A/N: Sorry for such a late update, I was having a serious case of the writors block! So this chapter probably isn;t really great, but I tried my best. Curse Writers block!

Zayren Heart: Yeah poor Barriacde. he got a hug out of it though. I think that makes up for it lol

siluvstf: Indeed

Orange: Thank you for the review. While it is true that the relationship is kind of moving fast, it is also true that Sara's personality allows people to gain her trust faster then other people. Barricade DID save her though and at the time she trusts him. That does not mean he has gained permanent trust.

Jacqueline Walker: Good to know I'm not the only one who got the fuzzy feelings!


It had been several days since Sara was injured and her trust with Barricade had increased. He had not earned her full trust yet, but he was getting there. Barricade could not care less about Sara's trust, as long as she did not threaten to turn him in to Earth's authorities. Then again, she was one of Earth authorities. However, Barricade knew that she would not turn him or Frenzy in. No matter how much he irritated her each day.

"Barricade! Look what you did; this is going to take forever to clean!" Sara almost yelled, conscious of the fact that there were other people outside. It would be embarrassing to be caught talking to a car, even if she knew it was alive. However, that was not the current issue at the moment. Her thoughts were preoccupied currently by the mud that covered her yard and part of her house. Barricade, apparently, had taken it upon his self to get rid of all the mud on him instead of waiting for her to clean him. From what Sara saw, it looked as if he had shook it all off like it was nothing.

"I'm not going to sit here waiting for you to wake up for me to be clean" Barricade growled, annoyed. He revved his engine in warning, ignoring the staring the other humans outside were giving him. He stopped, however, when he realized how much attention they were drawing. They could not talk like this forever; it would raise suspicion. Sara was about to say something when Barricade interrupted her.

"How about I help you clean the mud up then? Will that make you happy?" Barricade growled, leaving Sara completely confused. She had no idea how he was going to help clean it up as a robot, let alone do it without being spotted by other humans. Barricade watched Sara as she tried to comprehend what he had said, taking this opportunity to go over the instructions before activating the device. The device in question created a human form of his self, allowing contact with other humans without arousing suspicion. He would have activated it sooner, if not for the many distractions.

It took a few seconds before the holoform stabilized, stepping out of the cruiser. Sara nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw him, startled. The man appeared to be in his late twenties, wearing the same uniform as Sara. His eyes and hair were the same brownish color, though his eyes appeared to be a little lighter. He had slightly tan skin, though from far away it looked as if he was pale. Sara studied him for a moment before walking over to him.

"Well, now that was surprising. Why didn't you activate it earlier?" Sara asked, still amazed by his holoform. She knew he was not really human, but he sure did look like one. For a few seconds Sara marveled at the technology, wondering if humanity would ever reach the cybertronians level.

"Certain..distractions caused a little delay in the activation. Now, however, I can help you clean up this mess" Barricade said, walking over to the front of the house. He stopped after a few seconds, realizing he had no idea how to clean everything. Sara watched him, amused. She finally made her way over to him, passing by him and entering the house. She came out a few minutes later with the necessary cleaning supplies. Barricade watched her suspiciously, having no idea what she was holding.

"This shouldn't be too hard, even for you. All you do is spray and wipe" Sara said, handing him a wash cloth and a bottle of window cleaner. He took the bottle suspiciously, staring at its contents. It was a strange new substance to him, and he was wondering if it would kill him if it touched him. He was so absorbed in his thoughts he failed to listen to Sara's instructions.

"Got it?" she asked, staring at the distracted Barricade. He snapped back out of his thoughts and nodded, acting as if he had been listening the whole time. Sara smiled and walked away to start cleaning other parts of the house. She was sure he could handle a simple job like cleaning the windows. Barricade watched her go then approached the window, having no idea what he was doing. He stared at the bottle for a moment then ripping the strange object on top off. He took the bottle and splashed it all on the window.

