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Cover Me
By Black Dragon Queen
Author’s Note: For the record, I am really bad at chapter titles and it took me a while to figure this one out. As a side note, computer should be back up and running by the weekend, finger crossed! -BDQ wanders away humming-
Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Bare Necessities
“Damn it Ratchet!” Optimus snarled as he watched the human’s truck arrive with a rather large trailer hooked to the back. “I am not going to be driving around all over the world hauling that!”
“Oh yes you are,” Ratchet said firmly as he turned to his leader. “We need the storage room!”
“For what?” Optimus challenged. “We’re not taking that much stuff.”
“Unfortunately we are,” Will announced as Ironhide wandered over with the two rangers followed by almost all of the others.
“What?” Optimus yelped in surprise. “Like what?”
“Parka’s for one,” Epps announced.
“Not to mention the excavating equipment, sonar, medical equipment,” Prowl listed.
“Don’t forget my equipment!” Perceptor announced from the back of the group.
“And extra ammo!” Everyone turned to Ironhide. “What?”
“And anything else we may need,” Ratchet finished with a triumphant smirk. “Like some better camouflaging for the snow regions.”
“Not to mention our equipment,” Will nodded. “Food might be nice.”
“But we’re only taking the bare necessities, aren’t we?” Optimus protested.
“Those are the bare necessities,” Ratchet laughed.
There was sudden humming from the back of the group as Sunny smirked. “Look for the bare necessities…”
“The simple bare necessities,” Sides continued with a smirk.
“Forget about your worry or your strife!” Sunny chuckled.
Optimus just groaned as the two continued to sing despite the others yelling at them to stop it. Ironhide finally looked over at Inferno and the other large mech nodded as he leaned over and whapped the two Lamborghini’s upside the head. “Is it too much to ask for a simple retrieval mission for once?” the Autobot leader moaned.
“Never,” Judy chuckled from where she was seated in Bluestreak’s hand. “It looks like we’re going to have to go shopping again.”
“Shopping?” Bluestreak looked down at the woman horrified. “Can’t you just take the food from here?”
“We need to pack different food,” Epps explained to the mech. “No perishables, something more sustaining.”
“We’ll need to get the boys warmer cloths too,” Carol insisted.
“And a whole mess of other things,” Epps sighed, “like our own climbing equipment.”
Any further conversation halted however by the appearance of Secretary John Keller climbing out of the cab of the truck. “Well Optimus? What do you think?”
“I hate it,” Optimus said flatly though it was low enough that Keller couldn’t hear from across the moat.
“Optimus,” Ratchet hissed.
“What? I do,” Optimus replied honestly. “You’re not going to be the one hauling it around.”
“Look at it from this angle, you’re doing it for your team,” Ironhide chuckled.
Keller soon appeared with his two bodyguards in tow. “Hey! We made it! Though, I’m a little confused as to why you need it.”
Optimus told him with a heavy sigh. “Unfortunately John, there’s a lot we need to go over with you.”
Keller nodded in understanding. “I figured,” he chuckled. “Why don’t you start with how the rescue operation went?”
“Well, we found him,” Ratchet said with a shrug and he pointed over to where Frenzy was standing with his teammates and Barricade who were standing off to the side.
Most of the Autobots by this time had lost interest in the conversation and had wandered away save the First Team, the Decepticons and the humans. Prowl also remained behind, standing next to Jazz almost as if he were the lieutenant’s own personal bodyguard as he glared at the ‘Cons. Though Optimus supposed he was. ‘This is going to be a hell of a trip,’ Optimus thought with a small groan.
Keller, meanwhile, instantly recognized the mech in question and just waved at him. “Hello again Frenzy,” he called out with a wave. His eyes suddenly widened as he finally noticed the mechanical cat seated next to the small silver mech. “What the-? Who are they?” Keller asked surprised as he looked at the group of new mechs beside Barricade.
“More Cybertronions, obviously,” Barricade chuckled.
