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The next time Barricade saw the youngling was when the small group had gotten loose around the base. Brawl had been ambushed by the little mob of mechlets when he had entered and then they had made a brake for it.
Barricade had been returning from a patrol and had been keen to just go to his berth and maybe fix Frenzy, the little hacker having got 'accidently' ran over by Barricade when the little slagger had surprised him when he was spying on an Autobot patrol.
When he entered his quarters he nearly blew a gasket. The little pack of younglings were crawling around his berth. "What in the Pit is going on?" he practically roared attracting the searching Soundwave and the three seekers coming the opposite way down the hall. "Why in Primus' name are they in here?" he snarled as Soundwave came to stand behind him.
Starscream cackled at his apparent distress as Soundwave barked out orders to the younglings that were making a poor attempt of hiding in Barricade's quarters.
Once the annoying trine and Soundwave had rounded up the younglings he stalked into his quarters and the door hissed shut. He scanned the room as he let Frenzy out of his compartment, the hacker scrambling a little as the annoyed little mech pried out his arm that Barricade had knocked off when he had ran him over, and jumped onto the berth, hissing and grumbling to himself about his larger partner having no sense of humour.
Flexing his claws Barricade gave a soft growl before stalking to his pile of data-pads that were stacked on a desk against the far wall. A scrape of metal on metal made him turn drawing his rifle from sub-space. A terrified squeak erupted from the partner drone that was scuttling along the far wall and a flurry of movement signalled the partner youngling jumping in front of his partner.
"You shouldn't be in here youngling" Barricade rumbled sub-spacing his rifle again and folding his arms against his chest.
Frenzy, having been alert from the moment Barricade had drawn his gun peered over the berth edge to watch the youngling cower before Barricade, his partner curled timidly behind him.
"We tried to run away" Blackout replied "when you run away you are supposed to go places you shouldn't be"
Frenzy snickered at the logic as Barricade gave the youngling and his own partner a glare. "You could have made a break for main Control room, there are lots of places to hide there." the interceptor suggested.
Blackout looked decidedly sheepish as Scorponok crawled up his back and peered over his shoulder with a nervous click, Frenzy leaning down and plucking the small partner from Blackout's shoulder by the tail. Scorponok let loose a shriek from his voicaliser, legs waving madly in the air like an overturned beetle as his tail flexed and thrashed in the snickering Frenzy's grip. Blackout growled and tried to jump up onto the berth to retrieve his partner, when Barricade intervened, grabbing the small mech and the youngling's partner from Frenzy and holding both up at optic level. "I repeat youngling, you shouldn't be here…"
"I just want somewhere safe to sit!" pleaded Blackout, small optics making kicked turbo puppy looks "The others are always trying to get Scorponok."
Barricade gave a deep rumble of annoyance, grinding his fangs as he thought, and with a roll of his optics, he gave a sigh and dropped the young decepticon on his berth. "Just for tonight, young one, then I'm putting you back tomorrow."
Blackout looked delighted clicking and chirping at Scorponok who, getting revenge on Frenzy was running around on the berth with the hackers arm clutched in its pincers, the said hacker sprinting after the juvenile partner. Barricade gave a low growl before hissing "Stop it the lot of you! It's like having three sparklings instead of one!"
Frenzy offered him choice insults though their partner bond to which Barricade merely flicked the spy off of the berth with a twist of his wrist sending the furious spy tumbling towards the door which just happened to open.
Brawl actually let out a surprised shout as the hacker landed on his face plates looking a little dazed. Frenzy jumped off of the Decepticon's face and went scampering back to where Barricade stood looking livid. "What?" he snapped his usually vast patience worn microscopically thin, as Frenzy grabbed his arm back and tucked himself back in Barricade's chest compartment.
"We are still missing one of the younglings" Brawl said timidly trying to sooth the infamous hunter "We heard that they somehow managed to get into your quarters"
"You heard correct" growled Barricade flexing his taloned hands "I am keeping this one under my supervision." He said indicating where Blackout was huddled with Scorponok wearily watching Brawl in the doorway. "I am interested in how he can sustain his partner, so tell Soundwave I'm going to hang onto his little project for now."
Even though Brawl didn't have the smartest processor in the world he knew a dismissal when he heard one. The 'on pain of death' that seemed to hang in the air between the two Decepticons made the other leave as soon as possible, the door hissing shut behind him.
Barricade turned to the youngling that was watching him, now a little scared of the interceptor "Recharge youngling, I'm going to fix Frenzy"
As Barricade slumped into his seat Blackout chirped up sleepily "Thanks 'cade"
Deciding to ignore the nickname, Barricade hunched his shoulders and pried Frenzy from his compartment and helped the hacker re-attach his arm as he muttered to himself "I really am going soft…"