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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: -Sighs- This chapter gave me a BIT of a problem by deciding to go left when I wanted it to go right and how the last 3 pages showed up is beyond me. However Kallipso assures me it's a good chapter.
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Chapter One Hundred Forty Seven: Dealing with the Delivery Man
Todd refused to leave his room. This was the first obstacle that the group faced the next day when Keller had gone to speak to him to see about getting the man to sign the gag order regarding the Cybertronions. Red Alert stared down at Mikaela in surprise as the girl shrugged. “We’ve tried everything,” she told him. “We’ve been trying all morning. Glen even offered to fetch doughnuts from town but the guy shouted at him. He just won’t leave.”
Hound tilted his head as he glanced over at Red with a frown. “But if he doesn’t leave the barracks, how will he get home?”
“I think it’s a bit more complicated than that,” Red Alert sighed before he leaned down and allowed the girl to step up into his palm. “Has he said anything else?”
“Keeps muttering that it’s all a bad dream and that he’ll wake up any moment,” Mikaela said sourly.
“But that doesn’t make any sense,” Blaster now spoke with a puzzled look. “If he’s talking, of course he’s awake.”
“Didn’t you look up human characteristics?” Hound asked him in exasperation. “Humans can talk in their sleep.”
“Really?” Blaster looked amazed at the concept. “But who are they talking to then?”
Red and Mikaela shared an amused smile before Red got back to business. “So what does Keller propose we do?”
Mikaela shrugged again. “For the moment we’re leaving him be. He’ll have to come out sooner or later.”
“Not necessarily,” Hound said with heavy a sigh. “Mirage locked himself in our apartment once for three weeks.”
“How could we forget? You crashed at our place,” Inferno announced as he appeared from around the corner. Hound ducked his head sheepishly as Blaster stared at him curiously but Inferno had already turned to Red. “What’s going on?” he demanded of his small partner. “I thought we were all going to have a meeting in the main hanger. I’m in there all by myself with the ‘Cons!”
“Aren’t you used to them yet?” Hound asked with an exasperated sigh.
“By yourself?” Red asked surprised as Inferno just glared at the smaller scout. “Where’s Bluestreak?”
“Researching,” Inferno scoffed as he gave Red a pointed stare. “Remember?”
Red’s optics brightened and a large grin overtook his features. “Oh right.”
Blaster and Hound glanced at one another confused as Mikaela looked up at Red curiously. “Researching what?”
Inferno made another aggravated huff as Red grinned at the girl. “Dating,” he told her happily.
Mikaela blinked in surprise. “Dating? He has to research dating?” She frowned for a moment before she looked between Inferno and Red. “Didn’t you guy’s date?”
Inferno suddenly looked horrified as Red gained at thoughtful expression as he stared at his husband. “You know… we haven’t,” the smaller mech mused quietly. “Our Link meant that there was never a need for it.”
“You never dated?” Mikaela asked amazed as Inferno started backing away slowly.
“Due to the Link’s presences, there was never really any question whether or not we were right for each other so no need to ‘play the field’ as it were,” Red explained, never taking his gaze away from the larger fire rig. “Same with having to get to know one another; the Alignment ensured that we knew everything.”
Hound and Blaster looked back and forth between the two red mechs as Inferno took another large step back. “I think I’ll just head back to the meeting room,” he announced quickly before he whirled around and began jogging in the buildings direction before Red could even say anything. Red Alert pouted as the other mech disappeared around the corner.
“I think you scared him,” Hound chuckled.
Mikaela shook her head as she turned back to the Red. “How is he researching?”
“Oh, Judy gave me some digital romance novel’s that I copied for Bluestreak,” Red said absently still staring in the direction his mate had gone.
Mikaela shook her head in disbelief. “Anyway, we’re not sure how to get him out.”
“Get who out?” Red asked half paying attention as he was still lost in though.
“Todd,” Blaster said helpfully as Hound hid a snicker behind his hand.
“Oh right, the delivery man,” Red shook his head and turned back to the girl standing in his hand, tapping her foot with a raised eyebrow. “Er… What does Judy have to say about all this?”