“Well duh,” Keller frowned at him. Jazz just snickered.
“One of the things we need to talk to you about,” Optimus sighed. “Come on, we’ll fill you in.”
“While you’re debriefing, we’d better go start packing,” Ron announced as he turned towards the humans barracks along with Steve and Carol.
Judy quickly looked up at Sam still seated in Barricade’s hand. “You’d best start packing too as soon as you can.”
Sam just nodded while Keller looked over at Will confused. “Packing?”
“One of the reasons Ratchet asked you to bring that trailer. We’re headed out again,” Will told him.
“What?” Keller turned to look at Optimus in surprise. “Don’t tell me you found another of Thirteen’s bases.”
“Nope, something better!” Jazz declared as he leaned down and allowed the secretary of defense climb aboard. He looked pointedly at Prowl and it took the commander a moment to realize what Jazz wanted him to do and he quickly leaned down and allowed Keller’s two guards a ride. They looked about as thrilled to get a lift as Prowl was to offer it, which was not very, as Prowl struggled to figure out how to carry them without squishing them.
“What? What is it?” Keller demanded, ignoring his men’s obvious unease.
“You remember when we told you that Prowl and his team were out searching for our life source called ‘Energon’?” Ratchet asked with a smirk as they made their way back into the main hanger which was now blissfully roomy without twenty two Cybertronions all crammed into it.
“You mean the pink rocks?” Keller asked surprised.
There was a laugh from Epps. “Slushies.”
“Oh laugh it up,” Ironhide scowled. Will just leaned over and gave Ironhide’s wrist a quick, comforting pat. Ironhide glanced down at him and they shared a quick smile.
“Well?” Keller was saying to Optimus. “What about the Energon?”
“We found some!” Jazz pronounced ecstatically.
“What? Really? Where?” Keller asked excitedly. “Here in our solar system?”
“Even better! Here on your own planet!” Ratchet announced.
“WHAT?” Keller shouted in surprise. “Here on Earth? Where? Is it in the US? Oh please tell me it’s in the US otherwise I’ll need a hell of a lot more headache meds.”
The mechs all stared in surprise at the human as he went from happy to agitated and worried in two seconds flat. “Um… is it a problem if it’s not in the US?” Optimus asked warily.
“I’ll say it is! If it’s in another country then it will be a hell of a lot harder to not only get you there without causing suspicion but we can’t exactly go digging around in other people’s countries!” Keller shouted, his two guards nodding from Prowl’s cupped hands.
It was Will who quickly interjected into the conversation. “It should be nothing to worry about. It’s up in the Arctic Circle.” he clarified quickly, defusing any more hysterics.
“Yeah, where my great grandfather first found Megatron,” Sam continued with a nod.
Keller looked stunned. “In the Arctic?”
“Yup,” Epps nodded. “One of the reasons why no humans have ever found any, it was buried under tons and tons of ice!”
Keller quickly sighed in relief. “Well there won’t be anyone there who will see you, that’s for certain. Though, we may have a problem with satellite imaging.”
“I think we can deal with that ourselves,” Optimus informed him. “We can put up interference.”
“Which means we’ll have to take the equipment for it,” Ratchet said with a chuckle. “Something else to go in the trailer.” Optimus just groaned.
“But how do you plan to get there?” Keller asked confused.
“To tell you the truth John, we were kind of hoping you could help us with that,” Ratchet told the surprised human. “You see, we have no idea how to get there.”
“As far as I can figure, the easiest way is to just head up to Alaska,” Epps said with a shrug.
“But we still need to get there,” Will added. “Going up through Canada should be okay but I’m unsure as to how well the Autobots, I mean Cybertronions, diplomatic plates will work up there.”
“Speaking of plates. I should perhaps get another for your new friend here,” Keller said with a gesture to Soundwave. “Though I need to know what type of car he is.”
There was a chuckle from Barricade. “Oh you’re going to love this!” he said with a grin and he turned to Soundwave. “Show him your alt mode!”
