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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s Note: THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE FOR TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN HAS BEEN CHANGED!It is now June 24th! As posted on transformersmovie(dot)com/intl/releasedates/ O.O Wow… I have to get my tail in gear, don’t I? This throws my whole schedule out the door. -BDQ wanders away muttering-
Chapter Seventy-Seven: Unlikely Hero
Optimus didn’t think he had ever driven so fast in his life as he and Ratchet flew through the unmarked terrain. The speed was needed however and soon Ironhide and Bluestreak appeared behind them and joined them in their frantic search. They had lost contact with Bumblebee.
That was never a good thing. The last time they had lost contact with Bumblebee was during the fight with Megatron in which ‘Bee’s vocal processor had been damaged. Bumblebee was always very good at keeping Optimus updated during a battle, but Optimus knew that ever since they had landed on Earth, there was one thing that ‘Bee considered a higher priority than his expected duties. Sam.
If something happened to Sam, or even Mikaela, Optimus wasn’t sure what the ‘Botling may do. Those humans meant everything to ‘Bee and if something happened… Optimus couldn’t guarantee that ‘Bee would not lose his composer and possibly kill the Sector Thirteen soldiers in a rage. Bumblebee was always an emotional mech, mostly due to his young age, but anything to do with Sam seemed to turn him into a complete broken down mess.
“-Optimus! What’s going on?-” Jazz’s voice was more curious than anything as he appeared with Hound and joined the group.
“JAZZ! Have you had contact with Bumblebee?” Optimus instantly demanded.
“-What? No,-” Jazz responded, his tone now taking on a worried edge. “-What happened?-”
“-We’re not sure,-” Ironhide answered him. “-Ratchet has him on the scanner but he’s not responding to our calls.-”
“-What?-” Jazz gasped. “-You don’t think…-”
“I hope not,” Optimus said grimly.
Hound and Bluestreak listened to the fearful tone that could be clearly heard in all of their friend’s voices and both of them worried at what that could possibly entail. “-But ‘Bee’s a warrior just like us. He should be fine, right?-” Bluestreak stated hesitantly.
“Sam,” was all Optimus said.
“-How does the human change things?-” Hound asked slowly. “-He shouldn’t be a factor in this.-”
“-You’d be surprised at just how large a factor he is,-” Ironhide growled.
“-What about Barricade?-” Hound suddenly questioned. “-Does he know what happened to him?-”
There was a moment of stunned silence before Ratchet suddenly cursed. “-Who has his frequency?-” he demanded.
“-Jazz?-” Ironhide asked.
“-Sorry man. No dice. I thought you would have it.-”
“You mean no one thought to get his contact frequency?” Optimus nearly shouted hysterically.
“-I thought you would have it!-” Ironhide snapped.
“-Slag…-” Ratchet’s growl came again.
“What about your scanner?” Optimus directed to the medic. “Where is he?”
“-About twenty miles dead ahead with ‘Bee,-” Ratchet snarled. “-And he hasn’t moved in the last ten minutes.-”
“Slag.”
Mikaela was under ‘Bee’s hood again, trying to do what she could with her bare hands though it didn’t seem to be much. Sam was next to her, stroking ‘Bee’s side as if he were trying to comfort the ‘Bot somehow even though Bumblebee was completely oblivious. Barricade glanced over at Soundwave. “Can you do anything?”
Soundwave turned to Barricade surprised. “You wish to help an Autobot?” he demeaned in Cybertronion.
“An Autobot who saved my life,” Barricade retorted hotly. “And yours.” Soundwave said nothing to this and Barricade turned back to watch the two humans and prone Autobot. “You could have just said ‘no’.”
“I’m not a medic,” Soundwave told him with a shrug. “Just communications.”
“Still, you should know something,” Barricade insisted. “You’ve been in the field more often than myself. You should know some basic medical care.”
“Not enough to bring a mech out of Stasis,” Soundwave replied.
“Damn…”
Soundwave turned to study Barricade’s profile; surprised at the frustration he could easily see on his long time friend. “What is really between you and this ‘Bot?” Soundwave suddenly asked.