Mikaela sighed as she flopped down to sit in the mech’s hand. “Pissed,” she declared. “She wants him gone. Mrs. Lancaster on the other hand just wants to know whether or not he’s going to stay for dinner.”
“Sound’s about right,” Red sighed as Blaster and Hound shared another look.
“I’ll never understand humans no matter how long I stay on this planet,” Blaster muttered. Hound just shrugged when the small door to the barracks suddenly swung open and banged against the wall.
All three mechs jumped as they stared down at the woman sanding in the frame. “Morning!” Judy called out as she stepped off the porch and began walking towards one of the smaller storage hangers where the humans had stored Ron’s car. The three mechs shared baffled looks until the woman emerged, a long cylinder object in her hand.
“I thought Ron and Sam hid that thing,” Mikaela muttered under her breath. Red looked down at her questioningly before turning back to Judy who was grinning.
“The meeting is at one, right?” she called out to him.
“Um, I thought Todd wasn’t leaving his room,” Hound stated baffled as he glanced at Mikaela who had gone suddenly very quiet. “Were we wrong?”
“Oh no, he won’t come out,” Judy nodded before she held up the object. “That’s what this is for.”
The mechs all watched as she marched back into the building before they looked at Mikaela who sighed. “I’d better go stop her.”
“What was that thing anyhow?” Blaster asked curiously.
The girl shuddered as Red lowered his hand for her. “The Bat,” and she quickly ran after the Witwicky matriarch.
It had taken both Fig and Keller to disarm the angered woman and another hour to finally get Todd to come out of his borrowed room. Todd stood there, a dark scowl on his features as Mojo yipped hysterically at his feet. Fig was quite red fry trying to keep from bursting out laughing at the sight and Mikaela quickly snapped a picture before she went to hide the bat in a better spot that Ron’s trunk.
“I do apologize for this,” Keller said soothingly while trying his best to stifle his own laughter. “I understand that for someone unaccustomed to the mechs, they can be quite overwhelming.”
“I don’t care what they are,” Todd snapped furiously. “Just why do they keep bringing me here?”
“That was the gremlins,” Glen told him with a small snicker. “They don’t know they’re not suppose to bring home strays yet.”
“Glen,” Maggie hissed, elbowing her friend in the side, as Fig seemed to get even redder, a few snorts escaping him every now and again.
Todd however didn’t hear the jibe as he whirled around to stare at Keller in horror. “There really are gremlins?” he practically shrieked. “First alien robots and now gremlins?”
“Oh no! That’s just what they call the four youngsters that, ah…”
“Kidnapped you,” Judy announced with a vicious grin when it seemed as if Keller couldn’t find the right words. Todd glared at her as he tried once more to step away from the hysterical Chihuahua.
“Anyhow, we have some paperwork for you to sign,” Keller quickly stated as he turned back to the ridged man.
“I don’t care,” Todd practically shouted. “How can no one know about these crazed robots?”
“They’re more competent that some people,” Judy drawled and Maggie gave Keller a worried look as the anger practically radiated off the other woman.
“Perhaps we should head towards the meeting room,” Keller said quickly, gaining Todd’s attention once more. “Instead of just standing here in the hall.”
Todd frowned but nodded nonetheless as he glanced about the hallway. He frowned as he realized that all the other doors seem to lead to other bunks. “The meeting hall is…?”
“It’s in the main hanger,” Judy stated flatly.
Todd glared at her again but Keller quickly caught his attention again as he held out his hand. “This way.”
For a moment, it looked as if Todd was going to go back into his borrowed room before he finally nodded and followed the group out the door and towards the indicated building. He slowed however when he heard voices echoing out of the open doorway. “Wait a second. Those things are in there, aren’t they?”
Keller sighed as he turned back around but Fig was the one who addressed the man. “You’re technically on their consulate so I would curb the ‘things’ comments if I were you.”
“They have their own consulate?” Todd screeched incredulously.
“Of course they do,” Glen nodded. “If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have ever had the industrial revolution.”
“What?” Todd stared at the computer programmer in shock.
