Please note that these characters belong to their original creators as do any songs used in this fiction, not me, this is just my take on what might happen enjoy and let me know what you think.
also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
With every minute that passed Sam started to feel more helpless, his mind was imagining more and more terrible things waiting for him at the end of his journey. As each mile passed a new horror crept over him, images of his home torn to pieces and the bodies of his parents lying amongst the rubble were the most common among his fears. But even these were starting to pale as darker horrors replaced them, the image of his whole home town in flames seemed to blot out everything for a moment as it filled his thoughts. "what if that's waiting for me when I get there?" thought Sam "what if it's so bad I never even find any bodies?" this train of thought was making things worse for Sam, it got so bad that he started paying less and less attention to the road he was on. It was only when Bumblebee commed him with a very loud warning that Sam realised he was about to leave the highway all together. The air was filled with the sound of screeching tyres as Sam swerved away from a tree that was growing on the edge of the road, "thanks bee" commed Sam as he started paying more attention to where he was rather than his own thoughts. Bumblebee scanned Sam carefully before he commed "you need to focus sam, I know it's easy to get lost imagining all the things that can go wrong but you need to keep your head in the game" there was a strict tone in Bumblebee's voice for a moment but it softened as he continued "we'll save them sam, the decepticons won't make a move to harm you mom and dad until they know they have you in their sights and by that time it'll be too late for the decepticons to realise that your not some easy target".
Bumblebee was right, the Decepticons needed to keep his parents alive as bait to lure him in and that meant that they would at least be safe from dying until he got there. Using this as something to focus on Sam commed Bee and said "your right bee, I'm the target, their the bait, the decepticons won't make a move until I get there, thanks" "no matter what sam I'm here for you, even if it means giving you a kick up the aft form time to time" replied Bumblebee. Now that Bee had leveled him out a little Sam was able to get his mind back where it should be, planning how he would deal with the Decepticons when he got there. Sam tried to picture what they would do, in Egypt the Decepticons had set a trap with his parents being held inside a Decepticon until the right moment but here capturing his parents out in the open would be bound to draw attention from everyone around them and that didn't feel right. No, the Decepticons would be waiting close to his house, they would watch him arrive and wait until he was far enough from what they would think were his Autobot protectors before they struck. Sam could almost see the moment of attack, it would be just as he got through his front door, shots would be fired at his and Bumblebee's alt forms drawing them off, then when enough distance had been gained another Decepticon would come to finish what they thought was his real body.
Giving more attention to the road ahead meant that it took Sam longer to work out how he would stop this. Finally he struck on the idea of not heading into the house, in fact he would not use his Avatar at all, both he and Bumblebee would pull up out side and warn his parents, with any luck this would draw out any Decepticons who had orders to destroy Autobots and while he and Bumblebee were fighting those off the third would hopefully not make a move until it spotted the human Sam heading towards the house. It would be hard to do but he couldn't let the Decepticons catch sight of a human version of him self at all, if they did then they would spring the trap they had waiting for him. Still there was the hope that Optimus and the others would be able to make it there in time to meet up with him, if that happened then the Decepticons would be easily out numbered and with any luck they would show their true nature and run for the hills before any fighting broke out.
Miles away Optimus was rallying what forces he could muster on such short notice, "ironhide the security teams know what to do while your away we have to get moving now, if sam's correct then the decepticons are in are already in a position that threatens the safety of his parents as well as the general public" said Optimus as he tried to get the weapons specialist moving. Ironhide let out a large snort of steam as he looked over the security arrangements again, "I don't like this prime, the decepticons may try and attack the city while we're gone" said Ironhide as he made more checks of the security system. "if they come I believe that our allies will be able to hold the defenses until we get back, they at least have a chance of fighting off any incoming force, but the people of tranquility have no chance if we don't get moving" said Optimus as he headed over to the transport plane. Ironhide made one last check and left the security station in the hands of the humans who had been assigned there.
"Major, Major Lennox" cried a voice from across the loading bay, the man in question turned around and saw that a young private was running towards him. When the private came to a stop he said "sir the last of the supplies and weapons are being loaded as we speak, there is still no response from the pentagon about further troops and ratchet wants more medical supplies on board in case of casualties". Lennox thought for a moment then said "tell ratchet that we can get help from the local hospital if we need more supplies and that's my final word on this, we have little room as it is and with no more planes coming at this time he's got to make do with what he's got". The young private looked a little frightened at the order, "he wont bite your head off when you tell him, he may get bad tempered and cranky about it but he wont kill you over it" Lennox having reassured the young man that he was not going on a suicide mission sent the private back to Ratchet with his response.
Once the private was on his way Lennox headed over to Epps and said "we still have no word from the pentagon, I don't like it". Epps let out a short snort worthy of Ironhide and replied "it feels like we're being cut out of the loop on this one and I don't like it either, I trust our commanding officer but the guys above him I'm not so sure about" Epps sat down on a near by crate and made a fist with one hand that was cupped by the other. "what is?" asked Lennox "I heard a rumour that someone has been filling those guys heads with ideas that they can deal with future decepticon incursions on their own because the main focus of attacks from now on will be centered on autobot city and if it's true their going to stop us from doing our job and helping people" Epps looked angry as he spoke, even betrayed. Lennox hated to admit it even to him self, but Epps might be right and if that was the case then the lives of innocent people world wide would be placed in danger by the arrogance of a few misinformed commanders.
