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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s note: Okay, they're on their way... PROMISE! ... ... ... ... (Kallipso dies laughing as BDQ dives into her new bunker)
Chapter Seventy-One: On Their Way
It was near dawn when there was movement in the hanger located in the far corner of the base. Bumblebee groaned as he could hear the heavy footsteps going from one end of the building to the other. “I can’t believe you’re already up,” he muttered as he watched the transformed mech finish another circuit only to start again. “We still have hours yet.” Barricade glared at him and Bumblebee sighed again. “We’ll find him, you know.”
Barricade finally stopped his nervous pacing and turned back to the yellow car. “What makes you so sure, Autobot?” he snarled.
Bumblebee said nothing for a moment and Barricade had resumed his walking when ‘Bee finally did speak. “Because Optimus said we would.”
Barricade let out an agitated huff. “You put a lot of faith into the leader of yours,” he jeered. “He doesn’t know everything.”
Bumblebee sighed. “I know.” He watched Barricade do a few more laps before he finally glanced at Sam’s loft before transforming himself as quietly as he could but he didn’t need to worry as Sam just rolled over and continued snoring. ‘Bee glanced over at the boy before he sat down in a corner and just watched Barricade for a while.
The ‘Con glanced over at the smaller mech and shook his head. “What are you doing?” he finally asked.
Bumblebee glanced up from tightening some wrist bolts as part of his basic maintenance. “What’s it look like? I’m keeping you company.”
Barricade sneered before he picked up his pacing again. “Well don’t stay up on my account…” Bumblebee shrugged and went back to his small checks. The two mechs continued on in silence for a long time until after the sun had been up for a good hour, the door to the hanger opened and Ratchet entered.
“Hey, you’re up.”
Barricade sent the medic a glare. “Obviously. Thank you for the update.” Ratchet glanced over at ‘Bee and the two Autobots snickered, much to the ‘Con’s displeasure. “When do we leave?” he demanded as he turned to the medic.
“Well, Optimus said probably around seven or so…” Ratchet chuckled. “I just wandered over to check on how you were doing.”
Barricade frowned as he ignored the second part of the medic’s announcement and checked his internal clock. “It’s only five,” he growled.
“Good,” ‘Bee said as he stood up and jerked a thumb towards Sam’s loft. “It’ll take us that long to get Sam up.”
“Just get a bucket of cold water from the moat…” Barricade told him.
‘Bee just sent Ratchet a rather long-suffering look. Ratchet chuckled. “See you in a few.”
“Why are you carrying Sam?” Ironhide demanded as he looked down at Sam cradled in ‘Cade’s hand.
Barricade frowned as he sent a glare towards ‘Bee. “Some people have no imagination,” he muttered. “That, and he won’t wake up.”
“What?” Ratchet instantly pushed the other Autobots aside. “What’s wrong?” he asked whipping out a scanner and began running diagnostics.
Barricade quickly pulled Sam away from the scanner. “It’s nothing!” he snarled at the medic. “He’s just being a lazy teenager.”
‘Bee snickered as he gave Ratchet a small pat on the shoulder. “I think ‘Cade is just anxious to leave.”
“Understandable,” Optimus nodded as he looked over at the ‘Con who was all but snarling at the EMT unit. Wheeljack who had come to see them off frowned at the ‘Con and Barricade just sent the ‘Bot a look before he turned back to Bumblebee and Optimus.
“Can we leave now?” Barricade demanded as he glared at the few assorted Autobots.
“He’s cranky in the morning, isn’t he?” Ironhide mock whispered to ‘Bee. The ‘Con quickly turned his glare to the truck but Ironhide just smirked at him. “What? It seems to be true.”
Barricade took a small step forward but Optimus quickly stepped between them. “You, behave,” he growled at Barricade before turning to Iornhide, “and you, stop provoking the ‘Con.”
Ironhide just smirked as Barricade let out another snarl. “So… are we leaving yet?” he asked the larger Autobot leader.
“Pretty soon. We just have to wait for Will and Epps,” Optimus told him.
