the compound. Either he didn’t hear him or he was simply ignoring him. Groundhog was willing to bet it was the second one. “Honestly.”
“Should we leave him?” Rollerforce asked hopefully.
Groundhog sighed and began easing his own way down. “No, we better go get him before he gets himself into trouble.”
“But it would be so much easier to leave him!” Rollerforce whined as he watched his temporary commander pick his way down. “Wed make better time on the roads too.”
“Come on you!” Groundhog called back up and Rollerforce sighed as he looked at the loose dirt and rocks dubiously.
“But I already fell down once today," he tried one last time. Groundhog said nothing as he had reached the bottom and went after Motorhead. "I’m beginning to think they’re right about this alt form of mine,” he muttered as he began his own slow decent.
“Come on you two!” Motorhead called out, though quietly, as he waved the other two over.
“Yeah, yeah, we’re coming,” Rollerforce muttered as he joined up with his teammates. He looked over at the compound. “Well nothings here. Let’s go.”
“Hold on a minute,” Groundhog reached out and snagged the other mech’s arm. “I’m getting something on my scanners.”
Rollerforce groaned. “Great…”
“Let’s get closer!”
“Motorhead!” Groundhog snapped but the younger mech had already darted away.
“I swear…”
“Want me to shoot him?” Rollerforce offered with a sly grin.
“Tempting… but we need him.” Groundhog paused. “Unfortunately.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Rollerforce muttered as he went after their wayward team member.
Groundhog sighed as he watched his companions. “Sparklings,” he muttered as he went after them. “I’m working with sparklings…”
Rollerforce had already snagged Motorhead and dragged him behind a rather large bolder by the time Groundhog caught up. “Would you think before you get us all killed?” Rollerforce was growling.
“What?” Motorhead huffed annoyed. “I just wanted a closer look.”
“And this is a close as we should get,” Groundhog bit out as he peered around another boulder. “We know nothing about this place.” He turned to look back at the others pointedly.
“Don’t look at me,” Rollerforce quickly took a step back. “I’m not a scout mech.” Groundhog just frowned and went back to watching the compound.
“Hey guys! Check it out!”
Both Rollerforce and Groundhog whirled around to see what their companion had been distracted by this time but amazingly Motorhead was walking away from the small human compound… and towards a rather charred out boulder. Amazingly it seem that wasn’t the only one as Motorhead picked up a small, charred piece that had obviously once been part of a larger whole. Looking around, the two were surprised to find that it wasn’t the only one either and there were piles of small, burnt rocks.
“What in the world?” Groundhog muttered as he stepped forward and plucked the small piece out of his companion’s hand.
“What do you make of this?” Motorhead asked as he bent down and snagged another piece.
“What? Haven’t you seen a rock before?” Rollerforce sneered as he smacked the rock out of the others hand.
“Hey!” Motorhead glared at his teammate.
“Look at this!”
Both mechs jumped apart as Groundhog shoved the rock that he had been examining between them. “It’s a rock ‘Hog. They’re everywhere on this planet,” Rollerforce drawled.
“Yes, but not rocks with plasma cannon residue on ‘em,” Groundhog drawled back.
“What?” Rollerforce yelped and snagged the rock to see for himself.
“This means there are other Cybertronions present! Maybe it’s the boss!” Motorhead chirped happily.
“Maybe…” Groundhog shrugged. “It’s a start.”
“So what’s the plan?” Motorhead asked excitedly.
“How about we hide?”
Both Motorhead and Groundhog turned puzzled but Rollerforce had already ducked behind another boulder. The two saw the reason why a moment later as they spotted a car coming down the road. “Slag!” Groundhog snarled and he and Motorhead quickly sought cover.
“Is it a Cybertronion?” Rollerforce asked as he watched the car approach.
“No idea… wait,” Groundhog frowned as he did a quick ping.
“What are you doing?” Rollerforce whispered harshly. “You’ll give away our positions!”
“Oh relax…” Groundhog announced as he stood up out of his crouched position. “It’s just a typical Earth car.”
Both of the other mechs stared up at him surprised before Motorhead stood up rather hesitantly. “You’re sure?”
Groundhog nodded. “A few humans too,” he said with a nod and the others looked over to see that he was right as a few human females climb out of the rather sporty car.
“I’ve never seen humans this close before,” Motorhead said excitedly.
“Wonder what they’re up to way out here?” Rollerforce muttered as he glanced back at the human compound.
“Who knows,” Groundhog replied absently as he fiddled with his arm panel. “Ah, got it.”
