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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Man this is the weekend that WILL NOT DIE! I swear! Bad things just keep happening one after another. (Not to me, thankfully but they all affect me in some way~!) I'm actually looking forward to Monday and actually resting. O.O!
Chapter One Hundred Fifteen: Making Friends
Groundhog entered the main hanger and couldn't help but smile as he found Rollerforce still seated next to his two patients, right where the medic had left him. Rollerforce had not been happy when he had drew the short wire and had to remain next to the two comatose mechs, but after some thinking and a threat or two from Groundhog and the surly ‘Con had finally agreed to babysit. “Any change?” Groundhog asked with a small smirk.
Rollerforce just sighed as he finally sat up from his seat. “Well Inferno woke up for a moment or two before he zonked out again.”
“Uh huh,” Groundhog drawled as he wandered over to the main bed where Red was still sleeping to check his main paitent. “What did you say to him?”
“I didn’t say anything!” Rollerforce chuckled as he held up his hands. “Promise,” he added at Groundhog’s skeptical look. “He might have been overcome by my wonderful presence.”
“Horrified is more like it,” Groundhog drawled as he made his way from one patient to the other and looked him over as well.
“What’s the diagnosis?”
The two 'Cons looked up to see Hound and Blaster walk in, Maggie and Mikaela in their respective hands. “They’re still just resting,” he announced to the room at large. “Though why Inferno is still sleeping is beyond me.”
“That may be a good thing,” Hound told him as he set Maggie down on Optimus’ “desk”. “With Red Alert out of it, he’s next in command.”
“Great,” Rollerforce sighed. “Should we pack now?”
“Actually it might not be as bad as all that,” Hound told him thoughtfully. “You guys did save Red.”
Groundhog looked up with a frown. “What does that have to do with anything?” he asked in all honesty. “I’m a medic before a ‘Con you know and Red has shown us nothing but kindness.”
“I’m just saying that Inferno may be more willing to at least tolerate you guys now,” Hound shrugged.
“Right,” Rollerforce drawled as he shot the still out of it fire rig a skeptical glance.
Groundhog ignored his companions disbelief as he glanced over at Hound. “So who’s next in line after Inferno?” he asked curiously.
Blaster just pointed to his companion and Hound shrugged. “I suppose me,” he sighed.
“Of course you are,” Groundhog nodded. “So what’s being done about the… gremlins?”
“You’re not going to hurt them or anything are you?” Mikaela asked worriedly. “They didn’t really do anything.”
“No, they didn’t,” Hound agreed. “However we know nothing about them or what Thirteen put them through.”
“But you’re not going to hurt them?” Mikaela insisted.
“It all depends on them,” Hound told her. “But for now they’re still in the underground facilities.”
“I can’t believe they were down there,” Maggie mused. “We’ve been down there for weeks and we never even saw them.”
“They were pretty far back in the facilities and you guys pretty much stayed in that first room,” Hound told her.
“We should probably get down there again,” Groundhog startled the two Autobots by saying.
“What? Why?” Blaster asked puzzled.
“There may be more things in the back than what we saw,” Rollerforce was nodding. “We need to check the whole place out and let Maggie and her friend…”
“Glen,” Maggie supplied.
“Glen check out the computers and see what else they can find,” Rollerforce finished.
“If there’s any information down there that can help then you guys need to find it sooner rather than later,” Groundhog added as he went over Inferno with a scanner. “I can’t figure out why he won’t come out of recharge,” he muttered.
“Bluestreak told me that Inferno said he felt something bite him,” Blaster said with a frown.
“Oh yeah,” Rollerforce laughed while Groundhog just frowned.
“Did he?” he mused as he looked back down at the large Autobot. He quickly started digging through Ratchet’s equipment.
Maggie and Mikaela glanced at one another puzzled before Maggie looked the four mech’s over. “How can anything bite you?” she asked curiously. “You guys are made of metal, aren’t you? Not like our skin which is so vulnerable.”
“That doesn’t mean we’re invincible,” Groundhog muttered. “Is there a vid-screen in that box of theirs?”
