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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s Note: Well, we're going to try and fix the computer this week. Thankfully it's not my personal computer but rather just the internet terminal where we have it striped down to only the internet, word and picture viewer. So I'm not losing anything by sending it in to get fixed. It's just that's the only one with Internet access. -sighs-
Chapter Ninety-Six: Minor Details
The whole base was once again crammed into the main hanger all chatting excitably about the recent happenings at the base. It was a bit of a tighter fit considering there were now twenty-two of them that had to find room to sit. The humans were still perfectly fine as they all climbed up into the balcony to watch the proceedings. Amazingly Simmons had agreed to come after some “persuasion” from Will and Epps. The two rangers had explained that if Simmons could see them in a “normal” environment, then perhaps he wouldn’t be so bias towards them. Sam wasn’t sure if it was such a good idea.
“What is this word they keep talking about?” Simmons asked with a small frown.
“What? Energon?” Epps glanced over at the former agent. “Apparently Earth does has their food supply that they lost with the destruction of their own planet.”
“That’s what this meeting is about,” Will said as he leaned over to talk around his friend. “We’re all trying to figure out a way to get up there and so on and so forth.”
“No, the other word,” Simmons clarified.
“Sparklings?” Judy asked from Sam’s other side and Simmons leaned forward to speak around Glen and Maggie seated on Sam’s left.
“Yes, that one,” Simmons nodded turning to the woman.
“Oh, it’s their word for ‘baby’,” Judy snickered.
“Do you think they’ll want a nursery?” Carol asked hopefully. “I always loved doing Miles room every year.”
There was a groan from said boy. “Mom, I think they would want to do it themselves.”
“But they’re all technically guys, aren’t they?” Carol said with a wave of her hand. “Men have no taste when it comes to doing a child’s room.”
“Wait, how are they getting the babies?” Maggie demanded as she looked over Sam’s slumped figure at the woman. “If they’re all guys…”
“Apparently Primus decided to keep his race going by allowing them to have their own children instead of relying on some square rock,” Judy said with a chuckle.
“Wait, so they can have kids?” Glen asked surprised. “How can they even do that?”
“They are an alien race, should you be surprised?” Maggie snickered. “So female revenge, huh?”
“Indeed,” Judy laughed.
“So which ones are expecting the little bundle of joy?” Maggie asked as she looked down at the group curiously.
“Jazz for one,” Judy answered.
“Really?” Maggie glanced at the mech in question. “Good for him. He needs something like that in his life after all the stuff he’s been through.”
“Mmm,” Judy nodded. “And apparently the one they call Sunny as well.”
Glen frowned as he looked over the assorted mechs. “Which one is he again?”
“The other bright yellow one,” Sam said with a small gesture to the mech in question.
“Oh, okay,” Glen nodded.
“So what do you think their kids will be like?” Maggie asked curiously.
“We’re just going to have to wait and see,” Judy replied with a wide smile.
“Do you guys want me to switch seats with Maggie so you two can talk?” Sam asked, getting a little annoyed at being stuck in the middle of the ladies conversation.
“No, we’re fine dear,” Judy patted his arm before she turned back to Maggie. “Now, Carol and I were discussing different things to speak to them about in parenting class.”
“It’s the Lamaze classes that were the nightmare,” Steve said with a chuckle.
“Can’t they just get a book?” Ron asked with a raised eyebrow as he looked at his wife.
“Wait a minute,” Simmons suddenly interjected himself into the conversation once again. “What do you mean they’re breeding?”
Judy frowned at the man. “Just what I said, they’re having kids.” Her eyes narrowed. “Do you have a problem with that?”
Simmons held his glare for a minute before he finally shrank under Judy’s own glare and he gulped nervously. “No ma’am.”
“Good,” Judy nodded and went back to speaking with the other ladies. Sam sighed as he threw Mikaela a hopeless look and the girl giggled from where she was seated down near the end on Steve’s other side. Miles himself was looking rather bored at the whole thing as he watched the Autobots mill around below.
