I totally forgot how long this chapter was! Uh, good luck, I guess.
Vivian gave chase after the larger dog, attempting to get the ball from him. Teaching the two how to fetch a ball wasn't going so well on the second day as they would chase the ball, wanting to be the first one there; but then whoever got the ball first would run off with the loser on their tail. Sometimes the roles would change between the two; Vivian is usually the first one to the ball.
It was early in the morning and it was already getting warm. I only hope the rest of the day won't get to terribly hot as anything above seventy degrees is too hot for me.
Finally after a good two to three minute chase between the two puppies, Kodiak came back and dropped the ball a few feet away from me. Wanting him to know that was what I wanted him to do, he was given a dig cookie and lots of loves and 'good boy's'.
I use the plastic ball holder and thrower to pick up the disgusting ball covered in dirt and dog slobber. They knew to sit when the ball is in the holder before giving another chase after the ball going far between the spread out trees.
Even though Kodiak is the bigger of the two and has definitely the longer legs, Vivian gives it her all time best and gets the ball first. She nearly goes paws over head during the entire process and almost eats shit, literally. The Pitbull mix trots back to me with Kodi trying to rip the ball out of her snout and she drops it about three feet away from me.
For her being the good pupper she is and retrieving the ball for me, she gets her own cookie and lots of loves and 'good girl's'. Kodi, of course, gets jealous of Vivi getting all of my attention and butts his way through, causing me to fall on my butt. They take this opportunity and create a dog pile; both of them aren't the lightest dogs out there.
"I don't think this is how this goes," a voice spoke up out of nowhere. I immediately push the dogs off of me and face whoever announced their presences to me. Gladly it wasn't who my mind thought it was and I relaxed a tiny bit before sending a glare towards Shawn. His brother was standing next to him.
"You really thought it was a smart idea to spook an officer." It was more of a statement then a question from the sound of my voice. It was true though, he was lucky I didn't have my gun on me or he would have a bullet between his eyes, not really.
Shawn only laughed at my statement and gave me a cheeky smile. Which in return, he got the fuck off finger from me. He places a hand over the middle of his chest and a hurt expression grew on his face. "That's mean Brey, I'm being nice here and all I'm getting out of you is meanness."
"Fuck off." I was in a pissy mood from him scaring me and kind of wanted him gone. Kodi stood in front of me, being a barrier between me and the twins and protecting me. He didn't show any aggression towards the two in front of me, which I was glad about.
Instead staying here and making the situation worse, I turned away from the two and strolled over to the front door with the dogs on my heels. "Hey, wait! Where are you going? I'm sorry for scaring you!" Shawn called after me and I could hear his footfalls coming after me.
I ignored him and Scott as I entered my humble abode and Vivian ran off to somewhere in the house and Kodiak stayed with me. The other two followed me into the house without asking me but stopped when they saw me heading up stairs. I needed to change into my uniform and in a bit, head out for a day of watching people being fatuous.
After slipping on my green warden uniform for the day and placing my hair in a near perfect bun to keep it out of my way, I head downstairs and was greeted by the twins wrestling on the ground. The dogs were trying to join the two but couldn't necessarily get into the fight.
"I'm not going to even ask what's going on," I said out loud to myself while pinching the bridge of my nose. Right now, they are being noisome and getting on my nerves. Guess I was right about them, trouble makers for sure and the worst kind of them all: they fight with each other.
Shawn must have heard me speak my mind and stop struggling with his brother. He turned his gaze to me and a cheeky smile played his lips. That was quickly shot down by Scott who took this opportunity to pin him fully to the ground. I heard Shawn whine about me distracting him and tried to get Scott off of him. It didn't work.
The only thing in the kitchen for a quick snack was a banana and the box of Fruit Loops sitting off to the side. Those two things became my breakfast and I went into the living room, sat on the couch, and turned on the T.V to the news station for anything interesting; totally ignoring the two contumelious people on my living room floor.
