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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Really quick, I apologize to my non-American fans. IHOP is a restaurant chain called the "International House of Pancakes". But since they can't fit that on the sign they just shorten it to IHOP. Also remember when my computer up and died? Well we can't find where we put the Word program disc so this was edited in "notepad". Bad Spelling galor!
Chapter One Hundred Nine: A Heavy Setback
Sam was never so grateful to be able to be in a car all by himself as he glanced back at the large communications truck in the rear view mirror. Epps still hadn’t said anything since they had left the restaurant an hour before and Sam was starting to get a little worried. He winced as he sat back in his seat again and brought his feet up, kicking off his shoes so as to get comfortable.
“He seems a bit upset,” Barricade finally offered.
Sam frowned. “You think?” he asked sarcastically.
“Just an observation,” Barricade answered morosely.
“-Just what did they do anyway?-” Jazz asked as he came up beside the black and white ‘Con. “-All I got was 'spare radio’s'.-”
“-What did they do?-” Bumblebee echoed Jazz's question. “-And who exactly was it?-”
“I’m going to guess that Megatron had a hand in this one as well,” Barricade sighed.
“-Can you blame me?-” Megatron’s voice suddenly cut into the transmission. “-I’ve been dead for over six months and frozen for Primus knows how long before then,-” he told them in all seriousness. “-What’s wrong with having a little fun?-”
“-Having fun, I understand,-” Epps frustrated voice entered the din. “-I don’t even mind you breaking some minor laws as long as you don’t hurt anyone, but for Primus’ sake, could you have picked a worse time? The last thing we need is to get caught by the local police!-”
“He’s right you know,” Sam agreed. “How in the world do we explain how three people could be driving four cars? Also your rather… unusual appearance is bound to get noticed,” he finished with a small chuckle.
“-We were very careful not to be noticed,-” Rumble stated irritably.
“And I’m sure you were,” Barricade said smoothly. “Don’t do it again.”
“-Honestly, what were you thinking?-” ‘Bee growled.
“-That it was a fun way to pass the time?-” Megatron chuckled. “-Honestly, the securities on those vehicles were crap. Took us under ten seconds to get into them. This is what you humans came up with after studying me for how long was it exactly?-”
“-Never you mind,-” ‘Bee growled. Megatron just snickered.
“-Well, I suppose it’s too late to turn all this stuff in,-” Epps sighed. “-And I really don’t want to explain why we just showed up at the police station with all of it. I doubt they’ll just let us go with an apology.-”
“We could always leave them in a mailbox,” Barricade chuckled.
“On the highway?” Sam asked incredulously.
“True,” the ‘Con snickered again.
“-And no time to turn around or stop somewhere,-” ‘Bee added. “-The others are waiting for us.-”
“-And believe you me, we do not want to keep Prowl waiting any longer than he has to,-” Jazz added with a sigh.
“-Then there’s only one thing for it I suppose,-” Epps sighed.
“Oh yeah? What’s that?” Barricade asked, genuinely curious.
“-How in the world do we set up this Wii? We may as well use it to pass the time.-”
“That’s the spirit,” Barricade laughed.
Sam just rolled his eyes as he shifted and moved from the driver’s seat to the passengers. “Do you mind?” He asked curiously. “I want to stretch my legs and I don’t want to hit anything.”
“No problem,” Barricade quickly activated his hologram once more and the young figure tipped his sunglasses down his nose to wink at Sam. Sam blinked surprised, wondering if he imagined the rather smug look in the holograms eye or if it had been some sort of trick.
“Anyway, how long until we meet up with the others?”
“-Shouldn’t be long now,-” Bumblebee answered him. “-About two hours or so.-”
Sam glanced down at his watch that read quarter to six. “Man, I can’t figure out why I’m so tired,” he sighed.
“Just go to sleep. We’ll wake you when we get there,” Barricade told him.
“M’kay,” Sam sighed.
Barricade’s hologram shook his head as the boy dropped right into sleep. “Out like a light,” he chuckled.
“-Apparently it’s normal for humans his age,-” Bumblebee also laughed. “-Growth spurts or something.-”
“He’ll be as tall as us if he keeps sleeping like this,” Barricade joked and was surprised when the ‘Bot actually laughed.
“-It’s possible,-” ‘Bee snickered. The two drove in silence for a while before the Autobot made contact once again. “-So how do you think he’s doing, really?-”
Barricade’s hologram glanced over at the Camaro surprised. “What do you mean?”
“-I mean about all of this. Thirteen, now us going to the Arctic…-”
Barricade mentaly frowned as ‘Bee trailed off. “I would think you to be a better judge of how Sam’s doing than I.”
“-Let’s just say that as a ‘Con, you have a very interesting way of looking at things,-” ‘Bee said flatly.
