Tonebreaker: chapter 2: Day one (April 7, 2012)
Summary: Soundwave conducts an experiment for a year, is experiment changes the lives of him and his Cassetta's along with barricade and Scorponick. By the end of that year they all flee from the Decepticon's. Now all traitors they must make it safely to the Autobots and hope to be accepted. BarricadeXOC.
Authors note: I'm really sorry I've been sick and over working with my courses to raise my gpa. This is a short update for easter as I thought you guys desreved and update. I know its a pretty boaring secion and I wish I could have posted the whole thing but I typed and edited all this in one day. Hope you have a nice weekend! All author notes are important please read all of them. Author notes are also on profile page.
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JasmineChyanne you will have to see where 'Cade comes in and what all is going to happen.
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Joldino-Sidestreaker your gunna give away all my secrets ;). You have gotten a good grasp of chaper one and what all could happen in later chapters.
Galloway led Ratchet and Melody to Ratchets office. As they entered the hall Melody took notice of the golf cart outside the door from the medbay. They walked a few yards and came to Ratchet office. Galloway walked in and climbed up onto the desk using an elevator system. Ratchet sat Melody down on the desk. He opened a drawer and brought out two chairs. They both looked comfy, but also they had a desk like attachments to help/allow them to take notes and look at documents. She sat down and waited as Galloway sat down.
"I have a question sir." Melody told Galloway
"Yes?" he replies looking out her
"What is your purpose here?" she asked "I mean if this base reports directly to Sec Def whats your job?"
"I report all activity directly to the President of the United States. And make sure nothing odd is going on like hiring a civilian, who has no military training or discipline, and has no useful qualities for this base." he said slowly in a condescending way Melody calmly watched him and took his comment int strides.
"Thank you for informing me. I do not know what you know about me sir but to catch you up to speed. I am a 21 year old police officer. I had just graduated from the academy before my partner and I became misplaced in the desert and I some how ended up in this facilities care. Before that I had training as an Emergency Respondent and growing up I helped in the family business, which was fixing cars."
"Thank you for the update. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Do you understand what your getting yourself into?" he looked at her imploringly as if begging her say she was being forced into her new job. He waited but when she said nothing he continued. "You can never tell your family or friends anything about this place."
"Sir, I have no family or friends, you have no worries on me telling anything. My family was killed when I was kidnapped when I was seventeen. I have amnesia for about six months and then I was in a hospital until I was eighteen. After that I worked for a while saving money and then started my training as an EMS tech." she told him darkly. Her hair lay in such a way that it darkened her face in a menacing way.
"I am sorry for your loss." He said seeming taken aback from her statement. "You realize you will never have a normal life. You ca never start a family and when you retire from here you will be in a special place where you can be monitored."
"I am okay with that." she had a blank face, very emotionless Galloway looked into her eyes and felt a shiver go down his spine as he realized that she had no emotions and was possibly a sociopath.
"Do you have any mental disorders?" Ratchet watched the exchange but never interrupted just observed seeing that Melody could hold her own.
"No I do not."
"Alright, Miss Breaker, you don't have to do this." he told her, pleading her to reconsider this new job. "You could live a life, have a family..." A soft whisper seemed to reach his ears.
"This is my mission." He looked taken aback, he then looked up to Ratchet to confirm that he had also heard the voice. Then over to Melody, neither showed signs of hearing the soft but threatening voice.
"Excuses me?" he stuttered, Melody looked at Ratchet at her. Both looking back at him confused.
"What is it?" Ratchet asked him
"Ms. Breaker said something." Galloway stated but his voice quavered in a way to give away how unsure he was.
"No sir I didn't?" she said softly. He shook his head.
"Alright meeting over. Have fun here." after he left the room and started to head to his office to write up his report.
"You shouldn't have alienated me Galloway, you just lost yourself a valuable ally." The soft voice had returned he looked around and found no one. As he drove away from Ratchet walked out with his new worker in tow.
"We will start tomorrow on your lessons, we will start with half days until you have completely reincorporated. Also I'd like for you to be in good health so we will have the rest of the day to work on your physical health."
