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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Well, I decided to stick around. We'll see how well I do from here on out. Hope you enjoy~!
Chapter One Hundred Eight: Un-Rest Stop
Sam sighed as he leaned into the comfort of Barricade’s back seat, his left hand absently tracing the small bumps and grooves in the otherwise smooth leather as everyone continued on in their singing. They were finally down to almost two hundred thousand and Soundwave had ever so slowly crept back towards the group. Sam himself was just grateful that Epps was willing to help them keep Megatron a secret.
The fact that one of the adults now knew about Megatron seemed to take a lot of pressure off of Sam’s shoulders. Not that the Cybertronion’s weren’t adults themselves. Hell, they were admittedly over billions of years old, though sometimes some of them didn’t act it. However Sam was just grateful that an adult managed to understand where they were coming from with regards to hiding Megatron for the time being.
“Ooh! IHOP! Let’s stop! I’m starving!”
‘Then again,’ Sam chuckled to himself as he glanced over at the supposed “adult” who was pointing at the building across the street excitedly.
“-But we have to catch up to the others,-” ‘Bee’s worried tone came through the communicator.
“There is always time for pancakes,” Epps insisted with a smile. “Besides, it’ll take the others a little while to get back from Nevada. We’ve got plenty of time and I’m starving!”
“-But aren’t pancakes a breakfast food?-” Rumble’s voice soon joined ‘Bee’s on the airwaves. “-Why would we want to stop there?-”
“Pancakes are good anytime of the day,” Epps told the mech. “Besides, I can’t possibly be the only one hungry.”
As if to prove his point, Sam’s stomach chose that moment to let out a rather loud grumble. Epps turned to give Sam a wide smile and even Barricade’s hologram was laughing. “I take it you are hungry as well?” Barricade snickered.
“Um, yeah.” Sam could already feel the blush creeping up his cheeks.
“-Did someone mention food?-” Miles asked hopefully and Sam glanced over at where his two best friends were. Miles was looking over at them hopefully, not even bothering to pretend to drive ‘Bee.
“Yup. No one minds, do they?”
“-You’re asking us?-” Jazz called out. “-I, for one, would like a break.-”
“-According to the... Web, humans need to eat daily to survive,-” Soundwave’s flat voice stated. “-Our timetable allows for us to stop for a forty minute interval.-”
“Plenty of time,” Epps nodded. “So what are we waiting for?”
There was a sigh from Barricade. “Why do I have a rather bad feeling about this?”
“We’re only going to stop to eat. What could possibly happen?” Sam tried to cajole.
“Oh I’ve already gotten used to the idea of us stopping; I just have this strange feeling again.”
“‘Again’?” Epps looked over at the hologram. “What do you mean?”
“No, nothing,” Barricade sighed as they pulled off the highway and into the small restaurant’s rather large parking lot. There were even larger spots for semi’s and RV’s, something Soundwave was grateful for as he pulled right in.
“It’ll be fine,” Sam reassured him. “We’re just going to eat and then go.”
“Right,” Epps nodded as he reached for the door handle. “Err. Could you let us out?”
Barricade chuckled and the rear doors swung open. Climbing out, Sam smiled as Miles had already headed for the restaurant’s door, not even waiting for them. “I think he’s hungry,” Sam snickered as he turned to look at Epps over Barricade’s roof. Sam however caught the eye of a family also arriving for an apparent bite to eat. They were just staring at both himself and Epps and it took Sam a moment to realize what their problem was. Both he and Epps had stepped out of the back of a police car. Sam rolled his eyes. “We’ll be back,” he said to Barricade instead as he gave ‘Bee a small pat on the door as he went by.
Barricade just hummed as the humans disappeared into the building. The family next to him apparently thought that another restaurant would be more appropriate and had already left and Jazz quickly settled into the spot they had quickly vacated. “Ah, this is what I was talking about. A little rest and relaxation,” Jazz sighed contently.
“Are you feeling all right?” Bumblebee called out from Barricade’s other side.
“What?” Jazz perked back up, clearly almost about to slip into recharge. “Yeah, I’m fine. Why?”