“You mean skewered and upside down?” Barricade asked with a small laugh.
There was a sigh from the younger mech. “-You’re going to make me say it, aren’t you?-”
“That depends,” Barricade responded, highly amused. “What is it you’re going to say?”
There was a small huff from Bumblebee and Barricade just waited, vastly entertained by the Autobit’s hesitation. “-Look,-” ‘Bee finally began. “-You’re able to understand these things better than I do, all right?-”
“Are you saying you value my opinion?” Barricade snickered.
“-Just answer the question,-” the Autobot snarled.
“Honestly?” The hologram glanced over at the snoozing boy. “I have no idea.”
“-WHAT?-”
“Will you keep it down!” Barricade hissed with another quick glance over at Sam. The boy just rolled over and continued to sleep.
“-Sorry.-” ‘Bee’s voice was notably quieter. “-But what do you mean you don’t know.-”
“The kid speaks to Primus for crying out loud,” Barricade announced vehemently. “That’s not even normal for us!”
Bumblebee sighed after a moment. “-True.-” They drove in silence again for a while. “-Do you really have a bad feeling about this trip?-” ‘Bee finally asked.
Barricade sighed. “The same slagging feeling I’ve been getting,” he snarled. “The one I had before Megatron showed up, the same one as before Sector Thirteen showed up… hell, I had this feeling before Starscream attacked me and I ended up in your slagging garage.”
“-Really?-” Bumblebee sounded impressed and a little awed by this announcement. “-Then why are you ignoring it?-”
“What else can I do?” Barricade sighed. “Someone has to come along and ensure you Autobots don’t kill yourselves.”
“-Hey! We can take care of ourselves ‘Con!-” Jazz broke in, clearly unfazed about letting the others know he was eavesdropping.
“One word Lieutenant Jazz: ‘snow’.” Bumblebee shuddered beside him.
“-So how long before you think the others will get here?-” Ratchet asked as they drove.
“Not soon enough,” Optimus sighed.
“-The town of Redding where we’re all supposed to meet is only a little ways away,-” Wheeljack tried to sooth the other two mechs. “-An hour tops.-”
“Primus save me,” Optimus groaned.
Ratchet just laughed and Optimus eyed the medic warily. “What is your problem anyway?”
“-I don’t know,-” Ratchet chuckled. “-I am just rather amused as of late.-”
“-Really Ratchet, these are not laughing matters,-” Wheeljack sounded disapproving.
“-Your fault,-” Ratchet drawled.
“-Huh?-”
“-Are we there yet?-” Perceptor’s voice came out of the trailer, interrupting any answer Ratchet may have given.
“Nope. Not yet,” Optimus sighed. “We still have a ways to go. We’ll probably stop in Redding for the night. Ron, Steve, would you mind trying to find somewhere suitable for our large convoy?”
“-We’re going to stop?-” Wheeljack asked surprised.
“For the humans,” Optimus explained before he let out a long sigh. “That and I’m worried about Sunny and Jazz. They need the rest the most.”
“-We’ll see what we can find,-” Ron announced over the rustle of paper as he looked over the map. “-Car park,-” he finally spoke.
“-No place for Optimus or Soundwave,-” Steve countered.
“-City park?-” Ron offered.
“-People live in those parks,-” Steve retorted.
“-Hmm…-”
“Perhaps we’ll just wait and find what we can when we get there,” Optimus offered.
“-Great! Race ya! One, two GO!-”
Optimus, Wheeljack and the humans all watched as Ratchet began weaving in and out of traffic, pulling further and further ahead of them. Wheeljack sighed. “-Should I be worried?-”
Optimus just watched Ratchet go before he glanced over at the mech next to him, counting back a few days as he had a rather disturbing thought. “Um… maybe.”
“-Why is he acting like this though? It’s not like him,-” Wheeljack sounded worried.
“Who knows why he does anything.” Optimus answered as he zoomed in on the sight of the bright yellow hummer rescue vehicle before his vision was blocked by another truck. “Maybe he’s playing a game or something.”
“-Or something,-” the other mech chuckled.
Optimus just sighed as he pulled over to the far lane again as another big rig pulled up between himself and the engineer. “I’m really beginning to hate this trip…” he muttered.
“-And it’s only day one!-” Ratchet snickered over the airways.
“Primus help me,” Optimus groaned.
“-Oh shit!-” Ron’s voice suddenly came over the radio. “-Optimus, look where you are!-”
“What?” Optimus was instantly alert as he tried to figure out where he was. Considering that there was yet another large eighteen-wheeler in front of him however, he didn’t see much. “What is it?”
