It's past one thirty in the morning again...perhaps I shouldn't stay up so late...oh well. I enjoy staying up late. Anyhow, here's the next chapter. And yay! I've updated all my stories!
Chapter 7: No Freedom Tonight
Aurora looked up at him in shock and disbelief. "You lost my sister?" she hissed, shock sinking in.
"I left her alone for just over five minutes and when I cam back, she was gone," Wing-Saber exclaimed, "We have to find her."
"Have you looked around for her?" Optimus questioned, "She could have gone back up to the house."
"I—I doubt it. I sort of…left her outside the decepticon section of the base."
"You what?!" Aurora exclaimed, "What kind of bodyguard are you?"
"A bad one," Wing-Saber confessed, "I'm going to look around the base a bit more."
"Alright, I'm going to take Aurora back up to her house so we can look there…and Aurora needs to change her clothes before she gets sick. If Angelique isn't up there we'll be back down," Optimus explained.
Wing-Saber nodded his head and then asked, "What if Angelique isn't back up at the house…and what if I don't find her here?"
"We'll radio Megatron," he stated matter-of-fact and then turned and headed out of the base with Aurora.
Wing-Saber watched them go and then resumed his search for Angelique.
As Optimus and Aurora approached the house, they saw no lights were on. Aurora hoped to God that Angelique was only playing a prank; that the decepticons hadn't gotten to her. Aurora stepped inside the house with Optimus and flicked on the light switch. She immediately looked to the shoe mat and saw that her sister's shoes were not there. Optimus watched as Aurora sighed heavily and slipped off her shoes.
"You want me to look around for her while you change?" he asked.
"You can look for her if you want, she's not here."
"Go get changed," he said.
And Aurora went to her room where she got a dry pair of clothes and then went into the bathroom to change. As she did so, Optimus looked around the house just to be sure Angelique wasn't there, and found nothing. He waited in the living room and just as Aurora came out of the bathroom Optimus's comlink burst to life.
"Wing-Saber to Optimus."
"I'm here Wing-Saber."
"I've looked everywhere in the autobot section and neutral zones of the base. Angelique isn't here," Wing-Saber reported.
"Alright…she's not up here either. Aurora and I will report back to base and get a hold of Megatron. Chances are he'll know where Angelique is."
"Yes sir," Wing-Saber replied and ended the transmission.
Aurora looked over to Optimus and said, "If that jerk named Megatron has my sister he will pay."
Optimus put an arm around her and said, "Something will be done about him, that's for sure."
And the two of them headed back down to the base.
Angelique felt cold metal beneath her…and her head was pounding…she was still so tired. Her eyes fluttered open and she was nearly blinded by a bright light…and she quickly squeezed her eyes shut before groaning, "Where am I?"
She heard a soft chuckle before the voice of her dreams replied, "I see you're awake…earlier than I thought you would be."
Angelique's memory slowly returned to her…the date…running away...then the closet…and finally Megatron coming. She reopened her eyes this time prepared for the light, and her eyes soon adjusted. She glanced about the room noticed she was still in the base. Her vision was blurry and she could barely make out the outline of a dark figure looming over her.
It was a few moments before her vision cleared, but when it did, she saw Megatron looking down at her with an evil, sadistic look on his face. Angelique managed to pry her eyes from his face and noticed she was currently lying down on a couch. The room they were in appeared to be rather spacious, and it also looked like there were multiple rooms connected to the one room they were in.
Feeling her eyes becoming heavy with sleep from the anesthetic, she asked in a pathetically tired tone, "Megatron…whaddo you want…with me?"
"Foolish girl, how many times do I have to tell you that you belong to me?"
"Oh…yeah," she said resting her head back against the couch. She yawned, "Where am I?"
"My quarters."
"Oh…" she managed to sigh before falling back to sleep.
Optimus and Aurora had made it back into the base and were currently trying to enter the decepticon territory of the base, but one obstacle stood in there way, and that obstacle was named Thundercracker. Just as they were about to take a step into the decepticon section of the base, the seeker stepped out in front of them and demanded, "Where do you think you're going?"