"That sounds great sir." she told him
"Please just call me Ratchet as your new teacher it is much more appropriate. For now until all your clearance has come in and badges you will need an escort, which will either be myself or a military personal. I'll take you to your barracks for now and then one of the twin terrors will take you out to get supplies for you room and daily needs." They passed by a room, "That the mess hall." Ratchet pointed out. They continued out a pair of doors and walked past the front of a large hanger that had many people in it. They came to a four story building it looked to be as big as at least two large airplane hangers sitting by each other. They walked into this building, at the end they walked into, they could see all four stories of human rooms for about total of 200 doors on the wall.
"Well Ms. Melody that is your room." he pointed to a door across from them. On it was written MELODY BREAKER. She opened the door inside was two beds, tow dresses touched under the bed along with two desks. A beeping came from Ratchet.
"Well it looks like Deceptions have been seen near by, so it looks like Optimus and the twins will be going with you as he must return Secretary Keller to the airport." He turned as she heard two sets of feet coming toward them.
"Hi Melody hows Ratchet treating you?"
"He was just showing me around and making sure I know my way to my room."
"That is right I'm sure Ironhide sent you the up date?" Ratchet asked
"Yes he did. We Just came to pick up Melody and meet up with Optimus and Ironhide." Sideswipe told the two.
"Are you ready to go?" He asked Melody
"I think so but I don't have any money or my bank card." she told all of them.
"We will speak to Optimus. You are going to be issued a card for the paying for parts for the medbay and another one encase you buy things on missions or business trips." Ratchet informed her. Sideswipe offered her a hand so she could keep up with the much larger mechs. She stepped into his hand with that all three mechs walked toward the new location. She took notice of how far they could walk and how hard it would have been to keep up. Soon they where in the large hanger which had many people in it. Optimus stood up after transforming.
"Alright we need to move out." he looked at the twins
"Sir Melody had an interesting question." Ratchet spoke up.
"And what was that little one?"
"Your having me go to town to buy clothes, and some supplies. But I don't understand how I'll pay as I don't have my purse." Optimus understood. Keller had walked up to him and stood looking at the scene.
"Well we have a way to solve that. If you don't mind having a company card."
"I guess not." she seemed unsure. A soldier walked up them, Sides set Melody down.
"Ma'am we should have your ID's and badges printed soon." the female soldier told her. She then handed her a purse. "There is a credit card in there along with a drivers license."
"Thank you." Melody took the purse thanking the officer.
"Alright, let us be going." Optimus said. At that all four mechs walked to the front of the building and transformed. Once transformed Sideswipe and Optimus opened there passenger door to allow there passengers in. Both Keller and Melody climbed into Optimus and Sideswipe respectivly. Before they could take off two soldiers, that Melody did not know, went over to Ironhide. They said something and he opened his door. They climbed into the cab and then all four of them took off into the dessert. Once out in the dessert they drove in a single file line until they hit pavement. They drove into town and made it soon to the airport maybe a hour drive tops. Keller hoped out of Optimus telling him something. As he walked to the private entrance to the airport he walked next to Sideswipe and knocked on his passenger window. Sides rolled it down so they could talk.
"I'd like you to send me a weekly report of how your doing and adjusting to this life" Keller told Melody.
"Yes sir." she shook his hand. Then he walked into the building. Once he and his security detale where in the building. All four mechs headed off toward the mall
"Ms. Melody what all do you believe you need?" Optimus voice boomed over the radio inside Sideswipe. Melody jumped a little.
"Sorry Ms Melody, we have internal coms much like your cell phones." Optimus apologized to the startled girl.
"Its quite alright. I'll need scrubs, pjs, underwear, and some street clothes unless I'll be wearing the uniform all the time."
"For the time being you will not have any uniform. But that will change but I'm sure we can discuss what that change could be." Optimus told her.
"Thank you sir." she told him. "Uh I'll also need to buy toiletries."
"Of course. We should be there in 15 min." the call made a beep noises.
"That tells you when the com ended." Sideswipe told her.
