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Written By The Black Dragon Queen
Authors Notes: Still no excuses. But I will try to get a better rhythm going in terms of updating. Every other week at least if nothing else. ;_;

Chapter One Hundred Eighty Five: A Hearty Plant
"Why do we have to be the ones to get the trailer?" Rollerforce asked aloud to no one in particular as he trudged along behind the seven other mechs heading towards the last know location of the trailer and it's precious cargo.
"Simple. Everyone else already made this trek," Barricade called back over his shoulder before he frowned at the distance between his enforcer and their position. "And you can use the exercise apparently."
"Uh huh," Motorhead drawled from where he was walking beside a rather amused Bluestreak. "So you're here then because?"
"Prime hates me, what else is new?" Barricade got a sharp elbow in his side from the Autobot walking next to him. "What?"
"We're here because we know where the Energon is, obviously," Perceptor countered as he turned back to answer Motorhead. Barricade shook his head and moved towards Soundwave and away from the small scientist.
"Uh huh," Motorhead muttered again. "But it's not our fault the thing got left behind in all the chaos. Why do we have to get it? And why did Groundhog get to stay back at the base? Why couldn't we have stayed too?"
"You wanted your medical evaluation?" Blaster asked incredulously.
"Oh I doubt anyone is getting an evaluation on anything," Hound waved a hand vaguely. "I saw the medics having fun hashing out a floor plan for the new medical facility while Wheeljack drew up the blueprints."
"So why am I here?" Rollerforce asked petulantly.
"Brute strength since Ironhide wanted to remain back incase Will needed him and Inferno wanted to stay for Red's medical evaluation," Barricade retorted. "Though with Red giving Optimus his rather detailed report of every little thing that happened since we left, it probably won't even be done today."
"Right…" Rollerforce snorted. "So why does it have to be me and not that huge plane? He could transport the trailer no problem, especially since he can fly!"
"Rollerforce!" Barricade snapped. "Stop complaining already!"
"Baby," Motorhead snickered.
"I'm not a baby!" Rollerforce yelped. "I'm just allergic to work!"
"Cry baby," Soundwave confirmed.
"Hey!"
Hound hid a smile behind a hand at the mech's outraged cry and the continued ribbing of his companions. He had to admit, the 'Cons were entertaining if nothing else. They seemed to be a never-ending source of both fascination and amusement all at the same time. They were a novelty to the Autobots who had never really seen any Decepticon out of a battle situation before arriving on Earth and it was amazing how well they could get along. 'Speaking of…'
"I doubt it will be too much trouble," Perceptor stated to Rollerforce from where he was leading the group, frowning a bit in confusion as Hound began making his way around all of them. "How hard can it be to haul a trailer home?"
"According to Ratchet's interpretation or Prime's?" Soundwave asked rather cheerfully and both Motorhead and Bluestreak snickered again.
"At least it's a pretty day and not raining," Bluestreak added. "Plus did you really want to stay behind and listen to Red's report? You know he would have us sit in to add anything he 'forgot' even though he never forgets anything and this way we don't have to do anymore gremlin-sitting since Optimus, or rather Prowl, will want to look them over in detail and find out everything he can about them. I'm sticky enough for one day, thank you. Even though we rinsed ourselves off with Ron's hose before we left I can still feel the darn dew residue on my arms. That stuff is horrible to get off and even using the dish soap Judy got us I swear I still feel it."
He turned to Soundwave next to him and elaborated further. "Glen offered to get us some actual car soap but Groundhog said he wasn't too sure about using it on our more delicate systems due to some of the chemicals in them so we decided to go a safer rout and that was when Judy came up with the dish soap. Plus it's safe enough to use on the gremlins themselves and it's even okay for Crikey if he gets into it. They use it on animals who get caught in oils spills apparently."
Motorhead caught Bluestreak's elbow and pulled him back slightly from the befuddled Soundwave. Blaster just snickered at the overwhelmed look the other mech had. They may both be communications, but Blaster doubted Soundwave had ever encountered someone like Bluestreak before.
Barricade looked heavenward while Rollerforce muttered rather darkly about things he was going to do to the security mech as well as the Autobot leader for having them hike all the way back out into the desert to clean up what was their, or rather just Optimus', mess. He was surprised when another mech moved over to his free side, determination clear in his expression.
