After learning the decepticons were once again after him, Sam took the news quite well.
"oh shit, oh shit" he paced, he knew the reason why, he didn't have to find anything. Sam didn't have anything to do, that's what concerned him, last time he had to search of glasses and save his buddy Bumblebee but now he had nothing to keep him busy from the threat of attack. It was down right cruel.
Optimus knelt down in front of Sam "Sam, we need to take you away from you parents for a bit, it's the same with you Mikaela, we need to make sure your safe at all times" the two nodded, he reasons were good enough for them. Optimus told them to get packed, Mikaela had to go home so Ironhide and Rowan decided to escort her.
The two girls sat together, Rowan told her about how she had come into all of this and Mikaela told her part of the story as well. Once they were done they had reached Mikaela's house. Rowan decided to wait in the car not wanting to intrude.
Underneath her she felt Ironhide chuckle softly. "what's so funny?" she looked at the steering wheel.
"well this is the first ride we haven't fought"
Rowan shook her head "there is someone else here, it doesn't count" she waggled her finger in the air.
"true, but we didn't fight"
"we can now" Rowan laughed.
"no we cant"
"yes we can"
"no we cant"
"Ha we fought!"
"damn" Ironhide stopped talking to her then. It was hard not to fight with her, both found it extremely fun.
Back at Sam's house, Sam was freaking out, his hands were on top of his head as he paced around his bed room, since his parents weren't home the Autobots crowded around to watch him.
"what am I gonna do? I have school, my parents are gonna kill me. I mean what do I say, hi mom hi dad just thought you should know I was part of a war I killed the bad guy and now he's back to life trying to kill me! Oh and did I mention every one is a freakin ROBOT!"
"Sam calm down" Bumblebee spoke harshly trying to gain the boys attention.
"no wait maybe I should say that im part of a robot war and… and… and im gonna die!!" Sam sobbed. Bumblebee was seriously considering turning on his holoform and smacking some sense into Sam.
It was then Ironhide drove up, the two girls got out and stood on the ground. Suddenly a small dog came up to the girls, Ironhide took two large steps back, knocking over the garbage.
"oh no, stay away" he growled down at the dog, he had his cannons out and was ready to fire at any moment.
Sam rushed to the window, he half hung out of it as he started lecturing on how dogs were human's pets and they meant him no harm.
"Tell that to him" Ironhide pointed at Mojo, Mojo had his tongue out and was slobbering madly in front of Ironhide, he trotted to stand next to the large robot, his head was tilted to the side so he could look at his massive friend.
"Aww he's so cute" Carissa squealed, she ran over to the dog and began to pet him. Ironhide took a large step over them; he wanted to get away from that little pest.
Finally Sam had his bags packed, he was then left to write a note to his parents, just in case… the note ended up being well over four pages and Sam was still going strong. He scribbled madly as the Autobots waited patently. Rowan was not patient. She paced back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Ironhide was becoming dizzy.
"will you stop doing that! Its annoying"
"if you don't like it don't watch me" Rowan snapped up at him not even bothering to stop.
Sam looked up from his long note "how come you talk back to him, he could crush you at any second"
Rowan smiled at him "no he couldn't"
"yes I could" Ironhide argued
"well im sure you could but you wouldn't" Rowan continued to pace, Ironhide still followed her with his optics. Ironhide was silent after that, he neither agreed nor argued. Sam was done soon after that and the super long note was placed on the table they headed out to the base.
Mikaela and Sam rode with Bumblebee, Carissa with Optimus and Rowan with Ironhide. Along the way every one was strangely silent.
Kit struggled against Soundwave's grip but of course he was a super robot whose strength was far more superior to her own. Her resistance wasn't doing anything, so naturally being wise she allowed herself to be carried off.
"Let me go" she commanded.
Soundwave looked down at her "no" he looked back up, focused on ignoring her, if she could make such a change in Megatron, he feared what the girl could do to him, he just wanted this over and done with.
And so once he reached then end of the base entrance he waited until the huge doors to the outside world had opened up and then with a few short leaps Soundwave was out in the open. Kit had to blink a few times the bright light hurt.
Soundwave then walked away, the Autobots location was near, there was no need for transformation. Kit was bored after a few minutes, this was stupid, she was supposed to spy on her sister. That just wasn't right, but then if she didn't she would get killed and that would be a certain. So thre she weighed her options, revolt and die, don't revolt die a little later. She chose the second option, she would try and find a way out later.
Carissa drummed her fingers on the dashboard impatiently.
"are we there yet?" she asked trying to keep the annoyance out of her voice.