Scott didn't let up his brother, keeping him pinned against the soft carpet of the living room. "Let go of me! You have held me long enough or do you want to impress Brey over there?" Shawn whined and teased Scott. It did the trick as his brother let him go yet Scott was able to get the last 'say' in the argument by socking Shawn on the arm.
Gladly Shawn acted like the older brother and didn't start up another fight or continue the other one. Instead he plopped his butt next to mine and slung his arm over my shoulders. I give him a glance mid-bite of eating my banana before turning my attention back to the T.V. "Hey, what cha doing?" he inquired.
"Eating," I gave him a short answer and not sparing him another look. Though, from the corner of my eye, I could see him slightly slump down and he removed his arm from my shoulder. I felt a little bad in the end. "I have to go to work in a bit. I so love working with idiotic people." My voice was full of sarcasm.
Both of the brothers caught on, Shawn chuckled lightly and shook his head while Scott let the tiniest of smiles play his lips. "It's true though. No one really knows the laws anymore and think us officers will turn a blind eye to them," I pointed out the truth about lawbreakers.
"We don't think that. We are too fast for you guys to catch us," Shawn challenged. I change my gaze from the T.V to him and gave him a look that said 'really'.
"You really think that?" He nodded his head confidently as if he knew this was the truth. I took the opportunity to show him who is the boss by grabbing his right arm with my left and bending it behind his back, painfully. I use the restraint on his arm to push off him the couch to the ground and held him on his stomach, police style.
I leaned down real close to his ear where he could feel my breath against his ear. "I'm quicker," I whispered before letting go of him and taking my spot back on the couch. A smirk was plastered on my face from the sight in front of me: he was still on the ground, a little out of breath and gazing up at his brother, trying to figure out what happened.
Finally he moves by sitting on his butt and turning to face me with a hurt expression. "That was mean. You didn't have to do that," he whined with his arms crossed over his chest. I laughed at his antics before taking the last handful of Fruit Loops and slowly took pieces from the handful.
"Things aren't fair in life, darling. You should know that by now, you're like twenty-six or something on the lines of that." Scott finally showed a little more emotion by allowing a laugh to escape his mouth; it was quiet and kind of hard to hear. It surprised me and I looked at him with my eyes widen in surprise; which in return he scowled at me and whipped his head in the other direction so I couldn't see it.
"I do, I do but I thought you were a kind femme. Now, I'm on the fence about you," he teased with his signature cheeky smile on his face, he likes to smile like that a lot. Wait, femme? What does that mean? That also gets stored in my mind for next time.
"Well, if you do not like me, then you don't like me. I can't really change that but I don't really care if you do or you don't," I hardened my voice with my eyes slightly narrowing at the childish man sitting on my floor. I leave the two in the living room and put away the box of Fruit Loops and cleaning off the crumbs on my face.
The sound of playful growling caught my hearing and I immediately perked up. I already knew what the dogs were doing and only prayed for them to not be chewing up something in my room. "You damn dogs! If you are chewing anything of mine, I'm going to beat your guys' asses into next fucking week," I shouted at the top of lungs while running up the stairs like a mad woman.
Once making it to the doorway of my room, I gasp in shock at the sight in front of me then released a growl in anger. One of the pillows from my bed was in the mouths of my two dogs and stuffing was spread out on the floor around them.
Both of the dogs drop the pillow almost at the exact time and you could see the fear in their eyes; they knew they were in big trouble the moment they saw me enter the room. Kodiak's ears go flat against his head and he lowers his head near the ground while keeping his eyes away from mine. Vivian, instead, pins her ears against her head and slowly walks up to me with her tail between her legs.
My female dog acts like she did nothing wrong and sits down in front of me, wanting a few pets and belly rubs. That she does not get, I grab her by the collar with her partner in crime and march down the steps. I throw them in their kennels each with a firm 'bad dog' before heading up the stairs once more. Need to clean up their mess and after my shift, pick up a new pillow.
