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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Authors Note: This chapter is NOT what you think. Just a warning so I don’t get head hunted by any over eager knights. Well happy new year! I hope everyone had a safe holiday! Man... only six months until TRANSFORMERS 2~! YAY! -does a little happy dance- wait... that means I need to have this done... gasp! -runs off to write-
PAIRINGS REVEALED THUS FAR:
Wheeljack x Ratchet, Inferno x Red Alert, Sunstreaker X Sideswipe, Past Prowl x Jazz
Font Index: “Speaking”, ‘Thinking’, “-Radio Transmissions-”, “Cybertronion” “:Link:”
Chapter Forty-Five: A Family Affair
The Autobots looked down at the groaning human in Optimus’ hand before glancing back over at Ratchet and Ironhide confused. “His caretakers,” Ratchet clarified as he came over with a small frown. “This isn’t going to go well, is it?”
Optimus just moaned as he dropped his head into his free hand while Bumblebee and Barricade dared to leave the hanger and made their way towards the group. “Wow, Ron’s really pushing it,” Barricade mused as he watched the small car get closer and closer.
“Don’t you do the same thing ‘Con,” Inferno growled and Red Alert elbowed him in the side.
Barricade said nothing however and they continued to watch the oncoming car. Sam sighed as he watched his parents before he straightened upright as a thought occurred to him. “Shouldn’t someone tell them about the moat?” he suddenly stated. “Before they drive right into it. ”
“He’s right. It wasn’t there when we moved in you know,” ‘Bee agreed.
“I’ll go,” Ironhide said as he made his way towards the main road.
Sam sighed again in relief as he saw his parent’s car jerk to a halt at Ironhide’s signal before they drove right into the moat. Climbing out of the car before they made their way over the few planks and made a straight line for the group of Autobots, plus one ‘Con.
“SAM!” Judy shouted as she ran for her baby after Optimus set the boy back down on the ground at their approach.
“Mom!” Sam yelped as he was suddenly gathered into the woman’s arms. “Mom! You’re choking me!”
“Sam! Are you all right? Are you hurt? What happened? We saw the glass when we got home and came straight here.”
“What the hell happened to my house?” Ron was looking up at Optimus when he said this.
“We’re still a little sketchy on the details ourselves,” Ratchet told him and Ron looked back up at the medic.
“So what do you know about it?” he demanded.
“Runner!” Judy suddenly shouted, halting any reply Ratchet may have given. “What the hell happened to you?”
“Didn’t really received the welcome of the century,” Barricade muttered as Judy stared down at his new damage.
“What?” Judy screeched before she whirled around to Optimus. “What the hell happened here? How dare you allow your people to injured Runner while he was already near death! I can’t believe that you guys would attack him! How could you even begin to-”
“Now Judy, to be fair, he surprised us and we had no knowledge that he wasn’t attacking us-”
“He was near death! How could you think he was attacking? It’s clear he’s injured!” Judy shouted at Optimus as the big rig tried to sooth things over. She frowned as the three older first arrivals all shuffled awkwardly, thoroughly chastised while all the others just stared at them in shocked. Judy sighed as she turned to Ratchet “I take it you fixed him?”
“His main core is repaired but he still needs some parts replaced,” Ratchet quickly explained.
Judy frowned and clucked her tongue. “Mikaela won’t be pleased,” she said. “Why’d they shoot you anyhow?”
“There were extenuating circumstances,” Barricade replied tersely.
Judy looked at the ‘Con for a long moment before she glanced up at Bumblebee then turned to look back at Sam. “Well? What happened?”
“A different sector than Sector Seven,” Sam told her. “They broke into the house last night and tried to get me to use against Bumblebee.”
“What?” Wheeljack turned to look at Ratchet and Optimus in disbelief. “They were going to use him?” Ratchet nodded glumly.
“WHAT?” Judy meanwhile shouted in shock at Sam’s revelation. “People were the ones who destroyed our house?”
Sam flinched before he turned back at his parents. “Mom, Dad I’m really sorry,” he apologized quickly. “Keller said he’d fix the window.”
“Nonsense! That’s nothing for you to apologize about,” Ron told him as he engulfed his son into a hug. “The most important thing is you’re safe.”
“Now we just have to make sure that you stay that way,” Judy said as she turned to Optimus. “Can I assume that you have plenty of room here for us?”
Sam and ‘Bee stared at Judy in shock as Ron turned to his wife surprised. “What do you mean?”