"So…" Hound drawled, his gaze focused squarely on the horizon rather then the 'Con beside him. "Any particular reason you and Bumblebee are colder to each other than the artic you just got back from?"
All the other mechs save Soundwave were suddenly surrounding Barricade and staring at him. Hell, even Perceptor was staring at him. Soundwave just chuckled as he continued on, though admittedly at a slower pace so he could hear what he could only assume would be a rather entertaining explanation.
Barricade glared at the shorter Autobot. "Why are you here? You know what happened."
"Only though second hand testimony and overhearing a great deal," Perceptor admitted. He smirked at the confused looks. "What? No one notices me. No one ever notices the tiny scientist in the background. You hear a lot when you're practically invisible."
"Or all invisible. Mirage can attest to that," Hound chuckled.
"Who?" Motorhead looked to Bluestreak in confusion.
"Hound's boyfriend."
"Really?"
"We are not discussing Hound and his love life," Rollerforce interrupted as he caught up to them and snagged Barricade's arm to keep him from sneaking away as he was trying to do. "We want to know what's up with the boss and what it has to do with that yellow Autobot." He turned to Barricade. "Be grateful that Groundhog is back at the base. He noticed it too. You're normally indifferent to just about everything. What the heck has you and that Autobot so pissed off with one another?"
Barricade clamped his mouth shut and glared at Rollerforce, yanking his arm out of his friend's grasp and shoving his way out of the encircling mechs. "None of your business. It has nothing to do with any of you."
"It may not but maybe we can help," Motorhead insisted as he left Bluestreak's side and jogged a bit to catch up to his boss and friend. "We won't know until you tell us."
Barricade shot the other mech a small glare and Motorhead was surprised when his gaze shifted ever so slightly over his shoulder at Bluestreak behind him before he returned his glare on Motorhead. "No you can't."
"Seriously, what the heck has you more riled up than Starscream?" Rollerforce demanded as he quickly joined the other two 'Cons. "Honestly, if it affects you it affects your team and we're your team. We have a right to know."
Barricade remained tense for a few more seconds before he let out an annoyed huff. "Maybe but it's my problem. I should be able to handle it by myself. You don't have to get involved."
Rollerforce threw up his hands in exasperation. "Seriously! What the fuck happened? Did someone die? What?"
"Nothing so detrimental," Soundwave chuckled, ignoring Barricade's sharp warning glare. "No matter what Barricade thinks, it'll all work out."
"Speak for yourself," Barricade sneered, his gaze quickly darting this time to Blaster.
Motorhead was now very confused and he shared a look with Rollerforce. Deciding to ignore it for the moment, he tried to put on a cheerful face. "Hey, we survived the war and Starscream. After that, nothing can faze us."
Soundwave snickered. "Especially a link."
"What?" everyone yelped aghast. Rollerforce and Motorhead both looked to be on the verge of falling over in shock. Motorhead being linked to an Autobot was at least plausible but Barricade?
"Barricade's linked?" Hound asked stunned. How was it they never noticed? Was Barricade just that good at keeping secrets as well as hiding his emotions?
"With Bumblebee?" Blaster turned bright optics towards the black and white.
Barricade reared back, a horrified look on his face. "What? No! Primus no!"
Everyone's stunned looks morphed into blatant surprise. "Then," Bluestreak looked puzzled between the scowling Barricade, the smirking Soundwave and the sympathetic Perceptor, "with who?"

"Sam?"
Everyone just stared at the grinning Jazz where he was lounging against one of the few clean boxcars outside the main hanger. "That's what I said."
Red Alert sent a sorrowful glance towards the hanger where the youngest Autobot had disappeared. "Well that certainly explains the sudden hostility." Inferno was just gaping at the returned group in complete astonishment trying to process the dramatic bombshell Jazz had just dropped at Groundhog's innocent inquire about his commander's odd behavior.
"A human?" Groundhog repeated stunned, turning to Ratchet for confirmation. "Barricade is linked to a human?"
"Can that even happen?" Skyfire asked concerned. This was the first time the strange situation concerning the Decepticon and human could actually be discussed without any of the party involved being present. "A human and a Cybertronion? I mean, how?"
"Who knows?" Ratchet threw up his hands in exasperation and Wheeljack quickly rescued the data pad from his husband's grasp. "But apparently it can since they show all the signs though." He frowned as he realized his hands were empty and shot Wheeljack a small glare. "So I'm not about to question the how's and why's. I'm more interested in keeping them from going insane."
