Barricade drove away from the meeting, still slightly annoyed at the new human liaison, and he wasn't the only one. Ironhide had wanted to show the fleshling his cannon, but Prime had objected. Galloway must be an idiot if he thought everything would be okay if the Autobots left the planet, that the Decepticons would magically disappear. Barricade had been a ' Con for a long time, he knew that whatever the 'Cons were planning was big, and the Autobots leaving would only just help them achieve that goal.

:Barricade: commed Optimus.

:Yes Optimus?:

:I am planning on going to see young Samuel to ask him for help in our situation. The humans must be reminded of the trust we share by another human. Tyrell has agreed to accompany me, and asked me to tell you. I believe that you would want to accompany us:

:Yes Prime, I would want to accompany you:

:Very well, we leave in a couple of hours:

Barricade cut the connection. He was glad to have an opportunity to go visit Bumblebee it had been a few months, though they did comm each other every now and again. Laughter caught his attention; he looked to see Dials playing with Elita-1. He smiled as he watched the sparkling play, in his spark he was as much a guardian to Dials as Tyrell.

"Cade!" yelled Dials as he caught sight of the Mustang, escaping Elita he rush towards Cade. Cade transformed and caught the sparkling as he threw himself at Cade.

"Dials, I thought you were going to play with your dad" laughed Cade as Dials began climbing up to his shoulder.

Dials shrugged his shoulders as he reached Cades. "That man that talked bad to Uncle Optimus asked to talk to him, so my dad sent me to give Aunt Elita, Chromia, and Arcee a welcome home hug. I've been playing with Aunt Elita since."

Barricade had a sinking feeling about what Galloway said to Tyrell, that slagtard probably didn't want to just say hello. Cade put a smile on his face, "I got to go talk to your dad, we have to leave in a few hours to go on another mission."

Dials immediately began to pout, "But you just got home, and dad promised to play with me, he pinky swore."

Barricade and Elita couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of Dials pouting. "I know sparkling, but this is even more important than our last mission. I promise that after I talk with your Dad, we'll both paly any game you want."

This immediately cheered up Dials, "Okay Uncle Cade, remember any game I want!"

Cade nodded seriously as he walked back to Elita who was smiling, she offered her hand and Barricade placed the sparkling in it. "Would you mind watching over him for the next couple of days. Tyrell and I are going on that mission with Optimus in the few hours."

"Of course Barricade, I would love to watch my favorite nephew" she replied, tickling the said sparkling who began giggling madly. Barricade nodded his thanks before he turned and began to walk to the soldiers barracks. He mauled over the warning Demolisher had given, he knew that he had heard of the Fallen but couldn't remember who he was. He soon found himself in front of Ty's room. He activated his holoform, he raised his hand to knock, but he noticed the door was already slightly ajar.

"Ty, are you in here" asked Cade as he entered. His eyes swept the room, taking in the new wall decorations, freezing when he saw a hand on the far side of the bed. "Tyrell!" yelled Cade rushing over. Ty was crumpled on the ground on his back. Barricade knelt down quickly determining that Ty still had a pulse. Barricade put his arms under Ty's knees and shoulders lifting up him up bridal style. Ty hung lifeless in his arms as Cade carried him outside, splitting his consciousness he managed to transform back into his alt-mode while still holding onto Tyrell. He placed him gently into his back set, immediately taking off towards the med-bay comming Ratchet as he drove.

:Ratchet, I found Ty unconscious in his bedroom, I'm bringing him in now:

Barricade couldn't imagine what had happened, Ty had been fine 20 minutes ago, what could have happened. The med-bays doors were opened as he speed to them. He came to a screeching halt, popping the doors open for Ratchet, Ratchet carefully extracted Ty from Cade's backseat. As Cade transformed Ratchet began running scans over Tyrell. Other than an increase in brain activity, nothing was out of place, that was until he caught it, the same small energon signal that he had caught after he scanned Ty back at the Hoover Dam, when he thought a stray nanite was still online. He looked at the worried face of Barricade.

"Other then the bruises from the seat belt, he's fine, there's nothing I can find that would cause him to black out."

"Could the ribs have something to do with it. He seemed to be in a lot of pain when he got off the plane, he was planning on coming to see you to double check he hadn't broken anything."

"No the ribs have no way to do this, and as I said in Shanghai, he didn't break any of them."

Tyrell's head pounded like someone was taking a jack hammer to it. What happened to me. The memories came flooding back, but not as violently as the first time. He knew for certain that the symbols were Cybertronian, he guessed that the mech with the fin beard was the Fallen. What was the point of remembering this, why was this happening now? He began to become aware that someone was talking.

"I'm telling you Barricade I can't find anything wrong with him!"

Ty could tell that Ratchet was getting annoyed.

"Well can you make a guess when he should wake up?"

"Right about no" said Ty as he sat up, startling the two mechs. Relief washed over Cade's face as he saw Ty set up, Ratchet peered down at Ty.

"Tyrell can you tell me why you think you passed out?"

Ty paused for a moment, he knew that he should tell Ratchet what happened, but a feeling that Ratchet wasn't the right bot to tell about. He knew that he couldn't tell anyone at least for now.