Judy sighed as she turned to her husband. “It means that we’re going to be moving. If these people are really after Sam then I have to admit that this is the best place for him. So of course we’re going to stay with him.”
“B-but Mom,” Sam stuttered in surprise. “What about school?”
“Oh hang school,” Judy suddenly snapped, startling everyone. “You have a higher paying job than your father at the moment. It’s not worth your safety.”
Sam just gapped at her before he turned to his father questioningly. Ron shrugged. “She’s right. You’ll be much safer here with the Autobots.”
Judy smiled at her husband before she turned to look up at Optimus with a frown. “What of Mikaela and Miles?” she asked them. “They may be in danger as well since they’re your friends too.”
Optimus nodded. “It may be prudent to bring them here,” he agreed.
“Mikaela should be no problem, she’s eighteen; but I can’t see Carol Lancaster letting us take her boy without any explanation,” Judy frowned.
“We’ll have to speak to Keller anyway,” Will suggested. “Perhaps he could speak to Miles parents.”
Judy nodded as she turned her focus to ‘Bee. “We should probably head back to the house and get a few things. Like Mojo for one.”
“Oh but,” ‘Bee glanced down at Barricade and Judy instantly understood.
Judy glared at the ‘Con. “You damaged something again, didn’t you?”
Barricade said nothing and it was ‘Bee who nodded in conformation. “He can’t go anywhere,” he explained.
Judy sighed. “Then could one of the others give us a ride?” she asked as she looked back up at Optimus.
“Optimus,” Will spoke up. “I would feel better if I could also see Sarah as well.”
Optimus nodded again. “Okay,” he glanced over at Ratchet who instantly shook his head.
“I shouldn’t be too far away from Prowl,” he explained and Optimus sighed.
“Of course,” Optimus sighed as he turned back to Ironhide who shrugged and glanced at Will unsure.
“It should be fine,” Will told the top kick and Ironhide nodded.
“Right then,” Optimus sighed before turning back to Red. “Would you mind?”
Red smiled. “I would be honored to escort Sam and his family.”
“Red!” Inferno cried out surprised.
“Oh shut up Inferno,” Red muttered. “I can take care of myself.” Inferno stared down at Red in surprise but a sharp glare from his husband had him quickly relenting.
“I’ll stay here in case Keller calls again,” Epps said as Ratchet handed Will over to Ironhide.
Will nodded as Ironhide turned to make his way over towards the main exit with a small wave. Judy and Ron followed the large top kick with Sam and Red trailing behind them. “We’ll be back,” Red said over his shoulder.
Inferno frowned before he too began following the group. “Wait up, I’m going with you.”
Red frowned but said nothing as they hopped over the moat and quickly shifted into their alt forms. Optimus sighed as he watched them go and threw a small glance over at ‘Bee. The younger ‘Bot nodded and began herding the ‘Con back towards their designated hanger, much to the mustang’s annoyance. Optimus turned to Ratchet again. “Seriously, a month long vacation. If not longer.”
Ratchet just nodded as he watched Barricade slowly entering the hanger, Bumblebee right behind him. “I totally agree with you there,” he sighed.
“Optimus,” Bluestreak began. “Just what is going on around here?”
“We’re trying to figure that out ourselves,” he sighed.
“What about Prowl?” Blaster asked as he pushed his way to the front of the group. “It’s my fault that he attacked that ‘Con. I didn’t know about Jazz.”
“Because no one told you,” Ratchet sighed. “It wasn’t your fault. It was just bad timing all around that those humans attacked Sam who in turned practically ensured that Barricade would be here at the same time that you guys arrived before we had any time to explain.”
“We knew Prowl wasn’t going to take it well. That he turned and attacked a defenseless ‘Con was a surprise,” Optimus added.
“Still, I feel responsible,” Blaster muttered. “I just can’t believe he’s gone.”
“None of us can,” Optimus sighed as he turned back to the group.
“How did it happen?” Bluestreak finally asked.
“It was Megatron,” Ratchet announced when it looked as if Optimus wasn’t going to say anything. “He was fighting him while Ironhide and I covered Sam when he was trying to get the All Spark out of the city.” The Autobots frowned but all kept their thoughts to themselves as the mention of Megatron instantly made them all tense.
“Alright,” Wheeljack suddenly said. “It’s been a long day. I say we all get back to finding a place to crash and fall into recharge for a few clicks.”
