Author's note: you know those moments where something stupid happens in a show and you wish you could yell at a dumb character or cuss them out? That's kind of how this story started out, then it grew, it was going to be just a one shot but I kept writing and writing and writing. So now it is a short story. this is based off of an episode in g1. Enough said, on with the story!
"That's really cool dad! I will probably go, which area are you working?" Roxie asked her father, he was explaining to her that there was going to be a parade for the Autobots, they had a very successful mission and were finally getting recognized for it. They saved a solar energy facility from being overrun with Decepticons, Roxie personally believed the bots should have been recognized much earlier for their heroic actions but hey, better late than never. Roxie's dad was a policeman, he was working the parade to maintain the peace, so she was going to meet up with him and stand near him.
"Close to the city hall, just make your way down there and I will find you" her father promised.
"ok dad, see you then, love you, and be safe please" Roxie was always nervous when her dad would work parades, the most random stuff happened, him and his team didn't carry gas masks, night sticks, bullet proof vests and other heavy gear for no reason.
"alright sweetheart, love you too, bye" Roxie waited for him to hang up.
"thank you kindly Teletran 1!" she beamed at the computer, it gave a light glow of light for a brief second to acknowledge her thanks, Roxie smiled and climbed down. Roxie watched the opening of the facility on Teletran 1 along with her boyfriend Hound, when the Decepticons attacked it, Hound ran off to go warn Optimus moments later a distress call came through. Optimus brought Ironhide, Warpath, Smokescreen, Bumblebee and Tracks, Spike decided to go with them also, Roxie rarely went on missions, so she waited on base. It stunk, Carly was out, so she didn't have her around and she didn't know what Sparkplug was up to, probably tinkering with something alongside Wheeljack. Hound stood by with the backup team in case he was needed, Roxie worried for her father and so she called him using Teletran 1. So that was it in a nut shell, Roxie heard the familiar steps of Hound come up from behind her.
"good news Roxie, we won" Roxie beamed a smile at him, they have been going out for over a half year now, she has known the Autobots for as long as Carly which was roughly a year and a half. But she never got tired at looking at the powerful, beautiful, mechanism her boyfriend was, she was so blessed to have him.
"of course you guys won! You're amazing!" she smiled, Hound's optics lit up lighter with pride and love.
"oh and before I forget, my dad said the town is throwing a parade for you! He is going to be working in it" Hound raised his optic ridges with pleased surprise.
"really? That's wonderful!" Roxie nodded her head in agreement.
"it's about time you guys are shown appreciation, you work so hard to keep everyone safe" the young blonde pouted. Hound gently swept her off her feet into his hand.
"we don't do what we do for praise, we do it to protect" Hound lightly countered, Roxie blew a thick strand of hair out of her eyes.
"I know, I am just a little upset it wasn't a little earlier, but they are doing it now, so all is well" Hound and the rest of the large Autobot team greeted the six figures coming over the hill with enthusiastic waves. Roxie sat comfortable cross legged in Hound's hand, he held her near his spark, promising protection and love, the sound of his spark was the best song ever to her ears, it always was able to soothe her. Even in her most distraught moments. The team confronted everyone and transformed. Conversations spewed up about the mission as everyone migrated inside. Bumblebee let Spike out of his alt mode and transformed, placing the human on his shoulder, he then walked up to Hound and Roxie.
"I take it the mission was a success" Roxie mused while Spike adjusted himself to be more comfortable.
"oh yah, we kicked afterburners!" Spike assured throwing an arm into the air for emphasis.
"was there any doubt?" Roxie asked with a gleam in her eye, she lightly traced circles into Hound's hand, it became a habit anytime he carried her.
"nope and now the mayor wants to talk to the Autobots in the city hall!" Spike hooted.
"man, about time" Roxie shot to Spike.
"I know! I said the same thing after he announced it" Spike crossed his arms.
"see he agrees with me" Roxie smiled up at Hound who only let out a puff of air with amusement, he looked at Bumblebee who only shrugged half agreeing with the humans and half agreeing with Hound.
"So are you two ready for the parade?" Roxie asked.
"pit yah, this is going to be awesome" Bumblebee assured, Roxie smiled at her yellow best friend.
"good, Spike, we should call Chip to see if he wants to go, we should also hunt down your dad" Roxie added, Hound set Roxie down and Bumblebee followed suit so the two could go accomplish their mission, the parade was soon. Maybe an hour or two, the two humans ran down the oversized halls of the ark.
