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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s note: (Dives behind a rock) DON'T KILL ME!
Chapter Sixty-Seven: A Busy Day
Ratchet groaned as there was a sudden pounding at the door of Wheeljack’s hanger. With a small mutter, he rolled over and scooted even closer to Wheeljack’s form before he started to slip back into recharge, a small happy smile on his face. Wheeljack’s arm came back up around him and Ratchet settled down into the embrace with an almost purr.
Then the pounding started again. Ratchet snarled as he tried to hide his face in the crook of Wheeljack’s neck. “I’m going to kill those Lambo’s myself, I swear to Primus.”
Wheeljack’s head finally came up as he glanced over at the closed door where there was still the sound of pounding echoing through the hanger. “How do you know it’s them?” he asked blearily as he looked down at his husband who was trying his best to almost hide under him.
“Because it’s always them,” Ratchet sighed as he finally disentangled himself from Wheeljack’s hold and sat up.
“Ratchet! Wheeljack! You two had better get up!” Optimus’ voice suddenly came through the door. “We’ve got trouble.”
Ratchet and Wheeljack were instantly up as the medic scrambled to reach the door and pulled it open. “What? What happened? Is anyone hurt?” Ratchet demanded upon sight of his leader.
Optimus glanced down at the smaller mech before he looked over at Wheeljack. “I’m sorry to interrupt but Jazz just radioed. Seems he and Blue encountered those Sector Thirteen guys that Sam and Barricade told us about.”
“WHAT?” Ratchet yelped as he pushed Optimus aside and quickly made his way into the bright courtyard. “Where is he?” Ratchet demanded as he instantly began looking around for the injured mech.
“They’re still on their way in,” Optimus told him as he braced himself against the hanger wall from where he had been shoved. “I thought you would want to be prepared…” Optimus “blinked” as Ratchet suddenly turned and disappeared in the direction of the main hanger and his medical supplies. He sighed as he turned back to Wheeljack. “I really am sorry,” Optimus began but Wheeljack just shrugged.
“It’s to be expected,” the engineer told him. “I did marry the medic, and we all seem to be very accident prone…”
Optimus chuckled as he turned to head back to the main gate. “Isn’t that the truth.”
Wheeljack just nodded as he looked over at where he could see most of the other Autobots standing around a very big hole. “Don’t tell me, Red was up to something again.”
Optimus snickered but shook his head as he pointed to where Red was standing next to a rather large pile of dirt, trying to avoid the random rain of new dirt that was thrown unceremoniously from the hole. “Actually we were putting in that new pipeline when we found something.”
Wheeljack turned to Optimus confused as he tilted his head. “How could you find anything? We live in a desert?”
“That’s just the thing,” Optimus sighed. “It seems like there’s something buried out there. Maybe a plane or something, but whatever it is, it’s huge.”
“Hmmmm…” Wheeljack puzzled over this a moment when Ratchet suddenly appeared next to him again, two med-kits and a brand new gurney with him.
“How far out are they?” Ratchet demanded. “Can they make it back? Do we need to go out and meet them? Were any of the humans injured? I need details here Prime and I swear, I am getting you that trailer.”
Wheeljack stared at his husband in surprise at the rapid-fire questions while Optimus just laughed. “In order; not very, yes, no, no and a most defiant no on that trailer.”
Ratchet scowled as Optimus beamed at him. “Very funny,” he growled.
Anything that Optimus was going to say in response however was put off as there was a cry from the group on the other side of the fence and the three turned around to see both Jazz and Bluestreak coming up the road. Optimus sighed in relief as he could already see Prowl practically running towards the two. “Well, they seem no worse for wear,” he said grinning at Ratchet.
“Not so fast,” Ratchet muttered as he began to jog to where he could see the humans had emerged and Jazz and Bluestreak had transformed. Optimus sighed as he and Wheeljack began jogging to catch up to the medic.
