Hurray, it's time to see what is going to happen next with the cute little sparkling. Will he remember more? Will Barricade make a pain of himself? Heavens the drama! I can hardly take it... and I know what happens too...

Oh well. Let's get on with it.


The sparkling, or Sam as he was now calling himself, Sat in Bumblebee's driver's seat looking out the window at the world flying by. There were a few other cars on the long highway and he enjoyed watching the humans that where inside them. So far he had seen a minivan with two sitting in the front who when he asked Bumblebee said that they where the mother and father. Then there were two younger humans in the back and he was told that they where the children of the two in the front.

The next car that he saw was a sports car, it was red and sleek. The young person behind the wheel kept trying to pass Bumblebee but he was more than able to stay in front of him. Sam was so intrigued by the world he was seeing and his constant questions and movement was enough to distract Bumblebee enough to where he didn't see the police car speeding up the lain next to them. It wasn't until Sam asked what the car next to them was doing that Bumblebee took notice, but by then it was too late.

The speeding police car slammed hard into Bumblebee's side sending him spinning off in the other direction. The sound of screeching tires filled the air as what cars where there slammed on there breaks in order to avoid the spinning yellow Camero. Bumblebee didn't stop spinning until he slammed into the concrete barrier that divided the two sides of the highway. A static filled groan came from the cabs speakers as he ran a quick check to see if anything was damaged.

When he saw that everything was fine he turned his attention to the little one inside him.

"Sam! Are you alright?" He asked.

A small whine came from the sparkling as he slowly sat up. He had been thrown sideways when they hit the barrier and had fallen so he was lying across both front seats.

"I don't know... My arm and head hurt a little." He said.

Bumblebee did a quick scan of his body and saw that there wasn't any real harm done to the little one. He sighed, since Sam was in his proto form he didn't have any real armor. Which meant that he was in great danger of getting badly hurt if he stayed close to the fight that Bumblebee knew was about to take place.

"Bee... What was that? Why did the other car hit us?" Sam asked his voice sounding like he was about to cry.

"Sam you need to listen to me." Bumblebee said trying to keep him calm. "Can you do that?"

Sam nodded his head slowly.

"I need you to run Sam. Run and find a safe place to hide." Bumblebee told him.

"But..." He started.

"Sam!" Bumblebee cut him off. "You have to do this. Run and hide and don't come out until I come get you."

With that said Bumblebee opened the driver's side door which thankfully hadn't gotten pined by the barrier. The sparkling gave a small sob before stumbling from the cab. He fell on the ground with a thud and slowly got to his feet, they were still shaking from the crash but he was able to walk on them. He pulled himself over the barrier and started to move across the other section of highway which thankfully was empty of other cars.

He ran until he got to several very old looking cars that were sitting a small distance from the road. He moved behind them and sat down with his back resting against the car. Drawing his knees to his chest plate he wrapped his arms around them and laid his head on his knees. He shut off his optics and tried not to listen to the horrible sounds that where coming from where he had just been. With his vision dark images started to pull themselves up from somewhere deep inside him. The same place that the voice had come from earlier. The pictures that flew by made him scared and he shook with fear as they continued to weave a strange tale that he felt he should know but for some reason couldn't remember.

Bumblebee waited until the sparkling had made it across the interstate before turning his attention back to the car that was waiting just up ahead of him. The few cars that had been on the road where stopped and the people inside where watching what was going on. Bumblebee looked at the car that had hit him and instantly knew who it was.

"Barricade!" He spat over the open link.

A deep heavy chuckle answered him.

"Hello little bug." Barricade replied.

Bumblebee stopped so that the two were facing each other. He was curious as to why Barricade hadn't transformed and attacked him yet.

'Maybe he is waiting for me to attack first.' Bumblebee thought. 'In any case this can't get out of hand. There are too many humans here and they could easily get hurt.'