“It was them who granted us our modern technology,” a new voice announced and the group turned to see Simmons walking towards them, Mikaela following after him with a small shrug. Simmons just looked at Keller with a small smirk. “Am I late for the meeting?”
Keller just stared at the ex-Sector Seven agent in astonishment before he shook his head. “Oh, no. Not yet.”
“I thought I heard voices out here,” Groundhog announced as he poked his head out of the hanger. “But why are you just standing around?”
“Yeah, you coming in or what?” Rollerforce asked as he too looked out at the humans.
“We’re coming,” Judy nodded, Mojo running after her.
Todd just turned to Fig, surprise still on his face. “They’ve been here that long?”
“Some of them,” Fig said with a shrug, a small smirk on his face as Todd now looked thoughtful.
“Okay everyone! We’re going to get started!” Red announced as he made his way to Optimus’ podium as the humans climbed up the stairs to the balcony. The mechs broke up their own conversations and took their seats, Bluestreak quickly slipping into the empty space next to Motorhead. The two glanced at each other before quickly looking away and Groundhog had to elbow Rollerforce as the bigger ‘Con started making gagging noises. Red Alert sighed before he turned to look up at Todd. “Right. Perhaps it’s best if we started with how we came to be on your planet.”
“I don’t care how you came to be on our planet,” Todd said mockingly. “When can I leave?”
Red Alert seemed surprised at this and even Simmons was staring at the man. Keller turned to Todd with a look of concern. “Don’t you wish to hear the story?”
“Hell no,” Todd nearly shouted. “Just tell me what I have to sign and I’m going to get as far away from here as possible.”
Keller frowned and went to when there was suddenly a small ringing sound from the far side of the room. “That’ll be the guys up north!” Blaster called out excitedly as he practically lept out of his seat and climbed over Inferno to get to the computer.
“Do you mind?” Inferno huffed as he glared at the communicator’s back.
“Sorry!” Blaster called out as he went about answering the “phone”.
Red just frowned. “They’re not suppose to be calling us yet,” he mused as he checked his internal calendar. Hound just shrugged.
“-Communications officer Blaster. I was under the impression that I was calling Secretary of Defense Keller,-” Soundwave’s voice was a flat as ever.
“Then you got the right place. He’s here right now,” Blaster laughed, a wide grin dominating his face at the sound of the other mechs voice. Red and Mikaela shared a quick smile.
There was a groan from the radio. “-Right. What happened now?-” Optimus’ tired voice came down the line.
“Same old, same old. Just business as usual around here,” Blaster replied with another laugh.
“This is business as usual?” Groundhog asked curiously as he glanced over at Bluestreak on the other side of Motorhead.
“Pretty much,” the other mech shrugged as Optimus inquired about the crocodile. Blaster said something else to the Autobot leader before he made a gesture at Red who nodded and moved towards the small gate on the walkway and allowed Keller to step down.
“What’s going on?” Todd asked with a frown as he watched the mechs below.
“Oh, that’s their boss on the line,” Maggie explained.
Todd’s frown got deeper. “I thought that shorter red one was the leader.”
“He’s just in charge until Optimus gets back,” Mikaela told him as she stood and quickly made her way down towards the other end closer to the radio to hear what was going on.
“What happened? Anyone hurt?” Red asked quickly, wondering how long it would take them to get to the Arctic if the others required assistance.
“-Nope,-” Optimus’ cheerful voice answered him. “-We’re all good. In fact, better that good! We found the Energon!-”
Every mech and most of the humans let out a joyous cheer at the announcement and Todd frowned as Judy even stood up and began bouncing up and down with Maggie in celebration. Even Fig pumped his fist in the air and he still had no clue what the Energon even was as no one had explained it to him. Motorhead and Bluestreak shared a quick high five while Rollerforce punched Inferno in the shoulder. Though whether it really was in merriment or just to annoy the Autobot was anyone’s guess.
“Now everyone hang on a minuet!” Keller suddenly called out, calming the joyous festivity a bit before he turned to the radio. “What did you need me for then?” he asked suspiciously.