“Oh… I was just checking,” ‘Bee quickly assured him. “You know. We don’t want you to tire yourself out.”
Barricade huffed and tried to ignore them as they chatted around him, though he had to laugh at Jazz's reply. “Don’t worry Autobit, we’re both fine over here.”
Bumblebee groaned. “Do you mind Jazz? It’s bad enough with him calling me that, I don’t need you doing it too.”
Jazz chuckled but Barricade perked right up. “Oh no, you two leave me out of this,” he snarled.
“Sorry Runner,” Jazz laughed again. “But really ‘Bee. I’m fine and as far as I can tell, the sparkling is too.”
“That’s a relief at least,” ‘Bee sighed.
“Can you guys shut up now? Please?” Barricade practically hissed.
Both Autobots now laughed. “Yeah, sorry ‘Cade,” ‘Bee apologized.
Barricade just let out an annoyed huff. “I’m surrounded on all sides,” he complained and quickly slipped into his own recharge.
“I don’t see what the big problem is…” Sunny sulked from where he was stuck between Prowl and Ironhide. “It’s not like we transformed in the middle of the city.”
“You two could have been towed and then where would we have been?” Ironhide growled.
There was silence from both Lamborghini’s before Sideswipe offered hesitantly, “the impound yard?”
“EXACTLY!” Ironhide snapped. “You two need to think before you do anything on this planet! Especially you Sunny.”
“Man, having a sparkling is no fun. You don’t get to do anything,” the yellow car whined. Sideswipe scuttled into the opposite lane momentarily to drive alongside his husband before oncoming traffic forced him to once again slip behind Ironhide.
There was a sigh from Prowl at the soft mutterings from behind him. “We have to hurry this up,” he announced as he flicked on his blinker and got onto the off ramp. “The others are way ahead of us.”
“Aw come on now Prowl,” Ironhide drawled. “It’s not like they ain’t going to wait for us.”
There was a pause from the commander. “Still,” Prowl finally growled, “we’ve already missed the first check point.”
There was a snicker from the large truck. “I’m sure that everyone’s fine; especially Jazz. He can take care of himself.”
“He’s with the ‘Cons,” Prowl bit out.
“And Bumblebee,” Ironhide reminded him. “The ‘Botling has taken down his share of ‘Cons in the past few cencycles.”
“I still find it hard to picture our little bug a fighter,” Sideswipe laughed from the end of the line.
“Yeah. Just how many could he have taken down anyway?” Sunny added skeptically.
There was laughter now from both the gunner and the small human riding with him. “Barricade for one,” Ironhide finally managed to announce.
“WHAT?” the other three Autobots shouted surprised. Will just sighed and adjusted his earphones, not that he was listening to music but they helped to dampen the sound.
Ironhide just laughed again. “During those few days leading up to the final battle, he managed to flatten Barricade right on his aft!” he explained to the stunned group. “He said there were a few other scuffles but nothing really major.”
“And they’re friends now?” Sideswipe asked incredulously. “How is that possible?”
“Search me,” Ironhide chuckled. “I think it’s more due to Sam’s influence than those two actually liking each other.”
“Makes sense,” Will nodded as he randomly flipped through his song list.
“Uh, actually it makes no sense,” Sunny argued with a small huff.
“At least not to us,” Sides’ agreed with his mate.
“Does it matter?” Prowl snarled again.
There was another sigh from both Will and Ironhide. “Apparently not to you,” Ironhide muttered under his breath. Will just chuckled as he settled on a song and got back to his book.
“Can we please pick up the pace here people? We have to get back to the others before dark,” Prowl almost whined.
“I think we’ll make it,” Sunny drawled under his own breath. There was a snicker from the red Lambo behind Ironhide.
“They should be fine,” Ironhide called out irritably. “Just relax and enjoy the trip.”
Prowl only went a smidgen faster, now going slightly over the speed limit. “He’s with the ‘Cons,” was all he would say.
Ironhide sighed, knowing that he wasn’t about to get through to Prowl anytime soon. Will himself just snickered as he gave the steering wheel a small pat. “He’s just worried about Jazz.”
“I know,” Ironhide told the human. “But just think, if this is how he acts while Jazz is just pregnant, imagine what he’ll be like when the sparkling actually gets here!”