Soundwave looked a bit perplexed at the request but everyone quickly made their way out of the hanger once more so he could shift into his other form. “HOLY FUCKING GOD!” Keller instantly bellowed as he saw the official looking vehicle with the emblazing words proclaiming its government connection. “Where in the hell did you land?”
“A place called ‘San Diego,” Rumble said with a shrug. “They were doing some sort of drill at the time by the local zoo.”
Keller blinked down at him before he groaned. “A Homeland Security Drill,” he said with a sigh. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
“Is there going to be a problem with my other form?” Soundwave asked after he had transformed back into his own self and they re-entered the hanger.
Keller just sighed. “Actually, this will be a good thing. Especially with Epps and Will along. We could say we need to get up to Alaska for a drill or something.”
“That’s good news,” Ironhide chuckled.
“And it might not be a bad idea to have some sort of transport there waiting for us,” Epps continued. “Like a boat.”
Keller blinked. “Right,” he nodded.
“It might also not be a bad idea to have Captain Witwicky’s original report on his trip in the Arctic. So we at least have an idea of what to expect when we get up there,” Will added.
“I know my dad would love having that,” Sam said as Barricade dropped him off at Optimus’ desk. “Especially since he’s going with us.”
“I’ll see what I can find,” Keller agreed with a nod. “When are you leaving?”
“Almost as soon as we’re packed,” Optimus informed him with a tired sigh.
“Which may be a few days yet since my mom wants to go shopping again for winter gear,” Sam sighed.
“We also need to start getting some supplies,” Epps announced.
“I can probably get what you need a heck of a lot quicker,” Keller told them with a grin. “You just need to give me an itemized list.”
“Thanks! That takes out a lot of packing time,” Epps smiled.
“Indeed,” Keller chuckled. “Now, wasn’t there something else you needed to talk to me about?” Keller asked turning to look over at Optimus pointedly.
“Of course. Keller, may I introduce Frenzy’s team,” Optimus said, ever the diplomat. “This is Rumble,” the small mech nodded, “Ravage, and this is Laserbeak and Buzzsaw… though, I’m not sure which is which.” The birds didn’t seem to care and just stared up at Keller.
“Um… hello,” Keller just waved nervously.
“And this is Frenzy’s commander, Soundwave,” Optimus finished with a wave at the mech.
Keller nodded hello again before he turned to Optimus. “Wait. Frenzy’s teammates? Then wouldn’t that make them…?”
“Yup! More ‘Cons,” Bumblebee nodded with a small chuckle.
“Really?” Keller looked at the group surprised. “More allies?”
Ironhide shrugged. “They were also being held over in Utah. Though, I’m curious as to how they were caught.”
Soundwave frowned. “A bit of sloppiness on our part,” he explained sourly. “We knew Frenzy was still alive and we followed his private frequency to Utah. We were not expecting him to be held captive by this planet’s inhabitants or that they would have weapons that would overpower us.”
“That Burgen was using Frenzy and his team as guinea pigs,” Barricade growled.
Keller looked upset at this statement and he turned back to the smaller ‘Cons. “I am sorry that that happened to you,” he said to Frenzy. Frenzy just shrugged and the ones who knew to look took note of the dark red optics. Barricade glanced over at Soundwave but the other mech looked to be just as baffled as to why Megatron decided to put in an appearance as he was.
“There’s another thing we need to discuss with you,” Ratchet turned to Keller. “When we were escaping Bumblebee was shot with a new weapon.”
“What?” Keller instantly whirled around to look over at the mech in question. Bumblebee simple nodded, a bit exasperated with all t-he fuss everyone was making about his injury. Something he considered not one of his best moments. “What happened?”
“Apparently they have a weapon that can overload our cores and send us into immediate Stasis Lock,” Ratchet continued. “We actually didn’t get a chance to see it before Soundwave here destroyed it.”
