Here we go! SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOO SORRY about the delay! I've been so busy with work, school just starting,and everything that can go wrong at home is, so again I am SO sorry!
Here we go!
Things were quiet around the base. No one could find any words to say about what had just happened a few hours prior. Sam was in the Med Bay right now, as was Barricade getting his wound patched up.
Sam was awake, although wishing she was still unconscious. There was an incredibly tense and awkward silence in the room as Ratchet tended to Barricade. Sam kept her eyes to the floor, but knew he was watching her. Sunstreaker was with her too, staring at Barricade with a warning glare. All of this did not go unnoticed by the medic, and he was getting tired of it.
"Give it a rest, will you? You're acting like a couple of sparklings." Ratchet snapped.
"What, and let my guard down so Sam can shoot me again?" Barricade snapped. Sam flinched at the sudden outburst and turned to glare at him.
"Hey! I said I was sorry, okay? I don't even remember what happened!" she snapped.
"She wasn't in control of her actions, Barricade." Everyone turned to Optimus, who had just entered the room. "Something else was."
"What, like possession?" Sunstreaker asked. Optimus nodded.
"But how? Who's doing it?" Barricade asked.
"I don't know." Optimus said. "Ratchet, have your scanners detected anything?"
"Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. Of course my scanners can only pick up physical anomalies, not psychological ones. Sam?"
Said girl looked up from her favorite spot on the floor to see all optics on her.
"Yea?" She asked hesitantly.
"What happened out there?" Sunstreaker asked. Her breathing hitched as her eyes returned to the floor, trying to ignore the straining stares. But her attempts were all but successful.
"I can't." she whispered. Enduring it was hard enough, but reliving it would only make things so much worse.
"Sam, we can't help you until you tell us what happened." Ratchet said. Sam snapped back to him.
"And who said I wanted help? I'm not crazy! And even if I did want your help, what could you do, huh?"
"We will figure something out, Sam." Optimus stated.
"That's what you always say! But it never works out!" she shouted.
"Sam! That is enough!" Ratchet barked. Everyone flinched except for Sam.
"Tell me the truth, Ratchet! You don't care about me! The only reason you're my guardian was because you weren't there when mom died!" she shouted. The room was stunned in silence.
She continued. "This has been nothing but a guilt trip, hasn't it? The only reason you wanted anything to do with me was because you had it in for my mom!" her voice reached high levels.
Without warning, Ratchet slammed his fists on the table beside the berth Sam resided on and caused everyone to jump. His head was down, but everyone could just imagine the look of pure rage etched into his face. His whole body was tense to the point where his shoulders were noticeably shaking.
"Ratchet." Optimus stated with worry.
Sam knew she had crossed the line, but for some reason, she couldn't find any trace of guilt or sadness inside of her. Not even when she spoke harshly about her mother. All she felt was rage and hatred. She wanted to hurt something, or someone.
Without hesitation, she jumped off the berth and ran out of the room, leaving the bots in a stunned silence. Ratchet hadn't budged, he was trying to get in control of his temper.
"I'll go after her." Sunstreaker said as he started to run off, but Barricade stopped him.
"No, I'll do it. I have to set things straight with her anyway." With that, he ran out the door after the distraught girl.
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Sam was outside of the base in a matter of minutes, but was so upset, she collapsed to her knees before she could get any further. She broke down there.
"Why do I always screw everything up?" she cried to herself. The last thing she wanted was to draw attention to herself now.
"The only reason you wanted anything to do with me was because you had it in for my mom!"
She clenched her fists at the memory. How could she be so harsh to him when he was only trying to help? How could she speak against her mother like that?
She reached to her side and pulled out one of her guns and held it in front of her.
"What's the point? With Sideways controlling me, I can't stay with them." She raised the gun to the side of her head and squeezed her eyes shut with fear, one last tear falling from her eye.
'"So that's it then? You're just giving up?" A voice from behind startled her and she turned around to see Barricade.
"I thought you were stronger than this." She glared at him.
"You have no idea what I'm going through right now!" she shouted.
"Then enlighten me!" he shouted back. Her eyes widened slightly before she closed them again and turned away.
"You wouldn't understand." she whispered.
"Lets see, you feel terrible about what you said to Ratchet and are thinking about how hard of a life you must've had. Not to mention that now that Sideways is in your head, you feel that you are a threat to the Autobots and feel that the only way you can protect them is if you offline yourself. That sound about right, femme?"
She didn't answer him, but her silence was all the conformation he needed.
"I knew it. You really are pathetic." he grunted.
She snapped back to him. "Is that suppose to help me or make me feel worse?"
"It depends on how you want to take it. What's happened in your life, happened. And there's nothing you can do about it. All you can do now is get up and push forward, no matter how much it hurts."
Sam's eyes widened in realization. He was right! How could she give up so easily? This wasn't her. This is what Sideways had made her.
"You're right Barricade."
"Hmm?" he perked up.
"I am pathetic. I mean, look at me! I'm doing exactly what he wants! I'm giving up way too easily!"
"So what are you gonna do about it?" he asked. She looked up, the sun was setting. She stood up tall with determination, then turned back to him with a smirk.
"I'm gonna fight back!"
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Barricade and Sam ran back into the control room to see the Bots around Teletraan 1 in a panic.
"What's going on?" Sam asked. Optimus turned to her.
"Teletraan just picked up on multiple Con signals entering the atmosphere." he replied.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"I think I know who." Barricade growled. Optimus nodded to Barricade to confirm his suspicions.
"Megatron." Optimus growled.
Yea, this chapter was a little short…but it's getting intense! I will try to upload again soon, but I have chemistry and filming this semester….so it will be a bit time consuming. But I will try!