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Author’s note: An EARLY update because I'm leaving early today and won't get back until early tomorrow. -Sigh- Anyway, to avoid any spoilers for this chapter my main notes are at the bottom. As for the book I bought it's "Tempted By His Kiss" By Tracy Ann Warren. o__~
Chapter Seventy-Five: We have Confirmed a ‘Con
“Where are they?” Bumblebee growled as he paced around the small clearing. Since he had too much pent up energy to remain in car mode for so long he had shifted, despite warnings from both Ratchet and Optimus. Optimus had not been happy, but he knew that ‘Bee was more than a little worried about Sam and the other humans.
Barricade himself had also transformed into mech mode, but he had changed more to piss off Ironhide than anything else. ‘Hide had since been ordered to shift back into alt form due to his size and the chance that the Sector Thirteen patrol may spot him. Barricade and ‘Bee’s smaller frames meanwhile, were much easier to hide than the gunner’s own large form.
The ‘Con was currently fiddling around with his own systems as he watched the camaro walk from one end of the clearing to the other. “These rescue mission take time you know,” he told the other mech. “Especially when it’s a stealth rescue.”
“I know that,” Bumblebee snapped back before he stopped pacing as he whirled around to face the ‘Con. “But why haven’t we heard from them?” he demanded angrily. “You were the one who made that communicator in the first place so what’s the problem?”
Barricade looked up and just glared at the ‘Bot. “How the slag should I know?” he snarled back. “I’ve done a systems check over nine times now and as far as I can tell, the radios are in perfect working order. Whatever is going on is happening on their end, not mine.”
“So they may have been caught! We have to get in there!”
“Calm down Bumblebee,” Optimus interrupted. “We’ll hear from them soon, I’m sure.”
“Not if they’ve been captured…” Bumblebee growled as his pacing took on a frantic jerking motion.
Bluestreak, who had also transformed, was staring over the hill at the mountain entrance. “Well, the guards are still just wandering around like normal, so we know they haven’t been found out yet…” the smaller mech had announced.
“But they have Frenzy! They should be making their way out by now,” Bumblebee growled as he glanced back at the base.
Optimus sighed as he watched the younger ‘Bot pace. “Has there been any word?” Optimus turned and asked the black and white.
Barricade just frowned as he concentrated. “Not yet…” he shook his head. “And my tracker is gone too. I think that it’s more likely that there’s some interference, rather than them being caught,” he announced, though in truth he was worried too, not that he would let the Autobots know it. Frenzy had said something before there was this eerie silence but he had been too far away from Sam for the communicator to pick it up. ‘What could possibly be happening in there?’ he thought in aggravation.
Sam found himself standing in Epps’ personal space as he just stared up at the large Decepticon. This one was definitely larger than Barricade and perhaps even larger than Starscream. Heftier than Barricade was as well. He was almost more like Blackout’s form. The mech before them actually had to hunch down in his small cage and it seemed he bound with some strange metal bands that had wires attached to them.
Looking closer, Sam could see some of his paneling had been pulled back at awkward angles, as if it had been forced to bend unnaturally and there were even more wires running from him to different machines all along the far wall. Sam glanced at them before he looked over at Mikaela. He blinked as he saw her dark frown as she also looked at the wires shoved into the mechs chest cavity.
The Decepticon was currently glancing from them to Frenzy and back again as if he was trying to figure out some bizarre complex puzzle. The red eyes looked down at Frenzy for a long moment before finally turning back to Sam and the others and this time they stayed there. Sam swallowed again.
“Well don’t just stand there,” Epps suddenly hissed. “Say something…”
“What?” Sam jerked in surprise as he looked over at the man. “Me? Why?”
“You’re the Cybertronion liaison, right? So ‘liaison’ already.”
Sam glared at him. “We don’t even know if he speaks English,” he hissed back.
“Couldn’t you have Frenzy translate?” Mikaela asked.