"Damn, you look hot when you're mad," Shawn commented and whistled as he leaned up against the doorframe of my room. I paid him no attention and continued picking up the stuffing and pushing it back in the ripped open pillow; this might be salvageable with my okay skills of sowing.
"I don't think she wants to talk to you, Sides," Scott speaks up from around the corner.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious. At least one of you has a brain." So much sarcasm was in the first sentence.
"Hey! Primus, why are you so mean to me?" Shawn pouted like a two year old, he even had the whole act together: his lips pushed out, arms crossed over his chest, and a small hurtful glare in my direction.
I picked up the last hidden piece of pillow stuffing and put the pillow in the closet for safe keeping. The dogs would definitely try again of ripping up the poor pillow. The only good thing about this was the pillow was kind of cheap and has a chance of being fix.
"Anyway, I have to leave real-," my sentence was interrupted by my phone quaking downstairs. I leave the two to their own devices in front of my room and head to where my phone was downstairs.
The caller ID read Bossy Bitch (my sergeant, Tipps) and I immediately picked up the phone.
"Brey, it's another one." I already knew what she was talking about; it has been almost two weeks since the last destroyed sight and nothing that would show me who has done this has made its appearance, leaving high and dry. "What I have heard from this one, its way worse than the others and closer to a town. Please be careful and watch out for anything that would seem dangerous. Don't be the hero."
"Yeah, yeah. You tell me this ever time. Anyway, just like normal send me the coordinates and I'll be there as soon as possible." After that, she hung up on me and a few moments later, the coordinates are sent to me be by Tipps.
It was sure close to a town for sure, maybe someone saw what happened. And why am I being the one called here? My shift hasn't even started and the coordinates are in Decker's district.
Shawn and Scott come down the stairs as I'm getting ready. "What's the rush?" Shawn questioned, giving me an expression of confusion.
"I have to get going on another call. Now get, I have to lock up the house because I don't trust you guys enough for that," I ordered while mindlessly pointing in the direction of the door from the kitchen. I was more focused on grabbing everything needed for the day's work and wasn't paying them little to any attention.
They left my sight and the sound the front door opening and closing signaled they left the house. I grabbed my patrol truck keys, gave my surroundings a good look for anything else needed, and then left my house and locked it up.
I see the rear ends of the two Lamborghinis driving towards the Lennox's house before hopping into my truck and starting my way towards the coordinates given to me. This was going to be a long drive over there without my lights or sirens. With it not being serious like a car accident would be, I couldn't use them this time.
Just like the last few times of discovering these sights, the area was completely destroyed: trees ripped out of the ground or knocked over by some great force, places on fire or creators by small fire blasts from some sort of gun, and the ground itself was disturbed. Everyone here is definitely asking: what happened here? I, on the other hand, was asking who was destroying private property like this. It was already way out of hand at this point.
Decker wasn't here, surprise, surprise. Something smells funny around here and I'm going to get to the bottom of it. Hopefully, if it is something dangerous and the reason on why that 'secret' military was built near here, I could back out in time or I could go down with the whole ship.
While standing in front of the huge sight of destroyed forestry, my eyes caught sight of something silver with a bit of shininess to it. I jog across to the other side where I saw it on a slight incline and use my gloves to pick up.
It was the size of my point and middle finger combined together with a scorch mark on one of the sides. It was heavy though and felt like metal yet at the same time not. The shard was warm in the palm of my hand and smooth to the touch. All in all, I had no idea on what this shard was or if would lead me to whoever is doing this.
Like the other times, the sight was put out by the firefighters of the nearby department. I left after Tipps gave me the case and nothing else could be deciphered by the bare evidence given to me.
Something in the back of my mind told me that Will and his friends, new and old, had something to do with this. May it be them working at the nearby military base or them causing what is happening at these sights, I want to find out what's happening.