Will thought about it for a moment before he finally shrugged and leaned back in his seat. “He’s married to Jazz and I think that Jazz’ll be able to handle both a sparkling and a rather over protective husband.”
“True,” Ironhide agreed after few seconds thought. “Jazz will never let him get away with this type of behavior.”
“For now, we just have to tolerate it,” Will said with a final nod.
“SUNNY! Don’t you dare even think about it! Remember your condition!” Prowl shouted as Sunny began to ease out into the other lane in order to go around him. There was a huff and a small stream of angry grumbling from the yellow Lamborghini but he stayed where he was, situated in between the two older mechs.
“Let’s just hope we catch up to the others sooner rather than later,” Will said finally.
“I’ll agree to that,” Ironhide muttered as the group finally passed a sign that read “Welcome to California”. “I just hope we survive the trip.”
“How far behind do you think everyone is?” Ratchet asked from where he, Optimus and Wheeljack were parked at a rather out of the way truck stop at the humans request.
“Hopefully not too far back,” Optimus sighed from where he was settled. “I just hope that these small nuisances are going to be the only problems we’ll face on this trip.”
“Optimus…” Ratchet drawled with a small chuckle.
“I know, I know. This is just the beginning,” Optimus groaned.
“Indeed,” Ratchet chuckled.
“The beginning of what?” Wheeljack asked curiously as he looked between his leader and his husband. “What’s with you two?”
Optimus and Ratchet shared a small laugh. “Let's just say I hope you’re prepared Wheeljack, because it seems that this won’t be a normal retrieval mission,” Ratchet told him.
“What?” Wheeljack nearly screeched. “What do you mean 'not a normal retrieval mission'? What’s wrong with the mission? Is there something we have to look out for? What are you two talking about?”
“What’s going on out there?” Perceptor’s worried voice resonated from the trailer. “Is something happening? Are we being followed? Do I need to get out?”
“No Perceptor, you’re fine,” Optimus was quick to reassure the scientist before he turned back to Wheeljack. “We’re just saying this is day one. Can you imagine what tomorrow will be like?”
“Um… no?” Wheeljack offered hesitantly.
“Why do I get the feeling this won't end well for me,” Perceptor sighed.
“What are you complaining for? Your safe in the trailer,” Ratchet chuckled before he pulled up to Wheeljack. “Don’t worry about it. It could be that we’re just getting rid of all the bad luck right from the get go and the rest will be smooth sailing from here on out.”
“Oh Primus, if only I was so lucky,” Optimus groaned mournfully.
“Do you mind? I’m trying to be reassuring here,” Ratchet hissed loudly at his commander.
“Ratchet… think about what’s happened to us since we first landed here back at the beginning of summer,” Optimus drawled.
Ratchet thought about it. “Right. We should have brought more ammo.”
“Oh don’t let Ironhide hear you say that,” Optimus growled. “Please.”
“I know better than to admit it in his hearing range,” Ratchet sounded offended. “Just what do you take me for anyway?”
“My only link to sanity,” Optimus admitted with a dramatic wail. “You’re the one who has to put me under when I finally snap!”
“Hey! That’s no fair! Then who’ll knock me out?”
Both Wheeljack and Perceptor were having the same thought as they listened to their two friends banter back and forth. ‘What have we gotten ourselves into?’
“Hey guys! Miss us?” Ron called out as he tapped on Wheeljack’s driver’s side window, alerting the mech that they were back.
“That was fast,” Ratchet mused as the two men climbed back into the Skyline.
“We only picked up a few essentials,” Steve chuckled. “Water, juice, power bars…”
“Soda, chips, some M and M’s,” Ron added with a chuckle.
“Well, at least they’re balancing each other out,” Optimus snickered at Ratchet’s growling as the two men listed off their purchases.
“Let’s just get this show back on the road, shall we?” Ratchet huffed as he pulled out of his parking spot and got back into the flow of traffic.
“What show?” Wheeljack asked puzzled as he followed. Optimus just chuckled behind him.
“-Wake me when we get there,-” Perceptor announced as the ride smoothed out once again as they got on their way.