Barricade growled again, but said nothing more as they all stood around waiting. It was Jazz and Prowl who were the next to appear, Jazz grinning madly. “Morning!” he chirped. There were groans all around and Jazz snickered before he yelped as Ratchet grabbed him. “Hey man! What’s the deal?”
Ratchet said nothing as he yanked out his scanner again and aimed it at the small Pontiac. “Oh hush and hold still!” he snarled.
Jazz sighed as he quickly deflated. He loved giving the medic a hard time but soon realized that he wasn’t going to get any peace on this trip unless he finally allowed the EMT unit his peace. Ratchet only got as far as his shoulders however when there was a sudden shout from the far side of the courtyard and Bluestreak and Hound appeared, Bluestreak pushing himself between Jazz and Ratchet to get to Optimus. Jazz just smirked and quickly ran around behind Ironhide, snickering.
“So what’d we miss?” Bluestreak asked as he glanced around the group. “Are we ready to go?”
Optimus gave Ratchet a small sympathetic look before he turned back to the smaller mech. “We’re just waiting for the humans.”
“We’re here Optimus!” Everyone turned to find Epps and Will coming down the small road, backpacks on their backs and a duffle in Epps hands. What was surprising was Simmons following behind them, a small frown on his face as he carried a small cooler.
Epps dropped the duffle bag, as he looked over at Sam, clearly still asleep in Barricade’s hand. “Ah, to be young…” he chuckled.
Will just frowned. “Where’s his gear?” he demanded as he looked around for Sam’s bag.
Barricade just stared at the small human while ‘Bee shrugged. “I think back at the hanger,” he replied.
Will rolled his eyes. “Well go get it.”
‘Bee sighed as he turned to go when he saw Judy emerge from the small barracks, a large bag in her hand and Mikaela right behind her. “Hey! Wait!” she called as she quickly made her way over. “I’ve got Sam’s things,” she huffed as she set the suitcase by the ranger’s bags before she frowned at the still sleeping Sam in Barricade’s hand. “Isn’t he awake yet?” she yelped.
“We decided to just let him sleep,” ‘Bee quickly moved in to placate the woman. “Since it’s such a long drive and we’re leaving so early.”
Judy just sighed before she gestured to the bag. “Well, good thing that I packed a few sandwiches.” Ironhide made a small choking sound that sounded like smothered laughter.
Barricade just frowned as he looked down at Mikaela with her own bag. “And you’re here to say goodbye?” he drawled.
Mikaela let out a dry snort. “As if. I’m going with you, obviously.”
“This ain’t going to be a leisurely drive,” Ironhide told her.
Mikaela just rolled her eyes. “Please. If Sam’s going, I’m going.” She slung the strap to her bag over her shoulder. “Besides, why should you boys have all the fun?”
Optimus sighed as he looked around at the group. “Then we’re all here then?” he asked looking around.
“Present!” Bluestreak chirped.
Ironhide just shook his head as he quickly shoved the other mech aside and stepped back so he could pick up the two rangers. “Well then?” he asked as he turned towards the main gate. ‘Bee quickly leaned down and allowed Mikaela to climb up as the girl quickly waved goodbye to Judy.
Optimus turned to Prowl who was going to remain behind with a small smile. “You guys going to be okay then?” he asked. Prowl just frowned as he looked over at the group leaving and just stared at Jazz who was making some faces at Ratchet. Optimus shook his head before he tapped his second in command on the shoulder. “Prowl?”
“Yes,” Prowl turned back to Optimus. “We’re going to follow Red and Wheeljack’s plan about setting motion detectors in the desert around the base perimeter.”
Wheeljack nodded as he turned to the two. “Red is going to have the others set up a base plan for our outer defenses.”
“Good,” Optimus nodded. “See if you can’t find something that would make a better safe too. That boxcar is becoming kind of annoying getting in and out of.”
The two other mechs looked at one another confused before Jazz suddenly snagged Prowl’s arm. “Prowl! My main man! How about a kiss for the road?”
Prowl looked a bit puzzled but said nothing as he gave a sharp nod of the head and Jazz’s face lit up in a wide smile before he pressed his mouth against Prowl’s and darted away. Prowl watched him go a bit confused as he rubbed his mouth in surprise at the electricity he felt there. “What was that?”