Sam glanced over at the ‘Con in question to find Frenzy now petting the rather large cat who was purring intensively as it leaned up against the mech. “Umm… I’m not sure if he can help…”
“Well, you’ve been working with Optimus and the others, right? Have you learned any Cybertronion?” Will glanced at him.
Sam shook his head. “Only the curse words,” he admitted sheepishly.
Epps nodded. “Good parts to know.”
“I speak English.”
All of them jerked in surprise as the large mech suddenly spoke in a dry, flat, monotone voice. Mikaela and Sam shared another glance as the rangers turned to the mech. “Good, then this will be much easier,” Epps said with a grin.
The mech stared at him. “You work with the Autobots…?”
Will nodded. “We are their friends,” he told him gesturing to himself and the others.
The mech stared down at them, his optics darkening as he took them all in. “You were the humans who defeated Megatron.” It was a statement and not a question.
Sam glanced back up at the mech and swallow, his pulse racing as questions began whirling around in his head. ‘Who is this mech?’ was the most prominent of the bunch quickly followed by; ‘and how does he already know about Megatron’s death? Does he work for Starscream? Oh we are in so much trouble if he does…’ All this and more bounced around his mind and Sam knew that his body had to be radiating heat in waves as the mech suddenly focused on him, obviously hearing Sam’s rapid heartbeat. Sam stared up into the deep red optics as they stared back.
Unlike Barricade’s own gaze, this one held no emotion in those dark red depths. No hint whatsoever at what the ‘Con could possibly be thinking. Sam knew what he himself was thinking, though, and he knew what he had to do. It wasn’t any less intimidating but he knew he had to say something. Epps was right after all. He was also Primus’ own chosen… How he wished he had that All Spark shard now. If only to be able to use some of those recently learned curse words on the God himself for putting him into this situation.
Sam stared at the mech before he took a deep, steadying breath and stepped forward away from Epps. “We are the Autobots friends,” he said as clearly as possible, though his knees were shaking. He paused for a moment. “And yours.”
“Mine?” the mech stared at them before he glanced over at Frenzy who was still standing at the other cage. “You came to save him?”
Sam nodded. “We did.”
The mech said nothing for a long moment before he turned to Frenzy and said something in Cybertronion. Frenzy looked up at the larger ‘Con before he glanced over at the humans. “Ladiesman217!” he chirped and then he went back to randomly hugging the other smaller mechs in turn.
Sam just groaned as Will and Epps turned to give him an amused look. “Why does he keep calling you that?” Epps asked with a barely suppressed smile.
Sam frowned. “Long story short, it’s my eBay I.D.”
“Ah.”
Will just shook his head but the larger mech was speaking again. “And you came here to save him from your own kind?”
“We don’t agree with what they’re doing here to your kind,” Mikaela finally spoke up firmly. “We’re not associated with these… people.”
The males nodded in agreement as Will stepped forward again. “We are here to help any Cybertronion in need… including you if you wish it,” he announced.
“Yeah, and since he probably won’t leave without you…” Epps chuckled jerking a thumb at Frenzy, “then I guess that means we have to figure out a way to get you out of here too.”
The mech turned back to stare down at them. “Why did you come here?” he asked carefully. “Why save a Decepticon? If you are with the Autobots than it would be in your best interest to leave us here to rust.”
“Because it’s the right thing to do,” Sam spoke, gaining more confidence as the conversation progressed. He paused for a moment as he decided whether or not to add the next part. If this mech was a follower of Starscream, who knew how he would handle it. “And Barricade asked us too…”
“Barricade?” the mech cried out, leaning forward in his cage as he stared down at them, ignoring the small burst of chatter from the other mechs. “He lives?” Sam nodded and the mech fell back in shock. There were some words from the small cage with the four other mechs and the larger one quickly said something to them in Cybertronion.
