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Confrontation~

Sideswipe was once again gone. I was not sure when he would be back or how far away he was. Everyone was gone in fact, but I was promised that they were not that far and would be back later that afternoon or evening.

I think Skids or Mudflap were around but I could not stand to be around either of them so it did not matter much which one it was. They annoyed me with their speech and mannerisms. They were rude and out of control most of the time. They locked me in a storage building and forgot me there. I was horse for days from the hours I spent screaming for help all the while nightmare images flashed before me. All they had for me was a sorry we fogot about ya. When they tried speaking to me a few days later I glared at them before walking away. They had the nerve to tell me not to be like that and that I was rude. I was the one who was held down while Ratchet poked me with needles and then held me captive in med bay the rest of the day. I was the one who had to deal with fresh nightmares because they were too stupid to open a door.

I wish Optimus would find them a position at the north pole and forget about them.

At least I have a car I thought to myself. I can get dressed and leave for the day. Hell I can do whatever I want. No one is here to have a fit about where I go or if I eat a proper meal.I can get dressed and leave for the day. I decided then that I was going to spend the entire day out and eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.

I stood in the shower until my fingers looked like prunes. I got out and dried my hair before heading to my closet.

I grabbed a pair of my super skinny jeans that Ratchet hated. He always ranted about how unhealthy they were. They are just a pair of jeans for cryin out loud. Sighing I found a white heavy turtleneck and a deep grey American Eagle zip up hoodie to wear over it. I grabbed a pair of thick socks and my lace up heavy leather shoes. I saw on the weather that there was some snow last night. I decided against my leather coat and chose my charcoal grey heavy wool coat since it was a bit longer and heavier.

I walked out of my room with my keys in hand ready to go out for the day. As I walked down the hallway I spotted Skids. I closed my eyes hoping the idiot would not spot me. I managed to get past unscathed. Thankfully he either did not notice or did not care. I made it to my car and started it up.

The wide, heavy doors opened for me and sure enough there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Good thing I had my heavy wool coat on. Not much stuck on the roads so they were not slippery.

I made my way over to a restaurant I liked and pulled in. I decided to have a blueberry turnover. Feeling slightly guilty I made myself feel better by pointing out that blueberries are a very healthy fruit. I had one of the best french vanilla cappuccino's I had ever tasted to wash down the turnover. I thought about taking it out to my car but seeing the snow I decided to stay in where it was warm.

I finished and headed out to a book store I had found in the area. I decided to look in the new releases. I paused and looked around. I had that feeling of being watched. Everyone was absorbed in their own browsing so I shrugged it off and continued to look. I found several books that captured my interest so I added them to my basket. I wound up with a nice pile of books that was sure to keep me occupied for a while. Satisfied that I had plenty to keep me busy for the next week.

I headed to the check out. I could not shake that feeling of being watched. I looked again but there was no one even glancing in my direction. I turned to the cashier and handed her my credit card while the hairs on my neck stood on end.

I walked to my car and beeped the doors open. I got in as quickly as I could and hit the lock button. My hands actually were shaking a bit.

I pulled out my cell phone and started a text to Sideswipe. I typed in [someone is watching me] I got ready to send it before thinking how stupid that sounded. How do you know someone is watching you? I imagined him asking me. Well I had the creeps in the book store. Oh good one Kari, You just got me blasted in the chest plate because you distracted me about having a case of the creeps. I hit cancel and closed my phone.

I reopened it and hit the call button for Zackery. I was about to hit the green phone to start a call but before it could go through to ring I hit cancel. I still had no clue what I would say.

I feel like I am being watched, but I do not see anyone. I could hear her now. Can you do anything without needing someone to hold your hand? Or some other smart ass comment she was famous for.

Sighing I decided my imagination was simply in overdrive. I started my car and headed out.

I spent quite a few hours in the bookstore picking out new things to read. I thought about where I would like to go. Taco's sounded awesome. I pulled into a fast food restaurant and ordered a couple of taco's with a pop. I sat down at a corner booth and ate my lunch. Even the grease that ran out of the taco tasted wonderful.

