Okay, for this chapter, I'm switching to third POV because it will make more sense to you and it will be easier on me to write. I may switch back, but that depends how the flow of this chapter goes.
Okay, here it goes!
A Week Later~
It's been a week since the incident and to say that everyone's been on edge around Sam was a complete understatement. Everyone heightened security, and even Optimus was thankful that the school was destroyed so that it would be easier to watch over Sam.
Well….mostly…..
Barricade was walking down the hallway, heading to the Rec. Center, when he heard someone running from behind him. He turned just in time to get knocked over by Sideswipe and Bumblebee. They landed on the floor with a thud.
"What the slag are you two doing? And get off of me!" Barricade snapped. The two quickly jumped up, scared, as Barricade pulled himself up. "Now then, what do you two imbeciles want?"
"Barricade! We need your help!" Sideswipe said. Bumblebee nodded his head. Both had a look of sheer terror on their faces. Barricade groaned, he knew that this could only mean one thing. He face-palmed and rand his hand down his face groaning.
"You lost her again, didn't you?" The two mechs looked at each other before nodding vigorously.
"This is the third time this week you let her out of your sight! Why does Optimus even put you two in charge of her?" he snapped at them.
"It wasn't our fault! We were playing around and she snuck away!" Bumblebee defended.
"Why did Ratchet even let her have her board back anyway?" Barricade asked.
"Well, that kinda wasn't Ratchet's decision. She stole it back. He just hasn't noticed yet." Sideswipe smiled nervously.
Barricade just stared at them irritatingly. He sighed before turning back and heading to his original destination.
"I'm out of here."
*Click, click* Barricade paused as he listened to a strange sound come from above him. He look up, but all he saw were the pipes over head. He shrugged it off and proceeded to walk.
Sam suddenly dropped in front of him on her board, hovering in front of his face.
"BOO!" she shouted. Barricade shouted and fell backwards. Sam, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee were laughing their afts off.
"Why you little-!" Barricade snapped at her, but she interrupted him.
"Oh lighten up, Cade." she interrupted as she hovered in front of him on her board. "It was just a little joke!"
"You should be resting, not goofing off! Do you want Ratchet to lock that thing up again and tie you to the medical berth?" he shouted at her.
"What is your problem, Barricade? Am I not allowed to have anymore fun? I think after what I've been through, I'm entitled to at least that!"
All three mechs looked at her in surprise. Hell, she was even surprised at herself, but wouldn't let that show. That was the first time she's ever pulled that card to get away with something.
"What is your problem, femme? Ever since last week you've been acting even stranger than usual." Barricade pointed out. Sam's eyes widened and backed up a little. The others were shocked as well, but were wise not to say anything. They all knew Sam was acting a little wired after she had woken up in Med Bay soon after Sideways' attack on the school. They all knew, but they also knew better than to say anything to her. They all just wanted to believe that her prankster self was just a way to cope with what she's been through; something to lighten her mood and make her less stressed.
At least, that's what they wanted to believe.
"What are you talking about, Barricade?" she murmured, her head down and her hair hiding her face. Her fists were clenched tightly and were shaking. Sideswipe and Bumblebee backed up a little, but Barricade still stood his ground.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about! You're acting as if what Sideways did to you has no effect on you at all! As if none of it ever happened!" His voice got louder and the others were getting ready to intervene should things get out of hand. Then, the unpredictable happened.
"News flash, Samantha, you almost died and you don't even care! I wonder if your mother was ever as reckless."
Sam growled as her whole body shook. Everything happened too quickly to process. Before the two mechs could reach Barricade, Sam had gotten both of her guns out and pointed them at Barricade, at his spark. Here head was raised slightly so he could see her glare at him. Her glare alone would be enough to kill him.
"Don't say that!" she growled in a whisper.
"Sam!" Sideswipe shouted. Bumblebee was coming for reinforcements and Barricade was frozen stiff, shocked at what was happening.
"Don't you ever say that!" she screamed. The three mechs flinched at her sudden shout. "Who the hell do you think you are, huh? You have no idea who I am or all of the shit that I've been through! How dare you say that about my mother when you don't even know her name!"
"I was a Decepticon. I know more than you think." Barricade replied in a low, dangerous voice.
"Than say her name." she demanded.
"Sam, stop it. What are you doing?" Optimus' voice was heard coming down the hall behind her as well as others.
"Say it!" she screamed at Barricade, ignoring the others' presence. They glared at each other for a while, neither giving in. It was so quiet, it could be pierced with a knife.