The autobot leader looked to Thundercracker and exclaimed, "We have business with Megatron, let us through."
"Sorry, but you have to get Megatron's permission in order to come in here."
Aurora snarled not caring about Thundercracker's size or strength as she grabbed him by the neck with both hands and pulled him down to her eye level. Optimus looked just as shocked as Thundercracker did when Aurora scowled, "My sister is missing and we have every reason to believe Megatron was the reason for her disappearance. I'll be damned if I find out you had a part in it too, now let us in!"
Thundercracker swallowed hard and said, "Let me radio Megatron."
Slowly Aurora let him go and the decepticon tuned his comlink to Megatron's. "Sir, this is Thundercracker," he spoke.
Static and then, "What is it?"
"Optimus and Aurora would like to see you."
"Why?" questioned Megatron.
"Aurora says her sister is missing and both she and Optimus believe—
"Missing?" Megatron asked in a faked surprised tone, "They lost my human?"
Optimus and Aurora glanced at each other not sure what to think. Optimus knew there was the possibility that Megatron was pretending, he was good at lying, and he didn't want Aurora believing his lies.
"Apparently so," Thundercracker replied, "Can they come in?"
"Show them in, they can find me in my quarters."
"Yes sir," Thundercracker said ending the transmission. He then looked to Optimus and Aurora before stepping out of their way.
Aurora and Optimus then proceeded into the decepticon section of the base. When the two of them were out of Thundercracker's view Optimus stepped a little closer to Aurora and warned, "Stay close to me."
Megatron sighed impatiently knowing he had to hide Angelique now before Optimus and Aurora came knocking on his door. He thought for a moment trying to think of where he could hide her, and then he remembered that right outside the base was a fenced in portion of property, he didn't know or care who it belonged to, he just knew the chain link fence was high enough to keep Angelique in and there were plenty of trees to hide her behind. Opening a dimension gate, he gruffly lifted Angelique in his arms and took her through it. Once through, he found a patch of trees and hid the sleeping girl amongst them. Megatron then opened another dimension gate and went back to his quarters.
Aurora sighed feeling deterred by what Megatron had said when Thundercracker had called him. Optimus noticed Aurora's downcast mood and said, "We'll find your sister."
"What if Megatron doesn't have her? He sounded pretty surprised when he heard Angelique is missing."
"Take into account that Megatron is an expert liar. He had expressed an interest in enslaving your sister, so all fingers point to him," Optimus exclaimed.
"I don't know…Megatron was willing to let us come in to talk with him."
"He could easily hide her, there are—
"Wait!" shouted a voice behind them.
Aurora and Optimus turned and saw Wing-Saber running up to them. When he got to them Aurora asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm coming with you guys. It's my fault Angelique disappeared in the first place and I'm going to help find her," he explained.
Optimus nodded, "Alright…but, how did you get past Thundercracker?"
"Hit and run my good friend, hit and run."
The autobot leader shook his head and the three of them continued to Megatron's quarters. When they got there, Optimus knocked. It was a few moments before Megatron answered the door, but when he did he looked them over before finally saying, "Where's my human?"
"You're human?" Aurora fumed, "Say that one more time and he'll punch you." And she pointed to Optimus.
Optimus looked from Aurora to Megatron and said, "You can stop pretending Megatron, we know you took the girl."
Megatron crossed his arms annoyed, "I haven't seen that wretched human for the past few days, including today."
"She was last seen outside the decepticon section of the base. That's a rather strong clue that either you or one of your minions has her," Wing-Saber piped up.
"Just why, in the name of Primus, do you think I have her?" questioned the decepticon leader.
"Oh, let's see here," Aurora stated and then mimicked Megatron, "Where's my human? I have unfinished business with her that needs to be taken care of."
"Yeah," commented Wing-Saber, "Just what was up with you coming to Angelique's window last night and telling her that you were going to take her back permanently very soon?"