“WHAT?” Barricade yelped in English before he swapped back to Cybertronion. “Nothing is between him and me save a debt of honor. If it is within my power to see him functional than I am honor bound to see it done.”
Soundwave just continued to study Barricade with his flat, blank expression that always drove Barricade up the wall. It was Ravage who spoke next. “The human then,” the feline hissed.
“Stay out of this cat,” Barricade snarled down at him and Ravage let out a hissing chuckle and said nothing further.
Soundwave had meanwhile turned to study the two humans working determinedly on the Autobot. A useless attempt without the proper tools and with each passing second, it seemed as if the humans were becoming more and more frantic to save their friend. He looked the two over before glancing over at the other ‘Con once again. Ravage, it seemed, had managed to hit the proverbial nail on the head if the commander’s reaction was anything to go by. The question became why? What was it about the humans? Or was it one human in particular?
Soundwave looked over at the small male human that Barricade was watching steadily. ‘Interesting…’
Barricade was oblivious to the other mechs thoughts however as the two bird’s suddenly appeared overhead and landed in the tree Bumblebee was pressed against. “Human’s,” one drawled. “Don’t they know that it’s useless?”
“You don’t know that Laserbeak,” Barricade snapped and both birds ruffled at this.
“It’s an Autobot,” the other snarled.
“An Autobot who got you out of that crazed human’s clutches, so I wouldn’t speak if I were you Buzzsaw.”
The two birds just continued to stare at Barricade in shocked disbelief as the other mechs turned back to watching the small humans. There was some quick chatter between them but Barricade ignored them as he focused on the unconscious bug. This had been the last thing he would have ever anticipated when they had started this whole insane mission.
The death of an Autobot should be a celebrated event for a Decepticon but all Barricade could feel in that moment was a dark pit of dread creeping up his spark chamber and into his throat. He would never admit it aloud, but Barricade was scared. Scared that Bumblebee would die- die and leave Sam.
Barricade glanced at the boy in question who was crying openly as his ex-girlfriend worked on the silent camaro. Sam was a strong human, even stronger than some of the Cybertronions back in Barricade’s old street gang, and those mechs had been the worst of the worst. Sam was the one who took down the feared Megatron almost completely single-handedly with no weapon and no training.
He faced Megatron without fear and without hesitation. It wasn’t his war that he was fighting, the humans didn’t start it, but it didn’t matter to Sam. All he cared about was saving his new found friends and if that meant taking down the crazed High Lord Protector, then so be it. He stood his ground and fought back with the only weapon he had- the Allspark.
Granted destroying the Allspark practically ensured the death of his race but Barricade had to admit, from where he was watching in the shadows of the edge of the city, it was a spectacular sight to behold. Sam had saved their people and now here he was, faced with the loss what was essentially his best friend and he could do nothing. Barricade could not help but feel a pang of sadness at the situation.
Soundwave’s optics darkened as he watched the other ‘Con, taking in his stance and closed off expression. Barricade’s expression at the moment could almost be considered even sparser than Soundwave’s own. A scary thought indeed and proof at how the situation was currently affecting the commander. Just what had happened during that last battle that instilled such loyalty from the normally closed off mech?
Soundwave glanced back at the humans working and mulled over his thoughts. His friendship with Barricade had allowed Soundwave the rare privilege to see below the thug exterior Barricade presented and could see exactly what Barricade truly was. A survivor who was carved out by the harshness of the real world and hardened by the shear determination to go on. Barricade was one of the few Decepticons that Soundwave felt he could truly trust, aside from his own team.
When they had first met, Soundwave had been surprised at Barricade’s straightforwardness and tendency to forgo the usual deceitful tactics that the Decepticons were so well known for. Barricade took good care of his own team despite them being, in Soundwave’s opinion, completely bonkers and didn’t give a damn what anyone thought about them or him. Though Barricade was firm with his team, he never placed them in unnecessary danger and always looked after his team first. The main reason why Soundwave allowed Frenzy to go when the smaller ‘Con had volunteered to help. Soundwave found the mech to be quite the enigma.
