'There is just no way.' thought Frenzy' No way in the Pit this could happen. It's not even scientifically possible.'
And yet, he was here, face to face with his leader who had seemingly shrunk and changed species. Was this somehow a kind of extreme disguise to infiltrate the population? If it was, he was pretty impressed. It hadn't been no more than five seconds later, that that same man grabbed him by whatever limp he could, and carried/dragged the little mech down the hallway with the other human man following. They eventually stopped inside, what appeared to be, a kind of maintenance room.
" L-lord Megatron? How...why you s-squishy?"
" Ah, so I was right, this is a little friend of yours." smiled Will leaning against the door. Again, he was amazed by the variety of shapes and sizes these robots possessed. This one seemed to the be smallest he's ever seen. And it had blue eyes! And here he thought all Decepticons had red. Maybe there wasn't a color coded pattern there.
" He's the son of a friend of mine." said Megatron, before turning to Frenzy " What are you doing here? Where's Barricade?"
Frenzy was too much in shock at what his leader had become, to even anwser him straight away. He was looking frantically at both his leader and the other human man. He feared he'd soon turn into a human any minute now. " What they do t-to you? Is d-disease? C-could happen t-o m-me?" cried Frenzy,
" Primus, I hope not." groaned Megatron " You're a terror in metal, I'd hate to see you in flesh."
" It's not that bad." chuckled Will
" Because you have nothing to base off of. It's the equivalent of you suddenly becoming a cockroach. It's degrading." replied Megatron
With the fear of turning into a meatbag gone, Frenzy voiced his anwser to the question before." E-ssscaped from Barricade." said Frenzy, remembering quickly " L-left him lost."
" And the girl? Where is she?" he asked with concern
" Mi-ka-la? S-she is here in b-base like requesssted."
Megatron let out something like alien prayer of relief in his language. Will smiled secretly. He knew he was worried about Mikaela, he just didn't really want to admit it.
" We g-go now, yess?" said Frenzy, pulling at Megatron's jacket. " H-hurry! We go!"
" Go? Go where?"
" Away! G-go far away!" he cried " Hurry! Hurry!"
" Frenzy do me a favor, and speak our language. Your English is appalling." he groaned, holding the bridge of his nose
Frenzy switched back to Cybertronian. " What I mean is, we need to leave this base! I saw Starscream and Thundercracker before coming here, they plan to kill you!"
" What? They dare to?! I knew that slagger had the gyros to overthrow me, but assassinate me as well?!" he roared
" Whoa whoa! Assassinate? What's this about?" asked the solider
" Starscream, my Second in Command and his subordinate,Thundercracker. They were Seekers in the Decepticon faction. However, Starscream has been a little too enthusiastic about taking my place as leader, recently. I should have know his over ambitiousness would drive him to the point of killing me himself." he explained
" You knew he'd eventually kill you, and yet he's your Second in Command?" said Will " You certainly are a great judge in character."
" It was either employ him, and keep an optic on him, or kill him, and lose half my air force. At the time, I was in need of more troop support. Not one of my best ideas."
" I'll say."
Megatron turned to the tiny mech " Frenzy, did you hear when they would come? What's their plan of attack?"
" They never mentioned it. They're still looking for you, because the signal you sent out was so weak. He thinks you're dying."
Megatron chuckled " That works to our advantage. He doesn't know I'm human." he turned to Lennox " We're going to need to inform the rest of this base that it will be under attack soon. Look out for any suspicious jets, namely F-22s. "
" Well that's all fine and dandy, but without proper proof that we're going to be attacked, we'd be seen as causing an unnecessary panic." he explained " Plus, it's a storm. Anyone crazy enough to be flying out there is bound to crash."
" Just scan the airspace. It doesn't take much time, and it will give us an open window to counter attack. Their energy signatures will be read. And they're not ordinary jets, they can fly in much harsher conditions than what this little dirtball of a planet can dish out."
