Chapter Eight

He pushed hard against her lips and for that moment her breath was taken away and the feeling of sensuality filled her. It truly was just a moment though, for when she was about to return a kiss back he pulled away and gave her a stern gaze.

"That's pay back." And vanished.

She was tricked, played with like a toy, all in the name of revenge. She wanted to cry again and roll into a ball where she was, but knew it would do her no good. Instead, quitting her 'try not to eat to much crap diet' sounded like a much better idea and it didn't get any more clichéd than a tub of Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream and a movie or something, nothing romantic though, she truly wasn't in the mood for that.

How much she didn't want to cry, though the tears began to flow again slowly down her cheeks as she grabbed the tub and slammed the freezer shut. Trying to be strong in times like these always lead to her blaming inanimate objects, as she too violently grabbed a spoon and threw her butt on the sofa. Flicking through the TV channels like no tomorrow, everything on it looked like crap, though she ended up settling with 'Friends' which was bound to cheer her up at some point. Before long she was chucking down the ice cream and the contrast of small warm tears still fell down.

"Get a grip of yourself Lucy!" she thought, she hated that she was weak and got upset rather easily even when she knew it wasn't worth it "He's just a jerk! A big old jerk that has nothing better to do with his life other than to feel sorry for himself and take it out on others! Leader, "HA! What a disappointment!" she continued to rant to herself until she finally stopped sobbing and saw the damage she'd done to the ice cream and decided to put it away before she caused any real damage to her just about average figure.

What was a girl to do though? There really wasn't that much options. Back in the days of Campus life with Ashley and some other friends, she could always go to them for any advice, especially on any men she came across.

"Ashley" she thought "Should would know what to do" She really needed her friend right now; she always supplied her with the best advice, though this might be a little different to others. The sad fact was Lucy needed help, heck saving!

"Autobots" She thought, she remembered the fights and also the small knowledge Megatron supplied to her about them. She knew they opposed Megatron and his Decepticons, so maybe and only maybe, they would help her? The next problem would be finding them.

She slammed her fist onto the kitchen side and slumped over it trying her best to not cry again "What am I going to do?"


Barricade sat in an alley way in one of the nearby towns watching the night go by, as every so often a person would walk past. He had to laugh at some of the reactions he received; being a police vehicle had the advantage of trust. Some humans would have one look at him and smile; one woman even waved and cheerfully greeted "Evening officer!" as she strolled by. If only they knew.

It was times like that when Barricade wanted to show his true colours, after such a battle in Mission City a couple of weeks back his body was done resting and ready to get going again, the fight with Hound was in no doubt satisfying though Barricade is still disappointed he didn't get the killing blow.

He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, he really was so bored and knowing it might be two years before some real action kicked in made it all the worse. He looked over to the front passenger seat where Frenzy used to sit, he kind of missed the little bugger and his fast ranting, he got a little bit of a telling off from Soundwave for not taking care of him enough and this was little, Soundwave wasn't known for being a conversation maker, no matter what the situation.

He deeply sighed tapping harder at the steering wheel, he could go look for a fight, his holoform was also a cop so he could get away with beating the crap out of some human easier than others but it wasn't the same for him. Now the face of the Witwicky boy when he first transformed in front of him was an expression he would like to see again, that or the hint of fear in the human's eye Lucy he also got a little kick out of but once again it wasn't the same, she seemed to be quite acquainted with the whole Cybertronian form now.

She is fascinating in her own way though, maybe because beforehand Barricade never really had the chance to fully inspect a human female in their 'habitat'. When they had their little trip to the groceries she didn't say much to him other than "Sorry" and "Thank you", which he didn't care for though next time he would like to get more out of her. Some information on Megatron would be useful and Starscream would award him for sure.

Suddenly a few heavy drops of rain pelted onto his front window bringing him out of his thoughts and very soon many other heavier drops followed.

"Next time" he said starting up his engine and driving off, he couldn't take just sitting there anymore, there had to be something for him to do. Surely with the arrival of Hound there were also other new faces among the Autobots.