Blaster frowned as he made his way over to the boxcar in question and began digging through the assorted items within. “Got one!” he called out triumphantly. He brought the requested piece over and Groundhog quickly made some adjustments before attaching it to the scanner. “Let’s just see what we can find,” he muttered as he began scanning the other mech’s legs.
It took a while before he finally found the cause. By Inferno’s left ankle, there was a small hole, about the size of a dinner plate that clearly exposed some of Inferno’s internal wiring. “What the slag happened?” Rollerforce muttered as he looked over his companion’s shoulder.
“Give me a moment to figure that out, will ya?” Groundhog growled as he shoved the other mech off of him.
Rollerforce shrugged as he moved back to his previous seat. The group waited as Groundhog worked. “Well?” Rollerforce asked impatiently after a few moments. “What is it?”
“It seems as if this was burned off by acid,” Groundhog announced with a frown.
“What?” Hound yelped as he moved over to look alongside Blaster and Rollerforce. “What the slag happened?”
“Is he going to be okay?” Blaster asked worriedly.
“Unfortunately,” Groundhog chuckled. “I just have to reattach a few of these but that’s why he won’t wake up. His internal repair system is trying to fix something it can’t so it’s just draining his energy.”
Hound let out a low whistle. “That’s some defense mechanism.”
“Which one was it? The vending machine?” Blaster asked curiously.
“Not sure,” Groundhog frowned.
“Simmons said it was a vending machine, the Escalade and an X-box game unit,” Maggie told them.
“Must have been the X-box then,” Rollerforce said. “The vending machine got in the Escalade and they were on the other side of the room.”
“What was on the other side of the room?” Bluestreak asked as he wandered into the main hanger, Motorhead right behind him like an eager puppy on his masters heels. Hound and Groundhog shared a smirk as Rollerforce began muttering again.
“The gremlins in the basement,” Groundhog chuckled. "We're trying to figure out who was where and which was doing what."
Bluestreak just stared at the 'Con. "What?"
“What are you doing here?” Hound asked directly before Groundhog could elaborate. “You guys are suppose to be guarding the runway passage for those creatures.”
“Oh come on Hound,” Bluestreak nearly whined. “I highly doubt that they’re going to come out now after all this time and our shift was almost over anyway.”
“Still,” Hound frowned.
“Whoa,” Motorhead gaped as he wandered over to see what Groundhog was doing. “What happened to him?”
“Apparently these new creatures have some serious self defense measures,” Groundhog muttered as he turned and wandered over to the large container with the Autobot’s equipment. “I’m going to have to replace that panel.”
“Replace away,” Rollerforce said as he stood up and stretched. “I suppose it’s my turn to watch the runway?” he asked with a glance at Motorhead.
“With me,” Hound nodded.
“Do you guys want me to get in touch with Soundwave and the others?” Blaster asked from where he was seated in front of the master computer. “Let them know what’s going on.”
“Not like they can do much about it,” Groundhog’s voice floated out of the container where he was digging through the assorted stuff crammed in there.
Blaster glanced at the ‘Con before he looked over at Hound. “You’re call.”
Hound actually considered it for a moment before he shook his head. “Groundhog’s right. It’s not like they can do anything about it and the retrieval of the Energon should take high priority.”
“So what now?” Bluestreak asked as he sat down on one of the spare boxcars.
“You get to watch Red and Inferno in case they wake up,” Groundhog said with a grin as he wandered back over.
Bluestreak groaned as he slouched in his seat. “Aw man,” he grumbled.
“Someone has to watch them,” Hound told him.
Bluestreak let out a sigh. “Yeah I know. I just wanted to take a quick nap myself.”
“What for? All you two did was sit in front of the runway all morning,” Rollerforce snarled.
“And it was boring!” Bluestreak whined. "And hot. I think my cooling fans nearly shorted out!"
"I'll give you a once over if you want," Groundhog offered but Bluestreak wasn't done.
"AND IT WAS BORING!" Bluestreak said in exasperation. "There is absolutely nothing to do. Zero. Zip-"
"Zilch," Motorhead added with a small chuckle.