“SAM!” Bumblebee shouted as he saw the two cars coming up the road. When Optimus had said that Jazz had called him to say that they were coming back early, he had definitely not expected both mech’s to be supporting little holes all over their persons. “What the hell happened?”
“’Bee! Language!” Judy instantly chastised. The Autobots glanced at her surprised and she shook her head and sighed. “Sorry, long day.”
“Completely understandable,” Barricade said as he climbed out of the hole tossing the rather large shovel aside. He glanced over at the two Autobots and could instantly tell what had happened. They looked none the less for wear but it seemed Jazz’s paranoid husband was not aware of this fact as he was examining each and every hole with a critical gaze. Jazz just sent him a long suffering look.
“It was those guys from Sector Thirteen again,” Sam announced as he allowed ‘Bee to pick him up and settle him in the palm of his hand.
“Are you sure?” Barricade asked as he came over.
“Same goons,” Sam nodded in confirmation. “Even the one I managed to clobber with my bat.”
“See! And you and your father thought I was crazy when I insisted on getting more of those,” Judy laughed. Sam just rolled his eyes as the two mechs chuckled.
“Might I ask how you are fairing?” Barricade asked her before turning to Sam’s friends who were already going over the day’s events with the rangers. “What about you two?” Miles and Mikaela both nodded as Will was frowning and speaking to Epps.
Judy just scowled. “I was just shot at! I know that you guys are used to it but it was kind of a new experience for me.”
Barricade nodded as he glanced over at the other woman who was shaking a bit. “I think I need a drink,” Carol muttered as she turned and glanced over at the base. “And you guys need to build a draw bridge or something. Could someone lift me over?”
“Oh, right,” ‘Bee glanced over at Ironhide who nodded and held out a hand for the two ladies.
“You sure you’re ok Judy?” the large gunner asked as she climbed up and held a hand out for Carol.
“Well, we survived but I don’t think we can use that grocery store any time soon.”
“There is another town about eight miles that way,” Optimus muttered as he approached the group. Anything else to be said was quickly squashed as Ratchet nearly pushed Prowl into the now rather wide hole and yanked Jazz aside instantly giving him a once over, turning him this way and that.
“What the hell man?” Jazz yelped as he jerked away from the medic and scuttled around to hide behind Prowl once again. “We’re fine man!”
“We’ll see,” Ratchet muttered as he yanked out a scanner and began going over Bluestreak.
“We really are fine,” Blue tried to tell him as he too tried to move out of the medic’s range. “Just a few dings.”
Ratchet frowned as he turned to look at Jazz with the scanner when there was a sudden cry from the hole. “I think we’ve got something!”
Everyone turned surprised as Inferno climbed out of the hole with Hound. “It looks like a hatch,” Hound added to Inferno’s announcement. “But too small for us.”
“What do you think?” Optimus asked turning to Will as they all went to the edge of the hole and glanced down at the now uncovered hatch.
“No idea, you?” he asked Epps.
“Not a one,” the other man shrugged. “I never heard anything about this place when we were clearing it out.”
“Neither did I,” Will muttered.
“What in the world is going on anyway?” Mikaela asked as she looked down into the hole. “What happened while we were away?”
“Oh right, you weren’t here,” Optimus mumbled.
“Well duh,” Jazz frowned at him. “What’s with the pit?”
Optimus pointed over at the new pipe they had yet to install. “Repair work uncovered this,” he finished pointing at the expanse of metal with the hatch.
“What do you think it is?” Miles muttered as he glanced down.
“Don’t know, but we’re going to find out,” Epps grinned.
“What?” Will cried out.
“Aw come on. What’s it going to hurt?” Epps smiled at him. “Could someone lower us down?” Hound dropped down into the hole again and held out a hand for the two so he could place them beside the hatch. With a nod of thanks, Epps quickly made his way over and looked the hatch over. “Why have this when you’re just going to bury it?” He asked as he tried to turn the wheel to open it.
“You’re asking me?” Will muttered as he took a hold of the other side and added his own strength to Epps. The Autobots and three teenagers all watched excitedly as the two finally managed to pop it and Epps glanced in.