"What?" Groundhog looked both stunned and horrified. "What do you mean by that?"
"Unfortunately they're being rather inflexible about it," Optimus disclosed gently.
"Stubborn glitches is more like it," Sunstreaker huffed as he went over Jetstorm with his own cleaning cloth, wiping any perceived residual soda and caked on dirt off the sparkling's panels even though they had been cleaned off with the hose same as everyone else.
It had been a bit of a fight to keep them from taking off with the hose but Skyfire had pointed out the item had to be connected to the pump to even work. Jetfire was trying to hide behind Sideswipe but the red mech had a hand clamped on his arm and wasn't letting him getting away. The sparklings would just have to get use to Sunstreaker's rather zealous, clean lifestyle. Sideswipe himself had been pounced and scrubbed within an inch of his life with barely any notice by Sunstreaker on numerous occasions.
"You mean they're rejecting the bond?" Groundhog asked aghast. Few mechs actually fought a link but the few who did usually made themselves sick or in some extreme cases close to offlining but a link could not be denied. Did no one explain to the human just how detrimental a closed link could be?
"Barricade certainly is," Wheeljack confirmed as he made another line on the data pad he held in his hand. Ratchet frowned and instantly snatched it back, changing the line back before handing it to an astonished Groundhog.
"Barricade is denying it?" he asked horrified, not even bothering to glance at the data pad. "Not Sam?"
"None of us really know how Sam feels about the whole situation," Optimus admitted. "Soundwave's team seems intent on running interference. Whether to give the boy space or just to mess with us, we're not sure."
"Frenzy and the others?" Groundhog frowned down at the pad, not really seeing it. "Normally I'd say that they're messing with you but…"
"I thought it had more to do with that Knight guy," Sunstorm frowned and Red Alert glanced at him baffled.
"That's another issue. We'll deal with that issue later. Right now we're trying to figure out how to beat some sense into 'Cade," Ironhide declared.
"Here, here!" Sunstreaker crowed as he let Jetstorm go and reached for his twin. Jetstorm wasted no time bolting and leaving his brother to his fate, clambering behind Skyfire in order to pout in semi privacy as no one could see him.
"Well it would be a bit of a shock to realize that you're bonded to an alien," Skyfire tried to mollify the two rather adamant mechs, ignoring the sparkling behind him. "I know if it happened to me it would I would probably take a long time to come to terms with it."
"But it's a link. And a link can not be denied, irregardless of what they are," Prowl stated.
"Or whom they're actually in love with," Red Alert guessed, his gaze darting back towards the far hanger.
"Wha-?" Inferno finally snapped out of his stupor and looked at everyone completely befuddled. "Who's in love with whom?"
Groundhog was frowning. "From what I understand from Red Alert, Barricade at least got along with Bumblebee but-"
"Oh no, not that," Optimus interrupted. "We don't know Barricade as well as you do so we have no idea what Barricade actually is feeling other than what he has let slipped."
"But we do know Bumblebee," Ratchet clarified. "And he's been head over heels in love with Sam since the word 'go'."
"So you can understand the sudden tenseness between them," Jazz sighed. "And poor Sam in the middle." Groundhog nodded, not really surprised by the reveal. Barricade just seemed to have that sort of luck in everything.
"And Sam's feelings?" Red asked softly. Shrugs all around answered him and his optics dimmed slightly. "All this time traveling together and you have no idea?" he glanced at Prowl. "When did the link first come to light?"
"Right after the seekers attacked and Barricade was trapped in the snow."
"What?" Groundhog yelped. "What happened?"
"Relax man. He just got stuck in the snow for a bit. We dug him out right quick," Jazz snickered.
"But that's how we found out about it. Sam heard him," Ratchet explained. "And I mean thoughts. Not actual words."
"How did Sam take the revelation?"
"Like we said. We really don't know how he feels about the whole thing," Wheeljack said. "Sunny?"
Sunstreaker frowned as he gave one last buff on Jetfire's shoulder. With a sigh, he let the sparkling go and stood up. "Out of anyone, Soundwave's team probably knows the best out of any of us," he admitted reluctantly.