"so when are you going to tell your dad that you hang out with the Autobots on an everyday bases?" Spike asked right out of the blue causing Roxie to stop in her tracks.
"I don't know Spike, it is going to be an interesting conversation, especially the part where I am dating one, but none the less, what happens, happens." She shrugged as she ran to catch up with the brown haired boy.
The parade was fabulous, a large banner labeled the magnificent show reading: Autobot day, a marching band came through with bass drums labeled Autobot day as they played a catchy beat.
"yay Autobots!" Spike hollered over the crowds and music, Roxie stood behind Spike, Chip, and Sparkplug wearing her orange blouse and orange matching skirt she cheered and waved along with the guys. Her heart swelled with pride as she watched each and every one of them drive down the street, she was so proud she had become so close to them over the past year and a half, to see them getting some recognition now was delightful. She quickly risked a glance at her dad who was behind everyone to keep a thorough eye out for any suspicious activity. The bots stopped in front of the town hall where Optimus gave the command to transform into their bipedal modes, they all walked into the city hall, Roxie's heart leapt when she saw Hound, it always did that when she saw him, she loved it. Roxie looked at one of the many screens as the mayor's speech began to play on it for the Autobots, he started out with wrong speech much to Roxie's amusement. Optimus, Ironhide, Wheeljack, Ratchet, Sunstreaker, Hound, Jazz and Smokescreen could be seen, the rest were too far back to see on the screen. She continued listening as the mayor gave kind words to her alien family.
"and now, before we officially honor these noble Autobots, let me show you their heroic action at the solar plant yesterday." His face faded into a scene, Roxie scrunched her brows at the scene.
"guys, something's up, that's not a solar plant, that's an oil field" little to Roxie's knowledge Ironhide just said the same thing. Megatron voiced over a scene as the Autobots stole precious oil to make energon, Roxie gaped at the scene and looked at her other human companions to see they were both stuck in a stunned silence too.
"watch carefully, and see the truth" Megatron sounded sincere, it made Roxie sick to her stomach.
"I don't believe it" Chip had his eyes glued to the screen as they continued watching the "evidence" unfold.
"that is so fake!" Roxie agreed. Also continuing to watch the stupid videos.
"the second tape, secured at great risk, shows why we Decepticons have acted irrationally on occasion" oh Roxie couldn't wait to see this. Wheeljack showed up on the screen with Optimus, he was presenting some weird invention stating that it would turn even the most noblest of beings to evil, Optimus decided to take it for a spin, blasting the Decepticons who seconds after, declared they felt like doing evil. It was so fake, even if you didn't know the Autobots, the acting was terrible and the plot was so cheesy, Roxie only hoped everyone saw it like her and the guys did.
"W-What?!" Roxie was stuck between a sob and a laugh,
"this is some sick joke" she finally managed to force out.
"this is bogus" Spike agreed looking at Chip and his dad.
"Maybe it is a joke" Chip agreed
"well if it is, it's not funny" Sparkplug spoke in all seriousness, Roxie gripped her stomach, this was not good, she hoped everyone had the common sense her and her friends did. The last video was the most revolting, showing Optimus explaining about how he would gain the human races' trust extinguish the cons and then take over the earth, he gave off an evil laugh causing Roxie to shiver.
"what?" Spike asked.
"I'm glad Prime isn't really evil, because if I ever heard him laugh like that that would send me running" Roxie told the three.
"but he is evil, did you miss the tapes?" a mother asked in the crowd. Roxie slowly turned her head to look at the woman, just praying she heard her wrong and the lady didn't actually believe this, once she saw the woman was serious he held onto her temples.
"oh goodness" she muttered shaking her head and covering her eyes, everyone did believe this! Roxie looked at the large town hall as the Autobots made an exit. Someone threw a tomato at Optimus, making Roxie's jaw drop and her blood catch on fire with anger, what an ignorant waste of air!
"Autobots go home!" he yelled.
"ingrates" Sunstreaker growled.
"Autobots, transform, and roll out" Optimus ordered, sounding tired, not defeated, Optimus always had hope. Spike, Chip, Sparkplug and Roxie immerged from the crowd.