When he had first approached Barricade with the suggestion of forming what he termed an alliance, he had not been expecting much beyond the simple acquaintance of that of co-workers. He had been completely surprised with the discovery at just how much they had common. It wasn’t long before Soundwave accepted Barricade’s offered friendship after the mech had proven himself to be of easy nature and in possession of a sharp mind and soon they were fast friends in such an unfriendly environment.
Yet even Barricade did not know the real reason as to why Soundwave was his friend and Soundwave never saw fit to divulge that particular tidbit of information. He was still unsure himself in that regard. At the time it had merely been a tactical move for Soundwave to seek out the newest in Decepticon’s ranks- a tactic that had proven in time to be quite profitable.
He wondered what Barricade would think if he told him that he had befriended him simply because of a smile. A smile that still to this day, Soundwave had no explanation for. It had been a smile that had scared Soundwave to his very spark. For when Barricade had first achieved the rank of commander, Soundwave had instantly decided on befriending the other ‘Con just so he could find out what it was about Barricade that had Megatron so pleased.
Soundwave had noticed immediately when Megatron had singled Barricade out. The mech had come for his team’s assigning and it was the first time that Barricade had actually met the Decepticon leader face to face. As Barricade saluted, Soundwave had instantly taken note of the slow, pleased smile that graced the mech seated at the head of the table, a smile he continued to wear until Barricade had left his presence.
Soundwave was not the only one to notice the smile however and with a quick glance to Megatron’s left he took note of Starscream watching the retreating commander with a dark frown upon his own features. It was another reason Soundwave sought out Barricade’s friendship. With that one look, Soundwave knew that Starscream would never even so much as tolerate Barricade’s presence. Starscream would outright loath him. Something Starscream proved time and again with his malicious contempt and continued anger towards the commander of the Race Track Patrol.
When Starscream had organized the team to go after Megatron, Soundwave could see the undisguised glee within the other mech as he called out Barricade’s name right before he ordered the rest of Barricade’s team to the other side of the galaxy to search for Energon. It was a move that surprised almost all of the mechs who were normally a part of the Decepticon high elite. Barricade was not one who normally participated in the higher priority missions and Megatron had never sent for him after that first initial meeting.
Barricade was just one of the many random team leaders as far as they were concerned and no one could quite understand why it was that Starscream had been so adamant that he have the other ‘Con, of higher ranker than his own self, accompany him on such a high priority mission as retrieving Megatron. Soundwave, however, knew just why Barricade had been summoned to the Decepticon’s command center and had the displeasure of understanding Starscream’s thoughts on the matter and it all stemmed back down from that damnable smile. It was easy to figure out what Starscream was doing when he summoned the other ‘Con.
Starscream was determined to keep Barricade in a position where he could be watched. Which was the second reason Soundwave had allowed Frenzy to accompany Barricade. Frenzy had been giving an underlying mission besides helping the other ‘Con with his hacking skills. Frenzy was there to watch Starscream.
So when Starscream had declared Barricade dead, Soundwave instantly knew that if it was true at all, then Barricade was not dead at the Autobots doing. Barricade was nothing if not a survivor. Being the youngest Decepticon proved it too, much to Starscream’s displeasure when Barricade had been given a higher rank than him.
When Soundwave had questioned Megatron about the younger mechs sudden promotion in one of those rare moments when they were alone together, Megatron had managed to actually surprise him. Instead of addressing Soundwave’s arrogance at questioning his decision, Megatron had simply smiled once more and gestured down at Barricade’s file that lay on the table. “He is an essential piece in determining the fate of the Decepticons,” Megatron had said cryptically and nothing more was ever said on the matter.
Soundwave had never learned the meaning behind that statement and with Megatron now gone, he knew he never would. Though, as he watched Barricade watch the humans, he could certainly begin to guess at what Megatron had been hinting at. Though he doubted that whatever Megatron meant, was an alliance with the Autobots. Soundwave let out a small huff at this thought and Barricade instantly shot him a dark look.
“If you know how to help him and are not saying anything simply because-”
“I assure you I do not know how to help the Autobot,” Soundwave insisted, slightly angered by Barricade’s assumption. Barricade narrowed his optics suspiciously, but Soundwave remained firm on the matter.