Sam threw a quick glance over at the group of Decepticons whom were all standing in one of the corners conversing quietly. Bumblebee was with them but looked to be more interested in watching what his companions were doing as opposed to contributing to the conversation. The group of ‘Cons seemed to be in rather deep discussion and Sam frowned before he stood. “I’m going over to talk with ‘Bee and the others,” he announced and both Mikaela and Miles also stood.
“Have fun dear,” Judy nodded as she took Sam’s seat to continue speaking with Maggie.
Sam nodded and he and his friends quickly made the trek around the catwalk to the other side of the building. “Hey guys,” he called down. “What’s up?”
“Sam,” Barricade nodded as he raised a hand and allowed Sam to step down. “We’re just discussing the current problem.”
“What?” Sam gasped as he looked down at Frenzy in surprise.
Frenzy quickly shook his head. “N-no, no. Not-t th-that.”
“We’re actually discussing about this latest trip,” Soundwave told him.
“What about it?” Mikaela asked from the balcony, puzzled. “You found Energon. This is good news, right?”
“For the Autobots,” Barricade drawled.
“What?” Miles blinked puzzled but Sam seemed to understand where the mech was going with his thinking.
“You don’t honestly think that they wouldn’t share it with you?” Sam gasped horrified. The Decepticons all shrugged.
“Optimus isn’t that heartless,” Bumblebee insisted though he never took his gaze away from the other Autobots. “He would share it with Starscream and the other ‘Cons if they were in need of it.”
“He would share it even if they weren’t in need of it,” Megatron sighed. “He’s like that.”
“I have to agree with you there,” Bumblebee stated as he glanced down at the smaller mech, “but don’t you think it’s a little too much like asking for trouble talking openly in the hanger where all the Autobots are gathered?”
Megatron shrugged. “Where would be the fun in that?”
Barricade shook his head. “Anyway, that’s not the only problem we seem to be facing here.”
“Oh, what else are you guys whispering about?” Mikaela asked curiously.
“At the moment, what they plan to do with us while they’re off after the Energon,” Rumble announced with a dark frown.
“What?” Sam looked down at the mech. “What do you mean, ‘what they’ll do’?”
“I highly doubt that they’ll let us go with them,” Ravage said through a large yawn. “And if a majority of the group goes, then that means there will only be a few here to ‘watch’ us.”
“And of course, with a group of them still opposed to our presence, it would be rather interesting to see whether or not they imprison us or just shut us down completely.”
“Barricade!” Sam yelped as he looked up at the mech holding him. “You don’t mean that!”
Barricade sighed. “Unfortunately, I do.”
“Perhaps we should make a run for it?” Laserbeak muttered.
“Too late now,” Bumblebee said with a sigh and the others all turned to see that Optimus had stepped up to his desk slash podium once again to take charge of the meeting and everyone was scrambling for a seat.
“Good afternoon everyone,” Optimus began as everyone quieted down. “As you all know, earlier today Perceptor made it know that there is Energon located in the Arctic Circle-”
“Cut the formalities man! What’s the game plan?” Jazz interrupted with a cheeky grin.
Optimus frowned at him but nodded nonetheless. “Okay, here’s the thing. There is Energon in the north. We have to get it. Now all we have to do is figure out who’s going, what we’re going to need and how in the matrix do we get there.”
“I’ll go!” Perceptor said with a raised hand. Everyone stared at him in surprise and Perceptor frowned at them. “We may be dealing with raw Energon as opposed to established cubes. If so, then I’ll have to go so I can get them stabilized.”
“Then I have to go as well,” Wheeljack said with a firm nod. “You may need me to help out with the extraction process.”
“You’ll need a medic as well incase anything happens, such as Energon poisoning if it really is raw Energon.” Ratchet rationalize. Wheeljack looked none too pleased but he couldn’t really argue with the medic’s logic.
“I’m going too!” Everyone whirled to look at Jazz in surprise.
“What? You’re not going!” Prowl nearly shouted. “Not in your condition!”
There were groans from Steve, Ron and Will and the woman just frowned at the white patrol car. “He’s pregnant, not an invalid!” Carol called down.
