Who would've ever thought college could be so time consuming? I'm trying to manage though. Updates aren't going to be quick from now until December 16. I know that's a long time, but I PROMISE I will update whenever I get the chance. Stay tuned to my profile though, I'll update you on my life as much as possible. Anyways, until I update again, here's this chapter to enjoy. I finally thought of an ending for this story, so, it'll be ending soon...maybe XD


9. Dead Line

He thought about her on her knees before him. He thought about her body pinned beneath his, writhing against his. Barricade sighed heavily, knowing that he was torturing himself. If he wanted Kristen, he knew he could just take her. He was a Decepticon; he didn't have to ask for anything, whatever he wanted he was free to take. But there was something inside of his spark that told him otherwise…something that told him she was worth waiting for, and it pissed him off.

They had arrived back to Princeton, New Jersey about an hour ago and now he was just patrolling the streets, Kristen sitting quietly in his passenger seat. Barricade dared to steal a glance at her and saw she was staring intently out of his windshield, more than likely lost in her own thoughts.

"Why do you want to have sex with me?" she asked suddenly, startling him.

"Why?" he repeated. He didn't rightly know.

"I mean, I thought you hated me," she said.

"You've never done anything to me…I really have no reason to hate you," he replied as he thought about it.

"What happens after I become a transformer?"

"You'll probably be my charge for a while, that is until you know the ways of the Decepticons," he explained.

"Am I that tempting?" she asked after a moment.

"Kristen…you started it, I'm going to finish it."

"You're a Decepticon though, why haven't you just taken me?"

"Is that what you want me to do?" he demanded angrily.

She didn't say anything as she peeled her eyes away from his windshield to stare daggers into his dashboard. The obvious answer was no. Barricade growled as he looked away from her. Femmes were impossible to figure out sometimes and he certainly didn't want to be sentimental about this.

He didn't really feel like driving around anymore, so he pulled over in an alleyway before parking. Kristen sighed as she stretched out before relaxing into his seat.

He grit his teeth together. That's what it was, all her damn pesky movements. The way she talked, the way she smelled, the way she looked, her tantalizing personality, her sweet, sweet innocence, the way she tasted…it drove him crazy. He just wanted more and more. This was so much worse than lust.

"Barricade?"

He hesitated before replying, "Yes?"

"Are you one of those guys that are just looking to get with every woman that comes their way or do you want me because I mean something to you?"

He didn't immediately reply, which caused Kristen to sigh and frown. She looked to him before saying, "During the drive back…it occurred to me that you're going to probably be the only Decepticon I ever get to know…"

Barricade looked to her, hope rekindled. "If you're afraid…" he said, "I'm not going to lie, it's going to hurt, but I'm not doing it for my own personal satisfaction."

"Then why?"

"There's something deep within my own spark that draws me to you, I don't know what it is but it's so hard to resist."

"Lust?" she asked scornfully.

"No," he growled, chidingly, "I know what lust is and whatever I'm feeling for you now is not…" He stopped as the realization came to not only him, but to Kristen as well. He watched as her eyes went wide in shock and quickly looked away. Why, out of all the transformers that existed in the universe, did it have to be her that he liked? His body was reacting in the only way that it knew how.

"I-I think I'm going to go for a walk," Kristen said, "Are you going to stay here?"

"I won't be going anywhere, but keep your walk short, 30 minutes, no longer. Do you have a cellphone?" he asked.

Kristen proceeded to take her phone out of her pocket. Barricade took it from her and she watched as he added a number to her contacts. When he handed her phone back, she looked and saw a number saved under Cade. She looked to him before asking, "What's this?"

"If anything should happen, call that number, it's a direct patch to my comm.," he said, "If you're not back in 30 minutes, I'll call you." But he didn't explain how he had the ability to hack into the phone in order to discover where she was located. He just didn't want Abbie to know about that feature, especially if she tried running away again. For the first time, he felt like he had the upper hand on her.