“What?” Keller yelped as he turned to look at the ‘Con surprised. “Now why would you go and do a stupid thing like that?”
Soundwave stared down at the human surprised. “It was a dangerous weapon that can harm us. Why wouldn’t I destroy it?”
“Because we needed to examine it in order to figure out a way to counteract it,” Ratchet reminded him.
Soundwave just shrugged, completely indifferent. “They were aiming at the humans and your comatose friend, I had to do something.”
Bumblebee just looked at him with a disbelieving frown. “That’s not why you did it,” he said flatly and Soundwave actually nodded.
“Okay, so it was mostly revenge.”
“Anyway,” Optimus cut in. “Soundwave managed to bring down their chopper but we still need to do something about it.”
“I have a few ideas on how the cannon worked and got a list of earth materials that would have been needed in its construction,” Ratchet announced and the other Autobots all turned to look at him incredulously. He frowned at them. “What? I married the engineer. I did manage to pick up a few things you know.”
“I’ll have it looked into,” Keller chuckled.
“Try and find out if there’s anyone buying up anything that has a high Magnesium burn like the Sabot rounds we used in Mission City,” Will told him.
“That should narrow down things,” Keller said sarcastically. “That’s only like one of the top ten most available elements on earth.”
“Number nine actually,” Ironhide chuckled.
Keller sent him a sour look. “Right…”
“Any news on what’s happened in Utah after we left?” Optimus asked him suddenly in a worried tone.
Keller shook his head, surprised by the sudden question. “If it wasn’t for the fact that I knew you guys were going out there on a rescue mission first hand, I would have had no idea about it.”
“What?” Epps looked over at Keller surprised. “You mean nothing on the media? Nothing in the police files?”
“That’s surprising considering we did an all out assault,” Ironhide drawled.
“You did what?” Keller bellowed in surprise.
“We had to,” Optimus told him. “It was the only way to get Soundwave out.”
Keller frowned but let it go. “Anyway, so far, not a thing on this Sector Thirteen. We even went back to Hoover Dam but we couldn’t find any trace of them in the files.”
“That’s because it was supposed to be disbanded,” a voice announced from the doorway and everyone turned surprised to find Simmons wandering in, a tired look on his face and a rather large mug of coffee in his hand.
Maggie and Glen were entering right behind him. “We’ve been going over what files we could and managed to find a small reference in one of the footnotes!” Maggie announced cheerfully.
“Yeah, apparently Sector Thirteen was a top militant science sector,” Simmons picked up the conversation again as he stopped a few feet away from the mechs and craned his neck back to look up at the group of humans on Optimus’ “desk”. “They were working on trying to figure out how to use N.B.E.-1-”
“Megatron,” the First team plus the humans interrupted him.
Simmons frowned. “Hey, I’ve been calling him N.B.E.-1 since I was a kid. Kind of a hard habit to break.”
“Since you were a kid?” Epps repeated surprised.
“I told you my family has been a part of this since the early nineteen hundreds,” Simmons frowned at him. “Anyway, all we found is that Sector Thirteen was originally the weapons development team.”
“WHAT?" Everyone nearly bellowed.
Simmons just nodded as he took a sip of coffee. “And apparently they were onto something before they were pulled off the project.”
“Why were they pulled off?” Keller asked confused.
“We don’t know,” Maggie announce. “It’s just a mention in a footnote of another document we uncovered.”
“The plot thickens,” Glen chuckled.
“But I thought Dr. Burgen was the research department,” Sam said with a frown.
“He was,” Simmons nodded, “but knowing Burgen like I do, I wouldn’t put it past him to have just commandeered all their research and whatnot.”
“Great,” Optimus groaned.
“We’ll see what else we can dig up in the underground base,” Maggie said as Simmons had already turned to leave the hanger.
“Though I have something I want to discuss,” Glen spoke up and Maggie turned to him with a frown.
“Glen. I thought we talked about this,” she said disapprovingly.
“Yeah, but Keller is here now and you said nothing about asking him,” Glen protested.