"wait for us Optimus!" Chip called
"We're coming with you!" Spike announced loudly, Roxie followed right behind until she heard a woman call:
"traitors!" resulting in the blonde pulling a U-turn and walking back at the woman, ready to fight, they were the traitors! Hound knew Roxie very well, he transformed into his bipedal mode and blocked her off from the crowd. Simply creating a wall between her and the mob of people with his hand, ready to protect her if anyone dare lay a finger on her.
"let her go monster!" Someone called from the crowd.
"I'm not a prisoner you idiotic glitch heads!" Roxie called over her boyfriend's hand.
"Roxie! Get away from there!" The Blonde widened her ice blue eyes and looked up at Hound who was scanning the crowds for any potential danger, she pointed up so Hound would raise his hand, and he was hesitant but obliged.
"hey dad" Roxie held her head while biting her lip, refusing to make eye contact with him, this is not how she wanted him to find out about her family.
"step away from that machine, we are going home where you will be safe" Roxie looked at her dad, with horror, he was just as bad as the other townsfolk were!
"he isn't a machine! And I am going with them!" everyone in the crowd protested loudly, calling Roxie sickening names, resulting in Hound getting agitated and mad. She placed a hand on his Servo for reassurance trying to calm him down while trying to maintain her own tranquility.
"you will do nothing of the sort" her father was now getting mad, it showed over the shock and disbelief.
"I have been hanging around the Autobots for a year and a half, they have never done anything even remotely suspicious, they have only done good, shame on all of you for being stupid enough to believe the Decepticons, which, by the way, have the first 8 letters of the word deception in their name! You all will be the end to freedom on this planet! I just know it!" Roxie ranted but it went unheard, everyone kept yelling, while Roxie's dad swam through the rough crowds to get to her.
"Roxie stay with your father, he will keep you safe" Hound sighed, not wanting to part with her. But also he didn't want her to lose her rep, and her safety.
"you leave me here I will walk to the Autobot base" Roxie threatened, Hound transformed down, knowing that she would escape her father's guard somehow and rush off to the base, she could get hurt in the process so he opened a door to let her in.
"Roxie! Stay away from that thing!" her father ordered over the crowds, closing in on her.
"no, and by the way dad, I am so disappointed in you, for actually believing the show of lies" she closed the door and Hound rushed off to catch up with the others. Roxie heard her father call one last time before he was too far away.
"Roxie you should've stayed with him" Hound urged, hoping she didn't make a grave mistake.
"no, I am not leaving my family, and I am not leaving you, Hound" she said putting her hand lightly on the seat. She looked into the rear view mirror, her ice blue eyes showed determination, promise, and love, the gaze made Hound feel better, when they arrived back at the base Sunstreaker was pacing and ranting, Hound transformed and set Roxie on his shoulder as he listened with her.
"I knew the humans would turn on us someday, they're such undependable creatures, inferior life forms" he clenched his fists, Roxie knew Hound had a soft spot for humans, she watched his anger build.
"oh come on love, even I agree with him, we are terrible, and let's face it, we have a horrible track record. And scrap we are ignorant" Roxie crossed her arms with disapproval. Keeping her voice at a tone only Hound can hear.
"you can't classify yourself as an average human Roxie, as one of those people in the crowds, you Spike and the other allies are unique" Hound assured equally as quietly.
"I'm not so sure Sunstreaker, some of my best friends are humans" Bumblebee calmly countered reminding the yellow front liner that there were humans amongst them and that he kindly disagreed with the speech.
"thanks Bumblebee" Spike said with enthusiasm.
"see? He agrees with me" Hound shot back, referring to the argument earlier that day, the kind words made Roxie smile.
"thanks Hound" the teenager kissed the bot lightly on the cheek plates making his victorious smirk turn into a joyous one, he turned his head towards her and gently nuzzled her, she gave a soft laugh, holding onto his nose lightly, she leaned in and gazed into his optics, filled with a vast amount of love for her, her gaze was symmetrical to his. They stared at each other both smiling and so happy to have each other, Hound lightly inhaled her scent, he was a tracker after all, scents were very important to him, hers, just a little higher on the priority list. An announcement from Shawn Berger interrupted the heart to heart moment between the couple, Hound set Roxie down so she could go stand near Spike.
"disarm and surrender" he ordered, everyone went outside of the arch to see easily 20 tanks coming around a cliff, the boys and Roxie stood next to Hound and Bumblebee.