"I think I do Ratchet, I locked my knees, that's why I fainted." Ty knew that it was a lame excuse, but it did happen to people. Ratchet examined to possibilities, his doctor's radar was telling him that Ty was hiding something else, Ty could tell by Ratchets narrowing optics that he didn't really believe Ty's excuse. Ty couldn't make himself look at Barricade, knowing that he would tell immediately that Ty was lying.

"I am going to hold you for the night, just in case," decreed Ratchet.

"But Ratchet, I'm supposed to go with Optimus to see Sam today."

"I'm sorry Tyrell but your staying here even if I have to put you in a box"

Ty narrowed his eyes "You wouldn't dare"

Ratchet narrowed his further "Try me"

Ty cast a glance at Barricade with a pleading look, unfortunely Ratchet caught it.

"You'll be staying in the med-bay also Barricade, so I can keep an eye on you to, I don't want another incident involving a wrench, like you had at the Hoover Dam."

Ty sighed, emitting defeat. "Can I at least get a few things. I mean, I still need to take a shower."

"No, Barricade will get your things, Jolt will escort you to the showers"

Ty grumbled as Jolt walked up, "Faint once, and get treated like a prisoner"

Jolt just smiled and held out his hand, Ty reluctantly got on the outstretched hand.

"Hey Jolt, can you swing me by my room I need to get some fresh cloths."

Barricade watched Jolt walk away before turning to Ratchet. "He's lying, I'm sure of it."

"Yes I agree, but why would he lie about falling unconscious?"

"I don't know, are you sure there was nothing odd with your scans?"

"The only different was an increase of brain function while he was still unconscious, that and a slight energon reading. I took a similar scan after Mission City and picked it up then, I thought then it was just a stray nanite that hadn't offlined yet, I have never picked it up since. Yet here, almost two years later I pick it up again, I don't have a clue what it is. I think you better keep a close eye on him for the next couple of days."

"I will Ratchet" said Barricade looking Ratchet straight in the optic, "I best tell Optimus to postpone the mission until tomorrow morning."

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Ty gathered up his scattered shower supplies as Jolt's holoform leaned against the wall.

"You know that you can wait outside, I just have to get a few more things."

Jolt chuckled "And face Ratchet if you faint again while you're here, and I'm outside not watching you, no way. I might be his apprentice, but I'm still in danger of his wrench.

Ty huffed and continued to pick up his things, when he was done he followed Jolt outside were he allowed Jolt to pick him up and carry him to the showers. Here Jolt agreed to stay outside, which Ty was grateful for.

Ty took a long hot shower, the warm water relaxing his bruised ribs. He examined his marked hand. The glyph had almost faded away in the past year. Now Ty realized that it was coming back, but instead of coming in the black it used to be, it was now coming back in blood red. Ty clenched his hand into a fist, placing both on the wall, putting his head under the stream. A single tear ran down his face, getting lost in the drips of water. Why was this happening to him?

"Ty are you alright in their" called Jolt, not coming in. Ty turned off the water.

"I'm fine Jolt" he called back, he grabbed his towel and dried off, taking a moment to shave his face before he changed into a set of fresh clothes. When he stepped out of the shower room, he was clean shaven and fresh.

"About time you came out, I thought you might have drowned" grumbled Jolt.

"Well, I didn't tell you that you had to stay outside the whole time."

Jolt just shook his head, not saying anything just walking back to the med-bay. Barricade had already come back with some of Ty's things, at the moment he was playing Go Fish with Dials. Dials looked up at the sound of Jolt entering, his face lit up "Dad!" he called, not getting up from his game. As Jolt set him down, Ty could see that Dials was beating the pants off of Barricade. Ty just watched as Dials 'coned Barricade out of all of his cards and win. Ty laughed at the look that Barricade had on his face as he bent down and pick up Dials, throwing him up in the air a few times causing him to giggle.

"Your becoming the little card shark" commented Ty as he held the giggling sparkling in his arms.

"Yup" said Dials proud fully "Can we play a game now Dad, you pinky swore."

Ty nodded seriously "A pinky swear is a pinky swear, so what are we going to play?"

"Monopoly! Uncle Cade told me that your not leaving until tomorrow so we can play till supper time!"

Supper time was a good four hours away still. Ty plastered a smile on his face as he set Dials down before throwing a glance at Barricade, who tried to look innocent. Dials set up the game, even snagging Ratchet into playing. It was a surprise to everyone when Ratchet dominated the game, making everyone go bankrupt by the time it was supper. Dials refused to leave until he extracted a promise from Ratchet that he would teach Dials his strategy. He chuckled as he looked down at the cheering sparkling. "I just want to warn you, I'm nothing compared to other bot's especially Prowl. That 'bot can have five different strategies in place that will all work perfectly. He never makes a move unless he's entirely sure that he can win. Main reason why he's Optimus second in command."

"I thought Jazz was Optimus's second in command?" asked a confused Tyrell.

"Jazz is 3rd in command, he is the acting second in command until Prowl arrives" stated Ratchet "Now Ty I will escort you to the mess-hall, Barricade there is energon here for you and Dials."

