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Cover Me
By The Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Hey look! An update! XD Unfortunately, it's another rather boring chatty chapter. Sorry!
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Chapter One Hundred Eighty One: Almost Home
"Home! Home on the range! Where the deer and the antelope play!"
"For the last time!" Optimus snapped at the mech behind him. "Do not make me go back there! Because I will hurt you! I don't care anymore about your condition. I can't take it! You can go home in silence, or in pieces! Your choice!"
"But Optimus! It's a classic!"
"A classic pain in the ass is what it is. Stop. The. Singing."
There was a laugh from the direction of Optimus' rear left. "Aw come on Optimus. A singing Ratchet is much more enjoyable than an ranting Ratchet," Jazz informed him, completely oblivious to his two passengers who had their hands clamped over their ears.
"Not when he can't carry a tune," Ironhide drawled from the back of the pack, far, far back. "I'd rather have the angry Ratchet."
"What's wrong with my singing?" Ratchet demanded irritably.
"You can't," Barricade informed him helpfully.
"What?"
"Ratchet!" Optimus barked. There was a huffing sound but the singing did stop. For one blissful moment, all was silent.
"Are we there yet?"
"PERCEPTOR!"
"What? I am just excited to be finally returning to the base."
"We haven't even hit the meeting point with the fliers yet!" Ironhide reminded him. "And Primus, doesn't that feel weird to even say aloud."
"Times certainly have changed," Wheeljack mused thoughtfully.
"More so in Sideswipe's case, right 'Sides," Ratchet chuckled. The red Lamborghini remained silent and Ironhide accelerated a bit to give him a small nudge.
"Gah!"
Sideswipe swerved, Soundwave braked, Barricade accelerated and Bumblebee suddenly found himself pushed off the road. "What the fuck?" Bumblebee yelped out in surprise.
"Oh Primus, I'm so sorry Bumblebee!" Sideswipe started apologizing profusely. "I wasn't paying attention."
"Clearly," Soundwave drawled as he caught back up to the group.
"My fault," Ironhide called out from the back. "Didn't think he would startle so badly."
Sideswipe slowed a bit at that and seemed to almost shrink into himself. "Sorry," he apologized again. "Are you all right?"
"Fine," Bumblebee murmured as he got back on what was considered the "road" in the middle of nowhere even if it was just a flatter stretch of dirt.
"Hey," Jazz spoke up as he slowed to match Sideswipe's now almost nonexistent speed. "You know Sunny and the kids are fine, right?"
The red car let out a large sigh. "I know but…"
"Relax!" Ratchet tried to comfort the younger mech. "Skyfire seems more than capable! And Epps is with them! What could possibly happen up in the sky?"
"Other than possibly running into the seekers?" Barricade supplied.
"Or be struck by dry lightning?" Soundwave added.
"Crash into a mountainside."
"Turbulence."
Sideswipe slowed even more and Ratchet made a sharp jerk to the left to force Barricade off the road himself. "Knock it off you two!"
There was a sigh from Optimus. "You can take the mech out of the Decepticons…"
"That's the truth," Jazz snickered. There was another moment of silence.
"Are we there yet?"
"Ron!"
"Dad!"
Ron just shrugged at the cries of outrage from both Optimus and Sam. "Just thought I'd ask."
"We'll get there when we get there," Optimus announced firmly. "I swear we're traveling with sparklings," he muttered as he dropped back alongside Prowl. "And I'm not talking about the jet twins."
"We heard that!" Jazz laughed.
"Don't care!" Optimus called back.
Ratchet let out an excited laugh. "Can you blame us though? We're almost home!"
"Yeah! And there really is no place like home!" Jazz laughed excitedly.
"Indeed," Prowl agreed. "But I must ask something that has been bothering me. What are antelope?"
There was a groan from Ironhide while Jazz mulled for a moment. "You know, I don't even know," Jazz admitted slowly. "'Bee?"
"Um, not deer?" 'Bee asked more than answered, just as confused. "I never really thought about it. Sam?"
"Hey, we don't study animal diversity in high school. Dad?"
"Not a clue," Ron returned.
"They are a mix of animals actually," Perceptor's voice piped up from the back. "Animals that are not classified as goats, buffalo, bison or beef. There actually no true antelope native to the America's. There's the Pronghorn antelope but it's not really an antelope."
"Oh look! We're here!"
