A/N- The Sequel to Mute! It is here! And a huge thanks to my Beta, P.A.W.07 for getting this chapter to a point that is acceptable.
Disclaimer- I don't own Transformers, but I do own Emma and this plot line! Yay!
Summary- Ever since Mission City, Sam has been ignoring Emma more and more. Since that day, Emma has felt lonelier and lonelier. So, the night of July 18th, Emma runs away, leaving her parents believing she's with the Autobots, and the Autobots she's with her parents.
Emma Witwicky has a journey to make, one she must make.
"Sign Language" 'Allie' "Transformer Language" 'Com Link' (me) Beginning and End of Chapter
Chapter One- Emma's Plan
Emma sat, cross-legged on her bed, deep in conversation with Allie. Tomorrow was her birthday and Allie was talking to her about the one shard of her body that survived.
'Not a piece of me can be in the hands of any Cybertronian! I trust you with it, since, in essence you are me,' the inner being was silent for a moment, 'You have to steal it Emma!' Allie stated.
'I don't like stealing!' Emma shot back, anger tumbling in her belly.
Allie merely sighed at the comeback, before answering in a more demanding tone, 'You have to steal it or this war will start all over again over something that will be useless!'
The Silent One twitched on top of her sheets for a moment before whispering back within her mind, 'May I be forgiven by them for what I may do.'
Allie smiled sympathetically before softly apologizing, 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry for making you do this, I'm very sorry,'
'But, as you said, it must be done,' Emma answered, leaning against the wall, which the bed was leaning against.
After the inner conversation, Emma opened her eyes, got off the bed, and slowly walked over to the window. Looking out, she watched her brother drive off with Mikaela, and she waved a little. Mikaela waved back, but her brother just backed up, not even noting his sister's presence.
Mikaela didn't notice this, of course, but Emma felt like a dagger was shoved into her heart and twisted. Sighing, she got the bag she packed, and left, her brother's cold reaction just driving her forward.
The plan was already revolving around her head as she entered the living room. The shifted as she swallowed her pride about lying, and then quickly explained, to her parents, that she would be spending the next two weeks at the Autobots. Once she had finished that part of the lie, Emma added that she would be using her bank account.
'Emergency' bank accounts were set up for both Sam and her; each held 1,000 in it for 'emergencies'. Both accounts now included spending time around the Autobots. Every birthday and Christmas, 500 was deposited into it.
While Sam hadn't saved most sparingly when it came to his account, Emma had, and had much more then Sam in that aspect.
During the day, they had celebrated Emma's birthday, and Sam had missed it. Judy, her mom, clumsily, asked Emma if it was okay if she celebrated it with Sam tomorrow. Emma shrugged with a nodded yes. She then halted and quickly translating over a probably.
Judy and Ron gave accepting nods; they believed her, and with that, there was only one thing left to do. The girl gave her parents a warm smile and then grabbed her bag, making sure the necklace chain she asked for was within the recesses of the pack. All that was left to do now was to sneak into the Autobot base.
Only yesterday, Emma dwelled as she neared the front of the Autobot base, she had told the Autobots she would be focusing on various things with her parents for a while, and wouldn't be seeing them for two weeks. Now, she was sneaking in to steal from them.
'I can't do this Allie!' Emma thought frantically as she snuck into the base through a hole in partially constructed wall. No one had dealt with it because all the mechs considered it a diminutive issue at the moment.
'Yes you can! They're all asleep! I promise you that!' Allie assured her, her words vibrating softly in Emma's head.
It didn't take Emma long to find the 'top secret' area. A shuddering breath escaped her … it was now or never, and with that, she pressed her hands against the metal, sending blue sparks all along the door's edges. There was a moment of stillness, as if nothing had happened, and then the door opened without a sound. Emma stood there; her shadow looking ominous in within the dark room's tresses, and then, without a second thought, Emma ran in, getting the shard.
Then, within the belly of the 'top secret' vault, Emma melded the shard onto the necklace chain, with one spark from her fingertips. Then, she merely stood there, staring the thing she had just created before putting it around her neck.
Breathing in deeply, she rushed out of the room, leaving the door open. All she could think of were the directions to the nearest bus stop.
Only, she didn't make it to the bus stop.
Emma's mind panicked as her feet slapped against the pavement. She could see the lights of the bus stop in the distance and a feeling of reassurance filled her. Soon she'd be gone and it would be just her and Allie.
Sadly, the girl didn't get another step forward, towards her goal, when a sudden pain flared through her body. The girl was sent face first into the dirt and she couldn't help but hiss in pain. The girl was about to curse her shoelaces of whatever had hit her when she felt heavy vibration fill the earth around her. The girl swallowed. She knew that vibration, but that didn't stop her from looking up … her heart stilled as a huge metallic form looked down at her, red eyes flaring.
'That's Barricade!' Allie exclaimed.
With that, Emma stood up quickly, backing up a step. Then, for about a minute, the two beings just stared at each other, unmoving. The stillness didn't last, of course, when Emma's cell vibrated. The girl nervously reached for it, keeping eye contact with the Decepticon to make sure her movement wouldn't beckon him into movement. It did not, so she looked at it.
It read: "Get in!"- Barricade.
Biting her lip, Emma looked forward at the metallic being. What did he mean by "get it"?
Before she could even ask, the metallic being transformed into a Mustang Enforcer, which "jumped" forward with the passenger door open. With a silent scream, Emma was pushed into the car, shaking. Yet, before she could even make an escape attempt, the seatbelt went over her arms, pining her, and Barricade roared off into the night.
It had taken the girl a few minutes to final calm down enough to observe her "forced" surroundings. A look of confusion crossed her face as Emma stared at a computer in front of her. Then, as if it could read her thoughts, words appeared on the screen.
"I'm called Barricade. I'm a Decepticon, and I'm not going to hurt you, so long as you keep silent. I know your deaf, so don't be so shocked. I'm not stupid. Also, don't ask why I've decided to kidnap you. You wouldn't understand."
The girl merely raised a brow at the fast moving text as the screen went still. What? Was she supposed to answer when she couldn't even move her hands?
"Go to sleep!" Barricade finally finished as the screen went blank, and Emma sighed before relaxing, resting her head against the window. Like she had a choice, so, with that though, Emma fell asleep.
Once asleep, Barricade did a sweep of her vital signs, and grinned. "Ratchet the Hatchet missed some power that shouldn't be there Emma! Or he didn't want to see it! And I know it's not that shard you stole, because I actually scanned you earlier as well. Oh, those Autobots are fools," he stated softly, chuckling to himself as he drove down the road.
Barricade looked like a retired police car now, and as he drove down the road, he passed another police car, this one a 'in the job' police car, who looked very focused on getting somewhere.
The next morning, at the base, the police car pulled up and called out, "This is the only logical place for you to be Optimus."
With that, the cop car suddenly transformed in a twist of shimmering metal: Prowl had entered the scene, just as Optimus discovered the robbery.
'Only a Transformer could have stolen it,' he thought, going to greet Prowl.
End Chapter
A/N- There's Chapter One! Poor Emma! She's been captured, but what is this plan? What is she doing? Why does Barricade want her? He's the only Decepticon on the Earth...isn't he?