Sam glanced from him to the others and back again, wondering what it was that they were saying when the mech suddenly chuckled and there was a scattering of noise from the other cage. “Um… is that a good thing?” Sam whispered. Mikaela shrugged.
“So Starscream has lied and Barricade is not dead after all. I should not be surprised,” the mech nodded to himself before he turned back to Sam. “Barricade has joined the Autobots?”
Sam squirmed slightly, trying to figure out the best way to explain the rather bizarre situating regarding Barricade and the Autobots. “Well, more like he’s staying with them until Starscream can be dealt with,” he admitted sheepishly. “After Megatron… uh… passed, he and Starscream had what you could call a difference of opinion and Barricade is just crashing with Optimus and the others until he figures out what to do with himself.”
The large mech seemed to mull over this for a moment before he let out another chuckle. “As expected from the commander of the Race Track Patrol,” the mech nodded. “And Starscream does need to be dealt with.” He looked back at Sam. “You can take us to Barricade?” Sam nodded the whole time staring up at the mech with a niggling thought that refused to come to the surface of his mind. Why did he get the feeling that he should know this mech?
“Better than that,” Epps called up to him. “We’re going to bring him to you.”
“What?” Will turned to him sharply. “What does that mean?”
“Think about it. We could sneak him out of here,” and Epps gestured to Frenzy, “he’s small enough, right? But him?” Epps pointed to the other mech and shook his head. “So much for stealth, we need the others to pretty much blast him out of here.”
The ‘Con stared down at Epps. “I have a name.”
Epps blinked. “Right… sorry…”
“What is your name?” Mikaela asked him.
“Soundwave,” the mech announced.
“You’re Soundwave?” Sam yelped in surprise before mentally slapping himself. “Of course you are. I should have figured that out when Frenzy said ‘team’. Barricade told us about you and that you would be… um… upset about him losing Frenzy.”
Soundwave frowned ominously. “Indeed…” Sam and Mikaela glanced at one another again but Soundwave seemed to shake himself out of his thoughts and turned to the smaller cage and again spoke to his team in Cybertronion.
The one humanoid mech waved at them and managed to pry himself out of Frenzy’s clinging grasp. “Hey. I’m Rumble and this here is Ravage, Buzzsaw and Laserbeak.” He gestured to the cat and two birds in turn as he said the names before Frenzy grabbed his arm and started rambling again in their native language. Rumble looked as if he was trying to follow the rapid-fire words the best he could as he glanced back at Soundwave with a rather alarmed look.
Soundwave said something to him before he turned back to the humans. “You can contact Barricade?”
“Yeah, we can!” Sam said as he brought up his wrist. “Actually, I’m surprised he’s been quiet during all this… Hey ‘Cade,” he called out. Sam jerked in astonishment when all that came out of the watches speaker was harsh, screeching static. “‘Cade?” he tried again. Again, the same white noise was the only answer.
“What’s wrong?” Will turned to him with a look of concern.
“I don’t know. I can’t get through…” Sam replied with a frown.
“Must be all the machines in here,” Epps suggested as he grabbed Sam’s arm and looked down at the watch. “Might be interfering with the frequency.”
“Oh slag,” Sam groaned. “’Bee and ‘Cade must be totally freaking out right now…”
There was a small purring chuckle from the smaller cage and Soundwave glanced at the cat. Ravage just continued looking at the boy in amusement. Sam frowned at him, wondering what could possibly be so interesting. The cat, however, remained stubbornly silent.
Will chuckled. “Come on,” the ranger captain said as he snagged Sam’s arm. “We’ll sneak into the hall and you can contact them in there.”
“Right, then Epps and I will start unhooking all those wires,” Mikaela said firmly as she snagged Epps’ arm.
“We’ll what?” Epps repeated in shock.
“Come on you…” she said as she proceeded to drag him to one of the larger terminals. “Let’s see if we can figure out a way to shut these down.”
