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Chapter 26
"What do you mean she's out of range? How can she be out of range?" Ironhide growled at Acree.
"She must be off the planet. There's no other way for her to be out of our range." Acree answered, hoping to remain in one piece, unlike half of the base, which was now missing a lot of structural supports and chunks thanks to certain cannons.
There was a sudden slamming, which caused a lot of people, bots and humans alike, to jump. The source turned out to be Barricade slamming his fist into a wall.
"Slag it!" He cursed. "I should have never have thought Starscream could change. This is all my fault. I suggested we trust him!"
"No, Barricade, we all must carry some of the blame." Optimus said. "We should have insisted that one of us stay with them at all times. We should have kept an eye on him. We all failed to do that. But most of the blame is on Starscream. He was the one to betray us and take Bladewing from us."
"Optimus is right." Ironhide said. "But we should stop talking about who the blame lies with and go find Bladewing!"
"And how are we supposed to do that? How are we supposed to find wherever Starscream has taken Bladewing, if it's not on the planet?" Lennox asked. "He could have taken anywhere."
"The slagger won't have gone far." Jazz said. "We'll find 'im and when we do, he'll be a pile of scrap metal and spare parts."
With that, the Autobots got down to mapping out a search pattern, to locate a missing sparkling. And when they found Starscream there would be hell to pay.
Sam sat on his bed, his head in his hands.
"Hey man, what's wrong?" Leo asked, as he entered the room.
"Just got a call. One of my friends has gone missing." He said, looking up. It would be easier to tell the truth, or at least, a version of it.
"Aw man, I hope they find him." Leo said.
"Her. Halo's a girl." Sam said.
"Girlfriend?"
"Not in that sense Leo."
"Is she hot?"
"You won't want to hit on her. Especially with how overprotective her adoptive family are. Seriously, they're army material, and will kill you. But she has to be found first."
"Well, I hope they find her soon, and then you can introduce us, and I'll make the decision on whether she's worth the risk." Leo said, grinning.
"I'm glad someone finds this amusing." Sam muttered sarcastically, eyes dark.
Bladewing was currently clutching her throat. The pain was just getting worse. And she had no opportunities to take her mind off it, seeing as The Fallen gave her no opportunities to slip away and plan pranks. So, she was standing on the arm of the throne as she kept spinning on her heel. She was trying desperately to apparate. She'd seen it done, and she had been taken through sidelong apparition before- even though it was against her will, but still…
She concentrated on the N.E.S.T base, and turned on her heel again, only to remember about the wards. She wouldn't be able to get past them. She had a flash of inspiration, when Sam leapt to mind. She needed to warn him of the Fallen's plans to use him anyway.
So, with difficulty, she called on her magic, concentrated on Sam, and turned on the spot. She felt as if she was being squeezed, and then, she was free. She opened her optics to see that she was in a closet filled with clothes. She lost her balance and hit the side of the closet and her helm hit the rail that clothes hung on. She shook her head.
"What the hell was that?" A voice whispered.
"I don't know." Another said.
The door opened to reveal a tanned young man around Sam's age with dark brown hair, eyes and tanned skin. His eyes widened at the sight of Bladewing. She simply raised her hand and waved. Shocked, he raised his hand and waved back, only to laugh nervously and close the door.
Once again in darkness, Bladewing shrugged to herself, and forced herself not to laugh. Her vocal's would only hurt more otherwise.
Outside, Leo had his back to the closet door, and was staring wide eyed at Sam.
"What is it?" Sam asked.
"Robot in your closet dude!" Leo hissed.
"What?"
"Silver and red robot in your closet!" Leo stepped out of the way. "Take a look, it's in there."
At hearing the human call her an 'it' she pushed the door open, and started whirring and clicking angrily, waving her finger at it, only to stop and clutch at her throat.
"Bladewing!" Sam said in relief, all but running to her and hugged her. "Thank God you're alright!"
Bladewing pulled back from the hug, and motioned to her throat, as if to say; 'Alright? How is this alright?'
"We need to contact the others. What happened?" Sam asked.
Bladewing thought for a moment. She wanted to tell Sam, without hurting her vocal processor further. Then, she had an idea. She could do the same as Bee! Bt how to form Starscream? She shrugged.
"Starscream…" She said, before clutching her throat, and searching for the right message from the internet. She found it in the song 'Not One Of Us' from 'The Lion King 2'.
"So, Starscream was definitely behind your disappearance." Sam said. "Alright, the moment it gets quiet, we'll sneak you out to Bee."
"You know that Robot?" Leo asked Sam, breathing heavy.
"That robot, as you call her, is Bladewing, Halo."
"Your friend who went missing?"
"Yep." Sam said. "Now, will you help us or not?"
"Sure." Leo said.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Sam immediately pushed Bladewing into the closet, and closed the door. He nodded to Leo, before leaning against the doors casually.
Leo answered the room door. "Well, hello." He said.
"I'm here to see Sam." A familiar voice said, and Mikayla brushed past him, into the room. "Sam, we need to talk, in private."
Sam breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped away from the door. "For a moment, I thought you were someone else."
Bladewing chose that moment to tumble from the closet.
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