Transformers Barricade

Chapter 1

(Location: Earth)

(Present day)

"Prowl! Prowl! Prowl! Prowl! Prowl!" Prowl, second in command of the Autobots turned at the excited shouts to see Bluestreak running towards him. In his hands was a deck of cards. He ran up to the older mech and held up the deck grinning. "Sparkplug showed me a card trick."

"I hope it's better than the ones Smokescreen's been showing you," Prowl replied.

Blue held the deck towards him, "Here pick a card." Humoring the younger mech Prowl pulled one out of the deck. "Okay now look at it but don't tell me what it is and place it back in the pile." Prowl did as told and Bluestreak shuffled the cards before picking the top card and showing it grinning proudly. "Is this your card?"

"No."

"See I. . . wait, what? It isn't?"

"No," Prowl replied.

"Oh, um. . ." Blue fumbled embarrassed. "O-okay. . ."

Prowl patted his shoulder, "Keep practicing." Bluestreak nodded and walked away.

Prowl continued down the corridor. "HEY BOSS BOT!" A overly cheerful voice shouted behind him.

"Hello Jazz," Prowl said with a small nod as the head of Special Ops caught up with him.

"So, how does it feel being the big bot in charge?"

The former enforcer eyed him. Optimus had lead a team to Cybertron leaving Prowl and Jazz in charge. Besides them and Bluestreak there was Ratchet, Brawn, Blaster, Mirage, Inferno, Red Alert, Hoist, Beachcomber, Tracks, Powerglide, Gears, Wheeljack, Perceptor, Huffer, the terror twins Sideswipe and Sunstreaker and the Dinobots. Everyone else was either with Optimus or on other missions. Luckily the Decepticons had been quiet to so there hadn't been a lot of trouble from them.

"I have been in charge before Jazz," he reminded the head of O.S.

Jazz snickered and shook his head, "Only ya Prowler, only ya."

Before the door winged mech could answer another voice was heard. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS AN ACCIDENT?!" Prowl and Jazz glanced at each other as Ratchet was heard throughout the base. "How do you accidently run into a cliff?!"

"Very carefully," was the cheeky reply.

Prowl fought the urge to groan. Of course Sideswipe, who else. The two black and white bot's walked into med bay to find a very dented Sideswipe sitting on a berth with a very angry Ratchet hovering near him looking like he was trying to stop himself from attacking the younger mech.

Ratchet rubbed his temples, "Primus you'll be the death of me."

"Funny, you say the same thing about Wheeljack." A gleeful Sideswipe resounded.

The look on Ratchet's face made Prowl decide to intervene. "Everything okay Ratchet?"

The medic turned to them, "Just trying to stop myself from turning this MORON into a toaster!"

Jazz snickered, "What did ya git ya'self into now Sides?"

The red warrior shrugged, "Not my fault it's been so boring around here lately. I went for a drive and ran into Dirge."

"Sideswipe!" Prowl growled.

"Hey, I lost him. No big deal."

"And got yourself banged up in the process," Ratchet growled.

"Not as badly as usual," Sideswipe countered.

"Anything else for the record?" Prowl demanded.

"Naaa. . . Oh wait! There was something else."

"What?"

"Well I'm just driving along when I heard a siren and realized a police car was following me."

"Not another speeding ticket," Ratchet groaned.

"Wait, that's where it gets weird," Sideswipe said waving his hands for attention. "I pulled over and the police car just drove by."

"Most likely it wasn't after you. It logically had another designation." Prowl pointed out.

"In the middle of nowhere?"

"Most likely."

"Uhhhh. . . I guess."

Prowl decided to leave. "I'll let you know your punishment later."

"Awww!" The red twin whined.

"Do you want to 'assist' Ratchet in the med bay for the foreseeable future?"

Sideswipe glanced at the medic then turned back to the second in commanded. "Nope, I'm good."

At Ratchet's growl the two black and white bots decided to leave. "What are ya up ta now?" Jazz asked.

"I have patrol. . . but it was suppose to be with Sideswipe."

"Mah schedules clear, I'll go."

"Very well." The two made their way towards the entrance then transformed and headed out.

(Break)

The patrol was as mundane as they came. . . even with Jazz's music blasting through his speakers at full power before Prowl demanded he turned it off or he'd lose the speakers. Nothing happened and yet Prowl couldn't shake an uneasy feeling. Nothing was on their sensors but something kept Prowl on edge.

Jazz noticed. "Something on your mind?"

"Nothing," Prowl answered. Suddenly his sensors picked up an energy signal not far from them. "Wait! I'm picking up an energy signal. We need to investigate, proceed with caution."

"Yo' th' boss," Jazz said as they drove towards the signal.

They reached a wide rock filled valley and transformed. "It was around here," Prowl muttered as they looked around.

Jazz held up a scanner, "Whatever it was it's gone now."

"We should still check just to make sure."

Jazz nodded and the two continued the search. Soon they were out of sight of each other. As Prowl swept over the area with a scanner the signal suddenly faded, deciding to call off the search he was about to comm. Jazz when Prowl suddenly felt a tingling feeling traveled down his back struts. Like someone was watching him. Prowl turned and spotted a black and purple police car on a cliff across from him. As he gazed at it the vehicle backed away from the edge, turned and drove away.

Prowl stood there when Jazz arrived. "Something wrong?"

"No. Nothing's wrong," Prowl assured him. "The energy signal's gone we should head back." He walked back to the road but Jazz kept watching him suspiciously.