Kristen just looked back to him before opening the door and getting out. "See you in 30 minutes then," she said before closing the door and walking away.

Barricade wasn't so sure why he suddenly felt uneasy about this.


Kristen felt like she was stumbling rather than walking. She wasn't sure what to think or how to feel in reaction to Barricade's sudden revelation. Despite it all, she still doubted he loved her. They had only known each other a few days. And while she did sense a mild attraction between them, it hurt to move on so quickly, especially after what happened with her fiancé. Even though she was never meant to be with Lee, it still felt like he was a part of her. Though his life had passed, it felt like his soul was still sewn inside of hers.

And Barricade…

He was slowly ripping Lee's soul from hers by every seam, every stitch, and replacing it with his own. Kristen wanted to let go of Lee so that the memories of him may rest in peace, but she didn't know if she was ready for someone such as Barricade. She barely knew him and yet he was already trying to get under her skin.

The worst part was she wanted to give into him. She wanted to forget life as she knew it and just melt inside of him, to let him take her away. Abbie had reached out to him for a reason…and maybe, though she highly doubted it, that reason was her.

A sudden noise behind her snapped her from her thoughts as she turned to see what was going on. She felt fear bubble up within her core when she saw a man standing there staring back at her. Instinctively, she reached for her phone.

"Hey there," he said to her nervously, "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. I just thought you were someone else."

Kristen looked him over before asking, "What's your name?"

"L-Leo…you look just like another girl on campus. You wouldn't happen to have a sister named Alice would you?"

"What?" Kristen asked surprised.

He laughed nervously, "It's probably just a freaky resemblance—

"I should go…" she said quickly as she turned and walked away.

"W-Wait!" Leo shouted before grabbing her arm, "Maybe you want to hang out? My roommate won't mind…Sam's just a freak anyway." He forced a laugh.

"Sam?" she asked.

"Sam Witwicky or something like that—

"I need to go, my boyfriend is waiting…"

"Oh, um…sorry to keep you," he said as he quickly walked away.

Kristen didn't watch him leave as she hastily went back to Barricade. She tried to act like nothing strange happened as she got back inside of the patrol car as casually as possible. However, her calm façade was destroyed when Barricade mused, "I watched your movement on my GPS locator…why'd you stop then hurry back?"

"I bumped into someone."

"Who?" he demanded as he looked to her.

She felt he was trying to rip her apart and she wanted to melt inside his seat in order to hide from him. "He said his name was Leo," she answered.

"Did he try anything?" he asked, trying to keep his voice emotionless.

"He…said he was exploring the town since he goes to Princeton University. He said I looked a lot like a girl he new named Alice. He asked if we were sisters…" she stopped.

"What did you say?" he growled.

"I told him I had to go," she said, "And he invited me back to his dorm with him, he said I'd have to excuse his roommate, Sam."

"Sam Witwicky?" his voice was becoming venomous.

"Y-Yes…"

He sighed heavily. There wasn't much he could do considering Kristen had acted appropriately by not revealing anything and coming straight back to him. But it meant that Alice wasn't being very subtle. Though Leo probably had no idea Alice was an alien robot, the fact she was intermingling with humans like this just made him very nervous.

"I'm contacting her tonight," he said, "The sooner we get that program lock destroyed and get out of here…the better."

Kristen felt panic suddenly grab her by the throat, "Who's being overridden?"

"Abbie."

"What if it doesn't work?"

"I promise, you won't feel anything."


"Lennox, sir, we were able to get Kristen's phone number from his contact list on his phone. We ran a trace and she's in Princeton, New Jersey," a soldier reported.

"Princeton?" Lennox asked, "Does she have any business being there?"

"According to the school records at Princeton University, she is not enrolled in their curriculum, nor has she ever applied to go to school there. She does not have a job there—

"So why would she go there of all places?"