My finger pushes a button on my wheel and a pinging noise happened, this activated Siri on my phone. "Call Tipps," I commanded with my voice monotone. The male, British (don't judge me) Siri repeating my words and the phone began to ring.
"What can I do for you?" Tipps voice filled the cab on the truck.
"Hey, I was wondering if I could take the rest of my shift off. I need to talk with a couple of my buddies and hopefully get the newest case closed," I requested with a hint of uneasiness in my voice. I don't like asking for anything, specially asking for time off but this was serious and could benefit me greatly if one of them gives me what I needed.
"Oh my Gosh. Did you just ask for time off? Like, are you serious right now?" I immediately knew at that moment it was going to be a no.
"Yes and I'm sorry for eve-," she interrupted my apology.
"No-no-no-no-no, don't give me any of that bullshit 'sorry' stuff. Of course, I'll send someone to watch over your area for the time being. It's finally happening!" She sounded so joyous about me taking the next five hours off. It has been well over five years since the last time I took time off from work, there's nothing outside of my job that would require me to do so.
"Okay, thank you very much, Tipps. I owe you one," I thanked her for allowing the next five hours off.
"Anytime. Have a fun time with your 'buddies'." The way she said 'buddies' left me with a weird feeling in the pit of me stomach. She hung up after that, not giving me an opportunity to ask what she meant by that.
Next, I called up Will. "Hey Wild Bill, do you have any time to talk? I need to ask you, Epps, and maybe Fig about a few things. If you could, bring them with you."
"How many times have I told you not to call me that? But yeah, I have some time. I'll see if they are free. Where do you want to meet? Sunshine Hill's or somewhere else?" he responded.
"Sunshine's of course and at two, it's going to take me awhile to get back down towards Jay. See you later." I ended the quick call to my friend before flipping a Uie at the light and heading towards Sunshine's. At this time of day, they won't be too terribly busy around two in the afternoon.
The drive back was, of course, quiet and a little nerve-racking as I though over how to approach the situation. If he has to follow his protocol, if he is part of this, then he would have to lock me away from the face of the world. But I wanted to know what is going on in our state and maybe the rest of the other states, especially if the military is evolved.
This isn't something small on any scale and could be dangerous to human kind. As an officer of the law, I'm here to serve and, more importantly, protect the public from any danger. It comes with the job; danger is at every step you take.
It wasn't long until the restaurant appeared on the side of the road and I immediately see the large, black Topkick GMC parked near the closest exit. There seemed to be no one inside by the looks of it. I pull into the small parking lot and back my patrol vehicle next to Will's GMC.
At the moment, I couldn't tell if Will fulfilled my wish of bringing Epps and Figs. If he didn't, it's fine, I only want them to be there for more opportunities if Will won't disclose anything to me.
Through the large windows of Hill's, I could see the three army men sitting in a booth with Ian, talking amongst each other. That was until Fig spotted me entering the building and pointed it out to the other three in his group.
I slide in next to Will and Ian (little bit of a tight fit for the three of us). "How are the four princesses of the world doing?" I teased the army men. Figs and Will roll their eyes, Epps gives a few chuckles, and Ian (the poor guy) look offended yet confused at the same time.
"Doing fine our mighty queen. What about you?" Epps plays along. Figs gave the two of us a bitch face before glaring out the window at anything in his line of sight. Someone is on their period.
"Good, good. But that's not the reason why I called you guys here," I started and took a few second break to think. Fuck this; I'm going to be straight forward to the point. No reason of playing games with adults. "I want to know what is going on."
Will gazes at the other three men with confusion on his face. If I didn't know him well enough, I would have fallen for it. "What do you mean?"
"Don't play games with me. This is a life or death situation now and as an officer, I will not play with anyone's lives. I know you know what is going on around here; especially with that 'secret' military base that was built in Zeke's area."
"All I want to know is what is going on? So I know when to watch out for and alert you when out and about. Simple as that." Will kept quiet while hanging his head low and shaking it. Epps decided to break the silence between us.