“-What is it Ron?-” Ratchet asked worriedly as he too tried to figure out what the problem was the he clearly wasn’t seeing as he dropped back to join Wheeljack. “-Where did all these trucks come from?-”
“-Optimus, you’re in the lane for the trucking weigh station!-” Steve told them with a desperate tone to his voice. “-You’ve got to get out of there man!-”
“The what?” Optimus nearly screamed back as he tried to figure out a way to get out from behind the other truck. Unfortunately another one had just pulled up behind him. “I can’t move! They’ve got me boxed in!”
“-Just how big a problem is this?-” Wheeljack asked the two humans with him.
“-Considering the first thing they’re going to want to see is his trucking licenses and since you don’t even have a driver…-” Ron trailed off ominously.
“Slag it! What do I do?” Optimus demanded as he started going over the grooves that indicated to slow down. “I can’t get out of here!”
“-Can we get to him?-” Ratchet asked worriedly.
“-I’m trying,-” Wheeljack muttered, “-but there are too many trucks for me to get by and they’re not even letting me try and get in.-”
“-Do you think he can talk his way out of it?-” Ratchet asked the two humans.
“-You mean the fact that he doesn’t have a license?-” Steve asked incredulously. “-No.-”
“-They’ll want to pull the ‘driver’ out of the truck,-” Ron told them with a worried tone in his voice. “-And then they’ll want to see what’s in the trailer.-”
“-WHAT?-” Perceptor suddenly broke in. “-What in the world is going on out there? First the road gets bumpy and now you’re talking about humans searching the trailer?-”
“It seems we have a situation out here,” Optimus said sourly.
“-I’ll see if I can get Prowl,-” Ratchet told him quickly. “-Find out how close he is to our position-”
“-Hurry it up!-” Optimus shouted over his radio when a human with a large red light started waving him towards one of the bays. Optimus hit the odd platform and the humans all gaped at the weight that showed up on the electronic board. ‘Shit!’
Optimus twitched as a small group of humans stopped in front of him and began speaking as two others made their way towards his driver’s side door. Optimus activated his hologram and prayed that some miracle would get him out of this without too many humans learning about him or his kind. Keller was not going to be happy, that was for slagging sure.
Suddenly lights flashed behind him and Optimus was never so grateful to see the ‘Cons in his life as both Barricade and Soundwave pulled up behind him, ‘Bee trailing along since he was between the two vehicles of authority. Barricade quickly went around the startled humans and pulled up next to Optimus’ left as Soundwave came to a halt right in front of the humans and Epps climbed out, waving his military ID. “-Need a hand,-” Barricade chuckled.
“-Get me the slag out of here,-” was all Optimus said.
There was a chuckle from Bumblebee as he pulled up alongside Barricade. “-That’s what Epps is trying to do,-” the younger Autobot told his commander.
There was a long moment as the Ranger was speaking emphatically to the men at the weigh station. The group glanced at Optimus before they looked at Barricade and finally at Soundwave, taking in the special diplomatic plates. Epps seemed to make a gesture that read, ‘you see?’ and the lead human began nodding. He made a small motion to the worker in the booth and the small gate lifted up.
“-There, now that wasn’t so bad, now was it?-” Barricade chuckled again as they pulled out and started heading for the exit.
“-Can we not do that next time?-” Perceptor’s rather irritated voice came over the waves.
“It’s not like I did it on purpose!” Optimus cried out as they pulled into the flow of traffic.
“-That was rather annoying,-” Rumble also complained from Soundwave. “-What if they had wanted to search Soundwave? How were we supposed to hide a huge mechanical panther and two condors?-”
There was hissing and Ravage came on. “-I could have handled it.-”
“-I th-th-thought it was f-f-fun,-” Frenzy chirped.
“-You would!-” Rumble snapped.
“-Now children, don’t make me turn around,-” Barricade chuckled.
“-Could we?-” Rumble asked in all seriousness.
“-It wasn’t that bad,-” Epps laughing voice came over the waves. “-And we all made it.-”
“-Speak for yourselves,-” Perceptor wailed. “-It’s not like I have any room back here -”
“-And lets not forget all the stolen stuff we have back here,-” Rumble finished in a huff.
“What?” Optimus glanced over at the larger ‘Con, a feeling of dread beginning to hit him again. “What the slag did you guys do in San Francisco?”
“-Nothing we couldn’t handle,-” Bumblebee was quick to reassure the other Autobot.
“-It seems that the others went on without us,-” Soundwave spoke next as he pulled out behind Bumblebee, cutting in front of a rather beat up Chevy that honked madly. Clearly, Soundwave didn’t care.
“-It isn’t like they could have stopped,-” Bumblebee replied before addressing Optimus. “-Jazz zipped down the highway to catch up to Ratchet and Wheeljack at let them know Epps was getting you out.-”
“Thank Primus,” Optimus sighed. “By the way, tell Judy that the nursery hanger needs to be a bit bigger.”