“We need flashlights.”
Ratchet glanced over at Wheeljack. “Would you mind?” he asked.
Wheeljack just nodded as he eased himself down into the hole and turned on his side lights. Will glanced up amused. “What are those for anyhow?” he asked him.
“For the more delicate wire work,” Wheeljack explained.
“Will you just get down here!” Epps drawled as he was already climbing down the small ladder. “You’re not going to believe this, but it doesn’t go very far and… Hey! It’s an electrical override panel!” he announced in amazement.
Will rolled his eyes as he wandered over and glanced down where Epps was standing about eight feet down. “Well what’s it for?” he called out.
“How should I know?” Epps growled back as he looked over the different levers and buttons. “Hey! Here’s one labeled ‘main gate’!”
Will glanced up at Optimus who had since climbed down into the hole himself to watch the proceedings. “What do you want us to do about it?”
Optimus frowned. “Well, I believe its best that we leave it alone until we can speak to Keller and find out what this really is.”
“Too late,” floated out of the manhole and Will glanced back down to see Epps with his hand already on a lever that had been clearly pushed down. “What?” Epps asked at Will’s frown. Will just glared but anything he was going to say was drowned out as there was a sudden alarm all over the base. Sirens wailed and suddenly the ground beneath them began shaking.
“What the slag is that?” Blaster demanded as he snagged Bluestreak in an attempt to remain upright. The only thing it accomplished however was that he pulled the other mech over with him.
“HEY! What’s going on?”
“SIDESWIPE!”
Everyone turned surprised to see the twins on the runway, obviously having come out of hiding to find out what was going on. Only problem was… the runway was opening up! The unused runway was suddenly split down the center and it seemed as if it was being pulled apart! Sunny was looking from one side at Sides hanging on to the edge on the other looking as if he was about to fall any second since he could only hang on with his one good arm.
“What the Matrix?” Optimus shouted as he quickly turned and bolted towards the runway at a dead run. Everyone scrambled after him as ‘Bee grabbed Sam and Miles while Barricade snagged Mikaela. Red stopped long enough to collect the rangers and he too bolted after the others as they saw the two sets of parents emerge from the barracks with Ironhide already at the runway.
Ironhide slid down to his side like a baseball player into home and quickly snagged Side’s arm, struggling to pull the other mech upwards and out of harm’s way. Optimus, who had to run around to the other side of the runway, leaned down and snagged the Lambo’s other arm and the two proceeded to haul him up. Sunny had quickly made his own way around the runway and practically pounced on his partner as Side’s sat on the ground, gasping for air.
“What happened?” Ironhide demanded as he looked down into the now parted runway. “What is this?”
“How should I know?” Optimus snapped back as he too looked at the torn runway.
“Hey Optimus!” The four mechs turned to see Jazz waving from where all the other Autobots and Barricade had stopped at the far end of the runway. “You should come see this!”
Optimus glanced over at Sides and the small red mech nodded, already climbing to his feet with Sunny’s help. “I’m okay,” he told him. “We’re coming.”
Optimus nodded as he and Ironhide made their way to the others. “What is it?” he asked as he looked down into the dark. He gasped as he saw what the others were talking about. It seemed that there was a slight ramp leading downwards into an underground structure. What was the shocking part though, was it was tall enough for he and the other Autobots, plus Barricade, to stand in. “What is this?”
Red Alert just glanced at him and handed the rangers to Ironhide as he shifted an arm panel to revile one of his searchlights. “Trouble,” the security chief muttered as he aimed the light down the ramp. “This was not on any of the facilities blue prints.”
“Well, shall we go take a peek?” Jazz grinned as he looked over Red’s shoulders at the darkness below. Ratchet turned on his own searchlights to help with the visibility before he glanced over at Sides and Sunny who finally caught up. It seemed that the twins had waited for the other humans as Sunny had Mile’s parents while Sides had Ron and Judy balanced in one hand.
