OK so technically theres kind of a *scene* in the middle-ish area (I'll put stars in front and behind it to signify where). Seriously I've seen worse on TV in CSI, Law and Order, and even in the PG-13 movies these days... So I'm giving you a warning about it. It's not graphic so dont flip because I'm not changing the entire rating to Mature over one little section.
Chapter 14: War and Bouquets
Lexa rubbed her weary eyes awake. She hated early mornings, and with her thoughts plagued with Barricade the night before she found it difficult to find sleep until it was early in the morning. Lexa groaned as the Dirge played on her cell phone, meaning Lennox was calling. Lennox calling meant there was a mission. A mission meant no more nice warm bed. Lexa groaned again as she put her head under a pillow momentarily then rolled to her cell phone. The phone call lasted only a few seconds while Lennox told her she needed to get up and the NEST team she was assigned to had to be halfway across the country in less than an hour.
Less than ten minutes later, Lexa sat on the plane next to Rider and Wingo, both looking nearly as tired as she did. Francis across the plane however was wide awake and rattling off facts about different video games he was playing before he received the call.
"That kid has way too much energy," Rider said leaning his head back against the plane wall. Lexa laughed quietly.
"Perhaps we just need more," she said and Wingo chuckled.
"Or the Deceptions just have no concept of time," Rider grumbled.
"They do, but their time is different from ours," Lexa said sitting up a little bit, "it's like dog years to us. Night and day don't mean much to them."
"That's crazy," said Rider looking over to Lexa.
"Not really," she said and he shook his head with a chuckle, "what?"
"It's crazy how casually you talk about them," he said, "it's like the transformers are something normal to you."
"It feels like it," she said with a laugh, "I've known them for a few years now, knowing who they truly are. I knew a few before I knew what they were though. I think that made accepting them easier. I knew I could trust them."
"Even that cop car?" Wingo asked curiously.
"Mhm," she said looking to Wingo, "even though he's with the Deceptions he's not with them. He's still good."
"I find that hard to believe," said Rider with a tsk.
"Why?"
"I've seen the way he fights us," Rider said, "he tries to kill us." Lexa couldn't help the laugh that escaped her lips.
"If he wanted us dead, we would have died long ago. He's just biding his time," she said leaning against the wall.
"For what," Wingo asked looking from her to Rider.
"Something big," she said looking over at him with a smile, "we'll see when it happens."
One hour later, Lexa was standing next to Ironhide a military assault rifle in her hands and dressed in her NEST gear. Ironhide allowed his holoform to stand next to her and in even in his modern digital camo, he looked like Clint Eastwood in Kelly's Heroes with a half-chewed cigar sticking from his mouth and an annoyed smirk on his face.
"Wake up," he said and she smiled to him.
"Aw come on it was just one yawn." She noticed as his face became screwy while he tried to stifle a laugh and ended up lifting a corner of his lips into a smile. For some reason, Lexa noticed, he liked to leave a 5 o'clock shadow on his holoform all the time and his blue eyes were dark and smokey. Even though the eyes weren't actually his Lexa saw the years on his features and how he held himself with aged honor.
"Why are we here Ironhide," she asked looking around for a sign of the Decepticon's.
"We had a Decepticon signature show up," he said walking, "and it's still here."
"Oh," she said keeping in step with him.
Lexa kept her eyes open waiting for something as she walked around the abandoned warehouse just off Hall Street in Saint Louis. Rice rockets raced in the background, but otherwise the silence was unnerving. A low hiss caught Lexa's attention and she gripped her gun tightly raising it to watch through the scope with one eye and watch where she was walking with the other. As she stepped closer to the noise she whispered to Ironhide.
"Do you hear that?" she asked. She stopped as there was no response. She couldn't hear footsteps either. Lexa glanced to her left where it seemed like just moments earlier Ironhide was standing. A glance to her right revealed the same thing and with the hissing noise just in front of her Lexa wondered if she should fall back or continue on. Taking a slow nearly silent breath Lexa moved forward, the gravel crunching beneath her boots. As she rounded the corner, prepared to shoot the hissing became louder. She sighed, a long sigh of relief and lowered her weapon as she saw a hissing boiler just inside the building. But why was a boiler on in an abandoned warehouse?