Mikaela was glad Arcee agreed to let her ride with her, she noticed the femme had been feeling down ever since the death of Hound. Unfortunately she never had the chance to meet the bot, though if he was an Autobot, Mikaela was sure he was a great guy and ally. Everyone had been finding it hard to communicate with Arcee but Mikaela knew sometimes you just needed another girl to talk to no, matter how close your guy friends were, sometimes they didn't fully understand how girls worked.

The pair hit it off pretty much straight away, once Arcee gave Mikaela a chance to let her speak for a few moments. They were both strong and confident in attitude and were on the same brain level most of the time. Mikaela was just glad that Arcee had finally started to open up more about her current feelings.

A crack of thunder soon roared over the dark skies, the weather had seemed a little grey, but neither was expecting a possible storm.

"Wrong time to take a ride maybe?" Mikaela laughed looking up at the gloomy sky

"Haha! Maybe so, we can turn back if you want." Arcee offered

"Hmmm…Let's see what happens, doesn't necessarily means it will rain."

"Okay, if you say so." Arcee said as she picked up speed and rushed in and out of the empty country lanes

Mikaela wished she could take the biker helmet off and enjoy the wind dancing through her long dark locks, but Arcee would kill her…and Sam too. She sighed out loudly at the thought of her new boyfriend, catching Arcee's attention.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked

"Oh you know, just life in general." Mikaela said popping out of her thoughts

"That bad?" Arcee joked

"Haha! No the complete opposite actually. Other than the few losses we have had over the past month, things are starting to look up."

"Sam?" Arcee caught on receiving a smile back

"No point swaying around it huh? And yeah Sam, it might be too soon to say but for now everything is perfect with us."

"Why do you say that? If everything is perfect why doubt it?"

Arcee made a fair point to Mikaela, if it was already perfect why won't it always be? Mikaela had to think for a second before she replied "Well…pretty much every other guy in my life has let me down, guess it's just habit to think he will too."

"If you think it he may. Mikaela we haven't known each other for very long but from what I do know about you, your life has flipped around thanks to Sam, right?"

"Yeah, pretty much. I mean how many other men in the world helped save the world from giant robot aliens." She laughed

"Exactly." Arcee giggled back

Droplets began to fall onto Mikaela's helmet and Arcee and quickly began to get heavier and heavier.

"Would seem it did want to rain…" Mikaela sighed "Sucks…"

"Sorry Mikaela, if I was a car like the others this wouldn't be much of a problem."

"Nah! You would still get soaked yourself, besides you can ride a lot faster than the others."

Arcee smiled within "Damn straight! Ok, I'll turn us around at the next turning."


Barricade couldn't believe his luck, he went looking for an Autobot and there she was, Arcee, one of the Autobot's top scouts and she seemed to be alone. From what Barricade could see the figure could be her holoform, he wasn't too sure, but either way he was granted a fight. He transformed back into his vehicle mode and begun to pursue her.

As quickly as he nearly caught up with the femme the quicker the just heavy rain became a storm as thunder crackled across the ebony sky, washing the lands surface with its dark colours, the shower creating a mist enabling Barricade to ambush the Autobot, and within seconds he went for the pounce.

Arcee didn't expect anything at first until suddenly her radar went awry from an extremely close pursuit, closer than she expected, as she looked with her mirrors to see Barricade in mid jump about to attack her.

"SCRAP!" she cursed as her back wheel got whacked extremely hard causing her to roll and bounce on the road and sending Mikaela flying in the air whilst pelting a scream.

To stop herself from rolling, Arcee transformed and skidded across the soaked road quickly coming to a forced stop. She had a very quick gaze into the dark sky to see Mikaela now falling back to earth. She had to catch her. Who knew what will happen if she doesn't. Arcee leapt herself of the road taking large strides towards Mikaela's direction. Barricade, noticing her attempt to save the human, also sprung to his feet in a charging action in order to stop her. Arcee was so close as she dived, with hands out, about to catch Mikaela. For a brief moment there was contact between the two as Mikaela felt herself hit Arcee's hands but soon quickly hitting the hard drenched road as Barricade pounded Arcee into the nearby cliff.