"Sam Witwicky's name did pop up in their enrollment…"

"Something just got really fishy," Lennox said as he left the room to go consult his findings with Optimus.

When he got to the Autobot hangar, Optimus was talking something over with Ironhide. He looked up when he saw Lennox come in and immediately didn't trust the look on the soldier's face. "Lennox," he said, acknowledging his presence.

"We've found where Kristen is," Lennox said, "Any ideas as to why she would suddenly appear in the same town that Sam is in?"

"We'll send Bumblebee to the area immediately to scout it out," Optimus replied, "If he should happen to find her, we'll bring her in and find out what's going on."

Lennox nodded, knowing that was all anybody could do at this point in time.


"You're going to kill Abbie if I am…overridden?"

"Yes," he said, "It's you or nothing."

Kristen felt touched even though he had not meant the words in the way she had interpreted them. She hesitantly reached out and placed a hand on his thigh. He looked down at her hand, unsure of what to do.

"Before you call Alice…" she said quietly, slowly.

Barricade looked to her, his dark eyes meeting hers as he remembered how the octane tasted on her lips.

"You can…" but she didn't finish as he crushed his lips against hers.

They ended up tumbling into the backseat, Barricade fumbling at the buttons and zippers of her clothes until he finally stripped her naked. She shuddered as his cold fingertips brushed over her exposed flesh as he pinned her to the backseat the best he could. He teased at her nipples with his tongue as his hand traced and invisible line down her torso. She gasped when she felt him slip his fingers between her legs and inside of her as he gruffly fingered her.

"Barricade," she groaned, surprised by the pain, "Can you be a little…nnnhh…gentler?"

His lips curled into a wicked smile. "Kristen," he breathed, his teeth nipping her neck, "I told you it was going to hurt."

She listened as he unzipped his pants and felt as he pulled himself out. He leaned forward and kissed her as she felt his erection press into her stomach. She held her breath as he slid his hand back up her torso and slowly inserted himself inside of her. She grimaced as he moaned in pleasure.

Her muscles had clamped right around him, and oh did he love the feeling of how much she had stretched to accommodate him. "Relax," he purred with a dark chuckle in his throat, "It doesn't hurt much more than this."

She felt tears in her eyes as he held her close to him. He kissed her again as he waited for her to relax a bit. When he felt her muscles loosen a little, he slowly began to thrust himself in and out of her. She cried out in pain a bit since she was not quite ready, but Barricade didn't stop. He growled as he felt her dig her fingers into his seat, feeling that as well as the pleasure his holoform was taking in.

"Barricade," she moaned as the pain slowly melted into pleasure.

"Don't…hold back," he breathed.

She accepted his lips as he kissed her again, increasing his pace as he did so. Kristen could feel his form vibrating gently, his whole body receiving pleasure and not just his holoform. She could hear his engine lightly rumbling outside.

"Do you…love me?" he asked as he felt his climax near.

"Mmm," she moaned, caught in her own sexual daze, "Yes…"

He thrust harder inside of her; he could feel her body trembling and knew she was close. "Tell me you love me…"

"I…love you…" she moaned before she came, unable to hold back her climax any longer.

He grunted as he came as well, the tail ends of her climax triggering his. When it was over, he got off of her and sat beside her as she sat up. They were both breathing hard and just quiet for a while. Finally, Kristen quietly said, "Abbie is going to be pissed."

Barricade grinned as he pulled her against him, "I'll let her be pissed. Get dressed before you fall asleep. The last thing I want is her running around naked."

Kristen obeyed and got dressed before she sat back down beside him. He held her against him as she began to fall asleep. She was surprised though when he suddenly pulled her arms behind her back and handcuffed her. "Barricade," she mumbled tiredly, "What are you doing?"

"Subduing Abbie before she wakes up," he said, "Sorry, Kristen."