Bluestreak shot him a small frown before he continued himself. "The only thing to do out there was watch the prairie dogs wander over to the moat to drink."
"At least until Crikey ate one," Motorhead chuckled.
"And that was the most exciting thing all day!" Bluestreak finished.
“Honestly,” Hound sighed with a shake of his head.
“What?” Bluestreak asked surprised as the two girls started snickering.
“Like sitting in here was any better,” Rollerforce told him as he stood up from his own seat. “At least there's a view. I’ll be outside if anyone needs me.”
“I suppose we should be getting back out there,” Hound sighed as he turned towards the door. “Call us if you need us,” he called out over his shoulder.
“Got it!” Groundhog called back as he finished welding the new panel on Inferno’s ankle. “Well it doesn’t match but it’s a lot better than it was before.”
Bluestreak glanced over at Inferno curiously. “It’s pink,” he chuckled.
“But it works,” Groundhog shrugged. “It was the only one I could find in the box.”
“Poor Inferno,” Blaster chuckled from his seat in front of the computer. “He can’t catch a break.”
Motorhead glanced at the screen curiously. “What are you doing?” he asked as he watched Blaster move the different pictures on the screen.
“Oh that’s just a game I uploaded for him,” Maggie said with a large grin.
“It’s called 'Solitaire',” Mikaela added with a smile of her own.
“It’s addicting that’s what it is,” Blaster announced as he moved the black eight onto the red nine. “There are a few more games on here too. Including one called ‘go fish’ which doesn’t have fish at all.”
“Hey guys!” Rollerforce’s voice suddenly called out as the mech appeared in the doorway. “Look what Hound and I found at the end of the tunnel.”
“My backpack!” Mikaela cried out happily.
“Yup,” Rollerforce nodded as he set the item down for the girl. He turned to Bluestreak and Motorhead and gave them a pointed look. “What was that you were saying about the odds of them coming out?”
Bluestreak shifted embarrassed on his seat. “How was I to know they’d come out?” he muttered. "I'm just a sentry."
“Was there anything else?” Groundhog asked as he watched the small human go through her bag.
“Our flashlights but not much else,” he said with a shrug.
“I wonder why they brought these out…” Maggie said with a frown.
“Maybe they felt guilty about it,” Motorhead suggested.
“Or they just didn’t want our stuff down there cluttering their home,” Groundhog frowned.
“What’s going on?” a new voice entered the conversation and the mechs turned to see Inferno start to sit up.
“Careful!” Groundhog snapped as he lunged forward and set a hand on the other mech’s back, supporting him as he sat up. “You were out of it for quite a while.”
“Out of it?” Inferno repeated with a frown before his optics brightened. “Red Alert! What happened to him? Is he all right?”
“Relax, he’s fine,” Groundhog said with a small gesture to the bed beside the large Autobot.
Inferno instantly relaxed as he saw his mate sleeping in the berth next to him, apparently unharmed. “Why is he still sleeping?” he asked fretfully after a moment. “Shouldn’t he be up by now?”
“It’s going to take his internal units a while yet to cool down,” Groundhog explained. “He probably won’t be up until tomorrow.”
“But he’s fine,” Inferno demanded as he turned back around to look at the Decepticon medic hopefully.
Groundhog just smiled at him. “Both he and the Sparkling are doing just fine.”
“Sparkling!” Inferno yelped and all the mechs in the hanger chuckled at his stunned expression. “So I wasn’t dreaming that?”
“Unfortunately no,” Blaster smirked.
“You really shouldn’t be surprised Inferno,” Bluestreak laughed. “Red’s talked about nothing else since we found out about Sunny and Jazz.”
Inferno just continued to stare down at his mate. “He really is going to have a Sparkling?” he asked dazedly.
“As far as I can tell,” Groundhog nodded. "Though every time I try to get one of the others to explain to me about why he has an extra spark in him all I seem to get is snickers." Groundhog frowned at the chortoling Blaster and Bluestreak for emphasis. Motorhead shrugged at him, just as lost.
Inferno meanwhile sat there stunned as Rollerforce snickered at his frozen form. “Well, I better get back to Hound.”
