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)

Mile after mile of the road gave way to the advance of the Autobot convoy, Sam lead the way with Bumblebee following close behind watching Sam's back. While high above Apache kept watch over everything in range of his sensors as he searched for any potential tails or traps that awaited his young commander. As time passed Sam grew slightly more comfortable with the mission and started to relax a little as he felt the smooth road under his tires. Now that he was less tense Sam started to notice that his surroundings were changing, the desert was grudging loosing it's grip on the world around him as greener plants than those found in the depths started to become more dominant. For a moment Sam was almost able to think that this was just a little road trip with Bee and Apache but the sudden snoring of Simmons shattered that pleasant little delusion as the gray haired man shifted on Sam's passenger seat. Apparently the air-con in Sam's alt mode was more than enough for Simmons to find some comfort and as he shifted once more Sam noticed that he was getting comfortable for a long nap despite being far from the waking world to begin with. Now that his little road trip fantasy was nothing more that a pile of ash before him the young prime called up a map of where they were going. The location provided by Simmons contact was miles from anywhere or anything, judging by the map Sam was currently looking at they were supposed to head into a mountain range along roads that hadn't been used in years.

As Sam was pouring over their destination he received an incoming com for Bumblebee "sam are you ok you've been very quite for the last few miles?" asked his bonded. It only took a second for Sam to reply "yeh I'm ok bee I was just thinking a few things over and looking at the map of where we're supposed to be going". The slightly heavy tone in his bonded's voice did not escape Bumblebee's attention so he said "I know that your not sure about all this sam, leading you first mission is a big thing but you need to remember that I'm here for you and so is apache you even have simmons help if anything happens". The young Prime allowed himself to laugh lightly as he replied "are you trying to depress me by reminding me that simmons is along for the ride, I mean I have him right here snoring next to me threatening to drool all over my interior in his sleep". "yuck" commed Bee "well if he does then we'll just have to find a quite place so that I can give you some much needed attention". The grin on the face of Sam's Avatar spread like wild fire from ear to ear as he though about how he would like having Bee's Avatar sitting next to him as they drove along. Another loud grunt from Simmons broke Sam's happy moment of though and brought him back to reality with a hard bump. A slight sneer crossed his face as his Avatar fixed it's eyes on the road ahead, "this guy is seriously starting to ruin the mood" commed Sam as he turned on to a new road that felt like silk under his tires.

"do you feel that?" asked Bumblebee " this road feels almost as good as the one's in autobot city", "yeh I feel it bee, lets hope that this goes on for more than a few miles as I have a feeling that the roads on the way to where we're heading will be like driving on broken glass" replied Sam. "you really think it will be that bad?" asked Bee, "like I said I was looking over the map's of where we're supposed to be going and it looks like simmons contact has left him the package on some unused road on some mountain out in the middle of nowhere" replied Sam. Bee mused on the information for a Second before he commed "even so the roads can't be that bad can they?", "trust me they can be" commed Sam. "my dad took us over one trying to avoid a toll both when I was younger I still remember the potholes even now and believe me there will be potholes up there as it looks like this road sees plenty of snow and ice during the winter" explained Sam. "the worst part" he continued "is that this place looks like it's deep in the type of country where people could get eaten by cannibal killers for over a hundred years and no-one would notice anything". "so not that many repair crews then?" asked Bee "probably none" replied Sam " this is the type of place that usually gets missed because there's no body there to report the damage". "aside from the cannibal killers" replied Bumblebee laughing, "yeh, but they only call when they want take out" commed Sam laughing back. Once the jokes started flying both Sam and Bee were able to relieve a little tension and enjoy the trip once again even with Simmons snoring.

As Sam and his group traveled towards their destination Optimus Prime was working with Will Lennox in an attempt to find the spy's identity before anything else happened. The Autobot leader was looking at an ever growing stack of paper work that was starting to fill his large Autobot sized office. When Will had said that there was a lot to go through that hadn't been exaggerating, at the moment most of the plies were at least as tall as the average human and some were threatening to reach the height of a standard Autobot. The doors opened once again and as another load of papers was dropped off by Epps who by now was looking at all the documents like he was facing an actual mountain. The small electric truck he'd been driving seemed to sag under the weight of it's load as Epps opened the door revealing more stacks of papers and box's that contained more papers. When the last box was out and on the floor Epps said "one more trip and that will be all of it, will should be here in a minute to get this started" Optimus simply nodded in reply before the truck pulled out for it's last run for the moment. The Autobot leader soon found him self sitting on the floor reaching out to scan through the first of the documents, these were files on Major Lennox and it had been Will's idea to check these over first. Lennox had told Optimus that he should be the first checked as this would be the only fair thing to do given that they were looking into everyone.

It took Optimus seconds to fully scan the file and review it's contents, a check of records that were not connected with the military showed the Autobot leader that nothing was out of the ordinary and with I sigh of relief Optimus moved on to the next file. Fifteen files later Will walked in looking round at the amassed piles of paper that from his perspective reminded him of a forest full of trees. After a moment he asked "have I been cleared yet optimus?" "yes" replied the Autobot leader with a small smile "though it would have saved a lot of time if you were the spy" he added jokingly. "sorry my covers to good to be broken that easily" replied Lennox with a laugh of his own as he started sifting through some files on a slightly less intimating pile. Optimus did not look up from what he was doing as he said "so far I've checked seventeen files all with no anomalies, by the looks of things here I think that sam will have the one's responsible before we climb out of this mountain of paperwork". Will looked up from the file he was reading and replied "well in case simmons informant doesn't come through with the information this is all I can think of to give us a lead, besides we may learn something that simmons informant doesn't know in the process". As the Major went back to work he jumped and made an "ugh" noise that caused Optimus to look from the new file he was reading to his friend. Lennox looked back at his questioning gaze and said "the first wound of this mission for me" as he held out his thumb before sticking it in his mouth for a second. The Autobot leader did not break his gaze as he was curious as to why the battle hardened solider had just performed such a childish action.

