Well people, here we are at chapter 15...hope you've enjoyed the ride so far! ;) Remember what I said in the last chapter about that being the last update for a while...well, I lied. Not that any of you are complaining right?

This will be my last update for a while.

I feel like I should clear something up. The reason I use so many Finding Nemo quotes is I can totally see Blurr acting like Marlon after Rob Witwicky was killed, so in a way, Tai is like Nemo. Except she doesn't go missing.

Not yet anyway...muahahaha!

Warning: Major fluff and all that mushy, squishy sugary goodness.

Anywho, I own nothing but Tai, Psyche, and the plot.

Onward!

Chapter 15

Oh you've got to be kidding me!

It took Tai ten freaking minutes to locate her bright green converse shoe and her eyebrow ring; the ring she could understand...it was a tiny metal bar with two bright pink studs...but her shoe was what annoyed her to all hell. What was shocking is that she managed to find the ring first, since her eyebrow was torn up at the moment so she had to put it in her pocket.

'Here converse, converse, converse...' She called, trying to amuse herself. 'Aha...there you are! And still in one piece...sweet!'

She sat down on the torn up concrete and slipped it back on, not caring how scraped up her foot was. Pain was no big deal to her anymore, considering the fact that her face looked like she was attacked by a rabid squirrel.
'Damn..Ratchet is not gonna be happy..' She grunted, getting back up with some difficulty. 'Fuckity fuck fuck...' Blood dripped from the wound on her eyebrow onto her face, she probably looked worse than getting attacked by a rabid rodent. A rabid...something or other. She didn't know which animal to compare her wounds too.

They had managed to lock Barricade up in stasis cuffs, rendering him even more helpless than he already was. They made sure to seal up his wound so wouldn't 'bleed' to death;
'E'd be no good to us offline.' Was what Jazz said.

Tai joined Sam, Epps, and Lennox as their Autobot comrades surrounded the injured Con. He looked a little worse for wear to say the least; he looked almost pathetic. But he continued to glare in Tai's direction, after all it was her fault he was unable to get up and beat the slag out of the Autobot scum.

'Why were you chasing Tai and Blurr?' Ironhide suddenly said gruffly, his one good optic glaring maliciously at Barricade. He of course didn't answer; he just continued to glare at Tai, who just glared right back with her arms crossed. 'Answer me!'

'I...don't have to tell you autobot scum anything...' He spat angrily and painfully.

'You'll regret it if you don't!' Ironhide yelled, powering up his cannons and sticking them in Barricade's face. He figured since Optimus wasn't here, he could do things his way. Tai was growing alarmed, what exactly was Ironass planning on doing to the injured Con? Torture him? Offline him?

'Whoa big dude, whoa!' She ran forward and stood in front of Barricade, waving her arms. 'Put the gun show away...put it away!'

Ironhide started slightly, than came to his senses and glared down at his new human comrade. 'Tai, move aside...' He said gruffly but she stood her ground stubbornly. Blurr, sensing an Ironhide tantrum coming on, moved forward quickly to get Tai out of the way. He knew Ironhide would never hurt her, but better safe than sorry.

'ComeonTatyana...' He said gently, trying to lead her away. 'Thereisnothingyoucandoforhim...he'saDecepticon.' Tai stared at him in shock. She didn't believe in torture, no matter how much they deserved it.
'What does that mean?' She asked incredulously. 'Just because he's a no good, kiss ass Decepticon...no offense.' She quickly added over to Barricade, who looked somewhat confused.

'None taken.' He muttered gruffly. Why was she sticking up for him anyway? Human were very confusing creatures.

'No problemo...' She smiled, than turned back to guardian with the famous Tai glare. 'That means he has to just sit here and wait to die?! Or be tortured by Mister Trigger happy?!' She continued, gesturing up at her guardian, who looked at her sympathetically. It was that look she hated with a passion; it made her feel like a helpless child.

'Tai...' Sam tried to reason with her by placing a hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged it off with a glare.

'Oh hell no, don't you Tai me.' She snapped her fingers with each word, moving her head in time as well. Jazz madly fought back laughter as well as Epps. 'We can't just leave him here to fend for himself!' She bravely walked over to the fallen Police cruiser and placed her petite hand with her bright green fingernails on his large, clawed servo. Barricade only stared at her, no longer glaring. He didn't know how to react, know one had ever stood up for him before...not even that slagging Frenzy who went and got himself offlined. Good riddance anyway, all he did was annoy him and bounce around in his interior. But he did miss the little glitch...sort of.

'What do you propose we do?' Lennox snapped, looking incredibly annoyed with her. 'There's no negotiating with these guys...why can't you understand that?!' Sam and Blurr both took sharp intakes of air. Bad move on his part, even Epps looked at his friend in shock.