I went to the wash room to wash the grease off my hands before once again heading out into the cold.

I decided to head out to this little out of the way set of buildings that had various stores. It was rather small but very quaint. They were set in a secluded area but the peaceful park like setting had me wondering how beautiful they would look in the snow.

I pulled into the drive and noticed that there was only a couple of cars in the parking lot. There were patches of the parking lot where the snow stuck so I drove around looking for a clear area. I finally found a little spot that was clear in behind some trees. I stepped out of my car and admired the beauty of this little shopping center.

The tree's were bare of leaves, but were beautiful with the fresh layer of snow. The lamp posts that glowed in the dimming light of the late afternoon setting sun made the place look like something out of a Charles Dickens novel.

I walked across the parking lot and made my way to the first store. This little shop seemed to have a lot of hand made jewelry. I did not care for this type of jewelry but the work that went into making each peace was impressive. I browsed around for a while before waving at the cashier and leaving.

I browsed through a card shop and a candle and bath store. I read almost every card before getting to the bath section. I found a bath salt that smelled wonderful. I took the bag of the pink crystals to the front and paid for it. I turned down a sac and shoved them in my pocket since I did not carry a purse with me.

The next door was a coffee shop. Someone left right as I came up to the door letting the delightful smell out. I could not resist after smelling the aruma of coffee, chocolate and donuts. I got myself a hot chocolate and a donut. I took a seat by the window so I could watch the winter scene outside while I ate my snack.

A large green pick up truck pulled into the spot in front of the coffee shop. I glanced at it briefly before my attention drifted elsewhere. I finished my donut and tried my hot chocolate to see if it had cooled enough to drink yet. I sipped on it, then licked the whipped cream off of my lips. I started to get that same feeling I had in the book store. I shivered and looked around. Again there was no one. I must be going crazy thought to myself.

Finishing up my drink I threw my cup away and headed out the door.

It was getting a bit on the dark side so I decided to head back to my car. I had wandered farther from my car then I thought. The shops on this end of the shopping strip had already closed. They must be closing early since the customers are light and there is snow on the ground. The bitter wind blew and I shivered as I bowed my head and crammed my hands in my pockets. Shivering I hurried to my car.

I came to a opening between buildings when I someone roughly grabbed my arm. I was thrown against the building and slammed into several times hard enough to knock the wind out of me. The last one slammed my head into the bricks causing my vision to go dark and stars to appear before my eyes. I drew in a breath to scream when a rough hand covered my nose and mouth. I could not breathe I tried prying off the hand that was suffocating me.

"You little piece of shit" a deep voice seethed at me. The hand disappeared and I was thrown to the ground. I gasped for air. Before I got enough air to scream a hard kick landing in my stomach. The air whooshed out of my lungs once again as pain exploded in my stomach.

"You are such a worthless piece of trash. I am going to have some fun kicking your ass before I turn you over to the decepticons." He growled out as he roughly jerked me up by my coat and slammed me into the building once more.

I stared at the man who was attacking me in disbelief as I struggled to catch my breath.

"You do not know me do you?" He harshly whispered just inches from my face.

I shook my head no as I whimpered in pain and fright.

"I am Allison's brother, Michael. You and your lying little mouth ruined my family. We never had any trouble until my sister ran into you. She told me how you were the one who planned everything then blamed it all on her. I am going to have fun beating the hell out you before handing you over." The look on his face and tone of voice were full of hate.

With that I was thrown on the ground again and he once again started to kick me anywhere he could land a blow. I could not even draw in a breath to scream. I curled into a ball trying to protect as much of myself as I could.

His hands grabbed my coat and hauled me up slammed me into the building. He roughly grabbed my face with his leather gloved hand and leaned in close enough to my face that I could feel his breath on my cheeks. "You know what those decepticons are going to do to you now don't you? He asked in an evil sort of gleeful tone of voice. " I only hope they let me watch you scream."

He drew back his fist getting ready to punch me. I raised my arms up to protect my face. I finally found my voice and started to cry out.