"great Cybertron" Bumblebee gawked unable to move, Roxie was at a still silence, hand covering her mouth with horror and sorrow.
"I never thought it would come to this" Sparkplug eyed all the tanks moving in. Three broke from the rest, Roxie looked at Ironhide and Cliffjumper, who looked ready to fight, she hoped they didn't get hurt, they were fighting tanks after all. But Optimus stopped them proving a good point about how we weren't going to stoop to their level. Optimus demanded legit law enforcement resulting in the mayor getting on the intercom of the helicopter that held Berger.
"Optimus Prime this is the mayor speaking" he called from the chopper.
"you are under arrest, I repeat, all Autobots are under arrest" he shouted through the loud speaker, Roxie ran to Optimus' side.
"Prime! You can't! you don't know what they'll do to you" heart wrenching thoughts of the bots being opened up so human scientists could poke around them.
"we must, if we engage we will only admit our guilt" Optimus says to not only Roxie but to everyone else as well.
"follow my army!" they heard Berger order,
"follow his orders Autobots!" Optimus called back as he transformed and began to trail the tanks, Roxie bit her lower lip, but then turned to Hound as he came up to her side and opened a door. She hopped in without a second thought, Bumblebee flew by them, Hound shifted into gear and took off after their best friends. Roxie fidgeted wildly with her fingers.
"Roxie, everything will be ok, I promise" he soothed through the speakers, Roxie looked at the rear view, letting her anxiety show.
"I hope you're right Hound" she blankly placed a hand lightly on the dash, if they did anything to hurt the Autobots, she would definitely make sure that they are aware of her strong disapproval.
"Optimus knows what he is doing, he will get us through this" Roxie had complete faith in Optimus, but he wasn't in control of the Autobots' fait, her untrustworthy species was. she cuddles deeper into the passenger seat leaning on the door, usually the closer she was to him the more she could relax, but they have never run into something like this, she feared a war between the two species. She also feared picking a side, despite disagreeing with her kind she still had a lot of loved ones and friends that were human. After all they were her race, she shook her head to shoo away the uncomforting haze.
"Roxie, you're getting too stressed out, relax, we will handle this" the blue eyed beauty sighed and watched the dessert zoom by, they hit the city, making Roxie suspicious.
"Where are they taking us?" she wondered, shifting so she could get a better view.
"I suppose there?" the jeep asked she looked at a football stadium, they were closing in fast, the choppers, tanks and then Autobots. The tanks stayed outside of the stadium while the Autobots filed in, they drove over the grassy terrain which was a snap in a jeep. He was still careful not to rip the green vegetation, one of his best qualities, Roxie thought, he is so respectful. They stop and Roxie hops out and moves enough so the Autobot tracker may transform, he immediately scoops her up and places her on his shoulder. She giggled, and leaned against his neck, calming down the mad giggle, he made her feel so safe, whole, as if there was nothing to worry about. The Judge called for the session to start making Roxie's heart all but stop; due to the "evidence" the odds weren't in their favor. Hound sensed her distress and gently lifted her from, her perch on his shoulder and cradled her near his spark where she immediately began to relax, he made soothing clicking and humming noises softly so only she could hear.
"everything will be ok, I promise" his intended looks up at him with a small amount of hope, he raised her, she placed her delicate hands on his chin, leaned up and placed her full lips on his. He reluctantly pulled back after a few seconds, the judge stated they were starting, he gently held his hand near the ledge of the seats, she stood up on his servo and hopped down, turning around and placing her hand on his for one last time before the one sided court started. As the girl turned around to find a seat near Spike, Sparkplug, and Chip. A few witnesses were brought up, each being biased against the Autobots.
"last witness your honor!" the prosecutor requested Roxie thought she was going to lose it, she was getting so irritated, people were so stupid.
"Mr. Berger" her and the guys all moaned with irritation.
"we have to figure something out!" Roxie hissed, mostly to herself, she gained Spike's attention, he was about to say something, until a large interruption occurred. Every Decepticon and his brother decided to show up near the end of the ridiculous trial, this concluded Roxie's instinct on the fact something was off, very off.
"I trust you will forgive this interruption your honor, please proceed with the trial" Megatron said acting like he actually respected the human. Roxie rolled her eyes, every once in a while she made eye/optic contact with Hound, it reassured both of them. The judge cleared his throat.