Lexa lifted her weapon just a moment too late as a blast erupted in front of her. It was a warning shot, she realized as she fell back from the shockwave; a bruised butt and a partly stunned mind was the only damage she received from the blast. She backed away scooting on her butt and quickly ran into something solid behind her. She looked up slowly, fear daring to show on her face. She stood up and ran from the foot of the robot and dug in her pockets for her radio, finding it on her left hip she began calling for backup, trying not to lose her balance as the robot chased after her.
"I need back up!" she yelled into the radio. A blast twenty or so feet in front of her knocked her off her feet and back towards the robot. As it leaned over her it chuckled darkly, its red eyes focusing on her only.
"What a prize I've found," he said still chuckling, "the human that has enamored half of the Decepticon and Autobot armies. What makes you so special little fleshling." Lexa noticed how close its face was and found her hand resting on her grenade. However he grabbed her and lifted her near his face, restricting her arms. As she struggled the talon like fingers ripped through her clothes and the Decepticon laughed.
"Resistance is futile," he said and maybe it was because she was stuck in a seemingly hopeless situation, but she couldn't help the laugh.
"I'm in the presence of the Borg," she said no longer struggling. She noticed as windshield wipers over the mech's eyes lifted as if he was staring at her in confusion. The staring was annoying her so she spoke, "what?"
"Are all humans as strange as you," he asked and his face got closer to her as if his large optics couldn't see her clearly unless he was only a few feet away.
"I like to think I'm a little bit different than most," she said gripping the grenade in her hand. The ring was around her finger, and soon she began to wonder if help would come or if she should just maneuver the pin out of the grenade and blow up the mechs hand… The prospect of the pain of death by grenade stopped her from thinking about it for a while.
"Set the human down, Crowbar," said a familiar voice behind her and the Decepticon holding her, Crowbar, loosened his grip on her. Lexa lifted her arms from his grip and held onto his hand, looking to the other Decepticon.
Barricade ignored her glares, but wondered why she was glaring at him. Now what had he done to anger his human? Other than a few cuts on her arm, she was fine. It was then that he noticed she was grasping something in her right hand. One thing he noticed after several times of fighting against the Autobots and the human team NEST was Lexa hated using pistols so immediately he ruled out a pistol as what she was gripping. It was much too small anyway. Barricade stole another glance and searched the internet to see what she was holding. He wasn't entirely prepared to find she was gripping a small explosive device. It was then that he noticed the ring was around her index finger and he realized she was waiting for something.
"Let the human go," he said looking to the fellow Decepticon.
"I don't think so," he said pulling her closer to his chest, "I think I'm going to keep this one. She seems to be valuable."
"Don't I have a say," she asked leaning on her left arm and hiding her grenade. She stared up at Crowbar and he stared back at her.
"Did you say something human," he asked annoyed.
"Yeah, I did," she said readjusting her body, "I asked if I had a say in what happened to me. I mean what if I want to go the Decepticon base and see Megatron again?"
"You what?" asked Crowbar pulling her closer to his face.
"Are you so blind that you can't see me unless I'm a few feet away?" she asked pulling the pin. As he pulled her away from his face to respond she chucked the grenade into his open mouth.
"What the," he asked only to stop as the grenade blew up in his mouth. Part of his face seemed to disintegrate from the blast and he threw Lexa from his hand. Barricade caught her as gently as he could and set her down near her gun. She grabbed her gun while she ran for the corner of the building with a pissed off Crowbar chasing after her.
"Shit, shit, shit," she repeated and ran around the corner, past Lennox and into Epps arms. Not realizing who she was with she screamed in shock as she was grabbed and Epps covered her mouth with his hand. She moved his hand and smiled.
"Sorry," she said, "we need to get out of here though he was just right around the corner."
"I've got this," Ironhide said drawing his cannons and rounding the corner. There were a few blasts then two cop cars took off, one mustang the other an unmarked SUV. Ironhide shot after them and Optimus joined Lexa, Lennox Epps and Ironhide with his team.