It was then that a surprising thing happened. Frenzy, who had been silent throughout the entire processes, made a snarling click of frustration and marched over to the humans and the injured Autobot. “Stu-stu-stupid humans,” he admonished. “You know nothing of us.” Mikaela glared as Frenzy pushed her out of the way. “No idea at all…”
Everyone stared as Frenzy practically climbed under ‘Bee’s hood and began fiddling around as if he had a purpose. Soundwave looked sharply at Barricade but the other ‘Con showed him the same, baffled expression. “Don’t look at me. I don’t know what he’s doing.”
“Just what did you do to my team member?” the communications officer demanded darkly and instantly zeroed in on Barricade’s small wince.
“Extenuating circumstances,” Barricade announced flatly. “Regarding the human’s own limited technology. I’m afraid he was exposed to their more… damaging virus’s.”
Soundwave scowled at him but said nothing as there was a sudden gasp and Bumblebee's engine turned over. Sam let out a joyous cry while Barricade and Soundwave both stared completely stunned as Frenzy easily slipped out from under ‘Bee’s hood and slammed the piece down. “You’re welcome,” he said clear as day before turning back to Soundwave and Barricade. He stopped as he found himself the recipient of six very shocked and amazed stares. “Wh-what are youuuu looking a-at?” he demanded defensively.
Soundwave just shot Barricade another look. “Virus, huh?” he stated. “An Earth virus can suddenly help a Cybertronion become a skilled medic?”
“Don’t look at me, I don’t know how he was able to fix him either!”
Soundwave hummed as Ravage looked over at his long lost teammate. “Curiouser and curiouser.”
Barricade just snarled again as he glanced at the cat before he turned and marched towards the Autobot who was just beginning to shift back into his mech form. Soundwave watched him go, taking careful note of the mechs stance with the Autobot and the humans. He looked down at Ravage and nodded. “Curious indeed.”
Sam had been borderline panic as time slowly crept by without any sign of Bumblebee coming out of his state. Sam’s could barely breath as he watched Mikaela worked and there was no sign of Optimus, or more importantly Ratchet, anywhere near them. He didn’t even know if the other Autobots had realized that something had happened to Bumblebee. For all he knew, they could be waiting for them at that small little town they had passed through just last night.
A sob managed to escape him and Sam quickly shoved a fist in his mouth as he watched Mikaela use whatever she had to try and desperately fix the ‘Bot, a very hard job to do with absolutely no tools and no replacement parts. Mikaela muttered something about her hairdryer but unfortunately their luggage was still behind the small ridge above Sector Thirteen’s base. Sam watched all this feeling even less helpful than Mikaela.
He was completely useless in this situation. He didn’t know Cybertronion anatomy like Mikaela and this time, there was no Ratchet to steal tools from. He could only pray that Bumblebee was able to hold on long enough for help to finally arrive. Barricade had been in far worse condition after all and he had remained in stasis for almost two days before he had Mikaela finally managed to get him back. Then again Barricade hadn’t been the one shot by a cannon specifically designed to damage their internal systems with one blow.
Sam could hear the two larger Decepticons speaking behind him in their own language, sounding more like arguing than actual conversation. The two bird ‘Cons stared down at them from the tree above him and Sam could feel himself twitching under their steady, red gazes. Rumble and Frenzy had wandered over and had been watching Mikaela work as she fought frantically to get ‘Bee back.
Sam was nearly in a daze when there was a sudden sound and Frenzy stepped forward and pushed Mikaela aside, declaring that they were to stupid to help their kind. He then stunned everyone when he climbed up onto ‘Bee’s engine and began working steadily. He was fast and very efficient, never hesitating as he worked before there was a sudden gasp and ‘Bee’s engine suddenly roared to life.
“BUMBLEBEE!” Sam cried as he ran to the camaro’s side.
“Wha-? What happened?” Bumblebee demanded as Frenzy slammed his hood shut and wandered back to his team. Bumblebee quickly looked around, taking note of all of the‘Con’s expressions of surprise. “What the slag happened? Where’s the helicopter?”