Bumblebee pulled up a quick map and saw that they were about an hour's drive from the base, and that was if you where speeding. With no other choice he commed the base to try and get some help. As soon as he opened the comm. link however Barricade lunged forward speeding at him at full force. Bumblebee wasn't able to send a proper message so instead he sent a quick S.O.S and hoped that one of the Autobots had heard it.

He raced forward as well matching Barricade's speed. When they were a few feet from one another they both transformed into their robot forms and slammed into each other. Bumblebee tried to grab hold of Barricade and get some leverage to throw him but he couldn't get a good enough grip. Instead he found himself flying over Barricade's shoulder and landing hard on the ground. The ground under him cracked violently as he landed and he quickly rolled and shot on to his feet.

Compacting his hand he brought out his cannon and let his mask drop into place. He was lucky that Barricade had moved away from the steadily growing swarm of cars. He let loose with a few shots from his cannon, only two of them hit their target the others flew past and exploded into the ground. Bumblebee watched Barricade launch himself forward bringing out a large saw like devise and tried hacking at his mid section.

Bumblebee dodged as best he could but ended up getting clipped by the blade, he felt it cut through some of his armor and a cable or two. He forced back the pain and pushed forward. Slamming his fist into Barricade's chest and then again into his mid section Bumblebee forced him back a few steps. Barricade looked up at him and laughed madly.

"Weak Autobot!" He shouted.

It was then that Barricade did something that Bumblebee would never have expected. He picked up one of the cars that were parked in the traffic jam that they had made. Bumblebee could see the humans that were trapped inside the car. They were screaming and pushing up against the far side that didn't have Barricade's hand.

With an evil glint in his optic, Barricade launched the car at Bumblebee. His optics wide with shock Bumblebee dove forward and caught the car before it could hit him or the ground. He carefully placed the car back on the road where it quickly drove off going as fast as it could.

"Pathetic humans." Barricade laughed. "Just like insects."

Bumblebee saw Barricade bend to pick up another car. Bumblebee moved to try and stop him but had to change his course when the second car went flying. Only instead of getting tossed so that it would hit him. Barricade had thrown it so that it would fly well over Bumblebee's head. A fall from that height would kill the humans inside the van.

Bumblebee slid to a stop and started running the other way trying to catch the flying van. He managed to catch it seconds before it hit the ground. To do it he had to dive across the pavement and with his hands reaching out. He set it down and was about to get back up but a sudden heavy weight settled onto the middle of his back. Bumblebee didn't have to look to see that Barricade had just slammed his foot down onto him.

"Little bug." He growled. "I should crush you now."

Bumblebee saw Barricade's hands grip both of his at the wrist and pull them so that they were behind his back. The pain that raced through his body was incredible but Bumblebee kept fighting. He tried to pull his arms back but Barricade just jerked them up and closer to his chest.

"This will be fun." He laughed. "I am going to rip each of your limbs off. Then when you are nothing more than a head on a body I will slowly dig my claws into your spark chamber."

Barricade gave Bumblebee's arms another hard pull and Bumblebee could feel several cables and fuel lines snap. Gears began to grind together and a high pitched wine started to come from his arms as they were pulled well beyond their limit.

"Then when you are dead." He gave another pull. "I am going to find that little one you had with you." Another pull. "And teach it to kill and destroy!"

On the last word Barricade pulled as hard as he could on Bumblebee's arms sending waves of pure pain through his body. Barricade kept pulling and slammed his foot down hard onto Bumblebee's back. Then with a heavy grind of gears and the sound of metal being stretched beyond measure. Bumblebee's entire right arm came ripping from his body. Barricade let out a howl of pure joy as he saw the appendage pull free of its host with wires and cables still trying to keep the two together.

He pulled on it snapping the cables that where left. With the arm completely removed from the body Barricade tossed it carelessly to the side. Bumblebee's wails of pain could be heard for miles around. Barricade lowered his head until his mouth was right next to the scout's audio receptor.

"Now then..." He hissed. "Let's see how fast I can remove the other one."