“He’s with a sparkling!” Prowl exclaimed with a frown. “I don’t like the fact that they both could be put in danger!”
“He certainly got use to this situation fast,” Barricade drawled. Sam nodded in agreement.
“So what? I can’t be a member of the team anymore?” Jazz growled at him.
“He may be right Jazz,” Optimus spoke up from the podium. “We don’t know anything about your condition. Plus, we have no idea how we’re even going to get there yet or what dangers we may encounter.”
“But the others haven’t been on this planet as long as we have! We know it best and you’ll need me!” Jazz insisted. “I’m going!”
“Jazz,” Prowl’s tone instantly changed from forceful to cajoling. “It would be best if you stayed here and took care of yourself. You’re not alone anymore, remember?”
Jazz frowned. “I remember, but it seems as if you forgot that I can take care of myself!”
“But Jazz-”
“I’m going!” Jazz frowned at him as he crossed his arms and just looked at his husband, daring him to say anything more.
There was a sigh from Prowl. “Then I’ll have to go if only to ensure that you stay safe.”
Jazz instantly brightened. “You mean it?” he cried out and threw his arms around the other mech. “Yay!”
There was a throat cleared and everyone turned towards the back to look at Bumblebee in surprise. The youngest Autobot rarely spoke during these meetings and he had managed to gain all of their attention as he frowned at them. “You all seem to be missing one major detail here,” Bumblebee told them firmly. “We’re going to places with snow. A lot of snow.”
The other members of the First Team looked puzzled. “Yeah? So?” Ironhide asked with a frown.
“So none of you know how to drive in snow!” Bumblebee nearly shouted at the top of his voice. “You have to take extra precautions! It’s not like driving in the rain you know!”
“Especially for the smaller cars.” Barricade was nodding his head, surprising the other Autobots with his agreement with ‘Bee. “You’ll need some sort of weight in the back to keep from fish tailing and there are times when the snow can get up passed your grill. Also the more… sporty of you may need to get different tires. You’re not meant for cold weather. You could easily slide into a ditch or even into a tree.”
“Count me out!” Bluestreak instantly announced to the room at large. “That doesn’t sound like much fun.”
“Well I should be okay,” Ironhide said with a shrug only to stare in surprise as both Bumblebee and Barricade shook their heads.
“You may be a truck but they’re actually just as bad as a sports car in the winter,” Bumblebee told him.
“You’re not getting it,” Barricade sighed. “You’ve only ever been in California save the few states we went through to get to Utah. This will be completely different.”
“The roads are going to be absolute hell,” Bumblebee grimaced. “You guys didn’t have to trips all over the country looking for any clue to the All Spark like I did. By the way, I absolutely refuse to go to Minnesota. I got trapped there for eight days last winter!”
Barricade actually shuddered. “Oh I hated that state!”
“They’re actually right.” Everyone glanced up at Will in surprise. “You’re forgetting that it’s December. The absolute worse time to go up there.”
“But unfortunately we must,” Optimus said with a sigh. “And since both Bumblebee and Barricade know about the weather we’ll be dealing with, I must ask that you go with us.”
“Hell no,” Barricade responded quickly.
“Unfortunately, you don’t really get a say in this,” Optimus told the snarling Decepticon. “We have to secure that Energon. We can’t wait for summer to arrive, not with even the smallest possibility that Starscream is aware of it, even if it is dangerous.”
The room seemed to have subdued at Bumblebee and Barricade’s explanation about the dangers of snow and few seemed as eager to go as before. Prowl looked as if he wanted to argue the point over again with Jazz but the mech just shot him a small glare. “I’m still going,” he said determinedly. “I’m not scared of such a thing like snow.” Prowl still didn’t look happy but let it go.
“If the snow isn’t bad enough, it’s the black ice that’ll get ya,” Barricade drawled and Bumblebee shuddered at the mention of it.
Optimus just sighed. “Well?” he asked the room at large. “Anyone else?”