" The humans don't have the same technology we have, sir." said Frenzy " Though that can be remedied with the right adjustments."
" What did he say?"
" You're about to get an upgrade in your current technology. Lead me to your Airspace Op. rooms or whatever you use to watch the skies. We need a vantage point and some time."
" Like I said before, I don't think they're going to let you use that. Even I don't have that clearance." Explained Will
" If they fear for their pathetic human lives, they will. Frenzy, we need a distraction."
" Yes my lord!" he nodded
" Hey wait! You might not even have to distract anyone. If that room is locked, it will be empty. The computer terminal there is scanning the skies automatically. I can check that for you, but if people are in there, there's not much I can do."
" If that doesn't work, just steal me a laptop." shrug Frenzy
" That could work too." agreed Megatron
" What could work?" asked Will. All this translating from human to...machine, was getting confusing.
" Is your airspace scanners connected to a wireless sever?"
" I have no idea...though it's possible they might be. Why?"
" We could hack into the system, without having to set foot outside the building." smiled Frenzy
" Translation?" asked William
" Acquire a laptop, and he can hack into the airspace scanners, using himself as a scanner. Much like he did in order to find me."
" You're asking me to steal a laptop?"
" Not steal, just borrow. Any computer will do." explained Megatron
Looking at Frenzy, Will was impressed. " Can you really do that?"
" H-hacked AF1 in 4.2 s-seconds. Human s-systems, piece of cake!" said Frenzy, in the best English he could muster.
" I don't know about..wait..there's a computer in the rec room. No one is in there to the best of knowledge. We could use that."
" Where's the rec room?"
" J-just left it, d-down hall!"
" Great." said Will " Also, we should make a call, Optimus needs to know about this too." He dialed a number meant to contact the Autobot leader, but the phone tone was dead.
" There's nothing going through."
" Starscream likely jammed the communication system, as an extra measure to prevent any would be rescuers to come to my aid. I don't expect anything less from someone of his warped intellect."
" Great, so what are we going to do?" asked Frenzy
" We're going to need to scan the sky first, if anything comes up, we report it to Optimus."
" Looks like it, then. Well time's awasting, let's go!" said Will
" Man I am so bored. I read every single magazine in here five times." said Mikaela, flipping through a Cosmopolitan, but finding nothing but advice for half naked bimbos, who kiss up to rich, ugly old men. The Popular Mechanics, were just one big 'Let's show off our shiny cars because we're compensating for something else.". Either way, both of them were boring.
" I've seen the same commercial repeated 40 times already." said Leo " If I hear another 'Hi, I'm Mary. I hope this commercial has inspired you to pick up the phone'...I'm gonna pick up a brick and hurl it at her face!"
" I think I figured out something about my tattoo." said Sam, prompting the other two to take a look. Sam had scrawled a number of symbols on the tabletop he was at. It looked like a crossword puzzle gone crazy.
" Why did you deface the table?" asked Leo
" It's my parents tax money they bought this with, so technically it's mine to deface."
" Can't argue with that logic. What's it all mean?"
" I don't know. It popped out of my head just now. I'm seeing these symbols, and I have to write them down. They may not mean anything to me, but maybe they do to Optimus and the others. For all I know, the Allspark could be channeling through me or something."
" Wait...wait! I've seen something like this before." said Leo, and pointed at one symbol " This one! This one with the little tail on the top and a line through it. I saw it on some papers my old man gave me on my birthday. They belonged to your grandfather, and he hid some of them, when the Feds confiscated everything."
" Wait? You know Sam's family?" asked Mikaela
" Not personally, no, but my grandfather did. He was a navigator for Captain Archibald Witwicky, and was also a close confidant."
" Wait..What papers? My family was given all my grandfather's belongings."
" You think they did! But they kept all the really juicy stuff. My grandfather was there when yours went mental, and began scribbling over every he could get his hands on. Mostly a series of notebooks, which were taken by the government, but, my grandfather hid one journal away when he returned to DC. He studied it, but didn't get anywhere. I looked at the journal once when I was visiting him, and that's why I recognized it."