He kissed her forehead lightly. She was vaguely aware of the seatbelts suddenly fastening around her tightly, like ropes, and restraining her against the backseat before she drifted off into darkness.

Barricade deactivated his holoform when he heard her breathing stop. He sighed, getting ready to deal with Abbie's onslaught, but to his surprise, it didn't immediately come like it had the previous nights. Enjoying the unexpected peace, the Decepticon tracker became lost in his own thoughts as he tried to drift off into the realms of sleep. Mostly, he thought about if Kristen had really meant what she said when she told him she loved him.

He didn't know why, but he kind of hoped she did. He sighed tiredly and happily as his systems began to shut down, recharge imminent.

"So, was she a good fuck?"

Frag…

Barricade grumbled as he brought his systems back online. "Better than you could ever be," he replied, just to anger her more, "Why don't you shut up and let me recharge?"

"You're going to erase me. I don't have to be nice to you."

She did have a point there…

"I can contact Alice and have her eliminate you now, if you wish."

"Why do you hate me so?"

"You need for control is your weakness. I have a feeling that if you never get what you want, you'll be a threat to not only the Autobots, but the Decepticons as well. You've only caused more harm than good since I've met you. Kristen's just an innocent bystander in all of this."

"Since when do you care about the innocent? What kind of Decepticon are you, Barricade?"

He growled as he felt anger explode through his circuitry. He knew she was right, but she was completely wrong at the same time. He only cared about Kristen. And her innocence in all of this was what made him want her all the more. He wanted to be the one to corrupt her, violate her, to take her innocence and mold it into sin.

"You'll never get the chance to know," he said.


Barricade barely registered when the sun suddenly rose above the horizon, much sooner than what he wanted it to. He managed to slip in a few hours of recharge between Abbie's rants, but it still wasn't enough. When Kristen awoke, he planned on recharging some more, just because he knew that she would be quiet. He would let her roam around town while he found a place to sleep. She would be alright, so long as she called him if anything happened. He managed to slip in another hour or so of sleep before he felt her stir, waking him up.

"Barricade," she breathed, beautifully.

He activated his holoform as he released the seatbelts from her body. She slumped forward a little bit before regaining her posture. He removed the handcuffs from her wrists. "Morning," he breathed, relaxing beside her.

"I am sorry about Abbie," she said quietly.

He smiled, "I'll catch up on my recharge this morning. You may do as you wish while I do so. However, if you do leave, make sure you call me if anything happens."

She nodded as she scooted towards the door. "I think I'll walk around a bit," she said.

He opened the door for her, but before she could move to get out, he pulled her close to him and kissed her briefly before releasing her. She looked at him momentarily, remembering everything that had happened between them the day before…only hours ago. He caught her lingering gaze, causing her to blush before she got out of him. He watched as she shut his door and walked away. Too tired to do much more, he deactivated his holoform and slipped back into recharge.


Bumblebee was surprised when he saw a girl that matched the photo he had been given of Kristen Hise. He was even more surprised that she was walking around aimlessly, alone. Curious, he secretly followed her for a couple blocks, but he soon realized that she wasn't heading anywhere in particular. When she started walking down a deserted alleyway, that's when he pulled up beside her, surprising her.

He opened his door, and when she saw there was no one inside him, she took a wary step back. "Who…Who are you?" she asked.

"Bumblebee," his radio answered, "I come in peace."

She hesitated before asking, "What do you want?"

"Take a seat…and…we'll have a little heart to heart."

She grabbed the cellphone that was in her pocket. "I'm not—

Bumblebee surprised her by suddenly transforming, grabbing her, and transforming back into his vehicle form. When his body stopped shifting, she realized she was trapped inside of him. He sped off before she could start thinking of how to escape.

Swallowing hard, she pulled out her phone and dialed Barricade's number.

"Barricade," she breathed.

"What is it?" he demanded.

"Bumblebee…he's got me."

And the line went dead.


And so ends this chapter...please review!