"of course Megatron, and now Mr. Berger, you were saying?" he turned back to the fat aft in the blue chair, he had policemen surrounding him, a lot of them Roxie knew. They mostly worked with her dad. Berger claimed he saw the bots make energon cubes out of the oil with "his own eyes" like that was worth much.
"you know something really bothers me about Berger's testimony" Spike suddenly stated.
"what's that son?" Sparkplug turned.
"hmm, try everything?" Roxie growled, her frustration was through the roof.
"I'd have to agree" Sparkplug nodded.
"come on Spike, let's figure this out" she finally said, she ran towards the edge of the audience near the edge of the bleachers to the descent drop on the other side.
"try to stall them until we get back!" Spike called back as the two jumped down, Roxie was smart enough to do a roll after landing and began to run ahead of Spike.
"Spike, Roxie! where are you going!" the two heard his dad yell they ran through a hall Roxie staying in the lead, she was fast, they heard perusing steps behind them suddenly. The blonde turned her head to look and ran just a little faster when she realized that Ravage was chasing them.
"through there!" she called pointing to the revolving door, the two humans made it through but Ravage (fortunately) didn't, fat robo-cat ended up getting stuck. Roxie gave a victorious smirk as she again concentrated on where she was going, they were going to make it back to the town hall and get to the bottom of this.
"hope you're up for a good run!" she called behind to Spike, they weren't very close to their destination at all.
Hound watched as his intended and friend jumped down, Roxie did a clean roll to prevent damage to her knees, Spike just jumped though. The tracker wondered what they were doing and why the trial needed to be stalled, Megatron's movements caught his optic sensors as he nodded at Soundwave. Ravage ejected from the communications officer's chest, Hound's spark just about stopped, they just sent the predator after Roxie! He was about to do something but Optimus gripped his shoulder plates.
"Hound we have to trust that our human friends will make it safely to us, if we take action it will not add into our favor" he pointed out, but the tracker couldn't do nothing, he looked at Bumblebee who looked nearly as agitated as he did. Hound swore to protect her, with everything, he can't just stand around while Ravage kills her. The Autobot was never rash, but he was full of panic now that his girlfriend was out of his protective reach. Bumblebee came up to him, getting noticed by every guard on duty.
"Don't worry Hound, they are both smart, they can do it" the other Autobots looked ready to take action in case Hound tried something, the guards and policemen also got their guns ready. Hound deactivated his guardian protocols, they kept activating though.
"I hope you're right Bumblebee because if Ravage so much as lays a claw on her, or Spike I will show him how much I disapprove" he promised darkly Bumblebee nodded agreeing with him, he had grown very close to Spike and Roxie, he could only imagine how much rage and panic was coursing through Hound.
Roxie and Spike made it to the video room, all the running made her hot, she slid off her blue jacket and laid it down near the door frame. The room was dark, she began her search the desks for anything. A tape that was still out of its box laid there.
"Spike! Over here" she called as she lightly put it into the player, it began to play, after a few minutes of the suspicious movie Roxie wanted to turn it off.
"I knew something was fishy, they never transformed" Spike made a valid point, Roxie could only shrug.
"that small bit of evidence won't compare to all the slag Berger and the cons have been dishing out" she pointed out, sighing, there had to be something!
"your right, not enough proof" all of a sudden the movie Optimus pulled off a mask that covered his whole head, he was laughing, but it wasn't his voice, it was Starscream's:
"this mask would fool Prime's own creator" he squawked with amusement.
"I know this might be the wrong time, but Starscream's voice drives me up a fragging wall, I mean, it sounds like a bird and nails in a blender" the girl snorted.
"Starscream, this proves everything!" Spike noted as he studied intently on the screen. They watched as one of Starscream's trine mates took off a Ratchet disguise.
"well, I say we have our proof, come on, we have a long run back to the trial" Roxie was not looking forward to another 3 miles of running but it was for Hound's sake it was so worth it! he better know how much she loved him. Spike nodded his head in agreement and they were about to run out the door, the two turned around to see Ravage was there.
"oh snap" the girl began to back up as the cat crept forward.
"after carefully weighing in the evidence I have reached a verdict" the judge decided back at the "courthouse"
"wait your honor! My friends are bringing more evidence!" Chip called loudly across the stadium.