“-You’ll never guess what else we found with the Energon. It seems that the reason Megatron got to Earth so quickly is he didn’t travel in a space chamber,-” Optimus said rather cheerfully.
Hound stared at the speakers in shock. “He didn’t?” he asked flabbergasted. “Then how-?”
“-The ARC!-” Optimus cried out and the Autobots just stared at one another shocked as the Decepticon’s all looked at one another completely lost.
“The what?” Motorhead glanced at Bluestreak for clarification.
“Apparently Megatron was working on an intergalactic ship or something,” Bluestreak told him quickly and Optimus’ quickly confirmed this with his next statement.
“The ship I mentioned he was building!” Optimus announced. “-Apparently he completed it and now it’s buried under an ice glacier.-”
Mikaela and Judy shared surprised looks as Keller dropped his head in his hands. “-You lot sure like to keep me busy, don’t you?-”
“Eh heh. Sorry,” Red chuckled.
Keller just shrugged before he turned back to the radio. “I can only assume that it needs to be dug out?”
“-Unfortunately,-” Optimus sighed. “-And we can’t do it with the base so vulnerable.-” There was a pause. “-We encountered the seekers here.-”
“WHAT?” Eight voices bellowed in shock.
“How did Starscream find out about the Energon so fast?” Hound asked looking over at the ‘Cons.
“The Seekers have their own long range sensors,” Rollerforce said with a sigh. “Especially since they’re fliers.”
“Can they find us here?” Bluestreak asked worriedly.
“Dampers,” Red shook his head. “I added them to the master security.”
“Right,” Keller answered Optimus with a sigh. “I’ll see what I can do.”
Blaster nodded and went to say goodbye when Optimus came over the line again as Keller was stepping back up into Red’s hand. “-Oh and John! Just so you know that not only is the old Sector Seven base still out here but we encountered one of the retired workers who originally helped get Megatron out. A Eddie-?-”
Will’s voice was suddenly there. “-Edward Westfield. Said he knew Simmons’ old man.-”
There was suddenly the sound of pounding footsteps and Mikaela had to leap back as Simmons was suddenly all the way at their end of the catwalk, nearly barreling into the girl when he couldn’t stop. “Westfield?” He nearly screeched. “The Ed Westfield? He’s there? And you met him?” Simmons just stared down at the radio as Mikaela and Judy shared another look before the man turned and began heading back towards his seat. “I can’t believe it! The Ed Westfield! He was in the Arctic?”
Keller and Red glanced at one another as Groundhog looked over at Hound curiously. “Don’t look at me. I don’t know who he is either,” Hound shrugged.
“Got it Optimus,” Keller sighed. “I’ll see about coming up with a plan here.” They said their goodbyes and Keller looked up at Simmons curiously. “And Ed Westfield is significant because…?”
Simmons frowned at him. “Didn’t you read the report on Seven?” he huffed. “Edgar Westfield was one of the founding seven! Eddie is his decedent.”
Mikaela let out a low whistle. “Then Sam’s hanging out with some high up personnel out there, isn’t he?”
Todd frowned at her. “Up where?” he asked but no one got the chance to answer him as Maggie asked a question.
“So wait, there’s a ship buried up in the Arctic?” she asked the mechs curiously.
“They’re in the Arctic?” Todd screeched horrified as he whirled around to stare at the ranger next to him in disbelief.
“Err…” Fig glanced over at Glen who shrugged.
“What are you looking at me fore?” Glen asked. “You’re the guy who’s suppose to ‘deal with the delivery men’.”
“I didn’t think it meant literally!” Fig growled at him.
“Is there anywhere where there’s not any giant alien robots disguised as cars?” Todd practically wailed as he looked to Keller.
“Er… where did you say the other ‘Cons were hiding?” Red Alert asked Groundhog curiously.
“We didn’t,” Rollerforce frowned at him.
“Yeah, we noticed,” Inferno drawled.
“Hey, we’re not about to make this easy for you,” Rollerforce chuckled. “You want to fight Starscream and the others that’s your business. Just don’t drag us into it.”
“You’re not going to fight him with us?” Red Alert asked surprised.