The quick contact was more than enough to break Mikaela's fall though, sure it still hurt when she did hit the floor but at least nothing was broken which she confirmed, as she swiftly got onto her feet and retreated to a safe distance, also throwing her helmet of. Whilst running, Mikaela reached into her pocket and called the Autobot base. There were a couple of moments with no contact but the familiar voice of Rachet soon aired.

"Good evening Mikae-" he said but was quickly cut off

"RACHET! We need help! A Decepticon has attacked, Arcee needs back up asap!" Mikaela demanded

"Backup is on the way! Hold tight!" Rachet confirmed, sending a signal to the nearest Autobots.

Mikaela hung up and watched in horror as Arcee was taking a beating from the much larger bot. There was nothing she could do to help her friend.

The cliff slam gave Arcee a disadvantage as Barricade repeatedly smashed her into it, causing it to crumble more and more. She forced herself to think as straight as possible and gripped Barricade's arm and used it as support to perform a kick in his face, sending the bot back enabling her to perform more kicks which lead to the bot stumbling from the lack of balance. Arcee soon realised the stormy battle was taking place with cliffs all over the country side, which could work greatly to her advantage in ending the fight. Charging towards the bot she equipped her dual fire arms and fired repeatedly and quickly, causing Barricade to stumble backwards, closer to the cliff edge. In one final blow, Arcee took to the air again giving him one last extra hard kick to the chest, which was more than enough to send the Decepticon off the cliff into the invisible roads below, which the rain mist hid.

Arcee was finally able to breath and relax in her victory and welcomed the cool rain to drench her head.

"That's gunna leave a mark" she grinned, feeling the pounding that Barricade gave her.

"Hitting two ladies huh? What a gentleman." Mikaela said running over, her coat now over her head sheltering most of her body from the rain "At least you kicked his ass harder back." She smiled.

"Of course, every bot should know damn well not to mess with me." Arcee winked back


With a loud and painful smash Barricade hit the ground like an asteroid, creating a small crater around him.

"Damn femme" he cursed lifting himself up and spitting out energon. Once fully up he said, "Wait till I get my hands on her and her little rat friend." He continued to growl to himself whilst he adjusted, until he heard an engine approaching.

The mist blocked his vision but before long head lights were visible, followed quickly by the sight of a yellow Camaro speeding towards his direction. How angry he was, at the fail of his attack, he was in no state to take on a second foe as well and with that he transformed and zoomed to safety.


Within the speeding Camaro, Sam sat in the driver's seat gripping his seat belt tightly out of anticipation and frustration. He didn't want Mikaela to go alone during these times; it was only two weeks ago when Hound was killed by the Decepticons. It wasn't that he didn't trust Arcee he just would have preferred her to be with him. He sighed out loud catching Bumblebee's attention.

"Don't worry Sam we are very close now, just a couple more minutes" he confirmed.

"Thanks Bee, I just, I can't believe I let this happen"

"It's not yours or anyone's fault, just unfortunate?"

"Yeah thanks Bee, no shit!"

There was a quick pause from the out burst "I am sure she is fine Sam. Sorry for not helping." Bumblebee apologised.

"No Bee, I'm sorry, So much has happened in such a short space of time and Mikaela, she makes it all so worth it the most. I would hate to lose her."

"Have you told her that?"

"No"

"How come?"

"How does cheese sound? And besides I can't seem to find the right moment."

"Well here's your chance." Bumbleebee said pulling to a stop, bringing Sam to the attention of a human figure and transformer standing in the rain.

Sam got out of the car as quickly as possible and ran towards Mikaela who welcomed him into a tight embrace.

"God, I was so worried." Sam whispered holding her tighter "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he frantically asked checking her

"I'm fine Sam just... soaked, can we please discuss this somewhere dry?" She laughed in a begging manner.

"Yeah of course! You ready to go Arcee?"

"Definitely" she answered, transforming into her bike mode and the two made their way to Bumblebee who welcomed them both inside.

"Thanks for coming so fast." Mikaela said, "Oh Bee! Can you reverse a little? My helmet is back there."

"No problem!" Bumbleebee replied and within a few reversed paces found the helmet and all four beings drove off, making their way back to the Autobot base.

Mikaela quickly picked up on the dirty look Sam was giving her and the cold stare and silence that combined with it. She didn't want to say anything at first but she knew whatever it was it would get brought up anyway.