"the wheels of justice do not stop turning for children. I am sorry to say that we have already concluded the trial" the judge eyed Chip before looking at everyone minus the people behind him, loudly he declared.
"it is the decision of this court that the defendants be found guilty as charged"
"and are to be banished from earth, forever!" the Autobots gave low growls of protest, what was Hound going to tell Roxie?
"your honor? We will respect and comply with the decision of this court" Optimus promised raising a hand to quiet down his troops.
Roxie's heart thrummed in her chest as Ravage prepared to attack, Spike grabbed her forearm and they ran behind a book shelf as Ravage pounced thankfully the humans were faster than the oversized Cybercat had thought. They got behind the book shelf wondering how they were going to make their escape, the cat tried to get to them through the shelves, Roxie eyed the shelves before she ran at it and tried to push it over, her form wasn't nearly strong enough, a piercing fire of pain was felt as Ravage's metal claws hooked into her lower back. She gave a loud yelp as they raked up her back starting from her lower left side back all the way up to her right shoulder, an unbearable burning perception ran up her back. Spike got her plan and rammed it. The shelf went toppling over, Roxie got on top of it and did her best to hobble across it towards the door Spike hot on her heals. She grabbed her coat so she could cover up the scratches until they could be properly treated. She could feel the biting sting, tears blurred her eye sight, the gouges easily worthy of stitches, they ran a bit down the hall, Ravage making a loud ruckus as he tried to escape the book shelf, Roxie stopped and Spike stopped as well.
"look, take the tape back to the Mayor, I will distract Ravage and then see if I can get to the Autobots" she ordered, the struggled sounds were becoming louder as the Cybercat flailed more.
"but Roxie, your hurt" he pointed out, oh she knew she was hurt, who could ignore four lacerations that covered your back, she could barely walk let alone run, but Spike held the key to keep the bots on earth.
"I'll be fine, I was raised to suck it up, just keep moving and don't stop until you get to your destination" she held his gaze until he finally promised her. Without earth the bots would have to go back to their lifeless planet, there was nothing left for them anymore there.
"but I saw your wounds, they were really deep" he protested.
"go Spike! We don't have any time to debate about this!" when Roxie got mad you knew, you just never got her mad if you were smart, she was scary when she was mad. Spike hesitated for another second until he heard a vulgar snap as the shelf gave out and the cat was free.
"good luck" Spike offered.
"you too" and with that, Spike went down the left of the hall. Roxie looked at Ravage as he slowly stalked down the hall.
"come at me Cybercat!" she hollered the Decepticon spy stopped, this made Roxie very nervous, at least while he is charging she knows she can run (for the most part) but when he waits he was just testing her reflexes and abilities, he was more than likely forming a plan to trap her. A bead of sweat ran down the side of her head as she waited she could hear her heart pounding in her chest. The cat then started to walk away down the other side of the hall in Spike's location.
"sure you're not a Cyber chicken?" Roxie taunted nervously but kept her cool, she didn't want Ravage to know she was a distraction so Spike could get the tape to the mayor, this probably ticked the cat off because he whirled around in one small hop. His claws made large scraping noises as he took off in her direction, she did a 180 and high tailed it out of there, her back screaming at her to stop, she bit her lower lip and held back a scream of pain, she had to grip her back and keep pouring on the speed, she could feel the sticky hot sensation of crimson liquid race down her back heavily, luckily, the blue color of her jacket, made it look like it was just damp with water. She made a quick turn, feeling the spy right on her heals, but the turn threw him off he tried to stop but ended up skittering across the floor the girl would've laughed that she bested him but the pain in her back was pulsing with agony. Her back was becoming saturated in blood but she kept running the cat's venting could be felt on her heals, fresh air hit her face so she knew she was outside, a sharp right was made and the cat overstepped only a little bit considering they were now running on concrete instead of hard floor.
That wasn't enough of a distraction, she ran near some apartment complexes, she couldn't keep going this way or she was going to trap herself, she ran at some garbage cans, and at the last second jumped. Pain electrocuted her as her back scrunched up to make the jump on the fire escape ladder, the Cybercat tried to stop but slammed into the garbage cans below her, sufficiently getting stuck in one and tangled up in the other two. She let go and landed on him forcing him deeper into the waste basket. Yah, he wasn't too pleased with that but then again, it was his faction's fault that Hound and the bots were on trial. The spy began to mutilate the silver garbage can, Roxie thought in a panicked state she ran for the nearest dumpster and climbed in, she cupped her hand over her mouth to subdue the panic and pain.
