The Autobots had given Ratchet Carissa's cell phone, he drove off the road and told every one he would be a few minutes.
Carissa looked over at Optimus who still had his arms around her "I don't think Autobots need bathroom breaks, so what is he doing?"
Optimus smiled and said "he's trying to trace where the calls came from your sister"
"oh, that's good" Carissa watched him anxiously, with every part of her being she wanted to find Kit, she wanted her twin to be back. She wanted to be home with her parents and Kit as if nothing ever happened. She wanted every one to be safe. With a sigh she buried her face into Optimus' chest, she heaved in and out with her breaths finding it hard not to hit something. She was so sick of sitting around and waiting.
Optimus looked down at the human and began to stroke her back ever so softly, she had to be comforted. He couldn't do this with out knowing Carissa would be safe and she wouldn't try anything rash. He bent his head and kissed the top of her head, he pulled her up tightly against him.
"its going to be ok, sweetheart"
Carissa gave out a hiccup and lifted her head "promise?" she said shakily.
"I promise" with that he bent his head and kissed her softly, it was meant to be assuring, and meant to calm her. It did both. Carissa nodded.
"thank you" she said in a whisper. Optimus smiled and brushed away one of her tears with his thumb.
"it will all end out well" he said.
Kit, woke up with a start, a jolt of pain flew down her back as she sat up too fast, she winced and the after effects of becoming immortal took their toll.
"you awake finally" the voice came from the shadows. Kit jumped and looked over to where the voice had come from, after her eyes adjusted to the darkness she could make out the form of Megatron, his back was against the wall and his arms crossed over his torso. His blood red eyes looked over at her. In this situation Kit felt neither threatened nor scared. She somehow knew that Megatron meant her no harm.
"yes im awake" she said coldly, her frightened attitude had been replaced by one with anger. "why are you still here, want to see me in pain, if so then stick around but if not you might as well get out" she snapped.
"your in pain?" Megatron's voice sounded concerned.
"well duh" Kit missed the concern.
Megatron got up and walked to the young human, she grimaced when his hand circled her body, she gave out a shriek as she was lifted. "where are you taking me!" she shouted as he began to walk out of the room.
"im taking you to the medical lab, there may be something there for your pain" Megatron looked at her.
"oh" that was a surprise to Kit "uhm, thank you" she whispered.
Megatron smiled one of his evil grins "your gonna owe me"
Kit sighed, as expected from an evil warlord. "what would I owe you?" she asked.
"information" Megatron said simply.
After a few minutes of smart tinkering with the cell phone, Ratchet managed to get a location, the hummer turned to face them.
"I have a location" Ratchet's voice sounded out from the cab, "the base is well protected but I have an area where the base is, once we are there we can look around for the base."
"lets kick some decepticon butt!" Sam thrust his fist into the air. Every one nodded.
And so with Ratchet in the lead the headed off towards the signal.
Carissa sighed and placed her forehead against the cool glass of the window, she was happy, she was going to get her sister back. Optimus had noticed that her mood was lighter and smiled, he didn't dare say anything to break her mood.
Ironhide was next to Optimus. He drove stiffly, never swaying like usual when he was in an argument with Rowan.
Rowan sat with her head facing out the window, this time she truly was mad at Ironhide, and being a girl she could hold a grudge forever. She heard Ironhide sigh many times, she too sighed, both we too prideful to say sorry.
"hmph" Rowna crossed her arms and sunk into the seat. She was planning on falling asleep when she had an idea, with a small smile she climbed into the back. Ironhide was too busy watching the road to notice.
Rowan sat in the middle of the back seat and traced a pattern into the seat. Ironhide shuddered but still didn't talk to her, she traced another pattern and another. Soon Ironhide was drifting off the road.
"will you stop that!" he said through what sounded like gritted teeth.
"no" Rowan said "you like it anyways"
"that's not the point" Ironhide snapped "I have to concentrate"
Rowan began to laugh "too bad" she continued to stroke patterns into his back seat.
Megatron placed Kit on the medical table and went over to a small cupboard labeled human.
"uh you don't have real humans in there do you?" Kit asked
Megatron laughed "no, that would be an interesting sight though" he pulled out a box and with his large hands placed it in front of Kit. "there should be an Advil thing in there somewhere"
"thank you" Kit said again. With that she began to shift through the box after a few minutes of having her head stuck in a box trying to find the Advil she finally found one. She popped of the cap and took out some and popped them into her mouth. She swallowed and lie back waiting for the drug to take effect. It took a few minutes but soon the pain subsided and she was left feeling normal.
"better now?" Megatron asked bending down so his face was level with hers.
"yup" Kit said.
"good" Megatron held out his hand and Kit obediently climbed on. Megatron walked out of the med lab and down a hallway that looked somewhat familiar to Kit.
"where are we going?" she asked.
"outside" Megatron answered.
"really" Kit asked her eyes growing bright.
"I heard fresh air is good for humans" Megatron looked down at her "am I right"
"fresh air is good" Kit agreed. She hadn't see the sun in a while and was growing tired of the water playing in the light across the walls.
Once outside Megatron let Kit on the ground "don't you try anything human." Kit didn't answer, she tilted her head back and looked into the bright blue sky. It was a beautiful cloudless day. Kit smiled and looked back down, she saw a nice big rock to climb and ran over to it. Once on top she looked up at Megatron.
"why are you being so nice to me?" she asked.
Megatron shrugged "dunno…"
Kit narrowed her eyes "is it because you are trying to be my friend and then get information out of me?"
Megatron smiled "I don't think that would work seeing as you've already figured that plan out, now im not going to try it"
"oh" Kit sat down.
Megatron looked down at the young girl and a sudden feeling came over him, he knelt down next to her and put a large finger under her chin and softly pushed her head up. "you're my pet now and I suppose im supposed to take care of my pet" that was his explanation.
Kit shrugged "you do have to take care of your pets" she nodded in agreement.
"Ratchet how much longer?" Optimus asked over the communications.
"uh, well a few more hours" Ratchet said "were pretty far away still. You had better let Carissa get some sleep"
"alright" Optimus ended the communications and turned to Carissa "ya hear that, get some rest in the back"
Carissa nodded and went into the back, she lay on the cot her eyes wide open, she had no intention of sleeping.
Optimus then noticed that Ironhide had pulled off to the side of the road. "uh Optimus" Ironhide's voice broke out "I'll catch up, just keep going"
"alright" Optimus didn't bother to ask questions, he just continued on, all he wanted was to make Carissa happy and get her sister back.
Rowan was pinned to the seat by Ironhide "would you stop that!"
"stop what" Rowan asked innocently "you mean this?" she ran her fingers along the middle of the seat.
Ironhide shook over top of her "yes that" he said.
Rowan smiled "alright" she leaned closer to him and whispered "then I'll do this" she kissed him lightly on the lips and pulled back, she smiled at him and then looked at the road pointedly. "don't we have somewhere to go?"
Ironhide grimaced "you'll pay for that, leading me only like that"
Rowan shook her head and placed and hand in front of his face to stop him. "not now, we have a friend to save"
Ironhide growled "you'll pay for that, later" with that he disappeared and drove off, Rowan certainly was in a better mood after that.