"not yet" Optimus tried to keep the girl calm. It was becoming harder to do with each passing moment, but then he promised her that he would get her twin back and that is what he would do, what ever the cost, he wasn't one to go back on his word.
Beside him he could see that Ironhide was getting annoyed, what little alliance he and Rowan had made was now shattered.
"are we there now?" Rowan asked for the fourth time in a row.
"no" Ironhide was trying to concentrate on the road but Rowan was making it hard, she kept on bugging him.
"how bout now?"
"do you see a base around?" he asked growling at her.
"no"
"well then what do you think?"
"so are we there yet or not?" Rowan smiled as Ironhide began to drift off the road.
Ratchet watched in an amused state as Ironhide swerved off road and suddenly moved back onto the road, Ironhide's bellow was heard from all around.
"You did that on propose!"
Rowans answer was just as loud "are we there yet!?" once again Ironhide swerved.
Optimus watched the two, he would have shaken his head but of course he could not. He looked back in his cab to check on Carissa, it had been awhile since she had said anything.
"you alright?" he asked, he kept his voice soft so as not to disturb her.
Carissa looked around that cab "of course im not ok, my sister is kidnapped and I cant do any thing about it, im trapped inside you and I need to find her!" Carissa let out her feelings in one breath.
"do we need another calming session?" Optimus asked.
Carissa slumped back into her seat "no"
"you sure?"
"im good, see, not angry any more"
Optimus laughed "you look like you want to kill something"
"I do, I wanna kill those stupid rust buckets, the ones whole stole my SISTER!"
"I think we need to pull over for a bit"
"no im good" Carissa argued. Optimus let in for now but if she got angry again he would pull over and set her straight.
Kit stood in front of Soundwave "you want me to do what!"
Soundwave shrugged "I wanna see what you see, so you just gotta carry this" he dumped a huge lens in front of Kit, it was twice her size.
Kit took a step forward "look here bucko, im not carrying that, I would lose our cover and you would get trashed, and then megatron would come and kill every one I know and love so n-o" Soundwave growled down at her, though he didn't argue with her reasoning.
Kit was soon off and running along the tree line, behind her the Autobots drove on. she had to get a hiding place one where she could see everyone in the short amount of time that she had, and so quickly and expertly she climbed up a tree so that she could get a full view of the road.
Optimus could feel Carissa growing tenser and tenser, it was starting to get annoying. The girl just wouldn't understand, it was a time to put an end to it. He brought himself to a stop on the side of the road, every one followed him with out question.
Carissa looked out of the window. "what are we doing?"
"your going to understand this" Optimus turned on his holoform. "I promised you that nothing would happen to her and nothing will she is o-k" he tried to grab her to hold her still but Carissa moved out of his reach.
"you cant do that, you have no guarantee..."
"I can promise what I want" Optimus said harshly "and she is ok, I promise you that, just stop acting so misbelieving"
"im trying" Carissa let her tears run free now, her sister, the one who she grew up with, cried with, laughed with was gone and she wanted her back so badly. "Its just so hard" she put a hand to her eyes trying to stop the steady streams. Optimus didn't know what to do, he was dealing with an emotional woman and he had no clue on how to react. He then did some quick thinking and after that he moved forward and brought Carissa closer to him, he enveloped her in a hug.
Carissa soaked his shirt but he didn't mind, she held onto him tightly and after a few minutes she sat up. brushing the tears from her cheeks she smiled faintly at him.
"thank you"
"im here if you need me" Carissa nodded. She sat back in her seat properly.
Ironhide growled impatiently, this was taking to long, he had a girl in his passenger seat and she was acting strange! He wanted to get to their new base fast. Rowan was quiet and it was scaring him, what evil plan was she coming up with? His optics shifted between her and Optimus, he willed him to move so that Rowan could get out of him.
Rowan suddenly sat up making Ironhide wince, she crawled over into the back seat and lay down. She was on her side and her eyes were closed. Within seconds she was asleep. Ironhide visibly relaxed, Rowan had done nothing, his whole cab sunk a few inches.
Bumblebee tried to keep his eyes of the couple in his back seat, these making out sessions were getting annoying. But then they were human and in love (apparently) so it seemed alright. In front of him Optimus started his engine and Ironhide followed after him. And soon every one was back on the road.
Kit couldn't believe her luck, right below her the Autobots had stopped for a bit allowing her to count the humans. Bumblebee carried two more, and that was news to her. did her sister make new friends that quickly? With a sigh she climbed back down her tree to report to Soundwave.