"Brey, it's not as simple as you say."
"So there is something going on and you guys, who I have known since I moved here when I turned eighteen, aren't going to tell. Well, isn't that just fan-fucking-tastic. My family friends don't trust me."
"Aubrey, it's not-," I interrupted Figs from continuing his sentence.
"Don't you dare say 'it's not like that' or I will shove a rusted crowbar so far up your ass, you'll be shitting tetanus for days. What you're doing to me hurts, badly. I hope you know that real well. Since this isn't going very well in my favor-." Right on time, my phone began its thundering ringing of Zeke calling.
Since it was Zeke calling me during his shift on a somewhat busy day, I pick up the phone call immediately and remove myself from the table of four. Will attempts to give chase but a strict finger and a terrifying glare in his direction was all he needed to sit back down.
"Not the time, honey," I slightly snarled. I didn't mean for my anger to be directed at him but from what just happened, there wasn't much that could be done.
"I don't care, me and Dominick have a situation. I don't know what to do and don't want to call it into dispatch. Please, I need your help." My aggression from before washed away faster than a roaring river and I knew he wasn't kidding by his tone of voice.
"Where? Er, text me where you are. I will get there as soon as possible. Stay safe." Not giving the four a chance of stopping me, I rush out of the building as if it was on fire and towards my patrol vehicle.
My phone bussed once more, signaling Zeke had texted me where he is as the forest green truck rumbled to life. I read over the coordinates before inputting them into my truck and nearly peeling out of the parking lot. It would take me time to reach where he is; he's far in the mountains where hikers rarely go.
The lights and sirens on my truck were flipped on the moment my tire hit the road and people knew to get out of my way. Unless you'll be one of the dumb ones and just speed up, thinking we'll turn eventually.
It took about a good thirty minutes to reach where the GPS told me to stop. I was on a secluded road, surrounded by thick forestry, and it gave off a creepy feeling. I would have to walk the rest of the way to get where the two are and assess what they are having trouble with.
Once outside of the truck and exposed to the forest, silence was all around me. Not a hoot from an owl or a chirp from a cricket, there seemed like there was nothing out here for miles.
Reaching the two was another story though, the forest was untamed and filled with bushes, fallen trees, and dangerous creatures if you weren't careful. It was a twenty minute hike to spot something black and white through the bushes.
"Zeke, Dom, you there?" I called out.
"Finally you get here! God, did you take a fuck break before you got here?" Dom spoke up and teased me.
"Don't need to hear that! But Brey, get over here now," Zeke groaned and I did what he told me to do. I get past everything and a gasp tore through my throat at what laid in front of me.
A fucking robot, which looked damage by something else, was lying on the ground and was covered and seemed to be leaking a blue substance. Its primary colors were a black and white with decals of some sort. It was hard to read them from them being nearly all scratched up.
"What in the Sam hell is this thing? And why is it in the middle of a forest?" I questioned out loud.
"As if we would know. It might be dead though. We have been here for over an hour and it hasn't moved or made any sort of noise," Zeke said to the right of me.
"I'm more worried about why it's damage. Because that means there is something out here that could take down the thing and we are out here with no protection." Dom did have a point. A normal pistol would do no damage to something that took down a five ton robot. We are screwed.
We fall into silence as no words could be made up from the situation we are in. I decided to become a bit daring and throwing some of my common sense out the window by climbing on top of the supposedly dead robot.
"What in the hell are you doing?! You're a fucking idiot! Why do I even hang out with you?" Zeke screamed at me yet he stayed in his spot, not knowing what to do in this situation. I, on the other hand, did care, he was more worried about my safety if something did happen.
"Dude, calm down. At least we can get a good look at her from here." Dom and his jokes, not the time. That only fueled Zeke's worry and anger and he made an attempt to climb the robot, the main word attempt. We all stopped at the sound of gears grinding roughly against each other and I froze every muscle in my body in fear.