“Bumblebee, will you stop pacing already?” Ironhide demanded. “I’m getting dizzy… again.”
Jazz chuckled as he leaned against the top kick with his elbow and knocked on his roof. “What happened to that soldiers ability to adapt to any situation?”
“I still have it, but I shouldn’t have to suffer when I can just as easily sit on the ‘Botling.”
“Hey!” ‘Bee paused long enough to frown at him. “Will is in there too you know.”
There was a small snarl from the black truck but Optimus quickly pulled up between them. “All right, now everyone calm down. We’ll give them ten more minutes before we take matters into our own hands. Agreed?” the big rig stated.
Hound and Bluestreak glanced over at the other first arrivals in amusement as there was some grumbling from the assorted mechs. “Remind me never to get on Ironhide’s bad side,” Bluestreak whispered as he glanced over at the still snarling truck.
“That’s assuming he has a good side,” Hound answered back, never looking away from the small base.
The two jerked in surprise when Barricade suddenly stood at attention and glanced down at his own wrist. “Will all of you shut up!” he snapped at them. “I think I heard something.”
Bumblebee was a yellow blur before he materialized at the ‘Con’s shoulder. “Is it Sam?” he demanded. “What did he say? Are they alright?”
“Well give me a sec and I’ll find out…” Barricade snarled as he did some fine-tuning.
“-Hey ‘Cade. Come in… maybe we’re still too close to the equipment…-” Sam’s voice was soon heard by all.
“Well it’s about time,” Ironhide growled. Jazz just knocked on his roof again with a small chuckle.
“Sam, we can hear you. Where are you?” Barricade replied.
“Are you okay?” Bumblebee quickly asked over his shoulder, interrupting the other mech. “What’s your status? Are you damaged? Do you need us to come get you?”
“Do you mind,” Barricade glared at him as he yanked his arm away from the hyper bug. Bumblebee did not look chastised in the least as he stepped even closer to the ‘Con if that was even possible. Barricade’s glare hardened.
“-We’re all fine,-” Sam announced with a small chuckle.
There was a massive sigh from all present. “Well that’s a relief,” Optimus said.
“What happened?” Barricade demanded. “Why did you’re line suddenly go dead?”
“-Well, we came across Dr. Burgen’s lab and it seems all his equipment jammed the frequency or so Epps thought,-” Sam told them.
“I don’t like the sound of that,” Ironhide grumbled and Jazz nodded in agreement.
“So where are they?” Jazz asked as he bounced off of ‘Hide’s roof and made his way to Barricade’s other side. “Are you guys almost out or what?” he directed to the microphone.
“Dawn will be arriving soon, so wherever you are, move fast,” Hound added as he too stepped next to Barricade.
Barricade suddenly shrank back, his temper rising as he found himself surrounded by Autobots. “What the slag? Get away from me!” he snarled as he shoved Bumblebee aside. “Honestly…” he muttered before turning back to his own communicator. “Where are you? You did find Frenzy, correct? Were there any problems?”
There was some chuckling heard over the communicator before Sam’s voice came back. “-Yeah, we found Frenzy all right but here’s the thing; he wasn’t the only one we found.-”
There was a beat of intense, heavy silence from the group before Barricade’s arm was suddenly yanked forward by Optimus. The ‘Con hadn’t even heard him transform. “What do you mean not the only one?” Optimus was demanding. “Who else is there? Autobots?”
“Don’t tell us they’ve got Screamer,” Jazz added with a chuckle. “’Cause that would save us a whole heap of problems.”
“-Well… it is a Decepticon,-” Sam announced slowly. There was a long pause before the mechs could hear a rather heavy sigh. “-It’s Soundwave.-”
“SOUNDWAVE!” Barricade yelped before he brought up his free arm to hold up his drooping head. “Oh slag…”
Optimus glanced at him with a somewhat amused look. “Is this good or bad news?”