Tai eyes seemed to change into an extremely bright white blue, almost like lightening and she turned sharply to Lennox. 'Understand it?!' She sounded so incredibly pissed off that even Ironhide backed off in worry. Sam had never seen her eyes do that before, sure they change color due to her mood but now her eyes looked a lot like Optimus's optics...which was weird to say the least.

'Well...Lennox!' Her voice was practically dripping with venom as she said his name. 'If you would recall, I understand perfectly that most of them can't be negotiated with!' Lennox backed away, now realizing his mistake.
'I saw a Decepticon kill my father right in front of me, and it wasn't him!' She pointed to Barricade, who actually had a look of pity in his blood red optics. 'I may have hit my head pretty hard, but I do remember what he looked...so don't tell me to understand when I understand perfectly...just because one killed him, doesn't mean I'm going to be pissed at him as well...I think it's you who doesn't...you just...' She turned away with a yell of anger, yanking at her white blonde hair and walking a few feet away kicking a soda can so hard it flew over the barrier of the freeway and into the ditch below.

'Forget it...just...forget it...' She choked out, punching the side of an abandoned car so hard it left a pretty decent sized dent; it was amazing she didn't shatter her hand.

Everyone was startled at her behavior...this was a different side than the usually carefree, funny, sweet Tai they were all used too. And no one liked it one bit....especially a certain silver mech.

Sam stepped forward but Bumblebee held him back, when he looked at his guardian questionably...he just pointed to Jazz, who was walking over to her and kneeling by her. Blurr looked on with a typical big brother expression, as Jazz gently placed his clawed servo on her back that still had scrapes and cuts on it due to the fact she just wore a black tank top that day. He was very tempted to walk over to her and scoop her up in his hands and shield her from the dangers of the world...but he knew she was no longer a little child, but why was Jazz trying to take his place?

'Hey...' Jazz said softly, gently placing a claw under her chin and making her look at him.

Barricade than felt a weird feeling in his own spark...why was he suddenly feeling protective? Could it be the human girl? This disgusting, squishy...beautiful, brave, sweet...wait a klik! He shook his head, trying to clear his processor. Why the frag was he having those thoughts?

'It's alrigh' Tai-dye...' He whispered to her, raising his visor and showing her compassionate optics. She looked at him with tear filled eyes; she couldn't help but crack a smile when she saw his real optics and not his visor. They were beautiful and they reflected his personality immensely...he really was sweet and caring, despite his tough, gangster act.

'It's alrigh'...' He gently wiped a tear from her cheek with his claw and smiled an encouraging smile at her. Just as he was about to move his claw away, she grabbed hold of it and held it for a second against her cheek. Jazz was surprised but on the inside he was going crazy with happiness and ecstaticness, and various other happy emotions. So he decided to be a little bit bolder...with his other clawed servo, he gently lifted Tai up like someone would lift a small child. She looked up at him with shiny eyes but at the sight of his cheeky grin, she gave him her own before leaning her head on his spark, seeking comfort.

Sam was at a loss for words...sort of. Truth be told, he could see this coming a mile away; apparently Bumblebee was thinking the same thing because he suddenly switched on his radio, however the song he played was directed right at Jazz. And Sam found himself almost falling over with laughter.

'Womanizer, woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer
Oh, womanizer, oh, you're a womanizer baby
You, you-you are, you, you-you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer
(Womanizer)'

Jazz'a optics snapped open and he looked mortified down at Tai. All she did was start laughing, her sad and angry mood gone in an instant. Bumblebee than played a laughing sound byte and took off transforming into his Camaro form as Jazz transformed into his Solstice and started chasing him around angrily. Even though he was in car mode, they could still hear him calling Bumblebee all sorts of names and threatening to damage his interfacing devices so bad that he would never program with a femme.

'Hey wait a second...what about him?' Lennox called after what he assumed were the younger of their Autobot comrades. Ironhide had told him Bumblebee was the Cybertronian equivalent of a sixteen year old, but he had no clue about Jazz. He could only assume he was the older one of the two, maybe the equivalent of late twenties, early thirties.

'Forget it Lennox, when those two start acting like this...there is no talking to them...' A voice said behind them. Everyone started and turned to find Ratchet and Optimus Prime in their vehicle modes. Mikaela jumped out of Ratchet's cab and ran over to them.

'Once again, you didn't call me...I offered to come but no...'Too dangerous!' Sam knew Mikaela was teasing. She hugged Sam tightly, happy that he was unhurt but when she saw Tai...her eyes widened.

'Holy...Tai, what happened to you?' She burst out. Tai shook her head and laughed, avoiding Ratchet's scanner but side stepping...she looked like she was doing a line dance of some kind.