Lennox placed his hand on Epps shoulder and said "lets hope that your rumour is just that, the last thing we need is being cut off from the rest of our forces at times like this". Epps simply nodded as he got to his feet and started checking a few more of the weapons due to be loaded on the transport. Lennox looked at his friend and thought to him self "if your right epps then there may come a point where we have to decide who we stand by, the people we swore to serve or the brothers we earned in battle and if it comes down to that we both know who we'll chose". Lennox was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of Optimus Primes foot steps, "optimus we're almost ready here but I still have no news from the pentagon at this time, so for the moment it looks like we have to go with what we have here" Lennox said as he looked at his friend. "thank you will" said Optimus "your efforts on such notice are nothing short of incredible, with luck we can stop the decepticons before they harm anyone else". Ironhide arrived a few moments later and said "the security is as tight as we can make it while there are no autobots on base but I don't like leaving my security force on their own like this, many of them are still new at policing an area of this size and its a lot to ask of them". Lennox couldn't help but smile at the weapon specialist, though Ironhide was a fierce warrior on the outside he was still very caring and compassionate beneath his cannons and armor.
Lennox was just about to tell Ironhide that he had no need to worry about his team when a car came racing towards them at high speed. The noise of it's tires screeching as the car slowed down drew everybody's attention away from whatever they were doing so that it was all they could focus on. Once it had stopped the driver got out and opened a rear door for the car's only passenger. Theodore Galloway got out and straighten his suit and tie before he walked over to Lennox and Optimus, "major, this little outing has been canceled by order of the joint chiefs, you are to start unloading these planes at once and are to stand down any forces you have gathered".
"what the hell is this?" cried Lennox "we have decepticons in a defenseless town and your ordering us to hold back" "that's right" sneered Galloway. He handed Lennox a signed order and said "we have no evidence that there are decepticons in this country at this time let alone a small town with no military or strategic value what so ever". Optimus turned to face the man and said "we have information that we believe is accurate, the decepticons have already tried to attack sam witwicky, one of your own citizens and we believe that they will try to capture the boys parents in order to trap him again". Galloway gave Optimus a look of disgust before he replied "I am well aware of the attack on the campus, as is anyone who watches the news, it is the opinion of the joint chiefs that the attack was only carried out because of the autobot presence on the grounds, after all there is little the decepticons could want with a human teenager, even one who has fought them in the past". Galloway started grandstanding in an attempt to show his authority "we feel that no military force would take such action over one boy, he has no special connection to the government or the military, no classified information, in fact the only thing different about him is that he had two autobot guards assigned to him and believe me we still want to know where this new autobot came from". This human was trying even Optimus Primes patients but it was Ironhide who broke first as he said "what about revenge, the decepticons have always had a love of that epically megatron or do you think that he has forgiven sam for killing him or returning optimus to life".
As if against all possibility Galloway's face took on an even mire disgusted look as he snapped back at the weapons specialist "no logical military unit would risk attacking a major power over something as simple as revenge, besides only a human could feel anything that strongly, not some collection of lights and gears". Epps who had been watching the whole thing got to his feet ready to remove the Galloway problem there and then. Fortunately Optimus noticed him and signaled him to back down before Galloway noticed that the Sargent was ready to kill him. "mr galloway, our races share a common enemy and in the past our intel has always proved accurate, we feel that this occasion is no different and as before we wish to help protect the people of this world from the decepticon threat" as always Optimus was trying to keep the peace, even if he didn't like the human he was dealing with. This time Galloway used Optimus name as he addressed him "optimus", the name was spoken with a contempt that few had ever heard before, "unlike you we have an entire country to run and we have a limited amount of money with which to do it, this project of yours has cost a lot to our people and we can't spare the troops or resources to go on some wild robot chase with out solid confirmed, information, this is my last word on all this as of this moment you are all barred from using any military transport with out consent from the joint chiefs or my self".
Lennox had clenched his fists so hard that his hands were turning white "so what are we supposed to do about helping the people in tranquility?" he asked in a bark that was usually reserved for an enemy. Galloway sneered once more as he said "they're transformers aren't they, have them drive you there, this country has some very well constructed roads that they can use" and with that last snipe hurled Galloway turned his back and walked over to his car. Before getting in he snapped at the driver "take it slowly this time", once Galloway's door was closed the driver mouthed "what an ass".
"what do we do now prime, bee and sam may have survived the first attack but this is a full blown trap that their heading into" said Ironhide as Galloway's car drove off. "we don't do anything until I get in contact with the joint chiefs and get this straightened out, if galloway keeps pulling strings like this then we'll be in a full scale war before anyone realizes it" said Lennox as he stormed off towards the com centre.
I just have to say that I really had to fight the urge to let Epps deal with the Galloway problem, but the plot must go on and he is still a part of it