"Angelique?" he asked.
"My sister!" Aurora hollered back, "You mean to tell me you didn't even know her name?"
"I saw no reason to."
"Just what happened last night?" Optimus questioned, "Did you or did you not visit Angelique?"
"I never saw her!" Megatron shouted.
Aurora growled and shoved past Megatron into his room saying, "I don't believe you!"
Megatron crossed his arms, "You can look for her all you want, you're not going to find her."
Optimus thought for a moment and then said, "Aurora, Wing-Saber, let's go, it's quite apparent Angelique isn't here."
Angelique woke up surprised to see the starry night sky above her. She rubbed the remainder of the sleep from her eyes and sat up to take in her surroundings. She saw her house not too far away, and she also saw the entrance area of the base. Immediately she recognized where she was, though she had no idea how she got where she was…other than Megatron putting her there.
"Well that means," she thought out loud, "I better get going before Megatron comes back…if he comes back." With that she got up and quickly started heading to her house.
"Go?" both Wing-Saber and Aurora exclaimed surprised.
Optimus nodded, "Yes, now come on."
Slowly Aurora came out of the room. She shot Megatron a glare as she walked by. Megatron snorted in reply and Optimus sighed. Wing-Saber, Optimus, and Aurora then began walking back to the autobot section of the base. Megatron watched until they disappeared around a corner and then went back into his quarters shaking his head. Once inside he opened a dimension gate and stepped through to go retrieve Angelique.
Aurora glanced to Wing-Saber and then Optimus before letting out a frustrated sigh and exclaiming, "Optimus, why the hell are we letting Megatron off the hook like this?"
"Angelique isn't there right now," he answered.
"So? We torture him until we get her back!"
Optimus shook his head, "No, we lie low a couple days and then catch him unaware."
"Can we afford to wait a few days?" Wing-Saber wondered, "Chances are Megatron is not going to feed her or give her anything to drink."
"Then he'll be forced to let her go," Optimus said, "I have a feeling that he does not want her dead."
Aurora sighed. She wasn't sure if she entirely agreed with Optimus's plan, but yet she didn't know what else to do. All she wanted was her sister back, safe and sound, and she hated waiting while not knowing where her sister was and if she was alright or not.
It wasn't long before the three of them exited the decepticon territory and were back in the autobot section. Wing-Saber faked a yawn and said, "I guess I'm going to head off to recharge."
Optimus nodded, "Stay out of the decepticon portion of the base as well. We want to keep a low profile."
Wing-Saber nodded and headed off to his quarters. Aurora watched him and when he was gone she stated, "He's too worried about Angelique to sleep."
"I noticed. Come on, I'll walk you home," he replied offering her his hand.
She smiled and took it while saying, "Our date was awesome, despite the disappearance of Angelique."
"The next one will be better," he explained.
Aurora looked at him surprised, "Next one…really?"
"Well, I would like to go on another date with you."
"Where to?"
"You decide," he said as they headed to the exit of the base.
"My house, a double date with you, Angelique, Wing-Saber, and I," she answered.
"I see I will have to wait then," Optimus mused and then added, "You're worth waiting for though."
Aurora felt her cheeks flush.
Angelique had just scaled the fence, cutting her arm in the process and she could feel the blood beginning to trickle from the cut. A flash caught her eye suddenly and she glanced behind to see a dimension gate opening.
"Oh crap," she exclaimed and quickly ran across her yard into the house.
The lights were on in the house and as Angelique came in, she didn't bother to shut the door behind her as she kicked her shoes off. "Aurora?" she called afraid to shout because she thought Megatron would hear, "Aurora?"
Aurora didn't answer and Angelique realized she wasn't in there and that she had to hide. She was scared to death of Megatron for the first time in her life and it was all she could do to keep herself from throwing up. Shaking her head she crossed the kitchen and headed to her sister's room to hide since the door to her room had been broken from when Megatron tore it open, and she just didn't feel safe in there. She left a small trail of blood behind her.