"Ack!" Prowl and Bumblebee both went off road as Optimus suddenly applied his breaks.
"Damn it Prime!" Ratchet yelped as he swerved to the side to avoid over running Perceptor and Soundwave was forced to break again so as not to hit Wheeljack.
Swearing ensued from the back of the line as Ironhide braked and swerved to avoid hitting the lagging Sideswipe. "Didn't anyone ever tell you lot that red paint jobs are the equivalent to a 'hit me' sign!"
"You nearly ran into me!" Sideswipe yelped back.
"Optimus! What in the world are we stopping for? We're no where near home!" Jazz shouted towards the front mech.
"Not home," Optimus agreed. "But we are here."
"Here where? We're in the middle of no where!" Ironhide blustered as Will clambered out of his cab with a small shake of his head.
"Exactly. Which is why we're meeting up with Epps and the others here," the human reminded his companion.
There was a startled pause. "Oh yeah."
"Where are they?" Sideswipe demanded as he instantly transformed and started looking at the sky in anticipation.
"And this is why we don't let the humans ride with you," Ratchet drawled as the others waited for people and duffel bags to be retrieved before transforming.
"I must say, it is entertaining to travel with you all," Knight grinned as he gave a nod of thanks towards Perceptor.
"Any time," the red scientist replied cheerfully.
"And he's suppose to be observant," Rumble muttered as he and Frenzy joined the group of humans stacking their gear by the side of the road. He turned to Sam and jerked a thumb over his shoulder towards Perceptor's position. "Are we even sure he's a scientist?"
"O-o-one t-t-track th-th-thinking," Frenzy snickered.
Sam just shrugged at Rumble's question. "Not sure, but are you sure you should even be standing next to us?"
Rumble frowned a bit before realizing they were out in the open. Where anyone, namely Ratchet, could get at them. "Oh slag," he groaned as he snagged Frenzy's wrist and started hauling him towards the protection Soundwave provided before the medic realized his desired targets were easily accessible now that they had reached dry land.
Sam noticed that Rumble made a wide circle around the approaching Knight and braced himself for the encounter when a weight suddenly pressed against his side. "Tell me it's almost over," Ravage snarled as he flopped down on the ground at Sam's feet.
"It's almost over," Sam chuckled.
"Hallelujah," Ravage huffed. "I think I need a vacation after all of this."
"Not before me," Will chuckled as he came over. "There's some boulders over there we can sit on."
Sam sighed as he leaned back down and dug through his duffel a bit, fishing out his hat. "At least it's warm," he admitted as he nudged Ravage off his foot so he could move.
"Finally!" Miles moaned as he trudged after his friend. "I don't think I ever want to see snow again! Ever!"
"Aw, don't be like that," Ron chuckled. "At least it was pretty! And now you've been out of the country! And you can put that on your college applications."
"Somehow, I don't think 'Energon Excavation' can be applied as an extra curriculum activity," Sam frowned.
"At least you can say you've done it? How many kids can say that?" Knight chuckled as he finally caught up with the group.
Sam wasn't surprised to suddenly feel a pressure against his leg again, this time herding him towards Will's side. Knight was staring right at him however, waiting for a response to his earlier statement supposedly so Sam shrugged as he sat next to Will on one of the boulders. "Not many I suppose."
"Where the heck are we supposed to go?" a voice suddenly huffed from above them and Sam glanced up to find the condor mimics circling above them.
"Oh tell me you two are just looking for a place to land and it's not a sign of things to come," Miles groaned at the sight of them.
"There's not even a cactus anywhere near here," Laserbeak continued before finally giving in and landing on the ground. He shook some of the dust off himself and glared up at Sam who smirked down at him. "I hate being on the ground."
"At least we're away from the water," Buzzsaw stated as he landed next to him.
Ravage made a halfhearted attempt at swatting the bird mimic. "If I ever see water again it will be too soon."
"What about water?"
Will tilted his head back to smile up at Ironhide and Sam gave him a small wave. "Just glad to be on dry land," Will explained. Ironhide snorted in agreement and turned to watch the skyline.
"How long do you think it will take the fliers to get here?" Steve asked as he too tried to spy the large form of Skyfire on the horizon.
"They're about fifteen minutes out," Ironhide told them. "Optimus already contacted them to let them know we're here."
"You should be able to tell by watching Sideswipe," Ron chuckled and the others glanced over to see that the red mech was indeed somewhat bouncing in place. The longer they watched the faster his bouncing got.