Will sighed and sank deeper into Ironhide's seat. The comfortable seat combined with the vibrations of the truck where slowly drawing him into a light doze. He snorted and straightened up. He gave his head a shake to try and get it back to its normal running speed but it was a hard thing to do.

"How much further 'Hide?" He asked.

There was a pause before Ironhide answered.

"If all is well on the highway then another two and a half hours." Ironhide told him.

Will groaned and let his head fall back against the head rest. He hated sitting in any car for too long. Be they sentient aliens or otherwise. Plus he was still in a bad mood from having to lie to Sam's parents, and this was a lie that couldn't be undone. He rested back and tried to think about anything other than the long drive they had a head of them.

He had managed to distract himself for a while by playing a game on his cell phone but he quickly grew board of it. He looked at the clock on the dash board and saw that only thirty minutes had gone by. Looking out the side window he say that the traffic, which had been minimal when they first got on the highway. Was now heavy and moving at a very slow pace.

"What is going on?" He asked.

"I don't know." Ironhide replied.

They continued to slide forward slowly until it came to the point where they had to stop completely. Will sighed.

'Great now it is going to take even longer to get there.' He thought.

He could hear the other drivers honking at each other trying to get someone to move.

"Hey 'Hide scan the radio." Will said. "See if they are saying what is going on."

Ironhide was quiet but the knob on his radio started spinning wildly as he looked over every radio signal that was broad casting. It took ten minutes during which time they had not moved a single inch.

"There is no report on any radio frequency that tells of any accident on this road." Ironhide told him.

Will gave a confused look and tried to tilt his head to see what was going on.

"Then what the heck is holding us up?" He asked. "We would have been told if there was construction and even that wouldn't block us like this."

"Let me try and scan a head." Ironhide suggested. "Maybe I will be able to find something, even if my scanners aren't as sensitive as some others might be."

There was quiet again while Ironhide did that. Will in the mean time rolled down his window and stuck his head out. There were several people who were doing the same, while others had gotten out of their cars all together in order to stretch their legs.

"Hey!" Will shouted to a guy who had gotten out a few places in front of him. "Do you know what is going on?"

The guy shook his head and raised his arms.

"I have no idea!" The man replied. "My wife drove through here less than an hour ago and said that the road was completely clear."

Will ducked his head back inside the truck and waited for Ironhide to come back from his search. Around ten minutes later, Will felt a shudder run through Ironhide followed by the engine rumbling heavily. Will's first impression was of a large predator growling at something that threatened him and his territory. It scared him a little since he knew that Ironhide had the fire power, and the short temper to back the growling threat up.

"'Hide?" He asked nervously. "What is it?"

The driver's side door popped open.

"Get out Will." Ironhide said coldly.

"Will looked at the dash confused.

"Ironhide?" He asked.

"Will there is a Decepticon a head!" Ironhide shot at him. "And whoever it is is attacking another Autobot."

Will's eyes went wide and he tried to move but his body was frozen from shock. A rumble came from Ironhide and the next thing Will knew the seat he was on tilted to the side spilling him onto the road. The door snapped shut and Ironhide revved his engine angrily. Moving back as far as he could Ironhide forced his way out of the line of cars. He moved so that he was half on the shoulder of the road and half on the dirt ground. He took off like a bullet kicking up dust as he drove.

In the back of Will's mind he was telling himself that it was a good thing that they had been in the lain right next to the shoulder or else there would be a big mess of crushed cars right now. Snapping to his scenes Will stood up and looked around at all the confused eyes that where on him.

He saw the man he had talked to before walk over to him eyes wide.

"Did someone just steal you're truck?" He asked.

Will looked at him but didn't answer he just gave him a glare that easily told him to go away. The man took the hint and rushed back into his car.

'There is a Decepticon up a head.' Will thought. 'That must be what is making this jam.'

After that there was only one thought that went through his mind. He had to help. Looking around he smiled when he saw a man in a leather jacket sitting lazily on top of a black crotch rocket. He marched over to the man and tapped him on the shoulder. The guy still had his helmet on and only lifted the visor so he could talk.

"What the hell do you want?" He asked.

