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Chapter 6
Halo and Draco stared at their friends in surprise, and they in turn stared back, before the twins wolf whistled, prompting Halo to charge them all, and hug them individually. When they were done, she told them to sit down, while she went to change. She came down in joggers, and a camisole.
"So, guys, what's up?"
"We've found out some… interesting news." Hermione said, nervously fidgeting. Fred wrapped an arm around her, comforting.
"Oh, what?" Halo asked.
"Well, there's no easy way to say this." Bill sighed, "So I'll come straight out and say it. Mum, dad, Ron, Ginny and Dumbledore as well as most of the order were planning on using you, just to kill of Voldemort, and then get your money and political clout, after you'd died, either by Voldemort, or through an 'accident'."
Halo's eyes filled with tears. "I- I'm going for a drive. I'll be back later. Make yourselves at home." She ran from the house, grabbing her keys as she went. She drove away, knowing none would follow her, but not realising that she hadn't put her foci back on.
She cut the engine when she reached the shed that Barricade was staying in. It was empty. He must have gone for a drive. No matter. That was actually better for her. Halo slid to the floor, pulled her knees to her chest, and began to cry.
Lucius Malfoy almost cried out in triumph when the girl entered the shed. The anti apparition and portkey wards were up, along with the anti magic wards. He quickly locked the place up, well enough that she couldn't get out, and sent flames from his wand at the shed, before apperating away to inform his Master.
Halo looked up as the smell of smoke reached her. She panicked when she saw the flames. The smoke went up her nose, and she began to cough. She quickly stood, as the flames spread across the walls, licking at the timber. The heat was rising, and she was quickly running out of clean air. She tried to cast an argumenti charm, but she didn't have her foci on her.
Halo reached for her phone, and turned it on. No signal except for emergency calls. Not thinking about the fire brigade, she immediately hit speed dial.
"Hello?" The voice of Epps asked.
"Epps! I'm trapped! No signal except" She broke off to cough, hard.
"Halo, what's wrong?" He asked, panicking.
"Fire, cough, shed, cough," She chocked out.
"Hold on, I'll try to get someone to you-" The heat was unbearable, and Halo dropped her phone, to clutch at her burning throat, as she tried to draw in breath.
Barricade saw the smoke, and sped for the shed he'd been staying in. His sensors picked up on someone in the shed, and he saw Emerald's Impala. Barricade knew she'd die, if left in there. He immediately drove through the wood door, to see Halo on the ground, half unconscious. He couldn't change yet, so he opened his back door, and hoped.
"Halo." He said.
She managed to pull herself into his back seat, but she was severely burnt. He knew where she needed to be. He just hoped he could get there in time, and not get blown up in the process. With that, he drove out of the flames, and headed for the Autobots.
Ironhide knew he shouldn't have gone back to base, and now they had no idea where the youngling was. Her friend Drake didn't know, and neither did Sam, Mikayla or Bumblebee and she was trapped in a fire of some kind! They were tapping into satellites currently, looking for signs of where she could be.
They had just found something, when the sound of a car bursting into a hanger caught their attention. All Autobots and Lennox and Epps turned to see Barricade. Immediately, weapons were being pointed at him.
Barricade began to speak. "I can't shift, but I have an injured youngling lying on my back seat, she needs help, now!"
They were all shocked. Was Barricade trying to help someone?
"She's suffering from severe burns Prime. She needs the help of your medical officer."
"Burns…" Epps said. "Halo!"
Ironhide pulled Barricade's door open, and pulled the injured Halo from the back seat, and cradled her gently as he carried her to Ratchet, who immediately set to work, but he didn't know if he could help at all.
Twenty minutes later, she began hallucinating, seemingly. "No- Sirius! No! Don't Go! Come back! No! It's just a Veil! Step back through! Please!" Her voice was hoarse but they could all hear her. "Don't die! Don't leave me face him alone! You promised! You promised!"
The Cybertronian's all felt their sparks ache, and the two human's felt their hearts ache for the teen.
"Voldemort- coming- Dumbledore- coming- all of them- trying to kill me- Nothing but a pawn to them, to defeat Voldemort."
Her mutterings were understandable, but the meanings weren't clear, except to Barricade.
"What's she talking about?" Jazz asked aloud.
"I don't know." Optimus shook his head.
"Please Uncle Vernon- not the whip! I'll be good- I won't be a freak!"
"She seems to be alternating through painful memories." Ratchet said.
"I thought she didn't know her 'Uncle's' name." Lennox said.
"Perhaps she was hiding something for a reason." Ironhide suggested.
"Mum, dad, Cedric, Sirius, all gone. All dead. Because of me." She whimpered, before falling silent. Then, she began to fit violently.
"Her vitals are becoming erratic!" Ratchet said, alarmed, just as black smoke emitted from her scar.
When it was gone, Halo went limp. "We're loosing her!" Ratchet said, as her heart stopped. He worked for two minutes, before it started again, and then, she began to change before their eyes.
A/N: So, what's about to happen? Please review, and find out later!