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Chapter 23
Bladewing sighed to herself. Today was the day that Sam, one of her best friends, was going off to collage. So, she wouldn't see him or Bumblebee until the Christmas break. But, everyone else was staying at least. She'd made friends quickly with Mudflap and Skids, her pranking side endearing her to the two very quickly. And Sideswipe was an awful lot like a protective older brother. Then, there was Acree. The mother hen. In three bodies too! How in Merlin's name was she meant to escape being smothered when her new mother figure was in three bodies and could effectively corner her?
Bladewing stood outside the human barracks, rocking back and forth on her peds as she waited for Sam to come out so she could say goodbye. When he did finally come out, she launched herself at him, and caught him in a hug.
"Bladewing… can't… breathe!" Sam gasped.
She quickly stepped back, and started chirping and whirring, upset. That was something she tended to do. If she was upset at something, she'd revert to sparkling speak as others tended to call it. Right now, she was trying, and failing, to apologise.
"Hey, Bladewing, slow down." Sam said, placing his hands on her shoulders and looking her right in her optics. "Calm, and try to speak in English."
Bladewing calmed slightly, and told him that she was sorry for crushing his ribs, and that she'd came to say bye. But, she was still speaking sparkling.
Sam sighed. "I think we should go get Snakestrike to translate." He said.
Bladewing nodded, and chirped an affirmative. They headed off to try and find Snakestrike. They found him near the perimeter of the base.
"Hey Snakestrike." Sam said.
Snakestrike looked round. "Oh, hello Sam, hello Bladewing." He said.
"Bladewing can't stop with the sparkling speech." Sam said.
Bladewing chirped again.
"Let me guess, translator?" Snakestrike asked.
"Yep." Sam laughed.
"Alright." Snakestrike said, nodding. Bladewing began chirping, whirring and clicking. When she finished, Snakestrike looked at Sam. "She said that she's sorry for squeezing the air out of you, and that she came to say goodbye that she's going to miss you, and to have fun in collage, Sam."
"Aw Bladewing, I'm going to miss you too." Sam said, smiling as he hugged her. "Take care, and make sure to play a few good pranks for me, and make sure they are recorded."
Bladewing trilled as she hugged him back.
"She says that she will." Snakestrike translated.
"Good." Sam laughed. "Your pranks are always hilarious. Anyway, it's almost time for me to go. See you at Christmas guys."
"See you then Sam." Snakestrike said.
Bladewing just settled for waving, before Sam turned, and headed back for the barracks. When he was out of sight, her shoulders slumped. She was going to miss her friend while he was gone.
"Come on Bladewing. Let's go find one of the sets of twins." Snakestrike said.
She nodded, and they both opened their wings to go find Bladewing's partners in crime to cheer her up.
Sam entered his dorm room, and found that his roommate had beaten him to it. One half of the walls were covered in pictures and cut outs. He saw a guy sitting at a computer. He had dark curly hair.
"Erm, Hello?" Sam asked.
He looked up. "Oh, hello." The guy said. "I'm Leo."
"Sam. What are all these pictures?" Sam asked. He knew what they were; he just wanted to know what Leo thought they were.
"Aliens man. The government's trying to cover it up as a terrorist attack, but the fiasco in mission city- all down to an alien war." Leo said.
"Really?" Sam asked.
"Yep." Leo said.
Ok Sam, do not tell this guy you see alien symbols in your head. Sam thought to himself. Ever since that shard of the all spark dropped out of his sweater, he'd been seeing Cybertronian symbols in his head. He hadn't told anyone, as he'd been hoping they would pass. If not, he'd have to tell Bee. But, he wouldn't let this nut know anything about them.
He placed his things down on his bed, and began unpacking. "Don't you think that the idea of Alien's is a little far fetched?" Had someone managed to find which guy was the conspiracy theorist and put them in the same room? He wouldn't put it passed Bladewing and the twins plus sideswipe to do that.
"That's what the government want you to think!" Leo said excitedly. "But there are pictures of these giant alien robots everywhere!"
"Really?"
"Yeah. And they even have the military, and at least one civilian, probably more, helping them. At least, one section does."
"Do you have proof?" Sam asked.
"Come here." Leo said.
Sam walked over to him, and Leo brought up some blurry photo's on his computer. The first one seemed to be a load of soldiers, firing up, and several large, blurry giants, which could easily be brushed off, of course. Unless you were a conspiracy theorist or you knew the truth. The next one, held a picture of another blurred giant, and a blurred runner. But Sam could make out enough to tell who she was. That was Halo. And if anyone looked at the photo enough, they'd be able to tell that too if they ever saw her in reality.
"She could be running passed some kind of statue, or there could be something on the lenses." Sam said, trying to brush it off.
"Don't tell me you're narrow minded." Leo said.
"I'm just saying, this isn't a conclusive proof." Sam said, before he went back to unpacking. Trust him to get this guy out of all the other possibilities, as his roommate.
Bladewing whirred unhappily from her daddy's servo. Her papa, Optimus, Mudflap, Skids and Sideswipe were leaving for Japan on a mission. And she wasn't allowed to go. She'd already tried to sneak onto the plane, but Lennox had caught her, and now her daddy wasn't letting her out of his sight. He'd even threatened her with being kept in the hold.
Her papa came over, and took her off her daddy and held her close to his spark chamber.
"I'll be back soon, Sweet spark." Ironhide said to her, running a finger over her helm.
She chirped sadly. Sam had left two days ago, now most of the others were going on a mission. Including her Papa. And it wasn't fair!
She let out a saddened whir before blue enerjon tears spilled over, blurring her optics. She'd do anything to at least keep her papa from going. If not the others.
"Don't cry Sweet spark. I won't be long. A few days at most. I promise. We just have to stop the few Deceptacons there from destroying Japan." He held her tighter for a moment, before handing her over to Barricade. Bladewing's tears came faster, and unhappy beeps joined them. Ironhide ran his finger down her helm one more time, before turning and leaving with the others. They shifted into their alt modes, and boarded the plane. When the door of the plane was closed, Barricade opened his carrying hold, and placed Bladewing inside. It didn't take long for her to fall into recharge.
A/N: Sorry for the wait, so what do you think? Review Please!