“We have some room in our hanger,” Sideswipe offered and the others who had been on Earth a while all cringed as Sunny instantly turned to glare at his husband and brother. Sides looked back as Sunny gave him a small shove. “What?”
“I’m sure that we have enough room for everyone,” Optimus stated with a small frown.
“Sounds good,” Perceptor sighed and gave a small nod at the group before turning and heading off towards his lab.
“I’ll go check on Prowl again,” Ratchet told Optimus. “But if someone could spell me so I can get some rest as well?”
“I’ll be there in three hours,” Optimus told him. Ratchet nodded gratefully before he too headed off. Epps said nothing as he turned and headed for the human’s bunkhouse to try and catch a few more Z’s while Wheeljack and the twins were still speaking to the three new arrivals. After a quick tour of the base they all dispersed to find a place to rest.
Optimus sighed as he watched them go before he turned to head back to his office to try and catch a few moments of sleep before relieving Ratchet. He only hoped that nothing happened while he was out. He cast a quick glance at the building where ‘Bee and Barricade were and with a small sigh, he slipped back into the main hanger. It was with a start that he realized that there was sunlight shining down on his boxcar-turned-desk. With a frown, he looked back up at the brand new hole in the ceiling. “Slag. Now how am I going to fix that?”
Will sighed as the sight of his farm came into view over the hill. It had been a while since he had seen it, abiding Sarah’s request for them to take some time apart. He leaned back as he took in the view. The lawn needed mowing and some of the bushes trimmed but other than that the place looked the same as it ever had.
Ironhide suddenly slowed down as they approached the drive and Will looked down at the truck in surprise. “Perhaps it would be better for me to hang back,” Ironhide explained as he pulled up next to the driveway’s entrance.
Will stared down at the wheel sadly. “I’m sorry Ironhide.”
Warm air blew over him from the vents as Ironhide sighed. “Not your fault,” the truck told him quietly.
Will frowned as he climbed out of the cab. “Still, I’m sorry.” Ironhide said nothing however as he moved under a tree to wait for Will and possibly his family as Will took the small walk up the driveway.
Sarah’s car was sitting in the drive so he knew that the girls had to be home as he walked up the steps and onto the porch. Will suddenly paused as he reached the door and just stared at it for a long moment. ‘Should I knock?’ he wondered absently as he stared at the wood that kept him on the outside.
The decision was taken out of his hands however as suddenly the door swung open and Sarah stood there staring out at Will vacantly. Will stared down at his wife for a long moment at a bit of a loss. He tried to speak a couple of times but amazingly Will found that no words would come out of his mouth.
Sarah glanced down the drive at the truck that seemingly was trying to hide behind a tree before she sighed and opened the door to allow her estranged husband entrance. Will sighed grateful as he stepped into the foyer as Sarah closed the door. “Did you come to pick up some things?” Sarah was the first one to speak as she turned and headed for the living room.
“No, I… not really,” Will said as he entered the living room. “Hey Abby,” he cooed as he spied his daughter in a small play pen. Abby gurgled happily and lifted her arms, indicating that she wanted to be picked up. Will instantly leaned down and lifted the girl into his arms, giving her a little toss that sent the baby giggling. He smiled down at her and spoke some baby nonsense for a while as Sarah looked on from the couch.
“What did you need then?” Sarah asked as she watched her husband and her daughter.
Will looked up a little hesitant before he finally decided to get put it out there. “Sarah, we have to talk,” he told her.
Sarah frowned as Will took a seat in one of the matching chairs, Abby still seated in his lap chewing on one of her small little fists. “What’s there to talk about?” She asked him archly. “Clearly you’re still assigned to those… things,” and she indicated the drive where Ironhide was parked.
Will sighed as he shifted his daughter. “Sarah, something’s come up.”
Sarah snorted as she sat back and crossed her arms. “Something always comes up.”
Will sighed at his wife’s clear stubbornness. “Sarah,” he began. “There is a situation. Young Sam was attacked last night.”
That brought Sarah upright in surprise. “The young boy who was coerced into helping those things?” she asked in surprise.
Will exhaled slowly at the statement but nodded as he looked down at his daughter. “Apparently there’s another government agency that we didn’t know about. It seems that they’re after the Autobots.” Sarah snorted but said nothing and waited for Will to continue. “In fact they decided to go after Sam himself in order to force ‘Bee to surrender himself.”