Megatron was surprised when he got to the brush where he had left Angelique and didn't find her there. He glanced over to her house and zoomed his optics in on the windows…just in time to witness Angelique cross the kitchen before she disappeared down the hallway. Knowing he had gone through too much to lose her now, he took to the air and flew over to her house.
Angelique had just locked the door to her sister's room when she suddenly heard the screen door in the kitchen creak open and then bang shut. She nearly wet her pants when she heard a male voice she loved call out gruffly, "Human, I know you're in here, come out now."
Thinking quickly, Angelique went over to the window and threw it open. Quickly she punched out the screen. There was a knock on the door and then a taunting, "Human…"
Angelique slipped one leg out and then the other just as the door was ripped open. She glanced behind herself seeing Megatron, and she quickly slid out the window where fell five feet to the ground…and landed on her ankle wrong. She grimaced as a wave of pain shot up her leg. Ignoring it though, she stood and quickly hobbled forward in an attempt to out run Megatron to the base. As she ran though, the pain only became greater and she slowed drastically. She was just about to look behind herself when Megatron tackled her to the ground by a cluster of trees in her yard. She landed on her stomach, but the decepticon leader ruthlessly flipped her over. His fiery blue optics met her hazel eyes and she screamed, "AURORA!"
Optimus and Aurora had just exited the base when they heard the scream. "That was Angelique," Aurora exclaimed and then took off running towards the house shouting, "Angelique?! Where are you?"
"Aurora!" Optimus hollered, "Aurora, wait!" And he took off running after her.
Megatron turned his attention to the gully when he heard Aurora and Optimus coming. He slammed a hand over Angelique's mouth and pressed himself down hard against her to keep from being seen as he whispered harshly, "Don't make a sound."
Angelique let out a small whimper that was barely audible. Megatron ignored it and watched as Aurora and Optimus ran by and into the house. Megatron then scooped Angelique up, opened a dimension gate and the two of them disappeared through it.
Optimus caught up to Aurora at the door to the house. She stood there looking into the house before she questioned, "Why is the door open?"
Aurora then opened the screen door and walked into the kitchen where she noticed Angelique's shoes and remarked, "Look her shoes!"
Optimus saw the shoes but a small patch of red on the linoleum floor caught his optic as well and he questioned, "Aurora, is that blood?"
Aurora saw it and her eyes followed the trail of it through the kitchen. She and Optimus followed the path of blood into her room where she noticed the screen in her window was missing and blood on the window sill.
"Oh my gosh," Aurora exclaimed, "Someone chased her through the house…and why was she bleeding?"
Optimus examined the window sill and noticed something. There was a small spec of energon on it. "Well, I'll be," he exclaimed.
"What?"
"There's energon here."
"Do you know whose it is?"
"I'll scan it and see if I can find a match," he explained as he scanned the energon with a small device that he had pulled out of his subspace.
Aurora sighed and sat down on the bed. Optimus came over and sat down next to her as the device searched for a match to the energon. "Aurora, do you want to come down to the base with me and stay in my guest quarters? I really don't like the idea of you being up here alone," Optimus explained.
"Can I? I really don't feel safe being up here by myself."
"It's settled then, go change into your pajamas and—
"Energon match found," spoke the device suddenly.
Both Aurora and Optimus looked to see a picture of Megatron's face on the screen.
Angelique stumbled out of the dimension gate ahead of Megatron and into his quarters. She turned around and looked at him, reading the familiar angry and annoyed look on his face. He crossed his arms and looked back at her before saying, "That was amusing…but it infuriated me nonetheless, therefore you will be punished."
She didn't know what to do let alone say. From years of watching Transformers on television she knew begging simply annoyed Megatron. And she didn't have the guts to fight him, but she really didn't want to be his slave either. She glanced at her arm and noticed that the cut really wasn't bleeding anymore and she sighed heavily before saying, "I'm going to go commit suicide in the bathroom now."
The decepticon leader scowled, "Worthless human, go fix your wound and report back to me, immediately."