Sideswipe nodded in agreement, dropping a hand on the pouting Jetfire's head as the sparkling ran to his side. "Sam's been pretty closed mouth about it but we weren't really pushing him for his feelings about everything."
"He did speak to Will," Ironhide confessed, surprising everyone and they all turned to him expectantly, waiting for him to elaborate. Ironhide suddenly looked sheepish. "Well Will didn't tell me anything. He just said they talked. It was private between them."
"At least Sam is seeking out an adult confident," Optimus sounded relieved.
"And considering Will is in a similar situation, I'm glad he's willing to speak with Sam," Prowl nodded.
"What do you mean by that?" Ironhide glared at the other mech.
"Oh come on," Ratchet huffed annoyed. "If you're not completely in love with Will and vise versa, I'm a toaster oven."
"It is a bit different since they aren't linked," Wheeljack reminded him gently.
"They might as well be," Optimus snickered.
Ratchet grinned wickedly. "We should be grateful that Will is at least symmetrical."
"Oh shut up," Ironhide grumbled as the other Autobots all laughed. Seriously, why did everyone have to pick on him?
Groundhog just looked mystified at the statement and the reaction it produced. 'What does symmetry have to do with anything?'

"Why is there a hole in the ground?" Rollerforce frowned at the large space before him. His optics brightened as he realized some of it was still smoking in places.
"Ah, well that patch of Earth had the unfortunate happenstance to have a indigenous plant growing out of it," Perceptor explained with a shrug. "Ironhide felt the need to rectify the situation."
Rollerforce sent a sideways glance at the scientist before turning back to Soundwave. "What did he say?"
"That's where a cactus was growing. Ironhide blew it up."
"Why?" Motorhead asked, amazed at the sheer size of the hole.
"Cactus don't grow symmetrically," Blaster explained with a small chuckle.
"'Cacti'," Perceptor corrected. "More than one cactus is called 'cacti'."
"At least we're almost there," Soundwave laughed.
"Hallelujah," Rollerforce crowed, turning away from the crater and heading in the direction Barricade was already walking in. After the dramatic revelation, Barricade had clamped up tighter than Optimus' boxcar and refused to speak to anyone.
"Can a human hold a link?" Bluestreak asked quietly as they continued on towards the trailer that could just be seen a head of them. "I mean… he's a human."
"Best guess we had is it's due to the All Spark," Perceptor explained.
"But does that mean it's not a real link?" Blaster frowned. "Is it just residue from the cube?"
Soundwave shrugged. "Who knows, but by all speculation, it's permanent. At least on Barricade's end. He seems rather stubborn that Sam can't sustain a link and therefore is unaffected by it."
"But that's not what happening," Hound guessed.
"Sam is feeling rather responsible," Perceptor confirmed. "Whether or not he does and can sustain an actual link is as yet unproven."
"And not to mention Bumblebee is rather stubborn on getting it all to work out for the best for Sam's sake if nothing else," Soundwave agreed.
Hound nodded thoughtfully. "How is he taking it? Bumblebee I mean."
"Not well," Perceptor sighed. "From what I've learned, he himself was in love with Sam. For Sam to have a link with Barricade is distressing enough."
"For Barricade to be denying that link is infuriating," Hound guessed. "Bumblebee probably feels like he's been smacked in the face."
"Boss man has a link with someone he himself wants a link with and is turning it down. Yeah, I can see how that could be grating on someone," Rollerforce snorted in frustration.
"Barricade actually thinks he's doing them a favor," Soundwave admitted.
"What?"
He nodded at the astounded looks he received. "He thinks that since Sam being human means he doesn't have a link on his end and therefore free to choose who he really wants to be with like the rest of the humans. Especially if it's 'Bee he wants to be with. From what I've understand in between Sunstreaker's fuming, he's even given them his permission which Bumblebee threw back at him."
Perceptor startled at this. "No wonder Sunny jettisoned them out of the garbage chute."
"He did what in the where now?" Rollerforce looked rather bewildered at that statement.
"So Barricade is essentially sacrificing himself for their sake?" Blaster asked surprised.
"Not happening," Rollerforce and Motorhead stated in tandem.
"There's no way boss man would do anything for anyone else. At least, not without gaining something in return. And especially not for an Autobot," Motorhead huffed. He glanced at Bluestreak apologetically. "No offense."
"None taken."