"That was a new Decepticon," said Ironhide speaking with Optimus, "I've never seen him before."
"Optimus, Ironhide," Lexa yelled up to the two and they summoned their holoforms next to her.
"Yes, Alexandra," Optimus asked.
"Crowbar," she said, "that was what Barricade called him when Barricade told him to put me down."
"Crowbar?" Optimus repeated and Lexa nodded. Optimus nodded to Ironhide and the two led Lexa away from the other humans just out of earshot.
"Things are grave if that was truly Crowbar," Optimus said quietly, "you must keep this information quiet for now, Alexandra."
"Okay," she said and they turned away from her, but she called after Optimus before his holoform disappeared, "How bad is it?"
"I am unsure of what you mean," he said watching her.
"Are we losing the war?"
"Against?"
"Optimus, please, you are far more intelligent then you're acting. The war against the Decepticon's. Are we losing?"
"Not yet," he said slowly, "but the one they call Crowbar is a part of the Decepticon Dread and it will complicate things greatly if all of the Dread are on Earth." Lexa sighed.
"As long as they bleed, they can be killed," she stated.
"And bleed they do," Optimus said patting her back, "I fear the war will get worse before it gets better though."
"Gee, how did I know that was going to be the case," Lexa said gloomily.
"Alexandra, cheer up," Optimus said finally, "today will be a day of celebration. The war can wait until tomorrow."
"War waits for no one, Optimus," she said with a sigh, "I hope there is no more action today though."
Lexa was standing next to Bee while talking to Francis, the kid still going on about his new high score in some first person shooter video game. The dark haired boy was excited talking exuberantly with his hands. Lexa smiled softly to him constantly and Bee noticed her green eyes meeting his soft blue ones often. She was stunning in the dress and as he watched the way Francis reacted to her, Bee felt the emotional jab in his spark. Sam told him it was jealousy and Bee couldn't help but know Sam was right. Bee surprised himself by slipping his arm around Lexa's waist. She glanced at him with a smile and raised eyebrow. He smiled back sadly. She had broken up with him that morning, telling him she couldn't keep doing this to him. While Barricade was around she wouldn't be able to love him fully.
It hurt to hear that come from her and he wondered what caused her to do it, until he discovered what happened on the early morning mission. It angered him that she was separated from the entire team at one point and time and he was mad that Optimus told him he wasn't needed. Hadn't Optimus discovered a long time ago that whenever they detected Decepticon's every man, woman, and Autobot needed to be there just in case? She told Bee for the wedding they could pretend they were together so not to dampen Sam and Carly's day. He agreed, but it wasn't for Sam or Carly. He agreed so he could remain close to her.
When Barricade walked through the chapel doors an hour before the wedding disguised as Tom – Lexa's friend from years ago – Bee was tempted to start a fight, but clung to Lexa protectively. Bee knew the best way to agitate Barricade and bring out who he actually was would be to lean on Lexa and touch her which meant using her. Bumblebee sighed in defeat. Using Lexa was the last thing he wanted. So instead of picking a fight, Bee excused himself from the conversation the NEST team was having and walked up to Barricade stating he knew who Tom was. They walked outside into the privacy of the church's alleyway and Bee began talking immediately to be interrupted by Barricade turning into his 'normal' holoform self and speaking over the younger Autobot.
"I'm here for Lexa," Barricade stated catching the Autobot off guard, "I'm not here to start a fight with you or any of the other Autobot's. I am here to see her and spend some time with her. If you try to stop me I will have to kill you, and I'd really hate to put a dampener on Sam's wedding; I kind of liked him."
"One step out of line," Bee began to warn but Barricade nodded.
"I understand," he said and transformed back into 'Tom' and began to walk back into the church, "Oh and Bumblebee, (he paused in the doorway looking back at Bee) back off. If I see you touching her one more time the way you did when you first saw me, I will dismember you and let your spark fade away slowly and painfully." Bee watched from the doorway as Barricade walked up behind Lexa and held her intimately. Francis's face fell as she turned quickly in his arms then smiled and jumped on him, giving him a hug. Bee watched in dismay and felt his spark threaten to break apart.