" Do you know what any of it means?"
" Don't know, but this, the three lines, and a slash through it, it appears five times. So naturally it must be something important, or it could be a vowel."
" You into Linguistics now or something?" asked Sam, he had to admit, this guy was something of a curiosity.
" No, but it's a pattern. And I've already said so before, I see patterns very easily."
" It makes sense in a way." agreed Sam, and he marked the five same symbols, and two others that appeared frequently.
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" Where were you going to take me before?" asked Megatron, going down a familiar hallway. He was amazed that he could remember the same hallway he was escorted through, before they locked him up in that pathetic excuse for a room. It was a broom closet of a room compared to the places he was passing now. It was like they stuck him in that tiny space on purpose.
" I was going to take you to the main medical office. They have a few things for that special night."
" Things?"
" You know, condoms and stuff, for when you and Mag..." Will was cut off by Megatron's hand before he could finish.
" What was that for?!" yelled Will, brushing the hand away
" Not in front of him!" motioned Megatron
" Why? Is he too young to hear those things?"
" He doesn't need to know about that, and yes, he is young."
" Am nooot!" cried Frenzy
" Yes you are!" retorted Megatron "You're only 14 hundred years old! Not even a mech yet!"
" Aw come on, it's not like the kid would understand what they were for." joked Will, little did he know, Frenzy knew quite a lot for his age.
" Con-doms? M-megatron fiiind a femme t-to frag?" he asked innocently
" To frag?" chuckled Will " Is that a word in your language for 'screw'?"
" Where did you learn that word!?" roared Megatron, causing the little bot to cower. " Did Barricade teach you that?!"
" Um..I d-don't know." shrugged Frenzy nervously
" That's a typical kid for you." smiled Will
" That's something I don't want to ever hear you repeat! If your father finds out, Barricade is going to be scrap."
" Is true? You like human femmes?" asked Frenzy " Groosss!"
" That's not something I want to discuss right now. We have bigger problems to..."
" Mikaela!" yelled Will, who was looking through a small side window of a locked room.
" Where? I don't see her." asked Megatron
" Mi-ka-la?" asked Frenzy, equally curious.
" When did she get here?" asked Will, he took out his card to swipe the lock.
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" Oh my god!" exclaimed Mikaela, quickly getting up
" What?" asked Leo
" Look out the window!"
" It's Captain Lennox and..."
" Megatron..." grumbled Sam
" In here! In here!" shouted Mikaela, and furiously on the glass
Eye contact between the man and young girl were made, and he quickly made his way to them, and opened the door.
" Heeey! What are you guys doing here?" chuckled Lennox " I knew you were here." he pointed to the girl " But not him."
" It's good to know you're safe." smiled Megatron
" Mi-ka-la!" exclaimed Frenzy happily
" Uncle Megs! Frenzy! Oh god, it's so good to see you!" she hugged him, and the little mech equally. She was sure she'd never see both of them again.
" Wait...he's her uncle?" asked Leo with a paranoid look. Did that mean she was a robot? Oh man, he knew someone that hot couldn't be human. But while greetings (and glares between Sam and Megs) were exchanged. Sam happened to look down at the new robot between the two men...at least..that what he appeared to be at first. Realization dawned on him that he had met that little robot before. A pair of optics and eyes were met, followed by two screams.
" It's that little freak from before!" yelled Sam. Frenzy was equally as scared.
" Wait...you know each other?" asked Mikaela
" He pulled off my pants, Mikaela! He's that freakish robot molester!"
This earned a blank look from Mikaela, who's mouth opened in an O when she remembered the incident. Of course! Why didn't see it before? Frenzy was that little bot that was chasing Sam....and she cut off his head with a chainsaw. Oh shoot...that was him?! Did he recognize her? Did he remember her? She really hoped he didn't, or there might be a problem.