"Hey you! What are you doing there? You let that girl go right now. I am calling the cops." My attacker pulled his punch short and stared at the little man who had interupted held a cell phone to prove he was going to call the police. He threw me to the ground and hard as he could with a curse and chased the little man.

I rose up to my knee's as I tried to calm my frantic breathing. Seeing my moment to escape I got up and ran as fast as I could to my car. I was thankful the pavement was wet instead of snowy so there would be no tracks. I clicked the door locks open and climbed into the back seat laying down as flat as I could. I opened my phone and hit green phone button twice. I knew it would call the last person I had talked to. Panic had scattered my thoughts to much to even think about scrolling a list of names to find help. I hit the call button, and the speaker button. My hands were shaking so bad I was having trouble holding the phone steady. The call went through as I hyperventilated.

"Zackery here, what's up?" I could no longer control my panic as I screamed in terror and pain into the phone.

A clang from something heavy dropping followed by a, "OW -the hell…Kari! What's wrong?"

Th..this guy just grabbed me. He hit and kicked me and said he was going to kick my ass before turning me over to the decepticons I got out between my sobs.

"Alright, just stay calm...stay calm you hear me? I'll get a message out to the Autobots and they can piggy back off the signal to find you."

"Zackery Please help me!" I screamed into the phone. I shook with my screams as I felt wave after wave of terror.

Zackery interrupted my screaming, "Calm down calm down, okay? I'm working on it! I've got Prowl on his way...Sideswipe is right behind him. She yelled trying to be heard over my screams.

I calmed down enough to notice how cold I was. Shivering I glanced out my window looking for any sign of my attacker. I was so cold I could not stop shivering. I looked down and noticed I was coated with a thick layer of snow that was now melting.

Suddenly my car seemed to come alive. A low hum started from the front of my car. Stunned I glanced up to the front to find my dash was glowing blue. I jumped and curled into a tight ball as my doors started glowing from the area's where it looked like reflectors were placed. A blue beam started going every inch of the inside of my car. I could hear a slight beeping with random flashes now and then. My GPS started flashing random numbers.

"Zackery!" I now whispered into the phone as the beam just finished passing over me. "My car is doing strange things. I think I need to get out."

"Don't you dare. Stay where you are, I'm doing what I can to keep the line from being jammed!" Zackery commanded.

My dash continued its humming I jumped when my car started to blow warm air on me. Once again I looked up, My attacker was standing by the green truck looking around.

"Zackery he is right outside. He is looking for me." I whispered I knew I was starting to loose control of myself again. I fought the urge to start screaming again.

"Just keep quiet, okay? I asked Wheeljack to gimme the blueprint of your car's upgrades. I'm going to lock the doors; Sideswipe should be about 5 blocks away!" As she said that I heard the click glancing up at the clicking sound I saw my locks were in the locked position.

I started to hyperventilate again as I saw my attacker walk towards my car. He then pressed his hand to my window trying to see in my windows. I did a double take when I noticed how they were now much darker tinted then they had been. Even in the midst of my panic I wondered how my window had grown so much darker.

"Zackery!" I whispered through sobs, "he is looking in my window."

"Kari listen to my voice. Stay calm. Prowl is right around the corner from you. Just breathe; you're going to be okay" Zackery said as she tried to help me fight off the panic that would make me scream and give away my location.

He dropped his hands then started trying to open the door. I closed my eyes and prepared to be hauled out of my car by him.

About that time I heard squealing tires. My panic stricken mind did not even comprehend that help was here. The back door whipped open a second before two hands grabbed me under my arms and pulled me out of my hiding place. Terrified that I was about to be beaten before being handed over to face a horrible death I screamed once again. I tried grabbing onto the frame of my car to pull myself away. I screamed, Help me," into the phone that lay open on the backseat of my car. My hands were easily pried off the car, and I was pulled away from the safety of my car. I started kicking and swinging trying to hit anything in an attempt to break free.

"Zackery he has me! Oh god please help me!" I once again screamed as loud as I could.

"Whoever the hell you are, if I find you I'm going to melt your eyes shut!" Zackery growled into the phone.