“Believe it or not, but Soundwave managed to take it out,” Mikaela announced as she stepped forward and gave ‘Bee’s hood a pat.
“WHAT?” ‘Bee cried, completely stunned.
“It gets even stranger,” Sam said softly. “You were shot by a strange cannon attached to the helicopter that instantly put you into stasis.”
“WHAT?” ‘Bee cried out again. “But how is that possible? I don’t remember any of it!”
“We don’t know,” Mikaela said. “It was probably something that Burgen managed to cook up from studying Megatron.”
Bumblebee looked over at the girl. “Did you get me out of it?” he asked.
Mikaela looked over at Sam apprehensively before she turned back to the Autobot. “Actually, I couldn’t. Not without any of Ratchet’s tools.”
Bumblebee shifted in confusion. “Then how…?”
Sam sighed as he glanced back at the small ‘Con. “Frenzy,” he said. “It was Frenzy.”
There was shocked silence from ‘Bee for a long moment. “You’re kidding,” he finally said.
Sam and Mikaela both shook their head. “No ‘Bee, we’re not,” Sam said.
‘Bee didn’t reply but soon enough he moved away from the tree and two teens moved away from the mech to give him room to transform. It was obviously difficult for ‘Bee to shift as there was the unmistakable sound of gears crunching and ‘Bee shift was slower than his normal fluid transition. Bumblebee was just looking over his person as Barricade wandered over.
“You going to live?” he demanded gruffly.
Bumblebee looked up surprised at the ‘Con before he allowed a cheeky grin. “Sorry to say you’re not rid of me that easily,” he quipped.
Barricade let out a dramatic sigh. “Pity.”
Sam let out a burst of laughter as Bumblebee leaned over and slugged Barricade’s shoulder in mock outrage. Clearly the Autobot was feeling better if he was already arguing with the ‘Con. He looked up as Soundwave approached them, his team all circling the other two mechs.
Sam felt his spine stiffen as he looked at the other ‘Con apprehensively, wondering if the mech was going to attack both Bumblebee and Barricade. Bumblebee for being the enemy and Barricade for siding himself with the enemy. Bumblebee seemed to think the same thing as he instantly stood at attention, but it was Barricade who stepped between the Autobot and the other ‘Con.
Soundwave glanced at Barricade before he turned his attention back to Bumblebee. “Good to see you active,” he said with a nod.
Bumblebee glanced at Barricade first to try and gauge the mustang’s reaction before he turned back to Soundwave. “Thanks, I suppose. I understand it’s all because of Frenzy.”
Everyone turned to look down at the smaller mech who was leaning against Rumble watching the proceedings absently. “Wha-wha- What?” he demanded, glaring at them accusingly.
Soundwave shook his head as Rumble took Frenzy’s elbow and moved him further away from the group, whispering furiously. Frenzy snapped something and whapped Rumble upside the head before he turned back to the group. Frenzy just looked up at Bumblebee pointedly for a long moment and waited.
It took Bumblebee a while before he realized what it was the smaller mech wanted. “Um… thank you,” he said.
Frenzy nodded before he jerked a thumb at Sam. “Ladiesman217 wouldn’t stop leaking,” he said clearly before there was a snap and he twitched again.
Sam quickly turned away and scrubbed at his eyes furiously as ‘Bee turned to look at him. “What?” Sam demanded. Bumblebee just continued to look down at the small human that had become so important not only to himself but also to all the Cybertronions. It was overwhelming knowing that Sam felt so strongly for him.
Any further conversation was cut off however as Bumblebee’s intercom suddenly clicked on and there was a joyous shout. “-BUMBLEBEE!-” Optimus’ voice rang out of the speakers. “-What the slag happened? Where are you?-”
“-What happened with the slaggin’ ‘Cons?-” Ironhide barked.
Soundwave glanced over at Barricade with a small tilt of the head as Ravage hissed at the statement. Barricade just chuckled. “Trust me. If ‘Hide started treating us normally, I would become worried that Starscream had managed to get to him.”