"But I hurt my ankle and—
"And you were able to run from me, so I really don't care."
Angelique took a long look at him before hobbling into the bathroom, surprised that Megatron had a bathroom in his quarters and shut the door behind her.
Optimus watched as Aurora clenched her hand into a fist and then slammed it onto the bed. "That dirty rotten scum bag!" she declared, "He lied! He has Angelique!"
"Well, now that we have the proof against him we'll have to formulate a plot to get her back since Megatron has made it quite clear that he's not giving her up."
"Why though? Why is he so obsessed with her?"
Optimus shook his head saying, "Aurora, we've been over this."
She sighed heavily before replying, "I know. I'm just worried about her because she is my sister and all."
The autobot leader put an arm around her and exclaimed in a comforting tone, "It's alright to worry about her. We'll get her back as soon as possible…but we can't tonight. Megatron would be expecting us. And you need to rest anyways."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Don't argue with me."
She gave a small smile and went over to her dresser where she pulled out her pajamas and said, "I'll be right back." Aurora then went to the bathroom where she changed into her pajamas. Grabbing her brush, she returned to her room where she obtained a small backpack and put her clothes for tomorrow in it, as well as her brush. She then looked back to Optimus and said, "Okay, I'm ready to go."
He looked her over seeing she wore a baggy t-shirt and boxer shorts. Her ensemble was quite humorous, but he also thought it was cute. "You sure you'll be warm enough with that on?" he asked.
"I'll be fine," she responded, "Are there blankets and pillows down there already?"
"I'm pretty sure…if not we could always come back up here and get some."
Aurora shook her head, "Apparently you have not heard that Americans, especially this American, are very lazy."
"We can use a space gate," he explained.
"I thought Vector Prime opened those."
"He does, but he's not the only one," Optimus continued.
"I see," Aurora said putting her arm through a strap on the backpack and resting it on one shoulder, "Let's go."
"Right."
And together they walked back down to the base. Aurora couldn't figure out why Optimus wanted her to stay in his guest quarters…especially when she had quarters of her very own in the base.
Angelique sighed as she cleaned her cut up; the cut really wasn't bad, it had only bled pretty good. "Dumb fence," she thought. Turning the water off from the sink, Angelique glanced about for a towel…and found an electric hand dryer, similar to those found in bathrooms today. Using that, she dried her hands and her arm. She then glanced to her ankle. She pulled her pant leg up and saw it was a bit swollen and puffy, but she figured it'd be alright in a day or two if she stayed off it. Sighing again, Angelique walked out of the bathroom to face Megatron and whatever punishment he had in mind.
She stepped into his quarters, but she didn't see him anywhere. The door to exit his living space was only a few feet from her…if she ran fast enough she could most certainly get out of the decepticon leader's quarters and his base and find one of the autobots to protect her. Angelique took a step towards the door when suddenly a voice boomed behind her, "Where do you think you're going?"
Angelique stopped and turned to see Megatron, "Oh crap…pretend you never saw this."
"Pretend I didn't see you try to escape? Never," he exclaimed, "It's quite clear now that I cannot trust you."
"Just…what are you going to do about it?" she asked.
His right hand began to glow purple. Angelique had never seen him do this before and warily took a step back. Megatron smirked and said, "You'll very soon find out. Now, remove your shirt."
"Remove my—WHAT?!" she remarked shocked, "I don't think so."
"Don't make me take it off for you; it won't be pleasant if I do it."
Knowing this was going to be highly embarrassing, Angelique slowly took her shirt off. Her bra concealed any indecency, but she still felt partly naked. A slight chill hit her, and she crossed her arms in an effort to keep warm. Megatron ignored her and simply said, "Very good human."
Before Angelique could grasp what had happened, she suddenly found herself pinned against a wall by the decepticon leader. He smirked evilly at her before he placed his glowing hand on her chest. It took a moment for the pain to sink in, but when it did, it was all Angelique could do to keep from throwing up.
"Don't scream," he growled, "Or I'll kill you."