"Nina." he stated. Everyone froze and looked to Sam to see what she would do. Oncer again her face was hidden and she was still like a statue. Suddenly, she cocked her guns and set her sights on the ex-Con in front of her. Barricade backed up slightly when he saw her eyes. Void of everything except anger. They were dark, evil; nothing like the girl they knew before. Her fingers squeezed tighter on the triggers.
"Sam don't!" Ratchet shouted, reaching out for her.
A gun shot echoed through the halls followed by deathly silence.
The mechs in the group backed up in shock and horror at what just occurred.
Sam's hands shook to the point where she dropped her weapons. She looked in terror at the sight in front of her. She collapsed to her knees as the board lowered to the ground, tears streamed from her eyes.
Barricade groaned as he held his shoulder where the bullet punctured. Luckily it wasn't fatal, just a small wound, but it still hurt. These bullets were specially made to puncture Cybertronian armor. Energon seeped out of the wound slightly.
"Sam, what have you done." The girl looked over her shoulder to see Sunstreaker, her sparkmate who was the one who spoke, stand in the crowd with a look of shock on his face.
"Sunstreaker." she whimpered as she tried to reach out for him. She suddenly stopped and doubled over in pain, screaming and grabbing her head. She fell off of her board and staggered to her feet.
"Sam, what's wrong?" Ratchet took a step forward but stopped immediately when she raised her gun to him, still holding her head with one hand.
"Don't come any closer!" she shouted. She moaned in pain as another wave hit her again. "What's happening to me?" she screamed.
'I told you before. I am in complete control.' Sideways' voice echoed in the back of her mind.
"Damn it." she cursed under her breath and staggered back. She wasn't paying any attention to the confused Autobots and ex-Con in the hall.
This time, Sunstreaker took a step forward. Sam snapped out of her daze and raised the gun to him, her hand violently shaking; as if she was fighting something.
"Stop, Sunstreaker! I mean it! I'll shoot!" her voice was breaking with uncertainty. "I will!"
He didn't listen as he continued forward. He shifted to vehicle mode and activated his holoform, and continued walking towards her; his face was impassive.
She could feel her body grow weaker by the second as her vision started to get blurry and her breathing became labored.
"Stop!" her voice cracked. He stopped a foot away from her, the gun still pointed to his chest. He reached up and grabbed the barrel of the gun. Her eyes widened and immediately began to fight back.
What was he doing? Even a moron knew that you never grab the barrel of a loaded gun when it's pointed at you! Was he testing her? To see if she would really shoot him?
During her inner conflicting, Sunstreaker seized this opportunity to force the gun from her grasp, making her drop the second one. In a single fluid movement, he tossed the gun backwards and kicked the second one on the ground away from them. He then grabbed Sam and pulled her into his chest, wrapping his arms tightly around her.
She was shocked to say the least, but she was too weak to fight back.
Why would she fight back? Wasn't this what she wanted? She loved him after all, didn't she?
Her body relaxed as her eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry." Then her body completely relaxed as she slipped into unconsciousness. Sunstreaker, luckily, had a firm grip on her body so he was able to hold her up.
Everyone was quiet, slowly letting the events sink into their processors. Sideswipe was the first to speak.
"What the frag just happened?" Everyone looked to him, not saying anything, but they were all thinking the same thing.
"Why would Sam do that?" Bumblebee asked, scared for his friend. Everyone wondered the same thing as they looked to the unconscious girl in Sunstreaker's arms.
"There has to be an explanation." Optimus said.
"It could be a sign of PTSD. However, it is very rare for it to happen to a girl her age." Ratchet was deep in thought as he tended to Barricade.
"Yea, but considering what she went through." Sideswipe said.
"That wasn't Sam." Everyone looked to Sunstreaker, shocked. He didn't return the look, he was staring at Sam.
"What are you talking about, Autobot? Of course that was her!" Barricade snapped at him, hissing in pain as Ratchet touched a tender point.
"What do you mean, Sunstreaker?" Optimus asked.
"When Sam attacked Barricade, I couldn't feel her through the bond. And when she raised it to me, I felt her struggling through the bond, but there was…something else fighting for control as well." he stated.
"What, so she's possessed or something?" Bumblebee asked. Sunstreaker closed his eyes.
"I don't know." he sighed. He looked back to his unconscious mate. "I just don't know."
Things are getting pretty intense O_O