Barricade just sighed. “Depends. He can’t stand Starscream any more than we do. One problem though, he was extremely loyal to Megatron so I don’t know how he’s going to react to this situation. Especially with Megatron death.”
“-Yeah, he knows about that,-” Sam announced. “-Apparently he’s already been in contact with Starscream.-”
“Of course he has,” Barricade shook his head. “Will he be willing to accept the Autobots help in his rescue?”
“-Well, we did explain the situation,-” Will answered him. “-I think the fact that Frenzy knows Sam helped a lot in convincing him but he’ll probably want to talk to you first.-”
“I would suspect nothing less,” Barricade turned back to the communicator. “Am I also to assume you mentioned the fact that I’m out here with the Autobots?”
“-Yeah, we gave him a basic overlay of the situation.-”
“Bet he was thrilled,” Barricade muttered before turning serious. “What about his subunits? Where are they?”
“-Rumble and the others? They’re here too,-” Sam told him.
“Slag…” Barricade muttered before he turned to Optimus. “Well?” he asked with a small tilt of the head. “It’s apparent that Soundwave cannot free himself or he wouldn’t still be here.”
“Wait a minute!” Ironhide interrupted, quickly transforming himself though he stayed low to the ground to avoid being seen. “Does this mean we have to rescue another ‘Con?”
“Well it’s obvious we can’t leave him in Thirteen’s hands,” Ratchet snapped back. “Who knows what they’ll do to him.”
“Agreed,” Optimus nodded. “We cannot allow the humans to gain any more information on our systems than what they already have. Besides, we came here to rescue a ‘Con to begin with, what’s one or two more?”
Ironhide just stared at them all in a state of shocked disbelief. “Of course we’re going to rescue him… why not? This whole world’s just gone crazy, that’s what it is…”
Barricade chuckled as he brought up his own communicator. “Sam?”
“-Yeah, we’re still here.-”
“What’s Soundwave’s status?” he asked. “Can you free him yourselves or do we need to get to you?”
“-Well, we’re trying,-” Sam announced with a relived sigh. “-Mikaela and Epps are attempting to get all those wires off of him and figure out a way to get the cages open.-”
“‘Cage’?” Ironhide repeated as he finally stood up. “Did Sam just say that they’ve got him in a cage?”
“Well where else would they keep him?” Ratchet replied darkly. Ironhide just frowned at him.
“What about his own weapons?” Barricade continued, ignoring the Autobots around him.
“-I would assume that they’re off line,-” Will’s voice came over the waves. “-The only plan we have right now is that you guys make a lot of noise on your end and while everyone’s trying to figure out what’s going on, we blast our way out in the confusion.-”
“I like how this human thinks,” Barricade chuckled. Ironhide growled at him before grabbing the ‘Con’s arm out of Optimus’ grasp.
“Are you crazy Will?” he growled. “We don’t even know what type of weapons this Sector Thirteen has! And how do you even know we can trust that ‘Con? He may kill you! Soundwave was practically Megatron’s right hand mech for crying out loud!”
“Soundwave would do no such thing,” Barricade hissed as he yanked his arm free. “He’s no pacifist but he knows that you guys are out here and that those humans are your friends and his only way out. He’s out numbered and he knows it. He’s anything but stupid.”
“Besides, what choice do we have?” Optimus added. “I doubt we could break in, get to them and get back out ourselves. We don’t even know where they are!”
“Whenever they go into the room where I’m assuming they have Soundwave, my tracker goes out. We need them to get out on their own and that includes trusting Soundwave,” Barricade added.
Ironhide just continued to glare at them but finally nodded reluctantly. “So what’s the plan?”
Optimus snagged Barricade’s arm again, much to the ‘Con’s annoyance. “How long until you can get Soundwave free?” he asked.