" Witwicky.." said the little bot coldly, hiding behind Megatron
" You stay the hell away from me you freak!" cried Sam
" Hey hey! He's the one who saved me from Barricade. So give him some respect okay, or I wouldn't be here." explained Mikaela
" Well as much as love a good chit chat, we're pressured for time here. If that little guy is correct, we're about to be attacked by two alien aircraft. We need to know how close they are, and prepare the proper ammo of them. Old bullets and missiles aren't going to even tickle them if I remember the last time."
" Attacked? By who?" asked Mikaela
" Starscream and Thundercracker." said Megatron
" Can't you call them off? They're Decepticons like you." said Sam
" Sure, that could work well. All I have to do is stand there, and tell them not to attack." said Megatron sarcastically " If you've forgotten, my men don't know I'm human! If I do that, I'll be ashes on the wrong side of a laser! Not to mention, the jet in question is hunting me down to kill me regardless of form!"
" Sounds like my kind of jet." said Sam
" How about I introduce you to him personally!" he spat
" At least we'd have something in common!"
" You guys! This isn't helping us a bit, we have to work together." said Mikaela
" Why are you defending him? He was the one who had you kidnapped in the first place!"
" He did not! Barricade just went and took off with me, because he couldn't get his way."
" I-innocent until p-proven guilty!" cried Frenzy, defending his master's pride
" Sam, just believe me when I say... he had as much to do with it as your Mom."
Sam, turning to Megatron with a glare " They were still under your control. They're your army, if it wasn't for you, she never would have been kidnapped, and my life, wouldn't be as screwed up as it is now!"
" I suggest you stop while you're ahead, boy and keep your mouth shut." growled Megatron
" You're tell me to shut up!?" shouted Sam, walking up to him.
" I don't see any other pathetic looking insect in the room!"
" You just don't want to hear what I have to say, because I'm right, and you're wrong!"
Sam was suddenly thrust against the wall of the hallway roughly. A strong hand holding him down with surprising strength. " Listen you little maggot, before you point fingers, I suggest you get your facts straight. One! I didn't have anything to do with her being kidnapped. Two! I sent a signal to my followers to retrieve the girl, and bring her unharmed to this base. And three...I maybe human, but I could still kill you."
" Okay, that's enough. Break it up! Both of you!" said Lennox " Now this isn't going to help matters. We got a more serious situation on our hands here. Priorities people! We got a base to defend while we still can."
Megatron backed away from Sam, while Will laid out a plan like the strategist he was. " Now, we need to split up into teams of three here. Optimus needs to know about this, but communication seems to have been cut. The second team is going to scan the airspace for intruders, and I'm having my suspicions those jets are going to be invisible to our technology. So Frenzy will be coming with us."
" I'll do it." said Mikaela " I'll go tell Optimus."
" I'll go with her.: said Megatron
" No you wont." said Sam
" Sam, don't start!" she groaned
" Optimus needs to hear about this from another of his kind, there's information that needs to be said that can't be said in English. There are things about Starscream only I know about, and it's vital that he knows as well." explained Megatron, then turned to Sam "Unless you're well versed in Cybertronian."
" I'm still going anyways. Groups of three remember. I'm the third." said Sam
Will groaned " You can go, if you two don't botch up the plan. Keep your personal grudges out this. Okay?" Sam and Megatron' huffed and agreed.
" That leaves Leo, me and Frenzy to the computer work. Everyone got their positions?"
Everyone nodded and they split, one down the hallway, and one out of the building.
" Man this is like...secret agent stuff. I'm getting all excited here. " asked Leo to Will
" Well, this is only the beginning, kid. Don't let the thrill get you too worked." he smiled
" And with all due respect gentlemen, robots, and lady. I want to end this discussion that for the sake of National Security, that we take NBE-1 to a safe area, possibly Hoover Dam, or if there are no other areas, Diego Garcia where he will be monitored at all times. Ratchet will be allowed to treat him, and possibly, since he's working on a way to keep him human, inject him with whatever, to make sure he does stay human."