This is pretty simple, he thought as he took the washcloth and began to roughly scrub the window. As he washed, he noticed that some of the mud was not coming off. Frustrated, he increased his strength and pressed down hard on the window. The window shattered, sending glass shards flying. Barricade jumped back, trying to avoid getting hit with any of the glass. Even if he was in his holoform, any pain it received he felt as well. He glanced over to where Sara disappeared, relieved to see that she had not come running. He would have to fix this before she saw it herself.

"What did you do?" a voice asked, causing Barricade to freeze. He looked through the broken window to see Frenzy, who seemed amused.

"I'm fixing this fragging thing. Help me glitchhead" Barricade growled, irritated. Frenzy stared at him for a moment, wondering if he should help. He decided to in the end, since Barricade was a lot bigger then he was. The little bot took a few pieces of glass and began to try and fit them together. As the two of them worked, neither noticed the cop car pulling up to the curb. Not until they suddenly heard a voice.

The newcomer was another officer, one of the nicer veterans. He had arrived to speak with Sara about work when he noticed Barricade. From his point of view, it looked like Barricade was breaking in to her house. He saw the window was broken and Sara was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey! Freeze" the officer snapped, causing Barricade to jump. Frenzy ducked and hid inside the house, leaving poor Barricade to deal with the officer. Barricade raised his hands up slowly, deciding against transforming and annihilating the officer. He did not want to break his cover.

"Wait, I can explain. I was cleaning the window!" Barricade said, staring back at the cop. The officer stared at him, raising an eyebrow. He had never seen the guy in his life.

"Really? Then why is it broken? Get in my cruiser. Now" he said, glaring at Barricade. Barricade glared back, though he complied and walked to the cruiser. This was a minor annoyance and he was sure Sara would end up helping him out of this mess. She would still be mad about the window though.


Frenzy watched from inside the window as Barricade's holoform was led in to the cruiser and taken away. Cursing their luck, Frenzy hopped down on to the floor and ran to where he had last saw Sara. In his hurry, he nearly ran in to her leg as she was exiting her room.

"Frenzy, what are you doing? You scared me!" Sara exclaimed, picking up the little bot. she noticed that Frenzy seemed to be troubled by something, causing her to frown.

"Barricade's holoform was taken by a fleshling!" Frenzy nearly yelled, panicking. Sara stared at him, repeating the words in her head.

"Fuck that's right! Another cop was coming over today…Wait, what did Barricade do to get in trouble?" Sara asked Frenzy, walking in to the front room. Frenzy did not even have to answer, the broken window visible. Sara stared at it, torn between helping Barricade or leaving him with the cop as revenge. Sighing, she decided to do the right thing.

"God damn it. I gave him a simple job and he turned it in to this" Sara muttered, walking outside and towards the cruiser. She climbed in, hesitating at first. She wondered if Barricade could tell if she was in here or not. The car came to live as she sat down, signaling that Barricade did know she was inside. Sara gripped the steering wheel, backing out of the driveway and heading towards the station. Barricade could not drive himself at the moment.


Barricade could feel when Sara hopped inside him, turning the cruiser on for her. He could not speak to her, since he would end up speaking out of his holoform as well, but he could at least turn on. He glanced at the two cops now watching him in the small cell he was in. They would look at him every now and then, to make sure he was behaving, but for the most part they ignored him. Barricade could care less about what they were doing. He stared at a wall, impatiently waiting for Sara.


Sara parked in her normal parking spot, rushing out of the car as fast as she could. She had left Frenzy inside, deciding she would not need him at the moment. She stormed loudly in ot the station, startling the officers.

"S-sara, hello! I thought you still had a few days off" one of the officers said, nearly choking on his donut. Sara only gave him a quick hello before rushing over to the Chief's office. She nearly slammed the door open, causing the Chief to jump. She softly closed it behind her and stared at him.

"Chief! Sorry for barging in like this but I'm here for a man arrested at my house. He was mistaken for a thief. I'm here to bail him out" Sara spoke quickly, exhausted. She looked at the man, who seemed ot be deep in thought. He sighed then spoke.

