Me: It's Friday! Friday! Gotta post chapters on Fridaaaayyyy ~

Ashley: Please Shutup.

Me: Everybody's looking forward to weekend! Weekend!

Ashley: I swear i'll kill you -.-

Me: IT'S FRIDAY! FRIDAY! GOTTA GET DOWN-

Ashley: -grabs cannon- YOU SAY ONE MORE WORD! I DARE YOU! SAY IT!

Me: -whispers- on friday... o.o

The Little Orphan That Could

Chapter Twenty-One: Kidnapping is no fun

It didn't take much for Sideswipe's audio receptors to pick up the scream. He zoomed back to the cemetery, his Holoform jumping out of the car and hopping over the gate. He sped to where he knew she would be, but his spark practically shattered when he saw she was no where to be found.

No where. He couldn't even pick her up on his readings...

"No no no no..." he whispered.

He repeated those words over and over again while searching the whole cemetery for her. When the sun started to rise, he knew he had to face the facts and realize she was gone. He slowly passed her parent's grave, and for the slightest second he picked up a Decepticon reading. But just as quickly as it came, it disappeared. He rushed back to base, only to be confronted by an extremely angry Ironhide.

"Where the slag where you! Where is Ashley!" The Autobot yelled, his gears grinding in frustration.

"I have to talk to Optimus..." was all Sideswipe said.

Before he could move, the weapon's specialist pushed him into the nearest wall. "Where is she!" he yelled. Sideswipe caught his gaze and it seemed in that instant Ironhide understood everything. His Optics softened, "No..." he whispered. Then his gaze hardened again. "What in Primus sake were you thinking! You are not her guardian!"

"She came to me..." Sideswipe whispered, now avoiding his gaze. "She wouldn't have told anyone else, and her guardian knows nothing of her. She only trusted me to take her..."

Those words hurt Ironhide and he reacted by pushing him against the wall again. "With all this trust she had in you how do you think she feels now!" he yelled. Now those words hurt Sideswipe. He pushed the black bot down, and the two instantly began fighting.

"Hey you two! What in the hell do you think you're doing cut it out!" Epps yelled, waving his arms in the air frantically. Ever try to stop two giant robots from fighting when you're the size of an ant to them? Yeah, it doesn't work out so well.

"Yo! Cool your processors you two!" Jazz suddenly broke the two up, with the help of Sunstreaker. "Now what in the world is going on?"

"Ashley is gone..." Sideswipe whispered, snatching himself from his brother's grip. "She's been kidnapped by the Decepticons."

One day since the disappearance of Ashley Nicole Smithers...

The teen groaned, her green eyes slowly fluttering open. She suddenly felt this sharp pain on her arm and looked down to see her jacket had been ripped and a long cut was revealed. Her whole body ached as she tried to move, realizing she was laying on what seemed to be a cold metal floor.

"Decepto-jerks." she muttered, her brain not being able to think of a better insult at the moment, and believing no one was around to hear it.

Her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness and she realized she was in a cage. Then she froze. She suddenly realized a pair of bright red optics were staring back at her. She could make out the outline of their body, but that was about it.

"Freak of nature, you want to stop looking at me it's kind of creepy." she shot.

Her cage was tilted and her back rammed into the bars of the cage. She groaned in pain and heard the deep chuckle of an amused Decepticon.

"Pets shouldn't talk." The deep voice said rather menacingly.

After recovering she glared at the red optics. "It's a good thing I'm not a pet." she retorted. Leave it to Ashley to still be a smart ass in the face of death. Her cage tilted again, but this time to the other side causing her to hit her head. The Decepticon let out a low growl and then seemed to move.

"You have a sharp tongue for a human without her precious Autobots to protect her." the voice came again.

Her cage seemed to be lifted from it's previous spot and she was slowly raised to face-to-face with the Decepticon. "I'm just a bad ass." she stated, her eyes narrowed to a glare. Suddenly her vision came to her and she realized who she was starring at. After a low gulp, she tried to sit up again.

'Shit. I've been arguing with none other than Megatron. Points for you, Ash.'She thought to herself.

Two days have passed since the disappearance of Ashley Nicole Smithers...

"Why haven't we picked up any Decepticon readings yet! Surely if they have kidnaped her they must want her for an exchange." Ironhide said in his gruff tone, his blue optics looking at all his comrades.

"Who knows what they could be doing to her..." Will muttured.

"The girl could be dead yo" Mudflap said, earning him a punch from his brother.

"Yo man that is not something you say! Can you not see everyone is losing it!" Skids responded.

"I'm juth tellin' the truth!"

"The truth hurts man!"

"She isn't dead."

The group looked up to see the older twins who were in the corner and had spoken simultaneously. They had their robotic arms crossed over their chest plates and their optics gazed at nothing in particular. The group seemed quite confused, and then their gaze focused. "We can just feel it." they said in unison once more.

"Incoming video conference!" Epps yelled, ushering his arms over to the large screen. When it came through yelling was heard.

"Did I not just say don't touch me. I didn't know being a piece of shit Decepticon meant you couldn't hear!"

Sideswipe perked up. That voice belonged to Ashley. So even if she was hurt, she had strength to be a smart ass. That was something at least.

Just then Barricade appeared on the screen with an agitated look in his harsh red optics. "The sliver of the Allspark. Give it to us and you get the annoying pest." he said simply.

"You did not just call me a pest!" Ashley was heard yelling from the background. Jazz couldn't help but chuckle which caused him to be nudged by Ratchet. "Oh you are so lucky I'm being held back right now or I'd put you in the junkyard myself!" This time Skids chuckled, and in return got kicked by Ratchet.

"WOULD YOU BE QUIET!" Barricade snapped, then suddenly Ashley's pain-filled scream filled the room.

"What did you do to her!" Sideswipe yelled, his arm being held by his brother.

"I just had Igor how pathetic and sensitive the human flesh is compared to our...advanced blades." Barricade said with a dark laugh, "There's another thing. The Prime must surrender himself to us."

Sideswipe: A-ASHLEY!

Me: Dude, seriously, grow some...

Sideswipe: Grow some what?

...

Sideswipe: -searches the internet- Excuse me but i do not have those human male body organs...

Me: O.o

Ironhide: Review to get Ashley back! NOW!