Ravage broke the prison and began stalking around for her, she resisted the urge to gag at the horrible smells consuming her senses as well. What a crummy position to be in, she could hear his paw steps creep closer, she could also hear his olfactory senses working double time to trace her. she all but held her breath, as the cat gave a low growl, she felt like she was smothering herself because all the running required as much sweet oxygen as she could inhale, not only was she inhaling the burning scent of garbage but she had to cover her mouth and nose to prevent her loud breathing from being heard. The cat was coming closer, she wanted to readjust herself on the garbage but that would have made a noise, so she forced herself to sit still. a screeching noise was heard as Ravage crept up to the dumpster and lightly clawed at it, was he taunting her? did he knew she was there? A loud menacing voice startled her, Soundwave was calling back his pet.
"Ravage: presence requested, return to base" it ordered the cat gave a growl, Roxie was not going to relax until he left though, she heard claws scrape on the cement as he took off. She sighed as a wave of relief washed over her. she popped the can of the dumpster and inhaled the sweet fresh air. placing her hands on the side of the can she heaved herself up and got on the rim of it, as she jumped down her legs collapsed on her and she hit the ground hard. A yelp escaped her, her damp jacket pressed up against her as she laid on her side whimpering, she didn't make it this far to slowly die of blood loss. She eyed her now also scuffed up knees and hands, she just couldn't get a fragging break today. She let herself calm down before she forced herself to her hands and knees shaking rapidly, she gave a huff of air as she pushed her involuntary limbs to moved. She became over whelmed with vertigo, her apartment room was nearby, she just hoped her dad wasn't there, but then again he was always working, that's how she was able to spend most of her time with the bots.
She turned down the last ally way reaching the front door of her apartment, she quickly punched in the code unlocking the door, she hit the button for the elevator. She waited for what felt like forever, the ding finally sounded and the doors opened up, she had to clean up and wrap herself in gauze to keep pressure on her wounds to stop the bleeding. She dug through her jeans for her keys as the elevator door opened, luckily, the trial for the Autobots was a big event, so there were little to no people in the apartment. She scrambled sluggishly to her door and popped it open, breathing hard, the running did not help her case in the slightest. After getting in she ran to the bathroom and turned the shower on, quickly stripping out of her filthy clothes. She hopped in and scrubbed down making sure to get all of her wounds and clean them, though her favorite body wash didn't feel too nice in them she kept going, hissing. As she got her back, knees and hands, she scrubbed her hair and rinsed before hurriedly getting out, water was not good for blood, she watched it sink down the drain the whole time she was in the shower. She got out and began to wrap herself up tightly with the wrap her dad used frequently, her whole back was covered but the pressure did not feel good on her carved up back. She found new clothes and threw her hair back, she had to hurry back, she had to catch them with Spike before everyone made a deadly mistake and she lost Hound and her family.
The Autobots gathered outside of the rocket Berger "so kindly" provided them. Sparkplug and Chip were waiting with them, but Roxie and Spike were nowhere to be seen, Hound and Bumblebee begged Optimus to let them go find the two humans, but between the guards and the Decepticons, they wouldn't be able to do anything without starting trouble. Hound got so bad at some points that Ratchet had to go into his processor himself to disable the protective protocols for his intended. After the tracker was settled and coherent Optimus confronted their allies.
"can't you do something Optimus Prime?" Sparkplug asked sticking his hands out for emphasis, But Optimus only shook his head.
"negative" the mighty leader assured.
"any action we take now would be admission to our guilt" Optimus stood up as the Decepticons confronted them, Megatron leading.
"Board the rocket now!" Megatron growled sticking a fist at them. The cons pointed their guns at the Autobot, the tanks turned slightly to get the Autobots in their views, the Autobots were just about to board the ship until a small but urgent voice was heard.
"wait!" a crown Victoria lightly screeched to a stop, Roxie came out, Hound all but mowed over anyone that was in his way, his girlfriend was safe! He lifted her into his hand and held her close to his chest plates lightly cradling her delicate head in his other hand she placed her hands on his chest before looking up at him.
"I can't believe they are making you leave! Can't you do anything?" she asked tears flooding her eyes and beginning to run down her soft cheeks.
