The Trine land some place Dani doesn't recognize and Dani's level of trust dwindles with each passing day.

Chapter Five

Day One

Dani's POV

Skywarp landed and I screamed as he landed outside this large base complete with a runway. I stopped screaming when we stopped moving. "Out!" He ordered. "Get out! Putrid fleshling." The belt detached and I saw that the ground was too high and I didn't know what possessed me to scream out of fear. I clung to the seat and a shadow fell over me. I saw a huge monster and that made me even more scared and I closed my eyes. I began moaning and rocking back and forth.

"Get out of my cockpit!" Skywarp ordered.

"Can't!" I said, still clenching my eyes. "Scared."

"I'll make you even more scared if you don't obey me, Fleshling!" Skywarp answered.

"Stop! Threats inadvisable." A familiar voice said. I recognized that voice being Soundwave's.

"Well! Get this stupid pest out of my cockpit! I'm not going to clean up after her disgusting ways!"

"Ravage! Retrieve!" Soundwave ordered.

I heard claws and then something breathing down my neck and I froze with fear. I didn't like anything breathing down my neck. Actually, when I'd fall asleep, I'd hear something breathing in my ear and I'd wake up. It wouldn't be there until I fell asleep. I started covering my ears at night so I wouldn't hear a thing.

"That mechanical menace will do more damage than good!" Skywarp groaned.

"Ravage. Cease action."

The thing breathing down my neck stopped and jumped down. I heard footsteps walking toward the cockpit and when I peeked, I saw two red eyes staring at me and I withdrew my arms from around the cockpit's seat and a clawed hand grasped my shirt and picked me up. I felt like a kitten being surveyed by an owner. Soundwave walked into the base and up a hall. My body was swaying and I found myself smack dab in the middle of Soundwave's palm. Before he curled his fingers around me, I saw the largest mechanical cat. It glared it's one red eye at me and I froze. The mechanical cat was big as a lion. I didn't realize I was holding my breath until all the fingers closed around me and I saw nothing but darkness. I curled into a ball.

"Lord Megatron." Soundwave said after a few minutes.

"Was this plan a success?"

"Yes My Lord. It is." Soundwave said, as he uncurled his fingers and showing me off to his leader.

I heard footsteps and hazarded a glance. The huge Mech in front of me smirked. "Welcome back Danielle Evans!" He said smoothly. "It is so nice to see you again! Now, are you going to tell me where my scout's been for the last few days?"

I sat up and looked at him. "Scout?" I asked. "You mean Scout the dog?" I asked sarcastically.

Megatron chuckled. "No. Barricade? Do you know where he has been for the last few days?"

"No." I lied. I knew that the Autobots had told me not to lie to them. But the Decepticons are deceivers. In other words, if I told them where Barricade was, they'd know about it and go kill him. "I don't know where Barricade's been. Um, I've been in school all day until you guys picked me up."

"That's not true, My Lord." A screechy voice said.

"Shut up, Starscream. I can tell the truth from lies." Megatron snarled. "You, Danielle, should know better than to lie to me. Soundwave? Do the honors."

I saw a flash of something to my right and then something to my left. Tentacles! Oh my gosh! Soundwave's got tentacles and they were looming straight at me. I stood up and screamed, "I'll tell you! Just don't use those on me." I was shaking from fear and my eyes were wide as saucers.

"Again! Do you know where Barricade is?"

I swallowed thickly and felt my heart wrench. "He's-"

"Right here!" A voice interrupted. "I'm right here, My Lord." Barricade strolled into the room. "I had a fight with an Autobot scout and I had to fix myself for several days and I spent a lot of time in recharge."

"Why did you disappear from our trackers?" Megatron asked.

"Because of our base's location. I was afraid that if I didn't 'disappear' from your trackers, some human would hack into my system when he ran a diagnostic."

"So you were in human custody?"

"Yes. They were running diagnostics and fixing my body up."

I knew Barricade was lying and I hoped it didn't sound so bad. "Well," Megatron said. "Are you 100 percent well?"

"I need a quick recharge and then I'll be glad to set out scouting some more."

Megatron spared me a glance. "You know about humans, having been scouting Earth for a long time."

"Good. When you finish recharging, report to me. We've got plans for Danielle Evans." Megatron smiled an evil smile at me. "Soundwave. Why don't you make our little pet here comfortable."

"As you wish, Lord Megatron." Soundwave said, leaving the control room. I was blanketed in darkness again and I curled in a ball. After what seemed like forever, I heard a hissing noise and Soundwave walked into the room. He uncurled his fingers and looked down at me. He used a tentacle and picked me up. I hung in mid-air before being placed in a barred cage. I heard the top snap down and I looked up into Soundwave's red optics. He looked at me for a minute and then left. I looked around the cage and tried to get between one of the bars. My arm became stuck between the bars. "Ohh!" I moaned. Suddenly, the huge cat jumped up and my eyes widened in fear! I struggled to release my arm from the bars. It came over to the cage, looking at me hungrily. I pulled my hand, but the two bars were scratching my arm. I panicked, my heart hammering against my chest. The cat was coming closer and I pulled on my arm. I used my hand against the nearest bar and pulled. I still couldn't get my arm out. The cat stopped and looked down at my arm. I cried out when I felt his nose touch my hand. I heard hurried footsteps and saw Soundwave returning from another room. He had a bottle of grease in his hand. He took a glob out of the jar with his tentacle and smeared it all over my arm and hand. Two tentacles pushed my arm back into the cage. I immediately held my arm close to my chest and ran to a corner. I looked at my arm, noticing that my arm was scratched and some were bleeding.

I heard footsteps walking away and I saw that I wasn't totally alone. The cat was still sitting there, watching me with his one red optic. I looked around my cage and found the water dispenser and waste receptacle. I walked over to the water dispenser and washed my arm off. It burned. I wiped my arm on my shirt and went back to my corner. I sat down and drew my legs toward my body. I kept my eyes on the cat in case he'd do something. I stayed in my corner, wondering when I'd get rescued.