"Should get him a pogo stick," Miles laughed.
"Doesn't look like he needs one with how high he's getting," Will smirked.
It seemed as if his bouncing was getting to the other mechs too as they slowly started edge away from him or in the case of the two Decepticons, move completely away from him and his excited hopping. "There's excitement, and then there's crazy. You're crazy," Barricade informed the mech as he stomped away, Soundwave following at a more sedate pace. Sideswipe it seemed didn't even hear him as he never turned away from watching the sky.
"Well I don't think we need to ping Skyfire or Sunstorm for their position, I think Sideswipe will know before we even get an answer," Optimus stated as he watched the lively mech.
"Probably talking to Sunstreaker," Jazz shrugged.
"Can they communicate from such a distance?" Prowl asked startled.
Sideswipe's bouncing got faster. "They're coming!" he announced joyfully
Jazz smirked at Prowl's gob smacked expression. "Probably."
It was another few minutes before a large shape could be seen on the horizon and a few more before Sunstorm's form took shape beside him. There was a bit of a scramble for everyone to get out of the way and figuring out what was the best landing site for the two fliers. Soundwave, Barricade and Bumblebee made their way towards Ironhide and the humans, quickly followed by Prowl and Jazz while Optimus, Wheeljack and Perceptor were trying to coordinate with Skyfire but not knowing flier procedures, it was finally decided to just trust the fliers to do what they did best.
A few moments later and the humans were covering their ears over the sound of Skyfire's roaring engines. Optimus actually had to reach out and snag Sideswipe's arm to keep him from running towards the landing jets. There seemed to be almost a collective sigh as the two newcomers touched down perfectly and safely.
Sunstorm had already transformed since his stopping distance was shorter than the Spartan's and already making his way towards the slowing Skyfire. Taking it as a sign, Optimus released Sideswipe who took off like a shot. He was already catching up with Sunstorm before the humans had their bags even picked up and Optimus let out a small sigh.
"If only he was that quick getting his work done," he muttered as he quickly joined the others getting the humans. He wasn't all surprised to see that Sam had been picked up by Soundwave. Clearly the poor boy was still nervous with Bumblebee, who had Miles, and Barricade, who had Ron. With the other humans situated with Ironhide, who of course had Will, Perceptor had Knight again, and Prowl had offered Steve a lift, the group headed towards Skyfire's stopping point where insanity had already ensued.
Scorponok was apparently ecstatic to be on the ground again and had already dove into the soft earth under their feet, Sunstorm cackling as he followed the furrows now appearing in the soil. The jet twins were also trying to take off, both literally and figuratively as they kicked in their turbo boosters once clear of Skyfire. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had tight holds on their leashes however and instantly pulled the two back to the ground, much to the younger twin's utter frustration.
"Shall I ask how the flight went?" Optimus chuckled as he reached out a hand for Epps to climb aboard.
Epps was grinning madly. "It wasn't boring, that was for sure."
Skyfire had transformed and was now glaring furiously at Optimus Prime. Shocked, Optimus took a step back instinctively from the ferocity of the stare. "May I make a suggestion Optimus Prime?" Skyfire practically growled out.
Optimus took another step back and wasn't surprised that he suddenly found himself flanked by Prowl and Ironhide, Jazz and surprisingly Soundwave joining them. "Um, yes?" It was embarrassing that he had squeaked that out.
The large mech looked from Sunstreaker, who was chastising the two sparklings, to Sideswipe who was still hugging the two sparklings despite Sunstreaker's annoyance, before looking back to Optimus. "Do not separate those two again." Another fierce glare. "Ever."
Epps snickered loudly and Ironhide burst out laughing. "Gave you quite a time, did they?"
"It was not even the younger two," Skyfire finally lost his glare and his shoulders slumped a bit. "Sunstreaker is very… vocal, on um…"
"Everything?" Jazz offered with a small smile.
Skyfire nodded. "Everything."
"Regretting joining our little insane asylum?" Optimus asked with a small smile.
"Surprisingly no." Skyfire sounded astonished himself. "Other than Sunstreaker's criticism-"
"You mean constant complaining," Ironhide corrected for him.
"It was rather enjoyable flying in this atmosphere."
"Yeah, it was a trip, that's for sure!" Sunstorm suddenly appeared with a maniac grin. "Thicker than it ever was on Cybertron. The resistance was fun!"