“-I still don’t know why those friends of yours couldn’t give us a lift to the store,-” a rather irritated voice floated out of the speakers.
“-I told you Carol. They’re out looking for the twins,-” another voice replied with a sigh. “-Besides, Ron’s car is perfectly functional.-”
“-Not a lot of space however,-” a third, younger voice entered the conversation.
“-Mikaela, see if you can carry these over the planks,-” the second voice spoke again.
“-All these electronics and they can’t even put together a single bridge,-” the first voice, Carol, muttered.
“-It could be worse,-” the second voice chuckled.
“-How could it be worse?-” Carol demanded.
The second voice laughed again. “-There could be a wall to rival China. Now let’s get the perishables in before this ice cream melts.-”
There was silence for a while. “-I still wish they would build us a damn bridge.-”
The three mechs in hiding glanced at one another as the humans disappeared into the compound and behind one of the buildings. “Well that told us a whole lot of nothing!” Rollerforce grumbled.
“No… not really,” Groundhog agreed as he watched the three figures appear again and head back towards the small car.
“So what’s the verdict?”
“Pardon?” Groundhog looked back at the large truck.
“Are we going to hang out around here or go back to our search?” Rollerforce clarified with a small huff. “You think the boss is around here?”
“Not sure,” Groundhog frowned as he watched the three humans. “While there doesn’t seem to be anything going on around here… there was that small camera to take into account. Plus you can’t forget the plasma cannon residue.”
“Who knows when this was left here,” Rollerforce said with a frown as he toed one of the rocks on the ground. “Maybe it was the boss and he’s since moved on?”
“Or maybe he’s in hiding like us,” Motorhead suggested.
“Possible,” Groundhog nodded, never taking his optics off of the three humans.
There was silence for a while before Rollerforce let out an irritated growl. “Come on ‘Hog! There’s no way that the boss is hiding out here in the middle of nowhere!” He waved a hand at the vast desert and hills behind him. “He’d be out in the city where’s it’s easier to hide.”
“We can’t just ignore the possibility, no matter how small it is, that he’s out here,” Groundhog said with a dark frown, finally turning away from the humans to glare at his teammate. “Wouldn’t you feel bad if we were this close to finding the boss and just missed him because we didn’t put in the work ?” Rollerforce’s stony silence spoke volumes. “That’s what I thought,” Groundhog huffed and turned back to his observations.
“I’m just saying,” Rollerforce muttered. Motorhead chuckled behind him. “You shut up,” he snarled. Motorhead did stop laughing but his grin never faded. Rollerforce just growled again.
“So what’s the plan then?” Motorhead asked as he turned to also watch the humans.
“You think I have a plan?” Groundhog muttered.
“But we have to do something,” Motorhead chuckled. “And that usually calls for some form of planning.”
“Why do we need a plan?” Rollerforce groused. “Its just more humans.”
“Still, we should check it out, don’t you think?” Motorhead argued.
“Well…” Groundhog thought a moment. “The best idea I think is to wait until tonight and then sneak in there to take a look around.”
“Sounds like a plan to me,” Rollerforce nodded as he glanced at the compound. “This place doesn’t look that secure.”
“No. It should be pretty easy to just sneak in and-”
A sudden loud scream echoed into the air and all three mechs jerked and whirled around to see the three humans had dropped their packages and were slowing backing away from a rather large, green creature that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. The small group of mechs all glanced at one another. “What the slag is that?” Motorhead demanded as he gestured towards the creature.
“How the slag should I know?” Groundhog snapped as they watched the small creature snap its massive jaws at the three humans.
“Should we shoot it?” Motorhead asked hesitantly.
“We don’t know even know what it- oh slag it all…” Groundhog groaned as everything seemed to happen all at once. The creature lunged, the females screamed and Rollerforce was suddenly standing there with the thing’s tail in his hand, lifting the animal into the air.
“I got it!” he called out rather triumphantly as he held the snarling creature aloft.
Groundhog just dropped his head into his hand as Motorhead began applauding. “Sparklings,” he muttered again as he followed Motorhead out of hiding and made their way towards the motley group. He looked down at the three females who were all huddled together just staring up at them with wide eyes. “Hi. How ya doing? Please don’t mind the giant alien robots. You’re simply dreaming,” he muttered with a small wave before he turned to Rollerforce. “What did I tell you about stealth?” he snarled.