After the wedding the party moved to a Dining Hall where everyone ate dinner except for a few mechanical guests. It was here that Carly wanted to finish all the usual ceremonies in weddings, such as the groom getting the Bride's garter and the bride throwing her bouquet. When Sam had thrown the garter Bee watched without care as Barricade caught it. When Carly threw her bouquet behind her, however, Bee watched in horror. He knew from Lexa's flushed face she had not meant to catch it and she quickly passed it off to the girl next to her, but Barricade's face… Bee knew he was privy to the human customs as soon as he saw Barricade's grin.
To ease the awkwardness of the situation Carly decided it was time to strike up the DJ and get everyone dancing. The first song was a slow song with a country twang and Bee looked it up seeing it was 'Amazed' by Lonestar. The next song that Lexa and Bee danced to was 'I Would Do Anything for Love' by Meatloaf. Bee especially disliked the lyrics, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that… Nooo, no oh I won't do that." He was even more infuriated a few songs later when Lexa and Barricade danced together to 'Forever and Ever, Amen' by Randy Travis. Bee's day went from bad to worse at the end of the night, when Barricade announced (under the guise of Tom) that he would take Lexa home for the night, since she drank more than she should have. Bee knew it was untrue. Lexa was scared of alcohol, but as he began to protest, Optimus scolded him and told him to let her go.
"It's Barricade," Bee whispered to Optimus angrily.
"I know," he said tipping his cowboy hat at the two as they left.
"But, Optimus," he hissed and Optimus's blue eyes landed on the distressed 'Bot.
"She will be fine," he said with a southern drawl, "We have kept her from him for a long time, Bee. He has entrusted us with her life which he does not do. Let us trust him for now. We will be able to find her if we need to."
Bee sighed in defeat and walked out onto the balcony looking up at the stars. Lexa was with Barricade now and Bee had very few ways of finding her if Barricade decided to keep her. Hopefully, she would keep the cell phone he gave her on and could be tracked down easily. Bee was suddenly glad she was in Barricade's care, if not in his own. At least the slaggin' 'Con would do anything for her.
"Cade," she whispered sitting next to 'Tom' and he looked over with a smirk. Slowly he changed into himself and she lunged across the car holding him tightly. Tears fell from her eyes as she snuggled into his neck, "I've missed you so much." His breath hitched in his throat and he began patting her hair, taking her in. She smelled of vanilla and her skin felt like silk, the scars that adorned her body (and there were several more than he remembered) felt like ripples on an imperfectly made bed, yet her skin was warm and inviting. Her hair was soft, smooth, and much longer than the last time he was with her. The best part was she was his, allowing herself to be claimed by him with her tattoo.
"I have missed you too, Alexandra," he said his voice became husky as desire filled him, "And I have a surprise for you."
"What is it?" she asked as she readjusted herself on his lap.
"If I tell you it will not be a surprise. Now close your eyes and I will wake you when we get there," he said and kissed her forehead her green eyes staring up at him with vibrant curiosity.
"Close them," he said with a smirk. Slowly she snuggled into him then closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep quickly. He groaned at how he loved when she touched him. She made him weak, but in a strange way she also made him stronger. If she was ever in trouble he would save her; he would do anything to protect her. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly to him as his car form drove easily down the road.
"Lexa," she heard her name called from a familiar voice, "wake up." She opened her eyes to stare up at Barricade, a smile gracing her lips.
"I missed you," she restated and he smiled to her.
"As did I," he said leaning over her and planting a kiss on her lips. As she kissed him back she realized she was laying on something soft and she stopped kissing him to look around. She was in a large light blue bedroom with a beautiful view of a large body of water. She looked in the opposite direction and noticed a large bathroom and just past it was a giant walk in closet.
"Cade, who's house are we in?" she asked looking around and didn't look back at him till he chuckled deep in his chest.
"Yours Lexa," he said and she looked up at him in shock.