She grit her teeth together and bit back the scream that was dying to escape her throat. The girl felt herself wavering between consciousness and unconsciousness. Just when she was about to give in to sleep, Megatron removed his hand and released her. Angelique grabbed her shirt and ran into the bathroom without even glancing at the decepticon leader. Megatron shook his head as he watched the door close.
Angelique immediately went over to the sink where after a few long moments she managed to convince herself not to throw up. When she was finally nausea-free, she looked at her chest in the mirror. On it was a newly brandished decepticon insignia…and it was metal. She could tell from the way it shined unnaturally compared to the rest of her skin. Luckily it didn't stick up from the skin, but its deep purple color was a dead give away. Angelique groaned and went to touch it, only to send stabs of a severe burning sensation traveling from her chest through her torso. Sighing heavily, she put her shirt back on. Fortunately her shirt was light and didn't rub too much on her "tattoo." She then left the bathroom for a second time.
It wasn't long before Aurora and Optimus arrived at the appropriate quarters. They went in, and Aurora was a bit surprised by the enormity of the autobot leader's quarters. It consisted of a few rooms, those rooms being an office, bedroom, and something that resembled a living room. There was also a spare bedroom off of the main bedroom. And thankfully, the spare bed had pillows and blankets.
"Wow, are everyone's quarters like this?" Aurora questioned.
"Sadly no, being the leader of the autobots gets me a nice room like this. I personally do not think its right, but my troops insisted I stay here," Optimus explained.
"Interesting, how come you wanted me to stay here and not at my own quarters?"
"I don't want to risk you being taken by the decepticons."
Aurora nodded, that was fair. "Well thanks a lot Optimus. I'm off to bed." And she walked into the spare room only to reappear a couple seconds later to add, "Oh yeah, despite Angelique being taken, I had a lot of fun tonight."
Optimus smiled and watched as Aurora disappeared back into the spare room, the door closing behind her. He then went to bed himself, and it wasn't long before he or Aurora fell asleep.
Angelique yawned rather loudly as she walked back into Megatron's quarters. He looked at her with an annoyed expression on his face. She merely shot him a glare as she asked, "Just what is that insignia for?"
"To show proof that you are mine," the decepticon leader replied.
"Will it ever fade away or come off?" Angelique inquired hoping.
"No," he simply answered.
She sighed heavily while scratching nervously at her arm. A few moments of an odd silence passed before she said, "I'm tired."
Megatron let an agitated groan pass his lips before he replied, "You're lucky I have a spare bedroom."
Angelique's eyes widened a bit as she asked, "You have a spare quarters in your quarters? How cliché! Do you plan on inviting Starscream over for a slumber party sometime?"
Megatron turned to her and seized her by the throat, "If he cares to come over and help me torture you then I'll give him a call on my comlink, what do you say?"
Angelique could hardly breathe and simply choked out, "I'm sorry I asked."
He smirked, "Good human." And then he let her go saying, "Come with me."
Megatron then turned his back to her and Angelique proceeded to give him the naughty finger before following after him. She smiled smugly to herself because he never noticed. It was seconds before they came across the correct room. Megatron opened the door; Angelique would have never guessed there had been a door there because it looked so much like the wall…perhaps it was supposed to be hidden that way. Angelique glanced inside the room; the walls were blah but the room itself was cozy looking, especially the bed.
"I hope that satisfies you," Megatron exclaimed, "Because I'm soundproofing the room and locking you in until tomorrow night."
"Until tomorrow night? Why—
He shoved her in the room saying, "Because that's when I get done in the throne room." And he shut the door. He then locked it and soundproofed it before walking away and going to bed himself.
Angelique growled as she climbed into the bed and snuggled under the covers. She was hungry, but she couldn't eat or drink until tomorrow night. Rolling over she noticed something through the darkness.
"Well, at least there's a bathroom," she thought before falling asleep.
Yes, the bathroom is an extreme necessity. Well, it's two in the morning, me is going to bed. Please review!