The two yelled at me to get off as the blood red eyes flickered on and took its first attempt of standing up in however it's been. It must have not seen me and I fell off, hitting the ground hard. Tears welled in my eyes at the first shock of pain from my head flooded my system; my head had hit something hard. I was in too much shock, pain, and fear to even think about moving my limbs.
Gladly my friends came to the rescue; Dom lifted me up in to his arms and carried me not-so-swiftly from the disoriented robot. That was short live as the robot must have seen us running from it and tried to give chase. The trees didn't necessarily stop it but definitely slowed it down enough for us to get away and out of sight.
After about five minutes of hard running, the two slowed down to a stop and Dom dropped me roughly on ground. The two knew not to sit down after running their hearts out and walked around in small circles to help slow down their heart beats.
"I told you so," Zeke sassed between heavy breathes. Since Dom carried me all the way, I wasn't as nearly out of breath at the two male wardens in front of me are.
I lightly touch the back of my head from where my head must have hit a branch or rock on the ground and pulled back for my eyes to see. Blood lightly coated my fingers that touched the wound and a cuss escaped my mouth in reaction. All I hope that stitches weren't needed.
Dom kneeled down behind me and began prodding the wound on the back of my head. "It's not as bad as it could be but we need to be get back now," Dom pointed out the truth. I pulled out my phone, praying for it to have a bar for me to be able to call someone; no service.
"I guess it's time to play Slenderman. This time we aren't collecting eight pages but are finding a place that I can get a bar," I joked about.
We wandering about, listening for any loud noises from the robot while searching for somewhere to give us a bar. This was worse than playing the game Slenderman because this was the real deal but with a twenty foot tall robot as Slender.
Ten minutes past of nothing on our end until a bar appeared on my phone. Instead of calling the police like I should have, I called Will, thinking he might know how to deal with this.
"Brey?" Will picked up the phone thankfully.
"There's no time. I'm sorry it this doesn't make sense: there's a twenty foot robot chasing us. I'm not kidding. Will, I don't want to die." My voice was pathetic in the least yet what I said was true.
"A robot is chasing you?! Where are you Aubr-?" The sound something big making its way through the tree's caught the three of us ears and we all froze in fear. Dread filled my stomach to the brim at the thought of it coming to get us.
"Hurry!" Was all I said before hanging up on him and dashing away from the loud footsteps. It must have heard us and gave chase; the hunt is on and there was a slim chance of us surviving.
It was somehow gaining on us until a metal hand snatched me out of mid-jump over a fallen tree. An ear piercing scream tore through my throat and I struggled with all my might to get of the tight, near rib crushing grip.
Something over took me and I threw the phone at the two froze wardens below us. "Run! Spilt! It can't go after the both of you at the same time. Call Will and get him here! Go! Run! Get!" I yelled with all my might. I could see the debate on Zeke's face at the thought of leaving me behind and Dom took care of that by pushing him in one direction.
Dom grabbed the phone before taking off in one direction while Zeke hesitantly ran in the other direction. This gave the robot a hard time if he wanted to chase Zeke and Dom. It didn't though; it started to randomly walk in another direction. I was confused on why it's not following them, unless it has another plan of capturing them.
Gladly it realized the tightness of the grip holding my body was bruising and probably cracking my ribs and loosened its grip. I was now able to breathe a bit easier; though running away from the monster and it trying to squeeze my guts was taking a toll on me. My throat burned from the lack of water and the running I just did.
"Should have left me alone," he, its robotic voice sounded like a male, stated as if I knew him and what he is talking.
"W-what? I don't-I don't even know you," I stuttered from the terror running through my body. At any given or wanted moment, he could drop kick me to Pluto or he could squish me like a bug in his hand.
"Oh, but you do. The runaway police cruiser that always slipped between your digits or when your human radio would randomly stop working. That was all me." How can he be the copper when it was a car and him a robot?
"But-but how? You're a robot-." He interrupted me before I could finish my sentence.