"I'm afraid we can't Roxie, but don't worry, things will be alright" he cooed, it made him feel horrible to see her cry, he would give anything and everything to make her smile again, her smile was unlike any other. A couple things hit him, a scent that overran his subtle olfactory senses.
"why do I smell so much blood on you" he felt her stiffen in his hand, something happened to her, she probably was going to try to hide it, even if he was leaving her planet, she never wants him to worry about her.
"well, you see, when a sidewalk falls in love with a girl it-"
"Roxie" Hound cut her off, he knew she was going to try to hide it, he was glad she could at least put some humor into it, he was able to see the happy Roxie return before he left.
"I fell and scuffed my knees up" she sighed she was mentally cursing herself, duh Hound would be able to smell the blood, he got his name for a reason, he was one of the best trackers on Cybertron after all!
"that isn't all, the scent is far too strong for just a scuffed knee and you are agile, you rarely fall if at all in multiple occasions, and Ravage would of attacked you!" he argued back.
"alright I scuffed my hands a little too, and I tend to get a little klutzy when an oversized Cybercat is chasing after me, but I was too far ahead of him so he couldn't catch me. But that doesn't matter" she rolled her eyes, he would always be her over protective intended, she never wanted any part of him to change. But she really didn't want to argue with him, he was leaving, but a small part of her told her she would see him again, she had to, she loved him so much.
"please come back here one day Hound, I will be waiting" she begged gripping tight to his chest plating, he embraced her with his hands, he didn't want her to wait for him, but at the same time he wanted to be with her.
"I promise Roxie" he finally told her, nothing would stop him, he would come back one day and he will find her, hold her, protect her. He felt hot tears land on his armor from the teen, he swallowed a kink in his throat before he lifted her to his face and kissed her on the forehead, before letting her down.
"by Lil' lady" Jazz offered Roxie looked at him, smiling, despite the tears and physical and mental pain she is enduring, she will not let the last image of her be of her crying.
"good bye Jazz, I will really miss hanging out and pulling pranks and listening to music with you" the white bot smiled with remembrance, the twins always dared him to do stuff %90 of the time she was at his side, and they loved the same music.
"good bye Roxie" Ironhide sighed, he could honestly say he really didn't want to leave, despite the ignorance of some of the humans, the ones his team and him found were close to him.
"Good bye hide, you were the best shooting trainer a girl could ever ask for" she gave a soft laugh as she wiped more tears away. Wheeljack came up to her, he hasn't been letting her into his lab lately to help, but when he did the two got along great! They discussed many possibilities and ideas, Roxie did have very big imagination after all. But before the inventor could say any words to her he was cut off.
"enough with your pity party, bored the ship!" Megatron ordered snappishly.
"Mr. Mayor! Spike and I found proof! Please he is trying to find you right now" the girl pleaded.
"I am sorry young lady but the trial is over" he pointed out, Roxie watched as the bots got on the elevator to be raised up to the rocket.
"please listen to me! the bots are innocent! We have proof!" she urged again.
"enough youngling, the trial is done!" Megatron said as if he was talking to a brain dead child, this really ticked Roxie off, she met gazes with Berger.
"you don't know what you have done! You have doomed us all!" she hobbled back to the undercover cop car that she may or may not have borrowed from her dad, she went into the building and into his work place enough that everyone knew who she was and will pretty much let her do anything. Though it was a little harder this time considering everyone knew her secret now due to the stupid media. She was startled when a knocking came on the window, she turned her gaze to Chip and Sparkplug, she unrolled the window.
"can we get a lift? We sort of rode with the Autobots" Chip shrugged, Roxie smiled before unlocking the door, Sparkplug helped Chip with his wheelchair before getting into the passenger seat.
"I have to return this car, but I have to be really careful, every policeman and his brother is probably looking out for me, I just heard on the police scanner, my dad ordered it" the girl was not looking forward to this. Another knock was heard, gaining everyone's attention, it was the mayor this time.
"I will watch the tape when I get back to my office, you need to make an appointment thought, I have a lot of visitors." he announced not sounding too excited but it was probably because of his little chat with Berger. Speaking of the low life scum bag, Roxie watched as the cause for all of this went with the Decepticons back towards the Autobot base, that was weird, what were they up to?
"we heading out?" Sparkplug kindly asked, they all had a rough day, the car was started and set into gear as she took off.