Sarah frowned as she gave Will a long, hard look. “And what does that have to do with me?” she asked slowly.
Will frowned as he looked across at his wife. “I’m worried about you. Both of you, out here secluded and alone.”
Sarah’s frown depend as she stood and took Abby out of Will’s arms. “We’ll be fine,” she said as she shifted Abby onto her hip. “We’ve survived before.”
Will slouched somewhat at the barb, knowing how often he had left his petite wife home alone in that very house. It was something he always regretted but what could he do? The army had been his life, more so once he became part of the rangers. Traveling was just part of the job, especially since there was still unrest in the Middle East. “I’m sorry Sarah,” he apologized softly, his eyes looking up at his wife pleadingly for her to understand just how sincere he was.
Sarah held her frown for a few more moments before she sighed in defeat. “I need to put Abby to bed for her nap,” she said softly as she turned and began heading up the stairs. Will nodded even though she had already disappeared around the corner and Will slouched back in his chair.
‘God,’ he thought absently. ‘Has it always been this tense when we disagree?’ he wondered before he glanced out the window. It was then he realized that no, it hadn’t been. Only after he had met the Autobots and was assigned to their detail that thing’s with his wife had literally fallen apart. Will sighed again as he looked out at the top kick sitting under the tree, a rather familiar sight before Sarah had essentially kicked him out of the house.
Will sighed again as he stood and began moving around the living room before he wandered into the kitchen. There were obvious signs that life had changed in the house while he had been away. Bottles dominated the sink as opposed to plates, there was a small saucepan sitting on the stove with water already in it for heating up said bottles. Even when he opened the fridge he was surprised to see absolutely no soda or beer,but more juice and milk in the door. Will wasn’t even sure if there was any beer left in the house.
Will wandered back into the living room and looked around the furniture in dismay. There was absolutely no signs whatsoever that Will had even lived in that house. Understandable since it was originally Sarah’s family home. Will had no ties to this place. None whatsoever…
‘Well that’s not true,’ he thought as he looked up at the second landing where he knew Sarah was putting Abby to bed. With another long sigh, Will returned back to his seat on the recliner to await Sarah’s return. She frowned when she saw him still there.
“Well?” she asked him as she sat back down on the couch. “You obviously have more to say, so say it.”
Will frowned as he straightened. “Sarah, I don’t think you’re safe here.”
Sarah arched an eyebrow. “Because of those things?” she huffed.
“No,” Will contradicted. “But the people who are after them may be trouble.” Sarah just frowned at him. “Sarah, I’m serious here.”
“And so am I,” She frowned at him. “Will, I am not about to pack up and leave my home because those… creatures say I should.”
“It’s not them, it’s the people who are after them,” Will tried to explain but Sarah scowled at him.
“It’s the same thing,” she said firmly.
“Sarah,” Will began but Sarah shook her head.
“No,” she said firmly. “They’ve already taken my husband away from me; I will not let them drive me out of my home.”
“What?” Will cried out surprised. “They haven’t taken me away from you! Is that what you’ve been thinking? That I was going to leave you for them?”
“Well, haven’t you?” She asked archly.
“No Sarah,” he said sternly, “you told me you needed your space and I gave it to you.”
“But if given a choice you would chose them over me,” Sarah demanded as she turned to look Will straight in the eye.
Will knew what she wanted to hear. Knew what the answer should have been and he should have been able to answer her almost immediately after… but he hesitated. Will didn’t know why he did but he found himself suddenly picturing Ironhide sitting forlornly at the end of his driveway, never allowed any further than that and Will found himself taking a split second to feel sorrow at that image.
It was a split second too long however as Sarah gave Will a sharp glare and nodded her head once firmly. “I thought so,” she muttered as she stood and made her way to the kitchen.
“Sarah, wait! I didn’t mean-”
“No, I know what you mean,” Sarah turned back around. “I loved you Will,” she said tersely, wringing her hands together. “I still love you but as long as we disagree about this…” she frowned. “I don’t think we were ever really meant for one another.”
Will suddenly felt a dark sense of dread surge within his chest. “What do you mean?” he whispered.
Sarah sighed as she made a small wave towards the drive. “You had better call your… friend up here. You’ll need him to help you with your things.”
Will just stared at Sarah in complete disbelief as he watched her turn away and open one of the kitchen draws they used to store the mail and such. “Wha-What do you mean?” he managed to ask around the lump that had quickly formed in his throat. “Sarah?”