"What?" she asked

"How can you be so calm, so OK about what just happened?"

"Because I'm fine, Arcee is fine. We have been through worse Sam."

"That's far from the point."

"How so?"

"I wasn't there to protect you."

"Protect me? Ok now I'm some damsel? There was a time without you, you know"

"There was also a time with out a giant robot alien species fighting on our planet and besides, you know that's not what I meant."

"Are you sure? Because it sounded an awful lot like you did."

"Yes! It's just all that has happened and to just lose you like that, makes it all seem like a waste"

Bumblebee cringed at the comment, he wasn't one for wooing females often but he knew for a woman such as Mikaela that was the wrong thing to say, she was sure to take it badly.

There was a pause as Mikaela had to literally bite her tongue and look from Sam to the streaming rain that created a waterfall which ran down the window beside her, helping her to relax. She couldn't believe the cheek of what he just said and the fact he had no idea of what was wrong in his sentence, fumed her more. She finally looked back at his confused face.

"Your starting to sound an awful lot like the others." She sternly said, then turned back away from him

Sam gasped in confusion before finding his words "What does that mean?"

"Have a think through so you can answer your own question. I'm done taking to you." She coldly said leaving Sam in even more confusion.

Before he had the chance to get a next finished word out, Bumblebee turned the radio on a slightly louder volume, hinting for Sam to shut up and to also ease the awkwardness. His first plan worked, but the tension around was so thick there were doubts that a saw could cut through it. He cared deeply for the couple and hated to see them argue like this, but he had to admit Sam could be an idiot at times. He himself even knew what Mikaela was referring to, but her own mate couldn't? Bumblebee sighed inside his thoughts; there was not much he could do and it really wasn't his business to do so anyway, he just hoped that his human master grew some common sense and thought more before he talked.

He, like Bumblebee and Mikaela were young though, all three had much to learn about the values of life and its obstacles. Though this was a task he hoped Sam would overcome quickly, there were only so many slips Mikaela would take from him until she washed her hands of it all.


"Defeated by a femme Barricade? Classic." Blackout couldn't help but laugh at his companion "Seriously I thought you were better than that."

Barricade growled at the remarks he was receiving from Blackout as he sat under one of the city's bridges, Blackout standing on the other end. Both were taking cover from any spectators and the continuing storm.

"The bitch got lucky and kicked me off a cliff." He defended back.

"Yeah, yeah, okay." Blackout chuckled as he took slow strides under the bridge observing the graffiti that coated most of the original grey bricks, reminding him of an aspect which Barricade mentioned "So there was a human to?"

"Yep."

"You sure it wasn't a holoform?"

"Yes I'm sure! Most likely one of the rats from before"

"Witwicky?"

"No the femme."

"Ah, I suppose it makes sense. I can imagine Prime wanting to be as secret as possible and wanting to protect his new found human friends from the likes of you."

"What's that suppose to mean? You're a Decepticon too."

"It means; Fools like you looking for a fight."

"I'll have you know that you to helped bring that Autobot Hound down too!" Barricade said, whilst getting back on his feet and pointing a finger to Blackout.

"Yes, but that was a necessary attack. And if you didn't notice, he, like you, was looking for a fight as well…and look how that ended." Blackout explained gazing into his blade whilst reminiscing about the way it slit through Hounds throat "The last thing we need is for our numbers to go down whilst the Autobot's grow."

"I take that as you haven't had any luck with finding any others either?"

"Indeed. I haven't even heard from Starscream, the coward."

Barricade had to hold back a grin "Maybe he finally learnt his lesson?"

"Starscream? Never. I suspect he is up to something and I'm sure Lord Megatron does too."

"Only time will tell, won't it Blackout?" Barricade purposely let the grin slide catching Blackout's attention.

"Indeed" Blackout eyed him, he knew Barricade much preferred the lead of Starscream, but whether or not he actually knew of his whereabouts and plans was the next question. Starscream was not known for his sharing "I am going to report to Lord Megatron, stay out of trouble will you?" Blackout said, transforming and taking off.