“We’ll go!” The twins instantly cried out and Optimus frowned at them as Ratchet quickly turned around.
“Lamborghini’s at the Arctic Circle may not be such a good idea,” he said with a frown. “Especially in your condition.”
“What?” Sunny yelped. “But we didn’t even get to go the last time!”
“Yeah! Jazz is going. How is that fair?”
“Jazz has been in dangerous situations a hell of a lot longer than you. That and we can count on him taking extra precautions,” Ratchet frowned.
“And we do need some of us to remain behind with the base,” Optimus said loudly before a fight could begin. “Especially now that we know that Starscream is not alone; any volunteers for that?”
“I’ll stay,” Red raised his hand. “I still have to work out the automated perimeter weapons system.”
Inferno was also raising his hand. “A fire rig in snow? I don’t think that will go very well.”
“I hate to say this but I also think I must refuse,” Hound spoke slowly. “Though it does sound like it would be a rather interesting experience.”
“I don’t think you be able to help us out much up there anyway,” Ratchet told him gently. “The magnetic polarity is different up there and may interfere with your scouting equipment.” Hound didn’t seem all that offended and simply nodded.
“Blaster.”
The mech in question jumped in surprise as Optimus called his name. “Yes sir?”
“Did you get those long distance radios completed?” the big rig asked.
Blaster actually frowned. “I do have one completed but it’s only the prototype. I don’t have any secondary ones built yet.”
“But the one you have does work?” Optimus persisted.
Blaster nodded. “I did manage to connect it with the computer so we can keep in touch from here but…” the mech trailed off.
“But what?” Optimus asked after a moment of silence.
Blaster sighed. “But again, it’s only a prototype and I think I’m the only one who can use either the radio or computer program,” he explained bitterly. “I have it set up to work with my already long distance radio range.”
Optimus began to see the problem. “So you can’t run the radio and monitor the computer from two places.” Blaster nodded.
“But we can’t go without ensuring that we have some form of communication with the base,” Prowl spoke up from the galley. “It’s going to be dangerous as it is!”
“I could run it.”
Everyone spun around in shock as Soundwave spoke up for the first time since the meeting began. Barricade groaned and looked over at his friend rather annoyed. “You had to put yourself into this, didn’t you?” Soundwave just shrugged.
“We can’t have a ‘Con working on our computer!” Inferno bellowed. “We may as well just hang a sign reading ‘Welcome Starscream’!”
Optimus frowned at the gunner momentarily before he turned back to Soundwave. “Do you think you could run the portable radio?”
Soundwave nodded. “From what I saw of it when it was still in construction, it seemed to be rather straight forward. It’s just that you need to have long range transmitting capabilities, which I just so happen to have. If your own comm. tech would be so kind as to give me a quick run through I’m sure I’ll be able to use it.” Blaster quickly looked back down at his lap rather embarrassed by the sudden attention he was receiving from the other comm. tech.
“Optimus! You can’t seriously be considering taking him along, can you?” Prowl exclaimed heatedly.
“Unfortunately, you said it yourself,” Optimus smirked. “We can’t go unless we have the ability to keep in contact with our home base and Soundwave’s volunteering has quickly resolved the situation.”
“You’re kidding!” Inferno gaped.
“Unfortunately, no.” Optimus frowned. “And besides, not only is Soundwave mobile but he’ll be with the main core of our team, which means we’ll be able to keep an optic on him.” Soundwave frowned at this as Barricade snickered beside him. Even the bug was chuckling.
“But if anything happens while we’re out there, he could take advantage of the situation,” Wheeljack argued.
Optimus just stared at him. “Okay. Blaster will go and we’ll leave Soundwave here in our own base with only a skeletal crew in operation.”
Wheeljack turned to Soundwave. “You’re coming with us,” he declared and Ratchet just shook his head and sighed.
“Then if that’s taken care of-”
“What about us?” Optimus jumped slightly in surprise as Will looked down at the group from where he was leaning on the balcony railing. “You may need us on this trip too you know.”
“I’m also a communications CO you know. I could probably help with that prototype radio,” Epps added with a smirk.
