A/N: I like to think in illogical logic. It makes me feel sophisticated. *grin*
It had been a day or two since Soundwave had crashed, and Frenzy had been running, trying to stay under cover as he did so. He was damaged from the crash, but nothing severe enough it would hinder him right away. He had a few days left before he would be forced to go into stasis because of a lack of power. Until then, he would search out a new host spark. He knew the general location of Megatron, and as far as he knew, Barricade, Bonecrusher and Brawl were all probably close to that location, so he headed that way.
Meanwhile, in California, shortly after Barricade had landed, he found a new form. The size suited his needs, as did the light bar and the authoritative figure of the car. Plus humans tended to trust these figures and what better way to trick one than to appear to be something they trust? The mech quickly scanned it and took its identity. He sped off as a Saleen police Mustang, bound for Nevada.
The next day, Frenzy spied Barricade just when he'd gotten notice that his reserves were getting low. Now he was becoming desperate. He cut Barricade off at the pass and leapt at him from the darkness. With arms and legs stretched out, he landed on the hunter.
All Barricade saw was blue optics coming at him from nowhere, his first reaction, when not trying to give himself away was to dodge the assailant, but he didn't move fast enough. Barricade let out an ungodly snarl as he felt something latch onto him. Frenzy held on for dear life as the hunter gunned it down the road trying to shake him. His lights were flashing, his siren was blaring while he tried to shake the unknown invader off. When he couldn't shake him, he realized he would have to take him off, so Barricade searched out a place that was least likely to have humans.
After finding a spot out of sight to transform, Barricade immediately tried to dislodge his attacker. When he held the small 'Con up, he recognized it was one of Soundwave's symbiots. After a quick scan, he saw the mech looked a bit banged up and could probably use a recharge. Either he was met with bad, or Soundwave was pretty banged up too.
"Hn," the hunter groaned, debating on what to do with the cretin. Frenzy, that last stunt using the last of his reserves, had dropped into stasis while Barricade was looking at him. The hunter growled. Surely he didn't want this one, most of all, tagging around. However, he was aware of Frenzy's ability with computers, so if he was still alive, he was still useful. Perhaps it would be more useful for stealing the information they needed, since Blackout had since failed. Frenzy was Soundwave's 'computer specialist, hacker, whatever' and there was very little he couldn't hack into.
Blackout had gotten minimal information previously from Blackout and they needed more. They were aware now that the government knew well about their language, so therefore they had to of found Megatron or the Allspark. Something even more curious came about when Blackout had found trace information leading to a pair of glasses – Ones that had precise coordinates of where the Allspark was hidden. There was one problem, however. They did not know who had these glasses – or if they'd been destroyed.
The mech transformed and managed to set Frenzy down in his seat before fully turning into his Mustang mode. Turning onto a highway, the mech drove silently with a stasis locked symbiot who was down for repairs. While he drove, he plotted the closest course to, and now that Frenzy was here, he would be able to infiltrate the humans.
"Where is Soundwave?" Was Barricade's first question when he had found Frenzy to be awake and functional. He still looked bad, but it was an opportune time to get answers.
"Gone. Dead." was Frenzy's quick Cybertronian reply. He didn't know for certain, but he also didn't think Soundwave would survive the extent of damage he had sustained for longer than a day, so there was no sense in requesting assistance for him.
Well wasn't that just great. "Where?" the Shock Trooper asked.
"Unsure. Crashed near water. Connection terminated."
Barricade didn't ask more, there were more pressing needs to be attended to. He felt the symbiot crawl onto his floor where he proceeded to pull under the dash. After a few more tugs, he felt Frenzy's own systems trying to connect with him, hooking himself up in ways Barricade didn't know even existed. He didn't stop him, even if he could. Frenzy started to connect their inner circuitry as he had his original host, which made Barricade pull over so he didn't crash from the distraction. As Frenzy connected to him, Barricade felt the utmost invasion of his own privacy as the small one started to suck an even flow of energy from him. He was almost tempted to rip the little bot out of him. "What are you doing?"
"I need a new host," Frenzy said, some energy returning to him.
"What for?"
"Still require repairs," Frenzy told him, "insufficient energy to sustain,"
"Fine. I'm plotting a course to a plane called 'Air Force One' is the country's Aerial Intelligence. If we have any chance of getting their information, it will be there."
"How do you know?"
"This jet has a constant connection with that server. It's close by. Repair yourself until we get there." Barricade said, deciding on how to get Frenzy into the jet.
"How do I get in? I can't just jump in." Frenzy replied slightly annoyed. "Their security won't allow it,"
"Use your wits," Barricade growled in a very demeaning manner, causing the little Decepticon to shudder a moment. "Blackout failed at getting further information on Megatron's whereabouts," the hunter said, "Take on a form they will trust. Humans are stupid. Find something that can slip by their petty security,"
"Like what?" Frenzy asked as the cop car drove through a town, watching kids with stereo equipment.
"How about those things they call 'boom boxes'?" Barricade suggested as they came to a red light. "You can go on as… luggage," his voice turned sly.
"Fine," Was Frenzy's only replied before he saw one suitable and changed his body to form the one sitting in the Radio Shack window.
As tasked, Frenzy managed to sneak his way onto Air Force One, completely undetected, because, face it, who really is going to suspect a little boom box to turn into a robot from another planet?
He'd made his way to the mainframe computer in the jet and got all of the information he could possibly download, including the name of the person who had found Megatron and perhaps the Allspark. The name was Witwicky.
Barricade wasn't quite able to keep up with an actual jet, but he was waiting for it to come back down. Frenzy was to be covert, but if he was exposed, he was to kill on sight. Humans saw him and fired at him, forcing the large jet to land, and Barricade was able to arrive in time to pick up Frenzy once again.
Frenzy told him what he found and traced the name, finding the glasses were online by a teen nicknamed LadiesMan217. Getting what information they could, they found out his address and headed to find him. Frenzy, having successfully performed his mission, took some time to recharge while Barricade drove.