" You sick man." growled Maggie under her breath
" Easy Maggie." whispered Optimus, attempting to calm the woman's anger. He knew this information hurt her the most, but an emotional outburst of any kind, would only make this worse.
" Does anyone else, have anything to say on the matter?" asked Simmons, feeling rather self confident of the situation.
" I do." said Ironhide suddenly " While I agree on your logic of keeping humanity safe from Megatron, and all other Decepticons, I have to disagree on accounts you've charged against him."
" Which are?"
" As a Cybertronian, he falls under our laws of justice. Am I right?"
" Yes. That's correct."
" As a Cybertronian, he has slaughtered, and killed his own kind without mercy, doomed our planet, and threatened yours. However, as a human, who I believe was given a new identity...has not done such acts."
Maggie looked up in interest. Was Ironhide defending him? That was about the last thing she'd expect for him to ever do.
" That's...that's true." shuddered Simmons. Uh oh, did the 'Bots just discover a loophole?
" So the question I ask you is.... If he has done no crimes, no threats, no murders as Matthew Banes...does that not technically make him, a free man?"
" Wait just one second there!" shouted Simmons, only to be interrupted by Optimus
" A wise statement, Ironhide. One I have not considered until now."
" But we're talking about Megatron! The leader of the Decepticons, your sworn enemy!" yelled Simmons
" The Megatron I knew, died before the factions of our kind broke out, and the Megatron after that, also died in Mission City thanks to the help of Samuel Witwicky. As far as that's concerned, Matthew Banes has nothing to do with those incidents, except the fact that he has memories of it. And while I would want to justice to be served for all the lives he took, and the destruction that's caused, I fall under the same conditions as you now. As a human man, we have nothing on him." said Optimus
" He's still the same person, just a new name and body. That changes nothing."
" On the contrary, Mr. Simmons, I have been watching the changes of his character lately, and I can attest to say, he's almost an entirely different person. Whether it be him trying to adapt to a new form, or simply his body shaping his mind, it's safe to say, we're not dealing with the same Megatron back then. In fact, he seems more like the old Megatron before the war between our factions started. He's like himself again." said Ratchet
" Same Megatron? Old Megatron? Look..I know what you're trying to do here, and it's not going to work. You're trying to pull the old 'Split Personality' card, and according to law, that doesn't have any effect on the crimes he's committed. That just proves he's a nutcase that needs to be loaded with medication."
" He's neither insane nor suffering any mental identity disorder, the real 'card' I'm trying to pull, is an old soul in a new body. Let me give you an example. Say it were possible to move a vicious animal's very being into a body of a kitten. That body would be completely new, having not interacted with the world around it, nor have any relations to it. Would you say, this creature is like that of a newborn?"
" Well the body would, but not the creature inside it."
" Ah, but remember, no one in that world knows it was a killer animal. Everyone would assume it was simply, a kitten. That killer animal, has two paths it could take now. One, could be to resume it's old life's habits and become a killer in that body, or, it could chose to forget that old life, and live differently and maybe more peacefully than before. However, it all goes back the fact it was given a chance by whatever cosmic deity, to restart everything, except it's mind."
" So I'm guessing the kitten...is Megatron and he has two paths he could take, because the Allspark changed him to make up his own mind?"
" Exactly."
" That doesn't mean anything! He's still himself! He can still kill people, and you've seen already, he's endangered the life of the someone who was by paper, supposed to be his niece! He hasn't changed a bit!"
" Then if that doesn't work for you, Mr. Simmons, how about this one. Megatron isn't known as Megatron on this planet legally, infact, according to the rest of the government, he's dead and gone. So what would they make of a man named Matthew Banes who has no record of criminal activity, to suddenly be thrown into solitary confinement for no reason at all? Wouldn't that raise a few suspicions?"