"How," she began and his kissed her lips.
"I bought it for you," he said quietly.
"Are you staying?" she asked and he kissed her again then his kisses began to travel down her neck, pausing only to whisper.
"We'll talk about it in the morning," he said then continued kissing her, sucking gently on her collar bone.
"Cade," she moaned. He smirked and his kisses began to travel once more first to her breasts then to her navel. She gripped the sheets, with-holding a moan as he kissed her neck once again and placed himself between her legs, rubbing her sides with his hands.
"C-Cade," she muttered with a full thought passing through her mind, "where are my clothes?"
"On the floor," he said huskily pressing his body against hers, and she noticed his clothes were gone too, "next to mine."
"B-Barricade," she moaned as he began to massage her hips in his hands.
"Hm?" he asked sucking on her color bone leave little purple bruises.
"I love you," she said and he paused leaning over her, his face just above hers.
"I love you too."
The birds whistled outside the window waking Lexa early. Her body felt slow and sluggish, tired still from her night with Barricade and her cheeks flushed remembering it. It was about that moment when she realized his body was pressed up against hers and Barricade was breathing slowly. She turned to look back at him to find his eyes closed and she smiled placing a kiss on his nose then slowly slipped from the bed.
"Where are you going," he asked and she jumped looking back to the bed.
"Just to take a shower," she said with a smile, "did you want to join me?"
"Yes," he said stretching, "but if I do we will never leave this room. I have to return you to the Autobots you know."
"Oh," she said sadly and walked into the bathroom and took her shower. He joined her with a large towel in hand as she finished her shower and she took the towel gratefully.
"You are beautiful," he said and she noticed his clothes were on.
"My scars," she said. She looked away from him trying to convince herself he was wrong, but she couldn't help but feel beautiful around him.
"They add to who you are," he said, then dug in his pocket and slipped a ring onto her finger, "and you are mine until I no longer exist." She looked down at the ring which had a large strange rock on it and two sapphires on the sides. The rock in the center kept her attention and she watched as it seemed to pulse with a beat similar to a heart.
"Energon," he said, "The most precious material to my kind. It's our life source."
"It feels so," she began to search for the word, "right." And it was the truth it felt normal to have it pulsing on her skin.
"One day, all that will matter to me is you," he said, "and I will take you away from here. We will go off on our own and live out your life just the two of us. It will be perfect."
"Barricade," she said looking up at him and kissing his cheek then she whispered in his ear, "just say when."
"Soon," he grumbled and held her close breathing in deeply. "Since I have met you I have wished to be human more times than I can count."
"I love you for you, Barricade," she said tracing circles on his chest, "human or not, don't forget that."
As Lexa dressed herself she wondered what the future would bring, and slowly her mind drifted back to the events if the day before. Optimus' answer to her question of their position in the war was alarming. Were they winning or losing? And with the Dreads here, did that mean they would surely be defeated? Lexa exited the room and walked into the kitchen where Barricade was cooking her breakfast.
"What is on your mind Alexandra?" he asked and her name rolled off his tongue so perfectly she couldn't help but smile and look to him.
"I was just thinking," she said taking a hand and pushing it through her still damp hair. He watched her then turned back to the food. As it finished cooking he set it on a plate and placed it in front of her.
"The Dreads are the Decepticon Special Forces team," Cade stated as she began to eat. She looked at him curiously and he knew she wanted him to continue, "Crowbar is known for being able to hack or break into anything. Like a human crowbar he gets into whatever he wants to. You must be careful Lexa, he will be actively hunting you now that you have destroyed so much of his face and proved to be a challenge to him."
"Yeah, I figured," she said after chewing on some bacon, "I mean a grenade in the mouth would kind of piss me off too. Will you be okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't he see you catch me and set me down," she asked and he sighed.
"I will be fine," he said. The truth was he didn't know if Crowbar saw his actions or not. Barricade would find out soon enough though. Once they reached the Decepticon base, Crowbar was forced into sleep cycle by the Doctor, who was going to fix as much of Crowbars face as he could. Crowbar, however, would soon be waking from his forced sleep. Lexa saw the thoughtful look on Barricade's face and touched his cheek. His eyes darted to her quickly and she softly smiled.