"Thank you Sideswipe. Can I ask you a question?" she asked
"Of course." he told her.
"Why does Captain Lennox seem to be wary of you and your brother?" she asked him. He chuckled
"Because he has seen what Sunstreak and I can do."
"What does that mean?" she seemed curious.
"Well when we get bored we find ways to entertain ourselves." he snickered clearly remembering something. "One time we rearranged the pluming system for the human part of the barracks. Another time we painted Ironhide lilac." She snickered a little.
"I hope you don't do either of those again anytime soon. Ironhide seems to be the easily up set type."
"That's why he's the best one to prank." Sides said "There is something odd about your reaction to us." he observed. Melody paled a little.
"Ya'll aren't the first cybertronians I have run into but I'd rather not discuss it. At least not yet."
"But thats vital information." Sideswipe exclaimed
"How so?" she asked
"Because it could be a lost Autobot." Sideswipe said. They pulled into the mall parking lot. She looked over to his human form.
"Wouldn't you noticed if there was an Autobot here?"
"We should but we also cloak ourselves if there are deceptions and there are some here." she stepped out of Sides and walked over to Optimus, Ironhide, and Sunstreak. Sides fallowed her closely.
"What's a decepticon?" She asked. The other three looked up at her. Optimus looked at her sternly.
"Ms. Melody we will breaf you when we get back to base for now why don't we get everything you need."
"Don't you have more import things to do?" Melody asked Optimus as all of them head to the mall.
"No, I like to get to know everyone who is on base Melody. I believe it strengthens more and make the base much more like a community than a police state."
She nodded, "Makes since." They had finally made it to the first store. The mechs stuck close to Melody as she slowly weaves in and out of the clothes. She pulled a few t-shirts off the racks that where her size. She continued to the pants and grabbed two pair of jeans. From there she moved to the shoes and grabbed some work boots and tennis shoes. The four bots whee speaking to each other quietly. She looked at them suspiciously.
"Are you four always this quite?" she asked four heads whipped around to look at her.
"Well Ms. Melody we have never been in a mall before. Ironhide is the only guardian among us and be readily goes with the Capetian's family shopping trips."
"Oh," she looked shocked. "Well let me pay for these items and then we cn walk around. I wont mind answering your questions." She told them with a smile. They all made their way to the cash register and she paid for her items. "Miss where can I find scrubs and a hair salon?"
The cashier very politely told her. Once out of ear shot of other people Optimus had a question.
"What is a hair salon?"
"It is a place for people, usually women, to get their hair cut and styled." She looked at the four mechs behind her and saw their confusion.
"Its maintenance. To maintain a good health and attract mates we cut and style our hair in away we believe is attractive."
"Alright...?" Sunstreak murmured.
"Sunstreak its like maintaining your paint job." Sideswipe told him. Sunstreak and Ironhide seemed to understand then. They had arriced at the little salon and walked in.
"What... Are all these produces for maintenance?" Ironhide asked. Melody looked at Ironhide for a moment.
"Ironhide you meticulously take care of your weapons correctly." she asked him
"Yes?" he agreed questionably
"Well," she held up a shampoo bottle, "You use one solution to clean out any dust, dirt, or other particles correct?"
"Of course." he seemed outraged thinking she meant that he would not take care of his guns.
"Well you do not use the same solution on each weapon because each one collects different kinds of debry in different areas." He looked confused, "Alright... um... we use shampoo for types of hair... Mine has some body in it but it also gets dirty fast." She told them "Each shampoo tells you what it helps or fixes. This one, " she picked up another "is for hair that is oily. Which is for people who produce to much lubrication at the roots of their hair, so it must be cleaned more frequently. While if someone hair beaks easily or looks frizzy, means its damaged and needs more vitamins to help seal and 'repair' itself." she told them, "Then condition ha some of the functions but it also help removes knots and helps provided need protection from sun and wind which damages the hair." She then grabbed a hair drier and some gel to help control the damage from heat. These," Then she grabbed some rubber bands and scrunchies. She quickly paid for her items "helps keep hair at of the face during activities or when working."