"No promises." Barricade laughed, going back to his sitting position


Even though it was much easier for Barricade to report to Megatron, due to being able to blend in easier, Blackout would rather do this one himself for many reasons. The main being he wasn't too sure if he could trust his comrade or not. He couldn't tell if he was playing with him or not due to his bad mood caused by the defeat. One should be careful though still and take it on himself just in case.

Another important reason why he would rather report the incident to Megatron rather than Barricade was because a small idea sparked into his system whilst Barricade told the story. Whether or not Megatron could use it was a different matter, though it was worth a shot.

The address which Megatron gave them both soon came into view and Blackout spotted a very nearby larger building for him to land on. Luckily for him the storm clouded him enough for people not to notice. As he approached he knew it was time for him also to try out his human holoform. He landed as softly and quietly as possible and concentrated the image in his mind of which he studied many of male humans to create.

He braved a step out into the pouring ran and felt very surely its hard drops of coldness that slithered down his neck and quickly began to drench him. He looked at himself up and down.

"All seems good so far" he smiled and headed towards the exit

Once inside he was thankful to be out of the rain, it somehow felt so much more 'real' than being in his Cybertronian/Vehicle mode, though he did remember whilst researching, that humans had more senses than Cybertronian's. He walked down a couple of sets of stairs and soon come across an elevator, reckoning it would be quicker to take it. After waiting a couple of moments he was welcomed by a "ding" sound opening the doors to reveal a gold coloured box, surrounded by mirrors, with patterned red carpet that projected a loud but soft bump sound with his steps. He looked over to his left to see the buttons needed to leave and pressed the ground floor button, sending the elevator off.

Whilst the elevator motioned down he realised this was his chance to have a really good look at himself. He turned his head to be greeted by a pale face, with a light scar going diagonally on it, red eyes and thick hair black hair that nearly reached the bottom of his neck, this was longer than planned and maybe one day if it REALLY did bother him he would make it shorter, for now though it would do. He also noted he was thinner than he hoped he would be to as his grey avatar suit seemed slightly baggy on him and it seemed he should have tried harder when researching male human bodies, but this would do for now.

His head quickly turned back to the elevators doors as the same "ding" rang, to open them to an old short woman on the other side. She seemed a little startled at first when she lay eyes onto the towering drenched Blackout but quickly made her way inside to stand beside him.

The elevator was just about half way through the journey when he felt her eyeing him up and down which lead him to wonder if his disguise wasn't working maybe. Never the less he tried his best to ignore her presence until she spoke.

"Very wet outside isn't it?" she asked in a very aged voice

Blackout neither looked at her or said anything but the awkwardness of the question began to really thicken the atmosphere that made him want to twitch under pressure. He was tying to blend in though, so it was best to say something, right?

He took a breath and said in a monotone voice "Yes." And continued to wonder why humans said such stupid things at times...


Lucy laid on her bed with her feet resting against the wall whilst gazing at the phone number on her hand. She kept questioning if it was too early to call or not, she only got the number today but he was obviously interested in getting to know her, so why wait.

Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the room followed by a roar of thunder and Lucy couldn't help but go over to the window to have a look at the weather that pounded against her window. She moved her blinds enough so she could see the outside world which was now in a hazy dark grey blanket. The weather has been hot and beautiful so far this summer and even this morning it was bright with not a cloud in the sky. She soon gazed into the distance to see the skyscrapers of Mission City staring back at her. She was happy things were nearly back to normal for most of the residents but it will always remind her of the certain Cybertronian in the room next door, who was most likely laughing his ass off to himself. The thought of Megatron made her violently close her blinds and lounge back on her bed.

She looked back at the number on her hand. "Fuck it!" she grumbled, grabbing her mobile phone off her side table.

As she began to type the numbers in she found herself slowly losing confidence. It had been while since someone showed interest in her. She broke up with her last boyfriend by the end of her first year at college, due mainly to distances, but also their hearts were more into their studies and she had two one night stands during her college years also, but they didn't really count, other than relief.

So now that she thought about it she hadn't had a real relationship for around five years and even then it was beyond far too early to say if anything would ever become of her and Jamie. She found herself staring at her phone for a couple of minutes her thumb stroking the call button.