"If you're in trouble, promise me you'll just run?" she asked and he frowned.
"It would be like admitting defeat."
"Isn't it better to retreat and lose one battle than dying before it is over because you would not run?" Barricade looked to her across the table and sighed.
"When did our conversations turn to life or death war strategies?"
"When I realized the cruelties of war with an enemy that seemed indestructible," she stated, "Optimus won't admit it to us, but after meeting Crowbar yesterday I know he is worried we are on the losing side. He doesn't want us to live in fear, so he hides it from us, but I can tell something is troubling him and that is the most logical reason why."
"You have become very intuitive," he said solemnly not sure if it was good or bad.
"Attentive," she corrected, "I know what reactions to look for in Optimus, Ratchet, Ironhide and Bee. My team thinks I'm too close and it's bad that I can read the emotions of the Transformers. I've found it helpful on most occasions." As she trailed off Barricade remained silent. He was avoiding the question he knew she would be asking, but had no idea how to redirect the conversation subtly.
"So we are losing then," she asked, but it was really more of a statement than a question.
"Megatron has plans that endanger the human race," he said slowly, "unless the Autobots can gather more help, the outlook for your species is grim."
"How soon," she asked oddly calm and Barricade watched as her face remained placid her eyes fell to her half eaten food, deep in thought.
"Very," he said, "only a few cycles."
"How long is that?" she asked picking at her food.
"He wishes to make his move within a human year," he said finally. She set her fork down and covered her face with both hands and soon her body began to shake. Barricade mistook her reaction for fear and tried to ease her mind, "Lexa I will give my life to protect you. I will keep you safe; I will not let another Decepticon take you as his slave."
"So that is why you will come for me," she asked through her hands not letting him see her face, "to prevent me from being engulfed in the final battle that threatens to extinguish or enslave humankind?"
"Yes, to protect you."
"I wish to go back to the Autobots now," she said standing and stepping away from him and as she did so her hands moved from her face. Barricade hated the look of anger and betrayal that covered her features. She glared at him and her lips were in a tight line, as if she was forcing herself not to say anything to him. He nodded wishing the conversation could have just died, but knowing there was no other way it could have ended.
The ride to the Autobot base was long with Lexa refusing to talk to him even as he tried to start a conversation several times. When they were only a few miles away he pulled off to the side of the road and turned his holoform to her, deciding to try and find out what he said that was so wrong. Humans were so…unpredictably emotional!
"Knock it off," he said angrily, "you asked me a question and I answered. I have no reason to believe I have done anything to elicit your current mood. Perhaps this is why Optimus never spoke of this to you. He knew you humans would react harshly."
"Brave humans fight for what we believe is right and so do the Autobots," she said turning to him and pointing her finger as she spoke, "only the lowly humans fight for the winning side and still expect the people they are fighting against to be okay with it. When the final battle starts, Barricade, don't come for me. I won't be waiting for you, because I will be out fighting for my species survival."
"You will surely die," he scoffed at her. She glared at him and tried to exit the car, releasing an exasperated scream as he kept her in. He growled at her as he spoke avoiding yelling at her, "You would rather die for them, than live for me is that it?"
"To live as a slave… I'd rather not live at all," she said still not facing him and she felt Cade sag on his wheels.
"I wouldn't keep you as a slave," he said after a few moments of silence.
"But you would fight to enslave my people," she said, "and I cannot let that happen. I will not sit idly by and watch as humans are destroyed by the Decepticon's. Cade you cannot play Devil's advocate all of your life. Eventually you will have to choose a side whether it's the winning side or not. I've chosen to fight for my people; to fight for the freedom all beings yearn. Who will you fight for? Me? Or the Decepticon's?" As she finished her small, but heavy rant she looked to his holoform, tears engulfing her eyes. It wrenched Cade's spark to see her like that so he looked away and began driving again. The rest of the ride was silent again apart from the sobs Lexa couldn't help but let out. As they pulled up outside the base Lexa began to get out only pausing when Barricade spoke.