There was a laugh behind him and Prowl was surprised to find Wheeljack chuckling. “Ratchet taught me that. Apparently it’s called a ‘kiss’ and is very popular on this planet.” Prowl still looked rather dubious and Wheeljack just snickered again. “Trust me, you’ll like it.”
Prowl squirmed, obviously embarrassed about the public display but Optimus just chuckled as he saw Wheeljack move over to his own husband to say goodbye. With a shake of his head, the large big rig looked back down at Simmons who was frowning at the group.
He glanced up at Optimus and frowned even more. “I’m not even going to ask…” he muttered. “I’ve remembered it’s somewhere in the far Southwest corner of the state, that’s all I remember,” he told the large mech as he handed Will the cooler.
Optimus nodded. “Thank you Simmons.”
“Good luck!” Judy waved as they turned and started leaving. “BE SAFE!”
“We will!” ‘Bee called back as he quickly jogged to catch up with the others. Crossing the moat, Ironhide and ‘Bee set the three humans down.
Barricade surprised Bumblebee by holding Sam out. “Here, let me transform and you can set him in my back seat.” ‘Bee nodded as ‘Cade transformed and swung out his rear passenger door open for ‘Bee to set the still snoozing boy on his back seat. ‘Bee himself quickly transformed and allowed Mikaela to set both her and Sam’s bags in his trunk before sitting down in ‘Bee’s drivers seat.
“Are we all set?” Optimus called out. A scatterings of “yes’s” echoed back to him and Optimus chuckled. “Well then, lets go!”
Sam was brought back to consciousness by a strange fact; his bed was moving. That was new. Why would his bed be moving?
Cracking his one eye open, he looked around at all the black leather around him before he finally turned and found himself looking at the roof of a car. “What the-?”
“Ahh, good morning! Have a nice rest?”
Sam sat up with a frown and found himself seated in Barricade’s backseat. “Where are we?”
“Somewhere near the California border,” Barricade chuckled.
Sam’s eyes flew wide as he groaned and dropped his head in his hands. “Oh crap, I slept in, didn’t I?”
‘Cade chuckled. “Yeah, but we figured since it’ll be such a long drive anyway, you could use the rest.”
Sam sighed as he looked up and was surprised to see Barricade’s holo-form seated in the drivers seat. Sam just gawked. It was still strange seeing someone seated in the drivers seat of any of the cars. The hologram looked over his shoulder at Sam. “You okay?”
Sam snapped himself out of his stupor and gave a small smile. “Sorry. Just surprised…”
The holo-from stared at him for another moment before he finally turned back to look at the road. “Am I making you nervous?”
“Just weird seated in the back of a patrol car with a cop in the front,” Sam muttered as he stretched his arms as far above his head as he could.
“Ahh,” Barricade mused as he frowned and slowed a bit, just to piss Ironhide off. The top kick slowed in response before he moved over to Barricade’s left. The ‘Con chuckled as Sam climbed into the passenger seat.
“Who’s in ‘Bee?” he asked as he saw the outline of a figure in ‘Bee’s drivers seat before he waved to Epps in Ironhide.
“That would be Mikaela,” the “cop” told him.
“What?” Sam cried. “She came? And Optimus allowed her?”
Barricade just chuckled. “I highly doubt he could have deterred her. She can be very persuasive. Especially since Ratchet’s been teaching her our basic medicine.”
“Oh…” Sam nodded as he yawned again and slouched into his seat. They drove the next two miles in silence.
Barricade sighed as Sam glanced at his holo-form for what had to be the eighth time in ten minutes. “What is it?” he finally asked.
Sam startled slightly before he sighed. “It’s just weird, you know. Hearing such a young voice coming out such an image.”
There was a chuckle before the holo-form suddenly shifted and a rather young, twenty something looking man was now seated in the drivers seat. “Better?” he chuckled.