"Don't be stupid Lucia, he's expecting you remember?" she sighed and pushed the button

It continued to ring for a while until it eventually went to the answer phone, where she was greeted by a familiar voice "Hey this is Jamie. Sorry I can't take your call right now but if you leave message, I will get back to you as soon as possible." Followed by a beep which caused Lucy to panic as she had no real idea what to say.

"Hi Jamie! It's me Lucia...Lucy.. Whatever eheh! So yeah, um, it's great meeting you today and if you ever want to go out, hang out, whatever! Just call me back! Okaaaay, byyyyye!" she nervously said and hung up "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" she insulted to herself, banging the phone against her head which quickly came with a little sharp pain after. "Ouch" she whispered sitting up and rubbing her forehead.

She was happy she did it though and was rather proud of herself too. She hopped of her bed and made her way into the ensuite where she began to run a bubble bath and as she undressed, she couldn't help dance in front of the sink mirror, it was certainly an upper for the day.


Megatron was in the depth of his mind when he received the transmission from Blackout asking permission for him to come over as he had a report. Megatron was not expecting a report anytime soon so he was intrigued of what it could be, though he did make it very clear to Blackout that he better not be wasting his time.

That was ten minutes ago now and Blackout was already running five minutes late, though luckily for him Megatron was in a particularly good mood from earlier. He absolutely loved Lucy's reaction and the fact she wanted more just thrilled him ever so more, so much so he wondered how many buttons he could press until she exploded completely and broke. He smiled to himself; she was proving to be much more entertaining than expected.

There was a knock on the front door followed by two quick ones, which indicated to Megatron it was Blackout. He opened the door enough for him to come in and quickly closed it. Megatron observed his holoform and approved with a nod.

"What is it that you have to report Blackout?" he asked making his way to his spot by the window

"Lord Megatron, Barricade had an encounter with an Autobot earlier today, one of their femme scouts Arcee." Blackout explained

Arcee was a name Megatron recognised but he failed to see the importance of the news, the night two weeks ago was enough to declare more Autobots were coming to Earth. Megatron's silence was enough for Blackout to continue.

"There was a human with her also, the female with the Witwicky boy." This caught Megatron's attention.

"Continue" he eagerly said

"It would seem sire the humans are in the Autobots custody, which I believe could work to our advantage."

"That you are correct Blackout, good work for sharing this information."

"Thank you sire, when should we take action? I assume a kidnapping is the result?"

"Yes, but not yet, we are far too low on numbers."

"Shall we get back in contact with the Nemesis?"

"No, that would take far too long and I trust Soundwave is bringing his deadly little children along for when he arrives."

Blackout had a mental shiver at the thought of Soundwave's 'children', all were as mad as each other; Frenzy was hard enough to keep under control.

"Then what do you advice sire?"

"We will all keep scanning for any other Decepticons. Until then I will work on a little side project that will help us obtain my body"

"Side project sire?" Blackout wondered as he saw the cunning grin in Megatron's reflection

"Yes" he said with a hint of enjoyment in his tone "It is clear the Autobots have a soft spot for the fleshlings, trust them most likely. And what do I currently have in my possession Blackout?" Megatron asked as he now faced Blackout

Blackout was confused for a second but then remembered the female human who his master currently stayed with "A human." He answered

"Yes, it's about time she started to show any real useful qualities to me and this is perfect. We will use her as a mole, we need someone who can gain the Autobots trust and in time the fools will tell her everything we need to know."

"This is excellent sire, but how will we get her to the Autobots?"

"I was about to explain you fool!" Megatron sternly said receiving an apologetic look back "When the time comes we will organize a fake kidnapping which will purposely go wrong for us. We will 'kidnap' both Lucia and the Witwicky's female and propose a trade off for only one. Now this is where it will go wrong for us. We will purposely be defeated by the Autobots, Lucia will perform a little act to persuade them to let her stay with them and that is when she will get needed information to us."

"Such as the location of you body"

"Precisely."

"Though sire, forgive me if I ask. Why would Lucia do this for us?"

"Freedom." Megatron bluntly smiled, "I know she wants it more than anything, so I will offer it to her when the time is right, she won't refuse."