“What the matrix?” Ratchet cried out as he saw Sides’ damaged arm. “What happened?”
“Oh, that was earlier… but I think that fall made it worse,” Sides muttered as Ratchet snagged the damaged arm and began going over it. Sunny was practically hovering at Sides’ other arm as he watched Ratchet take a look at the appendage.
Ratchet just sighed and glanced over at Wheeljack. “I told you,” he said with a small grin. Wheeljack just laughed as Ratchet turned back to the two younger mechs. “Report to my medical corner later and I’ll take a look at it then,” he told the Reventón. Sides just nodded as he looked down at the dark ramp curiously.
“What in the world?” Judy muttered as she stared down the darken ramp as Sides set her and Ron down while Sunny set the Lancasters down. “Now who put that there?”
Steve and Carol were looking down at the ramp themselves as Ron looked up at Optimus confused. “I thought you guys had only just started your renovations?” he asked.
“We didn’t do this,” Bumblebee told him with a frown. “We’re just as surprised.”
“Ooo, plot twist!” Steve grinned. “A secret government underground facility! Do you think there are aliens down there?” he snickered.
Sam nearly shoved a fist in his mouth to keep from laughing as he glanced at the rather amused Autobots while Miles groaned. “Dad!” he whined.
Steve looked up surprised before he went over what he said. “Oops. Sorry.” Carol just rolled her eyes and took another swig out of her wine glass that she was still carrying.
The Autobots just chuckled as Optimus glanced over his team. “So I take it we’re going exploring?” he asked with a small grin.
“You bet your aft we’re going exploring,” Ironhide chuckled. “I volunteer that the ‘Con go first.”
Barricade scowled at him. “Do I look stupid?”
“You want me to answer?” Ironhide chuckled again.
“It does look abandoned,” Will said. “I highly doubt that there’s anyone still down there.”
“It still looks pretty stable,” Prowl announced as he looked at the walls.
“Well then, can we stop talking about it and go?” Red grumbled as he started heading down the ramp, tired of waiting for everyone else.
“Oh right,” Optimus quickly moved to catch up to the smaller mech that was already disappearing into the darkness and soon the others were right behind him. Hound had taken Judy and Ron while Blaster had volunteered to take Carol and Steve, much to Steve’s excitement and Carol’s disdain.
“Don’t they ever take a break around here?” she called over to Judy. Judy just chuckled as the Autobots walked down the ramp.
Ten minutes later, they were still going downhill. “I knew we should have packed a lunch,” Miles muttered as he strained to see what was ahead of them.
“No kidding,” Sam sighed as he looked over at the mechs at the front of the group. “Anything yet?” he called out.
“Not that I can see,” Ironhide called back.
“Wait! I think we made it!” Ratchet shouted as he and Red jogged a bit ahead of the group. The ground finally evened out and soon everyone was staring at a pair of large doors in complete surprise.
“What do you suppose they have in there?” Inferno questioned as he stepped next to Red and placed a hand on the smaller mech’s shoulder to ensure that he didn’t leave without him.
“One way to find out,” Optimus shrugged. “Try and see if you can find a door opener or something. I don’t see a handle-” Optimus stopped in surprise as the doors before him suddenly began slowly opening with a rather ominous creaking sound. The older Autobots marveled while ‘Bee just turned to look at Barricade suspiciously.
“I lived in a garage for months, door overrides are kind of my specialty now,” Barricade shrugged.
Optimus glanced over at the Decepticon amused but the sudden activation of lights as the doors opened thoroughly distracted him as they all turned to look in the rather large room that they had uncovered. There really wasn’t much there. The only thing they could see were a some huge tables that were almost as if they had been tailor made for the Cybertronions and cages; lots and lots of rather large cages.
“What the slag is this place?” Ironhide muttered as he looked about the different areas. There seemed to be some small, human sized doors and Will instantly pointed them out. Setting the humans down, everyone watched as Epps and Will made their way to a few of the doors as the three teenagers followed close behind.