Sam blinked in complete surprise at the new image. The mustache was gone and the brown hair darkened to a rich black. On the whole, it was quite a difference. Shockingly dark eyes with just a hint of red shining through them glanced over at him and a full mouth widened into a smile as he snickered. Sam shook himself out of his surprise before he frowned. “You’re still in a uniform though,” he said defiantly as he turned back to the front.
The hologram rolled its eyes. “It would look kind of odd if it wasn’t an officer in the drivers seat,” Barricade chuckled.
Sam just rolled his eyes. “Whatever.”
Barricade just chuckled as he heard the sound of sirens on the other side of the highway but decided to ignore it. They were almost to California’s border and just that much closer to his partner. He only hoped that Frenzy hung on until they got there.
They were only six hours into the trip when Optimus clicked on his radio and addressed everyone in the group. “-I think it’s time we took a break,-” he told everyone. “-And allow the humans to get out, stretch and get something eat. Did anyone need to stop for gas?-”
“-I’m good,-” Hound announced from the rear and some chatter began flowing between the Autobots.
“Oh good…” Sam sighed as Optimus mentioned something about a rest area up ahead. “I’m starving.”
Barricade chuckled as he followed Ratchet into the small area and they quickly went to a far corner. “You’re always hungry.”
Sam just chuckled as he stepped out and met up with Mikaela. “Hey. You finally got up.”
Sam frowned at her. “I get up,” he argued. “I don’t sleep all the time.”
There was a loud “hah!” from Barricade behind him and Sam turned to frown at the ‘Con as Bumblebee just chuckled. “Be grateful Sam,” he said aloud. “’Cade there wanted to dump some of the moat water over your head.”
“What?” Sam yelped in shock as he turned to glare at the mustang.
“Well it would have worked, wouldn’t it?” Barricade asked innocently.
Sam just rolled his eyes as Will appeared at his side. “Come on. There’s a rest building over there with some picnic tables.”
“And a bathroom!” Mikaela said before she took off towards the building. Sam quickly followed the girl as Will and Epps pulled out a cooler.
“Thank God. I’m starving,” Epps announced as he already started digging into the cooler and pulled out a beer. Will shook his head as he started heading towards the picnic table.
Barricade watched the humans leave before he addressed Optimus. “So how long are we staying here?” he demanded. “We should get back on the road as soon as possible.”
“Now I understand your urgency, but we should start to formulate a plan,” Optimus told him.
“A plan?” Barricade said in disbelief. “We don’t even know where we’re going and you want to formulate a plan?”
“Well, we should at least have some sort of plan,” Ratchet agreed. “It’s better to be prepared.”
“Prepared for what? We go in, get him and get out,” Bluestreak surprisingly backed Barricade up. “What could be more difficult?”
“It’s never that simple Blue,” Hound chastised. “Especially when a ‘Con is in play.”
“It’s not him that I’m worried about,” Optimus sighed. “It’s the humans. Simmons told us that they do have their own weapons that are harmful to us. Remember how Will and the others were able to take out the helicopter-”
“Blackout,” Barricade supplied in a rather subdued tone. Optimus instantly regretted bringing up the mustang’s old teammate but Barricade didn’t seem to mind as the others were talking again.
“Ouch,” Ironhide said as he internally winced.
“Tell me about it…” Jazz sighed.
“We still don’t know where we’re going or even how many there are yet,” Hound spoke up, a steady voice of reason. “We have no knowledge of their lay out or even whether or not it’s even anyplace accessible.”
“He’s got a point,” Ratchet spoke up. “But we still should make a base plan of how we’re going to go about this.”
“Starting with who is going in and who’s going to cover,” Optimus added.
“He’s my partner. I’m not so sure how well he’ll react to you guys… and… well… I think I’m going to be the only one who’ll understand him,” Barricade confessed.
The Autobots looked over at the ‘Con confused. “What?” Jazz asked surprised. “What are you talking about, man?”
Bumblebee just stared at the ‘Con for a moment before he suddenly spoke up. “Alright ‘Cade. What aren’t you telling us?”
Barricade said nothing for a long moment before he let out a deep sigh. “Well… when we first arrived here, we didn’t realize just how… behind the humans were with their computer systems…” Barricade admitted slowly.