Blackout nodded in approval "When do you think we can put this in motion?"

"I can't say for the moment, first we need more Cons and second I need to gain Lucia's trust." Megatron paused and turned back to the window, leaning against it "You are dismissed; inform me of any new arrivals on both sides."

"Yes sir!" and with that, Blackout left the apartment.

Megatron couldn't believe how perfect this was all fitting in to; the unfortunate human was now the most fortunate for him. It seemed happy accidents do exist, some may even say destiny.

He was honest though when he said he couldn't say for the moment when the plan could take action, fortunately he can be patient when need to be, though his little trick on her earlier may have kicked it self back and slow the process down more. He sighed, he guessed the first right move was an apology.


Lucy lounged in silence in her bubble bath unaware of the visitor and conversation that took place only a couple of rooms away. She had completely shut down the world around her, only concentrating on the aromatic smells around her and large amount of bubbles that slowly and gently swished and popped against her.

"This looks nice." Said the deep voice leaning next to her, causing her to jump out of her skin.

She knew who it was immediately and prayed for the day when his sneaking up became predictable. Though looking at her track record so far that wasn't happening any time soon. She looked over to see the rather cute and innocent looking face of Megatron leaning his face on the bath tub whilst looking at her.

"It was" she grumpily mumbled but was thankful the bubbles covered her body

"That's not very nice to say is it?" Megatron chuckled.

"You would know about not being very nice." She said and looked away from him

He laughed again; he found her very amusing when she was grumpy "Are you still upset with me?"

"The cheek!" Lucia thought "Yes I am" she clearly said, putting her head high

"Aww, I'm sorry dear." He said

Taking Lucy by surprise she turned to face him "You're what?"

"Sorry." He smiled

Lucy tried her best not to blush or smile as he actually looked so cute when he was being sincere. She turned her whole body in the bath to face him, elbows now leaning over the tub "You mean that?" she gently asked

"Of course." He whispered back giving her nose a little peck with his lips "Forgive me?"

The blush was definitely back now and she couldn't look at him in the eyes "Yes" she timidly said.

"I am glad." He lightly chuckled playing with the few bubbles on her arms "As I said, this looks nice."

She giggled "It is. You should try one some day."

"Pfft I doubt it." He scoffed

"What? It feels great." She teased sinking herself slightly

"I'm sure it does fleshling."

"Hey! If your going to be nice to me, at least call me Lucy or Lucia!" she remarked

"My dear I will call you whatever I please, but if I had to choose I will certainly say Lucia."

"Ha! Reminds me of my mother."

"Well it is your name."

"Yeah, but I prefer Lucy. Lucia makes me sound stuck up my own ass."

"I do not understand that term much, but if it is what I think, it doesn't make you arrogant. A name alone can't achieve that."

"Maybe on Cybertron, but here I don't want to risk it."

"I would describe you more as ignorant, you're far from arrogant."

"Ignorant?" she said in a harder tone and unimpressed look "And I can be pretty arrogant if I want to be!" she couldn't believe she was about to defend a trait she didn't want to be labelled with

"Do continue."

"I'll have you know I was one of the top students in my Computer Science class!" she proudly said.

"With a piece of scrap like that laptop of yours?" he laughed.

She now gave him a cold look, the nice conversation they were actually happening gone sour thanks to Megatron, of course.

"Get out" she slightly growled and was surprised when he actually did get on his feet and began to leave

"Fine, but do remember Lucia; Ignorance is bliss" he grinned and left the bathroom, shutting the door behind leaving Lucy in an ironic bubble of different confusions.


Author Notes

It's finally hereeeee! I had some trouble with this one at first because I honestly had no real idea on what to write even with my notes by my side and was extremely worried that this was going to be my shortest chapter...thankfully inspiration kicked in and I found myself creating an 11 page chapter (still shorter than my average but is acceptable...I think)

I would love to thank my Beta reader Dorment for going through this and correcting my bad habits xD

I hope to get the next chapter up within a couple of weeks because from what I can see from my notes...it's going t be a long one...and PREPAAAARE! There is going to be some major, major fluff next time ;)

Keep the reviews coming as well guys! I honestly love them! They really keep me going and inspire me, so thank you all!