Author's Note: New Chapter...YAY! It's Friday...YAY!

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, or McDonald's, or Egg McMuffins...although I do enjoy eating one occasionally (Egg McMuffins, not Transformers, lol).

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On the Road

"You lookin' to go anywhere in particular?"

"Nope." Revecca cut a glance over at the 'man' behind the wheel. "Just wanted to get out for a while."

"You're worried, aren't ya?" The holoform frowned as it looked toward the woman sitting in the passenger seat.

"Wouldn't you be?" Revecca dropped her eyes to her lap. "Face prison or face Ryan. It isn't exactly a good position to be in."

"Rev..." Holo-Hide reached across the seat and gave her hand a squeeze. "I told ya, everything is gonna be fine."

"How can you know that?" Rev sighed as she looked at their entwined fingers. "You don't have control over the prosecutor...and Ryan...you don't know what he's like..."

Ironhide rolled to a stop as a traffic light turned red. "I think I have a pretty good idea..." His voice came out low and dangerous and his jaw seemed to tense. "And I promis you that if he ever attempts to lay another hand on ya it'll be the last thing that glitch ever does."

Rev shivered slightly. She could hear in his voice just how serious he was. "Ironhide..."

"I mean it." He shot a quick glance in her direction as the light changed back to green and the traffic began to move. "Everything is gonna be fine. Alright?"

"Alright..." Revecca nodded and took a deep breath. "If you say so."

"Good." A lopsided grin spread across the holoform's face. He lifted her hand to his mouth and grazed his lips slowly across the back of her fingers.

Revecca jumped slightly at the electric feeling that seemed to tingle up her arm at the contact. Her nerve endings themselves seemed to crackle with a mild electrical current. It was a strangely pleasant sensation...odd, but pleasant. It was distracting enough to pull her mind away from her worried thoughts. A giggle escaped her.

Ironhide eyed her curiously, a dangerous twinkle in his eyes. "What?"

"That tickles." Revecca half-heartedly tried to reclaim her hand.

"Good." 'Hide tightened his grip, not willing to let her go, and gave her a sly grin as he continued to caress the back of her hand with his thumb. "It's supposed to."

Revecca opened her mouth to retort when her stomach decided to let out a loud grumble. She clamped her free hand around her middle and gave the holoform and embarrassed smile. "Sorry."

Ironhide chuckled and let go of her hand. "You need to ingest something." The mech turned down a street that led to the business district. "Do ya have a preference?"

"Not really." Rev rubbed one hand over her protesting stomach. "Food is food. Whatever is closest."

Ironhide spotted a set of golden arches ahead on the right. He looked toward his passenger. "Is McDonald's acceptable?"

"That works." Revecca gave the holoform a nod as the GMC pulled into a space in the restaurant's parking lot. She moved to unfasten her seat belt before looking back at the 'man' behind the wheel and grinning. "You want anything? Maybe a vat of the oil they cook the fries in, or something?"

The truck's engine let out an insulted grumble. "Organic vegetable oil?" The holoform frowned. "Disgusting."

Revecca laughed. "I was joking 'Hide. God forbid anything organic come into contact with your internals..."

Ironhide fixed the woman with a pointed look. "There are certain organics I wouldn't mind havin' a little contact with my internals..."

"Riiiight..." Rev blushed and shook her head as she reached for the door handle. "I'll be right back."

Ironhide chuckled at her embarrassment. "I'll be here."

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McDonald's

Eddie Howard remained in the booth long after he had finished his Egg McMuffin. As he stared out into the McDonald's parking lot he contemplated his next move. How was he going to find the woman? All he had on her was that she had gone off with some guy in a silver Pontiac. A check on the plates turned up absolutely nothing. It was like the woman had simply vanished into thin air.

Smart girl. Eddie knew the Warren woman used to work for Cavanaugh in some capacity. She surely knew what kind of man she was dealing with and had seen fit to make herself scarce with a major criminal hearing looming on the horizon. Eddie couldn't blame her. Hell, there were times he'd like to vanish off Cavanaugh's radar himself.

Still, he had a job to do and he intended to do it. It was nothing personal against the Warren woman. To be honest, Eddie felt rather bad about the entire situation...but he had debts to pay. Cavanaugh had agreed to pay him six grand in exchange for his services. He had gotten three up front and would get the other half after the girl was safely delivered. Money was money.

Eddie took a swig of his now cold coffee and stood. His mind whirred as he tried to figure out where to begin his search. Tossing his styrofoam cup into the trash bin, he made his way to the exit just as a petite blond hopped out of a huge black truck and made her way toward the entrance. Eddie stepped out of her way as she came through the door.

The woman smiled politely at him as she passed. "Excuse me."

"No...." A small smile tugged at Eddie's mouth as well. "Excuse me..." He looked after her as she made her way toward the serving counter and pulled the crumpled photograph out of his pocket. It looks like he wouldn't have to search all that hard afterall.

End of Chapter 7

Wow...it took me long enough, huh? This chapter didn't come out as long as I had originally intended. I'm gonna try to make it up in the next one. I'd like to thank all the people who left me such wonderful suggestions and reviews after the last chapter: DemonicSymphony, serenity8118, Shaymayca1, and flamingmarsh. I've decided to take all those suggestions and sort of combine them. It should be interesting...I already feel sorry for Rev. Things are about to go from bad to worse...and Ironhide isn't gonna take it very well. Till next time...

VQ