Sarah turned with a small, sad frown and handed him and envelope. “It means this Will.”
Will looked down at the manila envelope in disbelief as he saw the small return address in the corner. It was from a law firm. Almost dreading what was in the envelope although some dark part of him knew it was coming, Will opened the envelope and slid out the small packet of papers that were held within.
“Petition for Divorce” the title proclaimed with aplomb and Will felt his heart drop. His mouth was suddenly dry as the desert that Scorponok was buried in and he just continued to stare at the small, seemingly innocent packet of papers held within his hands. “Are- are you sure?”
Sarah sighed as she leaned back against the counter. “I believe so Will,” she sighed. “It was bad enough when they were sending you overseas all the time but this?” She shook her head. “No Will, I can’t do this anymore.”
Will nodded glumly as he finally looked up from the papers. “I’m sorry Sarah,” he began but she held up a hand.
“We’re beyond that,” she told him stiffly and Will nodded again as he began searching for a pen amongst the clutter of the junk drawer.
“And Abby?” he asked as he searched.
“I will not keep her from you,” Sarah responded. “You are still her father after all. I just don’t want her around…”
Will nodded as he sat down and began searching through the packet for the little tabs that pointed out where he needed to sign. “Thank you, I suppose.”
Sarah nodded as Will finally stood from the table and made his way towards the door to fetch Ironhide so they could load up what few personal possessions he owned. He paused at the doorway and looked back at his wife but she simply nodded and turned to go back up the stairs. Will gave a sad frown before he turned and headed out the door to fetch his friend.
It was quiet on the ride home, Will’s bags on the passenger seat as well as a few things tossed onto Ironhide’s flat bed. Ironhide had been surprised when Will had shown up at the end of the drive and asked him to come up to the house so he could load a few things up. He had said nothing however as Will made the few trips into the house only to return with a couple of duffle bags and two suitcases. Will’s dress uniform was hanging off of Ironhide’s passenger roll handle. Somehow Ironhide knew that Will wasn’t going to ever go back and the truck had rather mixed feelings about the whole situation regarding Will and his wife… or rather ex-wife.
“I’m sorry,” Ironhide said glumly.
Will shook his head. “No Ironhide, this had nothing to do with you. We just…” Will trailed off before he let out another long sigh. “We just grew apart while I was away. You were just the catalyst that showed us how different we had become.”
Ironhide said nothing for a long moment and they drove on in silence for a while. “I’m still sorry.”
Will nodded as he leaned back and closed his eyes, blocking out the bright morning sunlight and the scenery flashing by. “I should have expected it, really.”
Ironhide quirked a sensor towards Will at the soft exclamation. “Oh?”
“Yeah,” Will sighed. “Out of my entire unit, I was the only one still married. Not divorced or eternally single.” He sighed again. “I just thought that I could have it all, you know?”
The mech was quiet for so long that Will didn’t think that he was going to respond before the ‘Bot finally answered him. “Everyone wants to have it all Will,” he began, “but it takes a strong individual to know when it’s time to let something go for the sake of that same something.”
Will stared down at the dash in surprise by such insight coming from the usually gung-ho mech but quickly realized that while they were rather alike, Ironhide was a few centuries older than him after all. With a last sigh, he leaned back against the seat and nodded as he closed his eyes once more. “It gets hard though…” he murmured.
Ironhide said nothing as he rolled his windows back up to block out the wind and turned the air conditioner back down a bit as he tried to make the ride as smooth as possible for the rest of the journey home. It was only after he was more than certain that Will was completely asleep before he finally had the courage to speak. “You have no idea.”
It was a long time after the two left, that Sarah found herself sitting alone in the old country farm kitchen just staring down at the packet of papers, Will’s signature on every line that needed one. She sat there for a long moment before she finally stood and made her way to the phone. Pulling out a small slip of paper from her pocket, Sarah began to dial and soon heard the sound of the phone being answered on the other end. “It’s Sarah Lennox,” she said as confidently as possible and she prayed that she was doing the right thing.
-To Be Continued
Author’s Note: Okay... one of my beta’s is a former Marine and she said this is actually quite common. If you know differently from your own experience or know someone in the forces who’s happily married please just bare with me. I had to do something to get Sarah out of the picture and this was the quickest way for it to be done. That having being said: please join us next week for chapter Forty-Six of Cover Me: Synchronized Squabbling
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