Judy just frowned as Hound placed her and Ron down on one of the tables. “You be careful!” she shouted after Sam.
“I’ve got it Judy,” Barricade told her and everyone turned to the ‘Con confused. “He still has the watch,” he explained with a chuckle.
Sam blushed but said nothing as Will opened one door to reveal a rather dark staircase. “There’s got to be a light switch here somewhere…”
Miles was the one who found it and soon the five of them were climbing the cement stairs to yet another door. “What is this place?” Miles asked as Epps turned the knob and they entered a rather small room that was filled with abandoned computers.
“No idea,” Will muttered. “You think there’s any information on these?” he asked Epps.
“Only one way to find out.”
Mikaela frowned as she watched the guys begin to switch on the multiple terminals and looked around the room in general. There was a tack board on one wall with some papers stuck to it and she glanced at the top most pages. The first one was a lot of technical jargon that she couldn’t make heads nor tails of but the second was interesting. It seemed to be a medical report of some kind. “Subject 3.5 shows high reactions to new inhibiters; suggest triple dosage on next examination.”
Sam looked up surprised. “What’s that?”
“I’m not sure,” she muttered as she moved on and made her way to another wall. This one had a large metal screen placed on it and after looking at the wiring, she soon found a small switch to the left of the paneling. They all jerked in surprise as the panel began scrolling upwards to reveal a window looking out at the room that they had just been in. “There’s an intercom,” Mikaela announced as she found the small electrical box next to the switch. “Hey Optimus!” she tried. The large rig jerked in surprise as Mikaela’s voice boomed out of unseen speakers and whirled around to try and find the source. Mikaela chuckled. “Sorry.”
Barricade pointed and Optimus looked over surprised at the now revealed window where she and Sam were waving. “What’s in there?” he asked them as he wandered over to peer into the room from his side.
“Not sure yet,” Sam told him as he glanced over at Will.
Will came over and pushed the intercom button. “The computers seem to still be working but they’re all password protected,” he told him.
Optimus nodded as Blaster wandered over and lifted up a rather large piece of what looked to be part of a crane. “What in the world was this place for?” he asked as he dropped it back down again.
“Well, I highly doubt that we’re going to find out today,” Ratchet sighed as he looked around. “There are some more doorways that the humans will have to check out later and then there’s that…”
Everyone turned around to see what it was that the medic was looking at and stared at the new set of large doors that he had found. “What’s in there do you suppose?” Sunny asked from where he was currently hiding behind Sides.
“One way to find out,” Steve who had been wandering around said as he moved towards a small lever and pulled it down.
Stale air hit the humans hard as the doors creaked open and more dim lights flickered on as the room was opened. Ratchet switched on his lights again as he peered into the room. “This place is creepy,” he announced with a grim frown. Optimus quickly made his way to the other mechs side and peered in curiously. ‘Bee wandered over interested as well and promptly felt his internal fluids go cold as he stared at the room beyond.
Barricade glanced over at Bumblebee to see what was up and frowned as he saw that the youngest mech had frozen in shock. “What’s up Autobit?” he called out. “Found something?”
Everyone glanced over at the Camaro but Bumblebee said nothing as he slowly stepped into the room and made his way over to the gigantic rack that was set against the concrete wall. There were cables and all sorts of wires and bracers attached to it but even without its occupant, ‘Bee knew exactly what it was. It looked almost exactly like the room that Megatron had been kept in at Hoover Dam. ‘Bee frowned as he turned and quickly exited. The other Autobots watched him curiously as Bumblebee didn’t even say a single word to them as he passed and made his way to the viewing window. “Are you sure there’s nothing in there?” he asked the startled humans.
Sam jerked in surprise and looked about the room again as Mikaela went back to the bulletin board and snagged a few pages. “Just these,” she said as she waved at the Autobots direction.
The other two teenagers grabbed a few of the pages as Epps and Will took some more off the board and began going over them. “A lot of it is about this subject 3.5 character,” Epps muttered as he looked over them. “Shit. It looks as if they were experimenting on him or something.”