'Will you stand still for a millisecond?!' Ratchet growled out, sounding incredibly annoyed.

'Never!' Tai exclaimed laughing. Optimus got a look at her fully now that he transformed into his much taller form, he kneeled down to the injured teenaged girl.

'You should really have Ratchet examine you Tatyana...' Optimus mildly scolded her with a gentle tone. 'You are badly damaged...'

'O.P...relax, I've had worse...' Tai patted his large hand which was right next to her. 'Where do you think this scar is from?' She smiled a big smile, showing off the large, thin scar that went from the middle of her forearm to her upper arm. 'I'm fine...really...' She than winked and turned back to the group.

Bumblebee was still being chased by Jazz, but at the sight of Optimus standing there in his all of his glory...he slammed on his brakes, bumping his bumper right into Tai's butt. She jerked forward with a yelp and grabbed onto her butt, a look of mock indignation on her face.

'Stop bumping my ass!' She laughed out, smacking Bumblebee's hood being careful not to scratch him with her numerous rings.

Jazz honked angrily and bumped his front into Bee's rear bumper. Blurr, having had enough of their shenanigans, quickly scooped Tai up and held her in his hand like a doll. She smiled gratefully up at him and leaned her elbow on his thumb and swung her legs.

Well down Autobots...' Optimus said with a proud smile as he approached the injured Con, who just glared up at the supreme commander. 'Although, you did not need to rough him up so much, so to speak...' He added, taking notice of his missing foot.

'Actually Optimus...' Ironhide really couldn't express how impressed he was that Tai was the one who brought Barricade down using a motorcycle. But would Optimus believe them? Or would he get upset with Tai or Blurr for letting her do those dangerous stunts?

'We..I...' But before he could finish his sentence...Tai spoke up.

'They were...amazing!' She said, emphasizing with her hands. Blurr placed her down and she looked up into Optimus's optics with a smile. 'They saved my life...if they didn't get here in time...I would be like a puddle of flesh, and blood, and guts, and snot, and all that yucky stuff...'

Blurr looked down upon his young charge with a since of pride...she had every opportunity to take credit for bringing down Barricade but she gave the credit to them.

'You guys missed one helluva party!' Tai finished with an even bigger grin, reaching up to wipe some excess blood from her brow.

Mikaela, who was standing closest to her, happened to glance over at her. Her eyes widened in disbelief, all of her cuts, scrapes, and scratches were gone...all that was left was the leftover blood.
'Tai...your face...' She gasped, getting everyone's attention. Tai's hand stopped in motion and her eyebrows raised.

'What about my face? Wha?' She asked in major confusion. Sam glanced over as well and his own eyes widened in disbelief.

Tai gave them both a weird look and glanced up at Blurr, who had kneeled down next to her, and his optics were widening as well. Looking down at her hand, where she was sporting a large cut, she finally saw what they were all staring at...well, sort of.

Her cut was gone...completely gone.

'Huh...' She said, making a look of concentration appear on her face. She caught a glimpse of herself in the window panels on Blurr's chest and lo and behold, she had no cuts at all on her.

'What...the....fuck?' She said slowly.

Everyone was thinking the same thing...even Barricade.

It took a whole lot of begging and pursuading on Tai's part to get Ratchet to repair Barricade....the way she did it was way over the top, which wasn't really surprising.

'No way...no how...!' Ratchet had vehemently exclaimed before they had transferred Barricade to the base with the help of Lennox's troops. That was also a contest because the Con was refusing anyone else's help...but somehow Tai got through to him. It just didn't make any sense. Just a couple of hours ago, he was determined to bring the young squishy girl to his current leader, now he couldn't bring himself to do it. He took the lives of several humans without a care under that tunnel but now, he felt like he actually cared for this human. What the frag was wrong with him?

Tai than said she would ride in the truck with him...she climbed right in without assistance and she ignored Blurr and Jazz's protests. Sam didn't even bother trying to stop her...he hated to admit it, but he trusted her judgment.

'Why should I repair him?!' Ratchet had argued. It really was quite a sight to see a huge robot arguing with a human girl...no matter how times Sam saw it, it still cracked him up. But he had to refrain from laughing when he was near a very pissed off Ratchet, how Tai could just stand there and not even look scared was way beyond his notion of understanding.

'Because I asked you too.' Tai had simply stated, not even flinching or backing off when Ratchet glared his famous glare that would even scare Optimus Prime himself.

'Well I am not going too...and there is nothing you can say or do to change my mind.' That was a big mistake on his part. Sam just started chuckling and covered his ears and instructed Mikaela, Lennox, and Epps to do the same thing. Bumblebee saw what they were doing and than noticed Blurr was doing the same thing...so he covered his hearing receptors as well, just to be safe.

It was a good thing he did.