“It would be much appreciated if you were willing to join us,” Optimus smiled at the two rangers. “You are correct when you say we may need your help.”
“Hey Optimus. You think you could find room for a few more?”
“Ron!” Judy turned to her husband in astonishment. “What are you saying?”
“No offense, but I’m bored out of my mind here,” Ron proclaimed with a small huff. “There’s only so much for us to do and since I’m not working, I’m going absolutely stir crazy.”
“You’re not the only one,” Steve told him with a frown. “I’m still not happy that I had to leave my gym in Antonio’s hands.”
“Steve!” Carol turned to her own husband with wide eyes. “You aren’t honestly thinking about going too?”
“Why shouldn’t we go?” Ron demanded, jumping out of his chair and actually bouncing to his feet. “It’ll be a great adventure! Like Grandpa Archibald! We’ll be going to the exact same place he went to all those years ago!” Ron’s voice was getting louder as he got more excited. “This is a great opportunity Judy! Think of the history in this! And it will be great way for Sam and I to bond.”
“What?” Sam gaped at this statement.
Ron turned to look down at his son and raised an eyebrow as he stared at Sam’s location pointedly. “Like you weren’t already planning on going with them,” he teased. Sam actually blushed sheepishly from where he was seated in Barricade’s palm.
“So what do you say Miles?” Steve asked looking over at his own son. “Shall we make this an all guy trip?”
Sam and Miles instantly turned towards Mikaela, fearful of how she would react to being left behind. Mikaela, for her part, just smiled at them. “Go on a rather dangerous journey all the way up north where it’s freezing cold, or stay in nice sunny California.” She snickered. “I think I’ll stay here this time.”
“There’ll be polar bears,” Barricade teased.
“That can just as easily be seen in a zoo,” Mikaela instantly countered with a grin.
“Well… if it’s alright with the Autobots I’m game,” Miles shrugged.
“Why not? The more the merrier,” Ratchet chuckled.
“Road trip!” Steve crowed.
“Ron. What about Christmas?” Judy frowned at him. “That’s only a few weeks away.”
“Mom,” Sam spoke up from Barricade’s palm. “I think this is a little bit more important that getting presents.”
Judy frowned at him. “I know that,” she said before turning back to Ron. “But what are we going to tell your family? They’re still expecting us this year in Oregon.”
Ron shrugged. “Cousin Sparkplug will just have to go on without us this year.”
Bumblebee and Optimus just stared at the man while Jazz broke out into hysterical laughter. Barricade glanced down at Sam with an amused grin. “You’re family member’s name is Sparkplug?” he laughed.
Sam just shrugged. “Yeah, that side of the family has always been a bit weird,” he explained. “And his son, my cousin, is named is Spike.”
“You know… they work on an oilrig, maybe I can get you a family discount,” Ron chuckled.
“Ron,” Judy chastised though she was smiling.
“All right then,” Ironhide snickered. “Now that we know who’s going, a good question becomes how are we going?”
There was a sigh from Optimus. “I think it’s time to put in another call to John Keller,” he announced with a sigh.
“Actually, I already called him,” Ratchet announced with a small shrug.
“What?” Optimus stared at his friend in surprise. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Good thinking Ratchet,” Ironhide chuckled. “Save us some time.”
There was a sudden high-pitched beeping coming from Red Alert’s position and everyone glanced over at the security chief apprehensively. “Perimeter alarm on the road,” Red announced with a frown and he quickly pulled out a data pad. “It looks like a truck.”
“And that would be Keller on his way in with Optimus’ trailer,” Ratchet said with a nod as he stood and made his way out the door.
“What? I said no trailer!” Optimus called out as he took off after him.
The group of Autobots and humans sat there for a while before Barricade chuckled from the back. “Meeting Adjourned,” he announced and he quickly left the building before anyone could argue the point.
-To Be Continued

Author's Note: -Snickers- Poor Optimus. He so can not catch a break. Please join us next time for chapter Ninety Seven: The Bare Necessities
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