Barricade snapped out of recharge after only a small half an hour and could not for the life of himself get back to charging. That slagging feeling was back. With a sigh, Barricade stretched out on his tires and resolved himself to being unable to attain any more rest until they had hunkered down for the night.
With a small internal yawn, he almost missed the small flash of metal. Barricade thought he had imagined it until a second flash darted by. It took him a moment to figure out what he was looking at and when he did, he was not amused. With a sigh, he started to slowly back out of his small slot, already grumbling under his breath.
“Where are you going?” Bumblebee muttered, still clearly half asleep.
“Going to talk to ‘Wave; be right back,” ‘Cade explained.
“Mmph. ‘Kay,” ‘Bee sighed and quickly dropped back into recharge.
Barricade mentally shook his head. “Some keeper,” he muttered as he waited for a family to quickly make their way to their own car before he made his way towards the larger trucks and what he thought was a dozing Soundwave. “Some keeper!” he said again, only loud enough for his companion to hear him.
“What?” Soundwave was clearly confused as he looked down at the small Mustang pulling up beside him. A large bulldog began barking hysterically from the cab of the eighteen-wheeler next to the communication ‘Con and Barricade could hear Ravage hissing from Soundwave’s passenger side.
“You’re team,” Barricade clarified. “I can only assume that you know where they all are.”
There was silence from Soundwave for a moment. “They haven’t left the parking lot.”
Barricade groaned. “That’s what I was afraid of.”
“What did they do?” Soundwave finally sighed.
“Actually, that’s what I came over here to find out,” Barricade admitted. “I thought I saw Frenzy and Rumble out and about and was curious as to what they were up too.”
“The birds are off somewhere too,” Soundwave admitted quietly. “They wanted to stretch their wings.”
“Huh. I’m amazed we aren’t hearing more screaming,” Barricade drawled.
“I told them to keep a low profile.”
“Uh huh,” Barricade chuckled. “And do they normally do what they’re told?” Silence from Soundwave. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.”
“It’s like the human said; what could they possibly get up to?” Soundwave asked incredulously.
“Normally I would say ‘not much’ but considering who else is added to the mix, I haven’t the slightest clue.”
“True,” Soundwave agreed sourly.
There was a beat of silence for a while as Barricade glanced back over at the Autobots and was surprised to see a group of young people just standing beside their own vehicle, the driver apparently on the phone. He kept himself occupied by watching the few humans meander about the parking lot for a while before he was surprised to see another set of humans, apparently a young couple, also getting back out of their vehicle in somewhat surprise and making their way over towards the first group. “Wonder what’s happening,” he mused aloud.
“Do you really want to know?” Soundwave asked him amused.
“Primus no,” Barricade quickly denied.
“Then don’t ask,” Soundwave chuckled.
Barricade just sighed, trying to tune out, not only the sounds of Ravage and the dog, but now the panicky voices of the humans as well. “I so don’t have a good feeling about this trip,” he muttered and tried his best to get back into recharge.
“What do you suppose is going on in the parking lot?” Miles’ voice brought Sam out of his worship of his triple berry pancakes and turned his attention to the goings on outside.
“The guys seem to be fine,” he stated with a small jab of his cutlery in the direction of the two Autobots.
“And the ‘Cons would be…where exactly?” Epps drawled looking up from his own plate and looked outside the window.
“’Cades over by Soundwave,” Sam told him after a few moments of searching.
“Hmm,” Epps frowned as he shoved the last few bites into his mouth and washed it down with what had to be his fourth cup of coffee. “Hurry up you two, we should get back on the road soon,” he said grabbing his jacket and standing up. “I’m going to duck into the washroom before we leave. You two should do the same before we leave.”
Both teenagers nodded as Epps started heading towards the back of the restaurant. “-I don’t know what he’s worried about,-” a deep voice suddenly emerged from the direction of Sam’s wrist. “-We haven’t done anything… yet.-”
Miles chuckled as he polished off his eggs while Sam glanced at the few occupied tables around them. “Will you keep quiet? The last thing we need is to get caught now,” he hissed at the watch.
“-So sorry.-” Barricade sounded anything but.
