-1Off to the side, Megatron visibly winced upon hearing her say that. She truly did possess all the power of the All Spark. Her ability to create life from unintelligent machines would only make the Decepticons want her more. Things had just become a lot more difficult, for all of them. Somebody had to state the obvious, so he did just that. "We can't stay here. Barricade never works alone, and he doesn't give up easily either. I'm willing to bet he tracked Sarah here, meaning we have to leave… now!" They all looked at each other as Jazz voiced the next obvious question. "…Who does she ride with?" In response to this, Megatron immediately held his hands up and backed away. "I'm out of the question. I have to be. Even in jet mode, I'm very recognizable! Any hope for stealthy travel would be out of the question if I were to carry her." Sarah, for her part, saw the logic in his statement and said nothing in protest. The question hung in the air between all five of the Autobots, Optimus included, as she looked between them, uncertain. She didn't really trust any of them, not after the welcome she'd seen Megatron get.
Sirens sounded in the distance. "He's coming! Forget the indecision; we have to leave now!" The lot of them transformed and Sarah found herself forgetting her uncertainty, running to the closest one and climbing in, finding herself riding shotgun in Optimus, her boom box held against her chest in a death grip she was sure Rumble didn't appreciate in the slightest. Megatron took to the sky as the rest peeled out like racecars leaving the starting line, easily hitting speeds that would have made said racecars jealous.
Ever mindful of his self-imposed duty to ensure the safety of the human under his protection, Optimus gently draped a seatbelt over his passenger, noting how she flinched. There was really nothing she could do at that point other than hang on, and it wasn't as though he had the time to speak any words of comfort. The lot of them were busy relaying information back and forth between them over a secure communications link. Traffic conditions up ahead on the highway they were driving down, updates on Barricade's speed and current position in relation to them, possible ideas as to how to get away from him or at least get him to stop chasing them… All of these passed between the speeding vehicles. In the heat of the chase it was all too easy to forget about the sixth member of their little group, the voice that had thus far been silent… at least until he spoke up.
"I have an idea," Megatron said. His first action upon taking off had been to ascend into the clouds and take cover there, all the while keeping track of the goings-on below via his long-range scanners and saying absolutely nothing. "I'll bet I can trick him into giving up the chase. After all, am I not the leader of all Decepticons?" His words made sense. After all, how could Barricade know that he had switched sides? Optimus was put in mind of all the times they had worked side by side before the war broke out as his brother spoke again. "I'm going to tap into his communications network now. None of you say anything until I give the all clear signal, or I swear I'll hurt you repeatedly." All chatter stopped.
Zeroing in on his cop car target, Megatron immediately went into a steep dive, pulling out about twenty yards directly above Barricade and preparing to put on the performance of his life. "Lord Megatron!" Barricade's voice was filled with utter surprise, but the title almost made the former Decepticon leader gag. "But… I thought you were dead!" Maintaining his position, Megatron tried his hardest to sound like his old self. "You ignorant fool, that was a trick to fool the Autobots. I'm already blowing my cover to talk to you, so count yourself lucky that I am allowing you to break off the chase unharmed rather than blasting you into oblivion for costing me my advantage. If you value your miserable little life, you will be gone from here before I change my mind. Now go!" Not wasting a millisecond, Barricade made the fastest U-turn ever seen in the history of the automotive world and practically left a cartoon-style dust cloud behind him as he vacated the area in a hurry. Cutting the link, Megatron just had to laugh.