"Captain Will Lennox of the U.S. special armed forces I am commandeering you're bike. It's a matter of national security." Will said as politely and as officially as he could.

"Well good for you but no way in hell are you taking my bike." The guy said.

Will grinned. This guy had caught him in the right mood. Will grabbed a hold of the handle of the bike and used all of his strength to push the guy out of the seat. He yelped and landed hard on the ground.

"What the hell man!" He yelled.

"You're country thanks you." Will said sarcastically.

He revved up the bike and started guiding it through the spaces of the cars until it was next to the shoulder. Settling down on it he shot off down the side of the road like the hounds of hell where running behind him.

Ironhide raced down the side of the road as fast as he could. There was a deep feeling of fear and dread in his spark. He knew that he needed to hurry and help whichever Autobot was fighting right now but there was also something more. He could feel something pulling at his spark, something calling for his help. No it was pleading for it like... a child would.

Ironhide's mind snapped to attention. He wasn't sure how, but he knew that the sparkling... 'his' sparkling was up a head. He was in trouble and calling out for help. Ironhide kicked his speed higher than he had ever pushed it and started counting down the distance between him and his target. He paid no attention to anything else; if it was in his way then it got ran over. Luckily there were no humans in his way, only signs every now and then showing the speed limit.

Finally when got to the head of the traffic jam he saw something that sent a cold chill to his spark. He saw the black and white form of Barricade with his foot shoved into Bumblebee's back. Both the scouts' arms held tightly in black fists and being forced back farther than they should go. Bumblebee's high pitched wails where audio cracking, but he didn't turn them off.

Ironhide transformed and started to rush forward as fast as he could go. He didn't get there in time, and he watched helpless as Barricade ripped one of Bumblebee's arms from his body. He saw the yellow arm fly through the air as it was thrown by the 'Con. All he could see was red and he ran faster bringing his shoulder down in front of him.

He watched as Barricade lowered his head and whispered something to Bumblebee with an evil grin on his face. Ironhide let out a roar that carried for miles and slammed as hard as he could into Barricade. The black and white 'Con went flying through the air and crashed onto the ground in a heap twenty feet away.

Ironhide took one quickly look at Bumblebee and saw that his optics where fading as he tried to fight his emergency stasis. Ironhide saw the bright colored energon that was flowing from the spot where his arm had been moments ago.

'Hang on Bumblebee.' He thought as he rushed to where Barricade had fallen.

Looking down at the Decepticon Ironhide felt no pity in his spark. All he felt was raw and untamed rage. He unfolded the cannon on his right arm and pointed it right at Barricade's chest. It hummed with power but he didn't charge it all the way, he had something else in mind. He didn't think twice before blasting a massive hole in the very center of Barricade's chest. A soft blue glow began to shine through the hole and Ironhide bent down so he was right over Barricade.

He saw the 'Con's red eyes come up to meet his blue ones and he could see the fear that was in them. Barricade was afraid and Ironhide took pleasure in that fact. He reached into the hole and wrapped his fist around the spark chamber. Instantly it started to spark and vibrate quickly at the unwanted contact.

"You wouldn't." Barricade hissed. "You're an Autobot!"

Ironhide glared down at him and narrowed his optics.

"Try me."

It was the only thing he said and the last thing Barricade heard. Ironhide pulled hard and ripped the entire spark chamber from Barricade's chest. He held it up to Barricade's face so he could see it just before he went off line forever. The red light faded from his optics and his whole body slumped. A lifeless shell.

Ironhide looked down at the weakly pulsing spark in his fist. It was fading quickly; another minute and it would be gone forever.

"Punk ass Decepticon." He muttered before crushing it in his fist.

Before you anything else is said let me fist say this... please don't hate me... I feel horrible for putting Bumblebee through that. It wasn't my idea I swear, its what came out I had no control over it.

But if you still want to take a shot or two at me for it then go on and do it, I deserve it after all. :( Oh Bee please forgive me...

Anyway please review and let me know how this chapter came out.