“We’ll be out soon anyway,” Sam told him as he saw Epps now making his way towards the counter to pay. “Just behave for a little longer.”
“-No promises,-” Barricade told him before he clicked off.
Sam rolled his eyes as Miles snickered again. “I swear,” Sam sighed.
“Lets hurry it up then,” Miles said with a last swig of his soda.
The two boys quickly gathered their things and after the designated restroom break, they met up with Epps and headed out into the parking lot where there was amazingly now a rather large group of people standing around. Epps and the two teenagers shared a worried look and Sam glanced over at where ‘Bee and Jazz were just at the edge of the large crowd. “I’ll go talk to Barricade,” Sam sighed as he turned and made his way towards the two ‘Cons.
“Wait up,” Miles called out as he quickly caught up with his friend. Sam was surprised as Miles snagged his elbow and leaned forward. “Do you think Soundwave would let me ride with him?” he whispered under his breath. “You know. Crash out on the floor or something?”
“Hey,” Epps startled the two boys as he appeared behind them. “That was my idea.”
Sam just snickered as he slipped into his own coat. “I’m sure there’s plenty of room and I doubt he would mind,” he reassured them.
“Who won’t mind what room?” Barricade asked curiously as the humans wandered over.
“Well, Miles was wondering if he could ride with you, Soundwave, since you have the room,” Sam admitted as he watched Epps already climbing into the large vehicle.
“I do not mind if he wishes to ride with-”
“What the hell?” Epps voice drowned out the rest of Soundwave’s reply as he jumped back out of the larger Decepticon and looked over at where the other restaurant patrons were all now surrounding a police cruiser. “Shit. Get in, now!” he snapped.
“Huh?” Sam blinked as he looked back over at the group of people before turning back to Epps. “What are you talking about?”
“’Cade, call ‘Bee and Jazz over here and tell them to be as discreet as possible,” Epps continued to bark orders. Barricade made the call a bit amused as Epps turned to Soundwave. “Why?” he demanded.
“Why what?” Soundwave sounded genuinely puzzled.
“Whoa! Where’d all this stuff come from?” Miles asked as he poked his head back out the door. “There’s like a ton of radios, small TV's… hell, there’s even a game system back here.”
Sam’s eyes winded as he finally managed to figure out what was going on. The fact that Rumble and Frenzy just then emerged from a small cluster of bushes clutching what seemed to be car radios also helped him piece it together.
“You two,” Epps snarled at them. “Rather you three are in so much trouble, get in!”
“Wh-wh-what?” Frenzy asked innocently as he tossed the ham radio into Soundwave’s cab.
“Do you want us to get caught by the local authorities?” Barricade hissed at them.
“Never mind, everyone just move it before they start wandering over here,” Epps hissed as he saw the now four police officers checking out the other cars in the parking lot to see if they had been vandalized as well. Sam quickly jumped into Barricade after the ‘Con opened his door for him and Soundwave opened his own for the two condors, having been summoned back from their flight.
“Now what?” Laserbeak asked as he looked at the suddenly cluttered accommodations. “What did you two do this time?”
“What? It’s not like they were using it,” Rumble shrugged. Ravage just hissed from where he was seated in Soundwave’s passenger seat.
“-What’s going on?-” ‘Bee’s worried voice came over the line. “-Why are the cops here? Is it Thirteen?-”
“I only wish,” Epps muttered. “Can you two get out of there without being seen?”
“-Well, the cops are going into the restaurant with the other humans so if we go slowly,-” Jazz trailed off.
“Good. Let’s get the hell out of here!” Epps cried and Soundwave and Barricade proceeded to do just that while Bumblebee and Jazz slowly crept out of their own spots and quickly scuttled around the building to where there were no windows and caught up to them.
“What was that about?” Jazz demanded aloud as they weaved their way through the small adjoining parking lots to get back to the main road.
Epps just sighed as he looked down at all the accumulated stuff on the floor. “Anyone need an extra stereo?”
-To be Continued
Author's Note: IHOP not mine yada, yada, yada. Tomorrows installment of Cover Me: Chapter One Hundred and Nine- A Heavy Setback
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