“-What?-” Both Barricade and Bumblebee seemed confused but it was actually Sam who started laughing as he sat up.
“You’re kidding!” he called out the window. “Ratchet? How can you be sure?”
“He’s perky…” Optimus groaned.
“Oh no,” Bumblebee forwent the radio as he groaned aloud. “Another sparkling?”
“What?” Barricade yelped.
“But don’t tell Wheeljack,” Optimus snickered. “Let’s see how long it takes him to figure it out.”
“Primus save us,” Barricade moaned.
“I believe it was Primus who put us into this situation,” Sam chuckled.
“Don’t remind me.”
“What situation?” Ratchet asked as they pulled away from the side of the road where they had been waiting for the others.
“The weigh station,” Optimus said quickly. “I need someone to make a note of all of them on the route we’re planning on taking. I don’t want another surprise like that again.”
“Got it,” Wheeljack instantly answered him and began a search for all weigh stations in the area.
“Hey Sam!” Ron waved out of Wheeljack’s window. “We stopped and got candy!”
“And protein bars!” Steve added.
Sam just stared at his father. “Er, no thanks! We ate already!”
Ron just nodded before he said something to Wheeljack and the radio’s clicked on again. “-So how was San Francisco?-”
“It was surprisingly fun,” Sam responded. “We went over the bridge.”
“-The hills were rather difficult to maneuver,-” Soundwave announced rather flatly.
“-It was only the one,-” Jazz snickered. “-And you got up it, didn’t you?-”
“-Optimus Prime, I would like to state that I do not wish to go back to the city of San Francisco again… Ever.-”
Optimus just chuckled. “-Noted, though I doubt that we would have to go back there anytime soon. You know, unless someone lands there or something.-”
There was a sudden burst of laughing from ‘Bee, ‘Cade and Jazz and it seemed that all three were thinking the same thing. “-Oh Primus, how would we get them to the base?-”
“I doubt we could lay tracks that far,” Barricade snickered.
“-Forget the tracks; could you imagine how they would look in their other form?-” Jazz burst out laughing.
Sam as well as the others, who were clearly not in the loop, just looked at the three rather perplexed. “Care to let us in on the joke?” Sam asked with a smile.
“Trolley’s!” Barricade cried out and the three started laughing again.
“-Oh thanks a lot!-” Ratchet cried out in mock irritation. “-Now I’ve got that image stuck in my head, thank you very much.-”
“You’re welcome,” Barricade quipped.
Even Optimus was chuckling. “-Okay everyone, let’s try and settle down now.-”
“-THERE THEY ARE!-”
“-RATCHEY! WE MISSED YOU!-”
“Oh Primus,” Ratchet snarled before he activated his radio. “-Be grateful we’re in a public place you two! And don’t call me that!-”
“-Awww… look Sides. We made Ratchey angry!-” Sunny snickered.
“-I’ll kill ‘em!-” Ratchet snarled.
“-You’ll have to get in line,-” Ironhide announced as he finally managed to catch up with the speeder Lamborghini’s.
“-JAZZ!-” Prowl cried out as he quickly weaved through and around traffic to get right next to the small silver Pontiac. “-Are you all right? Are you hurt? How about the Sparkling? Do you need to rest at all? What about- -”
“::Prowl, darling. Breath,::”
“::But…::”
“::We’re fine,::” Jazz reassured him privately before switching back to the radio. “-We’re all fine, right Ratchet?-”
“-What?-” Ratchet quickly filed away the few ideas he had regarding the Lambo’s and his wrench and turned to the smaller Lieutenant. “-Um. Yeah, we’re all fine over here.-”
“-Damn, he figured that out quick,-” Optimus sighed.
Ironhide glanced over at Optimus curious. “-Figured out what?-”
“-Think about it and I’m sure it’ll come to you,-” Optimus sighed.
“-So who remembers where we left off?-” Jazz suddenly called out.
“-I actually forgot,-” ‘Bee answered truthfully.
“-No choice. Guess we have to start all over again!-”
“-Slag.-” All the Autobots, save Jazz and ‘Bee were surprised when Soundwave suddenly was very, very, very far behind them.
“-What’s with him?-” Ironhide asked puzzled.
“-Search me,-” Optimus replied, just as confused.
“-Five hundred thousand cubes of Energon on the wall. Five hundred thousand cubes!-”
The Autobots, Will, Ron and Steve just stared as Jazz, ‘Bee, Epps and the teenagers all broke out into song. “How long is this trip again?” Ironhide asked fearfully. Optimus just whimpered
-To Be Continued

Author's Note: Well please join us next time for chapter One Hundred Ten: Gearing Up
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