"I am not a robot. I'm a sentient being from the planet Cybertron!" he growled lowly and nearly scared me out of my skin from his comment.
"O-ok-okay! I'm sorry." I coward away from him, protecting my face with my hands as if that would save from my impending doom. If you were in my shoes, you would be acting the same way. "You're a Cybertronian, how could you be a car if you formed as a humanoid?"
"The little you know, the best it's for your life." He didn't say anything else after that and I was too afraid to get to talk about more of him. Wait, this means he's an alien. Fuck my life!
He continued moving, sometimes stumbling over his own feet, through the forest and going further in the forest. He seemed like he had an idea of where he was heading yet was having trouble getting past the thickness of the trees.
After awhile of being carried like a doll, I decided to speak up, in attempts to get to know my alien capturer. "So, um… what's your name? Mi-mine's Aubrey but most call me Brey." The words sounded so forced through my throat and it did irritate my throat more.
"My designation is Barricade." A like weird that his name was after something of humankind.
Wait a minute. "As in Officer Cade?" I questioned with an uneasy feeling in the bottom of my stomach. Talking with him was helping my fear of him slowly melt away.
"You're correct. Those areas you were forced to go to were from small battles between the Autobots and Decepticons. One of them, I was found by the Autoscums and somehow I was able to escape." Autobots? Decepticons? What in the hell was he talking about? My head began to hurt it trying to piece everything together from past and present situations.
"Okay-okay, stop. I'm going to have a migraine in the end." I rubbed my forehead with the palm of my hand to get rid of the pressure inside of it. "But the only thing I really want to know is: what do I got with all of this? Why did you go after the three of us and only capture me?"
"The Decepticons learned you're great friends with the Autobots main pet. So this is how I know of you. The other two fleshbags, I have no idea who they are. And since you were there when I first gotten out of force stasis, I decided to take you for company. It gets lonely out here, especially when both factions are after you. I can use you for leverage on both sides if they do find me," he explained. So the only reason he has me is for bait.
The only thing I could say was "oh". After eight years of protecting the public, getting back on my feet after everything that had happened to me, this is how my lights go out: being captured by an alien robot from the planet Cybertron and used as leverage.
I kept to myself as he continued making his way through the forest until we arrived at an abandon mine shaft with a wooden barn as the entrance in the middle of nowhere. The other way I could go out is by being crushed by rocks; not the heroic way I would want to go out.
Barricade entered the wooden barn and set me down on creaking wood boards below us. "If you dare try to escape, I'll break both of your legs so you can't walk." He made a good argument about not escaping and I sat down on my ass to make sure it didn't provoke the idea of me escaping.
That didn't stop me from thinking about a way to escape from here. I didn't have my phone on me, leaving me without a device to contact anyone with. My only hope was Dom or Zeke being able to contact Will and get help. If they didn't, I'll be joining the wheel in the sky.
My eyes and throat felt like they were on fire. My eyes from the stress I went through under two hours ago and still going through. My throat from the lack of water and the tiny bit of screaming I did awhile ago. What has my life become in less than two hours ago?
My adrenaline was used up long ago and was starting to wear me down. Tiredness was starting to catch up and drag down the path of darkness. I didn't know whether or not to accept sleep as it would leave me helpless to the monster and no time to think up a plan.
Fighting the tiredness was futile and I let sleep finally take me away into dream land.
The snapping of a twig (sounded more like a tree being stepped on) woke me from my peaceful nap and I jumped up in surprise. Barricade must have hear the noise too as he was already up and looked to be scared nearly shitless. I felt a like bad for the bot but quickly shook off that feeling, he did capture me after all.
A male voice spoke yet I couldn't understand any of it from him being too far away. The voice sounded like Will's and I prayed for it to be, get me away from the fucking giant robot that kidnapped me.