The Autobots stared at him confused before ‘Bee spoke up again. “And… what happened to Frenzy?”
Barricade twitched. “Lets just say in our search for the All Spark, Frenzy got… a little… infected…”
“Infected?” Ratchet yelped startling Bluestreak next to him. “What do you mean ‘infected’?”
Barricade sighed. “He caught a few virus…”
“WHAT?” Ratchet bellowed. “And he was never treated?”
“Who was there to treat him?” Barricade asked archly. “We didn’t have a medic in our squad, unlike some mechs…”
“I don’t believe it! A virus! And an Earth one at that! His own natural system should have been able to eradicate it!” Barricade fell silent and Ratchet suddenly had a bad feeling. “What else…?” Ratchet demanded.
Barricade sighed as he finally spoke up. “He ran across some ‘cookies’ too…”
“Cookies?” Hound asked confused.
Ratchet just groaned. “What’d they do?” he asked.
“Well, aside from messing with all his core programming… he’s a little… nuts.”
“Wonderful!” Ratchet muttered.
“Well, at least we know what we’re dealing with,” Optimus said.
“True,” Ratchet sighed.
“I must say, this was the last thing I would have ever expected after meeting up with you guys,” Hound chuckled. “That we’re planning a rescue mission for a ‘Con.”
“Yeah, life tends to take an interesting twist,” Ironhide chuckled. “You’ll never know what’ll happen next.”
As if to prove his point, Optimus’ radio suddenly activated and Maggie’s excited voice floated over the waves. “-Optimus!-” the girl cried. “-We found him!-”
“What?” Barricade yelped. “Where is he?”
“-It seems that they located him in a place called Kanab,-” Prowl’s calm voice came over the line.
“Kanab?” Jazz repeated. “What the heck kind of name is that?”
“Search me,” Hound chuckled. “I just got here, remember?”
“-We’re still unsure about the actual base but it’s definitely around there. We’ll give ya a call when we find more,-” Maggie announced before she clicked off.
“So let’s go!” Barricade growled as he looked around for the humans. “WE’RE LEAVING!”
“You didn’t have to shout,” ‘Bee sighed as he moved a bit away from the obvious crazed ‘Con.
“Yes, I did,” Barricade snarled.
“What’s up guys?” Will asked as he looked over at Ironhide.
“We got a call from the base,” Barricade was the one to answer him. “They found Sector Thirteen.”
“Really?” Sam asked as he looked over at ‘Bee.
“Really,” ‘Bee confirmed.
“Indeed,” Optimus replied. “Looks like our rest time is over.”
“-By the way Optimus,-” Prowl’s voice came over the leaders private line. “-The twins are not pleased at being left behind.-”
Optimus sighed he watched Sam climb into Barricade’s cab while Mikaela slipped into ‘Bee’s drivers seat. “Thanks… I’ll make a note of it.”
“-Roger that,-” Prowl replied before the communication went dead.
“Well, at least we now have a heading,” Ironhide chuckled as he glanced over at Optimus while the rangers got settled.
“I just hope we have a base to return too,” Optimus sighed.
“Oh come on,” Ratchet put in as he pulled up next to the big rig and the group began heading out once again. “What could possibly happen?”
“Oh man! Don’t say that! Don’t ever say THAT!” Jazz cried as he fell into line behind the medic.
“He’s right you know,” Ironhide laughed again. “You say that and we may return to nothing but a crater in the ground.”
“Can we focus at the task at hand?” Barricade snapped as he glared at the group.
“Whoa, someone’s cranky,” Bluestreak chuckled.
Barricade growled and Sam reached out and patted the dashboard comfortingly but Barricade couldn’t help but continue to snarl as he followed the group of Autobots. Sam glanced over and caught Mikaela’s eye and they shared a worried look. Sam only hoped that Barricade kept calm and followed Optimus order when they finally did reach Dr. Burgan’s hidden base and his captured partner.
Author's Note: I apologize to any readers who may live in Kanab, Utah… I found it on a map and it was too good a name to pass up. Join us next time for chapter seventy two: Touching Base
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