"I'm sorry Sara, but I can't allow that. The man will stay here. And so will you" he said, standing up. Sara stared at him, shocked. She had no idea what was going on, but she did not like it. She backed away towards the door, prepared to run out.

"What? Why? I didn't do anything!" she exclaimed, gripping the doorknob hard. Chief Vermont sighed, disappointed. Sara eyed him suspiciously, wondering what was going on here.

"Sara, you're wanted by the government. Earlier today a strange man appeared from nowhere in your yard. One of your neighbors reported it. Now, the government wants you. I'm not going to argue with the law" Chief Vermont said, reaching for his pistol. As soon as he did, Sara yanked the door open and bolted out. She had to get to Barricade fast. She slammed in to one of the officers by mistake, sending him to the ground. Sara ignored his complaints as she dashed towards the holding area. She heard Chief Vermont yelling behind her, causing her to run faster. She jumped over officer's desks as she made her way for the door. She kicked open the door to the holding area and burst in.

"Out of my way!", she snarled as she shoved the two guards out of the way, completely unlike her usual self. Barricade heard her voice, and the anger, and jumped. He noticed her standing there, looking distressed. The two guards were on the ground, groaning in pain.

"Sara? Wha..", Barricade was cut off when he heard yelling. He picked out the words and knew exactly what was going on. He shimmered for a moment before vanishing, realizing he had been found out. It was time to leave. Sara watched him vanish and ran towards the door on the other side of the room. She had to escape as well, bursting through the door and rushing down the hall. Luckily she knew where another exit was.

Barricade roared to life, causing Frenzy to jump. He held on as the car backed out suddenly and jerked to the left. He had scanned the station so that he could find out where Sara was headed. He raced to the door she was expected to come out of, jerking around and causing Frenzy to be thrown around inside. The poor bot had no idea what was going on.

Sara came bursting out of the door, jumping in to Barricade as the other officers came running out. They shot at Barricade, trying to stop him. Barricade just raced out of the parking lot, racing down the street. He expertly dodged other cars, ignoring the shrieking of a panicking Sara inside.

"Barricade slow down!" Sara shrieked, holding on to the seat for dear life. Barricade noticed, strapping her down with the seat belt. The Decepticon ignored her request, knowing that it was not safe just yet.

"Frag off! If they know about me, then you're government is involved now. Which means-" Barricade cut off suddenly, jerking to the right. He had seen with his mirror four black vans, all driving at insane speeds like he was. There were humans pointing strange weapons out of the window at him, causing Barricade to speed up. As soon as they began to fire, Barricade took action.

Sara felt the whole inside of Barricade shifting as Barricade began to transform around her. Sara shrieked, startled, as she was suddenly thrown up in to the air. Barricade skidded across the road, knocking cars out of the war and firing at the vans. Three of the vans managed to dodge, the fourth being blown off the road. As soon as he had fired, Barricade caught Sara and transformed back in to his alt mode. Frenzy had been hanging on to him the whole time, used to Barricade doing this. Sara had gone pale.

Barricade sped up even more; dodging as they humans began firing at him. The weapons left scorch marks in the ground, causing Barricade to question their origin. They seemed to be cybertronian, but Barricade did not know how they had got a hold of them. He weaved in and out of traffic, trying to lose them. Barricade continued this cat and mouse chase for a long time, relieved when he finally managed to lose them. He turned off on to an exit and into the parking lot of an old gas station. He opened the door, letting Sara out. She seemed to be shaken, but otherwise okay. She did not look at him when she spoke.

"Barricade, who are you?" She asked quietly, not looking at him. Barricade transformed, staring down at the human. She already knew he was a cybertronian. He had told her his self.

"You already know, I told you" Barricade pointed out, scanning the are quickly to make sure it was safe. He watched as she turned to face him. She looked as if she was dealing with many things at once.

"No you didn't Barricade. You didn't tell me who YOU are" Sara said, turning around. She walked over ot the gas station, leaving a confused Decepticon staring after her.


A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Sorry for making you wait so long again (Curse writers block!). Its getting a little dramatic now!