“What? I have to keep myself in top condition don't I?” Rollerforce said waving the creature at Groundhog. The other mech just frowned and pointed at the humans. Rollerforce glanced at the humans before he turned back to Groundhog. “Oops,” he shrugged, completely indifferently. “Its just humans.”
“‘Just humans’,” Groundhog mocked. “Just humans! We have to hide from humans you lugnut for a processor! We can’t be seen by them! What if they’re hostile?”
“Oh like there’s anything these creatures have that could harm us,” Rollerforce replied as he dangled the creature over Motorhead.
“EEP!” Motorhead jumped as the creature, trying to find a purchase, seemed to reach for him. “Can I shoot it?” Motorhead demanded as Rollerforce started moving closer to him, a rather devious grin on his face.
“No,” Groundhog growled before he turned to Rollerforce. “Put it down.”
“Could you at least wait until we get the groceries across?”
The three mechs turned surprised to see that the females had come out of their little cluster and one of them had even made her way back to the small car. The other two were looking up at them, one staring at the creature in Rollerforce’s hand with a dark frown. “About time someone caught that thing,” she grumbled, her voice identifying her as the one called ‘Carol’. “Do us a favor and squish it.”
“No, don’t do that!” The youngest one suddenly called out from the car.
“What? Why?” Carol turned back to look at her along with the three Decepticons.
“Because Ironhide would be so disappointed,” the other older female chuckled as she handed one of the bags to Carol.
“‘Ironhide’?” Groundhog whirled around to stare at the human. “Where did you hear that name?”
“Isn’t Ironhide that Autobot gunners that’s always with Optimus Prime?” Motorhead asked surprised.
“Yes… he is…” A new voice spoke up and the three ‘Cons, with one now very dizzy crocodile, spun around again in shock. “Along with Ratchet and Jazz and ‘Bee.” The mech grinned at them slyly over the barrel of his blaster gun that was currently aimed right at them charged and primed. “And you are?”
The three just stared at the mech, or rather at the weapon aimed right at them, when there was a groan from Rollerforce. “Way to go Groundhog! Lead us right into Autobot territory!”
“I didn’t know!” Groundhog yelped angrily. “How could I know that there would be slagging Autobots around? It’s a human compound!”
“Well you should have thought of it beforehand!” Rollerforce snapped. “You have to think of these things as leader you know.”
“I’M NOT THE LEADER!” Groundhog shouted back angrily. “I’m the slagging medic, you overgrown Sparkling!”
“You’re highest rank after the boss, so you’re the leader!” Rollerforce bit back.
“Damn it Rollerforce, I didn’t ask for the job! It’s not my fault I got drafted at a higher rank than you. Just get over it already!”
“Who said I had a problem with it?” Rollerforce shouted, shoving the crocodile into Motorhead’s hands.
The younger mech looked down at the creature apprehensively as it hissed at him before he turned back to the arguing pair. “What am I supposed to do with this?” he asked no one in particular.
His teammates ignored him but to his astonishment the Autobot answered him. “Just hang on to him ‘till the girls get their stuff across the moat,” he said with a small laugh. Motorhead turned surprised to find that the mech had since crossed the moat and had lowered his gun, actually slinging it over his shoulder. “They always like this?” he asked with a small jerk of his head towards the still arguing pair.
Motorhead just sighed. “This actually is one of the better arguments,” he explained sourly. “Usually it’s worse.”
“Ah,” the mech nodded in understanding. He stared at Motorhead for a moment before he extended his free hand. “Red Alert.”
Motorhead stared at the offered hand dubiously before taking it with his own free one; though unfortunately with the creature in his dominant hand it was an awkward handshake. “Motorhead.”
Red Alert just nodded and smiled. “Well Motorhead, welcome to the Cybertronion Consulate. The only place on Earth where all Cybertronions are considered more or less equal… depending on whom you’re speaking with.”
Motorhead stared with wide optics as the mech began chuckling softly and took a few steps back closer to his teammates. “All Cybertronions?” he asked in amazement.
Red Alert just shrugged. “Well, since the war ended-”
“WHAT?!?!”
Red chuckled at the response in stereo as both of the other ‘Cons whirled back around to stare at him in shocked disbelief. “That seemed to get their attention.”
Crikey just hissed in protest as he swayed in the breeze.
-To Be Continued

Author's Note: -Large Grin- Oh poor RTP. They have NO idea what they're getting into! For the record, this is taking place at the same time as the mechs getting caught in the Toll Lane. Just so there's no confusion. Please join us next time for chapter One Hundred and Two of Cover Me: A Lesson in History
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