My attacker looked down at my phone and said," Relax it's me, I have her now, but she is not in a stable state of mind. Hold while I subdue her."

"...Prowl you son of a bitch you scared the HELL out of me!" Relief evident in Zackery's tone.

My mind in full panic while my body remained in a fight like hell to survive state could not comprehend that it was Prowl who had me and I was safe. I fought with every ounce of strength I could muster up I let out another scream before sobbing, "Zackery please help me I don't want to die."

"Kari! You are safe, stop fighting me!" He yelled. The stern voice was familiar but I was so scared that if I let him get the upper hand I would be hauled off to my death.

The same familiar voice was told me, "Calm down, Kari." But I was sure my mind was playing tricks as I continued to fight. "Enough is fraggin enough," the voice growled. I was spun around as my arms were pinned to my side. The man holding me curled around me locking me in an embrace I was helpless to break free from. My back was pinned to a car as tears flowed down my face as I screamed as loud as I could hoping to draw attention to myself.

"Kari! Stop It! It is me Prowl, stop fighting me." Prowl's fierce voice again yelled right into my ear trying to break through the panic that was making me fight him.

The severe sound of his voice finally penetrated the panic induced haze. I looked up and saw the face of Prowl looking down on me as his body was wrapped around mine as he had me pinned to the side of his vehicle mode. Even though I stopped fighting Prowl kept me held tight against the car. I was completely pinned.

Tires Squealed loudly as Sideswipe whipped into the parking lot. Fresh sobs of relief washed over me as I saw the familiar silver car slide to a stop just feet away from me. Sideswipe's holo form appeared next to me. It was only then that Prowl let up off of me. As Prowl backed away Sideswipe picked me up. I clung to sideswipe as he lifted me off the ground. He walked over to his own vehicle mode and sat down with me in his lap. I could not contain the fear anymore. I once again started to scream as he cradled me like I was a tiny frightened child. He was rocking me whispering that he was here now and I was safe. I felt him pull my hair away from my face before he held my head to his chest. I clung to him as sobs and tremors shook me.

Prowl watched me screaming, the look on his face as he got a good look at me was more dangerous then I had ever seen before. He watched for a moment before turning to my car and leaning in.

He pushed a few buttons on my GPS and said, " Zackery you there?" He paused waiting for her then louder, "ZACKERY pick up!"

"I'm on like, a gazillion other lines, Prowl. Keep your voice down!" I heard Zackery voice blare out of the radio from my car.

Prowl spoke into my car again," I was about ready to enter the main entrance of the base when I get this priority one alert. I beat my aft to where my guidance system is indicating the distress beacon. I show up with Kari in a screaming fit and beat all to hell. Do you have any information on what the slag is going here?" Prowl spoke loud enough to ensure Zackery heard him into my car.

"I'd like to know, too. I get a call right in the middle of work and she's hysterical about some guy that had beat her up. Luckily she was smart and jumped into her car; whatever...or WHOEVER that guy had with him was trying to jam her signal and prevent her from getting help."

"He was going to hand her over to the decepticons. Good thing I managed to get a hold of Wheeljack."

"A human? Male?" Prowl asked in that tone of voice I recognized when Prowl had turned into the security officer. He was collecting statements to start an investigation.

"Yeah, a dude." Zackery answered.

I watched Prowl scrutinize me before his eyes carefully scanned the area around us.

"Ratchet is going to meet us back at the base and get her calm enough to see if I can get some answers out of her. Let me get the files from the vehicle downloaded before I continue our interview."

"Prowl...don't let Sideswipe see the snapshots."

Prowl stared at the car's dashboard before turning his intense investigative gaze on Sideswipe and myself.

"I agree," Prowl said as he continued to scan the crowd for his suspect.

"Zackery-out."

A few people had started to collect watching the scene in the parking lot. "It's all under control. Go back to your business." Prowls stern voice commanded.

~ Once again I want to send out a huge thank you to Great Diabla Assassin who stayed up into the wee hours of the morning typing out what Zackery says for me.