Will chuckled before he said "it's what we humans call a paper cut something you don't have to worry about, I think it may be one of the reasons why everybody went digital in the first place". Still slightly curious Optimus accessed the internet and looked up the term "paper cut", after searching through a few sights that advised cutting down the use of paper and a few that referred to a song the Autobot leader found one that contained information as to what a paper cut was and why it hurt so much. At last realizing why Lennox had acted Optimus said "my apologies I had no idea that something so simple could be painful to humans", "it's nothing optimus it's just when it happens it's a total surprise and you never know when the next one is waiting for you" replied Will. Before to long they had each managed to clear a reasonable amount of people and their files, just as Will thought that they might be able to get through this the hum of an electric motor and groan of a suspension system filled the air as the truck driven by Epps arrived with the final load increasing the amount they had to work through by more than three times the amount they had just cleared. With a groan Lennox went to help Epps unload what looked like hours of work and possibly more pain in the form of cuts and back ache.

After a few hours Sam finally saw their destination rising out of the earth in the distance. He knew that over the next few miles the terrain would change faster and faster as the trees grew more dense and the ground became covered with thick low growing plants. Sam's Avatar glanced over at his sleeping passenger and with some small satisfaction he reached out to shake the man awake. His hand was just inches away from what looked like the sleeping form of Simmons when the man him self said "don't even think about it". Sam's Avatar froze not really sure that he'd heard the former S7 agent speak but as Simmons turned and stretched he found that he had been denied the chance of a little payback for all the snoring. "I've been awake for the last few hours before you ask" said the grey haired man "I thought it best to make this look like I had lost my edge" he added with a slight roll of his shoulders. "so the noise and the drool was just an act?" asked the young Prime in a slightly annoyed voice, "most of it was" replied Simmons as he finished stretching. Sam let out a slight snort through his vents as he turned his attention back to the road they were on, "I needed to make sure this looked harmless as I'm sure that whoever is behind this has at least managed to get a look at us by now" explained the former S7 agent.

The young Prime glance at Simmons before he said "we've detected no signs that we were followed and we took a route that avoided as many cameras as possible". The gray haired man grinned for a second then said "but not all the cameras because that would be almost impossible to do and still make it here in time" this caused a bout of laughter from the former S7 agent as he wiped the corner of his eye on the sleeve of his jacket. The expression on the face of Sam's Avatar said it all and Simmons did not miss it, "you ever read a book called nineteen eighty four kid?" the young prime gave no reply so Simmons continued "well let's just say that some of the charters in the book would have loved the fact that people could be tracked so easily, trust me read the book and you'll get the joke". Sam's Avatar looked back towards the road but his attention was on searching out a digital copy of that book, after a few seconds he found it and around a minute later he had read the whole thing cover to cover. After taking it all in the young Prime looked back to Simmons and said "so I guess you were backing "big brother" when you read it, it sounds like you". The former S7 agent went wide eyed for a second then replied "first don't read while your driving it freaks me out thinking that your not paying attention to where were going, second I thought that "big brother" was sloppy in the way it handled things and before you ask I'm not saying any more".

The last few miles passed in silence between Sam and Simmons but both Bumblebee and Sam were comming each other non-stop about how to use the information the young Prime had just learned to their advantage. "I say that we tell him your reading war and peace" commed Bee "to easy" replied Sam. "then how about a full set of encyclopedias a to z?" commed Bumblebee, "way better" commed Sam as he looked for the most complete set he could find. But their planning was interrupted when Simmons said "we're here" as he pointed to a disused gas station on a side road. Sam almost missed the turn as he skidded onto the the worn cracked road that lead to the abandoned station. Overhead Apache maneuvered into a circular holding pattern as Sam and Bee pulled up next to the rusted and long since emptied pumps. Simmons despite his years was out in a flash as he searched for something among the long forgotten and over grown building. Both Avatars exchanged glances as they followed him into the main part of the station. The old wooden building looked like it was ready to fall down at any second and as they entered the structure groaned and creaked at their presents. It took only a moment to find Simmons who was for some reason attacking an old payphone that was barely hanging to the wall. "that thing hasn't worked in years" commented Bee as he watched the former S7 agent wrestle with the hand piece. "sometimes things don't have to do anything to do their job" replied Simmons as he started to unscrew the ear piece. After a few minutes of grunting and struggling he handed it to Sam's Avatar and asked him to open it, a second later the dark haired Avatar had dismantled the receiver.

The former S7 agent fell on it like a bird of pray seizing a helpless mouse, in a few seconds he pulled out a small metal disk that had been disguised as part of the speaker of the hand piece. Simmons then fumbled in his pocket and a moment later he was holding a small device that looked like an old palm top computer. With out a word the former S7 agent plugged the metal disk into a port on the side of the device. It's screen flickered and a set of numbers, a time and date appeared on the display where nothing had been before. Simmons quickly wrote the information down on a small pad then pulled the disk out, seconds later the disk issued a small amount of blue smoke as Simmons let it fall to the floor. "ok I got what we needed before it burned out" said the former S7 agent, "and our meeting is?" asked Sam. Simmons quickly looked at what he had written then replied "it's in three days at.." he paused as he checked the directions "awwa come on". "what is it?" asked Bumblebee as he read what had been scribbled on the pad, the yellow scouts Avatar took on a look of shock that frightened Sam slightly. "what?" asked the young Prime as he read the information, a moment later his face was covered in a look of shock that matched Bumblebee's as he said "no way". Simmons looked at the information once again then said "why does this always happen when your around?".