Out of nowhere, Barricade not-so-gently scooped me off the ground and held me tightly in his grasp. "Time to use my barging chip," he said out loud, mostly to himself. I knew it was pointless to fight against his grip around my body and glared up at the police style robot. If he was a real cop, he wouldn't be doing something like this.
Barricade steps out from the barn that connects to the abandon mine shaft and held me out in front of me. A group of seven bots stood in front of a large group of humans, one I recognized as Will. My prayer was answered and that had to be the happiest moment in my life.
What I didn't like about this whole situation (besides being used as a pawn and being held like a doll) was the group of seven other robots in front of us. They could be with Barricade and have captured these army men. Wait! Army men! This is what the military was hiding from us: the use of robots.
"Well, well, well, look what we got: the Autobots," Barricade sneered with hatred seeping in his voice. He must really hate the Autobots.
"Barricade, release the human. She has nothing to do with this," the largest of the bots ordered with a baritone voice, yet at the same time his voice was a tiny bit familiar. Regal and authority was literally rolling off of him in waves and I was surprise Barricade didn't follow through with his order.
"Oh, but Prime, she does have a lot to do with this. You can't harm me when I have this fleshbag in my servos. And if you dare send one of your soldiers after me, I will squish her like the meatsack she is," Barricade growled lowly and tightened his grip around me to show he wasn't kidding around. It was hard to breath with your ribs nearly getting snapped and I banged my fist against his metal hand to tell him to stop.
"Stop! What do you want for her safely returned to us?" Will cried and foolishly letting his emotions get a hold of him. Even though I couldn't see Barricades face, you could feel the triumph smile grow on his lips.
"Well, one thing is for sure: energon. And no more attacking me or no sending any of your goons to watch over me," Barricade offered. Will scowled at him and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Fine but you must know it will take awhile for us to the energon back here," Will accepted.
"Oh, I know and I can wait here until you give me the energon." Great, now we have to wait for probably hours until Will can give him whatever energon is. My legs will be asleep by then and my bladder is kind of in need of a release.
Time ticked away, slowly in my eyes and sooner than later, a few of the bots that left, appeared with blue glowing cubes. That must be energon.
"Okay, Barricade, we got your energon, now put down the girl gently and safely," Will calmly ordered my kidnapper.
"No, not until the energon cubes are in my servos. I'm in control of what happens to the fleshbag." Will signaled for the three bots carrying the energon cubes to move forward. The trade between the two wasn't as slick as I wanted because the moment the bots got close enough with the cubes, Barricade threw me up in the air. This forced two of the three bots to let go of the cubes and reach out to catch.
During this entire thing, not a sound came from my mouth; I was too scared to scream or even whimper in fright of being thrown up in the air. A red bot gladly caught me after my descent in the air and held me close to his warm, metal chest. It acted like it was protecting from the monster robot in front of us.
Barricade quickly grabbed all the energon from the ground and bot before rushing off into the dense forest around us. He disappeared nearly the moment he got past the first row of trees and was gone from sight.
"Put me down, now!" I ordered to the red robot holding me with my voice shaky. I could care less about heights; it all about the sudden drop at the end. It gave me a fake hurt expression and placed his other hand over his chest in mock hurt.
"That's not nice. I just saved your aft and you're-," I interrupted him, the voice sounded like a male and sounded a bit familiar.
"Put me down! Please, put me down," I cried because I wanted to be as far as possible from every robotic being here. He hesitantly followed through with my order. The moment my half-asleep feet touched the ground, I dash towards Will and wrapped my arms around him. I didn't care if my actions were a bit weird, that was the last thing on my mind. I was away from the police style bot safely on the ground.
Will also wrapped his arms around me and nearly squeezed my guts out of me. That didn't go well for me from the most definitely bruised ribs and maybe crack ribs. I pushed him back, squeezed my eyes shut from the pain my ribs are emitting, and wrapped my arms gently around my upper chest. "Are you okay, Brey?" Will beings fret about my well-being.
What do you think? I was kidnapped by a fucking over grown tin-can and nearly crushed by said being.