" Under that same government, he's still known to be NBE-1. New name or not."
" Then why is Mikaela Banes his niece? Wouldn't it have been best if he had no identity at all? It would have solved your current problem. But since he's considered a separate person from his previous form then he has no crimes under that new form. You can't imprison someone who isn't himself." said Ratchet
" You officially have pulled a mind screw on me, and I don't appreciate it." said Simmons " Explain to me again, how all this went from law to supernatural?"
" You guys gave him that new identity. Thus, your government system, just shot itself in the foot. How about that explanation, then." chuckled Ironhide
" It is supernatural from this standpoint, if you really think about it. It's as if someone claimed to be...oh..Adolf Hitler in another life. Could you sentence him to death?" Asked Maggie
" No, because that wouldn't make any sense!"
" Which is exactly my point." said Ratchet
" We can change that you know!" retorted Simmons " We can give or take an identity away."
" Um actually, you can't. It's been more than 24 hours since that time to revoke it, and he's established himself as Mikaela Banes' uncle, If you revoked that identity now, he would be presumed dead or missing by law, and Mikaela could in all respects, could start an investigation. Which, with the amount of witnesses to both this discussion, and his existence...well..that would put you in some really hot water. And for Sector Seven to save face, guess who loses their job?" smiled Maggie
" That's assuming that he does stay human!" said Simmons " Once he goes back to being his old self, well...that's when we will be there. So you better pray that Ratchet can finish that cure in time."
" But until then, he cannot be taken away. And to insure he doesn't, he will be under our watch," said Ironhide " If it comes to it, I will see to it myself."
'Ironhide.' thought Maggie ' You big, old softie, I could hug you!'
" If the time comes, he does resume his natural form, then all crimes he's committed, will be addressed, by both Cybertronian and Human governments." said Optimus
" Not if." said Simmons " But when."
Author's Notes:
Yes, short but sweet, however we are getting into 2nd movie territory here, what with Sam's magical growing tattoo. I thank Sylentnyte for that clever idea, and twist on the glyphs that Sam sees in his head in the movie. Instead of almost getting his brain cut out, Sam will just be turned into a living map, every time he uses that little spark ability. That ability is going to prove both helpful and harmful as the story progresses. And who's cheering over Ironhide's little speech there and Ratchet backing him up? Talk about loophole! Megs and Maggie certainly have something to celebrate over now. Well..maybe not too much. Megs might not be too happy about the prospect of staying human, just so he won't get carted off. I also made sure, when I was writing, that Maggie's love interest in Megatron didn't show in front of Simmons. There's a reason for this, but I won't reveal it yet. ^_~
On other note, I think I'm becoming a fangirl of Frenzy. I meant to write him as a cameo in the story, but he turned into a main character. He's got his uses though, he's not excess baggage, and he's going to take the place of Wheelie, which frankly, didn't so much but lead the others to Jetfire, and ceased being helpful from that point on. Not so with Frenzy! He's a spaz most times, but he will definitely be live up to his job description of spy and hacker. And then Leo is already proving to his expertise in patterns and his connection to Sam's past. He's not a comic relief like he was in the movie, but at least he's not a spare tire who cracks flat jokes.