"You would find it enjoyable," Skyfire shook his head amused.
"Where's the bug?" Jazz asked surprised to see the seeker alone.
"Eh, around," Sunstorm shrugged.
"Well you'd best get him to get in line," Optimus chuckled before he waved at the others who were listening to the jet twins excited tales about the flight. When he had most of the others looking his way, Optimus grin and called out a single question. "Shall we start heading home?"
A resounding "yeah!" came from everyone with a smattering of cheers and applauds and Optimus let out a loud laugh. "Then let's go!"
"Wait, are we walking?" Sunstreaker's horrified gasp rose above the excited chatter.
"We're not flying, that's for sure," Barricade drawled.
Sunstreaker sent a sharp glare towards the now smirking Decepticon but was pulled away by an excited Jetstorm. "We get home, we fly yes? We were promised?"
"Yes, you can fly," Ratchet grinned, ignoring the glare now focused on him. "I did promise."
"I want you both to listen to Skyfire and Sunstorm however," Sideswipe quickly informed them. He glanced up at the larger flier "If it's all right with you."
Skyfire nodded. "While I was never an instructor, I shall help your young ones the best that I can."
Sunstorm just cackled. "Minions."
"Sunstorm!" Skyfire yelped and Barricade and Jazz burst out laughing.
"What?" Sunstorm huffed indigently as he turned away and started walking.
Barricade snorted and called out to the retreating mech. "Wrong way you wing nut!" Everyone burst out laughing at that and Sunstorm snarled as he turned and stomped ahead in the direction everyone was now going.
"Barricade," Prowl frowned at the other police car mimic.
"What?" Barricade did not sound chastised in the least.
"Must you pick a fight with everyone you encounter?" Bumblebee hissed at him.
"Must you be a nosey busybody?" Barricade hissed back.
"Must you two bicker every second of every day?" Jazz mocked whispered.
Barricade and Bumblebee sent Jazz a glare of their own and Prowl pulled the other mech to the other side of the group with his free hand around Ironhide and Optimus where the two humans were catching up. Soundwave meanwhile reached over and thumped Barricade on the back of his head with his free hand. "What?" Barricade frowned at his friend.
"Behave," Soundwave replied simply. "We're almost there."
A sly grin graced Barricade's face. "What? Don't tell me you're getting anxious to head back to the consulate?" the grin widened. "Or rather a certain mech?" Soundwave hit him again, ignoring Frenzy and Rumble snickering.
"I just can't wait to get home and sleep for a week," Sam announced with a sigh.
"Speaking of," Ratchet suddenly appeared beside the two 'Cons. "We need to talk…" Barricade was surprised that Ratchet wasn't glare at him but rather at Soundwave. "I still cannot believe what your team was possibly thinking," Ratchet growled at Soundwave before he looked down at Sam. "And I want you and Will in my Med corner," he shot the oblivious Optimus a small frown, "so I can give you both a once over."
"Is Energon really that bad for us?" Miles asked surprised.
"It should be," Wheeljack declared as he joined them. "That it's not to you two," he pointed to Sam and Will who was still speaking to Epps about the flight, "is rather significant."
"Which is why I want you to report to me as soon as we get home for a through once over," Ratchet declared with a sharp nod. He frowned before he turned towards the others. "And Sunstreaker!" he called out, startling mech that he almost was pulled over by Jetstorm's tug on the leash. "I want you and the kids to also report to my med bay as soon as we get home! Jazz you too!"
"Awww," Jazz slumped in feign dejection.
"You're going to have everyone in your med bay when we get back, aren't you?" Wheeljack chuckled.
Ratchet brightened. "Actually, that's not a bad idea!"
"Wheeljack! Stop giving him ideas!" Optimus ordered the engineered.
"No, it's a fantastic idea!" Ratchet declared excitedly. "Especially since we were all exposed, however briefly, to raw Energon!"
"He does have a point," Prowl informed his leader and friend before turning towards the others. "Everyone has to report to Ratchet within the next twenty four hours upon arrival at the base for a through evaluation."
Groans sounded from almost everyone, not the lest was Optimus. "Thanks a lot Prowl," Optimus muttered. "I was nearly home free."
"What was it that you told me when I first showed up?" Barricade was laughing. "'If we have to suffer, you have to suffer'?"
"No, that was Ironhide," Optimus retorted.