“What about Hound?” Inferno managed to shake himself out of his daze and turned back to look at the others. “What’s going on?”
“Hound has us watching the entrance to the underground base,” Groundhog told him as he started cleaning and sorting Ratchet’s tools. “However when Motorhead and Bluestreak came in here to get the next shift it seems that one of the… gremlins,” this word was said with a small smile and a shake of his head, “came up the ramp to deliver some of the items we had left below.”
Inferno stared at the ‘Con shocked for a moment before he turned to Blaster and Bluestreak. “Tell me he’s kidding.”
“About which part?” Bluestreak asked with a frown.
“That there are gremlins in the facility beneath us,” Inferno muttered.
“Unfortunately no,” Blaster chuckled as he finished his game and began a new one.
Inferno frowned as he looked at the screen. “What are you doing?”
“Nothing,” Blaster quickly minimized the game before he swiveled his chair to look at where the others were seated. “So how are you feeling?”
“Could be better,” the large fire rig muttered.
“Should I send Hound in here?” Rollerforce asked with a frown.
“If you could,” Inferno nodded.
Rollerforce took his leave and soon the Autobot’s scout wandered in. “Inferno! Good to see you up!” Hound said with a smile. “How are you feeling?”
“Never mind that,” Inferno quipped as he started to get up off the makeshift bed. “Tell me what’s been going on with those creatures-”
“Gremlins,” Bluestreak corrected with a smirk.
“Whatever they are,” Inferno frowned as he stretched and started to walk around a bit. “What are we doing about them?”
Hound snickered at Inferno’s surliness before he looked over at Blaster. “Would you mind keeping watch with Rollerforce?” he asked him. “This is going to take some time.”
Blaster just nodded as he stood and quickly made his exit while Hound confiscated his seat. “Well, for the moment they’re staying below ground,” he began.
Inferno frowned. “Do we know how intelligent they are?” he asked.
“Actually from what Simmons told us, the mechs that they created using the All Spark weren’t all that bright,” Maggie offered. "And most of them were rabid."
“They were kept in a small cage surrounded by strange creatures,” Mikaela frowned. “I would freak out too.”
“These mechs don’t seem all that hostile,” Groundhog spoke as he finnished putting Ratchet's tools away. “I don’t think they want to harm us.”
“Or they’re just too afraid because we’re so much bigger than they are,” Inferno frowned.
“But one of them is a car like our alt forms,” Bluestreak frowned. “Wouldn’t he be the same size as us if he transformed?”
“If he can transform,” Groundhog frowned. “We don’t know what abilities they have, if any.”
“Point,” Inferno muttered.
Hound just looked at him. “So what do we do about them?” he asked the fire rig. “You’re next in command after Red. It’s your call.”
Inferno just groaned as he stopped his pacing. “Well we can’t kill them for one,” he sighed. “Red would never speak to me again.”
“And it might be a bit hard capturing them,” Motorhead added. “I mean it’s not like we could go down there with nets or anything.”
“Who knows,” Inferno threw up his arms. “This is a slagging nightmare.” He glanced back at Hound. “What did Optimus have to say about it?”
Hound shrugged. “We haven’t told him,” he admitted. “We figured it would be pointless since there’s nothing the others can do while they’re on the road.”
Inferno let out a heavy sigh. “True.”
The other watched as he began pacing again. “So what do we do?” Bluestreak asked hesitantly.
“For the moment just leave them alone I suppose,” Inferno shruged.
Hound looked at him in surprise. “Should we continue to keep watch?” asked him with a small frown.
Inferno paused as he thought about it. “I don’t think it would make much difference at this point,” he admited with a sigh.
“I’ll go get Rollerforce and Blaster then,” Motorhead said with a small smile as he got up.
“But what do we do if they come out?” Bluestreak frowned, halting Motorhead's exit mid-step.
Inferno shrugged. “Say ‘hello’ and figure out what they want I guess.”
“I don’t know,” Groundhog said with a frown as he put away the last of Ratchet’s tools. “They may not want anything to do with us.”