And as for the excruciating wait where Maggie will finally get to nail Megatron..well, you're just going to have to wait longer. But the good news is, I already wrote the sex scene! I have a file on disk with the whole steamy chapter ready to be posted when the time finally comes. And to those who are concerned over the Lemon which is going to hike up the rating of this story, you'll be happy to know that it's not a major part of the plot, so you won't be missing any valuable stuff in it. Sylentnyte already got to read the rough draft, which goes into 'more-detail-than-is-legal' on this site (aka major fanservice). The version you guys will be reading will be watered down for obvious reasons. So if you want, go bug her about the juicy details. No no! I'm kidding, don't bug her! She's a busy girl, and she's been a doll to write parts 1 and 2 of this chapter. Speaking of which, she's mentioned on her art account that she wants to write a fanfic of her OC Rivet and Candice. And I'll be dead honest with you guys, go check out her work. Rivet's holoform is hawt! And he's a servant to Candice just like Sebastian from Black Butler! *Moe!!* Can you guess I have a butler fetish? Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I thank everyone for all the comments they left. They inspire me and keep me writing. You guys are just awesome! :D
Q and A:
Lecidre- Aw sorry for the wait! I was so caught up in exams, but Nyte kept insisting through email I get this chapter out ASAP. LOL Ironhide as a femme is a creepy mental image. 'She' would be one tough femme though, maybe a little butch. And yes, I wanted to portray Ironhide as a fatherly mentor to Bee. Optimus is usually seen as the fatherly type, but I think Bumblebee would look up to Ironhide as what kind of warrior he wishes to be. Strong and loyal. The 'Men's talk' was tough to write, to be honest. I went through two different drafts for that, one ending more in a fight, and one ending too abruptly. Will is more of the friendly type here, wanting to understand the complexities of Megs' and Maggie's relationship. I think it makes sense he'd be protective of Maggie, since he's a friend of her's. He still doesn't trust Megatron that much, but sees the potential of how much he could change, if given the chance. And the food! XD Megs still needs to work on forks and spoons, since he's so used to finger foods. But it's good to see he's trying new things now, and not just pizza. You're right, he's going to miss all those tastes once he changes back.
I think it's time that he did fess up about Maggie. He's had a lot of time to think about it, being in that little room. (I hate keeping him in here). He's gone past the stage of denial and finally into acceptance. He does love her, but the pain of wanting to keep her would hurt a lot. And then the possibility that he'd forget about her would be even more terrible. All those wonderful times would disappear. That must be really scary to imagine. And that's going to be the big question for the following chapters. Will he forget his time as a human, or will he remember it? What does the Allspark have in store for him? Told you we wouldn't see the last of Frenzy! He's going to have a big part with Sam pretty soon. LOL! Frenzy is confused...that was such fun to write. I surprised by the fact that he found out his leader is human, hasn't made him go into shock. Maybe it's the fact his leader hasn't changed too much in personality. And Sam..aw, I feel for him sometimes, but I personally love to torture him as much as I do with Megs. The Allspark is such a sadist, kinda like me. XD And Blackout is back! I just couldn't let him die like that. He went the through the biggest character development outside the main characters, so he's going to join the fray once more. And thank you for your continued comments and critique of my story. I really, really, really, appreciate it! *hugz*
madisonxhougen- I will and thank you! ^^
jeremy hollis- It would have been either Will or Epps, heck, I was even considering Sam but..meh..Will is in more contact with Megatron than anyone else. Yeah, that plan of Simmons is just stupid beyond all reason, but that's how he is. Just trying to get himself a bigger paycheck while being an ass to everyone else. But now he totally got 'faced' in this chapter! XD And don't worry, Megs is going to be rolling in the sheets with her before then. Hidden cameras!XDLOL Something like that is going to happen, but I'm not going to give it away just yet. But it's going to be funny as hell. And I had to throw in a past TF ref in there somewhere. Leo kind of reminds me of Carlos a bit.
giacbk- Aw sorry about not updating sooner. Life just doesn't give me enough time to do what I want. I'll try to not make you guys wait so long, hope this chapter was enjoyable. Thanks for the continued loyalty!
super-chunky-monkey- That it is, that it is! You can imagine how intense it gets for me just writing it. This chapter was a bit intense too. I'll try to get those updates sooner, if my busy life allows. Sorry for the wait!
dzeniibby- Hehehe, makes me happy that you folks are happy with Blackout's return. I couldn't let him off that easy, I haven't tortured him enough. I'm joking. XD And you are correct! It's The Fallen! *Gives you a box of donuts* It's part of the whole, 'bridging the two movies' plot of the story.