"Ratchet's evil plan to keep us apart stage two" whispered Tyrell dramatically. Ratchet just huffed as Barricade laughed, taking Tyrell away.

Ty held tight to Ratchet's finger as Ratchet walked, Ty couldn't help but feel like a sparkling himself. He managed to escape before Ratchet could power up his holoform to go into the cafeteria with him. He grabbed a tray of food and moved to sit next to Lennox and Epps, who began to laugh when they saw his annoyed expression.

"So you managed to escape your nurse maid" inquired Epps smiling. Ty gave him a glare that would have did Judy proud, Epps laughed even more, Ty ignored him and began to eat. Lennox bumped Epps in the shoulder.

"Let him alone Epps," giving Epps his own glare before continuing on "You alright Ty, heard that you passed out in your room."

"I'm alright Will, I'm pretty sure I just locked my knees, that's what caused me to pass out. I'm stuck to the med-bay so that Ratchet's 100% sure that its not something else."

Lennox nodded, buying the story. "That happened to me a few times when I was a kid….Hey Ratchet"

Ty turned his head slowly to look at the annoyed expression on Ratchet's holoform's face, he gave him a weak smile.

"Haha, you found me" Ratchet just shook his head looking a little disappointed which made Ty feel guilty.

"Come when you done" was all he said. Before Ty could answer Lennox did.

"He will Ratchet, I'll make sure of it", Epps was nodding in agreement. Ty hunched his shoulders, everyone was ganging up on him. He turned his attention back to his food as Ratchet left, ignoring Lennox and Epps. He made sure to take his time, enjoying his supper. The sun was beginning to set when Lennox and Epps escorted him outside to Ratchet. When Ty came back to the med-bay, he found Dials begging Barricade for a story.

"Dials, I have a story to tell you, but first can you find me a candle?"

For the next hour, Ty told Dials a story using his hand to make shadows to illustrate the story. The sun had just disappeared over the horizon, and Ty was tucking Dials in for the night when the alarms started to sound. Barricade's comm burst to life. His processor struggling to sort out what was being said.

"Barricade what's going on" demanded Tyrell, Dials crawled out of bed to hug Ty's leg scared. It was the first time that the alarms had sounded signaling a Decepticon attack. Ty bent down and picked him up, watching Cade's face. He jumped when Cade broke our swearing.

"Slag it all to the Pit, dam, dam, dam!"

"Cade what happened!"

"The All-Spark shard has been stolen by two Decepticons!"

Ty stood there frozen, his heart pounding in fear, the blood leaving his face barely catching on that Barricade was still speaking.

"Optimus has talked to Ratchet, we are leaving in ten minutes, Elita is coming to take Dials." Ty nodded his head slowly, his brain trying to wrap around the sudden turn of events. He became aware that Dials was shaking in his arms.

"Hey, hey, its okay" soothed Tyrell rubbing small circles on his back. "Everything is alright." His heart seemed to break as Dials began to softly cry on his shoulder. Even though Optimus needed him, Ty wished he could stay and comfort his child awhile longer. All to soon Ratchet, followed by Elita and Optimus came rushing in. Ratchet picked Ty up without warning and began running scans over Tyrell as Optimus began to speak.

"Tyrell, Barricade, with the shard gone it is even more vital for Sam to speak for us" he turned to face Barricade. "Barricade the shard was taken by these two Decepticons." Optimus projected two images. Barricade growled he recognized the two.

"Ravage and Reedman. Ravage is one of Soundwave's cassettes, and Reedman is more of Ravage's hands than anything else.

"Do you think that Soundwave is on Earth?"

Barricade shook his head, "I would be more worried that Soundwave is up there" pointing skyward. "Up there he can hack into any network by just attaching himself to a satellite."

Before Optimus could answer, Ratchet interrupted. "Ty can go, my scans reveal nothing new."

"Thank-you Ratchet" answered Optimus and Tyrell at the same time. Barricade held out his hand to take Ty, but Ratchet stopped him, pointing his finger at both mechs before him.

"He better come back in the same condition he's leaving in" he warned before he dumped Ty in Barricade's waiting hands, pausing long enough to say good-bye to Dials before handing him to Elita. Ratchet watched as the three left his med-bay with a heavy feeling in his spark.

I have a bad feeling about this, Ratchet didn't realized he spoke this aloud until Elita answered.

"They'll be fine, you worry too much Ratchet" assured Elita patting Ratchet's arm before she to left with Dials in tow. Even with Elita's reassurance, he could only feel dread as the sound of the plane taking off grew fainter and fainter, till it could not be heard any longer. Ratchet turned around and walked to his office closing the door behind him.

In the med-bay, the candle Ty had lit and told a story with blazed still. No one had bothered to put it out in all the excitement. Not one breath of wind blew, no draft at all, no one witnessed when the candle went out suddenly, casting the once cheerful med-bay into blackness.

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Sorry for taking to long to update. On December 27, I accidentally broke my sister's laptop and have been unable to type since then. Thankful my parents have bought a new computer so I can type again! So please review, this story is just beginning.

P.S the candle is symbolic to something I have planned.