“Then they won’t want anything to do with us,” Inferno responded. “Not much we can do about it.”
“Still, do you think it’s wise to just leave them down there? They may be trouble.” Hound asked.
“We’ll just deal with that when it happens.” Inferno groaned as he walked around and sat down at Red’s bedside. “Until then, I think the best course of action is to just leave them be for the moment. At least until we know more about them.”
“I suppose that means we can’t go back to the computer room until you do,” Maggie said with a sigh.
“You brought up those data disks didn’t you?” Mikaela looked over at her. “Couldn’t you and Glen just work on those?”
“There’s always the factor that there may be a virus on them. I don’t want anything to happen to my laptop…”
“Just have Keller send you some new ones to work with,” Mikaela shrugged. “Or use the Autobot’s account to get new ones from town.”
Maggie’s face brightened. “You’re absolutely right! Could one of you give me a ride?” she asked turning back to the mechs.
“Don’t look at me,” Rollerforce shook his head. “I don’t even know where 'town' is.”
Bluestreak let out a long sigh. “I suppose I could give you a lift.”
“Great! Just let me go get Glen!” Hound helped Maggie to the ground and the woman quickly left the hanger to fetch her friend.
“You want me to go with you?” Motorhead asked hopefully. "You know, as backup," he added at Bluestreak's surprised look.
“Um… If you want.” Bluestreak tried to seem nonchalant but the older mechs knew he was failing miserably.
“Sure,” Motorhead grinned widely and he and Bluestreak turned to follow the human woman out.
“Just be careful you two,” Hound cautioned. “Thirteen is still looking for us and they’ve seen you Bluestreak.”
“We will,” the two nodded as they left.
There was a bit of a silence for a long time until Groundhog surprised the Autobots by speaking. "So are you kicking us out?"
Hound looked up sharply at the question but Groundhog just kept his gaze steady on the large fire rig, waiting for an answer. Hound glanced at his companion fretfully and was surprised to see a look of puzzlement on the gunners face. "What are you talking about?" he asked completely baffled.
"Us 'Cons," Groundhog clarified. "You want us gone? Out of the base?"
Inferno stared at Groundhog surprised before he quickly turned his head and looked over at the still sleeping mech. "Don't be stupid," he growled turning away completely. "You need to keep an eye on Red."
Rollerforce went back to watching Red and Groundhog nodded once sharply before he went back to closing up Ratchet's small corner. And just like that the tension in the hanger that crept up out of nowhere dissolved like a vapor trail in the sky and Hound was left with a lost feeling of 'what just happened?'. He glanced at the two for a moment before he shrugged. 'At least they're not fighting,' he told himself before he turned back to Inferno. “So what do we do now? About the gremlins?”
Inferno shrugged. “Just do whatever,” he finally said, reaching out and taking Red's limp hand in his own. “It’s almost evening anyway. Not like we can get back to building that bunker or anything.”
“True,” Hound nodded in agreement.
“And besides,” Inferno continued. “I highly doubt that those mechs are going to come out any time soon.”
Groundhog surprised the large Autobot by laughing. “That’s what Bluestreak said.”
Hound just snickered at Inferno’s baffled look. “I’ll go let the others know they can leave their posts,” he said as he quickly ducked out the door.
Inferno just watched him go puzzled. “I don’t get it.”
It was some time later after Rollerforce and Blaster had left the main entrance to the underground base that there was finally some movement deep within the passage’s shadows. A small flicker of light from the setting sun was briefly reflected as a two small figures and one large one glanced out of the hole and at the world beyond. There was some twittering for a moment before the figures quickly moved and ducked behind one of the hangers.
Some more small chatter was briefly heard again by the crocodile lounging on the bank of the moat before there was silence in the base once again. Then the three shadows soon started moving away from the safety of the hanger and quickly separated as they began ducking in and out of the few hangers. Crikey just yawned widely and went back to sleep, completely uninterested in what those crazy mechanical creatures were up to this time.
-To Be Continued
Author's Note: Awww, Inferno is letting them stay! YAY! Join us tomorrow for chapter One Hundred Sixteen: Follow the Leader
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