"The Autobots will never win, it is suicide to join their side," he said, "What if we just stay away from the battle, and let the future run its course?"
"You can stay away and you can force me to go with you," she said, "but I won't go with you willingly and if you force me... I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive you."
"I will fight for the Decepticon's then," he said angry that she wouldn't understand him.
"If that's what you want," she said stepping from the car and closing the door. She stared at his body for a longtime before finishing, "I cannot follow you down that road, Cade and you will not follow me on mine. I guess this is where we part then." She turned away and began walking towards the guards at the gate when Barricade's holoform appeared in front of her.
"I will not allow you to walk away from me," he growled at her grabbing her arms. He pushed her against the side of his car body and leaned into her, his low voice getting lower as he spoke to her. He ignored the sounds of the man at the gate entrance calling over the radio, telling whoever on the receiving end what was happening.
"You are mine," he spoke again and held her hand up to her face, "this ring proves it. This tattoo proves it. Whether you want me to protect you or not I will, because when I am with you Alexandra I am happiest and I will not let you die because you are a stubborn little human."
"Then fight for me," she growled pushing his holoform away from her, "Stop being a Decepticon. Stop being someone you're not!"
"I am a Decepticon," he yelled shoving her into the car harder than he meant.
"Then kill me!" she yelled, "If you're a Decepticon, then you will stop pretending you love me and kill me!" His holoform threw her to the ground and disappeared as he transformed his car form into his mech form and pointed one of his cannons at her. The weapon began charging and she sat on the ground, watching him with a strange amount of calm. He hesitated for a moment then disarmed his weapon and transformed back into the mustang as his holoform appeared and picked her up.
"You are the most impossible human," he said and kissed her roughly. She kissed him back and broke away from him, hugging his holoform.
"You need someone to bring you back down to Earth every now and again," she said a smile gracing her face as she let go the sigh of relief.
"You must be careful Lexa," he said softly beginning to let her go, "I could have killed you."
"You could have," she said, "but I had faith that you wouldn't. I have always had faith in you Barricade. One day you will discover its one of our greatest attributes; to have faith in seemingly impossible situations. It's something humans and the Autobots have and something that Decepticon's lack."
"Your faith is misguided," he said quietly, "I am not a being to trust."
"I think you are," she said, "you just need to realize you are."
"I will fight for you," he whispered kissing her forehead.
"You better," she said with a half laugh, "or else I'd have to kill you."
A/N: First of all I didn't realize I still had an authors note up so thanks to The Fox Familar for pointing that out. Mistakes happen my friend, just keep that in mind. :D
To the important stuff! So I kinda had this Megatron trying to rid himself of the human race as we know it kinda idea going before I saw DOTM but I wasnt really sure how to do it until I saw the movie. That means things may be slightly similar to the movie, but very slight... I hated who all was killed off in the movie... they basically killed it... and now they're talking about possibly making another trilogy? That'll be interesting... better bring back hide. I loved that bot. D:
BTW did anyone else see Barricade in one tiny blip of a scene in the background during the movie? I was like "LOOK DAD ITS BARRICADE" and he did not share my enthusiasm on the matter, I was quite sad lol
Sorry this one took a while too. I sent it to emberlotus over fourth of July weekend, but somehow it never actually sent TTATT what a fail. Then I went to publish it last night and ended up getting my friend from her house bc her boyfriend stat smacking her around. So yeah it took until now... sorry!
Yeah there was a scene... and actually I wasnt going to have the rest of that until the next chapter (And before you're like *gasp* wtf how did he buy her a house... He had to create a human bank account when he joined the police force... and since he never used human money and was stationed on earth for a while he was able to get the house easily) and actually I wasnt going to have any of that at all it was completely spontaneous! Ironically the end is my favorite part of this chapter... Other than the grenade-in-mouth thing. :D
I was going to reply to all of your reviews as I normally do, but with deleting the Authors Note Chapter I forgot about, it seems I cant see the reviews correctly... D':