Soundwave didn’t seem convinced but couldn’t say anything more as there was a sudden squeal of tires and soon all six of the Autobots arrived, transforming as soon as they were able. Will and Epps instantly ran to Mikaela and Sam as Ratchet let out a loud, outraged bellow at the sight of ‘Bee’s dented form.
“WHAT THE SLAG HAPPENED?” he shouted as he grabbed ‘Bee and began yanking his limbs this way and that as he went over the mech, whipping out the scanner he had brought to examine Jazz and running a quick diagnostic.
“We have yet another problem,” Barricade announced with a sigh. “There was a strange cannon on that helicopter that managed to instantly put ‘Bee into stasis lock.”
“WHAT?” everyone screamed as they whirled around to stare at ‘Bee.
“But you not in stasis!” Bluestreak announced.
“Clearly,” ‘Bee chuckled.
Ratchet instantly looked down at Mikaela but the girl quickly shook her head and pointed to Frenzy. “He did it,” she announced and all the Autobots whirled around once again only this time to stare down at the smaller ‘Con. Frenzy let out a yelp and quickly ducked behind Soundwave at the sudden scrutiny.
“WHAT THE SLAG?” Ratchet bellowed again as he finally saw the small ‘Con and instantly moved towards cowering mech. Ratchet moved forward, and Frenzy moved back. Soundwave frowned as the two started circling around him as if he were nothing more than an annoying tree. “You’re worse off than Bumblebee!” Ratchet was saying as he made a grab for the ‘Con. “Get over here!”
Frenzy just ducked behind Barricade and the mustang instantly jumped out of the way. “Frenzy!” he snapped.
The smaller ‘Con frowned but finally stopped his running as Ratchet began moving the him this way and that cataloguing all of the ‘Con’s injuries, no longer even paying attention to anyone else as they all just stared at the two.
Optimus managed to get himself back under control as he turned to look at Soundwave. “Before we discus this obviously new threat, I must ask-”
“Can I shoot him?” Ironhide demanded, priming his cannons. Both ‘Bee and Jazz leaned over and whapped him upside the head. “I’m just asking!”
“I do not intend to pose a threat to you or your people,” Soundwave spoke before Optimus could continue. “Like Barricade, I have no desire to work under Starscream and if you would permit, I believe myself and my team can be of help in not only the fight against the seeker, but also this Sector Thirteen. We were their captives for almost three months.”
Optimus seemed to mull over this before he turned to look over his own team and tilted his head in question. “Well?”
Hound and Bluestreak gaped at the big rig. He couldn’t be asking what they thought he was asking but the other four seemed to instantly understand what was being said as Ratchet looked up from his examination of Frenzy. “If Barricade can vouch for him, I see no problem,” he said as he turned to Bumblebee and began going over the camaro’s damage.
“He saved my life, I say we should at least give him a chance,” Bumblebee added.
Jazz was looking at the other mech from head to toe as he hummed. “Well, he doesn’t seem to be that bad in person,” he mused. “And he did help.” Soundwave looked over at the smaller lieutenant and a small smirk crept up on his face. Jazz twitched and stepped back and closer to Ironhide.
Ironhide himself continued to glare at the ‘Con for a long moment before he finally powered down his cannon with a sigh. “Well, we could always use him as a distraction against Starscream and Thirteen if anything else.”
Soundwave glanced at the other mech before looking over at the chuckling Barricade. “I told you,” the mustang snickered.
Optimus meanwhile was nodding. “I agree,” he confirmed. “But I’m afraid we won’t help repair your weapons until we’re sure.”
“Understandable,” Soundwave replied evenly.
“Great,” Optimus chirped. “Well, welcome to the team.”
Hound and Bluestreak could only stare as their superiors welcomed yet even more Decepticons into their ranks.
“Why’d you do that?”
A pause. “It needed to be done.”
“He’s an Autobot.”
The second voice chucked. “He is needed.”
The first voice fell silent and said no more.
-To Be Continued
Author's Note: Muwahahahahahaha! I am an evil dragon! I leave you with more questions than answers! ^_^ Join us tomorrow for chapter Seventy Eight: High Emotions
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