“Is it anything specific?” ‘Bee asked.
“Just that they called him 3.5,” Will announced as he looked over the documents.
Bumblebee frowned as he thought it over. “I highly doubt that that would be Megatron,” he said, shocking almost everyone in the room. “They called him NBE-1, right?”
Mikaela and Will nodded in confirmation while Sam stared at his guardian. “What is it?” he asked apprehensively.
“What is wrong, ‘Bee?” Optimus asked as he looked at the rather grim look on his youngest recruits face.
Bumblebee turned with a dark frown. “You remember how I told you how Sector Seven had Megatron in Hoover Dam?” he asked them. Mute nodes from the rest of the first team was his response and ‘Bee jabbed a finger in the direction of the other room. “That is almost a complete replica. I even recognize some of the equipment in there from my small time of imprisonment.”
“Bumblebee was captured?” Prowl asked glancing at Jazz.
Jazz said nothing to Prowl as he moved over to ‘Bee and placed an arm around the younger mech’s shoulders. “Ya sure man?”
‘Bee nodded, crossing his arms in front of himself protectively as a shudder went through him. “Yeah. It’s exactly the same.”
Epps glanced over at Will. “When was this place closed down?”
Will stared back at Epps with wide eyes. “Just a month after Sector Seven was shut down.”
“You mean that this is all for us?” Sides asked as he looked back at the cages with a mounting feeling of dread as Sunny pressed even closer to his side.
Optimus sighed as he glanced around. “I suppose so…” he muttered.
“Well ain’t this a bitch,” Ironhide muttered. “So they were testing Megatron here or something?”
“Possibly,” Optimus said with a frown.
“But that doesn’t make any sense,” Ron suddenly spoke up. “Hoover Dam was built in the thirties and this place looks far too modern.”
Optimus frowned and glanced around as he ran what he knew of human history through his data banks. “Then what was this place for…?”
“Um guys?” Blaster called out tentatively. Everyone turned to find that the communications officer had lifted the small piece of equipment up once again off the floor and turned the piece around so everyone could see the large number thirteen on the side.
“Well fuck,” Jazz muttered.
Barricade growled before he suddenly straightened and whirled around to look at the group through the glass. “What was it they called their subject?” he asked them with a barely suppressed rage in his voice.
Sam jerked in surprise and he reached out for the intercom once again. “3.5,” he told him.
“That doesn’t make any sense,” Ratchet frowned. “There was Megatron, NBE-1, then ‘Bee as number two… who was three?”
“Me,” Barricade announced with a low growl, shocking everyone in the room. “They named me NBE-3.”
Everyone stared at the mech surprised as Optimus turned to the Decepticon. “Well you were never captured right? And all of your companions were killed during the battle at Mission City save for Starscream.”
“There was one other mech that I now don’t think they dropped in the ocean.” He turned back to Sam and Mikaela in the window. “He was with you at Hoover Dam; after Megatron’s revival however, I never heard from him again.”
The others looked puzzled but Sam instantly glanced down at his watch, shock dominating his features and Bumblebee gasped as he finally figured it out. “Primus,” the young Autobot murmured as he stared at the ‘Con. “They have him, don’t they? They must have grabbed him during all the chaos when Megatron was escaping.”
“It’s the only thing that makes sense,” Barricade replied.
“What makes sense? Who are we talking about?” Ironhide demanded.
“Three point five,” Barricade said with a vicious scowl, “ is my partner.” The other four First Arrivals finally seemed to understand while the others all looked just as puzzled as when the conversation had first stared. Barricade turned to them with a dark, fierce look upon his features. “The humans have Frenzy.”
-To Be Continued.
Author’s Note: (appears in full combat gear carrying an umbrella) I really need to invest in a bunker of some kind don’t I? Join us next time for chapter Sixty Eight: Help Wanted (BDQ scuttles away rapidly trying to dodge the flying rotten fruit and vegtables hurled her way.)
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