“-Well… like I said, Mikaela and Epps are working on it right now, so probably a few minutes yet.-” Sam replied. There was silence for a while before he came back on. “-Will just spoke to Epps and they’ve got about sixty percent of the equipment down though we still don’t know how to get the cages open. I just hope Burgen doesn’t have an alarm on any of them.-”
“You and me both,” Optimus sighed. “Call us when he’s out. Meanwhile we’ll get ourselves into position.”
“-We will,-” Sam told them before the communicator went dead.
“Um… Position?” Bluestreak asked as he stepped next to Optimus.
Optimus nodded. “We’re going to surround the base.”
“Are you slagging crazy?” Ironhide yelped. “It’s underground! Inside a slagging mountain!”
“I know that Ironhide,” Optimus growled. “But if we attack at the same time from random points, they won’t be able to pin us down.”
“Plus, as Optimus said, we don’t know what side they’re coming out of. So it’s best if there was someone on all sides to give them cover,” Ratchet said calmly.
“Well, whatever we do, we had better do it fast dogs,” Jazz said with a nod towards the horizon. “’Cause the sun ain’t going to wait for us to get our afts in gear.”
“I can’t believe we’re doing this…” Ironhide muttered.
“He can’t believe it,” Bluestreak whispered to Hound who nodded in agreement. The last thing they would have ever thought they would be doing after reuniting with the main team was rescue a ‘Con from the planets local natives.
“Hound,” Optimus turned to the scout, startling the mech. “How fast can you do a complete survey?”
Hound glanced over at the area in question. “About a tripoint, give or take.”
“Good. Once you’re done we’ll figure out a basic plan.”
Hound nodded and quickly slipped into the shadows as Ratchet wandered over having finally come out of his own alt form. “And that plan would be…?” Ratchet asked as Optimus began punching different scenarios in his smaller data pad.
“Like Barricade said earlier: destroy their base and try not to die in the process,” Optimus told him flatly.
Ratchet just chuckled as he turned back to the mountain. “That’s what I thought.”
“Might I ask about my own weapons?” Barricade drawled from behind them. “I’m just as defenseless as Soundwave is at the moment.”
The other ‘Bots all whirled around to look at Optimus who was giving the ‘Con a long, hard look before he glanced at ‘Bee curious to know his opinion. “He does have a point,” ‘Bee told him honestly.
“I guess we don’t have a choice. We can use all the help we can,” Optimus said with a nod to Ratchet.
Ironhide sighed from where he was continuing to watch the base. “Another ‘Con… just what we don’t need.”
“Aw come on ‘Hide!” Jazz chirped. “This is gonna be fun!”
Ironhide huffed as he glanced over at the grinning saboteur. “Just don’t expect me to like ‘em.”
Jazz’s grin got wider if possible. “Wouldn’t expect anything else.”
Author's Notes: Just so there is no confusion- I HAVE NEVER REALLY WATCHED THE OLD G1 TV SHOW -ONLY THE 2007 MOVIE! Actually I've never seen any of the TV versions; not even the new TFA. Everything I know about the G1 crew is what I read in their bio's. I've actually been avoiding watching the shows so I can stay true to how I first imagined them as I read their profiles. Soundwave may seem OOC but remember I have a plan for everything. I'll explain Soundwave's personality in a few chapters (2 or 3 at the most) so all I can ask is that you die-hard Soundwave fans please stay with me. -falls on her knees begging- Please stay with me!
What I can say at this point is since Barricade really wasn't in the G1 show but was a major factor in the movie, I have to compensate for his presence. Therefor my thought process in this is "what effect would Barricade have had on the other Decepticons had he been a bigger factor in the old G1 show?" This is my attempt to answer that. While I do have all these other characters running around this is still a BARRICADE-CENTRIC fic. I swear to Primus! -Barricade and 'Bee look at BDQ skeptically- It is! I promise! -everyone stares at BDQ- -whimper-Oh please don't hurt me...
So I hope that makes sense and clears things up for you! Please join us tomorrow for Chapter Seventy Six: Knock Knock
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