“Ask me about what?” Keller inquired curiously.
“If we could have a golf cart or something to get back and forth from that underground base,” Glen announced with a huff. “That runway is long!”
“So what do you think?” Bumblebee asked the small group as they wandered back towards their own hanger a few moments later.
“That this is going to be very difficult with my dad tagging along,” Sam groaned from where he was seated in Barricade’s palm.
“Your dad? What about my dad?” Miles demanded from ‘Bee’s palm. “This is going to be a nightmare!”
“It can’t be all that bad,” ‘Bee chuckled as Mikaela was laughing from his other hand.
“Knowing Sam’s dad? Yes it can!” Mikaela cackled.
“Personally, I think they just need some away time from their wives,” Barricade chuckled. “They don’t have the luxury of using work as an excuse now that they’ve moved here permanently.”
“I still can’t believe that my mom agreed to that,” Miles muttered.
“All I have to say is that my dad better not bring his road mix-tape or I’m going to scream,” Sam frowned.
“If your dad brings his road mix-tape I’m going to scream,” Miles moaned.
“You both do realize that you do not necessarily have to ride with them the whole way, right?” Barricade laughed.
“I think we have enough cars for everyone,” ‘Bee agreed with a smirk.
“Though, I may ask that Sam ride with me again,” Barricade stated seriously. “Especially since Prowl and Wheeljack are tagging along.”
“What?” Bumblebee turned to him in surprise and just a touch of dismay. “You honestly don’t think that they’ll do anything to you, do you?”
Barricade shrugged as they finally made their way into the hanger. “Who knows,” he said as he dropped Sam off at the loft. “But better to be safe than sorry, right?” he looked over at Sam. “You wouldn’t mind, would you?”
Sam actually hesitated in his answer, feeling at a bit of a loss. On the one hand, he could understand Barricade’s reasoning and did enjoy the ‘Cons company. On the other, he missed his and Bumblebee’s conversations. Sam stood on the loft frozen, completely at a loss as to what to say. It should be an easy decision but for some reason, he just couldn’t answer.
Miles amazingly came to his rescue. “Even I don’t think that they’ll go that far,” the other boy said with a frown. “Not with Optimus and the others there.”
“It’s the entire First Team. They’ll probably keep an eye on them,” Mikaela added with a nod.
Bumblebee just sighed as he dropped off the other two humans before sitting down on his own boxcar. “I don’t think they really thought the snow issue through though,” he said with a frown as he thought over the morning’s events.
“Primus that was horrible,” Barricade muttered as he threw a hand over his optics. “I swore I would never go to those states again in winter and now here we are going to the land of perpetual snow!”
“I’ve never really been outside of California except when we visit uncle Sparkplug,” Sam said with a small shrug.
There was a snort from Barricade. “Sparkplug,” he chuckled.
“And usually he or cousin Spike drove,” Sam finished with a frown.
Bumblebee sighed. “We’re going to need different washer fluid,” he muttered.
“Can we even get winter washer fluid in California?” Miles asked curiously.
“Have Keller put it on the list,” Barricade announced with a shrug.
“True,” Mikaela nodded. “Though I would like to know how Prowl plans to keep Jazz in line on this trip,” she said with a grin. “That’s the only reason that I might have gone with.”
“Jazz has always loved life in the fast lane,” Bumblebee smiled. “I doubt even being pregnant could slow him down.”
“Poor Prowl,” Mikaela snickered.
“At least we now have some idea as to what we’re doing,” Barricade sighed as he sat down on his boxcar.
Bumblebee shot him a look. “You’ve been here for over a month ‘Cade; do you really think anyone around here has any idea what they’re doing?”
Barricade thought a moment. “You’re right. We’re so dead.”
-To Be Continued

Author's Note: Hope that answered some question! Still a few more "chatty chaptes" to go so I apologize in advance. Please join us next time for chapter Ninety Eight: A Con Conference
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