Tai than threw herself on the floor, so she was laying on her back spread eagle style. She than started screaming like a child, the mechs who did not cover their receptors flinched as the high pitched noise made their processors rattle.

Ratchet quickly dropped the wrench he was holding and covered his now very sore receptors, but he would not give in...he would not give in.

Tai than started kicking herself in a full circle violently, before coming up on her knees with her cheeks puffed up. Sam lost it than...she was holding her breath, he knew it would scare the energon out of Ratchet...man, she was good!

'Tatyana!' Ratchet exclaimed in alarm. 'What are you doing?'

She didn't answer, her cheeks now turning red as she was refusing to let her breath out. Sam decided to help out like the awesome person he was, so with no hesitation he knelt down next to Tai and held his breath as well.

Mikaela was leaning against Bumblebee's leg, trying desperately to muffle the snorts she was admitting from her nose.

However, Optimus and the others were growing very alarmed at how red Sam and Tai's faces were turning...Humans weren't meant to be that color!

'Oh honestly, you two are being ridiculous!' Ratchet had said in a somewhat alarm, kneeling down to stare them down. Tai's eyes were going cross and Sam was jerking forward slightly, the air in the lungs fighting to get out.
Finally, he gave in.

'Okay fine!' He yelled out, and having said that, the two humans released out two giant blows of air and collapsed on their sides, breathing heavily.

Both of their Autobot guardians rushed forward; Blurr always hated when she did that, she already had enough damage to her cranial unit as it was.

Tai had refused for Ratchet to check her over...she seemed to know why he was so eager too.

'No way and also hell to the no!' She had exclaimed. 'I'm not a freaking guinea pig for you to practice on...' Than she made her point across by kicking him rather hard on the side of his foot...but that only caused her to yelp in pain and hop around.

Also, she had managed to get Optimus to agree to let Barricade go...she walked him out, he seemed to rather like his brand new foot.

Tai looked up at him as he kneeled down to look at her better; if she didn't know better...he was actually giving her a somewhat friendly look. But he did also look very confused.

'Why did you help me after I killed those other humans?' She thought about it for a long minute...

'I dunno...' She shrugged. 'I guess I'm a big softie...I also don't believe in torture, no matter how much they deserve it.'

'Well...thanks...' He muttered, looking embarrassed.

'Wait a tick...you're not gonna..ya know...' She made a chattering hand signal. Raising an optic ridge, he considered what that meant...like he had said before, humans were very interesting and somewhat annoying creatures.

'For what you did for me...I will not tell any of my fellow Decepticons where you and the Autobots reside.' He said it with so much sincerity and honesty, she believed him.

'Pinky swear!' Tai held up her small pinky finger. Barricade stared at it, once again feeling confused.

'Is this some sort of code you humans do?' He asked.

Tai laughed, still holding up her pinky. 'It's when you make a promise and if you do the pinky swear you are supposed to keep it...also there's the cross your heart...' She smiled as she drew an X over her heart.

Barricade followed her example and with a clawed digit, drew an X over his spark.

'Cross my...spark...' He said, sounding amused. He than held out his large clawed pinky digit and she hooked her pinky with his, well as best as she could.

He nodded and stood to his full height, than saw Jazz and Blurr walking towards them. Tai turned and grinned at her guardian and her friend (Jazz has failed to tell her that she was his future girlfriend...he'd get to it eventually)

Blurr knelt down and held out a hand which she climbed on to and grabbed onto his thumb and swung one of her legs.

'If any...an' I mean any..'arm comes to her...it'll be your 'ead...got i'?

The Decepticon glared back at the silver lieutenant, his servos clenching into fists...he wasn't even planning on causing her any harm, not anymore anyway.

Starscream was going to be very pissed.

'Transparently.' Barricade hissed at him, narrowing his blood red optics. Tai rolled her silver/blue eyes and whistled loudly to get their attention. It was a good thing she left Psyche at home with Mojo...and the new dog, Frankie. What is it with Aunt Jude and small dogs? He was cute though.

'Don't make me take out your foot again!' She called to Barricade. 'And Jazz, don't make me take away your DMX c.d.'s...!'

Jazz flinched and backed off.

Barricade just stared up at the human girl, sitting the palm of her guardian's hand.

'I'll be around...' He said, glaring at the two Autobots. 'If these two can't reach you in time...' He than turned and transformed into his car mode.

'Good-bye Tatyana Topaz Witwicky.' He than started down the dirt path.

'Call me Tai!' She called, cupping her hands around her mouth.

Wow...that sucked!

Again, sorry for the shitty ending!

Alright, Revenge of the Fallen was incredible...so much Robot time and explosions and fights and all that good stuff!

Jetfire and the twins were my favorite!

I will see you all when I get back from my trip!

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