A continuation of the drabbles Missing, Scarred and all related that I did for yourdeadwafflecone, based on the fic Cosmic Joke. The drabbles are simply called Cosmic Joked. This isn't the only chapter, it's going to be continued. Hope you enjoy!
The heels clicked across the floor as the blond Australian woman made her way through the Vern base, searching every room, every hangar for the man she loved. Maggie sighed in annoyance, not being able to find Matt anywhere. Her mobile vibrated in her pocket and she pulled it out, reading the text.
'Maggie,
Optimus called for a meeting in the main hanger. It's about Starscream and keeping The Decepticons away from Megatron so that the transformation doesn't accelerate. Get over here ASAP. You can find your boy toy later.
Lennox'
Maggie snorted and shook her head. "Boy toy..." She muttered, thinking. "Hmm...maybe I'll have to call Matt that one day..." She laughed. She exited the hangar, heading towards the main one, with no idea about what was going to happen over the next few months.
"Starscream and the other seekers have been venturing closer these past few days; we think this could get out of hand real fast." Ironhide said to Optimus, leaning against the wall casually.
"We can't do anything until they act. They haven't done anything since they tried to kill Sam and my brother, we were lucky to have stopped them the first time with Blackout's help in time. If we had been a few minutes later..." Optimus said, sighing as he trailed off.
"That Thunderclapper or whatever his name is escaped too!" Simmons exclaimed angrily. "And when are you going to let us take Megatron, he's transforming back, it's clear to anyone who looks close enough."
"I'm still working on something for that Agent Simmons." Ratchet growled menacingly. "And he can't go anywhere until I'm sure that his condition isn't life threatening."
"That's not your call to make!"
"Neither is it yours!"
"Ratchet!" Optimus snapped, looking at the medic with stern, icy blue optics. "Calm down, you too Agent Simmons, your behaviour is unacceptable. Secretary Keller has made his thoughts on the matter clear, and he said that you cannot take him whilst he is in our care."
"We'll see about that." The Sector 7 agent smirked. Lennox frowned in suspicion. The other man's heart hadn't been in the argument, like it usually was. And now his eyes were filled with a smug look, that he just couldn't understand.
"You can't take him anyway. It's not right. He's a human being." Maggie argued, getting tired of Simmons' attitude.
"Yeah, and The Allspark said I have to keep an eye on him. I can't do that if he's in a cell now can I?" Sam said, a little nervous about what the all powerful Cybertronian object would do to him if he didn't follow the order.
"Kid, it was a stone box. It's not sentient. It's a stupid little thing that you thought was talking to you when you were unconscious, that's all."
"How dare you disrespect The Allspark!" Ironhide roared in rage. "It was our version of a God. It created our planet and the life upon its surface, providing it with more until the day of it's destruction to save your planet, so don't you dare treat it like some insignificant box!"
Optimus didn't jump to keep his soldiers in line this time, as they took their turns at badmouthing the now nervous human. He had stepped out of line and deserved everything he got.
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have a job to do and I'd better get on it." Simmons said. The smug look was still in his eyes, alongside something dark in his gaze that made a shiver run down Will's spine. Whatever the man was planning, it wasn't going to be anything good.
Hours passed, and Maggie was becoming more and more frantic. She couldn't find Matt anywhere on the base, and no one had seen him leave. He had completely vanished. Her heels clicked on the floor faster as her pace quickened to almost a run as she ran to find someone who could help. She almost collapsed with relief when she spotted Captain Lennox loitering outside one of the buildings.
"Lennox! Captain Lennox!" She yelled as she ran the best she could in heels over to him. The dark haired man's head shot up and he watched the Australian woman run towards him.
"Hey Maggie, what's wrong?" He asked when he saw the frantic look in her eyes.
"I can't find Matt."
"Matt?"
"Megatron! He's gone!" Will frowned, now starting to understand why Simmons had looked so excited earlier. "I think Sector Seven might have him."
Maggie gasped in horror and grabbed him, her nails digging into his skin. "We have to find him; we don't know what they'll do to him."
"Don't worry, I'll get the Autobots and we'll get right on it. We'll find him." He felt the determination behind him words almost as strongly as he felt the oxygen rushing into his lungs, or his heart beating.
He grabbed the panicking woman by the arm and quickly led her into the hangar the Autobot's were residing in until further notice. Their optics flicked over to them as they entered the building and Optimus blinked in acknowledgement.
"Captain, Ms Madsen." He nodded.
"Optimus, have you seen Megatron anywhere?"
"Why?"
"Just answer the question, I need an answer."
"Not all day, and he was supposed to be at the meeting. He knew what time it was."
"I'm starting to think I was right." Will mumbled under his breath. The Autobots caught his words and Ironhide asked the question that was on all their processors.
"Right about what?"
"I think Sector Seven took him." Optimus' optics widened before filling with a cold, angry look.
"Why do you think that?" The red and blue mech asked, trying to control his anger and gather facts first before he acted rashly.
"No one had seen him all day around the base, no one has seen him leave, and I didn't like the look Simmons had in his eyes earlier."
"What look?"
"It was almost...smug. Like he knew something we didn't. Or that he'd taken something he didn't want use to take. Didn't you notice that he wasn't putting as much effort into his argument too."
The Autobots recalled the meeting and exchanged a look. The human Captain's words were starting to seem less like a theory, and more like truth to them now.
"Do you have Security cameras?" Maggie spoke, the first thing she had said since she had found him.
"Well, yeah...why?"
"It might have something on there, come on, and show me the way."
"How many more clips are you going to go through?"
"As many as I have to to find Matt."
"You love him, don't you?"
"More than I can describe. Just the thought of him back in the filthy hands of Simmons and that inhumane organisation makes me want to vomit." Maggie muttered the last part in annoyance.
It probably would have been funny to the military captain if it hadn't been such a serious situation, but he looked back to the cameras, scanning the screens with his hard eyes. "There!" He jabbed his finger on the pause button and then tapped the screen he was looking at. It clearly showed two S7 agents with a strong hold on the human Decepticon, wrestling him into the back of the SUV.
"So I was right, they did take him."
"How are we going to get him back?"
"I don't know. It might take a while."
"What! They could kill him in a 'while' what the hell are you thinking!"
"Maggie, there's a lot of things to do. We have to find the base, come up with a plan, but we will find him, I promise we will, we'll save him."
"How do you know that? We could already be too late."
"We're not okay. I have a feeling that Simmons won't be killing him any time soon. Not until he gets what he wants."