"It's true though," Ironhide gave a one-shoulder shrug so as not to drop Will.
"What is true?" Skyfire asked curiously.
"'Medic's word is law'," the first five informed him, gleefully in Ratchet's case. Skyfire stared surprised before glancing at Optimus for confirmation.
Optimus gave a one-shoulder shrug of his own as Ironhide meandered off with a wide grin and Jazz tried to sooth Prowl's hurt exasperation. "What can I do?" Optimus asked. "He's the head medic."
"The only medic!" Ratchet countered.
"Oh whatever," Optimus shrugged again, ignoring Bumblebee's sudden prodding.
"And we better get started on my med bay when we get back!"
"First thing," Optimus agreed. Bumblebee's prodding became poking and Optimus swatted at him with his free hand. "Anything that makes you happy."
"First thing after your examinations," Ratchet declared.
"You just love to torture us, don't you?" Sunstreaker asked.
Ratchet smirked back at him. "Can't say I don't hate my job."
"Speaking of examinations, neither Sunstorm nor I have our medical records," Skyfire explained to Ratchet rather apologetically. "You'll more than likely have to do a complete check over the both of us for a baseline."
"Have you even worked on fliers before?" Wheeljack asked his partner.
Ratchet frowned. "No, not really. We did go over the basics during training but…"
"I shall try to help you to the best of my abilities," Skyfire offered. "Though I myself never studied medicine."
"Optimus," Bumblebee tapped Optimus' shoulder frantically as the Decepticons suddenly dropped back far away from the group.
"In a minute 'Bee," Optimus waved him off before turning to Ratchet. "Perhaps a once over on you and your friend now and when the medical building is finished, you'll have more to work with."
Bumblebee let out a huff as he snagged Jazz's arm and hauled him back towards where the Decepticons were hanging back, much to Jazz's surprise just as Sunstorm stomped back towards the group.
"Are we there yet?" Sunstorm asked with a huff. "Are we even close?"
"Almost," Prowl informed him, frowning as he realized that Jazz was gone. "A few more miles."
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and a loud roaring sound that was almost defining the humans as they clamped their hands over their ears once more. Most of the mech all jumped, some bringing up their free hand in order to protect their human charges from the unexpected explosion. When the dust settled, they all just stared at the large creator that now blocked their path and the cackling mech before it.
"IRONHIDE! STOP BLOWING UP THE WILDLIFE!" Optimus roared.
Ironhide just laughed, Will, perched on his shoulder, shaking his head amused. "Hey Optimus! Did you see how that one went up? That was fast!"
The new jet twins burst out into excited whoops and exclamations while Sunstreaker and Sideswipe tried their best to keep the two from climbing down into the hole. Ironhide returned to the group, grinning emphatically while the Decepticons returned themselves. Barricade was grinning as he turned to Sunstorm and clamped his free hand on the flier's shoulder. "Now, we're home."
"Or rather, almost," Optimus frowned at his friend. "Thanks 'Hide. Red Alert is probably freaking out now! There's no way he didn't register that explosion on his radars."
"Shall I contact him Optimus Prime?" Soundwave asked.
"Please," Optimus sighed, shooting Ironhide another glare.
"What?" Ironhide asked indignantly. "I've behaved so far on this trip!"
"Until now," Optimus glared.
"I tried to stop him," Will offered with a small laugh.
"And I tried to warn you," Bumblebee frowned.
Optimus turned to the scowling 'Bee in surprise and Miles shrugged. "He did."
"Optimus Prime. We seem to have a problem," Soundwave suddenly informed him as he handed Sam over to the surprised Barricade. "I can not get in contact with anyone at the base."
Optic's brightened and Optimus turned to the others. "Double time! Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, I want you two, Ratchet and Jazz in the back!"
"Optimus!" Ratchet began.
"No arguments!" Optimus snapped, passing Epps over to Jazz while Ironhide had Will join Sam with Soundwave.
The humans situated, the group took off towards the last few miles towards the base. "What do you think happened?" Prowl asked as they ran towards the buildings just coming into view.
"No idea, but whatever it is, can't be good."
Ironhide in front suddenly skidded to a stop and they all soon saw why as they stopped and just stared at the sight before them. "WHAT IN THUNDER HAPPENED TO THE BASE?"
-To Be Continued

Author's Note: Yeah, they're finally home! Join us next time for Chapter One Eight Two, CCRO-D!
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