"Then what is his motive?" Perceptor asked curiously. "He's been rather stubborn about this. Insisting that the link does not matter and that Bumblebee and Sam are free to peruse a relationship as they wish."
"Who knows?" Soundwave shrugged.
"Perhaps he is afraid of what it would mean?" Bluestreak asked. He ducked his head a bit. "I was." Motorhead's lightly brushed his fingers over Blue's arm.
"Barricade? Afraid?" Rollerforce asked incredulously.
"Possible," Soundwave admitted. "Also there's Starscream to take into account."
"What do you mean?" Motorhead asked.
"Think about it. Starscream finds out 'Cade has a Link with the human that killed Megatron?"
Hound cringed. "Not good I'm guessing."
"Sam essentially defeated the whole Decepticon army," Soundwave admitted. "Yeah, that's not good."
"And Starscream never did like Barricade. We never found out the why but everyone knew they couldn't stand one another," Motorhead nodded.
"So it might have nothing to do with Bumblebee at all," Hound affirmed.
"Oh it more than likely does," Soundwave countered.
Hound glared at him. "Well? Which is it?"
"I would think its more a case of everything happening too soon, too fast," Perceptor theorized.
Soundwave mulled over that. "That… may be the best analysis yet. The All Spark being destroyed, Starscream, the humans, and-" he paused before shrugging, "well and everything else it could be too much too fast."
"Boss man could handle pressure but is crap at juggling more than one thing at a time." Rollerforce nodded. "Especially when emotions are involved."
"Are we all done gossiping?" Barricade called out irritably. "'Cause were here!" Everyone startled and quickly ran to catch up to where Barricade was leaning against the trailer. Everyone stared at the thing while Perceptor quickly made his way to the back to check the cargo. Barricade glared at them all. "Have a nice chat, did we?"
Rollerforce smirked at him. "Yeah, I say we're all caught up on everything."
Barricade glanced at Soundwave. "Everything?"
Everyone turned Soundwave curiously. "One problem at a time I believe," he retorted in all seriousness. "Who's doing what in getting this thing back to the base?"
"No idea," Barricade shrugged as he turned back to the trailer, ignoring everyone else.
Hound frowned as he glanced at the two 'Cons suspiciously wondering if that had anything to do with Soundwave's hesitation before finishing with the term "everything else". "How heavy is it?" he asked, setting his suspicions aside for now.
"Very," Perceptor admitted as he returned. "We jammed it full with compressed cubes."
"How in the heck are we supposed to drag it back?" Rollerforce demanded. "It's not like any of us can haul it with our alt modes, we don't have the chassis to do so." Perceptor turned to stare at him appraisingly and he leapt back. "I may be a truck but I can't pull this thing! Especially since it's fully loaded!"
Perceptor turned to Soundwave who shifted uncomfortably. "I don't have the hauling capacity either. No way to attach it."
"So what do we do now?" Bluestreak asked worriedly.
Barricade frowned as he stared at the trailer critically. "Did anyone think to bring a rope?"
"I knew we forgot something," Perceptor cried out in sudden realization.
Barricade groaned and dropped his head in his hand. At least no one was talking about Sam's "link" to him anymore.

"Sam's linked to Barricade?" Mikaela's shout practically echoed throughout the entire building. Ravage winced from his place at the foot of the couch as a door slammed open somewhere down the hall of the barracks and the female herself appeared in the lounge area, Miles trailing after her looking rather guiltily. Her ire focused squarely on her ex. "And you didn't tell me because why?"
Sam cringed, sinking down further into the couch as Ron chuckled and stood up to leave the kids to it. "Good luck," he half-whispered to his son before he headed towards his own room where Judy was no doubt waiting for him with a slew of her own questions. He doubted she would be surprised by the turn of events however. After all, she had been the one to guess that they would be having a Cybertronion as a son-in-law, though the "who" no one had guessed on. Perhaps Ron didn't have to pay on that bet after all.
- To Be Continued

Authors Notes: Yeah, the gossip vine is a hale and hearty plant. :) So one more "blah" chapter where strangely enough, a lot happens O.o - then finally 'Bee and 'Cade have it out. xD /stares at Megatron/ what are you doing with the hose?
Meg: isn't it obvious? Making the mud wrestling pit! /evil grin/
Ah... yeah. /eyes the scorpion in the mud/ Well join us next time for chapter 186: The Latest Buzz. (XD)
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