“We didn’t say that,” Motorhead chuckled. “Just not for the same reasons you are.”
“Yeah, we owe Starscream a few poundings,” Groundhog growled threateningly as he punched one fist into his opposite palm. The Autobots stared at the petite mech in surprise as Rollerforce and Motorhead suddenly took a large step away from their companion.
“He’s scary,” Bluestreak whispered quietly to the orange racer.
“He’s a medic,” Motorhead shrugged.
“Dare we ask what he did to you guys to get you this angry at him?” Red Alert asked curiously.
“Ever wonder why Barricade was even with him to begin with?” Groundhog snarled.
“Or why we weren’t?” Motorhead added.
The Autobots glanced at one another surprised. “You know, I did wonder why Barricade was following Starscream since he hates him so,” Mikaela stated as she looked back and forth at the ‘Cons. “Why was that?”
“He assigned Barricade to go with him to search for Megatron while he had us shipped out to the Dacmoar quadrant,” Rollerforce growled heatedly, his fists clenching in anger. “To make sure that not only we stayed in line but that Barricade would obey his orders.”
“What?” Inferno stared at the ‘Cons in stunned disbelief as Hound and Blaster shared horrified looks.
“I don’t understand,” Maggie said with a frown as she looked over at the mech’s tense posture. “What did he do exactly?”
“In short, he took our boss hostage while shipping us to one of the more deadliest of space sectors near Cybertron,” Motorhead told her with a growl. “I wouldn’t put it past him to keep our location a secret so Barricade would have no choice but to follow him if he wanted to find us.”
“I can’t believe you guys survived the Dacmoar sector,” Bluestreak said in awe as he stared at Motorhead. “That’s amazing!”
“What’s the ‘Dacmoar sector’?” Judy asked the question.
“The Dacmoar sector is known for asteroid fields and high solar winds,” Hound explained somberly. “Most communicators won’t work. Very easy to get lost out there.”
“And that’s where Starscream sent you?” Mikaela asked in awe.
“Starscream is which one again?” Fig asked curiously.
“That fighter jet that attacked Mission,” Keller told him quickly.
“Oh right. Will said he buggered out once the head honcho was taken care of by Sam.”
“Megatron,” Simmons corrected absently from where he was seated a thoughtful look on his face. “So what you’re saying is he threatened you guys with your boss’s safety to ensure you went to this highly dangerous place while he did the same thing with Barricade in regards to your whereabouts.”
“That’s it in a nutshell,” Rollerforce nodded.
“That’s low,” Maggie wrinkled up her nose in disgust.
“That’s Starscream,” Groundhog shrugged.
“HELLO!” Everyone whirled around in surprise as Todd stood there glaring at everyone. “Did we forget about me?”
“Er, actually-” Red Alert began but Todd didn’t even allow the security chief to finish as he whirled to Keller.
“You’re going to provide me with a job now that I know about them, right?” he snapped. “Kind of like hush money.”
“Well,” Keller glanced at Red. “Technically.”
“And it can be anywhere, right?” Todd continued.
“Er…”
“Then I want to be someplace as far as I can from these aliens!” Todd glared at everyone in turn before stopping at Keller again. “Is there anywhere like that?”
“Well, I suppose we could send you to the east coast,” Keller began.
“Farther,” Todd growled.
“Like how far?”
“Anywhere that hasn’t been corrupted by these creatures!” Todd snapped. “Just get me the hell out of here.”
There was a long pause before Glen offered tentatively; “Egypt?”
-To Be Continued
Author's Note: LOL. Yes, that was a stab at "Revenge of the Fallen" there at the end. :p I'm not going to go into that though, -shakes head- like at ALL! This is strictly a 2007 verse story so there won't be any "Fallen" running around. I just thought it would be funny. Also "Dacmoar" is compleatly made up and I know nothing about solar winds or asteroid feilds or anything like that and wheather or not it can disrupt a Cybertronion's comunications. Edgar Thibedeau Westfield does not belong to me, he really IS a founding member of Secor Seven. Eddie is mine though. :p Join us next time for Chapter One Hundred and Forty Eight of Cover Me: Explaination Please
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